Transaction Overview
Transactions Description:
George Smith Partners placed a $11,700,000 construction loan to build a logistics yard that includes trailer parking, auto parking and a maintenance facility. The fenced and secured facility is being built on a speculative basis although there is unmet demand.
The marketing of the asset during the COVID-19 pandemic was difficult given bank resources first went to asset management and then PPP. The lenders in the market wanted “easy” deals such as low leverage multifamily, build to suits and infill industrial. The Sponsor’s expertise, market knowledge and demand for the product created a competitive lending environment. After talking to over 50 capital providers we had three compete for the loan. Structure, pricing, certainty of execution and speed to close narrowed the lender choice. The chosen Capital Provider went to full credit committee before issuing the application given the specialty nature of the asset. The credit committee also approved all terms negotiated/changed in the application before the process began. This gave us confidence that the chosen Capital Provider would execute on the original terms in the application while other Capital Providers have altered terms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
