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Atelier has completed a £7.6m development loan funding the redevelopment of an office building in High Wycombe into 52 apartments.

The loan is set to fund the ground-up development of 30 new houses in Butleigh, Somerset

Atelier has provided a £37.7m loan to fund Sheen Lane’s permitted development conversion of 200 Hammersmith Road into 118 new residential apartments.

The much-maligned UK planning system has taken the flak for a large part of housebuilding’s woes, but focusing purely on planning flaws fails to address severe failings at the demand end of the market.

Development finance lender Atelier has completed a £7.8m development loan to support the acquisition and conversion of an existing office building in Bristol.

Development finance lender Atelier has today announced the completion of a £7.6m development loan, structured at 67% LTV, to fund a 60-bed care home in Paisley, near Glasgow in the west of Scotland.

Development finance lender Atelier has today announced the completion of a loan for the construction of an 81-bed care home, with a GDV of £20m, near Lichfield in Staffordshire.

Atelier has completed a £12.4m development loan to fund 60 new apartments in Streatham. The facility was structured at 66% LTV over an 18-month term.

Atelier has agreed an £8.7m development loan to fund 21 new homes in Hither Green, south east London.

The facility, was structured at 70% LTGDV and will support the conversion of curtilage-listed buildings into six dwellings, as well as the construction of four new homes.

Chris Gardner, CEO at Atelier shared with Property Week that “The ‘Leeds Reforms’ from the Chancellor show an encouraging direction of travel for the financial services sector, but lack the ambition needed to move the dial on our housing market.”

Chris Gardner, CEO at Atelier shared that he believes that it’s more important than ever to protect the UK’s global competitiveness, making a reversal of the tax ruling very welcome.

The government says it will back small and medium-sized housebuilders to ‘get Britain building again’, Atelier CEO Chris Gardner discusses the issues holding back small-site development.

Dipinder Surey, Transaction Management Lawyer at Atelier, explores how correct legal preparation can ease the burden of compliance that is repeatedly weighing down developers.

Atelier has provided a £9.6m development loan to Torsion Homes for the construction of 35 new homes in York.

Atelier has provided a £5.1m development loan for the construction of 15 homes in the village of Walton, near Wetherby in West Yorkshire.

Matthew has extensive experience in property finance and in originating stretch senior development loans.

The specialist lender’s CFO, Paul Silva says the firm is expanding its capital base.

Waterfall Asset Management LLC, the New York-based asset manager specialising in structured credit, has agreed to provide funding for Atelier, the UK real estate development lender that’s majority owned by M&G Plc.

Chris Gardner, CEO sat down to welcome new NED, Robert Orr

Atelier CEO Chris Gardner shares his views on whether 2025 will see the delivery of Government promises and a shift for housebuilding in the UK.

Chris Gardner, Atelier CEO shares his views as alarm bells sound over ‘absolutely impossible’ aim of delivering 300,000 properties a year.

After a dismal year for UK housebuilding in 2024, Chris Gardner, Atelier CEO looks at the key factors that will shape the market in the year ahead.

Peter Messenger, Senior Development Monitor at Atelier and Adam Alexander, Energy & Sustainability Director at Harniss explore how new regulations for energy efficiency on new builds are likely to affect SME developers.

A £23.6 million, 30-month development facility has been provided by development finance lender Atelier to develop a 119-bed care home in London.

Atelier has launched a manifesto featuring eight “urgent” calls for the government to do more in supporting SME developers to build more homes.

Specialist development finance lender Atelier has opened a new regional office in Birmingham's business district.

Atelier has provided a £30.8m development finance loan to Torsion Group for the development of a student accommodation scheme in Leeds.

Following the news that the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee have voted to lower the base rate by 0.25% - marking the first reduction in rate since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Rav Kudhail has been promoted to Lending Director within the firm’s Originations team, while Atelier’s finance team has seen Nik Mills appointed to Finance Director. The company’s Credit and Portfolio team has seen three promotions with Peter Messenger promoted to Senior Development Monitor, while Paul Hayward and Avi Miller have been appointed to Credit Directors.

