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The participants in Real Estate Capital Europe’s mid-market roundtable seek to discover opportunity in a segment buffeted by economic headwinds.
The manager is on the hunt for borrowers with ESG-related business plans.
A survey by the German real assets manager shows an 18% increase in clients that demand ESG data in response to new EU targets.
As interest in green lending strategies rises, US lenders are looking to their European counterparts for a roadmap to writing sustainable loans.
The imminent tide of refurbishments to meet environmental standards will provide opportunities for lenders.
Alternative lenders have been increasingly active in green and sustainable lending for European real estate, in part motivated by investors' net-zero targets.
Alternative lenders will take the lead in financing the retrofitting of Europe’s commercial real estate stock, the manager argues.
It is hard to pinpoint the volume of sustainability-linked lending right now, and it will take time before it is the default in real estate lending, yet some progress has been made.
Aviva Investors is on track to hit its sustainable real estate loan origination target ahead of schedule. The company’s head of property lending explains what he has learned from the strategy so far.
The logistics property company has made its bond market debut, issuing €1bn of notes in line with its new green financing framework.