Expo Real – a must attend event

A must attend event – EXPO REAL (Messe München) last week was a great opportunity to see some familiar faces and make new connections. With concerns over rising rates and a slowdown of transactions, it was refreshing to see the upbeat mood amongst attendees with most seeing an exciting opportunity set across Europe and expectations of … Read more

Korean Investors Lose Control of Dublin Office Leased to Meta

Demand for office space continues to suffer with values falling 11% in Dublin since last year. The appointment of creditors in this instance comes after owner KB Securities failed to clinch a sale earlier this year, with bids apparently in the €40m-€45m region, despite an asking price of approximately €80m.  KB acquired the building for about $140m in … Read more

5 Reasons to invest in Real Estate Opportunistic Credit

In our latest white paper, we discuss the five key reasons for investing in real estate opportunistic credit. The interest rate hike cycle has drastically re-priced credit in favour of lenders on both an absolute and relative basis. The transaction set for real estate opportunistic credit is expanding significantly. Thematic opportunities – liquidity based financings … Read more

PIMCO advocating an opportunistic approach to real estate

Pimco’s recent report ‘Real Estate Reckoning’ talks how their outlook for commercial real estate investing largely advocates an opportunistic approach to capturing value in real estate markets. Our Opportunistic Credit strategy is a value driven investment strategy that provides capital in scenarios where market inefficiencies and/or transactional idiosyncrasies create liquidity demands that can drive enhanced … Read more

Franklin Templeton’s Benefit Street Partners launches second opportunistic real estate debt fund

Good to see another major institutional investor choosing opportunistic credit as the best means of addressing current real estate markets, with Franklin Templeton‘s Benefit Street Partners launching their second opportunistic debt fund.  Our opportunistic credit strategy focuses on idiosyncratic real estate opportunities, such as recapitalisations, refinancing, time-crunched transactions as well as distressed and stressed scenarios. Our … Read more

Alternative lenders to the rescue

Non-bank financing is offering solutions to the debt funding gap React News recently reported on the commercial real estate financing gap in Europe and how alternative lenders can play a significant role here. They reported that 2024 is shaping up to be crucial for refinancing, with industry experts projecting a debt funding gap of €51bn … Read more

British Land Life Sciences push continues, with 48,000 sq ft lab letting at the Priestly Building

The life sciences sub-sector within real estate continues to go from strength to strength, with British Land letting 48,000 sq ft of lab-enabled space to leading global life science company LGC, in what is one of the largest life sciences deals in the UK this year. At Zenzic, we believe investors should be able to … Read more