German mortgage bank Berlin Hyp has issued its first unsecured ‘green’ bond, raising €500 million, more than a year since it issued a green pfandbrief.

The French real estate investment trust Klépierre has raised €600 million through a bond issue.

Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) has provided a €70 million loan to a joint venture between STAM Europe and York Capital Management to fund the recent acquisition of a French logistics portfolio.

European asset and investment manager CR has hired real estate banker Stéphane Adolf (pictured) from Hypothekenbank Frankfurt, part of Commerzbank, as it positions itself to lend in the European property market.

Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb), Helaba and ING Real Estate Finance have provided a €163.6 million loan to refinance three shopping centres in Poland.

Listed Italian real estate company Beni Stabili has agreed a €710 million loan with a club of French and Italian banks.

Allianz Real Estate has originated its first loan in the Swedish market, to refinance a shopping centre in the city of Karlstad.

Independent real estate debt fund manager Aeriance Investments has written £160 million of loans across 15 deals during 2016 to date, it has reported. The firm said this takes total underwriting across its four funds to £1.35 billion since inception.

Non-core real estate loans and lender-owned properties with a face-value of €24.4 billion have been sold in Europe this year, according to the first loan sales report to be published by Federico Montero (pictured) since his move from Cushman & Wakefield to investment banking firm Evercore.

Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) and Deutsche Hypo have provided a joint financing of the W Hotel in Amsterdam, which opened its doors last October.