Eugenia Jimenez
The US manager has backed the launch of a new lending business by former Man Group and Octopus Real Estate executives to capitalize on the UK’s residential financing gap.
The investment manager says long leases and quality tenants are among its reasons to finance the transaction.
Strong investor demand and less stringent national lockdown measures have supported the country’s real estate sector, says the Stockholm-based firm’s debt boss, Pontus Sundin.
By backing construction schemes, debt providers are carefully considering future demand for real estate, delegates at CREFC Europe’s conference heard last week.
The vehicle’s limited partners, including Azora and BNP Paribas Real Estate, are betting on technology to help them become better property investors.
Investors committed around $5bn of capital to Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies IV after the end of Q1 2020.
The property investment arm of German insurer Allianz has acquired two office buildings in Paris as a demonstration of its ongoing confidence in what many regard as a highly uncertain sector.
Covid-19 is fueling occupier demand for more flexible office arrangements, meaning less certainty for landlords and their debt providers.
The London-based manager has decided a market boasting 7% yields is worth buying into, despite its high vacancy rate and today’s general uncertainty towards the sector.
The Stockholm-based asset manager has raised €1.2bn to deploy in sustainable real estate loans in its home market.