The loan will support the Caissa Holdings’ regional acquisition strategy via the purchase of a prominent five-storey building in central Glasgow.

Located on Sauchiehall Street, the building is currently let to Waterstones and Flying Tiger and houses Scotland’s largest bookstore, which also contains event space and two cafes located in the basement and second floors, respectively.

Cambyz Golestaneh, founder and CEO at Caissa Holdings, commented: “At Caissa, we take pride in delivering high quality property investment and development projects across the UK and continental Europe.

“This acquisition marked our first deal in Scotland, and we couldn’t have been more pleased with our choice of lender.

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“Matteas and the wider team at OakNorth provided a level of flexibility, transparency and knowledge of the local area’s real estate market that was simply not offered by other lenders.

“We look forward to working with them again on our future Scottish-based projects.”

Matteas Law, associate director of debt finance at OakNorth, added: “We are delighted to be partnering with Caissa Holdings on its first acquisition in Scotland.

“To be able to deliver the funding within the tight timescales required is extremely pleasing and testament to all involved, not least the client and its professional team. 

“The regeneration of Sauchiehall Street coupled with Glasgow’s already strong retail offering should prove this to be a successful transaction for all involved.”