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The financings will be used for projects in Miami and Brooklyn.

The firm is using a tech-driven platform that allows it to more easily control how and when borrowers access capital.

Carlos Slim’s Banco Inbursa funded the senior mortgage.

This is the Washington-based company’s first ever credit-focused investment vehicle.

The US hotel sector is largely defying expectations as the country emerges from the pandemic, but it continues to be a bifurcated market, Rob Murray writes

JLL Capital Markets arranged the $220m loan, of which about $65.8m is comprised of preferred equity. 

However, some institutions believe equity deals still are more attractive than debt investments in multiple respects.

The borrower in the deal is American Lions, a joint venture between Fetner Properties and the Lions Group.

The global manager offers residential investors equity-like capital, lending around $40m per project.

A 25 basis point increase would be a rise in the Federal Funds target rate from its current level of 4.75-5% to 5-5.25%.