NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) announces the assignment of preliminary ratings to 15 classes of Benchmark 2020-B17, a $943.4 million CMBS conduit transaction collateralized by 35 commercial mortgage loans secured by 160 properties.
The collateral properties are located in 32 states, with the top three states represented by New York (29.2%), California (22.7%), and Texas (8.4%). The pool has exposure to all the major property types, with the top three being office (41.3%), lodging (17.2%) and mixed-use (15.5%). The loans have principal balances ranging from $4.4 million to $85.0 million for the largest loan in the pool, Murphy Crossing (9.0%), which is secured by a 363,567 sf, Class-A suburban office complex located within Silicon Valley in Milpitas, California. The five largest loans, which also include Moffett Towers Buildings A, B & C (8.4%), 1633 Broadway (5.3%), 650 Madison Avenue (5.3%), and CBM Portfolio (5.3%), represent 33.3% of the initial pool balance, while the top 10 loans represent 55.4%.
KBRA’s analysis of the transaction incorporated our multi-borrower rating process that begins with our analysts’ evaluation of the underlying collateral properties’ financial and operating performance, which determine KBRA’s estimate of sustainable net cash flow (KNCF) and KBRA value using our U.S. CMBS Property Evaluation Methodology. On an aggregate basis, KNCF was 8.3% less than the issuer cash flow. KBRA capitalization rates were applied to each asset’s KNCF to derive values that were, on an aggregate basis, 42.0% less than third party appraisal values. The pool has an in-trust KLTV of 88.3% and an all-in KLTV of 102.7%. The model deploys rent and occupancy stresses, probability of default regressions, and loss given default calculations to determine losses for each collateral loan that are then used to assign our credit ratings.
Preliminary Ratings Assigned: Benchmark 2020-B17
|
Class |
Initial Class Balance |
Expected KBRA Rating |
|
|
A-1 |
$6,275,000 |
AAA (sf) |
|
|
A-2 |
$188,000,000 |
AAA (sf) |
|
|
A-4 |
$100,000,000 – $170,000,0001 |
AAA (sf) |
|
|
A-5 |
$262,938,000 – $333,938,0001 |
AAA (sf) |
|
|
A-SB |
$12,900,000 |
AAA (sf) |
|
|
A-S |
$105,326,000 |
AAA (sf) |
|
|
B |
$41,214,000 |
AA- (sf) |
|
|
C |
$37,780,000 |
A- (sf) |
|
|
D |
$21,752,000 |
BBB (sf) |
|
|
E |
$16,028,000 |
BBB- (sf) |
|
|
F-RR |
$16,028,000 |
BB- (sf) |
|
|
G-RR |
$9,158,000 |
B- (sf) |
|
|
NR-RR |
$27,477,162 |
NR |
|
|
X-A |
$746,439,0002 |
AAA (sf) |
|
|
X-B |
$78,994,0002 |
AAA (sf) |
|
|
X-D |
$37,780,0002 |
BBB- (sf) |
|
|
VRR |
$27,500,000 |
NR |
|
1 The exact initial certificate balances will not be determined until final pricing; however, they are expected to fall within the above ranges.
2 Notional balance.
For complete details on the analysis, please see our pre-sale report published at www.kbra.com. The preliminary ratings are based on information known to KBRA at the time of this publication. Information received subsequent to this release could result in the assignment of ratings that differ from the preliminary ratings.
To access ratings, reports and disclosures, click here.
Related Publications: (available at www.kbra.com)
- Benchmark 2020-B17 Pre-Sale Report
- Benchmark 2020-B17 KBRA Conduit KCAT
- U.S. CMBS Multi-Borrower Rating Methodology
- U.S. CMBS Property Evaluation Methodology
- Methodology for Rating Interest-Only Certificates in CMBS Transactions
- Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology
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