Bank of China contributes $77 million AUD to a $385 million AUD syndicated loan for the University of Melbourne Purpose Built Student Accommodation 2023 Refinancing Project (Linked to Record ID#93842)

Project narrative

On June 28, 2019, financial close was reached on a deal in which a syndicate of two banks — the Bank of China (BOC) and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) — entered into a $57 million AUD ($39.95 million USD) syndicated term loan agreement with CLV (Melbourne) Pty Ltd — an Australia-incorporated special purpose vehicle wholly owned by Australia-based student accommodation provider Campus Living Villages (CLV) — for the Campus Living Villages University of Melbourne Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Refinancing Project. The term loan carried a maturity period of 4.5 years and a final maturity date of December 21, 2023. Both BOC and ANZ committed $28.50 million AUD ($19.98 million USD) to the syndicated loan. The proceeds of this term loan were to be used by the borrower for the refinancing of the debt on a 648-bed student accommodation facility, Student Village, The University of Melbourne Campus, at the University of Melbourne in Melbourne, Victoria; specifically, it refinanced a $88 million AUD loan accrued in 2014 for development of Student Village, The University of Melbourne Campus. Record ID#93842 captures BOC's contribution. In December 2019, CLV sold its stake in the student accommodation facility to AMP Capital Diversified Infrastructure Trust (ADIT). In April 2022, Dexus acquired AMP’s real estate and domestic infrastructure equity business including ADIT. Then, on October 19, 2023, financial close was reached on a deal in which a syndicate of five banks — including the Bank of China (BOC) — entered into a $385.00 million AUD ($242.84 million USD) syndicated loan agreement with Dexus Diversified Infrastructure Trust (DDIT) — an Australia and New Zealand-focused infrastructure fund of Australian real estate manager Dexus —for the University of Melbourne Purpose Built Student Accommodation 2023 Refinancing Project. This loan carried a maturity period of three years. The proceeds were to be used by the borrower to refinance its purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset at the University of Melbourne, including the 527-bed post-graduate student accommodation facility Melbourne Connect in Carlton (acquired in December 2019 under a 42-year concession), 303 Royal Parade in Parkville, and Little Hall near Lincoln Square, the latter of which are both on the University of Melbourne's Parkville campus with 954 beds under a 24-year concession. All five lenders, including BOC, contributed $77.00 million AUD ($48.57 million USD) to the loan syndicate. Record ID#101590 captures BOC's contribution. In addition to BOC, the following lenders contributed to the loan syndicate: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), National Australia Bank Limited (NAB), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and Westpac Banking Corporation.