Capital Raising and Funding

Stirling Capital provides project structuring advice, with comprehensive funding services including project finance and access to equity capital through private and institutional funds.

  • Stirling provides project funding services to corporate and government clients involved in real estate, social infrastructure and public private partnership transactions.
  • Extensive experience is held in both debt and equity capital markets, with various capital raising vehicles and services offered including:
    • Private Placements;
    • Preferred Equity;
    • Convertible Notes;
    • Promissory Notes;
    • Initial Public Offerings;
    • Mezzanine and Subordinated Debt; and
    • Structured and Property Finance.
  • Stirling has successfully completed over $400 million worth of transactions since 2004.

Approach

  • Stirling's aim is to provide comprehensive solutions to a clients’ financing needs. Solutions are based on specific circumstances and strategic considerations relevant to the client and begins with an examination of the project, it’s stage of development, capital structure, strategic imperatives and overall financial profile.
  • When structuring specific financing alternatives Stirling interacts closely with various professionals to incorporate market perspectives.
  • Close interaction and coordination between these different groups of professionals provides Stirling with enhanced market intelligence supporting quality structuring and execution advice.

Development Management

Stirling Capital provides development management services for projects across the real estate and social infrastructure sectors.

  • Stirling Capital is committed to delivering sustainable property and social infrastructure solutions, from environmentally-rated high density buildings, to scale low-carbon affordable housing communities and efficient social infrastructure projects.
  • In partnership with governments, private clients and investors, Stirling Capital has a proven track record creating complex mixed-use property developments incorporating residential and infrastructure solutions, retail and commercial precincts and senior living communities.
  • Stirling Capital is capable of managing the entire development process, from land acquisition, to consulting with local authorities, financing, project management and sales and leasing.
  • Stirling Capital’s development management capabilities are delivered across a number of sectors including:
    • Commercial;
    • Residential and Affordable Housing;
    • Industrial and mixed-use Retail;
    • Social infrastructure.

Public Private Partnerships (PPP)

Stirling Capital participates in the equity sponsorship and development management of public private partnership projects.

  • Stirling Capital has the capability to partner with government and the private sector to fund, develop and manage essential community and economic infrastructure.
  • Members of our team have been involved in the delivery of more than $1 billion of social infrastructure.
  • Stirling Capital is focused on participating in quality projects across a broad range of sectors including:
    • Real estate;
    • Student accommodation and academic facilities;
    • Retirement and aged care;
    • Key worker accommodation;
    • Healthcare and education.
  • Directors of Stirling have experience across the different phases of a public private partnership project from project inception and equity sponsorship, through development and project financing and into long term ownership and asset management.
  • Stirling is focused on being a long term equity investor in quality projects with experienced partners.
  • Stirling can also provide strategic, financial and implementation advice to select clients, enabling them to capitalise on our team’s transaction history in financing, developing and investing in projects and businesses in the public private partnerships sector.

Asset and Property Management

Stirling Capital offers asset and property management services to enhance asset values and optimise income and investment opportunities.

  • Stirling Capital offers asset and property management services, focused on enhancing the value of the property and optimising income and investment opportunities for the assets’ investors.
  • Effective asset and property management requires an integrated approach which utilises the group’s end-to-end property capabilities.
  • Whether redeveloping or maintaining an asset, Stirling can manage the development process entirely, from acquiring surrounding land parcels, to consulting with local authorities, project management, sales, leasing, and overseeing ongoing management of the asset, post development.
  • Asset and property management capabilities are focused on maintaining sustainable operating efficiencies, while optimising income and investment performance.
  • Stirlings asset and property management capabilities cover investment management, leasing, marketing, and supervision of facilities management, all focused on continually enhancing the asset’s value.