Mortimer Street Capital has officially debuted as a real estate advisory business specialising in bridging, development, commercial, mezzanine and equity finance.
Mortimer Street Capital is based in London’s West End and is borne out of founding business Visionary Finance.
The latter was launched 15 years ago and has established a strong client base in the specialist lending sphere.
The firm was created to “support a wider array of funding scenarios and requirements from its property investor, SME and high net worth clientele”.
The business launched in December has helped deploy around £2.5m of real estate debt in the UK market, with “further deals in the pipeline”.
Hiten Ganatra (pictured), managing director at Mortimer Street Capital, said: “As our Visionary Finance business has grown over the last decade, we have built a huge range of experience in supporting clients in the buy-to-let sector along with more complex funding requirements. This has ultimately led to the launch of Mortimer Street Capital to cater for those needs and to use our experience to help more and more such clients.
“Many industry commentators have predicted that 2024 will see further growth in the specialist finance sector and we are looking forward to helping clients with innovative solutions via our lending partners.”
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
In her spare time, Anna enjoys reading, seeing live music, and cooking for friends and family. When she gets a chance, she also enjoys hiking, skiing and indoor rock climbing.