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Ben Eppley, the US firm’s head of property debt in Europe, says the transitional financing is representative of Apollo’s recent lending.

The pandemic has changed how and where we work. But what does that mean for offices and how they will be financed?

As building owners ready their properties for the real estate recovery, debt advisers are helping to source finance for their business plans.

The head of real assets at the Dutch investor says building valuations will take a hit unless owners are proactive in making their assets sustainable.

Following an €88m financing in the Netherlands, the US manager’s real estate finance director says the country’s office sector is no longer blighted by oversupply.

So-called ‘beds for rent’ sectors in the UK are becoming a preferred allocation choice for investors over offices and retail, according to findings published by Investec.

The latest real estate institutional investor survey by placement agent Probitas Partners demonstrates tumbling appetite for office investments and competition fears.

The debt fund manager’s head of senior debt said Tristan Capital Partners’ plans to future-proof Reading International Business Park convinced it to back the project.

Ali Otmar of Tristan Capital Partners and Ben Eppley of Apollo Global Management discuss a transaction, which Otmar says required the 'extreme end of flexibility'.

Panellists at CREFC Europe’s conference on offices say lenders are factoring in capex programmes and shorter leases when underwriting properties.