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New credit facility, combined with recently raised equity, gives the grocery property investor £500m for an acquisition spree.

Our Lending Data database, which comprises European real estate debt deals and is updated each Monday, has been relaunched in an improved format.

Panellists at REC Europe’s London event said inflation and rising rates are prompting greater scrutiny of potential financing deals.

With the war in Ukraine fuelling inflation and interest rates on the rise, real estate debt market participants are bracing for volatility.

In a webinar last week, the French bank argued the provision of debt in European real estate markets has not been significantly impacted by political and economic factors.

Goldman Sachs has echoed Morgan Stanley by returning to private equity real estate funds with a rebranded series carrying a considerably more conservative strategy.

The bank partnered with an institutional investor to refinance a London asset for a Greystar-led joint venture.

The impact from the war in Ukraine could still disrupt the commercial real estate debt in several ways.

Recruiting property debt specialists is becoming more expensive, says a compensation survey by executive search firm Sousou Partners