424B2 1 n2384-x15_424b2.htm FINAL PROSPECTUS

 

    FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(2)
    REGISTRATION FILE NO.: 333-226943-09
     

PROSPECTUS

 

$673,917,000 (Approximate) 

Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust 

(Central Index Key Number 0001833563) 

Issuing Entity 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation 

(Central Index Key Number 0001013454) 

Depositor 

German American Capital Corporation 

(Central Index Key Number 0001541294) 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 

(Central Index Key Number 0000835271) 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. 

(Central Index Key Number 0001701238) 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company 

(Central Index Key Number 0001541502) 

Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers 

 

Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-B22

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation is offering certain classes of the Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-B22 identified in the table below. The offered certificates (and the non-offered certificates identified under “Summary of Certificates”) will represent the ownership interests in the issuing entity, Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust, a New York common law trust. The assets of the issuing entity will primarily consist of a pool of fixed rate commercial mortgage loans, which are generally the sole source of payments on the certificates. Credit enhancement will be provided solely by certain classes of subordinate certificates that will be subordinate to certain classes of senior certificates as described under “Description of the Certificates—Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses”. Each class of certificates will be entitled to receive monthly distributions of interest and/or principal on the 4th business day following the 11th day of each month (or if the 11th is not a business day, the next business day), commencing in January 2021. The rated final distribution date for each class of offered certificates is the distribution date in January 2054.

 

Class 

Initial Certificate Balance
or Notional Amount(1) 

Approx. Initial Pass-
Through Rate 

Pass-Through Rate
Description 

Assumed Final
Distribution Date(2) 

Class A-1 $9,763,000   0.509% Fixed(3) January 2026
Class A-2 $3,086,000   1.155% Fixed(3) January 2026
Class A-SB $15,906,000   1.731% Fixed(3) March 2030
Class A-4 $132,500,000   1.685% Fixed(3) March 2030
Class A-5 $380,199,000   1.973% Fixed(3) December 2030
Class X-A $611,069,000 (4) 1.523% Variable(5) January 2031
Class A-M $69,615,000   2.163% Fixed(3) January 2031
Class B $30,941,000   2.151% WAC - 1.27000%(3) January 2031
Class C $31,907,000   2.698% WAC - 0.72375%(3) January 2031

(Footnotes on table begin on page 3)

 

 

You should carefully consider the summary of risk factors and the risk factors beginning on page 57 and page 59, respectively, of this prospectus.

 

Neither the certificates nor the mortgage loans are insured or guaranteed by any governmental agency, instrumentality or private issuer or any other person or entity.

 

The certificates will represent interests in the issuing entity only. They will not represent interests in or obligations of the sponsors, the depositor, any of their affiliates or any other entity.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission and state regulators have not approved or disapproved of the offered certificates or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation will not list the offered certificates on any securities exchange or on any automated quotation system of any securities association.

 

The issuing entity will be relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), contained in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act or Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the issuing entity. The issuing entity is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act (both as defined in this prospectus).

 

The underwriters, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Academy Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC will purchase the offered certificates from Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation and will offer them to the public at negotiated prices, plus, in certain cases, accrued interest, determined at the time of sale. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are acting as co-lead managers and joint bookrunners in the following manner: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is acting as sole bookrunning manager with respect to approximately 15.5% of each class of offered certificates, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as sole bookrunning manager with respect to approximately 39.5% of each class of offered certificates, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. is acting as sole bookrunning manager with respect to approximately 30.7% of each class of offered certificates and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as sole bookrunning manager with respect to approximately 14.2% of each class of offered certificates. Academy Securities, Inc. and Drexel Hamilton, LLC are acting as co-managers.

        The underwriters expect to deliver the offered certificates to purchasers in book-entry form only through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company in the United States and Clearstream Banking, Luxembourg and Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System, in Europe, against payment in New York, New York on or about December 31, 2020. Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation expects to receive from this offering approximately 113.683703289% of the aggregate certificate balance of the offered certificates, plus accrued interest from December 1, 2020, before deducting expenses payable by the depositor.

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of securities to be registered 

Amount to be registered 

Proposed maximum offering price per unit(1) 

Proposed maximum aggregate offering price(1) 

Amount of registration fee(2) 

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates $673,917,000 100% $673,917,000 $73,524.35

 

 

(1)Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.

(2)Calculated according to Rule 457(s) of the Securities Act of 1933.

(3)Payment of this registration fee was made in connection with the filing of the preliminary prospectus (accession number: 0001539497-20-001544).

 

  Deutsche Bank Securities Citigroup Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC J.P. Morgan  
  Co-Lead Managers and Joint Bookrunners  
  Academy Securities
Co-Manager
   

Drexel Hamilton 

Co-Manager

 

 

December 18, 2020

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Certificates

 

Class 

Initial Certificate
Balance or
Notional Amount(1) 

Approx. Initial
Credit Support(6) 

Approx. Initial Pass-Through Rate 

Pass-Through Rate Description 

Assumed
Final
Distribution
Date(2) 

Weighted Average
Life (Yrs.)(7) 

Principal Window (months)(7) 

Offered Certificates              
Class A-1 $ 9,763,000   30.000% 0.509% Fixed(3) January 2026 3.09 1 – 61
Class A-2 $ 3,086,000   30.000% 1.155% Fixed(3) January 2026 5.04 61 – 61
Class A-SB $ 15,906,000   30.000% 1.731% Fixed(3) March 2030 7.24 61 – 111
Class A-4 $ 132,500,000   30.000% 1.685% Fixed(3) March 2030 9.21 111 – 111
Class A-5 $ 380,199,000   30.000% 1.973% Fixed(3) December 2030 9.88 111 – 120
Class X-A $ 611,069,000 (4) N/A 1.523% Variable(5) January 2031 N/A N/A
Class A-M $ 69,615,000   21.000% 2.163% Fixed(3) January 2031 10.03 120 – 121
Class B $ 30,941,000   17.000% 2.151% WAC - 1.27000%(3) January 2031 10.04 121 – 121
Class C $ 31,907,000   12.875% 2.698% WAC - 0.72375%(3) January 2031 10.04 121 – 121
Non-Offered Certificates(8)              
Class X-B $ 62,848,000 (4) N/A 0.992% Variable(5) January 2031 N/A N/A
Class X-D $ 41,576,000 (4) N/A 1.421% Variable(5) January 2031 N/A N/A
Class X-F $ 22,238,000 (4) N/A 1.421% Variable(5) January 2031 N/A N/A
Class X-G $ 7,735,000 (4) N/A 1.421% Variable(5) January 2031 N/A N/A
Class X-H $ 28,040,150 (4) N/A 1.421% Variable(5) January 2031 N/A N/A
Class D $ 22,238,000   10.000% 2.000% Fixed(3) January 2031 10.04 121 – 121
Class E $ 19,338,000   7.500% 2.000% Fixed(3) January 2031 10.04 121 – 121
Class F $ 22,238,000   4.625% 2.000% Fixed(3) January 2031 10.04 121 – 121
Class G $ 7,735,000   3.625% 2.000% Fixed(3) January 2031 10.04 121 – 121
Class H $ 28,040,150   0.000% 2.000% Fixed(3) January 2031 10.04 121 – 121
Class S(9) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Class R(10) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
VRR Interest(11) $ 40,710,850   N/A 3.421%(12) (12) January 2031 9.65 1 – 121

 

 

(1)Approximate, subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5%. The certificate balance of the VRR Interest is not included in the certificate balance or notional amount of any other class of certificates set forth under “Offered Certificates” or “Non-Offered Certificates”, and the VRR Interest is not offered by this prospectus.

(2)The assumed final distribution dates set forth in this prospectus have been determined on the basis of the assumptions described in “Description of the Certificates—Assumed Final Distribution Date; Rated Final Distribution Date”.

(3)The pass-through rates for the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates, in each case, will be a fixed per annum rate equal to the initial pass-through rate for such class set forth in the table above. The pass-through rate for the Class B certificates for each distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to (i) the weighted average of the net mortgage rates on the mortgage loans (in each case, adjusted, if necessary, to accrue on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) as of their respective due dates in the month preceding the month in which such distribution date occurs (referred to as the “WAC rate”) minus (ii) 1.27000%, but in any case, not less than 0.000%. The pass-through rate for the Class C certificates for each distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to (i) the WAC Rate minus (ii) 0.72375%, but in any case, not less than 0.000%. See “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Pass-Through Rates”. The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates are collectively referred to as the “principal balance certificates”.

(4)The Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates (collectively, the “Class X certificates”) will not have certificate balances. The notional amount of the Class X-A certificates will be equal to the aggregate certificate balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-M certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-B certificates will be equal to the aggregate certificate balance of the Class B and Class C certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-D certificates will be equal to the aggregate certificate balance of the Class D and Class E certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-F certificates will be equal to the certificate balance of the Class F certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-G certificates will be equal to the certificate balance of the Class G certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-H certificates will be equal to the certificate balance of the Class H certificates.

(5)Each class of Class X certificates will not be entitled to distributions of principal. Each class of Class X certificates will accrue interest on their respective notional amount and at their respective pass-through rate as described in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Pass-Through Rates”.

(6)The approximate initial credit support percentages set forth for the certificates are approximate and, for the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, are represented in the aggregate. The approximate initial credit support percentages shown in the table above do not take into account the VRR Interest. However, losses incurred on the mortgage loans will be allocated between the VRR Interest and the principal balance certificates, pro rata in accordance with their respective outstanding certificate balances. See “Credit Risk Retention” and “Description of the Certificates”.

(7)The weighted average life and principal window during which distributions of principal would be received as set forth in the foregoing table with respect to each class of principal balance certificates are based on the assumptions set forth under “Yield and Maturity Considerations—Weighted Average Life” and on the assumptions that there are no prepayments, modifications or losses in respect of the mortgage loans and that there are no extensions or forbearances of maturity dates or anticipated repayment dates of the mortgage loans.

(8)The classes of certificates set forth under “Non-Offered Certificates” in the table above are not offered by this prospectus. Any information in this prospectus concerning the non-offered certificates is presented solely to enhance your understanding of the offered certificates.

 

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(9)The Class S certificates will not have a certificate balance, notional amount, pass-through rate, assumed final distribution date or rating. Excess interest accruing after the related anticipated repayment date on any mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date will, to the extent collected, be allocated to the Class S certificates and the VRR Interest. The Class S certificates will not be entitled to distributions in respect of principal or interest other than excess interest.

(10)The Class R certificates will not have a certificate balance, notional amount, pass-through rate, assumed final distribution date or rating. The Class R certificates will represent the residual interests in each Trust REMIC, as further described in this prospectus. The Class R certificates will not be entitled to distributions of principal or interest.

(11)German American Capital Corporation, as retaining sponsor, is expected to acquire from the depositor, on the closing date, an “eligible vertical interest” (as defined in Regulation RR) in the form of a single vertical security (the “VRR Interest”) The VRR Interest represents the right to receive approximately 5.00% of all amounts collected on the mortgage loans (net of all expenses of the issuing entity) that are available for distribution to the non-VRR certificates and the VRR Interest on each Distribution Date. For more information regarding the VRR Interest, see “Credit Risk Retention”. The VRR Interest is a class of certificates.

(12)Although it does not have a specified pass-through rate (other than for tax reporting purposes), the effective interest rate for the VRR Interest will be the WAC rate.

 

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Table of Contents

 

Summary of Certificates 3
Important Notice Regarding the Offered Certificates 12
Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus 12
Summary of Terms 21
Summary of Risk Factors 57
Special Risks 57
Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans 57
Risks Relating to Conflicts of Interest 58
Other Risks Relating to the Certificates 58
Risk Factors 59
Special Risks 59
Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans 59
Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans 62
Mortgage Loans Are Non-Recourse and Are Not Insured or Guaranteed 62
Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally 63
Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases 64
Office Properties Have Special Risks 68
Mixed Use Properties Have Special Risks 69
Hospitality Properties Have Special Risks 69
Risks Relating to Affiliation with a Franchise or Hotel Management Company 71
Risks Related to Casino Properties 72
Retail Properties Have Special Risks 73
Changes in the Retail Sector, Such as Online Shopping and Other Uses of Technology, Could Affect the Business Models and Viability of Retailers 73
The Performance of the Retail Properties is Subject to Conditions Affecting the Retail Sector 74
Some Retail Properties Depend on Anchor Stores or Major Tenants to Attract Shoppers and Could be Materially Adversely Affected by the Loss of, or a Store Closure by, One or More of These Anchor Stores or Major Tenants 74
Industrial Properties Have Special Risks 75
Self Storage Properties Have Special Risks 76
Multifamily Properties Have Special Risks 77
Leased Fee Properties Have Special Risks 79
Mortgaged Properties Leased to Startup Companies Have Special Risks 80
Sale-Leaseback Transactions Have Special Risks 80
Risks Relating to Enforceability of Cross-Collateralization 82
Condominium Ownership May Limit Use and Improvements 82
Operation of a Mortgaged Property Depends on the Property Manager’s Performance 84
Concentrations Based on Property Type, Geography, Related Borrowers and Other Factors May Disproportionately Increase Losses 84
Adverse Environmental Conditions at or Near Mortgaged Properties May Result in Losses 85
Risks Related to Redevelopment, Expansion and Renovation at Mortgaged Properties 86
Some Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses 87
Risks Related to Zoning Non-Compliance and Use Restrictions 89
Risks Relating to Inspections of Properties 90
Risks Relating to Costs of Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations 90
Insurance May Not Be Available or Adequate 91
Terrorism Insurance May Not Be Available for All Mortgaged Properties 93
Risks Associated with Blanket Insurance Policies or Self-Insurance 94
Condemnation of a Mortgaged Property May Adversely Affect Distributions on Certificates 95
Limited Information Causes Uncertainty 95
Underwritten Net Cash Flow Could Be Based On Incorrect or Failed Assumptions 95
Frequent and Early Occurrence of Borrower Delinquencies and Defaults May Adversely Affect Your Investment 96
The Mortgage Loans Have Not Been Reviewed or Re-Underwritten by Us 97


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Seasoned Mortgage Loans Present Additional Risk of Repayment 98
Static Pool Data Would Not Be Indicative of the Performance of this Pool 98
Appraisals May Not Reflect Current or Future Market Value of Each Property 99
The Performance of a Mortgage Loan and Its Related Mortgaged Property Depends in Part on Who Controls the Borrower and Mortgaged Property 100
The Borrower’s Form of Entity May Cause Special Risks 100
A Bankruptcy Proceeding May Result in Losses and Delays in Realizing on the Mortgage Loans 102
Litigation Regarding the Mortgaged Properties or Borrowers May Impair Your Distributions 103
Other Financings or Ability to Incur Other Indebtedness Entails Risk 104
Risks Relating to Enforceability of Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Premiums or Defeasance Provisions 105
Risks Associated with One Action Rules 105
State Law Limitations on Assignments of Leases and Rents May Entail Risks 105
Various Other Laws Could Affect the Exercise of Lender’s Rights 106
Risks of Anticipated Repayment Date Loans 106
Borrower May Be Unable To Repay Remaining Principal Balance on Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date; Longer Amortization Schedules and Interest-Only Provisions Increase Risk 107
Risks Related to Ground Leases and Other Leasehold Interests 108
Increases in Real Estate Taxes May Reduce Available Funds 110
Collective Bargaining Activity May Disrupt Operations, Increase Labor Costs or Interfere with Business Strategies 110
State and Local Mortgage Recording Taxes May Apply Upon a Foreclosure or Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure and Reduce Net Proceeds 110
Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest 110
Interests and Incentives of the Originators, the Sponsors and Their Affiliates May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests 110
The Servicing of the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Whole Loan, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan and
the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan Will Shift to Other Servicers 113
Interests and Incentives of the Underwriter Entities May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests 113
Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer 115
Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Operating Advisor 117
Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Asset Representations Reviewer 117
Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Directing Holder and the Companion Loan Holders 118
Potential Conflicts of Interest in the Selection of the Underlying Mortgage Loans 120
Conflicts of Interest May Occur as a Result of the Rights of the Applicable Directing Holder To Terminate the Special Servicer of the Applicable Whole Loan 121
Other Potential Conflicts of Interest May Affect Your Investment 122
Other Risks Relating to the Certificates 122
The Certificates Are Limited Obligations 122
The Certificates May Have Limited Liquidity and the Market Value of the Certificates May Decline 122
Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations May Assign Different Ratings to the Certificates; Ratings of the Certificates Reflect Only the Views of the Applicable Rating Agencies as of the Dates Such Ratings Were Issued; Ratings May Affect ERISA Eligibility; Ratings May Be Downgraded 123
Subordination of the Subordinate Certificates Will Affect the Timing of Distributions and the Application of Losses on the Subordinate Certificates 125
Your Yield May Be Affected by Defaults, Prepayments and Other Factors 126
Your Lack of Control Over the Issuing Entity and the Mortgage Loans Can Impact Your Investment 129
Risks Relating to Modifications of the Mortgage Loans 133
Sponsors May Not Make Required Repurchases or Substitutions of Defective Mortgage Loans or Pay Any Loss of Value Payment Sufficient


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to Cover All Losses on a Defective Mortgage Loan 134
Payments Allocated to the VRR Interest Will Not Be Available to Make Payments on the Non-VRR Certificates, and Payments Allocated to the Non-VRR Certificates Will Not Be Available to Make Payments on the VRR Interest 135
Risks Relating to Interest on Advances and Special Servicing Compensation 135
Bankruptcy of a Servicer May Adversely Affect Collections on the Mortgage Loans and the Ability to Replace the Servicer 136
The Originators, the Sponsors, the Depositor and the Issuing Entity Are Subject to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Laws That May Affect the Issuing Entity’s Ownership of the Mortgage Loans 136
The Requirement of the Special Servicer to Obtain FIRREA-Compliant Appraisals May Result in an Increased Cost to the Issuing Entity 137
Tax Matters and Changes in Tax Law May Adversely Impact the Mortgage Loans or Your Investment 138
General Risk Factors 140
Combination or “Layering” of Multiple Risks May Significantly Increase Risk of Loss 140
The Certificates May Not Be a Suitable Investment for You 140
The Volatile Economy, Credit Crisis and Downturn in the Real Estate Market Have Adversely Affected and May Continue To Adversely Affect the Value of CMBS 140
Other Events May Affect the Value and Liquidity of Your Investment 141
Legal and Regulatory Provisions Affecting Investors Could Adversely Affect the Liquidity of the Certificates 141
The Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Special Servicer May Have Difficulty Performing Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or a Related Sub-Servicing Agreement 144
Description of the Mortgage Pool 144
General 144
Co-Originated or Unaffiliated Third-Party Originated Mortgage Loans 146
Certain Calculations and Definitions 146
Definitions 147
Mortgage Pool Characteristics 154
Overview 154
Property Types 155
Specialty Use Concentrations. 160
Mortgage Loan Concentrations 161
Multi-Property Mortgage Loans and Related Borrower Mortgage Loans 162
Geographic Concentrations 163
Mortgaged Properties With Limited Prior Operating History 164
Condominium and Other Shared Interests 164
Fee & Leasehold Estates; Ground Leases 166
COVID-19 Considerations 166
Environmental Considerations 168
Redevelopment, Renovation and Expansion 171
Assessment of Property Value and Condition 172
Litigation and Other Considerations 172
Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings 174
Loan Purpose 174
Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings 175
Tenant Issues 176
Tenant Concentrations 176
Lease Expirations and Terminations 176
Purchase Options and Rights of First Refusal 182
Affiliated Leases 183
Insurance Considerations 183
Use Restrictions 185
Appraised Value 186
Non-Recourse Carveout Limitations 187
Real Estate and Other Tax Considerations 189
Delinquency Information 190
Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans 190
Amortization of Principal 190
Due Dates; Mortgage Rates; Calculations of Interest 191
ARD Loan 191
Prepayment Protections and Certain Involuntary Prepayments 192
“Due-On-Sale” and “Due-On-Encumbrance” Provisions 195
Defeasance; Collateral Substitution 196
Partial Releases 197
Escrows 201
Mortgaged Property Accounts 202
Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines 202
Additional Indebtedness 202
General 202
Whole Loans 203
Mezzanine Indebtedness 203
Preferred Equity 204
Other Secured Indebtedness 204
Other Unsecured Indebtedness 205
The Whole Loans 205


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General 205
The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans 210
The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans 212
The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans 215
Additional Information 237
Transaction Parties 237
The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers 237
German American Capital Corporation 237
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 246
Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. 254
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company 263
Compensation of the Sponsors 272
The Depositor 272
The Issuing Entity 273
The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 274
The Master Servicer 276
The Special Servicer 279
The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer 282
Credit Risk Retention 283
Qualifying CRE Loans 284
The VRR Interest 284
Material Terms of the VRR Interest 284
Hedging, Transfer and Financing Restrictions 286
Description of the Certificates 287
General 287
Distributions 289
Method, Timing and Amount 289
Available Funds 290
Priority of Distributions 291
Pass-Through Rates 294
Interest Distribution Amount 297
Principal Distribution Amount 297
Certain Calculations with Respect to Individual Mortgage Loans 299
Excess Interest 300
Application Priority of Mortgage Loan Collections or Whole Loan Collections 300
Allocation of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums 302
Assumed Final Distribution Date; Rated Final Distribution Date 304
Prepayment Interest Shortfalls 305
Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses 306
Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information 308
Certificate Administrator Reports 308
Information Available Electronically 314
Voting Rights 318
Delivery, Form, Transfer and Denomination 319
Denomination 319
Book-Entry Registration 319
Definitive Certificates 322
Certificateholder Communication 322
Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses 322
Requests to Communicate 322
List of Certificateholders 323
Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements 323
General 323
Dispute Resolution Provisions 334
Asset Review Obligations 334
Pooling and Servicing Agreement 334
General 334
Assignment of the Mortgage Loans 335
Servicing Standard 336
Subservicing 337
Advances 338
P&I Advances 338
Servicing Advances 339
Nonrecoverable Advances 340
Recovery of Advances 340
Accounts 342
Withdrawals from the Collection Account 344
Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses 346
General 346
Master Servicing Compensation 351
Special Servicing Compensation 353
Disclosable Special Servicer Fees 358
Certificate Administrator and Trustee Compensation 358
Operating Advisor Compensation 358
Asset Representations Reviewer Compensation 359
CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee 360
Appraisal Reduction Amounts 361
Maintenance of Insurance 368
Modifications, Waivers and Amendments 371
Mortgage Loans with “Due-on-Sale” and “Due-on-Encumbrance” Provisions 376
Inspections 378
Collection of Operating Information 379
Special Servicing Transfer Event 379
Asset Status Report 381
Realization Upon Mortgage Loans 385
Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties 387
The Directing Holder 389
General 389
Major Decisions 391
Asset Status Report 394
Replacement of the Special Servicer 394
Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event 395
Servicing Override 397
Rights of Holders of Companion Loans 397
Limitation on Liability of Directing Holder 398


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The Operating Advisor 398
General 398
Duties of the Operating Advisor While No Control Termination Event is Continuing 399
Duties of the Operating Advisor While A Control Termination Event is Continuing 400
Annual Report 401
Recommendation of the Replacement of the Special Servicer 402
Eligibility of Operating Advisor 402
Other Obligations of Operating Advisor 403
Delegation of Operating Advisor’s Duties 404
Termination of the Operating Advisor With Cause 404
Rights Upon Operating Advisor Termination Event 405
Waiver of Operating Advisor Termination Event 405
Termination of the Operating Advisor Without Cause 405
Resignation of the Operating Advisor 406
Operating Advisor Compensation 406
The Asset Representations Reviewer 407
Asset Review 407
Eligibility of Asset Representations Reviewer 411
Other Obligations of Asset Representations Reviewer 412
Delegation of Asset Representations Reviewer’s Duties 413
Assignment of Asset Representations Reviewer’s Rights and Obligations 413
Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Events 413
Rights Upon Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event 414
Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer Without Cause 414
Resignation of Asset Representations Reviewer 415
Asset Representations Reviewer Compensation 415
Limitation on Liability of the Risk Retention Consultation Party 415
Replacement of the Special Servicer Without Cause 416
Replacement of the Special Servicer After Operating Advisor Recommendation and Certificateholder Vote 418
Termination of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for Cause 419
Servicer Termination Events 419
Rights Upon Servicer Termination Event 421
Waiver of Servicer Termination Event 423
Resignation of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer 423
Limitation on Liability; Indemnification 423
Enforcement of Mortgage Loan Seller’s Obligations Under the MLPA 426
Dispute Resolution Provisions 426
Certificateholder’s Rights When a Repurchase Request is Initially Delivered By a Certificateholder 426
Repurchase Request Delivered by a Party to the PSA 427
Resolution of a Repurchase Request 427
Mediation and Arbitration Provisions 430
Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans 431
General 431
Servicing of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan 435
Servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan 435
Rating Agency Confirmations 436
Evidence as to Compliance 437
Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders to Institute a Proceeding 439
Termination; Retirement of Certificates 439
Amendment 440
Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 443
Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; and Consent to Jurisdiction 444
Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans 444
New York 444
California 444
Utah 445
General 445
Types of Mortgage Instruments 446
Leases and Rents 446
Personalty 447
Foreclosure 447
General 447
Foreclosure Procedures Vary from State to State 447
Judicial Foreclosure 447
Equitable and Other Limitations on Enforceability of Certain Provisions 447
Nonjudicial Foreclosure/Power of Sale 448
Public Sale 448
Rights of Redemption 449
Anti-Deficiency Legislation 449
Leasehold Considerations 450
Cooperative Shares 450
Bankruptcy Laws 451
Environmental Considerations 456
General 456
Superlien Laws 456


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CERCLA 456
Certain Other Federal and State Laws 457
Additional Considerations 457
Due-on-Sale and Due-on-Encumbrance Provisions 458
Subordinate Financing 458
Default Interest and Limitations on Prepayments 458
Applicability of Usury Laws 458
Americans with Disabilities Act 459
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 459
Anti-Money Laundering, Economic Sanctions and Bribery 459
Potential Forfeiture of Assets 460
Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties 460
Pending Legal Proceedings Involving Transaction Parties 462
Use of Proceeds 462
Yield and Maturity Considerations 463
Yield Considerations 463
General 463
Rate and Timing of Principal Payments 463
Losses and Shortfalls 464
Certain Relevant Factors Affecting Loan Payments and Defaults 465
Delay in Payment of Distributions 466
Yield on the Certificates with Notional Amounts 466
Weighted Average Life 466
Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity Tables 472
Material Federal Income Tax Considerations 475
General 475
Qualification as a REMIC 475
Status of Offered Certificates 477
Taxation of Regular Interests 478
General 478
Original Issue Discount 478
Acquisition Premium 480
Market Discount 480
Premium 481
Election To Treat All Interest Under the Constant Yield Method 481
Treatment of Losses 482
Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Provisions 482
Sale or Exchange of Regular Interests 483
Taxes That May Be Imposed on a REMIC 483
Prohibited Transactions 483
Contributions to a REMIC After the Startup Day 484
Net Income from Foreclosure Property 484
REMIC Partnership Representative 484
Taxation of Certain Foreign Investors 485
FATCA 486
Backup Withholding 486
Information Reporting 486
3.8% Medicare Tax on “Net Investment Income” 486
Reporting Requirements 486
Certain State and Local Tax Considerations 487
Method of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest) 488
Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference 490
Where You Can Find More Information 490
Financial Information 491
Certain ERISA Considerations 491
General 491
Plan Asset Regulations 492
Administrative Exemption 492
Insurance Company General Accounts 494
Legal Investment 495
Legal Matters 496
Ratings 496
Index of Defined Terms 498


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ANNEX A-1 CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES
ANNEX A-2 CERTAIN POOL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES
ANNEX A-3 DESCRIPTION OF TOP FIFTEEN MORTGAGE LOANS AND ADDITIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN INFORMATION
ANNEX B FORM OF REPORT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS
ANNEX C FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT
ANNEX D-1 GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION AND CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC. MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
ANNEX D-2 EXCEPTIONS TO GACC MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
ANNEX D-3 EXCEPTIONS TO CREFI MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
ANNEX E-1 GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
ANNEX E-2 EXCEPTIONS TO GSMC MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
ANNEX F-1 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
ANNEX F-2 EXCEPTIONS TO JPMCB MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
ANNEX G CLASS A-SB PLANNED PRINCIPAL BALANCE SCHEDULE

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Important Notice Regarding the Offered Certificates

 

WE HAVE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, WITH RESPECT TO THE CERTIFICATES OFFERED IN THIS PROSPECTUS. HOWEVER, THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN OUR REGISTRATION STATEMENT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THIS PROSPECTUS, YOU SHOULD REFER TO OUR REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE EXHIBITS TO IT. OUR REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE EXHIBITS TO IT CAN BE OBTAINED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE SEC’S INTERNET WEBSITE (HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV).

 

THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

 

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THIS PROSPECTUS ARE OFFERED ON A “WHEN, AS AND IF ISSUED” BASIS.

 

THE UNDERWRITERS DESCRIBED IN THESE MATERIALS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME PERFORM INVESTMENT BANKING SERVICES FOR, OR SOLICIT INVESTMENT BANKING BUSINESS FROM, ANY COMPANY NAMED IN THESE MATERIALS. THE UNDERWRITERS AND/OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME HAVE A LONG OR SHORT POSITION IN ANY CONTRACT OR CERTIFICATE DISCUSSED IN THESE MATERIALS.

 

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS SUPERSEDES ANY PREVIOUS SUCH INFORMATION DELIVERED TO ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR.

 

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES DO NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE SPONSORS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES NOR THE MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SECONDARY MARKET FOR THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES. WE CANNOT ASSURE YOU THAT A SECONDARY MARKET WILL DEVELOP OR, IF A SECONDARY MARKET DOES DEVELOP, THAT IT WILL PROVIDE HOLDERS OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES WITH LIQUIDITY OF INVESTMENT OR THAT IT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE TERM OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES. THE UNDERWRITERS CURRENTLY INTEND TO MAKE A MARKET IN THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES BUT ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO. ACCORDINGLY, PURCHASERS MUST BE PREPARED TO BEAR THE RISKS OF THEIR INVESTMENTS FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD. SEE “RISK FACTORS—OTHER RISKS RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATES—THE CERTIFICATES MAY HAVE LIMITED LIQUIDITY AND THE MARKET VALUE OF THE CERTIFICATES MAY DECLINE”.

 

Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from that contained in this prospectus. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus.

 

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This prospectus begins with several introductory sections describing the certificates and the issuing entity in abbreviated form:

 

Summary of Certificates”, which sets forth important statistical information relating to the certificates;

 

Summary of Terms”, which gives a brief introduction of the key features of the certificates and a description of the mortgage loans; and

 

Summary of Risk Factors” and “Risk Factors”, which describe risks that apply to the certificates.

 

This prospectus includes cross references to sections in this prospectus where you can find further related discussions. The table of contents in this prospectus identifies the pages where these sections are located.

 

Certain capitalized terms are defined and used in this prospectus to assist you in understanding the terms of the offered certificates and this offering. The capitalized terms used in this prospectus are defined on the pages indicated under the caption “Index of Defined Terms”.

 

All annexes and schedules attached to this prospectus are a part of this prospectus.

 

In this prospectus:

 

the terms “depositor”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation.

 

references to “lender” or “mortgage lender” with respect to a mortgage loan generally should be construed to mean, from and after the date of initial issuance of the offered certificates, the trustee on behalf of the issuing entity as the holder of record title to the mortgage loans or the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, with respect to the obligations and rights of the lender as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

 

unless otherwise specified, (i) references to a mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) by name refer to such mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) so identified on Annex A-1, (ii) references to a mortgage loan by name refer to such mortgage loan secured by the related mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) so identified on Annex A-1, (iii) any parenthetical with a percent next to a mortgaged property name (or portfolio of mortgaged properties name) indicates the approximate percent (or approximate aggregate percent) that the outstanding principal balance of the related mortgage loan (or, if applicable, the allocated loan amount with respect to such mortgaged property) represents of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date for this securitization, and (iv) any parenthetical with a percent next to a mortgage loan name or a group of mortgage loans indicates the approximate percent (or approximate aggregate percent) that the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loan or the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such group of mortgage loans, as applicable, represents of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date for this securitization.

 

This prospectus is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any state or other jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.

 

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM

 

THIS PROSPECTUS (AND ANY SUPPLEMENT HERETO) IS NOT A PROSPECTUS FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGULATION (EU) 2017/1129 (AS AMENDED OR SUPERSEDED) (THE “PROSPECTUS REGULATION”).

 

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THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO AND SHOULD NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (“EEA”) OR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (“UK”). FOR THESE PURPOSES, A RETAIL INVESTOR MEANS A PERSON WHO IS ONE (OR MORE) OF: (I) A RETAIL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (11) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2014/65/EU, AS AMENDED (“MIFID II”); OR (II) A CUSTOMER WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE 2016/97/EU, AS AMENDED, (THE “INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION DIRECTIVE”), WHERE THAT CUSTOMER WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A PROFESSIONAL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (10) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II; OR (III) NOT A QUALIFIED INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION (“QUALIFIED INVESTOR”).

 

CONSEQUENTLY NO KEY INFORMATION DOCUMENT REQUIRED BY REGULATION (EU) NO 1286/2014 (AS AMENDED, THE “PRIIPS REGULATION”) FOR OFFERING OR SELLING THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO RETAIL INVESTORS IN THE EEA OR IN THE UK HAS BEEN PREPARED AND THEREFORE OFFERING OR SELLING THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES OR OTHERWISE MAKING THEM AVAILABLE TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EEA OR IN THE UK MAY BE UNLAWFUL UNDER THE PRIIPS REGULATION.

 

THIS PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN PREPARED ON THE BASIS THAT ANY OFFER OF CERTIFICATES IN THE EEA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL ONLY BE MADE TO A LEGAL ENTITY WHICH IS A QUALIFIED INVESTOR. ACCORDINGLY ANY PERSON MAKING OR INTENDING TO MAKE AN OFFER IN THE EEA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM OF CERTIFICATES WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE OFFERING CONTEMPLATED IN THIS PROSPECTUS MAY ONLY DO SO WITH RESPECT TO QUALIFIED INVESTORS. NONE OF THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF THE UNDERWRITERS HAVE AUTHORIZED, NOR DO THEY AUTHORIZE, THE MAKING OF ANY OFFER OF CERTIFICATES IN THE EEA OR THE UNITED KINGDOM OTHER THAN TO QUALIFIED INVESTORS.

 

MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE

 

ANY DISTRIBUTOR SUBJECT TO MIFID II THAT IS OFFERING, SELLING OR RECOMMENDING THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERTAKING ITS OWN TARGET MARKET ASSESSMENT IN RESPECT OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND DETERMINING ITS OWN DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MIFID II PRODUCT GOVERNANCE RULES UNDER COMMISSION DELEGATED DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/593 (AS AMENDED, THE “DELEGATED DIRECTIVE”). NEITHER THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE DEPOSITOR NOR ANY UNDERWRITER MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO A DISTRIBUTOR’S COMPLIANCE WITH THE DELEGATED DIRECTIVE.

 

EUROPEAN RISK RETENTION AND DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS

 

NONE OF THE SPONSORS, THE DEPOSITOR, THE ISSUING ENTITY, THE UNDERWRITERS OR ANY OTHER PARTY TO THE TRANSACTION INTENDS TO RETAIN A MATERIAL NET ECONOMIC INTEREST IN THE SECURITIZATION CONSTITUTED BY THE ISSUE OF THE CERTIFICATES IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY ARTICLE 6 OF EUROPEAN UNION REGULATION (EU) 2017/2402. IN ADDITION, NO SUCH PERSON UNDERTAKES TO TAKE ANY ACTION WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED BY ANY INVESTOR FOR THE PURPOSES OF ITS COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENT UNDER SUCH REGULATION. FURTHERMORE, THE ARRANGEMENTS DESCRIBED UNDER “CREDIT RISK RETENTION” HAVE NOT BEEN STRUCTURED WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF ENSURING COMPLIANCE BY ANY PERSON WITH ANY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH REGULATION. CONSEQUENTLY, THE CERTIFICATES MAY NOT BE A SUITABLE INVESTMENT FOR INVESTORS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO ANY SUCH REQUIREMENTS.

 

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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND UNITED KINGDOM SELLING RESTRICTIONS

 

EACH UNDERWRITER HAS REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT:

 

IT HAS NOT OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE AND WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE MAKE AVAILABLE ANY OFFERED CERTIFICATES TO ANY RETAIL INVESTOR IN THE EEA OR IN THE UK. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PROVISION:

 

(i)    THE EXPRESSION “RETAIL INVESTOR” MEANS A PERSON WHO IS ONE (OR MORE) OF THE FOLLOWING:

 

(A)   A RETAIL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (11) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II; OR

 

(B)   A CUSTOMER WITHIN THE MEANING OF DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/97 (AS AMENDED), WHERE THAT CUSTOMER WOULD NOT QUALIFY AS A PROFESSIONAL CLIENT AS DEFINED IN POINT (10) OF ARTICLE 4(1) OF MIFID II; OR

 

(C)   NOT A QUALIFIED INVESTOR AS DEFINED IN THE PROSPECTUS REGULATION; AND

 

(ii)    THE EXPRESSION “OFFER” INCLUDES THE COMMUNICATION IN ANY FORM AND BY ANY MEANS OF SUFFICIENT INFORMATION ON THE TERMS OF THE OFFER AND THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES TO BE OFFERED SO AS TO ENABLE AN INVESTOR TO DECIDE TO PURCHASE OR SUBSCRIBE FOR THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES.

 

UNITED KINGDOM SELLING RESTRICTIONS

 

EACH UNDERWRITER HAS REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT:

 

(A) IT HAS ONLY COMMUNICATED OR CAUSED TO BE COMMUNICATED AND WILL ONLY COMMUNICATE OR CAUSE TO BE COMMUNICATED AN INVITATION OR INDUCEMENT TO ENGAGE IN INVESTMENT ACTIVITY (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 21 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED, “FSMA”)) RECEIVED BY IT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUE OR SALE OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES IN CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SECTION 21(1) OF THE FSMA DOES NOT APPLY TO THE ISSUING ENTITY OR THE DEPOSITOR; AND

 

(B) IT HAS COMPLIED AND WILL COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE FSMA WITH RESPECT TO ANYTHING DONE BY IT IN RELATION TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES IN, FROM OR OTHERWISE INVOLVING THE UK.

 

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

 

THE ISSUING ENTITY MAY CONSTITUTE A “COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME” AS DEFINED BY SECTION 235 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED, “FSMA”) THAT IS NOT A “RECOGNISED COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEME” FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FSMA AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED, REGULATED OR OTHERWISE RECOGNIZED OR APPROVED. AS AN UNREGULATED SCHEME, THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES CANNOT BE MARKETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FSMA.

 

THE COMMUNICATION OF THIS PROSPECTUS (A) IF MADE BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT AN AUTHORIZED PERSON UNDER THE FSMA, IS BEING MADE ONLY TO, OR DIRECTED ONLY AT, PERSONS WHO (I) ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM, OR (II) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS AND QUALIFY AS INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (AS AMENDED, THE “FINANCIAL PROMOTION ORDER”), OR (III) ARE PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) THROUGH (D) (“HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES”, “UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS”, ETC.) OF THE

 

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FINANCIAL PROMOTION ORDER, OR (IV) ARE PERSONS TO WHICH THIS PROSPECTUS MAY OTHERWISE LAWFULLY BE COMMUNICATED OR DIRECTED (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS “FPO PERSONS” ); AND (B) IF MADE BY A PERSON WHO IS AN AUTHORIZED PERSON UNDER THE FSMA, IS BEING MADE ONLY TO, AND DIRECTED ONLY AT, PERSONS WHO (I) ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM, OR (II) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPATING IN UNREGULATED SCHEMES (AS DEFINED FOR PURPOSES OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES) (EXEMPTIONS) ORDER 2001 (AS AMENDED, THE “PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES EXEMPTIONS ORDER”) AND QUALIFY AS INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 14(5) OF THE PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES EXEMPTIONS ORDER, OR (III) ARE PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 22(2)(A) THROUGH (D) (“HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.”) OF THE PROMOTION OF COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES EXEMPTIONS ORDER, OR (IV) ARE PERSONS TO WHOM THE ISSUING ENTITY MAY LAWFULLY BE PROMOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 4.12 OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY’S CONDUCT OF BUSINESS SOURCEBOOK (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER WITH FPO PERSONS, “RELEVANT PERSONS”).

 

THIS PROSPECTUS MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS PROSPECTUS RELATES, INCLUDING THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES, IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS.

 

POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE ADVISED THAT ALL, OR MOST, OF THE PROTECTIONS AFFORDED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM REGULATORY SYSTEM WILL NOT APPLY TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES AND THAT COMPENSATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE UNITED KINGDOM FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME.

 

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

 

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES WILL NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (EXCLUDING HONG KONG, MACAU AND TAIWAN, THE “PRC”) AS PART OF THE INITIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES BUT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BY INVESTORS RESIDENT IN THE PRC FROM OUTSIDE THE PRC.

 

THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES IN THE PRC TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE THE OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN THE PRC.

 

THE DEPOSITOR DOES NOT REPRESENT THAT THIS PROSPECTUS MAY BE LAWFULLY DISTRIBUTED, OR THAT ANY OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY BE LAWFULLY OFFERED, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE REGISTRATION OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN THE PRC, OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION AVAILABLE THEREUNDER, OR ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR FACILITATING ANY SUCH DISTRIBUTION OR OFFERING. IN PARTICULAR, NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE DEPOSITOR WHICH WOULD PERMIT AN OFFERING OF ANY OFFERED CERTIFICATES OR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PROSPECTUS IN THE PRC. ACCORDINGLY, THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES ARE NOT BEING OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE PRC BY MEANS OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT. NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY ADVERTISEMENT OR OTHER OFFERING MATERIAL MAY BE DISTRIBUTED OR PUBLISHED IN THE PRC, EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL RESULT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

 

HONG KONG

 

NO PERSON HAS ISSUED OR DISTRIBUTED OR HAD IN ITS POSSESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ISSUE OR DISTRIBUTION, OR WILL ISSUE OR DISTRIBUTE OR HAVE IN ITS POSSESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ISSUE OR DISTRIBUTION, WHETHER IN HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE, ANY ADVERTISEMENT, INVITATION OR DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE OFFERED

 

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CERTIFICATES, WHICH IS DIRECTED AT, OR THE CONTENTS OF WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE ACCESSED OR READ BY, THE PUBLIC OF HONG KONG (EXCEPT IF PERMITTED TO DO SO UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF HONG KONG) OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO OFFERED CERTIFICATES WHICH ARE OR ARE INTENDED TO BE DISPOSED OF (A) ONLY TO PERSONS OUTSIDE HONG KONG OR (B) ONLY TO “PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ORDINANCE (CAP. 571 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG) (THE “SFO”) AND ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE SFO.

 

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES (IF THEY ARE NOT A “STRUCTURED PRODUCT” AS DEFINED IN THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ORDINANCE (CAP. 571 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG) HAVE NOT BEEN OFFERED OR SOLD AND WILL NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD, BY MEANS OF ANY DOCUMENT, OTHER THAN (A) TO “PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS” AS DEFINED IN THE SFO AND ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE SFO, OR (B) IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH DO NOT RESULT IN THE DOCUMENT CONSTITUTING A “PROSPECTUS” AS DEFINED IN THE COMPANIES (WINDING UP AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ORDINANCE (CAP. 32 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG) OR WHICH DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CAP. 622 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG). FURTHER, THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION OF HONG KONG OR ANY OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG. YOU ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN RELATION TO THE OFFERING CONTEMPLATED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.

 

W A R N I N G

 

IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT ANY OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS, YOU SHOULD OBTAIN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE.

 

SINGAPORE

 

NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR MATERIAL IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OFFER OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES HAS BEEN OR WILL BE LODGED OR REGISTERED AS A PROSPECTUS WITH THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (“MAS”) UNDER THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES ACT (CAP. 289) OF SINGAPORE (THE “SFA”). ACCORDINGLY, MAS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT A PROSPECTUS AS DEFINED IN THE SFA AND STATUTORY LIABILITY UNDER THE SFA IN RELATION TO THE CONTENTS OF PROSPECTUSES WOULD NOT APPLY. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CONSIDER CAREFULLY WHETHER THE INVESTMENT IS SUITABLE FOR IT.

 

THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR MATERIALS IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OR SALE, OR INVITATION FOR SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE, OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ISSUED, CIRCULATED OR DISTRIBUTED, NOR MAY THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES BE OFFERED OR SOLD, OR BE MADE THE SUBJECT OF AN INVITATION FOR SUBSCRIPTION OR PURCHASE, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO PERSONS IN SINGAPORE OTHER THAN TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4A(1)(C) OF THE SFA) (“INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR”) PURSUANT TO SECTION 304 OF THE SFA.

 

UNLESS SUCH OFFERED CERTIFICATES ARE OF THE SAME CLASS AS OTHER OFFERED CERTIFICATES OF THE ISSUING ENTITY THAT ARE LISTED FOR QUOTATION ON AN APPROVED EXCHANGE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2(1) OF THE SFA) (“APPROVED EXCHANGE”) AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH ANY OFFER INFORMATION STATEMENT, INTRODUCTORY DOCUMENT, SHAREHOLDERS’ CIRCULAR FOR A REVERSE TAKE-OVER, DOCUMENT ISSUED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A TRUST SCHEME, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR DOCUMENT APPROVED BY AN APPROVED EXCHANGE, WAS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH AN OFFER, OR THE LISTING FOR QUOTATION, OF THOSE OFFERED CERTIFICATES, ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFERS IN SINGAPORE OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO AN INITIAL OFFER MADE HEREUNDER MAY ONLY BE MADE, PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 304A, TO PERSONS WHO ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS.

 

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AS THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES ARE ONLY OFFERED TO PERSONS IN SINGAPORE WHO QUALIFY AS AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR, THE ISSUING ENTITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO SECTION 309B OF THE SFA.

 

NOTHING SET OUT IN THIS NOTICE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE AND EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS NOTICE IS FURTHER SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SFA AND ITS REGULATIONS, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED OR CONSOLIDATED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE EXHAUSTIVE IN ANY RESPECT.

 

THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

 

THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT, AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THIS PROSPECTUS TO BE CONSTRUED AS, A PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES IN KOREA. NEITHER THE ISSUER NOR ANY OF ITS AGENTS MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF ANY RECIPIENTS OF THIS PROSPECTUS TO ACQUIRE THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES UNDER THE LAWS OF KOREA, INCLUDING, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTION LAW AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER (THE “FETL”). THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION OF KOREA FOR PUBLIC OFFERING IN KOREA, AND NONE OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR OFFERED OR SOLD TO ANY PERSON FOR RE-OFFERING OR RESALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN KOREA OR TO ANY RESIDENT OF KOREA EXCEPT PURSUANT TO THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT SERVICES AND CAPITAL MARKETS ACT AND THE DECREES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER (THE “FSCMA”), THE FETL AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS AND MINISTERIAL GUIDELINES IN KOREA. WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, THE NUMBER OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES OFFERED IN KOREA OR TO A RESIDENT OF KOREA SHALL BE LESS THAN FIFTY AND FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM THE ISSUE DATE OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES, NONE OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY BE DIVIDED RESULTING IN AN INCREASED NUMBER OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES. FURTHERMORE, THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY NOT BE RESOLD TO KOREAN RESIDENTS UNLESS THE PURCHASER OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES COMPLIES WITH ALL APPLICABLE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GOVERNMENT REPORTING APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE FETL AND ITS SUBORDINATE DECREES AND REGULATIONS) IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES.

 

JAPAN

 

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND EXCHANGE LAW OF JAPAN, AS AMENDED (THE “FIEL”), AND DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FIEL HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH UNDERWRITER HAS REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT IT HAS NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OFFERED OR SOLD AND WILL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OFFER OR SELL ANY OFFERED CERTIFICATES IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN (WHICH TERM AS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS MEANS ANY PERSON RESIDENT IN JAPAN, INCLUDING ANY CORPORATION OR OTHER ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF JAPAN) OR TO OTHERS FOR REOFFERING OR RE-SALE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN JAPAN OR TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, ANY RESIDENT OF JAPAN EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF, AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, THE FIEL AND OTHER RELEVANT LAWS, REGULATIONS AND MINISTERIAL GUIDELINES OF JAPAN.

 

JAPANESE RETENTION REQUIREMENT

 

The JAPANESE Financial Services Agency (“JFSA”) published a risk retention rule as part of the regulatory capital regulation of certain categories of Japanese investors seeking to invest in securitization transactions (the “JRR

 

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RULE”). The JRR Rule mandates an “indirect” compliance requirement, meaning that certain categories of Japanese investors will be required to apply higher risk weighting to securitization exposures they hold unless the relevant originator commits to hold a retention interest in the securities issued in the securitization transaction equal to at least 5% of the exposure of the total underlying assets in the securitization transaction (the “JAPANESE RETENTION REQUIREMENT”), or such investors determine that the underlying assets were not “inappropriately originated.” In the absence of such a determination by such investors that such underlying assets were not “inappropriately originated,” the Japanese Retention Requirement would apply to an investment by such investors in such securities.

 

No party to the transaction described in this Prospectus has committed to hold a risk retention interest in compliance with the Japanese Retention Requirement, and we make no representation as to whether the transaction described in this prospectus would otherwise comply with the JRR Rule.

 

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS OF CANADA

 

THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MAY BE SOLD IN CANADA ONLY TO PURCHASERS PURCHASING, OR DEEMED TO BE PURCHASING, AS PRINCIPAL THAT ARE ACCREDITED INVESTORS, AS DEFINED IN NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 45-106 PROSPECTUS EXEMPTIONS OR SUBSECTION 73.3(1) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (ONTARIO), AND ARE PERMITTED CLIENTS, AS DEFINED IN NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 31-103 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, EXEMPTIONS AND ONGOING REGISTRANT OBLIGATIONS. ANY RESALE OF THE OFFERED CERTIFICATES MUST BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

SECURITIES LEGISLATION IN CERTAIN PROVINCES OR TERRITORIES OF CANADA MAY PROVIDE A PURCHASER WITH REMEDIES FOR RESCISSION OR DAMAGES IF THIS PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENT THERETO) CONTAINS A MISREPRESENTATION, PROVIDED THAT THE REMEDIES FOR RESCISSION OR DAMAGES ARE EXERCISED BY THE PURCHASER WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT PRESCRIBED BY THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF THE PURCHASER’S PROVINCE OR TERRITORY. THE PURCHASER SHOULD REFER TO ANY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF THE PURCHASER’S PROVINCE OR TERRITORY FOR PARTICULARS OF THESE RIGHTS OR CONSULT WITH A LEGAL ADVISOR.

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 3A.3 OF NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 33-105 UNDERWRITING CONFLICTS (“NI 33-105”), THE UNDERWRITERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF NI 33-105 REGARDING UNDERWRITER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING.

 

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Summary of Terms

 

This summary highlights selected information from this prospectus. It does not contain all of the information you need to consider in making your investment decision. To understand all of the terms of the offering of the offered certificates, read this entire document carefully.

 

Relevant Parties

 

DepositorDeutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, a Delaware corporation. The depositor’s principal offices are located at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, and its telephone number is (212) 250-2500. See “Transaction Parties—The Depositor”.

 

Issuing Entity Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust, a New York common law trust. The issuing entity will be established on the closing date pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement that will be entered into between certain parties to this securitization transaction. See “Transaction Parties—The Issuing Entity”.

 

SponsorsThe sponsors of this transaction are:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America;

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., a New York corporation;

 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, a New York limited partnership; and

 

German American Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation.

 

The sponsors are sometimes also referred to in this prospectus as the “mortgage loan sellers”.

 

 

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The sponsors originated, co-originated or acquired (or, on or prior to the closing date, will acquire) and will transfer to the depositor the mortgage loans set forth in the following chart:

 

 

Mortgage Loan Seller(1) 

  Number of Mortgage Loans  Aggregate Cut-off Date Principal
Balance of Mortgage Loans
 

Approx. % of Initial
Pool
Balance(2) 

  JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association  9   $261,628,000   32.1%
  Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.  11    210,225,000   25.8 
  Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company   5    115,900,000   14.2 
  JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association / German American Capital Corporation(3)   1    80,000,000   9.8 
  Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. / German American Capital Corporation(4)   1    75,000,000   9.2 
  German American Capital Corporation   6    71,464,000   8.8 
  Total   33   $814,217,000   100.0%

   

 

(1)Each mortgage loan was originated by its respective mortgage loan seller or its affiliate, except those certain mortgage loans that were originated by an unaffiliated third-party or are part of larger whole loan structures that were co-originated by the applicable mortgage loan seller or its affiliate with one or more other lenders. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Co-Originated or Unaffiliated Third-Party Originated Mortgage Loans” for additional information.

 

(2)The sum of the numerical data in this column does not equal the indicated total due to rounding.

 

(3)The Grace Building mortgage loan (9.8%) is part of a whole loan as to which separate notes are being sold by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and German American Capital Corporation. The Grace Building whole loan was co-originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A., Column Financial, Inc. and DBR Investments Co. Limited. The Grace Building mortgage loan is evidenced by four (4) promissory notes: (i) note A-2-5, note A-2-6 and note A-2-7, with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $60,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is acting as mortgage loan seller; and (ii) note A-4-4, with an outstanding principal balance of $20,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which German American Capital Corporation is acting as mortgage loan seller.

 

(4)The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan (9.2%) is part of a whole loan as to which separate notes are being sold by Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. and German American Capital Corporation. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay whole loan was co-originated by Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, and Société Générale Financial Corporation. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan is evidenced by two (2) promissory notes: (i) note A-13-6, with an outstanding principal balance of $40,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. is acting as mortgage loan seller; and (ii) note A-15-7, with an outstanding principal balance of $35,000,000 as of the cut-off date, as to which German American Capital Corporation is acting as mortgage loan seller.

 

See “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers”.

 

Master Servicer Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, is expected to act as the master servicer and will be responsible for the master servicing and administration of the serviced mortgage loans and any related serviced companion loans pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. The principal commercial mortgage

 

 

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master servicing offices of the master servicer are located at 10851 Mastin Street, Building 82, Suite 300, Overland Park, Kansas 66210, and its telephone number is (913) 253-9000. See “Transaction Parties—The Master Servicer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

 

Special Servicer Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is expected to act as the special servicer with respect to the serviced mortgage loans (other than any applicable excluded special servicer loan) and any related serviced companion loans. Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, in its capacity as special servicer, will be primarily responsible for (i) making decisions and performing certain servicing functions with respect to such serviced mortgage loans and any related serviced companion loans as to which a special servicing transfer event (such as a default or an imminent default) is continuing and (ii) in certain circumstances, reviewing, evaluating, processing and providing or withholding consent as to certain major decisions and special servicer non-major decisions and other transactions and performing certain enforcement actions relating to such serviced mortgage loans and any related serviced companion loans for which a special servicing transfer event has not occurred, in each case pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement. The principal servicing offices of the special servicer are located at Southeast Financial Center, 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3550, Miami, Florida 33131. See “Transaction Parties—The Special Servicer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

 

If the special servicer obtains knowledge that it has become a borrower party with respect to any serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loan (referred to as an “excluded special servicer loan”), if any, the special servicer will be required to resign as special servicer of that excluded special servicer loan. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for Cause”.

 

Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC is expected to be appointed as the special servicer with respect to the serviced mortgage loans (other than any applicable excluded special servicer loan) and any related serviced companion loan by RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, which is expected to purchase each of the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates and will receive the Class S certificates. On the closing date, RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, is expected to be the initial directing holder with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loan. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder”.

 

Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC is also an affiliate of Situs Holdings, LLC, which is the special servicer under (i) the BX 2020-VIVA trust and servicing agreement with respect to the servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay whole loan and (ii) the GRACE 2020-GRCE trust and servicing agreement with respect to the

 

 

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servicing of The Grace Building whole loan, through common control by Stone Point Capital LLC.

 

Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, or its affiliate, assisted RREF IV Debt AIV, LP (or its affiliate) with due diligence relating to the mortgage loans to be included in the mortgage pool.

 

TrusteeWells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, will be the trustee. The corporate trust office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as trustee, is located at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045. Following the transfer of the mortgage loans to the issuing entity, the trustee, on behalf of the issuing entity, will become the mortgagee of record for each serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loans. See “Transaction Parties—The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

 

Certificate Administrator Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, will be certificate administrator. The certificate administrator will also be required to act as custodian, 17g-5 information provider, certificate registrar and authenticating agent. The corporate trust offices of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as certificate administrator, are located at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, and for certificate transfer services, Wells Fargo Bank, NA, 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor MAC: N9300-070, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479. See “Transaction Parties—The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

 

Operating Advisor Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, will be the operating advisor. The operating advisor will have certain review and reporting responsibilities with respect to the performance of the special servicer and, in certain circumstances may recommend to the certificateholders that the special servicer be replaced. The operating advisor will generally have no obligations or consultation rights as operating advisor under the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction with respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan or any related REO property. See “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Operating Advisor.

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, will also be the asset representations reviewer. The asset representations reviewer will be required to review certain delinquent mortgage loans after a specified delinquency threshold has been exceeded and notification from the certificate administrator that the required percentage of certificateholders have voted to direct a review of such delinquent mortgage loans.

 

See “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Asset Representations Reviewer”.

 

 

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Directing Holder The directing holder will have certain consent and consultation rights in certain circumstances with respect to the serviced mortgage loans (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loans, as further described in this prospectus. The directing holder with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loans will be the trust directing holder. The “trust directing holder” will generally be the controlling class certificateholder (or its representative) selected by more than a specified percentage of the controlling class certificateholders (by certificate balance, as certified by the certificate registrar from time to time as provided for in the pooling and servicing agreement). See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder”. However, in certain circumstances there may be no directing holder even if there is a controlling class, and in other circumstances there will be no controlling class.

 

With respect to the directing holder, an “excluded loan” is a mortgage loan or whole loan with respect to which the directing holder or (solely in the case of the trust directing holder) the holder of the majority of the controlling class certificates (by certificate balance) is a borrower, a mortgagor, a manager of a mortgaged property, the holder of a mezzanine loan that has accelerated the related mezzanine loan or commenced foreclosure or enforcement proceedings against the equity collateral pledged to secure the related mezzanine loan, or any borrower party affiliate thereof.

 

The controlling class will be the most subordinate class of the Class G and Class H certificates then-outstanding that has an aggregate certificate balance, as notionally reduced by any cumulative appraisal reduction amounts allocable to such class, at least equal to 25% of the initial certificate balance of that class; provided, however, that during such time as the Class G certificates would be the controlling class, the holders of such certificates will have the right to irrevocably waive their right to appoint a directing holder or to exercise any of the rights of the controlling class certificateholder. No class of certificates, other than as described above, will be eligible to act as the controlling class or appoint a directing holder.

 

RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, is expected to purchase the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates and will receive the Class S certificates and, on the closing date, RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, is expected to be the initial trust directing holder and, therefore, the initial directing holder with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loans.

 

Risk Retention 

Consultation Party The “risk retention consultation party” will be a party selected by Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as the holder of the VRR Interest. The risk retention consultation party will have certain non-binding consultation rights in certain circumstances (i) for so

 

 

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long as no consultation termination event is continuing, with respect to any serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loans that is a specially serviced loan, and (ii) during the continuance of a consultation termination event, with respect to any serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loans, as further described in this prospectus. For the avoidance of doubt, the risk retention consultation party will not have any consultation rights with respect to any applicable excluded loan. Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch (or an affiliate thereof) is expected to be appointed as the initial risk retention consultation party.

 

With respect to the risk retention consultation party, an “excluded loan” is a mortgage loan or whole loan with respect to which the risk retention consultation party or the person entitled to appoint the risk retention consultation party is a borrower, a mortgagor, a manager of a mortgaged property, the holder of a mezzanine loan that has accelerated the related mezzanine loan or commenced foreclosure or enforcement proceedings against the equity collateral pledged to secure the related mezzanine loan, or any borrower party affiliate thereof.

 

Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan 

Related Parties With respect to each non-serviced mortgage loan, the entities acting or expected to act as of the date of this prospectus as master servicer, special servicer, trustee, custodian, directing holder (or equivalent party), operating advisor and asset representations reviewer (or, in each case, in similar capacities) are identified in the table titled “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “—Whole Loans” below in connection with the related securitization transactions. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

Certain Affiliations The originators, the sponsors, the underwriters and parties to the pooling and servicing agreement have various roles in this transaction as well as certain relationships with parties to this transaction and certain of their affiliates. These roles and other potential relationships may give rise to conflicts of interest as further described under “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest” and “Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties”.

 

Relevant Dates and Periods

 

Cut-off Date With respect to each mortgage loan, the later of the related due date of such mortgage loan in December 2020 (or, in the case of any mortgage loan that has its first due date after December 2020, the date that would have been its due date in December 2020 under the terms of that mortgage loan if a monthly payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such mortgage loan.

 

Closing Date On or about December 31, 2020.

 

 

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Distribution Date The 4th business day following each determination date. The first distribution date will be in January 2021.

 

Determination Date The 11th day of each month or, if the 11th day is not a business day, then the business day immediately following such 11th day.

 

Record Date With respect to any distribution date, the last business day of the month preceding the month in which that distribution date occurs.

 

Interest Accrual Period Interest will accrue on the offered certificates during the calendar month immediately preceding the related distribution date. Interest will be calculated on the offered certificates based on a 360-day year consisting of 30-day months, or a “30/360 basis”.

 

Collection Period For any mortgage loan to be held by the issuing entity and any distribution date, the period commencing on the day immediately following the due date for such mortgage loan in the month preceding the month in which that distribution date occurs and ending on and including the due date for such mortgage loan occurring in the month in which that distribution date occurs. However, in the event that the last day of a collection period (or applicable grace period) is not a business day, any periodic payments received with respect to the mortgage loans relating to that collection period on the business day immediately following that last day will be deemed to have been received during that collection period and not during any other collection period.

 

Assumed Final Distribution

Date; Rated Final 

Distribution Date Each class of offered certificates will have the assumed final distribution dates set forth below, which have been determined on the basis of the assumptions described in “Description of the Certificates—Assumed Final Distribution Date; Rated Final Distribution Date”:

 

  Class A-1 January 2026
  Class A-2 January 2026
  Class A-SB March 2030
  Class A-4 March 2030
  Class A-5 December 2030
  Class X-A January 2031
  Class A-M January 2031
  Class B January 2031
  Class C January 2031

 

The rated final distribution date for each class of offered certificates will be the distribution date in January 2054.

 

 

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Transaction Overview

 

On the closing date, each sponsor will sell its respective mortgage loans to the depositor, which will in turn deposit the mortgage loans into the issuing entity, a common law trust created on the closing date. The issuing entity will be formed pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement.

 

The transfers of the mortgage loans from the sponsors to the depositor and from the depositor to the issuing entity in exchange for the offered certificates are illustrated below:

 

(GRAPHIC) 

 

 

 

The foregoing illustration does not take into account the sale of any non-offered certificates.

 

 

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Offered Certificates

 

GeneralWe are offering the following classes of Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-B22 set forth below (referred to as the “offered certificates”):

 

Class A-1

 

Class A-2

 

Class A-SB

 

Class A-4

 

Class A-5

 

Class X-A

 

Class A-M

 

Class B

 

Class C

 

The certificates will consist of (i) the offered certificates and (ii) each class of non-offered certificates, which consists of the Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class S and Class R certificates and the VRR Interest (the “non-offered certificates”). The offered certificates and the non-offered certificates (other than the Class R certificates and the VRR Interest) are collectively referred to as the “non-VRR certificates”.

 

Certificate Balances and 

Notional Amounts Each class of offered certificates will have the approximate aggregate initial certificate balance or notional amount set forth below, subject to a variance of plus or minus 5%:

 

     Initial Certificate Balance or Notional Amount
  Class A-1   $9,763,000 
  Class A-2   $3,086,000 
  Class A-SB(1)   $15,906,000 
  Class A-4   $132,500,000 
  Class A-5   $380,199,000 
  Class X-A   $611,069,000 
  Class A-M   $69,615,000 
  Class B   $30,941,000 
  Class C   $31,907,000 

   

(1)The Class A-SB certificates have certain priority with respect to reducing the principal balance of those certificates to their planned principal balance, as described in this prospectus.

 

 

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Pass-Through Rates

 

A. Offered Certificates Each class of offered certificates will accrue interest at an annual rate called a pass-through rate. The initial approximate pass-through rate for each class of offered certificates is set forth below:

 

  Class A-1 0.509%(1)
  Class A-2 1.155%(1)
  Class A-SB 1.731%(1)
  Class A-4 1.685%(1)
  Class A-5 1.973%(1)
  Class X-A 1.523%(2)
  Class A-M 2.163%(1)
  Class B 2.151%(1)
  Class C 2.698%(1)

   

(1)The pass-through rates for the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-M certificates, in each case, for each distribution date will be a fixed per annum rate equal to the initial pass-through rate for such class set forth in the table above. The pass-through rate for the Class B certificates for each distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to (i) the WAC rate, minus (ii) 1.27000%, but in any case, not less than 0.000%. The pass-through rate for the Class C certificates for each distribution date will be a per annum rate equal to (i) the WAC rate, minus (ii) 0.72375%, but in any case, not less than 0.000%.

 

(2)The pass-through rate for the Class X-A certificates for any distribution date will equal the excess, if any, of (a) the WAC rate, over (b) the weighted average of the pass-through rates of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-M certificates for that distribution date, weighted on the basis of their respective certificate balances outstanding immediately prior to that distribution date.

 

See “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Pass-Through Rates”.

 

B. Interest Rate Calculation 

ConventionInterest on the offered certificates at their applicable pass-through rates will be calculated based on a 30/360 basis.

 

For purposes of calculating the pass-through rates on each class of Class X certificates and any other class of certificates that has a pass-through rate limited by, equal to or based on the weighted average net mortgage interest rate (which calculation does not include any companion loan interest rate), the mortgage loan interest rates will not reflect any default interest rate, any loan term modifications agreed to by the special servicer or any modifications resulting from a borrower’s bankruptcy or insolvency.

 

 

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For purposes of calculating the pass-through rates on the offered certificates, the interest rate for each mortgage loan that accrues interest based on the actual number of days in each month and assuming a 360-day year (“actual/360 basis”), will be recalculated, if necessary, so that the amount of interest that would accrue at that recalculated rate in the applicable month, calculated on a 30/360 basis, will equal the amount of interest that is required to be paid on that mortgage loan in that month, subject to certain adjustments as described in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Pass-Through Rates” and
“—Interest Distribution Amount”.

 

C. Servicing and 

Administration Fees The master servicer and the special servicer will be entitled to a master servicing fee and a special servicing fee, respectively, from the payments on each mortgage loan (other than a non-serviced mortgage loan with respect to the special servicing fee only), any related serviced companion loans and any related REO loans and, (a) with respect to the master servicing fee, if unpaid after final recovery on the related mortgage loan, out of general collections with respect to the other mortgage loans and (b) with respect to the special servicing fees, if the related loan interest payments (or other collections in respect of the related mortgage loan or mortgaged property) are insufficient, then from general collections on all mortgage loans. The servicing fee for each distribution date, including the master servicing fee and the portion of the servicing fee payable to any primary servicer or subservicer, is calculated on the stated principal amount of each mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loans at the servicing fee rate equal to a per annum rate ranging from 0.001875% to 0.03125%.

 

The principal compensation to be paid to the special servicer in respect of its special servicing activities will be the special servicing fee, the workout fee and the liquidation fee.

 

The special servicing fee for each distribution date is calculated based on the stated principal amount of each serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loans as to which a special servicing transfer event is continuing (including any REO loans), on a loan-by-loan basis at the special servicing fee rate equal to the greater of 0.25% per annum and the rate that would result in a special servicing fee of $5,000 for the related month. The special servicer will not be entitled to a special servicing fee with respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan.

 

The workout fee will generally be payable with respect to each specially serviced loan and any related serviced companion loans which has become a “corrected loan” (which will occur (i) with respect to a specially serviced loan as to which there has been a payment default, when the borrower has brought the mortgage loan current and thereafter made three consecutive full and timely monthly payments, including pursuant to any workout and (ii) with respect to any other specially serviced loan, when the related default is cured or the other circumstances pursuant to which it became a specially serviced loan cease to exist in the

 

 

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commercially reasonable judgment of the special servicer). The workout fee will be payable out of each collection of interest and principal (including scheduled payments, prepayments, balloon payments, and payments at maturity) received on the related mortgage loan (or serviced whole loan, as applicable) for so long as it remains a corrected mortgage loan, in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) 1.0% of each such collection of interest and principal (or, if such rate would result in an aggregate workout fee of less than $25,000, then such higher rate as would result in an aggregate workout fee equal to $25,000) and (2) $1,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to any particular workout of a specially serviced loan.

 

A liquidation fee will generally be payable with respect to each specially serviced loan (and any related serviced companion loans) and any related REO property, each mortgage loan (and under limited circumstances, any related serviced companion loan) repurchased by a mortgage loan seller or other applicable party or that is subject to a loss of value payment or each defaulted mortgage loan that is a non-serviced mortgage loan sold by the special servicer, as to which the special servicer obtains a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related borrower, loan purchaser or which is repurchased by the related mortgage loan seller outside the applicable cure period and, except as otherwise described in this prospectus, with respect to any specially serviced loan or REO property as to which the special servicer receives any liquidation proceeds. The liquidation fee for each mortgage loan (and any related serviced companion loans) and REO property will be payable from the related payment or proceeds in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) 1.0% of such payment or proceeds (or, if such rate would result in an aggregate liquidation fee of less than $25,000, then the liquidation fee rate will be equal to such higher rate as would result in an aggregate liquidation fee equal to $25,000) and (2) $1,000,000.

 

Workout fees and liquidation fees paid by the issuing entity with respect to each serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loans will be subject to an aggregate cap per serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loans of $1,000,000 as described in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses—Special Servicing Compensation”. Any workout fees or liquidation fees paid to a predecessor or successor special servicer will not be taken into account in determining the cap.

 

Any primary servicing fees or sub-servicing fees with respect to each serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loan will be paid by the master servicer out of the fees described above.

 

 

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The master servicer and the special servicer are also entitled to additional fees and amounts, including income on the amounts held in certain accounts and certain permitted investments. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses”.

 

The certificate administrator fee for each distribution date is calculated on the stated principal amount of each serviced mortgage loan and REO loan at a per annum rate equal to 0.00976%. The trustee fee will be payable by the certificate administrator from the certificate administrator fee.

 

The operating advisor will be entitled to a fee on each distribution date calculated on the stated principal amount of each mortgage loan and REO loan (including non-serviced mortgage loans but excluding any companion loans) at a per annum rate equal to 0.00220%.

 

The asset representations reviewer will be entitled to a reasonable hourly fee (to be paid by the applicable mortgage loan seller except as described in “Pooling and Servicing AgreementServicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses”) upon the completion of the review it conducts with respect to certain delinquent mortgage loans, which will be subject to a cap as described in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses—Asset Representations Reviewer Compensation”.

 

Each party to the pooling and servicing agreement will also be entitled to be reimbursed by the issuing entity for costs, expenses and liabilities borne by them in certain circumstances. Fees and expenses payable by the issuing entity to any party to the pooling and servicing agreement will be generally payable prior to any distributions to certificateholders.

 

Additionally, with respect to each distribution date, an amount equal to the product of 0.00050% per annum multiplied by the stated principal amount of each mortgage loan and any REO loan will be payable to CRE Finance Council© as a license fee for use of its name and trademarks, including an investor reporting package. This fee will be payable prior to any distributions to certificateholders.

 

Payment of the fees and reimbursement of the costs and expenses described above will generally have priority over the distribution of amounts payable to the certificateholders. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses” and “—Limitation on Liability; Indemnification”.

 

With respect to each non-serviced mortgage loan set forth in the following table, the related master servicer under the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of that mortgage loan will be entitled to a primary servicing fee (which includes any sub-servicing fee) at a rate equal to a per annum rate set forth in the following table, and the related special servicer under the related pooling and servicing agreement will

 

 

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be entitled to a special servicing fee at a rate equal to the per annum rate set forth below. In addition, each party to the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of such non-serviced whole loan will be entitled to receive other fees and reimbursements with respect to the related non-serviced mortgage loan in amounts, from sources, and at frequencies, that are similar, but not necessarily identical, to those described above and, in certain cases (for example, with respect to unreimbursed special servicing fees and servicing advances with respect to the related non-serviced whole loan), such amounts will be reimbursable from general collections on the mortgage loans to the extent not recoverable from the related non-serviced whole loan and to the extent allocable to the related non-serviced mortgage loan pursuant to the related intercreditor agreement. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

Non-Serviced Whole Loans

 

 

Non-Serviced Loan 

Primary Servicer Fee and Sub-Servicing Fee Rate(1) 

Special Servicer Fee Rate(1) 

  The Grace Building 0.002500% 0.15000%
  MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 0.000625% 0.25000%
  4 West 58th Street 0.001250% 0.25000%
  McClellan Business Park 0.001250% 0.25000%(3)
  711 Fifth Avenue 0.002500% 0.25000%(3)
  32-42 Broadway 0.001250% 0.25000%(3)
  Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2) 0.001250% 0.25000%(3)
  JW Marriott Nashville(2) 0.001250% 0.25000%(3)
  Cabinetworks Portfolio(2) 0.001250% 0.25000%(3)

   

(1)The fees related to the whole loans listed in the above chart relate to securitization transactions that have either closed or are expected to close on or prior to the closing date, and, in certain instances are based on publicly available information.

 

(2)From and after the securitization of the related controlling pari passu companion loan, such mortgage loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing such securitization and the related special servicing fee rate will be as specified in such pooling and servicing agreement.

 

(3)Subject to a monthly minimum of $3,500.

 

Distributions

 

A. Allocation Between VRR 

Interest and Non-VRR 

Certificates The aggregate amount available for distribution to holders of the certificates (including the VRR Interest) on each distribution date will be: (i) the gross amount of interest, principal, yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums collected with respect to the mortgage loans in the applicable one-month collection period (other than any excess interest accrued after the related anticipated repayment date on any mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date), net of specified expenses of the issuing entity, including fees payable therefrom to, and

 

 

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losses, liabilities, costs and expenses reimbursable or indemnifiable therefrom to, the master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer and CREFC®; and (ii) allocated to amounts available for distribution to the holder of the VRR Interest, on the one hand, and amounts available for distribution to the holders of the non-VRR certificates, on the other hand. On each distribution date, the portion of such aggregate available funds allocable to: (a) the VRR Interest will be the product of such aggregate available funds multiplied by a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the initial certificate balance of the VRR Interest, and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial certificate balance of all of the classes of principal balance certificates and the initial certificate balance of the VRR Interest; and (b) the non-VRR certificates will at all times be the product of such aggregate available funds multiplied by the difference between 100% and the percentage referenced in clause (a). With respect to each of the VRR Interest and the non-VRR certificates, the percentage referred to in the preceding sentence is referred to in this prospectus as its “percentage allocation entitlement”.

  

B. Amount and Order of 

DistributionsOn each distribution date, funds available for distribution to the holders of the non-VRR certificates (other than the Class S certificates) (exclusive of any portion thereof that represents the related percentage allocation entitlement of any yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums) and the Class R certificates will be distributed in the following amounts and order of priority:

 

First, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the interest entitlements for those classes;

 

Second, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, in reduction of the certificate balances of those classes, in the following priority:

 

First, to principal on the Class A-SB certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-SB certificates has been reduced to the planned principal balance for the related distribution date set forth in Annex G;

 

Second, to principal on the Class A-1 certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-1 certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

Third, to principal on the Class A-2 certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-2 certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

 

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Fourth, to principal on the Class A-4 certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-4 certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

Fifth, to principal on the Class A-5 certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-5 certificates has been reduced to zero; and

 

Sixth, to principal on the Class A-SB certificates, until the certificate balance of the Class A-SB certificates has been reduced to zero.

 

However, if the certificate balances of each class of principal balance certificates, other than the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, have been reduced to zero, funds available for distributions of principal will be distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, pro rata, based on their respective certificate balances and without regard to the Class A-SB planned principal balance;

 

Third, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, pro rata, based on the aggregate unreimbursed losses, for any previously unreimbursed losses on the mortgage loans allocable to principal that were previously borne by those classes;

 

Fourth, to the Class A-M certificates, as follows: (a) to interest on the Class A-M certificates in the amount of its interest entitlement; (b) to the extent of funds allocable to principal remaining after distributions in respect of principal to each class with a higher priority (as set forth in prior enumerated clauses set forth above), to principal on the Class A-M certificates until its certificate balance has been reduced to zero; and (c) to reimburse the Class A-M certificates for any previously unreimbursed losses on the mortgage loans that were previously allocated to that class of certificates;

 

Fifth, to the Class B certificates, as follows: (a) to interest on the Class B certificates in the amount of its interest entitlement; (b) to the extent of funds allocable to principal remaining after distributions in respect of principal to each class with a higher priority (as set forth in prior enumerated clauses set forth above), to principal on the Class B certificates until its certificate balance has been reduced to zero; and (c) to reimburse the Class B certificates for any previously unreimbursed losses on the mortgage loans that were previously allocated to that class of certificates;

 

 

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Sixth, to the Class C certificates, as follows: (a) to interest on the Class C certificates in the amount of its interest entitlement; (b) to the extent of funds allocable to principal remaining after distributions in respect of principal to each class with a higher priority (as set forth in prior enumerated clauses set forth above), to principal on the Class C certificates until its certificate balance has been reduced to zero; and (c) to reimburse the Class C certificates for any previously unreimbursed losses on the mortgage loans that were previously allocated to that class of certificates;

 

Seventh, to the non-offered certificates (other than the Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class S and Class R certificates and the VRR Interest), in the amounts and order of priority described in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions”; and

 

Eighth, to the Class R certificates, any remaining amounts.

 

For more detailed information regarding distributions on the certificates, see “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Priority of Distributions”.

 

C. Interest and Principal 

EntitlementsA description of the interest entitlement of each class of non-VRR certificates (other than the Class S certificates) can be found in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Interest Distribution Amount”. A description of the interest entitlements of the VRR Interest can be found in “Credit Risk Retention—The VRR Interest—Material Terms of the VRR Interest—Priority of Distributions on the VRR Interest”. As described in those sections, there are circumstances in which your interest entitlement for a distribution date could be less than one full month’s interest at the pass-through rate on your certificate’s balance or notional amount.

 

A description of the amount of principal required to be distributed to each class of certificates on a particular distribution date can be found in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Principal Distribution Amount” and “Credit Risk Retention—The VRR Interest—Material Terms of the VRR Interest—Priority of Distributions on the VRR Interest”.

 

 

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D. Yield Maintenance Charges, 

Prepayment Premiums Yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums with respect to the mortgage loans will be allocated to the holder of the VRR Interest, on the one hand, and to the holders of certain of the non-VRR certificates, on the other hand, in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlement as described in “Description of the Certificates—Allocation of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums”. Yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums with respect to the mortgage loans that are allocated to the non-VRR certificates will be further allocated as described in “Description of the Certificates—Allocation of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums”.

 

For an explanation of the calculation of yield maintenance charges, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans”.

 

E. Subordination, Allocation of 

Losses and Certain Expenses The following chart generally sets forth the manner in which the payment rights of certain classes of non-VRR certificates will be senior or subordinate, as the case may be, to the payment rights of other classes of non-VRR certificates. On any distribution date, the aggregate amount available for distributions on the certificates will be allocated between the VRR Interest and the non-VRR certificates in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlement, and principal and interest (other than excess interest that accrues on a mortgage loan that has an anticipated repayment date (if any)) allocated to the non-VRR certificates will be further allocated to the specified classes of those certificates in descending order (beginning with the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates), in each case as set forth in the following chart. Certain payment rights between the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates are more particularly described under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions”.

 

 

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On any distribution date, mortgage loan losses will be allocated between the VRR Interest and non-VRR certificates in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlement, and the mortgage loan losses allocated to the non-VRR certificates will be further allocated to the specified classes of those certificates in ascending order (beginning with certain non-VRR certificates that are not being offered by this prospectus), in each case as set forth in the chart below.
   
   (GRAPHIC)

   


*The Class A-SB certificates have certain priority with respect to reducing the principal balance of those certificates to their planned principal balance as described in this prospectus.

 

**The Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates are interest-only certificates and the Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates are not offered by this prospectus.

 

***Other than the Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class S and Class R certificates and the VRR Interest.

 

Credit enhancement will be provided solely by certain classes of subordinate non-VRR certificates that will be subordinate to certain classes of senior non-VRR certificates as described under “Description of the Certificates—Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses”. No other form of credit enhancement will be available for the benefit of the holders of the offered certificates. The right to payment of holder of the VRR Interest will be pro rata and pari passu with the right to payment of holders of the non-VRR certificates (as a collective whole), and, as described above, any losses incurred on the mortgage loans will be allocated between the VRR Interest, on the one hand, and the non-VRR certificates, on the other hand, pro rata in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlements.

 

 

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Principal losses and principal payments, if any, on mortgage loans that are allocated to a class of non-VRR certificates (other than the Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H or Class S certificates) will reduce the certificate balance of that class of certificates. Principal losses and principal payments, if any, on mortgage loans that are allocated to the VRR Interest will reduce the certificate balance of the VRR Interest.

 

The notional amount of the Class X-A certificates will be reduced by the aggregate amount of principal losses or principal payments, if any, allocated to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-M certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-B certificates will be reduced by the aggregate amount of principal losses or principal payments, if any, allocated to the Class B and Class C certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-D certificates will be reduced by the aggregate amount of principal losses or principal payments, if any, allocated to the Class D and Class E certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-F certificates will be reduced by the amount of principal losses or principal payments, if any, allocated to the Class F certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-G certificates will be reduced by the amount of principal losses or principal payments, if any, allocated to the Class G certificates. The notional amount of the Class X-H certificates will be reduced by the amount of principal losses or principal payments, if any, allocated to the Class H certificates.

 

To the extent funds are available on a subsequent distribution date for distribution on your offered certificates, you will be reimbursed for any losses allocated to your offered certificates in accordance with the distribution priorities.

 

See “Description of the CertificatesSubordination; Allocation of Realized Losses” and “Credit Risk Retention—The VRR Interest—Material Terms of the VRR Interest—Allocation of VRR Realized Losses” for more detailed information regarding the subordination provisions applicable to the certificates and the allocation of losses to the certificates.

 

F. Shortfalls in Available Funds The following types of shortfalls will reduce the aggregate available funds and will correspondingly reduce the amount allocated to the VRR Interest and the non-VRR certificates. The reduction in amounts available for distribution to the non-VRR certificates will reduce distributions to the classes of non-VRR certificates with the lowest payment priorities:

 

shortfalls resulting from the payment of special servicing fees and other additional compensation that the special servicer is entitled to receive;

 

shortfalls resulting from interest on advances made by the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee (to the extent not covered by late payment charges or default interest paid by the related borrower);

 

 

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shortfalls resulting from the application of appraisal reductions to reduce interest advances;

 

shortfalls resulting from extraordinary expenses of the issuing entity including indemnification payments payable to the parties to the pooling and servicing agreement;

 

shortfalls resulting from a modification of a mortgage loan’s interest rate or principal balance; and

 

shortfalls resulting from other unanticipated or default-related expenses of the issuing entity.

 

In addition, prepayment interest shortfalls on the mortgage loans that are not covered by certain compensating interest payments made by the master servicer are required to be allocated between the VRR Interest, on the one hand, and the non-VRR certificates, on the other hand, in accordance with their respective percentage allocation entitlement. The prepayment interest shortfalls allocated to the non-VRR certificates (other than the Class S certificates) entitled to interest are required to be further allocated among the classes of non-VRR certificates, on a pro rata basis, to reduce the amount of interest payable on each such class of certificates to the extent described in this prospectus. See “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Priority of Distributions”.

 

With respect to a whole loan that is comprised of a mortgage loan, one or more subordinate companion loans and, in some cases, one or more pari passu companion loans, shortfalls in available funds resulting from any of the foregoing will result first in a reduction in amounts distributable in accordance with the related intercreditor agreement in respect of the related subordinate companion loan(s), and then, result in a reduction in amounts distributable in accordance with the related intercreditor agreement in respect of the related mortgage loan (and any pari passu companion loans, on a pro rata basis), which allocations to the related mortgage loan will in turn reduce distributions in respect of the certificates as described above. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” and “Yield and Maturity Considerations—Yield Considerations—Losses and Shortfalls”.

 

G. Excess Interest On each distribution date, any excess interest in respect of the increase in the interest rate on any mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date (which accrues after the related anticipated repayment date), to the extent actually collected and applied as interest during a collection period, will be allocated to the holders of the Class S certificates and the VRR Interest on the related distribution date. This excess interest will not be available to make distributions to any other class of certificates, to provide credit support for other classes of certificates, to offset any interest shortfalls or to pay any other amounts to any other party under the pooling and servicing agreement.

 

 

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Advances

 

A. P&I Advances The master servicer will be required to advance a delinquent periodic payment on each mortgage loan (unless the master servicer or the special servicer determines that the advance would be non-recoverable). Neither the master servicer nor the trustee will be required to advance balloon payments due at maturity in excess of the regular periodic payment, interest in excess of a mortgage loan’s regular interest rate, default interest, late payment charges, prepayment premiums or yield maintenance charges.

 

The amount of the interest portion of any advance will be subject to reduction to the extent that an appraisal reduction of the related mortgage loan has occurred (and with respect to any mortgage loan that is part of a whole loan, to the extent such appraisal reduction amount is allocated to the related mortgage loan). There may be other circumstances in which the master servicer will not be required to advance a full month of principal and/or interest. If the master servicer fails to make a required advance, the trustee will be required to make the advance, unless the trustee determines that the advance would be non-recoverable. If an interest advance is made by the master servicer, the master servicer will not advance the portion of interest that constitutes its servicing fee, but will advance the portion of interest that constitutes the regular monthly fees payable to the certificate administrator, the trustee, the operating advisor and the CREFC® license fee.

 

Neither the master servicer nor the trustee will make, or be permitted to make, any principal or interest advance with respect to any companion loan that is not held by the issuing entity.

 

None of the master servicer, special servicer or trustee will make, or be permitted to make, any advance in connection with the exercise of any cure rights or purchase rights granted to the holder of any subordinate companion loan under the related intercreditor agreement.

 

See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances”.

 

B. Servicing Advances The master servicer may be required to make advances with respect to serviced mortgage loans and any related serviced companion loans to pay delinquent real estate taxes, assessments and hazard insurance premiums and similar expenses necessary to:

 

protect and maintain (and in the case of REO properties, lease and manage) the related mortgaged property;

 

maintain the priority of the lien on the related mortgaged property; and/or

 

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The special servicer will have no obligation to make any servicing advances but may in the special servicer’s discretion make such an advance on an urgent or emergency basis.

 

If the master servicer fails to make a required advance of this type, the trustee will be required to make this advance. None of the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee is required to advance amounts determined by such party to be non-recoverable.

 

See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances”.

 

With respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan, the master servicer and/or the special servicer (and the trustee, as applicable) under the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the related non-serviced whole loan will be required to make similar advances with respect to delinquent real estate taxes, assessments and hazard insurance premiums as described above.

 

C. Interest on Advances The master servicer, the special servicer and the trustee, as applicable, will be entitled to interest, compounded annually, on the above described advances at the “Prime Rate” as published in The Wall Street Journal, as described in this prospectus. Interest accrued on outstanding advances may result in reductions in amounts otherwise payable on the certificates. Neither the master servicer nor the trustee will be entitled to interest on advances made with respect to principal and interest due on a mortgage loan until the related due date has passed and any grace period for late payments applicable to the mortgage loan has expired. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances”.

 

With respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan, the applicable makers of advances under the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the related non-serviced whole loan will similarly be entitled to interest on advances, and any accrued and unpaid interest on servicing advances made in respect of the related non-serviced mortgage loan may be reimbursed from general collections on the other mortgage loans included in the issuing entity to the extent not recoverable from such non-serviced mortgage loan and to the extent allocable to the related non-serviced mortgage loan in accordance with the related intercreditor agreement.

 

 

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The Mortgage Pool

 

The Mortgage Pool The issuing entity’s primary assets will be 33 fixed rate commercial mortgage loans, each evidenced by one or more promissory notes secured by first mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or similar security instruments on the fee simple and/or leasehold estate of the related borrower(s) in 44 commercial and/or multifamily properties. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Indebtedness”.

 

The aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date will be approximately $814,217,000.

 

In this prospectus, unless otherwise specified, (i) references to a mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) by name refer to such mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) so identified on Annex A-1, (ii) references to a mortgage loan by name refer to such mortgage loan secured by the related mortgaged property (or portfolio of mortgaged properties) so identified on Annex A-1, (iii) any parenthetical with a percent next to a mortgaged property name (or portfolio of mortgaged properties name) indicates the approximate percent (or approximate aggregate percent) that the outstanding principal balance of the related mortgage loan (or, if applicable, the allocated loan amount with respect to such mortgaged property) represents of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date for this securitization, and (iv) any parenthetical with a percent next to a mortgage loan name or a group of mortgage loans indicates the approximate percent (or approximate aggregate percent) that the outstanding principal balance of such mortgage loan or the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such group of mortgage loans, as applicable, represents of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date for this securitization.

 

Whole Loans

 

Unless otherwise expressly stated in this prospectus, the term “mortgage loan” refers to each of the 33 commercial mortgage loans to be held by the issuing entity. Of the mortgage loans, each of the mortgage loans in the following table is part of a larger whole loan, each of which is comprised of (i) the related mortgage loan, (ii) one or more loans that are pari passu in right of payment to the related mortgage loan (each referred to in this prospectus as a “pari passu companion loan”) and (iii) in the case of two of the mortgage loans in the following table, one or more loans that are subordinate in right of payment to the related mortgage loan and any related pari passu companion loans (each referred to in this prospectus as a “subordinate companion loan”). Each of the pari passu companion loans and the subordinate companion loans are referred to in this prospectus as a “companion loan”. The companion loans, together with their related mortgage loan, are each referred to in this prospectus as a “whole loan”.

 

 

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Whole Loan Summary

 

Mortgage Loan Name 

Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date Balance 

% of Initial Pool Balance 

Pari Passu Companion Loan Cut-off Date Balance 

Subordinate Companion Loan Cut-off Date Balance 

Mortgage Loan LTV Ratio(1) 

Mortgage Loan Underwritten NCF DSCR(1) 

Mortgage Loan Underwritten NOI Debt Yield(1) 

Whole Loan LTV Ratio(2) 

Whole Loan Underwritten NCF DSCR(2) 

Whole Loan Underwritten NOI Debt Yield(2) 

The Grace Building $80,000,000 9.8% $803,000,000 $367,000,000 41.1% 4.25x 11.8% 58.1% 3.00x 8.3%
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay $75,000,000 9.2% $1,559,200,000 $1,365,800,000 35.5% 4.95x(4) 17.9%(4) 65.2% 2.70x(3) 9.7%(3)
Elo Midtown Office Portfolio $71,000,000 8.7% $70,000,000 N/A 58.5% 2.30x 8.6% 58.5% 2.30x 8.6%
Station Park & Station Park West $60,000,000 7.4% $58,700,000 N/A 50.0% 3.86x 13.8% 50.0% 3.86x 13.8%
Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio $50,000,000 6.1% $40,000,000 N/A 61.9% 2.00x 12.1% 61.9% 2.00x 12.1%
4 West 58th Street $32,500,000 4.0% $92,500,000 N/A 69.4% 1.94x 7.4% 69.4% 1.94x 7.4%
McClellan Business Park $32,400,000 4.0% $325,600,000 N/A 60.2% 2.90x 10.5% 60.2% 2.90x 10.5%
711 Fifth Avenue $30,000,000 3.7% $515,000,000 N/A 54.5% 2.90x 9.4% 54.5% 2.90x 9.4%
32-42 Broadway $25,000,000 3.1% $100,000,000 N/A 51.4% 2.66x 9.8% 51.4% 2.66x 9.8%
Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District $20,000,000 2.5% $40,000,000 N/A 52.7% 2.09x 14.1% 52.7% 2.09x 14.1%
JW Marriott Nashville $20,000,000 2.5% $165,000,000 N/A 61.5% 4.17x 15.3% 61.5% 4.17x 15.3%
Cabinetworks Portfolio $15,000,000 1.8% $32,333,000 N/A 64.4% 2.08x 11.7% 64.4% 2.08x 11.7%

 

 

(1)Calculated based on the balance of or debt service on, as applicable, the related whole loan, but excluding any related subordinate companion loans and any related mezzanine debt.

 

(2)Calculated based on the balance of or debt service on, as applicable, the related whole loan (including any related subordinate companion loans), but excluding any related mezzanine debt.

 

(3)Calculated based on the annual rent due under the related master lease.

 

The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio, Station Park & Station Park West and Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio whole loans will be serviced by the master servicer and the special servicer pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction and are each referred to in this prospectus as a “serviced whole loan”, the related companion loans are referred to in this prospectus as “serviced companion loans” and any related pari passu companion loan is referred to in this prospectus as a “serviced pari passu companion loan”.

 

Each mortgage loan identified in the following table will not be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction and instead will be serviced under a separate pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, identified in the following table relating to the securitization of a related companion loan and is, together with the related companion loan(s), referred to in this prospectus as a “non-serviced whole loan”. Each related mortgage loan is referred to as a “non-serviced mortgage loan” and each of the related companion loans are referred to in this prospectus as a “non-serviced companion loan”. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

 

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Non-Serviced Whole Loans

 

Loan Name 

Transaction/ Pooling and Servicing Agreement(1) 

% of Initial Pool Balance 

Master Servicer 

Special Servicer 

Trustee 

Certificate Administrator and Custodian 

Initial Directing Party(2) 

Operating Advisor 

Asset Representations Reviewer 

The Grace Building GRACE 2020- GRCE 9.8% Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Situs Holdings, LLC Wilmington Trust, National Association Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Core Credit Partners A LLC Park Bridge Lender Services LLC N/A
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay BX 2020-VIVA 9.2% KeyBank National Association Situs Holdings, LLC Wilmington Trust, National Association Citibank, N.A. CF LV SASB Holdings LLC(3) N/A N/A
4 West 58th Street Benchmark 2020-B20 4.0% Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Wells Fargo Bank, National Association KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners II L.P. Pentalpha Surveillance LLC Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
McClellan Business Park BANK 2020-BNK30(4) 4.0% Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Greystone Servicing Company LLC Wilmington Trust, National Association Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. Park Bridge Lender Services LLC Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
711 Fifth Avenue GSMS 2020-GC47 3.7% Wells Fargo Bank, National Association KeyBank National Association Wilmington Trust, National Association Wells Fargo Bank, National Association LD II Holdco X LLC Park Bridge Lender Services LLC Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
32-42 Broadway Benchmark 2020-B21 3.1% Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Wells Fargo Bank, National Association Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P. Park Bridge Lender Services LLC Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District GSMS 2020-GSA2(5)(6) 2.5% Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association(6) LNR Partners, LLC(6) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association(6) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association(6) Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.(6) Pentalpha Surveillance LLC(6) Pentalpha Surveillance LLC(6)
JW Marriott Nashville Benchmark 2020-B21(7) 2.5% Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association(7) Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association(7) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association(7) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association(7) Goldman Sachs Bank USA(7) Park Bridge Lender Services LLC(7) Park Bridge Lender Services LLC(7)
Cabinetworks Portfolio GSMS 2020-GSA2(5)(8) 1.8% Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association(8) LNR Partners, LLC(8) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association(8) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association(8) Goldman Sachs Bank USA(8) Pentalpha Surveillance LLC(8) Pentalpha Surveillance LLC(8)

 

 

(1)The identification of a “Transaction/Pooling and Servicing Agreement” above indicates that we have identified a securitization trust that has closed or priced or as to which a preliminary prospectus or final prospectus has printed that has included, or is expected to include, the related controlling note for such whole loan.

 

(2)The entity listed as the “Initial Directing Party” reflects the party entitled to exercise control and consultation rights with respect to the related mortgage loan until such party’s rights are terminated pursuant to the related pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or intercreditor agreement, as applicable.

 

(3)The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay whole loan is an AB whole loan, and the controlling note as of the date hereof is a related subordinate note. Upon the occurrence of certain trigger events specified in the related co-lender agreement, however, control will generally shift to a more senior subordinate note or a more senior note (that is pari passu with the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan) in the subject whole loan, which more senior subordinate or pari passu note, as the case may be, will thereafter be the controlling note. The more senior note may be included in another securitization trust, in which case the directing party for the related whole loan will be the party designated under the servicing agreement for such securitization trust. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan”. As of the closing date of the BX 2020-VIVA transaction, CF LV SASB Holdings was the entity expected to act as the initial directing party.

 

(4)The McClellan Business Park whole loan is currently serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Benchmark 2020-B21 securitization and is expected to be serviced under the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization on and after the closing date of the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization, which is expected to be December 22, 2020.

 

(5)The GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization is expected to close on December 29, 2020.

 

(6)The Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District whole loan is expected to initially be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization. From and after the securitization of the related controlling pari passu companion loan, such whole loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing such securitization, such securitization will be the related controlling noteholder and the directing party will be the directing certificateholder (or equivalent) specified in such pooling and servicing agreement.

 

(7)The JW Marriott Nashville whole loan is currently serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Benchmark 2020-B21 securitization. From and after the securitization of the related controlling pari passu companion loan, such whole loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing such securitization, such securitization will be the related controlling noteholder and the directing party will be the directing certificateholder (or equivalent) specified in such pooling and servicing agreement.

 

(8)The Cabinetworks Portfolio whole loan is expected to initially be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization. From and after the securitization of the related controlling pari passu companion loan, such whole

 

 

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loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing such securitization, such securitization will be the related controlling noteholder and the directing party will be the directing certificateholder (or equivalent) specified in such pooling and servicing agreement.

 

For further information regarding the whole loans, see “Description of the Mortgage PoolThe Whole Loans”, and for information regarding the servicing of the non-serviced whole loan, see “Pooling and Servicing AgreementServicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

Mortgage Loan Characteristics

 

The following table sets forth certain anticipated characteristics of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date (unless otherwise indicated). Except as specifically provided in this prospectus, various information presented in this prospectus (including loan-to-value ratios, debt service coverage ratios, debt yields and cut-off date balances per net rentable square foot, pad, room or unit, as applicable) with respect to any mortgage loan with one or more pari passu companion loans or subordinate companion loans is calculated including the principal balance and debt service payment of the related pari passu companion loan(s), but is calculated excluding any related subordinate companion loans, mezzanine debt or preferred equity. However, unless specifically indicated, for the purpose of numerical and statistical information with respect to the composition of the mortgage pool contained in this prospectus (including any tables, charts and information set forth on Annex A-1, A-2 and A-3), no subordinate companion loan is reflected in this prospectus.

 

The sum of the numerical data in any column may not equal the indicated total due to rounding. Unless otherwise indicated, all figures and percentages presented in this “Summary of Terms” are calculated as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Information” and, unless otherwise indicated, such figures and percentages are approximate and in each case, represent the indicated figure or percentage of the aggregate principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date. The principal balance of each mortgage loan as of the cut-off date assumes the timely receipt of principal scheduled to be paid on or before the cut-off date and no defaults, delinquencies or prepayments on, or modifications of, any mortgage loan on or prior to the cut-off date. Whenever percentages and other information in this prospectus are presented on the mortgaged property level rather than the mortgage loan level, the information for mortgage loans secured by more than one mortgaged property is based on allocated loan amounts as stated in Annex A-1.

 

 

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The mortgage loans will have the following approximate characteristics as of the cut-off date:

 

Cut-off Date Mortgage Loan Characteristics

 

   

All Mortgage Loans 

  Initial Pool Balance(1) $814,217,000
  Number of mortgage loans 33
  Number of mortgaged properties 44
  Range of Cut-off Date Balances $3,250,000 to $80,000,000
  Average Cut-off Date Balance $24,673,242
  Range of Mortgage Rates 2.6921% to 4.6000%
  Weighted average Mortgage Rate 3.4390%
  Range of original terms to maturity(2)(3) 61 months to 121 months
  Weighted average original term to maturity(2)(3) 120 months
  Range of remaining terms to maturity(2)(3) 61 months to 121 months
  Weighted average remaining term to maturity(2)(3) 118 months
  Range of original amortization term(4) 300 months to 360 months
  Weighted average original amortization term(4) 359 months
  Range of remaining amortization terms(4) 300 months to 360 months
  Weighted average remaining amortization term(4) 359 months
  Range of LTV Ratios as of the Cut-off Date(5)(6) 33.9% to 73.4%
  Weighted average LTV Ratio as of the Cut-off Date(5)(6) 53.7%
  Range of LTV Ratios as of the maturity date/ARD(3)(5)(6) 33.9% to 69.4%
  Weighted average LTV Ratio as of the maturity date/ARD(3)(5)(6) 51.4%
  Range of UW NCF DSCR(6)(7)(8) 1.41x to 4.95x
  Weighted average UW NCF DSCR(6)(7)(8) 2.95x
  Range of UW NOI Debt Yield(6)(8) 7.4% to 17.9%
  Weighted average UW NOI Debt Yield(6)(8) 11.4%
  Percentage of Initial Pool Balance consisting of:  
  Interest Only 67.4%
  Interest Only, then Amortizing Balloon 14.2%
  Amortizing Balloon 9.3%
  Interest Only, ARD 9.2%

   

(1)Subject to a permitted variance of plus or minus 5%.

 

(2)With respect to eleven (11) mortgage loans (30.8%), the initial due dates for such mortgage loans occur after January 2021. On the closing date, the related mortgage loan seller(s) will contribute an initial interest deposit amount to the issuing entity to cover an amount that represents one month’s interest that would have accrued with respect to each such mortgage loan at the related interest rate with respect to the assumed January 2021 payment date (the “Closing Date Deposit Amount”). Information presented in this prospectus reflects the contractual loan terms, however, each such mortgage loan is being treated as having an initial due date in January 2021.

 

(3)With respect to any mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date, calculated through or as of, as applicable, such anticipated repayment date.

 

(4)Does not include mortgage loans that pay interest-only until their maturity dates or anticipated repayment dates.

 

(5)Unless otherwise indicated under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Appraised Value”, each of the cut-off date loan-to-value ratio and the maturity date/ARD loan-to-value ratio has been calculated using the “as-is” appraised value (which in certain cases may reflect a portfolio premium valuation). However, with respect to one (1) mortgage loan (0.9%), each of the related cut-off date loan-to-value ratio and the maturity date/ARD loan-to-value ratio was calculated based upon a valuation other than an “as is” value or each related mortgaged property. The weighted average cut-off date loan-to-value ratio and maturity date/ARD loan-to-value ratio for the mortgage pool without making any adjustments is 53.7%. Such mortgage loans are identified under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Appraised Value.” For further information, see Annex A-1. See also “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Appraisals May Not Reflect Current or Future Market Value of Each Property” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Appraised Value.

 

 

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(6)In the case of 12 mortgage loans (62.7%), each of which has one or more pari passu companion loans and, in certain cases, one or more subordinate companion loans that are not included in the issuing entity, the debt service coverage ratios, loan-to-value ratios and debt yields have been calculated including the related pari passu companion loan(s), but excluding any related subordinate companion loan(s). See the table titled “Whole Loan Summary” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” for information about the debt service coverage ratios, loan-to-value ratios and debt yields including the subordinate companion loans.

 

(7)Debt service coverage ratios are calculated using the average of the principal and interest payments for the first twelve payment periods of the mortgage loan following the cut-off date (but without regard to any leap year adjustments), provided that (i) in the case of a mortgage loan that provides for interest-only payments through maturity date or anticipated repayment date, as applicable, such items are calculated based on the interest payments scheduled to be due on the first due date following the cut-off date and the 11 due dates thereafter for such mortgage loan and (ii) in the case of a mortgage loan that provides for an initial interest-only period that ends prior to its maturity date or anticipated repayment date, as applicable, and provides for scheduled amortization payments thereafter, such items are calculated based on the monthly payment of principal and interest payable immediately following the expiration of the interest-only period.

 

(8)With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan (9.2%), the related mortgaged property is master leased and for so long as the master lease is in effect, the borrower is entitled to receive only rents from the master lease, and not the underlying rents and other receipts from the mortgaged property. Debt service coverage ratios and debt yields for such mortgage loan set forth in this prospectus are calculated on a “look-through” basis, based on the rents and receipts of the mortgaged property. The debt service coverage ratio and underwritten net operating income debt yield of the related whole loan, based only on the master lease rent, are 2.70x and 9.7%, respectively.

 

All of the mortgage loans accrue interest on an actual/360 basis.

 

For further information regarding the Mortgage Loans, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool”.

 

Modified and Refinanced Loans As of the cut-off date, none of the mortgage loans were modified due to a delinquency.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool”.

 

Loans Underwritten Based on 

Projections of Future Income Twelve (12) mortgaged properties, securing, in whole or in part, 8 mortgage loans (14.9%), (i) were constructed, in a lease-up period or the subject of a major renovation that was completed within 12 calendar months prior to the cut-off date and, therefore, the related mortgaged property has no or limited prior operating history or the mortgage loan seller did not take the operating history into account in the underwriting of the related mortgage loan, or (ii) were acquired by the related borrower or an affiliate of the borrower within 12 calendar months prior to the cut-off date and such borrower or affiliate was unable to provide the related mortgage loan seller with historical financial information (or provided limited historical financial information) for such acquired mortgaged property.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Mortgaged Properties With Limited Prior Operating History”.

 

 

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Certain Variances from 

Underwriting Standards One (9.2%) mortgage loan varies from the underwriting guidelines described under “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers” with respect to the related third party reports requirements. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines”.

 

Additional Aspects of Certificates

 

DenominationsThe offered certificates with certificate balances will be issued, maintained and transferred only in minimum denominations of $10,000 and integral multiples of $1 in excess of $10,000. The offered certificates with notional amounts will be issued, maintained and transferred only in minimum denominations of authorized initial notional amounts of not less than $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess of $100,000.

 

Registration, Clearance and 

SettlementEach class of offered certificates will initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, or DTC.

 

You may hold offered certificates through: (1) DTC in the United States; or (2) Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System. Transfers within DTC, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System, will be made in accordance with the usual rules and operating procedures of those systems.

 

We may elect to terminate the book-entry system through DTC (with the consent of the DTC participants), Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System, with respect to all or any portion of any class of the offered certificates.

 

See “Description of the Certificates—Delivery, Form, Transfer and Denomination—Book-Entry Registration”.

 

Credit Risk Retention For a discussion of the manner by which German American Capital Corporation, as retaining sponsor, intends to satisfy the credit risk retention requirements of the credit risk retention rules, see “Credit Risk Retention”.

 

None of the sponsors, the depositor, the underwriters, the issuing entity or any other party to the transaction intends to retain a material net economic interest in the securitization constituted by the issuance of the offered certificates in accordance with the European Due Diligence Requirements or to take any other action which may be required by EEA-regulated investors for the any investors for the purposes of their compliance with the European Due Diligence Requirements or similar requirements. Furthermore, the arrangements described under “Credit Risk Retention” have not been structured with the objective of ensuring compliance by any person with any such requirements. See “Risk Factors—General Risk Factors—Legal and Regulatory Provisions Affecting Investors Could Adversely Affect the Liquidity of the Certificates”.

 

 

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Information Available to 

CertificateholdersOn each distribution date, the certificate administrator will prepare and make available to each certificateholder a statement as to the distributions being made on that date. Additionally, under certain circumstances, certificateholders of record may be entitled to certain other information regarding the issuing entity. See “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information”.

 

Deal Information/Analytics Certain information concerning the mortgage loans and the certificates may be available to subscribers through the following services:

 

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Bloomberg Financial Markets, L.P., RealINSIGHT, CMBS.com, Inc., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., Interactive Data Corporation, Markit LLC, Thomson Reuters Corporation and KBRA Analytics, Inc.;

 

The certificate administrator’s website initially located at www.ctslink.com; and

 

The master servicer’s website initially located at www.pnc.com/midland.

 

Optional Termination On any distribution date on which the aggregate principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans remaining in the issuing entity is less than 1.0% of the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if a mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date is still an asset of the issuing entity and such right is being exercised after its respective anticipated repayment date, then such mortgage loan will be excluded from the then-aggregate principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans and from the aggregate principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the cut-off date), certain entities specified in this prospectus will have the option to purchase all of the remaining mortgage loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any mortgage loan) at the price specified in this prospectus.

 

The issuing entity may also be terminated in connection with a voluntary exchange of all the then-outstanding certificates (other than the Class S and Class R certificates) for the mortgage loans held by the issuing entity, provided that (i) the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E certificates are no longer outstanding and (ii) there is only one holder (or multiple holders acting unanimously) of the outstanding certificates (other than the Class S and Class R certificates).

 

See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination; Retirement of Certificates”.

 

 

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Required Repurchases or

Substitutions of Mortgage

Loans; Loss of Value 

PaymentUnder certain circumstances, the related mortgage loan seller may be obligated to (i) repurchase (without payment of any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium) or substitute for an affected mortgage loan from the issuing entity or (ii) make a cash payment that would be deemed sufficient to compensate the issuing entity in the event of a document defect or a breach of a representation and warranty made by the related mortgage loan seller with respect to the mortgage loan in the mortgage loan purchase agreement that materially and adversely affects the value of the mortgage loan, the value of the related mortgaged property or the interests of the trustee or any certificateholders in the mortgage loan or mortgaged property or causes the mortgage loan to be other than a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3)(but without regard to the rule of Treas. Reg. Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective loan to be treated as a “qualified mortgage”); provided that with respect to each of The Grace Building mortgage loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan, each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and German American Capital Corporation (in the case of The Grace Building mortgage loan), and Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. and German American Capital Corporation (in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan), will be obligated to take the above remedial actions only with respect to the related promissory note(s) sold by such mortgage loan seller to the depositor as if the note(s) contributed by each such mortgage loan seller and evidencing such mortgage loan were a separate mortgage loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”.

 

Sale of Defaulted Loans Pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement, the special servicer is required to use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for defaulted serviced mortgage loans and any related serviced companion loans and/or related REO properties and accept the first (and, if multiple offers are received, the highest) cash offer from any person that constitutes a fair price for such defaulted serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loans or related REO property, determined as described in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Realization Upon Mortgage Loans” and “—Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties”, unless the special servicer determines, in accordance with the servicing standard, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the certificateholders and the related companion loan holders (as a collective whole as if such certificateholders and such companion loan holders constituted a single lender, taking into account the subordinate nature of any subordinate companion loan).

 

 

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If a non-serviced mortgage loan with a related pari passu companion loan becomes a defaulted mortgage loan and the special servicer under the related pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, for the related pari passu companion loan determines to sell such pari passu companion loan, then that special servicer will be required to sell such non-serviced mortgage loan together with the related pari passu companion loan and any related subordinate companion loans, in a manner similar to that described above. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans” and “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans”.

 

Pursuant to each mezzanine loan intercreditor agreement with respect to the mortgage loans with mezzanine indebtedness, the holder of the related mezzanine loan has the right to purchase the related mortgage loan as described in “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Indebtedness”. Additionally, in the case of mortgage loans that permit certain equity owners of the borrower to incur future mezzanine debt as described in “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Indebtedness”, the related mezzanine lender may have the option to purchase the related mortgage loan after certain defaults. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Realization Upon Mortgage Loans”, “—Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”.

 

Tax Status Elections will be made to treat designated portions of the issuing entity (exclusive of interest that is deferred after the anticipated repayment date of a mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date and the excess interest distribution account) as two separate REMICs (the “Lower-Tier REMIC” and the “Upper-Tier REMIC” and each, a “Trust REMIC”) for federal income tax purposes. In addition, (1) the portions of the issuing entity consisting of (i) the excess interest accrued on a mortgage loan with an anticipated repayment date and the related distribution account, and (ii) the uncertificated regular interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC corresponding to the VRR Interest and distributions thereon, will be classified as a “trust” under Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-4(c), (the “Grantor Trust”), (2) the Class S certificates and the VRR Interest will represent beneficial ownership of the excess interest and related distribution account and (3) the VRR Interest will represent beneficial ownership of the uncertificated regular interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC corresponding to the VRR Interest and distributions thereon.

 

 

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Pertinent federal income tax consequences of an investment in the offered certificates include:

 

Each class of offered certificates will constitute REMIC “regular interests”.

 

The offered certificates will be treated as newly originated debt instruments for federal income tax purposes.

 

You will be required to report income on your offered certificates using the accrual method of accounting.

 

It is anticipated that the Class X-A certificates will be issued with original issue discount and that the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B and Class C certificates will be issued at a premium for federal income tax purposes.

 

See “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations”.

 

Certain ERISA Considerations Subject to important considerations described under “Certain ERISA Considerations”, the offered certificates are eligible for purchase by persons investing assets of employee benefit plans or individual retirement accounts.

 

Legal Investment None of the certificates will constitute “mortgage related securities” for purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended.

 

If your investment activities are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements, or review by regulatory authorities, then you may be subject to restrictions on investment in the certificates. You should consult your own legal advisors for assistance in determining the suitability of and consequences to you of the purchase, ownership, and sale of the certificates.

 

The issuing entity will not be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The issuing entity will be relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended contained in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the issuing entity. The issuing entity is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act (both as defined in this prospectus).

 

See “Legal Investment”.

 

 

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RatingsThe offered certificates will not be issued unless each of the offered classes receives a credit rating from one or more of the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations engaged by the depositor to rate the offered certificates. The decision not to engage one or more other rating agencies in the rating of certain classes of certificates to be issued in connection with this transaction may negatively impact the liquidity, market value and regulatory characteristics of those classes of certificates. Neither the depositor nor any other person or entity will have any duty to notify you if any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization issues, or delivers notice of its intention to issue, unsolicited ratings on one or more classes of certificates after the date of this prospectus.

 

See “Risk Factors—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations May Assign Different Ratings to the Certificates; Ratings of the Certificates Reflect Only the Views of the Applicable Rating Agencies as of the Dates Such Ratings Were Issued; Ratings May Affect ERISA Eligibility; Ratings May Be Downgraded” and “Ratings”.

 

 

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Summary of Risk Factors

 

Investing in the certificates involves risks. Any of the risks set forth in this prospectus under the heading “Risk Factors” may have a material adverse effect on the cash flow on one or more mortgaged properties, the related borrowers’ ability to meet their respective payment obligations under the mortgage loans, and/or on your certificates. As a result, the market price of the certificates could decline significantly and you could lose a part or all of your investment. You should carefully consider all the information set forth in this prospectus and, in particular, evaluate the risks set forth in this prospectus under the heading “Risk Factors” before deciding to invest in the certificates. The following is a summary of some of the principal risks associated with an investment in the certificates:

 

Special Risks

 

COVID-19: Economic conditions and restrictions on enforcing landlord rights due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related governmental countermeasures may adversely affect the borrowers and/or the tenants and, therefore, the certificates. In addition, the underwriting of certain mortgage loans and the appraisals and property condition reports for certain mortgaged properties were conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and therefore may not reflect current conditions with respect to the mortgaged properties or the borrowers.

 

Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans

 

Non-Recourse Loans: The mortgage loans are non-recourse loans, and in the event of a default on a mortgage loan, recourse generally may only be had against the specific mortgaged property(ies) and other assets that have been pledged to secure the mortgage loan. Consequently, payment on the certificates is dependent primarily on the sufficiency of the net operating income or market value of the mortgaged properties, each of which may be volatile.

 

Borrowers: Frequent and early occurrence of borrower delinquencies and defaults may adversely affect your investment. Bankruptcy proceedings involving borrowers, borrower organizational structures and additional debt incurred by a borrower or its sponsors may increase risk of loss. In addition, borrowers may be unable to refinance or repay their mortgage loans at the maturity date or anticipated repayment date.

 

Property Performance: Certificateholders are exposed to risks associated with the performance of the mortgaged properties, including location, competition, condition (including environmental conditions), maintenance, ownership, management, and litigation. Property values may decrease even when current operating income does not. The property type (e.g., office, mixed use, hospitality, retail, industrial, self-storage and multifamily) may present additional risks.

 

Loan Concentration: Certain of the mortgage loans represent significant concentrations of the mortgage pool as of the cut-off date. A default on one or more of such mortgage loans may have a disproportionate impact on the performance of the certificates.

 

Property Type Concentration: Certain property types represent significant concentrations of the mortgaged properties securing the mortgage pool as of the cut-off date, based on allocated loan amounts. Adverse developments with respect to those property types or related industries may have a disproportionate impact on the performance of the certificates.

 

Other Concentrations: Losses on loans to related borrowers or cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted loan groups, geographical concentration of the mortgaged properties, and concentration of tenants among the mortgaged properties, may disproportionately affect distributions on the offered certificates.

 

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Tenant Performance: The repayment of a commercial or multifamily mortgage loan is typically dependent upon the ability of the related mortgaged property to produce cash flow through the collection of rents. Therefore, the performance of the mortgage loans will be highly dependent on the performance of tenants and tenant leases.

 

Significant Tenants: Properties that are leased to a single tenant or a tenant that comprises a significant portion of the rental income are disproportionately susceptible to interruptions of cash flow in the event of a lease expiration or termination or a downturn in the tenant’s business.

 

Underwritten Net Cash Flow: Underwritten net cash flow for the mortgaged properties could be based on incorrect or flawed assumptions.

 

Appraisals: Appraisals may not reflect the current or future market value of the mortgaged properties.

 

Inspections: Property inspections may not identify all conditions requiring repair or replacement.

 

Insurance: The absence or inadequacy of terrorism, fire, flood, earthquake and other insurance may adversely affect payment on the certificates.

 

Zoning: Changes in zoning laws may affect the ability to repair or restore a mortgaged property. Properties or structures considered to be “legal non-conforming” may not be able to be restored or rebuilt “as-is” following a casualty or loss.

 

Risks Relating to Conflicts of Interest

 

Transaction Parties: Conflicts of interest may arise from the transaction parties’ relationships with each other or their economic interests in the transaction.

 

Directing Holder and Companion Holders: Certain certificateholders and companion loan holders have control and/or consent rights regarding the servicing of the mortgage loans and related whole loans. Such rights include rights to remove and replace the special servicer without cause and/or to direct or recommend the applicable special servicer or non-serviced special servicer to take actions that conflict with the interests of holders of certain classes of certificates. The right to remove and replace the special servicer may give the directing holder the ability to influence the special servicer’s servicing actions in a manner that may be more favorable to the directing holder relative to other certificateholders.

 

Other Risks Relating to the Certificates

 

Limited Obligations: The certificates will only represent ownership interests in the issuing entity, and will not be guaranteed by the sponsors, the depositor or any other person. The issuing entity’s assets may be insufficient to repay the offered certificates in full.

 

Uncertain Yields to Maturity: The offered certificates have uncertain yields to maturity. Prepayments on the underlying mortgage loans will affect the average lives of the certificates; and the rate and timing of prepayments may be highly unpredictable. Optional early termination of the issuing entity may also adversely impact your yield or may result in a loss.

 

Rating Agency Feedback: Future events could adversely impact the credit ratings and value of your certificates.

 

Limited Credit Support: Credit support provided by subordination of certain certificates is limited and may not be sufficient to prevent loss on the offered certificates.

 

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Risk Factors

 

You should carefully consider the following risks before making an investment decision. In particular, distributions on your certificates will depend on payments received on, and other recoveries with respect to, the mortgage loans. Therefore, you should carefully consider the risk factors relating to the mortgage loans and the mortgaged properties.

 

If any of the following events or circumstances identified as risks actually occur or materialize, your investment could be materially and adversely affected. We note that additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us may also impair your investment.

 

This prospectus also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks described below and elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Special Risks

 

Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans

 

There has been a global outbreak of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and a related respiratory disease (“COVID-19”) that has spread throughout the world, including the United States, causing a global pandemic.  The COVID-19 pandemic has been declared to be a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization, and the president of the United States has made a declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. A significant number of countries and the majority of United States state governments have also made emergency declarations and have attempted to slow the spread of the virus by providing social distancing guidelines, issuing stay-at-home orders and mandating the closure of certain non-essential businesses. We cannot assure you as to if and when states will permit full resumption of economic activity, whether or when people will feel comfortable in resuming economic activity, that containment or other measures will be successful in limiting the spread of the virus or that future regional or broader outbreaks of COVID-19 or other diseases will not result in resumed or additional countermeasures from governments.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic and the responses thereto have led, and will likely continue to lead, to severe disruptions in the global supply chain, financial and other markets, significant increases in unemployment, significant reductions in consumer demand and downturns in the economies of many nations, including the United States, and the global economy in general. The long-term effects of the social, economic and financial disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are unknown. While the United States government and other governments have implemented unprecedented financial support and relief measures (such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act), the effectiveness of such measures cannot be predicted. The United States economy has begun to contract, and it is unclear how large the contraction will be, how long it will last, and when economic expansion will resume.

 

With respect to the mortgage pool, it is unclear how many borrowers have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected that many borrowers will be (or continue to be) adversely affected by the cumulative effects of COVID-19 and the measures implemented by governments to combat the pandemic. As a result, borrowers may not and/or may be unable to meet their payment obligations under the mortgage loans, which may result in significant losses, including shortfalls in distributions of interest and/or principal to the holders of the certificates. Shortfalls and losses will be particularly pronounced to the extent that the related mortgaged properties are located in geographic areas with significant numbers of COVID-19 cases or relatively restrictive COVID-19 countermeasures.

 

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Certain geographic regions of the United States have experienced a larger concentration of COVID-19 infections and deaths than other regions, which is expected to result in lengthier stay-at-home orders than in other less-impacted regions. However, as the COVID-19 emergency has continued, various regions of the United States have seen fluctuations in rates of COVID-19 cases. Therefore, we cannot assure you that any region will not experience an increase in such rates, and corresponding governmental countermeasures and economic distress.

 

While the COVID-19 pandemic has created personnel, supply-chain and other logistical issues that affect all property types, the effects are particularly severe for certain property types. For example:

 

hospitality properties and casino properties, due to travel limitations implemented by governments and businesses as well as declining interest in travel generally, and current or future closures, whether government mandated or voluntary;

 

retail properties, due to store closures, either government-mandated or voluntary, declining interest in visiting large shared spaces such as shopping malls, restaurants, bars and movie theatres, and tenants (including certain national and regional chains) refusing to pay rent;

 

self-storage properties, which have rental payment streams that are sensitive to increased unemployment and reductions in disposable income available for non-essential expenses, and which payment streams are more commonly subject to interruption because of the short-term nature of self-storage tenant leases;

 

multifamily properties, which also have rental payment streams that are sensitive to unemployment and reductions in disposable income, as well as federal, state and local moratoria on eviction proceedings and other mandated tenant forbearance programs;

 

industrial properties, due to restrictions or shutdowns of tenant operations at such properties or as a result of general financial distress of such tenants;

 

office properties, particularly those with significant tenants who operate co-working or office-sharing spaces, due to restrictions on such spaces or declining interest in such spaces by their users, who typically are unaffiliated and license or sublease space for shorter durations; and

 

properties with significant tenants with executed leases that are not yet in place and whose leases are conditioned on tenant improvements being completed, the delivery of premises, or the vacancy of a current tenant by a date certain, due to lack of access to the mortgaged property and disruptions in labor and the global supply chain.

 

Federal, state and local governmental authorities may implement (and in some cases may already have implemented) measures designed to provide relief to borrowers and tenants, including moratoria on foreclosure or eviction proceedings and mandated forbearance programs. For example, recent legislation in Oregon imposes a temporary moratorium on foreclosures and other lender remedies. Any such measures relating to commercial real estate may lead to shortfalls and losses on the certificates.

 

In addition, businesses are adjusting their business plans in response to government actions and new industry practices in order to change how, how many and from where staff members work. Such changes may lead to reduced or modified levels of service, including in the services provided by the master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator and the other parties to this transaction. Such parties’ ability to perform their respective obligations under the transaction documents may be adversely affected by such changes. Furthermore, because the master servicer and special servicer operate according to a servicing standard that is in part based on accepted industry practices, the servicing actions taken by such parties may vary from historical norms to the extent that such accepted industry practices change.

 

The loss models used by the rating agencies to rate the certain of the certificates may not have accounted for the possible economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic or the borrowers’ ability to make

 

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payments on the mortgage loans. We cannot assure you that declining economic conditions precipitated by COVID-19 and the measures implemented by governments to combat the pandemic will not result in downgrades to the ratings of the certificates after the closing date. We cannot assure you that declining economic conditions precipitated by COVID-19 and the measures implemented by governments to combat the pandemic will not result in downgrades to the ratings of the certificates.

 

Tenants may be unable to meet their rent obligations as a result of extended periods of unemployment and business slowdowns and shutdowns. Accordingly, tenants at the mortgaged properties have sought and are expected to continue to seek rent relief at the mortgaged properties, and it would be expected that rent collections and/or occupancy rates may decline. Even as areas of the country reopen, we cannot assure you as to if and when the operations of commercial tenants and the income earning capacity of residential tenants will reach pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. Prospective investors should also consider as the country reopens the impact that a continued surge in (as well as any future prolonged waves of) COVID-19 cases could have on economic conditions.

 

We cannot assure you that the cash flow at the mortgaged properties will be sufficient for the borrowers to pay all required insurance premiums. While certain mortgage loans provide for insurance premium reserves, we cannot assure you that the borrower will be able to continue to fund such reserve or that such reserve will be sufficient to pay all required insurance premiums.

 

Although each mortgage loan generally requires the related borrower to maintain business interruption insurance, certain insurance companies have reportedly taken the position that such insurance does not cover closures due to the COVID-19 emergency. In addition, the COVID-19 emergency could adversely affect future availability and coverage of business interruption insurance. Furthermore, it is unclear whether such closures due to COVID-19 will trigger co-tenancy provisions.

 

Investors should understand that the underwriting of certain mortgage loans and the appraisals and property condition reports for certain mortgaged properties were conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and therefore may not reflect current conditions with respect to the mortgaged properties or the borrowers. In addition, the underwriting of mortgage loans originated during the COVID-19 pandemic may be based on assumptions that do not reflect current conditions. When evaluating the financial information and mortgaged property valuations presented in this prospectus (including certain information set forth in “Summary of Certificates”, “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics”, “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations and Definitions”, Annex A-1, Annex A-2 and Annex A-3), investors should take into consideration the dates as of which historical financial information is presented and appraisals and property condition reports were conducted and that the underwritten information may not reflect (or fully reflect) the events described in this risk factor or any potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because a pandemic of the scale and scope the COVID-19 pandemic has not occurred in recent years, historical delinquency and loss experience is unlikely to accurately predict the performance of the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool. Investors should expect higher-than-average delinquencies and losses on the mortgage loans. The aggregate number and size of delinquent loans in a given collection period may be significant, and the master servicer may determine that advances of payments on such mortgage loans are not or would not be recoverable or may not be able to make such advances given the severity of delinquencies (in this transaction or other transactions), which would result in shortfalls and losses on the certificates.

 

Some borrowers may seek forbearance arrangements at some point in the near future, if they have not already made such request. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—COVID-19 Considerations”. We cannot assure you that the borrowers will be able to make debt service payments (including deferred amounts that were previously subject to forbearance) after the expiration of any such forbearance period. Some borrowers may also seek to use funds on deposit in reserve or escrow accounts to make debt service payments, rather than for the explicit purpose set forth in the mortgage loan documents. We cannot assure you that the cash flow at the mortgaged properties will be sufficient for the borrowers to replenish those reserves or escrows, which would then be unavailable for their original intended use.

 

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pandemic. In response, the master servicer and the special servicer may implement a range of actions with respect to affected borrowers and the related mortgage loans to forbear or extend or otherwise modify the loan terms consistent with the applicable servicer’s customary servicing practices. Such actions may also lead to shortfalls and losses on the certificates.

 

In addition, servicers have reported an increase in borrower requests as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is likely that the volume of requests will continue to increase as the COVID-19 pandemic progresses. The increased volume of borrower requests and communication may result in delays in the servicers’ ability to respond to such requests and their ability to perform their respective obligations under the related transaction documents.

 

The borrowers have provided additional information regarding the status of the mortgage loans and mortgaged properties, which is described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—COVID-19 Considerations”, as of the dates set forth in that section. We cannot assure you that the information in that section is indicative of future performance or that tenants or borrowers will not seek rent or debt service relief (including forbearance arrangements) or other lease or loan modifications in the future. Such actions may lead to shortfalls and losses on the certificates.

 

Although the borrowers and certain tenants may have made their October, November and/or December 2020 debt service and rent payments, we cannot assure you that they will be able to make future payments. While certain mortgage loans may provide for debt service or rent reserves, we cannot assure you that any such reserve will be sufficient to satisfy any or all debt service payments on the affected mortgage loans.

 

Furthermore, we cannot assure you that future failure to make rent or debt service payments will not trigger cash sweeps or defaults under the mortgage loan documents.

 

Further, some federal, state and local administrative offices and courts have closed due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Foreclosures, recordings of assignments and similar activities may not be processed in such offices and courts until such offices and courts reopen and may be further delayed as such offices and courts address any backlogs of such actions that accumulated during the period they were closed. Furthermore, to the extent the related jurisdiction has implemented a moratorium on foreclosures as discussed above, any processing of foreclosure actions would not commence until such moratorium has ended.

 

The mortgage loan sellers will agree to make certain limited representations and warranties with respect to the mortgage loans as set forth on Annex D, Annex E and Annex F hereto; however, absent a breach of such a representation or warranty, no mortgage loan seller will have any obligation to repurchase a mortgage loan with respect to which the related borrower was adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. See also “—Other Risks Relating to the CertificatesSponsors May Not Make Required Repurchases or Substitutions of Defective Mortgage Loans or Pay Any Loss of Value Payment Sufficient to Cover All Losses on a Defective Mortgage Loan.

 

The widespread and cascading effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including those described above, also heighten many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section, such as those related to timely payments by borrowers and tenants, mortgaged property values and the performance, market value, credit ratings and secondary market liquidity of your certificates.

 

Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans

 

Mortgage Loans Are Non-Recourse and Are Not Insured or Guaranteed

 

The mortgage loans are not insured or guaranteed by any person or entity, governmental or otherwise.

 

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Investors should treat each mortgage loan as a non-recourse loan. If a default occurs, recourse generally may be had only against the specific mortgaged properties and other assets that have been pledged to secure the mortgage loan. Consequently, payment prior to maturity is dependent primarily on the sufficiency of the net operating income of the mortgaged property. Payment at maturity or anticipated repayment date is primarily dependent upon the market value of the mortgaged property or the borrower’s ability to refinance the mortgaged property.

 

Although the mortgage loans generally are non-recourse in nature, certain mortgage loans contain non-recourse carveouts for liabilities such as a result of fraud by the borrower, certain voluntary insolvency proceedings or other matters. Certain mortgage loans set forth under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Non-Recourse Carveout Limitations” either do not contain non-recourse carveouts or contain material limitations to non-recourse carveouts. Often these obligations are guaranteed by an affiliate of the related borrower, although liability under any such guaranty may be capped or otherwise limited in amount or scope. Furthermore, the guarantor’s net worth and liquidity may be less (and in some cases, materially less) than amounts due under the related mortgage loan or the guarantor’s sole asset may be its interest in the related borrower. Certain mortgage loans may have the benefit of a general payment guaranty of a portion of the indebtedness under the mortgage loan. In all cases, however, the mortgage loans should be considered to be non-recourse obligations because neither the depositor nor the sponsors make any representation or warranty as to the obligation or ability of any borrower or guarantor to pay any deficiencies between any foreclosure proceeds and the mortgage loan indebtedness. In addition, certain mortgage loans may provide for recourse to a guarantor for a portion of the indebtedness or for any loss or costs that may be incurred by the borrower or the lender with respect to certain borrower obligations under the related mortgage loan documents. In such cases, we cannot assure you any recovery from such guarantor will be made or that such guarantor will have assets sufficient to pay any otherwise recoverable claim under a guaranty.

 

Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally

 

The mortgage loans will be secured by various income producing commercial and multifamily properties. The repayment of a commercial or multifamily loan is typically dependent upon the ability of the related mortgaged property to produce cash flow through the collection of rents. Even the liquidation value of a commercial property is determined, in substantial part, by the capitalization of the property’s ability to produce cash flow. However, net operating income can be volatile and may be insufficient to cover debt service on the loan at any given time.

 

The net operating incomes and property values of the mortgaged properties may be adversely affected by a large number of factors. Some of these factors relate to the properties themselves, such as:

 

the age, design and construction quality of the properties;

 

perceptions regarding the safety, convenience and attractiveness of the properties;

 

the characteristics and desirability of the area where the property is located;

 

the strength and nature of the local economy, including labor costs and quality, tax environment and quality of life for employees;

 

the proximity and attractiveness of competing properties;

 

the adequacy of the property’s management and maintenance;

 

increases in interest rates, real estate taxes and operating expenses at the property and in relation to competing properties;

 

an increase in the capital expenditures needed to maintain the properties or make improvements;

 

a decline in the businesses operated by tenants or in their financial condition;

 

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an increase in vacancy rates; and

 

a decline in rental rates as leases are renewed or entered into with new tenants.

 

Other factors are more general in nature, such as:

 

national or regional economic conditions, including plant closings, military base closings, industry slowdowns and unemployment rates;

 

local real estate conditions, such as an oversupply of competing properties;

 

demographic factors;

 

consumer confidence;

 

consumer tastes and preferences;

 

retroactive changes in building codes;

 

changes or continued weakness in specific industry segments;

 

location of certain mortgaged properties in less densely populated or less affluent areas; and

 

the public perception of safety for customers and clients.

 

The volatility of net operating income will be influenced by many of the foregoing factors, as well as by:

 

the length of tenant leases (including that in certain cases, all or substantially all of the tenants, or one or more sole, anchor or other major tenants, at a particular mortgaged property may have leases that expire or permit the tenant(s) to terminate its lease during the term of the loan);

 

the quality and creditworthiness of tenants;

 

tenant defaults;

 

in the case of rental properties, the rate at which new rentals occur; and

 

the property’s “operating leverage”, which is generally the percentage of total property expenses in relation to revenue, the ratio of fixed operating expenses to those that vary with revenues, and the level of capital expenditures required to maintain the property and to retain or replace tenants.

 

A decline in the real estate market or in the financial condition of a major tenant will tend to have a more immediate effect on the net operating income of properties with relatively higher operating leverage or short term revenue sources, such as short term or month to month leases, and may lead to higher rates of delinquency or defaults.

 

Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases

 

General. Any tenant may, from time to time, experience a downturn in its business, which may weaken its financial condition and result in a reduction or failure to make rental payments when due. If tenants’ sales were to decline, percentage rents may decline and, further, tenants may be unable to pay their base rent or other occupancy costs. If a tenant defaults in its obligations to a property owner, that property owner may experience delays in enforcing its rights as lessor and may incur substantial costs and experience significant delays associated with protecting its investment, including costs incurred in renovating and reletting the property.

 

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Additionally, the income from, and market value of, the mortgaged properties leased to various tenants would be adversely affected if:

 

space in the mortgaged properties could not be leased or re-leased or substantial re-leasing costs were required and/or the cost of performing landlord obligations under existing leases materially increased;

 

leasing or re-leasing is restricted by exclusive rights of tenants to lease the mortgaged properties or other covenants not to lease space for certain uses or activities, or covenants limiting the types of tenants to which space may be leased;

 

a significant tenant were to become a debtor in a bankruptcy case;

 

rental payments could not be collected for any other reason; or

 

a borrower fails to perform its obligations under a lease resulting in the related tenant having a right to terminate such lease.

 

There may be (and there may exist from time to time) pending or threatened legal proceedings against, or disputes with, certain tenants and/or their parent companies that may have a material adverse effect on the related tenant’s ability to pay rent or remain open for business. We cannot assure you that any such litigation or dispute will not result in a material decline in net operating income at the related mortgaged property.

 

Certain tenants currently may be in a rent abatement period. We cannot assure you that such tenants will be in a position to pay full rent when the abatement period expires. We cannot assure you that the net operating income contributed by the mortgaged properties will remain at its current or past levels. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues”.

 

A Tenant Concentration May Result in Increased Losses. Mortgaged properties that are owner-occupied or leased to a single tenant, or a tenant that makes up a significant portion of the rental income, also are more susceptible to interruptions of cash flow if that tenant’s business operations are negatively impacted or if such tenant fails to renew its lease. This is so because:

 

the financial effect of the absence of rental income may be severe;

 

more time may be required to re-lease the space; and

 

substantial capital costs may be incurred to make the space appropriate for replacement tenants.

 

In the event of a default by that tenant, if the related lease expires prior to the mortgage loan maturity date and the related tenant fails to renew its lease or if such tenant exercises an early termination option, there would likely be an interruption of rental payments under the lease and, accordingly, insufficient funds available to the borrower to pay the debt service on the mortgage loan. In certain cases where the tenant owns the improvements on the mortgaged property, the related borrower may be required to purchase such improvements in connection with the exercise of its remedies.

 

With respect to certain of these mortgaged properties that are leased to a single tenant, the related leases may expire prior to, or soon after, the maturity dates of the mortgage loans or the related tenant may have the right to terminate the lease prior to the maturity date of the mortgage loan. If the current tenant does not renew its lease on comparable economic terms to the expired lease, if a single tenant terminates its lease or if a suitable replacement tenant does not enter into a new lease on similar economic terms, there could be a negative impact on the payments on the related mortgage loan.

 

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A deterioration in the financial condition of a tenant, the failure of a tenant to renew its lease or the exercise by a tenant of an early termination right can be particularly significant if a mortgaged property is owner-occupied, leased to a single tenant, or if any tenant makes up a significant portion of the rental income at the mortgaged property.

 

Concentrations of particular tenants among the mortgaged properties or within a particular business or industry at one or multiple mortgaged properties increase the possibility that financial problems with such tenants or such business or industry sectors could affect the mortgage loans. In addition, the mortgage loans may be adversely affected if a tenant at the mortgaged property is highly specialized, or dependent on a single industry or only a few customers for its revenue. See “—Tenant Bankruptcy Could Result in a Rejection of the Related Lease” below and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Tenant Concentrations” for information on tenant concentrations in the mortgage pool.

 

Mortgaged Properties Leased to Multiple Tenants Also Have Risks. If a mortgaged property has multiple tenants, re-leasing expenditures may be more frequent than in the case of mortgaged properties with fewer tenants, thereby reducing the cash flow available for payments on the related mortgage loan. Multi-tenant mortgaged properties also may experience higher continuing vacancy rates and greater volatility in rental income and expenses. See Annex A-1 for tenant lease expiration dates for the five largest tenants at each mortgaged property.

 

Mortgaged Properties Leased to Borrowers or Borrower Affiliated Entities Also Have Risks. If a mortgaged property is leased in whole or substantial part to the borrower under the mortgage loan or to an affiliate of the borrower, there may be conflicts. For instance, it is more likely a landlord will waive lease conditions for an affiliated tenant than it would for an unaffiliated tenant. We cannot assure you that the conflicts arising where a borrower is affiliated with a tenant at a mortgaged property will not adversely impact the value of the related mortgage loan.

 

In certain cases, an affiliated lessee may be a tenant under a master lease with the related borrower, under which the tenant is obligated to make rent payments but does not occupy any space at the mortgaged property. Master leases in these circumstances may be used to bring occupancy to a “stabilized” level with the intent of finding additional tenants to occupy some or all of the master leased space, but may not provide additional economic support for the mortgage loan. If a mortgaged property is leased in whole or substantial part to the borrower or to an affiliate of the borrower, a deterioration in the financial condition of the borrower or its affiliates could significantly affect the borrower’s ability to perform under the mortgage loan as it would directly interrupt the cash flow from the mortgaged property if the borrower’s or its affiliate’s financial condition worsens. We cannot assure you that any space leased by a borrower or an affiliate of the borrower will eventually be occupied by third party tenants.

 

In the case of certain mortgage loans included in the mortgage pool, it may be possible that the related master lease could be construed in a bankruptcy as a financing lease or other arrangement under which the related master lessee (and/or its affiliates) would be deemed as effectively the owner of the related mortgaged property, rather than a tenant, which could result in potentially adverse consequences for the trust, as the holder of such mortgage loan, including treatment of the mortgage loan as an unsecured obligation, a potentially greater risk of an unfavorable plan of reorganization and competing claims of creditors of the related master lessee and/or its affiliates.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Affiliated Leases” for information on properties leased in whole or in part to borrowers and their affiliates.

 

Tenant Bankruptcy Could Result in a Rejection of the Related Lease. The bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant or a number of smaller tenants, such as in retail properties, may have an adverse impact on the mortgaged properties affected and the income produced by such mortgaged properties. Under the federal bankruptcy code, a tenant has the option of assuming or rejecting or, subject to certain conditions, assuming and assigning to a third party, any unexpired lease. If the tenant rejects the lease, the landlord’s claim for breach of the lease would (absent collateral securing the claim) be treated as a general unsecured claim against the tenant and a lessor’s damages for lease rejection are generally subject to certain limitations. We cannot assure you that tenants of the mortgaged properties will continue

 

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making payments under their leases or that tenants will not file for bankruptcy protection in the future or, if any tenants do file, that they will continue to make rental payments in a timely manner. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Bankruptcy Laws”. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings” for information regarding bankruptcy issues with respect to certain mortgage loans.

