The firm is seeing distress creep in as the covid-19 pandemic continues to tamp down recovery.
3 min read · 29 October 2021
The US private equity firm, which sold its last remaining UK hotels in 2018, has written a £100m-plus loan against a portfolio of Hiltons.
2 min read · 25 June 2021
Blackstone and Starwood’s sweetening of an already sweetened offer shows a strong conviction in the sector.
3 min read · 17 June 2021
The oversubscribed vehicle attracted commitments from institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals alike betting on a hospitality comeback.
3 min read · 15 June 2021
With recovery underway in the US hotel sector, securitisation activity is gradually picking up in select sub-sectors – albeit with more conservative underwriting.
4 min read · 07 June 2021
A €296m construction financing in the German capital, led by Deutsche Hypo, was among the week’s more eye-catching items.
4 min read · 07 April 2021
Following the lender’s financing of Blackstone’s purchase of the owner of Britain’s Butlin’s holiday parks, its European real estate lending head explains his faith in UK leisure.
2 min read · 09 March 2021
A new report by the author of the biannual UK property lending report showed hotel lending margins ended the year as high as 400bps.
2 min read · 09 February 2021
The private investor believes the extended stay apartment model will benefit from future patterns of demand.
2 min read · 20 January 2021
Hotels have the chance of returning to pre-covid performance levels, but only if their capital base is properly restructured now, argues Eric Assimakopoulos, founder of Revetas Capital.
3 min read · 18 November 2020
