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OakNorth Bank completes £12.7m loan to Kexgill for major new student accommodation development at the University of Hull

Tuesday September 25th, 2018

Kexgill will use the finance from OakNorth for the acquisition and refurbishment of 91 houses which will provide 436 students with accommodation; Kexgill already owns and operates 100 houses (around 500 bedrooms) at the university which have been 95% forward let for the 2018/19 academic year; Demand for student housing in Hull is approx. 7,000 […]

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Galliard to submit planning permission to develop 500 new homes in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter following £9.4m loan from OakNorth Bank

Wednesday August 29th, 2018

OakNorth has completed a £9.4m loan to the 50:50 joint venture between Galliard Homes and Apsley House Capital; The developers hope to use the finance to convert a 92,472 sq.ft. site in the Jewellery Quarter into a major new residential development with approximately 500 new homes; Birmingham’s population is expected to rise by 171,000 to […]

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OakNorth Bank completes largest deal to date – a £40.2m property investment loan to Select Property to develop 356 new homes in Manchester

Thursday August 16th, 2018

OakNorth has completed a £40.2m loan to Select Property, the Manchester-based property development and investment company with a global investor base covering 180 countries; The finance will be used for the developer’s newest brand – Origin Homes – and will consist of two multi-storey residential towers in the heart of Manchester; The majority of units […]

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OakNorth Bank completes deal with Baird Capital to support the acquisition of Collingwood Lighting

Friday July 27th, 2018

With Baird’s support, Collingwood Lighting hopes to expand its international footprint and increase its market penetration in Europe; This is one several deals OakNorth has done with private equity firms this year, including with Lonsdale Capital to acquire Simmons Bars, and Literacy Capital to purchase a significant minority stake in Dartmouth Partners.   OakNorth – […]

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OakNorth Bank completes £12m loan to Barry Howard Homes to develop 139 new homes in Northampton

Friday July 27th, 2018

OakNorth has lent £12m to Barry Howard Homes (BHH) – the property development company, headquartered in Northampton; The facility will be used to purchase a 12-acre piece of land located in Northampton and develop 139 residential units on it; Heylo Housing, the affordable housing property company, has agreed to purchase 83 units under HCA’s Shared […]

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Popular London cocktail chain, Adventure Bar, to open new site in Shoreditch following £1.4m loan from OakNorth Bank

Friday July 20th, 2018

The group currently has six sites across London, as well as one in Courchevel, France – an après-ski bar; This is the third loan OakNorth has done to the group – the first was in 2015 to fund the opening of a fourth site, and the second was last year to open two new sites […]

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