 

Leases That Are Not Subordinated to the Lien of the Mortgage or Do Not Contain Attornment Provisions May Have an Adverse Impact at Foreclosure. In certain jurisdictions, if tenant leases are subordinated to the liens created by the mortgage but do not contain attornment provisions that require the tenant to subordinate the lease if the mortgagee agrees to enter into a non-disturbance agreement, the tenants may terminate their leases upon the transfer of the property to a foreclosing lender or purchaser at foreclosure. Accordingly, if a mortgaged property is located in such a jurisdiction and is leased to one or more desirable tenants under leases that are subordinate to the mortgage and do not contain attornment provisions, such mortgaged property could experience a further decline in value if such tenants’ leases were terminated. This is particularly likely if those tenants were paying above-market rents or could not be replaced. If a lease is not subordinate to a mortgage, the issuing entity will not possess the right to dispossess the tenant upon foreclosure of the mortgaged property (unless otherwise agreed to with the tenant). Also, if the lease contains provisions inconsistent with the mortgage (e.g., provisions relating to application of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards) or which could affect the enforcement of the lender’s rights (e.g., a right of first refusal to purchase the property), the provisions of the lease will take precedence over the provisions of the mortgage. Not all leases were reviewed to ascertain the existence of attornment or subordination provisions.

 

With respect to certain of the mortgage loans, the related borrower may have given to certain tenants or others an option to purchase, a right of first refusal to purchase and/or a right of first offer to purchase all or a portion of the mortgaged property in the event a sale is contemplated, and such right may not be subordinate to the related mortgage. This may impede the mortgagee’s ability to sell the related mortgaged property at foreclosure, or, upon foreclosure, this may affect the value and/or marketability of the related mortgaged property. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Purchase Options and Rights of First Refusal” for information regarding material purchase options and/or rights of first refusal or first offer, if any, with respect to mortgaged properties securing certain mortgage loans.

 

Early Lease Termination Options May Reduce Cash Flow. Leases often give tenants the right to terminate the related lease, abate or reduce the related rent, and/or exercise certain remedies against the related borrower for various reasons or upon various conditions, including:

 

if the related borrower allows uses at the mortgaged property in violation of use restrictions in current tenant leases;

 

if the related borrower or any of its affiliates owns other properties within a certain radius of the mortgaged property and allows uses at those properties in violation of use restrictions;

 

if the related borrower fails to provide a designated number of parking spaces;

 

if there is construction at the related mortgaged property or an adjacent property (whether or not such adjacent property is owned or controlled by the borrower or any of its affiliates) that may interfere with visibility of, access to or a tenant’s use of the mortgaged property or otherwise violate the terms of a tenant’s lease;

 

upon casualty or condemnation with respect to all or a portion of the mortgaged property that renders such mortgaged property unsuitable for a tenant’s use or if the borrower fails to rebuild such mortgaged property within a certain time or if the casualty or condemnation occurs within a specified period of the lease expiration date;

 

if a tenant’s use is not permitted by zoning or applicable law;

 

if the tenant is unable to exercise an expansion right;

 

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if the landlord defaults on its obligations under the lease;

 

if a landlord leases space at the mortgaged property or within a certain radius of the mortgaged property to a competitor;

 

if the tenant fails to meet certain sales targets or other business objectives for a specified period of time;

 

if significant or specified tenants at the subject property go dark or terminate their leases, or if a specified percentage of the mortgaged property is unoccupied;

 

if the landlord violates the tenant’s exclusive use rights for a specified period of time;

 

if the related borrower violates covenants under the related lease or if third parties take certain actions that adversely affect such tenants’ business or operations;

 

in the case of government sponsored tenants, any time or for lack of appropriations; or

 

if the related borrower violates covenants under the related lease or if third parties take certain actions that adversely affect such tenants’ business or operations.

 

In certain cases, compliance or satisfaction of landlord covenants may be the responsibility of a third party affiliated with the borrower or, in the event that partial releases of the applicable mortgaged property are permitted, an unaffiliated or affiliated third party.

 

Any exercise of a termination right by a tenant at a mortgaged property could result in vacant space at the related mortgaged property, renegotiation of the lease with the related tenant or re-letting of the space. Any such vacated space may not be re-let. Furthermore, such foregoing termination and/or abatement rights may arise in the future or materially adversely affect the related borrower’s ability to meet its obligations under the related loan documents. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Lease Expirations and Terminations” for information on material tenant lease expirations and early termination options.

 

Mortgaged Properties Leased to Not-for-Profit Tenants Also Have Risks. Certain mortgaged properties may have tenants that are charitable institutions that generally rely on contributions from individuals and government grants or other subsidies to pay rent on office space and other operating expenses. We cannot assure you that the rate, frequency and level of individual contributions or governmental grants and subsidies will continue with respect to any such institution. A reduction in contributions or grants may impact the ability of the related institution to pay rent, and we cannot assure you that the related borrower will be in a position to meet its obligations under the related mortgage loan documents if such tenant fails to pay its rent.

 

Office Properties Have Special Risks

 

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally” and “—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases” above, other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of office properties, including:

 

the physical attributes of the building in relation to competing buildings (e.g., age, condition, design, appearance, access to transportation and ability to offer certain amenities, such as sophisticated building systems and/or business wiring requirements);

 

the adaptability of the building to changes in the technological needs of the tenants;

 

an adverse change in population, patterns of telecommuting or sharing of office space, and employment growth (which creates demand for office space);

 

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in the case of medical office properties, the performance of a medical office property may depend on (a) the proximity of such property to a hospital or other healthcare establishment, (b) reimbursements for patient fees from private or government sponsored insurers, (c) its ability to attract doctors and nurses to be on staff, and (d) its ability to afford and acquire the latest medical equipment. Issues related to reimbursement (ranging from nonpayment to delays in payment) from such insurers could adversely impact cash flow at such mortgaged property; and

 

office space used as lab and/or research and development may rely on funds for research and development from government and/or private sources of funding, which may become unavailable.

 

Moreover, the cost of refitting office space for a new tenant is often higher than the cost of refitting other types of properties for new tenants.

 

If one or more major tenants at a particular office property were to close or remain vacant, we cannot assure you that such tenants would be replaced in a timely manner or without incurring material additional costs to the related borrower and resulting in an adverse effect on the financial performance of the property.

 

Certain office tenants at the mortgaged properties may use their leased space to create shared workspaces that they lease to other businesses. Shared workspaces are rented by customers on a short term basis. Short term space users may be more impacted by economic fluctuations compared to traditional long term office leases, which has the potential to impact operating profitability of the company offering the shared space and, in turn, its ability to maintain its lease payments. This may subject the related mortgage loan to increased risk of default and loss.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Office Properties”.

 

Mixed Use Properties Have Special Risks

 

Certain properties are mixed use properties. Such mortgaged properties are subject to the risks relating to the property types described in “—Office Properties Have Special Risks”, “—Retail Properties Have Special Risks”, “—Self Storage Properties Have Special Risks” and/or “—Multifamily Properties Have Special Risks”. See Annex A-1 for the 5 largest tenants (by net rentable area leased) at the mixed use property. A mixed use property may be subject to additional risks, including the property manager’s inexperience in managing the different property types that comprise such mixed use property.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Mixed Use Properties”.

 

Hospitality Properties Have Special Risks

 

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally” above, various other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of hospitality properties, including:

 

adverse economic and social conditions, either local, regional or national (which may limit the amount that can be charged for a room and reduce occupancy levels);

 

continuing expenditures for modernizing, refurbishing and maintaining existing facilities prior to the expiration of their anticipated useful lives;

 

ability to convert to alternative uses which may not be readily made;

 

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a deterioration in the financial strength or managerial capabilities of the owner or operator of a hospitality property;

 

changes in travel patterns caused by general adverse economic conditions, fear of terrorist attacks, adverse weather conditions, pandemics and changes in access, energy prices, strikes, travel costs, relocation of highways, the construction of additional highways, concerns about travel safety or other factors; and

 

relative illiquidity of hospitality investments which limits the ability of the borrowers and property managers to respond to changes in economic or other conditions.

 

Because rooms are generally rented for short periods of time, the financial performance of hospitality properties tends to be affected by adverse economic conditions and competition more quickly than other commercial properties. Additionally, as a result of high operating costs, relatively small decreases in revenue can cause significant stress on a property’s cash flow.

 

Moreover, the hospitality and lodging industry is generally seasonal in nature and different seasons affect different hospitality properties differently depending on type and location. This seasonality can be expected to cause periodic fluctuations in a hospitality property’s room and restaurant revenues, occupancy levels, room rates and operating expenses. We cannot assure you that cash flow will be sufficient to offset any shortfalls that occur at the mortgaged property during slower periods or that the related mortgage loans provide for seasonality reserves, or if seasonality reserves are provided for, that such reserves will be funded or will be sufficient or available to fund such shortfalls.

 

In addition, some of the hospitality properties are limited-service, select service or extended stay hotels. Hospitality properties that are limited-service, select service or extended stay hotels may subject a lender to more risk than full-service hospitality properties as they generally require less capital for construction than full-service hospitality properties. In addition, as limited-service, select service or extended stay hotels generally offer fewer amenities than full-service hospitality properties, they are less distinguishable from each other. As a result, it is easier for limited-service, select service or extended stay hotels to experience increased or unforeseen competition.

 

In addition to hotel operations, some hospitality properties also operate entertainment and sports complexes that include restaurants, theaters, lounges, bars, nightclubs and/or banquet and meeting spaces and may derive a significant portion of the related property’s revenue from such operations. Consumer demand for entertainment resorts is particularly sensitive to downturns in the economy and the corresponding impact on discretionary spending on leisure activities. Changes in discretionary consumer spending or consumer preferences could be driven by factors such as perceived or actual general economic conditions, high energy, fuel and food costs, the increased cost of travel, the weakened job market, perceived or actual disposable consumer income and wealth, fears of recession and changes in consumer confidence in the economy, or fears of war and future acts of terrorism. These factors could reduce consumer demand for the leisure activities that the property offers, thus imposing practical limits on pricing and harming operations. Restaurants, theaters, lounges, bars and nightclubs are particularly vulnerable to changes in consumer preferences. In addition, a nightclub’s, restaurant’s, lounge’s or bar’s revenue is extremely dependent on its popularity and perception. These characteristics are subject to change rapidly and we cannot assure you that any of a hospitality property’s nightclubs, restaurants, theaters, lounges or bars will maintain their current level of popularity or perception in the market. With respect to mortgaged properties that operate entertainment venues, the entertainment industry’s brand perception of the mortgaged property’s entertainment venue may have a significant impact on the ability to book talent and sell shows at the property. Any change in perception of entertainment venues by consumers or by the entertainment industry could have a material adverse effect on the net cash flow of the property. Furthermore, because of the unique construction requirements of restaurants, theaters, lounges, bars or nightclubs, the space at those hospitality properties would not easily be converted to other uses.

 

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In addition, some hospitality properties also operate a casino business at the property, which is subject to a number of risks. See “—Risks Related to Casino Properties” below.

 

Some of the hospitality properties have liquor licenses associated with the mortgaged property. The liquor licenses for these mortgaged properties are generally held by affiliates of the related borrowers, unaffiliated managers or operating lessees. The laws and regulations relating to liquor licenses generally prohibit the transfer of such licenses to any person, or condition such transfer on the prior approval of the governmental authority that issued the license. In the event of a foreclosure of a hospitality property that holds a liquor license, the special servicer on behalf of the issuing entity or a purchaser in a foreclosure sale would likely have to apply for a new license, which might not be granted or might be granted only after a delay that could be significant. We cannot assure you that a new license could be obtained promptly or at all. The lack of a liquor license in a hospitality property could have an adverse impact on the revenue from the related mortgaged property or on the hospitality property’s occupancy rate.

 

In addition, hospitality properties may be structured with a master lease (or operating lease) in order to minimize potential liabilities of the borrower. Under the master lease structure, an operating lessee (typically affiliated with the borrower) is also an obligor under the related mortgage loan and the operating lessee borrower pays rent to the fee owner borrower. In addition, certain state laws prohibit the assignment of liquor revenues. In such case, the lender may not be able to obtain a security interest in such revenues, which may constitute a material portion of the revenues at the related hospitality property. As a result, the lender may lose its ability to obtain such revenues in a foreclosure in certain scenarios, including if there is bankruptcy of the liquor license holder. In certain cases, the liquor license holder may not be a single purpose entity.

 

Further, liquor licenses are subject to extensive regulation. A revocation of the liquor license at a hospitality property, particularly a property with a significant revenues from nightclubs, casinos, other entertainment venues, restaurants and lounges, could have a material adverse effect on revenues from such property.

 

In addition, there may be risks associated with hospitality properties that have not entered into or become a party to any franchise agreement, license agreement or other “flag”. Hospitality properties often enter into these types of agreements in order to align the hospitality property with a certain public perception or to benefit from a centralized reservation system. We cannot assure you that hospitality properties that lack such benefits will be able to operate successfully on an independent basis.

 

With respect to certain hospitality properties, including hospitality properties that are unflagged, the collateral may include the collateral assignment of the rights of the borrower in certain intellectual property and brand names used in connection with the operation of the properties. The success of the operation of the mortgaged property depends in part on the borrower’s continued ability to use this intellectual property and on adequate protection and enforcement of this intellectual property, as well as related brands, logos and branded merchandise, including to increase brand awareness and further develop the property’s brand. Not all of the trademarks, copyrights, proprietary technology or other intellectual property rights used in the operation of such a mortgaged property may have been registered, and some of these trademarks and other intellectual property rights may never be registered. Despite the borrower’s efforts to protect their proprietary rights, third parties may infringe or otherwise violate such intellectual property rights, and use information that the borrower regards as proprietary, and the borrower’s rights may be invalidated or rendered unenforceable.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Hospitality Properties”.

 

Risks Relating to Affiliation with a Franchise or Hotel Management Company

 

The performance of a hospitality property affiliated with a franchise or hotel management company depends in part on:

 

the continued existence and financial strength of the franchisor or hotel management company;

 

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the public perception of the franchise or hotel chain service mark; and

 

the duration of the franchise licensing or management agreements.

 

The continuation of a franchise agreement, license agreement or hotel management agreement is subject to specified operating standards and other terms and conditions set forth in such agreements. The failure of a borrower to maintain such standards or adhere to other applicable terms and conditions, such as property improvement plans, could result in the loss or cancellation of their rights under the franchise, license or management agreement. We cannot assure you that a replacement franchise could be obtained in the event of termination. In addition, replacement franchises, licenses and/or hospitality property managers may require significantly higher fees as well as the investment of capital to bring the hospitality property into compliance with the requirements of the replacement franchisor, licensor and/or hospitality property manager. Any provision in a franchise agreement or management agreement providing for termination because of a bankruptcy of a franchisor or manager generally will not be enforceable.

 

The transferability of franchise agreements, license agreements and property management agreements may be restricted. In the event of a foreclosure, the lender may not have the right to use the franchise license without the franchisor’s consent or the manager might be able to terminate the management agreement. Conversely, in the case of certain mortgage loans, the lender may be unable to remove a franchisor/licensor or a hotel management company that it desires to replace following a foreclosure and, further, may be limited as regards the pool of potential transferees for a foreclosure, licensor or real estate owned property.

 

In some cases where a hospitality property is subject to a license or franchise agreement, the licensor or franchisor has required or may in the future require the completion of various repairs and/or renovations pursuant to a property improvement plan issued by the licensor or franchisor. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Redevelopment, Renovation and Expansion”. Failure to complete those repairs and/or renovations in accordance with the plan could result in the hospitality property losing its license or franchise. Annex A-1 and the related footnotes set forth the amount of reserves, if any, established under the related mortgage loans in connection with any of those repairs and/or renovations. We cannot assure you that any amounts reserved will be sufficient to complete the repairs and/or renovations required with respect to any affected hospitality property. In addition, in some cases, those reserves will be maintained by the franchisor or property manager. Furthermore, the lender may not require a reserve for repairs and/or renovations in all instances.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Hospitality Properties”.

 

Risks Related to Casino Properties

 

Certain mortgaged properties may consist of casino properties, or may consist of hospitality and resort properties that include casinos. The casino business is highly competitive among a large number of participants, including riverboat casinos, dockside casinos, land-based casinos, video lottery, sweepstakes and poker machines not located in casinos, Native American gaming, internet lotteries and other internet wagering gaming services. In addition, the casino business is subject to the following risks: (i) the casino business is subject to changes in discretionary consumer spending, which may decline during economic downturns or for other reasons, (ii) the gaming industry is characterized by an element of chance, which may result in the actual win rates of the casino being less than anticipated, leading to losses, (iii) customers or employees may attempt or commit fraud or theft or cheat in order to increase winnings, (iv) credit extended to customers (which is unsecured) may be uncollectable, and (v) the gaming industry is subject to significant regulation, and loss of its gaming license could materially adversely affect the ability of the borrower to make payments under the related mortgage loan. In addition, the gaming laws of certain jurisdictions relating to casino operations prohibit the transfer of gaming licenses and, in the case of a transfer of the equity of the entity holding the gaming license, require prior approval from the related gaming authorities. Accordingly, in the event of a foreclosure of the related mortgaged property, the lender or its agent, or a purchaser of the property, would not have the

 

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right to operate the casino without first obtaining a license, which may be granted after a delay, which could be significant, or may not be granted at all. Furthermore, because of the unique construction requirements of casinos, the space at those properties would not easily be converted to other uses.

 

Retail Properties Have Special Risks

 

Some of the mortgage loans are secured by retail properties. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Retail Properties.” The value of retail properties is significantly affected by the quality of the tenants as well as fundamental aspects of real estate, such as location and market demographics, as well as changes in shopping methods and choices. Some of the risks related to these matters are further described in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally” and “—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases” above, and “—Changes in the Retail Sector, Such as Online Shopping and Other Uses of Technology, Could Affect the Business Models and Viability of Retailers,” “—The Performance of the Retail Properties is Subject to Conditions Affecting the Retail Sector” and “—Some Retail Properties Depend on Anchor Stores or Major Tenants to Attract Shoppers and Could be Materially Adversely Affected by the Loss of, or a Store Closure by, One or More of These Anchor Stores or Major Tenants” below.

 

Rental payments from tenants of retail properties typically comprise the largest portion of the net operating income of those mortgaged properties. The correlation between success of tenant business and a retail property’s value may be more direct with respect to retail properties than other types of commercial property because a component of the total rent paid by certain retail tenants is often tied to a percentage of gross sales. We cannot assure you that the net operating income contributed by the mortgaged retail properties or the rates of occupancy at the retail stores will remain at the levels specified in this prospectus or remain consistent with past performance. In addition, some or all of the rental payments from tenants may be tied to tenant’s gross sales. To the extent that a tenant changes the manner in which its gross sales are reported it could result in lower rent paid by that tenant. For example, if a tenant takes into account customer returns of merchandise purchased online and reduces the gross sales, this could result in lower gross sales relative to gross sales previously reported at that location even if the actual performance of the store remained unchanged.

 

Changes in the Retail Sector, Such as Online Shopping and Other Uses of Technology, Could Affect the Business Models and Viability of Retailers

 

Online shopping and the use of technology, such as smartphone shopping applications, to transact purchases or to aid purchasing decisions have increased in recent years and are expected to continue to increase in the future. This trend is affecting business models, sales and profitability of some retailers and could adversely affect the demand for retail real estate and occupancy at retail properties securing the mortgage loans. Any resulting decreases in rental revenue could have a material adverse effect on the value of retail properties securing the mortgage loans.

 

Some of these developments in the retail sector have led to retail companies, including several national retailers, filing for bankruptcy and/or voluntarily closing certain of their stores. Borrowers may be unable to re-lease such space or to re-lease it on comparable or more favorable terms. As a result, the bankruptcy or closure of a national tenant may adversely affect a retail borrower’s revenues. In addition, such closings may allow other tenants to modify their leases to terms that are less favorable for borrowers or to terminate their leases, also adversely impacting their revenues. See also “—Some Retail Properties Depend on Anchor Stores or Major Tenants to Attract Shoppers and Could be Materially Adversely Affected by the Loss of, or a Store Closure by, One or More of These Anchor Stores or Major Tenants” below.

 

In addition to competition from online shopping, retail properties face competition from sources outside a specific geographical real estate market. For example, all of the following compete with more traditional retail properties for consumer dollars: factory outlet centers, discount shopping centers and clubs, catalogue retailers, home shopping networks, and telemarketing. Continued growth of these

 

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alternative retail outlets (which often have lower operating costs) could adversely affect the rents collectible at the retail properties included in the pool of mortgage loans, as well as the income from, and market value of, the mortgaged properties and the related borrower’s ability to refinance such property. Moreover, additional competing retail properties may be built in the areas where the retail properties are located.

 

We cannot assure you that these developments in the retail sector will not adversely affect the performance of retail properties securing the mortgage loans.

 

The Performance of the Retail Properties is Subject to Conditions Affecting the Retail Sector

 

Retail properties are also subject to conditions that could negatively affect the retail sector, such as increased unemployment, increased federal income and payroll taxes, increased health care costs, increased state and local taxes, increased real estate taxes, industry slowdowns, lack of availability of consumer credit, weak income growth, increased levels of consumer debt, poor housing market conditions, adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, plant closings, and other factors. Similarly, local real estate conditions, such as an oversupply of, or a reduction in demand for, retail space or retail goods, and the supply and creditworthiness of current and prospective tenants may negatively impact those retail properties.

 

In addition, the limited adaptability of certain shopping malls that have proven unprofitable may result in high (and possibly extremely high) loss severities on mortgage loans secured by those shopping malls. For example, it is possible that a significant amount of advances made by the applicable servicer(s) of a mortgage loan secured by a shopping mall property, combined with low liquidation proceeds in respect of that property, may result in a loss severity exceeding 100% of the outstanding principal balance of that mortgage loan.

 

Some Retail Properties Depend on Anchor Stores or Major Tenants to Attract Shoppers and Could be Materially Adversely Affected by the Loss of, or a Store Closure by, One or More of These Anchor Stores or Major Tenants

 

The presence or absence of an “anchor tenant” or a “shadow anchor tenant” in or near a retail property also can be important to the performance of a retail property because anchors play a key role in generating customer traffic and making a retail property desirable for other tenants. Retail properties may also have shadow anchor tenants. An “anchor tenant” is located on the related mortgaged property, usually proportionately larger in size than most or all other tenants in the mortgaged property and is vital in attracting customers to a retail property. A “shadow anchor tenant” is usually proportionally larger in size than most tenants in the mortgaged property, is important in attracting customers to a retail property and is located sufficiently close and convenient to the mortgaged property so as to influence and attract potential customers, but is not located on the mortgaged property.

 

If anchor stores in a mortgaged property were to close, the related borrower may be unable to replace those anchors in a timely manner or without suffering adverse economic consequences. In addition, anchor tenants and non-anchor tenants at anchored or shadowed anchored retail centers may have co-tenancy clauses and/or operating covenants in their leases or operating agreements that permit those tenants or anchor stores to cease operating, reduce rent or terminate their leases if the anchor or shadow anchor tenant goes dark or is otherwise no longer in occupancy, if the subject store is not meeting the minimum sales requirements under its lease or if a specified percentage of the related mortgaged property is vacant. Even if non-anchor tenants do not have termination or rent abatement rights, the loss of an anchor tenant or a shadow anchor tenant may have a material adverse impact on the non-anchor tenant’s ability to operate because the anchor or shadow anchor tenant plays a key role in generating customer traffic and making a center desirable for other tenants. This, in turn, may adversely impact the borrower’s ability to meet its obligations under the related loan. In addition, in the event that a “shadow anchor” fails to renew its lease, terminates its lease or otherwise ceases to conduct business within a close proximity to the mortgaged property, customer traffic at the mortgaged property may be

 

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substantially reduced. If an anchor tenant goes dark, generally the borrower’s only remedy may be to terminate that lease after the anchor tenant has been dark for a specified amount of time.

 

If anchor tenants or shadow anchor tenants at a particular mortgaged property were to close or otherwise become vacant or remain vacant, we cannot assure you that the related borrower’s ability to repay its mortgage loan would not be materially and adversely affected.

 

Certain tenant estoppels will have been obtained in connection with the origination of the mortgage loans. These estoppels may identify disputes between the related borrower and the applicable tenant, or alleged defaults or potential defaults by the applicable property owner under the lease or a reciprocal easement and/or operating agreement (each, an “REA”). Such disputes, defaults or potential defaults, could lead to a termination or attempted termination of the applicable lease or REA by the tenant or to the tenant withholding some or all of its rental payments or to litigation against the related borrower. We cannot assure you that the tenant estoppels obtained identify all potential disputes that may arise with the subject tenants or with respect to the mortgaged retail properties, or that anchor tenant or tenant disputes will not have a material adverse effect on the ability of borrowers to repay their mortgage loans.

 

Industrial Properties Have Special Risks

 

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally” and “—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases” above, other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of industrial properties, including:

 

reduced demand for industrial space because of a decline in a particular industry segment;

 

the property becoming functionally obsolete;

 

building design and adaptability;

 

unavailability of labor sources;

 

changes in access, energy prices, strikes, relocation of highways, the construction of additional highways or other factors;

 

changes in proximity of supply sources;

 

the expenses of converting a previously adapted space to general use; and

 

the location of the property.

 

Industrial properties may be adversely affected by reduced demand for industrial space occasioned by a decline in a particular industry segment in which the related tenant(s) conduct their businesses (for example, a decline in consumer demand for products sold by a tenant using the property as a distribution center). In addition, a particular industrial or warehouse property that suited the needs of its original tenant may be difficult to relet to another tenant or may become functionally obsolete relative to newer properties. Furthermore, lease terms with respect to industrial properties are generally for shorter periods of time and may result in a substantial percentage of leases expiring in the same year at any particular industrial property. In addition, mortgaged properties used for many industrial purposes are more prone to environmental concerns than other property types.

 

Aspects of building site design and adaptability affect the value of an industrial property. Site characteristics that are generally desirable to a warehouse/industrial property include high clear ceiling heights, wide column spacing, a large number of bays (loading docks) and large bay depths, divisibility, a layout that can accommodate large truck minimum turning radii and overall functionality and accessibility.

 

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industrial properties becomes unprofitable due to competition, age of the improvements or other factors such that the borrower becomes unable to meet its obligations on the related mortgage loan, the liquidation value of that industrial property may be substantially less, relative to the amount owing on the related mortgage loan, than would be the case if the industrial property were readily adaptable to other uses.

 

Location is also important because an industrial property requires the availability of labor sources, proximity to supply sources and customers and accessibility to rail lines, major roadways and other distribution channels.

 

Further, certain of the industrial properties may have tenants that are subject to risks unique to their business, such as cold storage facilities. Cold storage facilities may have unique risks such as short lease terms due to seasonal use, making income potentially more volatile than for properties with longer term leases, and customized refrigeration design, rendering such facilities less readily convertible to alternative uses. Because of seasonal use, leases at such facilities are customarily for shorter terms, making income potentially more volatile than for properties with longer term leases. In addition, such facilities require customized refrigeration design, rendering them less readily convertible to alternative uses.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Industrial Properties”.

 

Self Storage Properties Have Special Risks

 

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally” above, other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of self storage properties, including:

 

decreased demand;

 

lack of proximity to apartment complexes or commercial users;

 

apartment tenants moving to single family homes;

 

decline in services rendered, including security;

 

dependence on business activity ancillary to renting units;

 

security concerns;

 

age of improvements; or

 

competition or other factors.

 

Self storage properties are considered vulnerable to competition, because both acquisition costs and break-even occupancy are relatively low. The conversion of self storage facilities to alternative uses would generally require substantial capital expenditures. Thus, if the operation of any of the self storage properties becomes unprofitable, the liquidation value of that self storage mortgaged property may be substantially less, relative to the amount owing on the mortgage loan, than if the self storage mortgaged property were readily adaptable to other uses.

 

Tenants at self storage properties tend to require and receive privacy, anonymity and efficient access, each of which may heighten environmental and other risks related to such property as the borrower may be unaware of the contents in any self storage unit. No environmental assessment of a self storage mortgaged property included an inspection of the contents of the self storage units at that mortgaged property, and we cannot assure you that all of the units included in the self storage mortgaged properties are free from hazardous substances or other pollutants or contaminants or will remain so in the future.

 

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Certain mortgage loans secured by self storage properties may be affiliated with a franchise company through a franchise agreement. The performance of a self storage property affiliated with a franchise company may be affected by the continued existence and financial strength of the franchisor, the public perception of a service mark, and the duration of the franchise agreement. The transferability of franchise license agreements is restricted. In the event of a foreclosure, the lender or its agent would not have the right to use the franchise license without the franchisor’s consent. In addition, certain self storage properties may derive a material portion of revenue from business activities ancillary to self storage such as truck rentals, parking fees and similar activities which require special use permits or other discretionary zoning approvals.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Self Storage Properties”.

 

Multifamily Properties Have Special Risks

 

In addition to the factors discussed in “—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally” above, other factors may adversely affect the financial performance and value of multifamily properties, including:

 

the quality of property management;

 

the ability of management to provide adequate maintenance and insurance;

 

the types of services or amenities that the property provides;

 

the property’s reputation;

 

the level of mortgage interest rates, which may encourage tenants to purchase rather than lease housing;

 

the generally short terms of residential leases and the need for continued reletting;

 

rent concessions and month-to-month leases, which may impact cash flow at the property;

 

the tenant mix, such as the tenant population being predominantly students or being heavily dependent on workers from a particular business or industry or personnel from or workers related to a local military base;

 

in the case of student housing facilities or properties leased primarily to students, which may be more susceptible to damage or wear and tear than other types of multifamily housing, the reliance on the financial well-being of the college or university to which it relates, closures of the related college or university due to the COVID-19 pandemic, competition from on campus housing units, which may adversely affect occupancy, the physical layout of the housing, which may not be readily convertible to traditional multifamily use, and that student tenants have a higher turnover rate than other types of multifamily tenants, which in certain cases is compounded by the fact that student leases are available for periods of less than 12 months, and closures of, or ongoing social distancing measures that may be instituted by, colleges and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic;

 

certain multifamily properties may be considered to be “flexible apartment properties”. Such properties have a significant percentage of units leased to tenants under short-term leases (less than one year in term), which creates a higher turnover rate than for other types of multifamily properties;

 

restrictions on the age of tenants who may reside at the property;

 

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dependence upon governmental programs that provide rent subsidies to tenants pursuant to tenant voucher programs, which vouchers may be used at other properties and influence tenant mobility;

 

adverse local, regional or national economic conditions, which may limit the amount of rent that may be charged and may result in a reduction of timely rent payments or a reduction in occupancy levels;

 

state and local regulations, which may affect the building owner’s ability to increase rent to market rent for an equivalent apartment; and

 

the existence of government assistance/rent subsidy programs, and whether or not they continue and provide the same level of assistance or subsidies.

 

Certain states regulate the relationship of an owner and its tenants. Commonly, these laws require a written lease, good cause for eviction, disclosure of fees, and notification to residents of changed land use, while prohibiting unreasonable rules, retaliatory evictions, and restrictions on a resident’s choice of unit vendors. Apartment building owners have been the subject of suits under state “Unfair and Deceptive Practices Acts” and other general consumer protection statutes for coercive, abusive or unconscionable leasing and sales practices. A few states offer more significant protection. For example, there are provisions that limit the bases on which a landlord may terminate a tenancy or increase its rent or prohibit a landlord from terminating a tenancy solely by reason of the sale of the owner’s building.

 

In addition to state regulation of the landlord tenant relationship, numerous counties and municipalities impose rent control on apartment buildings. These ordinances may limit rent increases to fixed percentages, to percentages of increases in the consumer price index, to increases set or approved by a governmental agency, or to increases determined through mediation or binding arbitration. Any limitations on a borrower’s ability to raise property rents may impair such borrower’s ability to repay its multifamily loan from its net operating income or the proceeds of a sale or refinancing of the related multifamily property.

 

Some counties and municipalities may later impose stricter rent control regulations on apartment buildings. For example, in New York State, the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (the “HSTP Act”), among other things, limits the ability of landlords to increase rents in rent stabilized apartments at the time of lease renewal and after a vacancy. The HSTP Act also limits potential rent increases for major capital improvements and for individual apartment improvements. In addition, the HSTP Act permits certain qualified localities in the State of New York to implement the rent stabilization system.

 

We cannot assure you that the rent stabilization laws or regulations will not cause a reduction in rental income or the appraised value of mortgage real properties. If rents are reduced, we cannot assure you that any such mortgaged real property will be able to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy debt service payments and operating expenses.

 

Certain of the mortgage loans may be secured in the future by mortgaged properties that are subject to certain affordable housing covenants and other covenants and restrictions with respect to various tax credit, city, state and federal housing subsidies, rent stabilization or similar programs, in respect of various units within the mortgaged properties. The limitations and restrictions imposed by these programs could result in losses on the mortgage loans. In addition, in the event that the program is cancelled, it could result in less income for the project. These programs may include, among others:

 

rent limitations that would adversely affect the ability of borrowers to increase rents to maintain the condition of their mortgaged properties and satisfy operating expense; and

 

tenant income restrictions that may reduce the number of eligible tenants in those mortgaged properties and result in a reduction in occupancy rates.

 

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The difference in rents between subsidized or supported properties and other multifamily rental properties in the same area may not be a sufficient economic incentive for some eligible tenants to reside at a subsidized or supported property that may have fewer amenities or be less attractive as a residence. As a result, occupancy levels at a subsidized or supported property may decline, which may adversely affect the value and successful operation of such property.

 

Certain of the multifamily properties may be residential cooperative buildings where the land under the building is owned or leased by a non-profit residential cooperative corporation. The cooperative owns all the units in the building and all common areas. Its tenants own stock, shares or membership certificates in the corporation. This ownership entitles the tenant-stockholders to proprietary leases or occupancy agreements which confer exclusive rights to occupy specific units. Generally, the tenant-stockholders make monthly maintenance payments which represent their share of the cooperative corporation’s mortgage loan payments, real property taxes, reserve contributions and capital expenditures, maintenance and other expenses, less any income the corporation may receive. These payments are in addition to any payments of principal and interest the tenant-stockholder may be required to make on any loans secured by its shares in the cooperative.

 

A number of factors may adversely affect the value and successful operation of a residential cooperative property. Some of these factors include:

 

the primary dependence of a borrower upon maintenance payments and any rental income from units or commercial areas to meet debt service obligations;

 

the initial concentration of shares relating to occupied rental units of the sponsor, owner or investor after conversion from rental housing, which may result in an inability to meet debt service obligations on the residential cooperative corporation’s mortgage loan if the sponsor, owner or investor is unable to make the required maintenance payments;

 

the failure of a borrower to qualify for favorable tax treatment as a “cooperative housing corporation” each year, which may reduce the cash flow available to make payments on the related mortgage loan; and

 

that, upon foreclosure, in the event a cooperative property becomes a rental property, certain units could be subject to rent control, stabilization and tenants’ rights laws, at below market rents, which may affect rental income levels and the marketability and sale proceeds of the rental property as a whole.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Multifamily Properties”.

 

Leased Fee Properties Have Special Risks

 

Land subject to a ground lease presents special risks. In such cases, where the borrower owns the fee interest but not the related improvements, such borrower will only receive the rental income from the ground lease and not from the operation of any related improvements. Any default by the ground lessee would adversely affect the borrower’s ability to make payments on the related mortgage loan. While ground leases may contain certain restrictions on the use and operation of the related mortgaged property, the ground lessee generally enjoys the rights and privileges of a fee owner, including the right to construct, alter and remove improvements and fixtures from the land and to assign and sublet the ground leasehold interest. However, the borrower has the same risk of interruptions in cash flow if such ground lessee defaults under its lease as it would on another single tenant commercial property, without the control over the premises that it would ordinarily have as landlord. In addition, in the event of a condemnation, the borrower would only be entitled to an allocable share of the condemnation proceeds. Furthermore, the insurance requirements are often governed by the terms of the ground lease and, in some cases, certain tenants or subtenants may be allowed to self-insure. The ground lessee is commonly permitted to mortgage its ground leasehold interest, and the leasehold lender will often have notice and cure rights with respect to material defaults under the ground lease. In addition, leased fee interests are

 

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less frequently purchased and sold than other interests in commercial real property. It may be difficult for the issuing entity, if it became a foreclosing lender, to sell the fee interests if the tenant and its improvements remain on the land. In addition, if the improvements are nearing the end of their useful life, there could be a risk that the tenant defaults in lieu of performing any obligations it may otherwise have to raze the structure and return the land in raw form to the developer. Furthermore, leased fee interests are generally subject to the same risks associated with the property type of the ground lessee’s use of the premises because that use is a source of revenue for the payment of ground rent. See “—Retail Properties Have Special Risks”.

 

Mortgaged Properties Leased to Startup Companies Have Special Risks

 

Certain mortgaged properties may have tenants that are startup companies. Startup companies are companies that are seeking to develop a scalable business model. Startup companies have heightened risks. Many startup companies do not generate positive cash flow, and may in fact experience significant negative cash flow. Startup companies that operate at a loss may experience rapid growth through venture capital investments; however, if the source of funding loses confidence in the business model, or is unwilling or unable to continue funding for other reasons, the startup company may be faced with significant losses and be without a source of funding to continue its business or pay its obligations. Furthermore, valuations based on venture capital investment may rapidly decline. Many startups may produce only a single product or service, and therefore face a binary risk of failure if such product or service does not find market acceptance, meets with competition or is otherwise unsuccessful. Further, startup companies may be run by founders who lack significant business or finance experience. Startup companies generally have a low success rate. Accordingly, mortgaged properties leased to startup companies face the risk that the tenant may be unable to pay rent under its lease and may default on its lease.

 

Sale-Leaseback Transactions Have Special Risks

 

Certain mortgaged properties were each the subject of a sale-leaseback transaction in connection with the acquisition of such property (or a portion of such property) by the related borrower or following such acquisition, including the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgaged properties (9.2%), the Cabinetworks Portfolio mortgaged properties (1.8%) and the Pet Food Experts Industrial mortgaged property (1.4%). Each of these mortgaged properties (or a portion thereof) is leased to a tenant, who is the former owner of the mortgaged property or portion thereof, pursuant to a lease. We cannot assure you that any of these tenants will not file for bankruptcy protection.

 

A bankruptcy with respect to a tenant in a sale-leaseback transaction could result in the related lease being recharacterized as a loan from the borrower to the tenant. If the lease were recharacterized as a loan, the lease would be a deemed loan and the tenant would gain a number of potential benefits in a bankruptcy case. The tenant could retain possession of the mortgaged property during the pendency of its bankruptcy case without having to comply with the ongoing post-petition rent requirements of section 365(d)(3) of the federal bankruptcy code, which requires a tenant to start paying rent within 60 days following the commencement of its bankruptcy case, while deciding whether to assume or reject a lease of nonresidential real property. The tenant desiring to remain in possession of the mortgaged property would not have to assume the lease within 210 days following the commencement of its bankruptcy case pursuant to section 365(d)(4) of the federal bankruptcy code or comply with the conditions precedent to assumption, including curing all defaults, compensating for damages and giving adequate assurance of future performance. To the extent the deemed loan is under-secured, the tenant would be able to limit the secured claim to the then-current value of the mortgaged property and treat the balance as a general unsecured claim. The tenant also might assert that the entire claim on the deemed loan is an unsecured claim. In Liona Corp., Inc. v. PCH Associates (In re PCH Associates), 949 F.2d 585 (2d Cir. 1991), the court considered the effect of recharacterizing a sale-leaseback transaction as a financing rather than a true lease. The court held that the landlord’s record title to the leased property should be treated as an equitable mortgage securing the deemed loan. Under the reasoning of that case, if a lease were recharacterized as a loan, the related borrower would have a claim against the tenant secured by an equitable mortgage. That secured claim has been collaterally assigned to the mortgagees. However, the

 

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legal authority considering the effects of such a recharacterization is limited, and we cannot assure you that a bankruptcy court would follow the reasoning of the PCH Associates case.

 

There is also a risk that a tenant that files for bankruptcy protection may reject the related lease. Pursuant to section 502(b)(6) of the federal bankruptcy code, a lessor’s damages for lease rejection are limited to the amount owed for the unpaid rent reserved under the lease for the periods prior to the bankruptcy petition (or earlier surrender of the leased premises) which are unrelated to the rejection, plus the greater of one year’s rent or 15% of the remaining rent reserved under the lease (but not to exceed three years’ rent).

 

It is likely that each lease constitutes an “unexpired lease” for purposes of the federal bankruptcy code. Federal bankruptcy law provides generally that rights and obligations under an unexpired lease of a debtor may not be terminated or modified at any time after the commencement of a case under the federal bankruptcy code solely on the basis of a provision in such contract to such effect or because of certain other similar events. This prohibition on so called “ipso facto clauses” could limit the ability of a borrower to exercise certain contractual remedies with respect to a lease. In addition, the federal bankruptcy code provides that a trustee in bankruptcy or debtor in possession may, subject to approval of the court, (a) assume an unexpired lease and (i) retain it or (ii) unless applicable law excuses a party other than the debtor from accepting performance from or rendering performance to an entity other than the debtor, assign it to a third party (notwithstanding any other restrictions or prohibitions on assignment) or (b) reject such contract. In a bankruptcy case of a tenant, if the lease were to be assumed, the trustee in bankruptcy on behalf of the tenant, or the tenant as debtor in possession, or the assignee, if applicable, must cure any defaults under the lease, compensate the related borrower for its losses and provide such borrower with “adequate assurance” of future performance. Such remedies may be insufficient, however, as the borrower may be forced to continue under the lease with a tenant that is a poor credit risk or an unfamiliar tenant if the lease was assigned (if applicable state law does not otherwise prevent such an assignment), and any assurances provided to the borrower may, in fact, be inadequate. If the lease is rejected, such rejection generally constitutes a breach of the lease immediately before the date of the filing of the petition. As a consequence, the borrower would have only an unsecured claim against the tenant for damages resulting from such breach, which could adversely affect the security for the certificates.

 

Furthermore, there is likely to be a period of time between the date upon which a tenant files a bankruptcy petition and the date upon which the lease is assumed or rejected. Although the tenant is obligated to make all lease payments within 60 days following the commencement of the bankruptcy case, there is a risk that such payments will not be made due to the tenant’s poor financial condition. If the lease is rejected, the lessor will be treated as an unsecured creditor with respect to its claim for damages for termination of the lease and the borrower must re-let the mortgaged property before the flow of lease payments will recommence. In addition, pursuant to section 502(b)(6) of the federal bankruptcy code, a lessor’s damages for lease rejection are limited to the amount owed for the unpaid rent reserved under the lease for the periods prior to the bankruptcy petition (or earlier surrender of the leased premises) which are unrelated to the rejection, plus the greater of one year’s rent or 15% of the remaining rent reserved under the lease (but not to exceed three years’ rent).

 

As discussed above, bankruptcy courts, in the exercise of their equitable powers, have the authority to recharacterize a lease as a financing. We cannot assure you such recharacterization would not occur with respect to the mortgage loans as to which the related mortgaged properties were the subject of sale-leaseback transactions.

 

The application of any of these doctrines to any one of the sale-leaseback transactions could result in substantial, direct and material impairment of the rights of the certificateholders.

 

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Risks Relating to Enforceability of Cross-Collateralization

 

Cross-collateralization arrangements may be terminated in certain circumstances under the terms of the related mortgage loan documents. Cross-collateralization arrangements whereby multiple borrowers grant their respective mortgaged properties as security for one or more mortgage loans could be challenged as fraudulent conveyances by the creditors or the bankruptcy estate of any of the related borrowers.

 

Among other things, a legal challenge to the granting of the liens may focus on the benefits realized by that borrower from the respective mortgage loan proceeds, as well as the overall cross-collateralization. If a court were to conclude that the granting of the liens was an avoidable fraudulent conveyance, that court could subordinate all or part of the mortgage loan to other debt of that borrower, recover prior payments made on that mortgage loan, or take other actions such as invalidating the mortgage loan or the mortgages securing the cross-collateralization. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Bankruptcy Laws”.

 

In addition, when multiple real properties secure a mortgage loan, the amount of the mortgage encumbering any particular one of those properties may be less than the full amount of the related aggregate mortgage loan indebtedness, to minimize recording tax. This mortgage amount is generally established at 100% to 150% of the appraised value or allocated loan amount for the mortgaged property and will limit the extent to which proceeds from the property will be available to offset declines in value of the other properties securing the same mortgage loan.

 

The borrowers under certain of the mortgage loans secured by multiple mortgaged properties may be permitted, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to obtain the release of one or more mortgaged properties from the lien of the mortgage and substitute other properties as collateral. A substitute property generally is required to meet certain criteria under the related loan documents. However, notwithstanding the substitution criteria, a substitute mortgaged property may have different characteristics from those of the replaced mortgaged property. We cannot assure you that a substitute mortgaged property will perform in the same manner as the replaced mortgaged property and that a substitution will not adversely affect the performance of the mortgage loan.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics” for a description of any mortgage loans that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other or that are secured by multiple properties owned by multiple borrowers.

 

Condominium Ownership May Limit Use and Improvements

 

The management and operation of a condominium is generally controlled by a condominium board representing the owners of the individual condominium units, subject to the terms of the related condominium rules or by-laws. Generally, the consent of a majority of the board members is required for any actions of the condominium board and a unit owner’s ability to control decisions of the board are generally related to the number of units owned by such owner as a percentage of the total number of units in the condominium. In certain cases, the related borrower does not have a majority of votes on the condominium board, which result in the related borrower not having control of the related condominium or owners association.

 

The board of managers or directors of the related condominium generally has discretion to make decisions affecting the condominium, and we cannot assure you that the related borrower under a mortgage loan secured by one or more interests in that condominium will have any control over decisions made by the related board of managers or directors. Even if a borrower or its designated board members, either through control of the appointment and voting of sufficient members of the related condominium board or by virtue of other provisions in the related condominium documents, has consent rights over actions by the related condominium associations or owners, we cannot assure you that the related condominium board will not take actions that would materially adversely affect the related borrower’s unit. Thus, decisions made by that board of managers or directors, including regarding assessments to be paid by the unit owners, insurance to be maintained on the condominium and many other decisions affecting

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the maintenance of that condominium, may have a significant adverse impact on the related mortgage loans in the issuing entity that are secured by mortgaged properties consisting of such condominium interests. We cannot assure you that the related board of managers or directors will always act in the best interests of the related borrower under the related mortgage loans.

 

The condominium board is generally responsible for administration of the affairs of the condominium, including providing for maintenance and repair of common areas, adopting rules and regulations regarding common areas, and obtaining insurance and repairing and restoring the common areas of the property after a casualty. Notwithstanding the insurance and casualty provisions of the related mortgage loan documents, the condominium board may have the right to control the use of casualty proceeds.

 

In addition, the condominium board generally has the right to assess individual unit owners for their share of expenses related to the operation and maintenance of the common elements. In the event that an owner of another unit fails to pay its allocated assessments, the related borrower may be required to pay such assessments in order to properly maintain and operate the common elements of the property. Although the condominium board generally may obtain a lien against any unit owner for common expenses that are not paid, such lien generally is extinguished if a lender takes possession pursuant to a foreclosure. Each unit owner is responsible for maintenance of its respective unit and retains essential operational control over its unit.

 

In addition, due to the nature of condominiums, a default on the part of the borrower with respect to such mortgaged properties will not allow the special servicer the same flexibility in realizing on the collateral as is generally available with respect to commercial properties that are not condominium units. The rights of other unit or property owners, the documents governing the management of the condominium units and the state and local laws applicable to condominium units must be considered. In addition, in the event of a casualty with respect to a condominium, due to the possible existence of multiple loss payees on any insurance policy covering such property, there could be a delay in the allocation of related insurance proceeds, if any. Consequently, servicing and realizing upon the collateral described above could subject the certificateholders to a greater delay, expense and risk than with respect to a mortgage loan secured by a commercial property that is not a condominium unit.

 

Certain condominium declarations and/or local laws provide for the withdrawal of a property from a condominium structure under certain circumstances. For example, the New York Condominium Act provides for a withdrawal of the property from a condominium structure by vote of 80% of unit owners. If the condominium is terminated, the building will be subject to an action for partition by any unit owner or lienor as if owned in common. This could cause an early and unanticipated prepayment of the mortgage loan. We cannot assure you that the proceeds from partition would be sufficient to satisfy borrower’s obligations under the mortgage loan. See also “—Risks Related to Zoning Non-Compliance and Use Restrictions” for certain risks relating to use restrictions imposed pursuant to condominium declarations or other condominium especially in a situation where the mortgaged property does not represent the entire condominium building.

 

Shared Interest Structures

 

Vertical subdivisions and “fee above a plane” structures are property ownership structures in which owners have a fee simple interest in certain ground-level and above-ground parcels. A vertical subdivision or “fee above a plane” structure is generally governed by a declaration or similar agreement defining the respective owner’s fee estates and relationship where one or more owners typically relies on one or more other owners’ parcels for structural support. Each owner is responsible for maintenance of its respective parcel and retains essential operational control over its parcel. We cannot assure you that owners of parcels supporting collateral interests in vertical subdivision and “fee above a plane” parcels will perform any maintenance and repair obligations that may be required under the declaration with respect to the supporting parcel, or that proceeds following a casualty would be used to reconstruct a supporting parcel. Owners of interests in a vertical subdivision or “fee above a plane” structure may be required under the related declaration to pay certain assessments relating to any shared interests in the related property, and a lien may be attached for failure to pay such assessments. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Condominium and Other Shared Interests”.

 

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Operation of a Mortgaged Property Depends on the Property Manager’s Performance

 

The successful operation of a real estate project depends upon the property manager’s performance and viability. The property manager is responsible for:

 

responding to changes in the local market;

 

planning and implementing the rental structure;

 

operating the property and providing building services;

 

managing operating expenses; and

 

assuring that maintenance and capital improvements are carried out in a timely fashion.

 

Properties deriving revenues primarily from short term sources, such as hotel guests or short term or month to month leases, are generally more management intensive than properties leased to creditworthy tenants under long term leases.

 

Certain of the mortgaged properties will be managed by affiliates of the related borrower. If a mortgage loan is in default or undergoing special servicing, such relationship could disrupt the management of the related mortgaged property, which may adversely affect cash flow. However, the related mortgage loans will generally permit, in the case of mortgaged properties managed by borrower affiliates, the lender to remove the related property manager upon the occurrence of an event of default under the related mortgage loan beyond applicable cure periods (or, in some cases, in the event of a foreclosure following such default), and in some cases a decline in cash flow below a specified level or the failure to satisfy some other specified performance trigger.

 

Concentrations Based on Property Type, Geography, Related Borrowers and Other Factors May Disproportionately Increase Losses

 

The effect of mortgage pool loan losses will be more severe if the losses relate to mortgage loans that account for a disproportionately large percentage of the pool’s aggregate principal balance. As mortgage loans pay down or properties are released, the remaining certificateholders may face a higher risk with respect to the diversity of property types and property characteristics and with respect to the number of borrowers.

 

See the tables entitled “Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)” in Annex A-2 for a stratification of the remaining terms to maturity of the mortgage loans. Because principal on the certificates is payable in sequential order of payment priority, and a class receives principal only after the preceding class(es), if any, have been paid in full, classes that have a lower sequential priority are more likely to face these types of risk of concentration than classes with a higher sequential priority.

 

Several of the mortgage loans have cut-off date balances that are substantially higher than the average cut-off date balance. In general, concentrations in mortgage loans with larger-than-average balances can result in losses that are more severe, relative to the size of the mortgage loan pool, than would be the case if the aggregate balance of the mortgage loan pool were more evenly distributed.

 

A concentration of mortgage loans secured by the same mortgaged property types can increase the risk that a decline in a particular industry or business would have a disproportionately large impact on the pool of mortgage loans. Mortgaged property types representing 5.0% or more of the aggregate principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date (based on allocated loan amount) are office, mixed use, hospitality, retail and industrial. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types” for information on the types of mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool.

 

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Repayments by borrowers and the market value of the related mortgaged properties could be affected by economic conditions generally or specific to particular geographic areas or regions of the United States, and concentrations of mortgaged properties in particular geographic areas may increase the risk that conditions in the real estate market where the mortgaged property is located, or other adverse economic or other developments or natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods, forest fires, tornadoes or hurricanes or changes in governmental rules or fiscal policies) affecting a particular region of the country, could increase the frequency and severity of losses on mortgage loans secured by those mortgaged properties.

 

Mortgaged properties securing 5.0% or more of the aggregate principal balance of the pool of mortgage loans as of the cut-off date (based on allocated loan amount) are located in New York, California, Utah, Nevada and Pennsylvania. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Geographic Concentrations”.

 

Some of the mortgaged properties are located in areas that, based on low population density, poor economic demographics (such as higher than average unemployment rates, lower than average annual household income and/or overall loss of jobs) and/or negative trends in such regards, would be considered secondary or tertiary markets.

 

A concentration of mortgage loans with the same borrower or related borrowers also can pose increased risks:

 

if a borrower that owns or controls several mortgaged properties (whether or not all of them secure mortgage loans in the mortgage pool) experiences financial difficulty at one mortgaged property, it could defer maintenance at another mortgaged property in order to satisfy current expenses with respect to the first mortgaged property;

 

a borrower could also attempt to avert foreclosure by filing a bankruptcy petition that might have the effect of interrupting debt service payments on the mortgage loans in the mortgage pool secured by that borrower’s mortgaged properties (subject to the master servicer’s and the trustee’s obligation to make advances for monthly payments) for an indefinite period; and

 

mortgaged properties owned by the same borrower or related borrowers are likely to have common management, common general partners and/or common managing members increasing the risk that financial or other difficulties experienced by such related parties could have a greater impact on the pool of mortgage loans. See “—A Bankruptcy Proceeding May Result in Losses and Delays in Realizing on the Mortgage Loans” below.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics” for information on the composition of the mortgage pool by property type and geographic distribution and loan concentration.

 

Adverse Environmental Conditions at or Near Mortgaged Properties May Result in Losses

 

The issuing entity could become liable for a material adverse environmental condition at an underlying mortgaged property. Any such potential liability could reduce or delay payments on the offered certificates.

 

Each of the mortgaged properties was either (i) subject to environmental site assessments prior to the time of origination of the related mortgage loan including Phase I environmental site assessments or updates of previously performed Phase I environmental site assessments, or (ii) subject to a secured creditor environmental insurance policy or other environmental insurance policy. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Environmental Considerations”.

 

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We cannot assure you that the environmental assessments revealed all existing or potential environmental risks or that all adverse environmental conditions have been or will be completely abated or remediated or that any reserves, insurance or operations and maintenance plans will be sufficient to remediate the environmental conditions.

 

Moreover, we cannot assure you that:

 

future laws, ordinances or regulations will not impose any material environmental liability; or

 

the current environmental condition of the mortgaged properties will not be adversely affected by tenants or by the condition of land or operations in the vicinity of the mortgaged properties (such as underground storage tanks).

 

We cannot assure you that with respect to any mortgaged property, any remediation plan or any projected remedial costs or time is accurate or sufficient to complete the remediation objectives, or that no additional contamination requiring environmental investigation or remediation will be discovered on any mortgaged property. Likewise, all environmental policies naming the lender as named insured cover certain risks or events specifically identified in the policy, but the coverage is limited by its terms, conditions, limitations and exclusions, and does not purport to cover all environmental conditions whatsoever affecting the applicable mortgaged property, and we cannot assure you that any environmental conditions currently known, suspected, or unknown and discovered in the future will be covered by the terms of the policy.

 

Before the trustee, the special servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, acquires title to a mortgaged property on behalf of the issuing entity or assumes operation of the property, it will be required to obtain an environmental assessment of such mortgaged property, or rely on a recent environmental assessment. This requirement is intended to mitigate the risk that the issuing entity will become liable under any environmental law. There is accordingly some risk that the mortgaged property will decline in value while this assessment is being obtained or remedial action is being taken. Moreover, we cannot assure you that this requirement will effectively insulate the issuing entity from potential liability under environmental laws. Any such potential liability could reduce or delay distributions to certificateholders.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Environmental Considerations” for additional information on environmental conditions at mortgaged properties securing certain mortgage loans in the issuing entity. See also representation and warranty number 40 in Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 40 in Annex E-1, representation and warranty number 43 in Annex F-1, and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties in Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 or Annex F-2, as applicable.

 

See “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers—German American Capital Corporation”, “—JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association”, “—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.” and “—Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company”, “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Realization Upon Mortgage Loans” and “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans”.

 

See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Environmental Considerations”.

 

Risks Related to Redevelopment, Expansion and Renovation at Mortgaged Properties

 

Certain of the mortgaged properties are currently undergoing or, in the future, are expected to undergo redevelopment, expansion or renovation. In addition, the related borrower may be permitted under the related mortgage loan documents, at its option and cost but subject to certain conditions, to undergo future construction, renovation or alterations of the mortgaged property. To the extent applicable, we cannot assure you that any escrow or reserve collected, if any, will be sufficient to complete the current renovation or be otherwise sufficient to satisfy any tenant improvement expenses at a mortgaged property. Failure to complete those planned improvements may have a material adverse effect on the cash flow at the mortgaged property and the related borrower’s ability to meet its payment obligations under the mortgage loan documents. In addition, such renovations or expansions may be required under tenant leases and a failure to timely complete such renovations or expansions may result in a termination

 

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of such lease(s) and may have a material adverse effect on the cash flow at the mortgaged property and the related borrower’s ability to meet its payment obligations under the mortgage loan documents.

 

Certain of the hospitality properties securing the mortgage loans are currently undergoing or are scheduled to undergo renovations or property improvement plans (“PIPs”). In some circumstances, these renovations or PIPs may necessitate taking a portion of the available guest rooms temporarily offline, temporarily decreasing the number of available rooms and the revenue generating capacity of the related hospitality property. In other cases, these renovations may involve renovations of common spaces or external features of the related hospitality property, which may cause disruptions or otherwise decrease the attractiveness of the related hospitality property to potential guests. These PIPs may be required under the related franchise or management agreement and a failure to timely complete them may result in a termination or expiration of a franchise or management agreement and may be an event of default under the related mortgage loan.

 

We cannot assure you that current or planned redevelopment, expansion or renovation will be completed at all, that such redevelopment, expansion or renovation will be completed in the time frame contemplated, or that, when and if such redevelopment, expansion or renovation is completed, such redevelopment, expansion or renovation will improve the operations at, or increase the value of, the related mortgaged property. Failure of any of the foregoing to occur could have a material negative impact on the related mortgaged property, which could affect the ability of the related borrower to repay the related mortgage loan.

 

In the event the related borrower fails to pay the costs for work completed or material delivered in connection with such ongoing redevelopment, expansion or renovation, the portion of the mortgaged property on which there are renovations may be subject to mechanic’s or materialmen’s liens that may be senior to the lien of the related mortgage loan.

 

The existence of construction or renovation at a mortgaged property may take rental units or rooms or leasable space “off-line” or otherwise make space unavailable for rental, impair access or traffic at or near the mortgaged property, or, in general, make that mortgaged property less attractive to tenants or their customers, and accordingly could have a negative effect on net operating income. In addition, any such construction or renovation at a mortgaged property may temporarily interfere with the use and operation of any portion of such mortgaged property. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Redevelopment, Renovation and Expansion” for information regarding mortgaged properties which are currently undergoing or, in the future, are expected to undergo redevelopment, expansion or renovation. See also Annex A-3 for additional information on redevelopment, renovation and expansion at the mortgaged properties securing the 10 largest mortgage loans.

 

Some Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses

 

Certain mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans may have specialty use tenants and may not be readily convertible (or convertible at all) to alternative uses if those properties were to become unprofitable for any reason.

 

For example, retail, mixed-use or office properties may have theater tenants. Properties with theater tenants are exposed to certain unique risks. Aspects of building site design and adaptability affect the value of a theater. In addition, decreasing attendance at a theater could adversely affect revenue of the theater, which may, in turn, cause the tenant to experience financial difficulties, resulting in downgrades in their credit ratings and, in certain cases, bankruptcy filings. In addition, because of unique construction requirements of theaters, any vacant theater space would not easily be converted to other uses.

 

Retail, mixed-use or office properties may also have health clubs as tenants. Several factors may adversely affect the value and successful operation of a health club, including:

 

the physical attributes of the health club (e.g., its age, appearance and layout);

 

the reputation, safety, convenience and attractiveness of the property to users;

 

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management’s ability to control membership growth and attrition;

 

competition in the tenant’s marketplace from other health clubs and alternatives to health clubs; and

 

adverse changes in economic and social conditions and demographic changes (e.g., population decreases or changes in average age or income), which may result in decreased demand.

 

In addition, there may be significant costs associated with changing consumer preferences (e.g., multipurpose clubs from single-purpose clubs or varieties of equipment, classes, services and amenities). In addition, health clubs may not be readily convertible to alternative uses if those properties were to become unprofitable for any reason. The liquidation value of any such health club consequently may be less than would be the case if the property were readily adaptable to changing consumer preferences for other uses.

 

Certain retail, mixed use or office properties may be partially comprised of a parking garage. Parking garages and parking lots present risks not associated with other properties. The primary source of income for parking lots and garages is the rental fees charged for parking spaces.

 

Factors affecting the success of a parking lot or garage include:

 

the number of rentable parking spaces and rates charged;

 

the location of the lot or garage and, in particular, its proximity to places where large numbers of people work, shop or live;

 

the amount of alternative parking spaces in the area;

 

the availability of mass transit; and

 

the perceptions of the safety, convenience and services of the lot or garage.

 

Aspects of building site design and adaptability affect the value of a parking garage facility. Site characteristics that are valuable to a parking garage facility include location, clear ceiling heights, column spacing, zoning restrictions, number of spaces and overall functionality and accessibility.

 

In addition, because of the unique construction requirements of many parking garages and because a parking lot is often vacant paved land without any structure, a vacant parking garage facility or parking lot may not be easily converted to other uses.

 

Mortgaged properties may have other specialty use tenants, such as medical and dental offices, fitness centers, lab space, gas stations, dry cleaners, bank branches, data centers, urgent care facilities, schools, daycare centers and/or restaurants, as part of the mortgaged property. Re-tenanting certain specialty use tenants, such as gas stations and dry cleaners, may also involve substantial costs related to environmental remediation.

 

In the case of specialty use tenants such as bank branches, restaurants and theaters, aspects of building site design and adaptability affect the value of such properties and other retailers at the mortgaged property. Decreasing patronage at such properties could adversely affect revenue of the property, which may, in turn, cause the tenants to experience financial difficulties, resulting in downgrades in their credit, lease defaults, ratings and, in certain cases, bankruptcy filings. See “—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—Tenant Bankruptcy Could Result in a Rejection of the Related Lease” above. Additionally, receipts at such properties are also affected not only by objective factors but by subjective factors. For instance, restaurant receipts are affected by such varied influences as the current personal income levels in the community, an individual consumer’s preference for type of food, style of dining and restaurant atmosphere, the perceived popularity of the restaurant, food safety concerns related to personal health

 

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with the handling of food items at the restaurant or by food suppliers and the actions and/or behaviors of staff and management and level of service to the customers. In addition, because of unique construction requirements of such properties, any vacant space would not easily be converted to other uses.

 

Mortgaged properties with specialty use tenants may not be readily convertible (or convertible at all) to alternative uses if those properties were to become unprofitable, or the leased spaces were to become vacant, for any reason due to their unique construction requirements. In addition, converting commercial properties to alternate uses generally requires substantial capital expenditures and could result in a significant adverse effect on, or interruption of, the revenues generated by such properties.

 

In addition, a mortgaged property may not be readily convertible due to restrictive covenants related to such mortgaged property, including in the case of mortgaged properties that are subject to a condominium regime or subject to a ground lease, the use and other restrictions imposed by the condominium declaration and other related documents, especially in a situation where a mortgaged property does not represent the entire condominium regime. See “—Condominium Ownership May Limit Use and Improvements” above.

 

Some of the mortgaged properties may be part of tax-reduction programs that apply only if the mortgaged properties are used for certain purposes. Such properties may be restricted from being converted to alternative uses because of such restrictions.

 

Some of the mortgaged properties have government tenants or other tenants which may have space that was “built to suit” that particular tenant’s uses and needs. For example, a government tenant may require enhanced security features that required additional construction or renovation costs and for which the related tenant may pay above market rent. However, such enhanced features may not be necessary for a new tenant (and such new tenant may not be willing to pay the higher rent associated with such features). While a government office building or government leased space may be usable as a regular office building or tenant space, the rents that may be collected in the event the government tenant does not renew its lease may be significantly lower than the rent currently collected.

 

Additionally, zoning, historical preservation or other restrictions also may prevent alternative uses. See “—Risks Related to Zoning Non-Compliance and Use Restrictions” below.

 

Risks Related to Zoning Non-Compliance and Use Restrictions

 

Certain of the mortgaged properties may not comply with current zoning laws, including density, use, parking, height, landscaping, open space and set back requirements, due to changes in zoning requirements after such mortgaged properties were constructed. These properties, as well as those for which variances or special permits were issued or for which non-conformity with current zoning laws is otherwise permitted, are considered to be a “legal non-conforming use” and/or the improvements are considered to be “legal non-conforming structures”. This means that the borrower is not required to alter its structure to comply with the existing or new law; however, the borrower may not be able to rebuild the premises “as-is” in the event of a substantial casualty loss. This may adversely affect the cash flow of the property following the loss. If a substantial casualty were to occur, we cannot assure you that insurance proceeds would be available to pay the mortgage loan in full. In addition, if a non-conforming use were to be discontinued and/or the property were repaired or restored in conformity with the current law, the value of the property or the revenue-producing potential of the property may not be equal to that before the casualty.

 

In addition, certain of the mortgaged properties that do not conform to current zoning laws may not be “legal non-conforming uses” or “legal non-conforming structures”. The failure of a mortgaged property to comply with zoning laws or to be a “legal non-conforming use” or “legal non-conforming structure” may adversely affect market value of the mortgaged property or the borrower’s ability to continue to use it in the manner it is currently being used or may necessitate material additional expenditures to remedy non-conformities. In some cases, the related borrower has obtained law and ordinance insurance to cover additional costs that result from rebuilding the mortgaged property in accordance with current zoning requirements. However, if as a result of the applicable zoning laws the rebuilt improvements are smaller

 

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or less attractive to tenants than the original improvements, the resulting loss in income will generally not be covered by law and ordinance insurance. Zoning protection insurance will generally reimburse the lender for the difference between (i) the mortgage loan balance on the date of damage loss to the mortgaged property from an insured peril and (ii) the total insurance proceeds at the time of the damage to the mortgaged property if such mortgaged property cannot be rebuilt to its former use due to new zoning ordinances.

 

In addition, certain of the mortgaged properties may be subject to certain use restrictions and/or operational requirements imposed pursuant to development agreements, ground leases, restrictive covenants, reciprocal easement agreements or operating agreements or historical landmark designations or, in the case of those mortgaged properties that are condominiums, vertical subdivisions and related structures, the related declarations or other use restrictions or regulations, especially in a situation where the mortgaged property does not represent the entire building. Such use restrictions could include, for example, limitations on the character of the improvements or the properties, limitations affecting noise and parking requirements, among other things, and limitations on the borrowers’ right to operate certain types of facilities within a prescribed radius. These limitations impose upon the borrower stricter requirements with respect to repairs and alterations, including following a casualty loss. These limitations could adversely affect the ability of the related borrower to lease the mortgaged property on favorable terms, thus adversely affecting the borrower’s ability to fulfill its obligations under the related mortgage loan. In addition, any alteration, reconstruction, demolition, or new construction affecting a mortgaged property designated a historical landmark may require prior approval. Any such approval process, even if successful, could delay any redevelopment or alteration of a related property. The liquidation value of such property, to the extent subject to limitations of the kind described above or other limitations on convertibility of use, may be substantially less than would be the case if such property was readily adaptable to other uses or redevelopment. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Use Restrictions” for examples of mortgaged properties that are subject to restrictions relating to the use of the mortgaged properties.

 

Additionally, some of the mortgaged properties may have current or past tenants that handle or have handled hazardous materials and, in some cases, related contamination at some of the mortgaged properties was previously investigated and, as warranted, remediated with regulatory closure, the conditions of which in some cases may include restrictions against any future redevelopment for residential use or other land use restrictions. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Environmental Considerations” for additional information on environmental conditions at mortgaged properties securing certain mortgage loans in the issuing entity. See also representation and warranty number 40 in Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 40 in Annex E-1, representation and warranty number 43 in Annex F-1, and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties in Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 or Annex F-2, as applicable.

 

Risks Relating to Inspections of Properties

 

Licensed engineers or consultants inspected the mortgaged properties at or about the time of the origination of the mortgage loans to assess items such as structural integrity of the buildings and other improvements on the mortgaged property, including exterior walls, roofing, interior construction, mechanical and electrical systems and general condition of the site, buildings and other improvements. However, we cannot assure you that all conditions requiring repair or replacement were identified. No additional property inspections were conducted in connection with the issuance of the offered certificates.

 

Risks Relating to Costs of Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations

 

A borrower may be required to incur costs to comply with various existing and future federal, state or local laws and regulations applicable to the related mortgaged property, for example, zoning laws and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, which requires all public accommodations to meet certain federal requirements related to access and use by persons with disabilities. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Americans with Disabilities Act”. The expenditure of these costs or the

 

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imposition of injunctive relief, penalties or fines in connection with the borrower’s noncompliance could negatively impact the borrower’s cash flow and, consequently, its ability to pay its mortgage loan.

 

Insurance May Not Be Available or Adequate

 

Although the mortgaged properties are required to be insured, or self-insured by a sole or major tenant of a related building or group of buildings, against certain risks, there is a possibility of casualty loss with respect to the mortgaged properties for which insurance proceeds may not be adequate or which may result from risks not covered by insurance.

 

Certain Risks Are Not Covered under Standard Insurance Policies. In general (other than where the mortgage loan documents permit the borrower to rely on a tenant (including a ground tenant) or other third party (such as a condominium association, if applicable) to obtain the insurance coverage, on self-insurance provided by a tenant or on a tenant’s agreement to rebuild or continue paying rent), the master servicer and special servicer will be required to cause the borrower on each mortgage loan to maintain such insurance coverage in respect of the related mortgaged property as is required under the related mortgage loan documents. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Insurance Considerations”. In general, the standard form of fire and extended coverage policy covers physical damage to or destruction of the improvements of a property by fire, lightning, explosion, smoke, windstorm and hail, and riot, strike and civil commotion, subject to the conditions and exclusions specified in each policy (windstorm is a common exclusion for properties located in certain locations). Most policies typically do not cover any physical damage resulting from, among other things:

 

war;

 

revolution;

 

terrorism;

 

nuclear, biological or chemical materials;

 

governmental actions;

 

floods and other water related causes;

 

earth movement, including earthquakes, landslides and mudflows;

 

wet or dry rot;

 

vermin; and

 

domestic animals.

 

Unless the related mortgage loan documents specifically require the borrower to insure against physical damage arising from such causes, then, the resulting losses may be borne by you as a holder of certificates.

 

Standard Insurance May Be Inadequate Even for Types of Losses That Are Insured Against. Even if a type of loss is covered by the insurance policies required to be in place at the mortgaged properties, the mortgaged properties may suffer losses for which the insurance coverage is inadequate. For example:

 

in a case where terrorism coverage is included under a policy, if the terrorist attack is, for example, nuclear, biological or chemical in nature, the policy may include an exclusion that precludes coverage for such terrorist attack;

 

in certain cases, particularly where land values are high, the insurable value (at the time of origination of the mortgage loan) of the mortgaged property may be significantly lower than the principal balance of the mortgage loan;

 

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with respect to mortgaged properties located in flood prone areas where flood insurance is required, the related mortgaged property may only have federal flood insurance (which only covers up to $500,000), not private flood insurance, and the related mortgaged property may suffer losses that exceed the amounts covered by the federal flood insurance;

 

the mortgage loan documents may limit the requirement to obtain related insurance to where the premium amounts are “commercially reasonable” or a similar limitation; and

 

if reconstruction or major repairs are required, changes in laws may materially affect the borrower’s ability to effect any reconstruction or major repairs and/or may materially increase the costs of the reconstruction or repairs and insurance may not cover or sufficiently compensate the insured.

 

We Cannot Assure You That Required Insurance Will Be Maintained. We cannot assure you that borrowers have maintained or will maintain the insurance required under the mortgage loan documents or that such insurance will be adequate.

 

Even if the mortgage loan documents specify that the related borrower must maintain standard extended coverage casualty insurance or other insurance that covers acts of terrorism, the borrower may fail to maintain such insurance and the master servicer or the special servicer may not enforce such default or cause the borrower to obtain such insurance if the special servicer has determined, in accordance with the servicing standard and subject to the discussion under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder” and “—The Operating Advisor”, that either (a) such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates and the subject hazards are not commonly insured against by prudent owners of similar real properties located in or near the geographic region in which the mortgaged property is located (but only by reference to such insurance that has been obtained by such owners at current market rates), or (b) such insurance is not available at any rate. Additionally, if the related borrower fails to maintain such terrorism insurance coverage, neither the master servicer nor the special servicer will be required to maintain such terrorism insurance coverage if the special servicer determines, in accordance with the servicing standard, that such terrorism insurance coverage is not available for the reasons set forth in the preceding sentence. Furthermore, at the time existing insurance policies are subject to renewal, we cannot assure you that terrorism insurance coverage will be available and covered under the new policies or, if covered, whether such coverage will be adequate. Most insurance policies covering commercial real properties such as the mortgaged properties are subject to renewal on an annual basis. If this coverage is not currently in effect, is not adequate or is ultimately not continued with respect to some of the mortgaged properties and one of those properties suffers a casualty loss as a result of a terrorist act, then the resulting casualty loss could reduce the amount available to make distributions on your certificates.

 

In addition, certain types of mortgaged properties, such as manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities, have few or no insurable buildings or improvements and thus do not have casualty insurance or low limits of casualty insurance in comparison with the related mortgage loan balances.

 

In addition, hazard insurance policies will typically contain co-insurance clauses that in effect require an insured at all times to carry insurance of a specified percentage, generally 80% to 90%, of the full replacement value of the improvements on the related mortgaged property in order to recover the full amount of any partial loss. As a result, even if insurance coverage is maintained, if the insured’s coverage falls below this specified percentage, those clauses generally provide that the insurer’s liability in the event of partial loss does not exceed the lesser of (1) the replacement cost of the improvements less physical depreciation and (2) that proportion of the loss as the amount of insurance carried bears to the specified percentage of the full replacement cost of those improvements.

 

Furthermore, with respect to certain mortgage loans, the insurable value of the related mortgaged property as of the origination date of the related mortgage loan was lower than the principal balance of the related mortgage loan. In the event of a casualty when a borrower is not required to rebuild or cannot rebuild, we cannot assure you that the insurance required with respect to the related mortgaged property will be sufficient to pay the related mortgage loan in full and there is no “gap” insurance required under

 

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such mortgage loan to cover any difference. In those circumstances, a casualty that occurs near the maturity date may result in an extension of the maturity date of the mortgage loan if the master servicer, in accordance with the servicing standard, determines that such extension was in the best interest of certificateholders.

 

The mortgage loans do not all require flood insurance on the related mortgaged properties unless they are in a flood zone and flood insurance is available and, in certain instances, even where the related mortgaged property was in a flood zone and flood insurance was available, flood insurance was not required.

 

The National Flood Insurance Program’s (“NFIP”) is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2021. We cannot assure you if or when NFIP will be reauthorized. If NFIP is not reauthorized, it could have an adverse effect on the value of properties in flood zones or their ability to repair or rebuild after flood damage.

 

We cannot assure you that the borrowers will in the future be able to comply with requirements to maintain adequate insurance with respect to the mortgaged properties, and any uninsured loss could have a material adverse impact on the amount available to make payments on the related mortgage loan, and consequently, the offered certificates. As with all real estate, if reconstruction (for example, following fire or other casualty) or any major repair or improvement is required to the damaged property, changes in laws and governmental regulations may be applicable and may materially affect the cost to, or ability of, the borrowers to effect such reconstruction, major repair or improvement. As a result, the amount realized with respect to the mortgaged properties, and the amount available to make payments on the related mortgage loan, and consequently, the offered certificates, could be reduced. In addition, we cannot assure you that the amount of insurance required or provided would be sufficient to cover damages caused by any casualty, or that such insurance will be available in the future at commercially reasonable rates. See representation and warranty number 16 on Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 16 on Annex E-1 and representation and warranty number 18 on Annex F-1 and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties, if any, on Annex D-2, Annex E-2, Annex E-3 and Annex F-2, respectively, for additional information.

 

Terrorism Insurance May Not Be Available for All Mortgaged Properties

 

The occurrence or the possibility of terrorist attacks could (1) lead to damage to one or more of the mortgaged properties if any terrorist attacks occur or (2) result in higher costs for security and insurance premiums or diminish the availability of insurance coverage for losses related to terrorist attacks, particularly for large properties, which could adversely affect the cash flow at those mortgaged properties.

 

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and the Washington, D.C. area, all forms of insurance were impacted, particularly from a cost and availability perspective, including comprehensive general liability and business interruption or rent loss insurance policies required by typical mortgage loans. To give time for private markets to develop a pricing mechanism for terrorism risk and to build capacity to absorb future losses that may occur due to terrorism, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 was enacted on November 26, 2002, establishing the Terrorism Insurance Program. The Terrorism Insurance Program was reauthorized on December 20, 2019 through December 31, 2027 pursuant to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (“TRIPRA”).

 

The Terrorism Insurance Program requires insurance carriers to provide terrorism coverage in their basic “all-risk” policies. Any commercial property and casualty terrorism insurance exclusion that was in force on November 26, 2002 is automatically void to the extent that it excluded losses that would otherwise be insured losses. Any state approval of those types of exclusions in force on November 26, 2002 is also void.

 

Under the Terrorism Insurance Program, the federal government shares in the risk of losses occurring within the United States resulting from acts committed in an effort to influence or coerce United States civilians or the United States government. The federal share of compensation for insured losses of

 

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an insurer will be equal to 80% of the portion of such insured losses that exceed a deductible equal to 20% of the value of the insurer’s direct earned premiums over the calendar year immediately preceding that program year. Federal compensation in any program year is capped at $100 billion (with insurers being liable for any amount that exceeds such cap), and no compensation is payable with respect to a terrorist act unless the aggregate industry losses relating to such act exceed $200 million. The Terrorism Insurance Program does not cover nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attacks. Unless a borrower obtains separate coverage for events that do not meet the thresholds or other requirements above, such events will not be covered.

 

If the Terrorism Insurance Program is not reenacted after its expiration in 2027, premiums for terrorism insurance coverage will likely increase and the terms of such insurance policies may be materially amended to increase stated exclusions or to otherwise effectively decrease the scope of coverage available (perhaps to the point where it is effectively not available). In addition, to the extent that any insurance policies contain a “sunset clause” (i.e., clauses that void terrorism coverage if the federal insurance backstop program is not renewed), then such policies may cease to provide terrorism insurance upon the expiration of the Terrorism Insurance Program. We cannot assure you that the Terrorism Insurance Program or any successor program will create any long term changes in the availability and cost of such insurance. Moreover, future legislation, including regulations expected to be adopted by the Treasury Department pursuant to TRIPRA, may have a material effect on the availability of federal assistance in the terrorism insurance market. To the extent that uninsured or underinsured casualty losses occur with respect to the related mortgaged properties, losses on the mortgage loans may result. In addition, the failure to maintain such terrorism insurance may constitute a default under the related mortgage loan.

 

Some of the mortgage loans do not require the related borrower to maintain terrorism insurance. In addition, most of the mortgage loans contain limitations on the related borrower’s obligation to obtain terrorism insurance, such as (i) waiving the requirement that such borrower maintain terrorism insurance if such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates, (ii) providing that the related borrower is not required to spend in excess of a specified dollar amount (or in some cases, a specified multiple of what is spent on other insurance) in order to obtain such terrorism insurance, (iii) requiring coverage only for as long as the TRIPRA is in effect, or (iv) requiring coverage only for losses arising from domestic acts of terrorism or from terrorist acts certified by the federal government as “acts of terrorism” under the TRIPRA. See “Annex A-3—Description of Top Fifteen Mortgage Loans and Additional Mortgage Loan Information” for a summary of the terrorism insurance requirements under each of the ten largest mortgage loans.

 

We cannot assure you that all of the mortgaged properties will be insured against the risks of terrorism and similar acts. As a result of any of the foregoing, the amount available to make distributions on your certificates could be reduced.

 

We cannot assure you that the conflicts arising where a borrower sponsor is affiliated with a tenant at the Mortgaged Property will not adversely impact the value of your Mortgage Loans.

 

Other mortgaged properties securing mortgage loans may also be insured under a blanket policy or self-insured or insured by a sole tenant. See “—Risks Associated with Blanket Insurance Policies or Self-Insurance” below.

 

Risks Associated with Blanket Insurance Policies or Self-Insurance

 

Certain of the mortgaged properties are covered by blanket insurance policies, which also cover other properties of the related borrower or its affiliates (including certain properties in close proximity to the mortgaged properties). In the event that such policies are drawn on to cover losses on such other properties, the amount of insurance coverage available under such policies would thereby be reduced and could be insufficient to cover each mortgaged property’s insurable risks. In addition, with respect to some of the mortgaged properties, a sole or significant tenant is allowed to provide self-insurance against risks.

 

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Additionally, if the mortgage loans that allow coverage under blanket insurance policies are part of a group of mortgage loans with related borrowers, then all of the related mortgaged properties may be covered under the same blanket policy, which may also cover other properties owned by affiliates of such borrowers.

 

Certain mortgaged properties may also be insured or self-insured by a sole or significant tenant, as further described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Insurance Considerations”.

 

Condemnation of a Mortgaged Property May Adversely Affect Distributions on Certificates

 

From time to time, there may be condemnations pending or threatened against one or more of the mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans. The proceeds payable in connection with a total condemnation may not be sufficient to restore the related mortgaged property or to satisfy the remaining indebtedness of the related mortgage loan. The occurrence of a partial condemnation may have a material adverse effect on the continued use of, or income generated by, the affected mortgaged property. Therefore, we cannot assure you that the occurrence of any condemnation will not have a negative impact upon distributions on your offered certificates.

 

Limited Information Causes Uncertainty

 

Historical Information. Some of the mortgage loans that we intend to include in the issuing entity are secured in whole or in part by mortgaged properties for which limited or no historical operating information is available. As a result, you may find it difficult to analyze the historical performance of those mortgaged properties.

 

A mortgaged property may lack prior operating history or historical financial information because it is newly constructed or renovated, it is a recent acquisition by the related borrower or it is a single-tenant property that is subject to a triple net lease. In addition, a tenant’s lease may contain confidentiality provisions that restrict the sponsors’ access to or disclosure of such tenant’s financial information. The underwritten net cash flows and underwritten net operating income for such mortgaged properties are derived principally from current rent rolls or tenant leases and historical expenses, adjusted to account for, among other things, inflation, significant occupancy increases and/or a market rate management fee. In some cases, underwritten net cash flows and underwritten net operating income for mortgaged properties are based all or in part on leases (or letters of intent) that are not yet in place (and may still be under negotiation) or on tenants that may have signed a lease (or letter of intent), or lease amendment expanding the leased space, but are not yet in occupancy and/or paying rent, which present certain risks described in “—Underwritten Net Cash Flow Could Be Based On Incorrect or Failed Assumptions” below.

 

See Annex A-1 for certain historical financial information relating to the mortgaged properties, including net operating income for the most recent reporting period and prior three calendar years, to the extent available.

 

Ongoing Information. The primary source of ongoing information regarding the offered certificates, including information regarding the status of the related mortgage loans and any credit support for the offered certificates, will be the periodic reports delivered to you. See “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information”. We cannot assure you that any additional ongoing information regarding the offered certificates will be available through any other source. The limited nature of the available information in respect of the offered certificates may adversely affect their liquidity, even if a secondary market for the offered certificates does develop.

 

We are not aware of any source through which pricing information regarding the offered certificates will be generally available on an ongoing basis or on any particular date.

 

Underwritten Net Cash Flow Could Be Based On Incorrect or Failed Assumptions

 

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number of assumptions used by the sponsors. We make no representation that the underwritten net cash flow set forth in this prospectus as of the cut-off date or any other date represents actual future net cash flows. For example, with respect to certain mortgage loans included in the issuing entity, the occupancy of the related mortgaged property reflects tenants that (i) may not have yet actually executed leases (or letters of intent), (ii) have signed leases but have not yet taken occupancy and/or are not paying full contractual rent, (iii) are seeking or may in the future seek to sublet all or a portion of their respective spaces, (iv) are “dark” tenants but paying rent, or (v) are affiliates of the related borrower and are leasing space pursuant to a master lease or a space lease. Similarly, with respect to certain mortgage loans included in the issuing entity, the underwritten net cash flow may be based on certain tenants that have not yet executed leases or that have signed leases but are not yet in place and/or are not yet paying rent, or have a signed lease or lease amendment expanding the leased space, but are not yet in occupancy in all or a portion of their space and/or paying rent, or may assume that future contractual rent steps (during some or all of the remaining term of a lease) have occurred. In many cases, co-tenancy provisions were assumed to be satisfied and vacant space was assumed to be occupied and space that was due to expire was assumed to have been re-let, in each case at market rates that may have exceeded current rent. You should review these and other similar assumptions and make your own determination of the appropriate assumptions to be used in determining underwritten net cash flow.

 

In addition, underwritten or adjusted cash flows, by their nature, are speculative and are based upon certain assumptions and projections. For example, as described under “—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans”, the assumptions and projections used to prepare underwritten information for the mortgage pool may not reflect any potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The failure of these assumptions or projections in whole or in part could cause the underwritten net operating income (calculated as described in “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Information”) to vary substantially from the actual net operating income of a mortgaged property.

 

In the event of the inaccuracy of any assumptions or projections used in connection with the calculation of underwritten net cash flow, the actual net cash flow could be significantly different (and, in some cases, may be materially less) than the underwritten net cash flow presented in this prospectus, and this would change other numerical information presented in this prospectus based on or derived from the underwritten net cash flow, such as the debt service coverage ratios or debt yield presented in this prospectus. We cannot assure you that any such assumptions or projections made with respect to any mortgaged property will, in fact, be consistent with that mortgaged property’s actual performance.

 

Frequent and Early Occurrence of Borrower Delinquencies and Defaults May Adversely Affect Your Investment

 

If you calculate the anticipated yield of your offered certificates based on a rate of default or amount of losses lower than that actually experienced on the mortgage loans and those additional losses result in a reduction of the total distributions on, or the certificate balance of, your offered certificates, your actual yield to maturity will be lower than expected and could be negative under certain extreme scenarios. The timing of any loss on a liquidated mortgage loan that results in a reduction of the total distributions on or the certificate balance of your offered certificates will also affect the actual yield to maturity of your offered certificates, even if the rate of defaults and severity of losses are consistent with your expectations. In general, the earlier a loss is borne by you, the greater the effect on your yield to maturity.

 

Delinquencies on the mortgage loans, if the delinquent amounts are not advanced, may result in shortfalls in distributions of interest and/or principal to the holders of the offered certificates for the current month. Furthermore, no interest will accrue on this shortfall during the period of time that the payment is delinquent. Additionally, in instances where the principal portion of any balloon payment scheduled with respect to a mortgage loan is collected by the master servicer following the end of the related collection period, no portion of the principal received on such payment will be passed through for distribution to the certificateholders until the subsequent distribution date, which may result in shortfalls in distributions of interest to the holders of the offered certificates in the following month. Furthermore, in such instances no provision is made for the master servicer or any other party to cover any such interest shortfalls that may

 

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occur as a result. In addition, if interest and/or principal advances and/or servicing advances are made with respect to a mortgage loan after a default and the related mortgage loan is thereafter worked out under terms that do not provide for the repayment of those advances in full at the time of the workout, then any reimbursements of those advances prior to the actual collection of the amount for which the advance was made may also result in shortfalls in distributions of principal to the holders of the offered certificates with certificate balances for the current month. Even if losses on the mortgage loans are not allocated to a particular class of offered certificates with certificate balances, the losses may affect the weighted average life and yield to maturity of that class of offered certificates. In the case of any material monetary or material non-monetary default, the special servicer may accelerate the maturity of the related mortgage loan, which could result in an acceleration of principal distributions to the certificateholders. The special servicer may also extend or modify a mortgage loan, which could result in a substantial delay in principal distributions to the certificateholders. In addition, losses on the mortgage loans, even if not allocated to a class of offered certificates with certificate balances, may result in a higher percentage ownership interest evidenced by those offered certificates in the remaining mortgage loans than would otherwise have resulted absent the loss. The consequent effect on the weighted average life and yield to maturity of the offered certificates will depend upon the characteristics of those remaining mortgage loans in the issuing entity.

 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the aggregate number and size of delinquent loans in a given collection period may be significant, and the master servicer may determine that advances of payments on such mortgage loans are not or would not be recoverable or may not be able to make such advances given the severity of delinquencies (in this transaction or other transactions), which would result in shortfalls and losses on the certificates. See also “—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans”.

 

The Mortgage Loans Have Not Been Reviewed or Re-Underwritten by Us

 

Although the sponsors have conducted a review of the mortgage loans to be sold to us for this securitization transaction, we, as the depositor for this securitization transaction, have neither originated the mortgage loans nor conducted a review or re-underwriting of the mortgage loans. Instead, we have relied on the representations and warranties made by the applicable sponsors and the remedies for breach of a representation and warranty as described under “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements” and the sponsor’s description of its underwriting criteria described under “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers—German American Capital Corporation—DB Originators’ Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”, “—JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association—JPMCB’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”, “—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.—CREFI’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes” and “—Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company—Goldman Originator’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”. A description of the review conducted by each sponsor for this securitization transaction is set forth under “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers—German American Capital Corporation—Review of GACC Mortgage Loans”, “—JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association—Review of JPMCB Mortgage Loans”, “—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.—Review of the CREFI Mortgage Loans” and “—Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company—Review of GSMC Mortgage Loans”.

 

The representations and warranties made by the sponsors may not cover all of the matters that one would review in underwriting a mortgage loan and you should not view them as a substitute for re-underwriting the mortgage loans. Furthermore, these representations and warranties in some respects represent an allocation of risk rather than a confirmed description of the mortgage loans. If we had re-underwritten the mortgage loans, it is possible that the re-underwriting process may have revealed problems with a mortgage loan not covered by a representation or warranty or may have revealed inaccuracies in the representations and warranties. See “—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—Sponsors May Not Make Required Repurchases or Substitutions of Defective Mortgage Loans or Pay Any Loss of Value Payment Sufficient to Cover All Losses on a Defective Mortgage Loan” below, and “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”.

 

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As a result of the foregoing, you are advised and encouraged to make your own investment decision based on a careful review of the information set forth in this prospectus and your own view of the mortgage pool.

 

Seasoned Mortgage Loans Present Additional Risk of Repayment

 

Five (5) of the mortgage loans (21.8%) are seasoned mortgage loans that were originated at least 9 months prior to the cut-off date. There are a number of risks associated with seasoned mortgage loans that are not present, or are present to a lesser degree, with more recently originated mortgage loans. For example:

 

property values and surrounding areas have likely changed since origination;

 

origination standards at the time the mortgage loans were originated may have been different than current origination standards;

 

the business circumstances and financial condition of the related borrowers and tenants may have changed since the mortgage loans were originated;

 

the environmental circumstances at the mortgaged properties may have changed since the mortgage loans were originated;

 

the physical condition of the mortgaged properties or improvements may have changed since origination; and

 

the circumstances of the mortgaged properties, the borrower and the tenants may have changed in other respects since.

 

In addition, any seasoned mortgage loan may not satisfy all of the related sponsor’s underwriting standards. See “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers”.

 

Static Pool Data Would Not Be Indicative of the Performance of this Pool

 

As a result of the distinct nature of each pool of commercial mortgage loans, and the separate mortgage loans within the pool, this prospectus does not include disclosure concerning the delinquency and loss experience of static pools of periodic originations by any sponsor of assets of the type to be securitized (known as “static pool data”). In particular, static pool data showing a low level of delinquencies and defaults would not be indicative of the performance of this pool or any other pools of mortgage loans originated by the same sponsor or sponsors.

 

While there may be certain common factors affecting the performance and value of income-producing real properties in general, those factors do not apply equally to all income-producing real properties and, in many cases, there are unique factors that will affect the performance and/or value of a particular income-producing real property. Moreover, the effect of a given factor on a particular real property will depend on a number of variables, including but not limited to property type, geographic location, competition, sponsorship and other characteristics of the property and the related commercial mortgage loan. Each income-producing real property represents a separate and distinct business venture and, as a result, each of the mortgage loans requires a unique underwriting analysis. Furthermore, economic and other conditions affecting real properties, whether worldwide, national, regional or local, vary over time. The performance of a pool of mortgage loans originated and outstanding under a given set of economic conditions may vary significantly from the performance of an otherwise comparable mortgage pool originated and outstanding under a different set of economic conditions.

 

Therefore, you should evaluate this offering on the basis of the information set forth in this prospectus with respect to the mortgage loans, and not on the basis of the performance of other pools of securitized commercial mortgage loans.

 

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Appraisals May Not Reflect Current or Future Market Value of Each Property

 

Appraisals were obtained with respect to each of the mortgaged properties at or about the time of origination of the applicable mortgage loan (or whole loan, if applicable). See Annex A-1 for the dates of the latest appraisals for the mortgaged properties. We have not obtained new appraisals of the mortgaged properties or assigned new valuations to the mortgage loans in connection with the offering of the offered certificates. The market values of the mortgaged properties could have declined since the origination of the related mortgage loans.

 

In general, appraisals represent the analysis and opinion of qualified appraisers and are not guarantees of present or future value. One appraiser may reach a different conclusion than that of a different appraiser with respect to the same property. The appraisals seek to establish the amount a typically motivated buyer would pay a typically motivated seller and, in certain cases, may have taken into consideration the purchase price paid by the borrower. The amount could be significantly higher than the amount obtained from the sale of a mortgaged property in a distress or liquidation sale.

 

Information regarding the appraised values of the mortgaged properties (including loan-to-value ratios) presented in this prospectus is not intended to be a representation as to the past, present or future market values of the mortgaged properties. For example, in some cases, a borrower or its affiliate may have acquired the related mortgaged property for a price or otherwise for consideration in an amount that is less than the related appraised value specified on Annex A-1, including at a foreclosure sale or through acceptance of a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. Historical operating results of the mortgaged properties used in these appraisals, as adjusted by various assumptions, estimates and subjective judgments on the part of the appraiser, may not be comparable to future operating results. In addition, certain appraisals may be based on extraordinary assumptions, including without limitation, that certain tenants are in-place and paying rent when such tenants have not yet taken occupancy or that certain renovations or property improvement plans have been completed. Such capital expenditures are not required and have not been reserved for under the mortgage loan documents, and we cannot assure you that they will be made. Additionally, certain appraisals with respect to mortgage loans secured by multiple mortgaged properties may have been conducted on a portfolio basis rather than on an individual property basis, and the sum of the values of the individual properties may be different from (and in some cases may be less than) the appraised value of the aggregate of such properties on a portfolio basis. In addition, other factors may impair the mortgaged properties’ value without affecting their current net operating income, including:

 

changes in governmental regulations, zoning or tax laws;

 

potential environmental or other legal liabilities;

 

the availability of refinancing; and

 

changes in interest rate levels.

 

In certain cases, appraisals may reflect the “as-is” value as well as an “as-stabilized”, “hypothetical as-is”, “as complete” or “as-is air rights” value or similar hypothetical value. However, the appraised value reflected in this prospectus with respect to each mortgaged property reflects the “as-is” value, except as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations and Definitions” and “—Appraised Value”, where, to the extent another value is used, such value and the satisfaction of the related conditions or assumptions are described, which may contain certain assumptions, such as future construction completion, projected re-tenanting or increased tenant occupancies. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool”.

 

In addition, investors should be aware that the appraisals for the mortgaged properties were prepared prior to origination and generally have not been updated. Certain appraisals were prepared prior to the COVID-19 outbreak and do not account for the effects of the pandemic on the related mortgaged properties. In addition, more recent appraisals may not reflect the complete effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the related mortgaged properties as the cumulative impact of the pandemic may not be known for some time. Similarly, net operating income and occupancy information used in underwriting the

 

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mortgage loans may not reflect current conditions, and in particular, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, appraised values, net operating income, occupancy, and related metrics, such as loan-to-value ratios, debt service coverage ratios and debt yields, may not accurately reflect the current conditions at the mortgaged properties.

 

Additionally, with respect to the appraisals setting forth assumptions, particularly those setting forth extraordinary assumptions, as to the “as-stabilized”, “hypothetical as-is”, “as complete” or “as-is air rights” values or similar hypothetical values, we cannot assure you that those assumptions are or will be accurate or that such value will be the value of the related mortgaged property at the indicated stabilization or other relevant date or at maturity or anticipated repayment date. Any engineering report, site inspection or appraisal represents only the analysis of the individual consultant, engineer or inspector preparing such report at the time of such report, and may not reveal all necessary or desirable repairs, maintenance and capital improvement items. For additional information regarding the appraisals obtained by the sponsors or, in the case of any mortgage loan acquired by the related sponsor, appraisal(s) obtained by the related originator and relied upon by such sponsor, see “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers—German American Capital Corporation”, —JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association”, “—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.” and “—Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company”. We cannot assure you that the information set forth in this prospectus regarding the appraised values or loan-to-value ratios accurately reflects past, present or future market values of the mortgaged properties or the amount that would be realized upon a sale of the related mortgaged property.

 

The Performance of a Mortgage Loan and Its Related Mortgaged Property Depends in Part on Who Controls the Borrower and Mortgaged Property

 

The operation and performance of a mortgage loan will depend in part on the identity of the persons or entities who control the borrower and the mortgaged property. The performance of a mortgage loan may be adversely affected if control of a borrower changes, which may occur, for example, by means of transfers of direct or indirect ownership interests in the borrower, or if the mortgage loan is assigned to and assumed by another person or entity along with a transfer of the property to that person or entity.

 

Many of the mortgage loans generally place certain restrictions on the transfer and/or pledging of general partnership and managing member equity interests in a borrower, such as specific percentage or control limitations, although some have current or permit future mezzanine or subordinate debt. We cannot assure you the ownership of any of the borrowers would not change during the term of the related mortgage loan and result in a material adverse effect on your certificates. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Indebtedness” and “—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—“Due-On-Sale” and “Due-On-Encumbrance” Provisions”.

 

The Borrower’s Form of Entity May Cause Special Risks

 

The borrowers are legal entities rather than individuals. Mortgage loans made to legal entities may entail greater risks of loss than those associated with mortgage loans made to individuals. For example, a legal entity, as opposed to an individual, may be more inclined to seek legal protection from its creditors under the bankruptcy laws. Unlike individuals involved in bankruptcies, most entities generally, but not in all cases, do not have personal assets and creditworthiness at stake. The terms of certain of the mortgage loans require that the borrowers be single-purpose entities and, in most cases, such borrowers’ organizational documents or the terms of the mortgage loans limit their activities to the ownership of only the related mortgaged property or mortgaged properties and limit the borrowers’ ability to incur additional indebtedness. Such provisions are designed to mitigate the possibility that the borrower’s financial condition would be adversely impacted by factors unrelated to the related mortgaged property and mortgage loan. Such borrower may also have previously owned property other than the related mortgaged property or may be a so-called “recycled” single-purpose entity that previously had other business activities and liabilities. However, we cannot assure you that such borrowers have in the past complied, and will comply, with such requirements, and in some cases unsecured debt exists and/or is allowed in the future. Furthermore, in many cases such borrowers are not required to observe all

 

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covenants and conditions which typically are required in order for such borrowers to be viewed under standard rating agency criteria as “single purpose entities”.

 

Although a borrower may currently be a single purpose entity, in certain cases the borrowers were not originally formed as single purpose entities, but at origination of the related mortgage loan their organizational documents were amended. That borrower may have previously owned property other than the related mortgaged property and may not have observed all covenants that typically are required to consider a borrower a “single purpose entity” and thus may have liabilities arising from events prior to becoming a single purpose entity.

 

The organizational documents of a borrower or the direct or indirect managing partner or member of a borrower may also contain requirements that there be one or two independent directors, managers or trustees (depending on the entity form of such borrower) whose vote is required before the borrower files a voluntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition or otherwise institutes insolvency proceedings. Generally, but not always, the independent directors, managers or trustees may only be replaced with certain other independent successors. Although the requirement of having independent directors, managers or trustees is designed to mitigate the risk of a voluntary bankruptcy filing by a solvent borrower, a borrower could file for bankruptcy without obtaining the consent of its independent director(s)(and we cannot assure you that such bankruptcy would be dismissed as an unauthorized filing), and in any case the independent directors, managers or trustees may determine that a bankruptcy filing is an appropriate course of action to be taken by such borrower. Although the independent directors, managers or trustees generally owe no fiduciary duties to entities other than the borrower itself, such determination might take into account the interests and financial condition of such borrower’s parent entities and such parent entities’ other subsidiaries in addition to those of the borrower. Consequently, the financial distress of an affiliate of a borrower might increase the likelihood of a bankruptcy filing by a borrower.

 

The bankruptcy of a borrower, or a general partner or managing member of a borrower, may impair the ability of the lender to enforce its rights and remedies under the related mortgage. Certain of the mortgage loans have been made to single purpose limited partnerships that have a general partner or general partners that are not themselves single purpose entities. Such loans are subject to additional bankruptcy risk. The organizational documents of the general partner in such cases do not limit it to acting as the general partner of the partnership. Accordingly there is a greater risk that the general partner may become insolvent for reasons unrelated to the mortgaged property. The bankruptcy of a general partner may dissolve the partnership under applicable state law. In addition, even if the partnership itself is not insolvent, actions by the partnership and/or a bankrupt general partner that are outside the ordinary course of their business, such as refinancing the related mortgage loan, may require prior approval of the bankruptcy court in the general partner’s bankruptcy case. The proceedings required to resolve these issues may be costly and time-consuming.

 

Any borrower, even an entity structured as a single purpose entity, as an owner of real estate, will be subject to certain potential liabilities and risks as an owner of real estate. We cannot assure you that any borrower will not file for bankruptcy protection or that creditors of a borrower or a corporate or individual general partner or managing member of a borrower will not initiate a bankruptcy or similar proceeding against such borrower or corporate or individual general partner or managing member.

 

Certain borrowers’ organizational documents or the terms of certain mortgage loans permit an affiliated property manager to maintain a custodial account on behalf of such borrower and certain affiliates of such borrower into which funds available to such borrower under the terms of the related mortgage loans and funds of such affiliates are held, but which funds are and will continue to be separately accounted for as to each item of income and expense for each related mortgaged property and each related borrower. A custodial account structure for affiliated entities, while common among certain real estate investment trusts, institutions or independent owners of multiple properties, presents a risk for consolidation of the assets of such affiliates as commingling of funds is a factor a court may consider in considering a request by other creditors for substantive consolidation. Substantive consolidation is an equitable remedy that could result in an otherwise solvent company becoming subject to the bankruptcy proceedings of an insolvent affiliate, making its assets available to repay the debts of affiliated companies. A court has the discretion to order substantive consolidation in whole or in part and

 

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may include non-debtor affiliates of the bankrupt entity in the proceedings. In particular, consolidation may be ordered when corporate funds are commingled and used for a principal’s personal purposes, inadequate records of transfers are made and corporate entities are deemed an alter ego of a principal. Strict adherence to maintaining separate books and records, avoiding commingling of assets and otherwise maintaining corporate policies designed to preserve the separateness of corporate assets and liabilities make it less likely that a court would order substantive consolidation, but we cannot assure you that the related borrowers, property managers or affiliates will comply with these requirements as set forth in the related mortgage loans.

 

Furthermore, with respect to any affiliated borrowers, creditors of a common parent in bankruptcy may seek to consolidate the assets of such borrowers with those of the parent. Consolidation of the assets of such borrowers would likely have an adverse effect on the funds available to make distributions on your certificates, and may lead to a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the ratings of your certificates.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings” and “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Bankruptcy Laws”.

 

In addition, borrowers may own a mortgaged property as a Delaware statutory trust or as tenants-in-common. Delaware statutory trusts may be restricted in their ability to actively operate a property, and in the case of a mortgaged property that is owned by a Delaware statutory trust or by tenants-in-common, there is a risk that obtaining the consent of the holders of the beneficial interests in the Delaware statutory trust or the consent of the tenants-in-common will be time consuming and cause delays with respect to the taking of certain actions by or on behalf of the borrower, including with respect to the related mortgaged property.

 

See representation and warranty number 31 on Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 31 on Annex E-1 and representation and warranty number 33 on Annex F-1 and any identified exceptions to those representations and warranties, if any, on Annex D-2, Annex E-2, Annex E-3 and Annex F-2, respectively, for additional information.

 

A Bankruptcy Proceeding May Result in Losses and Delays in Realizing on the Mortgage Loans

 

Numerous statutory provisions, including the federal bankruptcy code and state laws affording relief to debtors, may interfere with and delay the ability of a secured mortgage lender to obtain payment of a loan, to realize upon collateral and/or to enforce a deficiency judgment. For example, under the federal bankruptcy code, virtually all actions (including foreclosure actions and deficiency judgment proceedings) are automatically stayed upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition, and, often, no interest or principal payments are made during the course of the bankruptcy proceeding. Also, under federal bankruptcy law, the filing of a petition in bankruptcy by or on behalf of a junior lien holder may stay the senior lender from taking action to foreclose out such junior lien. Certain of the mortgage loans have sponsors that have previously filed bankruptcy and we cannot assure you that such sponsors will not be more likely than other sponsors to utilize their rights in bankruptcy in the event of any threatened action by the mortgagee to enforce its rights under the related mortgage loan documents. As a result, the issuing entity’s recovery with respect to borrowers in bankruptcy proceedings may be significantly delayed, and the aggregate amount ultimately collected may be substantially less than the amount owed. See “—Other Financings or Ability to Incur Other Indebtedness Entails Risk” below, “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings” and “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Bankruptcy Laws”.

 

Additionally, the courts of any state may refuse the foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust when an acceleration of the indebtedness would be inequitable or unjust or the circumstances would render the action unconscionable. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Foreclosure”.

 

See also “—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—Tenant Bankruptcy Could Result in a Rejection of the Related Lease” above.

 

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Litigation Regarding the Mortgaged Properties or Borrowers May Impair Your Distributions

 

There may be (and there may exist from time to time) pending or threatened legal proceedings against, or disputes with, the borrowers, the borrower sponsors and the managers of the mortgaged properties and their respective affiliates arising out of their ordinary business. We have not undertaken a search for all legal proceedings that relate to the borrowers, borrower sponsors or managers for the mortgaged properties and their respective affiliates. Potential investors are advised and encouraged to perform their own searches related to such matters to the extent relevant to their investment decision. Any such litigation or dispute may materially impair distributions to certificateholders if borrowers must use property income to pay judgments, legal fees or litigation costs. We cannot assure you that any litigation or dispute or any settlement of any litigation or dispute will not have a material adverse effect on your investment.

 

Additionally, a borrower or a principal of a borrower or affiliate may have been a party to a bankruptcy, foreclosure, litigation or other proceeding, particularly against a lender, or has been convicted of a crime in the past. In addition, certain of the borrower sponsors, property managers, affiliates of any of the foregoing and/or entities controlled thereby have been a party to bankruptcy proceedings, mortgage loan defaults and restructures, discounted payoffs, foreclosure proceedings or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transactions, or other material proceedings (including criminal proceedings) in the past, whether or not related to the mortgaged property securing a mortgage loan in this securitization transaction. In some cases, mortgaged properties securing certain of the mortgage loans previously secured other loans that had been in default, restructured or the subject of a discounted payoff, foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.

 

Certain of the borrower sponsors may have a history of litigation or other proceedings against their lender, in some cases involving various parties to a securitization transaction. We cannot assure you that the borrower sponsors that have engaged in litigation or other proceedings in the past will not commence action against the issuing entity in the future upon any attempt by the special servicer to enforce the mortgage loan documents. Any such actions by the borrower or borrower sponsor may result in significant expense and potential loss to the issuing entity and a shortfall in funds available to make payments on the offered certificates. In addition, certain principals or borrower sponsors may have in the past been convicted of, or pled guilty to, a felony. We cannot assure you that the borrower or principal will not be more likely than other borrowers or principals to avail itself or cause a borrower to avail itself of its legal rights, under the federal bankruptcy code or otherwise, in the event of an action or threatened action by the lender or its servicer to enforce the related mortgage loan documents, or otherwise conduct its operations in a manner that is in the best interests of the lender and/or the mortgaged property. We cannot assure you that any such proceedings or actions will not have a material adverse effect upon distributions on your certificates. Further, borrowers, principals of borrowers, property managers and affiliates of such parties may, in the future, be involved in bankruptcy proceedings, foreclosure proceedings or other material proceedings (including criminal proceedings), whether or not related to the mortgage loans. We cannot assure you that any such proceedings will not negatively impact a borrower’s or borrower sponsor’s ability to meet its obligations under the related mortgage loan and, as a result could have a material adverse effect upon your certificates.

 

Often it is difficult to confirm the identity of owners of all of the equity in a borrower, which means that past issues may not be discovered as to such owners. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Litigation and Other Considerations” and “—Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings” for additional information on certain mortgage loans in the issuing entity. See also representation and warranty number 31 in Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 31 in Annex E-1, representation and warranty number 33 in Annex F-1, and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties in Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 or Annex F-2, as applicable. However, we cannot assure you that there are no undisclosed bankruptcy proceedings, foreclosure proceedings, deed-in-lieu-of-foreclosure transaction and/or mortgage loan workout matters that involved one or more mortgage loans or mortgaged properties, and/or a guarantor, borrower sponsor or other party to a mortgage loan.

 

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In addition, in the event the owner of a borrower experiences financial problems, we cannot assure you that such owner would not attempt to take actions with respect to the mortgaged property that may adversely affect the borrower’s ability to fulfill its obligations under the related mortgage loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Litigation and Other Considerations” for information regarding litigation matters with respect to certain mortgage loans.

 

Other Financings or Ability to Incur Other Indebtedness Entails Risk

 

When a borrower (or its constituent members) also has one or more other outstanding loans (even if they are pari passu, subordinated, mezzanine, preferred equity or unsecured loans or another type of equity pledge), the issuing entity is subjected to additional risk such as:

 

the borrower (or its constituent members) may have difficulty servicing and repaying multiple financings;

 

the existence of other financings will generally also make it more difficult for the borrower to obtain refinancing of the related mortgage loan (or whole loan, if applicable) or sell the related mortgaged property and may thereby jeopardize repayment of the mortgage loan (or whole loan, if applicable);

 

the need to service additional financings may reduce the cash flow available to the borrower to operate and maintain the mortgaged property and the value of the mortgaged property may decline as a result;

 

if a borrower (or its constituent members) defaults on its mortgage loan and/or any other financing, actions taken by other lenders such as a suit for collection, foreclosure or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy against the borrower could impair the security available to the issuing entity, including the mortgaged property, or stay the issuing entity’s ability to foreclose during the course of the bankruptcy case;

 

the bankruptcy of another lender also may operate to stay foreclosure by the issuing entity; and

 

the issuing entity may also be subject to the costs and administrative burdens of involvement in foreclosure or bankruptcy proceedings or related litigation.

 

Although the companion loans related to the whole loans are not assets of the issuing entity, each related borrower is still obligated to make interest and principal payments on such companion loans. As a result, the issuing entity is subject to additional risks, including:

 

the risk that the necessary maintenance of the related mortgaged property could be deferred to allow the borrower to pay the required debt service on these other obligations and that the value of the mortgaged property may fall as a result; and

 

the risk that it may be more difficult for the borrower to refinance these loans or to sell the related mortgaged property for purposes of making any balloon payment on the entire balance of such loans and the related additional debt at maturity or anticipated repayment date.

 

With respect to mezzanine financing (if any), while a mezzanine lender has no security interest in the related mortgaged properties, a default under a mezzanine loan could cause a change in control of the related borrower. With respect to mortgage loans that permit mezzanine financing, the relative rights of the mortgagee and the related mezzanine lender will generally be set forth in an intercreditor agreement, which agreements typically provide that the rights of the mezzanine lender (including the right to payment) against the borrower and mortgaged property are subordinate to the rights of the mortgage lender and that the mezzanine lender may not take any enforcement action against the mortgage borrower and mortgaged property.

 

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In addition, the mortgage loan documents related to certain mortgage loans may have or permit future “preferred equity” structures, where one or more special limited partners or members receive a preferred return in exchange for an infusion of capital or other type of equity pledge that may require payments of a specified return or of excess cash flow. Such arrangements can present risks that resemble mezzanine debt, including dilution of the borrower’s equity in the mortgaged property, stress on the cash flow in the form of a preferred return or excess cash payments, and/or potential changes in the management of the related mortgaged property in the event the preferred return is not satisfied.

 

Additionally, the terms of certain mortgage loans permit or require the borrowers to post letters of credit and/or surety bonds for the benefit of the related mortgage loan, which may constitute a contingent reimbursement obligation of the related borrower or an affiliate. The issuing bank or surety will not typically agree to subordination and standstill protection benefiting the mortgagee.

 

In addition, borrowers under most of the mortgage loans are generally permitted to incur trade payables and equipment financing, which may not be limited or may be significant, in order to operate the related mortgaged properties. Also, with respect to certain mortgage loans the related borrower either has incurred or is permitted to incur unsecured debt from an affiliate of either the borrower or the sponsor of the borrower. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Indebtedness—Other Unsecured Indebtedness”.

 

For additional information, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Indebtedness” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

Risks Relating to Enforceability of Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Premiums or Defeasance Provisions

 

Provisions requiring yield maintenance charges, prepayment premiums or lockout periods may not be enforceable in some states and under federal bankruptcy law. Provisions requiring prepayment premiums or yield maintenance charges also may be interpreted as constituting the collection of interest for usury purposes. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that the obligation to pay a yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium will be enforceable. Also, we cannot assure you that foreclosure proceeds will be sufficient to pay an enforceable yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium.

 

Additionally, although the collateral substitution provisions related to defeasance do not have the same effect on the certificateholders as prepayment, we cannot assure you that a court would not interpret those provisions as the equivalent of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium. In certain jurisdictions those collateral substitution provisions might therefore be deemed unenforceable or usurious under applicable law or public policy.

 

Risks Associated with One Action Rules

 

Several states (such as California) have laws that prohibit more than one “judicial action” to enforce a mortgage obligation, and some courts have construed the term “judicial action” broadly. Accordingly, the special servicer will be required to obtain advice of counsel prior to enforcing any of the issuing entity’s rights under any of the mortgage loans that include mortgaged properties where a “one action” rule could be applicable. In the case of a multi-property mortgage loan which is secured by mortgaged properties located in multiple states, the special servicer may be required to foreclose first on properties located in states where “one action” rules apply (and where non-judicial foreclosure is permitted) before foreclosing on properties located in states where judicial foreclosure is the only permitted method of foreclosure. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Foreclosure”.

 

State Law Limitations on Assignments of Leases and Rents May Entail Risks

 

Generally mortgage loans included in an issuing entity secured by mortgaged properties that are subject to leases typically will be secured by an assignment of leases and rents pursuant to which the related borrower (or with respect to any indemnity deed of trust structure, the related property owner) assigns to the lender its right, title and interest as landlord under the leases of the related mortgaged

 

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properties, and the income derived from those leases, as further security for the related mortgage loan, while retaining a license to collect rents for so long as there is no default. If the borrower defaults, the license terminates and the lender is entitled to collect rents. Some state laws may require that the lender take possession of the related property and obtain a judicial appointment of a receiver before becoming entitled to collect the rents. In addition, if bankruptcy or similar proceedings are commenced by or in respect of the borrower, the lender’s ability to collect the rents may be adversely affected. In particular, with respect to properties that are master leased, state law may provide that the lender will not have a perfected security interest in the underlying rents (even if covered by an assignment of leases and rents), unless there is also a mortgage on the master tenant’s leasehold interest. Such a mortgage is not typically obtained. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Leases and Rents” and
—Bankruptcy Laws”.

 

Various Other Laws Could Affect the Exercise of Lender’s Rights

 

The laws of the jurisdictions in which the mortgaged properties are located (which laws may vary substantially) govern many of the legal aspects of the mortgage loans. These laws may affect the ability to foreclose on, and, in turn the ability to realize value from, the mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans. For example, state law determines:

 

what proceedings are required for foreclosure;

 

whether the borrower and any foreclosed junior lienors may redeem the property and the conditions under which these rights of redemption may be exercised;

 

whether and to what extent recourse to the borrower is permitted; and

 

what rights junior mortgagees have and whether the amount of fees and interest that lenders may charge is limited.

 

In addition, the laws of some jurisdictions may render certain provisions of the mortgage loans unenforceable or subject to limitations which may affect lender’s rights under the mortgage loans. Delays in liquidations of defaulted mortgage loans and shortfalls in amounts realized upon liquidation as a result of the application of these laws may create delays and shortfalls in payments to certificateholders. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans”.

 

Risks of Anticipated Repayment Date Loans

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan (9.2%) provides that, if after a certain date (referred to as the anticipated repayment date) the related borrower has not prepaid the mortgage loan in full, any principal outstanding after that anticipated repayment date will accrue interest at an increased interest rate rather than the stated mortgage loan rate. Although this feature may create an incentive for the borrower to repay the mortgage loan in full on its anticipated repayment date, a substantial payment would be required and the borrower has no obligation to do so. Excess interest, to the extent actually collected, will be paid to the holders of the Class S certificates and the holder of the VRR Interest, neither of which are offered by this prospectus. To the extent that payments are required to be made on a related subordinate companion loan or mezzanine loan prior to application of excess cash flow to repay an anticipated repayment date mortgage loan, the amount of excess cash flow available to repay such mortgage loan will be reduced. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—ARD Loan”.

 

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Borrower May Be Unable To Repay Remaining Principal Balance on Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date; Longer Amortization Schedules and Interest-Only Provisions Increase Risk

 

Mortgage loans with substantial remaining principal balances at their stated maturity date or anticipated repayment date, as applicable, involve greater risk than fully-amortizing mortgage loans. This is because the borrower may be unable to repay the mortgage loan at that time. In addition, fully amortizing mortgage loans which may pay interest on an “actual/360” basis but have fixed monthly payments may, in effect, have a small balloon payment due at maturity.

 

All of the mortgage loans have amortization schedules that are significantly longer than their respective terms to maturity or anticipated repayment date, as applicable, and many of the mortgage loans require only payments of interest for part or all of their respective terms. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—Due Dates; Mortgage Rates; Calculations of Interest”. A longer amortization schedule or an interest-only provision in a mortgage loan will result in a higher amount of principal outstanding under the mortgage loan at any particular time, including at the maturity date or anticipated repayment date of the mortgage loan, than would have otherwise been the case had a shorter amortization schedule been used or had the mortgage loan had a shorter interest-only period or not included an interest-only provision at all. That higher principal amount outstanding could both (i) make it more difficult for the related borrower to make the required balloon payment at maturity or repay the outstanding principal amount at the anticipated repayment date and (ii) lead to increased losses for the issuing entity either during the loan term or at maturity or anticipated repayment date if the mortgage loan becomes a defaulted mortgage loan.

 

A borrower’s ability to repay a mortgage loan on its stated maturity date or anticipated repayment date, as applicable, typically will depend upon its ability either to refinance the mortgage loan or to sell the mortgaged property at a price sufficient to permit repayment. A borrower’s ability to achieve either of these goals will be affected by a number of factors, including:

 

the availability of, and competition for, credit for commercial or multifamily real estate projects, which fluctuate over time;

 

the prevailing interest rates;

 

the net operating income generated by the mortgaged property;

 

the fair market value of the related mortgaged property;

 

the borrower’s equity in the related mortgaged property;

 

significant tenant rollover at the related mortgaged properties (see “—Retail Properties Have Special Risks” and “—Office Properties Have Special Risks” above);

 

the borrower’s financial condition;

 

the operating history and occupancy level of the mortgaged property;

 

reductions in applicable government assistance/rent subsidy programs;

 

the tax laws; and

 

prevailing general and regional economic conditions.

 

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In addition, compliance with legal requirements, such as the credit risk retention regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act, could cause commercial real estate lenders to tighten their lending standards and reduce the availability of debt financing for commercial real estate borrowers. This, in turn, may adversely affect a borrower’s ability to refinance the related mortgage loan or sell the related mortgaged property on or before the related mortgage loan’s maturity date or anticipated repayment date, as applicable.

 

With respect to any mortgage loan that is part of a whole loan, the risks relating to balloon payment obligations are enhanced by the existence and amount of the related companion loans.

 

None of the sponsors, any party to the pooling and servicing agreement or any other person will be under any obligation to refinance any mortgage loan. However, in order to maximize recoveries on defaulted mortgage loans, the pooling and servicing agreement permits the special servicer (and each pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of a non-serviced whole loan may permit the related special servicer) to extend and modify mortgage loans in a manner consistent with the servicing standard, subject to the limitations described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Realization Upon Mortgage Loans” and “—Modifications, Waivers and Amendments”.

 

Neither the master servicer nor the special servicer will have the ability to extend or modify a non-serviced mortgage loan because such mortgage loan is being serviced by a master servicer or special servicer pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the applicable non-serviced whole loan. See “Pooling and Servicing AgreementServicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

We cannot assure you that any extension or modification will increase the present value of recoveries in a given case. Whether or not losses are ultimately sustained, any delay in collection of a balloon payment that would otherwise be distributable on your certificates, whether such delay is due to borrower default or to modification of the related mortgage loan, will likely extend the weighted average life of your certificates.

 

In any event, we cannot assure you that each borrower under a balloon loan will have the ability to repay the principal balance of such mortgage loan on the related maturity date or anticipated repayment date, as applicable.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics”.

 

Risks Related to Ground Leases and Other Leasehold Interests

 

With respect to certain mortgaged properties, the encumbered interest will be characterized as a “fee interest” if (i) the borrower has a fee interest in all or substantially all of the mortgaged property (provided that if the borrower has a leasehold interest in any portion of the mortgaged property, such portion is not material to the use or operation of the mortgaged property), or (ii) the mortgage loan is secured by the borrower’s leasehold interest in the mortgaged property as well as the borrower’s (or other fee owner’s) overlapping fee interest in the related mortgaged property.

 

Leasehold mortgage loans are subject to certain risks not associated with mortgage loans secured by a lien on the fee estate of the borrower. The most significant of these risks is that if the related borrower’s leasehold were to be terminated upon a lease default, the lender would lose its security in the leasehold interest. Generally, each related ground lease or a lessor estoppel requires the lessor to give the lender notice of the borrower’s defaults under the ground lease and an opportunity to cure them, permits the leasehold interest to be assigned to the lender or the purchaser at a foreclosure sale, in some cases only upon the consent of the lessor, and contains certain other protective provisions typically included in a “mortgageable” ground lease, although not all these protective provisions are included in each case.

 

Upon the bankruptcy of a lessor or a lessee under a ground lease, the debtor has the right to assume or reject the lease. If a debtor lessor rejects the lease, the lessee has the right pursuant to the federal bankruptcy code to treat such lease as terminated by rejection or remain in possession of its leased premises for the rent otherwise payable under the lease for the remaining term of the ground lease

 

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(including renewals) and to offset against such rent any damages incurred due to the landlord’s failure to perform its obligations under the lease. If a debtor lessee/borrower rejects any or all of the lease, the leasehold lender could succeed to the lessee/borrower’s position under the lease only if the lease specifically grants the lender such right. If both the lessor and the lessee/borrower are involved in bankruptcy proceedings, the issuing entity may be unable to enforce the lessee/borrower’s pre-petition agreement to refuse to treat a ground lease rejected by a bankrupt lessor as terminated. In such circumstances, a ground lease could be terminated notwithstanding lender protection provisions contained in the ground lease or in the mortgage.

 

Some of the ground leases securing the mortgage loans may provide that the ground rent payable under the related ground lease increases during the term of the mortgage loan. These increases may adversely affect the cash flow and net income of the related borrower.

 

A leasehold lender could lose its security unless (i) the leasehold lender holds a fee mortgage, (ii) the ground lease requires the lessor to enter into a new lease with the leasehold lender upon termination or rejection of the ground lease, or (iii) the bankruptcy court, as a court of equity, allows the leasehold lender to assume the ground lessee’s obligations under the ground lease and succeed to the ground lessee’s position. Although not directly covered by the 1994 Amendments to the federal bankruptcy code, such a result would be consistent with the purpose of the 1994 Amendments to the federal bankruptcy code granting the holders of leasehold mortgages permitted under the terms of the lease the right to succeed to the position of a leasehold mortgagor. Although consistent with the federal bankruptcy code, such position may not be adopted by the applicable bankruptcy court.

 

Further, in a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Precision Indus. v. Qualitech Steel SBQ, LLC, 327 F.3d 537 (7th Cir. 2003)) the court ruled with respect to an unrecorded lease of real property that where a statutory sale of the fee interest in leased property occurs under the federal bankruptcy code upon the bankruptcy of a landlord, such sale terminates a lessee’s possessory interest in the property, and the purchaser assumes title free and clear of any interest, including any leasehold estates. Pursuant to the federal bankruptcy code, a lessee may request the bankruptcy court to prohibit or condition the statutory sale of the property so as to provide adequate protection of the leasehold interest; however, the court ruled that this provision does not ensure continued possession of the property, but rather entitles the lessee to compensation for the value of its leasehold interest, typically from the sale proceeds. While there are certain circumstances under which a “free and clear” sale under the federal bankruptcy code would not be authorized (including that the lessee could not be compelled in a legal or equitable proceeding to accept a monetary satisfaction of his possessory interest, and that none of the other conditions of the federal bankruptcy code otherwise permits the sale), we cannot assure you that those circumstances would be present in any proposed sale of a leased premises. As a result, we cannot assure you that, in the event of a statutory sale of leased property pursuant to the federal bankruptcy code, the lessee will be able to maintain possession of the property under the ground lease. In addition, we cannot assure you that the lessee and/or the lender will be able to recoup the full value of the leasehold interest in bankruptcy court. Most of the ground leases contain standard protections typically obtained by securitization lenders. Certain of the ground leases with respect to a mortgage loan included in the issuing entity may not. See representation and warranty number 34 in Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 34 in Annex E-1, representation and warranty number 36 in Annex F-1, and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties in Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 or Annex F-2, as applicable.

 

Except as noted in this prospectus, each of the ground leases has a term that extends at least 20 years beyond the maturity date of the mortgage loan (taking into account all freely exercisable extension options) and contains customary mortgagee protection provisions, including notice and cure rights and the right to enter into a new lease with the applicable ground lessor in the event a ground lease is rejected or terminated.

 

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With respect to certain of the mortgage loans, the related borrower may have given to certain lessors under the related ground lease a right of first refusal or first offer in the event a sale is contemplated or an option to purchase all or a portion of the mortgaged property and these provisions, if not waived, may impede the mortgagee’s ability to sell the related mortgaged property at foreclosure or adversely affect the foreclosure process.

 

See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Bankruptcy Laws”.

 

Increases in Real Estate Taxes May Reduce Available Funds

 

Certain of the mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans have or may in the future have the benefit of reduced real estate taxes in connection with a local government “payment in lieu of taxes” program or other tax abatement arrangements. Upon expiration of such program or if such programs were otherwise terminated, the related borrower would be required to pay higher, and in some cases substantially higher, real estate taxes. Prior to expiration of such program, the tax benefit to the mortgaged property may decrease throughout the term of the expiration date until the expiration of such program. An increase in real estate taxes may impact the ability of the borrower to pay debt service on the mortgage loan.

 

See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Real Estate and Other Tax Considerations” for descriptions of real estate tax matters relating to certain mortgaged properties.

 

Collective Bargaining Activity May Disrupt Operations, Increase Labor Costs or Interfere with Business Strategies

 

A number of employees at certain of the mortgaged properties are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. If relationships with such employees or the unions that represent them become adverse, such mortgaged properties could experience labor disruptions such as strikes, lockouts, boycotts and public demonstrations. In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, unions may encourage employees to leave work if the workplace does not meet certain safety requirements. Labor disputes, which may be more likely when collective bargaining agreements are being negotiated, could harm relationships with employees, result in increased regulatory inquiries and enforcement by governmental authorities. Further, adverse publicity related to a labor dispute could harm such mortgaged properties’ reputation and reduce customer demand for related services. Labor regulation and the negotiation of new or existing collective bargaining agreements could lead to higher wage and benefit costs, changes in work rules that raise operating expenses, legal costs, and limitations on the related borrower’s ability to take cost saving measures during economic downturns. We cannot assure you that the related borrower will be able to control the negotiations of collective bargaining agreements covering unionized labor employed at such mortgaged properties.

 

State and Local Mortgage Recording Taxes May Apply Upon a Foreclosure or Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure and Reduce Net Proceeds

 

Many jurisdictions impose recording taxes on mortgages which, if not paid at the time of the recording of the mortgage, may impair the ability of the lender to foreclose the mortgage. Such taxes, interest, and penalties could be significant in amount and would, if imposed, reduce the net proceeds realized by the issuing entity in liquidating the real property securing the related mortgage loan.

 

Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest

 

Interests and Incentives of the Originators, the Sponsors and Their Affiliates May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests

 

The originators, the sponsors and their affiliates (including certain of the underwriters) expect to derive ancillary benefits from this offering and their respective incentives may not be aligned with those of purchasers of the offered certificates. The sponsors originated or purchased the mortgage loans in order

 

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to securitize the mortgage loans by means of a transaction such as the offering of the offered certificates. The sponsors will sell the mortgage loans to the depositor (an affiliate of German American Capital Corporation, one of the sponsors, DBR Investments Co. Limited, an originator, Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, an originator and the initial risk retention consultation party, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., one of the underwriters) on the closing date in exchange for cash, derived from the sale of the offered certificates to investors and/or in exchange for offered certificates. A completed offering would reduce the originators’ exposure to the mortgage loans. The originators made the mortgage loans with a view toward securitizing them and distributing the exposure by means of a transaction such as this offering of offered certificates. In addition, certain mortgaged properties may have tenants that are affiliated with the related originator. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Affiliated Leases”. This offering of offered certificates will effectively transfer the originators’ exposure to the mortgage loans to purchasers of the offered certificates.

 

The originators, the sponsors and their affiliates expect to receive various benefits, including compensation, commissions, payments, rebates, remuneration and business opportunities, in connection with or as a result of this offering of offered certificates and their interests in the mortgage loans. The sponsors and their affiliates will effectively receive compensation, and may record a profit, in an amount based on, among other things, the amount of proceeds (net of transaction expenses) received from the sale of the offered certificates to investors relative to their investment in the mortgage loans. The benefits to the originators, the sponsors and their affiliates arising from the decision to securitize the mortgage loans may be greater than they would have been had other assets been selected.

 

Furthermore, the sponsors and/or their affiliates may benefit from a completed offering of the offered certificates because the offering would establish a market precedent and a valuation data point for securities similar to the offered certificates, thus enhancing the ability of the sponsors and their affiliates to conduct similar offerings in the future and permitting them to adjust the fair value of the mortgage loans or other similar assets or securities held on their balance sheet, including increasing the carrying value or avoiding decreasing the carrying value of some or all of such similar positions.

 

In some cases, the originators or their affiliates are the holders of the mezzanine loans and/or companion loans related to their mortgage loans. The originators and/or their respective affiliates may retain existing mezzanine loans and/or companion loans or originate future permitted mezzanine indebtedness with respect to the mortgage loans. These transactions may cause the originators and their affiliates or their clients or counterparties who purchase the mezzanine loans and/or companion loans, as applicable, to have economic interests and incentives that do not align with, and that may be directly contrary to, those of an investor in the offered certificates. In addition, these transactions or actions taken to maintain, adjust or unwind any positions in the future, may, individually or in the aggregate, have a material effect on the market for the offered certificates (if any), including adversely affecting the value of the offered certificates, particularly in illiquid markets. The originators, the sponsors and their affiliates will have no obligation to take, refrain from taking or cease taking any action with respect to such companion loans or any existing or future mezzanine loans, based on the potential effect on an investor in the offered certificates, and may receive substantial returns from these transactions. In addition, the originators, the sponsors or any of their respective affiliates may benefit from certain relationships, including financial dealings, with any borrower, any non-recourse carveout guarantor or any of their respective affiliates, aside from the origination of mortgage loans or contribution of mortgage loans into this securitization. Conflicts may also arise because the sponsors and their respective affiliates intend to continue to actively acquire, develop, operate, finance and dispose of real estate-related assets in the ordinary course of their businesses. During the course of their business activities, the sponsors and their respective affiliates may acquire, sell or lease properties, or finance loans secured by properties, which may include the properties securing the mortgage loans or properties that are in the same markets as the mortgaged properties. Such other properties, similar to other third-party owned real estate, may compete with the mortgaged properties for existing and potential tenants. The sponsors may also, from time to time, be among the tenants at the mortgaged properties, and they should be expected to make occupancy-related decisions based on their self-interest and not that of the issuing entity. We cannot assure you that the activities of these parties with respect to such other properties will not adversely impact the performance of the mortgaged properties.

 

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In addition, certain of the mortgage loans included in the issuing entity may have been refinancings of debt previously held by a sponsor, an originator or one of their respective affiliates, or a sponsor, an originator or one of their respective affiliates may have or have had equity investments in the borrowers or mortgaged properties under certain of the mortgage loans included in the issuing entity. Each of the sponsors, the originators and their respective affiliates have made and/or may make loans to, or equity investments in, affiliates of the borrowers under the related mortgage loans. In the circumstances described above, the interests of the sponsors, the originators and their respective affiliates may differ from, and compete with, the interests of the issuing entity.

 

In addition, Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, is expected to hold the VRR Interest as described in “Credit Risk Retention”, and is expected to be appointed as the initial risk retention consultation party. The risk retention consultation party may, on a strictly non-binding basis, consult with the special servicer and recommend that the special servicer take actions that conflict with the interests of holders of certain classes of the certificates. However, the special servicer is not required to follow any such recommendations or take directions from the risk retention consultation party and is not permitted to take actions that are prohibited by law or that violate the servicing standard or the terms of the mortgage loan documents. The risk retention consultation party and the holder of the VRR Interest by whom it is appointed may have interests that are in conflict with those of certain other certificateholders, in particular if the risk retention consultation party or holder of the VRR Interest holds companion loan securities, or has financial interests in, or other financial dealings (as a lender or otherwise) with, a borrower or an affiliate of a borrower under any of the mortgage loans. In order to minimize the effect of certain of these conflicts of interest, for so long as any borrower party is the risk retention consultation party or the holder of the VRR Interest entitled to appoint the risk retention consultation party (any such mortgage loan referred to in this context as an “excluded loan” as to the risk retention consultation party), then the risk retention consultation party will not have consultation rights solely with respect to any such excluded loan. See “Credit Risk Retention”.

 

In addition, for so long as Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch (as the holder of the VRR Interest or the risk retention consultation party), is a borrower party with respect to any mortgage loan or whole loan, such party will be required to certify that it will forego access to any “conflicted information” solely relating to such excluded loan and/or the related mortgaged properties pursuant to the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement. Notwithstanding such restriction, we cannot assure you that Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch (as the holder of the VRR Interest or the risk retention consultation party), will not obtain sensitive information related to the strategy of any contemplated workout or liquidation related to any such mortgage loan or whole loan or otherwise seek to exert its influence over the special servicer in the event such mortgage loan or whole loan becomes subject to a workout or liquidation. See “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information”.

 

Further, various originators, sponsors and their respective affiliates are acting in multiple capacities in or with respect to this transaction, which may include, without limitation, acting as one or more transaction parties or a subcontractor or vendor of such party, participating in or contracting for interim servicing and/or custodial services with certain transaction parties, providing warehouse financing to, or receiving warehouse financing from, certain other originators or sponsors prior to transfer of the related mortgage loans to the issuing entity, and/or conducting due diligence on behalf of an investor with respect to the mortgage loans prior to their transfer to the issuing entity.

 

For a description of certain of the foregoing relationships and arrangements that exist among the parties to this securitization, see “Certain Affiliations, Relationships And Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties” and “Transaction Parties”.

 

These roles and other potential relationships may give rise to conflicts of interest as described in “—Interests and Incentives of the Underwriter Entities May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests”, “—Potential Conflicts of Interest in the Selection of the Underlying Mortgage Loans” and “—Other Potential Conflicts of Interest May Affect Your Investment” below. Each of the foregoing relationships and related interests should be considered carefully by you before you invest in any offered certificates.

 

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The Servicing of the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Whole Loan, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan and the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan Will Shift to Other Servicers

 

The servicing of (i) the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District whole loan and the Cabinetworks Portfolio whole loan will be governed by the GSMS 2020-GSA2 pooling and servicing agreement and (ii) the JW Marriott Nashville whole loan will be governed by the Benchmark 2020-B21 pooling and servicing agreement, in each case, only temporarily, until the securitization of the related controlling pari passu companion loan. At that time, the servicing and administration of each of the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District whole loan, the JW Marriott Nashville whole loan and the Cabinetworks Portfolio whole loan will shift to the applicable master servicer and the applicable special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement that governs the securitization of the related controlling pari passu companion loan and will be governed exclusively by such pooling and servicing agreement and the related intercreditor agreement. Neither the closing date of such securitization nor the identity of such master servicer or special servicer has been determined. In addition, the provisions of the pooling and servicing agreement that governs the securitization of each such controlling pari passu companion loan have not yet been determined. Prospective investors should be aware that they will not have any control over the identity of the master servicer or special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement that governs the securitization of the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District controlling pari passu companion loan, the JW Marriott Nashville controlling pari passu companion loan or the Cabinetworks Portfolio controlling pari passu companion loan, nor will they have any assurance as to the particular terms of such pooling and servicing agreement(s) except to the extent of compliance with any requirements set forth in the related intercreditor agreement. Moreover, the directing certificateholder for this securitization will not have any consent or consultation rights with respect to the servicing of the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District whole loan, the JW Marriott Nashville whole loan or the Cabinetworks Portfolio whole loan, or any other non-serviced whole loan, other than those limited consent and consultation rights as are provided in the related intercreditor agreement, and the holder of the related controlling pari passu companion loan or the controlling party in the related securitization of such controlling pari passu companion loan or such other party specified in the related intercreditor agreement is expected to have rights substantially similar to, but not necessarily identical to, those granted to the directing certificateholder in this transaction. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans—Control Rights”.

 

Interests and Incentives of the Underwriter Entities May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests

 

The activities and interests of the underwriters and their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Underwriter Entities”) will not align with, and may in fact be directly contrary to, those of the certificateholders. The Underwriter Entities are each part of separate global investment banking, securities and investment management firms that provide a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. As such, they actively make markets in and trade financial instruments for their own account and for the accounts of customers. These financial instruments include debt and equity securities, currencies, commodities, bank loans, indices, baskets and other products. The Underwriter Entities’ activities include, among other things, executing large block trades and taking long and short positions directly and indirectly, through derivative instruments or otherwise. The securities and instruments in which the Underwriter Entities take positions, or expect to take positions, include loans similar to the mortgage loans, securities and instruments similar to the offered certificates and other securities and instruments. Market making is an activity where the Underwriter Entities buy and sell on behalf of customers, or for their own account, to satisfy the expected demand of customers. By its nature, market making involves facilitating transactions among market participants that have differing views of securities and instruments. Any short positions taken by the Underwriter Entities and/or their clients through marketing or otherwise will increase in value if the related securities or other instruments decrease in value, while positions taken by the Underwriter Entities and/or their clients in credit derivative or other derivative transactions with other parties, pursuant to which the Underwriter Entities and/or their clients sell or buy credit protection with respect to one or more classes of the offered certificates, may increase in value if the offered certificates default, are expected to default, or decrease in value.

 

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The Underwriter Entities and their clients acting through them may execute such transactions, modify or terminate such derivative positions and otherwise act with respect to such transactions, and may exercise or enforce, or refrain from exercising or enforcing, any or all of their rights and powers in connection therewith, without regard to whether any such action might have an adverse effect on the offered certificates or the certificateholders. Additionally, none of the Underwriter Entities will have any obligation to disclose any of these securities or derivatives transactions to you in your capacity as a certificateholder. As a result, you should expect that the Underwriter Entities will take positions that are inconsistent with, or adverse to, the investment objectives of investors in the offered certificates.

 

As a result of the Underwriter Entities’ various financial market activities, including acting as a research provider, investment advisor, market maker or principal investor, you should expect that personnel in various businesses throughout the Underwriter Entities will have and express research or investment views and make recommendations that are inconsistent with, or adverse to, the objectives of investors in the offered certificates.

 

If an Underwriter Entity becomes a holder of any of the certificates, through market-making activity or otherwise, any actions that it takes in its capacity as a certificateholder, including voting, providing consents or otherwise will not necessarily be aligned with the interests of other holders of the same class or other classes of the certificates. Similarly, the expected holder of the VRR Interest and the party expected to be designated to consult with the special servicer on its behalf as the risk retention consultation party is an Underwriter Entity. We cannot assure you that any actions that such party takes in either such capacity will necessarily be aligned with the interests of the holders of other classes of certificates. To the extent an Underwriter Entity makes a market in the certificates (which it is under no obligation to do), it would expect to receive income from the spreads between its bid and offer prices for the certificates. The price at which an Underwriter Entity may be willing to purchase certificates, if it makes a market, will depend on market conditions and other relevant factors and may be significantly lower than the issue price for the certificates and significantly lower than the price at which it may be willing to sell certificates.

 

In addition, none of the Underwriter Entities will have any obligation to monitor the performance of the certificates or the actions of the parties to the pooling and servicing agreement and will have no authority to advise any party to the pooling and servicing agreement or to direct their actions.

 

Furthermore, each Underwriter Entity expects that a completed offering will enhance its ability to assist clients and counterparties in the transaction or in related transactions (including assisting clients in additional purchases and sales of the certificates and hedging transactions). The Underwriter Entities expect to derive fees and other revenues from these transactions. In addition, participating in a successful offering and providing related services to clients may enhance the Underwriter Entities’ relationships with various parties, facilitate additional business development, and enable them to obtain additional business and generate additional revenue.

