Sato Corporation, the Helsinki-based real estate investment manager, and Finnish bank OP Corporate Bank have agreed an unsecured bilateral loan of €100 million.

Allianz Global Investors, the London-based investment management arm of the German insurer, has facilitated a £127.6 million (€146.8 million) loan for a 1,462-room student housing development on the University of Hull campus.

Henderson Park, the London-based real estate investment manager, has hired former AEW Europe and Barclays Capital executive Subbash Thammanna as finance director.

Alpha Real Trust has completed the refinancing of a facility secured against a shopping centre in Madrid with a new €65 million loan from German bank Aareal.

Charles Daulon du Laurens has been appointed as global head of a client capital group at AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, the subsidiary of French insurance giant AXA.

Brookfield Property Partners is seeking a major refinancing of its $3.5 billion logistics platform IDI Gazeley ahead of a potential sale.

Wells Fargo has provided a £151 million loan to Oxenwood Real Estate to support the £286 million purchase of a portfolio of prime UK logistics assets.

DekaBank has underwritten a €41 million loan to finance the acquisition of a Munich office building by a real estate fund managed by BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management.

Hammerson has agreed a £350 million (€418 million) revolving credit facility with a syndicate of 14 international banks, including several Asian lenders, in a bid to reduce its cost of debt.

Henderson Park, the London-based real estate investment manager, has hired Gijs Molenaar as head of asset management, according to Real Estate Capital's sister title, PERE.