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Lending to a singular alternative real estate sector means a firm must be ready to underwrite a property type’s unique risk and demonstrate specialist expertise.
The real estate investor has injected £400m of capital into the UK specialist lender.
While certain areas of the market continue to struggle, debt providers are increasingly drawn to the sector’s fundamentals, which offer an oasis of opportunity in the country.
The refinancing of Milton Park, a science and business park in Oxfordshire, represents the private lender’s largest single facility in Europe to date.
The firms aim to address a ‘shortage of debt capital’ in mainstream residential developments with their joint venture vehicle, which has an initial size of £165m.
The London-based firm is launching a lending division for the industrials sector, targeting an ‘undersupply’ of finance outside the prime market.
The London-based debt provider lent £100m across four residential and student accommodation deals in June.
The specialist lender has hired former real estate banker Matthew Pritchard as it aims to expand its sources of capital.
The private lender has provided an £83m loan to the Asian investor, which has secured a freehold deal for the ‘high-quality asset’.
The UK property debt specialist has provided £40m of debt financing from its first commingled fund.