 

The Underwriter Entities are playing several roles in this transaction. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of (i) the depositor, (ii) German American Capital Corporation, a sponsor, (iii) Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, an originator, the initial risk retention consultation party, the holder of the VRR Interest and the title holder of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay companion loans, and (iv) DBR Investments Co. Limited, an originator and the holder of the companion loans (or, in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay companion loans, the holder of a 100% equity participation in such companion loans) for which the noteholder is identified as “DBRI” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General”. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a sponsor, an originator and the holder of the companion loans for which the noteholder is identified as “JPMCB” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General”. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., a sponsor and an originator. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of (i) Goldman Sachs Bank USA, an originator and the holder of the companion loans for which the noteholder is identified as “GS Bank” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the

 

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Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General”, and (ii) Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, a sponsor. In addition, affiliates of the underwriters are holders of companion loans as described in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General”.

 

See “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers”. Each of the foregoing relationships should be considered carefully by you before you invest in any certificates.

 

Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer

 

The pooling and servicing agreement provides that the mortgage loans serviced thereunder are required to be administered in accordance with the servicing standard without regard to ownership of any certificate by the master servicer, the special servicer or any of their respective affiliates. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing Standard”. The trust and servicing agreement or pooling and servicing agreement, as applicable, governing the servicing of a non-serviced whole loan provides that such non-serviced whole loan is required to be administered in accordance with a servicing standard that is generally similar to the servicing standard set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the master servicer, a sub-servicer, the special servicer or any of their respective affiliates and, as it relates to servicing and administration of a non-serviced mortgage loan, each applicable master servicer, sub-servicer, special servicer or any of their respective affiliates under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of a non-serviced whole loan, may have interests when dealing with the mortgage loans that are in conflict with those of holders of the certificates, especially if the master servicer, a sub-servicer, the special servicer or any of their respective affiliates holds certificates or securities relating to any of the applicable companion loans, or has financial interests in or financial dealings with a borrower or a borrower sponsor.

 

In order to minimize the effect of certain of these conflicts of interest as they relate to the special servicer, if the special servicer obtains knowledge that it has become a borrower party with respect to a serviced mortgage loan and any related serviced companion loan, the special servicer will be required to resign as special servicer with respect to that mortgage loan or serviced whole loan (referred to in this prospectus as an “excluded special servicer loan”) and a separate special servicer that is not a borrower party (referred to in this prospectus as an “excluded special servicer”) will be appointed as special servicer for such excluded special servicer loan as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Replacement of the Special Servicer Without Cause”. Any excluded special servicer will be required to perform all of the obligations of the special servicer with respect to such excluded special servicer loan and will be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such excluded special servicer loan earned during such time as the related mortgage loan is an excluded special servicer loan (provided that the special servicer will remain entitled to all other special servicing compensation with respect all mortgage loans and serviced whole loans that are not excluded special servicer loans). While the special servicer will have the same access to information related to the excluded special servicer loan as it does with respect to the other mortgage loans, the special servicer will covenant in the pooling and servicing agreement that it will not directly or indirectly provide any information related to the excluded special servicer loan to the related borrower party or any employees or personnel of such borrower party involved in the management of any investment in the related borrower party or the related mortgaged property and will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with those obligations. Notwithstanding those restrictions, we cannot assure you that the related borrower party will not obtain sensitive information related to the strategy of any contemplated workout or liquidation related to an excluded special servicer loan.

 

Each of these relationships may create a conflict of interest. For instance, if the special servicer or its affiliate holds a subordinate class of certificates, the special servicer might seek to reduce the potential for losses allocable to those certificates from the mortgage loans by deferring acceleration in hope of maximizing future proceeds. However, that action could result in less proceeds to the issuing entity than would be realized if earlier action had been taken. In addition, no servicer is required to act in a manner

 

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more favorable to the offered certificates or any particular class of certificates than to the non-offered certificates, any serviced companion loan holder or the holder of any serviced companion loan securities.

 

Each of the master servicer and the special servicer services and is expected to continue to service, in the ordinary course of its business, existing and new mortgage loans for third parties, including portfolios of mortgage loans similar to the mortgage loans. The real properties securing these other mortgage loans may be in the same markets as, and compete with, certain of the mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans. Consequently, personnel of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, may perform services, on behalf of the issuing entity, with respect to the mortgage loans at the same time as they are performing services, on behalf of other persons, with respect to other mortgage loans secured by properties that compete with the mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans. In addition, the mortgage loan sellers will determine who will service mortgage loans that the mortgage loan sellers originate in the future, and that determination may be influenced by the mortgage loan seller’s opinion of servicing decisions made by the master servicer or special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement including, among other things, the manner in which the master servicer or special servicer enforces breaches of representations and warranties against the related mortgage loan seller. This may pose inherent conflicts for the master servicer or the special servicer.

 

The special servicer may enter into one or more arrangements with the directing holder, a controlling class certificateholder, a serviced companion loan holder or other certificateholders (or an affiliate or a third party representative of one or more of the preceding parties) to provide for a discount and/or revenue sharing with respect to certain of the special servicer compensation in consideration of, among other things, the special servicer’s appointment (or continuance) as special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement and/or the related intercreditor agreement and limitations on the right of such person to replace the special servicer. See “—Other Potential Conflicts of Interest May Affect Your Investment” below.

 

RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, is expected to (i) be the initial trust directing holder and, therefore, the initial directing holder with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loans and (ii) purchase the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates and will receive the Class S certificates. Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC is expected to act as the special servicer with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any excluded special servicer loans) and any related serviced companion loans and it or an affiliate assisted RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, with its due diligence on the mortgage loans prior to the closing date. Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC is also an affiliate of Situs Holdings, LLC, which is the special servicer under (i) the BX 2020-VIVA trust and servicing agreement with respect to the servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay whole loan and (ii) the GRACE 2020-GRCE trust and servicing agreement with respect to the servicing of The Grace Building whole loan, through common control by Stone Point Capital LLC.

 

Although the master servicer and the special servicer will be required to service and administer the mortgage loan pool in accordance with the servicing standard and, accordingly, without regard to their rights to receive compensation under the pooling and servicing agreement and without regard to any potential obligation to repurchase or substitute a mortgage loan if the master servicer or special servicer is a mortgage loan seller, the possibility of receiving additional servicing compensation in the nature of assumption and modification fees, the continuation of receiving fees to service or specially service a mortgage loan, or the desire to avoid a repurchase demand resulting from a breach of a representation and warranty or material document default may under certain circumstances provide the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, with an economic disincentive to comply with this standard.

 

Each of the foregoing relationships should be considered carefully by you before you invest in any certificates.

 

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Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Operating Advisor

 

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC has been appointed as the initial operating advisor with respect to all of the serviced mortgage loans. See “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer”. In the normal course of conducting its business, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC and its affiliates may have rendered services to, performed surveillance of, provided valuation services to, and negotiated with, numerous parties engaged in activities related to structured finance and commercial mortgage securitization. These parties may have included institutional investors, the depositor, the sponsors, the mortgage loan sellers, the originators, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the master servicer, the special servicer or the directing holder, the risk retention consultation party, collateral property owners and their vendors or affiliates of any of those parties. In the normal course of its business, Pentalpha Surveillance LLC and its affiliates are also hired by trustees and other transaction parties to perform valuation services with respect to properties that may have mortgages attached. Each of these relationships, to the extent they exist, may continue in the future and may involve a conflict of interest with respect to the duties of Pentalpha Surveillance LLC as operating advisor. We cannot assure you that the existence of these relationships and other relationships in the future will not impact the manner in which the initial operating advisor performs its duties under the pooling and servicing agreement.

 

In addition, the operating advisor and its affiliates may have interests that are in conflict with those of certificateholders, especially if the operating advisor or any of its affiliates holds certificates or has financial interests in or other financial dealings with any of the parties to this transaction, a borrower or a parent or sponsor of a borrower or any of their affiliates.

 

The operating advisor or its affiliates may have duties with respect to existing and new commercial and multifamily mortgage loans for itself, its affiliates or third parties, including portfolios of mortgage loans similar to the mortgage loans included in the issuing entity. These other mortgage loans and the related mortgaged properties may be in the same markets as, or have owners, obligors or property managers in common with, one or more of the mortgage loans in the issuing entity and the related mortgaged properties. As a result of the investments and activities described above, the interests of the operating advisor and its affiliates and their clients may differ from, and conflict with, the interests of the issuing entity. Consequently, personnel of the operating advisor may perform services, on behalf of the issuing entity, with respect to the mortgage loans at the same time as they are performing services, on behalf of other persons, with respect to other mortgage loans secured by properties that compete with the mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans included in the issuing entity. Although the operating advisor is required to consider the servicing standard in connection with its activities under the pooling and servicing agreement, the operating advisor will not itself be bound by the servicing standard.

 

Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Asset Representations Reviewer

 

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC has been appointed as the initial asset representations reviewer with respect to all of the mortgage loans other than the non-serviced mortgage loans. See “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer”. In the normal course of conducting its business, the initial asset representations reviewer and its affiliates may have rendered services to, performed surveillance of, provided valuation services to, and negotiated with, numerous parties engaged in activities related to structured finance and commercial mortgage securitization. These parties may have included institutional investors, the depositor, the sponsors, the mortgage loan sellers, the originators, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the master servicer, the special servicer or the directing holder, the risk retention consultation party, collateral property owners and their vendors or affiliates of any of those parties. Each of these relationships, to the extent they exist, may continue in the future and may involve a conflict of interest with respect to the initial asset representations reviewer’s duties as asset representations reviewer. We cannot assure you that the existence of these relationships and other relationships in the future will not impact the manner in which the initial asset representations reviewer performs its duties under the pooling and servicing agreement.

 

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In addition, the asset representations reviewer and its affiliates may have interests that are in conflict with those of certificateholders, especially if the asset representations reviewer or any of its affiliates holds certificates or has financial interests in or other financial dealings with any of the parties to this transaction, a borrower or a parent or sponsor of a borrower or any of their affiliates.

 

The asset representations reviewer or its affiliates may have duties with respect to existing and new commercial and multifamily mortgage loans for itself, its affiliates or third parties, including portfolios of mortgage loans similar to the mortgage loans included in the issuing entity. These other mortgage loans and the related mortgaged properties may be in the same markets as, or have owners, obligors or property managers in common with, one or more of the mortgage loans in the issuing entity and the related mortgaged properties. As a result of the investments and activities described above, the interests of the asset representations reviewer and its affiliates and their clients may differ from, and conflict with, the interests of the issuing entity. Consequently, personnel of the asset representations reviewer may perform services, on behalf of the issuing entity, with respect to the mortgage loans at the same time as they are performing services, on behalf of other persons, with respect to other mortgage loans secured by properties that compete with the mortgaged properties securing the mortgage loans included in the issuing entity.

 

Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Directing Holder and the Companion Loan Holders

 

It is expected that RREF IV Debt AIV, LP (or its affiliate), will be appointed as the initial trust directing holder and, therefore, the initial directing holder with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan). The special servicer may, at the direction of the directing holder (for so long as a control termination event does not exist and other than with respect to any applicable excluded special servicer loan), take actions with respect to the specially serviced mortgage loans administered under the pooling and servicing agreement that could adversely affect the holders of some or all of the classes of certificates. The directing holder (other than with respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan or any applicable excluded loan) will be controlled by the controlling class certificateholders.

 

The controlling class certificateholders and the holders of the companion loans or securities backed by such companion loans may have interests in conflict with those of the other certificateholders. As a result, it is possible that the directing holder on behalf of the controlling class certificateholders (for so long as a control termination event does not exist and other than with respect to any applicable excluded loan) or on behalf of the subordinate companion loan holders or the directing holder (which term as used herein will include any equivalent entity or any representative thereof) under the pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, governing the servicing of a non-serviced whole loan may direct the special servicer or the special servicer under such pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, relating to the other securitization transaction, as the case may be, to take actions that conflict with the interests of holders of certain classes of the certificates. Set forth in the following table is the identity of the initial directing holder (or equivalent party) for each whole loan, the expected securitization trust holding the controlling note in such whole loan and the pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement under which it is expected to be serviced.

 

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Whole Loan 

Pooling/Trust and Servicing Agreement(1) 

Controlling Noteholder 

Initial Directing Party(2) 

The Grace Building GRACE 2020-GRCE GRACE 2020-GRCE Core Credit Partners A LLC
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay BX 2020-VIVA BX 2020-VIVA CF LV SASB Holdings LLC(3)
Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Benchmark 2020-B22 Benchmark 2020-B22 RREF IV Debt AIV, LP
Station Park & Station Park West Benchmark 2020-B22 Benchmark 2020-B22 RREF IV Debt AIV, LP
Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Benchmark 2020-B22 Benchmark 2020-B22 RREF IV Debt AIV, LP
4 West 58th Street Benchmark 2020-B20 Benchmark 2020-B20 KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners II L.P.
McClellan Business Park BANK 2020-BNK30(4) BANK 2020-BNK30 Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.
711 Fifth Avenue GSMS 2020-GC47 GSMS 2020-GC47 LD II Holdco X, LLC
32-42 Broadway Benchmark 2020-B21 Benchmark 2020-B21 Eightfold Real Estate Capital, L.P.
Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District GSMS 2020-GSA2(5)(6) Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.(6) Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.(6)
JW Marriott Nashville Benchmark 2020-B21(7) Goldman Sachs Bank USA(7) Goldman Sachs Bank USA(7)
Cabinetworks Portfolio GSMS 2020-GSA2(8) Goldman Sachs Bank USA(8) Goldman Sachs Bank USA(8)

 

 

(1)The identification of a “Pooling/Trust and Servicing Agreement” above indicates that we have identified a securitization trust that has closed or priced or as to which a preliminary prospectus or final prospectus has printed that has included, or is expected to include, the related controlling note for such whole loan.

 

(2)The entity listed as the “Initial Directing Party” reflects the party entitled to exercise control and consultation rights with respect to the related mortgage loan until such party’s rights are terminated pursuant to the related pooling and servicing agreement, trust and servicing agreement or intercreditor agreement, as applicable.

 

(3)The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay whole loan is an AB whole loan, and the controlling note as of the date hereof is a related subordinate note. Upon the occurrence of certain trigger events specified in the related co-lender agreement, however, control will generally shift to a more senior subordinate note or a more senior note (that is pari passu with the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan) in the subject whole loan, which more senior subordinate or pari passu note, as the case may be, will thereafter be the controlling note. The more senior note may be included in another securitization trust, in which case the directing party for the related whole loan will be the party designated under the servicing agreement for such securitization trust. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan”. As of the closing date of the BX 2020-VIVA transaction, CF LV SASB Holdings was the entity expected to act as the initial directing party.

 

(4)The McClellan Business Park whole loan is currently serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Benchmark 2020-B21 securitization and is expected to be serviced under the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization on and after the closing date of the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization, which is expected to be December 22, 2020.

 

(5)The GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization is expected to close on December 29, 2020.

 

(6)The Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District whole loan is expected to initially be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for the GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization. On and after the securitization of the controlling note, the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District whole loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for such future securitization.

 

(7)The JW Marriott Nashville whole loan is currently serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for the Benchmark 2020-B21 securitization. On and after the securitization of the controlling note, the JW Marriott Nashville whole loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for such future securitization.

 

(8)The Cabinetworks Portfolio whole loan is expected to initially be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for the GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization. On and after the securitization of the controlling note, the Cabinetworks Portfolio whole loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for such future securitization.

 

The special servicer, in connection with obtaining the consent of, or upon non-binding consultation with, the directing holder or a serviced companion loan holder or its representative, may take actions with respect to the related serviced whole loan that could adversely affect the holders of some or all of the classes of certificates, to the extent described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”. In connection with the pari passu whole loans serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for this securitization, the serviced companion loan holders do not have any duties to the holders of any class of certificates, and they may have interests in conflict with those of the certificateholders. As a result, it is possible that a serviced companion loan holder (solely with respect to the related serviced whole loan) may advise the special servicer to take actions that conflict with the interests of holders of certain classes of the certificates. However, the special servicer is not permitted to take actions that are prohibited by law or violate the servicing standard or the terms of the mortgage loan documents. In addition, except as limited by certain conditions described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for Cause—Servicer Termination Events”, the special servicer may be replaced by the directing holder for cause at any time and without cause (for so long as a control termination event does not exist and other than with

 

 

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respect to any applicable excluded loan). See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder” and “—Termination of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for Cause—Servicer Termination Events”.

 

Similarly, the applicable controlling class related to the securitization trust indicated in the chart above as the controlling noteholder has certain consent and/or consultation rights with respect to the non-serviced mortgage loans under the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of that related non-serviced whole loan and have similar conflicts of interest with the holders of other certificates backed by the companion loans. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

The directing holder and its affiliates (and the directing holder (or equivalent entity) under the pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, governing the servicing of a non-serviced whole loan and their respective affiliates) may have interests that are in conflict with those of certain certificateholders, especially if the applicable directing holder or any of its affiliates holds certificates or companion loan securities, or has financial interests in or other financial dealings (as lender or otherwise) with a borrower or an affiliate of a borrower. In order to minimize the effect of certain of these conflicts of interest, for so long as any borrower party is the directing holder or the holder of the majority of the controlling class (by certificate balance) (any such mortgage loan referred to in this prospectus as an “excluded loan” as to such party), the directing holder will not have consent or consultation rights solely with respect to the related excluded loan (however, the directing holder will be provided certain notices and certain information relating to such excluded loan as described in the pooling and servicing agreement). In addition, for so long as any borrower party is the directing holder or a controlling class certificateholder, as applicable, the directing holder or such controlling class certificateholder, as applicable, will not be given access to any excluded information solely relating to the related excluded loan and/or the related mortgaged properties pursuant to the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement. Notwithstanding those restrictions, we cannot assure you that the directing holder or any controlling class certificateholder will not obtain sensitive information related to the strategy of any contemplated workout or liquidation related to an excluded loan or otherwise seek to exert its influence over the special servicer in the event an excluded loan becomes subject to a workout or liquidation. See “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information”. Each of these relationships may create a conflict of interest.

 

RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, is expected to (i) be appointed the initial trust directing holder and, therefore, as the initial directing holder with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loans and (ii) purchase the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates and will receive the Class S certificates. Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC is expected to act as the special servicer with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any excluded special servicer loan) and any related serviced companion loans and it or an affiliate assisted RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, with its due diligence on the mortgage loans prior to the closing date. Rialto Capital Advisors is also an affiliate of Situs Holdings, LLC, which is the special servicer under (i) the BX 2020-VIVA trust and servicing agreement with respect to the servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay whole loan and (ii) the GRACE 2020-GRCE trust and servicing agreement with respect to the servicing of The Grace Building whole loan, through common control by Stone Point Capital LLC.

 

Potential Conflicts of Interest in the Selection of the Underlying Mortgage Loans

 

The anticipated initial investor in the Class G and Class H certificates, which is referred to in this prospectus as the “B-piece buyer” (see “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder—General”), was given the opportunity by the sponsors to perform certain due diligence on the mortgage loans originally identified by the sponsors for inclusion in the issuing entity. In addition, the B-piece buyer was given the opportunity by the sponsors to request the removal, re-sizing, decrease in the principal balance of the mortgage loan, reduction of the time during which the loan pays interest-only, increase in the amount of required reserves or change in the expected repayment dates or other features of some or all of the mortgage loans. The mortgage pool as originally proposed by the sponsors was adjusted based

 

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on certain of these requests. In addition, the B-piece buyer received or may receive price adjustments or cost mitigation arrangements in connection with accepting certain mortgage loans in the mortgage pool.

 

We cannot assure you that you or another investor would have made the same requests to modify the original pool as the B-piece buyer or that the final pool as influenced by the B-piece buyer’s feedback will not adversely affect the performance of your certificates and benefit the performance of the B-piece buyer’s certificates. Because of the differing subordination levels, the B-piece buyer has interests that may, in some circumstances, differ from those of purchasers of other classes of certificates, and may desire a portfolio composition that benefits the B-piece buyer but that does not benefit other investors. In addition, the B-piece buyer may enter into hedging or other transactions or otherwise have business objectives that also could cause its interests with respect to the mortgage pool to diverge from those of other purchasers of the certificates. The B-piece buyer performed due diligence solely for its own benefit and has no liability to any person or entity for conducting its due diligence. The B-piece buyer is not required to take into account the interests of any other investor in the certificates in exercising remedies or voting or other rights in its capacity as owner of its certificates or in making requests or recommendations to the sponsors as to the selection of the mortgage loans and the establishment of other transaction terms. Investors are not entitled to rely on in any way the B-piece buyer’s acceptance of a mortgage loan. The B-piece buyer’s acceptance of a mortgage loan does not constitute, and may not be construed as, an endorsement of such mortgage loan, the underwriting for such mortgage loan or the originator of such mortgage loan.

 

The B-piece buyer will have no liability to any certificateholder for any actions taken by them as described in the preceding two paragraphs.

 

It is anticipated that RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate will be the B-piece buyer. RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, will constitute the initial trust directing holder and, therefore, the initial directing holder with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any applicable excluded loan) and any related serviced companion loans. The directing holder will have certain rights to direct and consult with the special servicer. In addition, the directing holder will generally have certain consultation rights with regard to a non-serviced mortgage loan under the pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, governing the servicing of such non-serviced whole loan and the related intercreditor agreement. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole LoansThe Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans—Control Rights” and “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans”.

 

Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC is expected to act as the special servicer with respect to each serviced mortgage loan (other than any excluded special servicer loan) and any related serviced companion loans and it or an affiliate assisted RREF IV Debt AIV, LP (or its affiliate) with its due diligence on the mortgage loans prior to the Closing Date. Rialto Capital Advisors is also an affiliate of Situs Holdings, LLC, which is the special servicer under (i) the BX 2020-VIVA trust and servicing agreement with respect to the servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay whole loan and (ii) the GRACE 2020-GRCE trust and servicing agreement with respect to the servicing of The Grace Building whole loan, through common control by Stone Point Capital LLC.

 

Because the incentives and actions of the B-piece buyer may, in some circumstances, differ from or be adverse to those of purchasers of the offered certificates, you are advised and encouraged to make your own investment decision based on a careful review of the information set forth in this prospectus and your own view of the mortgage pool and should not rely upon the B-piece buyer’s due diligence or investment decision (or due diligence or the investment decision of its affiliates).

 

Conflicts of Interest May Occur as a Result of the Rights of the Applicable Directing Holder To Terminate the Special Servicer of the Applicable Whole Loan

 

With respect to each whole loan, the directing holder exercising control rights over that whole loan will be entitled, under certain circumstances, to remove the special servicer under the applicable pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, governing the servicing of such whole loan and, in such circumstances, appoint a successor special servicer for such whole loan (or have

 

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certain consent rights with respect to such removal or replacement). The party with this appointment power may have special relationships or interests that conflict with those of the holders of one or more classes of certificates. In addition, that party does not have any duties to the holders of any class of certificates, may act solely in its own interests, and will have no liability to any certificateholders for having done so. No certificateholder may take any action against the directing holder under the pooling and servicing agreement for this securitization or under any pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, governing the servicing of a non-serviced whole loan, or against any other parties for having acted solely in their respective interests. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” for a description of these rights to terminate the special servicer.

 

The special servicer (or a successor special servicer) may enter into one or more arrangements with the directing holder, a controlling class certificateholder, a companion loan holder, the holder of the VRR Interest, a holder of a companion loan security or other certificateholders (or an affiliate or a third party representative of one or more of the preceding) to provide for a discount and/or revenue sharing with respect to certain of the special servicer compensation in consideration of, among other things, the appointment (or continuance) of the special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement and the co-lender agreements and limitations on the right of such person to replace the special servicer.

 

Other Potential Conflicts of Interest May Affect Your Investment

 

The managers of the mortgaged properties and the borrowers may experience conflicts in the management and/or ownership of the mortgaged properties because:

 

a substantial number of the mortgaged properties are managed by property managers affiliated with the respective borrowers;

 

these property managers also may manage and/or franchise additional properties, including properties that may compete with the mortgaged properties; and

 

affiliates of the managers and/or the borrowers, or the managers and/or the borrowers themselves, also may own other properties, including competing properties.

 

None of the borrowers, property managers or any of their affiliates or any employees of the foregoing has any duty to favor the leasing of space in the mortgaged properties over the leasing of space in other properties, one or more of which may be adjacent to or near the mortgaged properties.

 

Each of the foregoing relationships should be considered carefully by you before you invest in any certificates.

 

Other Risks Relating to the Certificates

 

The Certificates Are Limited Obligations

 

The certificates, when issued, will only represent ownership interests in the issuing entity. The certificates will not represent an interest in or obligation of, and will not be guaranteed by, the sponsors, the depositor, or any other person. The primary assets of the issuing entity will be the mortgage loans, and distributions on any class of certificates will depend solely on the amount and timing of payments and other collections in respect of the mortgage loans. We cannot assure you that the cash flow from the mortgaged properties and the proceeds of any sale or refinancing of the mortgaged properties will be sufficient to pay the principal of, and interest on, the mortgage loans or to distribute in full the amounts of interest and principal to which the certificateholders will be entitled. See “Description of the Certificates—General”.

 

The Certificates May Have Limited Liquidity and the Market Value of the Certificates May Decline

 

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your certificates. The underwriters have no obligation to make a market in the offered certificates. We cannot assure you that an active secondary market for the certificates will develop. Additionally, one or more investors may purchase substantial portions of one or more classes of certificates. Accordingly, you may not have an active or liquid secondary market for your certificates.

 

The market value of the certificates will also be influenced by the supply of and demand for CMBS generally. A number of factors will affect investors’ demand for CMBS, including:

 

the availability of alternative investments that offer higher yields or are perceived as being a better credit risk than CMBS, or as having a less volatile market value or being more liquid than CMBS;

 

legal and other restrictions that prohibit a particular entity from investing in CMBS or limit the amount or types of CMBS that it may acquire or require it to maintain increased capital or reserves as a result of its investment in CMBS;

 

increased regulatory compliance burdens imposed on CMBS or securitizations generally, or on classes of securitizers, that may make securitization a less attractive financing option for commercial mortgage loans; and

 

investors’ perceptions of commercial real estate lending or CMBS, which may be adversely affected by, among other things, a decline in real estate values or an increase in defaults and foreclosures on commercial mortgage loans.

 

We cannot assure you that your certificates will not decline in value.

 

Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations May Assign Different Ratings to the Certificates; Ratings of the Certificates Reflect Only the Views of the Applicable Rating Agencies as of the Dates Such Ratings Were Issued; Ratings May Affect ERISA Eligibility; Ratings May Be Downgraded

 

Ratings assigned to the offered certificates by the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations engaged by the depositor:

 

are based on, among other things, the economic characteristics of the mortgaged properties and other relevant structural features of the transaction;

 

do not represent any assessment of the yield to maturity in distributions to certificateholders that a certificateholder may experience;

 

reflect only the views of the respective rating agencies as of the date such ratings were issued;

 

may be reviewed, revised, suspended, downgraded, qualified or withdrawn entirely by the applicable rating agency as a result of changes in or unavailability of information;

 

may have been determined based on criteria that included an analysis of historical mortgage loan data that may not reflect future experience;

 

may reflect assumptions by such rating agencies regarding performance of the mortgage loans that are not accurate, as evidenced by the significant amount of downgrades, qualifications and withdrawals of ratings assigned to previously issued CMBS by the hired rating agencies and other nationally recognized statistical rating organizations during the recent credit crisis; and

 

do not consider to what extent the offered certificates will be subject to prepayment or that the outstanding principal amount of any class of offered certificates will be prepaid.

 

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In addition, the rating of any class of offered certificates below an investment grade rating by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, whether upon initial issuance of such class of certificates or as a result of a ratings downgrade, could adversely affect the ability of an employee benefit plan or other investor to purchase or retain those offered certificates. See “Certain ERISA Considerations” and “Legal Investment”.

 

Nationally recognized statistical rating organizations that were not engaged by the depositor to rate the offered certificates may nevertheless issue unsolicited credit ratings on one or more classes of offered certificates, relying on information they receive pursuant to Rule 17g-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise. If any such unsolicited ratings are issued, we cannot assure you that they will not be different from any ratings assigned by a rating agency engaged by the depositor. The issuance of unsolicited ratings by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization on a class of the offered certificates that are lower than ratings assigned by a rating agency engaged by the depositor may adversely impact the liquidity, market value and regulatory characteristics of that class.

 

As part of the process of obtaining ratings for the offered certificates, the depositor had initial discussions with and submitted certain materials to 5 nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. Based on preliminary feedback from those nationally recognized statistical rating organizations at that time, the depositor selected 3 of those nationally recognized statistical rating organizations to rate certain classes of the certificates and not the other nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, due in part to their initial subordination levels for the various classes of the certificates. If the depositor had selected the other nationally recognized statistical rating organizations to rate the certificates, we cannot assure you that the ratings such other nationally recognized statistical rating organizations would have assigned to the certificates would not have been lower than the ratings assigned by the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations engaged by the depositor. Further, in the case of two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations engaged by the depositor, the depositor only requested ratings for certain classes of rated certificates, due in part to the initial subordination levels provided by such nationally recognized statistical rating organizations for the classes of certificates. If the depositor had selected such nationally recognized statistical rating organizations to rate those other classes of rated certificates not rated by it, its ratings of those other certificates may have been different, and potentially lower, than those ratings ultimately assigned to those certificates by the other nationally recognized statistical rating organizations engaged to rate such certificates. In addition, the decision not to engage one or more other rating agencies in the rating of certain classes of certificates to be issued in connection with this transaction may negatively impact the liquidity, market value and regulatory characteristics of those classes of certificates. Although unsolicited ratings may be issued by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization might be more likely to issue an unsolicited rating if it was not selected after having provided preliminary feedback to the depositor. Neither the depositor nor any other person or entity will have any duty to notify you if any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization issues, or delivers notice of its intention to issue, consolidated ratings on one or more classes of certificates after the date of this prospectus.

 

Furthermore, the Securities and Exchange Commission may determine that any or all of the rating agencies engaged by the depositor to rate the certificates no longer qualifies as a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or is no longer qualified to rate the certificates or may no longer rate similar securities for a limited period as a result of an enforcement action, and that determination may also have an adverse effect on the liquidity, market value and regulatory characteristics of the offered certificates. To the extent that the provisions of any mortgage loan or the pooling and servicing agreement condition any action, event or circumstance on the delivery of a rating agency confirmation, the pooling and servicing agreement will require delivery or deemed delivery of a rating agency confirmation only from the rating agencies engaged by the depositor to rate the certificates or, in the case of a serviced whole loan, any related companion loan securities.

 

On September 29, 2020, a settlement was reached between Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC and the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with an investigation into the policies and procedures deployed by Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC to establish, maintain, enforce and document an effective internal control structure governing the implementation of and adherence to policies, procedures, and

 

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methodologies for determining credit ratings for conduit/fusion commercial mortgage-backed securities in accordance with Section 15E(c)(3)(A) of the Exchange Act.  The Securities and Exchange Commission found that Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC’s internal controls relating to its rating of conduit/fusion commercial mortgage-backed securities had deficiencies that resulted in material weaknesses in its internal control structure.  Under the settlement, Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, without admitting or denying the findings of the Securities and Exchange Commission, agreed (a) to pay a civil penalty of $1.25 million, (b) to undertake, among other things, a review of the application of its internal processes, policies and procedures regarding the implementation of and adherence to procedures and methodologies for determining credit ratings, and (c) to take the necessary actions to ensure that such internal processes, policies and procedures accurately reflect the strictures of Section 15E(c)(3)(A) of the Exchange Act.  Any change in Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC’s rating criteria or methodology could result in a downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of any rating assigned to any class of certificates, despite the fact that such class might still be performing fully to the specifications described in this prospectus and set forth in the pooling and servicing agreement.

 

We are not obligated to maintain any particular rating with respect to the certificates, and the ratings initially assigned to the certificates by any or all of the rating agencies engaged by the depositor to rate the certificates could change adversely as a result of changes affecting, among other things, the mortgage loans, the mortgaged properties, the parties to the pooling and servicing agreement, or as a result of changes to ratings criteria employed by any or all of the rating agencies engaged by the depositor to rate the certificates. Although these changes would not necessarily be or result from an event of default on any mortgage loan, any adverse change to the ratings of the offered certificates would likely have an adverse effect on the market value, liquidity and/or regulatory characteristics of those certificates.

 

Further, certain actions provided for in loan agreements may require a rating agency confirmation be obtained from the rating agencies engaged by the depositor to rate the certificates and, in the case of a serviced whole loan, any companion loan securities as a precondition to taking such action. In certain circumstances, this condition may be deemed to have been met or waived without such a rating agency confirmation being obtained. In the event such an action is taken without a rating agency confirmation being obtained, we cannot assure you that the applicable rating agency will not downgrade, qualify or withdraw its ratings as a result of the taking of such action. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—“Due-On-Sale” and “Due-On-Encumbrance” Provisions”, “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Rating Agency Confirmations” and “Ratings” for additional considerations regarding the ratings, including a description of the process of obtaining confirmations of ratings for the offered certificates.

 

Subordination of the Subordinate Certificates Will Affect the Timing of Distributions and the Application of Losses on the Subordinate Certificates

 

As described in this prospectus, the rights of the holders of each class of subordinate certificates to receive payments of principal and interest otherwise payable on such class of subordinate certificates will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of more senior certificates having an earlier alphabetical or alphanumeric class designation.

 

If you acquire Class A-M, Class B or Class C certificates, then your rights to receive distributions of amounts collected or advanced on or in respect of the mortgage loans will be subordinated to those of the holders of the senior certificates. The Class A-M certificates will likewise be protected by the subordination of the Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates. The Class B certificates will likewise be protected by the subordination of the Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates. The Class C certificates will likewise be protected by the subordination of the Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates. As a result, investors in those classes of certificates that are subordinated in whole or part to other classes of certificates will generally bear the effects of losses on the mortgage loans and unreimbursed expenses of the issuing entity before the holders of those other classes of certificates. See “Description of the Certificates—Distributions” and “—Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses”.

 

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Your Yield May Be Affected by Defaults, Prepayments and Other Factors

 

General. The yield to maturity on each class of offered certificates will depend in part on the following:

 

the purchase price for the certificates;

 

the rate and timing of principal payments on the mortgage loans (both voluntary and involuntary), and the allocation of principal prepayments to the respective classes of offered certificates with certificate balances; and

 

the allocation of shortfalls and losses on the mortgage loans to the respective classes of offered certificates.

 

For this purpose, principal payments include voluntary and involuntary prepayments, such as prepayments resulting from the application of loan reserves, property releases, casualty or condemnation, defaults and liquidations as well as principal payments resulting from repurchases due to material breaches of representations and warranties or material document defects or purchases by a companion loan holder or mezzanine lender (if any) pursuant to a purchase option or sales of defaulted mortgage loans.

 

Any changes in the weighted average lives of your certificates may adversely affect your yield. In general, if you buy a certificate at a premium or buy any of the Class X certificates, and principal distributions occur faster than expected, your actual yield to maturity will be lower than expected. If prepayment principal distributions are very high, holders of certificates purchased at a premium or holders of any of the Class X certificates might not fully recover their initial investment. Conversely, if you buy a certificate at a discount (other than any of the Class X certificates) and principal distributions occur more slowly than expected, your actual yield to maturity will be lower than expected.

 

Prepayments resulting in a shortening of weighted average lives of your certificates may be made at a time of low interest rates when you may be unable to reinvest the resulting payment of principal on your certificates at a rate comparable to the effective yield anticipated by you in making your investment in the certificates, while delays and extensions resulting in a lengthening of those weighted average lives may occur at a time of high interest rates when you may have been able to reinvest principal payments that would otherwise have been received by you at higher rates.

 

In addition, the extent to which prepayments on the mortgage loans in the issuing entity ultimately affect the weighted average life of the certificates will depend on the terms of the certificates, more particularly:

 

a class of certificates that entitles the holders of those certificates to a disproportionately larger share of the prepayments on the mortgage loans increases the “call risk” or the likelihood of early retirement of that class if the rate of prepayment is relatively fast; and

 

a class of certificates that entitles the holders of the certificates to a disproportionately smaller share of the prepayments on the mortgage loans increases the likelihood of “extension risk” or an extended average life of that class if the rate of prepayment is relatively slow.

 

The Timing of Prepayments and Repurchases May Change Your Anticipated Yield. The rate at which voluntary prepayments occur on the mortgage loans will be affected by a variety of factors, including:

 

the terms of the mortgage loans, including, the length of any prepayment lockout period and the applicable yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums and the extent to which the related mortgage loan terms may be practically enforced;

 

the level of prevailing interest rates;

 

the availability of credit for commercial real estate;

 

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the master servicer’s or special servicer’s ability to enforce yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums;

 

the failure to meet certain requirements for the release of escrows;

 

the occurrence of casualties or natural disasters; and

 

economic, demographic, tax, legal or other factors.

 

Although a yield maintenance charge or other prepayment premium provision of a mortgage loan is intended to create an economic disincentive for a borrower to prepay voluntarily a mortgage loan, we cannot assure you that mortgage loans that have such provisions will not prepay.

 

The extent to which the special servicer forecloses upon, takes title to and disposes of any mortgaged property related to a mortgage loan or sells defaulted mortgage loans will affect the weighted average lives of your certificates. If the special servicer forecloses upon a significant number of the related mortgage loans, and depending upon the amount and timing of recoveries from the related mortgaged properties or sells defaulted mortgage loans, your certificates may have a shorter weighted average life.

 

Delays in liquidations of defaulted mortgage loans and modifications extending the maturity of mortgage loans will tend to delay the payment of principal on the mortgage loans. The ability of the related borrower to make any required balloon payment typically will depend upon its ability either to refinance the mortgage loan or to sell the related mortgaged property. A significant number of the mortgage loans require balloon payments at maturity or provide incentives for the borrower to repay by the related anticipated repayment date and there is a risk that a number of those mortgage loans may default at maturity, or that the special servicer may extend the maturity of a number of those mortgage loans in connection with workouts. We cannot assure you as to the borrowers’ abilities to make mortgage loan payments on a full and timely basis, including any balloon payments at maturity or anticipated repayment date. Bankruptcy of the borrower or adverse conditions in the market where the mortgaged property is located may, among other things, delay the recovery of proceeds in the case of defaults. Losses on the mortgage loans due to uninsured risks or insufficient hazard insurance proceeds may create shortfalls in distributions to certificateholders. Any required indemnification of a party to the pooling and servicing agreement in connection with legal actions relating to the issuing entity, the related agreements or the certificates may also result in shortfalls.

 

See “—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Relating to Enforceability of Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Premiums or Defeasance Provisions” above and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—Prepayment Protections and Certain Involuntary Prepayments”.

 

In addition, if a sponsor repurchases a mortgage loan from the issuing entity due to a material breach of one or more of its representations or warranties or a material document defect, the repurchase price paid will be passed through to the holders of the certificates with the same effect as if the mortgage loan had been prepaid in part or in full, and no yield maintenance charge or other prepayment premium would be payable. Additionally, the holder of a subordinate companion loan or any mezzanine lender (if any) may have the option to purchase the related mortgage loan after certain defaults, and the purchase price may not include any yield maintenance charges or prepayment premiums. As a result of such a repurchase or purchase, investors in the Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates and any other certificates purchased at a premium might not fully recoup their initial investment. A repurchase, a prepayment or the exercise of a purchase option may adversely affect the yield to maturity on your certificates. In this respect, see “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Realization Upon Mortgage Loans”.

 

The certificates with notional amounts will not be entitled to distributions of principal but instead will accrue interest on their respective notional amounts. Because the notional amount of the certificates indicated in the following table is based upon all or a portion of the outstanding certificate balances of the related class of certificates, the yield to maturity on the indicated certificates will be extremely sensitive to

 

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the rate and timing of prepayments of principal, liquidations and principal losses on the mortgage loans to the extent allocated to the related certificates.

 

Interest-Only Class of Certificates 

Underlying Class or Classes 

Class X-A Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-M
Class X-B Class B, Class C
Class X-D Class D, Class E
Class X-F Class F
Class X-G Class G
Class X-H Class H

 

A rapid rate of principal prepayments, liquidations and/or principal losses on the mortgage loans could result in the failure to recoup the initial investment in the Class X certificates. Investors in the Class X certificates should fully consider the associated risks, including the risk that an extremely rapid rate of amortization, prepayment or other liquidation of the mortgage loans could result in the failure of such investors to recoup fully their initial investments. The yield to maturity of the certificates with notional amounts may be adversely affected by the prepayment of mortgage loans with higher net mortgage loan rates. See “Yield and Maturity Considerations—Yield on the Certificates with Notional Amounts”.

 

Your Yield May Be Adversely Affected By Prepayments Resulting From Earnout Reserves. With respect to certain mortgage loans, earnout escrows may have been established at origination, which funds may be released to the related borrower upon satisfaction of certain conditions. If such conditions with respect to any such mortgage loan are not satisfied, the amounts reserved in such escrows may be applied to the payment of the mortgage loan, which would have the same effect on the offered certificates as a prepayment of the mortgage loan, except that such application of funds would not be accompanied by any prepayment premium or yield maintenance charge. See Annex A-1. The pooling and servicing agreement will provide that unless required by the mortgage loan documents, the master servicer will not apply such amounts as a prepayment if no event of default has occurred.

 

Losses and Shortfalls May Change Your Anticipated Yield. If losses on the mortgage loans allocated to the principal balance certificates exceed the aggregate certificate balance of principal balance certificates subordinated to a particular class, that class will suffer a loss equal to the full amount of the excess (up to the outstanding certificate balance of that class). Even if losses on the mortgage loans are not borne by your certificates, those losses may affect the weighted average life and yield to maturity of your certificates.

 

For example, certain shortfalls in interest as a result of involuntary prepayments may reduce the funds available to make payments on your certificates. In addition, if the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee reimburses itself (or a master servicer, special servicer, trustee or other party to a pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the non-serviced whole loan) out of general collections on the mortgage loans included in the issuing entity for any advance that it (or any such other party) has determined is not recoverable out of collections on the related mortgage loan, then to the extent that this reimbursement is made from collections of principal on the mortgage loans in the issuing entity, that reimbursement will reduce the amount of principal available to be distributed on the certificates and will result in a reduction of the certificate balance (or notional amount) of a class of principal balance certificates and the VRR Interest, pro rata based on their respective percentage allocation entitlement as described in this prospectus. See “Description of the Certificates—Distributions”. Likewise, if the master servicer or the trustee reimburses itself out of principal collections on the mortgage loans for any workout-delayed reimbursement amounts, that reimbursement will reduce the amount of principal available to be distributed on the principal balance certificates and the VRR Interest, pro rata based on their respective percentage allocation entitlement as described in this prospectus, on that distribution date. This reimbursement would have the effect of reducing current payments of principal on the offered certificates (other than the certificates with notional amounts) and extending the weighted average lives of the offered certificates with certificate balances. See “Description of the Certificates—Distributions”.

 

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In addition, to the extent losses are realized on the mortgage loans and allocated to the principal balance certificates, first the Class H certificates, then the Class G certificates, then the Class F certificates, then the Class E certificates, then the Class D certificates, then the Class C certificates, then the Class B certificates, then the Class A-M certificates and, then pro rata, the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, based on their respective certificate balances, will bear such losses up to an amount equal to the respective outstanding certificate balance of that class. A reduction in the certificate balance of any of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 or Class A-M certificates will result in a corresponding reduction in the notional amount of the Class X-A certificates. A reduction in the certificate balance of any of the Class B or Class C certificates will result in a corresponding reduction in the notional amount of the Class X-B certificates. A reduction in the certificate balance of any of the Class D or Class E certificates will result in a corresponding reduction in the notional amount of the Class X-D certificates. A reduction in the certificate balance of the Class F certificates will result in a corresponding reduction in the notional amount of the Class X-F certificates. A reduction in the certificate balance of the Class G certificates will result in a corresponding reduction in the notional amount of the Class X-G certificates. A reduction in the certificate balance of the Class H certificates will result in a corresponding reduction in the notional amount of the Class X-H certificates. We make no representation as to the anticipated rate or timing of prepayments (voluntary or involuntary) or rate, timing or amount of liquidations or losses on the mortgage loans or as to the anticipated yield to maturity of any such offered certificate. See “Yield and Maturity Considerations”.

 

Risk of Early Termination. The issuing entity is subject to optional termination under certain circumstances. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination; Retirement of Certificates”. In the event of this termination, you might receive some principal payments earlier than otherwise expected, which could adversely affect your anticipated yield to maturity.

 

Your Lack of Control Over the Issuing Entity and the Mortgage Loans Can Impact Your Investment

 

You Have Limited Voting Rights. Except as described in this prospectus, you and other certificateholders generally do not have a right to vote and do not have the right to make decisions with respect to the administration of the issuing entity and the mortgage loans. With respect to mortgage loans (other than any mortgage loan that will be serviced under a separate pooling and servicing agreement), those decisions are generally made, subject to the express terms of the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction, by the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee or the certificate administrator, as applicable, subject to any rights of the directing holder or the risk retention consultation party under the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction and the rights of the holders of the related companion loans and mezzanine debt under the related intercreditor agreement. With respect to the non-serviced mortgage loans, you will generally not have any right to vote or make decisions with respect the non-serviced mortgage loans, and those decisions will generally be made by the master servicer or the special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the related non-serviced mortgage loan and the related companion loan, subject to the rights of the directing holder appointed under such pooling and servicing agreement. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”. In particular, with respect to the risks relating to a modification of a mortgage loan, see “—Risks Relating to Modifications of the Mortgage Loans” below.

 

In certain limited circumstances where certificateholders have the right to vote on matters affecting the issuing entity, in some cases, these votes are by certificateholders taken as a whole and in others the vote is by class. In all cases voting is based on the outstanding certificate balance, which is reduced by realized losses. In certain cases with respect to the termination of the special servicer and the operating advisor, certain voting rights will also be reduced by appraisal reductions, as described below. These limitations on voting could adversely affect your ability to protect your interests with respect to matters voted on by certificateholders. See “Description of the Certificates—Voting Rights”. You will have no rights to vote on any servicing matters related to the mortgage loans that will be serviced under a pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of a non-serviced whole loan.

 

In general, a certificate beneficially owned by the master servicer, the special servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any excluded special servicer), the trustee, the certificate administrator, the

 

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depositor, any mortgage loan seller, a borrower party or affiliate of any of such persons will be deemed not to be outstanding and a holder of such certificate will not have the right to vote, subject to certain exceptions, as further described in the definition of “Certificateholder” under “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information—Certificate Administrator Reports”.

 

The Rights of the Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Operating Advisor Could Adversely Affect Your Investment. The directing holder will have certain consent and consultation rights with respect to certain matters relating to the mortgage loans (other than a non-serviced mortgage loan or any applicable excluded loan) and the right to replace the special servicer with or without cause, except that if a control termination event (i.e., an event in which the certificate balance of the most senior class of certificates that is eligible to be a controlling class, as reduced by the application of appraisal reductions and realized losses, is less than 25% of its initial certificate balance), is continuing, the directing holder will lose the consent rights and the right to replace the special servicer, and if a consultation termination event (i.e., an event in which the certificate balance of the most senior class of certificates that is eligible to be a controlling class (as reduced by the application of realized losses) is less than 25% of its initial certificate balance) is continuing, then the directing holder will lose the consultation rights. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder”.

 

In addition, the risk retention consultation party will have certain consultation rights with respect to certain matters relating to the mortgage loans (other than any non-serviced mortgage loan and any applicable excluded loan). See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder—Major Decisions”.

 

These actions and decisions with respect to which the directing holder has consent or consultation rights and the risk retention consultation party has consultation rights include, among others, certain modifications to the mortgage loans or serviced whole loans, including modifications of monetary terms, foreclosure or comparable conversion of the related mortgaged properties, and certain sales of mortgage loans or REO properties for less than the outstanding principal amount plus accrued interest, fees and expenses. As a result of the exercise of these rights by the directing holder and the risk retention consultation party, the special servicer may take actions with respect to a mortgage loan that could adversely affect the interests of investors in one or more classes of offered certificates.

 

Similarly, with respect to a non-serviced mortgage loan, the special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, governing the servicing of such non-serviced mortgage loan may, at the direction or upon the advice of the directing holder of the related securitization trust holding the controlling note for the related non-serviced whole loan, take actions with respect to such non-serviced mortgage loan and related companion loan that could adversely affect such non-serviced mortgage loan, and therefore, the holders of some or all of the classes of certificates. The issuing entity (as the holder of the non-controlling notes) will have limited consultation rights with respect to major decisions relating to each non-serviced whole loan and in connection with a sale of a defaulted loan, and such rights will be exercised by the directing holder for this transaction for so long as no control termination event is continuing and by the special servicer if a control termination event is continuing. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

Although the special servicer under the pooling and servicing agreement and the special servicer for a non-serviced mortgage loan are not permitted to take actions which are prohibited by law or violate the servicing standard under the applicable pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, or the terms of the related loan documents, it is possible that the directing holder (or equivalent entity) under such pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, may direct or advise, as applicable, the related special servicer to take actions with respect to such mortgage loan that conflict with the interests of the holders of certain classes of the certificates.

 

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You will be acknowledging and agreeing, by your purchase of offered certificates, that the directing holder, the risk retention consultation party and the directing holder (or equivalent entity) under the pooling and servicing agreement or the trust and servicing agreement governing the servicing of each non-serviced mortgage loan:

 

(i)    may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of holders of one or more classes of certificates;

 

(ii)    may act solely in its own interests or the interests of the holders of the controlling class or the VRR Interest, as applicable (or in the case of a non-serviced mortgage loan, the controlling class of the securitization trust formed under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of such non-serviced mortgage loan);

 

(iii)    does not have any duties to the holders of any class of certificates other than the controlling class or the VRR Interest, as applicable (or, in the case of a non-serviced mortgage loan, the controlling class of the securitization trust formed under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of such non-serviced mortgage loan);

 

(iv)    may take actions that favor its own interests or the interests of the holders of the controlling class or the holder of the VRR Interest, as applicable (or, in the case of a non-serviced mortgage loan, the controlling class of the securitization trust formed under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of such non-serviced mortgage loan), over the interests of the holders of one or more other classes of certificates; and

 

(v)    will have no liability whatsoever (other than to a controlling class certificateholder) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) – (iv) above, and that no certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the directing holder, the risk retention consultation party, a controlling companion loan holder or the directing holder (or the equivalent) under the pooling and servicing agreement or the trust and servicing agreement, as applicable, governing the servicing of such non-serviced mortgage loan or any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, shareholders, members, partners, agents or principals for having so acted.

 

In addition, if a control termination event is continuing, the operating advisor will have certain consultation rights with respect to certain matters relating to the mortgage loans (other than a non-serviced mortgage loan). Further, if a consultation termination event is continuing, the operating advisor will have the right to recommend a replacement of the special servicer, as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Operating Advisor” and “—Replacement of the Special Servicer After Operating Advisor Recommendation and Certificateholder Vote”. The operating advisor is generally required to act on behalf of the issuing entity and in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, the certificateholders and, with respect to any serviced whole loan, for the benefit of the holders of the related companion loan (as a collective whole as if the certificateholders and companion loan holders constituted a single lender, taking into account the subordinate nature of any subordinate companion loan). We cannot assure you that any actions taken by the special servicer as a result of a recommendation or consultation by the operating advisor will not adversely affect the interests of investors in any one or more classes of certificates. With respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan, the operating advisor (if any) appointed under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of such non-serviced mortgage loan may have rights and duties under such pooling and servicing agreement that vary in certain respects from those under the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction. Further, the operating advisor will generally have no obligations or consultation rights under the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction with respect to any non-serviced mortgage loan or any related REO property. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

You Have Limited Rights to Replace the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer. In general, the directing holder will have the right to terminate and replace the special servicer with or without cause for so long as no control termination event is continuing as described in this prospectus. During the continuance of a control termination event under the pooling and servicing agreement, the special

 

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servicer may also be removed in certain circumstances (x) if a request is made by certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the voting rights (taking into account the application of any appraisal reduction amounts to notionally reduce the certificate balances of the principal balance certificates) and (y) upon receipt of approval by (i) certificateholders holding at least 66 2/3% of a quorum of the certificateholders (which is the holders of certificates evidencing at least 50% of the voting rights (taking into account the application of realized losses and the application of appraisal reductions to notionally reduce the respective certificate balances)) or (ii) certificateholders holding more than 50% of each class of “non-reduced certificates” (each class of certificates (other than the Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class S and Class R certificates) outstanding that has not been reduced to less than 25% of its initial certificate balance through the application of appraisal reduction amounts and realized losses). See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Replacement of the Special Servicer Without Cause”.

 

In addition, if, during the continuance of a control termination event, the operating advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that (1) the special servicer is not performing its duties as required under the pooling and servicing agreement or is otherwise not acting in accordance with the servicing standard, and (2) the replacement of the special servicer would be in the best interest of the certificateholders as a collective whole, then the operating advisor will have the right to recommend the replacement of the special servicer and deliver a report supporting such recommendation in the manner described in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Replacement of the Special Servicer After Operating Advisor Recommendation and Certificateholder Vote”. The operating advisor’s recommendation to replace the special servicer must be confirmed by an affirmative vote of holders of voting rights of principal balance certificates and the VRR Interest evidencing at least a majority of a quorum (which, for this purpose, is holders that evidence at least 20% of the voting rights (taking into account the application of appraisal reductions to notionally reduce the respective certificate balances) of all principal balance certificates and the VRR Interest on an aggregate basis). See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans—Control Rights”.

 

The certificateholders will generally have no right to replace and terminate the master servicer, the trustee and the certificate administrator without cause. The vote of the requisite percentage of certificateholders may terminate the operating advisor or the asset representations reviewer without cause. The vote of the requisite percentage of the certificateholders will be required to replace the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer even for cause, and certain termination events may be waived by the vote of the requisite percentage of the certificateholders. The certificateholders will have no right to replace the master servicer or the special servicer of the pooling and servicing agreement relating to a non-serviced mortgage loan. We cannot assure you that your lack of control over the replacement of these parties will not have an adverse impact on your investment.

 

The Rights of Companion Loan Holders and Mezzanine Debt Could Adversely Affect Your Investment. The holders of a pari passu companion loan relating to the serviced mortgage loans will have certain consultation rights (on a non-binding basis) with respect to major decisions relating to the related whole loan under the related intercreditor agreement. Such companion loan holder and its representative may have interests in conflict with those of the holders of some or all of the classes of certificates, and may advise the special servicer to take actions that conflict with the interests of the holders of certain classes of the certificates. Although any such consultation is non-binding and the special servicer is not obligated to consult with the companion loan holder if required under the servicing standard, we cannot assure you that the exercise of the rights of such companion loan holder will not delay any action to be taken by the special servicer and will not adversely affect your investment.

 

With respect to any mortgage loan that is subject to one or more subordinate companion loans, the holders of such companion loan(s) will generally have the right under limited circumstances to (i) cure certain defaults with respect to the related mortgage loan and to purchase (without payment of any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium) the related mortgage loan and (ii) other than during the continuance of a “control period” or a “control termination event” applicable to such subordinate companion loan, approve certain modifications and consent to certain actions to be taken with respect to

 

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the related whole loan. The rights of the holder of a subordinate companion loan could adversely affect your ability to protect your interests with respect to matters relating to the related mortgage loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”.

 

With respect to mortgage loans that have or may in the future have mezzanine debt, the related mezzanine lender will have the right under certain limited circumstances to (i) cure certain defaults with respect to, and under certain default scenarios, purchase (without payment of any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium) the related mortgage loan and (ii) so long as no event of default with respect to the related mortgage loan continues after the mezzanine lender’s cure right has expired, approve certain modifications and consent to certain actions to be taken with respect to the related mortgage loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics” and “—Additional Indebtedness”.

 

The purchase option that the holder of a subordinate companion loan or mezzanine debt holds pursuant to the related intercreditor agreement generally permits such holder to purchase its related defaulted mortgage loan for a purchase price generally equal to the outstanding principal balance of the related defaulted mortgage loan, together with accrued and unpaid interest (exclusive of default interest) on, and unpaid servicing expenses, protective advances and interest on advances related to, such defaulted mortgage loan. However, in the event such holder is not obligated to pay some or all of those fees and additional expenses, including any liquidation fee payable to the special servicer under the terms of the pooling and servicing agreement, then the exercise of such holder’s rights under the co-lender agreement or intercreditor agreement to purchase the related mortgage loan from the issuing entity may result in a loss to the issuing entity in the amount of those fees and additional expenses. In addition, such holder’s right to cure defaults under the related defaulted mortgage loan could delay the issuing entity’s ability to realize on or otherwise take action with respect to such defaulted mortgage loan.

 

In addition, with respect to a non-serviced mortgage loan, you will not have any right to vote with respect to any matters relating to the servicing and administration of the non-serviced mortgage loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

You will be acknowledging and agreeing, by your purchase of offered certificates, that the companion loan holders:

 

may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of holders of one or more classes of certificates;

 

may act solely in its own interests, without regard to your interests;

 

do not have any duties to any other person, including the holders of any class of certificates;

 

may take actions that favor its interests over the interests of the holders of one or more classes of certificates; and

 

will have no liability whatsoever for having so acted and that no certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the companion loan holder or its representative or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the companion loan holder or its representative for having so acted.

 

Risks Relating to Modifications of the Mortgage Loans

 

As delinquencies or defaults occur, the special servicer will be required to utilize an increasing amount of resources to work with borrowers to maximize collections on the mortgage loans serviced by it. This may include modifying the terms of such mortgage loans that are in default or whose default is reasonably foreseeable. At each step in the process of trying to bring a defaulted mortgage loan current or in maximizing proceeds to the issuing entity, the special servicer and any sub-servicer will be required

 

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to invest time and resources not otherwise required when collecting payments on performing mortgage loans. Modifications of mortgage loans implemented by the special servicer or any sub-servicer in order to maximize ultimate proceeds of such mortgage loans to issuing entity may have the effect of, among other things, reducing or otherwise changing the mortgage rate, forgiving or forbearing payments of principal, interest or other amounts owed under the mortgage loan, extending the final maturity date of the mortgage loan, capitalizing or deferring delinquent interest and other amounts owed under the mortgage loan, forbearing payment of a portion of the principal balance of the mortgage loan or any combination of these or other modifications.

 

Any modified mortgage loan may remain in the issuing entity, and the modification may result in a reduction in (or may eliminate) the funds received with respect of such mortgage loan. In particular, any modification to reduce or forgive the amount of interest payable on the mortgage loan will reduce the amount cash flow available to make distributions of interest on the certificates, which will likely impact the most subordinated classes of certificates that suffer the shortfall. To the extent the modification defers principal payments on the mortgage loan (including as a result of an extension of its stated maturity date), certificates entitled to principal distributions will likely be repaid more slowly than anticipated, and if principal payments on the mortgage loan are forgiven, the reduction will cause a write-down of the certificate balances of the certificates in reverse order of seniority. See “Description of the Certificates—Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses”.

 

The ability to modify mortgage loans by the special servicer may be limited by several factors. First, if the special servicer has to consider a large number of modifications, operational constraints may affect the ability of the special servicer to adequately address all of the needs of the borrowers. Furthermore, the terms of the related servicing agreement may prohibit the special servicer from taking certain actions in connection with a loan modification, such as an extension of the loan term beyond a specified date such as a specified number of years prior to the rated final distribution date. You should consider the importance of the role of the special servicer in maximizing collections for the transaction and the impediments the special servicer may encounter when servicing delinquent or defaulted mortgage loans. In some cases, failure by a special servicer to timely modify the terms of a defaulted mortgage loan may reduce amounts available for distribution on the certificates in respect of such mortgage loan, and consequently may reduce amounts available for distribution to the related certificates. In addition, even if a loan modification is successfully completed, we cannot assure you that the related borrower will continue to perform under the terms of the modified mortgage loan.

 

Modifications that are designed to maximize collections in the aggregate may adversely affect a particular class of certificates. The pooling and servicing agreement obligates the special servicer not to consider the interests of individual classes of certificates. You should note that in connection with considering a modification or other type of loss mitigation, the special servicer may incur or bear related out-of-pocket expenses, such as appraisal fees, which would be reimbursed to the special servicer from the transaction as servicing advances and paid from amounts received on the modified loan or from other mortgage loans in the mortgage pool but in each case, prior to distributions being made on the certificates.

 

Sponsors May Not Make Required Repurchases or Substitutions of Defective Mortgage Loans or Pay Any Loss of Value Payment Sufficient to Cover All Losses on a Defective Mortgage Loan

 

Each sponsor is the sole warranting party in respect of the mortgage loans sold by such sponsor to us. Neither we nor any of our affiliates (except German American Capital Corporation, in its capacity as a sponsor) is obligated to repurchase or substitute any mortgage loan or make any payment to compensate the issuing entity in connection with a breach of any representation or warranty of a sponsor or any document defect, if the sponsor defaults on its obligation to do so. We cannot assure you that the sponsors will effect such repurchases or substitutions or make such payment to compensate the issuing entity. Although a loss of value payment may only be made to the extent that the special servicer deems such amount to be sufficient to compensate the issuing entity for such material defect or material breach, we cannot assure you that such loss of value payment will fully compensate the issuing entity for such material defect or material breach in all respects. In addition, the sponsors may have various legal

 

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defenses available to them in connection with a repurchase or substitution obligation or an obligation to pay the loss of value payment. In particular, in the case of a non-serviced loan that is serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with the securitization of the related pari passu companion loan, the asset representations reviewer (if applicable) under that pooling and servicing agreement may review the diligence file relating to such pari passu companion loan concurrently with the review of the asset representations reviewer of the related mortgage loan for this transaction, and their findings may be inconsistent, and such inconsistency may allow the related mortgage loan seller to challenge the findings of the asset representations reviewer of the affected mortgage loan. Any mortgage loan that is not repurchased or substituted and that is not a “qualified mortgage” for a REMIC may cause designated portions of the issuing entity to fail to qualify as one or more REMICs or cause the issuing entity to incur a tax. See “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”.

 

In addition, with respect to each of The Grace Building mortgage loan (9.8%) and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan (9.2%), each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and German American Capital Corporation (in the case of The Grace Building mortgage loan) and Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. and German American Capital Corporation (in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan) will be obligated to take the remediation actions described above as a result of a material document defect or material breach only with respect to the related promissory note(s) sold by the applicable mortgage loan seller to the depositor as if the note(s) contributed by each such mortgage loan seller and evidencing such mortgage loan were a separate mortgage loan. In addition to the foregoing, it is also possible that under certain circumstances, only one of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or German American Capital Corporation (in the case of The Grace Building mortgage loan), or Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. or German American Capital Corporation (in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan) will repurchase, or otherwise comply with any remediation obligations with respect to, its interest in such mortgage loan if there is a material breach or material document defect.

 

Payments Allocated to the VRR Interest Will Not Be Available to Make Payments on the Non-VRR Certificates, and Payments Allocated to the Non-VRR Certificates Will Not Be Available to Make Payments on the VRR Interest

 

As described in this prospectus, payments of principal and interest in respect of the mortgage loans will be distributed to the holders of the non-VRR certificates and the VRR Interest, pro rata, based upon their respective percentage allocation entitlement. Amounts received and allocated to the non-VRR certificates will not be available to satisfy any amounts due and payable to the VRR Interest. Likewise, amounts received and allocated to the VRR Interest will not be available to satisfy any amounts due and payable to the non-VRR certificates. Accordingly, any losses incurred by the issuing entity will also be effectively allocated between the non-VRR certificates (collectively) and the VRR Interest, pro rata, based upon their respective percentage allocation entitlement. See “Description of the Certificates—Distributions” and “Credit Risk Retention”.

 

Risks Relating to Interest on Advances and Special Servicing Compensation

 

To the extent described in this prospectus, the master servicer, the special servicer and the trustee will each be entitled to receive interest on unreimbursed advances made by it at the “prime rate” as published in The Wall Street Journal, compounded annually. This interest will generally accrue from the date on which the related advance is made or the related expense is incurred to the date of reimbursement. In addition, under certain circumstances, including delinquencies in the payment of principal and/or interest, a mortgage loan will be specially serviced and the special servicer will be entitled to compensation for special servicing activities. The right to receive interest on advances or special servicing compensation is senior to the rights of certificateholders to receive distributions on the offered certificates. The payment of interest on advances and the payment of compensation to the special servicer may lead to shortfalls in amounts otherwise distributable on your certificates.

 

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Bankruptcy of a Servicer May Adversely Affect Collections on the Mortgage Loans and the Ability to Replace the Servicer

 

The master servicer or the special servicer may be eligible to become a debtor under the federal bankruptcy code or enter into receivership under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (“FDIA”). If a master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, were to become a debtor under the federal bankruptcy code or enter into receivership under the FDIA, although the pooling and servicing agreement provides that such an event would entitle the issuing entity to terminate the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, the provision would most likely not be enforceable. However, a rejection of the pooling and servicing agreement by a master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, in a bankruptcy proceeding or repudiation of the pooling and servicing agreement in a receivership under the FDIA would be treated as a breach of the pooling and servicing agreement and give the issuing entity a claim for damages and the ability to appoint a successor master servicer or special servicer, as applicable. An assumption under the federal bankruptcy code would require the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, to cure its pre-bankruptcy defaults, if any, and demonstrate that it is able to perform following assumption. The bankruptcy court may permit the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, to assume the servicing agreement and assign it to a third party. An insolvency by an entity governed by state insolvency law would vary depending on the laws of the particular state. We cannot assure you that a bankruptcy or receivership of the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, would not adversely impact the servicing of the mortgage loans or the issuing entity would be entitled to terminate the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, in a timely manner or at all.

 

If any master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, becomes the subject of bankruptcy or similar proceedings, the issuing entity claim to collections in that master servicer or special servicer’s, as applicable, possession at the time of the bankruptcy filing or other similar filing may not be perfected. In this event, funds available to pay principal and interest on your certificates may be delayed or reduced.

 

The Originators, the Sponsors, the Depositor and the Issuing Entity Are Subject to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Laws That May Affect the Issuing Entity’s Ownership of the Mortgage Loans

 

In the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of an originator, a sponsor or the depositor, or a receivership or conservatorship of Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GS Bank”), an originator and the parent of Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, or JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, an originator, it is possible that the issuing entity’s right to payment from or ownership of certain of the mortgage loans could be challenged, and if such challenge were successful, delays, reductions in payments and/or losses on the certificates could occur. Even if a challenge were not successful, it is possible that payments on the certificates would be delayed while a court resolves the claim.

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a sponsor and an originator, is a national banking association. Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, a sponsor, is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Bank, a New York State chartered bank. The deposits of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and GS Bank are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”). If JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or GS Bank were to become subject to receivership, the proceeding would be administered by the FDIC under the FDIA; likewise, if JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or GS Bank were to become subject to conservatorship, the agency appointed as conservator would likely be the FDIC as well. The FDIA gives the FDIC the power to disaffirm or repudiate contracts to which a bank is party at the time of receivership or conservatorship and the performance of which the FDIC determines to be burdensome, in which case the counterparty to the contract has a claim for payment by the receivership or conservatorship estate of “actual direct compensatory damages” as of the date of receivership or conservatorship. The FDIC has adopted a rule, substantially revised and effective January 1, 2011, establishing a safe harbor (the “FDIC Safe Harbor”) from its repudiation powers for securitizations meeting the requirements of the rule (12 C.F.R. § 360.6).

 

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The transfer of the mortgage loans by the sponsors to the depositor in connection with this offering is not expected to qualify for the FDIC Safe Harbor. However, the transfers by Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Citi Real Estate Funding, Inc. or German American Capital Corporation are not transfers by a bank, and in any event, even if the FDIC Safe Harbor were applicable to this transfer, the FDIC Safe Harbor is non-exclusive.

 

In the case of each sponsor, an opinion of counsel will be rendered on the closing date, based on certain facts and assumptions and subject to certain qualifications, to the effect that the transfer of the applicable mortgage loans by such sponsor to the depositor would generally be respected in the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of such sponsor. A legal opinion is not a guaranty as to what any particular court would actually decide, but rather an opinion as to the decision a court would reach if the issues are competently presented and the court followed existing precedent as to legal and equitable principles applicable in bankruptcy cases. In any event, we cannot assure you that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a bankruptcy trustee or another interested party, as applicable, would not attempt to assert that such transfer was not a sale. Even if a challenge were not successful, it is possible that payments on the certificates would be delayed while a court resolves the claim.

 

In addition, since the issuing entity is a common law trust, it may not be eligible for relief under the federal bankruptcy laws, unless it can be characterized as a “business trust” for purposes of the federal bankruptcy laws. Bankruptcy courts look at various considerations in making this determination, so it is not possible to predict with any certainty whether or not the issuing entity would be characterized as a “business trust”. Regardless of whether a bankruptcy court ultimately determines that the issuing entity is a “business trust”, it is possible that payments on the offered certificates would be delayed while the court resolved the issue.

 

Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act provides for an orderly liquidation authority (“OLA”) under which the FDIC can be appointed as receiver of certain systemically important non-bank financial companies and their direct or indirect subsidiaries in certain cases. We make no representation as to whether this would apply to any of the sponsors. In January 2011, the then-acting general counsel of the FDIC issued a letter (the “Acting General Counsel’s Letter”) in which he expressed his view that, under then-existing regulations, the FDIC, as receiver under the OLA, would not, in the exercise of its OLA repudiation powers, recover as property of a financial company assets transferred by the financial company, provided that the transfer satisfies the conditions for the exclusion of assets from the financial company’s estate under the federal bankruptcy code. The letter further noted that, while the FDIC staff may be considering recommending further regulations under OLA, the then-acting general counsel would recommend that such regulations incorporate a 90-day transition period for any provisions affecting the FDIC’s statutory power to disaffirm or repudiate contracts. If, however, the FDIC were to adopt a different approach than that described in the Acting General Counsel’s Letter, delays or reductions in payments on the offered certificates would occur.

 

The Requirement of the Special Servicer to Obtain FIRREA-Compliant Appraisals May Result in an Increased Cost to the Issuing Entity

 

Each appraisal obtained pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement is required to contain a statement, or is accompanied by a letter from the appraiser, to the effect that the appraisal was performed in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”), as in effect on the date such appraisal was obtained. Any such appraisal is likely to be more expensive than an appraisal that is not FIRREA compliant. Such increased cost could result in losses to the issuing entity. Additionally, FIRREA compliant appraisals are required to assume a value determined by a typically motivated buyer and seller, and could result in a higher appraised value than one prepared assuming a forced liquidation or other distress situation. In addition, because a FIRREA compliant appraisal may result in a higher valuation than a non-FIRREA compliant appraisal, there may be a delay in calculating and applying appraisal reductions, which could result in the holders of a given class of certificates continuing to hold the full non-notionally reduced amount of such certificates for a longer period of time than would be the case if a non-FIRREA compliant appraisal were obtained.

 

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Tax Matters and Changes in Tax Law May Adversely Impact the Mortgage Loans or Your Investment

 

Tax Considerations Relating to Foreclosure. If the issuing entity acquires a mortgaged property (or, in the case of a non-serviced mortgage loan, a beneficial interest in a mortgaged property) subsequent to a default on the related mortgage loan pursuant to a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, the special servicer (or, in the case of a non-serviced mortgage loan, the related non-serviced special servicer) would be required to retain an independent contractor to operate and manage such mortgaged property. Among other limitations, the independent contractor generally will not be allowed to perform construction work other than repair, maintenance or certain types of tenant build-outs, unless the construction was more than 10% completed when the mortgage loan defaulted or when the default of the mortgage loan becomes imminent. Any (i) net income from such operation (other than qualifying “rents from real property”), (ii) rental income based on the net profits of a tenant or sub-tenant or allocable to a service that is non-customary in the area and for the type of property involved and (iii) rental income attributable to personal property leased in connection with a lease of real property, if the rent attributable to the personal property exceeds 15% of the total rent for the taxable year, will subject the Lower-Tier REMIC to federal tax (and possibly state or local tax) on such income at the corporate tax rate. No determination has been made whether any portion of the income from the mortgaged properties constitutes “rent from real property”. Any such imposition of tax will reduce the net proceeds available for distribution to certificateholders. The special servicer (or, in the case of a non-serviced mortgage loan, the related non-serviced special servicer) may permit the Lower-Tier REMIC to earn “net income from foreclosure property” that is subject to tax if it determines that the net after-tax benefit to holders of certificates is greater than under another method of operating or leasing the mortgaged property. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Realization Upon Mortgage Loans”. In addition, if the issuing entity were to acquire one or more mortgaged properties (or, in the case of a non-serviced mortgage loan, a beneficial interest in a mortgaged property) pursuant to a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, upon acquisition of those mortgaged properties (or, in the case of a non-serviced mortgage loan, a beneficial interest in a mortgaged property), the issuing entity may in certain jurisdictions, particularly in New York, be required to pay state or local transfer or excise taxes upon liquidation of such properties. Such state or local taxes may reduce net proceeds available for distribution to the certificateholders. In most circumstances, the special servicer will be required to sell the mortgaged property prior to the close of the third calendar year beginning after the year of acquisition.

 

When foreclosing on a real estate mortgage, a REMIC is generally limited to taking only the collateral that will qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of the REMIC provisions. Foreclosure property includes only the real property (ordinarily the land and the structures) securing the real estate mortgage and personal property incident to such real property.

 

REMIC Status. If an entity intended to qualify as a REMIC fails to satisfy one or more of the REMIC provisions of the Code during any taxable year, the Code provides that such entity will not be treated as a REMIC for such year and any year thereafter. In such event, the issuing entity, including the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Lower-Tier REMIC may be treated as one or more separate associations taxable as corporations under Treasury regulations, and the offered certificates may be treated as stock interests in those associations and not as debt instruments.

 

Material Federal Tax Considerations Regarding Original Issue Discount. One or more classes of the offered certificates may be issued with “original issue discount” for federal income tax purposes, which generally would result in the holder recognizing taxable income in advance of the receipt of cash attributable to that income. Investors must have sufficient sources of cash to pay any federal, state or local income taxes with respect to the original issue discount. In addition, such original issue discount will be required to be accrued and included in income based on the assumption that no defaults will occur and no losses will be incurred with respect to the mortgage loans. This could lead to the inclusion of amounts in ordinary income early in the term of the certificate that later prove uncollectible, giving rise to a bad debt deduction. In the alternative, the investor may be required to treat such uncollectible amount as a capital loss under Section 166 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

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State and Local Taxes Could Adversely Impact Your Investment. In addition to the federal income tax consequences described under the heading “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations”, potential purchasers should consider the state and local income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the certificates. State income tax laws may differ substantially from the corresponding federal income tax laws, and this prospectus does not purport to describe any aspects of the income tax laws of the states or localities in which the mortgaged properties are located or of any other applicable state or locality or other jurisdiction.

 

It is possible that one or more jurisdictions may (i) attempt to tax nonresident holders of certificates solely by reason of the location in that jurisdiction of the depositor, the trustee, the certificate administrator, a borrower or a mortgaged property or on some other basis, (ii) require nonresident holders of certificates to file returns in such jurisdiction or (iii) attempt to impose penalties for failure to file such returns; and it is possible that any such jurisdiction will ultimately succeed in collecting such taxes or penalties from nonresident holders of certificates.

 

We cannot assure you that holders of certificates will not be subject to tax in any particular state or local taxing jurisdiction.

 

If any tax or penalty is successfully asserted by any state or local taxing jurisdiction, neither we nor any other person will be obligated to indemnify or otherwise to reimburse the holders of certificates for such tax or penalty.

 

You should consult your own tax advisors with respect to the various state and local tax consequences of an investment in the certificates.

 

Changes to REMIC Restrictions on Loan Modifications May Impact an Investment in the Certificates. The IRS has issued guidance easing the tax requirements for a servicer to modify a commercial or multifamily mortgage loan held in a REMIC by interpreting the circumstances when default is “reasonably foreseeable” to include those where the servicer reasonably believes that there is a “significant risk of default” with respect to the underlying mortgage loan upon maturity of the loan or at an earlier date, and that by making such modification the risk of default is substantially reduced.  Accordingly, if the master servicer or the special servicer determined that a Mortgage Loan was at significant risk of default and permitted one or more modifications otherwise consistent with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, any such modification may impact the timing of payments and ultimate recovery on the underlying mortgage loan, and likewise on one or more classes of certificates.

 

The IRS has also issued Revenue Procedure 2020-26 easing the tax requirements for a servicer to modify certain mortgage loans held in a REMIC by permitting certain forbearances (and related modifications) for up to 6 months that are agreed to by a borrower between March 27, 2020 and December 31, 2020, and that are made under certain forbearance programs for borrowers experiencing a financial hardship due, directly or indirectly, to the COVID-19 emergency. Under the revenue procedure, these forbearances (a) are not treated as resulting in a newly issued mortgage loan for purposes of Treasury Regulations section 1.860G-2(b)(1), (b) are not prohibited transactions under Code Section 860F(a)(2), and (c) do not result in a deemed reissuance of related REMIC regular interests. Accordingly, the master servicer or the special servicer may grant certain forbearances (and engage in related modifications) with respect to a Mortgage Loan in connection with the COVID-19 emergency, which may impact the timing of payments and ultimate recovery on the Mortgage Loan, and likewise on one or more classes of certificates. It is unclear whether the IRS will extend the application of Revenue Procedure 2020-26 or issue new guidance for forbearances granted after December 31, 2020.

 

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In addition, the IRS has issued final regulations under the REMIC provisions of the Code that modify the tax restrictions imposed on a servicer’s ability to modify the terms of the underlying mortgage loans held by a REMIC relating to changes in the collateral, credit enhancement and recourse features.  The IRS has also issued Revenue Procedure 2010-30, describing circumstances in which it will not challenge the treatment of mortgage loans as “qualified mortgages” on the grounds that the underlying mortgage loan is not “principally secured by real property,” that is, has a real property loan-to-value ratio greater than 125% following a release of liens on some or all of the real property securing such underlying mortgage loan. The general rule is that a mortgage loan must continue to be “principally secured by real property” following any such lien release, unless the lien release is pursuant to a defeasance permitted under the original loan documents and occurs more than two years after the startup day of the REMIC, all in accordance with the REMIC provisions of the Code. Revenue Procedure 2010-30 also allows lien releases in certain “grandfathered transactions” and transactions in which the release is part of a “qualified pay-down transaction” even if the underlying mortgage loan after the transaction might not otherwise be treated as principally secured by a lien on real property. If the value of the real property securing a mortgage loan were to decline, the need to comply with the rules of Revenue Procedure 2010-30 could restrict the servicers’ actions in negotiating the terms of a workout or in allowing minor lien releases in circumstances in which, after giving effect to the release, the underlying mortgage loan would not have a real property loan-to-value ratio of 125% or less (calculated as described above). This could impact the timing of payments and ultimate recovery on a Mortgage Loan, and likewise on one or more classes of certificates.

 

General Risk Factors

 

Combination or “Layering” of Multiple Risks May Significantly Increase Risk of Loss

 

Although the various risks discussed in this prospectus are generally described separately, you should consider the potential effects of the interplay of multiple risk factors. Where more than one significant risk factor is present, the risk of loss to an investor in the certificates may be significantly increased.

 

The Certificates May Not Be a Suitable Investment for You

 

The certificates will not be suitable investments for all investors. In particular, you should not purchase any class of certificates unless you understand and are able to bear the risk that the yield to maturity and the aggregate amount and timing of distributions on the certificates will be subject to material variability from period to period and give rise to the potential for significant loss over the life of the certificates. The interaction of the foregoing factors and their effects are impossible to predict and are likely to change from time to time. As a result, an investment in the certificates involves substantial risks and uncertainties and should be considered only by sophisticated institutional investors with substantial investment experience with similar types of securities and who have conducted appropriate due diligence on the mortgage loans, the mortgaged properties and the certificates.

 

The Volatile Economy, Credit Crisis and Downturn in the Real Estate Market Have Adversely Affected and May Continue To Adversely Affect the Value of CMBS

 

The real estate and securitization markets, including the market for commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), have from time to time experienced significant dislocations, illiquidity and volatility. We cannot assure you that another dislocation in CMBS will not occur.

 

Any economic downturn may adversely affect the financial resources of borrowers under commercial mortgage loans and may result in their inability to make payments on, or refinance, their outstanding mortgage debt when due or to sell their mortgaged properties for an aggregate amount sufficient to pay off the outstanding debt when due. As a result, distributions of principal and interest on your certificates, and the value of your certificates, could be adversely affected.

 

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Other Events May Affect the Value and Liquidity of Your Investment

 

Moreover, other types of events, domestic or international, may affect general economic conditions and financial markets:

 

Wars, revolts, terrorist attacks, armed conflicts, energy supply or price disruptions, political crises, natural disasters and man-made disasters may have an adverse effect on the mortgaged properties and/or your certificates; and

 

Trading activity associated with indices of CMBS may drive spreads on those indices wider than spreads on CMBS, thereby resulting in a decrease in value of such CMBS, including your certificates, and spreads on those indices may be affected by a variety of factors, and may or may not be affected for reasons involving the commercial and multifamily real estate markets and may be affected for reasons that are unknown and cannot be discerned.

 

You should consider that the foregoing factors may adversely affect the performance of the mortgage loans and accordingly the performance of the offered certificates.

 

Legal and Regulatory Provisions Affecting Investors Could Adversely Affect the Liquidity of the Certificates

 

We make no representation as to the proper characterization of the certificates for legal investment, financial institution regulatory, financial reporting or other purposes, as to the ability of particular investors to purchase the certificates under applicable legal investment or other restrictions or as to the consequences of an investment in the certificates for such purposes or under such restrictions. Changes in federal banking and securities laws and other laws and regulations may have an adverse effect on issuers, investors or other participants in the asset-backed securities markets including the CMBS market. While the general effects of such changes are uncertain, regulatory or legislative provisions applicable to certain investors may have the effect of limiting or restricting their ability to hold or acquire CMBS, which in turn may adversely affect the ability of investors in the certificates who are not subject to those provisions to resell their certificates in the secondary market. For example:

 

Investors should be aware and in some cases are required to be aware of the risk retention and due diligence requirements (the “European Due Diligence Requirements”) which under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 (the “European Securitization Regulation”) apply to certain types of EU-regulated and UK-regulated investors including institutions for occupational retirement; credit institutions (as defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, as amended, the “CRR”); alternative investment fund managers who manage or market alternative investment funds in the European Union or the United Kingdom; investment firms (as defined in the CRR); insurance and reinsurance undertakings; and management companies of UCITS funds (or internally managed UCITS) (“Affected Investors”).  Among other things, the European Due Diligence Requirements restrict an Affected Investor from investing in securitizations unless such Affected Investor has verified that: (i) the originator, sponsor or original lender will retain, on an ongoing basis, a material net economic interest of not less than five percent in the securitization determined in accordance with Article 6 of the European Securitization Regulation and the risk retention is disclosed to Affected Investors; (ii) the originator, sponsor or securitization special purpose entity (i.e., the issuer special purpose vehicle) has, where applicable, made available the information required by Article 7 of the European Securitization Regulation in accordance with the frequency and modalities provided for in that Article; and (iii) where the originator or original lender is established in a non-European Union country, the originator or original lender grants all the credits giving rise to the underlying exposures on the basis of sound and well-defined criteria and clearly established processes for approving, amending, renewing and financing those credits and has effective systems in place to apply those criteria and processes to ensure that credit-granting is based on thorough assessment of the obligor’s creditworthiness.

 

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Pursuant to Article 14 of the CRR, consolidated subsidiaries of credit institutions and investment firms subject to the CRR may be required to satisfy the European Due Diligence Requirements. In order that such credit institutions and investment firms comply with Article 14 of the CRR, their subsidiaries (regardless of where they are established), which are consolidated for regulatory purposes must comply with the European Due Diligence Requirements.

 

Failure on the part of an Affected Investor to comply with the European Due Diligence Requirements may result in various penalties including, in the case of those investors subject to regulatory capital requirements, the imposition of a punitive capital charge in respect of the certificates acquired by the relevant investor. Aspects of the requirements and what is or will be required to demonstrate compliance to European national regulators remain unclear.

 

Prospective investors should make themselves aware of the European Due Diligence Requirements described above (and any corresponding implementing rules of their regulator), where applicable to them, in addition to any other applicable regulatory requirements with respect to their investment in the certificates.

 

Prospective investors should be aware that none of the originators, the sponsors, the depositor or the issuing entity intends to retain a material net economic interest in the securitization constituted by the issuance of the certificates in accordance with any European Due Diligence Requirements, provide information allowing an Affected Investor to comply with its due diligence obligations under the European Due Diligence Requirements, or take any other action which may be required by an Affected Investor for the purposes of its compliance with the European Due Diligence Requirements, and no such person assumes (i) any obligation to so retain or take any such other action or (ii) any liability whatsoever in connection with any certificateholder’s non-compliance with the European Due Diligence Requirements. Consequently, the certificates are not be a suitable investment for Affected Investors. As a result, the price and liquidity of the certificates in the secondary market may be adversely affected. This could adversely affect your ability to transfer your certificates or the price you may receive upon your sale of your certificates. Each investor should evaluate the impact any such non-compliance may have on it.

 

The European Securitization Regulation is in force throughout the European Union, and is expected to be implemented in the non-European Union member states of the European Economic Area. In addition, notwithstanding that the United Kingdom is no longer a member of the European Union, the European Securitization Regulation continues to apply in the United Kingdom, pursuant to the withdrawal agreement made between the European Union and the United Kingdom with regard to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, for the duration of the transition period (the “Transition Period”) provided for by such agreement (which is expected to end on December 31, 2020).

 

It is expected that, with effect from the end of the Transition Period, the European Securitization Regulation will form part of UK domestic law as amended by the UK Securitisation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The Securitisation (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (among other things) (i) prescribe the types of “institutional investor” to which the European Securitization Regulation will apply in the UK (“UK Affected Investors”), and (ii) include certain changes to the European Due Diligence Requirements insofar as such requirements apply to UK Affected Investors. References in this section to European Due Diligence Requirements and to Affected Investors also refer, respectively, to the European Due Diligence Requirements in the amended form applicable from the end of the Transition Period to UK Affected Investors and to UK Affected Investors.

 

Changes in federal banking and securities laws, including those resulting from the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) enacted in the United States, may have an adverse effect on issuers, investors or other participants in the asset-backed securities markets. In particular, capital regulations issued by the U.S. banking regulators in July 2013 implement the increased capital requirements established under the Basel Accord and are being phased in over time. These capital regulations eliminate reliance on credit ratings and

 

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   otherwise alter, and in most cases increase, the capital requirements imposed on depository institutions and their holding companies, including with respect to ownership of asset-backed securities such as CMBS. Further changes in capital requirements have been announced by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and it is uncertain when such changes will be implemented in the United States. When fully implemented in the United States, these changes may have an adverse effect with respect to investments in asset-backed securities, including CMBS. As a result of these regulations, investments in CMBS such as the certificates by financial institutions subject to bank capital regulations may result in greater capital charges to these financial institutions and these new regulations may otherwise adversely affect the treatment of CMBS for their regulatory capital purposes.

 

Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act (such statutory provision together with the implementing regulations, the “Volcker Rule”) generally prohibits “banking entities” (which is broadly defined to include U.S. banks and bank holding companies and many non-U.S. banking entities, together with their respective subsidiaries and other affiliates) from (i) engaging in proprietary trading, (ii) acquiring or retaining an ownership interest in or sponsoring a “covered fund” and (iii) entering into certain relationships with such funds. Under the Volcker Rule, unless otherwise jointly determined otherwise by specified federal regulators, a “covered fund” does not include an issuer that may rely on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act other than the exclusions contained in Section 3(c)(1) and Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.

 

The issuing entity will be relying on an exclusion or exemption under the Investment Company Act contained in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act or Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the issuing entity. Accordingly, the issuing entity is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule. The general effects of the Volcker Rule remain uncertain. Any prospective investor in the certificates, including a U.S. or foreign bank or a subsidiary or other bank affiliate, should consult its own legal advisors regarding such matters and other effects of the Volcker Rule.

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has adopted changes to the accounting standards for structured products. These changes, or any future changes, may affect the accounting for entities such as the issuing entity, could under certain circumstances require an investor or its owner generally to consolidate the assets of the issuing entity in its financial statements and record third parties’ investments in the issuing entity as liabilities of that investor or owner or could otherwise adversely affect the manner in which the investor or its owner must report an investment in CMBS for financial reporting purposes.

 

For purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended, no class of certificates will constitute “mortgage related securities”.

 

Further changes in federal banking and securities laws and other laws and regulations may have an adverse effect on issuers, investors, or other participants in the asset-backed securities markets (including the CMBS market) and may have adverse effect on the liquidity, market value and regulatory characteristics of the certificates.

 

Accordingly, all investors whose investment activities are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements, or review by regulatory authorities should consult with their own legal, accounting and other advisors in determining whether, and to what extent, the certificates will constitute legal investments for them or are subject to investment or other restrictions, unfavorable accounting treatment, capital charges or reserve requirements. See “Legal Investment”.

 

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In addition, this transaction is structured to comply with the Credit Risk Retention Rules as and to the extent set forth under “Credit Risk Retention”. We cannot assure you that the retaining sponsor will at times satisfy such credit risk retention requirements. At this time, it is unclear what effect a failure of the retaining sponsor to be in compliance with the Credit Risk Retention Rules at any time will have on the certificateholders or the market value or liquidity of the certificates.

 

The Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Special Servicer May Have Difficulty Performing Under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or a Related Sub-Servicing Agreement

 

Any economic downturn or recession, whether resulting from COVID-19 or otherwise, may adversely affect the master servicer’s, any sub-servicer’s or the special servicer’s ability to perform its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related sub servicing agreement, including, if applicable, performance as it relates to the making of debt service or property protection advances or the ability to effectively service the underlying mortgage loans. Accordingly, this may adversely affect the performance of the underlying mortgage loans or the performance of the certificates.

 

Description of the Mortgage Pool

 

General

 

The assets of the issuing entity will consist of a pool of 33 fixed rate mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans” or, collectively, the “Mortgage Pool”) with an aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $814,217,000 (the “Initial Pool Balance”). The “Cut-off Date” with respect to each Mortgage Loan is the later of the related due date in December 2020 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first due date after December 2020, the date that would have been its due date in December 2020 under the terms of that mortgage loan if a monthly payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.

 

Twelve (12) of the Mortgage Loans (62.7%) are each part of a larger whole loan (a “Whole Loan”), each of which is comprised of (i) the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) one or more loans that are pari passu in right of payment to the related Mortgage Loan (each referred to in this prospectus as a “Pari Passu Companion Loan”) and (iii) in the case of two of the Mortgage Loans (19.0%) one or more loans that are subordinate in right of payment to the related Mortgage Loan and the related Pari Passu Companion Loans (each referred to in this prospectus as a “Subordinate Companion Loan”). Each of the Pari Passu Companion Loans and the Subordinate Companion Loans are referred to in this prospectus as a “Companion Loan”. Each Companion Loan is secured by the same mortgage(s) and the same assignment(s) of leases and rents securing the related Mortgage Loan. See “—The Whole Loans” below for more information regarding the rights of the holders of the Companion Loans and the servicing and administration of the Whole Loans that will not be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement for this transaction.

 

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The Mortgage Loans were originated, co-originated or acquired (or, on or prior to the Closing Date, will be acquired) by the mortgage loan sellers set forth in the following chart. The mortgage loan sellers will sell their respective Mortgage Loans to the depositor, which will in turn sell the Mortgage Loans to the issuing entity:

 

Sellers of the Mortgage Loans

 

Mortgage Loan Seller(1) 

  Number of Mortgage Loans  Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of Mortgage Loans 

Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance(2) 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association   9   $261,628,000   32.1%
Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.   11   210,225,000   25.8 
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company   5   115,900,000   14.2 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association / German American Capital Corporation(3)   1   80,000,000   9.8 
Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. / German American Capital Corporation(4)   1   75,000,000   9.2 
German American Capital Corporation  6   71,464,000   8.8 
Total   33   $814,217,000   100.0%

 

 

(1)Each Mortgage Loan was originated by its respective Mortgage Loan Seller or its affiliate, except those certain Mortgage Loans that were originated by an unaffiliated third-party or are part of larger whole loan structures that were co-originated by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or its affiliate with one or more other lenders. See “—Co-Originated or Unaffiliated Third-Party Originated Mortgage Loans” below.

 

(2)The sum of the numerical data in this column does not equal the indicated total due to rounding.

 

(3)The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (9.8%) is part of a Whole Loan as to which separate notes are being sold by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPMCB”) and German American Capital Corporation (“GACC”) The Grace Building Whole Loan was co-originated by JPMCB, Bank of America, N.A., Column Financial, Inc. and DBR Investments Co. Limited. The Grace Building Mortgage Loan is evidenced by four (4) promissory notes: (i) note A-2-5, note A-2-6 and note A-2-7, with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $60,000,000 as of the Cut-off Date, as to which JPMCB is acting as Mortgage Loan Seller; and (ii) note A-4-4, with an outstanding principal balance of $20,000,000 as of the Cut-off Date, as to which GACC is acting as Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

(4)The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%) is part of a Whole Loan as to which separate notes are being sold by Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. (“CREFI”) and GACC. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan was co-originated by CREFI, Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, and Société Générale Financial Corporation. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan is evidenced by two (2) promissory notes: (i) note A-13-6, with an outstanding principal balance of $40,000,000 as of the Cut-off Date, as to which CREFI is acting as Mortgage Loan Seller; and (ii) note A-15-7, with an outstanding principal balance of $35,000,000 as of the Cut-off Date, as to which GACC is acting as Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

Each of the Mortgage Loans or Whole Loans is evidenced by one or more promissory notes or similar evidence of indebtedness (each a “Mortgage Note”) and, in each case, secured by (or, in the case of an indemnity deed of trust, backed by a guaranty that is secured by) one or more mortgages, deeds of trust or other similar security instruments (each, a “Mortgage”) creating a first lien on a fee simple and/or leasehold interest in one or more commercial or multifamily real properties (each, a “Mortgaged Property”).

 

The Mortgage Loans are generally non-recourse loans. In the event of a borrower default on a non-recourse Mortgage Loan, recourse may be had only against the specific Mortgaged Property or Properties, as applicable, and the other limited assets securing such Mortgage Loan, and not against the related borrower’s other assets. The Mortgage Loans are not insured or guaranteed by the Sponsors, the Mortgage Loan Sellers or any other person or entity unrelated to the respective borrower. You should consider all of the Mortgage Loans to be non-recourse loans as to which recourse in the case of default will be limited to the specific property and other assets, if any, pledged to secure the related Mortgage Loan.

 

The Mortgage Loans included in this transaction were selected for this transaction from mortgage loans specifically originated or acquired for securitizations of this type by the Mortgage Loan Sellers taking into account rating agency criteria and feedback, subordinate investor feedback, property type and geographic location.

 

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Co-Originated or Unaffiliated Third-Party Originated Mortgage Loans

 

The following Mortgage Loans are component promissory notes of whole loans co-originated by the related Mortgage Loan Seller (or an affiliate) and another entity or were originated by an unaffiliated third-party and subsequently acquired (or, on or prior to the Closing Date, will be acquired) by the related Mortgage Loan Seller:

 

The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (9.8%), for which JPMCB and GACC are the Mortgage Loan Sellers, is part of a Whole Loan that was co-originated by JPMCB, Bank of America, N.A., Column Financial, Inc. and DBR Investments Co. Limited.

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), for which CREFI and GACC are the Mortgage Loan Sellers, is part of a Whole Loan that was co-originated by CREFI, Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch, and Société Générale Financial Corporation.

 

The McClellan Business Park Mortgage Loan (4.0%), for which GSMC is the Mortgage Loan Seller, is part of a Whole Loan that was co-originated by Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GS Bank”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

 

The 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan (3.7%), for which GSMC is the Mortgage Loan Seller, is part of a Whole Loan that was co-originated by GS Bank and Bank of America, N.A.

 

Certain Calculations and Definitions

 

This prospectus sets forth certain information with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties. The sum in any column of the tables presented in Annex A-2 may not equal the indicated total due to rounding. The information in Annex A-1 with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties is based upon the pool of the Mortgage Loans as it is expected to be constituted as of the close of business on December 31, 2020 (the “Closing Date”), assuming that (i) all scheduled principal and interest payments due on or before the Cut-off Date will be made, (ii) there will be no principal prepayments on or before the Closing Date, (iii) with respect to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, JPMCB will sell three of four promissory notes comprising such Mortgage Loan and GACC will sell one of four promissory notes comprising such Mortgage Loan to the depositor and (iv) with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, each of CREFI and GACC will sell one of two promissory notes comprising such Mortgage Loan to the depositor . The statistics in Annex A-1, Annex A-2 and Annex A-3 were primarily derived from information provided to the depositor by each sponsor, which information may have been obtained from the borrowers.

 

All percentages of the Mortgage Loans and Mortgaged Properties, or of any specified group of Mortgage Loans and Mortgaged Properties, referred to in this prospectus without further description are approximate percentages of the Initial Pool Balance by Cut-off Date Balance (in the case of Mortgage Loan information) or by Allocated Loan Amount as of the Cut-off Date (in the case of Mortgaged Property information).

 

The information presented in this prospectus with respect to the Loan Per Net Rentable Area, Loan-to-Value Ratio, Loan-to-Value Ratio at Maturity, Underwritten NCF DSCR, Underwritten NCF Debt Yield and Underwritten NOI Debt Yield for each Mortgage Loan with one or more Pari Passu Companion Loans is calculated in a manner that reflects the aggregate indebtedness evidenced by that Mortgage Loan and the related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), but excluding any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s), unless otherwise indicated.

 

Unless otherwise specified, (i) references to a Mortgaged Property (or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties) by name refer to such Mortgaged Property (or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties) so identified on Annex A-1, (ii) references to a Mortgage Loan by name refer to such Mortgage Loan secured by the related Mortgaged Property (or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties) so identified on Annex A-1, (iii) any parenthetical with a percent next to a Mortgaged Property name (or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties

 

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name) indicates the approximate percent (or approximate aggregate percent) that the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan (or, if applicable, the allocated loan amount with respect to such Mortgaged Property) represents of the Initial Pool Balance, and (iv) any parenthetical with a percent next to a Mortgage Loan name or a group of Mortgage Loans indicates the approximate percent (or approximate aggregate percent) that the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such group of Mortgage Loans, as applicable, represents of the Initial Pool Balance.

 

Definitions

 

For purposes of this prospectus, including the information presented in the Annexes to this prospectus, the indicated terms have the meanings set forth below. In reviewing such definitions, investors should be aware that the appraisals for the Mortgaged Properties were prepared prior to origination, and generally have not been updated. Certain appraisals were prepared prior to the COVID-19 outbreak and do not account for the effects of the pandemic on the related Mortgaged Properties. In addition, more recent appraisals may not reflect the complete effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the related mortgaged properties as the cumulative impact of the pandemic may not be known for some time. Similarly, net operating income and occupancy information used in underwriting the Mortgage Loans may not reflect current conditions, and in particular, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, appraised values, net operating income, occupancy, and related metrics, such as loan-to-value ratios, debt service coverage ratios and debt yields, may not accurately reflect the current conditions at the Mortgaged Properties. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” , “—Risks Relating to the Mortgage LoansAppraisals May Not Reflect Current or Future Market Value of Each Property” and “—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Underwritten Net Cash Flow Could Be Based On Incorrect or Failed Assumptions.”

 

ADR” means, for any hospitality property, average daily rate.

 

Allocated Loan Amount” generally means, (a) with respect to any single Mortgaged Property that is the only real property collateral for the related Mortgage Loan, the total outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan; and (b) with respect to any Mortgaged Property that is one of multiple Mortgaged Properties securing a Mortgage Loan, the portion of the total outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan allocated to the subject Mortgaged Property in accordance with net cash flow, appraised value or otherwise in accordance with or as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Annual Debt Service” generally means, for any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, 12 times the average of the principal and interest payments for the first 12 payment periods of the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan following the Cut-off Date (but without regard to any leap year adjustments) or: (i) in the case of a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that provides for interest only payments through maturity or anticipated repayment date, the aggregate interest payments scheduled to be due on the Due Date following the Cut-off Date and the 11 Due Dates thereafter and (ii) in the case of a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that provides for an initial interest only period and provides for scheduled amortization payments thereafter, 12 times the monthly payment of principal and interest payable during such subsequent amortization period. Monthly debt service and debt service coverage ratios are calculated using the average of the principal and interest payments for the first twelve payment periods of the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable following the Cut-off Date (but without regard to any leap year adjustments), subject to the exceptions set forth in the prior sentence. In the case of any Whole Loan, Annual Debt Service is calculated with respect to the Mortgage Loan including any related Pari Passu Companion Loan and without regard to any related Subordinate Companion Loan.

 

Appraised Value” means, for any Mortgaged Property, the appraised value of such Mortgaged Property as determined by the most recent third party appraisal of the Mortgaged Property available to the applicable mortgage loan seller. Other than as described under “—Appraised Value”, the Appraised Value reflected in this prospectus for each Mortgaged Property reflects the “as-is” value. In certain cases, in addition to an “as-is” value, the appraisal states an appraised value based on hypothetical or other

 

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projected values for the related Mortgaged Property that assumes that certain events will occur with respect to re-tenanting, construction, renovation or repairs at such Mortgaged Property. In most such cases, the applicable mortgage loan seller has generally taken reserves sufficient to complete such re-tenanting, construction, renovation or repairs. We make no representation that sufficient amounts have been reserved or that the appraised value would approximate either the value that would be determined in a current appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property or the amount that would be realized upon a sale. In the case of certain Mortgage Loans as described under “—Appraised Value”, the Cut-off Date LTV Ratio or the Maturity Date LTV Ratio or ARD for such Mortgage Loans has been calculated based on an Appraised Value of a related Mortgaged Property other than the “as-is” Appraised Value. We cannot assure you that the value of any particular Mortgaged Property will not have declined from the Appraised Value shown on Annex A-1. We make no representation that any Appraised Value presented in this prospectus would approximate either the value that would be determined in a current appraisal of the Mortgaged Property or the amount that would be realized upon a sale of the Mortgaged Property.

 

Balloon Balance” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the principal amount that will be due at maturity (or, in the case of any ARD Loan, outstanding at the related Anticipated Repayment Date or due at maturity, as the case may be) for such Mortgage Loan, assuming no payment defaults or principal prepayments.

 

Cut-off Date Balance” of any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, will be the unpaid principal balance of that Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as of the Cut-off Date, after application of all payments due on or before that date, whether or not received.

 

Hard Lockbox” means that the borrower is required to direct the tenants to pay rents directly to a lockbox account controlled by the lender. Hospitality properties are considered to have a hard lockbox if credit card receivables are required to be deposited directly into the lockbox account even though cash, checks or “over the counter” receipts are deposited by the manager of the related Mortgaged Property into the lockbox account controlled by the lender.

 

In-Place Cash Management” means, for funds directed into a lockbox, such funds are generally not made immediately available to the related borrower, but instead are forwarded to a cash management account controlled by the lender and the funds are disbursed according to the related Mortgage Loan documents with any excess remitted to the related borrower (unless an event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents or one or more specified trigger events have occurred and are outstanding), generally on a daily basis.

 

Largest Tenant” means, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, the tenant occupying the largest amount of net rentable square feet.

 

Lease Expiration” means the date at which the applicable tenant’s lease is scheduled to expire.

 

Loan Per Net Rentable Area” means the principal balance per unit of measurement as of the Cut-off Date.

 

Loan-to-Value Ratio,” “Cut-off Date LTV Ratio,” “LTV Ratio” or “Current LTV” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (a) the Cut-off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan divided by (b) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property or aggregate Appraised Values of the Mortgaged Properties; provided that:

 

In the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, unless otherwise indicated, the Loan-to-Value Ratio was calculated with respect to such Mortgage Loan including any related Pari Passu Companion Loans and without regard to any related Subordinate Companion Loan.

 

With respect to each Mortgaged Property identified in “—Appraised Value” below, the respective Cut-off Date LTV Ratio was calculated based on an Appraised Value of such Mortgaged Property other than the “as-is” Appraised Value.

 

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Loan-to-Value Ratio at Maturity or ARD”, “LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD”, “Balloon LTV” or “Maturity Date LTV Ratio” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (a) the Balloon Balance of such Mortgage Loan, divided by (b) the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties; provided that:

 

In the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, unless otherwise indicated, Loan-to-Value Ratio at Maturity or ARD was calculated with respect to such Mortgage Loan including any related Pari Passu Companion Loans and without regard to any related Subordinate Companion Loan.

 

In the case of an ARD Loan, the Loan-to-Value Ratio at Maturity or ARD is calculated with respect to the related Balloon Balance on the related Anticipated Repayment Date.

 

With respect to each Mortgaged Property identified in “—Appraised Value” below, the respective Maturity Date LTV Ratio or ARD was calculated based on an Appraised Value of such Mortgaged Property other than the “as-is” Appraised Value.

 

Most Recent NOI” and “Trailing 12 NOI” (which is for the twelve-month period ending as of the date specified in Annex A-1) is the net operating income for a Mortgaged Property as established by information provided by the borrowers, except that in certain cases such net operating income has been adjusted by removing certain non-recurring expenses and revenue or by certain other normalizations. Most Recent NOI and Trailing 12 NOI do not necessarily reflect accrual of certain costs such as taxes and capital expenditures and do not reflect non-cash items such as depreciation or amortization. In some cases, capital expenditures may have been treated by a borrower as an expense or expenses treated as capital expenditures. Most Recent NOI and Trailing 12 NOI were not necessarily determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Moreover, Most Recent NOI and Trailing 12 NOI are not substitutes for net income determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as a measure of the results of a property’s operations or substitutes for cash flows from operating activities determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as a measure of liquidity, and in certain cases may reflect partial year annualizations.

 

MSA” means metropolitan statistical area.

 

Net Operating Income” or “NOI,” with respect to any Mortgaged Property, means historical net operating income for the annual or other period specified (or ending on the “NOI Date” specified). In general, it is the revenue derived from the use and operation of such Mortgaged Property less the sum of (a) actual operating expenses (such as utilities, administrative expenses, repairs and maintenance, management and franchise fees and advertising) and (b) actual fixed expenses (such as insurance, real estate taxes and, if applicable, ground, space or air rights lease payments). Net operating income generally does not reflect (i.e., it does not deduct for) capital expenditures, including tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions, interest expenses and non-cash items such as depreciation and amortization.

 

NRA” means net rentable area.

 

Occupancy” means, unless the context indicates otherwise, (i) in the case of multifamily, self storage and mixed use (to the extent the related Mortgaged Property includes multifamily space) properties, the percentage of rental Units that are rented as of the Occupancy Date; (ii) in the case of office, retail, industrial and mixed use properties (to the extent the related Mortgaged Property includes office, retail or industrial space), the percentage of the net rentable square footage rented as of the Occupancy Date (subject to, in the case of certain Mortgage Loans, one or more of the additional leasing assumptions); and (iii) in the case of hospitality and mixed use (to the extent the related Mortgaged Property includes hospitality space) properties, the percentage of available Rooms occupied for the trailing 12-month period ending on the Occupancy Date. In some cases, occupancy was calculated based on assumptions regarding occupancy, such as the assumption that a certain tenant at the Mortgaged Property that has executed a lease, but has not yet taken occupancy and/or has not yet commenced paying rent, will take occupancy on a future date generally expected to occur within twelve months of the Cut-off Date;

 

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assumptions regarding the renewal of particular leases and/or the re-leasing of certain space at the related Mortgaged Property; in some cases, assumptions regarding leases under negotiation being executed; in some cases, assumptions regarding tenants taking additional space in the future if currently committed to do so or, in some cases, the exclusion of dark tenants, tenants with material aged receivables, tenants that may have already given notice to vacate their space, bankrupt tenants that have not yet affirmed their lease and certain additional leasing assumptions. See footnotes to Annex A-1 for additional occupancy assumptions. We cannot assure you that the assumptions made with respect to any Mortgaged Property will, in fact, be consistent with that Mortgaged Property’s actual occupancy. See “—Tenant Issues” below.

 

Occupancy Date” means the date of determination of the Occupancy of a Mortgaged Property.

 

Original Balance” means the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination.

 

Prepayment Provision” means the number of payments from the first due date through and including the maturity date or, in the case of an ARD Loan, the related Anticipated Repayment Date, as applicable, for which a Mortgage Loan is, as applicable, (i) locked out from prepayment, (ii) provides for payment of a prepayment premium or yield maintenance charge in connection with a prepayment, (iii) permits defeasance and/or (iv) permits prepayment without a payment of a prepayment premium or a yield maintenance charge.

 

Related Group” identifies each group of Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool with the same sponsor or with sponsors affiliated with other sponsors in the Mortgage Pool. Each Related Group is identified by a separate number on Annex A-1.

 

RevPAR” means, with respect to any hospitality property, revenues per available room.

 

Soft Lockbox” means that the related borrower is required to deposit or cause the property manager to deposit all rents collected into a lockbox account. Hospitality and multifamily properties are considered to have a soft lockbox if credit card receivables, cash, checks or “over the counter” receipts are deposited into the lockbox account by the borrower or property manager.

 

Soft Springing Hard Lockbox” means that the related borrower is required to deposit, or cause the property manager to deposit, all rents collected into a lockbox account or cash management account until the occurrence of an event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents or one or more specified trigger events, at which time the lockbox account converts to a Hard Lockbox.

 

Springing Cash Management” means, until the occurrence of an event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents or one or more specified trigger events, revenue from the lockbox (if any) is forwarded to an account controlled by the related borrower or is otherwise made available to the related borrower. Upon the occurrence of an event of default or such a trigger event, the Mortgage Loan documents require the related revenue to be forwarded to a cash management account controlled by the lender and the funds are disbursed according to the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Springing Lockbox”: means a lockbox that is not currently in place, but the related Mortgage Loan documents require the imposition of a Hard Lockbox or a Soft Lockbox upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents or one or more specified trigger events.

 

Square Feet”, “SF” or “Sq. Ft.” means, in the case of a Mortgaged Property operated as a retail center, office, industrial/warehouse facility, self storage, any combination of the foregoing or other special purpose property, the square footage of the net rentable or leasable area.

 

T-12” and “TTM” each means trailing 12 months.

 

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Term to Maturity” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the remaining term, in months, from the Cut-off Date for such Mortgage Loan to the related maturity date or, in the case of an ARD Loan, the related Anticipated Repayment Date, as applicable. Annex A-1 indicates which Mortgage Loans are ARD Loans.

 

Underwritten EGI” or “UW EGI”, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, means the gross potential rent, recoveries and other income, less mark to market, vacancy and collection loss.

 

Underwritten Expenses” or “UW Expenses” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, an estimate of (a) operating expenses (such as utilities, administrative expenses, repairs and maintenance, management and franchise fees and advertising); and (b) fixed expenses (such as insurance, real estate taxes and, if applicable, ground, space or air rights lease payments), as determined by the related mortgage loan seller and generally derived from historical expenses at the Mortgaged Property, the borrower’s budget or appraiser’s estimate, in some cases adjusted for significant occupancy increases and a market rate management fee and subject to certain assumptions and subjective judgments of each mortgage loan seller as described under the definition of “Underwritten Net Operating Income”. We cannot assure you that the assumptions made with respect to any Mortgaged Property will, in fact, be consistent with that Mortgaged Property’s actual performance.

 

Underwritten NCF Debt Yield”, “UW NCF Debt Yield” or “Cut-off Date UW NCF Debt Yield” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Underwritten Net Cash Flow for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties divided by the Cut-off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan; provided that:

 

In the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, unless otherwise indicated, Underwritten NCF Debt Yield was calculated with respect to such Mortgage Loan including any related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) and without regard to any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s).

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgaged Properties are master leased to the sole tenant, MGM Lessee II, LLC. MGM Lessee II, LLC (and each operating subtenant thereof) has the exclusive right to operate the Mortgaged Properties and the borrowers are entitled to receive only rents from the master lease, and not the underlying rents or receipts from the operation of the Mortgaged Properties by MGM Lessee II, LLC (and/or any operating subtenant thereof). The UW NCF Debt Yield of the related Whole Loan, based only on the master lease rent, is 9.7%.

 

Underwritten NOI Debt Yield” or “UW NOI Debt Yield” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Underwritten Net Operating Income for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties divided by the Cut-off Date Balance for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that:

 

In the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, unless otherwise indicated, the debt yield was calculated with respect to such Mortgage Loan including any related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) and without regard to any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s).

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgaged Properties are master leased to the sole tenant, MGM Lessee II, LLC. MGM Lessee II, LLC (and each operating subtenant thereof) has the exclusive right to operate the Mortgaged Properties and the borrowers are entitled to receive only rents from the master lease, and not the underlying rents or receipts from the operation of the Mortgaged Properties by MGM Lessee II, LLC (and/or any operating subtenant thereof). The UW NOI Debt Yield of the related Whole Loan, based only on the master lease rent, is 9.7%.

 

Underwritten Net Cash Flow,” “Underwritten NCF” or “UW NCF”, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, means the Underwritten Net Operating Income decreased by an amount that the related mortgage loan seller has determined for the capital expenditures and reserves for capital expenditures, including tenant improvement costs and leasing commissions, as applicable. Underwritten Net Cash Flow generally does not reflect interest expense and non-cash items such as depreciation and amortization.

 

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For certain of the investment grade-rated or institutional tenants at the Mortgaged Properties, UW NCF is based on the “straight line” rent of those tenants generally over the lesser of the term of the related lease (which, in certain cases, may be calculated through the date of an early termination option) and the term of the related Mortgage Loan. See Annex A-1 (and the footnotes related thereto) and Annex A-3.

 

Underwritten Net Cash Flow DSCR,” “Underwritten NCF DSCR,” or “UW NCF DSCR,” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (a) the Underwritten Net Cash Flow for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, divided by (b) the Annual Debt Service for such Mortgage Loan; provided that:

 

In the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, unless otherwise indicated, Underwritten Net Cash Flow DSCR was calculated with respect to such Mortgage Loan including any related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) and without regard to any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s).

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgaged Properties are master leased to the sole tenant, MGM Lessee II, LLC. MGM Lessee II, LLC (and each operating subtenant thereof) has the exclusive right to operate the Mortgaged Properties and the borrowers are entitled to receive only rents from the master lease, and not the underlying rents or receipts from the operation of the Mortgaged Properties by MGM Lessee II, LLC (and/or any operating subtenant thereof). The UW NCF DSCR of the related Whole Loan, based only on the master lease rent, is 2.70x.

 

In general, debt service coverage ratios are used by income property lenders to measure the ratio of (a) cash currently generated by a property that is available for debt service to (b) required debt service payments. However, debt service coverage ratios only measure the current, or recent, ability of a property to service mortgage debt. If a property does not possess a stable operating expectancy (for instance, if it is subject to material leases that are scheduled to expire during the loan term and that provide for above market rents and/or that may be difficult to replace), a debt service coverage ratio may not be a reliable indicator of a property’s ability to service the mortgage debt over the entire remaining loan term. The Underwritten Net Cash Flow DSCRs are presented in this prospectus for illustrative purposes only and, as discussed above, are limited in their usefulness in assessing the current, or predicting the future, ability of a Mortgaged Property to generate sufficient cash flow to repay the related Mortgage Loan. Accordingly, we cannot assure you, and no representation is made, that the Underwritten Net Cash Flow DSCRs accurately reflect that ability.

 

Underwritten Net Operating Income,” “Underwritten NOI,” or “UW NOI,” with respect to any Mortgaged Property, means Underwritten Revenues less Underwritten Expenses, which is an estimate of cash flow available for debt service in a typical year of stable, normal operations as determined by the related mortgage loan seller.

 

The Underwritten Net Operating Income for each Mortgaged Property is calculated on the basis of numerous assumptions and subjective judgments, which, if ultimately proven erroneous, could cause the actual net cash flow for such Mortgaged Property to differ materially from the Underwritten Net Operating Income set forth in this prospectus. Certain of such assumptions and subjective judgments of each mortgage loan seller relate to future events, conditions and circumstances, including future expense levels, future increases in rents over current rental rates (including in circumstances where a tenant may currently be in a free or reduced rent period), future vacancy rates, the levels and stability of cash flows for properties with short term rentals (such as hospitality properties), commencement of occupancy and rent payments with respect to leases for which rentals have not yet commenced and/or a “free rent” period is still in effect, the re-leasing of vacant space and the continued leasing of occupied space, which will be affected by a variety of complex factors over which none of the depositor, the applicable mortgage loan seller, the master servicer or the special servicer have control. In certain cases, Net Operating Income includes rents paid on “dark” space by a tenant that has ceased operations at the subject Mortgaged Property prior to the end of its lease. In some cases, the Underwritten Net Operating Income set forth in this prospectus for any Mortgaged Property is higher, and may be materially higher, than the annual net operating income for such Mortgaged Property based on historical operating statements.

 

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In determining Underwritten Net Operating Income for a Mortgaged Property, the applicable mortgage loan seller generally relied on rent rolls and/or other generally unaudited financial information provided by the respective borrowers; and in some cases, the appraisal, borrower budgets and/or local market information was the primary basis for the determination. From that information, the applicable mortgage loan seller calculated stabilized estimates of cash flow that took into consideration historical financial statements (where available), appraiser estimates, borrower budgets, material changes in the operating position of a Mortgaged Property of which the applicable mortgage loan seller was aware (e.g., current rent roll information including newly signed leases (regardless of whether the tenant has taken occupancy), near term rent steps, expirations of “free rent” periods, market rents, and market vacancy data), and estimated capital expenditures, leasing commissions and tenant improvement costs. In certain cases, the applicable mortgage loan seller’s estimate of Underwritten Net Operating Income reflected differences from the information contained in the operating statements obtained from the respective borrowers (resulting in either an increase or decrease from the recent historical net operating income set forth therein) based upon the applicable mortgage loan seller’s own analysis of such operating statements and the assumptions applied by the respective borrowers in preparing such statements and information. In certain instances, for example, property management fees and other expenses may have been taken into account in the calculation of Underwritten Net Operating Income even though such expenses may not have been reflected in actual historic operating statements. In most of those cases, the information was annualized, with some exceptions, before using it as a basis for the determination of Underwritten Net Operating Income. In certain cases with respect to certain credit rated tenants, or credit worthy tenants, the applicable mortgage loan seller may have calculated Underwritten Net Operating Income based on certain adjustments to the rental income, such as using the average rent due under the related lease from such tenant over such Mortgage Loan or lease term. Historical operating statements may not be available for newly constructed Mortgaged Properties, Mortgaged Properties with triple net leases, Mortgaged Properties that have recently undergone substantial renovations and newly acquired Mortgaged Properties.

 

Specifically, the rental revenue included in the Net Operating Income is based on leases in place, leases that have been executed but the tenant is not yet paying rent and/or in occupancy, leases that are being negotiated and expected to be signed, additional space that a tenant has committed to take and in certain cases contractual rent steps generally within 12 months past the Cut-off Date, in certain cases certain appraiser estimates of rental income, and in some cases adjusted downward to market rates, with vacancy rates equal to the Mortgaged Property’s historical rate, current rate, market rate or an assumed vacancy as determined by the related originator or appraiser; plus any additional recurring revenue fees. In some cases the related originator included revenue otherwise payable by a tenant but for the existence of an initial “free rent” period or a permitted rent abatement while the leased space is built out. Additionally, in determining rental revenue for multifamily rental properties, the related mortgage loan seller either reviewed rental revenue shown on the certified rolling 12-month operating statements or annualized the rental revenue and reimbursement of expenses shown on rent rolls or recent partial year operating statements with respect to the prior one- to 12-month periods or in some cases may have relied on information provided in the appraisal for market rental rates and vacancy. In some cases the related originator included revenue otherwise payable by a tenant but for the existence of an initial “free rent” period or a permitted rent abatement while the leased space is built out. See “—Tenant Issues” below. For certain of the investment grade-rated or institutional tenants at the Mortgaged Properties, Underwritten NOI is based on the “straight line” rent of those tenants generally over the lesser of the term of the related lease (which, in certain cases, may be calculated through the date of an early termination option) and the term of the related Mortgage Loan. See Annex A-1 (and the footnotes related thereto) and Annex A-3.

 

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Underwritten Net Operating Income DSCR”, “Underwritten NOI DSCR” or “UW NOI DSCR” or means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (a) the Underwritten Net Operating Income for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, divided by (b) the Annual Debt Service for such Mortgage Loan; provided that:

 

In the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, unless otherwise indicated, Underwritten Net Operating Income DSCR was calculated with respect to such Mortgage Loan including any related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) and without regard to any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s).

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgaged Properties are master leased to the sole tenant, MGM Lessee II, LLC. MGM Lessee II, LLC (and each operating subtenant thereof) has the exclusive right to operate the Mortgaged Properties and the borrowers are entitled to receive only rents from the master lease, and not the underlying rents or receipts from the operation of the Mortgaged Properties by MGM Lessee II, LLC (and/or any operating subtenant thereof). The UW NOI DSCR of the related Whole Loan, based only on the master lease rent, is 2.70x.

 

The Underwritten Net Operating Income DSCRs are presented in this prospectus for illustrative purposes only and, as discussed above, are limited in their usefulness in assessing the current, or predicting the future, ability of a Mortgaged Property to generate sufficient cash flow to repay the related Mortgage Loan. Accordingly, we cannot assure you, and no representation is made, that the Underwritten Net Operating Income DSCRs accurately reflect that ability. See the definition of “Underwritten Net Cash Flow DSCR” for more information regarding the evaluation of debt service coverage ratios.

 

Underwritten EGI”, “UW EGI” with respect to any Mortgaged Property, means the gross potential rent, recoveries and other income, less mark to market, vacancy and collection loss.

 

Underwritten Revenues” with respect to any Mortgage Loan, means the gross potential rent (in certain cases, inclusive of rents under master leases with an affiliate of the borrower that relate to space not used or occupied by the master lease tenant, or, in the case of a hospitality property, room rent, food and beverage revenues and other hospitality income), subject to the assumptions and subjective judgments of each mortgage loan seller as described under the definition of “Underwritten Net Operating Income”. We cannot assure you that the assumptions made with respect to any Mortgaged Property will, in fact, be consistent with that Mortgaged Property’s actual performance.

 

Units” or “Rooms” means (a) in the case of a Mortgaged Property operated as multifamily housing, the number of apartments, regardless of the size of or number of rooms in such apartment, and (b) in the case of a Mortgaged Property operated as a hospitality property, the number of guest rooms.

 

Weighted Average Mortgage Rate” means the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates as of the Cut-off Date.

 

Mortgage Pool Characteristics

 

Overview

 

The issuing entity will include 8 Mortgage Loans (40.5%) that represent the obligations of multiple borrowers that are liable on a joint and several basis for the repayment of the entire indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan and/or represent separate obligations of each borrower that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other.

 

See also “—Certain Calculations and Definitions” above for important general and specific information regarding the manner of calculation of the underwritten debt service coverage ratios and loan-to-value ratios. See also “—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans” below for important information relating to certain payment and other terms of the Mortgage Loans.

 

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Property Types

 

The following table shows the property type concentrations of the Mortgaged Properties:

 

Property Type Distribution(1)

 

Property Type  Number of Mortgaged Properties  Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance  Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance
Office   12   $310,415,000   38.1%
CBD   6   208,250,000   25.6 
Suburban   5   96,500,000   11.9 
Suburban Flex   1   5,665,000   0.7 
Mixed Use   6   $174,790,000   21.5%
Office/Retail   3   77,500,000   9.5 
Retail/Office/Hospitality   1   60,000,000   7.4 
Industrial/Office/Multifamily/Retail/Other   1   32,400,000   4.0 
Self Storage/Office   1   4,890,000   0.6 
Hospitality   4   $115,000,000   14.1%
Full Service   4   115,000,000   14.1 
Retail   5   $88,153,000   10.8%
Anchored   3   65,028,000   8.0 
Unanchored   2   23,125,000   2.8 
Industrial   9   $72,885,000   9.0%
Warehouse/Distribution   2   40,335,000   5.0 
Manufacturing   3   15,000,000   1.8 
R&D/Flex  3   10,400,000   1.3 
Warehouse/Manufacturing   1   7,150,000   0.9 
Self Storage   7   $26,974,000   3.3%
Multifamily   1   $26,000,000   3.2%
Mid Rise   1   26,000,000   3.2 
Total   44   $814,217,000   100.0%

 

 

(1)Because this table presents information relating to Mortgaged Properties and not Mortgage Loans, the information for Mortgage Loans secured by more than one Mortgaged Property is based on Allocated Loan Amounts, which amounts, if not specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, are based on the appraised values, as set forth in Annex A-1.

 

(2)Includes anchored properties.

 

With respect to all the property types listed above, the borrowers with respect to Mortgage Loans secured by such property types may face increased incidence of nonpayment of rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic and may have difficulty evicting non-paying tenants due to a variety of factors including (but not limited to): government-mandated moratoriums on evictions, court closures, and local officials refusing to enforce eviction orders. We cannot assure you that borrowers of Mortgage Loans secured by any of the property types will not request forbearance or modifications or otherwise fail to make timely debt service payments due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” and “—COVID-19 Considerations” below.

 

Office Properties.

 

With respect to the office properties set forth in the above chart and mixed use properties with office components set forth in the above chart:

 

With respect to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (9.8%), Bank of America, N.A., one of the originators of the Mortgage Loan, is the largest tenant (10.0% of NRA) at the Mortgaged Property. In addition, the related borrower sponsor owns the adjacent 1100 Avenue of the Americas building, which may compete with the Mortgaged Property.

 

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With respect to the 1088 Sansome Mortgage Loan (4.0%), the Mortgaged Property includes 10,907 square feet of wine storage space, constituting approximately 17.6% of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property. Such space is leased to Big Wines, which lease represents 5.1% of underwritten base rent.

 

See “Risk FactorsRisks Relating to the Mortgage LoansOffice Properties Have Special Risks”, “—Specialty Use Concentrations” below and “Risk FactorsRisks Relating to the Mortgage LoansSome Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses”.

 

Mixed Use Properties.

 

With respect to the mixed-use properties set forth in the above chart:

 

With respect to the Station Park & Station Park West Mortgage Loan (7.4%), the retail portion of the related Mortgaged Property was approximately 14.1% vacant as of October 1, 2020.

 

With respect to the Station Park & Station Park West Mortgage Loan (7.4%), JPMCB is one of the tenants at the Mortgaged Property, occupying less than 1% of the net rentable area.

 

See “Risk FactorsRisks Relating to the Mortgage LoansOffice Properties Have Special Risks,” “—Retail Properties Have Special Risks”, “—Self Storage Properties Have Special Risks” and/or
“—Multifamily Properties Have Special Risks”, as applicable.

 

Certain of the mixed use Mortgaged Properties may have specialty uses. See “—Specialty Use Concentrations” below and “Risk FactorsRisks Relating to the Mortgage LoansSome Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses”.

 

Hospitality Properties.

 

With respect to the hospitality properties and mixed use properties with hospitality components set forth in the above chart:

 

The following table shows the breakdown of each Mortgaged Property associated with a hotel brand through a license, franchise agreement, operating agreement or management agreement.

 

Mortgaged Property Name

Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date Balance by Allocated Loan Amount

% of Initial Pool Balance by Allocated Loan Amount

Expiration of License, Franchise Agreement, Operating Agreement or Management Agreement

Maturity Date

Upfront PIP Reserve

Renewal Option

Station Park & Station Park West $60,000,000 7.4% 8/11/2036 12/5/2030 N/A No
Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District $20,000,000 2.5% 10/31/2031 03/06/2030 N/A No
JW Marriott Nashville $20,000,000 2.5% 07/01/2048 03/06/2030 N/A No

 

With respect to the following Mortgaged Properties, food and beverage revenue comprise greater than 20% of Underwritten Revenues, as indicated in the following table:

 

Mortgaged Property Name

% of Initial Pool Balance by Allocated Loan Amount

Food and Beverage Revenue as % of Underwritten Revenues

MGM Grand 5.0% 29.8%(1)
Mandalay Bay 4.2% 30.0%(1)
Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District 2.5% 42.6%(1)
JW Marriott Nashville 2.5% 41.3%(1)

 

 

(1)       Expressed as a percentage of Underwritten Revenues solely for the hotel portion of the Mortgaged Property.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgaged Properties compete with other high-quality Las Vegas resorts, especially those located on the Las

 

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   Vegas Strip, which have themes and attractions which directly compete with the operations of the Mortgaged Properties, and may have greater name recognition and financial and marketing resources than the Mortgaged Properties, some of which may be operated by affiliates of the master tenant of the Mortgaged Properties.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgaged Properties are currently self-managed by the sole tenant, MGM Lessee II, LLC (the “MGM Tenant”) and/or certain affiliated subtenants of the MGM Tenant and there are no franchise agreements, license agreements or management agreements currently in place at either of the Mortgaged Properties to which the borrowers are parties. The MGM Grand hotel and Mandalay Bay hotel at the Mortgaged Properties are each unflagged. The Four Seasons hotel and the Delano hotel at the Mortgaged Properties are each flagged and are each subject to a license agreement to which the borrowers are not parties. Such license agreements may expire during the term of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, and the related Mortgage Loan documents do not require that such license agreements be extended or that such portions of the Mortgaged Properties be branded, flagged and/or operated as a Four Seasons hotel or Delano hotel.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgaged Properties are master leased by the borrowers to the sole tenant, MGM Lessee II, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MGM Resorts International, pursuant to a sale-leaseback transaction. The master lease has an initial term expiring on February 28, 2050, with two, 10-year renewal options. In turn, MGM Lessee II, LLC subleased a portion of the Mortgaged Properties to each of Mandalay Bay, LLC, Mandalay Place, LLC and MGM Grand Hotel, LLC (collectively, and together with any future subtenant pursuant to the terms of the master lease, the “MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant”). Each MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant is (and must continue to be) a subsidiary of MGM Resorts International. Each MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant executed a joinder to the master lease on the origination date for the purposes of (x) agreeing to be bound by the terms and provisions of the master lease regarding the disposition of any portion of MGM Lessee II, LLC’s property owned by such MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant and (y) granting a security interest to the borrowers in the portion of MGM Lessee II, LLC’s pledged property owned by such MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant and certain reserve funds under the master lease. Neither MGM Lessee II, LLC nor any MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant is a borrower nor an obligor under the Mortgage Loan documents. For so long as the master lease is in effect, the borrowers are entitled to receive only rents from the master lease and not the underlying rents and other receipts from the Mortgaged Properties. Due to the need to find a tenant with the ability to obtain a gaming license and to manage the various operations at the Mortgaged Properties, if MGM Lessee II, LLC (and/or any operating subtenant thereof) were to fail to comply with the terms of the master lease or with any applicable gaming licenses, the borrowers may be unable to locate a suitable tenant at comparable rental rates or at all. The master tenant is not a bankruptcy remote entity. A bankruptcy of the master tenant, its lease guarantor or their affiliates could result in a loss of a substantial portion of the borrowers’ rental revenue and materially and adversely affect the borrowers. In addition, it is possible that a bankruptcy court could re-characterize the master lease transaction as a lending transaction, which would cause the borrowers to lose certain rights as the owner or landlord in the bankruptcy proceeding. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—Tenant Bankruptcy Could Result in a Rejection of the Related Lease”, “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Sale-Leaseback Transactions Have Special Risks” and “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Related to Casino Properties”.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), each of the related Mortgaged Properties consist of a resort and casino and, as of the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2020 (i) with respect to the Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Property, approximately 34.0% of the revenues were from hotel rooms, approximately 26.5% of the revenues were from food and beverage sales, approximately 17.5% of the revenues were from gaming, and

 

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   approximately 22.0% of the revenues were from other sources and (ii) with respect to the MGM Grand Mortgaged Property, approximately 27.0% of the revenues were from hotel rooms, approximately 23.1% of the revenues were from food and beverage sales, approximately 26.9% of the revenues were from gaming, and approximately 23.1% of the revenues were from other sources. Effective as of November 30, 2020, MGM has temporarily closed the hotel tower operations at the Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Property from Monday through (and including) Wednesday each week. At this time, the casino, restaurants and certain other amenities at the Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Property will remain open throughout the week. MGM has indicated that it will continue to evaluate business levels to determine how long the closure will remain in effect. Based on the adjusted September 2020 trailing twelve month (“TTM”) EBITDAR of approximately $222.0 million and the initial master lease rent of $292.0 million, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan results in a September 2020 TTM EBITDAR-to rent coverage ratio of 0.76x.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), MGM Lessee II, LLC, the master tenant, is permitted, without the consent of the borrowers, to mortgage or otherwise encumber its estate in and to the leased property to one or more permitted leasehold mortgagees under one or more permitted leasehold mortgages and to pledge its right, title and interest under the related master lease as security for such permitted leasehold mortgage or any debt agreement secured thereby. The permitted leasehold mortgagee will not be entitled to be treated as such under the master lease unless, among other things, the leasehold mortgage includes an express acknowledgement that any exercise of remedies thereunder that would affect the leasehold estate are subject and subordinate to the terms of the master lease and such person executes a joinder to any existing intercreditor agreement between the permitted leasehold mortgagee and any holder of a mortgage or deed of trust secured by the Mortgaged Properties. Any permitted leasehold mortgage will be required to cover both Mortgaged Properties, and the master tenant will not have the right to encumber its (or any MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant’s) interest in one Mortgaged Property separately from the other Mortgaged Property. The lender’s ability to exercise remedies under the Mortgage Loan if there is a master lease event of default could be restricted by the master lease. Any permitted leasehold mortgagee will be given additional cure periods, to cure certain defaults triggered by the master tenant under the master lease, including a default triggered by a bankruptcy proceeding of the master tenant or the master lease guarantor. There could be a possible deterioration of the Mortgaged Properties or its business or operations during this extended cure period. The ability of the borrower and the lender to terminate the master lease as a result of a default by the master tenant could be limited after a foreclosure initiated by the permitted leasehold mortgagee since the permitted leasehold mortgagee is not required to cure defaults not susceptible to cure by the permitted leasehold mortgagee upon its foreclosure and assumption of the master lease. Furthermore, in the event of a foreclosure of the Mortgage Loan, the lender will be required to grant the master tenant (or any permitted leasehold mortgagee that succeeds to its interest) nondisturbance in the event that certain conditions are met, including that there is no uncured master lease event of default.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, (9.2%), upon a casualty at the related Mortgaged Properties (i) involving proceeds of less than $50,000,000 or (ii) involving proceeds of $50,000,000 or more where (x) the master tenant elects to restore the affected Mortgaged Property and reasonably demonstrates that the restoration can be completed within four years of the date on which master tenant can reasonably access the affected Mortgaged Property for the purposes of commencing restoration or (y) the master tenant is required by the master lease to restore the affected Mortgaged Property, the lender may not use the proceeds to pay down the Mortgage Loan and instead must make disbursements for restoration of the affected Mortgaged Property to the master tenant so long as it satisfies the conditions in the master lease.

 

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With respect to the JW Marriott Nashville Mortgage Loan (2.5%), the related appraisal identified five hotels that are proposed or under construction within the related market that are anticipated to directly compete with the Mortgaged Property.

 

Hospitality properties may be particularly affected by seasonality.

 

Certain of the hospitality properties securing the Mortgage Loans are currently undergoing or are scheduled to undergo renovations or property improvement plans. See “—Redevelopment, Renovation and Expansion” below.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Relating to Affiliation with a Franchise or Hotel Management Company” and “—Hospitality Properties Have Special Risks” and “—Specialty Use Concentrations” below, “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Some Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses” and “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Related to Casino Properties”.

 

Retail Properties.

 

With respect to the retail properties and mixed use properties with retail components set forth in the above chart:

 

With respect to the Mountain View Village Mortgage Loan (4.7%), the related Mortgaged Property was approximately 22.4% vacant as of October 1, 2020.

 

With respect to the Maplewood Commons Mortgage Loan (1.7%), if a cash sweep event occurs caused by the debt service ratio based on the trailing six-month period immediately preceding the date of such determination falling below 1.40x, to cure such cash sweep event, the Mortgage Loan documents allow the non-recourse carveout guarantor of the Mortgage Loan to enter into a master lease between the borrower, as the lessor, and the guarantor, as the lessee (an “Acceptable Master Lease”), at a rental rate such that, when combined with the rent payable under the other existing leases at the Mortgaged Property, would cause the debt service ratio based on the trailing six-month period immediately preceding the date of such determination (and including the rent under such Acceptable Master Lease), to be no less than 1.40x, and on such other terms and conditions comparable to those found in arms-length leases for space at substantially similar properties in the existing local market.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Retail Properties Have Special Risks”, “—Specialty Use Concentrations” below and “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Some Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses”.

 

Industrial Properties.

 

With respect to the industrial properties and mixed use properties with industrial components set forth in the above chart:

 

With respect to the Pet Food Experts Industrial Mortgage Loan (1.4%) and the Arotech-FAAC Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.3%), the lease of the sole tenant at such Mortgaged Property prohibits the owner of such Mortgaged Property from transferring such Mortgaged Property to a Tenant Competitor. A “Tenant Competitor” is any person which operates a business and a material portion of the business competes with that of the tenant, provided that a private equity sponsor or other financial sponsor which owns a Tenant Competitor, but does not itself compete with the tenant, or such financial sponsor’s real estate fund (which is unrelated to the corporate fund that owns the competitive business) will not be a Tenant Competitor provided that it agrees that confidential information provided by the tenant will be kept confidential and not shared with any of the other funds of its financial sponsor that constitute Tenant Competitors. The lease provides that such restriction will not apply to a sale of the Mortgaged Property (whether through a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure) by the landlord’s mortgagee or during an event of

 

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default under the lease, but it will apply to subsequent transfers. With respect to the Pet Food Experts Industrial Mortgage Loan only, pursuant to a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement with the lender, the tenant agreed that for the purposes of any exercise of remedies under the Pet Food Experts Industrial Mortgage Loan, the term “Tenant Competitor” would mean only an entity or its affiliate which is actively engaged in the pet food distribution and warehousing business (the “Pet Food Use”), in which the tenant or any of its affiliates is engaged as of the date of such agreement, and will not include passive investors in any such entity not regularly engaged in the Pet Food Use (in this instance, any company which is engaged in the business of owning or making loans on real property and which is not engaged in the Pet Food Use will not be deemed a Tenant Competitor solely as the result of such entity owning or leasing property that is used for such purpose).

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Industrial Properties Have Special Risks”.

 

Self Storage Properties.

 

With respect to the self storage properties and mixed use properties with self storage components set forth in the above chart:

 

With respect to the CityLine All American Storage Mortgage Loan (0.6%), the related Mortgaged Property includes approximately 73,275 square feet of self-storage space, constituting approximately 76.1% of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property, and approximately 17,500 square feet of commercial space, constituting approximately 23.9% of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property, of which approximately 468 square feet is vacant.

 

With respect to the Alief Westwood Self Storage Mortgage Loan (0.5%), parking spaces for automobiles, boats and recreational vehicles comprise approximately 30.2% of the units (by number of units), 28.1% of the square feet and 14.3% of the underwritten base rent at the Mortgaged Property.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Self-Storage Properties Have Special Risks”.

 

Multifamily Properties.

 

With respect to the multifamily properties and mixed use properties with multifamily components set forth in the above chart, see “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Multifamily Properties Have Special Risks” , “—Specialty Use Concentrations” below and “Risk FactorsRisks Relating to the Mortgage LoansSome Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses”.

 

Leased Fee.

 

The Maplewood Commons Mortgage Loan (1.7%) is secured by the fee simple interest, but not the improvements (subject to the provisions of the related ground lease) in 82.4% of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property, which is ground leased to the largest tenant, Lowe’s. Certain factors may adversely affect the operation and value of a Mortgaged Property that consists entirely of a leased fee interest. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Mortgage Loans—Leased Fee Properties Have Special Risks”.

 

Specialty Use Concentrations.

 

Certain Mortgaged Properties have one or more tenants that operate their space as a specialty use. Such specialty uses may not allow the space to be readily converted to be suitable for another type of tenant, they may rely on contributions from individuals and government grants or other subsidies to pay rent and other operating expenses or they may have primarily seasonal use that makes income potentially more volatile than for properties with longer term leases. For example, with respect to the 5

 

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largest tenants at the Mortgaged Properties securing the 15 largest Mortgage Loans by Cut-off Date Balance, or Mortgaged Properties with respect to which a single tenant operates the Mortgaged Property, certain tenants operate their space as a specialty use, as set forth in the following table:

 

Specialty Use

Number of Mortgaged Properties

Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance

Theater 2 11.4% 
Restaurant(1) 3 8.3%
Medical Office 2 7.1%
Government Tenant 2 5.3%

 

 

(1)Excludes any hospitality or multifamily Mortgaged Properties that may have a restaurant on-site.

 

Each of the Station Park & Station Park West (7.4%) and the Mountain View Village Mortgaged Property (4.7%) includes one or more tenants that operate all or a portion of its space as an on-site gas station and/or an automobile repair and servicing facility.

 

With respect to the Reladyne Industrial Mortgage Loan (0.9%), the sole tenant has installed equipment, including cranes, and a tank farm, that may make it more difficult to convert the Mortgaged Property for use by another tenant.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Some Mortgaged Properties May Not Be Readily Convertible to Alternative Uses”.

 

Mortgage Loan Concentrations

 

Top Ten Mortgage Loans

 

The following table shows certain information regarding the ten largest Mortgage Loans by Cut-off Date Balance:

 

Loan Name

 

Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date Balance

 

Approx. % of
Initial Pool
Balance

 

Loan per
Sq. Ft./
Unit/Room(1)

 

UW NCF
DSCR(1)(2)

 

Cut-off Date
LTV Ratio(1)

 

U/W Cut-off Date
NOI Debt Yield(1)

 

Property Type

The Grace Building   $80,000,000  9.8%  $567  4.25x  41.1%  11.8%  Office
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay   $75,000,000  9.2%  $167,645  4.95x  35.5%  17.9%  Hospitality
Elo Midtown Office Portfolio   $71,000,000  8.7%  $419  2.30x  58.5%  8.6%  Office
Station Park & Station Park West   $60,000,000  7.4%  $119  3.86x  50.0%  13.8%  Mixed Use
Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio   $50,000,000  6.1%  $85  2.00x  61.9%  12.1%  Office
Mountain View Village   $38,650,500  4.7%  $95  3.13x  39.0%  11.4%  Retail
4 West 58th Street   $32,500,000  4.0%  $1,496  1.94x  69.4%  7.4%  Mixed Use
McClellan Business Park   $32,400,000  4.0%  $52  2.90x  60.2%  10.5%  Mixed Use
1088 Sansome   $32,250,000  4.0%  $522  2.73x  59.7%  9.1%  Office
711 Fifth Avenue  

$30,000,000

 

3.7%

  $1,603 

2.90x

 

54.5%

 

9.4%

  Mixed Use
Top 10 Total/Wtd. Avg.  

