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Invesco Real Estate says 2026 commercial real estate lending so far tops full-year 2025

Invesco is marketing bridge and mezzanine credit to insurer general accounts.

At a glance

  1. The 2026 tally is already $1 billion, or 25%, larger than the full-year 2025 figure, with part of the year still to run.
  2. The manager is pitching bridge, mezzanine and other structured credit to insurers as a way to extend general-account portfolios beyond investment-grade mortgages.
  3. The origination tally counts loans Invesco made, not how much insurer money sits in bridge or mezzanine strategies.

Invesco Real Estate says it has originated $5 billion of commercial real estate loans so far in 2026, compared with $4 billion for all of last year. The 2026 tally is already $1 billion, or 25%, larger than the full-year 2025 figure, with part of the year still to run.

The manager is pitching bridge, mezzanine and other structured credit to insurers as a way to extend general-account portfolios beyond investment-grade mortgages.

The origination tally counts loans Invesco made, not how much insurer money sits in bridge or mezzanine strategies. Invesco did not break out the structured-credit share of the $5 billion.

Reported by the Insurer–manager partnerships desk from Insurance Capital Daily assignment brief (load-bearing facts) and InsuranceAUM.com, via prior Insurance Capital Daily coverage. Published . Corrections

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