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The RE Debt Desk 42 stories this week · 299 total

Office debt returns only after the trade prices

A $72.6 million Barings loan on a Needham office campus shows how lenders are re-entering office behind equity, after the trade has priced.
August 24

Wells Fargo moves to foreclose on $1.3B Workspace portfolio

The two-year extension bought time, not oxygen; a receiver-run sale will now set the clearing price for suburban office.
August 24

Wells Fargo refinances repositioned Doral office campus

The $53.5 million loan works out to roughly $184 a foot and nearly returns the sponsors' $52.5 million net investment.
August 24

Truist's $277M Jersey City loan prices waterfront multifamily

The 748-unit 201 Hudson – by Urby financing works out to $370,000 per apartment, a selective construction-lending comp for the waterfront.
August 24

For office debt, the lease is now the collateral

PRP Real Assets and Riyad Capital refinance 777 Hidden Ridge with a $250M CMBS loan that prices a lease whose tenant has already left.
August 24

For Workforce Housing, Construction Debt Still Clears

Vic Centre's $36.5 million line covers 88 percent of its $41.7 million budget, the latest sign lenders will fund projects priced to wages rather than projections.
August 24

Barings puts $250 million on Museum House's rent roll

The loan's $494,000 per-unit basis becomes the new comp for Seattle multifamily lenders, with 102 of the 506 units set aside as affordable.
August 24

CBRE's South Yorkshire JESSICA Fund crosses £100m with Sheffield and Doncaster loans

Two new commitments in Sheffield and Doncaster push the CBRE-managed fund past £100 million in development loans.
August 24

Doral refi shows office debt is back for the repositioned

A Wells Fargo-backed loan on Banyan Street's Doral Center suggests lenders now finance office assets only after the capex is spent and the lease-up is proven.
August 24

Principal lends $32M on a Queens grocery center its owner has held for 26 years

Northmarq placed the refinancing for Mattone Group on a fully leased Stop & Shop-anchored center.
August 21

Gantry swaps recourse for a floating-rate bet in $28.3M Central Valley refi

A five-year, interest-only, non-recourse life company loan replaces a bank facility and hands the borrower a rate-cycle bet on the Central Valley.
August 21

Los Angeles office stress moves to the suburbs

Trepp's CMBS data shows urban towers already in special servicing. In the suburbs, 46% of the book has a largest-tenant lease expiring before maturity.
August 21

A $120M bridge lets a New Orleans conversion prove itself

Bridge and preferred equity are carrying a completed hotel conversion through the gap between construction and stabilized income.
August 21

Wells Fargo's three seats at one affordable table

On a 120-unit Pasco County project, the bank buys the tax-credit equity, holds the construction loan, and will service the Freddie Mac permanent loan.
August 21

Grandbridge takes first CMBS servicing deal on two Bellevue towers

The Truist subsidiary's CMBS debut is an interest-only loan on fully leased Bellevue towers, well away from today's office distress.
August 20

Principal lends $32M to refinance fully leased Queens grocery center

The refinancing shows a fully leased grocery-anchored center still clears the lender bar.
August 20

Newmark arranges $45.9M FHA refi for two Grand Junction apartments

The HUD 223(f) loans move Four Points Funding's recently delivered assets into government-insured permanent debt.
August 20

Well-leased towers hold two-fifths of sub-breakeven office CMBS

Trepp finds $12.1 billion of performing office loans that can't cover debt service. Much of it sits in buildings 80 percent occupied or better.
August 20

Affinius lends $177.25M for two NY metro apartment buys

The lender splits the money between a finished Edgewater property and a Yonkers building with 50 units left to deliver.
August 20

Return to Lender tracker arrives thin on specifics

Connect CRE's weekly rundown of distressed debt returning to lenders names no loans this week.
August 20

Office CMBS delinquencies top 2012 record at 8.89%

Term defaults drove $2.82 billion in new CMBS distress in July. The record delinquency rate is the broader backdrop.
August 20

PGIM closes final $82.6M bridge in Capodagli apartment refi

The Roselle Park loan takes the last property out of a cross-collateralized portfolio, giving each asset its own refinancing path.
August 20

Cottonwood provides $50M mezzanine to finish Oasis tower

Private credit keeps financing Florida condo construction, even with a $70 million lender lawsuit in the same corridor.
August 20

Apollo funds $74.5M Stamford office-to-condo conversion

Walker & Dunlop arranged the acquisition-and-redevelopment loan for 63 waterfront residences, pricing the deal at roughly $1.18 million per residence.
August 19

Starwood and Realterm set a record for industrial outdoor storage debt

The $672 million refinancing gives industrial outdoor storage a benchmark of its own.
August 19

Acquisition debt yields barely moved as CMBS refinancing repriced sharply

Trepp's loan-level review of the 2021-22 vintages finds acquisition debt yields held steady even as refinance yields jumped and cap rates compressed.
August 19

Credit Agricole lends $125M for Miami Design District project

A bank-led syndicate is funding the eight-story office-and-retail building, and the developers broke ground right after closing.
August 19

Urban Standard lends $26.5M against Vail Valley land for 440 units

A four-year land loan closes for 440 units of mountain-town workforce housing.
August 19

Community banks' multifamily retreat gives private credit an opening

Trepp's Q2 review shows six of ten community banks running off multifamily loans while Merchants and Columbia buy — an opening for private lenders.
August 19

Bally's going-concern warning pressures casino construction lenders

The operator's SEC filing lays out the covenant and cash hurdles behind its Chicago and Bronx casino projects.
August 19

Invesco writes bigger floating-rate loans as $3 trillion maturity cycle begins

Originations jumped 112% to $3.2 billion. The loan count barely moved.
August 19

S3 Capital lends $35M for Casa Princeton's final phase

Private capital is underwriting the final phase of a 374-unit Florida multifamily community.
August 19

Capital One sues S2 Capital's Everett for $11.5M guaranty

The claim against S2 Capital's Scott Everett shows how capped personal guarantees are becoming lenders' last recovery in multifamily defaults.
August 19

Capital One sues S2 Capital's Everett over $11.5M guaranty

A capped personal guarantee is now in dispute as lenders press multifamily sponsors on defaulted Sun Belt debt.
August 19

Realterm and Starwood close a record $672 million IOS financing

A 78-property portfolio loan gives industrial outdoor storage its first broad debt benchmark.
August 19

Urban Partners holds $230M first close for Credit II

Urban Partners' second dedicated credit fund writes senior secured whole loans in Denmark, Finland, Germany and Sweden. Its first close suggests whole-loan formation in Europe still has committed backers.
August 19
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