$501,800,500

 

61.6%

    

3.31x

 

50.8%

 

11.8%

   

 

 

(1)With respect to The Grace Building, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay, Elo Midtown Office Portfolio, Station Park & Station Park West, Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio, 4 West 58th Street, McClellan Business Park and 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loans, Loan per Sq. Ft./Unit/Room, UW NCF DSCR, Cut-off Date LTV Ratio and U/W NOI Debt Yield calculations include any related pari passu companion loan(s) and exclude any related subordinate companion loan(s) and/or mezzanine loan(s).

(2)In the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), UW NCF DSCR is calculated based on the initial master lease annual rent of $292,000,000.

 

See “—Assessment of Property Value and Condition” for additional information.

 

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For more information regarding the fifteen largest Mortgage Loans and/or loan concentrations and related Mortgaged Properties, see the individual Mortgage Loan and portfolio descriptions under “Description of Top Fifteen Mortgage Loans and Additional Mortgage Loan Information” in Annex A-3. Other than with respect to the top ten Mortgage Loans identified in the table above, each of the other Mortgage Loans represents no more than 3.5% of the Initial Pool Balance.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Concentrations Based on Property Type, Geography, Related Borrowers and Other Factors May Disproportionately Increase Losses”.

 

Multi-Property Mortgage Loans and Related Borrower Mortgage Loans

 

The Mortgage Pool will include 6 Mortgage Loans (28.3%), set forth in the following table entitled “Multi-Property Mortgage Loans”, which are each secured by two or more properties. In some cases, however, the amount of the mortgage lien encumbering a particular property may be less than the full amount of indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan, generally to minimize recording tax. In such instances, the mortgage amount may equal a specified percentage (generally ranging from 100% to 150%, inclusive) of the appraised value or Allocated Loan Amount for the particular Mortgaged Property. This would limit the extent to which proceeds from that Mortgaged Property would be available to offset declines in value of the other Mortgaged Properties securing the same Mortgage Loan.

 

The following table shows each individual Mortgage Loan that is secured by two or more Mortgaged Properties.

 

Multi-Property Mortgage Loans

 

Mortgage Loan/Property Portfolio Names  Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance  Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay   $         75,000,000     9.2%
Elo Midtown Office Portfolio   71,000,000  8.7
Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio   50,000,000  6.1
Cabinetworks Portfolio   15,000,000  1.8
Arotech-FAAC Portfolio   10,400,000  1.3
Storage Solutions Portfolio   8,960,000  1.1
Total   $       230,360,000    28.3%

 

In addition, an individual Mortgaged Property may be comprised of two or more parcels that may not be contiguous or may be owned by separate borrowers.

 

Three (3) groups of Mortgage Loans (17.4%), set forth in the following table entitled “Related Borrower Loans”, are not cross-collateralized but have the same borrower sponsor or borrower sponsors related to each other. The following table shows each group of Mortgage Loans having borrowers that are related to each other. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Concentrations Based on Property Type, Geography, Related Borrowers and Other Factors May Disproportionately Increase Losses” in addition to Annex A-1.

 

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Related Borrower Loans

 

Mortgage Loan  Aggregate
Cut-off Date Principal Balance
  Approx.
% of Initial Pool Balance
Group 1:      
Station Park & Station Park West   $ 60,000,000    7.4%
Mountain View Village   38,650,500   4.7 
Total for Group 1:  

$ 98,650,500

 

12.1%

Group 2:      
Pet Food Experts Industrial   $ 11,635,000    1.4%
Arotech-FAAC Portfolio   10,400,000  1.3 
Reladyne Industrial   7,150,000   0.9 
Total for Group 2:  

$ 29,185,000

 

  3.6% 

Group 3:      
Storage Solutions Portfolio   $  8,960,000    1.1%
CityLine All American Storage   4,890,000   0.6 
Total for Group 3:  

$13,850,000

 

  1.7% 

 

Mortgage Loans with related borrower sponsors are identified under “Related Borrower” on Annex A-1. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Concentrations Based on Property Type, Geography, Related Borrowers and Other Factors May Disproportionately Increase Losses” in addition to Annex A-1 and the related footnotes.

 

Geographic Concentrations

 

This table shows the states that have concentrations of Mortgaged Properties that secure 5.0% or more of the Initial Pool Balance:

 

Geographic Distribution(1)

 

State

Number of Mortgaged Properties

Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance

% of Initial Pool Balance

New York 11  $302,625,000  37.2%
California 5 $102,400,000   12.6%
Utah 2 $98,650,500 12.1%
Nevada 2 $75,000,000   9.2%
Pennsylvania 3 $61,635,000   7.6%

 

 

(1)Because this table presents information relating to Mortgaged Properties and not the Mortgage Loans, the information for any Mortgaged Property that is one of multiple Mortgaged Properties securing a particular Mortgage Loan is based on an Allocated Loan Amount, which amounts, if not specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, are based on the appraised values, as stated in Annex A-1.

 

The remaining Mortgaged Properties are located throughout 12 other states, with no more than approximately 4.1% of the Initial Pool Balance by Allocated Loan Amount secured by Mortgaged Properties located in any such jurisdiction.

 

Repayments by borrowers and the market value of the related Mortgaged Properties could be affected by economic conditions generally or specific to particular geographic areas or the regions of the United States, and concentrations of Mortgaged Properties in particular geographic areas may increase the risk that conditions in the real estate market where the Mortgaged Property is located, or other adverse economic or other developments or natural disasters (e.g., earthquakes, floods, forest fires, tornadoes or hurricanes, terrorist attacks or changes in governmental rules or fiscal policies) affecting a particular region of the country, could increase the frequency and severity of losses on Mortgage Loans secured by those Mortgaged Properties. For example:

 

Eight (8) Mortgaged Properties (16.2%) are located in California, Texas and Washington and are more susceptible to wildfires.

 

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Eight (8) Mortgaged Properties (25.4%) are located in areas that are considered a high earthquake risk (seismic zones 3 or 4). Seismic reports were prepared with respect to these Mortgaged Properties and, based on those reports, no Mortgaged Property has a seismic expected loss greater than 15.0%.

 

Four (4) Mortgaged Properties (7.0%) are located in Georgia and Texas, and may be more generally susceptible to floods or hurricanes than properties in other parts of the country.

 

Mortgaged Properties With Limited Prior Operating History

 

Each of the 350 West Broadway (1.8%) and 801 Bedford Avenue (0.9%) Mortgage Loans are secured, in whole or in part, by one or more Mortgaged Properties that were constructed, in a lease-up period or the subject of a major renovation that was completed within 12 calendar months prior to the Cut-off Date and, therefore, such Mortgaged Property has no or limited prior operating history or the related Mortgage Loan Seller did not take the operating history into account in the underwriting of the related Mortgage Loan.

 

Each of the Amazon Port of Savannah (3.5%), 111 Kent Avenue (3.2%), Cabinetworks Portfolio (1.8%), Pet Food Experts Industrial (1.4%), Arotech-FAAC Portfolio (1.3%) and Reladyne Industrial (0.9%) Mortgage Loans are secured, in whole or in part, by one or more Mortgaged Properties that were acquired by the related borrower or an affiliate of the borrower within 12 calendar months prior to the Cut-off Date and such borrower or affiliate was unable to provide the related Mortgage Loan Seller with historical financial information (or provided limited historical financial information) for such acquired Mortgaged Property.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Limited Information Causes Uncertainty”.

 

Condominium and Other Shared Interests

 

Each of the JW Marriott Nashville (2.5%), 5 East 22nd Street (2.0%), 350 West Broadway (1.8%), Arotech-FAAC Portfolio (1.3%) and 801 Bedford Avenue (0.9%) Mortgage Loans are secured, in whole or in part, by the related borrower’s interest in one or more units in a condominium. Except as described below, the borrower generally controls the appointment and voting of the condominium board or the condominium owners cannot take actions or cause the condominium association to take actions that would affect the borrower’s unit without the borrower’s consent.

 

With respect to the McClellan Business Park Mortgage Loan (4.0%), pursuant to the Twin Rivers lease, in the event, among other conditions, the Twin Rivers tenant prepays its rent in full, the Twin Rivers tenant may request the release of its leased premises from the lien of the Mortgage Loan and the borrower may be required to (i) convert the Twin Rivers building to a commercial condominium and (ii) transfer to the Twin Rivers tenant ownership of its leased premises in the Twin Rivers building (the “Twin Rivers Condominium Unit”). As of origination, the Twin Rivers tenant has prepaid its rent in full but has not requested that the borrower perform a condominium conversion. Under the related Mortgage Loan documents, the borrower is permitted to perform a condominium conversion of the Twin Rivers building, provided that, among other conditions, (i) the resulting condominium regime comprises two or more condominium units, one of which consists solely of the Twin Rivers Condominium Unit and (ii) any related condominium documents are subject to the approval of the lender, not to be unreasonably withheld. In addition, the Mortgage Loan documents permit the borrower to obtain the release of either (x) the Twin Rivers building in whole (but not in part, other than with respect to the Twin Rivers Condominium Unit) at 100% of the allocated loan amount for the Twin Rivers Building ($10,447,854) (provided that such release is in connection with a conversion of the Twin Rivers Building to a condominium) or (y) the Twin Rivers Condominium Unit without any principal paydown, in each case, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents. See “—Certain Terms of the Mortgage LoansPartial Releases” below for additional information.

 

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With respect to the 5 East 22nd Street Mortgage Loan (2.0%), the Mortgaged Property is subject to a condominium regime comprised of 423 residential units, two commercial units, and one garage unit. The commercial units and the garage unit constitute the entirety of the collateral for the Mortgage Loan. The condominium is governed by a board of managers, which consists of nine persons. The related borrower is allocated one of the board seats. The related borrower does not have the power to control the related condominium.

 

With respect to the 350 West Broadway Mortgage Loan (1.8%), the Mortgaged Property is secured by an interest in a retail condominium unit, which is part of a fractured mixed-use regime comprised of eight units, seven of which are residential and one of which is the retail condominium unit securing the Mortgaged Property. The borrower owns approximately 30% of the condominium regime and does not have control over the board of the condominium. The board is comprised of three directors, one of which is appointed by the borrower. Each condominium unit owner has a consent right to amendments to the declaration with respect to “Common Interest appurtenant to each Unit,” and the borrower has a consent right to any amendment to the amendment section of the declaration. In addition, the borrower has the right to amend the declaration (i) to reflect any changes in the nonresidential unit and/or the reapportionment of the common interest of the affected non-residential unit or (ii) as required by (x) an institutional lender designated by the non-residential unit owner to make a loan secured by a mortgage on the non-residential unit, (y) any governmental agency having a regulatory jurisdiction over the condominium or (z) any title insurance company selected by the non-residential unit owner to insure title to any non-residential unit. The Mortgage Loan documents provide for a non-recourse carveout for losses associated with (a) any amendment to or modification or termination of the condominium documents without the lender’s prior written consent, (b) failure by the condominium association to maintain insurance which satisfies the requirements under the Mortgage Loan documents, or (c) failure by the condominium association to appoint an eligible institution as insurance trustee to hold any insurance proceeds or awards following a casualty or condemnation, as applicable.

 

With respect to the Arotech-FAAC Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.3%), each of the 781 Avis Drive Mortgaged Property and the 1229 Oak Valley Drive Mortgaged Property is subject to a condominium regime. Each of the condominiums is fractured, and the borrower does not have control of the board of either condominium. However, each of the condominium regimes is developmental in nature and the regimes are not “horizontal” such that each collateral unit is a parcel of land with a stand-alone improvement. Accordingly, the common elements in each regime are limited to those items typically covered in a reciprocal easement agreement or covenants, conditions, and restrictions, such as roadways, landscaping and drainage facilities.

 

With respect to the 801 Bedford Avenue Mortgage Loan (0.9%), the Mortgaged Property is subject to a condominium regime comprised of 18 residential units on the third through sixth floors, two commercial units on the second floor, and two commercial units at the grade and below-grade levels. The commercial units constitute the entirety of the collateral for the Mortgage Loan. The condominium is governed by a board of managers, which consists of three members. The related borrower is entitled to elect one member to the board. The related borrower does not have the power to control the related condominium.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Condominium Ownership May Limit Use and Improvements”.

 

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Fee & Leasehold Estates; Ground Leases

 

The following table shows the distribution of underlying interests encumbered by the mortgages related to the Mortgaged Properties:

 

Property Ownership Interest(1)

 

Property Ownership Interest

 

Number of Mortgaged Properties

 

Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance

 

Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance

Fee Simple(2)   42  $       761,717,000   93.6%
Fee Simple/Leasehold     2  52,500,000  6.4 
Total   44  $       814,217,000  100.0% 

 

 

(1)Because this table presents information relating to Mortgaged Properties and not Mortgage Loans, the information for Mortgage Loans secured by more than one Mortgaged Property is based on Allocated Loan Amounts, which amounts, if not specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, are based on the appraised values, as set forth in Annex A-1.

(2)May include mortgaged properties constituting the borrower’s leasehold interest in the mortgaged property along with the corresponding fee interest of the ground lessor in such mortgaged property.

 

In general, unless the related fee interest is also encumbered by the related Mortgage (and therefore treated as a fee simple interest in the chart above), each of the ground leases (i) has a term that extends at least 20 years beyond the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan (taking into account all freely exercisable extension options), and (ii) except as noted in the exceptions to representation and warranty number 34 in Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 34 in Annex E-1 or representation and warranty number 36 in Annex F-1, indicated on Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 or Annex F-2, as applicable, contains customary lender protection provisions, including notice and cure rights and the right to enter into a new lease with the applicable ground lessor in the event a ground lease is rejected or terminated.

 

Mortgage loans secured by ground leases present certain bankruptcy and foreclosure risks not present with Mortgage Loans secured by fee simple estates. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Related to Ground Leases and Other Leasehold Interests”, “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Foreclosure” and “—Bankruptcy Laws”.

 

COVID-19 Considerations

 

The following table contains information regarding the status of the Mortgage Loans and Mortgaged Properties provided by the respective borrowers as of the date set forth in the “Information As Of Date” column. The cumulative effects of the COVID-19 emergency on the global economy may cause tenants to be unable to pay their rent and borrowers to be unable to pay debt service under the Mortgage Loans. As a result, we cannot assure you that the information in the following table is indicative of future performance or that tenants or borrowers will not seek rent or debt service relief (including forbearance arrangements) or other lease or loan modifications in the future. Such actions may lead to shortfalls and losses on the certificates. The information in this chart is as of the date indicated and is based on information provided by the related borrowers.  The information was based on reports and data aggregated from the related borrower’s existing financial and operational reporting systems and in certain circumstances was produced on an interim or ad hoc basis or was provided by the related borrower verbally.  While we have no reason to believe the information presented is not accurate, we cannot assure you that it will not change or be updated in the future. See “Description of Top Fifteen Mortgage Loans and Additional Mortgage Loan Information” in Annex A-3 for discussions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on operations of certain tenants at the Mortgaged Properties.

 

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Loan No. Property Name Mortgage
Loan
Seller
Property
Type
Information
as of Date
First
Payment
Date(1)
November Debt
Service
Payment
Received
(Y/N)
December Debt
Service
Payment
Received
(Y/N)
Forbearance
or Other Debt
Service Relief
Requested
(Y/N)
Other Loan
Modification
Requested
(Y/N)
Lease
Modification
or Rent Relief
Requested
(Y/N)
Occupied SF or Unit Count Making Full October Rent Payment (%) UW October Base Rent Paid (%) Occupied SF or Unit Count Making Full November Rent Payment (%) UW November Base Rent Paid (%)
1 The Grace Building(2) JPMCB/GACC Office 12/1/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No Yes 98.0% 97.1% 98.0% 97.1%
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(3) CREFI/GACC Hospitality 12/6/2020 4/5/2020 Yes Yes No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(4) CREFI Office 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
4 Station Park & Station Park West(5) JPMCB Mixed Use 12/1/2020 1/5/2021 NAP NAP No No Yes 83.5% 83.6% NAV NAV
5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio JPMCB Office 12/1/2020 1/1/2021 NAP NAP No No Yes 100.0% 100.0% NAV NAV
6 Mountain View Village(6) JPMCB Retail 12/1/2020 1/5/2021 NAP NAP No No Yes 92.9% 92.7% 95.6% 96.4%
7 4 West 58th Street(7) JPMCB Mixed Use 12/1/2020 4/1/2020 Yes Yes No Yes Yes 84.2% 91.2% NAV NAV
8 McClellan Business Park(8) GSMC Mixed Use 11/20/2020 1/11/2021 NAP NAP No No Yes 99.0% 99.0% 98.0% 99.0%
9 1088 Sansome GACC Office 12/11/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
10 711 Fifth Avenue(9) GSMC Mixed Use 12/1/2020 4/6/2020 Yes Yes No No Yes 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
11 Amazon Port of Savannah JPMCB Industrial 12/1/2020 1/1/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
12 111 Kent Avenue CREFI Multifamily 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 98.2% 98.7% 96.6% 96.2%
13 32-42 Broadway(10) CREFI Office 12/6/2020 12/6/2020 NAP Yes No No Yes 98.5% 98.5% 76.1% 76.1%
14 27750 Entertainment Drive CREFI Office 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
15 JW Marriott Nashville(11) GSMC Hospitality 11/30/2020 4/6/2020 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NAP NAP NAP NAP
16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(12) CREFI Hospitality 12/6/2020 4/6/2020 Yes Yes No Yes No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
17 Medici Office Park GSMC Office 12/10/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
18 5 East 22nd Street CREFI Retail 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No Yes 95.1% 95.1% 95.1% 95.1%
19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(13) GSMC Industrial 10/15/2020 12/6/2020 NAP Yes No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
20 350 West Broadway JPMCB Mixed Use 12/1/2020 1/1/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
21 Maplewood Commons JPMCB Retail 12/1/2020 1/1/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
22 Mercury Plaza(14) JPMCB Retail 12/1/2020 1/1/2021 NAP NAP No No Yes 95.2% 96.3% NAV NAV
23 Pet Food Experts Industrial GACC Industrial 12/9/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
24 Frontier Self Storage GACC Self Storage 12/11/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio JPMCB Industrial 12/1/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
26 Storage Solutions Portfolio CREFI Self Storage 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
27 Reladyne Industrial(15) GACC Industrial 12/10/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No Yes 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
28 801 Bedford Avenue CREFI Retail 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
29 SDC Annex GACC Office 11/23/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
30 CityLine All American Storage CREFI Mixed Use 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
31 200 Centennial Avenue(16) CREFI Office 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 100.0% 98.0% 100.0% 98.0%
32 Alief Westwood Self Storage GACC Self Storage 12/7/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 97.0% 93.0% 97.0% 93.1%
33 Prime Storage Palm Desert CREFI Self Storage 12/6/2020 1/6/2021 NAP NAP No No No 97.0% 95.1% 97.8% 97.7%

 

 

(1)With respect to 11 mortgage loans (30.8%), under the terms of the related mortgage loan documents, the first payment date is in February 2021. However, due to the fact that the related mortgage loan seller will contribute an Initial Interest Deposit Amount to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date to cover an amount that represents one-month’s interest that would have accrued with respect to the mortgage loan at the related Net Mortgage Rate with respect to a January 2021 payment date, such Mortgage Loan is being treated as having a First Due Date in January 2021, and the Original Term to Maturity Date or ARD, Remaining Term to Maturity Date or ARD and Loan Seasoning are shown in the Annex A-1 to reflect this.

(2)The Grace Building – As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, four retail tenants (2.0% of NRA and 2.9% of U/W Base Rent) have not made rent payments for the past several months. The borrower sponsor is in the process of negotiating rent deferrals with full rental payments anticipated to commence in late 2021 or early 2022. The parking tenant has not paid the required monthly rental payments since March and an event of default is continuing under the lease. The borrower sponsor is in the process of replacing the current operator and plans to employ a new operator under a management agreement. The borrower deposited $1,608,940 with the lender at origination for anticipated parking rent shortfalls.

(3)MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay – Based on the adjusted September 2020 TTM EBITDAR of approximately $222.0 million and the initial master lease rent of $292.0 million, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan results in a September 2020 TTM EBITDAR-to rent coverage ratio of 0.76x.

(4)Elo Midtown Office Portfolio – UW Base Rent Paid (%) for October and November are greater than 100.0% at the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties as collections include the payback of rents that were previously deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(5)Station Park & Station Park West – As a result of COVID-19, the borrower sponsor negotiated rent deferrals on a tenant-by-tenant basis and ultimately provided two months of deferred rent in April and May to 31 tenants totaling 293,362 sq. ft. and amounting to $909,200 of rent deferment. Leases for these tenants were amended such that the deferred rent will be recouped by the borrower sponsor via 12 equal installments in 2021. At origination, a $3,958,133 gap rent reserve was established, representing the aggregate amount of base rent for the succeeding 12-months for tenants who have not paid in-full base rent due pursuant to each such tenant’s underlying lease as of the origination date. Such amounts will not be released to the borrower until, among other conditions, (i) collections exceed 95% of the full rent payable from all tenants in place as of the origination date for a period of 12 consecutive months and (ii) the Station Park & Station Park West property is at least 80% occupied based on total square footage, provided no event of default or cash sweep event then exists. See the Station Park & Station Park West “COVID-19 Update” herein for additional information.

(6)Mountain View Village – As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 24 tenants requested some form of rent relief. The borrower sponsor negotiated on a tenant-by-tenant basis and ultimately provided two months of deferred rent in April and May to 11 tenants totaling 99,164 sq. ft. and amounting to $245,975 of rent deferment. Leases for these tenants were amended such that the deferred rent will be recouped by the borrower sponsor via 12 equal installments in 2021. At origination, a $712,926 gap rent reserve was established, representing the aggregate amount of base rent for the succeeding 12-months for tenants who have not paid in-full base rent due pursuant to each such tenant’s underlying lease as of the origination date. Such amounts will not be released to the borrower until, among other conditions, (i) collections exceed 95% of the full rent payable from all tenants in place as of the origination date for a period of 12 consecutive months and (ii) the Mountain View Village property is at least 80% occupied based on total square footage, provided no event of default or cash sweep event then exists. See the Mountain View Village “COVID-19 Update” herein for additional information.

(7)4 West 58th Street – The mortgaged property is fully open and operational. The largest tenant, Neiman Marcus, is current with respect to all outstanding contractual rent obligations. The second largest tenant, Netflix, took possession of its space in September 2020. Due to a delay in construction caused by NYC’s stop construction order, the tenant’s rent commencement date was pushed back from January 2021 to March 2021. Of the remaining tenants (with no individual tenant representing greater than 4.2% of U/W Base Rent), several are in free rent and/or abatement periods, in some instances related to delayed rent commencement dates as a function of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please see the 4 West 58th Street “COVID-19 Tenant Summary” table for additional details. In certain instances, October figures are inclusive of tenants which have taken occupancy and are currently not paying rent. In connection with these tenants, a free rent reserve was established at origination and such tenants are being counted as current on contractual rental payments as they are within their applicable free rent periods.

(8)McClellan Business Park - Six tenants, representing 5.7% of the NRA have requested rent relief. The borrower provided rent collections for October and November 2020. November information assumes all federal and state tenants, which pay rent in arrears, have made full payments.

(9)711 Fifth Avenue – Includes one tenant, representing 4.2% of the SF and 37.3% of UW Base Rent of the 711 Fifth Avenue property who paid its rent in accordance with an agreement to pay 50% abated rent for the months of April, May and June. The abated rent is expected to be paid back 50% by the end of 2020 and the remainder by the end of Q1 2021.

(10)32-42 Broadway – due to the granularity of the 32-42 Broadway property rent roll, the Occupied SF or Unit Count Making Full October and November Payment (%) was unable to be obtained and has been set to match the UW Base Rent Paid (%).

 

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(11)JW Marriott Nashville –In April 2020, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan was modified to permit the use of FF&E reserve funds to pay debt service, and the borrower sponsor provided a guaranty for (i) debt service payments through October 2020, and (ii) taxes and insurance payments that the guarantor is liable for to the extent they are due and payable prior to the earlier to occur of (1) a conclusion of the JW Marriott Nashville trigger period or (2) the date on which the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan has been indefeasibly paid in full in cash. In October 2020, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan was further modified to waive the requirement to fund the FF&E reserve until April 2021, waive the cash management debt yield trigger through the second quarter of 2022, and otherwise permanently decrease the debt yield trigger level from 10% to 7.5%, in exchange for the borrower funding an 18-month debt service reserve to be applied to monthly payments from October 2020 through March 2022. Certain FF&E reserve funds have been used to pay debt service; therefore, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan is currently in a cash management trigger period.

(12)Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District – The Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District loan was recently modified to create a $2,311,667 debt service reserve by converting approximately $945,384 in existing FF&E reserves as well as a $1,248,110 new cash contribution by the sponsor, and an additional deposit to be received from the borrower on the monthly payment date occurring in January 2021 of $118,173. The debt service reserve will only be released upon the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District property achieving a 9.5% net cash flow debt yield on a trailing 12 month basis for two consecutive quarters, with approximately $1.16 million being allocated back to FF&E reserve and approximately $1.16 million being remitted back to the borrower. The FF&E reserve monthly deposits will be waived for the 2021 calendar year, after which the FF&E reserve will follow the step-up structure of 2.50% in 2022, 3.25% in 2023, and 4.00% in 2024 and thereafter. Lastly, the debt yield cash management trigger will be temporarily waived until January 2023, however, cash management will still be enforced if an event of default occurs.

(13)Cabinetworks Portfolio – Single tenant occupying 100.0% of NRA. The tenant pays rent quarterly and all rent through to December 31, 2020 has been paid.

(14)Mercury Plaza – As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, two tenants (28,504 sq. ft. and 24.0% of U/W Base Rent), requested some form of rent relief. Marshall’s rent was forgiven for the months of May, June and July 2020. Marshall’s paid full monthly contractual rent in August 2020 and has remained current through November. In exchange for the rent forgiveness, Marshall’s removed its co-tenancy tied to Burlington Coat Factory (not part of the collateral). Longhorn’s rent was forgiven in full for May, June, July and August of 2020 and 50% for September and October of 2020. The estoppel noted that Longhorn paid full monthly contractual rent in November 2020. In exchange for the rent forgiveness, Long Horn Steakhouse executed an early 5-year renewal option during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its commitment to the mortgaged property. No other tenants were offered rental relief and the remaining tenancy has been current on rent throughout the pandemic.

(15)Reladyne Industrial – The seller of the Reladyne Industrial mortgaged property agreed to defer the June and July rent payments for the sole tenant, Reladyne, which amount was repaid to the seller before the close of the sale of the Reladyne Industrial mortgaged property. Reladyne is current on all rent obligations and has not made any further requests for rent deferral or lease modifications.

(16)200 Centennial Avenue - Four tenants at the 200 Centennial Avenue Property, representing 11.8% of NRA and 10.0% of UW Base Rent, were granted a 20% rent reduction for a one-year period.

 

Environmental Considerations

 

An environmental report was prepared for each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan no more than 11 months prior to the Cut-off Date. See Annex A-1 for the date of the environmental report for each Mortgaged Property. The environmental reports were generally prepared pursuant to the American Society for Testing and Materials standard for a “Phase I” environmental site assessment (“ESA”). In addition to the Phase I standards, some of the environmental reports will include additional research, such as limited sampling for asbestos-containing material, lead-based paint, radon or water damage with limited areas of potential or identified mold, depending on the property use and/or age. Additionally, as needed pursuant to American Society for Testing and Materials standards, supplemental “Phase II” site investigations have been completed for some Mortgaged Properties to further evaluate certain environmental issues, including certain recognized environmental conditions (each, a “REC”). A Phase II investigation generally consists of sampling and/or testing.

 

With respect to the McClellan Business Park Mortgage Loan (4.0%), the related Mortgaged Property is a part of the former McClellan Air Force Base, which is on the National Priorities List as a Superfund site due to impacts related to the long-term military operation of the Mortgaged Property. According to the related ESAs, environmental impacts include, among other things, groundwater contamination from volatile organic compounds, 1,4-dioxane, metals, and perchlorate. The ESAs identified such impacts, including the potential for vapor encroachment, as a site-wide recognized environmental condition. In addition, the ESAs identified two lot-specific recognized environmental conditions related to (i) perfluorooctane sulfonate concentrations exceeding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency screening criteria for drinking water at one parcel and (ii) impacts from the prior operations of a wastewater treatment plant, sludge drying beds, underground oil-water separator, a 10,000-gallon oil storage tank and a pesticide/herbicide storage area on another parcel. The Mortgaged Property is subject to multiple local, state and federal restrictions and institutional controls, including, among other things, groundwater use restrictions, use restrictions, digging restrictions, interference restrictions and access restrictions. According to the ESAs, the United States Air Force is the responsible party of record for all such recognized environmental conditions and retains responsibility for subsequent discoveries of previously-unknown environmental conditions. As such responsible party, the United States Air Force has borne the cost of any remediation at the Mortgaged Property and is required to bear the costs of any future remediation.

 

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With respect to the 111 Kent Avenue Mortgage Loan (3.2%), the Phase I ESA identifies impacts to soils and groundwater associated with industrial operations historically conducted onsite as a controlled REC for the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgaged Property was entered into the Voluntary Cleanup Program (“VCP”) to address these impacts, and remediation was performed under the oversight of the governing authority. Remedial activities included, among other things, the removal of eight underground storage tanks, the excavation and disposal of impacted soils, and the installation of a sub-slab depressurization system (“SSDS”) and vapor barrier beneath the Mortgaged Property as engineering controls. The Mortgaged Property was also identified as an E138 E-Designation site, effective May 11, 2005. The E-Designation is a zoning map designation in the City of New York that indicates that a property has environmental requirements relating to air, noise, or hazardous materials that must be investigated and addressed before an owner can obtain a building permit for the property’s redevelopment. The E-Designation serves as an institutional control for the Mortgaged Property. A Remedial Closure Report was submitted for the Mortgaged Property in July 2011, and the VCP Project was listed as “completed”. Based upon the current regulatory status of the Mortgaged Property and the existence of the institutional engineering controls in place at the Mortgaged Property, the Phase I ESA consultant concluded that no further action was warranted in relation to the controlled REC. However, the Phase I ESA consultant has recommended continual implementation and maintenance of the engineering controls.

 

With respect to the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Mortgage Loan (2.5%), the related ESA identifies as a controlled REC for the Mortgaged Property impacts to soil and groundwater on the parking garage parcel associated with the historic, onsite use of gasoline USTs and historic onsite dry cleaning operations. The USTs were closed in place in 1988 and the dry cleaning operations ended prior to 1989. The site was entered into the Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program (“VCP”) by the property owner in July 2005. Remediation was conducted under the VCP, which consisted of in-situ soil washing in conjunction with the pumping recovery of impacted groundwater, and in-situ bioremediation of impacted soil and groundwater. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (“TCEQ”) issued a Final Certificate of Completion in relation to the VCP cleanup on the garage parcel of the Mortgaged Property on April 23, 2009. However, because residual impacts to groundwater remain, a restrictive covenant was placed on the parking garage parcel limiting it to commercial/industrial use and prohibiting the use of groundwater. The consultant recommended continued compliance with the conditions identified in the 2009 Certificate of Completion and in the restrictive covenant. The ESA for the Mortgaged Property also identifies as an historic REC impacts to soil and groundwater on the hotel parcel associated with former gasoline USTs removed from the Mortgaged Property in the 1960s. The hotel parcel was entered into the VCP by the property owner in August 2005 to address impacts related to these former USTs.

 

With respect to the Mercury Plaza Mortgage Loan (1.5%), the related ESA indicated that a dry cleaner operated on the Mortgaged Property from about 1970 to about 2000 and used tetrachloroethylene (“PCE”). A preliminary site characterization conducted in 2001 indicated that the Mortgaged Property showed contamination with volatile organic compound (“VOC”), eventually leading to installation of soil borings and groundwater monitoring wells. In addition, a certain Declaration of Restrictive Covenants was issued in 2013, restricting the use of groundwater for purposes other than environmental testing and monitoring and the Mortgaged Property from being used for residential, playgrounds, day-care or school uses. In addition, an SSDS was commissioned in 2014 and a quarterly monitoring program was implemented to assess the effectiveness of the system in addressing contaminants in the subsurface vapors. The test results from samples collected thereafter as part of the monitoring program showed levels of contaminants generally within acceptable voluntary remediation program limits of Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (“VDEQ”), and decommissioning monitoring of the existing SSDS was completed in accordance with the site O&M plan. Subsequently, an application was submitted to the VDEQ on August 21, 2020 to obtain concurrence from the agency that the decommissioning has been completed and the requirements of the O&M plan have been satisfied. According to the ESA, VDEQ has not issued a decision with respect to

 

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decommissioning of the SSDS and, therefore, the previous presence of a dry cleaner represents a controlled recognized environmental condition. In addition, the ESA indicated that several water stained ceiling tiles were observed in the premises demised to Rack Room Shoes, the fifth largest tenant and recommended replacing stained ceiling tiles and confirming that the source of water intrusion has been addressed.

 

With respect to the Reladyne Industrial Mortgage Loan (0.9%), the related ESA stated that historic industrial uses of the Mortgaged Property and adjoining properties were addressed during 2018 and 2019 subsurface investigations. A subsurface investigation was conducted in October 2018, including the collection of soil gas, soil, and groundwater samples. Results identified metals and semi-volatile organic compounds (“SVOCs”) (Pentachlorophenol, and Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate) in soil and groundwater. The Mortgaged Property enrolled in the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (“IEPA”) Site Remediation Program (“SRP”) on August 6, 2019. A second supplementary subsurface investigation was conducted in October 2019 to investigate the previously detected metals and SVOCs in soil and groundwater. Results identified arsenic in the soil samples exceeding the Tier 1 Industrial/Commercial Ingestion Exposure Route; no groundwater exceedances were detected. An engineering barrier in the form of two asphalt patches (totaling approximately 973 square feet) were installed in the vicinity of the detected arsenic concentrations. The IEPA issued a No Further Remediation (NFR) Letter to the Mortgaged Property on June 11, 2020, and re-issued the letter on June 29, 2020. The NFR Letter restricts the Mortgaged Property to industrial commercial land use, includes an engineering control in the form of an asphalt/concrete barrier and an institutional control requiring a full concrete slab-on-grade floor or full concrete basement floor and walls with no sumps and municipal groundwater use restrictions. The presence of arsenic in soil at the Mortgaged Property and the IEPA approved controls associated with this exceedance are considered a controlled REC (“CREC”). The ESA recommended strict adherence to the engineering and institutional conditions/controls of the NFR Letter, including the proper replacement/repair/resealing of the asphalt patch associated with the control for the arsenic impacted soil as well as the proper recording of the NFR Letter. The lender has been provided evidence that the NFR Letter has been recorded with the Cook County Recorder of Deeds and has also been provided evidence from the environmental consultant that a damaged asphalt capped area of the Mortgaged Property has been repaired. The related loan agreement requires the borrower to monitor the sole tenant of the Mortgaged Property to ensure that it is utilizing the Mortgaged Property in accordance with the NFR Letter.

 

With respect to the 801 Bedford Avenue Mortgage Loan (0.9%), the Phase I ESA identifies impacts to soil and groundwater related to a gasoline station historically located onsite as a controlled REC for the Mortgaged Property. Several releases were reported for the former gasoline station and several underground storage tanks were removed from the Mortgaged Property. Various investigations and soil remediation activities were conducted in relation to the releases, and each of the reported release incidents received regulatory closure. In November 2016 through April 2017, and prior to redevelopment of the Mortgaged Property with the current improvements, further investigation activities were performed that identified groundwater and additional soil impacts associated with the former onsite gasoline station operations. Remediation was performed at the Mortgaged Property from August 2017 to January 2018 pursuant to a Remedial Action Work Plan approved by the governing agency; remediation included removal of impacted soils and the installation of a vapor barrier and an SSDS. A Site Management Plan (“SMP”) was prepared for the long-term management of residual soil impacts, including plans for the operation, maintenance, inspection, and certification of the performance of the SSDS. The Mortgaged Property was also listed on the E-Designation regulatory database with an effective date of May 9, 2001. The E-Designation is a zoning map designation in the City of New York that indicates that a property has environmental requirements relating to air, noise, or hazardous materials that must be investigated and addressed before an owner can obtain a building permit for the property’s redevelopment. The E-Designation serves as an institutional control for the Mortgaged Property. Other institutional controls placed on the Mortgaged Property include: (1) prohibiting vegetable gardening and farming; (2) prohibiting the use of groundwater without

 

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treatment; (3) prohibiting disturbance of residually impacted material unless it is conducted in accordance with the SMP; and (4) prohibiting land usage at a level higher than the approved restricted residential use without approval by the governing agency. Based on the completion of remediation activities, the current regulatory status of the Mortgaged Property, the existence of the SMP, and the certification of engineering and institutional controls in place at the Mortgaged Property, the Phase I ESA consultant concluded that no further action was warranted in relation to the controlled REC. However, the Phase I ESA consultant has recommended the continued implementation of the approved SMP.

 

For several of the properties, the related ESAs noted that onsite underground storage tanks (“USTs”) or leaking USTs previously had been removed or closed in place or other types of potential or actual spills or releases may have occurred, and based on criteria such as past investigations, cleanups or other response actions, quantities or types of hazardous materials involved, absence of significant risk, tank test results or other records, and/or other circumstances including regulatory closure, the ESAs did not recommend any further investigation or other action at the current time. In some such cases even where regulatory closure was documented for past incidents the ESAs reported that requests to governmental agencies for any related files are pending; however, those ESAs concluded that nevertheless such incidents were not likely to be significant at the present time.

 

Redevelopment, Renovation and Expansion

 

Certain of the Mortgaged Properties are properties which are currently undergoing or are expected to undergo redevelopment, renovation or expansion, including with respect to hospitality properties, executing property improvement plans (“PIPs”). In certain cases, such PIPs may be required by the franchisor to maintain franchise affiliation, as described in “—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Property Types—Hospitality Properties” above. For example, with respect to a Mortgaged Property that is currently undergoing or is expected to undergo material redevelopment, renovation or expansion and is a Mortgaged Property that (i) secures a Mortgage Loan that is one of the top 20 Mortgage Loans or (ii) where the related costs are anticipated to be more than 10% of the Cut-off Date Balance of the related Mortgage Loan:

 

With respect to the 4 West 58th Street Mortgage Loan (4.0%), the borrower has invested approximately $1.5 million in capital improvements, such as renovations to staircases, the lobby and elevators, and ADA bathroom work and mechanical work, that were recently completed and will be investing approximately $1.8 million in tenant improvements, including with respect to the Mortgaged Property’s theater space leased to Netflix, Inc. (“Netflix”), the second largest tenant occupying 10,651 square feet (12.8% of net rentable area). The borrower has indicated that Netflix is expected to invest approximately $1.5 million of its own to the improvements of its leased space before reopening. In addition, the borrower has indicated that each of Northwell Health (fourth largest tenant, representing 6.2% of net rentable area) and Union Sq. Dermatology (fifth largest tenant, representing 6.2% of net rentable area) is undertaking or expected to undertake improvements at its respective premises. The borrower reserved $7,811,435 at origination in connection with outstanding tenant improvements and leasing commissions. We cannot assure you that these capital improvements will be completed as expected or at all.

 

Certain risks related to redevelopment, renovation and expansion at a Mortgaged Property are described in “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Related to Redevelopment, Expansion and Renovation at Mortgaged Properties”. In addition, we cannot assure you that the redevelopments, renovations and/or expansions described above will be completed as expected or at all.

 

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Assessment of Property Value and Condition

 

In connection with the origination or acquisition of each Mortgage Loan or otherwise in connection with this offering, an appraisal was conducted in respect of the related Mortgaged Property by an independent appraiser that was state certified and/or a member of the Appraisal Institute or an update of an existing appraisal was obtained. In each case, the appraisal complied, or the appraiser certified that it complied, with the real estate appraisal regulations issued jointly by the federal bank regulatory agencies under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended. In general, those appraisals represent the analysis and opinion of the person performing the appraisal and are not guarantees of, and may not be indicative of, present or future value. We cannot assure you that another person would not have arrived at a different valuation, even if such person used the same general approach to and same method of valuing the property or that different valuations would not have been reached separately by the mortgage loan sellers based on their internal review of such appraisals. The appraisals obtained as described above sought to establish the amount a typically motivated buyer would pay a typically motivated seller. Such amount could be significantly higher than the amount obtained from the sale of a Mortgaged Property under a distress or liquidation sale.

 

In addition, in general, a licensed engineer, architect or consultant inspected the related Mortgaged Property, in connection with the origination or acquisition of each of the Mortgage Loans or otherwise in connection with this offering, to assess the condition of the structure, exterior walls, roofing, interior structure and mechanical and electrical systems. Engineering reports by licensed engineers, architects or consultants generally were prepared for the Mortgaged Properties in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan or in connection with this offering, except for in the case of the Maplewood Commons Mortgage Loan (1.7%), as to which the borrower’s interest in the portion of Mortgaged Property equal to approximately 82.4% of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property occupied by the largest tenant consists of a leased fee interest solely in the land and not any improvements. None of these engineering reports are more than 11 months old as of the Cut-off Date. In certain cases where material deficiencies were noted in such reports, the related borrower was required to establish reserves for replacement or repair or remediate the deficiency.

 

In addition, in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan included in the issuing entity, the related mortgage loan seller or other originator generally examined whether the use and occupancy of the related real property collateral was in material compliance with zoning, land-use, building rules, regulations and orders then applicable to that property. In addition, certain Mortgaged Properties may be legal non-conforming uses that may be restricted after certain events, such as casualties, at the Mortgaged Properties. See “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers—German American Capital Corporation—DB Originators’ Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”, “—JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association—JPMCB’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”, “—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.—CREFI’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes” and “—Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company—Goldman Originator’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Related to Zoning Non-Compliance and Use Restrictions” and see representation and warranty number 24 on Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 24 on Annex E-1, representation and warranty number 26 on Annex F-1, and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties in Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 or Annex F-2, as applicable, for additional information.

 

Litigation and Other Considerations

 

There may be material pending or threatened legal proceedings against, or other past or present material criminal or material adverse regulatory circumstances experienced by, the borrowers, their sponsors and managers of the Mortgaged Properties and their respective affiliates. In addition, the Mortgaged Property may be subject to ongoing litigation or condemnation proceedings. For example:

 

With respect to the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan (8.7%), the borrower sponsor and certain affiliates were involved with a dispute in 2015 with a plumber as to work the plumber did on ten buildings, two of which are collateral for the Mortgage Loan. The plumber filed mechanic’s

 

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liens on all of the buildings, including approximately $300,000 with respect to the Mortgaged Property, for sums allegedly owed by the various entity owners, and commenced separate foreclosure actions for each lien. The mechanic’s liens relating to the Mortgaged Property were bonded over and are no longer encumbrances on the title policies with respect to the Mortgaged Properties. However, we cannot assure you that such bonds will be sufficient to cover the costs of such litigation, if determined adversely.

 

With respect to the 4 West 58th Street Mortgage Loan (4.0%), one of the borrowers, Solow Building Company III, L.L.C., is a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a former corporate tenant, which operated a high-end beauty clinic out of the 9th floor of the building. In a complaint filed on March 27, 2018, the tenant alleged, among other things, that construction undertaken beginning in 2015 by another tenant, Bergdorf Goodman, on the first eight floors interfered with the plaintiff tenant’s quiet enjoyment of the leased premises, and that noise, dust, and vibrations from the construction made it impossible to operate the clinic, cost the clinic customers, and damaged the owner’s reputation with her high-end clientele, and that the borrower had knowledge and control over Bergdorf Goodman’s construction and deliberately misrepresented the effects and length of the construction when discussing it with the plaintiff tenant. While the borrower agreed to a rent abatement in 2016 because of the ongoing construction, the plaintiff tenant agreed to, but did not, begin paying rent again in 2017. The borrower eventually commenced an eviction proceeding in housing court against the plaintiff tenant and was awarded possession of the premises and a monetary judgment of approximately $400,000 for unpaid rent. The plaintiff tenant subsequently brought this action in the New York Supreme Court. The plaintiff tenant asserts breach of contract and fraud claims against the borrower, and nuisance, trespass, and negligence claims against both the borrower and Bergdorf Goodman. The plaintiff tenant claims damages of at least $15 million, with the exact amount to be determined at trial. According to the plaintiff tenant, damages are purportedly based on destruction of specialized equipment caused by the dust from construction, loss of income due to the clinic’s eventual closure, money spent to renovate the leased premises, harm to reputation, and the plaintiff tenant’s liability for rent payments on the leased premises.

 

In addition, with respect to the 4 West 58th Street Mortgaged Property (4.0%), The Neiman Marcus Group LLC. (“Neiman Marcus”), the largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, filed bankruptcy under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on May 7, 2020. On June 6, 2020, Neiman Marcus’s debtors filed their initial proposed plan of reorganization and disclosure statement (as thereafter amended, the “Proposed Plan”). The bankruptcy court approved the Proposed Plan on September 4, 2020, pursuant to which the reorganized entity assumed the lease at the Mortgaged Property on September 25, 2020. The bankruptcy filing triggered a cash sweep (the “Neiman Marcus Trigger Event”) under the Mortgage Loan documents and, as a result, all excess cash flow from the Mortgaged Property was, and continues to be, deposited in an excess cash flow reserve held by the lender. Under the Mortgage Loan documents, the Neiman Marcus Trigger Event may be cured by, among other conditions, the replacement of Neiman Marcus with a replacement tenant pursuant to a lease entered into in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents. Pursuant to a letter received by the lender on October 7, 2020, the borrower challenged the lender’s actions and explained that Neiman Marcus effectuated a corporate restructuring by, among other things, (i) filing new organizational documents, (ii) dissolving Neiman Marcus’s ownership interests, and (iii) appointing new board members, resulting in the estate of Neiman Marcus being dissolved and The Neiman Marcus Group LLC emerging as a reorganized debtor. The borrower further asserted that it has satisfied the Neiman Marcus Trigger Event cure conditions, given that the reorganized entity (a) has a creditworthiness and financial standing superior to that of the pre-bankruptcy tenant, (b) assumed the lease, and (c) is in occupancy of the premises, open for business, and paying full contractual rent, and, therefore, the cash sweep event should be terminated and amounts held in the excess cash flow reserve should be released to the borrower. The lender disagrees with the borrower’s position and has not terminated the Neiman Marcus Trigger Event or released amounts held in the excess cash flow reserve. However, we cannot assure you that the master servicer or the special servicer will not come to a different view and elect to discontinue the Neiman Marcus Trigger

 

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Event and release the funds currently held in the excess cash flow reserve account, or otherwise amend terms of the loan agreement in connection with any related action. In addition, we cannot assure you that the continued imposition of the Neiman Marcus Trigger Event will not result in further actions by the borrower, including litigation, to terminate the Neiman Marcus Trigger Event and/or obtain the release of the funds held in the excess cash flow reserve. Further, we cannot assure you that any such actions would not result in additional trust fund expenses being incurred by the issuing entity and losses being incurred by the Certificateholders.

 

With respect to the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Mortgage Loan (2.5%), the related borrower is subject to a potential class action in the Southern District of New York for alleged violations of the American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the New York Human Rights Law arising from its online reservation system, which allegedly fails to provide the ability to book ADA compliant accommodations and related features online.

 

With respect to the 350 West Broadway Mortgage Loan (1.8%), the non-recourse carveout guarantors of the Mortgage Loan are parties to a number of pending lawsuits, including, without limitation, the following: (a) Joseph Sitt is a defendant in two cases in New York state court filed in 2019 by Wilmington Trust, N.A., which has alleged that the borrower entities for which Joseph Sitt is a guarantor are each in payment default of loans with the principal balance of $11,000,000 and $23,000,000, respectively; (b) Joseph Sitt is a defendant in a pending federal case filed by the plaintiff alleging securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty by the defendant for using the plaintiff’s investments of $830,000 to affect the price of publicly traded stock in violation of securities’ law; and (c) Elyahu Cohen is a defendant in a pending case filed in June 2020 in the Supreme Court of New York by the plaintiff alleging breach of contract. In addition, Joseph Sitt is a guarantor of a number of loans in payment default related to which negotiations with the respective lenders are ongoing.

 

With respect to the Storage Solutions Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.1%) and the CityLine All American Storage Mortgage Loan (0.6%), two of the three carveout guarantors, Lawrence Charles Kaplan and George Thacker, are defendants in an intercompany lawsuit filed by a former partner that alleges that Mr. Kaplan is taking excessive compensation and misusing company trade secrets to his personal advantage. The lawsuit is not related to the Mortgaged Properties. The lawsuit was filed against Mr. Kaplan in December 2018, and later amended to include Mr. Thacker in July 2019.

 

With respect to the 801 Bedford Avenue Mortgage Loan (0.9%), one of the borrower sponsors and nonrecourse carveout guarantors, Jacob Kohn, is subject to a pending civil litigation involving allegations of breach of contract, fraud and breach of fiduciary duty arising out of his ownership interest in a company unrelated to the Mortgaged Property. The guarantor’s potential monetary liability in connection with this matter is alleged to be no more than $800,000.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Litigation Regarding the Mortgaged Properties or Borrowers May Impair Your Distributions”.

 

Loan Purpose; Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings

 

Loan Purpose

 

Twenty (20) of the Mortgage Loans (62.3%) were, in whole or in part, originated in connection with the borrower’s refinancing of a previous mortgage loan or credit facility secured by the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Eleven (11) of the Mortgage Loans (25.0%) were, in whole or in part, originated in connection with the borrower’s acquisition of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

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One (1) of the Mortgage Loans (8.7%) was, in whole or in part, originated in connection with the borrower’s refinance and acquisition of the related Mortgaged Properties.

 

One (1) of the Mortgage Loans (4.0%) were, in whole or in part, originated in connection with the borrower’s recapitalization of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

For additional information regarding the status of the Mortgage Loans since the date of origination, see “—COVID-19 Considerations”.

 

Default History, Bankruptcy Issues and Other Proceedings

 

None of the Mortgage Loans (i) were refinancings in whole or in part of a prior loan secured by, or a mezzanine loan secured by interests in the owner of, the related Mortgaged Property, which prior loan was in default at the time of refinancing and/or otherwise involved a discounted pay-off, maturity extension, short sale or other restructuring or (ii) provided acquisition financing for the related borrower’s purchase of the related Mortgaged Property at a foreclosure sale or after becoming REO Property.

 

In addition, with respect to certain of the Mortgage Loans, (a) related borrowers, borrower sponsors and/or key principals (or affiliates thereof) have previously sponsored, been a key principal with respect to, or been a payment or non-recourse carveout guarantor on mortgage loans secured by, real estate projects (including in some such cases, the particular Mortgaged Property or Properties securing its related Mortgage Loan) that became the subject of foreclosure proceedings or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or bankruptcy proceedings or directly or indirectly secured a real estate loan or a real estate related mezzanine loan that was the subject of a discounted payoff or (b) a Mortgaged Property was acquired by the related borrower or an affiliate thereof through foreclosure or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, as part of an REO transaction, at a foreclosure sale or out of receivership.

 

For example, within approximately the last 10 years, with respect to the 20 largest Mortgage Loans:

 

With respect to the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan (8.7%), beginning in May 2020, the borrower sponsor had conversations with the master servicer of its then-existing loan on the Mortgaged Property regarding a 90-day forbearance because tenants were no longer permitted to occupy the building under local law in New York. A forbearance agreement or other modification was never entered into, however, the borrower sponsor ceased making payments on such loan and as a result the loan went into payment default, and the master servicer transferred the loan to special servicing. Once the borrower sponsor was notified of the transfer, he sent a check for the full amount owed (approximately $750,000) to bring the loan current and continued to pay full, unabated debt service through November 2020.

 

With respect to certain of the Mortgage Loans, related borrowers, sponsors and/or key principals (or affiliates thereof) may previously have been the subject of personal bankruptcy proceedings, or a related Mortgaged Property has previously been involved in a borrower, principal or tenant bankruptcy.

 

We cannot assure you that there are no other bankruptcy proceedings, foreclosure proceedings, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure transactions and/or mortgage loan workout matters that involved one or more Mortgage Loans or Mortgaged Properties, and/or a tenant, guarantor, borrower, borrower sponsor or other party to a Mortgage Loan.

 

Certain risks relating to bankruptcy proceedings are described in “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—A Bankruptcy Proceeding May Result in Losses and Delays in Realizing on the Mortgage Loans”, “—Litigation Regarding the Mortgaged Properties or Borrowers May Impair Your Distributions” and “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Bankruptcy Laws”.

 

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Tenant Issues

 

Tenant Concentrations

 

The Mortgaged Properties have tenant concentrations as set forth below:

 

Eleven (11) of the Mortgaged Properties (13.7%) are leased to a single tenant.

 

Three (3) of the Mortgaged Properties (7.6%) are each leased to a tenant that makes up 50% or more (but less than 100%) of the rentable square footage.

 

See “—Lease Expirations and Terminations” below, “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks of Commercial and Multifamily Lending Generally”, “—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—A Tenant Concentration May Result in Increased Losses” and “—Concentrations Based on Property Type, Geography, Related Borrowers and Other Factors May Disproportionately Increase Losses”.

 

Lease Expirations and Terminations

 

Expirations. Certain of the Mortgaged Properties are subject to tenant leases that expire before the maturity date of the related Mortgage Loan. For tenant lease expiration information in the form of a lease rollover chart relating to each of the top 15 Mortgage Loans, see the related summaries attached as Annex A-3. In addition, see Annex A-1 for tenant lease expiration dates for the five largest tenants (based on net rentable area leased) at each retail, office, mixed use and industrial Mortgaged Property. Even if none of the top five tenants at a particular Mortgaged Property as identified on Annex A-1 have leases that expire before, or shortly after, the maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, there may still be a significant percentage of leases at a particular Mortgaged Property that expire in a single calendar year, a rolling 12-month period or prior to, or shortly after, the maturity of a Mortgage Loan. Furthermore, some of the Mortgaged Properties have significant leases or a significant concentration of leases that expire before, or shortly after, the maturity of the related Mortgage Loan. Identified below are certain material lease expirations or concentrations of lease expirations with respect to the Mortgaged Properties:

 

In certain cases, the lease of a single tenant, major tenant or anchor tenant at a multi-tenanted Mortgaged Property expires prior to the maturity date (or, in the case of any ARD Loan, the Anticipated Repayment Date) of the related Mortgage Loan.

 

With respect to the Mortgage Loans secured, in whole or in part, by the Mortgaged Properties identified in the following table, such Mortgaged Properties are occupied by a single tenant under a lease which expires prior to, or within 12 months after, the maturity date (or, in the case of any ARD Loan, the Anticipated Repayment Date) of the related Mortgage Loan.

 

Mortgaged Property Name

% of the Initial Pool Balance by Allocated Loan Amount

Lease Expiration Date

Maturity Date/ARD

350 West Broadway 1.8% 12/31/2024 12/1/2030

 

With respect to the Mortgaged Properties shown in the following table, one or more leases representing 50% or greater of the net rentable square footage of the related Mortgaged Property (excluding Mortgaged Properties leased to a single tenant and set forth in the bullet above) expire in a single calendar year prior to, or within twelve months after, the maturity (or, in the case of any ARD Loan, the anticipated repayment date) of the related Mortgage Loan. There may be other Mortgaged Properties as to which leases representing at least 50% or greater of the net rentable square footage of the related Mortgaged Property expire over several calendar years prior to maturity (or, in the case of any ARD Loan, the Anticipated Repayment Date) of the related Mortgage Loan.

 

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Mortgaged Property Name

% of the Initial Pool Balance by Allocated Loan Amount

% of NRSF Expiring

Lease Expiration Year

Maturity Date/ARD

1088 Sansome 4.0% 82.4% 2028 1/6/2031
5 East 22nd Street 2.0% 67.9% 2028 12/6/2030
Maplewood Commons 1.7% 82.4% 2025 1/1/2031
801 Bedford Avenue 0.9% 54.3% 2029 12/6/2030

 

In addition, with respect to certain other Mortgaged Properties, there are leases that represent in the aggregate a material portion (but less than 50%) of the net rentable square footage of the related Mortgaged Property that expire in a single calendar year prior to, or shortly after, the maturity date (or, in the case of any ARD Loan, the Anticipated Repayment Date) of the related Mortgage Loan.

 

See Annex A-1 for tenant lease expiration dates for the five largest tenants (based on net rentable area leased) at each retail, office, mixed use and industrial Mortgaged Property.

 

Furthermore, tenants under certain leases included in the Underwritten Net Cash Flow, Underwritten Net Operating Income and/or Occupancy may be in financial distress, may have filed for bankruptcy or may be part of a chain that is in financial distress as a whole, or the tenant’s parent company may have implemented or expressed an intent to implement a plan to consolidate or reorganize its operations, close a number of stores in the chain, reduce exposure, relocate stores or otherwise reorganize its business to cut costs. In addition, certain shadow anchor tenants may be in financial distress or may be experiencing adverse business conditions, which could have a negative effect on the operations of certain tenants at the Mortgaged Properties. Furthermore, commercial tenants having multiple leases may experience adverse business conditions that result in their deciding to close under-performing stores.

 

We cannot assure you that any other tenant or anchor tenant at a Mortgaged Property will not close stores, including stores at or near the Mortgaged Property.

 

Terminations. In addition to termination options tied to certain triggers as described in “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—Early Lease Termination Options May Reduce Cash Flow” that are common with respect to retail properties, certain tenant leases permit the related tenant to unilaterally terminate its lease (with respect to all or a portion of its leased property). For example, among the 5 largest tenants by net rentable square footage at the Mortgaged Properties securing the largest 15 Mortgage Loans by aggregate Cut-off Date Balance, or those Mortgaged Properties with a tenant that leases at least 20% of the net rentable square footage at the related Mortgaged Property (in each case excluding government tenants, which are described further below):

 

With respect to The Grace Building Mortgaged Property (9.8%), (a) the second largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Trade Desk (9.9% of NRA), has the right to terminate its lease (i) solely as to the 26th and 27th floors of the Mortgaged Property if the commencement date of its lease does not occur by May 31, 2021, as such date may be extended by force majeure (not to exceed 150 days in the aggregate) and (ii) solely as to either or both of the 26th and 27th floors of the Mortgaged Property, consisting of a portion of its leased space (the “Trade Desk Additional Premises”), effective as of the last day of the month in which the seventh anniversary of the commencement date for the Trade Desk Additional Premises occurs and with the payment of a termination fee and (b) the third largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Israel Discount Bank (9.2% of NRA), has (i) a one-time right to terminate its entire leased space, effective as of December 31, 2035, with not less than 21 months’ prior written notice, and (ii) the right to terminate the lease with respect to the ground floor only, effective (at the tenant’s option) on either the fifth anniversary or the tenth anniversary of the rent commencement date, with not less than 15 months’ prior written notice.

 

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With respect to the Station Park & Station Park West Mortgage Loan (7.4%), the fifth largest tenant, Vista Outdoor (3.5% of NRA), has a continuing option to terminate its lease with respect to all or a portion of its premises on and after June 1, 2023, with at least nine months’ prior written notice and the payment of a termination fee in the amount equal to the landlord’s unamortized expenses including the unamortized construction allowance paid by the landlord and all leasing commissions incurred by the landlord and the basic rent for the abatement period amortized calculated in accordance with the lease.

 

With respect to the Elo Midtown Portfolio – 15 West 47th Street Mortgaged Property (4.4%), (i) the largest tenant, Avi & Co. Ny Corp., leasing approximately 3.5% of the net rentable square footage at the Mortgaged Property, has the right to terminate its lease effective on August 31, 2022 with 120 days’ written notice to landlord and a termination fee of two half months of rent in the sum of $27,081.30 and (ii) the fourth largest tenant, Gogreen Diamonds Inc., leasing approximately 1.9% of the net rentable square footage at the Mortgaged Property, has the right to terminate its lease effective on December 31, 2022 with 120 days’ written notice to landlord.

 

With respect to the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – Foster Plaza Mortgaged Property (3.7%), the second largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Wexford Health Sources (6.5% of NRA), has a one-time option to terminate its lease with respect to either (i) a portion of its second floor premises consisting of 5,000 rentable square feet or (ii) the entirety of its second floor premises, effective as of either (x) February 28, 2022 or (y) February 28, 2023, respectively, upon written notice by no later than August 31, 2021, or August 31, 2021, respectively, and the payment of a termination fee equal to all unamortized leasing commissions, the tenant improvement allowance, and rental abatement in accordance with the lease.

 

With respect to the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – Cherrington Corporate Center Mortgaged Property (2.4%), (a) the largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Chevron USA (31.4% of NRA at the Mortgaged Property), has a one-time option to terminate its lease with respect to either (i) the entirety of its premises or (ii) one or more contiguous floors out of its premises effective as of August 31, 2023 upon 12 months’ notice and the payment of a termination fee in an amount equal to four times the monthly installment of minimum rent owing for the month in which the early termination occurs; (b) the second largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Mortgage Connect (17.5% of NRA), has a one-time option to terminate its lease with respect to a portion of the first floor of its premises effective as of either April 30, 2025 or April 30, 2026, upon 120 days’ written notice and the payment of a termination fee equal to all unamortized leasing commissions incurred by the landlord, the tenant improvement allowance, legal fees, and rentable abatement in accordance with the lease; and (c) the third largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Waste Management of PA, Inc. (6.3% of NRA), has a one-time option to terminate its lease effective as of July 31, 2023 (representing the expiration of the 60th month of the current lease term that commenced on August 1, 2018) upon 12 months’ written notice and the payment of a termination fee equal to the landlord’s direct unamortized out-of-pocket expenses incurred, including, without limitation, the allowance granted and paid by the landlord, legal fees, and brokerage fees and commissions.

 

With respect to the McClellan Business Park Mortgage Loan (4.0%), (i) the fourth largest tenant, McClellan Jet Services, leasing approximately 4.1% of the net rentable square footage at the Mortgaged Property, has the right to terminate its lease with respect to approximately 1,373 square feet of its space effective at any time after November 30, 2023 with 30 days’ notice and (ii) the fifth largest tenant, Northrup Grumman Systems, leasing approximately 3.9% of the net rentable square footage of its space at the Mortgaged Property, has the right to terminate its lease with respect to approximately 4,857 square feet effective on December 1st of each year with 180 days’ notice.

 

Certain of the tenant leases for the Mortgaged Properties may permit affected tenants to terminate their leases and/or abate or reduce rent if another tenant at the Mortgaged Property or a tenant at an adjacent or nearby property terminates its lease or goes dark, or if a specified percentage of the

 

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Mortgaged Property is unoccupied. For example, among the 5 largest tenants by net rentable square footage at the Mortgaged Properties securing the largest 15 Mortgage Loans by aggregate Cut-off Date Balance, or those Mortgaged Properties with a tenant that leases at least 20% of the net rentable square footage at the related Mortgaged Property (in each case excluding government tenants, which are described further below):

 

With respect to the Station Park & Station Park West Mortgage Loan (7.4%), (a) with respect to the second largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Cinemark (5.4% of NRA), if less than 70% of the gross leasable area of the Mortgaged Property that is substantially completed (exclusive of the premises demised to Cinemark) is leased, occupied and open to the public for business (the foregoing condition, the “Co-Tenancy Violation”), then (i) the tenant’s obligation to pay the minimum annual rent and all other charges under its lease is required to abate, and the tenant will be required to pay the taxes and common area maintenance costs required under the lease plus the lesser of (y) the minimum annual rent under the lease or (z) 8% of the tenant’s gross receipts attributable to such period, and (ii) if the Co-Tenancy Violation continues for two consecutive years, the tenant has the option to, but is not obligated to, terminate its lease, in which event the landlord will be required to pay to the tenant an amount equal to a portion of the tenant’s contribution to the cost of construction as calculated in accordance with the lease; (b) with respect to the third largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Best Buy (5.1% of NRA), if less than 200,000 square feet of nationally or regionally recognized retailers are operating and open for business to the public at the Mortgaged Property (the “Ongoing Co-Tenancy Condition”) and the Ongoing Co-Tenancy Condition continues for any three consecutive month period, then the tenant’s monthly fixed rent required under the lease will, immediately upon expiration of such three-month period, be reduced to 50%, and if the Ongoing Co-Tenancy Condition has not be satisfied within 180 days following the end of such three-month period, then the tenant will have until the expiration of five years following such three-month period to deliver notice to the landlord terminating the lease, and the lease will terminate 30 days after delivery of such notice.

 

With respect to the Mountain View Village Mortgage Loan (4.7%), (a) with respect to the second largest tenant, T.J Maxx and Home Goods (10.4% of NRA), if either (x) fewer than three of the nationally recognized retail tenants as set forth in the lease are open for business, or (y) less than 65% of the floor area of the shopping center is open for retail business for more than 60 consecutive days (either of the foregoing, the “Ongoing Inducement Condition”), then the tenant is required to pay the lesser of the minimum rent or 2% of the gross sales, and if thereafter the Ongoing Inducement Condition continues for over 365 days after such 61st day (the “Co-Tenancy Termination Period”), the tenant will have an option to terminate its lease with written notice provided within 30 days prior to the expiration of the Co-Tenancy Termination Period; (b) with respect to the third largest tenant, Burlington Coat Factory (9.8% of NRA), if less than 70% of the area at the Mortgaged Property (other than the premises demised to Burlington Coat Factory) is open and operating (the “Burlington Ongoing Co-Tenancy Event”), then, in lieu of the minimum rent required under the lease, the tenant will be required to pay 2% of the gross sales plus the tenant’s share of taxes, fixed common area maintenance charges and the landlord’s insurance, and, if the Burlington Ongoing Co-Tenancy Event continues for a period of 12 consecutive months, then the tenant may terminate its lease within 30 days after the expiration of such 12-month period; (c) with respect to the fourth largest tenant, Michaels Stores (5.6% of NRA), if less than 65% of the area at the Mortgaged Property (other than the premises demised to Michaels Stores) is open and operating (the “Michaels Ongoing Co-Tenancy Event”), then, in lieu of the minimum rent required under the lease, the tenant will be required to pay 50% of the minimum rent, and, if the Michaels Ongoing Co-Tenancy Event continues for a period of 12 consecutive months, then the tenant may terminate the lease within 60 days after the expiration of such 12-month period; and (d) with respect to the fifth largest tenant, PetSmart (4.4% of NRA), if less than 65% of the ground floor area on the ground level is occupied by retail business and open to the public (the “PetSmart Co-Tenancy Failure”) for 180 consecutive days after the tenant has first notified the landlord, then the tenant may pay 50% of the minimum rent required under the lease, and if the PetSmart Co-Tenancy Failure continues for another 365 consecutive days, the tenant will have an option to terminate its lease upon at least 30 days’ written notice.

 

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In addition, certain of the tenant leases may permit a tenant to go dark at any time. For example, among the 5 largest tenants by net rentable square footage at the Mortgaged Properties securing the largest 15 Mortgage Loans by aggregate Cut-off Date Balance, or those Mortgaged Properties with a tenant that leases at least 20% of the net rentable square footage at the related Mortgaged Property (in each case excluding government tenants, which are described further below):

 

With respect to the 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan (3.7%), the third largest tenant, Ralph Lauren, representing approximately 11.4% of the net rentable square footage at the Mortgaged Property, has the right to go dark at any time. If the borrower believes Ralph Lauren has ceased retail operations in all of the premises under the related lease, the borrower may give notice thereof to Ralph Lauren. Within 30 days after the borrower gives such notice, Ralph Lauren must notify the borrower whether it intends to cease retail operations at the premises. If Ralph Lauren notifies the borrower of its intent to cease such retail operations, the borrower has the right to terminate the lease. Ralph Lauren’s space (excluding the Polo Bar), is currently dark. According to a media report, the Ralph Lauren tenant has agreed to sublease its entire space to Mango, a Spanish retail chain, for $5 million per year. Pursuant to the terms of the lease and the loan documents, the tenant may not sublease the space to an unaffiliated third party without the consent of the borrower and the lender (in each case, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). It is not expected that any such sublease arrangement will relieve the Ralph Lauren tenant of its obligations under the lease (including the obligation to pay rent). We cannot assure you that such sublease will be executed or approved.

 

Certain Mortgaged Properties may have tenants or sub-tenants that are charitable institutions that generally rely on contributions from individuals and government grants or other subsidies to pay rent on office space and other operating expenses. For example, set forth below are certain charitable institution tenants that individually represent more than 5% of the base rent at the related Mortgaged Property and have these types of risks. In addition, one or more leases at certain Mortgaged Properties representing less than 5% of the base rent could also have these types of risks.

 

Mortgaged Property Name

% of Initial Pool Balance by Allocated Loan Amount

Tenant(s)

% of Net Rentable Area

% of U/W Base Rent

Medici Office Park 2.3% Developmental Pathways Inc. 12.7% 12.7%
Medici Office Park 2.3% Continuum of Colorado Inc 12.7% 12.7%

 

Certain of the Mortgaged Properties may be leased in whole or in part by government sponsored tenants. Government sponsored tenants frequently have the right to cancel their leases at any time or after a specific time (in some cases after the delivery of notice) or for lack of appropriations or upon the loss of access to certain government programs or upon other events related to government status. For example, among the 5 largest tenants by net rentable square footage at the Mortgaged Properties securing the largest 15 Mortgage Loans by aggregate Cut-off Date Balance, or those Mortgaged Properties with a tenant that leases at least 20% of the net rentable square footage at the related Mortgaged Property:

 

Mortgage Loan Name

% of the Initial Pool Balance by Allocated Loan Amount

Tenant Name

% of Net Rentable Area

McClellan Business Park 4.0% USDA Forest Service 2.0%
32-42 Broadway 3.1% City of NY Dept. of Consumer Affairs 16.4%
32-42 Broadway 3.1% City of NY Board of Elections 10.1%
Medici Office Park 2.3% Veterans Administration 25.3%

 

See Annex A-1 and the footnotes related thereto for additional information on the top five tenants at the related Mortgaged Properties. See Annex A-3 for more information on material termination options relating to the largest 15 Mortgage Loans.

 

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Other. Tenants under certain leases included in the Underwritten Net Cash Flow, Underwritten NOI and/or Occupancy may not be in physical occupancy, may not have begun paying rent or may be in negotiation or may be underwritten based on straight-line rents. For example, with respect to (i) tenants that are one of the 5 largest tenants by net rentable area at a Mortgaged Property securing one of the largest 15 Mortgage Loans by aggregate Cut-off Date Balance or (ii) tenants individually or in the aggregate representing more than 25% of the net rentable area at any Mortgaged Property:

 

With respect to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (9.8%), the following tenants, among others, are each in a free rent period: (a) the largest tenant, Bank of America, N.A. (10.0% of NRA) is in a free rent period through January 2021 (provided, however, the tenant is required to begin paying rent with respect to a portion of its premises in February 2021 and with respect to the remaining portion of its premises in April 2021); (b) the second largest tenant, The Trade Desk (9.9% of NRA), through September 2021; (c) the fourth largest tenant, Bain & Company, Inc. (7.8% of NRA), through December 2020; and (d) the fifth largest tenant, Insight Venture Management LLC (6.0% of NRA), through May 2022. In addition, the third largest tenant, Israel Discount Bank (9.2% of NRA), is in a gap rent period. The lease commencement date for Israel Discount Bank will occur upon the earlier of: (i) the date of substantial completion of the work to be performed by the landlord, but in no event earlier than January 1, 2021; and (ii) the date Israel Discount Bank first takes possession of the space. Israel Discount Bank is anticipated to commence paying rent in January 2021 and commence paying operating expenses and real estate taxes in January 2022. Further, with regard to The Trade Desk, the lease commencement date for the 26th and 27th floors will occur upon the earlier of (i) substantial completion of the work to be performed by the landlord and (ii) the date that The Trade Desk first takes possession of the space. To cover the foregoing, along with free rent periods for other smaller tenants, the borrower reserved $25,964,570 at origination. We cannot assure you any such tenant will begin paying rent as expected or at all.

 

With respect to the 4 West 58th Street Mortgage Loan (4.0%), seven tenants, including Neiman Marcus, Netflix, Northwell Health, and Union Sq. Dermatology, the largest, second largest, fourth largest, and fifth largest tenants, respectively, at the Mortgaged Property, have free rent or vacancy periods from March 2020 through, in certain cases, December 2020. At origination, the borrower reserved an aggregate amount of $5,799,156 to cover all vacancies, gap rent, prepaid rent, outstanding free rent concessions and rent abatements under the related leases. We cannot assure that these tenants will begin paying rent or take occupancy, as applicable, as expected or at all.

 

With respect to the 4 West 58th Street Mortgage Loan (4.0%), the related borrower indicated at origination that Northwell Health, the fourth largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property representing approximately 6.2% of the net rentable area, was expected to take occupancy of its space at the Mortgaged Property in September 2020 and to commence paying rent in November 2020. The borrower has not confirmed whether the tenant has taken occupancy. However, the November accounts receivable report did not indicate that the tenant had not paid rent. We cannot assure you that the tenant will take occupancy as expected or at all.

 

With respect to the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – Cherrington Corporate Center Mortgaged Property (2.4%), the second largest tenant, Mortgage Connect (17.5% of NRA), benefits from rent abatements through March 2022 in the total contractual amount of $1,260,196. The full amount of the contractual rent abatement was reserved at origination.

 

With respect to the SDC Annex Mortgage Loan (0.7%), the largest tenant, Knack, which leases 45.2% of the net rentable area, has free rent in January and February of 2021, which have been reserved for.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Underwritten Net Cash Flow Could Be Based On Incorrect or Failed Assumptions”.

 

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Certain of the Mortgaged Properties may have tenants that sublet a portion of their space or have provided notice of their intent to sublet out a portion of their space in the future. For example, among the 5 largest tenants (based on net rentable area) at the 15 largest Mortgage Loans or in cases where 10% or more of the aggregate net rentable area at a Mortgaged Property is sublet:

 

With respect to the Station Park & Station Park West Mortgage Loan (7.4%), (a) pursuant to a sublease (the “Sublease”) executed on December 1, 2020, between Life Engineering, the fourth largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, as subtenant, and Pluralsight, LLC, the current prime tenant whose lease expires on February 28, 2021 Life Engineering is subleasing its space from Pluralsight through February 28, 2021, and according to the borrower, Life Engineering is in occupancy of the space under the Sublease. Life Engineering has executed a new prime lease (the “New Lease”) with the landlord and, upon expiration of the Sublease, will become a direct tenant under the New Lease. The rent commencement date with respect to the New Lease will occur 90 days following delivery of the related space, which is anticipated to be on or before March 1, 2021; and (b) the fifth largest tenant, Vista Outdoor (“Vista”) has entered into a sublease of its entire space with El Morro Holdings, Inc. (“El Morro”), as the subtenant. Pursuant to the sublease, upon a natural expiration of or an earlier termination of Vista’s current lease (the “Prime Lease”), the Prime Lease would be assigned over to El Morro, upon which event the term of the Prime Lease would be extended to May 31, 2028.

 

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many non-essential businesses at certain of the Mortgaged Properties may have been ordered to close by government mandate or may be operating at a reduced level. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans”.

 

See Annex A-3 for more information on other tenant matters relating to the largest 15 Mortgage Loans.

 

Purchase Options and Rights of First Refusal

 

Certain of the Mortgaged Properties are subject to purchase options and rights of first refusal to purchase all or a portion of the Mortgaged Property. With respect to each of the Station Park & Station Park West (7.4%), 1088 Sansome (4.0%), Amazon Port of Savannah (3.5%),Cabinetworks Portfolio (1.8%), Maplewood Commons (1.7%) and Mercury Plaza (1.5%) Mortgage Loans, certain tenants, franchisors, property managers, ground lessors, developers or owners’ associations at one or more of the related Mortgaged Properties or other parties have a purchase option or a right of first refusal or right of first offer or similar right, upon satisfaction of certain conditions, to purchase all or a portion of one or more of the related Mortgaged Properties.

 

In particular, with respect to each such Mortgaged Property that secures one of the top 15 Mortgage Loans:

 

With respect to the 1088 Sansome Mortgage Loan (4.0%), the largest tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Pattern Energy Group Services LP (“Pattern Energy”), has a right of first offer to purchase the Mortgaged Property if the landlord elects to sell the Mortgaged Property. Pursuant to a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement, Pattern Energy waived its right of first offer in connection with a foreclosure, a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure and any subsequent sale by the lender or its designee following a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu. However, such right will apply to any transfers thereafter.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—Leases That Are Not Subordinated to the Lien of the Mortgage or Do Not Contain Attornment Provisions May Have an Adverse Impact at Foreclosure”. In addition, please see representation and warranty number 6 in Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 6 in Annex E-1, representation and warranty number 8 in Annex F-1, and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties in Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 or Annex F-2, as applicable.

 

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Affiliated Leases

 

Certain of the Mortgaged Properties are leased in whole or in part by borrowers or borrower affiliates including, in certain circumstances, under an operating lease between a borrower and an affiliate of the related borrower. Set forth below are examples of Mortgaged Properties or portfolios of Mortgaged Properties at which at least 5.0% of (i) the gross income at the Mortgaged Property or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties relates to leases between the borrower and an affiliate of the borrower or (ii) the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties is leased to an affiliate of the borrower, excluding Mortgaged Properties that are leased to an affiliate of the borrower that functions as an operating lease:

 

With respect to the McClellan Business Park Mortgage Loan (4.0%), two tenants, McClellan Jet Services and McClellan RV Storage, LLC, collectively leasing approximately 7.6% of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property, are affiliates of the related borrower.

 

With respect to the 27750 Entertainment Drive Mortgage Loan (2.9%), the sole tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Scorpion Enterprises, LP, is affiliated with the borrower.

 

Other Mortgaged Properties may have tenants that are affiliated with the related borrower but those tenants do not represent more than 5.0% of the gross income or net rentable area of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

We cannot assure you that any borrower affiliated tenants did not receive more favorable leasing terms than a tenant who is not a borrower affiliate.

 

Certain of the Mortgaged Properties may be leased in whole or in part by relevant transaction parties or their affiliates.

 

Insurance Considerations

 

The Mortgage Loans generally require that each Mortgaged Property be insured by a hazard insurance policy in an amount (subject to an approved deductible) at least equal to the lesser of the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and 100% of the replacement cost of the improvements located on the related Mortgaged Property, and if applicable, that the related hazard insurance policy contain appropriate endorsements or have been issued in an amount sufficient to avoid the application of co-insurance and not permit reduction in insurance proceeds for depreciation; provided that in the case of certain of the Mortgage Loans, the hazard insurance may be in such other amounts as was required by the related originators.

 

In general, the standard form of hazard insurance policy covers physical damage to, or destruction of, the improvements on the Mortgaged Property by fire, lightning, explosion, smoke, windstorm and hail, riot or strike and civil commotion, subject to the conditions and exclusions set forth in each policy. Each Mortgage Loan generally also requires the related borrower to maintain comprehensive general liability insurance against claims for personal and bodily injury, death or property damage occurring on, in or about the related Mortgaged Property in an amount generally equal to at least $1,000,000. Each Mortgage Loan generally further requires the related borrower to maintain business interruption insurance in an amount not less than approximately 100% of the gross rental income from the related Mortgaged Property for not less than 12 months. In general, the Mortgage Loans (including those secured by Mortgaged Properties located in California) do not require earthquake insurance. Eight (8) of the Mortgaged Properties (25.4%) are located in areas that are considered a high earthquake risk (seismic zone 3 or 4). These areas include all or parts of the states of California, Washington and Utah.

 

With respect to 33 of the Mortgaged Properties, which secure in whole or in part 22 Mortgage Loans (72.2%), the related borrowers (or in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, the master tenant) maintain insurance under blanket policies.

 

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With respect to certain of the Mortgaged Properties, certain insurance requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents may be satisfied by insurance, including self-insurance, provided by a sole or significant tenant or the property manager, as described below:

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgage Loan documents permit the borrowers to rely on insurance provided by the sole tenant, MGM Lessee II, LLC, provided that, among other conditions, MGM Lessee II, LLC maintains insurance policies (the “MGM Policies”) on each of the related Mortgaged Properties that satisfy the requirements set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents, except that, so long as the master lease is in effect, the MGM Policies are permitted to vary from the requirements otherwise set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents with respect to (i) the named storm sublimit, which may be no less than $700,000,000 per occurrence (which amount is less than the full replacement cost otherwise required under the Mortgage Loan documents) and (ii) any property or terrorism deductible, which may be no greater than $5,000,000 (which, with respect to the terrorism deductible, is higher than the maximum deductible of $500,000 otherwise provided for under the Mortgage Loan documents).

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the borrowers have obtained environmental insurance against claims for pollution and remediation legal liability (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay PLL Policy”) from Evanston Insurance Company, with the lenders as named insureds, with per incident and aggregate limits of $25,000,000. The current MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay PLL Policy term expires in 2025. The Mortgage Loan documents require that the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay PLL Policy term extend at least two years beyond the date of repayment of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Required PLL Policy Term”), provided that the borrowers may obtain a policy with a term less than the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Required PLL Policy Term, so long as the borrowers renew or extend the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay PLL Policy by the shorter of three years or a term not less than the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Required PLL Policy Term within ten business days of the current MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay PLL Policy term expiration.

 

With respect to the Pet Food Experts Industrial Mortgage Loan, Arotech-FAAC Portfolio Mortgage Loan and Reladyne Industrial Mortgage Loan (collectively, 3.6%), the related Mortgage Loan documents permit the borrower to rely upon insurance provided by the sole tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, provided that such insurance satisfies the conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents.

 

With respect to the Cabinetworks Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.8%), the related Mortgage Loan documents permit the borrower to rely upon insurance provided by Cabinetworks, the sole tenant at each of the related Mortgaged Properties, provided that such insurance satisfies the conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents. In addition, the related lease with Cabinetworks governs the use and application of insurance proceeds in the event of a property loss at any of the Mortgaged Properties. Pursuant to the lease, (i) insurance proceeds are required to be applied to the restoration of any applicable Mortgaged Property other than in the event of a casualty resulting in the sole tenant’s termination of the lease for the applicable Mortgaged Property and (ii) the lender (or its designee) does have the right to hold and disburse insurance proceeds, provided that such proceeds are in excess of the lesser of (x) 5% of the acquisition cost of the applicable Mortgaged Property and (y) $1,000,000.

 

Further, with respect to Mortgaged Properties that are part of condominium regimes, the insurance may be maintained by the condominium association rather than the related borrower. Many Mortgage Loans contain limitations on the obligation to obtain terrorism insurance. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Terrorism Insurance May Not Be Available for All Mortgaged Properties”.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Associated with Blanket Insurance Policies or Self-Insurance” and see representation and warranty number 16 on Annex D-1, representation

 

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and warranty number 16 on Annex E-1 and representation and warranty number 18 on Annex F-1 and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties, if any, on Annex D-2, Annex E-2, Annex E-3 and Annex F-2, respectively, for additional information.

 

Use Restrictions

 

Certain of the Mortgaged Properties are subject to restrictions that restrict the use of such Mortgaged Properties to its current use, place other use restrictions on such Mortgaged Property or limit the related borrower’s ability to make changes to such Mortgaged Property.

 

With respect to the 1088 Sansome Mortgage Loan (4.0%), the related Mortgaged Property is located in a designated historic district in San Francisco and is subject to certain restrictions and requirements. In order to effect any alteration or restoration, the borrower is required to first obtain a “Certificate of Appropriateness” from the Historic Preservation Commission confirming the alteration or restoration plans comply with the planning code requirements for the historic district.

 

With respect to the Maplewood Commons Mortgage Loan (1.7%), in connection with the Mortgaged Property’s development, the Mortgaged Property was made subject to two recorded development agreements. Upon completion of the development required by each agreement, the City of Maplewood, Missouri (the “City”) was to issue certificates of final completion. Prior to issuing of the certificates, the City has the right to approve any transfers of the Mortgaged Property, and the borrower has not yet obtained the certificates of completion even though the development has been completed since 2004 according to the borrower. The borrower has submitted explicit waivers of any right the City has to consent to transfers of the Mortgaged Property to the City for signature. The Mortgage Loan documents provide for a non-recourse carveout for any losses associated with the borrower’s failure to obtain such certificates of completion from the City or the City’s waiver of its consent right to any transfers of the Mortgaged Property, effective until the borrower delivers executed copies of such waivers and files such waivers of record.

 

In addition, certain Mortgaged Properties are subject to use restrictions relating to environmental considerations. See “—Environmental Considerations”.

 

Further, the Mortgaged Properties securing the Mortgage Loans may have zoning, building code, or other local law issues in addition to the issues described above. In addition, certain of the Mortgaged Properties are subject to a temporary certificate of occupancy (the “TCO”). In such cases, the related Mortgage Loan documents require the related borrower to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the TCO, or cause the sponsor of the property to maintain the TCO, and to cause the TCO to be continuously renewed at all times until a permanent certificate of occupancy (“PCO”) is obtained for the related Mortgaged Property or contain covenants to similar effect.

 

In addition, (i) certain of the Mortgaged Properties may be subject to zoning violations relating to maintenance and inspection requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Properties, for which the related Mortgage Loan documents generally require the related borrowers to reserve funds to remedy the violations, and (ii) certain of the Mortgaged Properties are legal non-conforming uses that may be restricted after certain events, such as casualties, or may restrict renovations at the Mortgaged Properties.

 

For example, with respect to the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan (8.7%), a municipal violation has been issued with respect to the 15 West 47th Street Mortgaged Property (4.4%) in connection with facade work required under applicable law, and violations have been issued with respect to alterations made to the Mortgaged Property without the issuance of an amended certificate of occupancy. With respect to the 48 West 48th Street Mortgaged Property (2.8%), a municipal violation has been issued in connection with the Mortgaged Property failing to comply with a local law requiring certain office buildings to be fully protected by a sprinkler system, and an open building permit was issued in 1995 for alterations that required the issuance of an amended certificate of occupancy. At the origination

 

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date of the Mortgage Loan, the violations remain outstanding, and an amended certificate of occupancy has not been issued with respect to either Mortgaged Property.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Related to Zoning Non-Compliance and Use Restrictions” and see representation and warranty numbers 24 and 25 on Annex D-1, representation and warranty numbers 24 and 25 on Annex E-1 and representation and warranty numbers 26 and 27 on Annex F-1 and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties, if any, on Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 and Annex F-2, respectively, for additional information.

 

Appraised Value

 

The appraised values presented in this prospectus and used in the calculation of financial metrics presented in this prospectus are based on appraisals obtained on the dates specified on Annex A-1, and do not reflect any changes in economic circumstances after the respective dates of the appraisals. See “Risk FactorsSpecial RisksCoronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans”.

 

In certain cases, in addition to an “as-is” value, the appraisal states a value other than the “as-is” value for a Mortgaged Property that assumes that certain events will occur with respect to re-tenanting, construction, renovation or repairs at such Mortgaged Property or states an “as portfolio” value that assigns a premium to the value of the Mortgaged Properties as a whole, which value exceeds the sum of their individual appraised values. However, other than as set forth below, the Appraised Value reflected in this prospectus with respect to each Mortgaged Property reflects the “as-is” value.

 

With respect to the Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan listed in the following table, the related Cut-off Date LTV Ratio and the related Maturity Date LTV Ratio was calculated using an Appraised Value other than the “as-is” Appraised Value:

 

Mortgage Loan

% of Initial Pool Balance

Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date LTV Ratio (Other Than “As-Is”)

Mortgage Loan Maturity Date LTV Ratio (Other Than “As-Is”)

Appraised Value (Other Than “As-Is”)

Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date LTV Ratio (“As-Is”)

Mortgage Loan Maturity Date LTV Ratio (“As-Is”)

Appraised Value (“As-Is”)

801 Bedford Avenue(1) 0.9% 57.0% 57.0% $12,500,000 57.9% 57.9% $12,300,000

 

 

(1)The Appraised Value (Other Than “As-Is”) represents the “As Stabilized” appraised value as of December 1, 2020, which assumes the stabilized operation of the Mortgaged Property.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Appraised Value of $4,600,000,000 represents the “As Is Real Property” value solely with respect to the real property at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties attributable to the Mortgaged Properties and excludes personal property and intangible property. The appraisal also includes an “As Leased-Sale-Leaseback Appraised Value,” which is equal to the Aggregate Real Property Appraised Value. The aggregate appraised value when including such personal property and intangible property is $7,352,600,000. The personal property and intangible property relating to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties is owned by the MGM Tenant or certain sublessees at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties that are wholly owned subsidiaries of MGM (the “MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenants”) (as more particularly provided in the master lease), which granted a security interest in certain property of the MGM Tenant and the MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenants (with certain exclusions, including an exclusion for the intellectual property of MGM Tenant as more particularly described in the master lease); and provided that the FF&E is only transferred to the borrowers at no cost in the event of a termination of the master lease due to an event of default by the MGM Tenant thereunder) in favor of the borrowers, and such security interest was collaterally assigned by the borrowers to the lender.

 

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In addition, the “as-is” Appraised Value may be based on certain assumptions or “extraordinary assumptions”, including that certain tenants are in-place and paying rent when such tenants have not yet taken occupancy, the payment of tenant improvement or leasing commissions allowances, free or abated rent periods, increased tenant occupancies, or that certain renovations or property improvement plans have been completed. For example:

 

With respect to the 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan (3.7%), the Appraised Value of $1,000,000,000 as of January 23, 2020 is an “As-Is” appraised value that includes the extraordinary assumption that the timely and workmanlike completion of certain scheduled renovations and improvements will be commensurate to similar Class A and Class B office buildings in the competitive marketplace.

 

For additional information regarding the appraisals obtained by the sponsors or, in the case of any mortgage loan acquired and re-underwritten by the related sponsor, appraisal(s) obtained by the related originator and relied upon by such sponsor, see “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers—German American Capital Corporation”, “—JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association”, “—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.” and “—Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company”. See also “Risk FactorsRisks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Appraisals May Not Reflect Current or Future Market Value of Each Property”.

 

Non-Recourse Carveout Limitations

 

While the Mortgage Loans are generally non-recourse, the Mortgage Loans generally provide for recourse to the borrower and the related guarantor for liabilities that result from, for example fraud by the borrower, certain voluntary insolvency proceedings or other matters. However, certain of the Mortgage Loans may not contain such non-recourse carveouts or contain limitations to such carveouts. In general, the liquidity and net worth of a non-recourse guarantor under a Mortgage Loan will be less, and may be materially less, than the outstanding principal amount of that Mortgage Loan. As such, we cannot assure you that the related guarantor will be willing or able to satisfy its obligations under the Mortgage Loan documents. In addition, certain Mortgage Loans have additional limitations to the non-recourse carveouts. See Annex D-2, Annex D-3, Annex E-2 and Annex F-2 for additional information.

 

With respect to the Station Park & Station Park West and Mountain View Village Mortgage Loans (12.1%), in each case, there is no separate nonrecourse carveout guarantor or environmental indemnitor, and the related borrower is the sole party responsible for breaches or violations of the nonrecourse carveout provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents. At origination of the Mortgage Loan, the borrower obtained an environmental insurance policy (the “PLL Policy”) issued from Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company in the name of the borrower, with the lender as additional named insured with its successors, assigns and/or affiliates, with per incident and aggregate limits of $10,000,000, a $50,000 per incident self-insured retention and a term expiring on October 5, 2022. The Mortgage Loan documents require that the borrower obtain and maintain a pollution legal liability insurance, which, among other conditions, is required to be maintained for a period continuing through 36 months beyond the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan of December 5, 2030. We cannot assure you that the borrower will renew or replace the PLL Policy at the expiration of its term.

 

With respect to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (9.8%), the aggregate liability of the related guarantors with respect to the guaranteed recourse obligations of the borrower related to certain bankruptcy events with respect to the borrower may not exceed an amount equal to 15% of the principal balance of the Whole Loan outstanding at the time of the occurrence of such event, plus any and all reasonable third-party costs actually incurred by the lender (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs reasonably incurred) in connection with the collection of amounts due.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), each of the non-recourse carveout guarantors’ liability for (i) any bankruptcy-related recourse events, is several (and not joint) and is limited to an amount equal to 10% of the then outstanding principal balance

 

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of the related Whole Loan as of the date of any such event and (ii) any transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or controlling equity interests in the borrowers made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents, is limited to recourse for losses to the lender (and not full recourse). In addition, the Mortgage Loan documents only provide recourse to the borrowers (and not the related non-recourse carveout guarantors) for any breaches of the environmental covenants set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents; provided, however, that if the borrowers fail to maintain an environmental insurance policy satisfying the conditions set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents, the non-recourse carveout guarantors will be liable for any losses to the lender relating to breaches of the environmental covenants other than (x) for any amounts in excess of the applicable coverage amounts under the environmental policy had the same been renewed, replaced or extended as required under the Mortgage Loan documents and (y) for any amounts recovered under the environmental policy. Also, recourse for waste is limited to willful misconduct by the related borrowers, guarantors or certain of their affiliates that results in physical damage or waste to the Mortgaged Properties. See “—Insurance Considerations” for a description of the related environmental policy.

 

With respect to the 1088 Sansome Mortgage Loan (4.0%), there are two non-recourse carveout guarantors. Although the obligations of such guarantors are joint and several, the related Mortgage Loan documents provide that such guarantees are not cross-defaulted, and that a guarantor-related event of default of one guarantor (including events of default related to a bankruptcy of such one guarantor) will not be an event of default under the Mortgage Loan if the other guarantor meets certain net worth and liquidity requirements, is in compliance with the loan documents, and controls the related borrower. In addition, one such guarantor, Michael Moritz, is not subject to financial covenants or required to provide financial information unless there is an event of default caused by the other guarantor, Angus McCarthy.

 

With respect to the 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan (3.7%), there are no separate non-recourse carveout guarantors, and the related borrower is the only indemnitor under the related environmental indemnity agreement.

 

With respect to the Cabinetworks Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.8%), the recourse liability of the related borrower and guarantors under the guaranty and environmental indemnity is subject to a cap on total liability equal to the lesser of (i) the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (inclusive of yield maintenance, accrued interest and the costs of enforcement), (ii) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (iii) solely with respect to environmental liability, the then unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan. In addition, the liability of each guarantor is several (and not joint) and is subject to a cap on each individual claim by the lender equal to such guarantor’s percentage share of the indirect ownership interest in the related borrower. In addition, recourse for breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents is conditioned on the lender first making a claim under any related environmental insurance policy.

 

With respect to the Pet Food Experts Industrial Mortgage Loan (1.4%), the liability of the non-recourse carveout guarantor and borrower under the environmental indemnity agreement may not exceed the sum of (x) 120% of the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (y) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by the lender (including, without limitation, legal fees) in connection with the enforcement of the environmental indemnity agreement.

 

The non-recourse carveout provisions contained in certain of the Mortgage Loan documents may also limit the liability of the non-recourse carveout guarantor for certain monetary obligations or covenants related to the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property to the extent that there is sufficient cash flow generated by the Mortgaged Property and made available to the related borrower and/or non-recourse carveout guarantor to take or prevent such required action.

 

Certain of the Mortgage Loans provide, with respect to liability for breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents, that the recourse obligations for environmental

 

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indemnification may terminate immediately (or in some cases, following a specified period, such as two years) after payment or defeasance in full of such Mortgage Loans (or in some cases, after a permitted transfer of the Mortgaged Property).

 

With respect to certain of the Mortgage Loans, the related environmental indemnity may require the making of a claim against an applicable environmental insurance policy prior to any claim being made under such environmental indemnity.

 

In addition, there may be impediments and/or difficulties in enforcing some or all of the non-recourse carveout liability obligations of individual guarantors depending on the domicile or citizenship of the guarantors.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Mortgage Loans Are Non-Recourse and Are Not Insured or Guaranteed”.

 

Real Estate and Other Tax Considerations

 

Below are descriptions of real estate tax matters relating to certain Mortgaged Properties.

 

With respect to the 111 Kent Avenue Mortgage Loan (3.2%), the Mortgaged Property benefits from a 15-year 421-a tax abatement. The Mortgaged Property is currently in its 10th year of the 15-year 421-a tax abatement, which runs through the 2026/2027 tax year. The Mortgaged Property receives 100% exemption on any assessment increase above the base year assessment until the 2022/2023 tax year, and such exemption will decline by 20% each year thereafter (beginning in the 2023/2024 tax year) until fully phased out. The full unabated tax amount is $1,219,968. Taxes were underwritten to the abated tax amount for 2020/2021, which is $23,651.

 

With respect to the 350 West Broadway Mortgage Loan (1.8%), the Mortgaged Property benefits from a 10-year 421-a tax abatement. The Mortgaged Property is currently in its 9th year of the 10-year 421-a tax abatement, which runs through the 2021/2022 tax year. The property’s assessed value above the benefit base was 100 percent exempt for the first two years and the abatement has been declining in 20% increments every other year. For the remaining two years of the abatement period, the Mortgaged Property will receive 20% abatement, or an abatement of $49,460 in the tax year 2020/2021 and $84,000 in the tax year 2021/2022 from the full unabated amounts of $322,735 and $360,845, respectively. Taxes were underwritten to the abated tax amount.

 

With respect to the Maplewood Commons Mortgage Loan (1.7%), the portion of the Mortgaged Property occupied by the largest tenant, Lowe’s (82.4% of NRA) (the “Lowe’s Parcel”), is subject to a tax increment financing and a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (“PILOT”) program, pursuant to which the borrower pays full property taxes to the taxing authority of the city of Maplewood, Missouri, a portion of which property taxes are allocated to PILOT payments attributable to the increase in assessed value above the initial equalized assessed value prior to development of the Lowe’s Parcel. In addition, under the program, the City also imposes a 1% sales tax (the “Sales Tax”) from retail sales generated at the Lowe’s Parcel. The program expires in 2026, and, if Lowe’s lease terminates at the end of its current term in 2025 without a renewal, the borrower would be responsible for paying the Sales Tax to the city of Maplewood. The Mortgage Loan documents provide for a nonrecourse carveout for any losses incurred by the lender associated with any failure to pay any amount in connection with the Sales Tax.

 

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With respect to the 801 Bedford Avenue Mortgage Loan (0.9%), the related Mortgaged Property is expected to benefit from an ICAP abatement, which provides a 25-year tax exemption that would run through the 2045/46 tax year. Under the ICAP abatement, the Mortgaged Property will receive a 100% exemption on any assessment increase above the base year assessment for the first 16 years, and such exemption will decline by 10% each year thereafter until fully phased out. Taxes were underwritten to the abated tax amount for 2021/22 which is which is estimated to be $32,064. The exemption applies to 10% of the commercial portion of the Mortgaged Property but does not apply to the residential portion.

 

Certain risks relating to real estate taxes regarding the Mortgaged Properties or the borrowers are described in “Risk FactorsRisks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Increases in Real Estate Taxes May Reduce Available Funds” and see representation and warranty number 17 on Annex D-1, representation and warranty number 17 on Annex E-1 and representation and warranty number 19 on Annex F-1 and the identified exceptions to those representations and warranties, if any, on Annex D-2, Annex E-2, Annex E-3 and Annex F-2, respectively, for additional information.

 

Delinquency Information

 

As of the Cut-off Date, none of the Mortgage Loans will be 30 days or more delinquent and none of the Mortgage Loans have been 30 days or more delinquent since origination. A Mortgage Loan will be treated as 30 days delinquent if the scheduled payment for a due date is not received from the related borrower by the immediately following due date.

 

For additional information regarding the status of the Mortgage Loans, see “—COVID-19 Considerations”.

 

Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans

 

Amortization of Principal

 

The Mortgage Loans provide for one or more of the following:

 

Twenty (20) Mortgage Loans (76.6%) are interest-only until the related maturity date or Anticipated Repayment Date.

 

Five (5) Mortgage Loans (9.3%) (excluding interest-only and partial interest-only Mortgage Loans) provide for payments of interest and principal until the related maturity date and then have an expected Balloon Balance at the related maturity date.

 

Eight (8) Mortgage Loans (14.2%) provide for payments of interest-only for the first 13 to 85 months following the Cut-off Date or first 13 to 85 months following the origination date of the related Mortgage Loan and thereafter provide for regularly scheduled payments of interest and principal based on an amortization period longer than the remaining term of the related Mortgage Loan until the related maturity date and therefore have an expected Balloon Balance at the related maturity date.

 

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Due Dates; Mortgage Rates; Calculations of Interest

 

Subject in some cases to a next business day convention, all of the Mortgage Loans have due dates upon which scheduled payments of principal, interest or both are required to be made by the related borrower under the related Mortgage Note (each such date, a “Due Date”) and grace periods that occur as described in the following table:

 

Overview of Due Dates

 

Due Date

Default Grace Period Days

Number of Mortgage Loans

Aggregate
Cut-off Date Balance of Mortgage Loans

Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance

6 0 23  $      455,589,000 56.0%
5 0 3          173,650,500 21.3   
1 0 2           82,500,000 10.1   
1 5 4           70,077,500 8.6 
11 0

1

          32,400,000

4.0 

Total

33 

$      814,217,000

100.0%  

 

As used in this prospectus, “grace period” is the number of days before a payment default is an event of default under the terms of each Mortgage Loan. A grace period does not apply to a maturity date or anticipated repayment date payment. See Annex A-1 for information on the number of days before late payment charges are due under the Mortgage Loans. The information on Annex A-1 regarding the number of days before a late payment charge is due is based on the express terms of the Mortgage Loans. Some jurisdictions may impose a statutorily longer period.

 

All of the Mortgage Loans are secured by first liens on fee simple and/or leasehold interests in the related Mortgaged Properties, subject to the permitted exceptions reflected in the related title insurance policy. All of the Mortgage Loans bear fixed interest rates.

 

All of the Mortgage Loans accrue interest on the basis of the actual number of days in a month, assuming a 360-day year (“Actual/360 Basis”).

 

ARD Loan

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%) (the “ARD Loan”) provides that, after a certain date (the “Anticipated Repayment Date”), if the related borrower has not prepaid the ARD Loan in full, any principal outstanding on that date will accrue interest at an increased interest rate (the “Revised Rate”) rather than the stated Mortgage Rate (the “Initial Rate”). In addition, such ARD Loan is interest-only until its Anticipated Repayment Date. “Excess Interest” is the interest collected from the related borrower at the Revised Rate in respect of such ARD Loan in excess of the interest accrued at the Initial Rate, plus any related interest accrued on such amounts, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Mortgage Loan documents, and any such interest that as Accrued and Deferred Principal (as defined below) has been added to the principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan following the Anticipated Repayment Date and that has been collected from the related borrower (after payment in full of all other principal and interest due and owing on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan). Any payments and other collections of Accrued and Deferred Principal will not be taken into account for purposes of calculating any amounts distributable as principal in respect of the certificates or the “Stated Principal Balance” of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), on each payment date after the Anticipated Repayment Date, interest will accrue on the Mortgage Loan at the higher adjusted interest rate, and the borrower will continue to be obligated to make payments of interest in monthly installments. On each payment date following the Anticipated Repayment Date, up to and including the related maturity date, the borrower will be required to pay to the lender, (i) first, an amount equal to the scheduled monthly debt service payment amount and (ii) second, to the extent of funds available in the excess cash flow reserve account, an amount equal to the monthly additional interest amount (i.e., the amount accrued at the adjusted interest rate minus the amount of interest due as the scheduled monthly debt service

 

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payment). The failure to make the payment in clause (i) immediately above as and when due constitutes a Mortgage Loan event of default, but the failure to make the payment in clause (ii) immediately above (or the failure to have sufficient funds available in the excess cash flow reserve account to make such payment) as and when due will not constitute a Mortgage Loan event of default. On each payment date after the Anticipated Repayment Date, any remaining funds available in the excess cash flow reserve account after such payment of additional interest will be applied to principal of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (without payment of any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium). If the borrower does not pay any such monthly additional interest amount (such amount not paid, together with interest accrued thereon at the adjusted interest rate, the “Accrued Interest”), the Accrued Interest will remain an obligation of the borrower but the borrower’s obligation to pay such Accrued Interest will be deferred and such Accrued Interest will be added to the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (such additional principal, the “Accrued and Deferred Principal”) and will be payable on the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan to the extent not sooner paid pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan agreement.

 

Excess Interest, to the extent actually collected, will be paid to the holders of the Class S certificates and the VRR Interest. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks of Anticipated Repayment Date Loans”.

 

Prepayment Protections and Certain Involuntary Prepayments

 

All of the Mortgage Loans have a degree of voluntary prepayment protection in the form of defeasance or prepayment lockout provisions and/or yield maintenance provisions. Voluntary prepayments, if permitted, generally (except in some cases as relates to a prepayment in connection with a casualty or condemnation) require the payment of a yield maintenance charge or a prepayment premium unless the Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if applicable) is prepaid within a specified period (ranging from approximately 3 to 7 payments) up to and including the stated maturity date. See Annex A-1 and Annex A-2 for more information on the prepayment protections attributable to the Mortgage Loans on a loan-by-loan basis and a pool basis. Additionally, certain Mortgage Loans may provide that, with respect to a Mortgaged Property that did not comply with the then-current applicable zoning rules and regulations as of the date of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, in the event the related borrower is unable to obtain a variance that permits the continuation of the nonconformance(s) and/or the restoration thereof, as applicable, due to casualty, governmental action and/or any other reason, the related borrower will be required to partially prepay the Mortgage Loan in order to meet certain loan-to-value ratio and/or debt service coverage ratio requirements, if applicable, which partial prepayment may occur during a lockout period and without payment of any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium. See “—Assessment of Property Value and Condition”.

 

With respect to certain of the Mortgage Loans that permit the borrower to voluntarily prepay such Mortgage Loan with payment of a prepayment premium or yield maintenance charge, the yield maintenance charge will generally, subject to variations, be equal to the greater of (i) a specified percentage of the amount being prepaid or (ii) the present value as of the prepayment date, of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest from the prepayment date through the maturity date or the commencement of the related open period, as applicable, determined by discounting such payments at the Discount Rate or Reinvestment Yield (or as otherwise stated in the related Mortgage Loan documents), less the amount of principal being prepaid; provided that in no event may the aggregate rate being used to discount any such payment ever exceed the applicable interest rate under the Mortgage Loan.

 

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With respect to certain other Mortgage Loans that permit the borrower to voluntarily prepay the Mortgage Loan with the payment of a prepayment premium or a yield maintenance charge, the yield maintenance charge will generally, subject to certain variations, be an amount (in some cases not less than 1% of the amount prepaid) equal to the present value of a series of payments, each equal to the Interest Payment Differential as of the date of prepayment and payable on each scheduled due date over the remaining original term of the prepaid Mortgage Loan through and including the stated maturity date, the Anticipated Repayment Date or the commencement of the open period, as applicable, discounted at a rate that, when compounded monthly, is equivalent to the Reinvestment Yield when compounded semi-annually.

 

Discount Rate” generally means the yield on a U.S. Treasury security that has the most closely corresponding maturity date to the maturity date or the commencement of the related open period, as applicable, or, the remaining weighted average life of the Mortgage Loan, plus an additional fixed percentage, as applicable, of the Mortgage Loan.

 

Reinvestment Yield” will generally equal, depending on the Mortgage Loan, either: (a) the yield calculated by the lender by the linear interpolation of the yields, “as reported in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15-Selected Interest Rates under the heading U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities” for the week ending prior to the date on which prepayment is made, of U.S. Treasury Constant Maturities with maturity dates (one longer or one shorter) most nearly approximating the loan maturity date or the Anticipated Repayment Date or the day that is the first day of the open period, as applicable; or (b) the lesser of (i) the yield on the U.S. Obligations with the same maturity date as the stated maturity date, the Anticipated Repayment Date or date preceding the commencement of the open period, as applicable, of the prepaid Mortgage Loan or, if no such U.S. Obligations issue is available, then the interpolated yield on the two U.S. Obligations issues (primary issues) with maturity dates (one prior to and one following) that are closest to the stated maturity date, the Anticipated Repayment Date or the date preceding the commencement of the open period, as applicable, of the prepaid Mortgage Loan or (ii) the yield on the U.S. Obligations with a term equal to the remaining average life of the prepaid Mortgage Loan or, if no such U.S. Obligations are available, then the interpolated yield on the two U.S. Obligations issues (primary issues) with terms (one prior to and one following) that are closest to the remaining average life of the prepaid Mortgage Loan with each such yield being based on the bid price for such issue as published in The Wall Street Journal on the date that is 14 days prior to the date of prepayment set forth in borrower’s notice of repayment (or, if such bid price is not published on that date, the next preceding date on which such bid price is so published) and converted to a monthly compounded nominal yield.

 

U.S. Obligations” generally means securities evidencing an obligation to timely pay principal and/or interest in a full and timely manner that are (1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, not subject to prepayment, call or early redemption, (2) other non-callable “government securities” as defined in Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), or (3) such other instruments as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

The term “Interest Payment Differential” will generally equal (i) the positive difference, if any, of the related mortgage interest rate minus the Reinvestment Yield as of the date of prepayment, divided by (ii) 12, and multiplied by (iii) the outstanding principal balance (or the portion thereof being prepaid) of the prepaid Mortgage Loan on the date of prepayment, provided that the Interest Payment Differential will never be less than zero.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, yield maintenance charges payable (if at all) in connection with an involuntary prepayment (such as a prepayment resulting from a liquidation following a default) may be calculated in a manner that varies from those described above. For example:

 

With respect to the Prime Storage Palm Desert Mortgage Loan (0.4%), Robert Morgan, a former business partner of the nonrecourse carve-out guarantor, and who is unrelated to the Mortgage Loan, was previously indicted for allegations of mortgage fraud and maintaining a Ponzi scheme. The indictment contained no reference to the nonrecourse carve-out guarantor. The related Mortgage Loan documents provide that, if at any time prior to the commencement of the open period the nonrecourse

 

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carve-out guarantor is indicted for any actions or omissions in connection with, related to, or arising from any relationship or transactions with, or matters arising from the investigations and prosecution of, Robert Morgan or any affiliates or persons acting under Robert Morgan’s control, and such indictment is not dismissed with prejudice within 60 days, then the related borrower will be required to prepay the Mortgage Loan in full with yield maintenance within 60 days (such prepayment, the “Prime Storage Palm Desert Involuntary Prepayment”).

 

Additionally, certain Mortgage Loans may provide that in the event of the exercise of a purchase option by a tenant or the sale of real property or the release of a portion of the Mortgaged Property, that the related Mortgage Loans may be prepaid in part prior to the expiration of a prepayment/defeasance lockout provision. See “—Partial Releases” below.

 

Generally, no yield maintenance charge will be required for prepayments in connection with a casualty or condemnation, unless, in the case of most of the Mortgage Loans, an event of default is continuing. See “Risk FactorsRisks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Relating to Enforceability of Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Premiums or Defeasance Provisions”. In addition, certain of the Mortgage Loans permit the related borrower, after a total or partial casualty or partial condemnation, to prepay the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (after application of the related insurance proceeds or condemnation award to pay the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan), which may not be accompanied by any prepayment consideration.

 

Certain of the Mortgage Loans are secured in part by letters of credit and/or cash reserves that in each such case:

 

will be released to the related borrower upon satisfaction by the related borrower of certain performance related conditions, which may include, in some cases, meeting debt service coverage ratio levels and/or satisfying leasing conditions; and

 

if not so released, may, at the discretion of the lender, prior to loan maturity (or earlier loan default or loan acceleration), be drawn on and/or applied to prepay the subject Mortgage Loan if such performance related conditions are not satisfied within specified time periods.

 

See Annex A-1 and A-3 for more information on reserves relating to the five largest tenants with respect to each Mortgage Loan.

 

Voluntary Prepayments.

 

Two (2) Mortgage Loans (4.2%) permit the related borrower, after a lockout period of 0 to 26 payments following the origination date, to prepay the Mortgage Loan with the payment of the greater of a yield maintenance charge and a prepayment premium of 1%, as applicable, of the prepaid amount if such prepayment occurs prior to the related open prepayment period.

 

With respect to nine (9) Mortgage Loans (40.6%) (the “YM/Defeasance Loans”), the related Mortgage Loan documents permit the related borrower (i) to substitute U.S. government securities as collateral and obtain a release of the related Mortgaged Property after a lockout period of at least two years from the Closing Date and prior to the open prepayment period, or (ii) prepay the Mortgage Loan in whole or in part with the payment of the greater of a yield maintenance charge and a prepayment premium of 0.5% or 1.0% of the prepaid amount, as applicable, during a prepayment period beginning in the months between 0 and 25 months, as applicable, following the origination date of the respective Mortgage Loan, and prior to the open prepayment period. With respect to 2 of the YM/Defeasance Loans (13.2%), the related borrower is permitted to prepay the related Mortgage Loan with the payment of either (a) a yield maintenance charge or (b) the greater of a yield maintenance charge and a prepayment premium of 0.5% of the prepaid amount for a period of 24 to 33 payments prior to the defeasance period described above in clause (i).

 

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The Mortgage Loans described above that permit voluntary prepayment with yield maintenance have the following lock-out period as calculated from the Cut-off Date and as indicated in the following table:

 

Mortgage Loan

Cut-off Date Principal Balance

% of Initial Outstanding Pool Balance

Lock-Out Period (payments from Cut-off Date)

The Grace Building $ 80,000,000 9.8% 24
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay $ 75,000,000 9.2%  0
Station Park & Station Park West $ 60,000,000 7.4% 24
Mountain View Village $ 38,650,500 4.7% 24
McClellan Business Park $ 32,400,000 4.0%  0
Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District $ 20,000,000 2.5%  0
Cabinetworks Portfolio $ 15,000,000 1.8% 24
Maplewood Commons $ 13,877,500 1.7% 26
Pet Food Experts Industrial(1) $ 11,635,000 1.4% 24
Arotech-FAAC Portfolio(1) $ 10,400,000 1.3% 24
Reladyne Industrial(1) $   7,150,000 0.9% 24

 

 

(1)With respect to each of the Pet Food Experts Industrial Mortgage Loan, Arotech-FAAC Portfolio Mortgage Loan and Reladyne Industrial Mortgage Loan, if (i) an event of default is continuing under such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the lender has delivered notice to the borrower or commenced exercising remedies with respect to such event of default, (iii) the borrower has demonstrated to the lender’s reasonable satisfaction that it has promptly and diligently pursued a cure of such event of default and (iv) the borrower has been unable to effect a cure of such event of default, the borrower may prepay such Mortgage Loan in full, together with the applicable prepayment fee (and obtain the release of the related Mortgaged Property), prior to the expiration of the lockout period.

 

The Mortgage Loans generally permit voluntary prepayment without payment of a yield maintenance charge or any prepayment premium during a limited “open period” immediately prior to and including the stated maturity date, as follows:

 

Prepayment Open Periods

 

Open Periods (Payments)

Number of Mortgage Loans

% of Initial Pool Balance

4 13  38.1%
7 6 31.0  
3 5 11.7  
5 6 10.2  
6

3

9.1

Total

33 

100.0% 

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Relating to Enforceability of Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Premiums or Defeasance Provisions”.

 

“Due-On-Sale” and “Due-On-Encumbrance” Provisions

 

The Mortgage Loans generally contain “due-on-sale” and “due-on-encumbrance” clauses, which in each case permits the holder of the Mortgage Loan to accelerate the maturity of the related Mortgage Loan if the related borrower sells or otherwise transfers or encumbers (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents) the related Mortgaged Property or a controlling interest in the borrower without the consent of the mortgagee (which, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld). Many of the Mortgage Loans place certain restrictions (subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents) on the transfer and/or pledging of general partnership and managing member equity interests in a borrower such as specific percentage or control limitations. The terms of the mortgages generally permit, subject to certain limitations, affiliate, estate planning and family transfers, transfers at death, transfers of interest in a public company, the transfer or pledge of less than, or other than, a controlling portion of the partnership, members’ or other equity interests in a borrower, the transfer or pledge of passive equity interests in a borrower (such as limited partnership interests and non-managing member interests in a limited liability company) and transfers to other existing equity holders or to specified persons or persons satisfying qualification criteria set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents. Certain of the Mortgage Loans do not restrict the pledging of direct or indirect ownership

 

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interests in the related borrower, but do restrict the transfer of ownership interests in the related borrower by imposing a specific percentage, a control limitation or requiring the consent of the mortgagee to any such transfer. Generally, the Mortgage Loans do not prohibit transfers so long as no change of control results or, with respect to Mortgage Loans to tenant-in-common borrowers or borrowers that are Delaware statutory trusts, transfers to new tenant-in-common borrowers or new beneficiaries of the Delaware statutory trust, as applicable. Certain of the Mortgage Loans do not prohibit the pledge by direct or indirect owners of the related borrower of equity distributions that may be made from time to time by the borrower to its equity owners.

 

Additionally, certain of the Mortgage Loans provide that transfers of the Mortgaged Property are permitted if certain conditions are satisfied, which may include one or more of the following:

 

no event of default has occurred;

 

the proposed transferee is creditworthy and has sufficient experience in the ownership and management of properties similar to the Mortgaged Property and/or a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each of the Rating Agencies;

 

the transferee has executed and delivered an assumption agreement evidencing its agreement to abide by the terms of the Mortgage Loan together with legal opinions and title insurance endorsements; and

 

the assumption fee has been received (which assumption fee will be paid as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses”, but will in no event be paid to the Certificateholders); however, certain of the Mortgage Loans allow the borrower to sell or otherwise transfer the related Mortgaged Property a limited number of times without paying an assumption fee.

 

Transfers resulting from the foreclosure of a pledge of the collateral for a mezzanine loan (if any) will also result in a permitted transfer. See “—Additional Indebtedness” below.

 

Defeasance; Collateral Substitution

 

The terms of 22 Mortgage Loans (55.3%) (the “Defeasance Loans”) permit the applicable borrower at any time (provided that no event of default exists) after a specified period (the “Defeasance Lock-Out Period”) to obtain a release of a Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage (a “Defeasance Option”) in connection with a defeasance. With respect to all of the Defeasance Loans, the Defeasance Lock-Out Period ends at least two years after the Closing Date.

 

As described under “—Prepayment Protections and Certain Involuntary Prepayments—Voluntary Prepayments” above, 9 of the Mortgage Loans (40.6%) are YM/Defeasance Loans.

 

Exercise of a Defeasance Option is also generally conditioned on, among other things, (a) the borrower providing the mortgagee with at least 30 days prior written notice of the date on which such defeasance will occur (such date, the “Release Date”), and (b) the borrower (A) paying on any Release Date (i) all accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (or, the related Whole Loan) up to and including the Release Date, (ii) all other sums (excluding scheduled interest or principal payments due following the Release Date), due under the Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if applicable) and under all other loan documents executed in connection with the Defeasance Option, (iii) an amount (the “Defeasance Deposit”) that will be sufficient to (x) purchase non-callable obligations of, or backed by the full faith and credit of, the United States of America or, in certain cases, other “government securities” (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940) or other instruments that otherwise satisfy REMIC requirements for defeasance collateral, that provide payments (1) on or prior to, but as close as possible to, all successive scheduled due dates occurring during the period from the Release Date to the related maturity date or anticipated repayment date (or to the first day of the open period for such Mortgage Loan) (or Whole Loan, if applicable) and (2) in amounts equal to the scheduled payments due on such due dates under the Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if

 

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applicable), or under the defeased portion of the Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if applicable) in the case of a partial defeasance, including or together with, as applicable, a balloon payment due at maturity or the principal balance outstanding at any related anticipated repayment date or at the open prepayment date, as applicable, and (y) pay any costs and expenses incurred in connection with the purchase of such government securities, and (B) delivering a security agreement granting the issuing entity a first priority lien on the Defeasance Deposit and, in certain cases, the government securities purchased with the Defeasance Deposit and an opinion of counsel to such effect.

 

For additional information on Mortgage Loans that permit partial defeasance, see “—Partial Releases” below.

 

In general, if consistent with the related loan documents, a successor borrower established, designated or approved by the master servicer will assume the obligations of the related borrower exercising a Defeasance Option and the borrower will be relieved of its obligations under the Mortgage Loan. If a Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if applicable) is partially defeased, if consistent with the related loan documents, generally the related promissory note will be split and only the defeased portion of the borrower’s obligations will be transferred to the successor borrower.

 

With respect to the 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan (3.7%), provided no event of default is continuing, the borrower has the right at any time after the date that is the earlier of (i) two years from the closing date of the securitization that includes the last note to be securitized and (ii) March 6, 2023, and solely in connection with, at the borrower’s option, the achievement of a DY Cure Event (as defined below), to defease a portion of the Mortgage Loan in the amount necessary to cause the achievement of a DY Cure Event as determined by the lender in its reasonable discretion without a corresponding release of any collateral from the liens of the Mortgage Loan documents subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among others, delivery of defeasance collateral in an amount sufficient to make all payments of interest and principal due under the defeased note until the first payment date in the prepayment period, a REMIC opinion and a rating agency confirmation. A “DY Cure Event” means (a) no event of default is continuing and (b) the achievement of a debt yield, determined as of the first day of each of two consecutive fiscal quarters thereafter, equal to or greater than 7.0% (which (i) after the lockout period, debt yield test may be achieved, at the borrower’s sole discretion, by either (x) making voluntary prepayments or (y) effectuating a partial defeasance, in amounts necessary to achieve the debt yield or (ii) the debt yield test may be achieved, at the borrower’s sole discretion, by depositing in a reserve account, as additional collateral, cash or a letter of credit in an amount that when subtracted from the principal indebtedness for purposes of calculating debt yield would result in a debt yield that equals or exceeds 7.0% (provided that the aggregate notional amount of all outstanding letters of credit delivered at no time exceed 10% of the principal indebtedness).

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Relating to Enforceability of Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Premiums or Defeasance Provisions”.

 

Partial Releases

 

The Mortgage Loans described below permit the release of one or more of the Mortgaged Properties or a portion of a single Mortgaged Property in connection with a partial defeasance, a partial prepayment, a partial substitution, or for no consideration in the case of parcels that are vacant, non-income producing or were not taken into account in the underwriting of the Mortgage Loan, subject to the satisfaction of certain specified conditions, including the REMIC requirements. Additionally, certain Mortgage Loans permit the addition of real property to the Mortgage Loan collateral.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the borrower may at any time obtain the release of either individual Mortgaged Property, provided, among other conditions, (i) the borrower prepays the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in an amount equal to the applicable release amount (together with any applicable yield maintenance premium) in an amount equal to, with respect to either individual Mortgaged Property, the lesser of (a) the entire then outstanding principal balance of the related Whole Loan or (b) an amount equal to the allocated loan amount for such Mortgaged Property ($1,635,000,000 for the MGM Grand

 

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Mortgaged Property and $1,365,000,000 for the Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Property) multiplied by the following applicable percentages: (1) 105% until such time as the outstanding principal balance of the related Whole Loan has been reduced to $2,250,000,000 and (2) thereafter, 110% (the amounts described in each of (a) and (b), as applicable, the “Release Amount”), in each instance, together with any applicable yield maintenance premium, (ii) after giving effect to such release, the debt service coverage ratio, as of the date of such release, is not less than 4.81x, and (iii) satisfaction of customary REMIC conditions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, in order to satisfy the debt service coverage ratio requirement described in clause (ii) above, the borrower may prepay a portion of the Whole Loan, together with any applicable yield maintenance premium, or deposit cash with the lender to be held as cash collateral for the Whole Loan; provided, further, in the event such debt service coverage ratio requirement is not satisfied and the release of the applicable Mortgaged Property is in connection with an arm’s-length transfer to an unaffiliated third party, the borrower may obtain the release of the applicable individual Mortgaged Property upon payment of an amount equal to the greater of (i) the applicable Release Amount, together with any applicable yield maintenance premium and (ii) the lesser of (x) 100% of the applicable net sales proceeds derived from the sale of the individual Mortgaged Property and (y) an amount necessary to, after giving effect to such release, satisfy the debt service coverage ratio requirement described above, together with any applicable yield maintenance premium).

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the borrower may obtain the release of either individual Mortgaged Property in order to cure a default or event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents that is related to such individual Mortgaged Property (a “Default Release”), provided that, among other conditions: (i) prior to releasing such individual Mortgaged Property, the borrower first uses commercially reasonable efforts to cure such default or event of default (which efforts do not require any capital contributions to be made to the borrower or include any obligations of the borrower or guarantor to use any operating income or rents from the Mortgaged Property other than the applicable individual Mortgaged Property that is subject to the default or event of default to effectuate such cure), (ii) such default or event of default was not caused by (or at the direction of) the borrower or its affiliates in bad faith in order to circumvent the partial release requirements set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) the borrower prepays the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in an amount equal to the Release Amount, provided that no yield maintenance premium will be required for a prepayment made in connection with a Default Release and (iv) satisfaction of customary REMIC requirements.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the borrower may, at any time after the earlier of (i) the date that is two (2) years from the closing date of the last securitization that includes the last note to be securitized and (ii) February 14, 2023, voluntarily defease a portion of the outstanding principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan solely in connection with a release of an individual Mortgaged Property from the lien of the applicable security instrument (in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Mortgage Loan documents relating to a release of an individual Mortgaged Property other than the prepayment of any yield maintenance premium (if any)), provided that, among other conditions, (i) the borrower defeases the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in an amount equal to the Release Amount for such individual Mortgaged Property, (ii) after giving effect to such release, the debt service coverage ratio, as of the date of such release, is not less than 4.81x, and (iii) satisfaction of customary REMIC conditions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, in order to satisfy the debt service coverage ratio requirement described in clause (ii) above, the borrower may defease a portion of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, or deposit cash with the lender to be held as cash collateral for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan; provided, that in the event such debt service coverage ratio requirement is not satisfied and the release of the applicable Mortgaged Property is in connection with an arm’s-length transfer to an unaffiliated third party, the borrower may release the applicable individual Mortgaged Property upon defeasing the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in an amount equal to the greater of (i) the applicable Release Amount together with any yield maintenance premium then required

 

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(if any), and (ii) the lesser of (x) 100% of the applicable net sales proceeds derived from the sale of the individual Mortgaged Property and (y) an amount necessary to, after giving effect to such release, satisfy the debt service coverage ratio requirement described above) together with any yield maintenance premium then required (if any).

 

With respect to the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Mortgage Loan (6.1%), the related Mortgage Loan documents permit the release of certain vacant outparcels at the Mortgaged Properties (each, a “Release Outparcel”), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, the following: (a) the applicable Release Outparcel is vacant, unimproved (except for surface parking) and non-income producing; (b) the applicable Release Outparcel may not be released and conveyed to an affiliate of the borrowers; (c) the release of such Release Outparcel does not result in a material adverse effect or materially impair the operation, value or use of the Mortgaged Properties continuing to be subject to the liens of the mortgage after such release; (d) the borrowers pay an amount equal to (i) with respect to the Release Outparcel identified as the Outparcel A, the greater of (x) 100% of the net sales proceeds from the sale of Outparcel A and (y) 90% of the gross sales proceeds from such sale, but in no event less than $1,020,000 and (ii) with respect to the Release Outparcel identified as the Outparcel B, 100% of the net sales proceeds from the sale of Outparcel B, but in no event less than 90% of the gross sales proceeds from such sale; and (e) satisfaction of customary REMIC conditions and, if necessary, delivery of a REMIC opinion.

 

With respect to the McClellan Business Park Mortgage Loan (4.0%), provided that no default or event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents is continuing on the date of such release request or the date of the contemplated release, the borrower is permitted to obtain a release of one or more buildings (each, a “McClellan Business Park Release Parcel”) comprising a portion of the related Mortgaged Property, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among others: (i) prepayment of the Mortgage Loan for a release price equal to (a) for the first 10% of the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan being repaid, 110% of the allocated loan amount of the applicable McClellan Business Park Release Parcel(s) and (b) for the remaining collateral, 115% of the allocated loan amount of the applicable McClellan Business Park Release Parcel(s), in each instance together with any applicable yield maintenance premium, (ii) after giving effect to such release (a) the debt yield (as calculated under the related Mortgage Loan documents), as of the date of such release, is equal to or greater than 10%, (b) at least 100 buildings remain subject to the lien of the Mortgage Loan and no building accounts, on a pro forma basis, for more than 10% of the remaining aggregate adjusted net cash flow (as calculated under the related Mortgage Loan documents) and (c) at least 60% of the remaining rentable square feet at the Mortgaged Property following such release is used for industrial purposes and (iii) satisfaction of customary REMIC requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, if the portion of the Mortgaged Property known as the Twin Rivers building (the “Twin Rivers Parcel”) is being released in connection with the borrower’s conversion of the Twin Rivers Parcel to a condominium, then the release price for the Twin Rivers Parcel will be equal to 100% of its allocated loan amount ($10,447,854). See “—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Condominium and Other Shared Interests”.

 

With respect to the Cabinetworks Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.8%), the related borrower is permitted to obtain a release of one or more of the Mortgaged Properties solely in connection with the occurrence of a casualty or condemnation that results in the sole tenant terminating its lease with respect to such Mortgaged Property, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among others: (i) no event of default exists, unless the lender reasonably determines that the completion of such release will result in the cure of all events of default; (ii) prepayment (together with any applicable yield maintenance premium) or, following the lockout period, defeasance of the Mortgage Loan in an amount equal to 120% of the allocated loan amount for the applicable released portion of the Mortgaged Properties; and (iii) after giving effect to such release (a) the debt yield for the remaining portion of the Mortgaged Properties (as calculated under the Mortgage Loan documents) is equal to or greater than the greater of (x) 12.38% and (y) the debt yield immediately prior to such release, (b) the loan-to-value ratio for the remaining

 

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portion of the Mortgaged Properties (as calculated under the Mortgage Loan documents) is equal to or less than the lesser of (x) 64.4% and (y) the loan-to-value ratio immediately prior to such release, and (c) the debt-service-coverage ratio for the remaining portion of the Mortgaged Properties (as calculated under the Mortgage Loan documents) is equal to or greater than the greater of (x) 2.35x and (y) the debt-service-coverage ratio immediately prior to such release.

 

With respect to Arotech-FAAC Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.3%), other than during the period that is 60 days prior to and 60 days after the Closing Date, upon the occurrence of (x) a casualty at one of the individual Mortgaged Properties which results in the Arotech-FAAC tenant at such individual Mortgaged Property having the right to release such Mortgaged Property from the Arotech-FAAC Lease (a “Loss Event”) or (y) a “Default Release Event” which occurs due to a non-monetary default under the Mortgage Loan or a monetary default under the Mortgage Loan directly caused by a default by the sole tenant at the Mortgaged Property under its lease and the release of such individual Mortgaged Property would cure such default, the borrower may elect to obtain the release of the individual Mortgaged Property subject to such Loss Event or Default Release Event, as applicable, from the lien of the mortgage and the borrower’s obligations under the Mortgage Loan documents with respect to such individual Mortgaged Property, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation: (a) the borrower provides not less than 30 days prior written notice to the lender specifying the proposed date of such release (the “Release Date”); (b) the borrower either (i) provided that the Release Date is on or after the date that is two years from the Closing Date, partially defeases the Mortgage Loan in an amount equal to or greater than 110% of the Release Amount (as defined below) for each individual Mortgaged Property (the “Adjusted Release Amount”) or (ii) prepays the Mortgage Loan in an amount equal to the Adjusted Release Amount for the applicable individual Mortgaged Property and (x) in the case of a Loss Event, minus the amount of net proceeds applied to the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan by the lender and (y) in the case of a Default Release, plus the applicable yield maintenance premium; (c) no event of default is continuing (except for an event of default resulting solely from the applicable Loss Event); (d) the borrower conveys such individual Mortgaged Property, concurrently with the release, to an entity other than the borrower; (e) the released individual Mortgaged Property will be released from the Arotech-FAAC lease pursuant to a lease modification or new lease approved by the lender in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (f) the borrower delivers a REMIC opinion. “Release Amount” means (i) $4,500,000 with respect to the 781 Avis Drive Mortgaged Property, (ii) $2,010,000 with respect to the 1229 Oak Valley Drive Mortgaged Property and (iii) $3,890,000 with respect to the 5750 East McKellips Road Mortgaged Property.

 

With respect to Storage Solutions Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.1%), provided that no event of default is continuing under the related Mortgage Loan documents, at any time after the date that is two years from the Closing Date, the borrower (i) may deliver defeasance collateral and obtain release of one or more individual Mortgaged Properties and (ii) has the one-time right to partially prepay the Mortgage Loan and obtain release of one or more individual Mortgaged Properties, in each case, provided that, among other conditions, (i) the defeasance collateral or partial prepayment, as applicable, is in an amount equal to the greater of (a) 120% of the allocated loan amount for the individual Mortgaged Property, and (b) 100% of the net sales proceeds applicable to such individual Mortgaged Property, (ii) the borrower delivers a REMIC opinion, (iii) the borrower delivers (in the case of a partial prepayment, if requested by the lender) a Rating Agency Confirmation, (iv) as of the date of notice of the partial release and the consummation of the partial release (whether by partial prepayment or partial defeasance), after giving effect to the release, the debt service coverage ratio with respect to the remaining Mortgaged Properties is greater than the greater of (a) 1.30x, (b) the debt service coverage ratio for all of the Mortgaged Properties as of the date of origination of the Storage Solutions Portfolio Mortgage Loan, and (c) the debt service coverage ratio for the remaining Mortgaged Properties prior to the consummation of the partial release, as applicable, and (v) as of the date of notice of the partial release and the consummation of the partial release (whether by partial prepayment or partial defeasance), after giving effect to the release, the loan-to-value ratio with respect to the

 

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remaining Mortgaged Properties is no greater than the lesser of (a) 61.25%, (b) the loan-to-value ratio for all of the Mortgaged Properties as of the date of origination of the Storage Solutions Portfolio Mortgage Loan, and (c) the loan-to-value ratio for the remaining Mortgaged Properties prior to the consummation of the partial release, as applicable.

 

Furthermore, some of the Mortgage Loans, including, without limitation, the CityLine All American Storage Mortgage Loan (0.6%) permit the release or substitution of specified parcels of real estate, improvements and/or development rights that secure the Mortgage Loans but were not assigned any material value or considered a source of any material cash flow for purposes of determining the related Appraised Value or Underwritten Net Cash Flow or considered material to the use or operation of the property. Such real estate may be permitted to be released, subject to certain REMIC rules, without payment of a release price and consequent reduction of the principal balance of the subject Mortgage Loan or substitution of additional collateral if zoning and other conditions are satisfied.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Risks Relating to Enforceability of Yield Maintenance Charges, Prepayment Premiums or Defeasance Provisions”.

 

Escrows

 

Twenty-one (21) Mortgage Loans (51.6%) provide for monthly or upfront escrows to cover property taxes on the Mortgaged Properties.

 

Twenty-one (21) Mortgage Loans (50.5%) provide for monthly or upfront escrows for ongoing replacements or capital repairs.

 

Ten (10) Mortgage Loans (47.1%), secured by properties with commercial tenants, provide for upfront or monthly escrows (or credit) for the full term or a portion of the term of the related Mortgage Loan to cover anticipated re-leasing costs, including tenant improvements and leasing commissions or other lease termination or occupancy issues. Such escrows are typically considered for office, retail, industrial and mixed use properties only.

 

Thirteen (13) Mortgage Loans (34.5%) provide for monthly or upfront escrows to cover insurance premiums on the Mortgaged Properties.

 

Ten (10) Mortgage Loans (16.3%) provide for upfront reserves for immediate repairs.

 

Certain of the Mortgage Loans described above permit the related borrower to post a letter of credit or deliver a guaranty in lieu of maintaining cash reserves, and any such guaranty may be subject to a cap. In addition, in certain cases, the related borrower may not be required to maintain the escrows described above until the occurrence of a specified trigger.

 

Many of the Mortgage Loans provide for other escrows and reserves, including, in certain cases, reserves for debt service, operating expenses, vacancies at the related Mortgaged Property and other shortfalls or reserves to be released under circumstances described in the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

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Mortgaged Property Accounts

 

Lockbox Accounts. The Mortgage Loans documents prescribe the manner in which the related borrowers are permitted to collect rents from tenants at each Mortgaged Property. The following table sets forth the manner in which tenant rent is transferred to a lockbox account, in some cases, only upon the occurrence of a trigger event:

 

Lockbox Account Types

 

Lockbox Type  Number of Mortgage Loans  Approx. % of Initial Pool Balance
Hard   21   75.7%
Springing   11   15.6 
Soft   1   8.7 
Total   33   100.0%

 

The lockbox accounts will not be assets of the issuing entity. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Calculations and Definitions—Definitions” or Annex A-1 for a description of lockbox and cash management accounts.

 

Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines

 

See “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers—German American Capital Corporation—DB Originators’ Underwriting Guidelines and Processes—Exceptions”, “—JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association—JPMCB’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes—Exceptions”, “—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.—CREFI’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes—Exceptions to CREFI’s Disclosed Underwriting Guidelines” and “—Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company—Goldman Originator’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes—Exceptions to Goldman Originator’s Disclosed Underwriting Guidelines”.

 

Additional Indebtedness

 

General

 

The Mortgage Loans generally prohibit borrowers from incurring any additional debt secured by their Mortgaged Property without the consent of the lender. However:

 

substantially all of the Mortgage Loans permit the related borrower to incur limited indebtedness in the ordinary course of business that is not secured by the related Mortgaged Property;

 

the borrowers under certain of the Mortgage Loans have incurred and/or may incur in the future unsecured debt other than in the ordinary course of business;

 

any borrower that is not required pursuant to the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents to meet single purpose entity criteria may not be restricted from incurring unsecured debt or mezzanine debt;

 

the terms of certain Mortgage Loans permit the borrowers to post letters of credit and/or surety bonds for the benefit of the mortgagee under the Mortgage Loans, which may constitute a contingent reimbursement obligation of the related borrower or an affiliate. The issuing bank or surety will not typically agree to subordination and standstill protection benefiting the mortgagee;

 

although the Mortgage Loans generally place certain restrictions on incurring mezzanine debt by the pledging of general partnership and managing member equity interests in a borrower, such as specific percentage or control limitations, the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents generally permit, subject to certain limitations, the pledge of passive equity interests (such as limited partnership or non-managing membership equity interests) in a borrower or less than a controlling interest of any other equity interests in a borrower; and

 

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certain of the Mortgage Loans do not restrict the pledging of ownership interests in the borrower, but do restrict the transfer of ownership interests in a borrower by imposing limitations on transfer of control or a specific percentage of ownership interests.

 

Whole Loans

 

Certain Mortgage Loans are subject to the rights of a related Companion Loan holder, as further described in “—The Whole Loans” below.

 

Mezzanine Indebtedness

 

Although the Mortgage Loans generally place certain restrictions on incurring mezzanine debt by the pledging of general partnership and managing member equity interests in a borrower, such as specific percentage or control limitations, the terms of the Mortgages generally permit, subject to certain limitations, the pledge of less than a controlling portion of the equity interests in a borrower or a pledge of passive equity interests (such as limited partnership or non-managing membership equity interests) in a borrower. Certain Mortgage Loans described below permit the incurrence of mezzanine debt subject to satisfaction of certain conditions including a certain maximum combined loan-to-value ratio and/or a minimum combined debt service coverage ratio, and in some cases mezzanine debt is already in place. Also, certain of the Mortgage Loans do not restrict the pledging of ownership interests in the related borrower, but do restrict the transfer of ownership interests in a borrower by imposing limitations on transfer of control or a specific percentage of ownership interests. In addition, in general, a borrower (or its direct or indirect owners) that does not meet single-purpose entity criteria may not be restricted in any way from incurring mezzanine debt.

 

The Mortgage Loans generally place certain restrictions on the transfer and/or pledging of general partnership and managing member equity interests in a borrower such as specific percentage or control limitations as described under “—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—“Due-On-Sale” and “Due-On-Encumbrance” Provisions” above. Certain of the Mortgage Loans do not prohibit the pledge by direct or indirect owners of the related borrower of equity distributions that may be made from time to time by the borrower to its equity owners.

 

With respect to the Mortgage Loans listed in the following table, the direct and indirect equity owners of the borrower are permitted to incur future mezzanine debt, subject to the satisfaction of conditions contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents, including, among other things, a combined maximum loan-to-value ratio, a combined minimum debt service coverage ratio and/or a combined minimum debt yield, as listed in the following table and determined in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents:

 

Mortgage Loan Name

Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date Balance

Combined Maximum LTV Ratio

Combined Minimum DSCR

Combined Minimum Debt Yield

Intercreditor Agreement Required

The Grace Building $80,000,000 58.14% N/A 8.35% Yes
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay $75,000,000 67.00% 4.81x N/A Yes
4 West 58th Street(1) $32,500,000 69.40% 1.50x N/A Yes
711 Fifth Avenue(2) $30,000,000 54.50% 2.80x 8.98% Yes
Cabinetworks Portfolio $15,000,000 64.40% 2.35x 12.38% Yes
SDC Annex $5,665,000 60.30% 1.40x 8.40% Yes
             

 

 

(1)The mezzanine loan principal amount may not exceed 2.0% of the outstanding principal balance of the 4 West 58th Street Mortgage Loan.

(2)The mezzanine loan principal amount may not exceed $35,000,000.

 

The specific rights of the related mezzanine lender with respect to any such future mezzanine loan will be specified in the related intercreditor agreement and may include cure and repurchase rights. Other than in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the intercreditor agreement required to be entered into in connection with any future mezzanine loan or the incurrence of the future mezzanine loan will be subject to receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation. The direct and/or indirect owners of a borrower under a Mortgage Loan are also generally permitted to pledge their interest in such

 

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borrower as security for a mezzanine loan in circumstances where the ultimate transfer of such interest to the mezzanine lender would be a permitted transfer under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Generally, upon a default under a mezzanine loan, subject to the terms of any applicable intercreditor or subordination agreement, the holder of the mezzanine loan would be entitled to foreclose upon the equity in the related borrower, which has been pledged to secure payment of such debt. Although this transfer of equity may not trigger the due on sale clause under the related Mortgage Loan, it could cause a change in control of the borrower and/or cause the obligor under the mezzanine loan to file for bankruptcy, which could negatively affect the operation of the related Mortgaged Property and the related borrower’s ability to make payments on the related Mortgage Loan in a timely manner.

