Bridget O’Connell
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Lone Star wins Ulster debt race
Lone Star is one of a handful of investors carving up Ulster Bank’s €1.2bn Project Achill loan portfolio. The US private equity firm has won two of the six…
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UK prop deals in the fast lane
Transactions involving UK institutions are the fastest to close, completing almost a month sooner than sales by non-institutional parties…
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Valad to sever Blackstone tie
Valad Europe has starting hunting for a new partner as it moves to replace Blackstone as majority shareholder.
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Nama in €600m Q4 sales pledge
Nama is to bring five major portfolios of Irish property totalling €600m (£470m) to the market in the next three months
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TIAA Henderson extends £1.1bn fund
FINANCE: TIAA Henderson Real Estate has secured a six-year extension for its circa £1.1bn flagship UK Retail Warehouse Fund.
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£750m Westfield CMBS relaunched
FINANCE: Deutsche Bank and Crédit Agricole have relaunched the £750m Stratford City CMBS.
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Interview: ICG-Longbow
Fresh from the sale of their business to ICG, Longbow’s founding partners talk lending and long-term plans
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Credit Suisse in £520m hotel refi
Credit Suisse has taken pole position to provide finance for a £520m portfolio of Travelodge hotels.
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Euro listings headed for record year
European listed real estate companies may this year exceed the record $5.1bn (£3.1bn) of capital raised by the sector in 2006.
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BL/Tesco pick up refi package
British Land and Tesco have completed a £325m refinance of their UK retail portfolio.
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BAML plants £100m for Tree assets
A buoyant portfolios market continues to drive lending, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch lined up to finance the Tree portfolio.
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Lloyds Chambers hunts for refi
The owners of Lloyds Chambers, E1, are looking to refinance the City building on the back of rising values and falling debt costs.