Rate: One-Month LIBOR + 3.70%
Term: Two years plus three one-year extension options
Amortization: Full-term interest only
Loan to Cost: 77%
Loan to Stable Value: 70%
Guarantee: Non-recourse
Lender Fee: 1.00%
Prepayment: 15-month spread maintenance
George Smith Partners secured $59,000,000 in non-recourse bridge debt to refinance out an existing construction loan currently in forbearance due to a maturity default. The maturity default was due to a longer-than-expected construction period to convert the former 1,000,000 square foot enclosed regional mall, located in a tertiary Midwest market, into an open-air, 750,000 square foot power center. The Property lost a few anchor tenants to bankruptcy, requiring the Borrower to re-lease those spaces in addition to the lease-up of new retail suites created by the power center conversion. The Property is now 91.5% leased but 85% occupied, and due to lease co-tenancy violations a major tenant is currently paying percentage rent in lieu of base rent. Loan proceeds repaid the existing construction loan, covered closing costs, and will fund 100% of future CapEx, tenant improvement, and leasing commission costs associated with stabilizing the Property. The loan offers a 24-month initial term plus three extension options with durations of one year each, which provide the Borrower maximum flexibility. The non-recourse floating-rate loan priced at 3.70% over One-Month LIBOR and offered full term interest only payments.
Related Financings
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$15,500,000 Non-Recourse Bridge Financing for a Mid-Construction 3-Property Multifamily Portfolio; Los Angeles, CA
December 16, 2020
Transaction Description:
George Smith Partners secured a $15,500,000 bridge loan for three newly constructed, pre-Certificate of Occupancy multifamily assets located in Los Angeles, CA. The non-recourse loan provided significant cash-out proceeds to the sponsor, refinanced outstanding construction debt and capitalized construction completion costs. The loan is sized at 70% LTC on a 4.90% fixed rate, non-recourse, 12-month term. The loan did not require an interest reserve or capitalized carrying costs.
The loan is secured by three new construction multifamily assets in the Koreatown and Eagle Rock submarkets of Los Angeles, totaling 57 units, in various stages of completion. All will be complete by Q1 2021, with lease up occurring throughout the balance of 2021. Given COVID related delays and slower-than-anticipated leasing velocity, GSP was able to identify a lender comfortable with the high quality, new construction product, and the long-term stability of these submarkets. The loan closed three weeks from term sheet execution.
Rate: 4.90% Fixed
Term: 12 Month
Amortization: Interest Only
LTC: 70%
Guaranty: Non-Recourse
Lender Fees: 1.00%
Prepayment: Open
