Transaction Overview
George Smith Partners arranged permanent financing for a 6-unit multi-family property in Santa Monica, CA. Despite the property’s spectacular location, footsteps from Santa Monica College, the property was operating well below market rents. GSP identified a lender that was willing to rely solely on the Sponsors strong global cash flow, perfect credit history and experience managing and owning multi-family and commercial properties to size the loan down to a 1.01x DCR. Most conventional lenders require a minimum 1.15x DCR on their multi-family loans and could not reach the loan dollars needed for this transaction. Using its long standing relationship with the lender, George Smith Partners mitigated the below market rents by stressing the strength and experience of the Sponsor with a portfolio bank and obtained fixed-rate leverage at maximum loan proceeds.
