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Alternative lenders have been increasingly active in green and sustainable lending for European real estate, in part motivated by investors' net-zero targets.
The strategy includes margin incentives that are conditional on meeting sustainability targets.
Lisa Attenborough of consultant Knight Frank says momentum in the sustainable real estate financing market is building.
Institutional investors are grappling with the question of what to do with existing assets amid greater ESG scrutiny during the pandemic.
The firm’s head of European real estate finance explains why the opportunity to finance 10 George Street in London’s Canary Wharf tempted it into its first private rented sector residential loan in Europe.
The head of real estate at the alternative investor explains the rationale behind the €300m green bond financing of one of its portfolio companies.
The pandemic has brought increased focus on the social aspects of ESG strategies in particular, according to the real estate investment manager.
Property debt providers are understandably preoccupied by the pandemic. But it is crucial that progress continues to be made in sustainable finance.
The consultancy used its latest Financing Property presentation to argue the pandemic is putting greater emphasis on sustainability in real estate finance.
Commercial real estate finance industry figures discussed diversity and inclusion at the London event.