In 2014, Cantor Fitzgerald clients invested €2.5m in Great Northern Distillery Limited (“GND” or the “company”) via the EIIS scheme. The funds were used by John Teeling and his team to convert the former Harp Brewery in Dundalk – which was acquired from Diageo in 2014 – into a large scale malt and grain distillery.
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In December 2017, Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland completed a €4m EIIS fundraise for Hazelwood Demesne Limited (“Hazelwood”) trading as Lough Gill Distillery. Hazelwood owns an 81 acre estate, on the shores of Lough Gill in County Sligo. The estate includes an existing factory premises which will be converted to a whiskey distillery. Planning permission to produce
In November 2017, Cantor Fitzgerald completed an equity fundraise of US$8.25m into Boxever Ltd. The investment was made up of a consortium of existing investors Polaris and Frontline, along with new private equity and family office investors. The transaction included a substantial portion of EIIS investment made through the Cantor Nominee Group, in the amount
Cantor Fitzgerald recently hosted a Real Estate Finance Seminar at the Radisson BLU Hotel in Galway which was very well attended by developers, financial advisors, accountants and solicitors. David Beaton, our Chief Investment Officer presented an overview of investment markets, while Glenn Bradley, Director Corporate Finance highlighted the many funding challenges currently faced by developers
We are delighted to confirm that Cantor Fitzgerald investors were repaid the capital they invested, together with a return of 13.87% on the successful refinance of the senior loan note issued by Ballisk Homes Limited in August 2016. The loan note was used to purchase a development site at Donabate, Co. Dublin and to fund
In March 2016 Amarenco Solar Limited (“Amarenco”) raised €5.5m through Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland by way of an unsecured loan note paying a coupon of 15% per annum. The funds were used to establish a development pipeline of operational solar assets in France during 2016/17. Amarenco successfully deployed this capital on the acquisition of a number
The loan note transaction closed for Cantor Fitzgerald’s second project with ITF Douglas in recent weeks, with construction due to commence over the coming month. Cantor Fitzgerald successfully completed a €4.6m loan note fundraise secured against a 10-acre site in Moneygourney, Douglas, Co. Cork. The site will be developed by ITF (Douglas) and will comprise a
In June 2017, Cantor Fitzgerald successfully completed the acquisition of the Park Collection in Carrickmines, Co Dublin. The Park Collection was acquired by the Cantor Park Commercial Property Fund (the “Fund”), a recently established Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Fund. Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland was appointed as Investment Manager and Brennanstown Asset Management was appointed as Property
Private investors recruited by securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald are set to buy an interest in a €41 million office complex. Cantor Fitzgerald is buying into four office blocks that are home to a variety of tenants in Carrickmines in Dublin’s south suburbs that Park Developments is selling for €41 million. The investment firm is buying the blocks on behalf of private
We are delighted to confirm that our valued client, Glandore Business Centres Ltd, has successfully repaid the €3m loan note raised from Cantor Fitzgerald investors. The loan note was issued on 1st February 2016 with a 1-year term, paying a coupon of 10% per annum. The coupon was paid in 6 monthly instalments per the