 

Some of the Mortgage Loans do not prohibit affiliates of the related borrower from pledging their indirect ownership interests in the borrower in connection with pledges to an institutional lender providing a corporate line of credit or corporate credit facility as collateral for such corporate line of credit or corporate credit facility. In connection with those pledges, the Mortgage Loan documents may: (i) contain limitations on the amounts that such collateral may secure and prohibit foreclosure of such pledges unless such foreclosure would represent a transfer otherwise permitted under the Mortgage Loan documents but do not prohibit a change in control in the event of a permitted foreclosure; or (ii) require that such financing be secured by at least a certain number of assets other than such ownership interests in the related borrower.

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Other Financings or Ability to Incur Other Indebtedness Entails Risk”.

 

Preferred Equity

 

Preferred equity structures would permit one or more special limited partners or members to receive a preferred return in exchange for an infusion of capital or other type of equity pledge that may require payments of a specified return or of excess cash flow. Because preferred equity often provides for a higher rate of return to be paid to the holders of such preferred equity, preferred equity in some respects functions like mezzanine indebtedness, and reduces a principal’s economic stake in the related Mortgaged Property, reduces cash flow on the borrower’s Mortgaged Property after the payment of debt service and payments on the preferred equity and may increase the likelihood that the owner of a borrower will permit the value or income-producing potential of a Mortgaged Property to fall and may create a greater risk that a borrower will default on the Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgaged Property whose value or income is relatively weak and/or result in potential changes in the management of the related Mortgaged Property in the event the preferred return is not satisfied.

 

Other Secured Indebtedness

 

With respect to the McClellan Business Park Mortgage Loan (4.0%), a portion of the related Mortgaged Property is subject to a subordinate loan (the “Development Agency Loan”) obtained in connection with the development of the Mortgaged Property in 2011 in favor of the Sacramento County Successor Agency (the “Development Agency”) in the original principal amount of $1,000,000, of which an estimated $639,220.10 (as calculated by the Development Agency based on current leasing rates at the applicable portion of the Mortgaged Property) is outstanding, which amount may be forgiven if the borrower satisfies certain development and leasing criteria over the remaining term of the Development Agency Loan (provided that the borrower and the subordinate lender disagree as to what the criteria are for obtaining forgiveness and whether the borrower has yet satisfied such criteria with respect to the outstanding principal balance). All interest accrues at 4% simple interest under the Development Agency Loan, but all payments of interest or principal are deferred until the maturity date, which is March 1, 2023. At origination, the Development Agency entered into a subordination agreement pursuant to which the Development Agency expressly waived, relinquished and subordinated the lien of the Development Agency Loan in favor of the Mortgage Loan. In connection with the Development Agency Loan, the borrower deposited $689,613.89 with the lender (the “Development Agency Loan Reserve Funds”) at origination, representing approximately 108% of the estimated amount owed by the borrower to the Development Agency. In the event that the Development Agency commences any enforcement action or

 

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commences the exercise of any remedies under the Development Agency Loan, the lender has the right, without the consent of the borrower, to disburse the Development Agency Loan Reserve Funds to the Development Agency for the payment of any outstanding debt owned by the borrower to the Development Agency.

 

Other Unsecured Indebtedness

 

With respect to the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Mortgage Loan (2.5%), the related loan documents permit the borrower to incur unsecured loans pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) administered by the United States Small Business Administration in accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020, and the borrower obtained a loan in the amount of approximately $2,493,400 under the PPP program in April 2020.

 

With respect to the Cabinetworks Portfolio Mortgage Loan (1.8%), the Mortgage Loan documents permit a pledge of the direct or indirect equity interests in the borrower to secure certain debt of the related non-recourse carve-out guarantors (individually or collectively, the “Cabinetworks Portfolio Guarantor”), provided that (x) such debt is secured by a pledge of equity interests in at least 50% of the Cabinetworks Portfolio Guarantor’s other direct or indirect subsidiaries formed in the United States, or other substantial collateral, in addition to such pledge of direct or indirect equity interest in the borrower, (y) the proceeds of the indebtedness secured by such pledge are utilized for purposes other than in connection with the Mortgaged Property, and (z) to the extent any such pledge results in a foreclosure of 15% or more of the direct or indirect interests in the borrower, the borrower agrees to provide the lender with evidence of the transfer of such interests within 10 business days after receiving knowledge thereof (and provided further that any transfer of a direct or indirect controlling interest in the borrower as a result of such foreclosure remains subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents).

 

Certain Mortgage Loans also permit the borrower’s parent to pledge direct or indirect ownership interests in the borrower in connection with corporate financing arrangements, provided that such financing is also secured by a significant number of assets other than such ownership interests in the borrower.

 

Certain risks relating to additional debt are described in “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Other Financings or Ability to Incur Other Indebtedness Entails Risk”.

 

The Whole Loans

 

General

 

Each of the Mortgage Loans secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified on Annex A-1 as “The Grace Building”, “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay”, “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio”, “Station Park & Station Park West”, “Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio”, “4 West 58th Street”, “McClellan Business Park”, “711 Fifth Avenue”, “32-42 Broadway”, “Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District”, “JW Marriott Nashville” and “Cabinetworks Portfolio”, collectively securing 62.7% of the Initial Pool Balance, is part of the related Whole Loan consisting of the Mortgage Loan and the related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) and, in certain cases, the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s). In connection with each Whole Loan, the rights between the trustee on behalf of the issuing entity and the holder(s) of the related Companion Loan(s) (each, a “Companion Loan Holder”) are generally governed by an intercreditor agreement or co-lender agreement (each, an “Intercreditor Agreement”). With respect to each of the Whole Loans, the related Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loans are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted.

 

Set forth in the following chart with respect to each Whole Loan is certain information regarding Mortgage Loans, any Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) and any Subordinate Companion Loan(s), including the identity of the current or anticipated holder of the controlling and non-controlling Mortgage Notes and the Cut-off Date Balance of each such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan(s), which may be shown in the aggregate where the same holder holds more than one Mortgage Note.

 

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Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes

 

Mortgage Loan Servicing Status Note(s) Original Balance ($) Cut-off Date Balance ($) Current or Anticipated Holder of Note(s)(1) Control Note (Yes/No)
The Grace Building Non-Serviced A-1-1, A-2-1, A-3-1, A-4-1 $383,000,000 $383,000,000 GRACE 2020-GRCE Yes
A-1-2 75,000,000 75,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK29 No
A-1-3-1 60,000,000 60,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK30(2) No
A-2-2, A-2-3, A-4-2 100,000,000 100,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 No
A-2-5, A-2-6, A-2-7, A-4-4 80,000,000 80,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No
A-3-2, A-3-3, A-3-4, A-3-5 100,000,000 100,000,000 Column Financial, Inc. No
A-1-3-2 15,000,000 15,000,000 Bank of America, N.A. No
A-4-3, A-4-5 40,000,000 40,000,000 DBRI No
A-2-4 30,000,000 30,000,000 JPMCB No

Total Senior Notes

$883,000,000

$883,000,000

   
B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4 367,000,000 367,000,000 GRACE 2020-GRCE Yes

Total

$1,250,000,000

$1,250,000,000

   
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Serviced A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 $670,139 $670,139 BX 2020-VIVA No
A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8 794,861 794,861 BX 2020-VIV2 No
A-9, A-10, A-11, A-12 1,000,000 1,000,000 BX 2020-VIV3 No
A-13-1, A-15-1 65,000,000 65,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B18 No
A-13-2, A-15-3 80,000,000 80,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B19 No
A-13-3, A-14-4, A-15-5, A-16-2 550,000,000 550,000,000 BX 2020-VIV4 No
A-13-4, A-15-4 70,000,000 70,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B20 No
A-13-5, A-15-6 75,000,000 75,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 No
A-13-6, A-15-7 75,000,000 75,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No
A-14-1, A-16-1 69,500,000 69,500,000 BBCMS 2020-C8 No
A-14-2, A-14-3 45,000,000 45,000,000 WFCM 2020-C58 No
A-15-2 50,000,000 50,000,000 DBJPM 2020-C9 No
A-13-7 65,000,000 65,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(2) No
A-13-8 99,360,667 99,360,667 CREFI No
A-14-5 101,847,000 101,847,000 Barclays Bank PLC No
A-15-8 94,680,333 94,680,333 DBRI No
A-16-3 191,347,000 191,347,000 SGFC No

Total Senior Notes   

$1,634,200,000

$1,634,200,000

  No
B-1-A, B-2-A, B-3-A, B-4-A, B-1-B, B-2-B, B-3-B, B-4-B 329,861 329,861 BX 2020-VIVA No
B-5-A, B-6-A, B-7-A, B-8-A, B-5-B, B-6-B, B-7-B, B-8-B 374,355,139 374,355,139 BX 2020-VIV2 No
B-9-A, B-10-A, B-11-A, B-12-A 429,715,000 429,715,000 BX 2020-VIV3 No
C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4 561,400,000 561,400,000 BX 2020-VIVA Yes

Total

$3,000,000,000

$3,000,000,000

   
Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Serviced A-1 $71,000,000 $71,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 Yes
A-2 70,000,000 70,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(2) No

Total

$141,000,000

$141,000,000

   
Station Park & Station Park West Serviced A-1 $60,000,000 $60,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 Yes
A-2 58,700,000 58,700,000 JPMCB No

Total

$118,700,000

$118,700,000

   
Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Serviced A-1 $50,000,000 $50,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 Yes
A-2 40,000,000 40,000,000 JPMCB No

Total

$90,000,000

$90,000,000

   
4 West 58th Street Non-Serviced A-1 $62,500,000 $62,500,000 Benchmark 2020-B20 Yes
A-2 30,000,000 30,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 No
A-3, A-4 32,500,000 32,500,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No

Total

$125,000,000

$125,000,000

   
McClellan Business Park Non-Serviced A-1 $75,000,000 $75,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK30(3) Yes
A-2 69,000,000 69,000,000 WFCM 2020-C58 No
A-3, A-4, A-5 106,600,000 106,600,000 WFB No
A-6 75,000,000 75,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21(3) No
A-7, A-8 32,400,000 32,400,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No

Total

$358,000,000

$358,000,000

   
711 Fifth Avenue Non-Serviced A-1-1, A-1-10 $62,500,000 $62,500,000 GSMS 2020-GC47 Yes
A-1-2 60,000,000 60,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 No
A-1-3, A-1-16, A-1-17 54,000,000 54,000,000 GS Bank No
A-1-4 40,000,000 40,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(2) No
A-1-5-A, A-1-5-C 30,000,000 30,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No
A-1-5-B 15,000,000 15,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B20 No
A-1-6, A-1-7 40,000,000 40,000,000 JPMDB 2020-COR7 No
A-1-8, A-1-9, A-1-13 45,000,000 45,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B18 No
A-1-11, A-1-12, A-1-14 25,000,000 25,000,000 DBJPM 2020-C9 No

 

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Mortgage Loan Servicing Status Note(s) Original Balance ($) Cut-off Date Balance ($) Current or Anticipated Holder of Note(s)(1) Control Note (Yes/No)
    A-1-15 10,000,000 10,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B19 No
A-2-1 60,000,000 60,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK28 No
A-2-2 43,000,000 43,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK27 No
A-2-3-A 25,500,000 25,500,000 BANK 2020-BNK29 No
A-2-3-B 15,000,000 15,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK30(2) No
A-2-4 20,000,000 20,000,000 BBCMS 2020-C8 No

Total

$545,000,000

$545,000,000

   
32-42 Broadway Non-Serviced A-1 $75,000,000 $75,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 Yes
A-2-1 25,000,000 25,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(2) No
A-2-2 25,000,000 25,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No

Total

$125,000,000

$125,000,000

   
JW Marriott Nashville Non-Serviced A-1, A-2, A-7, A-8, A-9 $110,000,000 $110,000,000 GS Bank(4) Yes
A-3, A-6 35,000,000 35,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(2) No
A-4 20,000,000 20,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21(4) No
A-5 20,000,000 20,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No

Total

$185,000,000

$185,000,000

   
Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Non-Serviced A-1-1 $20,000,000 $20,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(5) No
A-1-2, A-1-3, A-1-4, A-2-2 20,000,000 20,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No
A-2-1 20,000,000 20,000,000 CREFI(5) Yes

Total

$60,000,000

$60,000,000

   
Cabinetworks Portfolio Non-Serviced A-1 $17,333,000 $17,333,000 GS Bank(5) Yes
A-2 15,000,000 15,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(5) No
A-3 15,000,000 15,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No

Total

$47,333,000

$47,333,000

   

 

 

(1)The identification of a securitization trust means we have identified another securitization trust that has closed or as to which a preliminary prospectus (or preliminary offering circular) or final prospectus (or final offering circular) has printed that has or is expected to include the identified Mortgage Note(s).

 

(2)Each of the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization transaction and the GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.

 

(3)The related whole loan is currently serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Benchmark 2020 B21 securitization and is expected to be serviced under the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization on and after the closing date of the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization, which is expected to be December 22, 2020.

 

(4)The related whole loan is currently serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Benchmark 2020-B21 transaction. From and after the securitization of the related controlling note, the related whole loan will be serviced under the related pooling and servicing agreement for such future securitization.

 

(5)The related whole loan will is expected to initially be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement of the GSMS 2020-GSA2 transaction. From and after the securitization of the related controlling note, the related whole loan will be serviced under the related pooling and servicing agreement for such future securitization.

 

AB Whole Loan” means any Whole Loan comprised of a Mortgage Loan, a Subordinate Companion Loan and, in certain cases, one or more Pari Passu Companion Loans. The Grace Building Whole Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan are the only AB Whole Loans related to the issuing entity.

 

BANK 2020-BNK30 PSA” means the pooling and servicing agreement expected to govern the servicing of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan (upon the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan).

 

Benchmark 2020-B20 PSA” means the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan.

 

Benchmark 2020-B21 PSA” means the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan), the 32-42 Broadway Whole Loan and the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan).

 

BX 2020-VIVA TSA” means the trust and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan.

 

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Control Note” means, with respect to any Whole Loan, the “Controlling Note” or other similar term specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement. As of the Closing Date, the Control Note with respect to each Whole Loan will be the promissory note(s) with a “Yes” answer in the column “Control Note (Yes/No)” in the table above entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes”.

 

Controlling Holder” means, with respect to any Whole Loan, the holder of the related Control Note. As of the Closing Date, the Controlling Holder with respect to each Whole Loan will be the holder listed next to the related Control Note in the column “Current or Anticipated Holder of Note(s)” in the table above entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes.”

 

GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA” means the trust and servicing agreement governing the servicing of The Grace Building Whole Loan.

 

GSMS 2020-GC47 PSA” means the pooling and servicing agreement governing the servicing of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan.

 

GSMS 2020-GSA2 PSA” means the pooling and servicing agreement expected to govern the servicing of each of the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan) and the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan).

 

Non-Control Note” means, with respect to any Whole Loan, any “Non-Controlling Note” or other similar term specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement. As of the Closing Date, the Non-Control Note(s) with respect to each Whole Loan will be the promissory note(s) with “No” answers in the column “Control Note (Yes/No)” in the table above entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes.”

 

Non-Controlling Holder” means, with respect to any Whole Loan, the holder(s) of a Non-Control Note. As of the Closing Date, the Non-Controlling Holders with respect to each Whole Loan will be the holders listed next to the related Non-Control Notes in the column “Current or Anticipated Holder of Note(s)” in the table above entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes.”

 

Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator” means with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the certificate administrator relating to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Companion Loan” means each of (the Companion Loans identified as “Non-Serviced” under the column entitled “Servicing Status” in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Non-Serviced Custodian” means with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the custodian relating to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Directing Holder” means with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the directing holder (or equivalent) under the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Master Servicer” means with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the master servicer relating to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan” means each of the Mortgage Loans identified as “Non-Serviced” under the column entitled “Servicing Status” in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan” means each of the Companion Loans identified as “Non-Serviced” under the column entitled “Servicing Status” that is pari passu in right of payment with the related Mortgage Loan in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Non-Serviced AB Whole Loan” means each of the Whole Loans identified as “Non-Serviced” under the column entitled “Servicing Status” with a Subordinate Companion Loan in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

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Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan” means each of the Whole Loans identified as “Non-Serviced” under the column entitled “Servicing Status” with one or more Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Non-Serviced PSA” means with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement relating to the transaction identified under the column entitled “Note Holder” in the table entitled “Non-Serviced Whole Loans” under “Summary of Terms—Whole Loans” above.

 

Non-Serviced Securitization Trust” means a securitization trust that is created and governed by a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Special Servicer” means with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the special servicer relating to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Trustee” means with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the trustee relating to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Whole Loan” means each of the Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans and the Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans.

 

Serviced Companion Loan” means each of the Mortgage Loans identified as “Serviced” under the column titled “Servicing Status” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Serviced Mortgage Loan” means each of the Mortgage Loans identified as “Serviced” under the column entitled “Servicing Status” in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan” means each of the Companion Loans identified as “Serviced” under the column entitled “Servicing Status” that is pari passu in right of payment with the related Mortgage Loan in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan” means each Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan.

 

Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan” means each of the Whole Loans identified as “Serviced” under the column entitled “Servicing Status” with one or more Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Serviced Whole Loan” means each of the Whole Loans identified as “Serviced” under the column entitled under the column entitled “Servicing Status” in the table entitled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” above.

 

Subordinate Companion Loan” means with respect to any Whole Loan, any related subordinated note not included in the issuing entity, which is generally subordinated in right of payment to the related Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Whole Loan” means, collectively, each of the Non-Serviced Whole Loans and the Serviced Whole Loans, as the context may require and as applicable.

 

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The following table provides certain information with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has a corresponding Companion Loan:

 

Whole Loan Summary

 

Mortgage Loan Name

Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date Balance

% of Initial Pool Balance

Pari Passu Companion Loan Cut-off Date Balance

Subordinate Companion Loan Cut-off Date Balance

Mortgage Loan LTV Ratio(1)

Mortgage Loan Underwritten NCF DSCR(1)

Mortgage Loan Underwritten NOI Debt Yield(1)

Whole Loan LTV Ratio(2)

Whole Loan Underwritten NCF DSCR(2)

Whole Loan Underwritten NOI Debt Yield(2)

The Grace Building $80,000,000 9.8% $803,000,000 $367,000,000 41.1% 4.25x 11.8% 58.1% 3.00x 8.3%
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay $75,000,000 9.2% $1,559,200,000 $1,365,800,000 35.5%     4.95x(4)     17.9%(4) 65.2%      2.70x(3)     9.7%(3)
Elo Midtown Office Portfolio $71,000,000 8.7% $70,000,000 N/A 58.5% 2.30x 8.6% 58.5% 2.30x 8.6%
Station Park & Station Park West $60,000,000 7.4% $58,700,000 N/A 50.0% 3.86x 13.8% 50.0% 3.86x 13.8%
Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio $50,000,000 6.1% $40,000,000 N/A 61.9% 2.00x 12.1% 61.9% 2.00x 12.1%
4 West 58th Street $32,500,000 4.0% $92,500,000 N/A 69.4% 1.94x 7.4% 69.4% 1.94x 7.4%
McClellan Business Park $32,400,000 4.0% $325,600,000 N/A 60.2% 2.90x 10.5% 60.2% 2.90x 10.5%
711 Fifth Avenue $30,000,000 3.7% $515,000,000 N/A 54.5% 2.90x 9.4% 54.5% 2.90x 9.4%
32-42 Broadway $25,000,000 3.1% $100,000,000 N/A 51.4% 2.66x 9.8% 51.4% 2.66x 9.8%
Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District $20,000,000 2.5% $40,000,000 N/A 52.7% 2.09x 14.1% 52.7% 2.09x 14.1%
JW Marriott Nashville $20,000,000 2.5% $165,000,000 N/A 61.5% 4.17x 15.3% 61.5% 4.17x 15.3%
Cabinetworks Portfolio $15,000,000 1.8% $32,333,000 N/A 64.4% 2.08x 11.7% 64.4% 2.08x 11.7%

 

 

(1)Calculated based on the balance of or debt service on, as applicable, the related Whole Loan, but excluding any related Subordinate Companion Loans and any related mezzanine debt.

 

(2)Calculated based on the balance of or debt service on, as applicable, the related Whole Loan (including any related Subordinate Companion Loans), but excluding any related mezzanine debt.

 

(3)Calculated based on the annual rent due under the related master lease.

 

The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans

 

The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans will be serviced pursuant to the PSA in accordance with the terms of the PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement. None of the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee will be required to make a monthly payment advance on any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, but the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable, will be required to make Servicing Advances on the Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans unless such advancing party (or, even if it is not the advancing party, the special servicer) determines that such a Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

Intercreditor Agreement

 

The Intercreditor Agreement related to each Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan provides that:

 

The promissory notes comprising such Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan (and consequently, the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) are of equal priority with each other and none of such promissory notes (or mortgage loans) will have priority or preference over any other such promissory note (or mortgage loan).

 

All payments, proceeds and other recoveries on the Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan will be applied to the promissory notes comprising such Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan on a pro rata and pari passu basis (subject, in each case, to (a) the allocation of certain amounts to escrows and reserves, certain repairs or restorations or payments to the applicable borrower required by the Mortgage Loan documents and (b) certain payment and reimbursement rights of the parties to the PSA, in accordance with the terms of the PSA).

 

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The transfer of up to 49% of the beneficial interest of a promissory note comprising the Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan is generally permitted. The transfer of more than 49% of the beneficial interest of any such promissory note is generally prohibited unless (i) the transferee is a large institutional lender or investment fund (other than, without the consent of the non-transferring noteholder, a related borrower or an affiliate thereof) that satisfies minimum net worth and/or experience requirements or certain securitization vehicles that satisfy certain ratings and other requirements or (ii) (a) each non-transferring holder has consented to such transfer (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld), or (b) if any such non-transferring holder’s interest in the related Serviced Whole Loan is held in a securitization, a rating agency communication is provided to each applicable rating agency (or, in certain cases, a rating agency confirmation is obtained from each applicable rating agency). The foregoing restrictions do not apply to a sale of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan together with the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans in accordance with the terms of the PSA.

 

With respect to each Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, certain costs and expenses (such as a pro rata share of a Servicing Advance) allocable to a related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan may be paid or reimbursed out of payments and other collections on the Mortgage Pool, subject to the issuing entity’s right to reimbursement from future payments and other collections on such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or from general collections with respect to any securitization of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

 

Control Rights with respect to Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans

 

With respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, the related Control Note will be included in the issuing entity, and the Directing Holder will have certain consent rights (other than during the continuance of a Control Termination Event) and consultation rights (during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) with respect to such Mortgage Loan as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Directing Holder”.

 

Certain Rights of each Non-Controlling Holder

 

With respect to each Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, the holder of any related Non-Control Note (a “Non-Controlling Holder”) (or if such Non-Control Note has been securitized, the directing holder (or equivalent holder) with respect to such securitization or other designated party under the related pooling and servicing agreement) will be entitled to certain consent and non-binding consultation rights described below; provided that if such party or its representative is (or is an affiliate of) the related borrower or if all or a specified portion of the subject Non-Control Note is held by the borrower or an affiliate thereof, such party will not be entitled to exercise the right of a Non-Controlling Holder, and/or there will be deemed to be no such Non-Controlling Holder under the related Intercreditor Agreement with respect to such Non-Control Note.

 

The special servicer will be required (i) to provide to each Non-Controlling Holder copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Directing Holder with respect to the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to such Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan or any proposed action to be taken in respect of a Major Decision with respect to such Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Directing Holder due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult (or to use reasonable efforts to consult) each such Non-Controlling Holder on a strictly non-binding basis (to the extent such party requests consultation after having received the aforementioned notices, information and reports) with respect to any such recommended actions by the special servicer or any proposed action to be taken by such special servicer in respect of such Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan that constitutes a Major Decision.

 

Such non-binding consultation right will expire ten (10) business days (or, with respect to an “acceptable insurance default” in the case of certain Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans, 30 days) after the delivery to such Non-Controlling Holder of written notice of a proposed action (together with copies of the notices, information and reports required to be delivered thereto) (unless the special servicer proposes a

 

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new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) business day period will be deemed to begin anew). In no event will the special servicer be obligated to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any Non-Controlling Holder (or its representative).

 

In addition to the aforementioned consultation right, each Non-Controlling Holder will have the right to attend annual meetings (which may be held telephonically) with the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan are discussed.

 

If a Servicer Termination Event has occurred with respect to the special servicer that affects a Non-Controlling Holder, such holder will have the right to direct the trustee to terminate the special servicer under the PSA solely with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan.

 

Sale of Defaulted Mortgage Loan

 

If any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, and if the special servicer decides to sell the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan, such special servicer will be required to sell such Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and each related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan together as interests evidencing one whole loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such special servicer will not be permitted to sell a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan without the consent of each Non-Controlling Holder (except, in certain cases, if the Non-Controlling Holder is the borrower or an affiliate of the borrower) unless it has delivered to such holder (a) at least fifteen (15) business days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by such special servicer, a copy of the most recent appraisal and certain other supplementary documents (if reasonably requested by such holder), and (c) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Directing Holder) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and documents being provided to offerors or otherwise approved by the master servicer or special servicer in connection with the proposed sale.

 

The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans

 

Each Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA in accordance with the terms of such Non-Serviced PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement. No Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer or Non-Serviced Trustee will be required to make monthly payment advances on a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, but the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Trustee, as applicable, will be required to (and the Non-Serviced Special Servicer, at its option in certain cases, may) make servicing advances on the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA unless such advancing party (or, in certain cases, the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, even if it is not the advancing party) determines that such a servicing advance would be a nonrecoverable advance. Monthly payment advances on each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will be made by the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable, to the extent provided under the PSA. None of the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee will be obligated to make servicing advances with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” for a description of the servicing terms of the Non-Serviced PSAs.

 

Intercreditor Agreement

 

The Intercreditor Agreement related to each Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan provides that:

 

The promissory notes comprising such Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan (and consequently, the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) are of equal priority with each other and none of such promissory notes (or mortgage loans) will have priority or preference over any other such promissory note (or mortgage loan).

 

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All payments, proceeds and other recoveries on the Non-Serviced Whole Loan will be applied to the promissory notes comprising such Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan on a pro rata and pari passu basis (subject, in each case, to (a) the allocation of certain amounts to escrows and reserves required by the Mortgage Loan documents and (b) certain payment and reimbursement rights of the parties to the related Non-Serviced PSA, in accordance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA).

 

The transfer of up to 49% of the beneficial interest of a promissory note comprising the Non-Serviced Whole Loan is generally permitted. The transfer of more than 49% of the beneficial interest of any such promissory note is generally prohibited unless (i) the transferee is a large institutional lender or investment fund (other than, without the consent of the non-transferring noteholder, a related borrower or an affiliate thereof) that satisfies minimum net worth and/or experience requirements or certain securitization vehicles that satisfy certain ratings and other requirements or (ii) (a) each non-transferring holder has consented to such transfer (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld), or (b) if any such non-transferring holder’s interest in the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan is held in a securitization, a rating agency communication is provided to each applicable rating agency (or, in certain cases, a rating agency confirmation is obtained from each applicable rating agency). The foregoing restrictions do not apply to a sale of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan together with the related Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans in accordance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Any losses, liabilities, claims, costs and expenses incurred in connection with a Non-Serviced Whole Loan that are not otherwise paid out of collections on such Whole Loan may, to the extent allocable to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, be payable or reimbursable out of general collections on the mortgage pool for this securitization.

 

Control Rights

 

With respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the related Control Note will be held as of the Closing Date by the related Controlling Holder. The related Controlling Holder (or a designated representative) will be entitled (i) to direct the servicing of such Whole Loan, (ii) to consent to certain servicing decisions in respect of such Whole Loan and actions set forth in a related asset status report and (iii) to replace the special servicer with respect to such Whole Loan with or without cause; provided that with respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, if such holder (or its designated representative) is (or is an affiliate of) the related borrower or if all or a specified portion of the subject Control Note is held by the borrower or an affiliate thereof, such party will not be entitled to exercise the rights of the “Controlling Holder”, and/or there will be deemed to be no such “Controlling Holder” under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Certain Rights of each Non-Controlling Holder

 

With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the holder of any related Non-Control Note (or if such Non-Control Note has been securitized, the directing holder (or equivalent entity) with respect to such securitization (or other designated party under the related pooling and servicing agreement)) will be entitled to certain consent and consultation rights described below; provided that if such party or its representative is (or is an affiliate of) the related borrower or if all or a specified portion of the subject Non-Control Note is held by the borrower or an affiliate thereof, such party will not be entitled to exercise the rights of a Non-Controlling Holder, and/or there will be deemed to be no “Non-Controlling Holder” with respect to such Non-Control Note under the related Intercreditor Agreement. With respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, one or more related Non-Control Notes will be included in the issuing entity, and the Directing Holder, other than during continuance of a Control Termination Event, or the special servicer (consistent with the Servicing Standard), during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, will be entitled to exercise the consent or consultation rights described above.

 

With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer or Non-Serviced Master Servicer, as applicable pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, will be required (i) to provide to each Non-Controlling Holder copies of any notice, information and report that it is

 

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required to provide to the related Non-Serviced Directing Holder under the related Non-Serviced PSA with respect to the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an asset status report relating to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan or any proposed action to be taken in respect of a major decision under the related Non-Serviced PSA with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the related Non-Serviced Directing Holder due to the occurrence and continuance of a “control termination event” or a “consultation termination event” (or analogous concepts) under such Non-Serviced PSA) and (ii) to consult (or to use reasonable efforts to consult) each Non-Controlling Holder on a strictly non-binding basis (to the extent such party requests consultation after having received the aforementioned notices, information and reports) with respect to any such recommended actions by such Non-Serviced Special Servicer or any proposed action to be taken by such Non-Serviced Special Servicer in respect of the applicable major decision.

 

Such consultation right will expire ten (10) business days (or, with respect to an “acceptable insurance default” in the case of certain Non-Serviced Whole Loans, 30 days) after the delivery to such Non-Controlling Holder of written notice of a proposed action (together with copies of the notices, information and reports required to be delivered thereto), whether or not such Non-Controlling Holder has responded within such period (unless the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) business day period will be deemed to begin anew). In no event will the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer be obligated to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by any Non-Controlling Holder (or its representative).

 

If the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer determines that immediate action is necessary to protect the interests of the holders of the promissory notes comprising a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, it may take, in accordance with the servicing standard under the Non-Serviced PSA, any action constituting a major decision with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan or any action set forth in any applicable asset status report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) business day period.

 

In addition to the aforementioned consultation right, each Non-Controlling Holder will have the right to attend annual meetings (which may be held telephonically) with the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to such Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan are discussed.

 

If a special servicer termination event under the related Non-Serviced PSA has occurred that affects a Non-Controlling Holder, such holder will have the right to direct the related Non-Serviced Trustee to terminate the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer under such Non-Serviced PSA solely with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Custody of the Mortgage File

 

The Non-Serviced Custodian is the custodian of the mortgage file related to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan (other than any promissory notes not contributed to the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust).

 

Sale of Defaulted Mortgage Loan

 

If any Non-Serviced Whole Loan becomes a defaulted mortgage loan, and if the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer decides to sell the related Control Note contributed to the Non-Serviced Securitization Trust, such Non-Serviced Special Servicer will be required to sell the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan together as interests evidencing one whole loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer will not be permitted to sell a Non-Serviced Whole Loan without the consent of each Non-Controlling Holder (except, in certain cases, if the Non-Controlling Holder is the borrower or an affiliate of the borrower) unless it has delivered to such holder (a) at least fifteen (15) business days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan, (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of

 

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each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, a copy of the most recent appraisal and certain other supplementary documents (if requested by such holder), and (c) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the applicable Non-Serviced Directing Holder under the related Non-Serviced PSA) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and documents being provided to offerors or otherwise approved by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale.

 

The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans

 

The Grace Building Whole Loan

 

General

 

The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (9.8%) is part of a split loan structure comprised of 21 senior promissory notes and four (4) subordinate promissory notes, each of which is secured by the same mortgage instrument on the same underlying Mortgaged Property, with an aggregate initial principal balance of $1,250,000,000. Four (4) of the senior promissory notes, designated note A-2-5, note A-2-6, note A-2-7, and note A-4-4, with an initial principal balance of $80,000,000 (“The Grace Building Mortgage Loan”), will be deposited into this securitization. The Grace Building Whole Loan (as defined below) is evidenced by (i) The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, (ii) four (4) senior promissory notes, designated as Notes A-1-1, A-2-1, A-3-1, A-4-1 (“The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans”), which have an aggregate initial principal balance of $383,000,000, (iii) thirteen (13) senior promissory notes, designated as Notes A-1-2, A-1-3-1, A-1-3-2, A-2-2, A-2-3, A-2-4, A-3-2, A-3-3, A-3-4, A-3-5, A-4-2, A-4-3, and A-4-5 (together with The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans, “The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans”), which have an aggregate initial principal balance of $420,000,000; and (iv) four (4) subordinate promissory notes, designated as Notes B-1, B-2, B-3, and B-4 (“The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans”; and, together with The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans, the “The Grace Building Companion Loans”), with an initial principal balance of $367,000,000.

 

The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans are referred to herein, collectively, as “The Grace Building Whole Loan”. The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans are generally pari passu in right of payment with each other and with The Grace Building Mortgage Loan. The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans are generally subordinate in right of payment with respect to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan and The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans. Only The Grace Building Mortgage Loan is included in the issuing entity.

 

The rights of the holders of the promissory notes evidencing The Grace Building Whole Loan are subject to an Intercreditor Agreement (“The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement”). The following summaries describe certain provisions of The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement.

 

Servicing

 

The Grace Building Whole Loan (including The Grace Building Mortgage Loan) and any related REO Property will be serviced and administered by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as master servicer (“The Grace Building Servicer”) and, if necessary, Situs Holdings, LLC, as special servicer (“The Grace Building Special Servicer”), pursuant to the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA, in the manner described in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”, but subject to the terms of The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement.

 

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Application of Payments

 

If no (i) event of default with respect to an obligation of The Grace Building Whole Loan borrower to pay money due under The Grace Building Whole Loan or (ii) non-monetary event of default pursuant to which The Grace Building Whole Loan becomes a specially serviced mortgage loan (a “The Grace Building Triggering Event of Default”) has occurred or if a The Grace Building Triggering Event of Default has occurred but is no longer continuing, then all amounts tendered by The Grace Building Whole Loan borrower (net of certain amounts payable or reimbursable to The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Special Servicer, as applicable) will be distributed as follows:

 

(i)    first, (a) initially, to The Grace Building Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as the holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (or The Grace Building Servicer or the trustee under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA (“The Grace Building Trustee”)), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on their respective outstanding principal balances), up to the amount of any nonrecoverable property protection advances (or in the case of the master servicer, if applicable, its pro rata share of any nonrecoverable property advances previously reimbursed to The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee from general collections of the issuing entity) that remain unreimbursed (together with interest thereon at the applicable advance rate), (b) then, to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee and, if applicable, the master servicer), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on their respective outstanding principal balances), up to the amount of any nonrecoverable P&I Advances, as applicable, that remain unreimbursed (together with interest thereon at the applicable advance rate), (c) then, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on their respective outstanding principal balances), up to the amount of any nonrecoverable P&I Advances that remain unreimbursed (together thereon at the applicable advance rate), and (d) finally, on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal balance of The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans), to the holder of The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee), up to the amount of any nonrecoverable administrative advances that remain unreimbursed (together with interest thereon at the applicable advance rate);

 

(ii)    second, to the holder of The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer, The Grace Building Special Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee, as applicable), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on the unreimbursed amount of costs paid or payable), up to the amount of any unreimbursed costs paid or any costs currently payable or paid or advanced by the holder of such The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer, The Grace Building Special Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee, as applicable), with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan, including, without limitation, unreimbursed property protection advances and administrative advances and interest thereon at the applicable advance rate, to the extent such costs, property protection advances and administrative advances and interest thereon are then payable or reimbursable under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA;

 

(iii)    third, (a) initially, to the holders of The Grace Building Whole Loan (or The Grace Building Servicer), the applicable accrued and unpaid servicing fee (without duplication of any portion of the servicing fee paid by the related borrower), as the case may be, and (b) then, to the holders of The Grace Building Whole Loan (or The Grace Building Special Servicer), any special servicing fees, any work-out fees and liquidation fees earned by it with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA;

 

(iv)    fourth, pari passu to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, up to an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the related principal balance at the related interest rate on The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, net of the related servicing fee rate, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the

 

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holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan on a pro rata basis according to the amount of accrued and unpaid interest due to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan;

 

(v)    fifth, pari passu, in respect of principal, to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, all payments and prepayments of amounts allocable to the reduction of the principal balance of The Grace Building Whole Loan in accordance with the Grace Building Whole Loan documents until the principal balances of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Mortgage Loan have been reduced to zero, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, on a pro rata basis (based on their respective outstanding principal balances);

 

(vi)    sixth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of The Grace Building Whole Loan or The Grace Building Mortgaged Property exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(v), pari passu to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, in each case, in an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed realized losses previously allocated to such The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, plus interest thereon at the related Note interest rate minus the servicing fee, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, on a pro rata basis according to the amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan;

 

(vii)    seventh, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, which, if any, are no longer included in the GRACE 2020-GRCE securitization (or any servicer or trustee, as applicable), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on the unreimbursed amount of costs paid or payable), up to the amount of any unreimbursed costs paid or any costs currently payable or paid or advanced by such holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee), with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan, including, without limitation, unreimbursed property protection advances and administrative advances and interest thereon at the applicable advance rate, to the extent such costs, property protection advances and administrative advances and interest thereon are then payable or reimbursable under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA;

 

(viii)    eighth, pari passu, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, up to an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the related principal balance at the related interest rate on such The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, net of the servicing fee rate, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans on a pro rata basis according to the amount of accrued and unpaid interest due to each such holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans;

 

(ix)    ninth, pari passu, in respect of principal to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, all payments and prepayments of amounts allocable to the reduction of the principal balance of The Grace Building Whole Loan in accordance with The Grace Building Whole Loan documents until the principal balances of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans have been reduced to zero, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans on a pro rata basis (based on their respective outstanding note principal balance);

 

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applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(ix), pari passu, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, in an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed realized losses previously allocated to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, plus interest thereon at the related note interest rate minus the servicing fee, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans on a pro rata basis according to the amount of realized losses previously allocated to each such holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans;

 

(xi)    eleventh, pro rata and pari passu, to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, any prepayment charge, to the extent actually paid by The Grace Building borrower and allocable to any prepayment of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Mortgage Loan under The Grace Building Whole Loan documents pro rata based on the Prepayment Charge Entitlement of such senior note, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, according to the respective amounts due to them under this clause (xi);

 

(xii)    twelfth, pro rata and pari passu, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, any prepayment charge, to the extent actually paid by The Grace Building borrower and allocable to any prepayment of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans under The Grace Building Whole Loan documents pro rata based on the Prepayment Charge Entitlement of such holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans according to the respective amounts due to them under this clause (xii);

 

(xiii)    thirteenth, any interest accrued at the default rate on the principal balance to the extent such default interest amount is (a) actually paid by The Grace Building borrower, (b) in excess of interest accrued on the principal balance at the interest rate and (c) not required to be paid to The Grace Building Servicer, The Grace Building Trustee or The Grace Building Special Servicer, or the master servicer or trustee under the PSA, pro rata and pari passu, to each holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, and the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans in an amount calculated on the principal balance of the related note at the excess of (x) the related default rate for such note over (y) the note rate for such note with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the notes on a pro rata basis according to the respective amounts due to such notes under this clause (xiii);

 

(xiv)    fourteenth, pro rata and pari passu (in the case of penalty charges, only to the extent not required to be paid to The Grace Building Servicer, The Grace Building Trustee or The Grace Building Special Servicer or the master servicer or trustee under the PSA), to each holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, and the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans its percentage interest of any assumption fees and penalty charges, in each case to the extent actually paid by The Grace Building borrower; and

 

(xv)    fifteenth, any excess amount not otherwise applied pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i)-(xiv) above to each holder of The Grace Building Whole Loan pro rata and pari passu in accordance with their respective initial percentage interests.

 

Notwithstanding clause (xiv) above, to the extent that The Grace Building borrower actually pays any assumption fees, such assumption fees otherwise allocable to the notes instead will be payable as additional servicing compensation as provided in the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA.

 

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The Grace Building Servicer and The Grace Building Special Servicer, as applicable, will have no obligation to deposit any amounts that are additional servicing compensation into the Collection Account or REO Account, as applicable, and are entitled to retain any such amount that such party is entitled to under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA.

 

After the occurrence of and during the continuance of a The Grace Building Triggering Event of Default, all amounts tendered by The Grace Building borrower (net of certain amounts payable or reimbursable to The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Special Servicer, as applicable) will be distributed as follows:

 

(i)    first, (a) initially, to The Grace Building Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as the holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on their respective outstanding principal balances), up to the amount of any nonrecoverable property protective advances (or in the case of a master servicer, if applicable, its pro rata share of any nonrecoverable property advances previously reimbursed to The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee from general collections of the issuing entity) that remain unreimbursed (together with interest thereon at the applicable advance rate), (b) then, to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee and, if applicable, the master servicer), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on their respective outstanding principal balances), up to the amount of any nonrecoverable P&I Advances, as applicable, that remain unreimbursed (together with interest thereon at the applicable advance rate), (c) then, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on their respective outstanding principal balances), up to the amount of any nonrecoverable P&I Advances that remain unreimbursed (together thereon at the applicable advance rate), and (d) finally, on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal balance of The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans), to the holder of The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee), up to the amount of any nonrecoverable administrative advances that remain unreimbursed (together with interest thereon at the applicable advance rate);

 

(ii)    second, to the holder of The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer, The Grace Building Special Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee, as applicable), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on the unreimbursed amount of costs paid or payable), up to the amount of any unreimbursed costs paid or any costs currently payable or paid or advanced by such Notes (or The Grace Building Servicer, The Grace Building Special Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee, as applicable), with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan, including, without limitation, unreimbursed property protection advances and administrative advances and interest thereon at the applicable advance rate, to the extent such costs, property protection advances and administrative advances and interest thereon are then payable or reimbursable under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA;

 

(iii)    third, (a) initially, to the holders of The Grace Building Whole Loan (or The Grace Building Servicer), the applicable accrued and unpaid servicing fee (without duplication of any portion of the servicing fee paid by the related borrower), as the case may be, and (b) then, to the holders of The Grace Building Whole Loan (or The Grace Building Special Servicer), any special servicing fees, any work-out fees and liquidation fees earned by it with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA;

 

(iv)    fourth, pari passu to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, up to an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the related principal balance at the related interest rate on The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, net of the related servicing fee rate, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of

 

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The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, on a pro rata basis according to the amount of accrued and unpaid interest due to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan;

 

(v)    fifth, pari passu, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, up to an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the related principal balance at the related interest rate on The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, net of the servicing fee rate, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans on a pro rata basis according to the amount of accrued and unpaid interest due to each such holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans;

 

(vi)    sixth, pari passu, in respect of principal, to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, all remaining funds until the principal balances of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Mortgage Loan have been reduced to zero, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, (based on their respective outstanding principal balances);

 

(vii)    seventh, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of The Grace Building Whole Loan or The Grace Building Mortgaged Property exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(vi), pari passu to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, in each case, in an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed realized losses previously allocated to such The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, plus interest thereon at the related Note interest rate minus the servicing fee, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, on a pro rata basis according to the amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan;

 

(viii)    eighth, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, which, if any, are no longer included in the GRACE 2020-GRCE securitization (or any servicer or trustee, as applicable), on a pro rata and pari passu basis (based on the unreimbursed amount of costs paid or payable), up to the amount of any unreimbursed costs paid or any costs currently payable or paid or advanced by such holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans (or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Trustee), with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan, including, without limitation, unreimbursed property protection advances and administrative advances and interest thereon at the applicable advance rate, to the extent such costs, property protection advances and administrative advances and interest thereon are then payable or reimbursable under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA;

 

(ix)    ninth, pari passu, in respect of principal to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, all remaining funds until the principal balances of The Grace Building Whole Loan have been reduced to zero, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans on a pro rata basis (based on their respective outstanding note principal balances);

 

(x)    tenth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of The Grace Building Whole Loan or The Grace Building Mortgaged Property exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(ix), pari passu, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, in an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed realized losses previously allocated to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, plus interest thereon at the related Note interest rate minus the servicing fee, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building

 

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Subordinate Companion Loans on a pro rata basis according to the amount of realized losses previously allocated to each such holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans;

 

(xi)    eleventh, pro rata and pari passu, to the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, any prepayment charge, to the extent actually paid by The Grace Building borrower and allocable to any prepayment of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and The Grace Building Mortgage Loan under The Grace Building Whole Loan documents pro rata based on the Prepayment Charge Entitlement of such Senior Note, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, according to the respective amounts due to them under this clause (xi);

 

(xii)    twelfth, pro rata and pari passu, to the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, any prepayment charge, to the extent actually paid by The Grace Building borrower and allocable to any prepayment of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans under The Grace Building Whole Loan documents pro rata based on the Prepayment Charge Entitlement of such holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans, with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the holders of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans according to the respective amounts due to them under this clause (xii);

 

(xiii)    thirteenth, any interest accrued at the default rate on the principal balance to the extent such default interest amount is (a) actually paid by The Grace Building borrower, (b) in excess of interest accrued on the principal balance at the interest rate and (c) not required to be paid to The Grace Building Servicer, The Grace Building Trustee or The Grace Building Special Servicer, or the master servicer or trustee under the PSA, pro rata and pari passu, to each holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, and the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans in an amount calculated on the principal balance of the related note at the excess of (x) the related default rate for such note over (y) the note rate for such Note with the aggregate amount so payable to be allocated between the notes on a pro rata basis according to the respective amounts due to such notes under this clause (xiii);

 

(xiv)    fourteenth, pro rata and pari passu (in the case of penalty charges, only to the extent not required to be paid to The Grace Building Servicer, The Grace Building Trustee or The Grace Building Special Servicer or the master servicer or trustee under the PSA), to each holders of The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans and to the issuing entity, as holder of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, and the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans its percentage interest of any assumption fees and penalty charges, in each case to the extent actually paid by The Grace Building borrower; and

 

(xv)    fifteenth, any excess amount not otherwise applied pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i)-(xiv) above to each holder of The Grace Building Whole Loan pro rata and pari passu in accordance with their respective initial percentage interests.

 

Notwithstanding clause (xiv) above, to the extent that The Grace Building borrower actually pays any assumption fees, such assumption fees otherwise allocable to the Notes instead will be payable as additional servicing compensation as provided in the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA.

 

Prepayment Charge Entitlement” means with respect to any prepayment of The Grace Building Whole Loan made with a prepayment charge and respect to any note, the product of: (i) a fraction whose numerator is the amount of such prepayment and whose denominator is the outstanding principal balance of such note before giving effect to such prepayment, times (ii) the amount by which (a) the sum of the respective present values, computed as of the date of such prepayment, of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest with respect to such note, including the balloon payment on the commencement of the open prepayment date (assuming no other prepayments or acceleration of The

 

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Grace Building Whole Loan), determined by discounting such payments at the discount rate, exceeds (b) the outstanding principal balance of such note on such date immediately prior to such prepayment.

 

Consultation and Control

 

The “controlling holder” under The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement will be securitization trust created pursuant to the terms of the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA (the “GRACE 2020-GRCE Securitization Trust”), whose rights in such capacity will be generally exercised by the related directing holder so long as a subordinate control period under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA is in effect (subject to other terms and conditions described under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA). At any time a subordinate control period under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA is not in effect, the rights of the “controlling holder” under The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement will be generally exercised by The Grace Building Special Servicer or the related certificateholders (in the case of appointment and replacement of the special servicer with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan as described under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA). For the avoidance of doubt, so long as The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans are included in the GRACE 2020-GRCE Securitization Trust, any purchase option or cure rights of the holder of The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans under The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement will not apply.

 

In addition, each holder of The Grace Building Companion Loans (or its representative which, at any time The Grace Building Companion Loans are included in a securitization, may be the controlling class certificateholder for that securitization or any other party assigned the rights to exercise the rights of the holder of The Grace Building Companion Loans, as and to the extent provided in the related pooling and servicing agreement) will have the right under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA to receive all documents, certificates, instruments, notices, reports, operating statements, rent rolls and other information provided to the related certificateholders. No objection, direction or advice by any noteholder under The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement may require or cause The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of The Grace Building Whole Loan documents, applicable law, the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA, The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement, the REMIC provisions of the Code or The Grace Building Servicer or The Grace Building Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the servicing standard under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA.

 

Sale of Defaulted Loan

 

Pursuant to the terms of The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement, if The Grace Building Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, and if The Grace Building Special Servicer determines to sell The Grace Building Whole Loan that has become a Specially Serviced Loan in accordance with the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA, then The Grace Building Special Servicer will be required to sell The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans and The Grace Building Companion Loans together as one whole loan. The Grace Building Special Servicer is required to give the holders of The Grace Building Companion Loans ten (10) business days’ notice of its intention to sell The Grace Building Whole Loan. In connection with any such sale, The Grace Building Special Servicer will be required to follow the procedures described in the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA.

 

Special Servicer Appointment Rights

 

Pursuant to the terms of The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement, the “controlling noteholder” with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan (which will be the GRACE 2020-GRCE Securitization Trust) will have the right, with or without cause, to replace the special servicer then acting with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan and appoint a replacement special servicer without the consent of the holder of The Grace Building Companion Loans. The related directing holder (during a subordinate control period), and the applicable certificateholders with the requisite percentage of voting rights (after a subordinate control period) will exercise the rights of the GRACE 2020-GRCE Securitization Trust as controlling noteholder, and will have the right, with or without cause, to replace the special servicer then acting with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan and appoint a replacement special servicer, as described in the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA.

 

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The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan

 

General

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%) is part of a split loan structure comprised of sixty (60) promissory notes, each of which is secured by the same mortgage instrument on the same underlying Mortgaged Properties.

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan is evidenced by two promissory notes, note A-13-6 and note A-15-7, with an aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of $75,000,000. The “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan” consists of (a) the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, (b) 34 pari passu companion notes (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Pari Passu Companion Loans” and, together with the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes”) evidenced by promissory notes A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10, A-11, A-12, A-13-1, A-13-2, A-13-3, A-13-4, A-13-5, A-13-7, A-13-8, A-14-1, A-14-2, A-14-3, A-14-4, A-14-5, A-15-1, A-15-2, A-15-3, A-15-4, A-15-5, A-15-6, A-15-8, A-16-1, A-16-2 and A-16-3, (c) 12 senior subordinate companion B notes (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes”) evidenced by promissory notes B-1-A, B-2-A, B-3-A, B-4-A, B-5-A, B-6-A, B-7-A, B-8-A, B-9-A, B-10-A, B-11-A and B-12-A, (d) 8 junior subordinate companion B notes (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes” and, together with the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Notes”) evidenced by promissory notes B-1-B, B-2-B, B-3-B, B-4-B, B-5-B, B-6-B, B-7-B and B-8-B and (e) 4 subordinate companion C notes (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes” and, together with the with the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Notes, the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Subordinate Companion Loans”) evidenced by promissory notes C-1, C-2, C-3 and C-4. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Subordinate Companion Loans and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes (excluding the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan) are collectively referred to as the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Companion Loans”.

 

Servicing

 

Pursuant to the terms of the related Amended and Restated Agreement Between Noteholders (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement”), the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan will be serviced and administered in accordance with the servicing agreement governing the securitization of note A-1, which is the trust and servicing agreement (the “BX 2020-VIVA TSA”), dated as of May 5, 2020, between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, KeyBank National Association, as master servicer (the “BX 2020-VIVA Servicer”), Situs Holdings, LLC, as special servicer (the “BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer”), Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “BX 2020-VIVA Trustee”), by the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer and the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, subject to the terms of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement. Amounts payable to the issuing entity as holder of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan pursuant to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement will be included in the Available Funds for the related Distribution Date to the extent described in this prospectus.

 

Custody of the Mortgage File

 

Citibank, N.A., as custodian under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA, is the custodian of the mortgage file related to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (other than the promissory notes evidencing the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan and the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Companion Loans not included in the BX 2020-VIVA securitization).

 

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Application of Payments

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement sets forth the respective rights of the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan and the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Companion Loans with respect to distributions of funds received in respect of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, and provides, in general, that:

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes and the rights of the related holders to receive payments of interest, principal and other amounts with respect to any such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note will at all times be junior, subject and subordinate to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Notes and the rights of the related holders to receive payments of interest, principal and other amounts with respect to such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes and MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Notes, as further described below. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes and the rights of the related holders to receive payments of interest, principal and other amounts with respect to any MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note will at all times be junior, subject and subordinate to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes and the rights of the related holders to receive payments of interest, principal and other amounts with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, as further described below. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes and the rights of the related holders to receive payments of interest, principal and other amounts with respect to any such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note will at all times be junior, subject and subordinate to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes and the rights of the related holders to receive payments of interest, principal and other amounts with respect to such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, as further described below.

 

Prior to the occurrence and continuance of (i) any event of default with respect to an obligation of the related borrower to pay money due under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or (ii) any non-monetary event of default as a result of which the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan becomes a specially serviced mortgage loan under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA (which, for clarification, will not include any imminent event of default (each, a “Triggering Event of Default”), all amounts tendered by the related borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties or amounts realized as proceeds of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties, after payment of amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the mortgage loan documents and amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable pursuant to the BX 2020-VIVA TSA will be applied and distributed by the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer in the following order of priority without duplication (and payments are required to be made at such times as are set forth in BX 2020-VIVA TSA):

 

(i)    first, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each holder, the amount of any unreimbursed costs and expenses paid by such holder, including any unreimbursed trust fund expenses not previously reimbursed to such holder (or paid or advanced by any servicer or trustee on its behalf and not previously paid or reimbursed) with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan pursuant to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement or the BX 2020-VIVA TSA;

 

(ii)    second, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note at the applicable net initial interest rate;

 

(iii)    third, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each holder, an

 

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amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note at the applicable net initial interest rate;

 

(iv)    fourth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note at the applicable net initial interest rate;

 

(v)    fifth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note at the applicable net initial interest rate;

 

(vi)    sixth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective regular principal balances of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the principal payments received, if any, with respect to such payment date with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, until the regular principal balance for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(vii)    seventh, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective regular principal balances of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining principal payments received, if any, with respect to such payment date with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, until the regular principal balance for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(viii)    eighth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective regular principal balances of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining principal payments received, if any, with respect to such payment date with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, until the regular principal balance for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(ix)    ninth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective regular principal balances of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining principal payments received, if any, with respect to such payment date with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, until the regular principal balance for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(x)    tenth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(ix) and, as a result of a workout the regular principal balances for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the regular principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net initial interest rate;

 

(xi)    eleventh, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(x) and, as a result of a workout the regular principal balances for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an

 

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amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the regular principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net initial interest rate;

 

(xii)    twelfth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xi) and, as a result of a workout the regular principal balances for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the regular principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net initial interest rate;

 

(xiii)    thirteenth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xii) and, as a result of a workout the regular principal balances for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the regular principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net initial interest rate;

 

(xiv)    fourteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note at the applicable post-ARD interest rate differential (exclusive of any portion of such accrued and unpaid interest that constitutes accrued interest under the mortgage loan agreement allocable to, and added or to be added to the principal balance of, such note);

 

(xv)    fifteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note at the applicable post-ARD interest rate differential (exclusive of any portion of such accrued and unpaid interest that constitutes accrued interest under the mortgage loan agreement allocable to, and added or to be added to the principal balance of, such note);

 

(xvi)    sixteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note at the applicable post-ARD interest rate differential (exclusive of any portion of such accrued and unpaid interest that constitutes accrued interest under the mortgage loan agreement allocable to, and added or to be added to the principal balance of, such note);

 

(xvii)    seventeenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note at the applicable post-ARD interest rate differential (exclusive of any portion of such accrued and unpaid interest that constitutes accrued interest under the mortgage loan agreement allocable to, and added or to be added to the principal balance of, such note);

 

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(xviii)    eighteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective accrued and deferred principal amounts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining principal payments received, if any, with respect to such payment date with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, until the accrued and deferred principal amount for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(xix)    nineteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective accrued and deferred principal amounts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining principal payments received, if any, with respect to such payment date with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, until the accrued and deferred principal amount for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(xx)    twentieth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective accrued and deferred principal amounts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining principal payments received, if any, with respect to such payment date with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, until the accrued and deferred principal amount for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(xxi)    twenty-first, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective accrued and deferred principal amounts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining principal payments received, if any, with respect to such payment date with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, until the accrued and deferred principal amount for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(xxii)    twenty-second, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxi) and, as a result of a workout the accrued and deferred principal amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the accrued and deferred principal amount for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net interest rate;

 

(xxiii)    twenty-third, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxii) and, as a result of a workout the accrued and deferred principal amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the accrued and deferred principal amount for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net interest rate;

 

(xxiv)    twenty-fourth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxiii) and, as a result of a workout the accrued and deferred principal amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes have been

 

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reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the accrued and deferred principal amount for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net interest rate;

 

(xxv)    twenty-fifth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxiv) and, as a result of a workout the accrued and deferred principal amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the accrued and deferred principal amount for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net interest rate;

 

(xxvi)    twenty-sixth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to all yield maintenance premiums allocated to the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note in accordance with the mortgage loan agreement;

 

(xxvii)    twenty-seventh, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to all yield maintenance premiums allocated to the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note in accordance with the mortgage loan agreement;

 

(xxviii)    twenty-eighth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to all yield maintenance premiums allocated to the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note in accordance with the mortgage loan agreement

 

(xxix)    twenty-ninth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to all yield maintenance premiums allocated to the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note in accordance with the mortgage loan agreement;

 

(xxx)    thirtieth, to the extent assumption or transfer fees actually paid by the related borrower are not required to be otherwise applied under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA, including, without limitation, to provide reimbursement for interest on any advances, to pay any additional servicing expenses or to compensate the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer (in each case provided that such reimbursements or payments relate to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan), any such assumption or transfer fees, to the extent actually paid by the related borrower, will be paid to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes and MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, pro rata, based on their respective percentage interests; and

 

(xxxi)    thirty-first, if any excess amount is available to be distributed in respect of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, and not otherwise applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxx), any remaining amount will be paid pro rata to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes and MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, pro rata, in accordance with their respective initial percentage interests.

 

Upon the occurrence and continuance of a Triggering Event of Default, all amounts tendered by the related borrower or otherwise available for payment on or with respect to or in connection with the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties or amounts realized as proceeds of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or

 

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  the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties, after payment of amounts for required reserves or escrows required by the mortgage loan documents and amounts that are then due, payable or reimbursable pursuant to the BX 2020-VIVA TSA will be applied and distributed by the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer in the following order of priority without duplication (and payments are required to be made at such times as are set forth in BX 2020-VIVA TSA):

 

(i)    first, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to the amount of any unreimbursed costs and expenses paid by such holder, including any unreimbursed trust fund expenses not previously reimbursed to such holder (or paid or advanced by any servicer or trustee on its behalf and not previously paid or reimbursed) with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan pursuant to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement or the BX 2020-VIVA TSA;

 

(ii)    second, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related A Note at the applicable net initial interest rate;

 

(iii)    third, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note at the applicable net initial interest rate;

 

(iv)    fourth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note at the applicable net initial interest rate;

 

(v)    fifth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note at the applicable net initial interest rate;

 

(vi)    sixth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective regular principal balances of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, all remaining funds, if any, until the regular principal balance for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(vii)    seventh, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective regular principal balances of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, all remaining funds, if any, until the regular principal balance for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(viii)    eighth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective regular principal balances of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, all remaining funds, if any, until the regular principal balance for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(ix)    ninth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective regular principal balances of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, all remaining funds, if any, until the regular principal balance for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(x)    tenth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(ix) and, as a result

 

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of a workout the regular principal balances for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the regular principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net initial interest rate;

 

(xi)    eleventh, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(x) and, as a result of a workout the regular principal balances for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the regular principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net initial interest rate;

 

(xii)    twelfth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xi) and, as a result of a workout the regular principal balances for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the regular principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net initial interest rate

 

(xiii)    thirteenth, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xii) and, as a result of a workout the regular principal balances for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the regular principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net initial interest rate;

 

(xiv)    fourteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note at the applicable post-ARD interest rate differential (exclusive of any portion of such accrued and unpaid interest that constitutes accrued interest under the mortgage loan agreement allocable to, and added or to be added to the principal balance of, such note);

 

(xv)    fifteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note at the applicable post-ARD interest rate differential (exclusive of any portion of such accrued and unpaid interest that constitutes accrued interest under the mortgage loan agreement allocable to, and added or to be added to the principal balance of, such note);

 

(xvi)    sixteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note at the

 

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applicable post-ARD interest rate differential (exclusive of any portion of such accrued and unpaid interest that constitutes accrued interest under the mortgage loan agreement allocable to, and added or to be added to the principal balance of, such note);

 

(xvii)    seventeenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal balance for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note at the applicable post-ARD interest rate differential (exclusive of any portion of such accrued and unpaid interest that constitutes accrued interest under the mortgage loan agreement allocable to, and added or to be added to the principal balance of, such note);

 

(xviii)    eighteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective accrued and deferred principal amounts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, all remaining funds, if any, until the accrued and deferred principal amount for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(xix)    nineteenth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective accrued and deferred principal amounts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, all remaining funds, if any, until the accrued and deferred principal amount for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(xx)    twentieth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective accrued and deferred principal amounts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, all remaining funds, if any, until the accrued and deferred principal amount for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(xxi)    twenty-first, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on the respective accrued and deferred principal amounts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, all remaining funds, if any, until the accrued and deferred principal amount for each MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note has been reduced to zero;

 

(xxii)    twenty-second, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxi) and, as a result of a workout the accrued and deferred principal amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the accrued and deferred principal amount for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net interest rate;

 

(xxiii)    twenty-third, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxii) and, as a result of a workout the accrued and deferred principal amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the accrued and deferred principal amount for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net interest rate;

 

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(xxiv)    twenty-fourth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxiii) and, as a result of a workout the accrued and deferred principal amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the accrued and deferred principal amount for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net interest rate;

 

(xxv)    twenty-fifth, following the Anticipated Repayment Date, if the proceeds of any foreclosure sale or any liquidation of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties exceed the amounts required to be applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxiv) and, as a result of a workout the accrued and deferred principal amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes have been reduced, such excess amount will be paid to the related holders, on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to the reduction, if any, of the accrued and deferred principal amount for the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note as a result of such workout, plus interest on such amount at the related net interest rate;

 

(xxvi)    twenty-sixth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each related holder, an amount equal to all yield maintenance premiums allocated to the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note in accordance with the mortgage loan agreement;

 

(xxvii)    twenty-seventh, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to all yield maintenance premiums allocated to the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note in accordance with the mortgage loan agreement;

 

(xxviii)    twenty-eighth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to all yield maintenance premiums allocated to the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note in accordance with the mortgage loan agreement;

 

(xxix)    twenty-ninth, to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes on a pro rata and pari passu basis based on their respective entitlements, up to, in the case of each such holder, an amount equal to all yield maintenance premiums allocated to the related MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note in accordance with the mortgage loan agreement;

 

(xxx)    thirtieth, to the extent assumption or transfer fees actually paid by the related borrower are not required to be otherwise applied under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA, including, without limitation, to provide reimbursement for interest on any advances, to pay any additional servicing expenses or to compensate the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer (in each case provided that such reimbursements or payments relate to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan), any such assumption or transfer fees, to the extent actually paid by the related borrower, will be paid to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes and MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, pro rata, based on their respective percentage interests; and

 

(xxxi)    thirty-first, if any excess amount is available to be distributed in respect of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, and not otherwise applied in accordance with the foregoing clauses (i)-(xxx), any remaining amount will be paid pro rata to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes and MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, pro rata, in accordance with their respective initial percentage interests.

 

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All expenses and losses relating to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties will be allocated first, pro rata, to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes and then, pro rata, to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes and then, pro rata, to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, and then, pro rata, to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if an advance of principal or interest is made with respect to any note relating to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, then advance interest amounts thereon will only be reimbursed from default interest and late payment charges collected on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, as and to the extent provided in the BX 2020-VIVA TSA, from amounts paid by the related borrower to cover such advance interest amounts and otherwise (i) in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes, first, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes (on a pro rata and pari passu basis in accordance with their relative principal balances), second, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes (on a pro rata and pari passu basis in accordance with their relative principal balances), third, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes (on a pro rata and pari passu basis in accordance with their relative principal balances), and fourth, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holder of such note as to which the advance of principal or interest was made, (ii) in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes, first, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes (on a pro rata and pari passu basis in accordance with their relative principal balances), second, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holders of the Junior B Notes (on a pro rata and pari passu basis in accordance with their relative principal balances), and third, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holder of such note as to which the advance of principal or interest was made, (iii) in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes, first, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes (on a pro rata and pari passu basis in accordance with their relative principal balances), and second, out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holder of such note as to which the advance of principal or interest was made, and (iv) in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes, solely out of any amounts received with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that would otherwise be distributable to the holder of such note as to which the advance of principal or interest was made.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a P&I Advance is made with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, then that P&I Advance, together with interest thereon, may only be reimbursed out of future payments and collections on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan or, as and to the extent described under “The Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances” in this prospectus, on other Mortgage Loans, but not out of payments or other collections on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Companion Loans.

 

Certain costs and expenses allocable to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (such as a pro rata share of a nonrecoverable property protection advance) may, to the extent not otherwise paid out of collections on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan may, to the extent allocable to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, be payable or reimbursable out of general collections on the Mortgage Pool. This may result in temporary (or, if not ultimately reimbursed, permanent) shortfalls to the Certificateholders.

 

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Consultation and Control

 

Pursuant to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement, the controlling holder with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder”), as of any date of determination, will be (i) the holder of note C-1, unless an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, (ii) if an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the holder of note B-5-B, or any other MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note specified by the holder of note B-5-B, unless an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, (iii) if an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the holder of note B-9-A, or any other MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note specified by the holder of note B-9-A, unless an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, or (iv) if an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the holder of note A-9, or any other MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note specified by the holder of note A-9; provided that, if any such holder would be the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder pursuant to the terms of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement, but a greater than 49% interest in the subject controlling note is held by a borrower, borrower affiliate or other borrower restricted party, or a borrower, borrower affiliate or other borrower restricted party would otherwise be entitled to exercise the rights of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder (and, in the case of note C-1, an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note Control Appraisal Period will be deemed to exist, in the case of note B-5-B or any other designated MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note, an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note Control Appraisal Period will be deemed to exist, and in the case of note B-9-A or any other designated MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note, an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note Control Appraisal Period will be deemed to exist). Further, no representative entitled to exercise the rights of an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder may be a borrower, borrower affiliate or other borrower restricted party.

 

Pursuant to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement, if any consent, modification, amendment or waiver under or other action in respect of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (whether or not a servicing transfer event under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA has occurred and is continuing) that would constitute an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decision, the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, as applicable, will be required to provide the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder (or its representative) with at least ten (10) business days (or, in the case of a determination of an acceptable insurance default, twenty (20) days) prior notice requesting consent to the requested MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decision. The BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, as applicable, is not permitted to take any action with respect to such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decision (or make a determination not to take action with respect to such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decision), unless and until the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer receives the written consent of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder (or its representative) before implementing a decision with respect to such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decision; provided that the provisions of the BX 2020-VIVA TSA will govern the consent and consultation rights under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or if a failure to take any such action at such time would be inconsistent with the servicing standard under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA, the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, as applicable, may take actions with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties before obtaining the consent of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder if the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, as applicable, reasonably determines in accordance with the servicing standard under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA that failure to take such actions prior to such consent would materially and adversely affect the interest of the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan as a collective whole, and the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, as applicable, has made a reasonable effort to contact the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer and the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer will not be permitted to follow any advice or consultation provided by the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder (or its representative) that would require or cause the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or

 

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BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any applicable law, including the REMIC provisions, be inconsistent with the servicing standard under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA, require or cause the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate provisions of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement or the BX 2020-VIVA TSA, require or cause the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer or BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, or materially expand the scope of the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer’s or BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer’s, as applicable, responsibilities under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement or the BX 2020-VIVA TSA.

 

Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note Control Appraisal Period, the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer will be required to (A) provide copies to the issuing entity (at any time the holder of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan is not the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder) and each holder of an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note or an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Note (at any time such holder is not the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder) (each, a “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder”) of any notice, information and report that is required to be provided to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder pursuant to the BX 2020-VIVA TSA with respect to any MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decisions, or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an asset status report, within the same time frame that such notice, information and report is required to be provided to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder, and (B) consult with each holder of an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note or an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Note (at any time such holder is not the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder) or its representative on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, any such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder requests consultation with respect to any such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an asset status report, and consider alternative actions recommended by such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder or its representative; provided that after the expiration of a period of 10 business days from the delivery to any such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder by the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and reports, the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer will no longer be obligated to consult with such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder, whether or not such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder has responded within such 10 business day period. Notwithstanding the consultation rights of any holder of an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note or an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Note that is an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer may make any MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decision or take any recommended action outlined in an asset status report before the expiration of the aforementioned 10 business day period if the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the noteholders. In no event will the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder.

 

A “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note Control Appraisal Period” will exist with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, if and for so long as (a)(1) the initial principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes minus (2) the sum (without duplication) of (x) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received on, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes after the date of their creation, (y) any appraisal reduction amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that are allocated to such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes in reduction of their regular principal balances and (z) any losses realized with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties or the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that are allocated to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes in reduction of their regular principal balances, is less than (b) 25% of the remainder of (i) the initial principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes less (ii) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received on, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes after the date of their creation.

 

A “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note Control Appraisal Period” will exist with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, if and for so long as (a)(1) the initial principal balance of the

 

 

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MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes minus (2) the sum (without duplication) of (x) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received on, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes after the date of their creation, (y) any appraisal reduction amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that are allocated to such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes in reduction of their regular principal balances and (z) any losses realized with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties or the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that are allocated to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes in reduction of their regular principal balances, is less than (b) 25% of the remainder of (i) the initial principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes less (ii) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received on, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes after the date of their creation.

 

A “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note Control Appraisal Period” will exist with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, if and for so long as (a)(1) the initial principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes minus (2) the sum (without duplication) of (x) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received on, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes after the date of their creation, (y) any appraisal reduction amounts for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that are allocated to such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes in reduction of their regular principal balances and (z) any losses realized with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties or the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan that are allocated to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes in reduction of their regular principal balances, is less than (b) 25% of the remainder of (i) the initial principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes less (ii) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received on, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Notes after the date of their creation.

 

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decision” means a “Major Decision” under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA.

 

Sale of Defaulted Whole Loan

 

If the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan becomes a defaulted mortgage loan under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA and the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer decides to sell the notes included in the BX 2020-VIVA securitization, the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer will be required to sell the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Companion Loans, together as notes evidencing one whole loan in accordance with the BX 2020-VIVA TSA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer will not be permitted to sell the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan or any MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Note or MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Note not included in the BX 2020-VIVA securitization (such notes, the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Lead Securitization Notes”) without the consent of the holders thereof (including the issuing entity, as holder of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan) (together, the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Lead Noteholders”) unless it has delivered to such holder (a) at least 15 business days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Lead Securitization Notes, (b) at least 10 days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, a copy of the most recent appraisal for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan and any documents in the servicing file maintained by the BX 2020-VIVA Servicer and/or BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan reasonably requested by the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Lead Noteholder that are material to the price of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Lead Securitization Notes, and (c) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to the other offerors and the controlling class representative under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale, provided that such MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Lead Noteholder may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this sentence.

 

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Special Servicer Appointment Rights

 

Pursuant to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder (or its controlling noteholder representative) will be entitled to terminate the rights and obligations of the BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer, with or without cause, and appoint a replacement special servicer with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan.

 

Additional Information

 

Each of the tables presented in Annex A-2 sets forth selected characteristics of the pool of Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date, if applicable. For a detailed presentation of certain additional characteristics of the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties on an individual basis, see Annex A-1. For a brief summary of the 15 largest Mortgage Loans in the pool of Mortgage Loans, see Annex A-3.

 

The description in this prospectus, including Annex A-1, A-2 and A-3, of the Mortgage Pool and the Mortgaged Properties is based upon the Mortgage Pool as expected to be constituted at the close of business on the Cut-off Date, as adjusted for the scheduled principal payments due on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date. Prior to the issuance of the Offered Certificates, a Mortgage Loan may be removed from the Mortgage Pool if the depositor deems such removal necessary or appropriate or if it is prepaid. This may cause the range of Mortgage Rates and maturities as well as the other characteristics of the Mortgage Loans to vary from those described in this prospectus.

 

A Current Report on Form 8-K containing detailed information regarding the Mortgage Loans will be available to persons (including beneficial owners of the Offered Certificates) who receive this prospectus and will be filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), together with the PSA, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on or prior to the date of the filing of this prospectus.

 

Additionally, an Asset Data File containing certain detailed information regarding the Mortgage Loans for the reporting period specified therein will be filed or caused to be filed by the depositor on Form ABS-EE on or prior to the date of filing of this prospectus and available to persons (including beneficial owners of the Offered Certificates) who receive this prospectus.

 

Transaction Parties

 

The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers

 

German American Capital Corporation, Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company, Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association are sponsors of, and mortgage loan sellers in, this securitization transaction (in such capacity, the “Sponsors” or “Mortgage Loan Sellers”, as applicable).

 

For a description of certain affiliations, relationships and related transactions between the sponsors and the other transaction parties, see “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest” and “Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties”.

 

German American Capital Corporation

 

General. German American Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“GACC”), is a sponsor and a mortgage loan seller in this securitization transaction. Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch (“DBNY”) or DBR Investments Co. Limited, an Exempted Company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (“DBRI”), each an affiliate of GACC, originated (either directly or, in some cases, through table funding arrangements) all of the GACC Mortgage Loans, except with respect to the Mortgage Loans set forth under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Co-Originated or Unaffiliated Third-Party Originated Mortgage Loans” for which GACC is identified as a Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

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GACC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank Americas Holding Corp., which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, a German corporation. GACC is an affiliate of (i) DBRI, an originator, (ii) DBNY, an originator, a Retaining Party, the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party, and the initial holder of the VRR Interest, (iii) Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., an underwriter and (iv) the depositor. The principal offices of GACC are located at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. Prior to the date of this prospectus, DBRI purchased for cash from DBNY a 100% equity participation in each of the GACC Mortgage Loans originated by DBNY. DBRI and DBNY will sell their respective interests in the GACC Mortgage Loans to GACC on the Closing Date. During the period from DBRI’s purchase of such participation interests to the Closing Date, DBRI will have borne the credit risk in respect of the GACC Mortgage Loans. It is also expected that DBRI will be the holder of the companion loans (if any) (or, in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay companion loans, the holder of a 100% equity participation in such companion loans) for which the noteholder is identified as “DBRI” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General” after the Closing Date in the ordinary course of business and such Companion Loans may be securitized in one or more future securitization transactions or otherwise transferred at any time.

 

Deutsche Bank AG (together with certain affiliates, “Deutsche Bank”) filed a Form 6-K with the SEC on December 23, 2016. The Form 6-K states that Deutsche Bank “has reached a settlement in principle with the Department of Justice in the United States (“DOJ”) regarding civil claims that the DOJ considered in connection with the bank’s issuance and underwriting of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and related securitization activities between 2005 and 2007. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Deutsche Bank agreed to pay a civil monetary penalty of US dollar 3.1 billion and to provide US dollar 4.1 billion in consumer relief in the United States. The consumer relief is expected to be primarily in the form of loan modifications and other assistance to homeowners and borrowers, and other similar initiatives to be determined, and delivered over a period of at least five years.” On January 17, 2017, the DOJ issued a press release officially announcing a $7.2 billion settlement with Deutsche Bank “resolving federal civil claims that Deutsche Bank misled investors in the packaging, securitization, marketing, sale and issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) between 2006 and 2007. . . . The settlement requires Deutsche Bank to pay a $3.1 billion civil penalty under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA). Under the settlement, Deutsche Bank will also provide $4.1 billion in relief to underwater homeowners, distressed borrowers and affected communities.”

 

GACC’s Securitization Program. GACC has been engaged as an originator and/or seller/contributor of loans into CMBS securitizations for more than ten years.

 

GACC has been a seller of loans into securitization programs including (i) the “COMM” program, in which its affiliate Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation (“DMARC”) is the depositor, (ii) the “CD” program in which DMARC is the depositor on a rotating basis with Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., (iii) the “Benchmark” program in which DMARC is the depositor on a rotating basis with GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. and Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., and (iv) programs where third party entities, including affiliates of General Electric Capital Corporation, Capmark Finance Inc. (formerly GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corporation) and others, have acted as depositors.

 

Under the COMM name, GACC has had two primary securitization programs, the “COMM FL” program, into which large floating rate commercial mortgage loans were securitized, and the “COMM Conduit/Fusion” program, into which both fixed rate conduit loans and large loans were securitized.

 

GACC acquires both fixed rate and floating rate commercial mortgage loans backed by a range of commercial real estate properties including office buildings, apartments, shopping malls, hotels, and industrial/warehouse properties. The total amount of loans securitized by GACC from October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2020 is approximately $85.363 billion.

 

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GACC or its affiliates have purchased loans for securitization in the past and it may elect to purchase loans for securitization in the future. If GACC or its affiliates purchase loans for securitization, GACC or such affiliate will either reunderwrite the mortgage loans it purchases, or perform other procedures to ascertain the quality of such loans, which procedures will be subject to approval by credit risk management officers.

 

In coordination with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and other underwriters or initial purchasers, GACC works with NRSROs, other loan sellers, servicers and investors in structuring a securitization transaction to maximize the overall value and capital structure, taking into account numerous factors, including without limitation geographic and property type diversity and NRSRO criteria.

 

For the most part, GACC and its affiliates rely on independent rated third parties to service loans held pending sale or securitization. It maintains interim servicing agreements with large, institutional commercial mortgage loan servicers who are highly rated by the NRSROs. Periodic financial review and analysis, including monitoring of ratings, of each of the servicers with which GACC and its affiliates have servicing arrangements is conducted under the purview of loan underwriting personnel.

 

Pursuant to an MLPA, GACC will make certain representations and warranties, subject to certain exceptions set forth therein (and in Annex D-2), to the depositor and will covenant to provide certain documents regarding the Mortgage Loans it is selling to the depositor (the “GACC Mortgage Loans”) and, in connection with certain breaches of such representations and warranties or certain defects with respect to such documents, which breaches or defects are determined to have a material adverse effect on the value of the subject GACC Mortgage Loans or such other standard as is described in the related MLPA, may have an obligation to repurchase such Mortgage Loan, cure the subject defect or breach, replace the subject Mortgage Loan with a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan or make a Loss of Value Payment, as the case may be. The depositor will assign certain of its rights under each MLPA to the issuing entity. In addition, GACC has agreed to indemnify the depositor, the underwriters and/or certain of their respective affiliates with respect to certain liabilities arising in connection with the issuance and sale of the certificates. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Assignment of the Mortgage Loans”.

 

Review of GACC Mortgage Loans.

 

Overview. GACC, in its capacity as the Sponsor of the GACC Mortgage Loans, has conducted a review of the GACC Mortgage Loans in connection with the securitization described in this prospectus. GACC determined the nature, extent and timing of the review and the level of assistance provided by any third parties. The review of the GACC Mortgage Loans was performed by a deal team comprised of real estate and securitization professionals who are employees of one or more of GACC’s affiliates (the “GACC Deal Team”). The review procedures described below were employed with respect to all of the GACC Mortgage Loans, except that certain review procedures only were relevant to the large loan disclosures in this prospectus, as further described below. No sampling procedures were used in the review process.

 

Data Tape. To prepare for securitization, members of the GACC Deal Team created a data tape (the “GACC Data Tape”) containing detailed loan-level and property-level information regarding each GACC Mortgage Loan. The GACC Data Tape was compiled from, among other sources, the related Mortgage Loan documents, appraisals, environmental reports, seismic reports, property condition reports, zoning reports, insurance policies, borrower supplied information (including, but not limited to, rent rolls, leases, operating statements and budgets) and information collected by the DB Originators during the underwriting process. After origination of each GACC Mortgage Loan, the GACC Deal Team updated the information in the GACC Data Tape with respect to the GACC Mortgage Loan based on updates provided by the related loan servicer relating to loan payment status and escrows, updated operating statements, rent rolls and leasing activity, and information otherwise brought to the attention of the GACC Deal Team. The GACC Data Tape was used by the GACC Deal Team to provide the numerical information regarding the GACC Mortgage Loans in this prospectus.

 

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JPMCB Data Tape was used to provide the numerical information regarding the related Mortgage Loan in this prospectus. In addition, with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, which was co-originated by CREFI, Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc., DBNY, and Société Générale Financial Corporation, portions of which are being sold by GACC and CREFI, the CREFI Data Tape was used to provide the numerical information regarding the related Mortgage Loan in this prospectus.

 

Data Comparison and Recalculation. GACC engaged a third party accounting firm to perform certain data comparison and recalculation procedures designed by GACC relating to information in this prospectus regarding the GACC Mortgage Loans. These procedures included:

 

comparing the information in the GACC Data Tape against various source documents provided by GACC that are described above under “—Data Tape”;

 

comparing numerical information regarding the GACC Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgaged Properties disclosed in this prospectus against the GACC Data Tape; and

 

recalculating certain percentages, ratios and other formulae relating to the GACC Mortgage Loans disclosed in this prospectus.

 

Legal Review. GACC engaged various law firms to conduct certain legal reviews of the GACC Mortgage Loans for disclosure in this prospectus. In anticipation of securitization of each GACC Mortgage Loan originated by the applicable DB Originator, origination counsel prepared a loan summary that sets forth salient loan terms and summarizes material deviations from GACC’s standard form loan documents. In addition, origination counsel for each GACC Mortgage Loan reviewed GACC’s representations and warranties set forth on Annex D-1 and, if applicable, identified exceptions to those representations and warranties set forth on Annex D-2.

 

Securitization counsel was also engaged to assist in the review of the GACC Mortgage Loans. Such assistance included, among other things, (i) a review of sections of the loan documents with respect to certain of the GACC Mortgage Loans that deviate materially from GACC’s standard form document, (ii) a review of the loan summaries referred to above relating to the GACC Mortgage Loans prepared by origination counsel, and (iii) a review of a due diligence questionnaire completed by the origination counsel. Securitization counsel also reviewed the property release provisions (other than the partial defeasance provisions), if any, for each GACC Mortgage Loan with multiple Mortgaged Properties or, to the extent identified by origination counsel, for each GACC Mortgage Loan with permitted outparcel releases or similar releases for compliance with the REMIC provisions of the Code.

 

GACC prepared, and reviewed with origination counsel and/or securitization counsel, the loan summaries for those of the GACC Mortgage Loans included in the 10 largest Mortgage Loans in the mortgage pool, and the abbreviated loan summaries for those of the GACC Mortgage Loans included in the next 5 largest Mortgage Loans in the mortgage pool, which loan summaries and abbreviated loan summaries are incorporated in Annex A-3.

 

Other Review Procedures. With respect to any pending litigation that existed at the origination of any GACC Mortgage Loan, GACC requested updates from the related borrower, origination counsel and/or borrower’s litigation counsel. In connection with the origination of each GACC Mortgage Loan, GACC, together with origination counsel, conducted a search with respect to each borrower under the related GACC Mortgage Loan to determine whether it filed for bankruptcy. If GACC became aware of a significant natural disaster in the vicinity of any Mortgaged Property securing a GACC Mortgage Loan, GACC obtained information on the status of the Mortgaged Property from the related borrower to confirm no material damage to the Mortgaged Property.

 

With respect to the GACC Mortgage Loans originated by a DB Originator, the GACC Deal Team also consulted with the applicable GACC Mortgage Loan origination team to confirm that the GACC Mortgage Loans were originated in compliance with the origination and underwriting criteria described below under “—DB Originators’ Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”, as well as to identify any material deviations from those origination and underwriting criteria. See “—Exceptions” below.

 

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Findings and Conclusions. Based on the foregoing review procedures, GACC determined that the disclosure regarding the GACC Mortgage Loans in this prospectus is accurate in all material respects. GACC also determined that the GACC Mortgage Loans were originated (or acquired and re-underwritten) in accordance with the applicable DB Originator’s origination procedures and underwriting criteria, except as described below under “—Exceptions”. GACC attributes to itself all findings and conclusions resulting from the foregoing review procedures.

 

DB Originators’ Underwriting Guidelines and Processes.

 

General. DBRI and DBNY are each an originator and are affiliated with each other, GACC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., one of the underwriters, and the depositor. DBRI and DBNY are referred to as the “DB Originators” in this prospectus. Each DB Originator originates loans located in the United States that are secured by retail, multifamily, office, hotel and industrial/warehouse properties. All of the mortgage loans originated by a DB Originator generally are originated in accordance with the underwriting criteria described below. However, each lending situation is unique, and the facts and circumstance surrounding the mortgage loan, such as the quality and location of the real estate, the sponsorship of the borrower and the tenancy of the property, will impact the extent to which the general guidelines below are applied to a specific loan. This underwriting criteria is general, and we cannot assure you that every mortgage loan will conform in all respects with the guidelines.

 

Loan Analysis. In connection with the origination of mortgage loans, the applicable DB Originator conducts an extensive review of the related mortgaged property, including an analysis of the appraisal, environmental report, property operating statements, financial data, rent rolls, sales where applicable and related information or statements of occupancy rates provided by the borrower and, with respect to the mortgage loans secured by retail and office properties, certain major tenant leases and the tenant’s credit. Generally, borrowers are required to be single purpose entities which do not have a credit history; therefore, the financial strength and character of certain of the borrower’s key principals are examined prior to approval of the mortgage loan through a review of available financial statements and public records searches. A member of the applicable DB Originator’s underwriting or due diligence team, or a consultant or other designee, visits the mortgaged property for a site inspection to confirm the occupancy rates of the mortgaged property, and analyzes the mortgaged property’s sub-market and the utility of the mortgaged property within the sub-market. Unless otherwise specified in this prospectus, all financial, occupancy and other information contained in this prospectus is based on such information and we cannot assure you that such financial, occupancy and other information remains accurate.

 

Cash Flow Analysis. The applicable DB Originator reviews, among other things, historical operating statements, rent rolls, tenant leases and/or budgeted income and expense statements provided by the borrower and makes adjustments in order to determine a debt service coverage ratio, including taking into account the benefits of any governmental assistance programs. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Information”.

 

Debt Service Coverage Ratio and Loan-to-Value Ratio. The underwriting includes a calculation of the debt service coverage ratio and the loan-to-value ratio in connection with the origination of each loan.

 

The debt service coverage ratio will generally be calculated based on the ratio of the underwritten net cash flow from the property in question as determined by the applicable DB Originator and payments on the loan based on actual principal and/or interest due on the loan. However, underwritten net cash flow is often a highly subjective number based on a variety of assumptions regarding, and adjustments to, revenues and expenses with respect to the related real property collateral. For example, when calculating the debt service coverage ratio for a multifamily or commercial mortgage loan, annual net cash flow that was calculated based on assumptions regarding projected future rental income, expenses and/or occupancy may be utilized. We cannot assure you that the foregoing assumptions made with respect to any prospective multifamily or commercial mortgage loan will, in fact, be consistent with actual property performance. For specific discussions on the particular assumptions and adjustments, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool” and Annex A-1 and Annex A-3. The loan-to-value ratio, in general, is the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the then-outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loan divided by the estimated value of the related property based on an appraisal obtained in accordance with the guidelines

 

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described under “—Appraisal and Loan-to-Value Ratio” below. In addition, with respect to certain mortgage loans, there may exist subordinate mortgage debt or mezzanine debt. Such mortgage loans will have a lower combined debt service coverage ratio and/or a higher combined loan-to-value ratio when such subordinate or mezzanine debt is taken into account. Additionally, certain mortgage loans may provide for interest only payments prior to maturity, or for an interest-only period during a portion of the term of the mortgage loan.

 

Appraisal and Loan-to-Value Ratio. For each Mortgaged Property, the applicable DB Originator obtains (or, in connection with the applicable DB Originator’s acquisition and reunderwriting of a mortgage loan, the related originator obtains and the applicable DB Originator relies upon) a current (within 6 months of the origination date of the mortgage loan) comprehensive narrative appraisal conforming to the requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”) and Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation. The appraisal is based on the “as-is” market value of the Mortgaged Property as of the date of value in its then-current condition, and in accordance with the Mortgaged Property’s highest and best use as determined within the appraisal. In certain cases, the applicable DB Originator may also obtain prospective or hypothetical values on an “as-stabilized”, “as-complete” and/or “hypothetical as-is” basis, reflecting stipulated assumptions including, but not limited to, leasing, occupancy, income normalization, construction, renovation, restoration and/or repairs at the Mortgaged Property. The applicable DB Originator then determines the loan-to-value ratio of the mortgage loan for origination or, if applicable, in connection with its acquisition of the mortgage loan, in each case based on the value and effective value dates set forth in the appraisal. In connection with the applicable DB Originator’s acquisition and reunderwriting of a mortgage loan, the applicable DB Originator relies upon the appraisal(s) obtained by the related originator. Such appraisal(s) may reflect a value for a particular Mortgaged Property that varies from an opinion of value of the applicable DB Originator. The information in this prospectus regarding such acquired mortgage loans, including, but not limited to, appraised values and loan-to-value ratios, reflects the information contained in such originator’s appraisal. We cannot assure you that the information set forth in this prospectus regarding the appraised values or loan-to-value ratios of such acquired mortgage loans would not be different if a DB Originator had originated such mortgage loans. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Appraisals May Not Reflect Current or Future Market Value of Each Property”.

 

Evaluation of Borrower. The applicable DB Originator evaluates the borrower and its principals with respect to credit history and prior experience as an owner and operator of commercial real estate properties. The evaluation will generally include obtaining and reviewing a credit report or other reliable indication of the borrower’s financial capacity; obtaining and verifying credit references and/or business and trade references; and obtaining and reviewing certifications provided by the borrower as to prior real estate experience and current contingent liabilities. Finally, although the mortgage loans generally are non-recourse in nature, in the case of certain mortgage loans, the borrower and certain principals of the borrower may be required to assume legal responsibility for liabilities as a result of, among other things, fraud, misrepresentation, misappropriation or conversion of funds and breach of environmental or hazardous materials requirements. The applicable DB Originator evaluates the financial capacity of the borrower and such principals to meet any obligations that may arise with respect to such liabilities.

 

Environmental Site Assessment. Prior to origination, the applicable DB Originator either (i) obtains or updates (or, in connection with the applicable DB Originator’s acquisition and reunderwriting of a mortgage loan, the related originator obtains or updates and the applicable DB Originator relies upon) an environmental site assessment (“ESA”) for a Mortgaged Property prepared by a qualified environmental firm or (ii) obtains (or, in connection with the applicable DB Originator’s acquisition and reunderwriting of a mortgage loan, the related originator obtains or updates and the applicable DB Originator relies upon) an environmental insurance policy for a Mortgaged Property. If an ESA is obtained or updated, the applicable DB Originator reviews the ESA to verify the absence of reported violations of applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and hazardous materials or other material adverse environmental condition or circumstance. In cases in which the ESA identifies conditions that would require cleanup, remedial action or any other response estimated to cost in excess of 5% of the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loan, the applicable DB Originator either (i) determines that

 

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another party with sufficient assets is responsible for taking remedial actions directed by an applicable regulatory authority or (ii) requires the borrower to do one of the following: (A) carry out satisfactory remediation activities or other responses prior to the origination of the mortgage loan, (B) establish an operations and maintenance plan, (C) place sufficient funds in escrow or establish a letter of credit at the time of origination of the mortgage loan to complete such remediation within a specified period of time, (D) obtain an environmental insurance policy for the Mortgaged Property, (E) provide or obtain an indemnity agreement or a guaranty with respect to such condition or circumstance, or (F) receive appropriate assurances that significant remediation activities or other significant responses are not necessary or required.

 

Certain of the mortgage loans may also have environmental insurance policies. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Insurance Considerations”.

 

Physical Assessment Report. Prior to origination, the applicable DB Originator obtains (or, in connection with the applicable DB Originator’s acquisition and reunderwriting of a mortgage loan, the related originator obtains and the applicable DB Originator relies upon) a physical assessment report (“PAR”) for each Mortgaged Property prepared by a qualified structural engineering firm. The applicable DB Originator reviews the PAR to verify that the property is reported to be in satisfactory physical condition, and to determine the anticipated costs of necessary repair, replacement and major maintenance or capital expenditure needs over the term of the mortgage loan. In cases in which the PAR identifies material repairs or replacements needed immediately, the applicable DB Originator generally requires the borrower to carry out such repairs or replacements prior to the origination of the mortgage loan, or, in many cases, requires the borrower to place sufficient funds in escrow at the time of origination of the mortgage loan to complete such repairs or replacements within not more than twelve months. In certain instances, the applicable DB Originator may waive such escrows but require the related borrower to complete such repairs within a stated period of time in the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Title Insurance Policy. The borrower is required to provide, and the applicable DB Originator reviews, a title insurance policy for each Mortgaged Property. The title insurance policy must meet the following requirements: (a) the policy must be written by a title insurer licensed to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located; (b) the policy must be in an amount equal to the original principal balance of the mortgage loan; (c) the protection and benefits must run to the mortgagee and its successors and assigns; (d) the policy should be written on a standard policy form of the American Land Title Association or equivalent policy promulgated in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located; and (e) the legal description of the Mortgaged Property in the title policy must conform to that shown on the survey of the Mortgaged Property, where a survey has been required.

 

Property Insurance. The borrower is required to provide, and the applicable DB Originator reviews, certificates of required insurance with respect to the Mortgaged Property. Such insurance may include: (1) commercial general liability insurance for bodily injury or death and property damage; (2) a fire and extended perils insurance policy providing “special” form coverage including coverage against loss or damage by fire, lightning, explosion, smoke, windstorm and hail, riot or strike and civil commotion; (3) if applicable, boiler and machinery coverage; (4) if the Mortgaged Property is located in a flood hazard area, flood insurance; and (5) such other coverage as the applicable DB Originator may require based on the specific characteristics of the Mortgaged Property.

 

Seismic Report. A seismic report is required for all properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4.

 

Zoning and Building Code Compliance. In connection with the origination of a multifamily or commercial mortgage loan, the originator will examine whether the use and occupancy of the related real property collateral is in material compliance with zoning, land-use, building rules, regulations and orders then applicable to that property. Evidence of this compliance may be in the form of one or more of the following: a zoning report, legal opinions, surveys, recorded documents, temporary or permanent certificates of occupancy, letters from government officials or agencies, title insurance endorsements, engineering or consulting reports and/or representations by the related borrower.

 

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Escrow Requirements. The applicable DB Originator may require borrowers to fund various escrows for taxes, insurance, capital expenses and replacement reserves, which reserves in many instances will be limited to certain capped amounts. In addition, the applicable DB Originator may identify certain risks that warrant additional escrows or holdbacks for items such as leasing-related matters, deferred maintenance, environmental remediation or unfunded obligations, which escrows or holdbacks would be released upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions. Springing escrows may also be structured for identified risks such as specific rollover exposure, to be triggered upon the non-renewal of one or more key tenants. Escrows are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are not required for all commercial mortgage loans originated by a DB Originator. The typical required escrows for mortgage loans originated by a DB Originator are as follows:

 

Taxes – An initial deposit and monthly escrow deposits equal to approximately 1/12th of the estimated annual property taxes (based on the most recent property assessment and the current millage rate) are required to provide the applicable DB Originator with sufficient funds to satisfy all taxes and assessments. The applicable DB Originator may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant) and the tenant pays taxes directly (or the applicable DB Originator may waive the escrow for a portion of the Mortgaged Property which is leased to a tenant that pays taxes for its portion of the Mortgaged Property directly); or (ii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Insurance – An initial deposit and monthly escrow deposits equal to approximately 1/12th of the estimated annual property insurance premium are required to provide the applicable DB Originator with sufficient funds to pay all insurance premiums. The applicable DB Originator may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the borrower maintains a blanket insurance policy; (ii) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant) and the tenant maintains the property insurance or self-insures (or may waive the escrow for a portion of the Mortgaged Property which is leased to a tenant that maintains property insurance for its portion of the Mortgaged Property or self-insures); or (iii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Replacement Reserves – Replacement reserves are generally calculated in accordance with the expected useful life of the components of the property during the term of the mortgage loan. Annual replacement reserves are generally underwritten to the suggested replacement reserve amount from an independent, third-party property condition or engineering report, or to certain minimum requirements by property type. The applicable DB Originator may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant) and the tenant repairs and maintains the Mortgaged Property (or may waive the escrow for a portion of the Mortgaged Property which is leased to a tenant that repairs and maintains its portion of the Mortgaged Property); or (ii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Tenant Improvement/Lease Commissions – A tenant improvement/leasing commission reserve may be required to be funded either at loan origination and/or during the related mortgage loan term and/or springing upon certain tenant events to cover certain anticipated leasing commissions, free rent periods or tenant improvement costs which might be associated with re-leasing the space occupied by such tenants. The applicable DB Originator may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant), with a lease that extends beyond the loan term; or (ii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Deferred Maintenance – A deferred maintenance reserve may be required to be funded at loan origination in an amount equal to 100% to 125% of the estimated cost of material immediate repairs or replacements identified in the property condition or engineering report. The applicable DB Originator may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances,

 

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  including, but not limited to: (i) the sponsor of the borrower delivers a guarantee to complete the immediate repairs; (ii) the deferred maintenance items do not materially impact the function, performance or value of the property; (iii) the deferred maintenance cost does not exceed $50,000; (iv) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant), and the tenant is responsible for the repairs; or (v) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Environmental Remediation – An environmental remediation reserve may be required at loan origination in an amount equal to 100% to 125% of the estimated remediation cost identified in the environmental report. The applicable DB Originator may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the sponsor of the borrower delivers a guarantee agreeing to complete the remediation; (ii) environmental insurance is in place or obtained; or (iii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

The applicable DB Originator may determine that establishing any of the foregoing escrows or reserves is not warranted in one or more of the following instances (collectively, the “Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances”): (i) the amounts involved are de minimis, (ii) the applicable DB Originator’s evaluation of the ability of the Mortgaged Property, the borrower or a holder of direct or indirect ownership interests in the borrower to bear the subject expense or cost absent creation of an escrow or reserve, (iii) based on the Mortgaged Property maintaining a specified debt service coverage ratio, (iv) the applicable DB Originator has structured springing escrows that arise for identified risks, (v) the applicable DB Originator has an alternative to a cash escrow or reserve, such as a letter of credit or a guarantee from the borrower or an affiliate of the borrower; (vi) the applicable DB Originator believes there are credit positive characteristics of the borrower, the sponsor of the borrower and/or the Mortgaged Property that would offset the need for the escrow or reserve; or (vii) the reserves are being collected and held by a third party, such as a management company, a franchisor, or an association.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing discussion under this caption “—DB Originators’ Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”, one or more of the mortgage loans contributed to this securitization by GACC may vary from, or may not comply with, the applicable DB Originator’s underwriting guidelines described above. In addition, in the case of one or more of the mortgage loans contributed to this securitization by GACC, the applicable DB Originator may not have strictly applied these underwriting guidelines as the result of a case-by-case permitted exception based upon other compensating or mitigating factors.

 

Exceptions. Disclosed above are the DB Originators’ general underwriting guidelines with respect to the GACC Mortgage Loans. One or more GACC Mortgage Loans may vary from the specific DB Originator underwriting guidelines described above when additional credit positive characteristics are present as discussed above. In addition, in the case of one or more GACC Mortgage Loans, a DB Originator may not have applied each of the specific underwriting guidelines described above as the result of case-by-case permitted flexibility based upon other compensating factors. In certain cases set forth below, the applicable DB Originator made exceptions and the underwriting of a particular GACC Mortgage Loan did not comply with all aspects of the disclosed criteria.

 

Other than as set forth below, the GACC Mortgage Loans were originated in accordance with the underwriting standards set forth above.

 

With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Mortgage Loan is structured with a 10-year ARD and a 12-year final maturity date, which is longer than the maximum term of 10 years generally required by GACC’s underwriting guidelines. GACC’s decision to include the Mortgage Loan in the transaction was based on several factors, including (i) the loan-to-value ratio of the Mortgage Loan of 35.5% in comparison to the loan-to-value ratio of 70.0% that is provided for in GACC’s underwriting guidelines for hospitality properties, (ii) the net cash flow debt service coverage ratio of the Mortgage Loan based on annual master lease rents of 4.95x, in comparison to a net cash flow debt service coverage ratio of 1.50x that is provided for in GACC’s underwriting guidelines for hospitality properties and (iii) the experience of the loan sponsors and their affiliates. One of the loan sponsors for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan is a subsidiary of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.

 

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Compliance with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act. GACC most recently filed a Form ABS-15G with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on February 10, 2020. GACC’s “Central Index Key” number is 0001541294. With respect to the period from and including October 1, 2017 to and including September 30, 2020, GACC did not have any activity to report as required by Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act with respect to repurchase or replacement requests in connection with breaches of representations and warranties made by it as a sponsor of commercial mortgage securitizations.

 

Retained Interests in This Securitization. Neither GACC nor any of its affiliates will retain on the Closing Date any certificates issued by the issuing entity or any other economic interest in this securitization, except that DBNY (a “majority-owned affiliate” (as defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules) of GACC) will retain the VRR Interest as described under “Credit Risk Retention”. However, GACC and/or its affiliates may acquire or own in the future certain additional classes of certificates issued by the issuing entity. Any such party will have the right to dispose of any such certificates (other than the VRR Interest) at any time. DBNY or an affiliate will be required to retain the VRR Interest as further described under “Credit Risk Retention”.

 

The information set forth under “—German American Capital Corporation” has been provided by GACC.

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

 

General.

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPMCB”) is a national banking association and wholly owned bank subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a Delaware corporation whose principal office is located in New York, New York. JPMCB offers a wide range of banking services to its customers, both domestically and internationally. It is chartered and its business is subject to examination and regulation by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. JPMCB is an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, an underwriter. Additional information, including the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, of JPMorgan Chase & Co., the 2019 Annual Report of JPMorgan Chase & Co., and additional annual, quarterly and current reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by JPMorgan Chase & Co., as they become available, may be obtained without charge by each person to whom this prospectus is delivered upon the written request of any such person to the Office of the Secretary, JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4 New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004 or at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. None of the documents that JPMorgan Chase & Co. files with the SEC or any of the information on, or accessible through, the SEC’s website, is part of, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.

 

JPMCB’s Securitization Program. The following is a description of JPMCB’s commercial mortgage-backed securitization program.

 

JPMCB underwrites and originates mortgage loans secured by commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community properties for its securitization program. As sponsor, JPMCB sells the loans it originates or acquires through commercial mortgage-backed securitizations. JPMCB, with its commercial mortgage lending affiliates and predecessors, began originating commercial mortgage loans for securitization in 1994 and securitizing commercial mortgage loans in 1995. As of December 31, 2019, the total amount of commercial mortgage loans originated and securitized by JPMCB and its predecessors is in excess of $150 billion. Of that amount, approximately $124.6 billion has been securitized by J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. (“JPMCCMSC”), a subsidiary of JPMCB, as depositor. In its fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, JPMCB originated approximately $9.0 billion of commercial mortgage loans, of which approximately $4.2 billion were securitized by JPMCCMSC.

 

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On May 30, 2008, JPMorgan Chase & Co., the parent of JPMCB, merged with The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. As a result of such merger, Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage, Inc. (“BSCMI”) became a subsidiary of JPMCB. Subsequent to such merger, BSCMI changed its name to J.P. Morgan Commercial Mortgage Inc. Prior to the merger, BSCMI was a sponsor of its own commercial mortgage-backed securitization program. BSCMI, with its commercial mortgage lending affiliates and predecessors, began originating commercial mortgage loans in 1995 and securitizing commercial mortgage loans in 1996. As of November 30, 2007, the total amount of commercial mortgage loans originated by BSCMI was in excess of $60 billion, of which approximately $39 billion has been securitized. Of that amount, approximately $22 billion has been securitized by an affiliate of BSCMI acting as depositor. BSCMI’s annual commercial mortgage loan originations grew from approximately $65 million in 1995 to approximately $1.0 billion in 2000 and to approximately $21.0 billion in 2007. After the merger, only JPMCB continued to be a sponsor of commercial mortgage-backed securitizations.

 

The commercial mortgage loans originated, co-originated or acquired by JPMCB include both fixed-rate and floating-rate loans and both smaller “conduit” loans and large loans. JPMCB primarily originates loans secured by retail, office, multifamily, hospitality, industrial and self-storage properties, but also originates loans secured by manufactured housing communities, theaters, land subject to a ground lease and mixed use properties. JPMCB originates loans in every state.

 

As a sponsor, JPMCB originates, co-originates or acquires mortgage loans and, either by itself or together with other sponsors or loan sellers, initiates their securitization by transferring the mortgage loans to a depositor, which in turn transfers them to the issuing entity for the related securitization. In coordination with its affiliate, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and other underwriters, JPMCB works with rating agencies, loan sellers, subordinated debt purchasers and master servicers in structuring the securitization transaction. JPMCB acts as sponsor, originator or loan seller both in transactions in which it is the sole sponsor and mortgage loan seller as well as in transactions in which other entities act as sponsor and/or mortgage loan seller. Some of these loan sellers may be affiliated with underwriters on the transactions.

 

Neither JPMCB nor any of its affiliates acts as master servicer of the commercial mortgage loans in its securitizations. Instead, JPMCB sells the right to be appointed master servicer of its securitized loans to rating-agency approved master servicers.

 

For a description of certain affiliations, relationships and related transactions between the sponsor and the other transaction parties, see “Risk FactorsRisks Related to Conflicts of Interest—Interests and Incentives of the Underwriter Entities May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests” and “Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties”.

 

Review of JPMCB Mortgage Loans

 

Overview. JPMCB, in its capacity as the sponsor of the Mortgage Loans it is selling to the depositor (the “JPMCB Mortgage Loans”), has conducted a review of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans in connection with the securitization described in this prospectus. The review of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans was performed by a deal team comprised of real estate and securitization professionals who are employees of JPMCB, or one or more of JPMCB’s affiliates, or, in certain circumstances, are consultants engaged by JPMCB (the “JPMCB Deal Team”). The review procedures described below were employed with respect to all of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans, except that certain review procedures only were relevant to the large loan disclosures in this prospectus, as further described below. No sampling procedures were used in the review process.

 

Database. To prepare for securitization, members of the JPMCB Deal Team updated its internal origination database of loan-level and property-level information relating to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan. The database was compiled from, among other sources, the related Mortgage Loan documents, third party appraisals (as well as environmental reports, engineering assessments and seismic reports, if applicable and obtained), zoning reports, if applicable, evidence of insurance coverage or summaries of the same prepared by an outside insurance consultant, borrower supplied information (including, but not limited to, rent rolls, leases, operating statements and budgets) and information collected by JPMCB

 

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during the underwriting process. After origination or acquisition of each JPMCB Mortgage Loan, the JPMCB Deal Team updated the information in the database with respect to such JPMCB Mortgage Loan based on updates provided by the related servicer relating to loan payment status and escrows, updated operating statements, rent rolls and leasing activity, and information otherwise brought to the attention of the JPMCB Deal Team.

 

A data tape (the “JPMCB Data Tape”) containing detailed information regarding each JPMCB Mortgage Loan was created from the information in the database referred to in the prior paragraph. The JPMCB Data Tape was used by the JPMCB Deal Team to provide the numerical information regarding the JPMCB Mortgage Loans in this prospectus.

 

Data Comparison and Recalculation. JPMCB engaged a third party accounting firm to perform certain data comparison and recalculation procedures designed by JPMCB relating to information in this prospectus regarding the JPMCB Mortgage Loans. These procedures included:

 

comparing the information in the JPMCB Data Tape against various source documents provided by JPMCB that are described above under “—Database”;

 

comparing numerical information regarding the JPMCB Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgaged Properties disclosed in this prospectus against the JPMCB Data Tape; and

 

recalculating certain percentages, ratios and other formulae relating to the JPMCB Mortgage Loans disclosed in this prospectus.

 

Legal Review. JPMCB engaged various law firms to conduct certain legal reviews of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans to assist in the preparation of the disclosure in this prospectus. In anticipation of a securitization of each JPMCB Mortgage Loan, origination counsel prepared a loan and property summary that sets forth salient loan terms and summarizes material deviations from material provisions of JPMCB’s standard form loan documents. In addition, origination counsel for each JPMCB Mortgage Loan reviewed JPMCB’s representations and warranties set forth on Annex F-1 and, if applicable, identified exceptions to those representations and warranties.

 

Securitization counsel was also engaged to assist in the review of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans. Such assistance included, among other things, (i) a review of sections of the loan agreement relating to certain JPMCB Mortgage Loans marked against the standard form document, (ii) a review of the loan and property summaries referred to above relating to the JPMCB Mortgage Loans prepared by origination counsel, and (iii) a review of due diligence questionnaires completed by the JPMCB Deal Team and origination counsel. Securitization counsel also reviewed the property release provisions, if any, and condemnation provisions for each JPMCB Mortgage Loan for compliance with the REMIC provisions.

 

Origination counsel and securitization counsel also assisted in the preparation of the risk factors and mortgage loan summaries set forth in Annex A-1, based on their respective reviews of pertinent sections of the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Other Review Procedures. On a case-by-case basis as deemed necessary by JPMCB, with respect to any pending litigation that existed at the origination of any JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is material and not covered by insurance, JPMCB requested updates from the related borrower, origination counsel and/or borrower’s litigation counsel. JPMCB confirmed with the related servicer that there has not been recent material casualty to any improvements located on real property that serves as collateral for JPMCB Mortgage Loans. In addition, if JPMCB became aware of a significant natural disaster in the immediate vicinity of any Mortgaged Property securing a JPMCB Mortgage Loan, JPMCB obtained information on the status of the Mortgaged Property from the related borrower to confirm no material damage to the Mortgaged Property.

 

The JPMCB Deal Team also consulted with JPMCB personnel responsible for the origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans to confirm that the JPMCB Mortgage Loans were originated or acquired in compliance with the origination and underwriting criteria described below under “—JPMCB’s Underwriting

 

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Guidelines and Processes”, as well as to identify any material deviations from those origination and underwriting criteria. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines”.

 

Findings and Conclusions. Based on the foregoing review procedures, JPMCB determined that the disclosure regarding the JPMCB Mortgage Loans in this prospectus is accurate in all material respects. JPMCB also determined that the JPMCB Mortgage Loans were originated or acquired in accordance with JPMCB’s origination procedures and underwriting criteria, except as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines”. JPMCB attributes to itself all findings and conclusions resulting from the foregoing review procedures.

 

Review Procedures in the Event of a Mortgage Loan Substitution. JPMCB will perform a review of any mortgage loan that it elects to substitute for a mortgage loan in the pool in connection with material breach of a representation or warranty or a material document defect. JPMCB, and if appropriate its legal counsel, will review the Mortgage Loan documents and servicing history of the substitute mortgage loan to confirm it meets each of the criteria required under the terms of the related mortgage loan purchase agreement and the pooling and servicing agreement (the “JPMCB’s Qualification Criteria”). JPMCB will engage a third party accounting firm to compare the JPMCB’s Qualification Criteria against the underlying source documentation to verify the accuracy of the review by JPMCB and to confirm any numerical and/or statistical information to be disclosed in any required filings under the Exchange Act. Legal counsel will also be engaged by JPMCB to render any tax opinion required in connection with the substitution.

 

JPMCB’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes

 

General. JPMCB has developed guidelines establishing certain procedures with respect to underwriting the mortgage loans originated or purchased by it. All of the mortgage loans sold to the issuing entity by JPMCB were generally underwritten in accordance with the guidelines below. In some instances, one or more provisions of the guidelines were waived or modified by JPMCB at origination where it was determined not to adversely affect the related mortgage loan originated by it in any material respect. The mortgage loans to be included in the issuing entity were originated or acquired by JPMCB generally in accordance with the commercial mortgage-backed securitization program of JPMCB. For a description of any material exceptions to the underwriting guidelines in this prospectus, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines”.

 

Notwithstanding the discussion below, given the differences between individual commercial Mortgaged Properties, the underwriting and origination procedures and the credit analysis with respect to any particular commercial mortgage loan may significantly differ from one asset to another, and will be driven by circumstances particular to that property, including, among others, its type, current and alternative uses, size, location, market conditions, reserve requirements and additional collateral, tenants and leases, borrower identity, sponsorship, performance history and/or other factors. However, except as described in the exceptions to the underwriting guidelines (see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Exceptions to Underwriting Guidelines”), the underwriting of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans will conform to the general guidelines described below.

 

Property Analysis. JPMCB performs or causes to be performed a site inspection to evaluate the location and quality of the related Mortgaged Properties. Such inspection generally includes an evaluation of functionality, design, attractiveness, visibility and accessibility, as well as location to major thoroughfares, transportation centers, employment sources, retail areas and educational or recreational facilities. JPMCB assesses the submarket in which the property is located to evaluate competitive or comparable properties as well as market trends. In addition, JPMCB evaluates the property’s age, physical condition, operating history, lease and tenant mix, and management.

 

Cash Flow Analysis. JPMCB reviews, among other things, historical operating statements, rent rolls, tenant leases and/or budgeted income and expense statements provided by the borrower and makes adjustments in order to determine a debt service coverage ratio, including taking into account the benefits of any governmental assistance programs. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Information”.

 

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Loan Approval. All mortgage loans originated by JPMCB require preliminary and final approval by a loan credit committee which includes senior executives of JPMCB. Prior to delivering a term sheet to a prospective borrower sponsor, the JPMCB origination team will submit a preliminary underwriting package to the preliminary CMBS underwriting committee. For loans under $30.0 million, approval by two committee members is required prior to sending a term sheet to the borrower sponsor. For loans over $30.0 million unanimous committee approval is required prior to sending the term sheet to the borrower sponsor. Prior to funding the loan, after all due diligence has been completed, a loan will then be reviewed by the CMBS underwriting committee and approval by the committee must be unanimous. The CMBS underwriting committee may approve a mortgage loan as recommended, request additional due diligence prior to approval, approve it subject to modifications of the loan terms or decline a loan transaction.

 

Debt Service Coverage Ratio and LTV Ratio. The underwriting includes a calculation of the debt service coverage ratio and the loan-to-value ratio in connection with the origination of each loan.

 

The debt service coverage ratio will generally be calculated based on the ratio of the underwritten net cash flow from the property in question as determined by JPMCB and payments on the loan based on actual principal and/or interest due on the loan. However, underwritten net cash flow is often a highly subjective number based on a variety of assumptions regarding, and adjustments to, revenues and expenses with respect to the related real property collateral. For example, when calculating the debt service coverage ratio for a multifamily or commercial mortgage loan, annual net cash flow that was calculated based on assumptions regarding projected future rental income, expenses and/or occupancy may be utilized. We cannot assure you that the foregoing assumptions made with respect to any prospective multifamily or commercial mortgage loan will, in fact, be consistent with actual property performance. For specific discussions on the particular assumptions and adjustments, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Additional Information” and Annex A-1 and Annex A-3. The loan-to-value ratio, in general, is the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the then-outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loan divided by the estimated value of the related property based on an appraisal. In addition, with respect to certain mortgage loans, there may exist mezzanine debt. Such mortgage loans will have a lower combined debt service coverage ratio and/or a higher combined loan-to-value ratio when such subordinate or mezzanine debt is taken into account. Additionally, certain mortgage loans may provide for interest only payments prior to maturity, or for an interest-only period during a portion of the term of the mortgage loan.

 

Appraisal and LTV Ratio. For each Mortgaged Property, JPMCB obtains a current (within 6 months of the origination date of the mortgage loan) full narrative appraisal conforming at least to the requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (“FIRREA”). The appraisal is based on the current use of the Mortgaged Property and must include an estimate of the then-current market value of the property “as-stabilized”, “as-complete” and “as-is” values. The “as-stabilized” or “as-complete” value may be based on certain assumptions, such as future construction completion, projected re-tenanting, payment of tenant improvement or leasing commissions allowances or free or abated rent periods, or increased tenant occupancies. JPMCB then determines the loan-to-value ratio of the mortgage loan at the date of origination or, if applicable, in connection with its acquisition, in each case based on the value or values set forth in the appraisal and relevant loan structure.

 

Evaluation of Borrower. JPMCB evaluates the borrower and its principals with respect to credit history and prior experience as an owner and operator of commercial real estate properties. The evaluation will generally include obtaining and reviewing a credit report or other reliable indication of the borrower’s financial capacity; obtaining and verifying credit references and/or business and trade references; and obtaining and reviewing certifications provided by the borrower as to prior real estate experience and current contingent liabilities. Finally, although the mortgage loans generally are non-recourse in nature, in the case of certain mortgage loans, the borrower and certain principals of the borrower may be required to assume legal responsibility for liabilities as a result of, among other things, fraud, misrepresentation, misappropriation or conversion of funds and breach of environmental or hazardous materials requirements. JPMCB evaluates the financial capacity of the borrower and such principals to meet any obligations that may arise with respect to such liabilities.

 

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Environmental Site Assessment. Prior to origination, JPMCB either (i) obtains or updates an environmental site assessment (“ESA”) for a Mortgaged Property prepared by a qualified environmental firm or (ii) obtains an environmental insurance policy for a Mortgaged Property. If an ESA is obtained or updated, JPMCB reviews the ESA to verify the absence of reported violations of applicable laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and hazardous materials or other material adverse environmental condition or circumstance. In cases in which the ESA identifies conditions that would require cleanup, remedial action or any other response estimated to cost in excess of 5% of the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loan, JPMCB either (i) determines that another party with sufficient assets is responsible for taking remedial actions directed by an applicable regulatory authority or (ii) requires the borrower to do one of the following: (A) carry out satisfactory remediation activities or other responses prior to the origination of the mortgage loan, (B) establish an operations and maintenance plan, (C) place sufficient funds in escrow or establish a letter of credit at the time of origination of the mortgage loan to complete such remediation within a specified period of time, (D) obtain an environmental insurance policy for the Mortgaged Property, (E) provide or obtain an indemnity agreement or a guaranty with respect to such condition or circumstance, or (F) receive appropriate assurances that significant remediation activities or other significant responses are not necessary or required.

 

Certain of the mortgage loans may also have environmental insurance policies. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans”.

 

Physical Assessment Report. Prior to origination, JPMCB obtains a physical assessment report (“PAR”) for each Mortgaged Property prepared by a qualified structural engineering firm. JPMCB reviews the PAR to verify that the property is reported to be in satisfactory physical condition, and to determine the anticipated costs of necessary repair, replacement and major maintenance or capital expenditure needs over the term of the mortgage loan. In cases in which the PAR identifies material repairs or replacements needed immediately, JPMCB generally requires the borrower to carry out such repairs or replacements prior to the origination of the mortgage loan, or, in many cases, requires the borrower to place sufficient funds in escrow at the time of origination of the mortgage loan to complete such repairs or replacements within not more than twelve months. In certain instances, JPMCB may waive such escrows but require the related borrower to complete such repairs within a stated period of time in the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Title Insurance Policy. The borrower is required to provide, and JPMCB reviews, a title insurance policy for each Mortgaged Property. The title insurance policy must meet the following requirements: (a) the policy must be written by a title insurer licensed to do business in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located; (b) the policy must be in an amount equal to the original principal balance of the mortgage loan; (c) the protection and benefits must run to the mortgagee and its successors and assigns; (d) the policy should be written on a standard policy form of the American Land Title Association or equivalent policy promulgated in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Property is located; and (e) the legal description of the Mortgaged Property in the title policy must conform to that shown on the survey of the Mortgaged Property, where a survey has been required.

 

Property Insurance. The borrower is required to provide, and JPMCB reviews, certificates of required insurance with respect to the Mortgaged Property. Such insurance may include: (1) commercial general liability insurance for bodily injury or death and property damage; (2) a fire and extended perils insurance policy providing “special” form coverage including coverage against loss or damage by fire, lightning, explosion, smoke, windstorm and hail, riot or strike and civil commotion; (3) if applicable, boiler and machinery coverage; (4) if the Mortgaged Property is located in a flood hazard area, flood insurance; and (5) such other coverage as JPMCB may require based on the specific characteristics of the Mortgaged Property.

 

Seismic Report. A seismic report is required for all properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4.

 

Zoning and Building Code Compliance. In connection with the origination of a multifamily or commercial mortgage loan, the originator will examine whether the use and occupancy of the related real property collateral is in material compliance with zoning, land-use, building rules, regulations and orders

 

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then applicable to that property. Evidence of this compliance may be in the form of one or more of the following: a zoning report, legal opinions, surveys, recorded documents, temporary or permanent certificates of occupancy, letters from government officials or agencies, title insurance endorsements, engineering or consulting reports and/or representations by the related borrower.

 

Escrow Requirements. JPMCB generally requires borrowers to fund various escrows for taxes, insurance, capital expenses and replacement reserves, which reserves in many instances will be limited to certain capped amounts, however, it may waive certain of those requirements on a case by case basis based on the Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances described below. In addition, JPMCB may identify certain risks that warrant additional escrows or holdbacks for items such as leasing-related matters, deferred maintenance, environmental remediation or unfunded obligations, which escrows or holdbacks would be released upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions. Springing escrows may also be structured for identified risks such as specific rollover exposure, to be triggered upon the non-renewal of one or more key tenants. Escrows are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are not required for all commercial mortgage loans originated by JPMCB. The typical required escrows for mortgage loans originated by JPMCB are as follows:

 

Taxes – An initial deposit and monthly escrow deposits equal to approximately 1/12th of the estimated annual property taxes (based on the most recent property assessment and the current millage rate) are required to provide JPMCB with sufficient funds to satisfy all taxes and assessments. JPMCB may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant) and the tenant pays taxes directly (or JPMCB may waive the escrow for a portion of the Mortgaged Property which is leased to a tenant that pays taxes for its portion of the Mortgaged Property directly); or (ii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Insurance – An initial deposit and monthly escrow deposits equal to approximately 1/12th of the estimated annual property insurance premium are required to provide JPMCB with sufficient funds to pay all insurance premiums. JPMCB may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the borrower maintains a blanket insurance policy; (ii) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant) and the tenant maintains the property insurance or self-insures (or may waive the escrow for a portion of the Mortgaged Property which is leased to a tenant that maintains property insurance for its portion of the Mortgaged Property or self-insures); or (iii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Replacement Reserves – Replacement reserves are generally calculated in accordance with the expected useful life of the components of the property during the term of the mortgage loan. Annual replacement reserves are generally underwritten to the suggested replacement reserve amount from an independent, third-party property condition or engineering report, or to certain minimum requirements by property type. JPMCB may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant) and the tenant repairs and maintains the Mortgaged Property (or may waive the escrow for a portion of the Mortgaged Property which is leased to a tenant that repairs and maintains its portion of the Mortgaged Property); or (ii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Tenant Improvement/Lease Commissions – A tenant improvement/leasing commission reserve may be required to be funded either at loan origination and/or during the related mortgage loan term and/or springing upon certain tenant events to cover certain anticipated leasing commissions, free rent periods or tenant improvement costs which might be associated with re-leasing the space occupied by such tenants. JPMCB may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant), with a lease that extends beyond the loan term; or (ii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

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Deferred Maintenance – A deferred maintenance reserve may be required to be funded at loan origination in an amount equal to 100% to 125% of the estimated cost of material immediate repairs or replacements identified in the property condition or engineering report. JPMCB may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the sponsor of the borrower delivers a guarantee to complete the immediate repairs; (ii) the deferred maintenance items do not materially impact the function, performance or value of the property; (iii) the deferred maintenance cost does not exceed $50,000; (iv) the Mortgaged Property is a single tenant property (or substantially leased to single tenant), and the tenant is responsible for the repairs; or (v) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

Environmental Remediation – An environmental remediation reserve may be required at loan origination in an amount equal to 100% to 125% of the estimated remediation cost identified in the environmental report. JPMCB may waive this escrow requirement in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to: (i) the sponsor of the borrower delivers a guarantee agreeing to complete the remediation; (ii) environmental insurance is in place or obtained; or (iii) any Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances.

 

JPMCB may determine that establishing any of the foregoing escrows or reserves is not warranted in one or more of the following instances (collectively, the “Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances”): (i) the amounts involved are de minimis, (ii) JPMCB’s evaluation of the ability of the Mortgaged Property, the borrower or a holder of direct or indirect ownership interests in the borrower to bear the subject expense or cost absent creation of an escrow or reserve, (iii) based on the Mortgaged Property maintaining a specified debt service coverage ratio, (iv) JPMCB has structured springing escrows that arise for identified risks, (v) JPMCB has an alternative to a cash escrow or reserve, such as a letter of credit or a guarantee from the borrower or an affiliate of the borrower; (vi) JPMCB believes there are credit positive characteristics of the borrower, the sponsor of the borrower and/or the Mortgaged Property that would offset the need for the escrow or reserve; or (vii) the reserves are being collected and held by a third party, such as a management company, a franchisor, or an association.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing discussion under this caption “—JPMCB’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”, one or more of the mortgage loans contributed to this securitization by JPMCB may vary from, or may not comply with, JPMCB’s underwriting guidelines described above. In addition, in the case of one or more of the mortgage loans contributed to this securitization by JPMCB, JPMCB may not have strictly applied these underwriting guidelines as the result of a case-by-case permitted exception based upon other compensating or mitigating factors.

 

Exceptions. Disclosed above are JPMCB’s general underwriting guidelines with respect to the JPMCB Mortgage Loans. One or more JPMCB Mortgage Loans may vary from the specific JPMCB underwriting guidelines described above when additional credit positive characteristics are present as discussed above. In addition, in the case of one or more JPMCB Mortgage Loans, JPMCB may not have applied each of the specific underwriting guidelines described above as the result of case-by-case permitted flexibility based upon other compensating factors. None of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans were originated with variances from the underwriting guidelines disclosed above.

 

Compliance with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act. JPMCCMSC’s most recently filed Form ABS-15G, which includes information related to JPMCB, was filed with the SEC on May 15, 2020. JPMCB’s most recently filed Form ABS-15G for this asset class was filed with the SEC on February 12, 2020. The Central Index Key (or CIK) number for JPMCCMSC is 0001013611 and the CIK number for JPMCB is set forth on the cover of this prospectus. With respect to the period from and including October 1, 2017 to and including September 30, 2020, JPMCB has no activity to report as required by Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 15Ga-1”) with respect to repurchase or replacement requests in connection with breaches of representations and warranties made by it as a sponsor of commercial mortgage securitizations.

 

Retained Interests in This Securitization. Neither JPMCB nor any of its affiliates will retain on the Closing Date any certificates issued by the issuing entity or any other economic interest in this

 

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securitization except that JPMCB may retain the Class R certificates. However, JPMCB and/or its affiliates may acquire in the future certain additional classes of certificates. Any such party will have the right to dispose of any such certificates at any time.

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. (“CREFI”) is a sponsor and a mortgage loan seller. The respective Mortgage Loans that CREFI is selling to the depositor in this securitization transaction are collectively referred to in this prospectus as the “CREFI Mortgage Loans”. CREFI originated or co-originated all of the CREFI Mortgage Loans.

 

CREFI is a New York corporation organized in 2014 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citibank, N.A., a national banking association, which is in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citicorp LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is in turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., a Delaware corporation. CREFI maintains its principal office at 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Mortgage Finance Group, and its facsimile number is (212) 723-8604. CREFI is an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (one of the underwriters). CREFI makes, and purchases (or may purchase) from lenders, commercial and multifamily mortgage loans primarily for the purpose of securitizing them in CMBS transactions.

 

Neither CREFI nor any of its affiliates will insure or guarantee distributions on the certificates. The Certificateholders will have no rights or remedies against CREFI for any losses or other claims in connection with the certificates or the Mortgage Loans except in respect of the repurchase and substitution obligations for material document defects or material breaches of the representations and warranties made by CREFI in the related MLPA as described under “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements—General”.

 

CREFI’s Commercial Mortgage Origination and Securitization Program

 

CREFI, directly or through correspondents or affiliates, originates multifamily and commercial mortgage loans throughout the United States. CREFI has been engaged in the origination of multifamily and commercial mortgage loans for securitization since January 2017, and in the securitization of multifamily and commercial mortgage loans since April 2017. CREFI is an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. (“CGMRC”), which was engaged in the origination of multifamily and commercial mortgage loans for securitization from 1996 to 2017. Many CREFI staff worked for CGMRC, and CREFI’s underwriting guidelines, credit committee approval process and loan documentation are substantially similar to CGMRC’s. The multifamily and commercial mortgage loans originated by CREFI may include both fixed rate loans and floating rate loans.

 

In addition, in the normal course of its business, CREFI may also acquire multifamily and commercial mortgage loans from various third-party originators. These mortgage loans may have been originated using underwriting guidelines not established by CREFI.

 

In connection with the commercial mortgage securitization transactions in which it participates, CREFI generally transfers the subject mortgage assets to a depositor, who then transfers those mortgage assets to the issuing entity for the related securitization. In return for the transfer of the subject mortgage assets by the depositor to the issuing entity, the issuing entity issues commercial mortgage pass-through certificates that are in whole or in part backed by, and supported by the cash flows generated by, those mortgage assets.

 

CREFI will generally act as a sponsor, originator and/or mortgage loan seller in the commercial mortgage securitization transactions in which it participates. In such transactions there may be a co-sponsor and/or other mortgage loan sellers and originators.

 

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CREFI generally works with rating agencies, unaffiliated mortgage loan sellers, servicers, affiliates and underwriters in structuring a securitization transaction. Generally, CREFI and/or the related depositor contract with other entities to service the multifamily and commercial mortgage loans following their transfer into a trust fund in exchange for a series of certificates and, in certain cases, uncertificated interests.

 

Review of the CREFI Mortgage Loans

 

Overview. In connection with the preparation of this prospectus, CREFI conducted a review of the Mortgage Loans or portions thereof that it is selling to the depositor. The review was conducted as set forth below and was conducted with respect to each of the CREFI Mortgage Loans. No sampling procedures were used in the review process.

 

Database. First, CREFI created a database of information (the “CREFI Securitization Database”) obtained in connection with the origination of the CREFI Mortgage Loans, including:

 

certain information from the CREFI Mortgage Loan documents;

 

certain information from the rent rolls and operating statements for, and certain leases relating to, the related Mortgaged Properties (in each case to the extent applicable);

 

insurance information for the related Mortgaged Properties;

 

information from third party reports such as the appraisals, environmental and property condition reports, seismic reports, zoning reports and other zoning information;

 

bankruptcy searches with respect to the related borrowers; and

 

certain information and other search results obtained by CREFI’s deal team for each of the CREFI Mortgage Loans during the underwriting process.

 

CREFI also included in the CREFI Securitization Database certain updates to such information received by CREFI’s securitization team after origination, such as information from the interim servicer regarding loan payment status and current escrows, updated rent rolls and leasing activity information provided pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, and information otherwise brought to the attention of CREFI’s securitization team. Such updates were not intended to be, and do not serve as, a re-underwriting of any CREFI Mortgage Loan.

 

Using the information in the CREFI Securitization Database, CREFI created a Microsoft Excel file (the “CREFI Data File”) and provided that file to the depositor for the inclusion in this prospectus (particularly in Annexes A-1, A-2 and A-3 to this prospectus) of information regarding the CREFI Mortgage Loans.

 

Data Comparison and Recalculation. CREFI engaged a third-party accounting firm to perform certain data comparison and recalculation procedures designed by CREFI, relating to information in this prospectus regarding the CREFI Mortgage Loans. These procedures included:

 

comparing the information in the CREFI Data File against various source documents provided by CREFI that are described above under “—Database” above;

 

comparing numerical information regarding the CREFI Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgaged Properties disclosed in this prospectus against the CREFI Data File; and

 

recalculating certain percentages, ratios and other formulae relating to the CREFI Mortgage Loans disclosed in this prospectus.

 

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Legal Review. CREFI also reviewed and responded to a Due Diligence Questionnaire (as defined below) relating to the CREFI Mortgage Loans, which questionnaire was prepared by the depositor’s legal counsel for use in eliciting information relating to the CREFI Mortgage Loans and including such information in this prospectus to the extent material.

 

Although the Due Diligence Questionnaire may be revised from time to time, it typically contains various questions regarding the CREFI Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgaged Properties, the related borrowers, sponsors and tenants, and any related additional debt. For example, the due diligence questionnaire (a “Due Diligence Questionnaire”) may seek to elicit, among other things, the following information:

 

whether any mortgage loans were originated by third party originators and the names of such originators, and whether such mortgage loans were underwritten or re-underwritten in accordance with CREFI’s (or the applicable mortgage loan seller’s) criteria;

 

whether any mortgage loans are not first liens, or have a loan-to-value ratio greater than 80%;

 

whether any mortgage loans are 30 days or more delinquent with respect to any monthly debt service payment as of the Cut-off Date or have been 30 days or more delinquent at any time during the 12-month period immediately preceding the Cut-off Date;

 

a description of any material issues with respect to any of the mortgage loans;

 

whether any mortgage loans permit, or have existing, mezzanine debt, additional debt secured by the related mortgaged properties or other material debt, and the material terms and conditions for such debt;

 

whether any mortgaged properties have additional debt that is included in another securitization transaction and information related to such other securitization transaction;

 

whether intercreditor agreements, subordination and standstill agreements or similar agreements are in place with respect to secured debt, mezzanine debt or additional debt and the terms of such agreements;

 

whether any mortgage loans are interest-only for their entire term or a portion of their term;

 

whether any mortgage loans permit prepayment or defeasance (in whole or in part), or provide for yield maintenance, and the types of prepayment lock-out provisions and prepayment charges that apply;

 

whether any mortgage loans permit the release of all or a portion of the related mortgaged properties, and the material terms of any partial release, substitution and condemnation/casualty provisions;

 

whether any mortgage loans are cross-collateralized or secured by multiple properties, or have related borrowers with other mortgage loans in the subject securitization;

 

whether any mortgage loans have a right of first refusal or right of first offer or similar options, in favor of a tenant or any other party;

 

whether there are post-close escrows or earn-out reserves that could be used to pay down the mortgage loan, or whether there are escrows or holdbacks that have not been fully funded;

 

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information regarding lockbox arrangements, grace periods interest accrual and amortization provisions, non-recourse carveouts, and any other material provisions with respect to the mortgage loan;

 

whether the borrower or sponsor of any related borrower has been subject to bankruptcy proceedings, or has a past or present material criminal charge or record;

 

whether any borrower is not a special purpose entity;

 

whether any borrowers or sponsors of related borrowers have been subject to litigation or similar proceedings and the material terms thereof;

 

whether any borrower under a mortgage loan is affiliated with a borrower under another mortgage loan to be included in the issuing entity;

 

whether any of the mortgage loans is a leasehold mortgage, the terms of the related ground lease, and whether the term of the related ground lease extends at least 20 years beyond the stated loan maturity;

 

a list of any related Mortgaged Properties for which a single tenant occupies over 50% of such property, and whether there are any significant lease rollovers at a particular Mortgaged Property;

 

a list of any significant tenant concentrations or material tenant issues, e.g., dark tenants, subsidized tenants, government or student tenants, or Section 8 tenants, etc.;

 

a description of any material leasing issues at the related Mortgaged Properties;

 

whether any related Mortgaged Properties are subject to condemnation proceedings or litigation;

 

a list of related Mortgaged Properties for which a Phase I environmental site assessment has not been completed, or for which a Phase II environmental site assessment was performed, and whether any environmental site assessment reveals any material adverse environmental condition or circumstance at any related Mortgaged Property except for those which will be remediated by the Cut-off Date;

 

whether there is any terrorism, earthquake, tornado, flood, fire or hurricane damage with respect to any of the related Mortgaged Properties, or whether there are any zoning issues at the mortgaged properties;

 

a list of Mortgaged Properties for which an engineering inspection has not been completed and whether any property inspection revealed material issues; and/or

 

general information regarding property type, condition, use, plans for renovation, etc.

 

CREFI also provided to origination counsel a set of mortgage loan representations and warranties substantially similar to those attached as Annex D-1 to this prospectus and requested that origination counsel identify exceptions to such representations and warranties. CREFI compiled and reviewed the draft exceptions received from origination counsel, engaged separate counsel to review the exceptions, revised the exceptions and provided them to the depositor for inclusion on Annex D-3 to this prospectus. In addition, for each CREFI Mortgage Loan originated by CREFI or one of its affiliates, CREFI prepared and delivered to its securitization counsel for review an asset summary, which summary includes important loan terms and certain property level information obtained during the origination process. The loan terms included in each asset summary may include, without limitation, the principal amount, the interest rate, the loan term, the interest calculation method, the due date, any applicable interest-only period, any applicable amortization period, a summary of any prepayment and/or defeasance provisions,

 

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a summary of any lockbox and/or cash management provisions, a summary of any release provisions, and a summary of any requirement for the related borrower to fund up-front and/or on-going reserves. The property level information obtained during the origination process included in each asset summary may include, without limitation, a description of the related Mortgaged Property (including property type, ownership structure, use, location, size, renovations, age and physical attributes), information relating to the commercial real estate market in which the Mortgaged Property is located, information relating to the related borrower and sponsor of the related borrower, an underwriter’s assessment of strengths and risks of the loan transaction, tenant analysis, and summaries of third party reports such as appraisal, environmental and property condition reports.

 

For each CREFI Mortgage Loan, if any, purchased by CREFI or its affiliates from a third-party originator of such CREFI Mortgage Loan, CREFI reviewed the purchase agreement and related representations and warranties, and exceptions to those representations and warranties, made by the seller of such CREFI Mortgage Loan to CREFI or its affiliates, reviewed certain provisions of the related Mortgage Loan documents and third party reports concerning the related Mortgaged Property provided by the originator of such CREFI Mortgage Loan, prepared exceptions to the representations and warranties in the MLPA based upon such review, and provided them to the depositor for inclusion on Annex D-3 to this prospectus. With respect to any CREFI Mortgage Loan that is purchased by CREFI or its affiliates from a third party originator, the representations and warranties made by the third party originator in the related purchase agreement between CREFI or its affiliates, on the one hand, and the third party originator, on the other hand, are solely for the benefit of CREFI or its affiliates. The rights, if any, that CREFI or its affiliates may have under such purchase agreement upon a breach of such representations and warranties made by the third party originator will not be assigned to the trustee for this securitization, and the Certificateholders and the trustee for this securitization will not have any recourse against the third party originator in connection with any breach of the representations and warranties made by such third party originator. As described under “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements—General”, the substitution or repurchase obligation of, or the obligation to make a Loss of Value Payment on the part of, CREFI, as mortgage loan seller, with respect to the CREFI Mortgage Loans under the related MLPA constitutes the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the trustee for this securitization for any uncured material breach of any of CREFI’s representations and warranties regarding the CREFI Mortgage Loans, including any CREFI Mortgage Loans that were purchased by CREFI or its affiliates from a third party originator.

 

In addition, with respect to each CREFI Mortgage Loan, CREFI reviewed, and in certain cases requested that its counsel review, certain Mortgage Loan document provisions as necessary for disclosure of such provisions in this prospectus, such as property release provisions and other provisions specifically disclosed in this prospectus.

 

Certain Updates. Furthermore, CREFI requested the borrowers under the CREFI Mortgage Loans (or the borrowers’ respective counsel) for updates on any significant pending litigation that existed at origination. Moreover, if CREFI became aware of a significant natural disaster in the vicinity of a Mortgaged Property relating to a CREFI Mortgage Loan, CREFI requested information on the property status from the related borrower in order to confirm whether any material damage to the property had occurred.

 

Large Loan Summaries. Finally, CREFI prepared, and reviewed with origination counsel and/or securitization counsel, the Mortgage Loan summaries for those of the CREFI Mortgage Loans included in the ten largest Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool, and the abbreviated Mortgage Loan summaries for those of the CREFI Mortgage Loans included in the next five largest Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool, which summaries are incorporated in “Description of Top Fifteen Mortgage Loans and Additional Mortgage Loan Information” on Annex A-3.

 

Findings and Conclusions. Based on the foregoing review procedures, CREFI found and concluded that the disclosure regarding the CREFI Mortgage Loans in this prospectus is accurate in all material respects. CREFI also found and concluded that the CREFI Mortgage Loans were originated in accordance with CREFI’s origination procedures and underwriting criteria, except for any material

 

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deviations described under “—Exceptions to CREFI’s Disclosed Underwriting Guidelines” below. CREFI attributes to itself all findings and conclusions resulting from the foregoing review procedures.

 

CREFI’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes

 

General. CREFI’s commercial mortgage loans (including any co-originated mortgage loans) are primarily originated in accordance with the procedures and underwriting criteria described below. However, variations from the procedures and criteria described below may be implemented as a result of various conditions including each loan’s specific terms, the quality or location of the underlying real estate, the property’s tenancy profile, the background or financial strength of the borrower/sponsor or any other pertinent information deemed material by CREFI. Therefore, this general description of CREFI’s origination procedures and underwriting criteria is not intended as a representation that every commercial mortgage loan originated by it or on its behalf complies entirely with all criteria set forth below.

