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CPV's St. Charles and EIF's Newark power projects
Power North AmericaAs commercial banks look for market share in the US power market many are turning to merchant power projects, albeit with hedges that provide pricing certainty similar to a short term power purchase agreement (PPA)
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North Island Hospitals, Canada
Social & Defence North AmericaThe financial close of the North Islands Hospitals project in Canada marks the first ever green bond issue for a Canadian social infrastructure PPP project
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Waterloo LRT, Canada
Transport North AmericaThe C$621.2 million ($571.5 million) Waterloo light rail transit PPP in Canada is the latest transit deal to close using a mixture of short-term bank debt and long-term bond financing, after the C$2 billion Ottawa light rail deal, which closed last year
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Gas prices key to Energy Future restructuring
Power North AmericaEnergy Future Intermediate Holding Company has launched a tender for its first and second lien debt, despite some opposition from junior lenders to the bankrupt power company's affiliates
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US PPPs: Bridging the policy gaps
Transport North AmericaWhile Kentucky’s PPP enabling legislation might still be a few miles from execution, overall an increasing number of US states have recognized and accepted the model in recent years. But can there be a nationwide standardisation of the model?
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News+: Regulatory capital relief
North AmericaMariner Investment Group last week launched a new institutional investor product, which provides regulatory capital relief to banks in an attempt to stimulate new bank lending in the infrastructure market
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News+: Telecom M&A in vogue?
Telecoms North AmericaDuring a hot summer dry on deals, telecommunications towers have been in vogue
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Insurers plowing into power
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe Freeport LNG deal is just one example of how insurance companies are competing with bankers and fund managers to provide capital to power and energy projects, especially at a time when lending opportunities in the space are limited
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News+: Real estate or P3s?
Social & Defence North AmericaThe US P3 market for social infrastructure has come to a cross roads, as local and state government officials wrestle with a choice between a traditional P3 procurement or engaging in a real estate development deal
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Carlsbad Desalination Project, California USA
Water North AmericaThe crafting of a first-of-kind Public-Private Partnership
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News+: Carlsbad; a boost for US water
Water North AmericaIs the US$1 billion Carlsbad desalination plant project the deal to turn the US water sector around?
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Ohio State University parking concession
Transport North AmericaThe Ohio State University campus parking deal is the first US university private parking concession to reach financial close, despite negative public opinion
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Alberta Schools Alternative Procurement III, Canada
Social & Defence North AmericaThe third and final installment of Canada’s Alberta Schools P3 trilogy reached financial close last month
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News+: US on cusp of becoming leader in P3s
Transport North AmericaUS P3 executives have seen a precedent-setting year in terms of deal closings in 2012
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News+: The return of the PABs
Transport North AmericaVirginia I-95 project could signal the comeback of PABs to finance US transport P3s
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Presidio Parkway California: The long and winding road
Transport North AmericaThe pathfinder endeavour, which has presented itself as the infrastructure equivalent of a summer blockbuster has had more than its fair share of hurls
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Midtown Tunnel, Virginia, US
Transport North AmericaThe financial close of the Midtown Tunnel last month brought to an end an eight-year procurement process
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Hudson Transmission Line, USA
Power North AmericaA series of delays mostly pertaining to permits led investors through a lengthy process that made financial close seem almost unobtainable. In the end their persistence paid off.
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Puerto Rico's PR-22 and PR-5 highway project
Transport North AmericaFollowing the success of the PR-22 and PR-5 more monetisations may hit the market