Blog
11.11.2025
Senior Loan – Specialist Care Portfolio
Facility: £24.35m senior loan
Term: 24 months
Asset type: Specialist residential care and education portfolio
Location: Yorkshire and the East Midlands
Blog
16.09.2025
A residential planning loan case study – Streatham, London
The Transaction
In 2020, ASK lent £8.9m to a joint venture between Hadley and Clarion Housing Group to support a major planning-led strategy for the redevelopment of an operating Homebase store on a 2.5-acre site in Streatham, South London.
Blog
07.09.2025
Mike Ginsberg discusses underwriting hotel assets
The UK hotel sector has seen a strong resurgence post-pandemic, driven by flexible leisure travel, short city breaks, and the evolving needs of corporate commuters. In this video, Mike Ginsberg from ASK Partners breaks down what’s driving continued demand, and how ASK is structuring hotel lending to align with real, cash-generative business models.
Blog
02.12.2025
Leeds office asset case study
Facility: Senior loan
Asset type: Office with alternative-use potential
Location: Leeds city centre
Blog
25.11.2025
ASK hosts London real estate development roundtable
ASK hosted a roundtable bringing together leading developers, funders and advisers to examine the realities of London real estate development in today’s market.
Blog
23.07.2025
A land assembly and planning strategy loan
Between 2022 and 2024, ASK provided a series of senior loans to assist with a land assembly and planning strategy, totalling £17.3m, to a joint venture between VFund and Hurlington Capital. The loan was ultimately secured against an assembled 0.8-acre freehold site in Acton, West London, benefitting from planning permission for a large-scale, mixed-use redevelopment.
Blog
14.07.2025
A residential development finance case study – St John’s Wood, London
The transaction
In May 2021, ASK provided a development facility of £23.6m (in conjunction with OakNorth Bank) to experienced developer Benjamin Goldkorn. The loan was secured against a c.10,000 sq ft, prime freehold residential property in St John’s Wood, London.