 

Process. The credit underwriting process for each of CREFI’s loans is performed by a deal team comprised of real estate professionals which typically includes an originator, an underwriter, a commercial closer and a third party due diligence provider operating under the review of CREFI. This team conducts a thorough review of the related mortgaged property, which in most cases includes an examination of the following information, to the extent both applicable and available: historical operating statements, rent rolls, tenant leases, current and historical real estate tax information, insurance policies and/or schedules, and third party reports pertaining to appraisal/valuation, zoning, environmental status and physical condition/seismic condition/engineering (see “—Escrow Requirements”, “—Title Insurance Policy”, “—Property Insurance”, “—Third Party Reports—Appraisal”, “—Third Party Reports—Environmental Report” and “—Third Party Reports—Property Condition Report” below). In some cases (such as a property having a limited operating history or having been recently acquired by its current owner), historical operating statements may not be available. Rent rolls would not be examined for certain property types, such as hospitality properties or single tenant properties, and tenant leases would not be examined for certain property types, such as hospitality, self-storage, multifamily and manufactured housing community properties.

 

A member of CREFI’s deal team or one of its agents performs an inspection of the property as well as a review of the surrounding market environment, including demand generators and competing properties (if any), in order to confirm tenancy information, assess the physical quality of the collateral, determine visibility and access characteristics, and evaluate the property’s competitiveness within its market.

 

CREFI’s deal team or one of its agents also performs a detailed review of the financial status, credit history, credit references and background of the borrower and certain key principals using financial statements, income tax returns, credit reports, criminal/background investigations, and specific searches for judgments, liens, bankruptcy and pending litigation. Circumstances may also warrant an examination of the financial strength and credit of key tenants as well as other factors that may impact the tenants’ ongoing occupancy or ability to pay rent.

 

After the compilation and review of all documentation and other relevant considerations, the deal team finalizes its detailed underwriting analysis of the property’s cash flow in accordance with CREFI’s property-specific, cash flow underwriting guidelines. Determinations are also made regarding the implementation of appropriate loan terms to structure around risks, resulting in features such as ongoing escrows or up-front reserves, letters of credit, lockboxes/cash management agreements or guarantees. A complete credit committee package is prepared to summarize all of the above referenced information.

 

Credit Approval. All commercial mortgage loans must be presented to one or more credit committees that include senior real estate professionals among others. After a review of the credit committee package and a discussion of the loan, the committee may approve the loan as recommended or request additional due diligence, modify the terms, or reject the loan entirely.

 

Debt Service Coverage Ratio and Loan-to-Value Ratio Requirements. CREFI’s underwriting standards generally require a minimum debt service coverage ratio of 1.20x and a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 80%. However, these thresholds are guidelines and exceptions are permitted under the

 

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guidelines on the merits of each individual loan, such as reserves, letters of credit and/or guarantees and CREFI’s assessment of the property’s future prospects. Property and loan information is not updated for securitization unless CREFI determines that information in its possession has become stale.

 

Certain properties may also be encumbered by subordinate debt secured by such property and/or mezzanine debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the borrower and, when such mezzanine or subordinate debt is taken into account, may result in aggregate debt that does not conform to the aforementioned debt service coverage ratio and loan-to-value ratio parameters.

 

Amortization Requirements. While CREFI’s underwriting guidelines generally permit a maximum amortization period of 30 years, certain loans may provide for interest-only payments through maturity or for a portion of the loan term. If the loan entails only a partial interest-only period, the monthly debt service, annual debt service and debt service coverage ratio set forth in this prospectus and Annex A-1 to this prospectus reflect a calculation on the future (larger) amortizing loan payment. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool” in this prospectus.

 

Escrow Requirements. CREFI may require borrowers to fund escrows for taxes, insurance, capital expenditures and replacement reserves. In addition, CREFI may identify certain risks that warrant additional escrows or holdbacks for items to be released to the borrower upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. Such escrows or holdbacks may cover tenant improvements/leasing commissions, deferred maintenance, environmental remediation or unfunded obligations, among other things. Springing escrows may also be structured for identified risks such as specific rollover exposure, to be triggered upon the non-renewal of one or more key tenants. In some cases, the borrower may be allowed to post a letter of credit or guaranty in lieu of a cash reserve, or provide periodic evidence of timely payment of a typical escrow item. Escrows are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are not required for all of CREFI’s commercial mortgage loans.

 

Generally, CREFI requires escrows as follows:

 

Taxes—An initial deposit and monthly escrow deposits equal to 1/12th of the annual property taxes (based on the most recent property assessment and the current millage rate) are typically required to satisfy all taxes and assessments, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) if there is an institutional sponsor or the sponsor is a high net worth individual or (ii) if and to the extent that a single or major tenant (which may be a ground tenant) at the related mortgaged property is required to pay taxes directly or reimburse the landlord for the real estate taxes paid.

 

Insurance—An initial deposit and monthly escrow deposits equal to 1/12th of the annual property insurance premium are typically required to pay all insurance premiums, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) if the related borrower or an affiliate thereof maintains a blanket insurance policy, (ii) if and to the extent that a single or major tenant (which may be a ground tenant) at the related mortgaged property is obligated to maintain the insurance or is permitted to self-insure, or (iii) if and to the extent that another third party unrelated to the borrower (such as a condominium board, if applicable) is obligated to maintain the insurance.

 

Replacement Reserves—Replacement reserves are generally calculated in accordance with the expected useful life of the components of the mortgaged property during the term of the mortgage loan. Annual replacement reserves are generally underwritten to the suggested replacement reserve amount from an independent, third-party property condition or engineering report, or to certain minimum requirements depending on the property type, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, if and to the extent that a single or major tenant (which may be a ground tenant) at the related mortgaged property is responsible for all repairs and maintenance, including those required with respect to the roof and structure of the improvements.

 

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Tenant Improvement / Leasing Commissions—In the case of retail, office and industrial properties, a tenant improvement / leasing commission reserve may be required to be funded either at loan origination and/or during the term of the mortgage loan to cover anticipated leasing commissions or tenant improvement costs that might be associated with re-leasing certain space involving major tenants, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) if the tenant’s lease extends beyond the loan term or (ii) if the rent for the space in question is considered below market.

 

Deferred Maintenance—A deferred maintenance reserve may be required to be funded at loan origination in an amount equal to 125% of the estimated cost of material immediate repairs or replacements identified in the property condition report, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) if the sponsor of the borrower delivers a guarantee to complete the immediate repairs in a specified amount of time, (ii) if the deferred maintenance amount does not materially impact the related mortgaged property’s function, performance or value or (iii) if a single or major tenant (which may be a ground tenant) at the related mortgaged property is responsible for the repairs.

 

Environmental Remediation—An environmental remediation reserve may be required to be funded at loan origination in an amount equal to 100% to 125% of the estimated remediation cost identified in the environmental report, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) if the sponsor of the borrower delivers a guarantee wherein it agrees to take responsibility and pay for the identified environmental issues, (ii) if environmental insurance is obtained or already in place or (iii) if a third party unrelated to the borrower is identified as the responsible party.

 

For a description of the escrows collected with respect to the CREFI Mortgage Loans, please see Annex A-1 to this prospectus.

 

Title Insurance Policy. The borrower is required to provide, and CREFI or its counsel typically will review, a title insurance policy for each property. The provisions of the title insurance policy are required to comply with the mortgage loan representation and warranty set forth in paragraph (6) on Annex D-1 to this prospectus without any exceptions that CREFI deems material.

 

Property Insurance. CREFI requires the borrower to provide, or authorizes the borrower to rely on a tenant or other third party to obtain, insurance policies meeting the requirements set forth in the mortgage loan representations and warranties in paragraphs (16) and (29) on Annex D-1 to this prospectus without any exceptions that CREFI deems material (other than with respect to deductibles and allowing a tenant to self-insure).

 

Third Party Reports. In addition to or as part of applicable origination guidelines or reviews described above, in the course of originating the CREFI Mortgage Loans, CREFI generally considered the results of third party reports as described below. In many instances, however, one or more provisions of the guidelines were waived or modified in light of the circumstances of the relevant loan or property.

 

Appraisal

 

CREFI obtains an appraisal meeting the requirements described in the mortgage loan representation and warranty set forth in paragraph (41) on Annex D-1 to this prospectus without any exceptions that CREFI deems material. In addition, the appraisal (or a separate letter) includes a statement by the appraiser that the guidelines in Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, were followed in preparing the appraisal.

 

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Environmental Report

 

CREFI generally obtains a Phase I site assessment or an update of a previously obtained site assessment for each mortgaged property prepared by an environmental firm approved by CREFI. CREFI or its designated agent typically reviews the Phase I site assessment to verify the presence or absence of potential adverse environmental conditions. In cases in which the Phase I site assessment identifies any such conditions, CREFI generally requires that the condition be addressed in a manner that complies with the mortgage loan representation and warranty set forth in paragraph (40) on Annex D-1 to this prospectus without any exceptions that CREFI deems material.

 

Property Condition Report

 

CREFI generally obtains a current property condition report (a “PCR”) for each mortgaged property prepared by a structural engineering firm approved by CREFI. CREFI or an agent typically reviews the PCR to determine the physical condition of the property and to determine the anticipated costs of necessary repair, replacement and major maintenance or capital expenditure over the term of the mortgage loan. In cases in which the PCR identifies an immediate need for material repairs or replacements with an anticipated cost that is over a certain minimum threshold or percentage of loan balance, CREFI often requires that funds be put in escrow at the time of origination of the mortgage loan to complete such repairs or replacements or obtains a guarantee from a sponsor of the borrower in lieu of reserves. See “—Escrow Requirements” above.

 

Servicing

 

Interim servicing for all of CREFI’s loans prior to securitization is typically performed by a nationally recognized rated third party interim servicer. In addition, primary servicing is occasionally retained by certain qualified mortgage brokerage firms under established sub-servicing agreements with CREFI, which firms may continue primary servicing certain loans following the securitization closing date. Otherwise, servicing responsibilities are transferred from the interim servicer to the master servicer of the securitization trust (and a primary servicer when applicable) at closing of the securitization. From time to time, the interim servicer may retain primary servicing.

 

Exceptions to CREFI’s Disclosed Underwriting Guidelines 

 

One or more of the CREFI Mortgage Loans may vary from the specific CREFI underwriting guidelines described above when additional credit positive characteristics are present as discussed above. In addition, in the case of one or more of the CREFI Mortgage Loans, CREFI may not have applied each of the specific underwriting guidelines described above as the result of case-by-case permitted flexibility based upon other compensating factors.

 

The CREFI Mortgage Loans were originated in accordance with the underwriting standards set forth above.

 

Certain characteristics of the CREFI Mortgage Loans can be found on Annex A-1.

 

Compliance with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act

 

CREFI most recently filed a Form ABS-15G pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act on February 14, 2020. CREFI’s Central Index Key is 0001701238. With respect to the period from and including October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2020, CREFI has no demand, repurchase or replacement history to report as required by Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act with respect to repurchase or replacement requests in connection with breaches of representations and warranties made by it as a sponsor of commercial mortgage securitizations.

 

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Retained Interests in This Securitization

 

Neither CREFI nor any of its affiliates will retain on the Closing Date any certificates issued by the issuing entity or any other economic interest in this securitization. However, CREFI and/or its affiliates may acquire in the future certain additional classes of certificates. Any such party will have the right to dispose of any such certificates at any time.

 

The information set forth under “—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.” has been provided by CREFI.

 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company

 

General

 

Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (“GSMC”) is a New York limited partnership, is a sponsor and a mortgage loan seller. The respective Mortgage Loans that GSMC is selling to the depositor in this securitization transaction are collectively referred to in this prospectus as the “GSMC Mortgage Loans”.

 

GSMC was formed in 1984. Its general partner is Goldman Sachs Real Estate Funding Corp. and its limited partner is Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GS Bank”). GSMC’s executive offices are located at 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone number (212) 902-1000. GSMC is an affiliate of GS Bank, an originator, and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, an underwriter.

 

GS Bank is the originator (or co-originator) of all of the GSMC Mortgage Loans. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Co-Originated or Unaffiliated Third-Party Originated Mortgage Loans” for additional information.

 

Neither GSMC nor any of its affiliates will insure or guarantee distributions on the certificates. The Certificateholders will have no rights or remedies against GSMC for any losses or other claims in connection with the certificates or the Mortgage Loans except in respect of the repurchase and substitution obligations for material document defects or the material breaches of representations and warranties made by GSMC in the related MLPA as described under “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”.

 

GSMC’s Commercial Mortgage Securitization Program

 

As a sponsor, GSMC originates and acquires fixed and floating rate commercial mortgage loans and either by itself or together with other sponsors or mortgage loan sellers, organizes and initiates the public and/or private securitization of such commercial mortgage loans by transferring the commercial mortgage loans to a securitization depositor, including GS Mortgage Securities Corporation II or another entity that acts in a similar capacity. In coordination with its affiliates, Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage Capital, L.P., Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GS Bank”) and other unaffiliated underwriters, GSMC works with rating agencies, investors, unaffiliated mortgage loan sellers and servicers in structuring the securitization transaction.

 

From the beginning of its participation in commercial mortgage securitization programs in 1996 through December 31, 2019, GSMC originated or acquired approximately 3,045 fixed and floating rate commercial and multifamily mortgage loans with an aggregate original principal balance of approximately $132.7 billion. As of December 31, 2019, GSMC had acted as a sponsor and mortgage loan seller on approximately 211 fixed and floating-rate commercial mortgage-backed securitization transactions. GSMC securitized approximately $2.165 billion, $4.636 billion, $6.586 billion, $5.098 billion, $6.284 billion, $6.972 billion, $11.730 billion, $8.548 billion and $9.960 billion of commercial mortgage loans in public and private offerings in calendar years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively.

 

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Review of GSMC Mortgage Loans

 

Overview. GSMC, in its capacity as the sponsor of the GSMC Mortgage Loans, has conducted a review of the GSMC Mortgage Loans in connection with the securitization described in this prospectus. The review of the GSMC Mortgage Loans was performed by a deal team comprised of real estate and securitization professionals who are employees of one or more of GSMC’s affiliates (the “GSMC Deal Team”). The review procedures described below were employed with respect to all of the GSMC Mortgage Loans, except that certain review procedures only were relevant to the large loan disclosures in this prospectus, as further described below. No sampling procedures were used in the review process.

 

Database. To prepare for securitization, members of the GSMC Deal Team created a database of loan-level and property-level information relating to each GSMC Mortgage Loan. The database was compiled from, among other sources, the related Mortgage Loan documents, third party reports, zoning reports, insurance policies, borrower supplied information (including, but not limited to, rent rolls, leases, operating statements and budgets) and information collected by the Goldman Originator during the underwriting process. After origination of each GSMC Mortgage Loan, the GSMC Deal Team updated the information in the database with respect to the GSMC Mortgage Loan based on updates provided by the related servicer relating to loan payment status and escrows, updated operating statements, rent rolls and leasing activity, and information otherwise brought to the attention of the GSMC Deal Team.

 

A data tape (the “GSMC Data Tape”) containing detailed information regarding each GSMC Mortgage Loan was created from the information in the database referred to in the prior paragraph. The GSMC Data Tape was used by the GSMC Deal Team to provide certain numerical information regarding the GSMC Mortgage Loans in this prospectus.

 

Data Comparison and Recalculation. GSMC engaged a third party accounting firm to perform certain data comparison and recalculation procedures designed by GSMC, relating to information in this prospectus regarding the GSMC Mortgage Loans. These procedures included:

 

comparing certain information in the GSMC Data Tape against various source documents provided by GSMC that are described above under “—Database”;

 

comparing numerical information regarding the GSMC Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgaged Properties disclosed in this prospectus against the GSMC Data Tape; and

 

recalculating certain percentages, ratios and other formulae relating to the GSMC Mortgage Loans disclosed in this prospectus.

 

Legal Review. GSMC engaged various law firms to conduct certain legal reviews of the GSMC Mortgage Loans for disclosure in this prospectus. In anticipation of the securitization of each GSMC Mortgage Loan, origination counsel prepared a loan and property summary that sets forth salient loan terms and summarizes material deviations from GSMC’s standard form loan documents. In addition, origination counsel for each GSMC Mortgage Loan reviewed GSMC’s representations and warranties set forth on Annex E-1 and, if applicable, identified exceptions to those representations and warranties.

 

Securitization counsel was also engaged to assist in the review of the GSMC Mortgage Loans. Such assistance included, among other things, (i) a review of sections of the loan agreement relating to certain GSMC Mortgage Loans marked against the standard form document, (ii) a review of the loan and property summaries referred to above relating to the GSMC Mortgage Loans prepared by origination counsel and (iii) a review of a due diligence questionnaire completed by the GSMC Deal Team. Securitization counsel also reviewed the property release provisions, if any, for each GSMC Mortgage Loan with multiple Mortgaged Properties for compliance with the REMIC provisions. In addition, for each GSMC Mortgage Loan originated by GSMC or its affiliates, GSMC prepared and delivered to its securitization counsel for review an asset summary, which summary includes important loan terms and certain property level information obtained during the origination process.

 

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Based on their respective reviews of pertinent sections of the related Mortgage Loan documents, origination counsel or securitization counsel also assisted in the preparation of the Mortgage Loan summaries of those of the GSMC Mortgage Loans included in the ten largest Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool, and the abbreviated Mortgage Loan summaries for those of the GSMC Mortgage Loans included in the next five largest Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool, which summaries are incorporated in “Description of Top Fifteen Mortgage Loans and Additional Mortgage Loan Information” on Annex A-3. The applicable borrowers and borrowers’ counsel reviewed these GSMC Mortgage Loan summaries as well.

 

Other Review Procedures. With respect to any pending litigation that existed at the origination of any GSMC Mortgage Loan, GSMC requested updates from the related borrower, origination counsel and/or borrower’s litigation counsel. GSMC conducted a search with respect to each borrower under a GSMC Mortgage Loan to determine whether it filed for bankruptcy after origination of the GSMC Mortgage Loan. If GSMC became aware of a significant natural disaster in the vicinity of any Mortgaged Property securing a GSMC Mortgage Loan, GSMC obtained information on the status of the Mortgaged Property from the related borrower to confirm no material damage to the Mortgaged Property.

 

The GSMC Deal Team also consulted with the Goldman Originator to confirm that the GSMC Mortgage Loans were originated in compliance with the origination and underwriting criteria described below under “—Goldman Originator’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes”, as well as to identify any material deviations from those origination and underwriting criteria. See “—Goldman Originator’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes—Exceptions to Goldman Originator’s Disclosed Underwriting Guidelines” below.

 

Findings and Conclusions. Based on the foregoing review procedures, GSMC determined that the disclosure regarding the GSMC Mortgage Loans in this prospectus is accurate in all material respects. GSMC also determined that the GSMC Mortgage Loans were originated or acquired in accordance with GSMC’s origination procedures and underwriting criteria except as described under “—Goldman Originator’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes—Exceptions to Goldman Originator’s Disclosed Underwriting Guidelines” below. GSMC attributes to itself all findings and conclusions resulting from the foregoing review procedures.

 

The Goldman Originator

 

GS Bank is affiliated with GSMC, one of the sponsors, and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, one of the underwriters. GS Bank is referred to as the “Goldman Originator” in this prospectus.

 

The primary business of the Goldman Originator is the underwriting and origination, either by itself or together with another originator, of mortgage loans secured by commercial or multifamily properties. The commercial mortgage loans originated by the Goldman Originator include both fixed and floating rate commercial mortgage loans and such commercial mortgage loans are often included in both public and private securitizations. Many of the commercial mortgage loans originated by GS Bank are acquired by GSMC and sold to securitizations in which GSMC acts as sponsor and/or loan seller.

 

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Fixed Rate Commercial Mortgage Loans(1)

 

Year

Total Goldman Originator
Fixed Rate Loans Originated
(approximate)

Total Goldman Originator
Fixed Rate Loans Securitized
(approximate)

2019 $6.0 billion $5.3 billion
2018 $3.1 billion $2.6 billion
2017 $7.3 billion $7.7 billion
2016 $6.1 billion $5.2 billion
2015 $6.2 billion $6.0 billion
2014 $2.9 billion $3.1 billion
2013 $5.0 billion $5.3 billion
2012 $5.6 billion $4.6 billion
2011 $2.3 billion $2.2 billion
2010 $1.6 billion $1.1 billion
2009 $400 million $400 million

 

 

(1)Represents origination for the Goldman Originator and affiliates of the Goldman Originator originating commercial mortgage loans.

 

Floating Rate Commercial Mortgage Loans(1)

 

Year

Total Goldman Originator
Floating Rate Loans Originated
(approximate)

Total Goldman Originator
Floating Rate Loans Securitized
(approximate)

2019 $6.4 billion $4.7 billion
2018 $8.1 billion $5.9 billion
2017 $5.6 billion $4.0 million
2016 $2.3 billion $1.6 million
2015 $2.0 billion $261.0 million
2014 $3.2 billion $2.0 billion
2013 $777 million $1.3 billion
2012 $1.9 billion $0
2011 $140 million $0
2010 $0 $0
2009 $40 million $0

 

 

(1)Represents origination for the Goldman Originator and affiliates of the Goldman Originator originating commercial mortgage loans.

 

Goldman Originator’s Underwriting Guidelines and Processes

 

The Goldman Originator’s commercial mortgage loans are primarily originated in accordance with the origination procedures and underwriting criteria described below. However, variations from these procedures and criteria may occur as a result of various conditions including each loan’s specific terms, the quality or location of the underlying real estate, the property’s tenancy profile, the background or financial strength of the borrower/sponsor, or any other pertinent information deemed material by the Goldman Originator. Therefore, this general description of the Goldman Originator’s origination procedures and underwriting criteria is not intended as a representation that every commercial mortgage loan originated by it complies entirely with all procedures and criteria set forth below. For important information about the circumstances that have affected the underwriting of a GSMC Mortgage Loan in the mortgage pool, see “—Exceptions to Goldman Originator’s Disclosed Underwriting Guidelines” below and “Annex E-2—Exceptions to GSMC Representations and Warranties”.

 

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The underwriting process for each mortgage loan originated by the Goldman Originator is performed by an origination team comprised of real estate professionals which typically includes an originator, analyst, loan officer and commercial closer. This team conducts a review of the related mortgaged property, which typically includes an examination of historical operating statements (if available), rent rolls, certain tenant leases, current and historical real estate tax information, insurance policies and/or schedules, and third party reports pertaining to appraisal/valuation, zoning, environmental status and physical condition/seismic/engineering. In certain cases, the Goldman Originator may engage an independent third party due diligence provider, pursuant to a program of specified procedures, to assist in the underwriting and preparation of analyses required by such procedures, subject to the oversight and ultimate review and approval by the Goldman Originator origination team.

 

A member of the Goldman Originator origination team performs or engages a third party to perform an inspection of the property in order to assess the physical quality of the collateral, confirm tenancy, and determine visibility and accessibility of the property as well as proximity to major thoroughfares, transportation centers, employment sources, retail areas, educational facilities and recreational areas. Such site inspections are also generally used to assess the submarket in which the property is located and to evaluate the property’s competitiveness within its market.

 

The Goldman Originator origination team also performs a review of the financial status, credit history and background of the borrower and certain key principals of the borrower. Among the items generally reviewed are financial statements, independent credit reports, criminal/background investigations, and specific searches in select jurisdictions for judgments, liens, bankruptcy and pending litigation.

 

After the compilation and review of all documentation and other relevant considerations, the origination team finalizes its underwriting analysis of the property’s cash flow in accordance with the property specific cash flow underwriting guidelines of the Goldman Originator. Determinations are also made regarding the implementation of appropriate loan terms to structure around risks, resulting in features such as ongoing escrows or up front reserves, letters of credit, lockboxes/cash management agreements or guarantees. A complete credit committee package is prepared to summarize all of the above referenced information.

 

All commercial mortgage loans must be presented to one or more credit committees which consist of senior real estate professionals, among others. After a review of the credit committee package and a discussion of the loan, the committee may approve the loan as recommended or request additional due diligence, modify the terms, or reject the loan entirely.

 

The Goldman Originator’s underwriting guidelines generally require that a mortgage loan have, at origination, a minimum underwritten debt service coverage ratio of 1.20x for multifamily properties, 1.40x for hospitality properties and 1.25x for all other property types and maximum loan-to-value ratio of 80% for multifamily properties and 75% for all other property types. However these thresholds are guidelines and exceptions may be made on the merits of each individual loan taking into account such factors as reserves, letters of credit and/ or guarantees, the Goldman Originator’s judgment of the property and/or market performance in the future.

 

Certain properties may also be encumbered by, or otherwise support payments on, subordinate debt and/or mezzanine debt secured by direct or indirect ownership interests in the borrower. It is possible that the Goldman Originator or an affiliate will be a lender on that additional debt, and may either sell such debt to an unaffiliated third party or hold it in inventory. When such additional debt is taken into account, the aggregate debt may not conform to the aforementioned debt service coverage ratio and loan-to-value ratio parameters.

 

The Goldman Originator may require borrowers to fund various escrows for taxes, insurance, capital expenses and replacement reserves. In addition, the Goldman Originator may identify certain risks that warrant additional escrows or holdbacks for items such as leasing-related matters, deferred maintenance, environmental remediation or unfunded obligations, which escrows or holdbacks would be released upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions. Springing escrows may also be structured for identified risks such as specific rollover exposure, to be triggered upon the non-renewal of one or more key tenants. In

 

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some cases, the borrower may be allowed to post a letter of credit or guaranty in lieu of a cash reserve, or provide periodic evidence of timely payment of a typical escrow item. Escrows are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and are not required for all commercial mortgage loans originated by the Goldman Originator.

 

Generally, the required escrows for GSMC Mortgage Loans are as follows:

 

Taxes—An initial deposit and monthly escrow deposits equal to 1/12th of the annual property taxes (based on the most recent property assessment and the current millage rate) are typically required to satisfy all taxes and assessments, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) if there is an institutional or high net-worth individual property sponsor or (ii) if the related mortgaged property is a single tenant property in which the related tenant is required to pay taxes directly.

 

Insurance—An initial deposit and monthly escrow deposits equal to 1/12th of the annual property insurance premium are typically required to pay all insurance premiums, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) if the related borrower maintains a blanket insurance policy or (ii) if the related mortgaged property is a single tenant property and the related tenant is required to obtain insurance directly or self-insures.

 

Replacement Reserves—Replacement reserves are generally calculated in accordance with the expected useful life of the components of the property during the term of the mortgage loan. Annual replacement reserves are generally underwritten to the suggested replacement reserve amount from an independent, third party property condition or engineering report, or to certain minimum requirements by property type, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, if the related mortgaged property is a single tenant property and the related tenant is responsible for all repairs and maintenance, including those required with respect to the roof and improvement structure.

 

Tenant Improvement / Leasing Commissions—Tenant improvement / leasing commission reserves may be required to be funded either at loan origination and/or during the related mortgage loan term to cover certain anticipated leasing commissions or tenant improvement costs which might be associated with re-leasing the space, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) if the related mortgaged property is a single tenant property and the related tenant’s lease extends beyond the loan term or (ii) where rent at the related mortgaged property is considered below market.

 

Deferred Maintenance—A deferred maintenance reserve may be required to be funded at loan origination in an amount equal to 100% to 125% of the estimated cost of material immediate repairs or replacements identified in the property condition or engineering report, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) the sponsor of the borrower delivers a guarantee to complete the immediate repairs in a specified amount of time, (ii) the deferred maintenance amount does not materially impact the function, performance or value of the property or (iii) if the related mortgaged property is a single tenant property the tenant is responsible for the repairs.

 

Environmental Remediation—An environmental remediation reserve may be required at loan origination in an amount equal to 100% to 125% of the estimated remediation cost identified in the environmental report, except that such escrows are not required in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, (i) the sponsor of the borrower delivers a guarantee agreeing to take responsibility and pay for the identified environmental issues or (ii) environmental insurance is obtained or already in place.

 

For a description of the escrows collected with respect to the GSMC Mortgage Loans, please see Annex A-1.

 

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The Goldman Originator and its origination counsel will generally examine whether the use and occupancy of the property is in material compliance with zoning, land-use, building rules, regulations and orders then applicable to that property.  Evidence of this compliance may be in the form of one or more of the following:  legal opinions, surveys, recorded documents, temporary or permanent certificates of occupancy, letters from government officials or agencies, title insurance endorsements, engineering or consulting reports, zoning reports and/or representations by the related borrower.  In some cases, a mortgaged property may constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure.  In such cases, the Goldman Originator may require an endorsement to the title insurance policy and/or the acquisition of law and ordinance coverage in the casualty insurance policy with respect to the particular non-conformity unless it determines that:  (i) the non-conformity should not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the borrower to rebuild; or (ii) if the improvements are rebuilt in accordance with currently applicable law, the value and performance of the property would be acceptable; or (iii) any major casualty that would prevent rebuilding has a sufficiently remote likelihood of occurring; or (iv) a cash reserve, a letter of credit or an agreement imposing recourse liability from a principal of the borrower is provided to cover losses.

 

The borrower is required to provide, and the Goldman Originator or its origination counsel typically will review, a title insurance policy for each property. The title insurance policies provided typically must meet the following requirements: (i) written by a title insurer licensed to do business in the jurisdiction where the mortgaged property is located, (ii) in an amount at least equal to the original principal balance of the mortgage loan, (iii) protection and benefits run to the mortgagee and its successors and assigns, (iv) written on an American Land Title Association form or equivalent policy promulgated in the jurisdiction where the mortgaged property is located and (v) if a survey was prepared, the legal description of the mortgaged property in the title policy conforms to that shown on the survey.

 

Except in certain instances where credit rated tenants are required to obtain insurance or may self-insure, the Goldman Originator typically requires that the related mortgaged property be insured by a hazard insurance policy with a customary deductible and in an amount at least equal to the lesser (x) of the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loan and (y) 100% of the full insurable replacement cost of the improvements located on the property. If applicable, the policy contains appropriate endorsements to avoid the application of coinsurance and does not permit reduction in insurance proceeds for depreciation, except that the policy may permit a deduction for depreciation in connection with a cash settlement after a casualty if the insurance proceeds are not being applied to rebuild or repair the damaged improvements.

 

Flood insurance, if available, must be in effect for any mortgaged property that at the time of origination included material improvements in any area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a special flood hazard area. The flood insurance policy must meet the requirements of the then-current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration, be provided by a generally acceptable insurance carrier and be in an amount representing coverage not less than the least of: (i) the outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loan, (ii) the full insurable value of the property and (iii) the maximum amount of insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, except in some cases where self-insurance is permitted.

 

The standard form of hazard insurance policy typically covers physical damage or destruction of the improvements on the mortgaged property caused by fire, lightning, explosion, smoke, windstorm and hail, riot or strike and civil commotion. The policies may contain some conditions and exclusions to coverage, including exclusions related to acts of terrorism. Generally, each of the mortgage loans requires that the related property have coverage for terrorism or terrorist acts, if such coverage is available at commercially reasonable rates. In some cases, there is a cap on the amount that the related borrower will be required to expend on terrorism insurance.

 

Each mortgage typically also requires the borrower to maintain comprehensive general liability insurance against claims for personal and bodily injury, death or property damage occurring on, in or about the property in an amount customarily required by institutional lenders.

 

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Each mortgage typically further requires the related borrower to maintain business interruption or rent loss insurance in an amount not less than 100% of the projected rental income from the related property for not less than twelve months.

 

Although properties are typically not insured for earthquake risk, a borrower will be required to obtain earthquake insurance if the seismic report indicates that the PML or SEL is greater than 20%.

 

In the course of originating their respective GSMC Mortgage Loans, the Goldman Originator generally considered the results of third party reports as described below:

 

Appraisal—The Goldman Originator obtains an appraisal or an update of an existing appraisal for each mortgaged property prepared by an appraisal firm approved in accordance with the Goldman Originator’s internal documented appraisal policy. The Goldman Originator origination team and a third party consultant engaged by the Goldman Originator typically reviews the appraisal. All appraisals are conducted by an independent appraiser that is state certified, an appraiser belonging to the Appraisal Institute, a member association of professional real estate appraisers, or any otherwise qualified appraiser. All appraisals are conducted in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices. In addition, the appraisal report (or a separate letter) includes a statement by the appraiser that the guidelines in Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, were followed in preparing the appraisal.

 

Environmental Report—The Goldman Originator obtains a Phase I site assessment or an update of a previously obtained site assessment for each mortgaged property prepared by an environmental firm approved by the Goldman Originator. In certain cases, the borrower may have obtained the Phase I site assessment, and the assessment is then re-addressed to the Goldman Originator. The Goldman Originator origination team and a third party environmental consultant engaged by the Goldman Originator or the borrower typically reviews the Phase I site assessment to verify the presence or absence of potential adverse environmental conditions. Furthermore, an environmental assessment conducted at any particular real property collateral will not necessarily cover all potential environmental issues. For example, an analysis for radon, lead-based paint, mold and lead in drinking water will usually be conducted only at multifamily rental properties and only when the Goldman Originator or the environmental consultant believes that such an analysis is warranted under the circumstances. In cases in which the Phase I site assessment identifies any potential adverse environmental conditions and no third party is identified as responsible for such condition, or the condition has not otherwise been satisfactorily mitigated, the Goldman Originator generally requires additional environmental testing, such as a Phase II environmental assessment on the related mortgaged property, an environmental insurance policy, the borrower to conduct remediation activities or to establish an operations and maintenance plan, or to place funds in escrow to be used to address any required remediation.

 

Physical Condition Report—The Goldman Originator obtains a physical condition report (“PCR”) or an update of a previously obtained PCR for each mortgaged property prepared by a structural engineering firm approved by the Goldman Originator to assess the structure, exterior walls, roofing, interior structure and/ or mechanical and electrical systems. In certain cases, the borrower may have obtained the PCR, and the PCR is then re-addressed to the Goldman Originator. The Goldman Originator and a third party structural consultant engaged by the Goldman Originator or the borrower typically reviews the PCR to determine the physical condition of the property, and to determine the anticipated costs of necessary repair, replacement and major maintenance or capital expenditure over the term of the mortgage loan. In cases in which the PCR identifies an immediate need for material repairs or replacements with an anticipated cost that is over a certain minimum threshold or percentage of loan balance, the Goldman Originator generally requires that funds be put in escrow at the

 

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  time of origination of the mortgage loan to complete such repairs or replacements or obtains a guarantee from a sponsor of the borrower in lieu of reserves.

 

Seismic—The Goldman Originator generally obtains a seismic report or an update of a previously obtained seismic report for all mortgaged properties located in seismic zone 3 or 4 to assess probable maximum loss (“PML”) or scenario expected loss (“SEL”) for the related mortgaged property. In certain cases, the borrower may have obtained the seismic report and the seismic report is then re-addressed to the Goldman Originator.

 

From time to time, the Goldman Originator originates mortgage loans together with other financial institutions. The resulting mortgage loans are evidenced by two or more promissory notes, at least one of which will reflect the Goldman Originator as the payee. GSMC has in the past and may in the future deposit such promissory notes for which the Goldman Originator is named as payee with one or more securitization trusts, while the co-originators have in the past and may in the future deposit such promissory notes for which they are named payee into other securitization trusts.

 

The McClellan Business Park Mortgage Loan (4.0%) was (together with any related Companion Loans) co-originated by GS Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. The 711 Fifth Avenue Mortgage Loan (3.7%) was (together with any related Companion Loans) co-originated by GS Bank and Bank of America, N.A.

 

Servicing

 

Interim servicing for all of GSMC’s loans prior to securitization is typically performed by a nationally recognized rated third party interim servicer. In addition, primary servicing is occasionally retained by certain qualified mortgage brokerage firms under established sub-servicing agreements with GSMC, which firms may continue primary servicing certain loans following the securitization closing date. Otherwise, servicing responsibilities are transferred from the interim servicer to the master servicer of the securitization trust (and a primary servicer when applicable) at closing of the securitization. From time to time, the interim servicer may retain primary servicing.

 

Exceptions to Goldman Originator’s Disclosed Underwriting Guidelines

 

The Goldman Originator has disclosed generally its underwriting guidelines with respect to the GSMC Mortgage Loans. However, one or more of the GSMC Mortgage Loans may vary from the specific Goldman Originator underwriting guidelines described above when additional credit positive characteristics are present as discussed above. In addition, in the case of one or more of the GSMC Mortgage Loans, the Goldman Originator may not have applied each of the specific underwriting guidelines described above as the result of case-by-case permitted flexibility based upon other compensating factors. In certain cases, the Goldman Originator may have made exceptions and the underwriting of a particular mortgage loan did not comply with all aspects of the disclosed criteria.

 

The GSMC Mortgage Loans were originated in accordance with the underwriting standards set forth above.

 

Certain characteristics of the GSMC Mortgage Loans can be found on Annex A-1.

 

Compliance with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act. GSMC most recently filed a Form ABS-15G pursuant to Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act on November 13, 2020. GSMC’s Central Index Key is 0001541502. With respect to the period from and including October 1, 2017 to and including September 30, 2020, GSMC has the following activity to report as required by Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act with respect to repurchase or replacement requests in connection with breaches of representations and warranties made by it as a sponsor of commercial mortgage securitizations.

 

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Asset Class:  Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GCJ9
(CIK 0001560456)
X Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company 12 411,105,625 29.6 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. 30 313,430,906 22.6 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
Archetype Mortgage Funding I LLC 14 137,272,372 9.9 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
Jefferies LoanCore LLC 18 527,119,321 38.0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
Total by Asset Class 74 1,388,928,224 100% 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00
                                               

Retained Interests in This Securitization

 

Neither GSMC nor any of its affiliates will retain any certificates issued by the issuing entity or any other economic interest in this securitization. However, GSMC and/or its affiliates may acquire in the future certain classes of certificates. Any such party will have the right to dispose of any such certificates at any time.

 

The information set forth under “—Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company” has been provided by GSMC.

 

Compensation of the Sponsors

 

In connection with the offering and sale of the certificates contemplated by this prospectus, the sponsors (including affiliates of the sponsors) will be compensated for the sale of their respective percentage interest in the Mortgage Loans in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of:

 

(a)   the sum of any proceeds received from the sale of the certificates to investors and the sale of servicing rights to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association for the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, over

 

(b)   the sum of the costs and expense of originating or acquiring the Mortgage Loans and the costs and expenses related to the issuance, offering and sale of the certificates as described in this prospectus.

 

The mortgage servicing rights were sold to the master servicer for a price based on the value of the Servicing Fee to be paid to the master servicer with respect to each Mortgage Loan and, which may include, among other things, the value of the right to earn income on investments on amounts held by the master servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

 

The Depositor

 

The depositor is Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation. The depositor is a special purpose corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 22, 1996, for the purpose of engaging in the business, among other things, of acquiring and depositing mortgage loans in trust in exchange for certificates evidencing interest in such trusts and selling or otherwise distributing such certificates. The principal executive offices of the depositor are located at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. The telephone number is (212) 250-2500. The depositor’s capitalization is nominal. All of the shares of capital stock of the depositor are held by DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corporation.

 

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During the 9 years ending November 30, 2020, the depositor has acted as depositor with respect to public and private conduit or combined conduit/large loan commercial mortgage securitization transactions in an aggregate amount of approximately $109.81 billion.

 

The depositor does not have, nor is it expected in the future to have, any significant assets and is not engaged in activities unrelated to the securitization of mortgage loans. The depositor will not have any business operations other than securitizing mortgage loans and related activities.

 

The depositor purchases commercial mortgage loans and interests in commercial mortgage loans for the purpose of selling those assets to trusts created in connection with the securitization of pools of assets and does not engage in any activities unrelated to those securitizations. On the Closing Date, the depositor will acquire the mortgage loans from each mortgage loan seller and will simultaneously transfer them, without recourse, to the trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

 

The depositor remains responsible under the PSA for providing the master servicer, special servicer, certificate administrator and trustee with certain information and other assistance requested by those parties and reasonably necessary to performing their duties under the PSA. The depositor also remains responsible for mailing notices to the Certificateholders upon the appointment of certain successor entities under the PSA.

 

The Issuing Entity

 

The issuing entity, Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”), will be a New York common law trust, formed on the Closing Date pursuant to the PSA.

 

The only activities that the issuing entity may perform are those set forth in the PSA, which are generally limited to owning and administering the mortgage loans and any REO Property, disposing of defaulted mortgage loans and REO Property, issuing the certificates, making distributions, providing reports to Certificateholders and other activities described in this prospectus. Accordingly, the issuing entity may not issue securities other than the certificates, or invest in securities, other than investing of funds in the Collection Account and other accounts maintained under the PSA in certain short-term permitted investments. The issuing entity may not lend or borrow money, except that the master servicer, the special servicer and the trustee may make Advances of delinquent monthly debt service payments and Servicing Advances to the issuing entity, but only to the extent it does not deem such Advances to be non-recoverable from the related mortgage loan; such Advances are intended to provide liquidity, rather than credit support. The PSA may be amended as set forth under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Amendment”. The issuing entity administers the mortgage loans through the trustee, the certificate administrator, the master servicer and the special servicer. A discussion of the duties of the trustee, the certificate administrator, the master servicer and the special servicer, including any discretionary activities performed by each of them, is set forth under “Transaction Parties—The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, —The Master Servicer”, “—The Special Servicer” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”.

 

The only assets of the issuing entity other than the mortgage loans and any REO Properties are the Collection Account and other accounts maintained pursuant to the PSA, the short-term investments in which funds in the Collection Account and other accounts are invested. The issuing entity has no present liabilities, but has potential liability relating to ownership of the mortgage loans and any REO Properties and certain other activities described in this prospectus, and indemnity obligations to the trustee, the certificate administrator, the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the asset representations reviewer and the operating advisor. The fiscal year of the issuing entity is the calendar year. The issuing entity has no executive officers or board of directors and acts through the trustee, the certificate administrator, the master servicer and the special servicer.

 

The depositor will be contributing the mortgage loans to the issuing entity. The depositor will be purchasing the mortgage loans from the mortgage loan sellers, as described under “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”.

 

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The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank”) will act as trustee, certificate administrator and custodian under the PSA. The certificate administrator will also be the REMIC administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider under the PSA. Wells Fargo Bank is a national banking association and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company. A diversified financial services company, Wells Fargo & Company is a U.S. bank holding company with approximately $1.97 trillion in assets and approximately 266,000 employees as of June 30, 2020, which provides banking, insurance, trust, mortgage and consumer finance services throughout the United States and internationally. Wells Fargo Bank provides retail and commercial banking services and corporate trust, custody, securities lending, securities transfer, cash management, investment management and other financial and fiduciary services. The transaction parties may maintain banking and other commercial relationships with Wells Fargo Bank and its affiliates. Wells Fargo Bank maintains principal corporate trust offices at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045 and its office for certificate transfer services is located at 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor, MAC: N9300-070, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479.

 

Wells Fargo Bank has provided corporate trust services since 1934. Wells Fargo Bank acts as a trustee for a variety of transactions and asset types, including corporate and municipal bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations. As of June 30, 2020, Wells Fargo Bank was acting as trustee on approximately 401 series of commercial mortgage-backed securities with an aggregate principal balance of approximately $197 billion.

 

In its capacity as trustee on commercial mortgage securitizations, Wells Fargo Bank is generally required to make an advance if the related master servicer or special servicer fails to make a required advance. In the past three years, Wells Fargo Bank has not been required to make an advance on a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction.

 

Under the terms of the PSA, Wells Fargo Bank is responsible for securities administration, which includes pool performance calculations, distribution calculations and the preparation of monthly distribution reports. As certificate administrator, Wells Fargo Bank is responsible for the preparation and filing of all REMIC and grantor trust tax returns on behalf of the trust and to the extent required under the PSA, the preparation of monthly reports on Form 10-D, certain current reports on Form 8-K and annual reports on Form 10-K that are required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the issuing entity. Wells Fargo Bank has been engaged in the business of securities administration since June 30, 1995, and in connection with commercial mortgage-backed securities since 1997. As of June 30, 2020, Wells Fargo Bank was acting as securities administrator with respect to more than $549 billion of outstanding commercial mortgage-backed securities.

 

Wells Fargo Bank is acting as custodian of the mortgage loan files pursuant and subject to the PSA and is acting as custodian of the mortgage loan file (other than the Mortgage Note with respect to the related mortgage loan for any Non-Serviced Whole Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA). In that capacity, Wells Fargo Bank is responsible to hold and safeguard the mortgage notes and other contents of the mortgage files on behalf of the trustee and the Certificateholders. Wells Fargo Bank maintains each mortgage loan file in a separate file folder marked with a unique bar code to assure loan-level file integrity and to assist in inventory management. Files are segregated by transaction or investor. Wells Fargo Bank has been engaged in the mortgage document custody business for more than 25 years. Wells Fargo Bank maintains its commercial document custody facilities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As of June 30, 2020, Wells Fargo Bank was acting as custodian of more than 288,000 commercial mortgage loan files.

 

Wells Fargo Bank serves or may have served within the past two years as loan file custodian for various mortgage loans owned by one or more of the sponsors or an affiliate thereof, and one or more of those mortgage loans may be included in the trust. The terms of any custodial agreement under which those services are provided by Wells Fargo Bank are customary for the mortgage-backed securitization industry and provide for the delivery, receipt, review and safekeeping of mortgage loan files.

 

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For four CMBS transactions, Wells Fargo Bank disclosed transaction-level noncompliance on its 2019 Annual Statement of Compliance furnished pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB related to its CMBS bond administration function. For two CMBS transactions, an administrative error resulted in a payment error to certain classes for one distribution period. The affected distributions were revised to correct the error before the next distribution date. For two CMBS transactions, a technical issue caused a wire processing delay that resulted in a portion of the distribution for each transaction to occur one business day late. Wells Fargo Bank has incorporated additional payment control procedures in an effort to prevent further similar payment errors.

 

Beginning on June 18, 2014, a group of institutional investors filed civil complaints in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, and later the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, against Wells Fargo Bank in its capacity as trustee for certain residential mortgage backed securities (“RMBS”) trusts.  The complaints against Wells Fargo Bank alleged that the trustee caused losses to investors and asserted causes of action based upon, among other things, the trustee’s alleged failure to: (i) notify and enforce repurchase obligations of mortgage loan sellers for purported breaches of representations and warranties, (ii) notify investors of alleged events of default, and (iii) abide by appropriate standards of care following alleged events of default. Relief sought included money damages in an unspecified amount, reimbursement of expenses, and equitable relief. In November 2018, Wells Fargo Bank reached an agreement, in which it denied any wrongdoing, to resolve such claims on a classwide basis for the 271 RMBS trusts at issue.  On May 6, 2019, the court entered an order approving the settlement agreement.  Separate lawsuits against Wells Fargo Bank making similar allegations filed by certain other institutional investors concerning several RMBS trusts in New York federal and state court are not covered by the settlement agreement. 

 

In addition to the foregoing cases, in August 2014 and August 2015 Nomura Credit & Capital Inc. (“Nomura”) and Natixis Real Estate Holdings, LLC (“Natixis”) filed a total of seven third-party complaints against Wells Fargo Bank in New York state court. In the underlying first-party actions, Nomura and Natixis have been sued for alleged breaches of representations and warranties made in connection with residential mortgage-backed securities sponsored by them. In the third-party actions, Nomura and Natixis allege that Wells Fargo Bank, as master servicer, primary servicer or securities administrator, failed to notify Nomura and Natixis of their own breaches, failed to properly oversee the primary servicers, and failed to adhere to accepted servicing practices. Natixis additionally alleges that Wells Fargo Bank failed to perform default oversight duties. Wells Fargo Bank has asserted counterclaims alleging that Nomura and Natixis failed to provide Wells Fargo Bank notice of their representation and warranty breaches.

 

With respect to each of the foregoing litigations, Wells Fargo Bank believes plaintiffs’ claims are without merit and intends to contest the claims vigorously, but there can be no assurances as to the outcome of the litigations or the possible impact of the litigations on Wells Fargo Bank or the related RMBS trusts.

 

Neither Wells Fargo Bank nor any of its affiliates will retain on the Closing Date any certificates issued by the issuing entity or any other economic interest in this securitization. However, Wells Fargo Bank or its affiliates may, from time to time after the initial sale of the certificates to investors on the Closing Date, acquire certificates pursuant to secondary market transactions. Any such party will have the right to dispose of any such certificates at any time.

 

The foregoing information set forth under this heading “—The Trustee and Certificate Administrator” has been provided by Wells Fargo Bank.

 

For a description of any material affiliations, relationships and related transactions between the certificate administrator and trustee and the other transaction parties, see “Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties”.

 

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The certificate administrator and trustee will only be liable under the PSA to the extent of their respective obligations specifically imposed by the PSA. For further information regarding the duties, responsibilities, rights and obligations of the certificate administrator and trustee under the PSA, including those related to indemnification, see “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Limitation on Liability; Indemnification”. Certain terms of the PSA regarding the certificate administrator’s removal, replacement or resignation are described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator”.

 

The Master Servicer

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association (“Midland”), is expected to be the master servicer and in this capacity will be responsible for the master servicing and administration of the mortgage loans pursuant to the PSA.

 

Midland’s principal servicing office is located at 10851 Mastin Street, Building 82, Suite 300, Overland Park, Kansas 66210.

 

Midland is a commercial financial services company that provides loan servicing, asset management and technology solutions for large pools of commercial and multifamily real estate assets. Midland is approved as a master servicer, special servicer and primary servicer for investment-grade CMBS by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services (“S&P”), Moody’s, Fitch, Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC (“Morningstar”), DBRS, Inc. and KBRA. Midland has received rankings as a master, primary and special servicer of real estate assets under U.S. CMBS transactions from S&P, Fitch and Morningstar. For each category, S&P ranks Midland as “Above Average” and Morningstar ranks Midland as “MOR CS2” for master servicer and primary servicer, and “MOR CS1” for special servicer. Fitch ranks Midland as “CMS2” for master servicer, “CPS2” for primary servicer, and “CSS2+” for special servicer. Midland is also a HUD/FHA-approved mortgagee and a Fannie Mae-approved multifamily loan servicer.

 

Midland has detailed operating procedures across the various servicing functions to maintain compliance with its servicing obligations and the servicing standards under Midland’s servicing agreements, including procedures for managing delinquent and specially serviced loans. The policies and procedures are reviewed annually and centrally managed. Furthermore, Midland’s business continuity and disaster recovery plans are reviewed and tested annually. Midland’s policies, operating procedures and business continuity plan anticipate and provide the mechanism for some or all of Midland’s personnel to work remotely as determined by management to comply with changes in federal, state or local laws, regulations, executive orders, other requirements and/or guidance, to address health and/or other concerns related to a pandemic or other significant event or to address market or other business purposes. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and related federal, state, and local orders, requirements and/or guidance, Midland implemented part of its business continuity plan that includes the requirement that most of its personnel work remotely until management determines otherwise.

 

Midland will not have primary responsibility for custody services of original documents evidencing the underlying Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans. Midland may from time to time have custody of certain of such documents as necessary for enforcement actions involving particular Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans or otherwise. To the extent that Midland has custody of any such documents for any such servicing purposes, such documents will be maintained in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard.

 

No securitization transaction involving commercial or multifamily mortgage loans in which Midland was acting as master servicer, primary servicer or special servicer has experienced a servicer event of default or servicer termination event as a result of any action or inaction of Midland as master servicer, primary servicer or special servicer, as applicable, including as a result of Midland’s failure to comply with the applicable servicing criteria in connection with any securitization transaction. Midland has made all advances required to be made by it under the servicing agreements on the commercial and multifamily mortgage loans serviced by Midland in securitization transactions.

 

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From time to time Midland is a party to lawsuits and other legal proceedings as part of its duties as a loan servicer (e.g., enforcement of loan obligations) and/or arising in the ordinary course of business. Midland does not believe that any such lawsuits or legal proceedings would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its business or its ability to service loans pursuant to the PSA.

 

Midland currently maintains an internet-based investor reporting system, CMBS Investor Insight®, that contains performance information at the portfolio, loan and property levels on the various commercial mortgage backed securities transactions that it services. Certificateholders, prospective transferees of the certificates and other appropriate parties may obtain access to CMBS Investor Insight® through Midland’s website at www.pnc.com/midland. Midland may require registration and execution of an access agreement in connection with providing access to CMBS Investor Insight®.

 

As of September 30, 2020, Midland was master and primary servicing approximately 28,094 commercial and multifamily mortgage loans with a principal balance of approximately $486 billion. The collateral for such loans is located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and Canada. Approximately 12,071 of such loans, with a total principal balance of approximately $242 billion, pertain to commercial and multifamily mortgage-backed securities. The related loan pools include multifamily, office, retail, hospitality and other income-producing properties. As of September 30, 2020, Midland was named the special servicer in approximately 390 commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of approximately $169 billion. With respect to such transactions as of such date, Midland was administering approximately 386 assets with an outstanding principal balance of approximately $7.5 billion.

 

Midland has been servicing mortgage loans in CMBS transactions since 1992. The table below contains information on the size of the portfolio of commercial and multifamily loans and leases in CMBS and other servicing transactions for which Midland has acted as master and/or primary servicer from 2017 to 2019.

 

Portfolio Size – Master/Primary Servicing

Calendar Year End
(Approximate amounts in billions)

 

2017

2018

2019

CMBS $162 $181 $219
Other

$323

$351

$387

Total

$486

$532

$606

 

Midland has acted as a special servicer for commercial and multifamily mortgage loans in CMBS transactions since 1992. The table below contains information on the size of the portfolio of specially serviced commercial and multifamily loans, leases and REO properties that have been referred to Midland as special servicer in CMBS transactions from 2017 to 2019.

 

Portfolio Size – Special Servicing

Calendar Year End
(Approximate amounts in billions)

 

2017

2018

2019

Total $145 $158 $171

 

Midland will acquire the right to act as master servicer and/or primary servicer (and the related right to receive and retain the excess servicing strip) with respect to the Mortgage Loans sold to the issuing entity by the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to one or more servicing rights appointment agreements entered into on the Closing Date. The “excess servicing strip” means a portion of the Servicing Fee payable to Midland that accrues at a per annum rate initially equal to the Servicing Fee Rate minus 0.0025%, but which may be reduced under certain circumstances as provided in the PSA.

 

Pursuant to certain interim servicing agreements between GACC or one of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Midland, on the other hand, Midland acts as interim servicer with respect to certain GACC mortgage loans prior to their inclusion in the issuing entity.

 

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Pursuant to certain interim servicing agreements between JPMCB or one of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Midland, on the other hand, Midland acts as interim servicer with respect to certain JPMCB mortgage loans prior to their inclusion in the issuing entity.

 

Pursuant to certain interim servicing agreements between GSMC or one of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Midland, on the other hand, Midland acts as interim servicer with respect to certain GSMC mortgage loans prior to their inclusion in the issuing entity.

 

Pursuant to certain interim servicing agreements between CREFI or one of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Midland, on the other hand, Midland acts as interim servicer with respect to certain CREFI mortgage loans prior to their inclusion in the issuing entity.

 

PNC Bank, National Association and its affiliates may use some of the same service providers (e.g., legal counsel, accountants and appraisal firms) as are retained on behalf of the issuing entity. In some cases, fee rates, amounts or discounts may be offered to PNC Bank, National Association and its affiliates by a third party vendor which differ from those offered to the issuing entity as a result of scheduled or ad hoc rate changes, differences in the scope, type or nature of the service or transaction, alternative fee arrangements, and negotiation by PNC Bank, National Association or its affiliates other than the Midland division.

 

Midland, the master servicer, is also (i) the master servicer and special servicer under the Benchmark 2020-B20 PSA with respect to the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan, (ii) the master servicer and special servicer under the Benchmark 2020-B21 PSA with respect to the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan in the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization), the 32-42 Broadway Whole Loan and the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan) and (iii) expected to be the master servicer under the GSMS 2020-GSA2 PSA with respect to the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan) and the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan).

 

From time to time, Midland and/or its affiliates may purchase or sell securities, including CMBS certificates issued in this offering in the secondary market.

 

For a description of any material affiliations, relationships and related transactions between the special servicer and the other transaction parties, see “Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties”.

 

The reports on assessment of compliance with applicable servicing criteria for the twelve month periods ending on December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019, respectively, furnished pursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB for Midland, identified a material instance of noncompliance relating to the servicing criterion described in Item 1122(d)(3)(i)(A) of Regulation AB, which requires that:

 

“Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports: (A) Are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements….”

 

For CMBS transactions subject to the reporting requirements of Regulation AB on and after November 23, 2016 (the effective date of the most recent amendment to Regulation AB), Midland as master servicer of certain of those CMBS transactions became responsible for Schedule AL (Asset-Level) reporting on behalf of the related CMBS trusts. Midland’s Schedule AL reporting process was enhanced in April of 2019, however, the process remained manual throughout the 2019 calendar year and additional errors during such year were identified during the related audit. Following identification, Midland made staffing changes and additional improvements to its processes and procedures to support its Schedule AL reporting obligations and expects to move to an automated solution for this process.

 

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Midland does not make any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the PSA (other than as to it being a valid obligation of Midland as master servicer), the certificates, this prospectus (other than as to the accuracy of the information provided by Midland), the Mortgage Loans, or any related documents.

 

The foregoing information regarding Midland under this heading “—The Master Servicer” has been provided by Midland.

 

The Special Servicer

 

Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“RCA”), is expected to act as the special servicer and in such capacity is expected to initially be responsible for the servicing and administration of Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan and any Non-Serviced Whole Loan) and REO Properties as well as the reviewing of certain Major Decisions and other transactions relating to Mortgage Loans (other than any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan and any Non-Serviced Whole Loan) pursuant to the PSA.

 

RCA maintains its principal servicing office at Southeast Financial Center, 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3550, Miami, Florida 33131.

 

RCA has been engaged in the special servicing of commercial mortgage loans for commercial real estate securitizations since approximately May 2012. RCA currently has a commercial mortgage-backed securities special servicer rating of “CSS2” by Fitch, a commercial loan special servicer ranking of “Above Average” by S&P, a commercial mortgage special servicer ranking of “MOR CS2” by Morningstar, a rating by KBRA and a rating by DBRS.

 

RCA is an affiliate of Rialto Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Securities and Exchange Commission registered investment adviser (“RCM”). RCM is a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment and asset manager. Previously an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Lennar Corporation (“Lennar”) (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B), a national homebuilder, RCM and RCA were acquired on November 30, 2018 by investment funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC (“Stone Point”) in partnership with RCM’s management team. Stone Point is a financial services and asset management focused private equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut. As of September 30, 2020, RCM was the sponsor of, and certain of its affiliates were investors in, eleven private equity fund structures (collectively, the “Funds”) and RCM also advised several other investment vehicles such as coinvestments, joint ventures and separately managed accounts, having over $5.2 billion of regulatory assets under management in the aggregate. Of the eleven funds, six are focused in whole or in part on investments in commercial mortgage-backed securities with the remaining funds focused on distressed and value-add real estate related investments, mezzanine debt and/or credit investments.

 

In addition, as of September 30, 2020, RCM has underwritten and purchased, primarily for the Funds, over $8.25 billion in face value of subordinate commercial mortgage-backed securities certificates in approximately 127 securitizations totaling approximately $131 billion in overall transaction size. RCM (or an affiliate) has the right to appoint the special servicer for each of these transactions.

 

Rialto Management Group, LLC, together with its subsidiaries, RCA and RCM (excluding Stone Point), had 259 employees as of September 30, 2020 and is headquartered in Miami with offices located in New York City and Atlanta and additional offices across the United States and in Europe.

 

RCA has detailed operating policies and procedures which are reviewed at least annually and updated as appropriate. These policies and procedures for the performance of its special servicing obligations are, among other things, in compliance with the applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122 of Regulation AB under the Securities Act. RCA has developed strategies and procedures for managing delinquent loans, loans subject to bankruptcies of the borrowers and other breaches by borrowers of the underlying loan documents that are designed to maximize value from the assets for the benefit of certificateholders. These strategies and procedures vary on a case by case basis, and include, but are not limited to, liquidation of the underlying collateral, note sales, discounted payoffs, and borrower negotiation or workout in accordance with the related servicing standard. The strategy pursued by RCA

 

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for any particular property depends upon, among other things, the terms and provisions of the underlying loan documents, the jurisdiction where the underlying property is located and the condition and type of underlying property. Standardization and automation have been pursued, and continue to be pursued, wherever possible so as to provide for continued accuracy, efficiency, transparency, monitoring and controls.

 

RCA is subject to an annual external audit. As part of such external audit, auditors perform test work and review internal controls throughout the year. While RCA was a part of Lennar, RCA was determined to be Sarbanes-Oxley compliant.

 

RCA maintains a web-based asset management system that contains performance information at the portfolio, loan and property levels on the various loan and REO assets that it services. Additionally, RCA has a formal, documented disaster recovery and business continuity plan.

 

As of September 30, 2020, RCA and its affiliates were actively special servicing approximately 599 portfolio loans (and REO properties) with an unpaid principal balance of approximately $11.36 billion (see footnote 2 to the chart below).

 

As of September 30, 2020, RCA is also performing special servicing for approximately 125 commercial real estate securitizations. With respect to such securitization transactions, RCA is administering approximately 8,135 assets with an unpaid principal balance at securitization of approximately $129.8 billion. The asset pools specially serviced by RCA include residential, multifamily/condo, office, retail, hotel, healthcare, industrial, manufactured housing and other income-producing properties as well as residential and commercial land.

 

The following table sets forth information about RCA’s portfolio of specially serviced commercial and multifamily mortgage loans and REO properties in commercial mortgage-backed securitization transactions as of the dates indicated:

 

CMBS Pools 

As of 12/31/2016 

As of 12/31/2017 

As of 12/31/2018 

As of 12/31/2019 

As of 9/30/2020 

Number of CMBS Pools Named Special Servicer 75 90 105 120 125
Approximate Aggregate Unpaid Principal Balance(1) $79 billion $91.8 billion $110.9 billion $125.0 billion $129.8 billion
Approximate Number of Specially Serviced Loans or REO Properties(2) 37 77 136 179 599
Approximate Aggregate Unpaid Principal Balance of Specially Serviced Loans or REO Properties(2) $320 million $1.1 billion $2.02 billion $2.55 billion $11.36 billion

 

 

(1)Includes all commercial and multifamily mortgage loans and related REO properties in RCA’s portfolio for which RCA is the named special servicer, regardless of whether such mortgage loans and related REO properties are, as of the specified date, specially serviced by RCA.

 

(2)Includes only those commercial and multifamily mortgage loans and related REO properties in RCA’s portfolio for which RCA is the named special servicer that are, as of the specified date, specially serviced by RCA. Does not include any resolutions during the specified year.

 

In its capacity as the special servicer, RCA will not have primary responsibility for custody services of original documents evidencing the underlying mortgage loans. RCA may from time to time have custody of certain of such documents as necessary for enforcement actions involving particular underlying mortgage loans or otherwise. To the extent that RCA has custody of any such documents for any such servicing purposes, such documents will be maintained in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard.

 

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RCA does not have any material advancing rights or obligations with respect to the commercial mortgage-backed securities pools as to which it acts as special servicer. In certain instances, RCA may have the right or be obligated to make property related servicing advances in emergency situations with respect to certain commercial mortgage-backed securities pools as to which it acts as special servicer.

 

There are, to the actual current knowledge of RCA, no special or unique factors of a material nature involved in special servicing the particular types of assets included in this securitization transaction, as compared to the types of assets specially serviced by RCA in other commercial mortgage-backed securitization pools generally, for which RCA has developed processes and procedures which materially differ from the processes and procedures employed by RCA in connection with its special servicing of commercial mortgage-backed securitization pools generally. There have not been, during the past three years, any material changes to the policies or procedures of RCA in the servicing function it will perform under the PSA for assets of the same type included in this securitization transaction.

 

No securitization transaction in which RCA was acting as special servicer has experienced a servicer event of default as a result of any action or inaction of RCA as special servicer, including as a result of a failure by RCA to comply with the applicable servicing criteria in connection with any securitization transaction. RCA has not been terminated as special servicer in any securitization, either due to a servicing default or the application of a servicing performance test or trigger. RCA has made all advances required to be made by it under the servicing agreements related to the securitization transactions in which RCA is acting as special servicer. There has been no previous disclosure of material noncompliance with the applicable servicing criteria by RCA in connection with any securitization in which RCA was acting as special servicer.

 

RCA does not believe that its financial condition will have any adverse effect on the performance of its duties under the PSA and, accordingly, RCA believes that its financial condition will not have any material impact on the Mortgage Pool performance or the performance of the certificates.

 

From time to time RCA is a party to lawsuits and other legal proceedings as part of its duties as a loan servicer (e.g., enforcement of loan obligations) and/or arising in the ordinary course of business. RCA does not believe that any such lawsuits or legal proceedings would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on its business or its ability to service loans pursuant to the PSA. There are currently no legal proceedings pending, and no legal proceedings known to be contemplated by governmental authorities, against RCA or of which any of its property is the subject, that are material to the Certificateholders.

 

RCA occasionally engages consultants to perform property inspections and to provide surveillance on a property and its local market; it currently does not have any plans to engage sub-servicers to perform on its behalf any of its duties with respect to this transaction with the exception of some outsourced base servicing functions.

 

In the commercial mortgage-backed securitizations in which RCA acts as special servicer, RCA may enter into one or more arrangements with any party entitled to appoint or remove and replace the special servicer to provide for a discount and/or revenue sharing with respect to certain of the special servicer compensation in consideration of, among other things, RCA’s appointment as special servicer under the applicable servicing agreement and limitations on such person’s right to replace RCA as the special servicer.

 

It is expected that RREF IV Debt AIV, LP (or its affiliates) will be the initial Trust Directing Holder and, therefore, the initial Directing Holder with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Excluded Special Servicer Loan). RCA, the expected special servicer for this transaction, is an affiliate of: (a) RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, the entity that is anticipated to purchase the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates and will receive the Class S certificates and to be appointed as initial Trust Directing Holder and, therefore, the initial Directing Holder with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Excluded Special Servicer Loan); and (b) Situs Holdings, LLC, which is the initial special servicer under (i) the BX 2020-VIVA TSA with respect to the servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan and (ii) the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA with respect to the servicing of

 

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The Grace Building Whole Loan, through common control by Stone Point. RCA or an affiliate assisted RREF IV Debt AIV, LP and/or one or more of its affiliates with its due diligence of the Mortgage Loans prior to the Closing Date.

 

From time to time, RCA and/or its affiliates may purchase other securities, including certificates in this offering and including the secondary market, and may dispose of them at any time. Except as described herein, neither RCA nor any of its affiliates will retain on the Closing Date any certificates issued by the issuing entity or any other economic interest in this securitization. However, RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliates may, from time to time after the initial sale of the Certificates to investors on the Closing Date, acquire additional certificates pursuant to secondary market transactions. Any such party will have the right to dispose of such certificates at any time.

 

The foregoing information regarding RCA under the heading “—The Special Servicer” has been provided by RCA.

 

Certain duties and obligations of the Special Servicer and the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are described under “The Pooling and Servicing Agreement”. The special servicer’s ability to waive or modify any terms, fees, penalties or payments on the Mortgage Loans and the potential effect of that ability on the potential cash flows from the Mortgage Loans are described under “The Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Modifications, Waivers and Amendments”.

 

The special servicer may be terminated, with respect to the Mortgage Loans serviced under the PSA (a) with or without cause by the Directing Holder, (b) for cause at any time, and (c) otherwise without cause as described under “The Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Replacement of the Special Servicer Without Cause”, upon satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the PSA. The special servicer may resign under the PSA as described under “The Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Resignation of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer”. The Special Servicer and various related persons and entities will be entitled to be indemnified by the Issuing Entity for certain losses and liabilities incurred by the special servicer as described under “The Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Limitation on Liability; Indemnification”.

 

The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer

 

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Pentalpha Surveillance”), will act as the operating advisor under the PSA. The operating advisor will have certain review and consultation duties with respect to activities of the special servicer, including the right to recommend the replacement of the special servicer if a control termination event is continuing. Pentalpha Surveillance will also be serving as the asset representations reviewer under the PSA. The asset representations reviewer generally will be required to review certain delinquent Mortgage Loans after a specified delinquency threshold has been exceeded and upon notification from the certificate administrator that the required percentage of Certificateholders have voted to direct a review of such delinquent Mortgage Loans.

 

The principal office of Pentalpha Surveillance is located at Two Greenwich Office Park, Greenwich, Connecticut 06831. Pentalpha Surveillance is a privately held firm founded in 2005 that is primarily dedicated to providing independent oversight of loan securitization trusts’ ongoing operations.

 

Pentalpha Surveillance and its affiliates have been engaged by individual securitization trusts, financial institutions, institutional investors and agencies of the U.S. Government. Pentalpha Surveillance’s platform uses specialized compliance checking software and a team of industry operations veterans focused on loan origination and servicing oversight, with engagements in surveillance, valuation, collections optimization, representation and warranty settlements, derivative contract errors, litigation support, and expert testimony as well as other consulting assignments.

 

As of September 30, 2020, Pentalpha Surveillance was acting as operating advisor or trust advisor for approximately 203 commercial mortgage-backed securitizations with an approximate aggregate initial principal balance of approximately $185 billion. As of September 30, 2020, Pentalpha Surveillance was

 

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acting as asset representations reviewer for approximately 83 commercial mortgage-backed securitizations with an approximate aggregate initial principal balance of approximately $78 billion.

 

In addition, Pentalpha Surveillance believes that its financial condition will not have any material adverse effect on the performance of its duties under the PSA.

 

Pentalpha Surveillance has not been operating advisor on a transaction for which any Rating Agency has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing concerns with the operating advisor as the sole or a material factor in such rating action.

 

Pentalpha Surveillance is not an affiliate of the issuing entity, the depositor, the sponsors, the mortgage loan sellers, the trustee, the certificate administrator, the master servicer, the special servicer, the Directing Holder, any “originators” (within the meaning of Item 1110 of Regulation AB) or any “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1112 of Regulation AB) with respect to the issuing entity.

 

There are currently no legal proceedings pending against Pentalpha Surveillance, or to which any of its property is the subject, that are material to the holders of the certificates, nor does Pentalpha Surveillance have actual knowledge of any proceedings of this type contemplated by governmental authorities.

 

The foregoing information under this heading “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer” has been provided by Pentalpha Surveillance LLC.

 

For a description of any material affiliations, relationships and related transactions between the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer and the other transaction parties, see “Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties”.

 

The operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer will only be liable under the PSA to the extent of their respective obligations specifically imposed by the PSA and no implied duties or obligations may be asserted against the operating advisor or asset representations reviewer. For further information regarding the duties, responsibilities, rights and obligations of the operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer, as the case may be, under the PSA, including those related to indemnification, see “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Operating Advisor”, “—The Asset Representations Reviewer” and “—Limitation on Liability; Indemnification”. Certain terms of the PSA regarding the operating advisor’s and the asset representations reviewer’s removal, replacement, resignation or transfer are described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Operating Advisor” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Asset Representations Reviewer”, as applicable.

 

Credit Risk Retention

 

This securitization transaction is required to comply with the Credit Risk Retention Rules. German American Capital Corporation has been designated by the Sponsors to act as the “retaining sponsor” under the Credit Risk Retention Rules (in such capacity, the “Retaining Sponsor”) and the Retaining Sponsor intends to satisfy its risk retention requirements of the Credit Risk Retention Rules as follows:

 

The Retaining Sponsor will acquire on the Closing Date an “eligible vertical interest” (as such term is defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules, the “VRR Interest”) in the issuing entity in the form of a “single vertical security” (as defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules) with an expected initial Certificate Balance of approximately $40,710,850, representing the right to receive approximately 5.0% of all amounts collected on the Mortgage Loans (net of expenses of the issuing entity) that are available for distribution to the Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest (i.e., representing the right to receive the VRR Allocation Percentage of all amounts distributed on the Non-VRR Certificates on each Distribution Date). The Retaining Sponsor will retain the VRR Interest through Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch (“DBNY”), as its MOA. DBNY is expected to acquire the VRR Interest from the Retaining Sponsor on the Closing Date.

 

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The percentage of all amounts collected on the Mortgage Loans, net of all expenses of the issuing entity, and distributed on the Non-VRR Certificates and the VRR Interest represented by the VRR Interest will equal at least 5% as of the Closing Date.

 

Credit Risk Retention Rules” means Regulation RR, 12 C.F.R. Part 244.

 

MOA” means a “majority-owned affiliate” (as defined in the Credit Risk Retention Rules).

 

The Retaining Sponsor and its MOA are collectively referred to herein as the “Retaining Parties”.

 

Notwithstanding any references in this prospectus to the Credit Risk Retention Rules, Regulation RR, the Retaining Sponsor, the Retaining Parties and other risk retention related matters, in the event the Credit Risk Retention Rules and/or Regulation RR (or any relevant portion thereof) are repealed or determined by applicable regulatory agencies to be no longer applicable to this securitization transaction, each of the Retaining Sponsor, the Retaining Parties or any other party may not be required to comply with or act in accordance with the Credit Risk Retention Rules or Regulation RR (or such relevant portion thereof).

 

Qualifying CRE Loans

 

The Sponsors have determined that for purposes of this transaction 0.0% of the Initial Pool Balance (the “Qualifying CRE Loan Percentage”) is comprised of mortgage loans that are “qualifying CRE loans” as such term is described in §244.17 of the Credit Risk Retention Rules.

 

The total required credit risk retention percentage (the “Required Risk Retention Percentage”) for this transaction is 5.0%. The Required Risk Retention Percentage is equal to the product of (i) 1 minus the Qualifying CRE Loan Percentage (expressed as a decimal) and (ii) 5%; subject to a minimum Required Risk Retention Percentage of no less than 2.50% if the issuing entity includes any non-qualifying CRE loans.

 

The VRR Interest

 

Material Terms of the VRR Interest

 

General

 

The right to payment of the holder of the VRR Interest is pro rata and pari passu with the right to payment of holders of the Non-VRR Certificates (as a collective whole). On each Distribution Date, the portion of Aggregate Available Funds allocable to: (a) the VRR Interest will be the product of such Aggregate Available Funds multiplied by the VRR Percentage; and (b) the Non-VRR Certificates will be the product of such Aggregate Available Funds multiplied by the Non-VRR Percentage. In addition, any losses incurred on the Mortgage Loans will be allocated between the VRR Interest, on the one hand, and the Principal Balance Certificates, on the other hand, pro rata in accordance with the VRR Percentage and the Non-VRR Percentage, respectively.

 

VRR Available Funds

 

The amount available for distribution to the holder of the VRR Interest on each Distribution Date will, in general, equal the product of the VRR Percentage multiplied by the Aggregate Available Funds (described under “Description of the CertificatesDistributionsAvailable Funds”) for such Distribution Date (such amount, the “VRR Available Funds”).

 

Allocation of VRR Realized Losses

 

In addition, on each Distribution Date, any VRR Realized Losses will be allocated to the VRR Interest; and, in connection therewith, the Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest will be reduced without distribution, as a write-off, to the extent of such VRR Realized Loss.

 

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The “VRR Realized Loss”, with respect to each Distribution Date, is the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest, after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date, exceeds (ii) the product of (A) the VRR Percentage and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool (for purposes of this calculation, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance will not be reduced by the amount of principal payments received on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee from general collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, to the extent those amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances), including any REO Loans (but in each case, excluding any Companion Loan), as of the end of the last day of the related Collection Period.

 

In the event that VRR Realized Losses previously allocated to the VRR Interest in reduction of its Certificate Balance are recovered subsequent to such Certificate Balance being reduced to zero, the holder of the VRR Interest may receive distributions in respect of such recoveries (with interest) in accordance with the distribution priorities described under “—The VRR Interest—Material Terms of the VRR InterestPriority of Distributions on the VRR Interest” below.

 

Priority of Distributions on the VRR Interest

 

On each Distribution Date, for so long as the aggregate Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest has not been reduced to zero, the certificate administrator is required to apply amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account for distribution to the VRR Interest, to the extent of the VRR Available Funds, in the following order of priority:

 

First, to the VRR Interest, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the VRR Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

 

Second, to the VRR Interest, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the VRR Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest has been reduced to zero; and

 

Third, to reimburse (with interest) prior write-offs of the Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed VRR Realized Losses previously allocated to the VRR Interest, plus interest in an amount equal to the VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

 

provided, however, that to the extent any VRR Available Funds remain in the Distribution Account after applying amounts as set forth in clauses First through Third above, any such amounts will be disbursed to the Class R certificates, which evidence the REMIC residual interest in each of the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Lower-Tier REMIC in compliance with the Code and applicable REMIC Regulations. The REMIC residual interest, sometimes commonly referred to as a “non-economic residual”, is a tax-based certificate required to be issued as part of any REMIC securitization and the holder of that interest will incur certain tax liability for the net income of the REMIC trust. The REMIC residual interest is not entitled to any interest or principal in the securitization trust; however, REMIC Regulations require that the amount, if any, remaining in a REMIC trust after all amounts are paid to the regular interests be paid to the REMIC residual interest.

 

Except for tax reporting purposes, the VRR Interest does not have a specified Pass-Through Rate, however, the effective interest rate on the VRR Interest will be a per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate for the related Distribution Date.

 

The “Non-VRR Percentage” is an amount expressed as a percentage equal to 100% minus the VRR Percentage. For the avoidance of doubt, at all times, the sum of the VRR Percentage and the Non-VRR Percentage will equal 100%.

 

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The “VRR Percentage” will equal a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the initial Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest, and the denominator of which is the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of all of the classes of Principal Balance Certificates and the initial Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest.

 

The “VRR Allocation Percentage” will equal a fraction, expressed as a percentage, equal to the VRR Percentage divided by the Non-VRR Percentage.

 

The “VRR Interest Distribution Amount” with respect to any Distribution Date and the VRR Interest will equal the product of (a) the VRR Allocation Percentage and (b) the aggregate amount of interest distributed on the Non-VRR Certificates according to clauses First, Fourth, Seventh, Tenth, Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-second and Twenty-fifth in “Description of the CertificatesDistributionsPriority of Distributions”.

 

The “VRR Principal Distribution Amount” with respect to any Distribution Date and the VRR Interest will equal the product of (a) the VRR Allocation Percentage and (b) the aggregate amount of principal distributed on the Non-VRR Certificates according to clauses Second, Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh, Fourteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth, Twenty-third and Twenty-sixth in “Description of the CertificatesDistributionsPriority of Distributions”.

 

The “VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount”, with respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (a) the VRR Allocation Percentage and (b) the aggregate amount of interest on unreimbursed Realized Losses distributed to the holders of the Non-VRR Certificates according to clauses Third, Sixth, Ninth, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-seventh in “Description of the CertificatesDistributionsPriority of Distributions”.

 

Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums

 

The holder of the VRR Interest will be entitled to the VRR Percentage of each yield maintenance charge and prepayment premium collected on the Mortgage Loans, as described in “Description of the CertificatesAllocation of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums”.

 

Excess Interest

 

On each Distribution Date, the certificate administrator is required to distribute a portion of any Excess Interest received with respect to any ARD Loan during the applicable one-month Collection Period to the holder of the VRR Interest in an amount equal to the VRR Percentage of such Excess Interest. Excess Interest will not be available to make distributions to any other class of Certificates (or interests) (other than the Class S certificates as described in “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Excess Interest”) or to provide credit support for other classes of certificates or offset any interest shortfalls or to pay any other amounts to any other party under the PSA.

 

Hedging, Transfer and Financing Restrictions

 

The Credit Risk Retention Rules include certain restrictions on hedging, transfer and financing of the VRR Interest. These restrictions provide that (i) a Retaining Party may not transfer the VRR Interest except to an MOA of such Retaining Party, (ii) each Retaining Party and its respective affiliates will not be permitted engage in any hedging transactions if payments on the hedge instrument are materially related to the required credit risk retention and the hedge position would limit the financial exposure to the required credit risk retention, and (iii)  none of the Retaining Parties or any of their respective affiliates may pledge the required credit risk retention as collateral for any obligation unless such obligation is with full recourse to such Retaining Party or affiliate, respectively.

 

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Unless stated otherwise, the restrictions described under this heading “—Hedging, Transfer and Financing Restrictions” will expire on the earliest of (i) the date that is the latest of (a) the date on which the total unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33% of the total unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date; (b) the date on which the total outstanding Certificate Balance of the certificates has been reduced to 33% of the total outstanding Certificate Balance of the certificates as of the Closing Date; or (c) two years after the Closing Date, or (ii) subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the date on which the Credit Risk Retention Rules have been officially abolished or officially determined by the applicable regulatory agencies to be no longer applicable to this securitization transaction.

 

Description of the Certificates

 

General

 

The Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-B22 will be issued pursuant to a pooling and servicing agreement, among the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator, the operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer (the “PSA”) and will consist of the following classes: Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class  X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class R and Class S certificates and the VRR Interest.

 

One or more of such classes will also be collectively referred to as follows:

 

Designation 

Classes 

Offered Certificates Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B and Class C
Senior Certificates Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H
Senior Principal Balance Certificates Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5
Subordinate Certificates Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H
Principal Balance Certificates Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H
Class X Certificates Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H
Residual Certificates Class R
Non-VRR Certificates All certificates (other than VRR Interest and Residual Certificates)

 

The certificates will represent in the aggregate the entire ownership interest in the issuing entity. The assets of the issuing entity will consist of: (1) the Mortgage Loans and all payments under and proceeds of the Mortgage Loans received after the Cut-off Date (exclusive of payments of principal and/or interest due on or before the Cut-off Date and interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-off Date); (2) any REO Property but, with respect to any Whole Loan, only to the extent of the issuing entity’s interest in such Whole Loan; (3) those funds or assets as from time to time are deposited in the accounts discussed in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Accounts” (but, with respect to any Whole Loan, only to the extent of the issuing entity’s interest in such Whole Loan), if established; (4) the rights of the mortgagee under all insurance policies with respect to its Mortgage Loans; (5) certain rights of the depositor under each MLPA relating to Mortgage Loan document delivery requirements and the representations and warranties of each mortgage loan seller regarding the Mortgage Loans it sold to the depositor; and (6) the “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

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Upon initial issuance, the Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest will have the respective Certificate Balances, and the Class X Certificates will have the respective Notional Amounts, shown below (in each case, subject to a variance of plus or minus 5%):

 

Class 

 

Initial Certificate Balance or Notional Amount 

Offered Certificates         
A-1     $9,763,000   
A-2     $3,086,000   
A-SB     $15,906,000 (1)
A-4     $132,500,000   
A-5     $380,199,000   
X-A     $611,069,000   
A-M     $69,615,000   
B     $30,941,000   
C     $31,907,000   
          
Non-Offered Certificates         
X-B     $62,848,000   
X-D     $41,576,000   
X-F     $22,238,000   
X-G     $7,735,000   
X-H     $28,040,150   
D     $22,238,000   
E     $19,338,000   
F     $22,238,000   
G     $7,735,000   
H     $28,040,150   
S      N/A   
R      N/A   
VRR Interest     $40,710,850   

 

 

(1)The Class A-SB certificates have a certain priority with respect to reducing the Certificate Balance of those certificates to their scheduled principal balance as described in this prospectus.

 

The “Certificate Balance” of any class of Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest outstanding at any time represents the maximum amount that its holders are entitled to receive as distributions allocable to principal from the cash flow on the Mortgage Loans and the other assets in the issuing entity, all as described in this prospectus. On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Balance of each class of Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest will be reduced by any distributions of principal actually made on, and by any Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, actually allocated to, that class of Principal Balance Certificates or the VRR Interest on that Distribution Date. In the event that Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses previously allocated to a class of Principal Balance Certificates or the VRR Interest in reduction of its Certificate Balance are recovered subsequent to such Certificate Balance being reduced to zero, holders of such class of Principal Balance Certificates or the VRR Interest may receive distributions in respect of such recoveries in accordance with the distribution priorities described under “—Distributions—Priority of Distributions” below and “Credit Risk Retention—The VRR Interest—Material Terms of the VRR Interest—Priority of Distributions on the VRR Interest” above.

 

The Residual Certificates will not have a Certificate Balance or entitle their holders to distributions of principal or interest.

 

The Class X Certificates will not have Certificate Balances, nor will they entitle their holders to distributions of principal, but the Class X Certificates will represent the right to receive distributions of interest in an amount equal to the aggregate interest accrued on their respective notional amounts (each, a “Notional Amount”). The Notional Amount of the Class X-A certificates will equal the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-M certificates. The initial Notional Amount of the Class X-A certificates will be approximately $611,069,000.

 

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The Notional Amount of the Class X-B certificates will equal the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class B and Class C certificates. The initial Notional Amount of the Class X-B certificates will be approximately $62,848,000. The Notional Amount of the Class X-D certificates will equal the aggregate of the Certificate Balances of the Class D and Class E certificates. The initial Notional Amount of the Class X-D certificates will be approximately $41,576,000. The Notional Amount of the Class X-F certificates will equal the Certificate Balance of the Class F certificates. The initial Notional Amount of the Class X-F certificates will be approximately $22,238,000. The Notional Amount of the Class X-G certificates will equal the Certificate Balance of the Class G certificates. The initial Notional Amount of the Class X-G certificates will be approximately $7,735,000. The Notional Amount of the Class X-H certificates will equal the Certificate Balance of the Class H certificates. The initial Notional Amount of the Class X-H certificates will be approximately $28,040,150.

 

The Class S certificates will not have a Certificate Balance nor will they entitle their holders to distributions of principal, but the Class S certificates will represent the right to receive the Non-VRR Percentage of any Excess Interest received on any ARD Loan allocated as described under “—Distributions—Excess Interest” below.

 

Distributions

 

Method, Timing and Amount

 

Distributions on the certificates are required to be made by the certificate administrator, to the extent of available funds as described in this prospectus, on the fourth business day following each Determination Date (each, a “Distribution Date”). The “Determination Date” will be the eleventh day of each calendar month (or, if the eleventh day of that calendar month is not a business day, then the next business day) commencing in January 2021.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any certificate) are required to be made to the Certificateholders in whose names the certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date. With respect to any Distribution Date, the “Record Date” will be the last business day of the month immediately preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs. These distributions are required to be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities to accept such funds, if the Certificateholder has provided the certificate administrator with written wiring instructions no less than five business days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions) or otherwise by check mailed to the Certificateholder. The final distribution on any certificate is required to be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of the certificate at the location that will be specified in a notice of the pendency of the final distribution.

 

The master servicer is authorized but not required to direct the investment of funds held in the Collection Account in U.S. government securities and other obligations that satisfy criteria established by the Rating Agencies (“Permitted Investments”). The master servicer will be entitled to retain any interest or other income earned on such funds and the master servicer will be required to bear any losses resulting from the investment of such funds, as provided in the PSA. For so long as Wells Fargo Bank is the certificate administrator, funds held in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account may not be invested; provided that if Wells Fargo Bank is not the certificate administrator, such funds may be invested in Permitted Investments. The certificate administrator will be entitled to retain any interest or other income earned on such funds and the certificate administrator will be required to bear any losses resulting from the investment of such funds, as provided in the PSA.

 

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Available Funds

 

The aggregate amount available for distribution to holders of the certificates (including the VRR Interest) on each Distribution Date (the “Aggregate Available Funds”) will, in general, equal the sum of the following amounts (without duplication):

 

(a)   the aggregate amount of all cash received on the Mortgage Loans (in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, only to the extent received by the issuing entity pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA and/or related Intercreditor Agreement) and any REO Property (including Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be deposited by the master servicer) that is on deposit in or credited to any portion of the Collection Account (in each case, exclusive of any amount on deposit in the Collection Account that is held for the benefit of the holder of any related Companion Loan), as of the Master Servicer Remittance Date, exclusive of (without duplication):

 

all scheduled payments of principal and/or interest (the “Periodic Payments”) and any balloon payments paid by the borrowers of a Mortgage Loan that are due on a Due Date (without regard to grace periods) after the end of the related Collection Period (without regard to grace periods), excluding Excess Interest and interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-off Date;

 

all unscheduled payments of principal (including prepayments (together with any related payments of interest allocable to the period following the Due Date for the related Mortgage Loan during the related Collection Period)), unscheduled interest, liquidation proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and other unscheduled recoveries received subsequent to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to voluntary prepayments of principal of each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring after the related Determination Date, subsequent to the related Due Date) allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

 

all amounts in the Collection Account that are due or reimbursable to any person other than the Certificateholders;

 

with respect to each Actual/360 Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in each February and in any January occurring in a year that is not a leap year (unless, in either case, such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the related Withheld Amount to the extent those funds are on deposit in the Collection Account;

 

all Excess Interest allocable to the Mortgage Loans (which is separately distributed to holders of the Class S certificates and the VRR Interest);

 

all yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

 

all amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error; and

 

any late payment charges or accrued interest on a Mortgage Loan allocable to the default interest rate for such Mortgage Loan, to the extent permitted by law, excluding any interest calculated at the Mortgage Rate for the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(b)   if and to the extent not already included in clause (a), the aggregate amount transferred on or before the applicable Determination Date from the REO Account allocable to the Mortgage Loans to the Collection Account for such Distribution Date;

 

(c)   P&I Advances made by the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable, with respect to the Distribution Date (net of certain amounts that are due or reimbursable to persons other than the Certificateholders);

 

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(d)   with respect to each Actual/360 Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in each March (or February, if such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the related Withheld Amounts as required to be deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to the PSA;

 

(e)   the aggregate amount of gain-on-sale proceeds in respect of the Mortgage Loans transferred to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for distribution on the subject Distribution Date; and

 

(f)     solely with respect to the Distribution Date occurring in January 2021, the Closing Date Deposit Amount.

 

The amount available for distribution to holders of the Non-VRR Certificates on each Distribution Date (with respect to such Distribution Date, the “Available Funds”) will, in general, equal the Non-VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date.

 

The “Collection Period” for each Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) will be the period commencing on the day immediately following the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) in the month preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs or the date that would have been the Due Date if such Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) had a Due Date in such preceding month and ending on and including the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) occurring in the month in which that Distribution Date occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the last day of a Collection Period (or applicable grace period) is not a business day, any Periodic Payments received with respect to Mortgage Loans (including any related Companion Loan) relating to such Collection Period on the business day immediately following such day will be deemed to have been received during such Collection Period and not during any other Collection Period.

 

Due Date” means, with respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any Companion Loan), the date on which scheduled payments of principal, interest or both are required to be made by the related borrower.

 

Priority of Distributions

 

On each Distribution Date, prior to the Crossover Date, for so long as the Certificate Balances or Notional Amounts of the certificates have not been reduced to zero, the certificate administrator is required to apply amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account, to the extent of the Available Funds, in the following order of priority:

 

First, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective Interest Distribution Amount for such Classes;

 

Second, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balances thereof, in the following priority:

 

1.     to the Class A-SB certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB certificates has been reduced to the Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance as set forth on Annex G for such Distribution Date;

 

2.     then, to the Class A-1 certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after distributions on the Class A-SB certificates pursuant to clause (1) above) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

3.     then, to the Class A-2 certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after distributions on the

 

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Class A-SB and Class A-1 certificates pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) above) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of the Class A-2 certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

4.     then, to the Class A-4 certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after distributions on the Class A-SB, Class A-1 and Class A-2 certificates pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) above) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

5.     then, to the Class A-5 certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after distributions on the Class A-SB, Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-4 certificates pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) above) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

6.     then, to the Class A-SB certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after distributions on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) above) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

Third, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 certificates, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata, based upon the aggregate unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to each such Class;

 

Fourth, to the Class A-M certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

Fifth, to the Class A-M certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

Sixth, to the Class A-M certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

Seventh, to the Class B certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

Eighth, to the Class B certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

Ninth, to the Class B certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

Tenth, to the Class C certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

Eleventh, to the Class C certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

Twelfth, to the Class C certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

Thirteenth, to the Class D certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

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Fourteenth, to the Class D certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

Fifteenth, to the Class D certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

Sixteenth, to the Class E certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

Seventeenth, to the Class E Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

Eighteenth, to the Class E certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

Nineteenth, to the Class F certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

Twentieth, to the Class F certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

Twenty-first, to the Class F certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

Twenty-second, to the Class G certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

Twenty-third, to the Class G certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

Twenty-fourth, to the Class G certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

Twenty-fifth, to the Class H certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

Twenty-sixth, to the Class H certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

Twenty-seventh, to the Class H certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class; and

 

Twenty-eighth, to the Class R certificates as specified in the PSA.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Distribution Date occurring on or after the Crossover Date, regardless of the allocation of principal payments described in priority Second above, the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date will be distributed to each class of Senior Principal Balance Certificates, pro rata, based on their respective Certificate Balances, in reduction of their respective Certificate Balances, until the Certificate Balance of each such class is reduced to zero, and without regard to the Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance. The “Crossover Date” is the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Balance of each Class of Subordinate Certificates is (or will be) reduced to zero. None of the Class X Certificates will be entitled to any distribution of principal. If and to the extent that any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances) that were reimbursed

 

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from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including REO Loans) and previously resulted in a reduction of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property, then (on the Distribution Date related to the Collection Period during which the recovery occurred): (i) the VRR Percentage of the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance of the VRR Interest, up to the lesser of (A) the VRR Percentage of the amount of such recovery and (B) the amount of unreimbursed VRR Realized Losses previously allocated to the VRR Interest; (ii) the Non-VRR Percentage of the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance(s) of the class or classes of Principal Balance Certificates that previously were allocated Realized Losses, in the same sequential order as distributions set forth in “—Priority of Distributions” above, in each case up to the lesser of (A) the unallocated portion of the Non-VRR Percentage of the amount of such recovery and (B) the amount of the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to the subject class of certificates; and (iii) the Interest Shortfall with respect to each affected class of Non-VRR Certificates for the next Distribution Date will be increased by the amount of interest that would have accrued through the then current Distribution Date if the restored write-down for the reimbursed class of Principal Balance Certificates had never been written down. If the Certificate Balance of any class of Principal Balance Certificates or the VRR Interest is so increased, the amount of unreimbursed Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, of such class of certificates will be decreased by such amount.

 

Reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses will not constitute distributions of principal for any purpose and will not result in an additional reduction in the Certificate Balance of the class of certificates in respect of which a reimbursement is made.

 

Pass-Through Rates

 

The interest rate (the “Pass-Through Rate”) applicable to each class of Non-VRR Certificates for any Distribution Date will equal the rates set forth below:

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-1 certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 0.509%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-2 certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 1.155%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-SB certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 1.731%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-4 certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 1.685%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-5 certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 1.973%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class A-M certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 2.163%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class B certificates will be a per annum rate equal to (i) the WAC Rate that corresponds to the related interest accrual period, minus (ii) 1.27000%, but in any case, not less than 0.000%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class C certificates will be a per annum rate equal to (i) the WAC Rate that corresponds to the related interest accrual period, minus (ii) 0.72375%, but in any case, not less than 0.000%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class D certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 2.000%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class E certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 2.000%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class F certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 2.000%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class G certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 2.000%.

 

The Pass-Through Rate for the Class H certificates will be a per annum rate equal to 2.000%.

 

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The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-A certificates for the initial Distribution Date will equal approximately 1.523% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-A certificates for each Distribution Date will equal the weighted average of the respective strip rates (the “Class X-A Strip Rates”) at which interest accrues from time to time on the respective components of the Notional Amount of the Class X-A certificates outstanding immediately prior to the related Distribution Date (weighted on the basis of the respective balances of such components outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date). Each of those components will have a component notional balance that corresponds to the Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 or Class A-M certificates, respectively. The applicable Class X-A Strip Rate with respect to each such component for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any, of (a) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date, over (b) the Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date for the class of certificates that comprises such component.

 

The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-B certificates for the initial Distribution Date will equal approximately 0.992% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-B certificates for each Distribution Date will equal the weighted average of the respective strip rates (the “Class X-B Strip Rate”) at which interest accrues from time to time on the respective components of the Notional Amount of the Class X-B certificates outstanding immediately prior to the related Distribution Date (weighted on the basis of the respective balances of such components outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date). Each of those components will have a component notional balance that corresponds to the Certificate Balance of the Class B or Class C certificates, respectively. The applicable Class X-B Strip Rate with respect to each such component for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any, of (a) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date, over (b) the Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date for the class of certificates that comprises such component.

 

The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-D certificates for the initial Distribution Date will equal approximately 1.421% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-D certificates for each Distribution Date will equal the weighted average of the respective strip rates (the “Class X-D Strip Rate”) at which interest accrues from time to time on the respective components of the Notional Amount of the Class X-D certificates outstanding immediately prior to the related Distribution Date (weighted on the basis of the respective balances of such components outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date). Each of those components will have a component notional balance that corresponds to the Certificate Balance of the Class D or Class E certificates, respectively. The applicable Class X-D Strip Rate with respect to each such component for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any, of (a) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date, over (b) the Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date for the class of certificates that comprises such component.

 

The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-F certificates for the initial Distribution Date will equal approximately 1.421% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-F certificates for each Distribution Date will equal the strip rate (the “Class X-F Strip Rate”) at which interest accrues from time to time on the component of the Notional Amount of the Class X-F certificates outstanding immediately prior to the related Distribution Date. Such component will have a component notional balance that corresponds to the Certificate Balance of the Class F certificates. The applicable Class X-F Strip Rate with respect to each such component for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any, of (a) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date, over (b) the Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date for the class of certificates that comprises such component.

 

The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-G certificates for the initial Distribution Date will equal approximately 1.421% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-G certificates for each Distribution Date will equal the strip rate (the “Class X-G Strip Rate”) at which interest accrues from time to time on the component of the Notional Amount of the Class X-G certificates outstanding immediately prior to the related Distribution Date. Such component will have a component notional balance that corresponds to the Certificate Balance of the Class G certificates. The applicable Class X-G Strip Rate with respect to each such component for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any, of (a) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date, over (b) the Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date for the class of certificates that comprises such component.

 

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The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-H certificates for the initial Distribution Date will equal approximately 1.421% per annum. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-H certificates for each Distribution Date will equal the strip rate (the “Class X-H Strip Rate”) at which interest accrues from time to time on the component of the Notional Amount of the Class X-H certificates outstanding immediately prior to the related Distribution Date. Such component will have a component notional balance that corresponds to the Certificate Balance of the Class H certificates. The applicable Class X-H Strip Rate with respect to each such component for any Distribution Date will equal the excess, if any, of (a) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date, over (b) the Pass-Through Rate for such Distribution Date for the class of certificates that comprises such component.

 

The Class S certificates will not have a Pass-Through Rate or be entitled to distributions in respect of interest other than the Non-VRR Percentage of any Excess Interest, if any, with respect to any ARD Loan.

 

Although it does not have a specified Pass-Through Rate (other than for tax reporting purposes), the effective interest rate for the VRR Interest will be the WAC Rate for the related Distribution Date.

 

The “WAC Rate” with respect to any Distribution Date is equal to the weighted average of the applicable Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) as of the first day of the related Collection Period, weighted on the basis of their respective Stated Principal Balances as of the first day of such Collection Period (after giving effect to any payments received during any applicable grace period).

 

The “Net Mortgage Rate” for each Mortgage Loan (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) is a per annum rate equal to the related Mortgage Rate then in effect for the related Interest Accrual Period (without regard to any increase in the interest rate of any ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date), less the related Administrative Cost Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates and Withheld Amounts, the Net Mortgage Rate for any Mortgage Loan will be determined without regard to any modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan, whether agreed to by the master servicer or the special servicer or resulting from a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the related borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for Mortgage Loans that do not accrue interest on a 30/360 basis, then, solely for purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate on the Non-VRR Certificates (other than the Class S certificates) and the VRR Interest (and for the purposes of calculating the Base Interest Fraction), the Net Mortgage Rate of any Mortgage Loan for any one-month period preceding a related Due Date will be the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Mortgage Loan on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest actually required to be paid in respect of such Mortgage Loan during the one-month period at the related Net Mortgage Rate; provided, however, that with respect to each Actual/360 Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate for the one-month period (1) prior to the Due Dates in January and February in any year which is not a leap year or in February in any year which is a leap year (in either case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date) will be determined exclusive of Withheld Amounts from that month, and (2) prior to the Due Date in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), will be determined inclusive of Withheld Amounts for the immediately preceding February and, if applicable, January, as applicable; providedfurther, that with respect to each Mortgage Loan for which the Closing Date Deposit Amount was made, the Closing Date Deposit Amount will be included in determining the Mortgage Rate relating to the initial Distribution Date. With respect to any REO Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate will be calculated as described above, as if the predecessor Mortgage Loan had remained outstanding.

 

Administrative Cost Rate” as of any date of determination will be a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate.

 

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Mortgage Rate” with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or any related Companion Loan is the per annum rate at which interest accrues on the Mortgage Loan or the related Companion Loan (in absence of a default) as stated in the related Mortgage Note or the promissory note evidencing such Companion Loan without giving effect to any default rate or Revised Rate.

 

Interest Distribution Amount

 

The “Interest Distribution Amount” with respect to any Distribution Date and each class of Non-VRR Certificates (other than the Class S certificates) will equal (A) the sum of (i) the Interest Accrual Amount with respect to such class for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to such class for such Distribution Date, less (B) any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to such class on such Distribution Date.

 

The “Interest Accrual Amount” with respect to any Distribution Date and any class of Non-VRR Certificates will be equal to the interest for the related Interest Accrual Period accrued at the Pass-Through Rate for such class on the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, for such class immediately prior to that Distribution Date. Calculations of interest for each Interest Accrual Period will be made on 30/360 basis.

 

An “Interest Shortfall” with respect to any Distribution Date for any class of Non-VRR Certificates will be equal to the portion of the Interest Distribution Amount for such class remaining unpaid as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date.

 

The “Interest Accrual Period” for each Distribution Date will be the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

 

Principal Distribution Amount

 

The “Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount” for any Distribution Date will be equal to the sum of the following amounts:

 

(a)   the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date, and

 

(b)   the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for that Distribution Date;

 

provided that the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date will be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of any reimbursements of:

 

(A)   Nonrecoverable Advances (including any servicing advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA reimbursed out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans), with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, and

 

(B)   Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date,

 

provided, further, that in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, if any of the amounts that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including REO Loans) are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan (or REO Loan), such recovery will increase the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date related to the period in which such recovery occurs.

 

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The “Principal Distribution Amount” with respect to any Distribution Date and the Principal Balance Certificates will equal the sum of (a) the Principal Shortfall for such Distribution Date and (b) the Non-VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.

 

The “Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount” for each Distribution Date will equal the aggregate of the principal portions of (a) all Periodic Payments (excluding balloon payments) with respect to the Mortgage Loans due during or, if and to the extent not previously received or advanced and distributed to Certificateholders on a preceding Distribution Date, prior to the related Collection Period and all Assumed Scheduled Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Collection Period, in each case to the extent either (i) paid by the related borrower as of the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring, or a grace period ending, after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or, last day of such grace period, as applicable, to the extent received by the master servicer as of the business day preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date) or (ii) advanced by the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable, and (b) all balloon payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans to the extent received on or prior to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring, or a grace period ending, after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or, last day of such grace period, as applicable, to the extent received by the master servicer as of the business day preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date), and to the extent not included in clause (a) above. The Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount from time to time will include all late payments of principal made by a borrower with respect to the Mortgage Loans, including late payments in respect of a delinquent balloon payment, received by the times described above in this definition, except to the extent those late payments are otherwise available to reimburse the master servicer or the trustee, as the case may be, for prior Advances, as described above.

 

The “Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount” for each Distribution Date will equal the aggregate of the following: (a) all prepayments of principal received on the Mortgage Loans as of the Determination Date; and (b) the principal portion of any other collections (exclusive of payments by borrowers) received on the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties on or prior to the related Determination Date whether in the form of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, net income, rents, and profits from REO Property or otherwise, that were identified and applied by the master servicer as recoveries of principal of the related Mortgage Loan for which no Advance was previously made; provided that all such Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds will be reduced by any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, any amount related to the Loss of Value Payments to the extent that such amount was transferred into the Collection Account during the related collection period, accrued interest on Advances and other additional trust fund expenses incurred in connection with the related Mortgage Loan, thus reducing the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount.

 

The “Assumed Scheduled Payment” for any Collection Period and with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) that is delinquent in respect of its balloon payment or any REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining or making P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan), is an amount equal to the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Periodic Payment that would have been due on such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan on the related Due Date based on the constant payment required by such related Mortgage Note or the original amortization schedule of the Mortgage Loan (as calculated with interest at the related Mortgage Rate) (if any), if applicable, assuming the related balloon payment has not become due, after giving effect to any reduction in the principal balance occurring in connection with a modification, a default or a bankruptcy modification (or similar proceeding), and (b) interest on the Stated Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining or making P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan) at its Mortgage Rate (net of interest at the related Servicing Fee Rate (other than in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the servicing fee rate pursuant to the applicable pooling and servicing agreement)).

 

The “Principal Shortfall” for any Distribution Date means the amount, if any, by which (1) the Principal Distribution Amount for the prior Distribution Date exceeds (2) the aggregate amount actually distributed on the preceding Distribution Date to holders of the Principal Balance Certificates in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount.

 

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The “Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance” for any Distribution Date is the balance shown for such Distribution Date in the table set forth in Annex G. Such balances were calculated using, among other things, certain weighted average life assumptions. See “Yield and Maturity Considerations—Weighted Average Life”. Based on such assumptions, the Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB certificates on each Distribution Date would be expected to be reduced to the balance indicated for such Distribution Date in the table set forth in Annex G. We cannot assure you, however, that the mortgage loans will perform in conformity with our assumptions. Therefore, we cannot assure you that the balance of the Class A-SB certificates on any Distribution Date will be equal to the balance that is specified for such Distribution Date in the table.

 

Certain Calculations with Respect to Individual Mortgage Loans

 

The “Stated Principal Balance” of each Mortgage Loan will initially equal its Cut-off Date Balance and, on each Distribution Date, will be reduced by the amount of principal payments received on such Mortgage Loan or advanced for such Distribution Date. With respect to any Companion Loan on any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance will equal the unpaid principal balance of such Companion Loan as of such date. With respect to any Whole Loan on any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance of such Whole Loan will be the sum of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan and each related Companion Loan on such date. The Stated Principal Balance of a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan may also be reduced in connection with any modification that reduces the principal amount due on such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as the case may be, or any forced reduction of its actual unpaid principal balance imposed by a court presiding over a bankruptcy proceeding in which the related borrower is the debtor. See “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans”. If any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is paid in full or the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan (or any Mortgaged Property acquired in respect of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan) is otherwise liquidated, then, as of the first Distribution Date that follows the end of the Collection Period in which that payment in full or liquidation occurred and notwithstanding that a loss may have occurred in connection with any liquidation, the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan will be zero.

 

For purposes of calculating allocations of, or recoveries in respect of Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses, as well as for purposes of calculating the Servicing Fee and Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee payable each month, each REO Property (including any REO Property with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan held pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA) will be treated as if there exists with respect to such REO Property an outstanding Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, each related Companion Loan (an “REO Loan”), and all references to Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and pool of Mortgage Loans in this prospectus, when used in that context, will be deemed to also be references to or to also include, as the case may be, any REO Loans. Each REO Loan will generally be deemed to have the same characteristics as its actual predecessor Mortgage Loan (including related Companion Loan), including the same fixed Mortgage Rate (and, accordingly, the same Net Mortgage Rate) and the same unpaid principal balance and Stated Principal Balance. Amounts due on the predecessor Mortgage Loan (including related Companion Loan) including any portion of it payable or reimbursable to the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, the certificate administrator or the trustee, as applicable, will continue to be “due” in respect of the REO Loan; and amounts received in respect of the related REO Property, net of payments to be made, or reimbursement to the master servicer for payments previously advanced, in connection with the operation and management of that property, generally will be applied by the master servicer as if received on the predecessor Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan.

 

With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, no amounts relating to the related REO Property or REO Loan allocable to any related Companion Loan will be available for amounts due to the Certificateholders or to reimburse the issuing entity, other than in the limited circumstances related to Servicing Advances, indemnification, Special Servicing Fees and other reimbursable expenses related to such Serviced Whole Loan incurred with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with the PSA.

 

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other than indirectly in the limited circumstances related to reimbursement of Servicing Advances, indemnification, Special Servicing Fees and other reimbursable expenses related to an AB Whole Loan incurred with respect to an AB Whole Loan in accordance with the PSA.

 

Excess Interest

 

On each Distribution Date, the certificate administrator will be required to distribute (i) to the holders of the Class S certificates, the Non-VRR Percentage of any Excess Interest received by the issuing entity with respect to any ARD Loan during the Collection Period for (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, as part of a distribution to the issuing entity during the month of) such Distribution Date, and (ii) to the holder of the VRR Interest, the VRR Percentage of such Excess Interest. Excess Interest will not be available to make distributions to any other class of certificates or to provide credit support for other classes of certificates or offset any interest shortfalls or to pay any other amounts to any other party under the PSA. The Class S certificates and the VRR Interest will be entitled to such distributions of Excess Interest notwithstanding any reduction of their related Certificate Balance to zero.

 

Application Priority of Mortgage Loan Collections or Whole Loan Collections

 

Absent express provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Intercreditor Agreement), all amounts collected by or on behalf of the issuing entity in respect of any Mortgage Loan in the form of payments from the related borrower, Liquidation Proceeds, condemnation proceeds or insurance proceeds (excluding, if applicable, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, any amounts payable to the holder of the related Companion Loan(s) pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) will be deemed to be allocated for purposes of collecting amounts due under the Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the PSA, in the following order of priority:

 

First, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid expenses of the issuing entity (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the issuing entity from general collections) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan;

 

Second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

 

Third, to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause First, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (ii) the sum of (a)(x) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause Fifth below on earlier dates) or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the amount of interest that (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, and (b) Accrued AB Loan Interest;

 

Fourth, to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause First, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of such Mortgage Loan following a default thereunder (or, if the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance);

 

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Fifth, as a recovery of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with the related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance and (ii) Accrued AB Loan Interest (in each of clause (i) and (ii), to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause Fifth on earlier dates);

 

Sixth, as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to such Mortgage Loan;

 

Seventh, as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

 

Eighth, as a recovery of any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

Ninth, as a recovery of any late payment charges and default interest and Excess Interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

Tenth, as a recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

Eleventh, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees);

 

Twelfth, as a recovery of any remaining principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance; and

 

Thirteenth, in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued and unpaid Excess Interest;

 

provided that, to the extent required under the REMIC provisions of the Code, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the lender’s rights under the related Mortgage Loan documents) with respect to any partial release of a Mortgaged Property (including in connection with a condemnation) at a time when the loan-to-value ratio of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan exceeds 125%, or would exceed 125% following any partial release (based solely on the value of real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any) must be collected and allocated to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the manner permitted by such REMIC provisions.

 

Accrued AB Loan Interest” means, with respect to any AB Modified Loan and any date of determination, accrued and unpaid interest that remains unpaid with respect to the junior note(s) of such AB Modified Loan.

 

Collections by or on behalf of the issuing entity in respect of any REO Property (exclusive of the amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and, if applicable, in the case of an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable, pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) will be deemed to be allocated for purposes of collecting amounts due under the Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the PSA, in the following order of priority:

 

First, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and interest at the Reimbursement Rate on all

 

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Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid expenses of the issuing entity (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees previously paid by the issuing entity from general collections) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan;

 

Second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

 

Third, to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause First, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (ii) the sum of (a)(x) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent collections have not been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause Fifth below or clause Fifth of the prior waterfall under this “—Application Priority of Mortgage Loan Collections or Whole Loan Collections” on earlier dates) or (y) with respect to any accrued and unpaid interest that was not advanced due to a determination that the related P&I Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the amount of interest that (absent such determination of nonrecoverability preventing such P&I Advance from being made) would not have been advanced because of the reductions in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that would have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, and (b) Accrued AB Loan Interest;

 

Fourth, to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause First, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance;

 

Fifth, as a recovery of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or would have occurred in connection with the related Appraisal Reduction Amounts but for such P&I Advance not having been made as a result of a determination that such P&I Advance would have been a Nonrecoverable Advance and (ii) Accrued AB Loan Interest (in each of clause (i) and (ii), to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause Fifth or clause Fifth of the prior waterfall under this “—Application Priority of Mortgage Loan Collections or Whole Loan Collections” on earlier dates);

 

Sixth, as a recovery of any yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

Seventh, as a recovery of any late payment charges and default interest and Excess Interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

Eighth, as a recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

Ninth, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees); and

 

Tenth, in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest.

 

Allocation of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums

 

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certificate administrator in the following manner: (a) to the holders of the Class A-1 through Class E certificates, the product of (1) a fraction, not greater than one, the numerator of which is the amount of principal distributed to such class of certificates on such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total amount of principal distributed to the holders of each class of the Principal Balance Certificates on such Distribution Date; (2) the Base Interest Fraction for the related principal prepayment and such class of certificates and (3) the Non-VRR Percentage of such prepayment premiums and yield maintenance charges, and (b) to the VRR Interest, the VRR Percentage of such prepayment premiums and yield maintenance charges.

 

Any yield maintenance charges or prepayment premiums collected during the related Collection Period remaining after such distributions described in the preceding paragraph (the “IO Group YM Distribution Amount”) will be allocated in the following manner:

 

(a)   first, to the Class X-A certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of principal distribution to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-M certificates on such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total Principal Distribution Amount in respect of such Distribution Date, multiplied by (b) the IO Group YM Distribution Amount;

 

(b)   second, to the Class X-B certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of principal distribution to the Class B and Class C certificates on such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total Principal Distribution Amount in respect of such Distribution Date, multiplied by (b) the IO Group YM Distribution Amount; and

 

(c)   third, to the Class X-D Certificates, the IO Group YM Distribution Amount remaining after such distribution to the holders of the Class X-A and Class X-B Certificates described in (a) and (b) above.

 

The “Base Interest Fraction” for any principal prepayment on any Mortgage Loan and for:

 

(A) any of the Class A-1 through Class E certificates with a Pass-Through Rate equal to either the WAC Rate or the WAC Rate less a specified rate, will be a fraction (not greater than one) (a) whose numerator is the greater of zero and the amount, if any, by which (i) the Pass-Through Rate on such class of certificates exceeds (ii) the yield rate (as provided by the master servicer) used in calculating the prepayment premium or yield maintenance charge, as applicable, with respect to such principal prepayment and (b) whose denominator is the amount, if any, by which (i) the Net Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan during the related interest accrual period exceeds (ii) the yield rate (as provided by the master servicer) used in calculating the prepayment premium or yield maintenance charge, as applicable, with respect to such principal prepayment; provided, however, that if such yield rate is greater than or equal to the Net Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan during the related interest accrual period, then the respective Base Interest Fraction will be zero; provided, further, that if such yield rate is greater than or equal to the Net Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan during the related interest accrual period, but less than the Pass-Through Rate described in clause (a)(i) above, then the respective Base Interest Fraction will be one; and

 

(B) any of the Class A-1 through Class E certificates with a Pass-Through Rate equal to a fixed per annum rate, will be a fraction (not greater than one) (a) whose numerator is the greater of zero and the amount, if any, by which (i) the Pass-Through Rate on such class of certificates exceeds (ii) the yield rate (as provided by the master servicer) used in calculating the prepayment premium or yield maintenance charge, as applicable, with respect to such principal prepayment and (b) whose denominator is the amount, if any, by which (i) the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan (without regard to any increase in the interest rate of any ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, and net of the Administrative Cost Rate) during the related interest accrual period multiplied by 365/360 exceeds (ii) the yield rate (as provided by the master servicer) used in calculating the prepayment premium or yield maintenance charge, as applicable, with respect to such principal prepayment; provided, however, that if such yield rate is greater than or equal to the amount set forth in clause (b)(i) above, then the respective

 

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Base Interest Fraction will be zero; provided, further, that if such yield rate is greater than or equal to the amount set forth in clause (b)(i) above, but less than the Pass-Through Rate described in clause (a)(i) above, then the respective Base Interest Fraction will be one.

 

The yield rate with respect to any prepaid Mortgage Loan will be equal to the yield rate stated in the related loan documents, or if none is stated, will be the yield rate which, when compounded monthly, is equivalent to the yield, on the U.S. Treasury primary issue with a maturity date closest to the maturity date or the related Anticipated Repayment Date, as applicable, for the prepaid Mortgage Loan. In the event that there are: (a) two or more U.S. Treasury issues with the same coupon, the issue with the lower yield will be selected and (b) two or more U.S. Treasury issues with maturity dates equally close to the maturity date or the related Anticipated Repayment Date, as applicable, for such prepaid Mortgage Loan, the issue with the earlier maturity date will be selected.

 

In the case of the Serviced Whole Loan, prepayment premiums or yield maintenance charges actually collected in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan will be allocated in the proportions described in the applicable intercreditor agreement. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”.

 

For a description of yield maintenance charges, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans” and “Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans—Default Interest and Limitations on Prepayments”.

 

Assumed Final Distribution Date; Rated Final Distribution Date

 

The “Assumed Final Distribution Date” with respect to any class of certificates is the Distribution Date on which the aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of that class of certificates would be reduced to zero based on the assumptions set forth below. The Assumed Final Distribution Date with respect to each class of Offered Certificates will in each case be as follows:

 

Class Designation 

Assumed Final Distribution Date 

Class A-1 January 2026
Class A-2 January 2026
Class A-SB March 2030
Class A-4 March 2030
Class A-5 December 2030
Class X-A January 2031
Class A-M January 2031
Class B January 2031
Class C January 2031

 

The Assumed Final Distribution Dates set forth above were calculated without regard to any delays in the collection of balloon payments and without regard to delinquencies, defaults or liquidations. Accordingly, in the event of defaults on the Mortgage Loans, the actual final Distribution Date for one or more classes of the Offered Certificates may be later, and could be substantially later, than the related Assumed Final Distribution Date(s).

 

In addition, the Assumed Final Distribution Dates set forth above were calculated on the basis of a 0% CPR prepayment rate and the Modeling Assumptions. Since the rate of payment (including prepayments) of the Mortgage Loans may exceed the scheduled rate of payments, and could exceed the scheduled rate by a substantial amount, the actual final Distribution Date for one or more classes of the Offered Certificates may be earlier, and could be substantially earlier, than the related Assumed Final Distribution Date(s). The rate of payments (including prepayments) on the Mortgage Loans will depend on the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans, as well as on the prevailing level of interest rates and other economic factors, and we cannot assure you as to actual payment experience.

 

The “Rated Final Distribution Date” for each class of Offered Certificates will be the Distribution Date in January 2054. See “Ratings”.

 

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Prepayment Interest Shortfalls

 

If a borrower prepays a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (with such prepayment allocated between the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement) in whole or in part, after the due date but on or before the Determination Date in any calendar month, the amount of interest (net of related Servicing Fees, applicable servicing fees on any Serviced Companion Loan and any Excess Interest) accrued on such prepayment from such due date to, but not including, the date of prepayment (or any later date through which interest accrues) will, to the extent actually collected (without regard to any prepayment premium or yield maintenance charge actually collected) constitute a “Prepayment Interest Excess”. Conversely, if a borrower prepays a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (with such prepayment allocated between the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement) in whole or in part after the Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, with a due date occurring after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date) in any calendar month and does not pay interest on such prepayment through the following Due Date, then the shortfall in a full month’s interest (net of related Servicing Fees, applicable servicing fees on any Serviced Companion Loan and any Excess Interest) on such prepayment will constitute a “Prepayment Interest Shortfall”.

 

Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for each Distribution Date with respect to each AB Whole Loan will generally be allocated first, to the related Subordinate Companion Loans in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and then, pro rata to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Pari Passu Companion Loan.

 

To the extent that the Prepayment Interest Excess for all Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) or Serviced Companion Loans serviced by the master servicer exceeds the Compensating Interest Payment for all Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) or Serviced Companion Loans serviced by the master servicer as of any Distribution Date, such excess amount (the “Net Prepayment Interest Excess”) will be payable to the master servicer as additional compensation.

 

The master servicer will be required to deliver to the certificate administrator for deposit in the Distribution Account (other than the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment described below that is allocable to a Serviced Companion Loan) on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement thereafter, a cash payment (a “Compensating Interest Payment”) in an amount, with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Pari Passu Companion Loan, equal to the lesser of:

 

(i)    the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls incurred in connection with voluntary principal prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any related Pari Passu Companion Loan (in each case other than a Specially Serviced Loan or a Mortgage Loan or any related Pari Passu Companion Loan on which the special servicer allowed a prepayment on a date other than the applicable Due Date) for the related Distribution Date, and

 

(ii)    the aggregate of (A) that portion of the master servicer’s Servicing Fees for the related Distribution Date that is, in the case of each Mortgage Loan, Pari Passu Companion Loan and REO Loan for which such Servicing Fees are being paid in such Collection Period, calculated at a rate of 0.00125% per annum, (B) all Prepayment Interest Excess received by the master servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans (and, so long as a Whole Loan is serviced under the PSA, any related Pari Passu Companion Loan) subject to such prepayment and (C) to the extent earned on principal prepayments, net investment earnings payable to the master servicer for such Collection Period received by the master servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any related Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable, subject to such prepayment. In no event will the rights of the Certificateholders to the offset of the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls be cumulative.

 

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If a Prepayment Interest Shortfall occurs with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as a result of the master servicer failing to enforce the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents regarding principal prepayments (a “Prohibited Prepayment”) (other than (t) the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, (u) in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents, (v) subsequent to a default under the related Mortgage Loan documents (provided that the master servicer reasonably believes that acceptance of such prepayment is consistent with the Servicing Standard) or if the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, (w) at the request or with the consent of the special servicer and so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing (other than with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan), the Directing Holder, (x) pursuant to applicable law or a court order or otherwise in such circumstances where the master servicer is required to accept such principal prepayment in accordance with the Servicing Standard, (y) in connection with the payment of any Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds unless the master servicer did not apply the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms of the related loan documents and such failure causes the shortfall or (z) a previously Specially Serviced Loan with respect to which the special servicer has waived or amended the prepayment restriction such that the related borrower is not required to prepay on a Due Date or pay interest that would have accrued on the amount prepaid through and including the last day of the Interest Accrual Period occurring following the date of such prepayment), then for purposes of calculating the Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date, master servicer will pay, without regard to clause (ii) above, the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan otherwise described in clause (i) above in connection with such Prohibited Prepayments.

 

Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans will be allocated among the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal amounts, and the master servicer will be required to pay the portion of such Compensating Interest Payments allocable to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to the applicable master servicer under the related other pooling and servicing agreement.

 

Any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to the Mortgage Loans for any Distribution Date will, to the extent of the Non-VRR Percentage thereof, be allocated on that Distribution Date among each class of Non-VRR Certificates, pro rata in accordance with their respective Interest Accrual Amounts for that Distribution Date, with the remaining portion thereof being deemed allocated to the VRR Interest.

 

Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls resulting from any principal prepayments made on the Mortgage Loans to be included in the Available Funds for such Distribution Date that are not covered by the master servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for such Distribution Date and the portion of the compensating interest payments allocable to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to the extent received from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer.

 

Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses

 

The rights of holders of the Subordinate Certificates to receive the Non-VRR Percentage of distributions of amounts collected or advanced on the Mortgage Loans will be subordinated, to the extent described in this prospectus, to the rights of holders of the Senior Certificates. In particular, the rights of the holders of the Subordinate Certificates to receive distributions of interest and principal, as applicable, will be subordinated to such rights of the holders of the Senior Certificates.

 

This subordination will be effected in two ways: (i) by the preferential right of the holders of a class of certificates to receive on any Distribution Date the amounts of interest and/or principal distributable to that class prior to any distribution being made on such Distribution Date in respect of any classes of certificates subordinate to that class (as described above under “—Distributions—Priority of Distributions”) and (ii) by the allocation of Realized Losses to classes of certificates that are subordinate to more senior classes, as described below.

 

No other form of credit support will be available for the benefit of the Offered Certificates.

 

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Prior to the Crossover Date, allocation of principal that is allocable to the Principal Balance Certificates on any Distribution Date will be made as described under “—Distributions—Priority of Distributions” above. On or after the Crossover Date, allocation of principal will be made to each class of Senior Principal Balance Certificates that are still outstanding, pro rata, based upon their respective Certificate Balances, until their respective Certificate Balances have been reduced to zero. See
—Distributions—Priority of Distributions” above.

 

Allocation to the Senior Principal Balance Certificates, for so long as they are outstanding, of the entire Principal Distribution Amount for each Distribution Date will have the effect of reducing the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Senior Principal Balance Certificates at a proportionately faster rate than the rate at which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the pool of Mortgage Loans will decline. Therefore, as principal is distributed to the holders of the Senior Principal Balance Certificates, the percentage interest in the issuing entity evidenced by the Senior Principal Balance Certificates will be decreased (with a corresponding increase in the percentage interest in the issuing entity evidenced by the Subordinate Certificates), thereby increasing, relative to their respective Certificate Balances, the subordination afforded to the Senior Principal Balance Certificates by the Subordinate Certificates.

 

Following retirement of the Senior Principal Balance Certificates, the successive allocation on each Distribution Date of the remaining Principal Distribution Amount to the Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates, in that order, for so long as they are outstanding, will provide a similar, but diminishing benefit to those certificates (other than to Class H certificates) as to the relative amount of subordination afforded by the outstanding classes of certificates with later sequential designations.

 

On each Distribution Date, immediately following the distributions to be made to the Certificateholders on that date, the certificate administrator will be required to calculate the Realized Loss and the VRR Realized Loss for such Distribution Date.

 

The “Realized Loss” with respect to the Mortgage Loans, with respect to any Distribution Date, is the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates, after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date, exceeds (ii) the product of (A) the Non-VRR Percentage and (B) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool (for purposes of this calculation, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance will not be reduced by the amount of principal payments received on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse the master servicer or the trustee from general collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, to the extent those amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances), including any REO Loans (but in each case, excluding any Companion Loan), as of the end of the last day of the related Collection Period. The certificate administrator will be required to allocate any Realized Losses among the respective classes of Principal Balance Certificates in the following order, until the Certificate Balance of each such class is reduced to zero:

 

first, to the Class H certificates;

 

second, to the Class G certificates;

 

third, to the Class F certificates;

 

fourth, to the Class E certificates;

 

fifth, to the Class D certificates;

 

sixth, to the Class C certificates;

 

seventh, to the Class B certificates; and

 

eighth, to the Class A-M certificates.

 

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Following the reduction of the Certificate Balances of all classes of Subordinate Certificates to zero, the certificate administrator will be required to allocate Realized Losses among the Senior Principal Balance Certificates, pro rata, based upon their respective Certificate Balances, until their respective Certificate Balances have been reduced to zero.

 

Realized Losses will not be allocated to the VRR Interest, the Class S certificates or the Class R certificates and will not be directly allocated to the Class X Certificates. However, the Notional Amounts of the classes of Class X Certificates will be reduced if the Certificate Balances of the related classes of Principal Balance Certificates are reduced by such Realized Losses. VRR Realized Losses, rather than Realized Losses, will be allocated to the VRR Interest. See “Credit Risk Retention—The VRR Interest—Material Terms of the VRR Interest—Allocation of VRR Realized Losses”.

 

In general, Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses could result from the occurrence of: (1) losses and other shortfalls on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans, including as a result of defaults and delinquencies on the related Mortgage Loans, Nonrecoverable Advances made in respect of the Mortgage Loans, the payment to the special servicer of any compensation as described in “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses”, and the payment of interest on Advances and certain servicing expenses; and (2) certain unanticipated, non-Mortgage Loan specific expenses of the issuing entity, including certain reimbursements to the certificate administrator or trustee as described under “Transaction Parties—The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator”, and certain federal, state and local taxes, and certain tax-related expenses, payable out of the issuing entity, as described under “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations”.

 

A class of certificates will be considered outstanding until its Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, is reduced to zero, except that the Class S certificates will be considered outstanding so long as holders of such certificates are entitled to receive Excess Interest. However, notwithstanding a reduction of its Certificate Balance to zero, reimbursements of any previously allocated Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, are required thereafter to be made to a class of Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest, as applicable, in accordance with the payment priorities set forth in “—Distributions—Priority of Distributions” and “Credit Risk Retention—The VRR Interest” above.

 

Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information

 

Certificate Administrator Reports

 

On each Distribution Date, the certificate administrator will be required to prepare and make available to each Certificateholder of record on the certificate administrator’s website a Distribution Date statement, based in part on the information delivered to it by the master servicer or special servicer, providing all information required under Regulation AB and in the form of Annex B relating to distributions made on that date for the relevant class and the recent status of the Mortgage Loans. The certificate administrator will include on each Distribution Date statement a statement that each Certificateholder may access such notices via the certificate administrator’s website and that each Certificateholder may register to receive electronic mail notifications when such notices are posted thereon.

 

In addition, the certificate administrator will include (to the extent it receives such information) (i) the identity of any Mortgage Loan permitting additional secured debt, identifying (A) the amount of any additional secured debt incurred during the related Collection Period, (B) the total debt service coverage ratio calculated on the basis of the Mortgage Loan and such additional secured debt and (C) the aggregate loan-to-value ratio calculated on the basis of the Mortgage Loan and the additional secured debt in each applicable Form 10-D filed on behalf of the issuing entity and (ii) the beginning and ending account balances for each of the Securitization Accounts (for the applicable period) in each Form 10-D filed on behalf of the issuing entity.

 

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Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the certificate administrator is required to furnish to each person or entity who at any time during the calendar year was a holder of a certificate, a statement containing information (i) the amount of the distribution on each Distribution Date in reduction of the Certificate Balance of the certificates, and (ii) the amount of the distribution on each Distribution Date of the applicable Interest Accrual Amount, in each case, as to the applicable class, aggregated for the related calendar year or applicable partial year during which that person was a Certificateholder, together with any other information that the certificate administrator deems necessary or desirable, or that a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner reasonably requests, to enable Certificateholders to prepare their tax returns for that calendar year. This obligation of the certificate administrator will be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information will be provided by the certificate administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time are in force.

 

In addition, the certificate administrator will make available on its website (www.ctslink.com), to the extent received from the applicable person, on each Distribution Date to each Privileged Person the following reports (other than clause (1) below, the “CREFC® Reports”) prepared by the master servicer, the certificate administrator or the special servicer, as applicable, substantially in the form provided in the PSA, in the case of the Distribution Date statement (which form is subject to change) and as required under the PSA in the case of the CREFC® Reports and including substantially the following information:

 

(1)      a report as of the close of business on the immediately preceding Determination Date, containing the information provided for in Annex B;

 

(2)       a Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (“CREFC®”) delinquent loan status report;

 

(3)       a CREFC® historical loan modification and corrected loan report;

 

(4)       a CREFC® advance recovery report;

 

(5)       a CREFC® total loan report;

 

(6)       a CREFC® operating statement analysis report;

 

(7)       a CREFC® comparative financial status report;

 

(8)       a CREFC® net operating income adjustment worksheet;

 

(9)       a CREFC® real estate owned status report;

 

(10)     a CREFC® servicer watch list;

 

(11)     a CREFC® loan level reserve and letter of credit report;

 

(12)     a CREFC® property file;

 

(13)     a CREFC® financial file;

 

(14)     a CREFC® loan setup file; and

 

(15)     a CREFC® loan periodic update file.

 

The master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, may omit any information from these reports that the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, regards as confidential, so long as such information is not required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 1125 of Regulation AB. Subject to any potential liability for willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Limitation on Liability; Indemnification”, none of the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee or the certificate administrator will be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any

 

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information supplied to it by a borrower, a mortgage loan seller or another party to the PSA or a party under a Non-Serviced PSA that is included in any reports, statements, materials or information prepared or provided by it. Some information will be made available to Certificateholders by electronic transmission as may be agreed upon between the depositor and the certificate administrator.

 

On or before each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the master servicer will deliver to the certificate administrator by electronic means:

 

a CREFC® property file;

 

a CREFC® financial file;

 

a CREFC® loan setup file (with respect to the first Master Servicer Remittance Date only);

 

a CREFC® loan periodic update file; and

 

a CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Amount template (if any Appraisal Reduction Amount has been calculated).

 

No later than two (2) business days following each Distribution Date, the master servicer will deliver to the certificate administrator by electronic means a CREFC® Schedule AL File.

 

In addition, the master servicer (with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan) is required to prepare, or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) is required to prepare and deliver to the master servicer, the following for each Mortgaged Property and REO Property:

 

Within 45 days after receipt of a quarterly operating statement, if any, commencing for the quarter ending March 31, 2021, a CREFC® operating statement analysis report but only to the extent the related borrower is required by the Mortgage Loan documents to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, that information, for the Mortgaged Property or REO Property as of the end of that calendar quarter (and the borrower provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC® guidelines), provided, however, that any analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter of each year will not be required to the extent provided in the then current applicable CREFC® guidelines (it being understood that as of the date of this prospectus, the applicable CREFC® guidelines provide that such analysis or report with respect to the first calendar quarter (in each year) is not required) for a Mortgaged Property unless such Mortgaged Property is analyzed on a trailing 12 month basis, or if the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is on the CREFC® Servicer Watch List.

 

Within 30 days after receipt by the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) or the master servicer (with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan) of any annual operating statements or rent rolls commencing for the calendar year ending December 31, 2021, a CREFC® net operating income adjustment worksheet, but only to the extent the related borrower is required by the mortgage to deliver and does deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide and does provide, that information, presenting the computation made in accordance with the methodology described in the PSA to “normalize” the full year net operating income and debt service coverage numbers used by the master servicer to satisfy its reporting obligation described in clause (8) above.

 

Certificate Owners and any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan who are also Privileged Persons may also obtain access to any of the certificate administrator reports upon request and pursuant to the provisions of the PSA.

 

Privileged Person” includes the depositor and its designees, the initial purchasers, the underwriters, the mortgage loan sellers, the master servicer, the special servicer, any Excluded Special Servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator, any additional servicer designated by the master servicer or the

 

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special servicer, the operating advisor, any affiliate of the operating advisor designated by the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, any holder of a Companion Loan who provides an Investor Certification, any person (including the Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the holder of the VRR Interest) who provides the certificate administrator with an Investor Certification and any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (“NRSRO”), including any Rating Agency, that delivers a NRSRO Certification to the certificate administrator, which Investor Certification and NRSRO Certification may be submitted electronically via the certificate administrator’s website; provided that in no event may a Borrower Party (other than a Borrower Party that is the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the special servicer) be entitled to receive (i) if such party is the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder (each such party, as applicable, an “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”), any Excluded Information via the certificate administrator’s website unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the certificate administrator, in which case such access will only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan and (ii) if such party is not the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any information other than the Distribution Date statement; provided, however, that, if the special servicer obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party, the special servicer will nevertheless be a Privileged Person; provided, further, however, that the special servicer will not directly or indirectly provide any information solely related to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (which may include any asset status reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), and such other information as may be specified in the PSA pertaining to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan) to the related Borrower Party, any of the special servicer’s employees or personnel or any of its affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or, to its actual knowledge, any non-affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with those obligations; provided, further, however, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder will be permitted to obtain, upon reasonable request in accordance with terms of the PSA, any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available via the certificate administrator’s website) from the master servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), in each case, to the extent in the possession of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable.

 

Risk Retention Consultation Party” will be the party selected by DBNY as the holder of the VRR Interest. The other parties to the PSA will be entitled to assume that the identity of the Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed until such parties receive written notice of a replacement of the Risk Retention Consultation Party from DBNY. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Risk Retention Consultation Party will not have any consultation rights with respect to any related Excluded Loan. The initial Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to the mortgage pool is expected to be DBNY.

 

Borrower Party” means a borrower, a mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property, Restricted Mezzanine Holder or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

 

Borrower Party Affiliate“ means, with respect to a borrower, a mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property or a Restricted Mezzanine Holder, (a) any other person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such borrower, mortgagor, manager or Restricted Mezzanine Holder, as applicable, (b) solely with respect to the 10 largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance, any other person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such borrower, mortgagor or manager, as applicable, or (c) any other person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such Restricted Mezzanine Holder. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified person means the power to direct the management and policies of such person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

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Restricted Mezzanine Holder” means a holder of a related mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which the mezzanine lender has initiated foreclosure or enforcement proceedings against the equity collateral pledged to secure such mezzanine loan.

 

Excluded Controlling Class Loan” means a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder is a Borrower Party.

 

Excluded Information” means, with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan, any information solely related to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan and/or the related Mortgaged Properties, which may include any asset status reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), and such other information as may be specified in the PSA pertaining to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan and/or the related Mortgaged Properties other than such information with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan that is aggregated with information on other Mortgage Loans at a pool level.

 

Excluded Loan” means (a) with respect to the Directing Holder, a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of the applicable date of determination, the Directing Holder or (solely in the case of the Trust Directing Holder) the holder of the majority of the Controlling Class is a Borrower Party, or (b) with respect to the Risk Retention Consultation Party, a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of the applicable date of determination, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the person entitled to appoint the Risk Retention Consultation Party is a Borrower Party. For the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Loan as to either the Trust Directing Holder or any holder of the majority of the Controlling Class is also an Excluded Controlling Class Loan.

 

Investor Certification” means a certificate (which may be in electronic form), substantially in the form attached to the PSA or in the form of an electronic certification on the certificate administrator’s website (which may be a “click-through confirmation”), representing (i) that such person executing the certificate is a Certificateholder, the Directing Holder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in each case, to the extent such person is not a Certificateholder), a beneficial owner of a certificate, a Companion Loan Holder or a prospective purchaser of a certificate (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing), (ii) that either (a) such person is the Risk Retention Consultation Party or is a person who is not a Borrower Party, in which case such person will have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the certificate administrator’s website under the PSA, or (b) such person is a Borrower Party, in which case (1) if such person is the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, such person will have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the certificate administrator’s website under the PSA other than any Excluded Information as set forth in the PSA or (2) if such person is not the Directing Holder, a Controlling Class Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, in which case such person will only receive access to the Distribution Date statements prepared by the certificate administrator, (iii) that such person has received a copy of the final prospectus and (iv) such person agrees to keep any Privileged Information confidential and will not violate any securities laws; provided, however, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder (i) will be permitted to obtain, upon request in accordance with terms of PSA, any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available via the certificate administrator’s website on account of it constituting Excluded Information) from the master servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), in each case, to the extent in the possession of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable and (ii) will be considered a Privileged Person for all other purposes, except with respect to its ability to obtain information with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan.

 

A “Certificateholder” is the person in whose name a certificate (including the VRR Interest) is registered in the certificate register or any beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that solely for the purposes of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to the PSA, any certificate (including the VRR Interest) registered in the name of or beneficially owned by (i) the master servicer, the special servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the trustee, the certificate administrator, the depositor, any mortgage loan seller or any affiliate of any of such persons or

 

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(ii) any Borrower Party, in each case will be deemed not to be outstanding (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any Controlling Class certificates owned by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder will not be deemed to be outstanding as to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder solely with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan; provided, further, that any Controlling Class certificates owned by the special servicer or an affiliate thereof will not be deemed to be outstanding as to the special servicer or such affiliate solely with respect to any related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan), and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled will not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions will not apply in the case of the master servicer, the special servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the trustee, the certificate administrator, the depositor, any mortgage loan seller or any affiliate of any of such persons unless such consent, approval or waiver sought from such party would in any way increase its compensation or limit its obligations in the named capacities under the PSA or waive a Servicer Termination Event or trigger an Asset Review with respect to a Mortgage Loan; provided, further, that so long as there is no Servicer Termination Event with respect to the master servicer or the special servicer, the master servicer and the special servicer or such affiliate of either will be entitled to exercise such Voting Rights with respect to any issue which could reasonably be believed to adversely affect such party’s compensation or increase its obligations or liabilities under the PSA; and provided, further, that such restrictions will not apply to (i) the exercise of the special servicer’s, the master servicer’s or any mortgage loan seller’s rights, if any, or any of their affiliates as a member of the Controlling Class or (ii) any affiliate of the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee or the certificate administrator that has provided an Investor Certification in which it has certified as to the existence of certain policies and procedures restricting the flow of information between it and the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee or the certificate administrator, as applicable.

 

NRSRO Certification” means a certification (a) executed by an NRSRO or (b) provided electronically and executed by such NRSRO by means of a “click-through” confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website in favor of the 17g-5 Information Provider that states that such NRSRO is a Rating Agency as such term is defined in the PSA or that such NRSRO has provided the depositor with the appropriate certifications pursuant to paragraph (e) of Rule 17g-5 under the Exchange Act (“Rule 17g-5”), that such NRSRO has access to the depositor’s 17g-5 website, and that such NRSRO will keep such information confidential except to the extent such information has been made available to the general public.

 

Certain information concerning the Mortgage Loans and the certificates, including the Distribution Date statements, CREFC® reports and supplemental notices with respect to such Distribution Date statements and CREFC® reports, may be provided by the certificate administrator at the direction of the depositor to certain market data providers, such as BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Bloomberg Financial Markets, L.P., RealINSIGHT, CMBS.com, Inc., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., Interactive Data Corporation, Markit LLC, Thomson Reuters Corporation and KBRA Analytics, Inc., pursuant to the terms of the PSA.

 

Upon the reasonable request of any Certificateholder that has delivered an Investor Certification, the master servicer may provide (or forward electronically) at the expense of such Certificateholder copies of any appraisals, operating statements, rent rolls and financial statements obtained by the master servicer; provided that in connection with such request, the master servicer may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the master servicer, generally to the effect that such person is a Certificateholder or a beneficial holder of book-entry certificates (or an investment advisor for a Certificateholder or a beneficial holder of book-entry certificates) and a Privileged Person and will keep such information confidential and will use such information only for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights the Certificateholder may have under the PSA. Certificateholders will not, however, be given access to or be permitted to request copies of, any Mortgage Files or Diligence Files.

