All Real Estate Projects
The financing of real estate is one of the traditional core businesses of Helaba. In this, the Bank specializes in big ticket financing. Accordingly, office buildings and retail properties as well as business parks and logistics centers are mainly financed. The product range comprises traditional as well as innovated financing products.
In its domestic real estate lending business, Helaba operates from its head offices in Frankfurt and Erfurt. Market focus is on the most important German conurbations – among them the Rhine-Main region and Munich. For more than a decade, Helaba has pursued an internationally oriented strategy in the real estate sector. Its international real estate lending operations are serviced in Frankfurt and at the Bank's foreign branches in Paris, London and New York.
Office building “The Rock”, Amsterdam
Helaba is providing WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH with a loan of EUR 90.35m for its fund “WestInvest InterSelect”, to part-finance the purchase price of the Amsterdam office building “The Rock”. Helaba is acting as Sole Lender.
Office and retail building “ONE Goetheplaza” in Frankfurt
Helaba is financing a three-figure million Euro sum in a ‘club deal’ with LBB for the project development of “ONE Goetheplaza”, an office and retail building in Frankfurt am Main.
Helaba finances development of the office building "Take OFF" in Munich
With a loan of about €33m, Helaba is financing the development of the office building "Take OFF" in Munich Riem (near the fairground).
Helaba finances shopping centre in Olsztyn for Rockspring
With a loan in an amount of €51m, Helaba is financing the shopping-centre “Alfa Centrum” in Olsztyn, Masuria for Rockspring Property Investment Managers LLP.
Club deal: Pan-European facility for Valad Fund
Helaba and pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank (pbb), have jointly arranged a €300m senior debt facility to refinance a logistics and light industrial portfolio across Germany, France and the Netherlands.
Helaba provides EUR 35m loan to Gecina
Helaba has granted a EUR 35m credit facility to French real estate investment trust Gecina for the financing of a prime office building in central Paris.
Three business parks for Valad
Helaba is providing the Valad Property Group with a loan of around EUR 9.5 million for the acquisition of three business parks in the Greater Paris area. Helaba is acting in the transaction as Sole Lender and Arranger.
Commercial building in Hanover
Helaba is providing PB Grundbesitzinvestitions- und Entwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG, a property company of Bertram Projektmanagement GmbH, Hannover and LHI Leasing GmbH, Pullach with financing for the development and long-term financing of a commercial building in Hanover.
Shopping-center Silesia in Katowice
Helaba and pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank arrange EUR 210 million facility for IMMOFINANZ Group’s Silesia City Center for refunding and advancement in Katowice, Poland.
Helaba, as one of a pool of banks, is financing an office portfolio of EUR 340 million
Together with five other banks, Helaba is financing the purchase by Eurosic of a portfolio of office properties from GE Capital Real Estate. In this transaction, Helaba is acting as Co-Arranger and Swap provider. The acquisition comprises 20 office buildings for a total investment volume of EUR 340 million.
Development loan for Value Retails's 'La Vallée Village'
In a club deal with three other banks, Helaba lends to La Vallée Village in Marne near Paris, La Vallée has signed a EUR 33.85 million development facility that provides financing for construction of the third phase. In the deal Helaba acted as Mandated Lead Arranger, Agent und Swap Provider.
Helaba acts as agent for the financing of O'Parinor Shopping Center
Helaba is providing the financing for a fund of Rockspring Property Investment Managers together with Aareal Bank AG as co-arranger. With a total amount of € 219 million, the financing of O’Parinor Shopping Centre in the north of Paris is one of the largest financing deals in France this year.
Office and retail building “Isartor City” Munich
Helaba is providing UBS Real Estate Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH with a loan for its newly-launched special fund. It is for the co-financing of the purchase price of a Munich office and retail building.
Office complex River Ouest in Bezons, greater Paris area
The financing of the office complex River Ouest was arranged in a club deal for an OPCI special purpose company managed by Crédit Agricole Immobilier. Located at Bezons near Paris, the complex comprises four high-quality buildings with a total space of 64,300 m².
