$9,150,000 Cash-Out Refinance, Non-Recourse, Full Term Interest-Only

Transaction Description:

George Smith Partners successfully arranged $18,880,000 in permanent financing for a 192-unit multifamily community. The loan is fixed for 15 years at 3.03% with interest-only payments for the entire term and significant cash-out proceeds. Despite the severe impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the spring and summer, the Property was able to remain above 95% occupancy with minimal declines in rent collections. GSP capitalized on the Property’s quality, market resiliency, strength of the Sponsor and low leverage to attract quality offers from several lenders.

Transaction Description:

George Smith Partners secured a $5,230,000 non-recourse refinance for a 40-unit multifamily property in Los Angeles. The loan is fixed at a rate of 3.85% for five years and provides two years of interest only payments. Over the past three years, the Sponsors renovated 28 of the 40 units at a very high investment of $28,000 per unit. GSP sourced a bank lender that gave the Borrowers maximum credit for the higher income that resulted from leasing the newly renovated units. The Lender did not require seasoning on the new leases. The Lender did not have a floor on the rate at a time when many banks are applying floors to keep their rates above a certain threshold. The rate was competitive with Agency financing during a period when Freddie Mac was temporarily slowing down new loan originations. The Sponsors were operating the Property very efficiently with below-market expenses, and the third-party appraiser marked those expenses up to market. This resulted in a capitalized property value that did not meet the lender’s 65% LTV constraint. The Lender accommodated the Borrower by raising the LTV threshold so that loan proceeds and the rate would not be affected. The Lender was able to rate lock at application and was ready to close in about 50 days.

Transaction Description:

George Smith Partners successfully secured a $4,100,000 non-recourse permanent refinance of a 14-unit, multifamily property in West Los Angeles. Loan proceeds were used to pay off the existing variable, higher interest rate bridge loan into a lower interest, fixed rate loan. There was significant cash-out to the Sponsor, who had recently completed an extensive reposition and upgrade of the Property. Due to the Sponsor’s business plan, flexibility and interest only were paramount. As such, GSP worked with the Lender to structure a 5-year fixed rate term with 3 years interest only and a step-down prepayment structure of 3%, 2%, 1%. This structure allows the Sponsor to maximize current cash flow while providing the flexibility of a step-down structure that burns off when the loan begins to amortize.

Transaction Description:

George Smith Partners secured a $9,300,000 Non-Recourse refinance loan for a 35 unit multifamily property in Los Angeles. The loan provides 65% leverage and is fixed at a rate of 4.04% for seven years. Over the past 3 years, the Sponsors renovated 27 of the 35 units with a heavy lift that neared $50K per unit. GSP sourced a lender that gave the Borrowers maximum credit for the higher income that resulted from leasing the newly renovated units. The Lender did not require seasoning on the new leases. In order to maximize underwritten cash flow, GSP provided data that demonstrated the very low vacancy percentage in the submarket. This allowed the Lender to use a slightly lower vacancy factor than that of a typical apartment transaction. Additionally, the Lender used market rate expenses despite some variation in the historical P&Ls. The Lender was able to rate lock at application and close in about 55 days.

Transaction Description:

George Smith Partners successfully arranged the refinance of a 14 building, 120-unit multifamily asset located in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood of Sacramento, CA. GSP worked with a life company with a strong appetite for multifamily lending and ultimately structured a loan in which the Sponsor pulled out $10,000,000 of cash. The non-recourse loan has a fixed rate of 4.24% and refinanced an existing agency loan. Some of the unique features of this loan included: rate lock at application, assumption rights in the event of a sale and future loan advances/top-offs upon increase in NOI.