Mike Cobb
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Grosvenor seeks Liverpool refi
Grosvenor has approached lenders to refinance its Liverpool One shopping centre as the existing finance deal on the asset nears the end of its term.
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German banks fuel HB Reavis’s UK debut
Slovak developer HB Reavis has obtained £90m of development finance for its first project in the UK at 33 King William Street, EC4.
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CLS seeks refi deal in Vauxhall
CLS Holdings is looking to refinance Spring Mews, its student housing and hotel scheme in Vauxhall, SW8.
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AXA completes Milan office buy
AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has completed the purchase of Torre Beta for €30m (£20.9m)
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Development finance loans up 140%
Development finance loans increased by 140% between 2012 and 2014 with over £4bn transacted in 2014 alone
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European corporate sales total €14.6bn
Europe has seen its highest level of corporate real estate sales in eight years, according to a survey from JLL
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Blackstone AUM up 19%
Blackstone’s real estate business invested a record $8bn (£5.1bn) during the second quarter of 2015, taking its total fee-earning assets under management up by 19% to $62.7bn
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PBB floats on stock exchange
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has successfully floated on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, achieving a total placement volume of nearly €1.2bn (£837m).
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Latest Tristan fund raises €1.5bn
Tristan Capital has completed a first and final close of €1.5bn (£1bn) for its latest fund
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Chinatown scheme approved
Shaftesbury has won planning consent for the redevelopment of its Chinatown, WC2, retail and restaurant project
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European investment up 15%
European commercial real estate investment totalled nearly €58bn (£41bn) in the second quarter of 2015 – a rise of 15% on the equivalent quarter last year, the highest level of…
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Cheap debt ‘deters lenders’
The cost of borrowing to finance commercial real estate has fallen so much it is deterring lenders, according to CBRE