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Pembrook is keeping its focus on apartments, while also considering opportunities in industrial properties and boosting its construction lending.

The partners hope to originate more than $2bn of loans across sectors in the US over the next few years.

Panelists on Ariel Property Advisor’s latest webinar discussed cap rate compression in the context of multifamily in cities like New York – some saying investors will flee the city, others calling it a safe haven.

The company deployed $60m of debt capital in 2021 and is hoping to allocate at least another $150m to this segment of the market in 2022.

Varde Partners and Hawkins Way Capital are set to deploy more than $1bn into value-added and distressed hospitality and residential assets.  

It is part of a $138.7m financing package for Grand Heritage Hotel Group.

Last year’s strong performance stemmed from a faster than expected recovery from the covid-19 pandemic, according to the firm's head of US real estate investment trust and commercial real estate debt research.

Movie studio space, long a niche in the US commercial real estate market, is getting ready for its close-up in response to a boom in content consumption. But underwriting a loan in this sector presents some unique considerations.

The covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the decline of the suburban office market. Here’s how lenders and investors are working to repurpose these white elephants.