LendInvest, the UK property lender, is aiming to raise £50 million through the issue of its first retail bond.

Lloyds Bank Commercial Real Estate has provided a £10.25 million (€11.6 million) investment loan to finance the acquisition of the Stadium Plaza leisure development next to the Welsh national stadium.

Allianz Real Estate has made its first debt investment in the Italian market, participating in the financing of a mixed-use property in central Milan, arranged by French bank Natixis.

Czech industrial property developer CTP has sourced a €75.8 million financing for the expansion of a logistics park close to Bucharest in Romania.

HSH Nordbank has provided a €93 million loan to Cording Real Estate Group to finance its purchase of a property portfolio located across western Germany.

Aroundtown Properties has raised €500 million of fresh capital through the placement of a bond priced at 1.875 percent.

A joint venture between Kennedy Wilson and Varde Partners has sold its share in the loan servicing company of Spain’s Banco Popular back to the bank.

Legal & General’s three-year loan to GreenOak demonstrates how insurance companies are laying their roots in unfamiliar territory.

German real estate debt fund manager Caerus Debt Investments, led by Michael Morgenroth (pictured), has reached a second close on its senior and whole loan fund, raising an additional €47 million of capital mainly from a German insurer.

Spain and Portugal look set to feature prominently in the European real estate loan sales market during the second half of 2017, with investment banking firm Evercore reporting €44.1 billion of live sales in Iberia at the mid-year point.