$4,300,000 Non-Recourse Permanent Financing for a Trophy Property in West Hollywood, CA

Transaction Description:

George Smith Partners secured $4,517,000 for the acquisition of a multi-tenant, retail center in Villa Park, Illinois. The non-recourse permanent loan is fixed at 3.75% for ten years with full-term interest only and a defeasance prepayment penalty structure.

One of the tenants was a newly opened gym franchise with no historical sales information for this center. Also, during the loan process, the Seller was finalizing a subdivision of the parking lot which required multiple levels of municipality approvals.

GSP identified a capital source who understood the strength of the asset, the experience of the Sponsor and its desirable suburb location, which is 20 miles outside of Downtown Chicago. The Capital Provider worked through the timing of the issuance of the subdivision approval and was able to close as soon as the approval was finalized. The efficiency of our Capital Provider allowed the Sponsor to be able to rate lock and close as soon as the approval was stamped, taking advantage of the low interest rate environment.

George Smith Partners successfully placed $14,690,000 in non-recourse, ten-year fixed rate first mortgage debt for the acquisition of an approximately 54,000 square foot, 96% occupied, recently developed retail center in Western Florida. An investment-grade grocery anchor on a newly signed long-term lease comprises approximately 75% of the collateral. The anchor has no sales history at the Property and is not required to report sales going forward. GSP sourced a lender to provide full term non-recourse Interest-Only financing subject to a low 7.35% debt yield. The 65% leverage loan has a 3.77% fixed coupon over the ten-year term.

Transaction Description:

George Smith Partners successfully placed a $5,740,000 non-recourse, ten-year fixed rate loan on an 89% leased, multi-tenant retail property, shadow-anchored by Savers and Big Lots. GSP worked with the Sponsor to overcome several environmental issues with the Property. GSP sourced a lender able to achieve 75% leverage, non-recourse financing and structure around the environmental issues. The loan was sized to the greater of an 9.75% debt yield or 1.40x debt service coverage ratio on the 3.75% fixed rate coupon.