Loans in focus: Apollo and Ares to provide Blackstone with €1.5bn, Just Group issues £136m to refinance seven London offices, ING refinances four Spanish industrial parks

Apollo Global Management and Ares Management are close to agreeing a €1.5bn deal to refinance Blackstone's Spanish build-to-rent company; Just Group issues a £136m loan to Oval Real Estate; ING provides Accolade Industrial Fund with a €56m loan to refinance four logistics parks in Spain; 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.