California

George Smith Partners successfully placed a high leveraged, non-recourse $22,800,000 refinance for a mixed-use 225,000 square foot warehouse building with a significant office component. The Orange County, California property sits on a 12 acre parcel and was constructed in 1966 and subsequently renovated in 1985 and again in 2001. The 2001 renovation was structured to accommodate a government agency whose footprint occupies 60% of the gross improved square footage. Their build-out consists of 31% office (2-story), 19% air conditioned warehouse, and 50% conventional warehouse. Loan proceeds were allocated to cover additional tenant improvements and lease commissions as this agency recently extended for an additional 15 year term. The remaining square footage is leased to an industrial bakery who has occupied the property since 1989. Their lease rolls during this 10 year loan term. GSP sourced a capital provider who underwrote the tight market constraints and agreed to push proceeds below an 8.0% debt yield without layering on mezzanine debt. Fixed at 4.92% for 10 years, the non-recourse loan is interest-only for 2 years before rolling into a 30 year amortization schedule.