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Ali Imraan, the managing director, debt and special situations, at real estate investment manager LaSalle Investment Management, discusses the opportunities Spain offers property debt fund lenders.
The investment manager was asked to arrange funding which met Islamic banking principles on behalf of a separate account client.
Last year saw record real estate investment volumes, but factors including Brexit and weaker economic growth may mean 2019 is not as buoyant, writes Tom Leahy, senior director for EMEA analytics at Real Capital Analytics.
As the prospect of a disorderly Brexit grows, logistics investors are evaluating the potential costs and benefits of the UK’s impending divorce from the European Union.
Debt providers canvassed by Real Estate Capital discuss where they see prospects for financing in the new year.
The company will gradually replace most of its existing secured debt facilities with more issuances under its €10bn medium-term note programme.
Aareal Bank has financed a pan-European portfolio in the latest large financing deal in the sector.
The bank has written a £61m debt facility for Chancerygate.
The London-based firm is launching a lending division for the industrials sector, targeting an ‘undersupply’ of finance outside the prime market.
DekaBank and pbb provide a €117.3m loan for three prime industrial facilities in Germany as local banks continue to benefit from burgeoning institutional investment.