SHC Capital partners with Ortus on bridging loan for £39m mixed property portfolio

SHC Capital has worked with Ortus Secured Finance to arrange a bridging loan for a £39m portfolio of retail, residential and commercial property — and land with planning permission — across London.

The portfolio includes 27 separate property titles spread across the capital, from central London to Kingston, Streatham, Wimbledon and Woolwich.

The borrower is part of a multi-generation family office with a wider portfolio of more than £1bn in UK real estate assets managed by an in-house asset manager.

With the borrower progressing a number of strategic investment initiatives simultaneously, speed of execution was crucial in the transaction.

SHC Capital and Ortus completed the transaction in 15 working days from instruction.

Tony Tadros, director at SHC Capital, commented: “This transaction was a perfect example of what can be achieved when everyone operates as one team.

“Jamie Russell [commercial director at Ortus Secured Finance] and the entire team at Ortus worked around the clock during the final stages of the deal to ensure we completed within an extremely demanding timeframe.

“We consider Ortus to be a genuine funding partner, not simply a lender, and it was a pleasure to structure and deliver this facility together.”

Jamie (pictured above) added: “Ortus’s balance sheet capital allows us to act quickly and support the right borrowers in time-sensitive transactions, and being part of Kvika Banki enables us to give absolute certainty of delivery.

“Our team executed with precision to deliver exactly on schedule in a situation where timing was critical.

“SHC Capital has become a key partner integral to our business. We’ve successfully transacted through them multiple times, and their skill and attention to detail in this deal were instrumental in structuring a complex transaction that involved multiple asset classes and stakeholders.”