Real Estate Finance

Our team is based across sub-Saharan Africa and has facilitated transactions in various sub-Saharan African and selected north African jurisdictions. We have a comprehensive service offering that covers a wide range of clients from diverse geographical origins covering various African countries, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the Americas. Our team has led landmark multi-currency and multi-country real estate transactions for our clients, including listed REITs, property companies and unlisted clients that are in the mid-cap and large-cap segments as well as owner-occupied solutions for property clients.

The type of assets that we fund include but are not limited to the following:

• Office
• Industrial
• Retail
• Residential (rental stock / build to sell, affordable housing and student accommodation)
• Alternative assets classes

Our solutions include the following:

• Development funding for both greenfield and brownfield assets
• Term funding for the acquisition of single assets, portfolios, property owning entities, sale and leaseback transactions, corporate restructures and portfolio lends
• Structured real estate solutions tailored to specific client realities
• Foreign currency funding in USD, GBP and EUR through operations in the Isle of Man and Mauritius

We are committed to driving Africa’s sustainable growth and are the market leader in sustainable finance in the real estate sector, providing green loans, sustainability-linked loans and social loans across various jurisdictions and client groups.