‘A substantial inventory of debt at a very cheap cost has been piling up over recent years and needs refinancing,’ says Maxime Laurent-Bellue, head of tactical strategies at Tikehau Capital. ‘This is one of the themes that will dominate the next few years,’ he warns.
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First Property Group's new senior lending platform will offer secured loans at fixed rates and interest only, CEO Ben Habib tells PropertyEU in an interview.
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Private equity players are becoming more active in what remains a subdued investment market in Sweden, where listed domestic players – which own about one third of the number of investment properties – have gone awfully quiet as they struggle with high gearing and more expensive debt.
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Modular housing manufacturer’s exec says planning is a major hurdle but remains upbeat on the business.
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Volumetric Building Companies (VBC), a global modular building specialist headquartered in Philadelphia, has just secured its first contract in Germany – the offsite construction of a 500-bed hotel for the Tropical Islands resort near Berlin – and is confident it will be getting many more in the near future.
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With €1.6 bn at hand and little competition in the market, BGO’s debt boss says the new UK lending fund can take its pick.
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Sustainability tops the agenda of Beverley Kilbride as she lands the chief operational role in Europe at the US investment management group.
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With the market slowing and values falling, Primonial REIM is betting on operationally-intensive real estate and asset management to generate value for its investors.
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German listed residential landlords, particularly those that have been relying more on sales than rental income, will have a difficult time this year, according to Rogier Quirijns, head of European Real Estate at US-based investment manager Cohen & Steers, which manages roughly $80 bn of assets across the globe.
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Alternative financiers are expected to consolidate their position in the European market over 2023 following a period of widespread retrenchment by the major banks, according to Nunzio Laurenziello, head of debt at Generali Real Estate.
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Swedish real estate firm Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden (SBB) is selling two elderly care properties, located in Västerås and Flen, to Nordisk Renting.
