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The rapid evolution of the European logistics sector presents financiers with the opportunity to tap in to an exciting growth area, but it also puts them into uncharted territory. Perhaps more than any other real estate sector, the very nature of logistics is changing. While many lenders now recognise the appeal of financing logistics, getting […]
Over the last 12 months, the European logistics sector has been subject to a series of mega-deals, most of them funded by Asian capital and carrying a substantial amount of debt. Large platform deals are being driven by the huge volume of equity in the global real estate market, which investors are competing to deploy, […]
The European logistics property market is booming, and lenders are aiming to capitalise. Lauren Parr reports.
Industrial developer CTP Group has sourced a €160 million loan to refinance a logistics portfolio in the Czech Republic.
European logistics is a market real estate lenders cannot afford to ignore, but it has its challenges.
Singapore’s Global Logistics Properties is to finance its $2.8 billion acquisition of European logistics platform Gazeley with $1.2 billion of debt facilities.
Blackstone is to fund its latest push into the Nordic real estate markets with a €2.6 billion financing of its recently acquired Sponda platform in Finland, in one of the cycle's largest real estate lending deals.
Pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has financed a portfolio of recently-constructed and to-be constructed logistics facilities across the UK with a £147 million (€174 million) loan.
Aareal Bank has provided a €368 million loan to finance a logistics property portfolio in Germany.
European logistics specialist Delin Capital Asset Management has completed a €32 million term loan agreement with ING Bank, secured against a distribution warehouse in Waddinxveen in the Netherlands.