Nuveen CPACE Lending Fund Offers Insurers Access to Capital Efficient Clean Energy Assets
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuveen, the $1.1 trillion investment manager of TIAA, and Nuveen Green Capital (NGC), an affiliate of Nuveen and a leading provider of sustainable commercial real estate financing solutions, have launched a new fund to give insurers access to a diversified portfolio of energy efficient, climate resilient, water conservation and renewable energy projects.
- The Nuveen CPACE Lending Fund is designed to efficiently aggregate the financing of commercial property-assessed clean energy (C-PACE) projects for the unique requirements of insurance investors, providing a capital efficient opportunity to access investment grade clean energy assets.
- "Insurers are interested in differentiated sources of capital efficient income, and increasingly motivated to address climate change," said Joe Pursley, Head of Insurance, Americas, Nuveen.
- "The Nuveen CPACE Lending Fund mirrors those interests, offering the prospect of long-dated, attractive and stable risk-adjusted returns via an investment grade product that finances energy efficiency commercial real estate projects."
- "The Nuveen CPACE Lending Fund is an exciting evolution in the C-PACE industry and sustainable real estate financing, broadly," said Alexandra Cooley, CIO of NGC.