Development Finance

SMTB provides £360m development loan for 125 Shaftesbury Avenue

Owners Edge and Mitsubishi Estate London obtained planning for the project in April.

Look Ahead 2026: BayernLB’s Laura Williams says lenders should heed lessons from the past

The German bank’s head of real estate, London, says some lenders are pushing leverage and pricing too far to win deals.

Office revamps are ‘some of the least risky deals’, says ING’s Shields

Speaking ahead of the closing of a £170m London loan, the bank’s EMEA real estate head extolled the benefits of upgrade projects.

Eldridge and Starwood lend £193.5m, expand residential loan book

The loan represents the sixth partnership between the two lenders.

REC Europe Awards 2025: Last chance to make a submission

The deadline for submissions for the REC Europe Awards 2025 is midday, UK time, on Monday 17 November.

Inside the deal: QuadReal’s first European direct loan

The Canadian manager has its sights set on a Continental European loan following its inaugural debt deal, in UK logistics.

Maslow provides £122m to Definition for London mixed-use development

The two firms have an existing relationship spanning more than a decade.

Blackstone agrees £2bn lending partnership with Pluto Finance

The New York-headquartered manager will use the tie-up to expand in the mid-market lending space in the UK and continental Europe.

Puma Property Finance appoints its first head of hotels

The development lender has hired Louise Gillon, who had been Leumi UK’s head of hotel finance for 16 years.

Olympia: London’s redefined Victorian exhibition centre

The landmark West London venue has secured a £1.25bn refinancing package from Deutsche Bank, paving the way for the next stage of its ambitious transformation.