 

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Information Available Electronically

 

The certificate administrator will make available to any Privileged Person via the certificate administrator’s website (and will make available to the general public this prospectus, Distribution Date statements, the PSA, the MLPAs and the SEC EDGAR filings referred to below):

 

the following “deal documents”:

 

othis prospectus;

 

othe PSA, each sub-servicing agreement delivered to the certificate administrator from and after the closing date, if any, and the MLPAs and any amendments and exhibits to those agreements; and

 

othe CREFC® loan setup file delivered to the certificate administrator by the master servicer;

 

the following “SEC EDGAR filings”:

 

oany reports on Forms 10-D, 10-K, 8-K and ABS-EE that have been filed by the certificate administrator with respect to the issuing entity through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (EDGAR) system;

 

the following documents, which will be made available under a tab or heading designated “periodic reports”:

 

othe Distribution Date statements;

 

othe CREFC® bond level files;

 

othe CREFC® collateral summary files;

 

othe CREFC® Reports, other than the CREFC® loan setup file and the CREFC® special servicer loan file (provided that they are received by the certificate administrator); and

 

oany Operating Advisor Annual Reports;

 

the following documents, which will be made available under a tab or heading designated “additional documents”:

 

othe summary of any Final Asset Status Report as provided by the special servicer;

 

oany property inspection reports, any environmental reports and appraisals delivered to the certificate administrator in electronic format;

 

the following documents, which will be made available under a tab or heading designated “special notices”:

 

onotice of any release based on an environmental release under the PSA;

 

onotice of any waiver, modification or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan;

 

onotice of final payment on the certificates;

 

oall notices of the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event received by the certificate administrator;

 

oany notice of resignation or termination of the master servicer or special servicer;

 

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onotice of resignation of the trustee or the certificate administrator, and notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or the successor certificate administrator, as applicable;

 

oany notice of any request by requisite percentage of Certificateholders for a vote to terminate the special servicer, the operating advisor or the asset representations reviewer;

 

oany notice to Certificateholders of the operating advisor’s recommendation to replace the special servicer and the related report prepared by the operating advisor in connection with such recommendation;

 

onotice of resignation or termination of the operating advisor or the asset representations reviewer and notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor operating advisor or the successor asset representations reviewer;

 

onotice of the certificate administrator’s determination that an Asset Review Trigger has occurred and a copy of any Asset Review Report Summary received by the certificate administrator;

 

oofficer’s certificates supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

 

oany notice of the termination of the issuing entity;

 

oany notice that a Control Termination Event has occurred or is terminated or that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred;

 

oany notice of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event;

 

oany notice of the occurrence of an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event;

 

oany Proposed Course of Action Notice;

 

oany assessment of compliance delivered to the certificate administrator;

 

oany accountants’ attestation reports delivered to the certificate administrator;

 

oany “special notices” requested by a Certificateholder to be posted on the certificate administrator’s website described under “—Certificateholder Communication” below;

 

oany notice or documents provided to the certificate administrator by the depositor or the master servicer directing the certificate administrator to post to the “special notices” tab;

 

the “Investor Q&A Forum”;

 

solely to Certificateholders and Certificate Owners that are Privileged Persons, the “Investor Registry”; and

 

the “U.S. Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

 

provided that with respect to a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event deemed to exist due solely to the existence of an Excluded Loan, the certificate administrator will only be required to make available such notice of the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or the notice of the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event to the extent the certificate administrator has been notified of such Excluded Loan.

 

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Notwithstanding the description set forth above, for purposes of obtaining information or access to the certificate administrator’s website, all Excluded Information will be made available under one separate tab or heading rather than under the headings described above in the preceding paragraph.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is required to promptly notify each of the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the trustee and the certificate administrator pursuant to the PSA and provide a new Investor Certification pursuant to the PSA and will not be entitled to access any Excluded Information (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the certificate administrator in which case such access will only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)) made available on the certificate administrator’s website for so long as it is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. The PSA will require each Excluded Controlling Class Holder in such new Investor Certification to certify that it acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing and reviewing (and it agrees not to access and review) any Excluded Information. In addition, if the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such person will certify and agree that they will not share any Excluded Information with any Excluded Controlling Class Holder.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing set forth in the PSA will prohibit the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which the Directing Holder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Excluded Information is not available via the certificate administrator’s website, such Directing Holder or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan will be permitted to obtain such information upon reasonable request in accordance with terms of the PSA and the master servicer and the special servicer, as applicable, may require and rely on such certifications prior to releasing any such information.

 

Any reports on Form 10-D filed by the certificate administrator will contain (i) the information required by Rule 15Ga-1(a) concerning all Mortgage Loans of the issuing entity that were the subject of a demand to repurchase or replace due to a breach of one or more representations and warranties, (ii) a reference to the most recent Form ABS-15G filed by the depositor and the mortgage loan sellers, if applicable, and the SEC’s assigned “Central Index Key” for each such filer, and (iii) incorporate by reference the Form ABS-EE filing for the related reporting period (which Form ABS-EE disclosures will be filed at the time of each filing of the applicable report on Form 10-D with respect to each Mortgage Loan that was part of the Mortgage Pool during any portion of the related reporting period).

 

The certificate administrator will not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any report, document or other information made available on the certificate administrator’s website or its filing of such information pursuant to the PSA, including, but not limited to, filing via EDGAR, and will assume no responsibility for any such report, document or other information, other than with respect to such reports, documents or other information prepared by the certificate administrator. In addition, the certificate administrator may disclaim responsibility for any information distributed by it or filed by it, as applicable, for which it is not the original source.

 

In connection with providing access to the certificate administrator’s website (other than with respect to access provided to the general public in accordance with the PSA), the certificate administrator may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer, including an agreement to keep certain nonpublic information made available on the website confidential, as required under the PSA. The certificate administrator will not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance therewith.

 

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The certificate administrator will make the “Investor Q&A Forum” available to Privileged Persons via the certificate administrator’s website under a tab or heading designated “Investor Q&A Forum”, where (i) Certificateholders and beneficial owners that are Privileged Persons may submit inquiries to (a) the certificate administrator relating to the Distribution Date statements, (b) the master servicer or the special servicer relating to servicing reports, the Mortgage Loans (excluding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or the related Mortgaged Properties or (c) the operating advisor relating to annual or other reports prepared by the operating advisor or actions by the special servicer referenced in such reports, and (ii) Privileged Persons may view previously submitted inquiries and related answers. The certificate administrator will forward such inquiries to the appropriate person and, in the case of an inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the applicable party under the related Non-Serviced PSA. The certificate administrator, the master servicer, the special servicer or the operating advisor, as applicable, will be required to answer each inquiry, unless such party determines (i) the question is beyond the scope of the topics detailed above, (ii) that answering the inquiry would not be in the best interests of the issuing entity and/or the Certificateholders, (iii) that answering the inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, the PSA (including requirements in respect of non-disclosure of Privileged Information) or the Mortgage Loan documents, (iv) that answering the inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the certificate administrator, the master servicer, the special servicer or the operating advisor, as applicable, (v) that answering the inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information (subject to the Privileged Information Exception), (vi) that answering the inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege or the disclosure of attorney work product or (vii) that answering the inquiry is otherwise, for any reason, not advisable. In addition, no party will post or otherwise disclose any direct communications with the Directing Holder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (in its capacity as the Risk Retention Consultation Party) as part of its responses to any inquiries. In the case of an inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the certificate administrator is required to make reasonable efforts to obtain an answer from the applicable party under the related Non-Serviced PSA; provided that the certificate administrator will not be responsible for the content of such answer, or any delay or failure to obtain such answer. The certificate administrator will be required to post the inquiries and related answers, if any, on the Investor Q&A Forum, subject to and in accordance with the PSA. The Investor Q&A Forum may not reflect questions, answers and other communications that are not submitted through the certificate administrator’s website. Answers posted on the Investor Q&A Forum will be attributable only to the respondent, and will not be deemed to be answers from any of the depositor, the underwriters or any of their respective affiliates. None of the underwriters, depositor, any of their respective affiliates or any other person will certify as to the accuracy of any of the information posted in the Investor Q&A Forum and no such person will have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information.

 

The certificate administrator will make the “Investor Registry” available to any Certificateholder and beneficial owner that is a Privileged Person via the certificate administrator’s website. Certificateholders and beneficial owners may register on a voluntary basis for the “Investor Registry” and obtain contact information for any other Certificateholder or beneficial owner that has also registered, provided that they comply with certain requirements as provided for in the PSA.

 

The certificate administrator’s internet website will initially be located at “www.ctslink.com”. Access will be provided by the certificate administrator to such persons upon receipt by the certificate administrator from such person of an Investor Certification or NRSRO Certification in the form(s) attached to the PSA, which form(s) will also be located on and may be submitted electronically via the certificate administrator’s internet website. The parties to the PSA will not be required to provide that certification. In connection with providing access to the certificate administrator’s internet website, the certificate administrator may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The certificate administrator will not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with the terms of the PSA. The certificate administrator will make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such documents and will assume no responsibility for them. In addition, the certificate administrator may disclaim responsibility for any information distributed by the certificate administrator for which it is not the original source. Assistance in using the certificate administrator’s internet website can be obtained by calling the certificate administrator’s customer service desk at 866-846-4526.

 

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The certificate administrator is responsible for the preparation of tax returns on behalf of the issuing entity and the preparation of Distribution Reports on Form 10-D (based on information included in each monthly Distribution Date statements and other information provided by other transaction parties) and Annual Reports on Form 10-K and certain other reports on Form 8-K that are required to be filed with the SEC on behalf of the issuing entity.

 

17g-5 Information Provider” means the certificate administrator.

 

The PSA will require the master servicer, subject to certain restrictions set forth in the PSA, to provide certain of the reports or, in the case of the master servicer and the Controlling Class Certificateholder, access to the reports available as set forth above, as well as certain other information received by the master servicer, to any Privileged Person so identified by a Certificate Owner or an underwriter, that requests reports or information. However, the master servicer will be permitted to require payment of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of providing copies of these reports or information (which such amounts in any event are not reimbursable as additional trust fund expenses). Except as otherwise set forth in this paragraph, until the time definitive certificates are issued, notices and statements required to be mailed to holders of certificates will be available to Certificate Owners of certificates only to the extent they are forwarded by or otherwise available through DTC and its Participants. Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Participants, and by Participants to Certificate Owners, will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Except as otherwise set forth in this paragraph, the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator and the depositor are required to recognize as Certificateholders only those persons in whose names the certificates are registered on the books and records of the certificate registrar. The initial registered holder of the certificates (other than the VRR Interest) will be Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC.

 

Voting Rights

 

At all times during the term of the PSA, the voting rights for the certificates (the “Voting Rights”) will be allocated among the respective classes of Certificateholders as follows:

 

(1)   2% in the case of the Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G and Class X-H certificates, allocated pro rata, based upon their respective Notional Amounts as of the date of determination, and

 

(2)   in the case of any Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest, a percentage equal to the product of 98% and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with certain votes relating to the replacement of the special servicer as described in this prospectus, taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the certificates) of the class, in each case, determined as of the prior Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with certain votes relating to the replacement of the special servicer as described in this prospectus, taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the certificates) of the Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest, each determined as of the prior Distribution Date.

 

The Voting Rights of any class of certificates are required to be allocated among Certificateholders of such class in proportion to their respective percentage interests.

 

Neither the Class S certificates nor Class R certificates will be entitled to any Voting Rights.

 

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Delivery, Form, Transfer and Denomination

 

Denomination

 

The Offered Certificates (other than the Class X Certificates) will be issued, maintained and transferred only in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess of $10,000. The Class X Certificates will be issued, maintained and transferred only in minimum denominations of authorized initial Notional Amounts of not less than $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess of $100,000.

 

Book-Entry Registration

 

The Offered Certificates will initially be represented by one or more global certificates for each such class registered in the name of a nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The depositor has been informed by DTC that DTC’s nominee will be Cede & Co. No holder of an Offered Certificate will be entitled to receive a certificate issued in fully registered, certificated form (each, a “Definitive Certificate”) representing its interest in such class, except under the limited circumstances described under
—Definitive Certificates” below. Unless and until Definitive Certificates are issued, all references to actions by holders of the Offered Certificates will refer to actions taken by DTC upon instructions received from holders of Offered Certificates through its participating organizations (together with Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”) and Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) participating organizations, the “Participants”), and all references in this prospectus to payments, notices, reports, statements and other information to holders of Offered Certificates will refer to payments, notices, reports and statements to DTC or Cede & Co., as the registered holder of the Offered Certificates, for distribution to holders of Offered Certificates through its Participants in accordance with DTC procedures; provided, however, that to the extent that the party to the PSA responsible for distributing any report, statement or other information has been provided in writing with the name of the Certificate Owner of such an Offered Certificate (or the prospective transferee of such Certificate Owner), such report, statement or other information will be provided to such Certificate Owner (or prospective transferee).

 

Until Definitive Certificates are issued in respect of the Offered Certificates, interests in the Offered Certificates will be transferred on the book-entry records of DTC and its Participants. The certificate administrator will initially serve as certificate registrar for purposes of recording and otherwise providing for the registration of the Offered Certificates.

 

Holders of Offered Certificates may hold their certificates through DTC (in the United States) or Clearstream or Euroclear (in Europe) if they are Participants of such system, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in such systems. Clearstream and Euroclear will hold omnibus positions on behalf of the Clearstream Participants and the Euroclear Participants, respectively, through customers’ securities accounts in Clearstream’s and Euroclear’s names on the books of their respective depositaries (collectively, the “Depositaries”), which in turn will hold such positions in customers’ securities accounts in the Depositaries’ names on the books of DTC. DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold securities for its Participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Participants through electronic computerized book-entries, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Participants (“DTC Participants”) include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations. Indirect access to the DTC system also is available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”).

 

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Transfers between DTC Participants will occur in accordance with DTC rules. Transfers between Clearstream Participants and Euroclear Participants will occur in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear.

 

Cross-market transfers between persons holding directly or indirectly through DTC, on the one hand, and directly through Clearstream Participants or Euroclear Participants, on the other, will be effected in DTC in accordance with DTC rules on behalf of the relevant European international clearing system by its Depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to the relevant European international clearing system by the counterparty in such system in accordance with its rules and procedures and within its established deadlines (European time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its Depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving securities in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Clearstream Participants and Euroclear Participants may not deliver instructions directly to the Depositaries.

 

Because of time-zone differences, credits of securities in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of a transaction with a DTC Participant will be made during the subsequent securities settlement processing, dated the business day following the DTC settlement date, and such credits or any transactions in such securities settled during such processing will be reported to the relevant Clearstream Participant or Euroclear Participant on such business day. Cash received in Clearstream or Euroclear as a result of sales of securities by or through a Clearstream Participant or a Euroclear Participant to a DTC Participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Clearstream or Euroclear cash account only as of the business day following settlement in DTC.

 

The holders of Offered Certificates that are not Participants or Indirect Participants but desire to purchase, sell or otherwise transfer ownership of, or other interests in, such Offered Certificates may do so only through Participants and Indirect Participants. In addition, holders of Offered Certificates in global form (“Certificate Owners”) will receive all distributions of principal and interest through the Participants who in turn will receive them from DTC. Under a book-entry format, holders of such Offered Certificates may experience some delay in their receipt of payments, since such payments will be forwarded by the certificate administrator to Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. DTC will forward such payments to its Participants, which thereafter will forward them to Indirect Participants or the applicable Certificate Owners. Certificate Owners will not be recognized by the trustee, the certificate administrator, the certificate registrar, the operating advisor, the special servicer or the master servicer as holders of record of certificates and Certificate Owners will be permitted to receive information furnished to Certificateholders and to exercise the rights of Certificateholders only indirectly through DTC and its Participants and Indirect Participants, except that Certificate Owners will be entitled to receive or have access to notices and information and to exercise certain rights as holders of beneficial interests in the certificates through the certificate administrator and the trustee to the extent described in “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information”, “—Certificateholder Communication” and “—List of Certificateholders” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Operating Advisor”, “—The Asset Representations Reviewer”, “—Replacement of the Special Servicer Without Cause”, “—Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders to Institute a Proceeding”, “—Termination; Retirement of Certificates” and “—Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator”.

 

Under the rules, regulations and procedures creating and affecting DTC and its operations (the “DTC Rules”), DTC is required to make book-entry transfers of Offered Certificates in global form among Participants on whose behalf it acts with respect to such Offered Certificates and to receive and transmit distributions of principal of, and interest on, such Offered Certificates. Participants and Indirect Participants with which the Certificate Owners have accounts with respect to the Offered Certificates similarly are required to make book-entry transfers and receive and transmit such payments on behalf of their respective Certificate Owners. Accordingly, although the Certificate Owners will not possess the Offered Certificates, the DTC Rules provide a mechanism by which Certificate Owners will receive payments on Offered Certificates and will be able to transfer their interest.

 

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Because DTC can only act on behalf of Participants, who in turn act on behalf of Indirect Participants and certain banks, the ability of a holder of Offered Certificates in global form to pledge such Offered Certificates to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or to otherwise act with respect to such Offered Certificates, may be limited due to the lack of a physical certificate for such Offered Certificates.

 

DTC has advised the depositor that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of an Offered Certificate under the PSA only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose accounts with DTC such certificate is credited. DTC may take conflicting actions with respect to other undivided interests to the extent that such actions are taken on behalf of Participants whose holdings include such undivided interests.

 

Clearstream is incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg and is a global securities settlement clearing house. Clearstream holds securities for its participating organizations (“Clearstream Participants”) and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between Clearstream Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of Clearstream Participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates. Transactions may be settled in Clearstream in numerous currencies, including United States dollars. Clearstream provides to its Clearstream Participants, among other things, services for safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and securities lending and borrowing. Clearstream interfaces with domestic markets in several countries. Clearstream is regulated as a bank by the Luxembourg Monetary Institute. Clearstream Participants are recognized financial institutions around the world, including underwriters, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations and may include the underwriters. Indirect access to Clearstream is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Clearstream Participant, either directly or indirectly.

 

Euroclear was created in 1968 to hold securities for participants of the Euroclear system (“Euroclear Participants”) and to clear and settle transactions between Euroclear Participants through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payment, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates and any risk from lack of simultaneous transfers of securities and cash. Transactions may now be settled in any of numerous currencies, including United States dollars. The Euroclear system includes various other services, including securities lending and borrowing and interfaces with domestic markets in several countries generally similar to the arrangements for cross-market transfers with DTC described above. Euroclear is operated by Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (the “Euroclear Operator”). All operations are conducted by the Euroclear Operator, and all Euroclear securities clearance accounts and Euroclear cash accounts are accounts with the Euroclear Operator. Euroclear Participants include banks (including central banks), securities brokers and dealers and other professional financial intermediaries and may include the underwriters. Indirect access to the Euroclear system is also available to other firms that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Euroclear Participant, either directly or indirectly.

 

Securities clearance accounts and cash accounts with the Euroclear Operator are governed by the Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear and the related operating procedures of the Euroclear System and applicable Belgian law (collectively, the “Terms and Conditions”). The Terms and Conditions govern transfers of securities and cash within the Euroclear system, withdrawal of securities and cash from the Euroclear system, and receipts of payments with respect to securities in the Euroclear system. All securities in the Euroclear system are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts. The Euroclear Operator acts under the Terms and Conditions only on behalf of Euroclear Participants and has no record of or relationship with persons holding through Euroclear Participants.

 

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Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have implemented the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in book-entry securities among Participants of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to continue to comply with such procedures, and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. None of the depositor, the trustee, the certificate administrator, the master servicer, the special servicer or the underwriters will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective direct or indirect Participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

 

Definitive Certificates

 

Owners of beneficial interests in book-entry certificates of any class will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Definitive Certificates unless: (i) DTC advises the certificate registrar in writing that DTC is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depository with respect to the book-entry certificates of such class or ceases to be a clearing agency, and the certificate administrator and the depositor are unable to locate a qualified successor within 90 days of such notice or (ii) the trustee has instituted or has been directed to institute any judicial proceeding to enforce the rights of the Certificateholders of such class and the trustee has been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the trustee to obtain possession of the certificates of such class.

 

The VRR Interest will be evidenced by one or more certificates and is expected to be held at all times in definitive form by the certificate administrator on behalf of the beneficial owners of the VRR Interest. Any request for release of any VRR Interest must be consented to by the Retaining Sponsor and may be subject to any additional requirements pursuant to the PSA.

 

Certificateholder Communication

 

Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses

 

Upon the written request of any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that has delivered an executed Investor Certification to the trustee or the certificate administrator (a “Certifying Certificateholder”), the certificate administrator (in its capacity as certificate registrar) will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to such requesting party a list of the names and addresses of the certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date as they appear in the certificate register, at the expense of the requesting party.

 

Requests to Communicate

 

The PSA will require that the certificate administrator include on any Form 10–D any request received prior to the Distribution Date to which such Form 10-D relates (and on or after the Distribution Date preceding such Distribution Date) from a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners related to Certificateholders or Certificate Owners exercising their rights under the terms of the PSA. Any Form 10-D containing such disclosure regarding the request to communicate is required to include the following and no more than the following: (i) the name of the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner making the request, (ii) the date the request was received, (iii) a statement to the effect that the certificate administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the PSA, and (iv) a description of the method other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner.

 

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Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishing to communicate with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners regarding the exercise of its rights under the terms of the PSA (such party, a “Requesting Investor”) should deliver a written request (a “Communication Request”) signed by an authorized representative of the Requesting Investor to the certificate administrator at the address below:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration Group – Benchmark 2020-B22
with a copy to:
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Any Communication Request must contain the name of the Requesting Investor and the method other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners should use to contact the Requesting Investor, and, if the Requesting Investors is not the registered holder of a class of certificates, then the Communication Request must contain (i) a written certification from the Requesting Investor that it is a beneficial owner of a class of certificates, (ii) the name of the transaction, Benchmark 2020-B22 and (iii) one of the following forms of documentation evidencing its beneficial ownership in such class of certificates: (A) a trade confirmation, (B) an account statement, (C) a medallion stamp guaranteed letter from a broker or dealer stating the Requesting Investor is the beneficial owner, or (D) a document reasonably acceptable to the certificate administrator that is similar to any of the documents identified in clauses (A) through (C). The certificate administrator will not be permitted to require any information other than the foregoing in verifying a certificateholder’s or certificate owner’s identity in connection with a Communication Request. Requesting Investors will be responsible for their own expenses in making any Communication Request, but will not be required to bear any expenses of the certificate administrator.

 

List of Certificateholders

 

Upon the written request of any Certificateholder, which is required to include a copy of the communication the Certificateholder proposes to transmit, that has provided an Investor Certification, which request is made for purposes of communicating with other holders of certificates of the same series with respect to their rights under the PSA or the certificates, the certificate registrar or other specified person will, within 10 business days after receipt of such request afford such Certificateholder (at such Certificateholder’s sole cost and expense) access during normal business hours to the most recent list of Certificateholders related to the class of certificates.

 

Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements

 

General

 

On the Closing Date, the depositor will acquire the Mortgage Loans from each mortgage loan seller pursuant to a separate mortgage loan purchase agreement (each, a “MLPA”), between the applicable mortgage loan seller and the depositor. For purposes of the respective MLPAs pursuant to which JPMCB and GACC are selling Mortgage Loans and the related discussion below, The Grace Building Mortgage Loan will constitute a “Mortgage Loan” under each such MLPA only to the extent of the portion thereof to be sold to the depositor by JPMCB or GACC, as applicable. For purposes of the respective MLPAs pursuant to which CREFI and GACC are selling Mortgage Loans and the related discussion below, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan will constitute a “Mortgage Loan” under each such MLPA only to the extent of the portion thereof to be sold to the depositor by CREFI or GACC, as applicable.

 

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Under the applicable MLPA, the depositor will require each mortgage loan seller to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the certificate administrator, in its capacity as custodian, among other things, the following documents (except that the documents with respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan (other than the original promissory note) will be held by the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA) with respect to each Mortgage Loan sold by the mortgage loan seller (collectively, as to each Mortgage Loan, the “Mortgage File”):

 

(i)    (A) the original Mortgage Note, bearing, or accompanied by, all prior or intervening endorsements, endorsed by the most recent endorsee prior to the trustee or, if none, by the originator, without recourse, either in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the originator or to the order of the trustee; and (B) in the case of each related Serviced Companion Loan, a copy of the executed Mortgage Note for such Serviced Companion Loan;

 

(ii)    (A) the original of the Mortgage or a certified copy thereof from the applicable recording office (or a copy thereof from the applicable recording office if (to the knowledge of the applicable mortgage loan seller or its third-party vendor, as certified by such party to the custodian in writing) it is not the practice of such office to provide certified copies, provided that the custodian may conclusively rely on any such certification by such mortgage loan seller or third-party vendor and will not be required to investigate whether any recording office cannot provide a certified copy) and, (B) if applicable, the originals or certified copies thereof from the applicable recording office (or copies thereof from the applicable recording office if (to the knowledge of the applicable mortgage loan seller or its third-party vendor, as certified by such party to the custodian in writing) it is not the practice of such office to provide certified copies, provided that the custodian may conclusively rely on any such certification by such mortgage loan seller or third-party vendor and will not be required to investigate whether any recording office cannot provide a certified copy) of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the trustee, if any, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon;

 

(iii)    an original or copy (if the related mortgage loan seller or its designee, rather than the custodian and its designee, is responsible for the recording thereof) of an assignment of mortgage, in recordable form (except for missing recording information and, if delivered in blank, except for the name of the assignee), executed by the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the trustee or, if none, by the originator, either in blank or in favor of the trustee;

 

(iv)    (A) an original or copy of any related security agreement (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) and, if applicable, the originals or copies of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee thereof prior to the trustee, if any; and (B) an original assignment of any related security agreement (if such item is a document separate from the related Mortgage) executed by the most recent assignee thereof prior to the trustee or, if none, by the originator, either in blank or in favor of the trustee, which assignment may be included as part of the corresponding assignment of mortgage referred to in clause (iii) above;

 

(v)    (A) stamped or certified copies of any UCC financing statements and continuation statements which were filed in order to perfect (and maintain the perfection of) any security interest held by the originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (and each assignee of record prior to the trustee) in and to the personalty of the borrower at the Mortgaged Property (in each case with evidence of filing or recording thereon) and which were in the possession of the related mortgage loan seller (or its agent) at the time the Mortgage Files were delivered to the custodian, together with original UCC-3 assignments of financing statements showing a complete chain of assignment from the secured party named in such UCC-1 financing statement to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the trustee, if any, and (B) if any such security interest is perfected and the earlier UCC financing statements and continuation statements were in the possession of the related mortgage loan seller, an assignment of UCC financing statement

 

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by the most recent assignee of record prior to the trustee or, if none, by the originator, evidencing the transfer of such security interest, either in blank or in favor of the trustee; provided that other evidence of filing or recording reasonably acceptable to the trustee may be delivered in lieu of delivering such UCC financing statements including, without limitation, evidence of such filed or recorded UCC financing statement as shown on a written UCC search report from a reputable search firm, such as CSC/LexisNexis Document Solutions, Corporation Service Company, CT Corporation System and the like or printouts of on-line confirmations from such UCC filing or recording offices or authorized agents thereof;

 

(vi)    the original or a copy of the loan agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan, if any;

 

(vii)    the original or a copy of the lender’s title insurance policy issued in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, together with all endorsements or riders (or copies thereof) that were issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring the priority of the Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged Property, or a “marked up” commitment to insure marked as binding and countersigned by the related insurer or its authorized agent (which may be a pro forma or specimen title insurance policy which has been accepted or approved as binding in writing by the related title insurance company), or an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title company;

 

(viii)    (A) the original or a copy of the related assignment of leases, rents and profits (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) and, if applicable, the originals or copies of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the trustee, if any, in each case with evidence of recording thereon; and (B) an original or copy (if the related mortgage loan seller or its designee, rather than the custodian and its designee, is responsible for the recording thereof) of an assignment of any related assignment of leases, rents and profits (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), in recordable form (except for missing recording information and, if delivered in blank, except for the name of the assignee), executed by the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the trustee or, if none, by the originator, either in blank or in favor of the trustee, which assignment may be included as part of the corresponding assignment of mortgage referred to in clause (iii) above;

 

(ix)    the original or copy of any environmental indemnity agreements and copies of any environmental insurance policies pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property required in connection with origination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and copies of environmental reports;

 

(x)    copies of the currently effective management agreements, if any, for the Mortgaged Properties;

 

(xi)    if the borrower has a leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property, the original or copy of the ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the borrower is a lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, the original of such space lease or air rights lease), and any related lessor estoppel or similar agreement or a copy thereof; if any;

 

(xii)    if the related assignment of contracts is separate from the Mortgage, the original executed version of such assignment of contracts and the assignment thereof, if any, to the trustee;

 

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(xiii)    if any related lockbox agreement or cash collateral account agreement is separate from the Mortgage or loan agreement, a copy thereof; with respect to the reserve accounts, cash collateral accounts and lockbox accounts, if any, a stamped or certified copy of the UCC-1 financing statements, if any, submitted for filing with respect to the related mortgagee’s security interest in the reserve accounts, cash collateral accounts and lockbox accounts and all funds contained therein (and UCC-3 assignments of financing statements assigning such UCC-1 financing statements to the trustee);

 

(xiv)    originals or copies of all assumption, modification, written assurance and substitution agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon if appropriate, in those instances where the terms or provisions of the Mortgage, the Mortgage Note or any related security document have been modified or the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has been assumed;

 

(xv)    the original or a copy of any guaranty of the obligations of the borrower under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan together with, as applicable, (A) the original or copies of any intervening assignments of such guaranty showing a complete chain of assignment from the originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee thereof prior to the trustee, if any, and (B) an original assignment of such guaranty executed by the most recent assignee thereof prior to the trustee or, if none, by the originator;

 

(xvi)    the original or a copy of the power of attorney (with evidence of recording thereon, if appropriate) granted by the related borrower if the Mortgage, Mortgage Note or other document or instrument referred to above was signed on behalf of the borrower pursuant to such power of attorney;

 

(xvii)    with respect to each Whole Loan, a copy of the related Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, a copy of any pooling and servicing agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan;

 

(xviii)    with respect to hospitality properties, a copy of the franchise agreement, if any, an original or copy of the comfort letter, if any, and if, pursuant to the terms of such comfort letter, the general assignment of the Mortgage Loan is not sufficient to transfer or assign the benefits of such comfort letter to the Trust, a copy of the notice to the franchisor of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan and/or a copy of the request for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the Trust (in each case, as and to the extent required pursuant to the terms of such comfort letter), with the original of any replacement comfort letter to be included in the Mortgage File following receipt thereof by the master servicer;

 

(xix)    the original (or copy, if the original is held by the master servicer or applicable master servicer under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA) of any letter of credit held by the lender as beneficiary or assigned as security for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xx)    the appropriate assignment or amendment documentation related to the assignment to the Trust of any letter of credit securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or copy thereof, if the original is held by the master servicer or applicable master servicer under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA) which entitles the master servicer on behalf of the issuing entity and the Companion Loan Holders (with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan) to draw thereon; and

 

(xxi)    with respect to any Mortgage Loan with related mezzanine debt or other subordinate debt (other than a Companion Loan), a copy of the related co-lender agreement, subordination agreement or other intercreditor agreement;

 

provided that with respect to any Mortgage Loan which is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date, the foregoing documents (other than the documents described in clause (i) above) will be delivered to and held by the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA on or prior to the Closing Date, and any assignments in favor of the trustee will be in favor of the trustee under the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to each of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan and MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, the obligation of each of the applicable mortgage loan sellers to deliver mortgage note(s) as part of the related Mortgage File will be limited to delivery of only the mortgage notes held by such party. In addition, each mortgage loan seller will be required to deliver the Diligence Files for each of its Mortgage Loans to the depositor by uploading such Diligence Files to the designated Intralinks website, and the depositor will deliver to the certificate administrator an electronic copy of such Diligence Files to be posted to the secure data room.

 

Diligence File” means with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, collectively the following documents in electronic format:

 

(a)   A copy of each of the following documents:

 

(i)    the Mortgage Note, endorsed on its face or by allonge attached to the Mortgage Note, without recourse, to the order of the trustee or in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the originator (or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost, an affidavit to such effect from the applicable mortgage loan seller or another prior holder, together with a copy of the Mortgage Note and an indemnity properly assigned and endorsed to the trustee);

 

(ii)    the Mortgage, together with an original or copy of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording;

 

(iii)    assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the trustee or in blank and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related mortgage loan seller is responsible for the recordation of that assignment, a copy of such assignment to be sent for recordation);

 

(iv)    any related assignment of leases and of any intervening assignments (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording;

 

(v)    an assignment of any related assignment of leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the trustee or in blank and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related mortgage loan seller is responsible for the recordation of that assignment, a copy of such assignment to be sent for recordation);

 

(vi)    the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to the Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, if not already assigned pursuant to items (iii) or (v) above;

 

(vii)    all modification, consolidation, assumption, written assurance and substitution agreements in those instances in which the terms or provisions of the Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been modified or the Mortgage Loan has been assumed or consolidated;

 

(viii)    the policy or certificate of lender’s title insurance issued on the date of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, or, if such policy has not been issued or located, an irrevocable, binding commitment (which may be a marked version of the policy that has been executed by an authorized representative of the title company or an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title company) to issue such title insurance policy;

 

(ix)    any UCC financing statements, related amendments and continuation statements in the possession of the applicable mortgage loan seller;

 

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(x)    an original assignment in favor of the trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in favor of the applicable mortgage loan seller in the relevant jurisdiction (or, if the related mortgage loan seller is responsible for the filing of that assignment, a copy of such assignment to be sent for filing);

 

(xi)    any intercreditor agreement relating to permitted debt of the mortgagor, including any intercreditor agreement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xii)    any loan agreement, escrow agreement, security agreement or letter of credit relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xiii)    any ground lease, ground lessor estoppel, indemnity or guaranty relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xiv)    any property management agreement relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xv)    any franchise agreements and comfort letters or similar agreements relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any franchise agreement, comfort letter or similar agreement, any assignment of such agreements or any notice to the franchisor of the transfer of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and a request for confirmation that the issuing entity is a beneficiary of such comfort letter or other agreement, or for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the issuing entity, as the case may be;

 

(xvi)    any lockbox or cash management agreement relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xvii)    any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement;

 

(xviii)    all related environmental reports;

 

(xix)    all related environmental insurance policies;

 

(b)   a copy of any engineering reports or property condition reports;

 

(c)   other than with respect to a hotel property (except with respect to tenanted commercial space within a hotel property), copies of a rent roll;

 

(d)   for any office, retail, industrial or warehouse property, a copy of all leases and estoppels and subordination and non-disturbance agreements delivered to the related mortgage loan seller;

 

(e)   copies of all legal opinions (excluding attorney client communications between the related mortgage loan seller, and its counsel that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses), if any, delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(f)     copies of all mortgagor’s certificates of hazard insurance and/or hazard insurance policies or other applicable insurance policies (to the extent not previously included as part of this definition), if any, delivered in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(g)   a copy of the appraisal for the related Mortgaged Property(ies);

 

(h)   for any Mortgage Loan that the related Mortgaged Property is leased to a single tenant, a copy of the lease;

 

(i)     a copy of the applicable mortgage loan seller’s asset summary;

 

(j)     copies of all surveys for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties;

 

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(k)   copies of any zoning reports;

 

(l)     copies of financial statements of the related mortgagor;

 

(m)  copies of operating statements for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties;

 

(n)   copies of all UCC searches;

 

(o)   copies of all litigation searches;

 

(p)   copies of all bankruptcy searches;

 

(q)   a copy of the origination settlement statement;

 

(r)    a copy of the insurance consultant report;

 

(s)   copies of the organizational documents of the related mortgagor and any guarantor;

 

(t)    copies of the escrow statements;

 

(u)   a copy of any closure letter (environmental);

 

(v)    a copy of any environmental remediation agreement for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties; and

 

(w)   a copy of the payment history with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date;

 

provided that with respect to any Mortgage Loan which is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date, any assignments in favor of the trustee will be in favor of the trustee under the related Non-Serviced PSA; in each case, to the extent that the originator received such documents in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan. In the event any of the items identified above were not included in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Diligence File will be required to include a statement to that effect; provided that the mortgage loan seller will not be required to deliver information that is proprietary to the related originator or mortgage loan seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications. The mortgage loan seller may, without any obligation to do so, include such other documents or information as part of the Diligence File that such mortgage loan seller believes should be included to enable the asset representations reviewer to perform the Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents or information are clearly labeled and identified.

 

Each MLPA will contain certain representations and warranties of the applicable mortgage loan seller with respect to each Mortgage Loan sold by that mortgage loan seller. Those representations and warranties with respect to the Mortgage Loans of GACC and CREFI are set forth in Annex D-1, and will be made as of the Closing Date, or as of another date specifically provided in the representation and warranty, subject to certain exceptions to such representations and warranties as set forth in Annex D-2 and Annex D-3, respectively. Those representations and warranties of GSMC are set forth in Annex E-1, and will be made as of the Closing Date, or as of another date specifically provided in the representation and warranty, subject to certain exceptions to such representations and warranties as set forth in Annex E-2. Those representations and warranties of JPMCB are set forth in Annex F-1, and will be made as of the Closing Date, or as of another date specifically provided in the representation and warranty, subject to certain exceptions to such representations and warranties as set forth in Annex F-2.

 

If any of the documents required to be delivered by the related mortgage loan seller and included in the Mortgage File for any Mortgage Loan is missing from the Mortgage File or defective or if there is a breach of a representation or warranty relating to any Mortgage Loan, and such omission, breach or defect materially and adversely affects the value of the related Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the trustee or any Certificateholder in the Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property or causes the Mortgage Loan to be other than a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury regulations Section

 

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1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage (a “Material Defect”), the applicable mortgage loan seller will be required to, no later than 90 days following:

 

(x)   such mortgage loan seller’s receipt of notice of the Material Defect from any party to the PSA (a “Breach Notice”), except in the case of the following clause (y); or

 

(y)   in the case of such Material Defect that would cause the Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage, the discovery by any party to the PSA of the such Material Defect; provided that the mortgage loan seller has received notice in accordance with the terms of the PSA,

 

(1)   cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at its own expense,

 

(2)   repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of each of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, the applicable portion thereof) or REO Loan at the Purchase Price, or

 

(3)   substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, as applicable, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan, and pay a shortfall amount in connection with such substitution, provided that no such substitution may occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date;

 

provided, however, that the applicable mortgage loan seller will generally have an additional 90-day period to cure such Material Defect (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan and the related REO Loan (or, in the case of each of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, the applicable portion thereof) or, if applicable, substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the related Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)), if such Material Defect is capable of being cured, the mortgage loan seller is diligently proceeding toward that cure, and has delivered to the master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator (who will promptly deliver a copy of such officer’s certificate to the 17g-5 Information Provider), the trustee, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder, an officer’s certificate that describes the reasons that a cure was not effected within the initial 90-day period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there will be no such 90-day extension, if such Material Defect would cause the related Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage.

 

No delay in either the discovery of a Material Defect or in providing notice of such Material Defect will relieve the applicable mortgage loan seller of its obligation to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan unless (i) the mortgage loan seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is the result of the failure by a party to the PSA to promptly provide a Breach Notice as required by the terms of the PSA after such party has actual knowledge of such defect or breach (knowledge will not be deemed to exist by reason of the custodian’s exception report) and such delay precludes the mortgage loan seller from curing such Material Defect and (iii) such Material Defect did not relate to a Mortgage Loan not being a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel, restaurant (operated by a borrower), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a borrower), then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan will not be a Material Defect. With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, each mortgage loan seller agrees that any document defect as such term is defined in the related controlling Non-Serviced PSA (other than a defect related to the promissory note for the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan) will constitute a document defect under the related MLPA.

 

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If there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the applicable mortgage loan seller will not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of each of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, the applicable portion thereof) if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the applicable mortgage loan seller provides an opinion of counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an adverse REMIC event to occur and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in lieu of a mortgage loan seller repurchasing, substituting or curing such Material Defect, to the extent that the mortgage loan seller and the special servicer (for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an applicable Excluded Loan, with the consent of the Directing Holder) are able to agree upon a cash payment payable by the mortgage loan seller to the issuing entity that would be deemed sufficient to compensate the issuing entity for such Material Defect (a “Loss of Value Payment”), the mortgage loan seller may elect, in its sole discretion, to pay such Loss of Value Payment. In connection with any such determination with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan, the master servicer will promptly provide the special servicer, but in any event within the time frame and in the manner provided in the PSA, with the servicing file and other such information to the extent set forth in the PSA in order to permit the special servicer to calculate the Loss of Value Payment as set forth in the PSA. Upon its making such payment, the mortgage loan seller will be deemed to have cured such Material Defect in all respects. A Loss of Value Payment may not be made with respect to any such Material Defect that would cause the applicable Mortgage Loan not to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3), but without regard to the rule of Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective Mortgage Loan to be treated as a qualified mortgage.

 

In the case of a Material Defect with respect to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan, each of JPMCB and GACC will be responsible for any remedies solely in respect of the note(s) sold by the related mortgage loan seller as if each note evidencing The Grace Building Mortgage Loan was a separate Mortgage Loan.

 

In the case of a Material Defect with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, each of CREFI and GACC will be responsible for any remedies solely in respect of the note(s) sold by the related mortgage loan seller as if each note evidencing the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan was a separate Mortgage Loan.

 

With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final sentence of this paragraph, any related Companion Loan) a, “Purchase Price” equals to the sum of (1) the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final sentence of this paragraph, any related Companion Loan), as of the date of purchase, (2) all accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final sentence of this paragraph, any related Companion Loan) at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time (excluding any portion of such interest that represents default interest or Excess Interest on the ARD Loan), to, but not including, the due date immediately preceding or coinciding with the Determination Date for the Collection Period of purchase, (3) all related unreimbursed Servicing Advances plus accrued and unpaid interest on all related Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, Special Servicing Fees (whether paid or unpaid), Workout Fees, Liquidation Fees (to the extent set forth in clause (5) below) and any other additional trust fund expenses in respect of such Mortgage Loan and the related REO Loan, if any, (4) solely in the case of a repurchase or substitution by a mortgage loan seller, any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee related to such Mortgage Loan and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor, the certificate administrator or the trustee in respect of the omission, breach or defect giving rise to the repurchase or substitution obligation, including any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses and any additional trust fund expenses relating to

 

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such Mortgage Loan or related REO Loan; provided, however, that such out-of-pocket expenses will not include expenses incurred by investors in instituting an Asset Review Vote Election, in taking part in an Asset Review Vote Election or in utilizing the dispute resolution provisions described below under “—Dispute Resolution Provisions” and (5) Liquidation Fees, if any, payable with respect to the affected Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final sentence of this paragraph, any related Companion Loan) (which will not include any Liquidation Fees if such affected Mortgage Loan is repurchased prior to the expiration of the additional 90-day period immediately following the initial 90-day period). For purposes of this definition, (i) the “Purchase Price” in respect of a Serviced Companion Loan that is purchased by the related mortgage loan seller will be the purchase price paid by the related mortgage loan seller under the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan, or the applicable servicing agreement, and (ii) with respect to a sale of an REO Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan, the term Mortgage Loan or REO Loan will be construed to include any related Companion Loan. With respect to each of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price that would be payable by each of the applicable mortgage loan sellers for its related promissory note(s) will be equal to its respective percentage interest in such Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date multiplied by the total Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan.

 

A “Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan” is a substitute mortgage loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) replacing a Mortgage Loan with respect to which a Material Defect exists that must, on the date of substitution:

 

(a)   have an outstanding principal balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and/or interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the removed Mortgage Loan as of the due date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs;

 

(b)   have a fixed Mortgage Rate not less than the Mortgage Rate of the removed Mortgage Loan (determined without regard to any prior modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the removed Mortgage Loan);

 

(c)   have the same due date and a grace period no longer than that of the removed Mortgage Loan;

 

(d)   accrue interest on the same basis as the removed Mortgage Loan (for example, on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed);

 

(e)   have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than, and not more than five years less than, the remaining term to stated maturity of the removed Mortgage Loan;

 

(f)     have a then-current loan-to-value ratio equal to or less than the lesser of (i) the loan-to-value ratio for the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (ii) 75%, in each case using a “value” for the Mortgaged Property as determined using an appraisal conducted by a member of the Appraisal Institute (“MAI”) prepared in accordance with the requirements of the FIRREA;

 

(g)   comply (except in a manner that would not be adverse to the interests of the Certificateholders) as of the date of substitution in all material respects with all of the representations and warranties set forth in the related MLPA;

 

(h)   have an environmental report that indicates no material adverse environmental conditions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and that will be delivered as a part of the related servicing file;

 

(i)     have a then-current debt service coverage ratio at least equal to the greater of (i) the original debt service coverage ratio of the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (ii) 1.25x;

 

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(j)     constitute a “qualified replacement mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(4) as evidenced by an opinion of counsel (provided at the applicable mortgage loan seller’s expense);

 

(k)   not have a maturity date or an amortization period that extends to a date that is after the date two years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date;

 

(l)     have comparable prepayment restrictions to those of the removed Mortgage Loan;

 

(m)  not be substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan unless the trustee and the certificate administrator have received a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies (the cost, if any, of obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation to be paid by the applicable mortgage loan seller);

 

(n)   have been approved (i), for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, by the Directing Holder, and (ii) during any such time that the master servicer is the Enforcing Servicer, by the special servicer;

 

(o)   prohibit defeasance within two years of the Closing Date;

 

(p)   not be substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan if it would result in the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust REMIC or the imposition of tax on any Trust REMIC other than a tax on income expressly permitted or contemplated to be received by the terms of the PSA as determined by an opinion of counsel to be paid by the applicable mortgage loan seller;

 

(q)   have an engineering report that indicates no material adverse property condition or deferred maintenance with respect to the related Mortgaged Property with respect to the related Mortgaged Property that will be delivered as a part of the related servicing file; and

 

(r)    be current in the payment of all scheduled payments of principal and interest then due.

 

In the event that more than one Mortgage Loan is substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan or Mortgage Loans, then (x) the amounts described in clause (a) are required to be determined on the basis of aggregate principal balances and (y) each such proposed Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan must individually satisfy each of the requirements specified in clauses (b) through (r) of the preceding sentence, except (z) the rates described in clause (b) above and the remaining term to stated maturity referred to in clause (e) above are required to be determined on a weighted average basis, provided that no individual Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate) may be lower than the highest fixed Pass-Through Rate (not based on or subject to a cap equal to or based on the WAC Rate) of any class of Principal Balance Certificates having a principal balance then-outstanding. When a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan is substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan, the applicable mortgage loan seller will be required to certify that the Mortgage Loan meets all of the requirements of the above definition and send the certification to the trustee, the certificate administrator, the operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder.

 

The foregoing repurchase or substitution obligation or the obligation to pay the Loss of Value Payment will constitute the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the trustee under the PSA for any uncured breach of any mortgage loan seller’s representations and warranties regarding the Mortgage Loans or any uncured document defect; provided, however, that if any breach pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related borrower to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the applicable mortgage loan seller will be required to cure such breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the issuing entity (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by parties to the PSA or the issuing entity that are incurred as a result of such breach and have not been reimbursed by the related borrower and the amount of any fees

 

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and expenses of the asset representations reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided, further, that in the event any such costs and expenses exceed $10,000, the applicable mortgage loan seller will have the option to either repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan as provided above or pay such costs and expenses. The applicable mortgage loan seller will remit the amount of these costs and expenses and upon its making such remittance, the applicable mortgage loan seller will be deemed to have cured the breach in all respects. The applicable mortgage loan seller will be the sole warranting party in respect of the Mortgage Loans sold by that mortgage loan seller to the depositor, and none of its affiliates and no other person will be obligated to repurchase or replace any affected Mortgage Loan or make a Loss of Value Payment in connection with a breach of any representation and warranty or in connection with a document defect if the applicable mortgage loan seller defaults on its obligation to do so.

 

As stated above, with respect to a Material Defect related to (i) The Grace Building Mortgage Loan (9.8%), each of JPMCB and GACC, and (ii) the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), each of CREFI and GACC, will only be a mortgage loan seller with respect to, and will only be obligated to take the remedial actions described above with respect to, its percentage interest in such Mortgage Loan that it sold to the depositor. It is possible that under certain circumstances only one of the applicable mortgage loan sellers will repurchase, or otherwise comply with any repurchase obligations with respect to, its interest in such Mortgage Loan if there is a Material Defect. If for any reason, one of those mortgage loan sellers repurchases its interest in such Mortgage Loan and the other mortgage loan seller does not, (i) the non-repurchased portion of the Mortgage Loan will be deemed to constitute a “Mortgage Loan” under the PSA, the repurchasing mortgage loan seller’s interest in such Mortgage Loan will be deemed to constitute a “Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan” with respect such Mortgage Loan, (ii) the related Whole Loan will continue to be serviced and administered under the related Non-Serviced PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) all amounts applied in respect of interest, principal and yield maintenance premiums in respect of the related Whole Loan from time to time will be allocated pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement between the issuing entity, the repurchasing mortgage loan seller and the other related Companion Loan Holders and (iv) the repurchasing mortgage loan seller will be entitled to receive remittances of allocated collections monthly to the same extent as any other related Companion Loan Holder.

 

Dispute Resolution Provisions

 

The mortgage loan seller will be subject to the dispute resolution provisions described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Dispute Resolution Provisions” to the extent those provisions are triggered with respect to any mortgage loan sold to the depositor by the mortgage loan seller and will be obligated under the MLPA to comply with all applicable provisions and to take part in any mediation or arbitration proceedings that may result.

 

Asset Review Obligations

 

The mortgage loan seller will be obligated to perform its obligations described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—The Asset Representations Reviewer—Asset Review” relating to any Asset Reviews performed by the asset representations reviewer, and the mortgage loan seller will have the rights described under that heading.

 

Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

General

 

The servicing and administration of each Serviced Mortgage Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loans and any related REO Properties (including any interest of the holder of any Companion Loan in the REO Property acquired with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan) will be governed by the PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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The Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan and any related REO Properties (including the issuing entity’s interest in REO Property acquired with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan) will be serviced by the Non-Serviced Master Servicer and the Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the related Non-Serviced PSA in accordance with such Non-Serviced PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

The following summaries describe certain provisions of the PSA relating to the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), the related Serviced Companion Loans and any related REO Properties. Unless otherwise specifically stated and except where the context otherwise indicates (such as with respect to P&I Advances), discussions in this section or in any other section of this prospectus regarding the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans should be read to include the servicing and administration of the related Serviced Companion Loans but not to include the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, the related Non-Serviced Companion Loans and any related REO Property. In the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, certain provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement are described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans” and “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans.

 

Certain provisions of the Non-Serviced PSAs relating to the servicing and administration of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan and the related REO Properties and the related Intercreditor Agreement are summarized under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” below.

 

In general, (i) the master servicer will be responsible for the servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any related Serviced Companion Loans that are non-Specially Serviced Loans (except for Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions, and Special Servicer Major Decisions as to which the processing and/or consent or other involvement of the special servicer is required), and (ii) the special servicer will be responsible for the servicing and administration of Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties and, in certain circumstances, the special servicer will review, evaluate and/or provide or withhold consent or process Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (other than with respect to the processing of matters covered in clause (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of the definition of “Special Servicer Non-Major Decision”) and Special Servicer Major Decisions.

 

The PSA requires the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, to make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the Serviced Companion Loans and to follow the Servicing Standard with respect to such collection procedures. Consistent with the above, the master servicer or the special servicer may, in its discretion, waive any late payment fee or default interest it is entitled to receive in connection with any delinquent Periodic Payment or balloon payment with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan it is servicing.

 

Assignment of the Mortgage Loans

 

The depositor will purchase the Mortgage Loans to be included in the issuing entity on or before the Closing Date from each of the mortgage loan sellers pursuant to a separate MLPAs. See “Transaction Parties—The Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers” and “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”.

 

On the Closing Date, the depositor will sell, transfer or otherwise convey, assign or cause the assignment of the Mortgage Loans, without recourse, together with the depositor’s rights and remedies against the mortgage loan sellers under the MLPAs, to the trustee for the benefit of the holders of the certificates. On or prior to the Closing Date, the depositor will require each mortgage loan seller to deliver to the certificate administrator, in its capacity as custodian, the Mortgage Notes and certain other documents and instruments with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan. The custodian will hold such documents in the name of the issuing entity for the benefit of the holders of the certificates. The custodian is obligated to review certain documents for each Mortgage Loan within 60 days of the Closing Date and report any missing documents or certain types of

 

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document defects to the parties to the PSA and the Directing Holder (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) and the related mortgage loan seller.

 

In addition, pursuant to the related MLPA, each mortgage loan seller will be required to deliver (or cause to be delivered) an electronic copy of the Diligence Files for each of its Mortgage Loans to (or as instructed by) the depositor within 60 days following the Closing Date. The depositor will then be required to deliver to the certificate administrator an electronic copy of such Diligence Files to be posted to the secure data room.

 

Pursuant to the PSA, the depositor will assign to the trustee for the benefit of Certificateholders the representations and warranties made by the mortgage loan sellers to the depositor in the MLPAs and any rights and remedies that the depositor has against the mortgage loan sellers under the MLPAs with respect to any Material Defect. See “—Enforcement of Mortgage Loan Seller’s Obligations Under the MLPA” below and “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”.

 

Servicing Standard

 

The master servicer and the special servicer will each be required to diligently service and administer the Mortgage Loans (excluding the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), any related Serviced Companion Loans and the related REO Properties (other than any REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), for which it is responsible in accordance with applicable law, the terms of the PSA, the Mortgage Loan documents, and the related Intercreditor Agreements and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, in accordance with the higher of the following standards of care:

 

(1)   the same manner in which, and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans for other third-party portfolios, and

 

(2)   the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans owned by the master servicer or the special servicer,

 

as the case may be, with a view to; (A) the timely recovery of all payments of principal and interest under the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans or (B) in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Property, the maximization of timely recovery of principal and interest on a net present value basis on the Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, and the best interests of the issuing entity and the Certificateholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders constituted a single lender) (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the best interests of the issuing entity, the Certificateholders and the holder(s) of the related Companion Loan(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and the holder(s) of the related Companion Loan(s) constituted a single lender, taking into account the subordinate nature of any Subordinate Companion Loan), taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of the related Companion Loan(s)) as determined by the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment, in either case giving due consideration to the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent, institutional commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community mortgage loan servicers, but without regard to any conflict of interest arising from:

 

(A)   any relationship that the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, or any of their respective affiliates, as the case may be, may have with any of the underlying borrowers, the sponsors, the mortgage loan sellers, the originators, any party to the PSA or any affiliate of the foregoing;

 

(B)   the ownership of any certificate (or any interest in any Companion Loan, mezzanine loan or subordinate debt relating to a Mortgage Loan) by the master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, or any of their respective affiliates;

 

(C)   the obligation, if any, of the master servicer to make advances;

 

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(D)   the right of the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, or any of its affiliates to receive compensation or reimbursement of costs under the PSA generally or with respect to any particular transaction;

 

(E)   the ownership, servicing or management for others of any other mortgage loans, subordinate debt, mezzanine loans or properties not covered by the PSA or held by the issuing entity by the master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, or any of its affiliates;

 

(F)   any debt that the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, or any of its affiliates, has extended to any underlying borrower or an affiliate of any borrower (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing);

 

(G)  any option to purchase any Mortgage Loan or the related Companion Loan(s) the master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, or any of its affiliates, may have; and

 

(H)   any obligation of the master servicer, the special servicer or one of their respective affiliates, to repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan as a mortgage loan seller (if the master servicer or the special servicer or one of their respective affiliates is a mortgage loan seller) (the foregoing, collectively referred to as the “Servicing Standard”).

 

All net present value calculations and determinations made under the PSA with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property (including for purposes of the definition of “Servicing Standard” set forth above) will be made in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents or, in the event the Mortgage Loan documents are silent, by using a discount rate (i) for principal and interest payments on the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan(s) or sale of a Defaulted Loan, the highest of (1) the rate determined by the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, that approximates the market rate that would be obtainable by the borrowers on similar non-defaulted debt of the borrowers as of such date of determination, (2) the Mortgage Rate and (3) the yield on 10-year U.S. treasuries as of such date of determination and (ii) for all other cash flows, including property cash flow, the “discount rate” set forth in the most recent appraisal (or updated appraisal) of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

In the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the master servicer and special servicer will be required to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard with respect to any action required to be taken regarding such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to their respective obligations under the PSA.

 

Subservicing

 

The master servicer and the special servicer may delegate and/or assign some or all of their respective servicing obligations and duties with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the Serviced Companion Loans to one or more third-party sub-servicers provided that the master servicer and the special servicer, as applicable, will not thereby be relieved of any of those obligations or duties under the PSA and will remain responsible for the acts or omissions of any such sub-servicers. A sub-servicer may be an affiliate of the depositor, the master servicer or the special servicer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the special servicer may not enter into any sub-servicing agreement which provides for the performance by third parties of any or all of its obligations under the PSA without, with respect to any Mortgage Loan so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the consent of the Directing Holder, except to the extent necessary for the special servicer to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

 

Each sub-servicing agreement between the master servicer or special servicer and a sub-servicer (a “Sub-Servicing Agreement”) will generally be required to provide that (i) if for any reason the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, is no longer acting in that capacity (including, without limitation, by reason of a Servicer Termination Event), the trustee or any successor master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, may assume or terminate such party’s rights and obligations under such Sub-Servicing Agreement and (ii) the sub-servicer will be in default under such Sub-Servicing Agreement and such Sub-Servicing Agreement will be terminated (following the expiration of any applicable grace period)

 

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if the sub-servicer fails (A) to deliver by the due date any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered to the master servicer pursuant to the PSA or such Sub-Servicing Agreement or to the master servicer under any other pooling and servicing agreement that the depositor is a party to, (B) to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or obligations contained in such Sub-Servicing Agreement regarding creating, obtaining or delivering any Exchange Act reporting items required in order for any party to the PSA to perform its obligations under the PSA or under the Exchange Act reporting requirements of any other pooling and servicing agreement that the depositor is a party to or (C) to perform other covenants and obligations set forth in such Sub-Servicing Agreement in accordance with the terms of such Sub-Servicing Agreement. No sub-servicer will be permitted under any Sub-Servicing Agreement to make material servicing decisions, such as loan modifications or determinations as to the manner or timing of enforcing remedies under the Mortgage Loan documents, without the consent of the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable. The master servicer’s consent may also be required for certain other servicing decisions as provided in the related Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

Generally, the master servicer will be solely liable for all fees owed by it to any sub-servicer retained by the master servicer, without regard to whether the master servicer’s compensation pursuant to the PSA is sufficient to pay those fees. Each sub-servicer will be required to be reimbursed by the master servicer for certain expenditures which such sub-servicer makes, generally to the same extent the master servicer would be reimbursed under the PSA.

 

Advances

 

P&I Advances

 

On the business day immediately preceding each Distribution Date (the “Master Servicer Remittance Date”), except as otherwise described below, the master servicer will be obligated, unless determined to be non-recoverable as described below, to make advances (each, a “P&I Advance”) out of its own funds or, subject to the replacement of those funds as provided in the PSA, certain funds held in the Collection Account that are not required to be part of the Available Funds for that Distribution Date, in an amount equal to (but subject to reduction as described below) the aggregate of:

 

(1)   all Periodic Payments (other than any balloon payments) (net of any applicable Servicing Fees (other than, in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the servicing fee rate pursuant to the applicable pooling and servicing agreement)) that were due on the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to any other Companion Loan) during the related Collection Period and not received as of the business day preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date; and

 

(2)   in the case of each Mortgage Loan delinquent in respect of its balloon payment as of the Master Servicer Remittance Date (including any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to any other Companion Loan) as to which the balloon payment would have been past due), an amount equal to its Assumed Scheduled Payment.

 

The master servicer’s obligations to make P&I Advances in respect of any Mortgage Loan (including the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) or REO Loan (other than any portion of a REO Loan related to any other Companion Loan) will continue, except if a determination as to non-recoverability is made, through and up to (but not including) the Distribution Date on which liquidation of the Mortgage Loan or disposition of the REO Property, as the case may be, occurs. However, no interest will accrue on any P&I Advance made with respect to a Mortgage Loan unless the related Periodic Payment is received after the related Due Date has passed and any applicable grace period has expired or if the related Periodic Payment is received after the Determination Date but on or prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date. To the extent that the master servicer fails to make a P&I Advance that it is required to make under the PSA, the trustee will be required to make the required P&I Advance in accordance with the terms of the PSA.

 

If an Appraisal Reduction Amount has been assessed with respect to any Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, an appraisal reduction has been assessed in accordance with the

 

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related Non-Serviced PSA and the master servicer has notice of such Appraisal Reduction Amount), then the interest portion of any P&I Advance in respect of that Mortgage Loan for the related Distribution Date will be reduced (there will be no reduction in the principal portion, if any, of such P&I Advance) to equal the product of (x) the amount of the interest portion of the P&I Advance for that Mortgage Loan for the related Distribution Date without regard to this sentence, and (y) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the Stated Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the related Distribution Date, net of the related Appraisal Reduction Amount (or, in the case of any Whole Loan, the portion of such Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to the related Mortgage Loan), if any, and the denominator of which is equal to the Stated Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan immediately prior to the related Distribution Date.

 

Neither the master servicer nor the trustee will be required to make a P&I Advance for a balloon payment, default interest, late payment charges, yield maintenance charges or prepayment premiums or Excess Interest or with respect to any Companion Loan.

 

Advances are intended to maintain a regular flow of scheduled interest and principal payments to holders of the class or classes of certificates entitled thereto, and are not credit support for the certificates and will not act to guarantee or insure against losses on the mortgage loans or otherwise.

 

With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, if any servicer under the Non-Serviced PSA determines that a P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, if made, would be non-recoverable, such determination will not be binding on the master servicer and the trustee as it relates to any proposed P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, but the master servicer and the trustee may conclusively rely upon any such determination. Similarly, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the master servicer or special servicer determines that any P&I Advance with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, would be non-recoverable, such determination will not be binding on the related master servicer and related trustee under the related Non-Serviced PSA as such determination relates to any proposed P&I Advance with respect to any related Non-Serviced Companion Loan (unless the related Non-Serviced PSA provides otherwise).

 

Servicing Advances

 

In addition to P&I Advances, except as otherwise described under “—Recovery of Advances” below and except in certain limited circumstances described below, the master servicer will also be obligated (subject to the limitations described in this prospectus), to make advances (“Servicing Advances” and, collectively with P&I Advances, “Advances”) in connection with the servicing and administration of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, as applicable, in connection with the servicing and administration of any Mortgaged Property or REO Property, in order to pay delinquent real estate taxes, assessments and hazard insurance premiums and to cover other similar costs and expenses necessary to preserve the priority of or enforce the related Mortgage Loan documents or to protect, lease, manage and maintain the related Mortgaged Property. To the extent that the master servicer fails to make a Servicing Advance that it is required to make under the PSA and the trustee has received notice or otherwise has actual knowledge of this failure, the trustee will be required to make the required Servicing Advance in accordance with the terms of the PSA.

 

However, neither the master servicer nor the trustee will make any Servicing Advance in connection with the exercise of any cure rights or purchase rights granted to the holder of a Serviced Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement or the PSA.

 

The special servicer will have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances, but may make a Servicing Advance on an urgent or emergency basis in its discretion. No Servicing Advances will be made with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan if the related Mortgage Loan is no longer held by the issuing entity or if such Serviced Whole Loan is no longer serviced under the PSA and no Servicing Advances will be made for any Non-Serviced Whole Loan under the PSA. Any requirement of the master servicer or the trustee to make an Advance in the PSA is intended solely to provide liquidity for the benefit of the Certificateholders and not as credit support or otherwise to impose on any such person the risk of loss with respect to one or more Mortgage Loans or the related Companion Loan.

 

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The master servicer will also be obligated to make Servicing Advances with respect to Serviced Whole Loans. With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable servicer under the related Non-Serviced PSA will be obligated to make servicing advances with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” below.

 

Nonrecoverable Advances

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no party to the PSA will be obligated to make any Advance that it determines in its reasonable judgment would, if made, be non-recoverable (including recovery of interest on the Advance) out of Related Proceeds (a “Nonrecoverable Advance”). In addition, the special servicer may, at its option make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard that any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, if made or previously made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, and if it makes such a determination, must deliver to the master servicer, the Directing Holder (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) (and, with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, to any master servicer or special servicer under the PSA governing any securitization trust into which the related Pari Passu Companion Loan is deposited, and, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related master servicer under the related Non-Serviced PSA), the certificate administrator, the trustee, the operating advisor and the 17g-5 Information Provider notice of such determination, which determination may be conclusively relied upon by, and will be binding upon, the master servicer and the trustee. The special servicer will have no such obligation to make an affirmative determination that any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance is, or would be, recoverable, and in the absence of a determination by the special servicer that such an Advance is non-recoverable, each such decision will remain with the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable. If the special servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed P&I Advance or Servicing Advance is non-recoverable, the master servicer and the trustee will have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed P&I Advance or Servicing Advance is non-recoverable.

 

In making such non-recoverability determination, each person will be entitled to consider (among other things): (a) the obligations of the borrower under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, as it may have been modified, (b) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as-is” or then-current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse change with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (c) estimated future expenses, (d) estimated timing of recoveries, and will be entitled to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advances which, at the time of such consideration, the recovery of which are being deferred or delayed by the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable, in light of the fact that Related Proceeds are a source of recovery not only for the Advance under consideration but also a potential source of recovery for such delayed or deferred Advance, and (e) with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, any non-recoverability determination of the other master servicer or other trustee under the related Non-Serviced PSA relating to a principal and interest advance for a Non-Serviced Companion Loan. In addition, any such person may update or change its recoverability determinations (but not reverse any other person’s determination or prohibit any such other authorized person from making a determination, that an Advance is non-recoverable) at any time and may obtain at the expense of the issuing entity any analysis, appraisals or market value estimates or other information for such purposes. Absent bad faith, any non-recoverability determination described in this paragraph will be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders, and may be conclusively relied upon by, and will be binding upon, the master servicer and the trustee. The master servicer and the trustee will be entitled to rely conclusively on any non-recoverability determination of the special servicer. Nonrecoverable Advances will represent a portion of the losses to be borne by the Certificateholders.

 

Recovery of Advances

 

The master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee, as applicable, will be entitled to recover (a) any Servicing Advance made out of its own funds from any amounts collected in respect of a Mortgage Loan (or, consistent with the related Intercreditor Agreement, a Serviced Whole Loan) as to which such

 

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Servicing Advance was made, and (b) any P&I Advance made out of its own funds from any amounts collected in respect of a Mortgage Loan as to which such P&I Advance was made, whether in the form of late payments, insurance and condemnation proceeds, liquidation proceeds or otherwise from the related Mortgage Loan (“Related Proceeds”). Each of the master servicer and the trustee will be entitled to recover any Advance by it that it subsequently determines to be a Nonrecoverable Advance out of general collections relating to the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Collection Account (first from principal collections and then from any other collections). Amounts payable in respect of each Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement will not be available for distributions on the certificates or for the reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances that are P&I Advances of principal or interest with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, but will be available, in accordance with the PSA and related Intercreditor Agreement, for the reimbursement of any Servicing Advances with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to a Servicing Advance on a Serviced Whole Loan, the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable, will be entitled to reimbursement first, out of amounts allocable to any Subordinate Companion Loan(s), then, from amounts that would have been allocable to the holder of the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, on a pro rata basis (based on each such loan’s outstanding principal balance), and then, if the Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, from general collections of the issuing entity; provided that the master servicer will be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, to (i) promptly notify the holder of the related Companion Loan and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the issuing entity the rights of the issuing entity under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Companion Loans from the holders of such Companion Loans.

 

If the funds in the Collection Account relating to the Mortgage Loans allocable to principal on the Mortgage Loans are insufficient to fully reimburse the party entitled to reimbursement, then such party as an accommodation may elect, on a monthly basis, at its sole option and discretion to defer reimbursement of the portion that exceeds such amount allocable to principal (in which case interest will continue to accrue on the unreimbursed portion of the advance) for a time as required to reimburse the excess portion from principal for a consecutive period up to 12 months (provided that any such deferral exceeding 6 months will require, other than during the continuance of any Control Termination Event, the consent of the Directing Holder) and any election to so defer will be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided that no such deferral may occur at any time to the extent that amounts otherwise distributable as principal are available for such reimbursement.

 

In connection with a potential election by the master servicer or the trustee to refrain from the reimbursement of all or a portion of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance during the one month collection period ending on the related Determination Date for any Distribution Date, the master servicer or the trustee will be authorized to wait for principal collections on the Mortgage Loans to be received until the end of such collection period before making its determination of whether to refrain from the reimbursement of all or a portion of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance; provided, however, that if at any time the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable, elects, in its sole discretion, not to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement or otherwise determines that the reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance during a one month collection period will exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections deposited in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date, then the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable, will be required to use reasonable efforts to give the 17g-5 Information Provider 15 days’ notice of such determination for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website, unless extraordinary circumstances make such notice impractical, and thereafter will be required to deliver copies of such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider as soon as practical. Notwithstanding the foregoing, failure to give such notice will in no way affect the master servicer’s or the trustee’s election whether to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement.

 

Each of the master servicer and the trustee will be entitled to recover any Advance that is outstanding at the time that a Mortgage Loan is modified but is not repaid in full by the borrower in connection with such modification but becomes an obligation of the borrower to pay such amounts in the future (such Advance, together with interest on that Advance, a “Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount”) out of principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in the Collection Account. 

 

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Any amount that constitutes all or a portion of any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount may in the future be determined to constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance and thereafter will be recoverable as any other Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

In connection with its recovery of any Advance, each of the master servicer, the special servicer and the trustee will be entitled to be paid, out of any amounts relating to the Mortgage Loans then on deposit in the Collection Account, interest at the Prime Rate, compounded annually (the “Reimbursement Rate”), accrued on the amount of the Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. Neither the master servicer nor the trustee will be entitled to interest on P&I Advances that accrues before the related due date has passed and any applicable grace period has expired. The “Prime Rate” will be the prime rate, for any day, set forth in The Wall Street Journal, New York edition.

 

See “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans” for reimbursements of servicing advances made in respect of each Non-Serviced Whole Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Accounts

 

The master servicer is required to establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or more accounts and subaccounts (collectively, the “Collection Account”) in its own name on behalf of the trustee and for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The master servicer is required to deposit in the Collection Account within two Business Days following receipt of properly identified and available funds all payments and collections due after the Cut-off Date and other amounts received or advanced with respect to the Mortgage Loans (including, without limitation, all proceeds (the “Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds”) received under any hazard, title or other insurance policy that provides coverage with respect to a Mortgaged Property or the related Mortgage Loan or in connection with the full or partial condemnation of a Mortgaged Property (other than proceeds applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the related borrower in accordance with the Servicing Standard (or, if applicable, the special servicer) and/or the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage) and all other amounts received and retained in connection with the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan that is defaulted and any related defaulted Companion Loans or property acquired by foreclosure or otherwise) together with the net operating income (less reasonable reserves for future expenses) derived from the operation of any REO Properties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the collections on the Whole Loans will be limited to the portion of such amounts that are payable to the holder of the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

The master servicer will also be required to establish and maintain a segregated custodial account (the “Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account”) with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, which may be a sub-account or ledger account of the Collection Account, and deposit amounts collected in respect of each Serviced Whole Loan in the related Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account. The issuing entity will only be entitled to amounts on deposit in a Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account to the extent these funds are not otherwise payable to the holder of a related Serviced Companion Loan or payable or reimbursable to any party to the PSA. Any amounts in a Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account to which the issuing entity is entitled will be transferred on a monthly basis to the Collection Account.

 

With respect to each Distribution Date, the master servicer will be required to disburse from the Collection Account and remit to the certificate administrator for deposit into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in respect of the related Mortgage Loans, to the extent of funds on deposit in the Collection Account, on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Available Funds for such Distribution Date and any yield maintenance charges or prepayment premiums received as of the related Determination Date. The certificate administrator is required to establish and maintain various accounts, including a “Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”, an “Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account” and an “Excess Interest Distribution Account”, each of which may be sub-accounts of a single account (collectively, the “Distribution Accounts”), in its own name on behalf of the trustee and for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

 

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On each Distribution Date, the certificate administrator is required to apply amounts on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account (which will include all funds that were remitted by the master servicer from the Collection Account), plus, among other things, any P&I Advances, less amounts, if any, distributable to the Class S and Class R certificates as set forth in the PSA, generally to make distributions of interest and principal from (i) Available Funds to the holders of the Non-VRR Certificates (other than the Class S certificates) and (ii) VRR Available Funds to the holder of the VRR Interest, as described under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions” and “Credit Risk Retention—The VRR Interest”.

 

The certificate administrator is also required to establish and maintain an account (the “Interest Reserve Account”) which may be a sub-account of the Distribution Account, in its own name on behalf of the trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. On the Master Servicer Remittance Date occurring each February and on any Master Servicer Remittance Date occurring in any January which occurs in a year that is not a leap year (in each case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the certificate administrator will be required to deposit amounts remitted by the master servicer or P&I Advances made on the related Mortgage Loans into the Interest Reserve Account during the related interest period, in respect of the Mortgage Loans that accrue interest on an Actual/360 Basis (collectively, the “Actual/360 Loans”), in an amount equal to one day’s interest at the Net Mortgage Rate for each such Actual/360 Loan on its Stated Principal Balance and as of the Distribution Date in the month preceding the month in which the Master Servicer Remittance Date occurs, to the extent a Periodic Payment or P&I Advance or other deposit is made in respect of the Mortgage Loans (all amounts so deposited in any consecutive January (if applicable) and February, “Withheld Amounts”). On the Master Servicer Remittance Date occurring each March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the certificate administrator will be required to withdraw from the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the Withheld Amounts from the preceding January (if applicable) and February, if any, and deposit that amount into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

 

The certificate administrator is also required to establish and maintain an account (the “Excess Interest Distribution Account”), which may be a sub-account of the Distribution Account, in the name of the trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Class S certificates and the VRR Interest. Prior to the applicable Distribution Date, the master servicer is required to remit to the certificate administrator for deposit into the Excess Interest Distribution Account an amount equal to the Excess Interest received by the master servicer on or prior to the related Determination Date.

 

The certificate administrator may be required to establish and maintain an account (the “Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”), which may be a sub-account of the Distribution Account, in its own name on behalf of the trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders. To the extent that any gains are realized on sales of Mortgaged Properties (or, with respect to any Whole Loan, the portion of such amounts that are payable on the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement), such gains will be deposited into the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account. In connection with each Distribution Date, the certificate administrator will be required to determine if the Available Funds for such Distribution Date (determined without regard to the inclusion of any such gains therein) would be sufficient to pay all interest and principal due and owing to, and to reimburse all previously allocated Realized Losses reimbursable to, the holders of the Non-VRR Certificates on such Distribution Date. If the certificate administrator determines that such Available Funds (as so determined) would not be sufficient to make such payments and reimbursements, then the certificate administrator will be required to withdraw from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account an amount (to be included in the Aggregate Available Funds for the related Distribution Date for allocation between the VRR Interest and the Non-VRR Certificates) equal to the lesser of (i) all amounts then on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of the applicable insufficiency and (B) the VRR Allocation Percentage of the amount described in the immediately preceding clause. In addition, holders of the Class R certificates will be entitled to distributions of amounts on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account that exceed amounts reasonably anticipated to be required to offset possible future Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses, as determined by the special servicer from time to time, or that remain after all distributions with respect to the Non-VRR Certificates on the final Distribution Date.

 

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Other accounts to be established pursuant to the PSA are one or more segregated custodial accounts (the “REO Account”) for collections from REO Properties. Each REO Account will be maintained by the special servicer in its own name on behalf of the trustee and for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

 

The Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, and the REO Account are collectively referred to as the “Securitization Accounts” (but with respect to any Whole Loan, only to the extent of the issuing entity’s interest in the Whole Loan). Each of the foregoing accounts will be held at a depository institution or trust company meeting the requirements of the PSA.

 

Amounts on deposit in the foregoing accounts may be invested in certain United States government securities and other investments meeting the requirements of the PSA. Interest or other income earned on funds in the accounts maintained by the master servicer, the certificate administrator or the special servicer, as applicable, if any, will be payable to such person as additional compensation, and such person will be required to bear any losses resulting from their investment of such funds.

 

Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a legal holiday in New York, New York or the principal cities in which the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, the trustee or the certificate administrator conduct servicing, trust administration or surveillance operations or (iii) a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or banking institutions or savings associations in New York, New York, Charlotte, North Carolina, Cleveland, Ohio, Oakland, California, Kansas City, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Overland Park, Kansas, Minneapolis, Minnesota or Columbia, Maryland, or the principal cities in which the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, the trustee or the certificate administrator conduct servicing, trust administration or surveillance operations are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

 

Withdrawals from the Collection Account

 

The master servicer may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Collection Account (or the applicable subaccount of the Collection Account, exclusive of the Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account that may be a subaccount of the Collection Account) for any of the following purposes, in each case only to the extent permitted under the PSA and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loan, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, without duplication (the order set forth below not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals):

 

(i)    to remit on each Master Servicer Remittance Date (A) to the certificate administrator for deposit into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account certain portions of the Available Funds and any prepayment premiums or yield maintenance charges attributable to the Mortgage Loans on the related Distribution Date, (B) to the certificate administrator for deposit into the Excess Interest Distribution Account an amount equal to the Excess Interest received in the applicable one-month period ending on the related Determination Date, if any, or (C) to the certificate administrator for deposit into the Interest Reserve Account an amount required to be withheld as described above under “—Accounts”;

 

(ii)    to pay or reimburse the master servicer, the special servicer and the trustee, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the PSA for Advances made by any of them and interest on Advances (the master servicer’s, special servicer’s or the trustee’s respective right, as applicable, to reimbursement for items described in this clause (ii) being limited as described above under “—Advances”) (provided that with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursements are subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(iii)    to pay to the master servicer and the special servicer, as compensation, the aggregate unpaid servicing compensation;

 

(iv)    to pay itself any Net Prepayment Interest Excess;

 

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(v)    to pay to the operating advisor the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee (but only to the extent actually received from the related borrower) or the Operating Advisor Fee;

 

(vi)    to pay to the asset representations reviewer the unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (to the extent such fee is to be paid by the issuing entity);

 

(vii)    to reimburse the trustee, the special servicer and the master servicer, as applicable, for any Nonrecoverable Advances or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts;

 

(viii)    to reimburse the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee, as applicable, for any unreimbursed expenses reasonably incurred with respect to each related Mortgage Loan that has been repurchased or substituted by such person pursuant to the PSA or otherwise;

 

(ix)    to reimburse the master servicer or the special servicer for any unreimbursed expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the enforcement of the applicable mortgage loan seller’s obligations under the applicable section of the related MLPA;

 

(x)    to pay for any unpaid costs and expenses incurred by the issuing entity;

 

(xi)    to pay the master servicer and the special servicer, as applicable, as additional servicing compensation, (A) interest and investment income earned in respect of amounts relating to the issuing entity held in the Collection Account and the companion loan distribution account (but only to the extent of the net investment earnings during the applicable one month period ending on the related Distribution Date) and (B) certain penalty charges and default interest;

 

(xii)    to recoup any amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error;

 

(xiii)    to the extent not reimbursed or paid pursuant to any of the above clauses, (A) to reimburse or pay the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, the depositor or any of their respective directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, unpaid additional expenses of the issuing entity and certain other unreimbursed expenses incurred by such person pursuant to and to the extent reimbursable under the PSA and to satisfy any indemnification obligations of the issuing entity under the PSA and (B) to reimburse or pay any party to the PSA any unpaid expenses specifically reimbursable from the Collection Account under the PSA;

 

(xiv)    to pay for the cost of the opinions of counsel or the cost of obtaining any extension to the time in which the issuing entity is permitted to hold REO Property;

 

(xv)    to pay any applicable federal, state or local taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC, or any of their assets or transactions, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent that none of the master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator or the trustee is liable under the PSA;

 

(xvi)    to pay the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee;

 

(xvii)    to reimburse the certificate administrator out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for legal expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the issuing entity of any administrative or judicial proceedings related to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority;

 

(xviii)    to pay the applicable mortgage loan seller or any other person, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, if any, previously purchased or replaced by such person pursuant to the PSA, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase or replacement relating to periods after the date of purchase or replacement; and

 

(xix)    to clear and terminate the Collection Account pursuant to a plan for termination and liquidation of the issuing entity.

 

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No amounts payable or reimbursable to the parties to the PSA out of general collections that do not specifically relate to a Serviced Whole Loan may be reimbursable from amounts that would otherwise be payable to the related Companion Loan.

 

Certain costs and expenses (such as a pro rata share of any related Servicing Advances) allocable to the Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan may be paid or reimbursed out of payments and other collections on the other Mortgage Loans, subject to the issuing entity’s right to reimbursement from future payments and other collections on the related Companion Loan or from general collections with respect to the securitization of the related Companion Loan. If the master servicer makes, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, any reimbursement or payment out of the Collection Account to cover the related Serviced Companion Loan’s share of any cost, expense, indemnity, Servicing Advance or interest on such Servicing Advance, or fee with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, then the master servicer must use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amount out of collections on such Serviced Companion Loan or, if and to the extent permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement, from the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan.

 

The master servicer will also be entitled to make withdrawals, from time to time, from the Collection Account of amounts necessary for the payments or reimbursements required to be paid to the parties to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Non-Serviced PSA. See “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans.

 

If a P&I Advance is made with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, then that P&I Advance, together with interest on such P&I Advance, may only be reimbursed out of future payments and collections on that Mortgage Loan or, as and to the extent described under “—Advances” above, on other Mortgage Loans, but not out of payments or other collections on the related Serviced Companion Loan. Likewise, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee and the Operating Advisor Fee that accrue with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan and any other amounts payable to the operating advisor may only be paid out of payments and other collections on such Serviced Mortgage Loan and/or the Mortgage Pool generally, but not out of payments or other collections on the related Pari Passu Companion Loan.

 

Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses

 

General

 

The master servicer, special servicer, certificate administrator, trustee, operating advisor and asset representations reviewer will be entitled to payment of certain fees as compensation for services performed under the PSA. Below is a summary of the fees payable to the master servicer, special servicer, certificate administrator, trustee, operating advisor and (under some circumstances) asset representations reviewer from amounts that the issuing entity is entitled to receive or amounts paid by certain third parties. In addition, CREFC® will be entitled to a license fee for use of their names and trademarks, including the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package. Certain additional fees and costs payable by the related borrowers are allocable to the master servicer, special servicer, trustee, and operating advisor, but such amounts are not payable from amounts that the issuing entity is entitled to receive.

 

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The amounts available for distribution on the certificates on any Distribution Date will generally be net of the following amounts:

 

Type/Recipient

Amount

Frequency

Source of Payment

Fees      
Master Servicing Fee/master servicer The Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or Serviced Companion Loan multiplied by the Servicing Fee Rate calculated on the same basis as interest accrues on the Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or Serviced Companion Loan. Monthly Payment of interest on the related Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or if unpaid after final recovery on the related Mortgage Loan, out of general collections on deposit in the Collection Account with respect to the other Mortgage Loans.
Additional Master Servicing Compensation/master servicer Prepayment interest excess (to the extent any excess exceeds the amount of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls). From time to time Any actual prepayment interest excess.
Additional Master Servicing Compensation/master servicer 100% of any amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds. From time to time The related fees.
Additional Master Servicing Compensation/master servicer All investment income earned on amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and certain custodial and reserve accounts and fees for insufficient funds on returned checks. Monthly The investment income.
Special Servicing Fee/special servicer The Stated Principal Balance of each Specially Serviced Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) and REO Loan multiplied by the Special Servicing Fee Rate calculated on the same basis as interest accrues on the Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, subject to a floor as described under “—Special Servicing Compensation”. Monthly First out of collections on the related Mortgage Loan and REO Loan and then from general collections in the collection account (and custodial account with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), subject to certain limitations.

 

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Amount

Frequency

Source of Payment

Workout Fee/special servicer 1.0% of each collection of principal and interest on each Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan), subject to a cap described under
—Special Servicing Compensation”.
Monthly The related collection of principal or interest.
Liquidation Fee/special servicer 1.0% of each recovery of Liquidation Proceeds, net of certain expenses related to the liquidation and subject to a cap described under
—Special Servicing Compensation”.
Upon receipt of Liquidation Proceeds The related Liquidation Proceeds.
Additional Servicing Compensation/master servicer and/or special servicer All late payment fees and Net Default Interest, Modification Fees, assumption application fees, assumption, waiver consent and earnout fees, defeasance fees, review fees, processing fees, demand fees, beneficiary statement charges and/or other similar items.(1) From time to time The related fees.
  Solely payable to the special servicer, all interest or other income earned on deposits in any REO Account. Monthly The investment income.
Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee/certificate administrator/trustee The Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and REO Loans calculated on the same basis as interest accrues on the Mortgage Loans and REO Loans. Monthly Payment of interest on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan.
Operating Advisor Fee/operating advisor The Operating Advisor Fee Rate multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and the REO Loans (including Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, but excluding any Companion Loans) calculated on the same basis as interest accrued on the Mortgage Loans and REO Loans. Monthly Payment of interest on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan.

 

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Amount

Frequency

Source of Payment

Operating Advisor Consulting Fee/operating advisor A fee in connection with each Major Decision for which the operating advisor has consulting rights equal to $10,000 or such lesser amount as the related borrower pays with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan. From time to time Paid by related borrower.
Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee/asset representations reviewer A reasonable and customary hourly fee, plus any related costs and expenses; provided that such fee will not be greater than the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap. From time to time Payable by the related mortgage loan seller in connection with each Asset Review; provided, however, that if the related mortgage loan seller (i) is insolvent or (ii) at any time after the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such certificates, fails to pay such amount within 90 days of written request by the asset representations reviewer, such fee will be paid by the trust.
CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Amount of interest accrued during an Interest Accrual Period at the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate on the same balance, in the same manner and for the same number of days as interest at the applicable Mortgage Rate accrued with respect to each Mortgage Loan during the related Interest Accrual Period. Monthly Payment of interest on the related Mortgage Loan.

 

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Amount

Frequency

Source of Payment

Expenses      
Reimbursement of Servicing Advances/master servicer/trustee To the extent of funds available, the amount of any Servicing Advances. From time to time Recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, or to the extent that the party making the advance determines it is nonrecoverable, from general collections in the Collection Account (and custodial account with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), subject to certain limitations.
Interest on Servicing Advances/master servicer/trustee At Reimbursement Rate, compounded annually. When Advance is reimbursed First from late payment charges and default interest on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan in excess of the regular interest rate, and then from general collections in the Collection Account (and custodial account with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), subject to certain limitations.
Reimbursement of P&I Advances/master servicer/trustee To the extent of funds available, the amount of any P&I Advances. From time to time Recoveries on the related Mortgage Loan, or to the extent that the party making the advance determines it is nonrecoverable, from general collections in the Collection Account, subject to certain limitations.
Interest on P&I Advances/master servicer/trustee At Reimbursement Rate, compounded annually. When Advance is reimbursed First from late payment charges and default interest on the related Mortgage Loan in excess of the regular interest rate, and then from general collections in the Collection Account from the Mortgage Loan but not any Serviced Companion Loan, subject to certain limitations.

 

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Amount

Frequency

Source of Payment

Expenses, including without limitation, indemnification expenses/trustee, certificate administrator, operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, master servicer and special servicer Amounts for which the trustee, the certificate administrator, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, the master servicer and the special servicer are entitled to indemnification or reimbursement. From time to time General collections in the Collection Account (and custodial account with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), subject to certain limitations, or the Distribution Account.
Expenses of the issuing entity not Advanced (may include environmental remediation, appraisals, expenses of operating REO Property and any independent contractor hired to operate REO Property) Based on third party charges. From time to time First from income on the related REO Property, if applicable, and then from general collections in the Collection Account (and custodial account with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), subject to certain limitations.

 

 

(1)Allocable between the master servicer and the special servicer as provided in the PSA.

 

Pursuant to the PSA, any successor master servicer or special servicer assuming the obligations of the master servicer or special servicer under the PSA generally will be entitled to the compensation to which the master servicer or the special servicer would have been entitled to receive after such successor becomes the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable. If no successor master servicer or special servicer can be obtained to perform such obligations for such compensation, additional amounts payable to such successor master servicer or special servicer will be treated as Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses. The PSA does not provide for any successor trustee to receive compensation in excess of that paid to its predecessor trustee.

 

Net Default Interest” with respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, any default interest accrued on such Mortgage Loan during the preceding Collection Period, less amounts required to pay the master servicer, the special servicer or the trustee, as applicable, interest on the related Advances on the related Mortgage Loan at the Reimbursement Rate and to reimburse the issuing entity for certain additional expenses of the trust on the related Mortgage Loan (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees).

 

Master Servicing Compensation

 

Pursuant to the PSA, the master servicer will be entitled to withdraw the Master Servicing Fee for the Mortgage Loans from the Collection Account. The “Master Servicing Fee” will be payable monthly and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to 0.00125% (the “Master Servicing Fee Rate”) that is a component of the Servicing Fee Rate. The “Servicing Fee” will be payable monthly and will accrue at a percentage rate per annum (the “Servicing Fee Rate”) equal to the Administrative Cost Rate set forth on Annex A-1 under the heading “Administrative Cost Rate”, less the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate, for each Mortgage Loan and will include the Master Servicing Fee and any fee for primary servicing functions payable to the master servicer or the applicable primary servicer. The Servicing Fee will be retained by the master servicer and any other primary servicer from payments and collections (including insurance proceeds, condemnation proceeds and liquidation proceeds) in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan and any REO Loan or REO Property, and to the extent any Servicing Fee remains unpaid at the liquidation of the related Mortgage Loan, from general collections in the Collection Account.

 

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The master servicer will also be entitled to retain as additional servicing compensation with respect to the Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that it is servicing (together with the Master Servicing Fee, “Servicing Compensation”), to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, the related Mortgage Loan documents and any related Intercreditor Agreement, (i) all investment income earned on amounts on deposit in the Collection Account with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing (and with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related separate custodial account) and certain reserve accounts (to the extent consistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents); (ii) 100% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) related to any consents, modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Mortgage Loan (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans, that do not involve a Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision, 50% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) related to any consents, modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Mortgage Loan (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans that involve one or more Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (whether or not processed by the special servicer) (provided, however, that the master servicer will receive 0% of any Modification Fees in connection with a COVID Modification), 100% of any defeasance fees (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee will not include the special servicer’s portion of any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that the special servicer is entitled to under the PSA), 100% of assumption fees or processing fees with respect to Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) which do not involve a Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision, 50% of assumption fees with respect to Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) which involve a Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision (whether or not processed by the special servicer), 100% of beneficiary statement charges to the extent such beneficiary statements are prepared by the master servicer (but not including prepayment premiums or yield maintenance charges) on all Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans, 100% of assumption application fees with respect to Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) for which the master servicer is processing the underlying assumption related transaction (whether or not the consent of the special servicer is required) and 0% of any such fee with respect to Specially Serviced Loans; (iii) Net Prepayment Interest Excess, if any; (iv) 100% of charges for checks returned for insufficient funds (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Specially Serviced Loan); (v) Net Default Interest and any late payment fees that accrued during a Collection Period on any Mortgage Loan (and the related Serviced Companion Loans, if applicable) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans to the extent collected by the issuing entity and remaining after application thereof to reimburse interest on Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan and to reimburse the issuing entity for certain expenses of the issuing entity relating to such Mortgage Loan; and (vi) (A) with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans, 100% of any fee paid in connection with any Master Servicer Non-Major Decision and to the extent not expressly provided above, 50% of any fee paid in connection with any Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision (provided, however, that the master servicer will receive 0% of any Modification Fees in connection with a COVID Modification) and (B) with respect to Specially Serviced Loans, 0% of any such fees. If a Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, the special servicer will be entitled to the full amount of any and all Modification Fees, or assumption fees or any other fees, as described below under “—Special Servicing Compensation”.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the master servicer and the special servicer will each be entitled to charge reasonable review fees in connection with any borrower request.

 

With respect to any of the fees as to which both the master servicer and the special servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof (other than a split fee with respect to penalty charges), the master servicer and the special servicer will each have the right in their sole discretion, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided that (A) neither the master servicer nor the special servicer will have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any such fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either the master servicer or the special servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any such fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge its respective portion of such fee will not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the master servicer decides not to charge any fee (other than penalty charges), the special servicer will nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which

 

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the special servicer would have been entitled if the master servicer had charged a fee and the master servicer will not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the special servicer. If the special servicer decides not to charge any fee (other than penalty charges), the master servicer will nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the master servicer would have been entitled if the special servicer had charged a fee and the special servicer will not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the master servicer.

 

If the master servicer resigns or is terminated as the master servicer, then it will be entitled to retain the related excess servicing strip, except to the extent that any portion of such excess servicing strip is needed to compensate any replacement master servicer for assuming the duties of the master servicer, as the master servicer under the PSA. In the event that the master servicer resigns or is terminated as a primary servicer, it will be entitled to retain its primary servicing fee with respect to those underlying mortgage loans for which it is primary servicer, except to the extent that any such portion of such primary servicing fee is needed to compensate any replacement primary servicer for assuming the duties of the master servicer as a primary servicer under the PSA. The initial master servicer will be entitled to transfer any such excess servicing strip and/or primary servicing fees that may be retained by it in connection with its resignation or termination.

 

In connection with the Prepayment Interest Shortfall amount, the master servicer will be obligated to reduce its Servicing Compensation as provided under “Description of the Certificates—Prepayment Interest Shortfalls”.

 

The master servicer will pay all of its overhead expenses incurred in connection with its responsibilities under the PSA (subject to reimbursement to the extent and as described in the PSA).

 

Special Servicing Compensation

 

Pursuant to the PSA, the special servicer will be entitled to certain fees for the Mortgage Loans that it is special servicing including the Special Servicing Fee, the Workout Fee and the Liquidation Fee. The special servicer will not be entitled to retain any portion of the Excess Interest paid on any ARD Loan.

 

The “Special Servicing Fee” will accrue with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan at the Special Servicing Fee Rate calculated on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as applicable.

 

The “Special Servicing Fee Rate” means (a) 0.25% per annum or (b) if such rate in clause (a) would result in a Special Servicing Fee with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan that would be less than $5,000 in any given month, then the Special Servicing Fee Rate for such month for such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan will be the higher per annum rate as would result in a Special Servicing Fee equal to $5,000 for such month with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan.

 

A “Workout Fee” will in general be payable with respect to each Corrected Loan and will be payable by the issuing entity out of each collection of interest and principal (including scheduled payments, prepayments (provided that a repurchase or substitution by a mortgage loan seller of a Mortgage Loan due to a Material Defect will not be considered a prepayment for purposes of this definition), balloon payments and payments at maturity, but excluding late payment charges, default interest and Excess Interest) received on the related Specially Serviced Loan that becomes a Corrected Loan, for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan, in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) 1.0% of each such collection of interest and principal and (2) $1,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to any particular workout of a Specially Serviced Loan; provided that no Workout Fee will be payable by the issuing entity with respect to any Corrected Loan if and to the extent that the Corrected Loan became a Specially Serviced Loan under clause (iii) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” and no event of default actually occurs, unless the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan is modified by the special servicer in accordance with the terms of the PSA or the Mortgage Loan subsequently qualifies as a Specially Serviced Loan for a reason other than under clause (iii) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan”; provided, further, that if a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan only because of an event described in clause (i) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” and the related collection of

 

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principal and interest is received within 4 months following the related maturity date as a result of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan being refinanced or otherwise repaid in full, the special servicer will not be entitled to collect a Workout Fee out of the proceeds received in connection with such workout if such fee would reduce the amount available for distributions to Certificateholders, but the special servicer may collect from the related borrower and retain (x) a workout fee, (y) such other fees as are provided for in the related Mortgage Loan documents and (z) other appropriate fees in connection with such workout; provided, further, however, that in the event the Workout Fee collected over the course of such workout calculated at 1.0% is less than $25,000, then the special servicer will be entitled to an amount from the final payment on the related Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) that would result in the total Workout Fees payable to the special servicer in respect of that Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) to be $25,000. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the total amount of Workout Fees payable by the issuing entity with respect to such Corrected Loan and with respect to any particular workout (assuming, for the purposes of this calculation, that such Corrected Loan continues to perform throughout its term in accordance with the terms of the related workout) will be reduced by the amount of any and all related Offsetting Modification Fees received by the special servicer as additional servicing compensation relating to that Corrected Loan; provided that the special servicer will be entitled to collect such Workout Fees from the issuing entity until such time it has been fully paid such reduced amount. In addition, the Workout Fee will be subject to the cap described below.

 

The Workout Fee with respect to any such Corrected Loan will cease to be payable if such Corrected Loan again becomes a Specially Serviced Loan or if the related Mortgaged Property later becomes an REO Property; provided that a new Workout Fee will become payable if and when such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan again becomes a Corrected Loan.

 

If the special servicer is terminated (other than for cause) or resigns with respect to any or all of its servicing duties, it will retain the right to receive any and all Workout Fees payable with respect to each Corrected Loan during the period that it had responsibility for servicing such Specially Serviced Loan when it became a Corrected Loan (or for any Specially Serviced Loan that had not yet become a Corrected Loan because as of the time that the special servicer is terminated the borrower has not made three consecutive monthly debt service payments and subsequently the Specially Serviced Loan becomes a Corrected Loan) at the time of such termination or resignation (and the successor special servicer will not be entitled to any portion of such Workout Fees), in each case until the Workout Fee for any such Corrected Loan ceases to be payable in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

 

A “Liquidation Fee” will be payable by the issuing entity to the special servicer, except as otherwise described below, with respect to (i) each Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, (ii) each Mortgage Loan repurchased by a mortgage loan seller or other applicable party or that is subject to a Loss of Value Payment or (iii) each defaulted mortgage loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan sold by the special servicer in accordance with the PSA, in each case, as to which the special servicer obtains a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related borrower, a loan purchaser or which is repurchased by the related mortgage loan seller outside the applicable cure period, as applicable, and, except as otherwise described below, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property as to which the special servicer recovered any proceeds (“Liquidation Proceeds”). The Liquidation Fee will be payable from the related payment or proceeds in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) 1.0% of such payment or proceeds (exclusive of any portion of such amount that represents penalty charges) (or, if such rate would result in an aggregate Liquidation Fee of less than $25,000, then such higher rate as would result in an aggregate Liquidation Fee equal to $25,000) and (2) $1,000,000; provided that the total amount of a Liquidation Fee payable by the issuing entity with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, REO Loan or Mortgage Loan in connection with any particular liquidation (or partial liquidation) will be reduced by the amount of any and all related Offsetting Modification Fees received by the special servicer as additional servicing compensation relating to that Specially Serviced Loan, REO Loan or Mortgage Loan. In addition, the Liquidation Fee will be subject to the cap described below.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary described above, no Liquidation Fee will be payable based on, or out of, Liquidation Proceeds received in connection with:

 

the purchase of any Defaulted Loan by the special servicer, the Directing Holder or any Companion Loan Holder or any of their respective affiliates (except in the case of the Directing Holder (or its affiliate), if such purchase occurs within 90 days after the transfer of the Defaulted Loan to special servicing),

 

the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan by the Sole Certificateholder, the Certificateholder owning a majority of the percentage interest of the then Controlling Class, the special servicer or the master servicer in connection with the termination of the issuing entity,

 

a repurchase or replacement of a Mortgage Loan by a mortgage loan seller due to a breach of a representation or warranty or a document defect in the mortgage file prior to the expiration of certain cure periods (including any applicable extension thereof) set forth in the PSA,

 

with respect to (A) an AB Whole Loan, the purchase of such AB Whole Loan by the holders of a Subordinate Companion Loan or (B) any Mortgage Loan that is subject to mezzanine indebtedness, the purchase of such Mortgage Loan by the holder of the related mezzanine loan, in each case described in clause (A) or (B) above, within 90 days after the first time that such holder’s option to purchase such Mortgage Loan becomes exercisable; provided that even if the purchase occurs before such expiration the Liquidation Fee will be payable to the extent paid by, and collected from, the related borrower or the related mezzanine lender,

 

with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan that is subject to another securitization, (A) a repurchase or replacement of such Serviced Companion Loan by the applicable mortgage loan seller due to a breach of a representation or warranty or a document defect under the related Non-Serviced PSA for the trust that owns such Serviced Companion Loan prior to the expiration of the cure period (including any applicable extension thereof) set forth therein, or (B) a purchase of the Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to a clean-up call or similar liquidation under the related Non-Serviced PSA for the trust that owns such Serviced Companion Loan,

 

the purchase of the related Mortgage Loan by the related Companion Loan Holder pursuant to the related intercreditor agreement or co-lender agreement within 90 days after the first time that such holder’s option to purchase such Mortgage Loan becomes exercisable,

 

a Loss of Value Payment by a mortgage loan seller, if such payment is made prior to the expiration of certain cure periods (including any applicable extension thereof) set forth in the PSA; provided that, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan and any related Loss of Value Payment made after such periods, a Liquidation Fee will only be payable to the special servicer the extent that (i) the special servicer is enforcing the related mortgage loan seller’s obligations under the applicable MLPA with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan and (ii) the related Liquidation Fee is not otherwise required to be paid to the special servicer engaged with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan securitization trust or otherwise prohibited from being paid to the special servicer (in each case, under the related pooling and servicing agreement governing the securitization trust that includes such Serviced Companion Loan), and

 

if a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan only because of an event described in clause (i) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” as a result of a payment default at maturity and the related Liquidation Proceeds are received within 3 months following the related maturity date as a result of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan being refinanced or otherwise repaid in full (provided that the special servicer may collect from the related borrower and retain (x) a liquidation fee, (y) such other fees as are provided for in the related Mortgage Loan documents and (z) other appropriate fees in connection with such liquidation).

 

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If, however, Liquidation Proceeds are received with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan as to which the special servicer is properly entitled to a Workout Fee, such Workout Fee will be payable based on and out of the portion of such Liquidation Proceeds that constitute principal and/or interest. The special servicer, however, will only be entitled to receive a Liquidation Fee or a Workout Fee, but not both, with respect to Liquidation Proceeds received on any Mortgage Loan or Specially Serviced Loan.

 

If the special servicer is terminated or resigns, and prior to or subsequent to such resignation or termination, either (A) a Specially Serviced Loan was liquidated or is modified pursuant to an action plan submitted by the initial special servicer and approved (or deemed approved) by the Directing Holder or the special servicer has determined to grant a forbearance, or (B) a Specially Serviced Loan being monitored by the special servicer subsequently became a Corrected Loan, then in either such event the special servicer (and not the successor special servicer) will be paid the related Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee, as applicable.

 

The total amount of Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees that are payable by the issuing entity with respect to each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Loan throughout the period such Mortgage Loan or the Mortgage Loan relating to such Serviced Whole Loan (or REO Loan) is an asset of the issuing entity will be subject to an aggregate cap of $1,000,000. For the purposes of determining whether any such cap has been reached with respect to a special servicer and a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Loan, only the Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees paid to such special servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Loan will be taken into account, and any Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees for any other Mortgage Loans, Serviced Whole Loans or REO Loans will not be taken into account (and any Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees paid to a predecessor or successor special servicer will also not be taken into account).

 

In addition, the special servicer will also be entitled to retain, as additional servicing compensation:

 

100% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) related to Specially Serviced Loans and 100% of any Modification Fees in connection with a COVID Modification,

 

50% of any Modification Fees (other than Modification Fees related to a COVID Modification) and consent fees (or similar fees) related to any consents, modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans that involve one or more Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (whether or not processed by the special servicer),

 

100% of any assumption fees or processing fees on Specially Serviced Loans,

 

50% of assumption fees or processing fees with respect to Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans that involve a Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision (whether or not processed by the special servicer),

 

100% of assumption application fees received with respect to the Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) for which the special servicer is processing the underlying assumption related transaction,

 

100% of beneficiary statement charges, demand fees or similar items to the extent such beneficiary statements are prepared by the special servicer (but not including prepayment premiums or yield maintenance charges),

 

any interest or other income earned on deposits in the REO Accounts,

 

Net Default Interest and any late payment fees that accrued during a Collection Period on any Specially Serviced Loan to the extent collected by the issuing entity and remaining after application thereof during such Collection Period to reimburse interest on Advances with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan and to reimburse the issuing entity for certain expenses of the issuing entity with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan; provided, however, that with respect

 

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to a Mortgage Loan that has a related Serviced Companion Loan, Net Default Interest and late payment fees will be allocated as provided in and subject to the terms of the related intercreditor agreement and the applicable pooling and servicing agreement, and

 

(A) with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans, 0% of any fee paid in connection with any Master Servicer Non-Major Decision and to the extent not expressly provided above, 50% of any fee paid in connection with any Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision and (B) with respect to Specially Serviced Loans, 100% of any such fees and 100% of any Modification Fees in connection with a COVID Modification.

 

Modification Fees” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, any and all fees with respect to a modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment that modifies, restructures, extends, amends or waives any term of the related Mortgage Loan documents (as evidenced by a signed writing) agreed to by the master servicer or the special servicer (other than all assumption fees, consent fees, assumption application fees, defeasance fees and similar fees). For each modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment in connection with the working out of a Specially Serviced Loan, the Modification Fees collected from the related borrower will be subject to a cap of 1% of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan on the closing date of the related modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment (prior to giving effect to such modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment); provided that no aggregate cap exists in connection with the amount of Modification Fees which may be collected from the borrower with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan.

 

Sole Certificateholder” is any Certificateholder (or Certificateholders, provided that they act in unanimity) holding 100% of the then-outstanding certificates (including certificates with Certificate Balances that have been actually or notionally reduced by any Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, or Appraisal Reduction Amounts, but excluding the Class S and Class R certificates) or an assignment of the Voting Rights thereof; provided that the Certificate Balances or the Notional Amounts of the Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D certificates and the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class  A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E certificates have been reduced to zero.

 

Offsetting Modification Fees” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Whole Loan or REO Loan and with respect to any Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee payable by the issuing entity, any and all Modification Fees collected by the special servicer as additional servicing compensation, but only to the extent that (1) such Modification Fees were earned and collected by the special servicer (A) in connection with the workout or liquidation (including partial liquidation) of a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan as to which the subject Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee became payable or (B) in connection with any workout of a Specially Serviced Loan that closed within the prior 18 months (determined as of the closing day of the workout or liquidation as to which the subject Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee became payable) and (2) such Modification Fees were earned in connection with a modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Loan at a time when such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan.

 

The PSA will provide that the special servicer and its affiliates will be prohibited from receiving or retaining any compensation or any other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) from any person (including, without limitation, the issuing entity, any borrower, any manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan and any purchaser of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable), the management or disposition of any REO Property, or the performance of any other special servicing duties under the PSA, other than Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees and compensation and other remuneration expressly provided for in the PSA.

 

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Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees” means any commercially reasonable treasury management fees, banking fees, property condition report fees, customary title agent fees and insurance commissions and fees received or retained by the special servicer or any of its affiliates in connection with any services performed by such party with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property.

 

Disclosable Special Servicer Fees

 

The PSA will provide that, with respect to each Collection Period, the special servicer must deliver or cause to be delivered to the master servicer within 2 business days following the Determination Date, and the master servicer will deliver, to the extent it has received, to the certificate administrator, without charge and on the same day as the master servicer is required to deliver the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package for such Distribution Date, an electronic report which discloses and contains an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the special servicer or any of its affiliates during the related Collection Period. Such report may omit any such information that has previously been delivered to the certificate administrator by the master servicer or the special servicer. No such report will be due in any month during which no Disclosable Special Servicer Fees were received.

 

Disclosable Special Servicer Fees” means, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property, any compensation and other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, and as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) received or retained by the special servicer or any of its affiliates that is paid by any person (including, without limitation, the issuing entity, any borrower, any manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and any purchaser of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, the management or disposition of any REO Property, and the performance by the special servicer or any such affiliate of any other special servicing duties under the PSA; provided that any compensation and other remuneration that the master servicer or the certificate administrator is permitted to receive or retain pursuant to the terms of the PSA in connection with its respective duties in such capacity as master servicer or certificate administrator under the PSA will not be Disclosable Special Servicer Fees.

 

Certificate Administrator and Trustee Compensation

 

As compensation for the performance of its routine duties, the trustee and certificate administrator will be paid a fee (collectively, the “Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee”). The Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee will be payable monthly from amounts received in respect of interest on each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (prior to application of such interest payments to make payments on the certificates) and will accrue at a rate (the “Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate”), equal to 0.00976% per annum, and will be computed on the same accrual basis as interest accrues on the related Mortgage Loan and REO Loan and based on the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan as of the Due Date in the immediately preceding Collection Period. The Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee will be paid to the certificate administrator and the certificate administrator will be required to remit to the trustee the trustee fee in accordance with the terms of the PSA from the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee. In addition, the trustee and certificate administrator will each be entitled to recover from the issuing entity all reasonable unanticipated expenses and disbursements incurred or made by such party in accordance with any of the provisions of the PSA, but not including routine expenses incurred in the ordinary course of performing its duties as trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, under the PSA, and not including any expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its willful misconduct, negligence, fraud or bad faith.

 

Operating Advisor Compensation

 

An operating advisor fee (the “Operating Advisor Fee”) will be payable to the operating advisor monthly from amounts received with respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (including Non-

 

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Serviced Mortgage Loans, but excluding any Companion Loans) and will accrue at a rate equal to the applicable Operating Advisor Fee Rate with respect to each such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan on the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan and will be calculated on the same interest accrual basis as the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan and prorated for any partial periods.

 

The “Operating Advisor Fee Rate” for each Interest Accrual Period is a per annum rate equal to 0.00220% with respect to each such Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (including Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans but excluding any Companion Loans).

 

An Operating Advisor Consulting Fee will be payable to the operating advisor with respect to each Major Decision on which the operating advisor has consultation rights. The “Operating Advisor Consulting Fee” will be a fee for each such Major Decision equal to $10,000 (or, such lesser amount as the related borrower pays) with respect to any Mortgage Loan; provided that the operating advisor may in its sole discretion reduce the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Major Decision.

 

Each of the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee will be payable from funds on deposit in the Collection Account out of amounts otherwise available to make distributions on the certificates, but with respect to the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee only to the extent that such fee is actually received from the related borrower. If the operating advisor has consultation rights with respect to a Major Decision, the PSA will require the master servicer or the special servicer processing the Major Decision to use efforts to collect the applicable Operating Advisor Consulting Fee from the related borrower in connection with such Major Decision that are consistent with the efforts that the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, would use to collect any borrower-paid fees not specified in the related loan documents owed to it in accordance with the Servicing Standard, but only to the extent not prohibited by the related loan documents; but in no event may take any enforcement action with respect to the collection of such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee other than requests for collection. The master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, will each be permitted to waive or reduce the amount of any such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related borrower if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard provided that the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will be required to consult on a non-binding basis with the operating advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction.

 

In addition to the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee, the operating advisor will be entitled to reimbursement of Operating Advisor Expenses in accordance with the terms of the PSA. “Operating Advisor Expenses” for each Distribution Date will equal any unreimbursed indemnification amounts or additional trust fund expenses payable to the operating advisor pursuant to the PSA (other than the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee).

 

Similar fees and/or fee provisions to those described above will be (or are expected to be) payable to the applicable operating advisor (if any) under each Non-Serviced PSA with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, although there may be differences in the calculations of such fees.

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Compensation

 

With respect to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, the asset representations reviewer will be entitled to a fee that is a reasonable and customary hourly fee charged by the asset representations reviewer for similar consulting assignments at the time of such review and any related costs and expenses; provided that the total payment to the asset representations reviewer will not be greater than the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”).

 

With respect to an individual Asset Review Trigger and the Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent Loans and are subject to an Asset Review (the “Subject Loans”), the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap” will equal the sum of: (i) $9,500 multiplied by the number of Subject Loans, plus (ii) $1,500 per Mortgaged Property relating to the Subject Loans in excess of one Mortgaged Property per Subject Loan, plus (iii) $1,000 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a ground lease, plus (iv) $1,000 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a franchise agreement, hotel

 

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management agreement or hotel license agreement, subject, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iv), to adjustments on the basis of the year-end Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or other similar index if the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers is no longer calculated, for the year of the Closing Date and for the year of the occurrence of the Asset Review.

 

Similar fees and/or fee provisions to those described above will be (or are expected to be) payable to the applicable asset representations reviewer (if any) under each Non-Serviced PSA with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, although there may be differences in the calculations of such fees.

 

The related mortgage loan seller with respect to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review will be required to pay the portion of the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee attributable to the Delinquent Loan contributed by it, as allocated on the basis of the hourly charges and costs and expenses incurred with respect to its related Delinquent Loans; provided that if the total charge for the asset representations reviewer on an hourly fee plus costs and expenses basis would exceed the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap, each mortgage loan seller’s required payment will be reduced pro rata according to its proportion of the total charges until the aggregate amount owed by all mortgage loan sellers is equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap; provided, however, that if the related mortgage loan seller (i) is insolvent or (ii) at any time after the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Realized Losses to such certificates, fails to pay such amount within 90 days of written request by the asset representations reviewer following its completion of the applicable Asset Review, such fee will be paid by the trust following delivery by the asset representations reviewer of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, of such insolvency or failure to pay such amount; provided, further, that notwithstanding any payment of such fee by the issuing entity to the asset representations reviewer, such fee will remain an obligation of the related mortgage loan seller and the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will be required, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, to pursue remedies against such mortgage loan seller in order to seek recovery of such amounts from such mortgage loan seller or its insolvency estate. The Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to a Delinquent Loan is required to be included in the Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a completed Asset Review and that is repurchased by the related mortgage loan seller.

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee will be paid to CREFC® on a monthly basis.

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee” with respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Serviced Companion Loan) and for any Distribution Date is the amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts will be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest payment due or deemed due on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is computed and will be prorated for partial periods. The CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee is a fee payable to CREFC® for a license to use the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package in connection with the servicing and administration, including delivery of periodic reports to the Certificateholders, of the issuing entity pursuant to the PSA. No CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee will be paid on any Companion Loan.

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate” with respect to each Mortgage Loan is a rate equal to 0.00050% per annum.

 

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Appraisal Reduction Amounts

 

After an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, an Appraisal Reduction Amount is required to be calculated. An “Appraisal Reduction Event” will occur on the earliest of:

 

(i)    the date on which such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Modified Mortgage Loan (as defined below),

 

(ii)    the 120th day following the occurrence of any uncured delinquency in Periodic Payments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan,

 

(iii)    (x) the 30th day following the date on which the related borrower has filed a bankruptcy petition, (y) the 30th day following the date on which a receiver is appointed and continues in such capacity in respect of a Mortgaged Property securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or (z) the 60th day following the related borrower becomes the subject of involuntary bankruptcy proceedings and such proceedings are not dismissed in respect of a Mortgaged Property securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan,

 

(iv)    the date on which the Mortgaged Property securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes an REO Property, and

 

(v)    a payment default has occurred with respect to the related balloon payment; provided, however, that if (A) the related borrower is diligently seeking a refinancing or sale of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties and delivers, on or prior to the related maturity date or extended maturity date, a statement to that effect, and delivers, within 30 days following the related maturity date or extended maturity date, a refinancing commitment, letter of intent or otherwise binding application for refinancing from an acceptable lender or a signed purchase agreement reasonably acceptable to the special servicer (who will be required to promptly deliver a copy to the master servicer, the operating advisor and the Directing Holder (but only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing)), (B) the related borrower continues to make its Assumed Scheduled Payment, and (C) no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred with respect to that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, then an Appraisal Reduction Event will not occur until the earlier of (1) 120 days beyond the related maturity date or extended maturity date and (2) the termination of the refinancing commitment, letter of intent, otherwise binding application for refinancing or signed purchase agreement.

 

A “Modified Mortgage Loan” is any Specially Serviced Loan which has been modified by the special servicer in a manner that: (a) reduces or delays the amount or timing of any payment of principal or interest due thereon (other than, or in addition to, bringing current Periodic Payments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan), including any reduction in the Periodic Payment; (b) except as expressly contemplated by the related mortgage, results in a release of the lien of the mortgage on any material portion of the related Mortgaged Property without a corresponding principal prepayment in an amount not less than the fair market value (as-is) of the property to be released; or (c) in the reasonable good faith judgment of the special servicer, otherwise materially impairs the value of the security for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or reduces the likelihood of timely payment of amounts due thereon.

 

No Appraisal Reduction Event may occur at any time when the Certificate Balances of all classes of Subordinate Certificates have been reduced to zero.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event, no event, circumstance or action that has occurred or will occur with respect to a COVID Modified Loan (other than an event described in clauses (iii) or (iv) of the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event) or the entry into of a COVID Modification Agreement will constitute an Appraisal Reduction Event, but only if, and for so long as, the related borrower and each related obligor is in compliance with the terms of the related COVID Modification Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event a borrower fails to comply with the

 

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terms of a COVID Modification Agreement (as determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard), a determination as to whether any applicable event specified in the preceding sentence constitutes an Appraisal Reduction Event will be made as though the COVID Modification never occurred; provided, however, if, pursuant to this sentence, an Appraisal Reduction Event is determined to occur prior to the date of such borrower’s failure, then such Appraisal Reduction Event will be deemed to occur on the date of such borrower’s failure.

 

The “COVID-19 Emergency” means the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).

 

A “COVID Modification” means a modification of, or forbearance or waiver in respect of, a Mortgage Loan that satisfies each of the following conditions:

 

(i)    prior to the modification or forbearance or waiver, the related borrower certified to the Special Servicer that it is seeking limited relief from the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents because it is experiencing a financial hardship due, directly or indirectly, to the COVID-19 Emergency;

 

(ii)    the related modification or forbearance or waiver provides for (a) the temporary forbearance, waiver or deferral with respect to payment obligations or operating covenants, (b) the temporary alternative use of funds on deposit in any reserve account or escrow account for any purpose other than the explicit purpose provided for in the related Mortgage Loan documents, or (c) such other modifications, forbearance or waiver that is related or incidental to clause (a) or clause (b) as may be reasonably determined by the special servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard to address a financial hardship due, directly or indirectly, to the COVID-19 Emergency;

 

(iii)    the related COVID Modification Agreement is entered into prior to the date that is nine months following the Closing Date;

 

(iv)    if a default or event of default existed under the Mortgage Loan prior to the modification or forbearance or waiver, the related COVID Modification Agreement provides that such default or event of default is cured or deemed no longer outstanding;

 

(v)    any COVID Modification Agreement (a) does not defer more than 3 monthly debt service payments under the Mortgage Loan, and (b) requires that any payments deferred in accordance with clause (ii)(a) above or reserve or escrow amounts used for alternate purposes in accordance with clause (ii)(b) above are repaid or restored in full within 12 months of the date of the first COVID Modification Agreement with respect to such Mortgage Loan; and

 

(vi)    the related COVID Modification Agreement may (but will not be required to) provide that (a) the Mortgage Loan will be full recourse to the borrower (and that such recourse obligation is a guaranteed obligation under the related borrower sponsor guaranty) if the certification described in clause (i) is false or misleading, and/or (b) that a cash trap or sweep event will be deemed to have occurred under the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents.

 

A “COVID Modification Agreement” means the agreement or agreements pursuant to which a COVID Modification is effected.

 

A “COVID Modified Loan” means a Serviced Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, any related Serviced Companion Loan, that is subject to a COVID Modification.

 

The “Appraisal Reduction Amount” for any Distribution Date and for any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan as to which any Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, will be an amount, calculated by the master servicer (and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, in consultation with the Directing Holder and, during the continuance of a Control Termination

 

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Event, in consultation with the operating advisor), as of the first Determination Date that is at least 10 business days following the later of (i) the date the master servicer receives from the special servicer the related appraisal or the special servicer’s Small Loan Appraisal Estimate and (ii) the occurrence of such Appraisal Reduction Event equal to the excess of:

 

(a)   the Stated Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan or the Stated Principal Balance of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, over

 

(b)   the excess of:

 

(i)    the sum of:

 

90% of the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property as determined (A) by one or more MAI appraisals obtained by the special servicer with respect to that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with an outstanding principal balance equal to or in excess of $2,000,000 (the costs of which will be paid by the master servicer as a Servicing Advance), minus such downward adjustments as the special servicer may make (without implying any obligation to do so) based upon its review of the appraisals and any other information it deems relevant, or (B) by an internal valuation performed by the special servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with an outstanding principal balance less than $2,000,000;

 

all escrows, letters of credit and reserves in respect of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as of the date of calculation; and

 

all insurance and casualty proceeds and condemnation awards that constitute collateral for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan; over

 

(ii)    the sum as of the Due Date occurring in the month of the date of determination of:

 

to the extent not previously advanced by the master servicer or the trustee, all unpaid interest due on that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan at a per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate (and any accrued and unpaid interest on any Subordinate Companion Loan);

 

all P&I Advances on the related Mortgage Loan and all Servicing Advances on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan not reimbursed from the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and interest on those Advances at the Reimbursement Rate in respect of that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

 

all currently due and unpaid real estate taxes and assessments, insurance premiums and ground rents, unpaid Special Servicing Fees and all other amounts due and unpaid (including any capitalized interest whether or not then due and payable) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan (which tax, premiums, ground rents and other amounts have not been the subject of an Advance by the master servicer or the trustee, as applicable); and

 

any other unpaid additional expenses of the issuing entity in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Each Serviced Whole Loan will be treated as a single Mortgage Loan for purposes of calculating an Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan, as applicable, that comprise such Serviced Whole Loan. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of any Serviced Whole Loan with a Pari Passu Companion Loan will be allocated in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, pro rata, between the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan based upon their respective Stated Principal Balances.

 

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The special servicer will be required to, with respect to a Mortgage Loan having a Stated Principal Balance of $2,000,000 or higher, order and use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain an appraisal, and with respect to a Mortgage Loan having a Stated Principal Balance of less than $2,000,000, conduct a valuation (such valuation, a “Small Loan Appraisal Estimate”) or order and use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain an appraisal, within 60 days of the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event (or in the case of an Appraisal Reduction Event occurring by reason of clause (ii) of the definition thereof, within 30 days of the Appraisal Reduction Event) (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan). On the first Determination Date occurring on or after the tenth business day following the later of (i) the date the master servicer receives from the special servicer the related appraisal or the special servicer’s Small Loan Appraisal Estimate and (ii) the occurrence of such Appraisal Reduction Event, the master servicer will be required to calculate and report to the special servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator, the operating advisor and, prior to the occurrence of any Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), the Appraisal Reduction Amount, taking into account the results of such appraisal or valuation and receipt of information reasonably requested by the master servicer from the special servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the special servicer, necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. Such report will also be forwarded by the master servicer, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer of such securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold, or to the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan by the master servicer.

 

In the event that the special servicer has not received any required MAI appraisal within 60 days after the Appraisal Reduction Event (or, in the case of an appraisal in connection with an Appraisal Reduction Event described in clause (ii) of the definition of Appraisal Reduction Event above, within 30 days), the Appraisal Reduction Amount will be deemed to be an amount equal to 25% of the current Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) until an MAI appraisal is received by the special servicer. The Appraisal Reduction Amount is calculated as of the first Determination Date that is at least ten business days after the later of (i) the special servicer’s delivery of such MAI appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate to the master servicer and (ii) the occurrence of such Appraisal Reduction Event. The special servicer, upon reasonable request, will be required to deliver to the master servicer any information in the special servicer’s possession reasonably required to determine, redetermine, calculate or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount.

 

Other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, contemporaneously with the earliest of (i) the effective date of any modification of the maturity date or extended maturity date, Mortgage Rate, principal balance or amortization terms of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other term thereof, any extension of the maturity date or extended maturity date of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or consent to the release of any Mortgaged Property or REO Property from the lien of the related Mortgage other than pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan; (ii) the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event; (iii) a default in the payment of a balloon payment for which an extension has not been granted; or (iv) the date on which the special servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, requests an Updated Appraisal, the special servicer will be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an Updated Appraisal (or a letter update for an existing appraisal which is less than two years old) of the Mortgaged Property or REO Property, as the case may be, from an independent MAI appraiser (an “Updated Appraisal”) or a Small Loan Appraisal Estimate, as applicable, in each case within 60 days of such request, provided that, the special servicer will not be required to obtain an Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate of any Mortgaged Property with respect to which there exists an appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate which is less than nine months old.

 

For so long as a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, the special servicer is required within 30 days of the end of each 9-month period following the related Appraisal Reduction Event to use commercially reasonable efforts to order an appraisal (which may be an update of a prior appraisal), the cost of which will be paid by the master servicer as a Servicing Advance (or to the extent it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, an expense of the issuing entity paid out of the Collection Account), or to conduct an internal valuation, as applicable. Based upon the appraisal or valuation and

 

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receipt of information reasonably requested by the master servicer from the special servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the special servicer, necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount, the master servicer is required to determine or redetermine, as applicable, and report to the special servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator, the operating advisor and, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder, the calculated or recalculated amount of the Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable. Such report will also be forwarded to the holder of any related Companion Loan by the master servicer. With respect to any Mortgage Loan, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the special servicer will consult with the Directing Holder, with respect to any appraisal, valuation or downward adjustment in connection with an Appraisal Reduction Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the special servicer will not be required to obtain an appraisal or valuation with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is the subject of an Appraisal Reduction Event to the extent the special servicer has obtained an appraisal or valuation with respect to the related Mortgaged Property within the 9-month period prior to the occurrence of the Appraisal Reduction Event. Instead, the master servicer may use the prior appraisal or valuation in calculating any Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is subject to the provisions in the related Non-Serviced PSA relating to appraisal reductions that are similar, but not necessarily identical, to the provisions described above. The existence of an appraisal reduction under the related Non-Serviced PSA in respect of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will proportionately reduce the master servicer’s or the trustee’s, as the case may be, obligation to make P&I Advances on a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and will generally have the effect of reducing the amount otherwise available for distributions to the Certificateholders. Pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA, each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will be treated together with each related Non-Serviced Companion Loan as a single Mortgage Loan for purposes of calculating an appraisal reduction amount with respect to the loans that comprise such Non-Serviced Whole Loan. Any appraisal reduction calculated with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan will generally be allocated first, to any Subordinate Companion Loan and then, to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the Non-Serviced Companion Loan, on a pro rata basis based upon their respective outstanding principal balances.

 

If any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan previously subject to an Appraisal Reduction Amount that becomes a Corrected Loan, and with respect to which no other Appraisal Reduction Event is continuing, the Appraisal Reduction Amount and the related Appraisal Reduction Event will cease to exist.

 

As a result of calculating one or more Appraisal Reduction Amounts (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, to the extent allocated in the related Mortgage Loan), the amount of any required P&I Advance will be reduced, which will have the effect of reducing the amount of interest available to the VRR Interest (to the extent of the VRR Percentage of the reduction in such P&I Advance), on the one hand, and to the most subordinate class of certificates then-outstanding (i.e., first, to the Class H certificates, second, to the Class G certificates, third, to the Class F certificates, fourth, to the Class E certificates, fifth, to the Class D certificates, sixth, to the Class C certificates, seventh, to the Class B certificates, eighth, to the Class A-M certificates, and finally, pro rata based on their respective interest entitlements, to the Senior Certificates to the extent of the Non-VRR Percentage of the reduction in such P&I Advance), on the other hand. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances”.

 

As of the first Determination Date following a Serviced Mortgage Loan becoming an AB Modified Loan, the master servicer will be required to calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent appraisal obtained by the special servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by the master servicer that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, the master servicer will be required to (i) promptly request from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee the most recent appraisal with respect to such AB Modified Loan, in addition to all other information reasonably required by the master servicer to calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency

 

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Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, and (ii) as of the first Determination Date following receipt by the master servicer of the appraisal and any other information set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) that the master servicer reasonably expects to receive, calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent appraisal obtained by the Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by any other party to the PSA that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, such party will be required to promptly notify the master servicer thereof. The special servicer, upon reasonable prior written request, will provide the master servicer with information in its possession that is reasonably required to calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount. None of the special servicer, the trustee or the certificate administrator will calculate or verify any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

 

A “Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount” as of any date of determination, is equal to the sum of (i) all Appraisal Reduction Amounts then in effect, and (ii) with respect to any AB Modified Loan, any Collateral Deficiency Amount then in effect. The certificate administrator will be entitled to conclusively rely on the master servicer’s calculation or determination of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount.

 

AB Modified Loan” means any Corrected Loan (1) that became a Corrected Loan (which includes for purposes of this definition any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that became a “corrected loan” (or any term substantially similar thereto) pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA) due to a modification thereto that resulted in the creation of an A/B note structure (or similar structure) and as to which the new junior note(s) did not previously exist or the principal amount of the new junior note(s) was previously part of either an A note held by the issuing entity or the original unmodified Mortgage Loan and (2) as to which an Appraisal Reduction Amount is not in effect.

 

Collateral Deficiency Amount” means, with respect to any AB Modified Loan as of any date of determination, the excess of (i) the Stated Principal Balance of such AB Modified Loan (taking into account the related junior note(s) included therein), over (ii) the sum of (in the case of a Whole Loan, solely to the extent allocable to the subject Mortgage Loan) (x) the most recent Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, plus (y) solely to the extent not reflected or taken into account in such Appraised Value and to the extent on deposit with, or otherwise under the control of, the lender as of the date of such determination, any capital or additional collateral contributed by the related borrower at the time the Mortgage Loan became (and as part of the modification related to) such AB Modified Loan for the benefit of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties (provided that in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the amounts set forth in this clause (y) will be taken into account solely to the extent relevant information is received by the master servicer), plus (z) any other escrows or reserves (in addition to any amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clause (y)) held by the lender in respect of such AB Modified Loan as of the date of such determination. The certificate administrator will be entitled to conclusively rely on the master servicer’s calculation or determination of any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

 

For purposes of determining the Non-Reduced Certificates, the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event is continuing, the VRR Percentage of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts will be allocated to the VRR Interest to notionally reduce (to not less than zero) the Certificate Balance thereof, and the Non-VRR Percentage of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts will be allocated to each class of Principal Balance Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance thereof until the related Certificate Balance of each such class is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class H certificates, second, to the Class G certificates, third, to the Class F certificates, fourth, to the Class E certificates, fifth, to the Class D certificates, sixth, to the Class C certificates, seventh, to the Class B certificates, eighth, to the Class A-M certificates, and finally, pro rata based on their respective interest entitlements, to the Senior Certificates). In addition, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event is continuing, the Non-VRR Percentage of Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to a related AB Modified Loan will be allocated to each class of Control Eligible Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance thereof until the related Certificate Balance of each such class is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class H certificates,

 

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second, to the Class G certificates, and third, to the Class F certificates). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event is continuing, any class of Control Eligible Certificates will be allocated the Non-VRR Percentage of both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts, as described in this paragraph.

 

With respect to (i) any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for purposes of determining the Non-Reduced Certificates and (ii) any Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated for purposes of determining the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event is continuing, the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property will be determined on an “as-is” basis. The master servicer will be required to promptly notify the certificate administrator and the special servicer of (i) any Appraisal Reduction Amount, (ii) any Collateral Deficiency Amount, and (iii) any resulting Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount, and the certificate administrator will be required to promptly post notice of such Appraisal Reduction Amount, Collateral Deficiency Amount and/or Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount, as applicable, to the certificate administrator’s website.

 

Any class of Control Eligible Certificates, the Certificate Balance of which (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts or Collateral Deficiency Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such class) has been reduced to less than 25% of its initial Certificate Balance, is referred to as an “Appraised-Out Class”. The holders of the majority (by Certificate Balance) of an Appraised-Out Class will have the right, at their sole expense, to require the special servicer to order a supplemental appraisal of any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount (such holders, the “Requesting Holders”). The special servicer will use its reasonable efforts to obtain an appraisal prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser reasonably acceptable to the special servicer within 60 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request. Upon receipt of such supplemental appraisal, the special servicer will be required to determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, whether based on its assessment of such supplemental appraisal, any recalculation of the applicable Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount is warranted and, if so warranted, the master servicer will recalculate such Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based upon such supplemental appraisal and receipt of information reasonably requested by the master servicer from the special servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the special servicer, to make such recalculation. If required by any such recalculation, the applicable Appraised-Out Class will be reinstated as the Controlling Class and each other Appraised-Out Class will, if applicable, have its related Certificate Balance notionally restored to the extent required by such recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, if applicable.

 

In addition, the Requesting Holders of any Appraised-Out Class will have the right, at their sole expense, to require the special servicer to order an additional appraisal of any Serviced Mortgage Loan for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount if an event has occurred at, or with regard to, the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties that would have a material effect on its appraised value, and the special servicer is required to use reasonable efforts to obtain an appraisal from an MAI appraiser reasonably acceptable to the special servicer within 60 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request; provided that the special servicer will not be required to obtain such appraisal if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that no events at, or with regard to, the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties have occurred that would have a material effect on the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. The right of the holders of an Appraised-Out Class to require the special servicer to order an additional appraisal as described in this paragraph will be limited to no more frequently than once in any 9-month period with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

 

Any Appraised-Out Class for which the Requesting Holders are challenging the master servicer’s Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount determination may not exercise any direction, control, consent and/or similar rights of the Controlling Class until such time, if any, as such class is reinstated as the Controlling Class. The rights of the Controlling Class will be exercised by the next most senior Control Eligible Certificates, if any, during such period.

 

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With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related directing holder will be subject to provisions similar to those described above. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” below. With respect to an AB Whole Loan, the holder of the related Subordinate Companion Loan may in certain circumstances post collateral to avoid a change of control as described in “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans”.

 

Maintenance of Insurance

 

In the case of each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (but excluding any Serviced Mortgage Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property has become an REO Property), the master servicer will be required to use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related borrower to maintain the following insurance coverage (including identifying the extent to which such borrower is maintaining insurance coverage and, if such borrower does not so maintain, the master servicer will be required to itself cause to be maintained) for the related Mortgaged Property: (a) except where the Mortgage Loan documents permit a borrower to rely on self-insurance provided by a tenant, a fire and casualty extended coverage insurance policy that does not provide for reduction due to depreciation, in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of the full replacement cost of the improvements securing the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan or the Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, but, in any event, in an amount sufficient to avoid the application of any co-insurance clause, and (b) all other insurance coverage as is required (including, but not limited to, coverage for acts of terrorism), subject to applicable law, under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing,

 

(i)    the master servicer will not be required to maintain any earthquake or environmental insurance policy on any Mortgaged Property unless the trustee has an insurable interest and such insurance policy was (x) in effect at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan or the Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or (y) required by the related Mortgage Loan documents and is available at commercially reasonable rates; provided that the master servicer will be required to require the related borrower to maintain such insurance in the amount, in the case of clause (x), maintained at origination, and in the case of clause (y), required by such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, in each case, to the extent such amounts are available at commercially reasonable rates and to the extent the trustee has an insurable interest;

 

(ii)    if and to the extent that any Mortgage Loan document grants the lender thereunder any discretion (by way of consent, approval or otherwise) as to the insurance provider from whom the related borrower is to obtain the requisite insurance coverage, the master servicer must (to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard) require the related borrower to obtain the requisite insurance coverage from qualified insurers that meet the required ratings set forth in the PSA;

 

(iii)    the master servicer will have no obligation beyond using its reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to enforce those insurance requirements against any borrower; provided that this will not limit the master servicer’s obligation to obtain and maintain a force-placed insurance policy as set forth in the PSA;

 

(iv)    except as provided below, in no event will the master servicer be required to cause the borrower to maintain, or itself obtain, insurance coverage to the extent that the failure of such borrower to maintain insurance coverage is an Acceptable Insurance Default (as determined by the special servicer subject to the discussion under “—The Directing Holder” and “—The Operating Advisor” below);

 

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(v)    to the extent the master servicer itself is required to maintain insurance that the borrower does not maintain, the master servicer will not be required to maintain insurance other than what is available on a force-placed basis at commercially reasonable rates, and only to the extent the issuing entity as lender has an insurable interest thereon; and

 

(vi)    any explicit terrorism insurance requirements contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents are required to be enforced by the master servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard (unless the special servicer, with the consent of, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder, and after consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Operating Advisor in accordance with the PSA, has consented to a waiver (including a waiver to permit the master servicer to accept insurance that does not comply with specific requirements contained in the Mortgage Loan documents) in writing of that provision in accordance with the Servicing Standard); provided that the special servicer will be required to promptly notify the master servicer in writing of such waiver.

 

With respect to each REO Property, the special servicer will generally be required to use reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to maintain with an insurer meeting certain criteria set forth in the PSA (subject to the right of the special servicer to direct the master servicer to make a Servicing Advance for the costs associated with coverage that the special servicer determines to maintain, in which case the master servicer will be required to make that Servicing Advance (subject to the recoverability determination and Servicing Advance procedures described above under “—Advances”)) to the extent reasonably available at commercially reasonable rates and to the extent the trustee has an insurable interest (a) a fire and casualty extended coverage insurance policy, which does not provide for reduction due to depreciation, in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of the full replacement value of the Mortgaged Property or the Stated Principal Balance of the Serviced Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (or such greater amount of coverage required by the related Mortgage Loan documents (unless such amount is not available or, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder has consented to a lower amount)), but, in any event, in an amount sufficient to avoid the application of any co-insurance clause, (b) a comprehensive general liability insurance policy with coverage comparable to that which would be required under prudent lending requirements and in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and (c) to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, a business interruption or rental loss insurance covering revenues or rents for a period of at least 12 months. However, the special servicer will not be required in any event to maintain or obtain insurance coverage described in this paragraph beyond what is reasonably available at commercially reasonable rates and consistent with the Servicing Standard, and in no case will any such insurance be an expense of the special servicer.

 

If either (x) the master servicer or the special servicer obtains and maintains, or causes to be obtained and maintained, a blanket policy or master force-placed policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the Serviced Whole Loans and the REO Properties, as applicable, as to which it is the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, then, to the extent such policy (i) is obtained from an insurer meeting certain criteria set forth in the PSA, and (ii) provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required or (y) the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, meeting the ratings requirements of the Rating Agencies set forth in the PSA, and the master servicer or the special servicer self-insures for its obligation to maintain the individual policies otherwise required, then the master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, will conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause hazard insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties or REO Properties, as applicable. Such a blanket or master force-placed policy may contain a deductible clause (not in excess of a customary amount), in which case the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, that maintains such policy will be required, if there has not been maintained on any Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or REO Property thereunder a hazard insurance policy complying with the requirements described above, and there has been one or more losses that would have been covered by such an individual policy, to promptly deposit into the Collection Account (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related separate custodial account), from its own funds, the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket or master force-placed policy in connection with such loss or losses because of such deductible

 

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clause to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan (or, in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation for an individual policy which is consistent with the Servicing Standard).

 

With respect to the payment of insurance premiums and delinquent tax assessments, in the event that the master servicer determines that a Servicing Advance of such amounts would be non-recoverable, that master servicer will be required to notify the trustee, the certificate administrator and the special servicer of such determination. Upon receipt of such notice, the master servicer (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan) and the special servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property) will be required to determine (with the reasonable assistance of the master servicer) whether or not payment of such amount (i) is necessary to preserve the related Mortgaged Property and (ii) would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders (and in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan holder constituted a single lender). If the master servicer or the special servicer determines that such payment (i) is necessary to preserve the related Mortgaged Property and (ii) would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Companion Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Holders, the special servicer (in the case of a determination by the special servicer) will be required to direct the master servicer to make such payment, who will then be required to make such payment from the Collection Account (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related custodial account) to the extent of available funds.

 

No pool insurance policy, special hazard insurance policy, bankruptcy bond, repurchase bond or certificate guarantee insurance will be maintained with respect to the Mortgage Loans or any Serviced Whole Loan, nor will any Mortgage Loan be subject to Federal Housing Administration insurance.

 

Acceptable Insurance Default” means, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, any default arising by reason of the failure of the related borrower to maintain standard extended coverage casualty insurance or other insurance that covers acts of terrorism, as to which the special servicer has determined, in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and (i) unless a Control Termination Event is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder (or, if a Control Termination Event is continuing, but no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, after consulting with the Directing Holder) and (ii) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, after non-binding consultation with the Risk Retention Consultation Party in accordance with the PSA (but, in either case, other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is an Excluded Loan as to any such party)), that either:

 

(x)       such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates and the subject hazards are not at the time commonly insured against for properties similar to the Mortgaged Property and located in or around the geographic region in which such Mortgaged Property is located (but only by reference to such insurance that has been obtained by such owners at current market rates), or

 

(y)       such insurance is not available at any rate;

 

provided that the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, will not have more than 30 days to respond to the master servicer’s or the special servicer’s, as applicable, request for such consent or consultation, as applicable; provided, further, that upon the master servicer’s or the special servicer’s, as applicable, determination, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that exigent circumstances do not allow the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, to consult with the Directing Holder, or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, as applicable, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will not be required to do so.

 

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During the period that the master servicer or the special servicer is evaluating the availability of such insurance, or waiting for a response from the Directing Holder or to consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party, neither the master servicer nor the special servicer will be liable for any loss related to its failure to require the borrower to maintain such insurance and neither will be in default of its obligations as a result of such failure unless the master servicer or the special servicer is required to take any immediate action pursuant to the Servicing Standard and other servicing requirements under the PSA as described under “—The Directing Holder—Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event” and “—Servicing Override”.

 

Modifications, Waivers and Amendments

 

The PSA will permit (a) as to Mortgage Loans that are non-Specially Serviced Loans and actions that do not involve Special Servicer Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (other than the items listed in clauses (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of the definition of “Special Servicer Non-Major Decision”, which the master servicer will process, subject to special servicer consent or deemed consent as provided in the PSA), the master servicer, or (b)(i) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or (ii) as to Special Servicer Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (other than the items listed in clauses (c)(i) and clause (c)(ii) of the definition of “Special Servicer Non-Major Decision”, which the master servicer will process, subject to special servicer consent or deemed consent as provided in the PSA) irrespective of whether such Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, the special servicer, in each case subject to the rights of the Directing Holder and, after consultation with the operating advisor to the extent described under “—The Operating Advisor”, to modify, waive, amend, consent or take such other action with respect to any term of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan if such modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action (c)(i) is consistent with the Servicing Standard and (ii) would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to Treasury regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise (A) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or (B) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the issuing entity (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Code Section 860F(a)(2) and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Code Section 860G(d), but not including the tax on “net income from foreclosure property” under Code Section 860G(c)).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the master servicer and special servicer may mutually agree as provided in the PSA that the master servicer will process any of the foregoing matters that are Special Servicer Major Decisions (other than a COVID Modification) or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan.

