Lending

Financing the recovery, part 2: Where can debt providers find greater value?

Lenders are considering what constitutes an enticing financing opportunity as European real estate recovers from the pandemic.

Financing the recovery, part 1: Where most debt capital is targeted

In the first of a three-part deep dive, we find out how lenders view their role in real estate’s recovery from the covid crisis.

Roundtable: Alternative lenders hunt for France’s opportunities

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.

How Europe’s leading debt fundraisers deployed it

Managers featured in the REC Debt Fund 30 ranking collectively reported $86bn of European lending in the past five years.

The Real Estate Capital Debt Fund 30

Meet the 30 biggest fundraisers in Europe’s real estate lending market.

BREDS’s new Europe lead expects oppo and core-plus funds to drive lending business

Steve Plavin, recently appointed to lead Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies in Europe, says a wide array of funding opportunities is likely to emerge as European markets reopen.

Economic optimism filters through to property debt specialists’ moods, says CREFC

Latest survey by the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council Europe points to improvement in industry sentiment during Q2.

The borrower view: Blackstone’s Jay on sourcing €15bn of debt during the pandemic

Gadi Jay, who is responsible for sourcing debt for Blackstone’s European investments, says the pandemic has not prevented the US firm from financing its property strategy.

Howard brings Schroders into play in real estate debt

Property finance veteran Natalie Howard is building a new credit business. She tells us why organisations like Schroders are the ‘natural fillers’ of real estate’s funding gap.

Aareal’s Schöttmer: There is limited debt liquidity for cross-border logistics deals

Following the bank’s €400m refinancing of a pan-European logistics portfolio for GLP, its managing director for special property finance says funding for multi-jurisdictional transactions is scarce.