Development loan - 1. stage (Finland)

Executive Summary

  • The loan is used to release equity capital and increase the operating capital of the company.
  • The loan will be repaid by refinancing, from the sale of the collateral property, or from the incoming business revenues of the company.
  • The loan is secured with a first rank mortgage.
  • The collateral for the loan is a 6-story commercial office building (4.490 m2) located in Pohjois-Haaga, Helsinki. Pohjois-Haaga is a district of Helsinki located 10 km to the North of Helsinki city centre with good public transport connections and easy access by vehicles. 
  • The asset is currently valued at 10.100.000 € and after fully leased the value is estimated to increase to 11.400.000 €. Once fully leased, the estimated rental income per year is 1.067.040 €. 
  • The borrower plans to fully lease the office building and re-finance the Estateguru loan with long-term bank financing. Alternatively the group also has other streams of revenue from leasing commercial properties and selling completed development projects with which it can repay the Estateguru loan. 
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  • The borrower retains the opportunity to raise additional capital if necessary, provided that the ratio of the loan and the market value of the collateral (LTV) does not exceed 43.0%.
  • The established mortgage will also cover loans of additional stages of financing.
  • Prior to the additional stages of financing, construction supervision must confirm the completed works (if construction has commenced and works have been performed in a considerable amount) and a third party must assess the market value of the collateral.
  • The LTV in the 1 stage is 19.8% and can increase to 43.0% in further stages.