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A Liverpool-based student and residential property specialist is seeking new investment opportunities after securing a £27m refinance deal with Lloyds Bank on its city centre student site.

Carpenter Investments has secured the funding against Hardman House, a multi-use development including accommodation for 355 students and a 40,000 sq ft Liverpool John Moores University faculty and education building, which opened in 2020.

The three-year deal will help Carpenter Investments build on its existing £150m portfolio of student, commercial and private residential developments.

Carpenter Investments has now completed 18 developments since being founded in 2010, including more than £65m of new buildings in Liverpool’s Knowledge Quarter.

Carpenter Investments is also the parent company of L7 Architects, construction firm Carpenter Build, and Urban Sleep, which manages the group’s student accommodation and residential apartments.

Alan Beer, managing director at Carpenter Investments, said: "Hardman House was a significant milestone for Carpenter Investments, but we’re not standing still.

"We’re already working on some really exciting and creative plans that will be transformative for another landmark site in the city, and we are actively seeking new locations to build.

"This new facility from Lloyds Bank is a show of faith in the prospects of the city region’s property sector and the plans we have at Carpenter Investments as we look to support the economic recovery and the return of students to Liverpool."