Alternative Lenders

Värde funds $185m refinance for 20-asset self-storage portfolio

The Minneapolis-based manager originated the funding for a joint venture between Metro Storage and Fremont Realty Capital.

Brookfield’s Balkan to exit at year-end

The co-architect of the Toronto-based manager’s real estate credit platform, Andrea Balkan, is departing after 22 years with the firm.

Barings’ Alamgir counsels caution as real estate market moves toward reboot

Barings is taking a measured approach as the commercial real estate market takes the first steps toward a recovery.

Blue Light Capital launches credit division to target mid-market lending gaps

The firm hired Needham Point Capital co-founders Jeremy Burton and Tristine Lim to lead Blue Light Credit.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, M&T Realty Capital team up for agency lending expansion

BXMT borrowers will be able to use agency financing through M&T’s Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac platforms.

Newmark: Multifamily originations hit nine-year low in Q1 2024

Although originations are substantially below pre-pandemic levels, the market could be nearing a bottom.

Private lenders position themselves ahead of Basel Endgame

The proposals’ implementation is expected to prompt a major expansion in private credit providers’ lending platforms.