Archive: Announcements

MINNEAPOLIS and NEW YORK – Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced the closing of the first commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation (CRE CLO) to be entirely hotel-backed.

SINGAPORE – Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced that an investor consortium including Värde, Bardin Hill Investment Partners LP and Portsea Asset Management, has agreed to sell its stake in GCX Holdings Limited (“GCX”), a leading global data communications service provider and owner of one of the world’s largest private subsea…

Capital will be used to acquire and develop land in the homebuilder’s markets SCOTTSDALE and MINNEAPOLIS —Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE: TMHC), the nation’s fifth largest homebuilder, and Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, have entered into a land banking facility agreement and agreed to a joint venture, opening more than $1 billion…

Firm Surpasses $1 Billion in Hospitality Sector Real Estate Loan Origination in 2021 MINNEAPOLIS and NEW YORK – Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced the closing of the first commercial real estate collateralized loan obligation (CRE CLO) to be entirely hotel-backed. This is Värde’s fifth CRE CLO, and ninth securitization of…

LONDON – Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced it has agreed the sale of BizSpace, a leading provider of regional flexible workspace in the UK, to Sirius Real Estate for £380 million. With 72 locations across Great Britain offering over 4.3 million square feet of industrial, mixed-use and office space, BizSpace…

MINNEAPOLIS, MN AND GOODYEAR, AZ – Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced that it has formed a joint venture with Toll Brothers, the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, and Harvard Investments, a real estate investment and development company, to acquire Estrella in one of the largest active master-planned community purchases…

Firm Increases Lending to Hospitality Sector as Traditional Lenders Pull Back MINNEAPOLIS and NEW YORK – Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced it closed $602 million in U.S. commercial real estate loan originations across 11 transactions in the third quarter of 2021. In total, Värde has funded $1.7 billion of real…

LONDON – Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced it has elevated Deputy Chief Investment Officers (CIOs) Brad Bauer and Giuseppe Naglieri to join Ilfryn Carstairs as Co-CIOs. Brad and Giuseppe will share oversight of Värde’s global investment activity with Ilfryn, who is also Co-CEO. “This is important recognition of the strong…

WEST DES MOINES, MINNEAPOLIS & NEW YORK – American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (“American Equity”) (NYSE: AEL), a leading issuer of fixed index annuities, Värde Partners, Inc. (“Värde”), a leading global alternative investment firm, and Agam Capital Management, LLC (“Agam”), an insurance solutions provider, announced they have reached agreement in principle to form a…

NEW YORK and LONDON – Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced it has promoted Shannon Gallagher and Mona Girotra to Global Co-Heads of its Business Development and Investor Relations (BDIR) group reporting to the firm’s President, Jon Fox. “Shannon and Mona have great relationships with our investors and have consistently demonstrated…