Hanno Kowalski, managing partner of the Berlin-based debt provider, says demand for junior loans against core assets means mezzanine lenders, and their investors, are taking less risk.
3 min read · 09 July 2021
The Madrid-based mid-market lender aims to invest around a third of the vehicle’s capital in real estate credit opportunities.
3 min read · 30 June 2021
The debt fund manager’s head of senior debt said Tristan Capital Partners’ plans to future-proof Reading International Business Park convinced it to back the project.
3 min read · 29 June 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
Ali Otmar of Tristan Capital Partners and Ben Eppley of Apollo Global Management discuss a transaction, which Otmar says required the ‘extreme end of flexibility’.
4 min read · 24 June 2021
Panellists at CREFC Europe’s conference on offices say lenders are factoring in capex programmes and shorter leases when underwriting properties.
5 min read · 17 June 2021
Hoong Wey Woon, partner with financial services firm Alantra, says real estate lenders are getting creative as they strive to invest the large amounts of capital they have raised.
3 min read · 08 June 2021
After providing its second shared ownership loan to UK housing provider Heylo Housing, BlackRock’s head of European infrastructure debt says the possibility to facilitate housing security in the country through the financing was a key factor supporting its involvement.
3 min read · 03 June 2021
Lenders are considering what constitutes an enticing financing opportunity as European real estate recovers from the pandemic.
5 min read · 03 June 2021
Retrenchment among the big domestic banks that dominate the French market has created opportunities for debt funds – when sponsors are willing to pay the price.
10 min read · 02 June 2021
