Listed Italian real estate firm Coima RES has sourced a refinancing of two properties held in a closed-ended fund in which it owns the majority stake.

US private equity firm KKR has bought a stake in an Italian loan servicing firm with a focus on real estate debt.

Legal & General has provided acquisition finance for the purchase of the Olympia London Exhibition Centre by a consortium led by Deutsche Finance International and Yoo Capital.

Colin Sanders, the CEO of bridging and development finance provider Fortwell Capital, is to leave the company after six years in the role.

PGIM Real Estate, the real-estate focused arm of US-based investment firm Prudential, has extended a debt financing facility to UK-based real estate investment trust GCP Student Living. The firm has also provided additional debt financing, according to Real Estate Capital's sister publication, Private Debt Investor.

Blackstone and Prudential's £11.8 billion purchase of a loan portfolio demonstrates today's demand for non-core but performing debt.

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has arranged a €600 million syndicated financing for French REIT Unibail-Rodamco, priced against ‘green’ performance criteria.

Investec Structured Property Finance has provided a £47.7 million senior development and investment loan to finance a 527-bed student accommodation scheme in east London, Real Estate Capital can reveal.

PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided a £50.1 million loan to the buyer of the Fox Court office building in London’s Midtown area.

Central and eastern Europe-focussed investor CPI Property Group has sourced a €440 million financing of a portfolio purchase which covers retail assets across the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Romania.