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$5,275,000 Non-Recourse, Non-CMBS Permanent Loan Fixed for Seven Years

Rate: 4.65%
Term: 10-year term fixed for 7 years
Loan to Value: 50%
Prepayment Penalty: 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1%
Loan Fee: Par
Guaranty: Non-Recourse

George Smith Partners successfully arranged a $5,275,000 non-recourse, 7-year fixed rate, non-CMBS loan for a non-anchored retail center in Imperial Beach, CA.  While the property is 100% occupied in a coastal California location, the Sponsor needed a non-recourse loan with a flexible prepayment penalty on a long-term fixed rate basis which is extremely hard to locate outside of CMBS. Life insurance companies were not able to get comfortable with the collateral since the largest tenant was a is a non-credit gym and there is significant near-term lease roll. Other bank lenders would not provide full credit for the significant cell tower income which limited their loan proceeds. GSP was able to identify a typically recourse lender that was willing to provide a non-recourse loan on this property and was able to underwrite the full cell tower income.

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