The Kensington Building
12/03/2019 by Buildington

HFF Real Estate Limited has announced the £108 million bilateral acquisition and refurbishment financing of 127 Kensington High Street.

The HFF team worked on behalf of AshbyCapital. The financing was provided by a global investment bank.

The 1970s monolithic brutalist structure at 127 Kensington High Street will be fully transformed into one of the premiere office and retail assets in the area. Included in the acquisition is the adjacent retail arcade, which serves as the entrance to the High Street Kensington underground station.

The HFF debt placement team representing the borrower was led by managing director Claudio Sgobba and director Andrew Hornblower.

Claudio Sgobba commented: “It is always a gratifying result to bring together a new borrower-lender relationship. We are confident that AshbyCapital and the lender are an outstanding fit and will have a longstanding go-forward partnership. It was a pleasure working alongside Charles Lawrence, AshbyCapital’s investment director, to close an attractively priced and flexibly structured facility that is ideally suited for their business plan.”

Andrew Hornblower said: “There is excellent synergy between all parties involved, and we are very pleased with the outcome. It was a competitive lender selection process with flexibility, pricing and surety of execution, all playing a role in the ultimate decision. We very much look forward to watching AshbyCapital lengthen their already impressive London track record of creating special, generational assets.”

Charles Lawrence added: “Prime freehold development opportunities are increasingly rare in central London and we are delighted at the prospect of delivering best-in-class office and retail space to Kensington. This financing validates our enthusiasm for this unique project and frees up further capital for us to deploy as we look onwards to the next opportunities.”

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