UK real estate lending held up in the first six months of 2019 thanks to a high proportion of refinancings, while acquisition finance was down in line with a quieter UK transaction market ahead of Brexit, the latest report from the Cass Business School shows.
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DoValue Group, an Italian loan servicing unit owned by Japan's Softbank, has won a mandate to manage Alpha Bank's non-performing loan asset management business in Cyprus following an international bidding process.
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Development finance provider Maslow Capital has provided a £123 mln (€140 mln) facility to fund the construction by developer Renaker of two residential towers in Manchester.
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LaSalle Investment Management is planning a €1 bn follow-on fund in its flagship Real Estate Debt Strategies (LREDS) programme after allocating almost 90% of LREDS III.
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Fleming Properties, a company set up by independent investment bank, Pareto Securities, has been loaned €78 mln by Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (Pbb) to finance the acquisition of an office in Helsinki, Finland.
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Cain International, the privately held real estate investment firm operating in Europe and the US, is pursuing further business in southern Europe after inking a couple of key debt deals in Italy this year.
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The Student Hotel (TSH) has secured a €90 mln loan to build two new hotels in Madrid and Barcelona.
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Greece’s third largest REIT, Trastor, has announced plans to raise up to €72.6 mln to fund new acquisitions.
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Germany-focused logistics investor LIP Invest (LIP) has closed a fund at €175 mln and launched another which has raised €125 mln at its first closing.
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Investec Structured Property Finance said on Monday that it has provided a joint venture between Henderson Park and Greystar an £80 mln (€90 mln) loan in conjunction with its partner Lender, Bank of Ireland.
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Belgian REIT Xior announced on Wednesday that it has made €171 mln of new investments in Spain and Portugal as part of its expansion strategy in the Iberian region.
