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Santander Bank Polska

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Financing Provider of the Year, CEE
Despite all the recently implemented changes on the Polish real estate market, Santander Bank Polska is continuing to grow and it constantly adjusts to Customers’ needs. This may be confirmed by great achievements this year including financing (bilaterally or as an agent) the biggest projects on the Polish real estate market. We have financed almost 470,000 sqm of retail space, almost 400,000 sqm of office space and more than 300,000 sqm industrial space. We contributed to the creation of over 74,000 PUM of residential premises. Among the biggest projects financed by our Bank during the last year were: Varso office complex with the tallest building in EU developed by HB Reavis, Sczecin Industrial Park that is developed by Accolade in 3 phases on a 10 ha plot, as well as financing the acquisition of M1 portfolio comprising of 12 retail properties bought by EPP from Chariot Top Group BV.
Name of company
Santander Bank Polska
Department head or senior representative in CEE, real estate
Brendan Long
Department head or senior representative profile
Brendan is the Head of Property and Hotels Department in Santander Bank Polska. Brendan has over 25 years of experience in Corporate and Property financing projects including 15 years of experience in Poland. He successfully leads an experienced team of professionals, who provide excellent, flexible and fast customer service suited to Clients’ needs.
Short description of the company, including which sectors you operate in CEE
We are the third largest bank in Poland in terms of assets value and the number of outlets. Our Bank was formed in 2001 as a merger of Bank Zachodni S.A. and Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy S.A. Since 2011, the Bank has been a part of Santander Group – one of the largest financial group in the world and the largest financial institution in Europe in terms of market capitalization. Santander Group serves over 133 million Clients in 10 major markets in the world. Santander Bank Polska offers wide range of banking products, including accounts, cards, loans, savings and investments, trade finance and treasury products, brokerage services, asset and investment fund management, leasing, factoring, and a full range of bancassurance products. Within our Property Financing Department we provide services for office, industrial, retail, residential, hotel as well as alternative real estate developers and investors.
Value of transactions in the real estate market in CEE region (between October 2017 and September 2018, in EUR)
1 365 000 000
Portfolio of credit transactions in CEE region (betweeen October 2017 and September 2018)
LAND: Azira (Investor: Ghelamco) | 20,000 sqm OFFICE: Globis Poznań (Investor: GTC) | 16,000 sqm Globis Wrocław (Investor: GTC) | 16,000 sqm HUB (Investor: Ghelamco) | 99,000 sqm Libra Business Center (Investor: Mermaid/PWN) | 8,500 sqm OCTA Portfolio (Investor: Octava Group) | 49,000 sqm Olivia Point&Tower (Investor: Olivia Business Center) | 24,000 sqm Orange Office Park (Investor: Merle Vastgoed) | 10,000 sqm Project X (Investor: HB Reavis) | 38,000 sqm Varso (Investor: HB Reavis) | 140,000 sqm RESIDENTIAL: Lazurowa (Investor: Cordia) | 17,500 PUM Multi-project financing (Investor: Robyg) Proxin Ogrody (Investor: Proxin) | 6,000 PUM sPlace Park (Investor: Layetana) | 51,000 PUM RETAIL: Arkady Wrocławskie (Investor: LC Corp) | 39,000 sqm Galeria Libero (Investor: Echo Investment) | 45,000 sqm Galeria Młociny (Investor: EPP) | 81,000 sqm King Cross Marcelin (Investor: EPP) | 45,000 sqm M1 Portfolio (Investor: EPP) | 186,000 sqm Malta (Investor: Balmain) | 54,000 sqm Multipark Włocławek (Investor: NewBridge) | 7,000 sqm Silesia Outlet (Investor: 6B47) |12,000 sqm WAREHOUSE: Białystok Park (Investor: Accolade) | 40,000 sqm Łódź Park (Investor: Panattoni) | 36,500 sqm PDC Industrial OBI (Investor: Marvipol/Panattoni) | 50,000 sqm Szczecin Industrial Park (Investor: Accolade) | 144,000 sqm Zagłębie (Investor: Hillwood) | 32,000 sqm
Value of credit and refinancing for shopping centres in CEE region (between October 2017 and September 2018, in EUR)
685 000 000
Value of credit and refinancing for offices in CEE region (between October 2017 and September 2018, in EUR)
430 000 000
Value of credit and refinancing for warehouses in CEE region (between October 2017 and September 2018, in EUR)
150 000 000
Company website
santander.pl