The Tokyo-based megabank will provide about 15% of the fund’s 10 billion yen ($124 million) in equity, with Marubenri Corp., Tokyo Tatemono Co. and other domestic and overseas investors contributing the rest, Shu Takata, deputy general manager of Mizuho’s real estate finance department, said in an interview. The fund will put that equity, as well as about 10 billion yen in debt, toward constructing dormitories, he said.

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