Hospitality
OakNorth provides £10m loan to Longshot’s latest venture backed by Joel Cadbury to support its latest hospitality project, Mad Swans
Mad Swans reimagines underperforming golf clubs as activity-led leisure destinations with sport, wellness, and hospitality at their core; Its two flagship sites include a 12-hole golf, eco-cabins, padel, pickleball, driving ranges, and destination dining; This marks OakNorth’s third transaction with Joel Cadbury & Ollie Vigors, following previous support for Bel & The Dragon and Beaverbrook. […]
Hospitality
OakNorth increases support for Third Space with £75m leveraged finance loan – its largest to date – to fund future club expansion
The deal follows OakNorth’s original £38.5m co-lend in June 2023, reaffirming its long-term partnership with Third Space and confidence in the group’s strong growth trajectory and operational delivery; Third Space has grown to 13 high-end clubs across London, with the very successful recent openings demonstrating the group’s disciplined expansion strategy, and the underlying latent demand […]
Hospitality
OakNorth participates in club loan to Fortress and Lion Capital to support acquisition of Loungers, which plans to roll out 30 new sites a year
OakNorth – the leading bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs – has participated in a club loan to support Lion Capital and Fortress Investment Group’s Public to Private acquisition of Loungers, one of the UK’s fastest-growing all-day café-bar operators.
Hospitality
Leading hotel family business, JMK Group, to acquire City of London site following £16.6m co-loan from OakNorth and REL Finance
JMK Group is a family-run, privately owned hospitality business founded in 2009, which started as a small boutique hotel in Kensington; Since then, the Group’s portfolio has grown to include hotels, properties, and cafes across London and Ireland; The co-loan from OakNorth and REL Finance will be used to acquire an office and convert it […]