Refinancing

Benefit Street Partners closes $223.8m of loans to extend financing streak

The firm has been active as a senior and mezzanine lender and worked in both capacities to back Pearlstone Partners’ development of an Austin condominium project.

Affinius, Siguler Guff originate $212m refi for Boston multifamily complex

The borrower is a joint venture between Blue Vista and Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, owners of a Class A property in the Brighton submarket.

Trimont: Loan servicing ‘a volume game’

This article is sponsored by Trimont Trimont struck a deal to acquire Wells Fargo’s non-agency third-party commercial mortgage servicing (CMS) business last year, becoming the largest commercial real estate loan servicer in the US in the process. The Atlanta-based advisory will manage some $640 billion of loans in the US, which is around 11 percent […]

Bravo Capital: Borrower priorities are shifting

Borrowers are looking to balance the right approach in the current high-rate environment without handicapping themselves for future opportunities, say Bravo Capital’s Aaron Krawitz and Bravo Property Trust’s Gabi Moshayev.

C-PACE goes mainstream as originations near $10bn

Nuveen Green Capital’s Jessica Bailey talks about the potential runway for the niche financing strategy.

Franklin BSP acquires NewPoint to boost agency lending, servicing

The firm will use the transaction to expand its agency lending capabilities and tee up more exits through its mortgage REIT investments.