Bridging the gap

The new mantra in the commercial real estate market is ‘stay alive until ’25’ and to do that, sponsors are looking for short-term financing solutions that will allow them to bridge the gap between today’s high interest rate environment to what is widely expected to be relatively lower rates in the next year or so. Key points will include:

• How volatility at the short end of the Treasury curve is affecting lenders’ ability to write new loans.
• The strategies and structures lenders are offering to sponsors to bridge this gap.
• How sponsors and lenders are structuring loans to include more mezzanine debt or preferred equity to get loans done.

REC USA’s inaugural Bridge Lending report will be published in the December issue, sent to all subscribers in print and digital form, with all content to sit on the website and LinkedIn indefinitely.

Copies will also circulate at the CREFC annual conference in Miami in January.

Publishing date: December 1 2023