TAB U - Property development case studies

TAB completed a £1.54m bridging loan secured as a first charge against a two bed apartment in Chelsea for a repeat borrower.

103130 - £1,670,000 bridging loan against a former factory building from the 1860’s.

103259 - Four loans, totalling £16,000,000, across multiple assets for one borrower against a residential block and student accommodation.

TAB completed a £1.32m first charge bridging loan for a repeat borrower of TAB. The loan is secured against a recently refurbished three bedroom apartmentwith communal gardens in South Kensington.

TAB provided a £417,750 loan for the refurbishment loan of an end terrace house that’s divided into two maisonettes: the lower ground and ground floor. The top floor is owned by another tenant.

TAB is providing a loan of £8,292,766 for the construction of an 80 bed care home in the North West of England, secured by a first charge against two land sites with full planning permission. The loan term is 19 months, and the loan-to-gross development value (LTGDV) is 55.6%. The borrower is an experienced healthcare provider and property developer specialising in care homes, who owns a limited company within an offshore trust. Although the offshore ownership structure made the deal complex, TAB was reassured by the borrower's track record of successfully completing similar projects.

TAB completed a £1,175,000 1st charge commercial loan secured against a vacant four storey office block. The property has planning for 44 residential units.

TAB completed a £430,000 loan secured against a vacant five bedroom two storey property in Hendon.

TAB completed a £225,000 loan secured against a two storey two bedroom terraced house with planning for a rear single storey extension and loft conversion.

TAB completed a £290,000 loan for the airspace development above a recently developed three storey block of nine units, which has permission in place for the construction of two additional apartments.

TAB completed a £4,389,959 development finance loan against a detached house with planning permission to demolish the existing building and develop nine houses. £1.3m from the total loan was used to purchase the land, with the remaining to be used to develop the property.

TAB completed a £3,465,000 1st charge commercial loan against a commercial property located in Newcastle City Centre. The property is arranged over six floors and comprises a purpose built department store constructed behind a period, listed facade.

TAB completed a £4,000,000 1st charge bridging finance loan against a 36 bedroom hotel in Liverpool. The property, formally a working warehouse converted and extended in 2020/1, is under construction to add a further 20 bedrooms.

TAB has completed on a £245,000 first charge bridging loan against a commercial and residential property in Leyton.

TAB has completed a £5,050,000 1st charge commercial bridging finance loan against Spurgeon’s College, an education facility active since 1923.

TAB has completed a £5.5m first charge commercial loan secured against a Holiday Inn hotel in Kenilworth.

TAB completed a £3.5m second charge commercial loan secured against a hotel in Hythe.

TAB completed a £183,000 first charge residential loan with an LTV for 75% that is secured against a one bedroom flat in Mill Hill, London.

TAB completed a £13,500,000 first charge commercial loan on a set of three securities. The three sites are located in Wales with a marina and marine village in Cardiff and a marina in Aberystwyth.

The client is borrowing £80,000 on a first charge loan against a residential leasehold property, planning for loft space above existing flats to refurbsih this into a 2 bedroom flat.

West London ground and lower ground floor flat in a terraced block. The borrower will be refurbishing the property to a very high standard, after which the flat will be sold.

TAB has funded £437,537 of an overall facility of £950,000 for a term of 14 months at a LTGDV of 43.78%. Funds will be used in the construction of four new build flats.

The £4,000,000 loan is for 12 months at 59.30% LTV. The site itself currently remains a vacant development site, the surrounding area is mixed, consisting of industrial, commercial and residential accommodation. 

The client is borrowing £1.35m on a first charge loan against a commercial freehold property, with a loan to value of 69.97%. The site is regarded as a family-owned jewellers located in the luxurious Hatton Garden.

This second charge loans is for a ground floor two bedroom, two bathroom flat situated in a purpose built block that benefits from a private balcony located in West Kensington.

