Lending

Land banking draws in alternative lenders

Industry participants say the strategy is ‘no longer a niche product’ and can generate equity-like returns.

Ringfencing real estate credit risk

AI is becoming a must-have for real estate credit risk and pipeline management.

How to replace a generation of real estate industry leaders

Alternative lenders are gearing up for a period of heavy succession planning.

Real estate private credit investors are upping the ante for fundraising

Institutional investors have rewritten the playbook for capital relations, and managers are seeking new ways to stand out from the pack.

Prospect Capital: Seizing the refi opportunity in US multifamily credit

Debt funds looking to take advantage of the surge in refinancing must be able to lend at attractive rates based on a highly efficient cost structure in an increasingly competitive environment, argues Prospect Capital’s Joseph Ryu.

How commercial real estate credit’s next evolution is taking shape

The commercial real estate landscape is changing, with the importance of sector selection, niche strategies and mid-market lending set to come to the fore.

Brookfield closes $300m loan for Manhattan office-to-residential conversion

The funding will be used by Vanbarton Group to acquire and redevelop a Midtown office tower into a 441-unit residential property.

QuadReal joins the race for Europe debt exposure with a £2.5bn push

As US and Canadian managers scale up in European real estate credit, The PERE Podcast spotlights recent plays by QuadReal, Brookfield and others, as well as the factors driving them.

Benefit Street Partners investment trust set to close $1.1bn CRE CLO

FBRT will also finance an approximately $500m pool of assets with a money center bank as part of the deal.

QuadReal launches £2.5bn European direct lending strategy

The manager of BCI’s pension scheme aims to originate construction, transitional and stabilized loans.