Värde | Hawkins Way Capital Joint Venture Acquires Upper West Side Property to Expand Student Housing Portfolio

NEW YORK – Hawkins Way Capital, a vertically integrated real estate investment firm with over $3 billion in assets under management, along with Värde Partners, announces the acquisition of 117 W 70th St, a 382-unit student housing property located on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The $80 million acquisition marks a strategic addition to the joint venture's growing urban student housing enterprise, FOUND Study, and further strengthens the firm's longstanding relationship with the American Musical and Dramatic Academy ("AMDA"), which will continue to occupy and operate the property through a long-term master lease executed concurrently with the sale.

YouLend Secures Multi-Year Forward-Flow Facility from Värde Partners to Accelerate U.S. Growth

ATLANTA – YouLend, the leading global embedded financing platform for e-commerce, payment and technology platforms, today announces a multi-year financing partnership with Värde Partners, a global investment firm, to further expand its capital base in the United States. The financing is structured as a forward-flow agreement with potential for Värde to purchase up to $225 million in receivables originated by YouLend.