The ‘E’ in ESG has typically received the most airtime, while the ‘S’ has been comparatively overlooked. That is true across many sectors – but particularly applicable in the world of real estate. This is partly a function of social value being notoriously hard to measure in comparison to...
Precede Capital provides loan to joint venture for development of Enclave Acton. £105 million three-year whole-loan facility to a joint venture between BlackRock and Outpost Management. The loan will be used to fund the acquisition and development of Enclave Acton, a multifamily build-to-rent...
While the UK’s newly elected Labour government’s manifesto includes numerous commitments to achieving Net Zero by the midpoint of this century, the inconvenient truth is that decarbonising the British economy is proving to be exceptionally difficult. Around 40% of UK carbon emissions are linked...
Last month, my colleague Boris Rumak wrote how mitigating the risk of contractor insolvency when funding modular construction schemes can make modern methods of construction (MMC) more commercially viable, unlocking their potential to transform the UK’s housing market. In this piece, he touched...
Late last year, my colleague David Jerrard wrote how, amid economic uncertainty, bridge lending provides much-needed financial support to developers in circumstances where the real estate asset is not yet generating income. This could be either pre-construction (providing financial support during...
Modular construction is a method of delivering new housing schemes that has attracted equal parts fascination and scepticism from real estate investors. On the one hand, the prospect of funding a scheme where the building modules are manufactured off-site in a controlled factory environment,...
Precede Capital Partners, the B Corp certified real estate development lending platform, and QuadReal Property Group, a global real estate investment, operating and development company headquartered in British Columbia, today announce that they have provided a £105.2 million three-year whole-loan...