Fiera Capital’s European real estate debt arm has entered the Spanish lending market with a development loan for a student housing project by Amro Partners and Falco Capital.

Amro Partners and Falco Capital have secured the €17.5m three-year development loan from the Fiera European Real Estate Debt Fund for Amro Estudiantes Alicante, a â‚¬30m purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project in Alicante. The Amro Estudiantes Alicante project is set to be completed in the third quarter of 2025. 

David Renshaw, co-head of Fiera’s European real estate debt business, said: “We are delighted to have transacted on this high-quality development facility. Since joining Fiera, we have remained consistent in our investment approach; to back best-in-class management teams and lend against fundamentally good real estate in sectors that suffer from undersupply and have favourable long-term outlooks. 

“Amro has a proven track record in delivering best-in-class student accommodation and we look forward to further building on our very good relationship.â€�   

Charles Allen, the head of European real estate at Fiera Real Estate, said: “Our European debt strategy is an important portfolio diversifier that takes advantage of a new macroeconomic regime and Fiera’s global expertise in this space.

â€�This transaction proves the underlying appeal of our model, which offers creative finance solutions to sponsors and stable inflation-linked income streams in resilient asset classes to investors.â€� 

Raj Kotecha, the chairman and CEO of Amro Partners, said: “Our strategy to create Europe’s most sustainable living real estate portfolio is paying dividends in terms of attracting the highest quality global lenders.

â€�We are delighted to be working with Fiera Real Estate as they make their European PBSA debut and looking forward to delivering this exemplar student housing asset in a prime location close to Alicante’s main university hub.â€� 

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