Rand Merchant Bank Project Finance

Rand Merchant Bank Project Finance

Our Real Estate Investment Banking team partners with clients to provide holistic financial solutions across the capital structure including senior, mezzanine and equity financing in the real estate sector.



Our distinct investment banking approach towards the asset class enables the facilitation of multi-disciplinary and innovative solutions for our clients spanning multiple jurisdictions across both the listed and unlisted real estate sectors.



We offer structured advisory and financing solutions to substantial real estate investment trusts, private equity sponsors, investment holdings companies and family offices through:



  • Project finance – development financing across sectors, greenfield and brownfield development projects, such as the financing of the redevelopment of Fourways Mall.
  • Portfolio finance – term financing across the capital structure including senior, mezzanine and equity financing
  • Acquisition and bridge finance – structured finance solutions which enable our clients to expand their real estate investment portfolios, for example, Vukile.
  • Corporate lease discounting – RMB continues to position itself as the market leading lease discounting financier in the real estate sector with a deal footprint of several high profile transactions, such as the Atterbury deal.
  • BEE financing – We partner with key BEE sponsors in order to facilitate growth within their real estate investment portfolios
  • Share cover based financing – We assist key financial sponsors to efficiently raise financing which is secured against listed REIT shareholdings
  • Africa –We bank key sponsors in support of their African real estate ambitions. See more about this capability in Africa.