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Residential DevelopmentNewsNewsDevelopment lending
19 Feb 2025Octopus Real Estate completes £7.1m loan for sustainable development in Cumbria
Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has provided a £7.1m loan facility…

Commercial LendingNewsNewsCommercial lending
7 Feb 2025Octopus Real Estate funds expansion of Port One Business and Logistics Park in Suffolk
Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist in real estate lending and investment, has successfully provided…

NewsNewsCommercial lending
22 Jan 2025Octopus Real Estate funds acquisition of Hackney Wick site for 337-unit co-living development
Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has provided a loan to Mitheridge…

NewsNews
16 Jan 2025Octopus strengthens investment team in Spain
Octopus Investments Spain appoints Daniel Hormaechea as Investment Manager, strengthening its Madrid team. Reporting to Cristina Pérez Liz, he will focus on advancing living and healthcare strategies across Europe.

NewsRetirement
17 Dec 2024Octopus Real Estate and PIC team up with Elysian Residences again to deliver best-in-class retirement village in Henley-on-Thames
Senior Living Investment Partners (“SLIP”), a partnership between Pension Insurance Corporation plc (“PIC”), a specialist insurer of…

NewsNewsCare homes
4 Dec 2024Octopus Real Estate partners with Torwood Care to fund delivery of three purpose-built care homes for the elderly
Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading specialist real estate investor and lender, today announces £40 million of funding…
Insights

Care HomesInsightsNewsCare homes
28 Nov 2024Committed to quality: partnering for exceptional care
Building a brighter future means taking care of everyone in it – to the highest possible standard. Our investment in a new generation of residential…

InsightsNews
27 Nov 2024Octopus Real Estate expands partnership with Regeneration Brainery
We’re thrilled to announce a new chapter in our partnership with Regeneration Brainery, an organisation dedicated to opening doors into the property sector for young, diverse talent.

Care HomesInsightsCare homes
21 Oct 2024Shaping the future of care homes with quality-driven care
Rethinking care environments through collaboration and innovation. Our Quality Assurance team recently hosted our care home operators for an…

Green lendingInsightsGreen Lending
24 Jul 2024Using the Kamma Retrofit Explorer
A step-by-step guide to using the Kamma Retrofit Explorer, and discovering just how cost-effective efficiency upgrades can be.

Green lendingInsightsNews
28 Jun 2024Introducing Retrofit Explorer
Energy efficiency improvements aren’t a chore – they’re an opportunity. In this blog we explain why we’ve partnered with Kamma to bring the UK’s landlords a clear picture of the real cost, and benefits, of energy efficiency upgrades.

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15 Feb 2024Octopus Real Estate partners with Acacia care to build three purpose-built care homes for the Elderly
14th February, 2024 Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Investments and a leading specialist real estate investor and lender, announces c. £35m…
Reports

Affordable HousingReportsNews
31 Aug 2023Closing the gap
In this research report we set out to understand the challenges faced by housing associations and explore possible solutions to increase affordable housing supply.

RetirementReportsRetirement
27 Apr 2021Unlocking the retirement opportunity in a post-pandemic world
Octopus “retirement report” shows demand for retirement communities from over 55s, we explore why the business case for retirement real estate is strong and growing.

ReportsDevelopment lending
3 Sep 2019The student accommodation impact report
Student priorities can become developer opportunities. We surveyed 1,105 students aged 18 to 25 years old from the UK and internationally….
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