Multifamily and Commercial Properties
Short-Term Financing

PROGRAM: 
A) Short-Term Bridge: Typically 12-18 months (property is stable and needs minor capital improvements or cash flow growth);
 
 B) Property Reposition: Typically 36 months (property is unstable and either needs moderate to heavy capital improvements or cash flow/occupancy growth).

ELIGIBLE PROPERTIES: 
Multifamily, office, industrial, retail (anchored and non-anchored), hotel, manufactured housing, student housing, mini storage.

LOCATIONS: 
All primary and secondary markets with positive demographic trends considered.

SPONSORSHIP: 
Experienced sponsors that have a strong track record with asset type and market.
 
LOAN SIZE: 
Primary loan size for consideration is $15 to $75 million.

PRICING: 
Floating spread over 30/90-day LIBOR. Fixed spread over swaps. Pricing varies depending on loan-to-value ratio, debt service coverage, property type and quality and underwriting risk assessment. 

LIBOR FLOORS 
Required.

TERM: 
Initial term up to 3 years, with one 12-month extension option (two 12-month extensions on an exception basis).
 
AMORTIZATION: 
Interest only during initial term and required (25 or 30 years) during extension periods.
 
EXTENSION OPTIONS: 
Available provided property achieves required DSCR and/or Debt Yield.  For each extension year, spreads may increase and fees will apply.

SPONSOR EQUITY: 
No cash outs, and no deferred equity unless fully and adequately collateralized.

TOTAL LOAN TO COST: 
-Up to 80% for multifamily;
-Up to 80% for “strong credit” retail, office and industrial;
-Up to 75% for “standard credit” retail, office and industrial;
-Up to 65% for “flagged/strong operator” properties;
-Up to 60% for manufactured housing, student housing and mini storage.

The above figures are maximums. Each transaction will be considered on a case-by-case basis and may fall below these thresholds. 

LOAN SIZING: 
Will be sized based upon the asset’s take-out year cash flow and a minimum 1.25x DSCR (1.20x DSCR for multifamily) assuming a stressed debt constant or a minimum debt yield test.

ORIGINATION/EXIT FEES: 
Origination- Not less than 1.0%.   
Exit- Negotiated. 

CARVE-OUTS: 
Bankruptcy remote SPEs required.  Carve-outs are standard “bad boy” package backed by a meaningful guarantor(s), not the borrowing entities.

OTHER STRUCTURAL: 
A) Rebalancing to Guarantor (warm body or strong entity) for TI/LC, Capex and Interest Reserve accounts.  
 
B) Performance tests (set DSCR tests at certain months) may be required to ensure business plan is being achieved.  For higher levered deals (75% LTC), failure of a performance test will require a cash flow sweep and/or “balancing call” on the loan that will be recourse to the Guarantor. 

HIGHER LEVERAGE DEALS: 
Deals above 80% of cost may require a pledge of ownership interests as part of the overall collateral package.

GROSS/FUTURE FUNDING: 
Certain deals may require a “gross funding” of all future capital improvement/tenant improvement and leasing commission funds at closing.  In other cases, the lender will fund dollars for above items as necessary and as improvements take place.

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This is a summary of general program terms, which are subject to change. This is not a commitment to lend.

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