UK specialist property lender Octopus Property has appointed Sean Deacon as head of Core Credit, effective immediately, to support the company in its ambitions to grow its loan book to over £1 bn (€1.13 bn) during 2018.
Opportunistic investors KKR and Baupost confirmed the acquisition of a portfolio of 33 Marriott International hotels across the UK from ADIA, while listed property group Covivio completed the purchase of 43 hotel properties in France, Belgium and Germany, in a €800 mln swap deal with AccorInvest.
