Al Barbarino
The New York-based firm is raising money for a distressed and alternative real estate debt play.
The real estate lending division of the insurer is refinancing two office buildings in California.
The real estate lender has also provided its first commercial mortgage loan in Ireland.
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Fellows and de Hann set to launch real estate financing platform.
The US insurer has provided a 60 percent loan-to-value financing for the purchase in the US capital.
The firm will make commercial real estate debt investments for a life insurance company.
The private lender has also raised $750 million from investors for originating new loans to add to the portfolio.
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$570 million of bank debt provided against a 47-hotel portfolio will be securitized.