London shopping centre "Westfield" for Commerz Real
In a club deal with Deutsche Hypo, Helaba is financing the London shopping centre “Westfield” for Commerz Real with GBP 250 m.
Refinancing of the Opéra portfolio in Paris
A pool of banks led by Helaba has granted a loan of EUR 138 million to Benson Elliot Capital Management and Générale Continentale Investissement. This concerns a portfolio of four buildings in Paris and the suburb Issy-les-Moulineaux.
Shoppping centre in Berlin
As part of a syndicate of four banks, Helaba is financing the construction of a shopping centre combined with a hotel and apartments for HGHI High Gain House Investments GmbH, on the former Wertheim site at Leipziger Platz in the Berlin-Mitte district of the capital.
“Watermark Place” for Oxford Properties in London
Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen and Berlin Hyp, together with Oxford Properties Group, have successfully co-arranged a medium-term debt financing facility for “Watermark Place” in the City of London, amounting to an initial GBP 140 million.
Office and retail building "Lorenzistock" Munich
Helaba has co-financed the acquisition of the Munich office and retail building “Lorenzistock” by Pembroke Alter Hof LCC with EUR 38 million.
Portfolio of 49 retail properties in Germany
Helaba is providing Hoover Property1 GmbH & Co. KG, a special purpose company of the F&C Reit Asset Management Gruppe, with a financing of EUR 79.5 million.
Business Park Berlin Eichborndamm
Helaba is providing a loan totalling EUR 30 million for the special purpose entity of DOBA Grund Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. for the property Berlin Eichborndamm.
Office properties for Tishman Speyer near Paris
Helaba is financing the purchase of the Delta-building in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris and the refinancing of a building located Rue Lefebvre in the 9th district. In both transactions Helaba acted as Arranger and Lender.
Outlet centre 'La Vallée Village' near Paris
Helaba has arranged a EUR 180 m consortium loan for Value Retail's 'La Vallée Village' outlet centre near Paris.
Business park Munich
Helaba is providing Hirmer Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG with a fixed-term loan of EUR 21 million for the co-financing of a comprehensive refurbishment and structural improvement of the property.
Logistics centres for ProLogis in Slovakia
Helaba has arranged a EUR 38.5 million debt financing for ProLogis European Properties Fund II (PEPF II) a private equity fund externally-managed by ProLogis (NYSE: PLD). The facility is secured by a portfolio of two logistics and distribution centres in Nove Mesto and Galanta, Slovakia, comprising a leasable area of 176,000 m².
Factory outlet in Troyes, France
The Bank is providing funding of EUR 60 million for the Resolution Real Estate Fund III L.P for the acquisition of the designer outlet Mc Arthur Glen Troyes. Helaba acted in the transaction as Arranger, Sole Lender and Swap Provider through its Paris Branch
Business park near Munich, Germany
As syndicate leader in a club deal with Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG, KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH and Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank AG, Helaba is arranging the finance for the purchase of a business park in Munich Neuperlach.
Shopping centers for Captiva Capital Partners in Germany
Helaba is financing two shopping centres in Flensburg and Saarbrücken for the special purpose companies of the fund Captiva Capital Partners III. In this transction, Helaba is acting as agent and underwriter.
Office properties for AXA REIM in Sweden
Helaba has arranged a financing for Alternative Property Income Venture (APIV), a real estate fund managed by AXA REIM (AXA Real Estate Investment Managers) amounting to SEK 226 m.
Office development for CBRE investors near Paris
Helaba is financing the development of two new buildings in Noisy-le-Grand, near Paris, with a loan of EUR 85,6 million. The project is owned by CB Richard Ellis Strategic Partners Europe Fund III (SPE III), a pan European fund managed by CBRE Investors.
Logistic centres for ProLogis (PEPR) in the Netherlands
Helaba has arranged a financing for ProLogis European Properties (Euronext: PEPR) with a funding volume of EUR 45.3 million. The facility has an initial tenor of 3.16 years plus a two-year extension option.
