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The real estate debt fund manager has financed an apartment development in the wealthy St John’s Wood area.

The firm intends to raise €2bn by the end of the year, and said there are huge opportunities as banks continue to dispose of non-core assets.

Johnny Horgan, the managing director of BidX1, a property trading platform, explains how the rise of a digital marketplace is a value-add to investors and managers.

The deal will see ARA take a majority stake in Venn and assist with its expansion.

The real estate debt fund manager has raised £500m by first close for its fourth senior property lending vehicle.

Value-add assets in the region during this fully-priced part of the investing cycle require existing income and disciplined leverage for the best chance of success, argues Mike Bryant, co-head of real estate at manager Partners Group.

The Real Estate Finance business of consultancy Link Group, which is launching its fourth annual survey of the UK real estate debt market, expects to see greater supply of debt from German and other continental European lenders.

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