This first charge loan was for a site with planning in the centre of Canterbury. There is planning for 19.500 sq ft retail and 39,000 sq ft residential which is split between 33 residential apartments and 32 serviced apartments. The site is an old department store with a Grade ll listed frontage and is located in a pedestrianised area, where people can wander through the linked walkways.

This first charge commercial loan is for an industrial office and warehouse. The property is in great condition, and it is located in Leyton, London which falls within a commercial and residential regeneration scheme.

In line with the masterplan, the borrower has engaged architects to draw up plans for the development of the site and the expectation is that planning will be approved by March 2022. The development has estimated costs of £53m and a GDV of £71m. 

The loan has an LTV of 59% and is for 9 months. The gross interest rate is 9.60% pa returning investors 7.20%pa.

The client is borrowing £7.5m on a first charge bridging loan. Only £5m is being advanced, and the remaining £2.5m is being held in the solicitor's client account. The site is regarded as the principal film studio in South Wales - at a time of unprecedented demand for UK film studios. 

The site has full planning permission for its existing five studio buildings and has pending applications for other buildings recently built. Since the original purchase, the borrower has invested c.£3.0m to further improve the site.

This first charge loan has a loan to value of just over 50%, a rate of 1.25% per month and is for 6 months.

The client is purchasing a vacant building that is arranged as a restaurant on the ground floor with a six room HMO on the upper two floors. The loan required was on a first charge commercial basis for £525,000.

Planning has been granted for rear extensions to the first floor and rearrangement to two studio units. The client intends to submit planning for a two bedroom mews house to the rear. His exit strategy is refinancing. 

There is good precedent for this being a number of neighbouring properties having already completed mews houses along Pembroke Place. With an LTV of 70% and a rate of 1.00% per month this loan is against a robust security with good added value opportunities.

TAB completes our first deal with Brightstar Specialist Finance, a 9 month land with planning bridging loan. The loan is required for the refinance from their existing lender as the borrower was let down by their development funder and needed additional time to secure a new loan in place and finalise their contract with the local housing association. The land has planning for houses and apartments and is on a site in Devon. The £454,000 loan was funded by TAB investors and has an LTV of 54%.

The client required a £1.25m first charge bridging loan to complete the purchase of a vacant former Debenhams department store, under a 43 year lease where the freeholder is Sheffield City Council. The 214,000 sq ft property is spread over 5 floors, 3 mezzanine floors and a roof terrace and sits in an extremely prominent location in Sheffield City Centre, which is currently undergoing extensive regeneration.

TAB and Opes Financial Partners have completed a £6.9m bridging loan for the investment purchase of a £11m newly built luxury townhouse in north-west London.

The client required a first charge residential of £445,000 for 12 months. TAB offered the loan at 1.00% interest per month with refinancing on a buy-to-let mortgage as the exit strategy. The client needed access to finance in order to purchase the property under market value due to the specific completion deadlines.

An existing client of TAB’s needed £3,250,000 first charge residential loan to raise capital for funds for further investments. The property was a four bedroom penthouse apartment forming part of a modern residential development. The client’s exit strategy was to refinance the property, the LTV was 53% and TAB agreed terms at 1.00% interest per month, for 12 months.

The client required a second charge residential loan of £380,000 for 12 months to refinance an existing bridge allowing sufficient time to establish an exit plan. A condition attached to the exit, in this case, waws that the property must be marketed by month six of the term to allow sufficient time to redeem. The LTV was 60% charged at 1.00% interest per month.

The client needed a first charge residential loan of £333,000 to purchase a new build residential property with a new lease created for a period of 999 years. The client’s exit strategy is to refinance on to a buy-to-let mortgage. TAB lent the funds for 0.95% per month at an LTV of 63% for 9 months.

The client required £1,000,000 first charge commercial loan to purchase the leasehold of the security which was granted by way of an underlease, i.e landlord under the terms of the lease holds a 999 year lease. TAB provided the loan at LTV of 40% with a 0.95% interest rate per month for 6 months. The borrower required fast completion, and TAB completed within two weeks.

TAB has completed a £481,000 first charge bridging loan on an HMO property purchase in Coventry within five working days.