Specialist development finance lender Atelier has provided a new finance facility to Stancliffe Homes.

Atelier has boosted its origination team with the appointment of Suraj Lakhanpal (pictured above) as lending manager.

Our CEO, Chris Gardner, speaks to Property Reporter discussing the potential impacts of Labour’s policies on first-time buyers and the broader housing market.

Atelier’s latest research report, compiled by Nicole Lux, predicts a significant upturn in the housing market.

A £12.4 million loan has been provided to construct a purpose-built, 76-bed care home in Worcester, specialist development finance lender Atelier has today announced.

Peter Messenger, Senior Development Monitor, shares his expertise on converting listed buildings into housing and talks about how developers are making heritage schemes stack up financially despite rising costs.

The £5.38m facility from Atelier will see the refurbishment and conversion of Hanover House into a PBSA scheme.

Bruce Robertson, lending manager at Atelier, outlines the challenges facing Scotland’s housing market and offers insights on how to rectify these issues.

The relaxation of Permitted Development Rights will open up a number of opportunities for SME property developers.

Alan MacLeod, director of credit, and Martin Gilsenan, chief originations officer at Atelier, explore why there will be plentiful opportunities in the residential development finance market in 2024.

One year on from the launch of our modular construction lending framework, our Head of Business Operations Reece Lake, shared his thoughts with Construction News.

CEO Chris Gardner and Chief Originations Officer Martin Gilsenan feature in an exclusive interview with Bridging & Commercial magazine

Specialist development finance lender Atelier has completed financing to assist with the acquisition and refurbishment of a vacant care home in New Southgate, North London.

Atelier has completed a £26.2m gross loan to Torsion Group

The two development loans provide £14.6m to build a new 131-bed home in West Yorkshire and £9.3m for a 60-bed home in Cheshire.

Chris Gardner, Joint CEO at Atelier calls for mortgage lenders to step up and offer 95% loan-to-value mortgages to help tackle the housing crisis.

Bruce Robertson, Scottish Lending Manager at Atelier talks to Scottish Business News

Chris Gardner, Joint CEO at Atelier, advises Development Finance Today that “The ramifications of the prime minister’s decision will be significant

The 27-month facility — agreed at 66% LTV — will be given alongside an investment from Housing Growth Partnership (HGP).

Atelier has provided Rengen with £30m of loans to establish purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) schemes in key university cities.

Development lender Atelier has appointed Edinburgh-based Bruce Robertson as lending manager to “play a central role in growing the scale and variety of Atelier’s lending in Scotland”.

Development lender, Atelier, has partnered with renowned software firm, HubSpot, to launch an innovative customer experience platform aimed at streamlining and personalising each borrower’s journey.

There is evidence that land values are falling and BTR and student accommodation sectors are

Atelier’s joint CEO Chris Gardner speaks to Deputy Editor Lucy Scott, from Real Estate Capital Europe and identifies the “pinch points” that make it hard for SME developers to obtain finance for modular schemes.

Development lender Atelier has created a clear lending framework for developers building with offsite and modular construction technology.

Our joint CEO Chris Gardner talks to Bill Lumley in The Banker this week about the increasing appetite of the major banks to digitalise loan drawdowns.

The era of ultra-low interest rates lasted 14 years but ended in a matter of weeks.

Today we’re proud to launch a series of new lending upgrades as part of a strategic plan to grow the scale the variety of lending across the UK real estate market.

As higher material costs settle, it has become clear that is only one part of the story.

Atelier’s Joint CEO Chris Gardner speaks to Jake Carter of Mortgage Introducer and advises that developers’ margins are under pressure due to rising build costs and higher interest rates.

Atelier wins Editor’s Choice award and is highly commended in the ESG award category, in recognition of pioneering, sustainable residential finance solution, Carbonlite Challenge.

Spike in fuel prices triggered by the war in Ukraine is the fastest rising worry for property developers, new research by the lender Atelier and Paragon Building Consultancy reveals.

We need to talk about Carbon. Fortunately, policymakers and forward-thinking players in the property sector already are.

Atelier reached the milestone after posting its strongest ever quarter, with £35m lent in Q4 2020.