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Tough times for commercial real estate are making debt deals attractive
The NAVigator
English - March 08, 2024 12:28 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsInvesting Business closedendfunds Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Cory Johnson, chief executive officer at Pender Capital -- which runs the Pender Capital Real Estate Credit Fund, a closed-end debt interval fund -- says that there's "an abundance of very interesting opportunities" as the commercial real estate market goes through big changes as regional banks pull back from the sector and reduce liquidity for borrowers. The result is "a kind of a hey day ... the most attractive risk-adjusted yields we have seen since the financial crisis [of 2009], borrowers buying at discounted valuations, looking for debt providers." He says the continued challenges for commercial real estate should keep providing good, safe opportunities for investing in senior-secured debt amid continuing headline woes.