Procter and Gamble Headquarters, UK
Helaba has arranged an investment facility of £19.71Mio for the UK headquarters of Procter and Gamble in Weybridge, Surrey.
Extension Nisa Shopping Center in Liberec, Tschechien
ING Real Estate Investment Management has secured an EUR 80m debt financing from German Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen (Helaba). The long-term financing covers refinancing of existing loans and the recent extension of the Nisa Shopping Centre in Liberec, Northern Bohemia.
Commercial real estate for Prologis PEPR in Sweden
Helaba has arranged a financing for ProLogis European Properties (Euronext: PEPR) with a funding volume of EUR 48.8 million. The loan has been split into two tranches, one SEK and one Euro dominated part. The facility is secured by a portfolio of four logistic and distribution centres in Gothenburg, Örebo and Norrköping, comprising a leasable area of 130,500 m².
Mozart tower at Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Helaba has granted in a club deal with Calyon, DekaBank, Natixis and Société Générale several financing facilities to SCI Tour Mozart, a subsidiary of Docks Lyonnais, for a total amount of € 180 million.
Commercial real estate in Munich, Germany
Helaba is financing a loan of EUR 20.6 million for the acquisition of a commercial property in Munich by the Luxembourg fund manager ALPINA Real Estate. The property supplements an ALPINA fund which concentrates on office buildings in central locations of major German cities, and comprises more than 100,000 m² of lettable space.
Office and retail property in London for SITQ
Helaba, together with Deutsche Genossenschafts – Hypothekenbank AG, has arranged a club deal totalling £96 Million for a mixed office and retail property at 151 Buckingham Palace Road in the West End of London
Office buildings for alstria office REIT-AG in Wiesbaden and Mannheim
Helaba has provided credit of more than EUR 33m to alstria office REIT AG in order to finance the acquisition of two office buildings in Wiesbaden und Mannheim, which are currently let long-term to Bilfinger Berger AG.
Commercial property for Macquarie Global Property Advisors in Paris, France
Helaba, together with Westimmo and Postbank, has arranged a club deal loan totalling EUR 140 million for a mixed office and retail property at “Place de Madeleine” in the central business district of Paris.
Office property for the fund LaSalle Euro Growth II in Saint Denis, France
Helaba has arranged a deal loan totalling EUR 33 million for an office property in Saint Denis for the fund LaSalle, northern suburb of Paris.
Shopping centre for the french REIT MRM S.A.
Helaba is providing a loan of EUR 35 million for the French REIT MRM S.A.
Office property for STAM Europe in Clichy, France
Financing an office property in Clichy for STAM Europe
Commercial property "Klara Zenit" in Stockholm, Sweden
Helaba is providing the “Hausinvest europa” fund with a financing of SEK 1,600 million (EUR 155 million) for the office and retail building “Klara Zenit” in Stockholm.
Commercial property for Sponda Plc in Helsinki, Finlan
Helaba has arranged the EUR 82 million financing of a commercial property in Helsinki for Sponda Plc, with a funding volume of EUR 82.8 million.
Commercial real estate for the Boultbee Group in Sweden
The German lender Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen has arranged funding for the British-based Boultbee Group for refinancing commercial properties in Sweden with a total volume of SEK 975 m (EUR 90 m).
Shopping centre "Zehlendorfer Welle" in Berlin, Germany
Helaba is providing the UK-based Arab Investment Ltd. with a loan of €50 million for the purchase of the shopping centre “Zehlendorfer Welle” in Berlin.
Helaba is financing "Saski Crescent" and "Europolis Park" for Europolis in Warsaw, Poland
Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen has closed facilities totalling more than EUR 80m for the financing of “Saski Crescent” office building and “Europolis Park Phase I, Blonie” in Warsaw.
Experience and Continuity
Our status as a Landesbank gives us particularly extensive experience in the financing of large residential real estate portfolios and the support of major takeover, acquisition and privatisation transactions. Our main strengths in commercial real estate financing are office buildings, shopping centres, commercial premises, retail parks and logistics centres.
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