strategies

Real estate finance specialists expect debt providers to work with sponsors to tackle troubled loan situations in one of their predictions for the year ahead.

The former Torchlight Investors partner has joined the real estate debt specialist as senior managing director and co-head of capital raising.

The US manager has backed former Tyndaris real estate boss Clark Coffee’s new venture to capitalise on dislocation in the European lending market.

The US real estate big hitter has struck a deal to take on Swiss manager GAM’s European property debt business.

The London-based manager, which has begun investing its sixth and seventh credit vehicles, says covid-19 has forced sponsors to adapt their strategies.

Vacancy and rental levels could be on a longer-than-anticipated road to recovery, especially in western markets.

Though new relationships are still on hold throughout much of the world, many kinds of investors are still finding ways to grow their real estate exposure.

Following the €435m first close of its latest credit vehicle, the manager’s debt experts discuss fundraising in the time of covid-19.

The property investment arm of German insurer Allianz has acquired two office buildings in Paris as a demonstration of confidence in what many regard as a highly uncertain sector.

The covid-19 crisis has accelerated two different shifts in how properties with a space-as-a-service component will be valued.