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KKR provides €300 million for Tristan Capital Partners' easyHotel platform; Aareal Bank issues a €250 million loan to refinance a pan-European hotel portfolio; Santander and CaixaBank finance the acquisition of London's 'Can of Ham'; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.
Two banks back the purchase of London’s ‘Can of Ham’ office building in a significant deal for the resurgent sector; Cheyne Capital finances an upscale Spanish resort; REC Europe’s Active Lenders list is examined on the latest episode of The PERE Podcast; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Sigma Capital receives £268 million (€305 million) from US investment bank Morgan Stanley to recharge credit facilities; Aviva Investors provides Arora Group with £175 million facility for a central London office asset; British Business Bank issues Close Brothers Property Finance with a £350 million loan-on-loan facility; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.
Inside: Active Lenders 2025 – REC Europe’s annual guide to the banks and alternative lenders leading the market; Plus, our inaugural Lending Market Barometer reveals what market participants are thinking about the industry; And much more…
Traditional lenders and debt funds fuelled by back leverage are competing for borrowers, with transaction volumes poised to increase, says Newmark’s Matthew Featherstone.
Cain secures £350 million (€400 million) from KKR to refinance a UK industrial and logistics portfolio; NatWest, Santander and HSBC issue a £275 million revolving credit facility to Harworth Group; Natixis Pfandbriefbank provides Germany's Phoenix Spree with a €255 million loan; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.
This episode of The PERE Podcast discusses ICG’s retrenchment from Asia, following a line of Western managers doing the same. We also speak to Goodwin Gaw, chairman of Gaw Capital, about his views on the current trend and the firm’s renewed focus on the region.
The real estate finance market responds to the UK's 2025 Autumn Budget; KKR issues £350m to Cain to refinance its industrial and logistics portfolio; Barkha Mehmedagic appointed as top commercial real estate financier at pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank; and more in today's briefing, exclusively for our valued subscribers.
Aareal Bank, Danske Bank and OP Corporate Bank issue €358m for Helsinki's Mall of Tripla; JPMorgan, Crédit Agricole CIB, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale issue a €500m bridge loan to Argan; Eldridge Real Estate Credit provides a £146m facility for a purpose-built student accommodation development; the latest additions to the Real Estate Capital Europe lending database; and more in our round-up of European loan deals from the past week.
The PERE Podcast spotlights a slew of M&A deals involving some of the country’s biggest corporations staking their claims, featuring Patron Capital founder Keith Breslauer.