ARTICLES LABELLED WITH TAG refinancing

Due to its growing portfolio and improving tenant structure, Czech developer Contera has decided to secure financing for its projects and development for the next seven years, Daniela Fraňková, Contera's CFO, confirmed for Property Forum. The refinancing will be provided by UniCredit Bank and two other banks.

Basecamp Student has signed a facility agreement for refinancing their student housing project in Wrocław with a loan in the amount of €36 million, Colliers announced on LinkedIn.

Asset management firm Diófa and the Hungarian branch of Erste Bank have concluded a financing deal for seven years. The refinancing contract is worth €73 million, portfolio.hu reports.

Accolade received a long-term financing for the 5 industrial parks in Poland: Gorzów Wielkopolski, Szczecin Załom (West), Szczecin Kniewska, Częstochowa and Kielce. The €129 million refinancing loan was delivered by its new financing partner Helaba. 

Zeitgeist Asset Management has obtained a loan from Česká spořitelna for the largest ever refinancing of its portfolio in the amount of €113 million (CZK 2.7 billion). In total, it concerns 23 properties with a total value of €220 million, located in various Prague locations. These are mainly residential properties with apartments for rent and private campuses for student accommodation.

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb) has underwritten an investment facility, totalling €120 million to refinance a logistics portfolio located across Poland for EQT Exeter. This is the second deal that pbb has closed with the EQT Exeter team.

Bank Pekao S.A. completed the €10 million refinancing project of a retail park portfolio owned by Newbridge Poland. The investor was advised in this process by the Avison Young investment team.

A consortium consisting of Austrian banks: Erste Group Bank AG and Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien AG, provided financing in the amount of up to €70 million and PLN 10 million to two special purpose vehicles from the Cavatina Holding S.A. group. implementing the Ocean Office Park complex in Kraków. The funds from the loans will be used to finance and refinance expenditure related to the construction and finishing of office buildings A and B in a multifunctional investment in Kraków's Zabłocie district.

European Logistics Investment has signed a loan agreement worth €111 million with Berlin Hyp. The funds will be used for the refinancing of four projects from ELI’s logistics portfolio.

Accolade and Aareal Bank have closed a refinancing deal, with a total value of €54 million (CZK 1.4 billion) for four Polish parks: in Bydgoszcz, Białystok, Mińsk Mazowiecki and Legnica. This is a sequel to their previous transaction, concluded last year, whose value amounted to €153 million (CZK 4 billion). Apart from increasing portfolio profitability, the refinancing is also to support the execution of Accolade’s strategy that aims to develop modern business in Europe.