Hospitality
4C Hotel Group brings The Westin London City & Residences to the Square Mile following £52M investment facility from OakNorth Bank
Founded in 2010, the 4C Hotel Group is a privately-owned hotel company with a portfolio of properties in key business centres and leisure hotspots across the UK, Canada, East Africa and the Middle East; 4C Hotel Group secured a £52M investment facility from OakNorth Bank for its latest development in London. The Westin London City […]
Hospitality
OakNorth Bank lends £9.4M to acquire and refurbish the second hotel from The Signet Collection, The Retreat at Elcot Park, in West Berkshire
Founded in early 2020 by seasoned hotelier Hector Ross, The Signet Collection is visionary British hospitality brand that creates extraordinary boutique hotels in memorable locations; The Retreat is preparing to launch in Spring 2022, following in the successful footsteps of sister property, The Mitre at Hampton Court; Set in 16 acres of Berkshire parkland, the […]
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OakNorth Bank completes £15M acquisition facility to Red Oak Taverns initially to acquire 11 pubs across the South East of England
Red Oak Taverns was founded by Aaron Brown and Mark Grunnell in 2011 who continue to provide most of the day-to-day executive management resource to the group; A portion of the capital from OakNorth Bank has already been used to acquire 11 pubs across the South East of England, including a portfolio of 9 pubs […]
Hospitality
OakNorth Bank completes £4.8m loan to private equity-backed boutique hotel brand, House of Gods, to open new hotels in Manchester and Glasgow
Founded by brothers Mike and Ross Baxter in September 2019, House of Gods Hotel in Edinburgh was named Sunday Times Best Hotel in Scotland 2020[1]; In February 2021 the business secured a £5m investment from IMBIBA, the specialist operator-led leisure and hospitality sector investor, to expand the brand; This, coupled with the capital from OakNorth […]
Hospitality
OakNorth Bank provides bespoke debt finance facility to Bain Capital Credit and Orka to acquire Park Lane Mews Hotel and residential units in Mayfair
The capital will be used to acquire and refurbish the 72-room Park Lane Mews Hotel and 17 adjacent residential units in the heart of Mayfair; The refurbishment and repositioning of the hotel and residential units will transform the historic establishment, which is a stone’s throw from Hyde Park, into a unique hotel offering; UK hotel […]
Hospitality
OakNorth Bank provides £9M loan to fund the acquisition and refurbishment of a 4-star hotel in Warwick, West Midlands
The hotel is currently operated as the M40J15 Warwick Hotel, but will rebrand in September as Delta by Marriott hotel; It will be managed by Countrywide Hotels, a hotel management and consultancy business which manages c.30 hotels across the UK; Given its proximity to Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick Castle and Birmingham Airport, as well as its broad […]