 

In connection with (i) the release of a Mortgaged Property or any portion of a Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage or (ii) the taking of a Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property securing the Non-Serviced Whole Loan) or any portion of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, if the related Mortgage Loan documents require the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, to calculate (or to approve the calculation of the related borrower of) the loan to value ratio of the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties or the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, for purposes of REMIC qualification of the related Mortgage Loan, then such calculation will exclude the value of personal property and going concern value, if any.

 

In no event, however, may the master servicer or the special servicer extend the maturity of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Specially Serviced Loan to a date occurring later than the earlier of (A) five years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and (B) if the Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Specially Serviced Loan is secured solely or primarily by a ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease), the date 20 years prior to the expiration of the term of such ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease)(or 10 years prior to the expiration of such lease if the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, gives due consideration to the remaining term of

 

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the ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease) and such extension is in the best interest of the Certificateholders and if a Serviced Companion Loan is involved, the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan holder constituted a single lender) and, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder).

 

In addition, neither the master servicer nor the special servicer may permit any borrower to add or substitute any collateral for an outstanding Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, which collateral constitutes real property, unless the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, receives a Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

The special servicer will process (unless the special servicer and the master servicer mutually agree that the master servicer will process, as further described below) and consent to or refuse consent to, as applicable, all Special Servicer Major Decisions and Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions. The special servicer will also be required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder, and will be required to consult with the operating advisor, in connection with any Special Servicer Major Decision to the extent described under “—The Directing Holder” and “—The Operating Advisor”.

 

In addition, with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the following actions will be subject to the special servicer’s processing and consent or, if mutually agreed to by the special servicer and the master servicer, the master servicer will be required to process such request subject to the consent of the special servicer as further described below (each of the following, a “Special Servicer Non-Major Decision”):

 

(a)   approving leases, lease modifications or amendments or any requests for subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements for leases in excess of the lesser of (i) 30,000 square feet and (ii) 30% of the net rentable area at the related Mortgaged Property;

 

(b)   approving material rights-of-way and material easements, and consent to subordination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to such material rights-of-way or easements;

 

(c)   agreeing to any modification, waiver, consent or amendment of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in connection with a defeasance if such proposed modification, waiver, consent or amendment is with respect to (i) a waiver of a mortgage loan event of default (but excluding non-monetary events of default other than defaults relating to transfers of interest in the borrower or the existing collateral or material modifications of the existing collateral), (ii) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (iii) a modification that would permit a principal prepayment instead of defeasance if the applicable loan documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment; provided that the foregoing is not otherwise a Major Decision;

 

(d)   approving any waiver regarding the receipt of financial statements that involves permitting delivery of financial statements less than quarterly or more than 60 days after the end of the calendar quarter;

 

(e)   any requests for the disbursement of (i) earnouts or holdback amounts with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan that is not otherwise a Major Decision and (ii) amounts from (A) any escrow accounts, reserve accounts, letters of credit or other collateral related to hospitality property improvement plans or (B) earnout or performance escrows, reserves or holdbacks, in the case of clause (ii)(A) and (ii)(B), relating to certain Mortgage Loans set forth in an exhibit to the PSA;

 

(f)     approving any proposed modification or waiver of any material provision in the related loan documents governing the type, nature or amount of insurance coverage required to be obtained and maintained by the related borrower;

 

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(g)   approving any casualty insurance settlements or condemnation settlements, and determining whether to apply casualty proceeds or condemnation awards to the reduction of the debt rather than to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property;

 

(h)   approving annual budgets for the related Mortgaged Property if the budget provides for (x) increases in operating expenses equal to or more than 110% of the amount budgeted therefor for the prior year and (y) payments to a borrower affiliate;

 

(i)     agreeing to any modification or amendment to any ground lease or any subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement relating to any ground lease or any entry into a new ground lease with respect to a Mortgaged Property or determining whether to cure any default by a borrower under a ground lease;

 

(j)     approving any transfers of an interest in the borrower, unless such transfer (i) is permitted under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents without the exercise of any lender approval or discretion other than confirming the satisfaction of the other conditions to the transfer set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents that do not include any other approval or exercise of discretion, including a consent to transfer to any subsidiary or affiliate of such borrower or to a person acquiring less than a majority interest in such borrower, and (ii) does not involve incurring new mezzanine financing or a change in control of the borrower;

 

(k)   any consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the borrower where (i) such transfer may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related loan agreement, (ii) the loan documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where lender discretion is not necessary in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions; and

 

(l)     any consent to the incurrence of additional debt where (i) such incurrence of debt may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related loan agreement, (ii) the loan documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where lender discretion is not necessary in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions;

 

provided, however, that with respect to clauses (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of this definition the master servicer will be required to evaluate and process requests for any modifications described in such clauses and obtain the consent or deemed consent of the special servicer as provided in the PSA.

 

Upon receiving a request for any matter described in this section that constitutes a Special Servicer Non-Major Decision or a Special Servicer Major Decision with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan, the master servicer will be required to forward such request to the special servicer and, unless the master servicer and the special servicer mutually agree that the master servicer will process such request, the special servicer will be required to process such request and the master servicer will have no further obligation with respect to such request or the Special Servicer Non-Major Decision or Special Servicer Major Decision other than providing the special servicer with any reasonably requested information or documentation. In addition, the master servicer will be required to provide the special servicer with any notice that it receives relating to a default by the borrower under a ground lease where the collateral for the Mortgage Loan is the ground lease, and the special servicer will determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether to cure any borrower defaults relating to ground leases.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the master servicer and special servicer may mutually agree as provided in the PSA that the master servicer will process any of the foregoing matters (as well as any Special Servicer Major Decision) with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). If the master servicer and special servicer mutually agree that the master servicer will process a Special Servicer Non-Major Decision, the master servicer will be required to obtain the special servicer’s prior consent to such Special Servicer Non-Major Decision.

 

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The special servicer is also required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder, and will be required to consult with the operating advisor in connection with any modification, waiver or amendment with regard to any Specially Serviced Loan to the extent described under “—The Directing Holder” and “—The Operating Advisor” in this prospectus. When the special servicer’s consent is required and the master servicer processing such request is recommending approval with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the master servicer will be required to forward to the special servicer the written request from the borrower for modification, waiver or amendment, accompanied by the master servicer’s recommendation and analysis and the master servicer is required to provide the special servicer with any and all information in the master servicer’s possession that the special servicer may reasonably request to grant or withhold such consent. When the special servicer’s consent is required under the PSA, such consent will be deemed given 15 business days (or, in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 90 days) after receipt (unless earlier objected to) by the special servicer from the master servicer of the master servicer’s written analysis and recommendation with respect to such proposed Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision together with such other information reasonably required by the special servicer and reasonably available to the master servicer.

 

Borrowers may request payment forbearance because of COVID-19 related financial hardship. The special servicer will be allowed to grant a forbearance on a Mortgage Loan related to the global COVID-19 emergency only if (i) prior to the 2021 calendar year, the period of forbearance granted, when added to any prior periods of forbearance granted before or after the issuing entity acquired such Mortgage Loan (whether or not such prior grants of forbearance were specifically covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26), does not exceed six months (or such longer period of time as may be allowed by future guidance that is binding on federal income tax authorities) and such forbearance is specifically covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26, (ii) such forbearance is permitted under another provision of the PSA (including forbearances due to default or reasonably foreseeable default) and the requirements under such provision are satisfied, or (iii) an opinion of counsel is delivered to the effect that such forbearance will not result in an adverse REMIC event. See the discussion of Revenue Procedure 2020-26 under the caption “Tax Matters and Changes in Tax Law May Adversely Impact the Mortgage Loans or Your Investment.”

 

The master servicer will process and consent to or refuse consent to, as applicable, all Master Servicer Major Decisions and Master Servicer Non-Major Decisions with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). The master servicer will also be required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder, and will be required to consult with the operating advisor, in connection with any Master Servicer Major Decision with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), to the extent described under “—The Directing Holder” and “—The Operating Advisor”. With respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the master servicer will be required to process and consent to any action that is a Master Servicer Major Decision or a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision (which consist of the following actions (each of the following, a “Master Servicer Non-Major Decision”):

 

(a)   approving leases, lease modifications or amendments or any requests for subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements for leases (i) equal to or less than the lesser of (A) 30,000 square feet and (B) 30% of the net rentable area at the related Mortgaged Property and (ii) which are not ground leases;

 

(b)   approving any waiver regarding the receipt of financial statements if such waiver does not involve permitting delivery of financial statements less than quarterly or more than 60 days after the end of the calendar quarter;

 

(c)   approving annual budgets for the related Mortgaged Property so long as the budget does not provide for (x) increases in operating expenses equal to or more than 110% of the amount budgeted therefor for the prior year and (y) payments to a borrower affiliate;

 

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(d)   approving immaterial rights-of-way and immaterial easements, and consent to subordination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to such immaterial rights-of-way or easements;

 

(e)   any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any immaterial non-monetary term (excluding the timing of payments but including late payment charges or default interest) of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan;

 

(f)     other than with respect to reserves and escrows which are addressed in clause (h) below, any release of collateral or any acceptance of substitute or additional collateral for a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any consent to either of the foregoing, to the extent the foregoing is not otherwise a Major Decision;

 

(g)   any property management company changes with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (i) with a principal balance less than or equal to $2,500,000 or (ii) where the property management company will not be an affiliate of the related borrower following such change;

 

(h)   releases or substitutions of any amounts from any escrow accounts, reserve accounts, letters of credit or collateral, if required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and for which no lender discretion is required and other than those set forth in an exhibit to the PSA;

 

(i)     any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a borrower from liability under a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan if (i) such action may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related loan agreement, (ii) the loan documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where lender discretion is not necessary in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions;

 

(j)     any modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement, participation agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender, holder of a Companion Loan or other subordinate debt holder related to a Mortgage Loan (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent consent rights with respect to such modification, waiver or amendment are granted to the holder of the Companion Loan or other subordinate debt under the related agreement) or such Serviced Whole Loan, or an action to enforce rights with respect thereto, to the extent the foregoing is not otherwise a Major Decision; and

 

(k)   any other action that does not constitute a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Non-Major Decision.

 

The master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, is required to notify the trustee, the certificate administrator, the Directing Holder (other than during the period when a Consultation Termination Event is continuing), the operating advisor (only if a Control Termination Event is continuing), the depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who will promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website), in writing, of any modification, waiver, material consent or amendment of any term of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan processed by such servicer and the date of the modification and deliver a copy to the custodian for deposit in the related mortgage file, an original counterpart of the agreement relating to such modification, waiver, material consent or amendment, promptly (and in any event within 10 business days) following the execution of the agreement. With respect to certain Master Servicer Non-Major Decisions, the PSA may provide that the master servicer will be required to deliver prior written notice to the special servicer and the Directing Holder.

 

Any fees or other charges charged by the special servicer in connection with processing any COVID Modification or related COVID Modification Agreement with respect to any COVID Modified Loan (in the aggregate with any other COVID Modification or COVID Modification Agreement with respect to such COVID Modified Loan) may not exceed an amount equal to $45,000 (plus reasonable and customary

 

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attorney’s fees and expenses, out of pocket third party fees and expenses and filing fees) and may only be borne by the borrower, not the issuing entity. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a borrower default under a COVID Modification Agreement, the fee cap will only apply to the initial processing of such COVID Modification Agreement, and, in such event,  the Special Servicer will be entitled to all fees that would be payable to it pursuant to the terms of the PSA with respect to further servicing actions with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable.

 

Any modification, extension, waiver or amendment of the payment terms of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan will be required to be structured so as to be consistent with the allocation and payment priorities in the related Mortgage Loan documents and intercreditor agreement, if any, such that neither the issuing entity as holder of the Mortgage Loan nor a holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan gains a priority over the other such holder that is not reflected in the related Mortgage Loan documents and intercreditor agreement. Neither the master servicer nor the special servicer may enter into any modification, waiver, amendment, work-out, consent or approval with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, restructure any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, or restructure any borrower equity (in each case, including, without limitation, by way of the application of credits, discounts, forgiveness or otherwise) in a manner that would be inconsistent with the allocation and payment priorities described under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Application Priority of Mortgage Loan Collections or Whole Loan Collections” or in the related Intercreditor Agreement (if any).

 

Any modification, waiver or amendment with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan may be subject to the consent of one or more holders of a related Serviced Companion Loan and the special servicer as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”.

 

See also “—The Directing Holder” and “—The Operating Advisor” for a description of the Directing Holder’s and the operating advisor’s rights with respect to modifications, waivers and amendments and reviewing and approving the Asset Status Report.

 

Mortgage Loans with “Due-on-Sale” and “Due-on-Encumbrance” Provisions

 

The special servicer (other than with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan involving a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision) will be responsible for determining whether to enforce any “due-on-sale” clauses contained in the Mortgage Loan documents or to provide its consent to any assumption and for the handling of all related processing and documentation, or, if mutually agreed to by the master servicer and the special servicer, the master servicer will be required to process such request subject to the consent of the special servicer. The special servicer will not be required to enforce any such “due-on-sale” clauses and in connection therewith will not be required to (1) accelerate the payments on that Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan, as applicable, or (2) withhold its consent to any sale or transfer, if (x) such provision is not exercisable under applicable law or if the special servicer determines that the enforcement of such provision is reasonably likely to result in meritorious legal action by the borrower or (y) the special servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that granting such consent would be likely to result in a greater recovery, on a present value basis (discounting at the related Mortgage Rate or other applicable discount rate), than would enforcement of such clause. If the special servicer determines that (i) granting such consent would be likely to result in a greater recovery, (ii) such provisions are not legally enforceable or (iii) that the conditions to sale or transfer have been satisfied, the master servicer or the special servicer is authorized to take or enter into an assumption agreement from or with the proposed transferee as obligor thereon and to release the original borrower; provided that (a) the credit status of the prospective transferee is in compliance with the Servicing Standard and criteria and the terms of the related Mortgage and (b) the special servicer has received a Rating Agency Confirmation (and, if the affected Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any commercial mortgage pass-through certificates backed by any related Serviced Companion Loan) from the Rating Agencies with respect to any Mortgage Loan that (A) represents more than 5% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (B) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $35,000,000, (C) represents one of the 10 largest Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, or (D) is a Mortgage

 

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Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan represents one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in the related other securitization (provided that the special servicer will be entitled to reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of such other securitization as to whether such Serviced Companion Loan is one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in such other securitization).

 

The master servicer (with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan involving a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision) will be responsible for processing any such “due-on-sale” transaction without the consent or approval of the special servicer or the Directing Holder. In connection with such processing, the master servicer will be required to receive a Rating Agency Confirmation (and, if the affected Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any commercial mortgage pass-through certificates backed by any related Serviced Companion Loan) from the Rating Agencies with respect to any Mortgage Loan that (A) represents more than 5% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (B) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $35,000,000, (C) represents one of the 10 largest Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, or (D) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan represents one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in the related other securitization (provided that the master servicer will be entitled to reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of such other securitization as to whether such Serviced Companion Loan is one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in such other securitization). To the extent not precluded by the Mortgage Loan documents, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, may not approve an assumption or substitution without requiring the related borrower to pay any fees owed to the Rating Agencies associated with the approval of such assumption or substitution. However, in the event that the related borrower is required but fails to pay such fees, such fees will be an expense of the issuing entity; provided that in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan the special servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, will be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, to (i) promptly notify the holder of the related Pari Passu Companion Loan and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the issuing entity the rights of the issuing entity under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans from the holders of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans. No assumption agreement may contain any terms that are different from any term of any Mortgage or related Note, except pursuant to the provisions described under “—Modifications, Waivers and Amendments” above and “—Realization Upon Mortgage Loans” below.

 

The special servicer (other than with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan involving a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision) will be responsible for determining whether to enforce any “due-on-encumbrance” clauses contained in the Mortgage Loan documents or to provide its consent to any loan or encumbrance and for the handling of all related processing and documentation, or, if mutually agreed to by the master servicer and the special servicer, the master servicer will be required to process such request subject to the consent of the special servicer. The special servicer will not be required to enforce any such “due-on-encumbrance” clauses and in connection therewith will not be required to (1) accelerate the payments on that Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan, as applicable, or (2) withhold its consent to any lien or encumbrance, if the special servicer (A) determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that such enforcement would not be in the best interests of the issuing entity or the holder of any Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, or that the conditions to further encumbrance have been satisfied (other than in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and (B) receives a prior Rating Agency Confirmation (including a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any commercial mortgage pass-through certificates backed by any related Serviced Companion Loan) from the Rating Agencies with respect to any Mortgage Loan that (i) represents more than 2% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (ii) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $35,000,000, (iii) represents one of the 10 largest Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (iv) has an aggregate loan-to-value ratio (including any existing and proposed additional debt) that is equal to or greater than 85%, (v) has an aggregate debt service coverage ratio (in

 

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each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, any existing additional debt and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) that is less than 1.20x, or (vi) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan represents one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in the related other securitization (provided that the special servicer will be entitled to reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of the applicable other securitization as to whether such Serviced Companion Loan is one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in such other securitization); provided that with respect to clauses (i)-(vi) above, such Mortgage Loan must also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for the requirement of a Rating Agency Confirmation to apply.

 

The master servicer (with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan involving a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision) will be responsible for processing any such “due-on-encumbrance” transaction without the consent or approval of the special servicer or the Directing Holder. In connection with such action, the master servicer will be required to receive a prior Rating Agency Confirmation (including a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any commercial mortgage pass-through certificates backed by any related Serviced Companion Loan) from the Rating Agencies with respect to any Mortgage Loan that (A) represents more than 2% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (B) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $35,000,000, (C) represents one of the 10 largest Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (D) has an aggregate loan-to-value ratio (including any existing and proposed additional debt) that is equal to or greater than 85%, (E) has an aggregate debt service coverage ratio (in each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, any existing additional debt and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) that is less than 1.20x, or (F) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan represents one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in the related other securitization (provided that the master servicer will be entitled to reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of the applicable other securitization as to whether such Serviced Companion Loan is one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in such other securitization); provided that with respect to clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F), such Mortgage Loan must also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for the requirement of a Rating Agency Confirmation to apply. Neither the master servicer nor the special servicer will be responsible for enforcing a “due-on-sale” or a “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. To the extent not precluded by the Mortgage Loan documents, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, may not approve the creation of any lien or other encumbrance without requiring the related borrower to pay any fees owed to the Rating Agencies associated with the approval of such lien or encumbrance. However, in the event that the related borrower is required but fails to pay such fees, such fees will be an expense of the issuing entity; provided that in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan the special servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, will be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, to (i) promptly notify the holder of the related Pari Passu Companion Loan and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the issuing entity the rights of the issuing entity under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans from the holders of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans. Neither the master servicer nor the special servicer will be responsible for enforcing a “due-on-sale” or a “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to other conditions contained in the PSA regarding Rating Agency Confirmations, without any other approval, consent or consultation, (i) the master servicer may grant and process a borrower’s request for any Master Servicer Non-Major Decision relating to a non-Specially Serviced Loan and (ii) the special servicer may grant and process a borrower’s request for any matter relating to a Specially Serviced Loan that is not a Major Decision.

 

Inspections

 

The master servicer will be required to perform (at its own expense) or cause to be performed (at its own expense), physical inspections of each Mortgaged Property relating to a Mortgage Loan (other than

 

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a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, which is subject to inspection pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA, and other than a Specially Serviced Loan) with a Stated Principal Balance of (A) $2,000,000 or more at least once every 12 months (commencing in 2022) and (B) less than $2,000,000 at least once every 24 months, in each case commencing in the calendar year 2022 unless a physical inspection has been performed by the special servicer within the previous 12 months and the master servicer has no knowledge of a material change in the Mortgaged Property since such physical inspection; provided, further, however, that if any scheduled payment becomes more than 60 days delinquent on the related Mortgage Loan, the special servicer is required to inspect or cause to be inspected the related Mortgaged Property as soon as practicable after the Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan and annually thereafter for so long as the Mortgage Loan remains a Specially Serviced Loan (the cost of which inspection, to the extent not paid by the related borrower, will be reimbursed first from default interest and late charges constituting additional compensation of the special servicer on the related Mortgage Loan (but with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, only amounts available for such purpose under the related Intercreditor Agreement) and then from the Collection Account as an expense of the issuing entity, and in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, as an expense of the holders of the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, pro rata and pari passu, to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement). The special servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, will be required to prepare or cause to be prepared a written report of the inspection describing, among other things, the condition of and any damage to the Mortgaged Property to the extent evident from the inspection and specifying the existence of any vacancies in the Mortgaged Property of which it has knowledge and deems material, of any sale, transfer or abandonment of the Mortgaged Property of which it has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection, of any adverse change in the condition of the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection, and that the preparer of such report deems material, or of any material waste committed on the Mortgaged Property to the extent evident from the inspection.

 

Copies of the inspection reports referred to above that are delivered to the certificate administrator will be posted to the certificate administrator’s website for review by Privileged Persons pursuant to the PSA. See “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information”.

 

Collection of Operating Information

 

With respect to each Mortgage Loan that requires the borrower to deliver operating statements, the special servicer or the master servicer, as applicable, is also required to use reasonable efforts to collect and review the annual operating statements beginning with calendar year end 2021 of the related Mortgaged Property. Most of the Mortgage Loan documents obligate the related borrower to deliver annual property operating statements. However, we cannot assure you that any operating statements required to be delivered will in fact be delivered, nor is the special servicer or the master servicer likely to have any practical means of compelling the delivery in the case of an otherwise performing Mortgage Loan.

 

Special Servicing Transfer Event

 

The Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan and any related REO Properties will be serviced by the special servicer under the PSA in the event that the servicing responsibilities of the master servicer are transferred to the special servicer as described below. Such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (including those loans that have become REO Properties) serviced by the special servicer are referred to in this prospectus collectively as the “Specially Serviced Loans”. The master servicer will be required to transfer its servicing responsibilities to the special servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) for which the master servicer is responsible for servicing:

 

(i)    either (x) with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, other than a balloon loan, a payment default has occurred on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan at its maturity date or, if the maturity date of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan has been extended in accordance with the PSA, a payment default occurs on such

 

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Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan at its extended maturity date or (y) with respect to a balloon loan, a payment default has occurred with respect to the related balloon payment; provided that if (A) the related borrower is diligently seeking a refinancing or sale of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties and delivers, on or before the related maturity date or extended maturity date, a statement to that effect, and delivers, on or before the related maturity date or extended maturity date, a refinancing commitment, letter of intent or otherwise binding application for refinancing from an acceptable lender or a signed purchase agreement reasonably acceptable to the master servicer (who will be required to promptly deliver a copy to the special servicer) or the special servicer (who will be required to promptly deliver a copy to the master servicer), in each case, who will promptly deliver a copy to the operating advisor (if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and the Directing Holder (but only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), (B) the related borrower continues to make its Assumed Scheduled Payment, and (C) no other Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, then a Servicing Transfer Event will not occur until the earlier of (1) 120 days beyond the related maturity date or extended maturity date and (2) the termination of the refinancing commitment, letter of intent, otherwise binding application for refinancing or signed purchase agreement;

 

(ii)    any Periodic Payment (other than a balloon payment or any other payment due under clause (i)(x) above in this definition) or any amount due on a monthly basis as an escrow payment or reserve funds, is 60 days or more delinquent;

 

(iii)    the master servicer or the special servicer determines in its reasonable business judgment, exercised in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that (x) a default consisting of a failure to make a payment of principal or interest is reasonably foreseeable or there is a significant risk of such default or (y) any other default that is likely to impair the use or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property or the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan, is reasonably foreseeable or there is a significant risk of such default, which monetary or other default, in either case, would likely continue unremedied beyond the applicable grace period (or, if no grace period is specified, for a period of 60 days) and is not likely to be cured by the related borrower within 60 days or, except as provided in clause (i)(y) above, in the case of a balloon payment, for at least 30 days;

 

(iv)    the related borrower has become the subject of a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs;

 

(v)    the related borrower consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such borrower of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;

 

(vi)    the related borrower (a) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (b) files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations;

 

(vii)    a default, of which the master servicer or the special servicer has notice (other than a failure by such related borrower to pay principal or interest) and that in the opinion of the master servicer or the special servicer (and, in the case of the special servicer, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder, and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, in consultation with the related Serviced Companion Loan noteholders to the extent provided for in the related Intercreditor Agreement) materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, occurs and remains unremedied for the applicable grace period specified in

 

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the Mortgage Loan documents for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (or if no grace period is specified for those defaults which are capable of cure, 60 days); or

 

(viii)    the master servicer or special servicer receives notice of the foreclosure or proposed foreclosure of any lien on the related Mortgaged Property (each of clause (i) through (viii), a “Servicing Transfer Event”).

 

However, the master servicer will be required to continue to (x) receive payments on the Mortgage Loans (and any related Serviced Companion Loan)(including amounts collected by the special servicer), (y) make certain calculations with respect to the Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan and (z) make remittances and prepare certain reports to the Certificateholders with respect to the Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loan. Additionally, the master servicer will continue to receive the Servicing Fee in respect of the Mortgage Loans (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) and any related REO Property at the Servicing Fee Rate.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of Servicing Transfer Event, no event, circumstance or action that has occurred or will occur with respect to a COVID Modified Loan (other than an event described in clauses (i)(y), (iv), (v), (vi)(b) or (viii) of the definition of “Servicing Transfer Event”) will constitute a Servicing Transfer Event under the PSA, but only if, and for so long as, the related borrower is in compliance with the terms of the related COVID Modification Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event a borrower fails to comply with the terms of a COVID Modification Agreement (as determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard), a determination as to whether any applicable event specified in the preceding sentence constitutes a Servicing Transfer Event or causes such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to be characterized as a Specially Serviced Loan will be made as though the COVID Modification never occurred; provided, however, if, pursuant to this sentence, a Servicing Transfer Event is determined to occur prior to the date of such borrower’s failure, then such Servicing Transfer Event will be deemed to occur on the date of such borrower’s failure.

 

If the related Mortgaged Property is acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) (upon acquisition, an “REO Property”) whether through foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, the special servicer will continue to be responsible for its operation and management. If any Serviced Companion Loan becomes specially serviced, then the related Mortgage Loan will also become a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, then the related Serviced Companion Loan will also become a Specially Serviced Loan. The master servicer will have no responsibility for the performance by the special servicer of its duties under the PSA. Any Mortgage Loan (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), that is or becomes a cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan and is cross-collateralized with a Specially Serviced Loan will become a Specially Serviced Loan.

 

A Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan will cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan (each, a “Corrected Loan”) (A) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, when the borrower thereunder has brought the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan current and thereafter made three consecutive full and timely Periodic Payments, including pursuant to any workout of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, (B) with respect to the circumstances described in clause (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) and (viii) above, when such circumstances cease to exist in the good faith judgment of the special servicer or (C) with respect to the circumstances described in clause (vii) above, when such default is cured (as determined by the special servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or waived by the special servicer; provided that, in each case, at that time no circumstance exists (as described above) that would cause the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan to continue to be characterized as a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Specially Serviced Loan becomes a Corrected Loan, the special servicer will be required to transfer servicing of such Corrected Loan to the master servicer.

 

Asset Status Report

 

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Serviced Loan not later than 45 days after the servicing of such Serviced Mortgage Loan is transferred to the special servicer (the “Initial Delivery Date”) and will be required to amend, update or create a new Asset Status Report to the extent that during the course of the resolution of such Specially Serviced Loan material changes in the circumstances and/or strategy reflected in any current Final Asset Status Report are necessary to reflect the then current circumstances and recommendation as to how the Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status or otherwise liquidated in accordance with the Servicing Standard (each such report a “Subsequent Asset Status Report”). Each Asset Status Report will be required to be delivered in electronic form to:

 

the Directing Holder (but (i) only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, and (ii) not with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan);

 

the Risk Retention Consultation Party (but not with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan);

 

with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer of such securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold or to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan;

 

the operating advisor (but, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder, only during the continuance of a Control Termination Event);

 

the master servicer; and

 

the 17g-5 Information Provider, which will be required to post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website.

 

A summary of each Asset Status Report will be provided to the certificate administrator and the trustee.

 

An Asset Status Report prepared for each Specially Serviced Loan will be required to include, among other things, the following information:

 

summary of the status of such Specially Serviced Loan and any negotiations with the related borrower;

 

a discussion of the legal and environmental considerations reasonably known to the special servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that are applicable to the exercise of remedies and to the enforcement of any related guaranties or other collateral for the related Specially Serviced Loan and whether outside legal counsel has been retained;

 

the most current rent roll and income or operating statement available for the related Mortgaged Property;

 

(A) the special servicer’s recommendations on how such Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status (including the modification of a monetary term, and any workout, restructure or debt forgiveness) and returned to the master servicer for regular servicing or foreclosed or otherwise realized upon (including any proposed sale of a Defaulted Loan or REO Property), (B) a description of any such proposed or taken actions, and (C) the alternative courses of action that were or are being considered by the special servicer in connection with the proposed or taken actions;

 

the status of any foreclosure actions or other proceedings undertaken with respect to the Specially Serviced Loan, any proposed workouts and the status of any negotiations with respect to such workouts, and an assessment of the likelihood of additional defaults under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

 

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a description of any amendment, modification or waiver of a material term of any ground lease (or any space lease or air rights lease, if applicable) or franchise agreement;

 

the decision that the special servicer made, or intends or proposes to make, including a narrative analysis setting forth the special servicer’s rationale for its proposed decision, including its rejection of the alternatives;

 

an analysis of whether or not taking such proposed action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a present value basis than not taking such action, setting forth (x) the basis on which the special servicer made such determination and (y) the net present value calculation and all related assumptions;

 

the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Properties (and a copy of the last obtained appraisal of such Mortgaged Property) together with a description of any adjustments to the valuation of such Mortgaged Property made by the special servicer together with an explanation of those adjustments; and

 

such other information as the special servicer deems relevant in light of the Servicing Standard.

 

With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an applicable Excluded Loan, if no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder will have the right to disapprove the Asset Status Report prepared by the special servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan within 10 business days after receipt of the Asset Status Report. If the Directing Holder does not disapprove an Asset Status Report in writing within 10 business days or if the special servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the disapproval by the Directing Holder (communicated to the special servicer within such 10-business day period, as applicable) is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders (as a collective whole) (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of such Companion Loan)), the special servicer will be required to implement the recommended action as outlined in the Asset Status Report. For so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, if the Directing Holder disapproves the Asset Status Report within such 10-business day period, as applicable, and the special servicer has not made the affirmative determination described above, the special servicer will be required to revise the Asset Status Report as soon as practicable thereafter, but in no event later than 30 days after the disapproval. The special servicer will be required to continue to revise the Asset Status Report until the Directing Holder fails to disapprove the revised Asset Status Report or until the special servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the disapproval is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders (taken as a collective whole) (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of such Companion Loan)); provided that, if the Directing Holder has not approved the Asset Status Report for a period of 60 business days following the first submission of an Asset Status Report, the special servicer may act upon the most recently submitted form of Asset Status Report. The procedures described in this paragraph are collectively referred to as the “Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process”.

 

Prior to a Control Termination Event, the special servicer will be required to promptly deliver each Final Asset Status Report to the operating advisor following the completion of the Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process.

 

While a Control Termination Event is continuing, the special servicer will be required to promptly deliver each Asset Status Report prepared in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan to the operating advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan and only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder). The operating advisor will be required to provide comments to the special servicer in respect of each Asset Status Report, if any, within 10 business days following the later of (i) receipt of such Asset Status Report or (ii) receipt of such related additional information reasonably requested by the operating advisor, and propose possible alternative

 

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courses of action to the extent it determines such alternatives to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders (including any Certificateholders that are holders of the Control Eligible Certificates), as a collective whole (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of such Companion Loan)). The special servicer will be obligated (on a non-binding basis) to consider such alternative courses of action and any other feedback provided by the operating advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an applicable Excluded Loan and only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder) in connection with the special servicer’s preparation of any Asset Status Report that is provided while a Control Termination Event is continuing. The special servicer may revise the Asset Status Report as it deems necessary to take into account any input and/or comments from the operating advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not an applicable Excluded Loan and only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder), to the extent the special servicer determines that the operating advisor’s and/or Directing Holder’s input and/or recommendations are not inconsistent with the Servicing Standard and in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of such Companion Loan)). Promptly upon determining whether or not to revise any Asset Status Report to take into account any input and/or comments from the operating advisor or the Directing Holder, the special servicer will be required to revise the Asset Status Report, if applicable, and deliver to the operating advisor and the Directing Holder the revised Asset Status Report (until a Final Asset Status Report is issued). The procedures described in this paragraph are collectively referred to as the “ASR Consultation Process”. For additional information, see “—The Operating Advisor—Duties of the Operating Advisor While A Control Termination Event Is Continuing”.

 

The special servicer will not be required to take or to refrain from taking any action because of an objection or comment by the operating advisor or, during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Holder, or a recommendation of the operating advisor or, during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Holder.

 

During the continuance of a Control Termination Event but only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder (except with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan) and the operating advisor will be entitled to consult with the special servicer (on a non-binding basis) (in person or remotely via electronic, telephonic or other mutually agreeable communication) and propose alternative courses of action and provide other feedback in respect of any Asset Status Report. During the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan), the Directing Holder will have no right to consult with the special servicer with respect to Asset Status Reports and the special servicer will only be obligated to consult with the operating advisor with respect to any Asset Status Report as described above. The special servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with the Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the operating advisor or the Directing Holder during the applicable periods described above, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the operating advisor or the Directing Holder. The special servicer will be required to implement the Final Asset Status Report.

 

With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the directing holder under the related Non-Serviced PSA will have approval and consultation rights with respect to any asset status report prepared by the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA that are similar to the approval and consultation rights of the Directing Holder with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Whole Loans. See “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans”.

 

A “Final Asset Status Report” means, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the Asset Status Report (together with such other data or supporting information provided by the special servicer to the Directing Holder that does not include any communication (other than the related Asset Status Report) between the special servicer and the Directing Holder with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan)

 

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required to be delivered by the special servicer by the Initial Delivery Date and any Subsequent Asset Status Report, in each case, in the form fully approved or deemed approved, if applicable, by the Directing Holder pursuant to the Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process or following completion of the ASR Consultation Process, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the special servicer may issue more than one Final Asset Status Report with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan in accordance with the procedures described above. Each Final Asset Status Report will be labeled or otherwise identified or communicated as being final by the special servicer.

 

Realization Upon Mortgage Loans

 

If a payment default or material non-monetary default on a Serviced Mortgage Loan has occurred, then, pursuant to the PSA, the special servicer, on behalf of the trustee, may, in accordance with the terms and provisions of the PSA, at any time institute foreclosure proceedings, exercise any power of sale contained in the related Mortgage, obtain a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise acquire title to the related Mortgaged Property, by operation of law or otherwise. The special servicer is not permitted, however, to cause the trustee to acquire title to any Mortgaged Property, have a receiver of rents appointed with respect to any Mortgaged Property or take any other action with respect to any Mortgaged Property that would cause the trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, or any other specified person to be considered to hold title to, to be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or an “operator” of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of certain federal environmental laws, unless the special servicer has determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard, based on an updated environmental assessment report prepared by a person who regularly conducts environmental audits and performed within six months prior to any such acquisition of title or other action (which report will be an expense of the issuing entity subject to the terms of the PSA) that:

 

(a)   such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or, if not, after consultation with an environmental consultant, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Holders constituted a single lender, to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance with such laws, and

 

(b)   there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under any currently effective federal, state or local law or regulation, or that, if any such hazardous materials are present for which such action could be required, after consultation with an environmental consultant, it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Holders constituted a single lender, to take such actions with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.

 

Such requirement precludes enforcement of the security for the related Mortgage Loan until a satisfactory environmental site assessment is obtained (or until any required remedial action is taken), but will decrease the likelihood that the issuing entity will become liable for a material adverse environmental condition at the Mortgaged Property. However, we cannot assure you that the requirements of the PSA will effectively insulate the issuing entity from potential liability for a materially adverse environmental condition at any Mortgaged Property.

 

If title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired by the issuing entity (directly or through a single member limited liability company established for the purpose), the special servicer will be required to sell the Mortgaged Property prior to the close of the third calendar year beginning after the year of acquisition, unless (1) the special servicer has applied for, and the IRS grants (or has not denied) a qualifying extension of time to sell the property or (2) the special servicer, the certificate administrator and the trustee receive an opinion of independent counsel to the effect that the holding of the property by the Lower-Tier REMIC longer than the above-referenced three year period will not result in the imposition of a

 

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tax on any Trust REMIC or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code at any time that any certificate is outstanding. Subject to the foregoing and any other tax-related limitations, pursuant to the PSA, the special servicer will generally be required to attempt to sell any Mortgaged Property so acquired in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The special servicer will also be required to administer any Mortgaged Property acquired by the issuing entity in a manner which does not cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(8) at all times, and that the sale of the property does not result in the receipt by the issuing entity of any income from nonpermitted assets as described in Code Section 860F(a)(2)(B). If the Lower-Tier REMIC acquires title to any REO Property, the special servicer, on behalf of the Lower-Tier REMIC, will retain, at the expense of the issuing entity, an independent contractor to manage and operate the property. The independent contractor generally will be permitted to perform construction (including renovation) on a foreclosed property only if the construction was more than 10% completed at the time default on the related Mortgage Loan became imminent. The retention of an independent contractor, however, will not relieve the special servicer of its obligation to manage the Mortgaged Property as required under the PSA.

 

In general, the special servicer will be obligated to cause any Mortgaged Property acquired as an REO Property to be operated and managed in a manner that would, in its reasonable judgment and in accordance with the Servicing Standard, maximize the issuing entity’s net after-tax proceeds from such property. Generally, none of the Trust REMICs will be taxable on income received with respect to a Mortgaged Property acquired by the issuing entity to the extent that it constitutes “rents from real property”, within the meaning of Code Section 856(d) and Treasury regulations under the Code. Rents from real property include fixed rents and rents based on the gross receipts or sales of a tenant but do not include the portion of any rental based on the net income or profit of any tenant or sub-tenant. No determination has been made whether rent on any of the Mortgaged Properties meets this requirement. Rents from real property include charges for services customarily furnished or rendered in connection with the rental of real property, whether or not the charges are separately stated. Services furnished to the tenants of a particular building will be considered as customary if, in the geographic market in which the building is located, tenants in buildings which are of similar class are customarily provided with the service. No determination has been made whether the services furnished to the tenants of the Mortgaged Properties are “customary” within the meaning of applicable regulations. It is therefore possible that a portion of the rental income with respect to a Mortgaged Property owned by the issuing entity would not constitute rents from real property, or that none of such income would qualify if a separate charge is not stated for such non-customary services or they are not performed by an independent contractor. Rents from real property also do not include income from the operation of a trade or business on the Mortgaged Property, such as a hospitality property, or rental income attributable to personal property leased in connection with a lease of real property if the rent attributable to personal property exceeds 15% of the total net rent for the taxable year. Any of the foregoing types of income may instead constitute “net income from foreclosure property”, which would be taxable to the Lower-Tier REMIC at the federal corporate rate (which currently is 21%) and may also be subject to state or local taxes. The PSA provides that the special servicer will be permitted to cause the Lower-Tier REMIC to earn “net income from foreclosure property” that is subject to tax if it determines that the net after-tax benefit to Certificateholders is greater than another method of operating or net leasing the Mortgaged Property. Because these sources of income, if they exist, are already in place with respect to the Mortgaged Properties, it is generally viewed as beneficial to Certificateholders to permit the issuing entity to continue to earn them if it acquires a Mortgaged Property, even at the cost of this tax. These taxes would be chargeable against the related income for purposes of determining the proceeds available for distribution to holders of certificates. See “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxes That May Be Imposed on a REMIC—Prohibited Transactions”.

 

Under the PSA, the special servicer is required to establish and maintain one or more REO Accounts, to be held on behalf of the trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan Holder, for the retention of revenues and insurance proceeds derived from each REO Property. The special servicer is required to use the funds in the REO Account to pay for the proper operation, management, maintenance and disposition of any REO Property, but only to the extent of amounts on deposit in the REO Account relate to such REO Property. To the extent that

 

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amounts in the REO Account in respect of any REO Property are insufficient to make such payments, the master servicer is required to make a Servicing Advance, unless it determines such Servicing Advance would be nonrecoverable. On the later of the date that is (x) on or prior to each Determination Date or (y) 2 business days after such amounts are received and properly identified and determined to be available, the special servicer is required to remit to the master servicer for deposit all amounts received in respect of each REO Property during such Collection Period, net of any amounts withdrawn to make any permitted disbursements, to the Collection Account; provided that the special servicer may retain in the REO Account permitted reserves.

 

Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties

 

If the special servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it would be in the best economic interests of the Certificateholders or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, Certificateholders and any holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Holder constituted a single lender) to attempt to sell a Defaulted Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan as described below, the special servicer will be required to use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each Defaulted Loan on behalf of the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan in such manner as will be reasonably likely to realize a fair price. In the case of certain Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, under certain limited circumstances permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent that such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not sold together with the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan by the special servicer for the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the special servicer will be entitled to sell (with the consent of the Directing Holder if no Control Termination Event is continuing and after consulting on a non-binding basis with the Risk Retention Consultation Party in accordance with the PSA, in each case, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan as to such party) such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such action would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders (and will be entitled to a Liquidation Fee in connection with such sale). Subject to the qualifications described in this section, the special servicer is required to accept the first cash offer received from any person that constitutes a fair price for the Defaulted Loan. If multiple offers are received during the period designated by the special servicer for receipt of offers, the special servicer is required to select the highest offer. The special servicer is required to give the trustee, the certificate administrator, the master servicer, the operating advisor and (other than in respect of any applicable Excluded Loan) the Directing Holder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party not less than 10 business days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any such Defaulted Loan. Neither the trustee nor any of its affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any Defaulted Loan. “Defaulted Loan” means a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (i) that is delinquent at least 60 days in respect of its Periodic Payments or more than 120 days delinquent in respect of its balloon payment (taking into account any extensions to such 120-day period as provided in the provisos to clause (i) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan”), if any, in either case such delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any grace period permitted by the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note and without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note or (ii) as to which the master servicer or special servicer has, by written notice to the related borrower, accelerated the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note.

 

The special servicer will be required to determine whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for any Defaulted Loan if the highest offeror is a person other than an Interested Person. In determining whether any offer from a person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any Defaulted Loan, the special servicer will be required to take into account (in addition to the results of any appraisal, updated appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to the PSA within the prior 9 months), among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy.

 

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If the highest offeror is an Interested Person (provided that the trustee may not be a offeror), then the trustee will be required to determine whether the cash offer constitutes a fair price; provided that no offer from an Interested Person will constitute a fair price unless (i) the offer is the highest offer received, and (ii) if the offer is less than the applicable Purchase Price, then at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the trustee will be supplied with and will be required to rely on the most recent appraisal or updated appraisal conducted in accordance with the PSA within the preceding 9-month period or, in the absence of any such appraisal, on a new appraisal. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the cost of any appraisal will be covered by, and will be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance.

 

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if the trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the Interested Person) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least 5 years’ experience in valuing or investing in loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, that has been selected with reasonable care by the trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. If the trustee designates such a third party to make such determination, the trustee will be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party pursuant to this paragraph will be covered by, and will be paid in advance of any such determination by the Interested Person; provided that the trustee will not engage a third party expert whose fees exceed a commercially reasonable amount as determined by the trustee.

 

The special servicer is required to use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each REO Property on behalf of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Holder(s)(if applicable) and to sell each REO Property in the same manner as with respect to a Defaulted Loan.

 

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing paragraphs, the special servicer will not be required to accept the highest cash offer for a Defaulted Loan or REO Property if the special servicer determines (in consultation with the Directing Holder (other than with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan, unless a Consultation Termination Event exists), the Risk Retention Consultation Party (other than with respect to any applicable Excluded Loan) (which consultation will be non-binding) and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Holder(s)), in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender), and the special servicer may accept a lower offer (from any person other than itself or an affiliate) if it determines, in its reasonable and good faith judgment, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Holder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan Holder(s) constituted a single lender).

 

An “Interested Person” is the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, the Excluded Special Servicer, if any, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, any sponsor, any borrower, any holder of a related mezzanine loan, any manager of a Mortgaged Property, any independent contractor engaged by the special servicer or any known affiliate of any of the preceding entities, and, with respect to a Whole Loan if it is a Defaulted Loan, the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer (or any independent contractor engaged by such special servicer), or the trustee for the securitization of a Companion Loan, and each related Companion Loan Holder or its representative, any holder of a related mezzanine loan, or any known affiliate of any such party described above.

 

With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement(s), if such Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, and if the special servicer determines to sell the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the discussion in this “—Sale of

 

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Defaulted Loans and REO Properties” section, then the special servicer will be required to sell the related Pari Passu Companion Loan together with such Mortgage Loan as one whole loan. The special servicer will not be permitted to sell the related Mortgage Loan together with the related Pari Passu Companion Loan if such Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan without the consent of the holder of the related Pari Passu Companion Loan, unless the special servicer complies with certain notice and delivery requirements set forth in the PSA. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”.

 

In addition, with respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if such Mortgage Loan has become a defaulted Mortgage Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA, the Non-Serviced Special Servicer will generally have the right to sell such Mortgage Loan together with the related Companion Loan as notes evidencing one whole loan. The issuing entity, as the holder of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, will have the right to consent to such sale if the required notices and information regarding such sale are not provided to the special servicer in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Directing Holder will be entitled to exercise such consent right for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, and if a Control Termination Event is continuing, the special servicer will exercise such consent rights. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” below.

 

To the extent that Liquidation Proceeds collected with respect to any Mortgage Loan are less than the sum of (1) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (2) interest accrued on the Mortgage Loan and (3) the aggregate amount of outstanding reimbursable expenses (including any (i) unpaid servicing compensation, (ii) unreimbursed Servicing Advances, (iii) accrued and unpaid interest on all Advances and (iv) additional expenses of the issuing entity) incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan, the issuing entity will realize a loss in the amount of the shortfall. The trustee, the master servicer and/or the special servicer will be entitled to reimbursement out of the Liquidation Proceeds recovered on any Mortgage Loan, prior to the distribution of those Liquidation Proceeds to Certificateholders, of any and all amounts that represent unpaid servicing compensation in respect of the related Mortgage Loan, certain unreimbursed expenses incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan and any unreimbursed Advances (including interest on Advances) made with respect to the Mortgage Loan. In addition, amounts otherwise distributable on the certificates will be further reduced by interest payable to the master servicer, the special servicer or trustee on these Advances.

 

The Directing Holder

 

General

 

Subject to the rights of the holder of the related Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement as described under “—Rights of Holders of Companion Loans” below, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder will be entitled to advise (1) the special servicer, with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder) and (2) the special servicer, with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder), as to all matters for which the master servicer must obtain the consent or deemed consent of the special servicer (e.g., the Major Decisions) and will have the right to replace the special servicer with or without cause, and have certain other rights under the PSA, each as described below. The PSA may provide that, with respect to certain matters in respect of which the consent of the Directing Holder is required, such consent will be deemed given after the expiration of a specified period follow the request for consent. With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Excluded Loan applicable to the Directing Holder), during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Holder will have certain consultation rights only, and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder will not have any consent or consultation rights, as further described below.

 

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The “Trust Directing Holder” will be, with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Controlling Class Certificateholder (or its representative) selected by more than 50% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, as determined by the certificate registrar from time to time; provided, however, that:

 

(i)    absent that selection, or

 

(ii)    until a Trust Directing Holder is so selected, or

 

(iii)    upon receipt of a notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, that a Trust Directing Holder is no longer designated, the Controlling Class Certificateholder that represents that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or its representative) will be the Trust Directing Holder; provided, however, that in the case of this clause (3), in the event no one holder represents that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class, then there will be no Trust Directing Holder until appointed in accordance with the terms of the PSA.

 

The initial Trust Directing Holder is expected to be RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate.

 

The certificate administrator and the other parties to the PSA will be entitled to assume that the identity of the Trust Directing Holder has not changed until such parties receive written notice of a replacement of the Trust Directing Holder from a party holding the requisite interest in the Controlling Class, or the resignation of the then-current Trust Directing Holder.

 

The “Directing Holder” means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any applicable Excluded Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan (other than any applicable Excluded Loan), the Trust Directing Holder.

 

A “Controlling Class Certificateholder” is each holder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) of a certificate of the Controlling Class as determined by the certificate registrar from time to time, upon request by any party to the PSA.

 

The “Controlling Class” will be, as of any time of determination, the most subordinate class of Control Eligible Certificates then-outstanding that has an aggregate Certificate Balance (as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocable to such class) at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that class. The Controlling Class as of the Closing Date will be the Class H certificates; provided that if, at any time, the Certificate Balances of all Control Eligible Certificates, as notionally reduced by any Appraisal Reduction Amounts (but without regard to any Collateral Deficiency Amount) allocable to such classes, have been reduced to zero, the Controlling Class will be the most subordinate class of Control Eligible Certificates that has a principal balance greater than zero; provided, further, that if at any time the Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E and Class F certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans, then the “Controlling Class” will be the most subordinate class of Control Eligible Certificates that has an aggregate Certificate Balance greater than zero without regard to the application of Appraisal Reduction Amounts (or any Collateral Deficiency Amount) to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

The “Control Eligible Certificates” will be any of the Class G or Class H certificates.

 

The master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee or the operating advisor, may from time to time request that the certificate administrator provide the name of the then-current Trust Directing Holder for any applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Upon such request, the certificate administrator will be required to promptly (but in no event more than 5 Business Days following such request) provide the name of the then-current Trust Directing Holder to the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee or the operating advisor, but only to the extent the certificate administrator has actual knowledge of the identity of the then-current Trust Directing Holder; provided, that if the certificate administrator does not have actual knowledge of the identity of the then-current Trust Directing Holder, then the certificate

 

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administrator will be required to promptly (but in no event more than 5 Business Days following such request) (i) determine which Class is the Controlling Class, and (ii) request from the Controlling Class Certificateholders, the identity of the Trust Directing Holder. Any expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such information will be at the expense of the requesting party, except that if (i) such expenses arise in connection with an event as to which the Trust Directing Holder has review, consent or consultation rights with respect to an action taken by, or report prepared by, the requesting party pursuant to the PSA or in connection with a request made by the operating advisor in connection with its obligation under the PSA to deliver a copy of its Operating Advisor Annual Report to the Trust Directing Holder and (ii) the requesting party has not been notified of the identity of the Trust Directing Holder or reasonably believes that the identity of the Trust Directing Holder has changed, then such expenses will be at the expense of the Trust. The master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee and the operating advisor, will be entitled to conclusively rely on any such information so provided.

 

To the extent the master servicer or the special servicer has written notice of any change in the identity of a Trust Directing Holder or the list of Certificateholders (or Certificate Owner(s), if applicable) of the Controlling Class, then the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will be required to promptly notify the trustee, the certificate administrator, the operating advisor, the master servicer and the special servicer thereof, who may rely conclusively on such notice from the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable.

 

In the event that no Directing Holder has been appointed or identified to the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, and the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, has attempted to obtain such information from the certificate administrator and no such entity has been identified to the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, then until such time as the new Directing Holder is identified, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will have no duty to consult with, provide notice to, or seek the approval or consent of any such Directing Holder as the case may be.

 

The Class G certificateholders that are the Controlling Class Certificateholders may waive their rights as the Controlling Class Certificateholders as described “—Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event” below.

 

Major Decisions

 

Except as otherwise described under “—Servicing Override” below and subject to the rights of the holder of any related Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement as described under “—Rights of Holders of Companion Loans” below, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, neither the master servicer nor the special servicer will be permitted to take any of the following actions, as to which the Directing Holder has objected in writing within 10 business days (or, in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 30 days) after receipt of the written recommendation and analysis together with such other information reasonably requested by the Directing Holder and reasonably available to the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, in order to grant or withhold such consent (the “Major Decision Reporting Package”) (provided that if such written objection has not been received by the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, within such 10-business-day (or 30-day) period, the Directing Holder will be deemed to have approved such action) (each of the following, a “Major Decision”):

 

With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Whole Loan:

 

(a)   any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which may include acquisitions of an REO Property) of the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan as come into and continue in default;

 

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(b)   any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, a COVID Modification, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs but excluding late payment charges or default interest) of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any extension of the maturity date of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, in each case, to the extent the Directing Holder or any affiliate does not own any controlling interest (whether legally, beneficially or otherwise) in the related mezzanine loan, if applicable;

 

(c)   any sale of a Defaulted Loan (that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), an REO Property (in each case, other than in connection with the termination of the issuing entity as described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination; Retirement of Certificates” in this prospectus) for less than the applicable Purchase Price;

 

(d)   any determination to bring an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address hazardous material located at an REO Property;

 

(e)   any release of collateral or any acceptance of substitute or additional collateral (other than through defeasance, provided that such defeasance does not otherwise involve a Major Decision) for a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any consent to either of the foregoing, other than (i) the release of non-material collateral or (ii) as required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

 

(f)     any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the borrower or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or incurrence of debt (i) as may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related loan agreement, (ii) where the loan documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where lender discretion is not necessary in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) where such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions;

 

(g)   any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a borrower from liability under a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan other than any such action (i) as may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related loan agreement, (ii) where the loan documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where lender discretion is not necessary in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) where such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions;

 

(h)   any acceleration of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan following a default or an event of default with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any initiation of judicial, bankruptcy or similar proceedings under the related Mortgage Loan documents or with respect to the related mortgagor or Mortgaged Property;

 

(i)     franchise changes (with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the related Mortgage Loan documents);

 

(j)     any property management company changes with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the related Mortgage Loan documents (i) with a principal balance greater than $2,500,000 or (ii) where the property management company will be an affiliate of the related borrower following such change;

 

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(k)   releases or substitutions of any amount from any escrow accounts, reserve accounts, letters of credit or collateral related to hospitality property improvement plans or earnout or performance escrows, reserves or holdbacks, other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and for which no lender discretion is required;

 

(l)     any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default; and

 

(m)  any modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement, participation agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender, holder of a Companion Loan or other subordinate debt holder related to a Mortgage Loan (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent consent rights with respect to such modification, waiver or amendment are granted to the holder of the Companion Loan or other subordinate debt under the related agreement) or such Serviced Whole Loan, or an action to enforce rights with respect thereto, in each case, to the extent such modification, waiver, amendment or action would materially and adversely affect the holders of the Control Eligible Certificates ; provided, however, any such modification or amendment to any such agreement that would adversely impact the master servicer will additionally require the consent of the master servicer as a condition to its effectiveness;

 

provided that if the master servicer or the special servicer determines that immediate action is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any applicable Serviced Whole Loan, the holders of any related Serviced Companion Loan (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan holders constituted a single lender) and the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Holder’s response.

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of this section, including, without limitation, the proviso set forth at the conclusion of the immediately preceding paragraph, (a) the special servicer will process all requests for any matter that constitutes a “Major Decision” with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, (b) the special servicer will process all requests for any matter that constitutes a Special Servicer Major Decision with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) unless the master servicer and the special servicer mutually agree that the master servicer will process such request, (c) the master servicer will process all requests for any matter that constitutes a Master Servicer Major Decision with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and (d) the master servicer will process all requests for any matter that constitutes a Special Servicer Major Decision with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) only to the extent the master servicer and the special servicer mutually agree that the master servicer will process such request. Upon receiving a request for any matter that constitutes a Special Servicer Major Decision, unless the master servicer and the special servicer mutually agree that the master servicer will process such request, the master servicer will be required to forward such request to the special servicer and the special servicer will be required to process such request and the master servicer will have no further obligation with respect to such request or the related Special Servicer Major Decision.

 

Prior to taking a Major Decision, the master servicer (with respect to any Major Decision processed by the master servicer) and the special servicer (with respect to any Major Decision processed by the special servicer) will be required to obtain the written consent of the Directing Holder, which consent will be deemed given 10 business days (or, in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 30 days) after receipt (unless earlier objected to) by the Directing Holder of the master servicer’s and/or special servicer’s, as applicable, written analysis and recommendation with respect to such waiver together with such other information reasonably requested by the Directing Holder.

 

During the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will be required to provide each Major Decision Reporting Package to the operating advisor simultaneously with the master servicer’s or the special servicer’s written request, as applicable, for the operating advisor’s input regarding the related Major Decision (which written request and Major Decision

 

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Reporting Package may be delivered in one notice), as set forth under “—Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event” below. During the continuance of a Control Termination Event, with respect to any particular Major Decision and/or related Major Decision Reporting Package or any Asset Status Report required to be delivered by the master servicer or special servicer to the operating advisor, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will be required to make available to the operating advisor a servicing officer with the relevant knowledge regarding the applicable Mortgage Loan and such Major Decision and/or Asset Status Report in order to address reasonable questions that the operating advisor may have relating to, among other things, such Major Decision and/or Asset Status Report.

 

In addition, (i) for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan (other than any applicable Excluded Loan), and (ii) during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any applicable Excluded Loan), upon request of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the master servicer and the special servicer will also be required to consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party in connection with any Major Decision that it is processing (and such other matters that are subject to consultation rights of the Risk Retention Consultation Party pursuant to the PSA) and to consider alternative actions recommended by the Risk Retention Consultation Party in respect of such Major Decision; provided that such consultation is on a non-binding basis. In the event the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, receives no response from the Risk Retention Consultation Party within 10 days following the later of (i) the master servicer’s or the special servicer’s, as applicable, written request for input on any requested consultation and (ii) delivery of all such additional information reasonably requested by the Risk Retention Consultation Party related to the subject matter of such consultation, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will not be obligated to consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Risk Retention Consultation Party to respond will not relieve the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, from using reasonable efforts to consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Mortgage Loan.

 

Master Servicer Major Decision” means, with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan, any Major Decision under clause (1)(l) of the definition of “Major Decision”.

 

Special Servicer Major Decision” means any Major Decision under clauses (1)(a) through (1)(k) and (1)(m) of the definition of “Major Decision”.

 

With respect to any borrower request or other action on a non-Specially Serviced Loan that is not a Major Decision, the master servicer will not be required to obtain the consent of or consult with the special servicer or the Directing Holder.

 

Asset Status Report

 

For so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing (but not with respect to any Excluded Loan), the Directing Holder will have the right to disapprove the Asset Status Report prepared by the special servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan. For so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder will have no right to consult with the special servicer with respect to the Asset Status Reports. See “—Asset Status Report” above.

 

Replacement of the Special Servicer

 

For so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder will have the right to replace the special servicer with or without cause as described under “—Replacement of the Special Servicer Without Cause” and “—Termination of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for Cause—Servicer Termination Events” below.

 

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Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event

 

If a Control Termination Event is continuing, but for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing, neither the master servicer nor the special servicer, as applicable, will be required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder with respect to any of the Major Decisions or Asset Status Reports, but will be required to consult with the Directing Holder in connection with any Major Decision that it is processing or, in the case of the special servicer, any Asset Status Report (or any other matter for which the consent of the Directing Holder would have been required or for which the Directing Holder would have the right to direct the master servicer or the special servicer if no Control Termination Event was continuing) and to consider alternative actions recommended by the Directing Holder in respect of such Major Decision or Asset Status Report (or such other matter). Such consultation will not be binding on the master servicer or the special servicer. In the event the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable receives no response from the Directing Holder within 10 days following its written request for input (which request is required to include the related Major Decision Reporting Package) on any required consultation, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will not be obligated to consult with the Directing Holder on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Directing Holder to respond will not relieve the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, from using reasonable efforts to consult with the Directing Holder on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Mortgage Loan. With respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (that is not also an Excluded Loan), if any, the Directing Holder (for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing) will be required to select an Excluded Special Servicer with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan. During the continuance of a Control Termination Event or if at any time the applicable Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is also an applicable Excluded Loan, the resigning special servicer will be required to use reasonable efforts to select the related Excluded Special Servicer.

 

In addition, if a Control Termination Event is continuing, the master servicer or the special servicer will also be required to consult with the operating advisor in connection with any Major Decision that it is processing as to which it has delivered to the operating advisor a Major Decision Reporting Package (and such other matters that are subject to consultation rights of the operating advisor pursuant to the PSA) and to consider alternative actions recommended by the operating advisor in respect of such Major Decision; provided that such consultation is on a non-binding basis. In the event the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, receives no response from the operating advisor within 10 days following the later of (i) its written request for input on any required consultation (which request is required to include the related Major Decision Reporting Package) and (ii) delivery of all such additional information reasonably requested by the operating advisor that is in the possession of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, related to the subject matter of such consultation, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will not be obligated to consult with the operating advisor on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the operating advisor to respond will not relieve the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, from using reasonable efforts to consult with the operating advisor on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this prospectus, with respect to any Excluded Loan related to the Directing Holder, the master servicer, the special servicer or the related Excluded Special Servicer, as applicable, will be required to consult with the operating advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing or for which it must give its consent and consider alternative actions recommended by the operating advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the PSA for consulting with the operating advisor.

 

If a Consultation Termination Event is continuing, no class of certificates will act as the Controlling Class, and the Directing Holder will have no consultation or consent rights under the PSA and will have no right to receive any notices, reports or information (other than notices, reports or information required to be delivered to all Certificateholders) or any other rights as Directing Holder under the PSA. The master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will nonetheless be required to consult with only the operating advisor in connection with Major Decisions it is processing or for which it must give its consent, asset status reports and other material special servicing actions to the extent set forth in the PSA, and no

 

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Controlling Class Certificateholder will be recognized or have any right to approve or be consulted with respect to asset status reports or material special servicer actions.

 

A “Control Termination Event” will occur and be continuing with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, when one or more of the following is true: (i) the Class G certificates have a Certificate Balance (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such class) being reduced to less than 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that class, (ii) the holder of the Class G certificates is the majority Controlling Class Certificateholder and has irrevocably waived its right, in writing, to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder and such rights have not been reinstated to a successor controlling class certificateholder pursuant to the terms of the PSA; provided that no Control Termination Event resulting solely from the operation of clause (ii) will be deemed to have existed or be in continuance with respect to a successor holder of Class G certificates that has not irrevocably waived its right to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, or (iii) such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is an applicable Excluded Loan;

 

provided, further, that a Control Termination Event will not be deemed to be continuing in the event the Certificate Balances of all classes of Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero. With respect to Excluded Loans related to the Directing Holder, a Control Termination Event will be deemed to exist.

 

A “Consultation Termination Event” will occur and be continuing with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Whole Loan, when one or more of the following is true: (i) there is no class of Control Eligible Certificates that has a then-outstanding Certificate Balance (without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts) equal to at least 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that class, (ii) the holder of the Class G certificates is the majority Controlling Class Certificateholder and has irrevocably waived its right, in writing, to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder and such rights have not been reinstated to a successor controlling class certificateholder pursuant to the terms of the PSA; provided that no Consultation Termination Event resulting solely from the operation of clause (ii) will be deemed to have existed or be in continuance with respect to a successor holder of Class G certificates that has not irrevocably waived its right to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, or (iii) such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is an applicable Excluded Loan;

 

provided, further, that a Consultation Termination Event will not be deemed to be continuing in the event the Certificate Balances of all classes of Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero. With respect to Excluded Loans related to the Directing Holder, a Consultation Termination Event will be deemed to exist.

 

At any time that the Controlling Class Certificateholder is the holder of a majority of the Class G certificates and the Class G certificates are the Controlling Class, it may waive its right (a) to appoint the Directing Holder and (b) to exercise any of the Directing Holder’s rights set forth in the PSA by irrevocable written notice delivered to the depositor, certificate administrator, master servicer, special servicer and operating advisor. During such time, the special servicer will be required to consult with only the operating advisor in connection with asset status reports and material special servicing actions to the extent set forth in the PSA, and no Controlling Class Certificateholder will be recognized or have any right to replace the special servicer or approve or be consulted with respect to asset status reports or material special servicer actions. Any such waiver will remain effective until such time as the Controlling Class Certificateholder sells or transfers all or a portion of its interest in the certificates to an unaffiliated third party if such unaffiliated third party then holds the majority of the Controlling Class after giving effect to such transfer. Following any such sale or transfer of the Class G certificates, the successor Class G Certificateholder that is the Controlling Class Certificateholder will be reinstated as, and will again have the rights of, the Controlling Class Certificateholder without regard to any prior waiver by the predecessor certificateholder that was the Controlling Class Certificateholder. The successor Class G certificateholder that is the Controlling Class Certificateholder will also have the right to irrevocably waive its right to appoint the Directing Holder and to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder. In the event of any transfer of the Class G certificates by a Controlling Class Certificateholder that had

 

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irrevocably waived its rights as described in this paragraph, the successor Controlling Class Certificateholder that purchased such Class G certificates, even if it does not waive its rights as described in the preceding sentence, will not have any consent rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became a Specially Serviced Loan prior to such successor Controlling Class Certificateholder’s purchase of Class G certificates and had not become a Corrected Loan prior to such purchase until such Mortgage Loan becomes a Corrected Loan.

 

For a description of certain restrictions on any modification, waiver or amendment to the Mortgage Loan documents, see “—Modifications, Waivers and Amendments” above.

 

Servicing Override

 

In the event that the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, determines that immediate action with respect to any Major Decision (or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Holder, other than during the continuance of a Control Termination Event in the PSA (or any matter requiring consultation with the Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the operating advisor)) is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders (and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Serviced Companion Loan(s)), as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loan(s)), the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Holder’s response (or without waiting to consult with the Directing Holder or the operating advisor, as the case may be); provided that the special servicer or master servicer, as applicable provides the Directing Holder (or the operating advisor, if applicable) with prompt written notice following such action including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis for such action.

 

In addition, neither the master servicer nor the special servicer (i) will be required to take or refrain from taking any action pursuant to instructions or objections from the Directing Holder or (ii) may follow any advice or consultation provided by the Directing Holder or the holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan (or its representative) that would (1) cause it to violate any applicable law, the related Mortgage Loan documents, any related Intercreditor Agreement, the PSA, including the Servicing Standard, or the REMIC provisions of the Code, (2) expose the master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, the issuing entity or the trustee to liability, (3) materially expand the scope of responsibilities of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, under the PSA or (4) cause the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, to act, or fail to act, in a manner which in the reasonable judgment of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders.

 

Rights of Holders of Companion Loans

 

With respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the Directing Holder will not be entitled to exercise the rights described above, but such rights, or rights similar to those rights, will be exercisable by the directing holder (or equivalent entity) under the related Non-Serviced PSA (in the case of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan). The issuing entity, as the holder of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, has consultation rights with respect to certain major decisions relating to the Non-Serviced Whole Loans and, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder will be entitled to exercise such consultation rights of the issuing entity pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement. In addition, so for long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder may have certain consent rights in connection with a sale of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan that has become a defaulted loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA and under certain circumstances described under “—Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties”. See also “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” below.

 

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With respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Pari Passu Companion Loan, the holder of the Pari Passu Companion Loan has consultation rights with respect to certain major decisions. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”.

 

Limitation on Liability of Directing Holder

 

The Directing Holder will not be liable to the issuing entity or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or for errors in judgment. However, the Directing Holder will not be protected against any liability to the Controlling Class Certificateholders that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations or duties owed to the Controlling Class Certificateholders.

 

Each Certificateholder will acknowledge and agree, by its acceptance of its certificates, that the Directing Holder:

 

(a)   may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of holders of one or more classes of certificates;

 

(b)   may act solely in the interests of the holders of the Controlling Class (or, in the case of a Whole Loan, in the interests of one or more Companion Loan Holders);

 

(c)   does not have any liability or duties to the holders of any class of certificates other (in the case of the Trust Directing Holder) than the Controlling Class;

 

(d)   may take actions that favor the interests of the holders of the Controlling Class (or, in the case of a Whole Loan, in the interests of one or more Companion Loan Holders) over the interests of the holders of one or more other classes of certificates; and

 

(e)   will have no liability whatsoever to any Certificateholder (other than to a Controlling Class Certificateholder in the case of the Trust Directing Holder), the issuing entity, any Companion Loan Holder, any party to the PSA or any other person (including a borrower under a Mortgage Loan) for having so acted as set forth in (a) – (d) above, and no Certificateholder (other than a Controlling Class Certificateholder in the case of the Trust Directing Holder) or Companion Loan Holder may take any action whatsoever against the Directing Holder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the Directing Holder for having so acted.

 

The taking of, or refraining from taking, any action by the master servicer or the special servicer in accordance with the direction of or approval of the Directing Holder, which does not violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan, any law or the accepted servicing practices or the provisions of the PSA or the related Intercreditor Agreement, will not result in any liability on the part of the master servicer or the special servicer.

 

The Operating Advisor

 

General

 

The operating advisor will act solely as a contracting party to the extent set forth in the PSA, and in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard, and will have no fiduciary duty to any party. The operating advisor’s duties will be limited to its specific duties under the PSA, and the operating advisor will have no duty or liability to any particular class of certificates or any Certificateholder. The operating advisor is not the special servicer, the master servicer or a sub-servicer and will not be charged with changing the outcome on any decision with respect to a Mortgage Loan. By purchasing a certificate, potential investors acknowledge and agree that there could be a variety of activities or decisions made with respect to, or multiple strategies to resolve any Mortgage Loan and that the goal of the operating

 

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advisor’s participation is to provide additional input relating to the special servicer’s compliance with the Servicing Standard in making its determinations as to which strategy to execute.

 

Potential investors should note that the operating advisor is not an “advisor” for any purpose other than as specifically set forth in the PSA and is not an advisor to any person, including without limitation any Certificateholder. For the avoidance of doubt, the operating advisor is not an “investment adviser” within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended or a broker or dealer with the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. See “Risk Factors—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—Your Lack of Control Over the Issuing Entity and the Mortgage Loans Can Impact Your Investment”.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the operating advisor will generally have no obligations or consultation rights as operating advisor under the PSA for this transaction with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan (each of which will be serviced pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA) or any related REO Properties. Meanwhile, the operating advisors or equivalent parties (if any) under the applicable Non Serviced PSA have certain obligations and consultation rights with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan. Furthermore, the operating advisor will have no obligation or responsibility at any time to review or assess the actions of the master servicer for compliance with the Servicing Standard, and the operating advisor will not be required to consider such master servicer actions in connection with any annual report.

 

The special servicer is required to notify the operating advisor of whether any Asset Status Report delivered to the operating advisor is a Final Asset Status Report, which notification may be satisfied by (i) delivery of an Asset Status Report that is either signed by the Directing Holder or that otherwise includes an indication that such Asset Status Report is deemed approved due to the passage of any required consent or consultation time period or (ii) such other method as reasonably agreed to by the special servicer and the operating advisor.

 

Duties of the Operating Advisor While No Control Termination Event is Continuing

 

With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, unless a Control Termination Event is continuing, the operating advisor’s obligations will be limited to the following and generally will not involve an assessment of specific actions of the special servicer:

 

(1)     promptly reviewing information available to Privileged Persons on the certificate administrator’s website that is relevant to the operating advisor’s obligations under the PSA;

 

(2)     promptly reviewing each Final Asset Status Report; and

 

(3)     reviewing any Appraisal Reduction Amount and net present value calculations used in the special servicer’s determination of what course of action to take in connection with the workout or liquidation of a Specially Serviced Loan (after they have been finalized); provided, however, that the operating advisor may not opine on, or otherwise call into question, such Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations and/or net present value calculations (except that if the operating advisor discovers a mathematical error contained in such calculations, then the operating advisor will be required to notify the special servicer and the Directing Holder of such error).

 

Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the operating advisor’s review will be limited to an after-the-action review of the reports and material described above (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the operating advisor), and, therefore, it will have no involvement with respect to the determination and execution of Major Decisions and other similar actions that the special servicer may perform under the PSA and will have no obligations at any time with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. In addition, the operating advisor’s review of the net present value calculations is limited to the mathematical accuracy of the calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas, and as such, does not take into account the reasonableness of the discretionary portions of such formulas.

 

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Duties of the Operating Advisor While A Control Termination Event is Continuing

 

With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, while a Control Termination Event is continuing, the operating advisor’s obligations will consist of the following:

 

(1)        the operating advisor will be required to consult (on a non-binding basis) with the special servicer in respect of the Asset Status Reports in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard, as described under “—The Directing HolderAsset Status Report” above;

 

(2)        the operating advisor will be required to consult (on a non-binding basis) with the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard with respect to Major Decisions as described under “—The Directing Holder—Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event” above;

 

(3)        the operating advisor will be required to prepare an annual report (if any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan during the prior calendar year) generally in the form attached to this prospectus as Annex C to be provided to the depositor, the special servicer, the certificate administrator (and made available through the certificate administrator’s website) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (and made available through the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website) in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard, as described below under “—Annual Report”; and

 

(4)        the operating advisor will be required to promptly recalculate and verify the accuracy of the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portion of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with: (1) any Appraisal Reduction Amount or (2) net present value calculations used in the special servicer’s determination of what course of action to take in connection with the workout or liquidation of a Specially Serviced Loan prior to utilization by the special servicer.

 

In connection with the performance of the duties described in clause (4) above:

 

(1)   after the calculation has been finalized but prior to the utilization by the special servicer, the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, will be required to deliver the foregoing calculations together with information and support materials (including such additional information reasonably requested by the operating advisor and in the possession of the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, to confirm the mathematical accuracy of such calculations, but not including any Privileged Information and, in the case of the Appraisal Reduction Amount, only to the extent the master servicer has provided such information to the special servicer) to the operating advisor;

 

(2)   if the operating advisor does not agree with the mathematical calculations or the application of the applicable non-discretionary portions of the formula required to be utilized for such calculation, the operating advisor and the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will be required to consult with each other in order to resolve any material inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the related formula in arriving at those mathematical calculations or any disagreement; and

 

(3)   if the operating advisor and the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, are not able to resolve such matters, the operating advisor will be required to promptly notify the certificate administrator and the certificate administrator will be required to examine the calculations and supporting materials provided by the special servicer and the operating advisor and determine which calculation is to apply.

 

The “Operating Advisor Standard” means the requirement that the operating advisor must act solely on behalf of the issuing entity and in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan for the benefit of the holders of any related Companion Loan (as

 

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a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Companion Loan Holders constituted a single lender, taking into account the pari passu nature of any related Pari Passu Companion Loan and the subordinate nature of any related Subordinate Companion Loan), and not to holders of any particular class of certificates (as determined by the operating advisor in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable judgment), and without regard to any conflict of interest arising from any relationship that the operating advisor or any of its affiliates may have with any of the underlying borrowers, property managers, any borrower sponsor or guarantor, any mortgage loan seller, the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the asset representations reviewer, the Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, any Certificateholder or any of their respective affiliates. The operating advisor will perform its duties under the PSA in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard.

 

Annual Report

 

During the continuance of a Control Termination Event, based on the operating advisor’s review of (i) any Assessment of Compliance, any Attestation Report, Asset Status Report and other information (other than any communication between the Directing Holder and the special servicer that would be Privileged Information) delivered to the operating advisor by the special servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the certificate administrator’s website during the prior calendar year, including each Asset Status Report delivered during the prior calendar year, the operating advisor will (if, at any time during the prior calendar year, any Serviced Mortgage Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan) prepare an annual report generally in the form attached to this prospectus as Annex C (the “Operating Advisor Annual Report”) to be provided to the depositor, the 17g-5 Information Provider (and made available through the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website) and the certificate administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and made available through the certificate administrator’s website) within 120 days of the end of the prior calendar year for which a Control Termination Event was continuing as of December 31 and setting forth it assessment of the special servicer’s performance of its duties under the PSA during the prior calendar year on a “trust-level basis” with respect to the resolution or liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loans that the special servicer is responsible for servicing under the PSA; provided, however, that in the event the special servicer is replaced, the Operating Advisor Annual Report will only relate to the entity that was acting as special servicer as of December 31 in the prior calendar year and is continuing in such capacity through the date of such Operating Advisor Annual Report.

 

Only as used in connection with the Operating Advisor Annual Report, the term “trust-level basis” refers to the special servicer’s performance of its duties as they relate to the resolution and/or liquidation of Specially Serviced Loans taking into account the special servicer’s specific duties under the PSA as well as the extent to which those duties were performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with reasonable consideration by the operating advisor of any Assessment of Compliance, Attestation Report, Major Decision Reporting Package, Asset Status Report, Final Asset Status Report and any other information, in each case delivered to the operating advisor by the special servicer (other than any communications between the Directing Holder and the special servicer that would be Privileged Information) pursuant to the PSA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no annual report will be required from the operating advisor with respect to the special servicer, if during the prior calendar year, no Final Asset Status Report was prepared by the special servicer in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property.

 

The special servicer must be given an opportunity to review any Operating Advisor Annual Report at least 5 business days prior to such Operating Advisor Annual Report’s delivery to the certificate administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider; provided that the operating advisor will have no obligation to adopt any comments to such Operating Advisor Annual Report that are provided by the special servicer. 

 

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In each Operating Advisor Annual Report, the operating advisor will identify any material deviations (i) from the Servicing Standard and (ii) from the special servicer’s obligations under the PSA with respect to the resolution or liquidation of Specially Serviced Loans or REO Properties that the special servicer is responsible for servicing under the PSA (other than with respect to any REO Property related to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) based on the limited review required in the PSA. Each Operating Advisor Annual Report will be required to comply with the confidentiality requirements, subject to certain exceptions, each as described in this prospectus and as provided in the PSA regarding Privileged Information. In preparing the annual report, the operating advisor (i) will not be required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the special servicer’s obligations under the PSA that the operating advisor determines, in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard, to be immaterial and (ii) will not be required to provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion.

 

The ability to perform the duties of the operating advisor and the quality and the depth of any Operating Advisor Annual Report will be dependent upon the timely receipt of information prepared or made available by others and the accuracy and the completeness of such information. In addition, in no event will the operating advisor have the power to compel any transaction party to take, or refrain from taking, any action. It is possible that the lack of access to Privileged Information may limit or prohibit the operating advisor from performing its duties under the PSA, in which case any Operating Advisor Annual Report will describe any resulting limitations and the operating advisor will not be subject to liability arising from such limitations or prohibitions. The operating advisor will be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy and completeness of any information it is provided. If the operating advisor is prohibited or materially limited from obtaining Privileged Information and such prohibition or limitation prevents the operating advisor from performing its duties under the PSA, the operating advisor will not be subject to any liability arising from its lack of access to such Privileged Information.

 

Recommendation of the Replacement of the Special Servicer

 

During the continuance of a Control Termination Event, if the operating advisor determines that (i) the special servicer is not performing its duties as required under the PSA or is otherwise not acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (ii) the replacement of the special servicer would be in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole, then the operating advisor may recommend the replacement of the special servicer and deliver a report supporting such recommendation in the manner described in “—Replacement of the Special Servicer After Operating Advisor Recommendation and Certificateholder Vote”.

 

Eligibility of Operating Advisor

 

The operating advisor will be required to be an Eligible Operating Advisor at all times during the term of the PSA. “Eligible Operating Advisor” means an entity:

 

(i)     that is a special servicer or operating advisor on a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by the Rating Agencies (including, in the case of the operating advisor, this transaction) but has not been special servicer or operating advisor on a transaction for which any Rating Agency has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing concerns with the special servicer or operating advisor as the sole or a material factor in such rating action;

 

(ii)    that can and will make the representations and warranties of the operating advisor set forth in the PSA;

 

(iii)   that is not (and is not affiliated with) the depositor, the trustee, the certificate administrator, the master servicer, the special servicer, a sponsor, any Borrower Party, the Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, or a depositor, a trustee, a certificate administrator, a master servicer or a special servicer with respect to the securitization of a Companion Loan, or any of their respective affiliates;

 

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(iv)    that has not been paid by the special servicer or successor special servicer any fees, compensation or other remuneration (x) in respect of its obligations under the PSA or (y) for the appointment or recommendation for replacement of a successor special servicer to become the special servicer; and

 

(v)    that (x) has been regularly engaged in the business of analyzing and advising clients in commercial mortgage-backed securities matters and that has at least five years of experience in collateral analysis and loss projections, and (y) has at least five years of experience in commercial real estate asset management and experience in the workout and management of distressed commercial real estate assets.

 

Other Obligations of Operating Advisor

 

At all times, subject to the Privileged Information Exception, the operating advisor and its affiliates will be obligated to keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” received from the special servicer or Directing Holder in connection with the Directing Holder’s exercise of any rights under the PSA (including, without limitation, in connection with any Asset Status Report) or otherwise in connection with the transaction, except under the circumstances described below. As used in this prospectus, “Privileged Information” means (i) any correspondence or other communication between the Directing Holder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the special servicer related to any Specially Serviced Loan (other than any applicable Excluded Loan) or the exercise of the Directing Holder’s consent or consultation rights or the Risk Retention Consultation Party’s consultation rights under the PSA or any related Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) any strategically sensitive information that the special servicer has reasonably determined could compromise the issuing entity’s position in any ongoing or future negotiations with the related borrower or other interested party and that is labeled or otherwise identified as Privileged Information by the special servicer, (iii) information subject to attorney-client privilege and (iv) any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report.

 

The operating advisor is required to keep all such labeled Privileged Information confidential and may not, without the prior written consent of the special servicer and either the Directing Holder (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and any applicable Excluded Loan and for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and any applicable Excluded Loan), as applicable, disclose such labeled Privileged Information to any person (including Certificateholders other than the Directing Holder), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by the PSA, to the other parties to the PSA with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information, (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception, or (3) where necessary to support specific findings or conclusions concerning allegations of deviations from the Servicing Standard (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the operating advisor to replace the special servicer. Each party to the PSA that receives Privileged Information from the operating advisor with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information may not disclose such Privileged Information to any person without the prior written consent of the special servicer and, unless a Consultation Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and any applicable Excluded Loan) other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, while the operating advisor may serve in a similar capacity with respect to other securitizations that involve the same parties or borrower involved in this securitization, the knowledge of the employees performing operating advisor functions for such other securitizations are not imputed to employees of the operating advisor involved in this securitization.

 

Privileged Information Exception” means, with respect to any Privileged Information, at any time (a) such Privileged Information becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the party restricted from disclosing such Privileged Information (the “Restricted Party”), (b) it is reasonable and necessary for the Restricted Party to disclose such Privileged Information in working with legal counsel, auditors, arbitration parties, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (c) such Privileged Information was already known to such Restricted Party

 

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and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (d) the Restricted Party (in the case of the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, the certificate administrator and the trustee, based on the advice of legal counsel) is required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such information.

 

Delegation of Operating Advisor’s Duties

 

The operating advisor will be permitted to delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors in accordance with the PSA; provided, however, the operating advisor will remain obligated and primarily liable for any actions required to be performed by it under the PSA without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the operating advisor alone were performing its obligations under the PSA.

 

Termination of the Operating Advisor With Cause

 

The following constitute operating advisor termination events under the PSA (each, an “Operating Advisor Termination Event”), whether any such event is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

 

(a) any failure by the operating advisor to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under the PSA, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the operating advisor by any party to the PSA or to the operating advisor, the certificate administrator and the trustee by the holders of certificates having greater than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights; provided that with respect to any such failure which is not curable within such 30 day period, the operating advisor will have an additional cure period of 30 days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial 30 day period and has provided the trustee and the certificate administrator with an officer’s certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

 

(b) any failure by the operating advisor to perform in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given in writing to the operating advisor by any party to the PSA;

 

(c) any failure by the operating advisor to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given in writing to the operating advisor by any party to the PSA;

 

(d) a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, has been entered against the operating advisor, and such decree or order has remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

 

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(e) the operating advisor consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the operating advisor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(f) the operating advisor admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations.

 

Upon receipt by the certificate administrator of notice of the occurrence of any Operating Advisor Termination Event, the certificate administrator will be required to promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders electronically by posting such notice on its internet website and by mail, unless the certificate administrator has received notice that such Operating Advisor Termination Event has been remedied.

 

Rights Upon Operating Advisor Termination Event

 

After the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, either (i) the trustee may or (ii) upon the written direction of Certificateholders representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights of each class of certificates, the trustee will be required to, promptly terminate all of the rights and obligations of the operating advisor under the PSA (other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination (including accrued and unpaid compensation) and indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination)), by written notice to the operating advisor and appoint a replacement operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor; provided that no such termination will be effective until a successor operating advisor has been appointed and has assumed all of the obligations of the operating advisor under the PSA. The trustee may rely on a certification by the replacement operating advisor that it is an Eligible Operating Advisor. If the certificate administrator is unable to find a replacement operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor within 30 days of the termination of the operating advisor, the depositor will be permitted to find a replacement.

 

Upon any termination of the operating advisor and appointment of a successor operating advisor, the trustee will, as soon as possible, be required to give written notice of the termination and appointment to the special servicer, the master servicer, the certificate administrator, the depositor, the Directing Holder (only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), any Companion Loan Holder, the Certificateholders, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the 17g-5 Information Provider (and made available through the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website).

 

Waiver of Operating Advisor Termination Event

 

The holders of certificates representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights affected by any Operating Advisor Termination Event will be permitted to waive such Operating Advisor Termination Event within twenty (20) days of the receipt of notice from the certificate administrator of the occurrence of such Operating Advisor Termination Event. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, such Operating Advisor Termination Event will cease to exist and will be deemed to have been remedied. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event by Certificateholders, the trustee and the certificate administrator will be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Operating Advisor Termination Event prior to such waiver from the issuing entity.

 

Termination of the Operating Advisor Without Cause

 

Upon (i) the written direction of holders of certificates evidencing not less than 15% of the aggregate Voting Rights requesting a vote to terminate and replace the operating advisor with a proposed successor operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and (ii) payment by such holders to the certificate administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the certificate administrator in connection with administering such vote, the certificate administrator will be required to promptly provide

 

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written notice of such request to all Certificateholders and the operating advisor by posting such notice on its internet website and by mailing such notice to all Certificateholders and the operating advisor.

 

Upon the written direction of holders of more than 50% of the Voting Rights of the certificates that exercise their right to vote (provided that holders of at least 50% of the Voting Rights of the certificates exercise their right to vote), the trustee will be required to terminate all of the rights and obligations of the operating advisor under the PSA by written notice to the operating advisor (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including accrued and unpaid compensation) and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

 

The certificate administrator will be required to include on each Distribution Date statement a statement that each Certificateholder and beneficial owner of certificates may access such notices on the certificate administrator’s website and each Certificateholder and beneficial owner of certificates may register to receive email notifications when such notices are posted on the website. The certificate administrator will be entitled to reimbursement from the requesting Certificateholders for the reasonable expenses of posting such notices. In addition, in the event there are no classes of certificates outstanding other than the Control Eligible Certificates, the VRR Interest, the Class S certificates and the Class R certificates, then all of the rights and obligations of the operating advisor under the PSA will terminate without payment of any penalty or termination fee (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including accrued and unpaid compensation) and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination). If the operating advisor is terminated pursuant to the foregoing sentence, then no replacement operating advisor will be appointed.

 

Resignation of the Operating Advisor

 

The operating advisor may resign upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator, the asset representations reviewer, the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Directing Holder, if the operating advisor has secured a replacement operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and such replacement operating advisor has accepted its appointment as the replacement operating advisor. If no successor operating advisor has been so appointed and accepted the appointment within 30 days after the notice of resignation, the resigning operating advisor may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor. The resigning operating advisor must pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its duties.

 

Operating Advisor Compensation

 

Certain fees will be payable to the operating advisor, and the operating advisor will be entitled to be reimbursed for certain expenses, as described under “Transaction Parties—The Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer”.

 

In the event the operating advisor resigns or is terminated for any reason, it will remain entitled to any accrued and unpaid fees and reimbursement of operating advisor expenses and any rights to indemnification provided under the PSA with respect to the period for which it acted as operating advisor.

 

The operating advisor will be entitled to reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by the operating advisor in the event that the operating advisor is terminated without cause. See “—Termination of the Operating Advisor Without Cause” above.

 

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The Asset Representations Reviewer

 

Asset Review

 

Asset Review Trigger

 

On or prior to each Distribution Date, based on either the CREFC® delinquent loan status report or the CREFC® loan periodic update file delivered by the master servicer for such Distribution Date, the certificate administrator will be required to determine if an Asset Review Trigger has occurred. If an Asset Review Trigger is determined to have occurred, the certificate administrator will be required to promptly provide notice to the asset representations reviewer, the master servicer, the special servicer, the Directing Holder and all Certificateholders by posting a notice of its determination on its internet website and by mailing such notice to the Certificateholders’ addresses appearing in the certificate register. On each Distribution Date after providing such notice to Certificateholders, the certificate administrator, based on information provided to it by the master servicer, will be required to determine whether (1) any additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan, (2) any Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan and (3) an Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist, and, if there is an occurrence of any of the events or circumstances identified in clauses (1), (2) or (3), deliver such information in a written notice (which may be via email) within two (2) business days to the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer and the Directing Holder.

 

An “Asset Review Trigger” will occur when either (1) Mortgage Loans with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of 25.0% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) held by the issuing entity as of the end of the applicable Collection Period are Delinquent Loans or (2)(A) prior to and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least 10 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 15.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) held by the issuing entity as of the end of the applicable Collection Period, or (B) after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least 15 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 20.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) held by the issuing entity as of the end of the applicable Collection Period. The PSA will require that the certificate administrator include in the Distribution Report on Form 10-D relating to the distribution period in which the Asset Review Trigger occurred a description of the events that caused the Asset Review Trigger to occur.

 

We believe this Asset Review Trigger is appropriate considering the unique characteristics of pools of Mortgage Loans underlying CMBS. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Static Pool Data Would Not Be Indicative of the Performance of this Pool”. While we do not believe static pool information is relevant to CMBS transactions as a general matter, as a point of relative context, with respect to the 119 prior pools of commercial mortgage loans for which GACC (or its predecessors) was sponsor in a public offering of CMBS with a securitization closing date on or after January 1, 2006 (excluding 13 of such 119 pools with an outstanding aggregate pool balance that is equal to or less than 20% of the initial pool balance), the highest percentage of loans, based on the aggregate outstanding principal balance of delinquent mortgage loans in an individual CMBS transaction, that were delinquent at least 60 days at the end of any reporting period between October 1, 2015 and September 30, 2020 was approximately 28.016%; however, the average of the highest delinquency percentages based on the aggregate outstanding principal balance of delinquent mortgage loans in the reviewed transactions was approximately 11.750%; and the highest percentage of delinquent mortgage loans, based upon the number of mortgage loans in the reviewed transactions was approximately 17.241% and the average of the highest delinquency percentages based on the number of mortgage loans in the reviewed transactions was approximately 6.506%.

 

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This pool of Mortgage Loans is not homogeneous or granular, and there are individual Mortgage Loans that each represent a significant percentage, by outstanding principal balance, of the Mortgage Pool. For example, the two largest Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool represent approximately 19.0% of the Initial Pool Balance. Given this Mortgage Pool composition and the fact that CMBS pools as a general matter include a small relative number of larger mortgage loans, we believe it would not be appropriate for the delinquency of the two largest Mortgage Loans, in the case of this Mortgage Pool, to cause the Asset Review Trigger to be met, as that would not necessarily be indicative of the overall quality of the Mortgage Pool. On the other hand, a significant number of delinquent Mortgage Loans by loan count could indicate an issue with the quality of the Mortgage Pool. As a result, we believe it would be appropriate to have the alternative test as set forth in clause (2) of the definition of “Asset Review Trigger”, namely to have the Asset Review Trigger be met if Mortgage Loans representing a specified percentage of the Mortgage Loans (by loan count) are Delinquent Loans, assuming those mortgage loans still meet a minimum principal balance threshold. However, given the nature of commercial mortgage loans and the inherent risks of a delinquency based solely on market conditions, a static trigger based on the number of delinquent loans would reflect a lower relative risk of an Asset Review Trigger being triggered earlier in the transaction’s lifecycle for delinquencies that are based on issues unrelated to breaches or representations and warranties and would reflect a higher relative risk later in the transaction’s lifecycle. To address this, we believe the specified percentage should increase during the life of the transaction, as provided for in clause (2) of the definition of “Asset Review Trigger”. CMBS as an asset class has historically not had a large number of claims for, or repurchases based on, breaches of representations and warranties. While the Asset Review Trigger we have selected is less than this historical peak, we feel it remains at a level that avoids a trigger based on market variability while providing an appropriate threshold to capture delinquencies that may have resulted from an underlying deficiency in one or more mortgage loan seller’s Mortgage Loans that could be the basis for claims against those mortgage loan sellers based on breaches of the representations and warranties.

 

Delinquent Loan” means a Mortgage Loan that is delinquent at least sixty days in respect of its Periodic Payments or balloon payment, if any, in either case such delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any grace period. For the avoidance of doubt, a delinquency that would have existed but for a COVID Modification will not constitute a delinquency for so long as the related borrower is complying with the terms of such COVID Modification.

 

Asset Review Vote

 

If Certificateholders evidencing not less than 5% of the Voting Rights deliver to the certificate administrator, within 90 days after the filing of the Form 10-D reporting the occurrence of an Asset Review Trigger, a written direction requesting a vote to commence an Asset Review (an “Asset Review Vote Election”), the certificate administrator will be required to promptly provide written notice of such direction to the asset representations reviewer and to all Certificateholders, and to conduct a solicitation of votes of Certificateholders to authorize an Asset Review. Upon the affirmative vote to authorize an Asset Review by Certificateholders evidencing at least a majority of an Asset Review Quorum within 150 days of the receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election (an “Affirmative Asset Review Vote”), the certificate administrator will be required to promptly provide written notice of such Affirmative Asset Review Vote to all parties to the PSA, the underwriters, the mortgage loan sellers, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Trust Directing Holder and the Certificateholders. In the event an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has not occurred within such 150-day period following the receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, no Certificateholder may request a vote or cast a vote for an Asset Review and the asset representations reviewer will not be required to review any Delinquent Loan unless and until (A) an additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan after the expiration of such 150-day period, (B) an additional Asset Review Trigger has occurred as a result or otherwise is in effect, (C) the certificate administrator has timely received any Asset Review Vote Election after the occurrence of the events described in clauses (A) and (B) above and (D) an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has occurred within 150 days after the Asset Review Vote Election described in clause (C) above. After the occurrence of any Asset Review Vote Election or an Affirmative Asset Review Vote, no Certificateholder may make any additional Asset Review Vote Election except as described in the immediately preceding sentence. Any reasonable out-of-

 

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pocket expenses incurred by the certificate administrator in connection with administering such vote will be paid as an expense of the issuing entity from the Collection Account.

 

An “Asset Review Quorum” means, in connection with any solicitation of votes to authorize an Asset Review as described above, the holders of certificates evidencing at least 5% of the aggregate Voting Rights.

 

Review Materials

 

Upon receipt of notice from the certificate administrator of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote (the “Asset Review Notice”), the custodian (with respect to clauses (i) – (v) for all Mortgage Loans), the master servicer (with respect to clauses (vi) and (vii) for non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the special servicer (with respect to clauses (vi) and (vii) for Specially Serviced Loans), in each case to the extent in such party’s possession, will be required to promptly, but in no event later than 10 business days (except with respect to clause (vii)) after receipt of such notice from the certificate administrator, provide the following materials to the asset representations reviewer (collectively, with the Diligence Files, a copy of the prospectus, a copy of each related MLPA and a copy of the PSA, the “Review Materials”):

 

(i)     a copy of an assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the related trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, for each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(ii)    a copy of an assignment of any related assignment of leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the related trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(iii)   a copy of the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, if not already covered pursuant to items (i) or (ii) above;

 

(iv)   a copy of all filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC financing statements related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(v)    a copy of an assignment in favor of the related trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in the relevant jurisdiction related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(vi)   a copy of any notice previously delivered by the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, of any alleged defect or breach with respect to any Delinquent Loan; and

 

(vii)  any other related documents that were entered into or delivered in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan that are necessary in connection with the asset representations reviewer’s completion of any Asset Review and that are requested (in writing in accordance with the PSA) by the asset representations reviewer, in the time frames and as otherwise described below.

 

If, as part of an Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan, the asset representations reviewer determines that it is missing any documents that are required to be part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan or which were entered into or delivered in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan that, in either case, are necessary to review and assess one or more documents comprising the Diligence File in connection with its completion of any Test, then the asset representations reviewer will promptly, but in no event later than 10 business days after receipt of the Review Materials identified in clauses (i) through (vi) above, notify (in writing in accordance with the PSA) the master servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, of such missing documents, and provide a written request (in accordance with the PSA) that the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, promptly, but in no event later than 10 business days after receipt of such notification from the asset representations reviewer, deliver to the asset representations reviewer such missing documents to the extent in its possession. In the event any missing documents are not provided by the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, within such

 

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10 business day period, the asset representations reviewer will request such documents from the related mortgage loan seller. The mortgage loan seller will be required under the related MLPA to deliver such additional documents only to the extent in the possession of such party.

 

The asset representations reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider and rely upon information furnished to it by a person that is not a party to the PSA or the related mortgage loan seller, and will do so only if such information can be independently verified (without unreasonable effort or expense to the asset representations reviewer) and is determined by the asset representations reviewer in each case in its good faith and sole discretion to be relevant to the Asset Review (such information, “Unsolicited Information”).

 

Asset Review

 

Upon its receipt of the Asset Review Notice and access to the Diligence File posted to the secure data room with respect to a Delinquent Loan, the asset representations reviewer, as an independent contractor, is required to commence a review of the compliance of each Delinquent Loan with the representations and warranties related to that Delinquent Loan (such review, the “Asset Review”). An Asset Review of each Delinquent Loan will consist of the application of a set of pre-determined review procedures (the “Tests”) for each representation and warranty made by the related mortgage loan seller with respect to such Delinquent Loan; provided, however, that the asset representations reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, modify any Test and/or associated Review Materials if, and only to the extent, the asset representations reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that it is necessary to modify such Test and/or such associated Review Materials in order to facilitate its Asset Review in accordance with the Asset Review Standard. Once an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan is completed, no further Asset Review will be required or performed on that Mortgage Loan notwithstanding that such Mortgage Loan may continue to be a Delinquent Loan or become a Delinquent Loan again at the time when a new Asset Review Trigger occurs and a new Affirmative Asset Review Vote is obtained subsequent to the occurrence of such Asset Review Trigger.

 

Asset Review Standard” means the performance of the asset representations reviewer of its duties under the PSA in good faith subject to the express terms of the PSA. All determinations or assumptions made by the asset representations reviewer in connection with an Asset Review are required to be made in the asset representations reviewer’s good faith discretion and judgment based on the facts and circumstances known to it at the time of such determination or assumption.

 

No Certificateholder will have the right to change the scope of the asset representations reviewer’s review, and the asset representations reviewer will not be required to review any information other than (i) the Review Materials, and (ii) if applicable, Unsolicited Information.

 

The asset representations reviewer may, absent manifest error and subject to the Asset Review Standard, (i) assume, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects and (ii) conclusively rely on such Review Materials.

 

If the asset representations reviewer determines that the Review Materials are insufficient to complete a Test and such missing documentation is not delivered to the asset representations reviewer by the applicable mortgage loan seller, the master servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) within 10 days upon request as described above, then the asset representations reviewer will list such missing documents in a preliminary report setting forth the preliminary results of the application of the Tests and the reasons why such missing documents are necessary to complete a Test and (if the asset representations reviewer has so concluded) that the absence of such documents will be deemed to be a failure of such Test. The asset representations reviewer will provide such preliminary report to the master servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) and the related mortgage loan seller no later than 60 days after the date on which access to the Diligence Files in the secure data room is made available to the asset representations reviewer by the certificate administrator. If the preliminary report indicates that any of the representations and warranties fails or is deemed to fail any Test, the mortgage loan seller will have 90 days (the “Cure/Contest Period”) to remedy

 

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or otherwise refute the failure. Any documents provided or explanations given to support a conclusion that the representation and warranty has not failed a Test or that any missing documents in the Review Materials are not required to complete a Test will be required to be promptly delivered by the related mortgage loan seller to the asset representations reviewer. For the avoidance of doubt, the asset representations reviewer will not be required to prepare a preliminary report in the event the asset representations reviewer determines that there is no Test failure with respect to the related Delinquent Loan.

 

The asset representations reviewer will be required, within the later of (x) 60 days after the date on which access to the Diligence Files in the secure data room is made available to the asset representations reviewer by the certificate administrator or (y) 10 days after the expiration of the Cure/Contest Period, to complete an Asset Review with respect to each Delinquent Loan and deliver (i) a report setting forth the asset representations reviewer’s findings and conclusions as to whether or not it has determined there is any evidence of a failure of any Test based on the Asset Review and a statement that the asset representations reviewer’s findings and conclusions set forth in such report were not influenced by any third party (an “Asset Review Report”) to each party to the PSA and the applicable mortgage loan seller for each Delinquent Loan and the Trust Directing Holder, and (ii) a summary of the asset representations reviewer’s conclusions included in such Asset Review Report (an “Asset Review Report Summary”) to the trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer and special servicer. The period of time by which the Asset Review Report must be completed and delivered may be extended by up to an additional 30 days, upon written notice to the parties to the PSA and the related mortgage loan seller, if the asset representations reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that such additional time is required due to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loans and/or the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. In no event will the asset representations reviewer be required to determine whether any Test failure constitutes a Material Defect, or whether the issuing entity should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable mortgage loan seller, which, in each such case, will be the responsibility of the master servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans). See “—Enforcement of Mortgage Loan Seller’s Obligations Under the MLPA” below. In addition, in the event that the asset representations reviewer does not receive any documentation that it requested from the master servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans), the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) or the applicable mortgage loan seller in sufficient time to allow the asset representations reviewer to complete its Asset Review and deliver an Asset Review Report, the asset representations reviewer will be required to prepare the Asset Review Report solely based on the documentation received by the asset representations reviewer with respect to the related Delinquent Loan, and the asset representations reviewer will have no responsibility to independently obtain any such documentation from any party to the PSA or otherwise. The PSA will require that the certificate administrator (i) include the Asset Review Report Summary in the Distribution Report on Form 10–D relating to the distribution period in which such Asset Review Report Summary was received by the certificate administrator, and (ii) post such Asset Review Report Summary to the certificate administrator’s website not later than 2 business days after receipt of such Asset Review Report Summary from the asset representations reviewer.

 

Eligibility of Asset Representations Reviewer

 

The asset representations reviewer will be required to represent and warrant in the PSA that it is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The asset representations reviewer is required to at all times be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. If the asset representations reviewer ceases to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, the asset representations reviewer is required to immediately notify the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee, the operating advisor, the certificate administrator and the Trust Directing Holder of such disqualification and immediately resign, and the trustee will be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to appoint a successor asset representations reviewer. If the trustee is unable to find a successor asset representations reviewer within 30 days of the termination of the asset representations reviewer, the depositor will be permitted to find a replacement.

 

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An “Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer” is an entity that (i) is the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction rated by any of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., Fitch, DBRS, Inc., Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC or S&P Global Ratings and that has not been a special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction for which Moody’s, Fitch, DBRS, Inc., Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC or S&P Global Ratings has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with the special servicer, the operating advisor or the asset representations reviewer, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (ii) can and will make the representations and warranties of the asset representations reviewer set forth in the PSA, (iii) is not (and is not affiliated with) any sponsor, any mortgage loan seller, any originator, the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the Trust Directing Holder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any of its affiliates, (iv) has not performed (and is not affiliated with any party hired to perform) any due diligence, loan underwriting, brokerage, borrower advisory or similar services with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan prior to the Closing Date for or on behalf of any sponsor, any mortgage loan seller, any underwriter, any party to the PSA, the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Trust Directing Holder or any of their respective affiliates, or have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by any of them in connection with any such services and (v) does not directly or indirectly, through one or more affiliates or otherwise, own any interest in any certificates, any Mortgage Loan, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which the PSA relates, other than in fees from its role as asset representations reviewer (or as operating advisor, if applicable) and except as otherwise set forth in the PSA.

 

Other Obligations of Asset Representations Reviewer

 

The asset representations reviewer and its affiliates are required to keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” received from any party to the PSA or any sponsor under the PSA (including, without limitation, in connection with the review of the Mortgage Loans) and not disclose such Privileged Information to any person (including Certificateholders), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by the PSA in an Asset Review Report or otherwise, to the other parties to the PSA with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information or (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Each party to the PSA that receives Privileged Information from the asset representations reviewer with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information may not disclose such Privileged Information to any person without the prior written consent of the special servicer other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. In addition, the asset representations reviewer will be required to keep all documents and information received by the asset representations reviewer in connection with an Asset Review that are provided by the applicable mortgage loan seller, the master servicer and the special servicer confidential and will not be permitted to disclose such documents or information except (i) for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations under the PSA, (ii) if such documents or information become generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the asset representations reviewer, (iii) if it is reasonable and necessary for the asset representations reviewer to disclose such documents or information in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (iv) if such documents or information was already known to the asset representations reviewer and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (v) if the asset representations reviewer is required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such document or information.

 

Neither the asset representations reviewer nor any of its affiliates may make any investment in any class of certificates; provided, however, that such prohibition will not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker-dealer affiliate of the asset representations reviewer or (ii) investments by an affiliate of the asset representations reviewer if the asset representations reviewer and such affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the asset representations reviewer under the PSA from personnel involved in such affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the issuing

 

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entity and the asset representations reviewer and its personnel from gaining access to such affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

 

Delegation of Asset Representations Reviewer’s Duties

 

The asset representations reviewer may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors in accordance with the PSA, however, the asset representations reviewer will remain obligated and primarily liable for any Asset Review required in accordance with the provisions of the PSA without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the asset representations reviewer alone were performing its obligations under the PSA.

 

Assignment of Asset Representations Reviewer’s Rights and Obligations

 

The asset representations reviewer may assign its rights and obligations under the PSA in connection with the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its asset representations reviewer portfolio, provided that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (A) is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to perform the duties of the asset representations reviewer resulting from a merger, consolidation or succession that is permitted under the PSA, (B) executes and delivers to the trustee and the certificate administrator an agreement that contains an assumption by such person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the asset representations reviewer under the PSA from and after the date of such agreement and (C) is not be a prohibited party under the PSA; (ii) the asset representations reviewer will not be released from its obligations under the PSA that arose prior to the effective date of such assignment and delegation; (iii) the rate at which the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (or any component thereof) is calculated may not exceed the rate then in effect and (iv) the resigning asset representations reviewer will be required to be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of each other party hereto and the Rating Agencies in connection with such transfer. Upon acceptance of such assignment and delegation, the purchaser or transferee will be required to provide notice to each party to the PSA and then will be the successor asset representations reviewer hereunder.

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Events

 

The following constitute asset representations reviewer termination events under the PSA (each, an “Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event”) whether any such event is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

 

(i)    any failure by the asset representations reviewer to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under the PSA, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the asset representations reviewer by the trustee or to the asset representations reviewer and the trustee by the holders of certificates evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights; provided that if such failure is capable of being cured and the asset representations reviewer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30 day period will be extended by an additional 30 days;

 

(ii)    any failure by the asset representations reviewer to perform its obligations set forth in the PSA in accordance with the Asset Review Standard in any material respect, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the asset representations reviewer by any party to the PSA;

 

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(iii)   any failure by the asset representations reviewer to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the asset representations reviewer by any party to the PSA;

 

(iv)   a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, has been entered against the asset representations reviewer, and such decree or order has remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

 

(v)    the asset representations reviewer consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the asset representations reviewer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(vi)   the asset representations reviewer admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations.

 

Upon receipt by the certificate administrator of written notice (which will be simultaneously delivered to the asset representations reviewer) of the occurrence of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event, the certificate administrator will be required to promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders electronically by posting such notice on its internet website and by mail, unless the certificate administrator has received written notice that such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event has been remedied.

 

Rights Upon Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event

 

If an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event occurs, and in each and every such case, so long as such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event has not been remedied, then either the trustee (i) may or (ii) upon the written direction of Certificateholders evidencing at least 25% of the Voting Rights will be required to, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the asset representations reviewer under the PSA, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by written notice to the asset representations reviewer. The asset representations reviewer is required to bear all reasonable costs and expenses of each other party to the PSA in connection with its termination for cause.

 

Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer Without Cause

 

Upon (i) the written direction of Certificateholders evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights requesting a vote to terminate and replace the asset representations reviewer with a proposed successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, and (ii) payment by such holders to the certificate administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the certificate administrator in connection with administering such vote, the certificate administrator will promptly provide notice to all Certificateholders and the asset representations reviewer of such request by posting such notice on its internet website, and by mailing to all Certificateholders and the asset representations reviewer. Upon the written direction of Certificateholders evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum, the trustee will terminate all of the rights and obligations of the asset representations reviewer under the PSA (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination)) by written notice to the asset representations reviewer, and the proposed successor asset representations reviewer will be appointed.

 

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In the event that holders of the certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum elect to remove the asset representations reviewer without cause and appoint a successor, the successor asset representations reviewer will be responsible for all expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

 

Resignation of Asset Representations Reviewer

 

The asset representations reviewer may at any time resign by giving written notice to the other parties to the PSA. In addition, the asset representations reviewer will at all times be, and will be required to resign if it fails to be, an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer by giving written notice to the other parties. Upon such notice of resignation, the depositor is required to promptly appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. No resignation of the asset representations reviewer will be effective until a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer has been appointed and accepted the appointment. If no successor asset representations reviewer has been so appointed and accepted the appointment within 30 days after the notice of resignation, the resigning asset representations reviewer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The resigning asset representations reviewer must pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its duties.

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Compensation

 

Certain fees will be payable to the asset representations reviewer, and the asset representations reviewer will be entitled to be reimbursed for certain expenses, as described under “—Servicing and Other Compensation and Payment of Expenses”.

 

Limitation on Liability of the Risk Retention Consultation Party

 

The Risk Retention Consultation Party in its capacity as the Risk Retention Consultation Party will not be liable to the issuing entity or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment.

 

Each Certificateholder will acknowledge and agree, by its acceptance of its certificates, that the Risk Retention Consultation Party:

 

(1) may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of holders of one or more classes of certificates other than the holder of the VRR Interest related to the Risk Retention Consultation Party;

 

(2) may act solely in the interests of the applicable holder of the VRR Interest;

 

(3) does not have any liability or duties to the holders of any class of classes of certificates other than the holder of the VRR Interest related to the Risk Retention Consultation Party;

 

(4) may take actions that favor the interests of the holders of one or more classes of certificates including the VRR Interest over the interests of the holders of one or more other classes of certificates; and

 

(5) will have no liability whatsoever for having so acted as set forth in (1) – (4) above, and no Certificateholder (other than the holder of the VRR Interest related to the Risk Retention Consultation Party) may take any action whatsoever against the applicable Risk Retention Consultation Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the Risk Retention Consultation Party for having so acted.

 

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terms of any Mortgage Loan, any law, the Servicing Standard or the provisions of the PSA or the related Intercreditor Agreement, will not result in any liability on the part of the master servicer or special servicer.

 

Replacement of the Special Servicer Without Cause

 

Except as limited by certain conditions described below and subject to the rights of the holder of any related Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the special servicer may generally be replaced, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, at any time and without cause, by the Directing Holder so long as, among other things, the Directing Holder appoints a replacement special servicer that meets the requirements of the PSA, including that the trustee and the certificate administrator receive a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a comparable confirmation from each NRSRO that has been engaged to rate any securities backed, in whole or in part, by a Pari Passu Companion Loan and that such replacement special servicer may not be the asset representations reviewer or any of its affiliates. The reasonable fees of any such termination incurred by the Trust Directing Holder will be paid by the Controlling Class Certificateholders.

 

During the continuance of a Control Termination Event that relates to any Mortgage Loan, upon (i) the written direction of holders of Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances) of the Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest requesting a vote to replace the special servicer with a new special servicer, (ii) payment by such holders to the certificate administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses (including any legal fees and expenses and any Rating Agency fees and expenses) to be incurred by the certificate administrator in connection with administering such vote (which fees and expenses will not be additional trust fund expenses), and (iii) delivery by such holders to the certificate administrator and the trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a comparable confirmation from each NRSRO that has been engaged to rate any securities backed, in whole or in part, by a Pari Passu Companion Loan (such Rating Agency Confirmation will be obtained at the expense of those holders of certificates requesting such vote), the certificate administrator will be required to promptly post notice of such request on the certificate administrator’s website and concurrently provide written notice of such request by mail and conduct the solicitation of votes of all certificates in such regard, which such vote must occur within 180 days of the posting of such notice. Upon the written direction of (i) holders of Principal Balance Certificates and VRR Interest evidencing at least 66-2/3% of a Certificateholder Quorum or (ii) holders of Principal Balance Certificates and VRR Interest evidencing more than 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights of each Class of Non-Reduced Certificates on an aggregate basis, the trustee will be required to terminate all of the rights and obligations of the special servicer under the PSA and appoint the successor special servicer (which must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer) designated by such Certificateholders; provided that such successor special servicer is a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer, subject to indemnification, right to outstanding fees, reimbursement of Advances and other rights set forth in the PSA, which survive such termination.

 

A “Certificateholder Quorum” means, in connection with any solicitation of votes in connection with the replacement of the special servicer or the asset representations reviewer described above, the holders of certificates evidencing at least 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the certificates, except in the case of the termination of the asset representations reviewer) of all Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest on an aggregate basis.

 

Non-Reduced Certificates” means, as of any date of determination, any class of Principal Balance Certificates and VRR Interest then-outstanding for which (a)(1) the initial Certificate Balance of such class of certificates minus (2) the sum (without duplication) of (x) the aggregate payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) distributed to the Certificateholders of such class of certificates as of such date of determination, (y) any Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to such class of certificates as of such date of determination and (z) any Realized Losses or VRR Realized Losses, as applicable, previously allocated to such class of certificates as of such date of determination, is equal to or greater than (b) 25% of the remainder of (1) the initial Certificate Balance of such class of certificates less (2) any

 

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payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) previously distributed to the Certificateholders of such class of certificates as of such date of determination.

 

A “Qualified Replacement Special Servicer” is a replacement special servicer that (i) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to special servicers in the PSA, (ii) is not the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer or an affiliate of the operating advisor or the asset representations reviewer, (iii) is not obligated to pay the operating advisor (x) any fees or otherwise compensate the operating advisor in respect of its obligations under the PSA, or (y) for the appointment of the successor special servicer or the recommendation by the operating advisor for the replacement special servicer to become the special servicer, (iv) is not entitled to receive any compensation from the operating advisor other than compensation that is not material and is unrelated to the operating advisor’s recommendation that such party be appointed as the replacement special servicer, (v) is not entitled to receive any fee from the operating advisor for its appointment as successor special servicer, in each case, unless expressly approved by 100% of the Certificateholders, (vi) currently has a special servicer rating of at least “CSS3” from Fitch, (vii) (a) has been appointed and currently serves as a special servicer on a “transaction level” basis on a CMBS transaction currently rated by Moody’s that currently has securities outstanding and (b) is not a special servicer that has been publicly cited by Moody’s as having servicing concerns as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities rated by Moody’s in a CMBS transaction serviced by the applicable replacement special servicer prior to the time of determination, and (viii) is not a special servicer that has been publicly cited by KBRA as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

 

In any case, the trustee will notify the outgoing special servicer promptly of the effective date of its termination. Any replacement special servicer recommended by the operating advisor must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the special servicer obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (any such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, a “Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan”), the special servicer will be required to resign as special servicer of that Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

 

In the event the special servicer is required to resign as special servicer with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan because it obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party other than during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, then (i) if the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is not also an Excluded Loan, the Trust Directing Holder will be entitled to appoint (and replace with or without cause) a successor special servicer that is not a Borrower Party in accordance with the terms of the PSA (the “Excluded Special Servicer”) for the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (ii) if the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is also an Excluded Loan, the largest Controlling Class Certificateholder (by Certificate Balance) that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder will be entitled to appoint (and replace with or without cause) the Excluded Special Servicer for the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, and (iii) if there is no Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, the resigning special servicer will be required to use reasonable efforts to appoint the Excluded Special Servicer for the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan. In the event the special servicer is required to resign as special servicer with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan because it obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party and either (i) a Consultation Termination Event is continuing or (ii) there is no Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, then the resigning special servicer will be required to use reasonable efforts to appoint the Excluded Special Servicer for the Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan. The special servicer will not have any liability with respect to the actions or inactions of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer or with respect to the identity of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer.

 

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If at any time a special servicer is no longer a Borrower Party with respect to an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (1) the related Excluded Special Servicer will be required to resign, (2) the related Mortgage Loan will no longer be an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (3) such special servicer will become the special servicer again for the such related Mortgage Loan and (4) such special servicer will be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Mortgage Loan earned during such time on and after such Mortgage Loan is no longer an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

 

The Excluded Special Servicer will be required to perform all of the obligations of the special servicer for the related Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan and will be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan earned during such time as the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (provided that the special servicer will remain entitled to all other special servicing compensation with respect all Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loan which are not Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loans).

 

No appointment of a special servicer will be effective until the depositor has filed any required Exchange Act filings related to the removal and replacement of the special servicer.

 

With respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer may be removed, and a successor special servicer appointed at any time by the directing holder or analogous party appointed under the related Non-Serviced PSA (and not by the Trust Directing Holder) to the extent set forth in the related Non-Serviced PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement for such Non-Serviced Whole Loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” below.

 

Replacement of the Special Servicer After Operating Advisor Recommendation and Certificateholder Vote

 

If, during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the operating advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that (1) the special servicer is not performing its duties as required under the PSA or is otherwise not acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard and (2) the replacement of the special servicer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders as a collective whole, then the operating advisor will have the right to recommend the replacement of the special servicer. In such event, the operating advisor will be required to deliver to the trustee and the certificate administrator, with a copy to the special servicer, a written report detailing the reasons supporting its recommendation (along with relevant information justifying its recommendation) and recommending a suggested replacement special servicer (which must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer). The certificate administrator will be required to notify each Certificateholder of the recommendation and post the related report on the certificate administrator’s internet website, and to conduct the solicitation of votes with respect to such recommendation. Approval by the Certificateholders of such Qualified Replacement Special Servicer will not preclude the Directing Holder from appointing a replacement, so long as such replacement is a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer and is not the originally replaced special servicer or its affiliate.

 

The operating advisor’s recommendation to replace the special servicer must be confirmed within 180 days of after the notice is posted to the certificate administrator’s website by an affirmative vote of Certificateholders evidencing at least a majority of a quorum of Certificateholders (which, for this purpose, is the Certificateholders that evidence at least 20% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the respective Certificate Balances) of all Principal Balance Certificates and the VRR Interest on an aggregate basis).

 

In the event the holders of such Voting Rights elect to remove and replace the special servicer (which requisite affirmative votes must be received within 180 days of the posting of the notice of the operating advisor’s recommendation to replace the special servicer to the certificate administrator’s website), the certificate administrator will be required to receive a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and a comparable confirmation from each NRSRO that has been engaged to rate any securities

 

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backed, in whole or in part, by a Serviced Companion Loan at that time. In the event the certificate administrator receives a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies (and the successor special servicer agrees to be bound by the terms of the PSA), the trustee will then be required to terminate all of the rights and obligations of the special servicer under the PSA and to appoint the successor special servicer approved by such Certificateholders, provided that such successor special servicer is a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer, subject to the terminated special servicer’s rights to indemnification, payment of outstanding fees, reimbursement of Advances and other rights set forth in the PSA that survive termination. The reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel) associated with obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmations and administering the vote of the applicable holders of the certificates and the operating advisor’s identification of a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer will be an additional trust fund expense.

 

In any case, the trustee will notify the outgoing special servicer promptly of the effective date of its termination. Any replacement special servicer recommended by the operating advisor must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer.

 

In the event the special servicer is terminated as a result of the recommendation of the operating advisor described in this “—Replacement of the Special Servicer After Operating Advisor Recommendation and Certificateholder Vote”, the Directing Holder may not subsequently reappoint as special servicer such terminated special servicer or any affiliate of such terminated special servicer.

 

No appointment of the special servicer will be effective until the depositor or the depositor for the securitization of a Companion Loan has filed any required Exchange Act filings related to the removal and replacement of the special servicer.

 

With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer may be removed, and a successor special servicer appointed at any time by the related directing holder or analogous party appointed under the related Non-Serviced PSA (and not by the Directing Holder) to the extent set forth in the related Non-Serviced PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement for such Non-Serviced Whole Loans. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”, “—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans” and “—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” below.

 

Termination of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for Cause

 

Servicer Termination Events

 

A “Servicer Termination Event” under the PSA with respect to the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, will include, without limitation:

 

(a) with respect to the master servicer only, any failure by the master servicer (i) to make a required deposit to the Collection Account or to the separate custodial account for any Serviced Whole Loan on the day such deposit was first required to be made, which failure is not remedied within two business days, (ii) to deposit into, or remit to the certificate administrator for deposit into, the Distribution Account any amount required to be so deposited or remitted (including any required P&I Advance, unless the master servicer determines that such P&I Advance would be non-recoverable), which failure is not remedied by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the relevant Distribution Date (provided, however, that to the extent the master servicer does not timely make such remittances to the certificate administrator, the master servicer will be required to pay the certificate administrator for the account of the certificate administrator interest on any amount not timely remitted at the Reimbursement Rate from and including the applicable required remittance date to, but not including, the date such remittance is actually made) or (iii) to remit to any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan, as and when required by the PSA or the related intercreditor agreement, any amount required to be so remitted which failure continues for two business days;

 

(b) with respect to the special servicer only, any failure by the special servicer to deposit into the REO Account on the day such deposit is required to be made and such failure continues unremedied

 

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for one business day, or to remit to the master servicer for deposit in the Collection Account (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related custodial account) any such remittance required to be made, under the PSA; provided, however, that the failure of the special servicer to remit such remittance to the master servicer will not be a Servicer Termination Event if such failure is remedied within two business days and if the special servicer has compensated the master servicer for any loss of income (at the Reimbursement Rate) on such amount suffered by the master servicer due to and caused by the late remittance of the special servicer and reimbursed the issuing entity for any resulting advance interest due to the master servicer;

 

(c) any failure by the master servicer or the special servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations under the PSA, which failure continues unremedied for 30 days (or 15 days in the case of the master servicer’s failure to make a Servicing Advance or 45 days in the case of failure to pay the premium for any insurance policy required to be force placed by the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, pursuant to the PSA or in any event such reasonable shorter period of time as is necessary to avoid the commencement of foreclosure proceedings for any lien relating to unpaid real estate taxes or assessments or a lapse in any required insurance coverage) after written notice of the failure has been given to the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, by any other party to the PSA, by the certificateholders of any class issued by the issuing entity, evidencing percentage interest aggregating not less than 25% of such class or by such holder of a Serviced Companion Loan, if affected; provided that, if such failure is capable of being cured and the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, is diligently pursuing that cure, that 15-, 30- or 45-day period, as applicable, will be extended an additional 30 days;

 

(d) any breach on the part of the master servicer or the special servicer of any representation or warranty in the PSA which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Certificateholders or holder of a Serviced Companion Loan and which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which notice of that breach, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, by any other party to the PSA, or to the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor and the trustee by the holders of certificates of any class issued by the issuing entity, evidencing percentage interests aggregating not less than 25% of such class or by such holder of a Serviced Companion Loan, if affected; provided that, if such breach is capable of being cured and the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, is diligently pursuing that cure, that 30-day period will be extended an additional 30 days;

 

(e) certain events of insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings in respect of or relating to the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, and certain actions by or on behalf of the master servicer or the special servicer indicating its insolvency or inability to pay its obligations;

 

(f) the master servicer or the special servicer is no longer rated at least “CMS3” or “CSS3”, respectively, by Fitch and such master servicer or special servicer is not reinstated to at least that rating within 60 days of the delisting;

 

(g) either of Moody’s or KBRA (or, in the case of serviced companion loan securities, any companion loan rating agency) (i) has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more classes of certificates or one or more classes of serviced companion loan securities, or (ii) has placed one or more classes of certificates or one or more classes of serviced companion loan securities on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal (and in the case of clause (i) and (ii), such action has not been withdrawn by Moody’s or KBRA (or, in the case of serviced companion loan securities, any companion loan rating agency) within 60 days of such event) and, in the case of either of clauses (i) or (ii), publicly citing servicing concerns with the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; or

 

(h) so long as the issuing entity is subject to Exchange Act reporting requirements, any failure by the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, to deliver to the trustee and the certificate

 

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administrator (i) an annual certification regarding such servicer’s compliance with the terms of the PSA, as well as an assessment of compliance with certain servicing criteria and an accountant’s attestation report with respect to such assessment by the time required under the PSA after any applicable grace period or (ii) any Exchange Act reporting items that a primary servicer, sub-servicer or servicing function participant (such entity, the “Sub-Servicing Entity”) retained by the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable (but excluding any Sub-Servicing Entity which the master servicer or special servicer has been directed to retain by a sponsor or mortgage loan seller) is required to deliver (any Sub-Servicing Entity will be terminated if it defaults in accordance with the provision of this clause (h)).

 

Rights Upon Servicer Termination Event

 

If a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, is continuing, then the trustee may, and at the written direction of (1) the holders of certificates evidencing at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights in the case of the master servicer, (2) in the case of the special servicer, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder or (3) the Depositor (with respect to clause (h) of the definition of “Servicer Termination Event”), the trustee will be required to terminate all of the rights (other than certain rights to indemnification, compensation and (in certain limited circumstances) the excess servicing strip as provided in the PSA) and obligations of the master servicer as master servicer or the special servicer as special servicer, as the case may be, under the PSA. In the case of a Servicer Termination Event pursuant to clause (f) or (g) of the definition thereof, the certificate administrator will be required to notify Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Holders of such Servicer Termination Event and request whether such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders favor such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any termination of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, under the PSA, the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, will continue to be entitled to rights in respect of indemnification and to receive all accrued and unpaid servicing compensation through the date of termination plus reimbursement for all Advances and interest thereon as provided in the PSA.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the master servicer affects a Serviced Companion Loan or the holder thereof and the master servicer is not otherwise terminated or (b) if a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), as that term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, engaged to rate any class of certificates backed, wholly or partially, by any Serviced Companion Loan qualifies, downgrades or withdraws its rating of such class of certificates, publicly citing servicing concerns with the master servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action, then the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan will be entitled to request that the trustee direct the master servicer to appoint a sub-servicer (or if the related Serviced Whole Loan is currently being sub-serviced, then the trustee may direct the master servicer to replace such sub-servicer with a new sub-servicer but only if such original sub-servicer is in default (beyond any applicable cure periods) under the related sub-servicing agreement) that will be responsible for servicing the related Serviced Whole Loan; provided that the trustee will be required to direct the master servicer to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation (including a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any companion loan securities)(at the expense of the requesting party) with respect to the appointment of such sub-servicer.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) if a Servicer Termination Event with respect to the special servicer affects a Serviced Companion Loan and the special servicer is not otherwise terminated or (b) if an NRSRO engaged to rate any class of certificates backed, wholly or partially, by any Serviced Companion Loan qualifies, downgrades or withdraws its rating of such class of certificates, publicly citing servicing concerns with the special servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action, then the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan will be entitled to direct that the trustee terminate the special servicer with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan only, but no other Mortgage Loan.

 

On and after the date of termination following a Servicer Termination Event by the master servicer or the special servicer, the trustee will succeed to all authority and power of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, under the PSA (and any sub-servicing agreements) and generally will be

 

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entitled to the compensation arrangements to which the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, would have been entitled. If the trustee is unwilling or unable so to act, or holders of certificates evidencing at least (i) 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights in the case of the master servicer and (ii) 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights in the case of the special servicer (or, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder) so request, or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, if an affected Serviced Companion Loan noteholder so requests, or if the trustee is not an “approved” servicer by any of the rating agencies for mortgage pools similar to the one held by the issuing entity, the trustee must appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of, a mortgage loan servicing institution that, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, has been approved by the Directing Holder (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld in the case of the appointment of a successor master servicer) to act as successor to the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, under the PSA; provided that the trustee must obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation (including a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any companion loan securities). Pending such appointment, the trustee is obligated to act in such capacity unless the trustee is prohibited by law from so acting. The trustee and any such successor may agree upon the servicing compensation to be paid; provided that no such compensation may be in excess of that permitted to the terminated master servicer or special servicer, provided, further, that if no successor can be obtained to perform the obligations of the terminated master servicer or special servicer, additional amounts may be paid to such successor and such amounts in excess of that permitted the terminated master servicer or special servicer will be treated as Realized Losses and VRR Realized Losses. All reasonable costs and expenses of the trustee (including the cost of obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation and any applicable indemnity) or the successor master servicer or successor special servicer incurred in connection with transferring the mortgage files to the successor master servicer or special servicer and amending the PSA to reflect such succession are required to be paid by the predecessor master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. If the predecessor master servicer or special servicer (as the case may be) has not reimbursed the trustee or the successor master servicer or special servicer for such expenses within 90 days after the presentation of reasonable documentation, such expense is required to be reimbursed by the issuing entity; provided that the terminated master servicer or special servicer will not thereby be relieved of its liability for such expenses.

 

No Certificateholder will have any right under the PSA to institute any proceeding with respect to the PSA, the certificates or the Mortgage Loans, unless, with respect to the PSA, such holder previously has given to the trustee a written notice of a default under the PSA, and of the continuance thereof, and unless the holders of certificates of any class affected thereby evidencing percentage interests of at least 25% of such class, as applicable, have made written request of the trustee to institute such proceeding in its capacity as trustee under the PSA and have offered to the trustee such security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity, failed or refused to institute such proceeding.

 

Neither the trustee nor the certificate administrator will have any obligation to make any investigation of matters arising under the PSA or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under the PSA or in relation to it at the request, order or direction of any of the holders of certificates, unless holders of certificates entitled to greater than 25% of the percentage interest of each affected class direct the trustee to do so and such holders of certificates have offered to the trustee or the certificate administrator, as applicable security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the trustee or the certificate administrator, as applicable against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred in connection with such action.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing discussion in this “—Rights Upon Servicer Termination Event” section, if the master servicer is terminated under the circumstances described above because of the occurrence of any of the events described in clause (f) or (g) under “—Servicer Termination Events” above, the master servicer will have the right, at its expense, to sell its master servicing rights with respect to the Mortgage Loans to a successor master servicer in connection with whose appointment a Rating Agency Confirmation (including a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any companion loan securities) has

 

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been provided, in accordance with the terms set forth in the PSA, including that any successor master servicer fulfill the ratings requirements for successor master servicer set forth in the PSA.

 

In addition, the depositor may direct the trustee to terminate the master servicer upon 5 business days’ written notice if the master servicer fails to comply with certain of its Exchange Act reporting obligations under the PSA (subject to any applicable grace period).

 

Waiver of Servicer Termination Event

 

A Servicer Termination Event may be waived by the Certificateholders evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate Voting Rights of the certificates (and each Serviced Companion Loan noteholder adversely affected by such Servicer Termination Event), except (a) a Servicer Termination Event under clause (h) of the definition of “Servicer Termination Events” may be waived only with the consent of the Depositor and each affected depositor under a Non-Serviced PSA and (b) a default in making any required deposits to or payments from the Collection Account, any Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or in remitting payments as received, in each case in accordance with the PSA.

 

Resignation of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer

 

The PSA permits the master servicer and the special servicer to resign from their respective obligations only upon (a) the appointment of, and the acceptance of the appointment by, a successor and receipt by the certificate administrator and the trustee of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Serviced Companion Loan (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation required under the PSA may be considered satisfied with respect to the certificates as described in this prospectus); and, as to the special servicer only, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the approval of such successor by the Directing Holder, which approval in each case will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or (b) a determination that their respective obligations are no longer permissible with respect to the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, under applicable law. In the event that the master servicer or special servicer resigns as a result of the determination that their respective obligations are no longer permissible under applicable law, the trustee will then succeed to all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the resigning party as master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, under the PSA and will be entitled to similar compensation arrangements. If the trustee is unwilling or unable to so act, it may appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, a loan servicing institution or other entity, subject to the trustee’s receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies.

 

No resignation will become effective until the trustee or other successor has assumed the obligations and duties of the resigning master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, under the PSA. Further, the resigning master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be, must pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its duties. Other than as described under “—Termination of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for Cause—Servicer Termination Events” above, in no event will the master servicer or the special servicer have the right to appoint any successor master servicer or special servicer if such master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, is terminated or removed pursuant to the PSA. In addition, the PSA will prohibit the appointment of the asset representations reviewer, the operating advisor or one of their respective affiliates as successor to the master servicer or the special servicer.

 

Limitation on Liability; Indemnification

 

The PSA will provide that none of the master servicer (including in its capacity as the paying agent for any Companion Loan), the special servicer, the depositor, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer or any partner, shareholder, member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of any of them will be under any liability to the issuing entity, Certificateholders or holders of the

 

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related Companion Loan, or any third party beneficiary, as applicable, for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith pursuant to the PSA or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that none of the master servicer (including in its capacity as the paying agent for any Companion Loan), the special servicer, the depositor, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer or similar person will be protected against any breach of a representation or warranty made by such party, as applicable, in the PSA or any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of obligations or duties under the PSA or by reason of negligent disregard of such obligations and duties. The PSA will also provide that the master servicer (including in its capacity as the paying agent for any Companion Loan), the special servicer, the depositor, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer and their respective affiliates and any partner, shareholder, member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of any of them will be entitled to indemnification by the issuing entity against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with any legal action or claim that relates to the PSA (including any such fees and costs relating to enforcing this indemnity), the Mortgage Loans, any related Companion Loan or the certificates; provided, however, that the indemnification will not extend to any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with any breach of a representation or warranty made by such party, as applicable, in the PSA or incurred by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of obligations or duties under the PSA, by reason of negligent disregard of such party’s obligations or duties, or in the case of the depositor and any of its partners, shareholders, directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, any violation by any of them of any state or federal securities law. In addition, absent actual fraud (as determined by a final non-appealable court order), neither the trustee nor the certificate administrator (including in its capacity as custodian) will be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the trustee or the certificate administrator has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. The PSA will also provide that any related master servicer, depositor, special servicer, operating advisor (or the equivalent), asset representations reviewer, certificate administrator or trustee under the related Non-Serviced PSA with respect to a Non-Serviced Companion Loan and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent of any of them and each Non-Serviced Securitization Trust will be entitled to indemnification by the issuing entity and held harmless against the issuing entity’s pro rata share of any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with servicing and administration of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related non-serviced Mortgaged Property under the related Non-Serviced PSA or the PSA (as and to the same extent the securitization trust formed under the related Non-Serviced PSA is required to indemnify such parties in respect of other Mortgage Loans in the securitization trust formed under the related Non-Serviced PSA pursuant to the terms of the Non-Serviced PSA).

 

In addition, the PSA will provide that none of the master servicer (including in its capacity as the paying agent for any Companion Loans), the special servicer, the depositor or operating advisor will be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that (i) is not incidental to its respective responsibilities under the PSA or (ii) in its opinion, may expose it to any expense or liability not reimbursed by the issuing entity. However, each of the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor and the operating advisor will be permitted, in the exercise of its discretion, to undertake any action that it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to the enforcement and/or protection of the rights and duties of the parties to the PSA and the interests of the Certificateholders (and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Serviced Companion Loan (as a collective whole), taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Serviced Companion Loan) under the PSA; provided, however, that if a Serviced Whole Loan and/or the holder of the related Companion Loan are involved, such expenses, costs and liabilities will be payable out of funds related to such Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and will also be payable out of the other funds in the Collection Account if amounts on deposit with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan are insufficient therefor. If any such expenses, costs or liabilities relate to a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, then any subsequent recovery on that Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, will be used to reimburse the issuing entity for any amounts advanced for the payment of such expenses, costs or liabilities. In that event, the legal expenses and costs of the action,

 

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and any liability resulting from the action, will be expenses, costs and liabilities of the issuing entity, and the master servicer (including in its capacity as the paying agent for any Companion Loans), the special servicer, the depositor, the asset representations reviewer or the operating advisor, as the case may be, will be entitled to be reimbursed out of the Collection Account for the expenses.

 

Pursuant to the PSA, the master servicer and the special servicer will each be required to maintain a fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy or their equivalent that provides coverage against losses that may be sustained as a result of an officer’s or employee’s misappropriation of funds or errors and omissions, subject to certain limitations as to amount of coverage, deductible amounts, conditions, exclusions and exceptions permitted by the PSA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the master servicer and the special servicer will be allowed to self-insure with respect to an errors and omission policy and a fidelity bond so long as certain conditions set forth in the PSA are met.

 

Any person into which the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor, operating advisor, asset representations reviewer may be merged or consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer is a party, or any person succeeding to the business of the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer, will be the successor of the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer, as the case may be, under the PSA. The master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor and the asset representations reviewer may have other normal business relationships with the depositor or the depositor’s affiliates.

 

The trustee and the certificate administrator make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the PSA (other than as to it being a valid obligation of the trustee and the certificate administrator), the certificates, the Mortgage Loans, this prospectus (other than as to the accuracy of the information provided by the trustee and the certificate administrator as set forth above) or any related documents and will not be accountable for the use or application by or on behalf of the master servicer or the special servicer of any funds paid to the master servicer or any special servicer in respect of the certificates or the Mortgage Loans, or any funds deposited into or withdrawn from the Collection Account or any other account by or on behalf of the master servicer or any special servicer. The PSA provides that no provision of such agreement will be construed to relieve the trustee and the certificate administrator from liability for their own negligent action, their own negligent failure to act or their own willful misconduct or bad faith.

 

The PSA provides that neither the trustee nor the certificate administrator, as applicable, will be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a responsible officer of the trustee or the certificate administrator, unless it is proven that the trustee or the certificate administrator, as applicable, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. In addition, neither the trustee nor the certificate administrator, as applicable, will be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of holders of certificates entitled to greater than 25% of the percentage interest of each affected class, or of the aggregate Voting Rights of the certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee and the certificate administrator, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the trustee and the certificate administrator, under the PSA (unless a higher percentage of Voting Rights is required for such action).

 

The trustee and the certificate administrator and any director, officer, employee, representative or agent of the trustee and the certificate administrator, will be entitled to indemnification by the issuing entity, to the extent of amounts held in the Collection Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account from time to time, for any loss, liability, damages, claims or unanticipated expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) arising out of or incurred by the trustee or the certificate administrator in connection with their participation in the transaction and any act or omission of the trustee or the certificate administrator relating to the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties of the trustee and the certificate administrator (including in any capacities in which they serve, e.g., paying agent, REMIC administrator, authenticating agent, custodian, certificate registrar and 17g-5 Information Provider) under the PSA. However, the indemnification will not extend to any loss, liability or expense that constitutes a specific liability imposed on the trustee or the certificate administrator pursuant to the PSA,

 

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or to any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence on the part of the trustee or the certificate administrator in the performance of their obligations and duties under the PSA, or by reason of their negligent disregard of those obligations or duties, or as may arise from a breach of any representation or warranty of the trustee or the certificate administrator made in the PSA.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any indemnification provisions in the PSA providing that the issuing entity or a party to the PSA is required to indemnify another party to the PSA for costs, fees and expenses, such costs, fees and expenses are intended to include costs (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) of the enforcement of such indemnity.

 

Enforcement of Mortgage Loan Seller’s Obligations Under the MLPA

 

In the event any party to the PSA receives a request or demand from a Requesting Investor to the effect that a Mortgage Loan should be repurchased or replaced due to a Material Defect, or if the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator or the operating advisor (solely in its capacity as operating advisor) determines that a Mortgage Loan should be repurchased or replaced due to a Material Defect, that party to the PSA will be required to promptly forward such request or demand to the master servicer and the special servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer will be required to promptly forward it to each other party to the PSA and the applicable mortgage loan seller. The Enforcing Servicer will be required to enforce the obligations of the mortgage loan sellers under the MLPAs pursuant to the terms of the PSA and the MLPAs. These obligations include (but are not limited to) obligations resulting from a Material Defect. Subject to the provisions of the applicable MLPA relating to the dispute resolutions as described under “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements—Dispute Resolution Provisions”, such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, if any, will be required to be carried out in such form, to such extent and at such time as the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, would require were it, in its individual capacity, the owner of the affected Mortgage Loan.

 

Within 45 days after receipt of an Asset Review Report with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the master servicer (with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) will be required to determine whether at that time, based on the Servicing Standard, whether there exists a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan. If the master servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the special servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) determines that a Material Defect exists, the Enforcing Servicer will be required to enforce the obligations of the applicable mortgage loan seller under the MLPA with respect to such Material Defect as discussed in the preceding paragraph. See “—The Asset Representations Reviewer—Asset Review” above.

 

Any costs incurred by the master servicer or the special servicer with respect to the enforcement of the obligations of a mortgage loan seller under the applicable MLPA will be deemed to be Servicing Advances, to the extent not recovered from the mortgage loan seller or the Requesting Investor or, to the extent nonrecoverable, trust fund expenses. See “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements—Dispute Resolution Provisions”.

 

Dispute Resolution Provisions

 

Certificateholder’s Rights When a Repurchase Request is Initially Delivered By a Certificateholder

 

In the event an Initial Requesting Certificateholder delivers a written request to a party to the PSA that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased by the applicable mortgage loan seller alleging the existence of a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “Certificateholder Repurchase Request”), the receiving party will be required to promptly forward that Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the master servicer and the special servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer will be required to promptly forward that Repurchase Request to the related mortgage loan seller and each other party to the PSA. An “Initial Requesting Certificateholder” is the first Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (in either case, other than the holder of the VRR Interest) to deliver a Certificateholder

 

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Repurchase Request as described above with respect to a Mortgage Loan, and there may not be more than one Initial Requesting Certificateholder with respect to any Mortgage Loan. Subject to the provisions described below under this heading “—Dispute Resolution Provisions”, the Enforcing Servicer will be the Enforcing Party with respect to the Repurchase Request.

 

The “Enforcing Servicer” will be (a) with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, the special servicer, and (b) with respect to a non-Specially Serviced Loan, (i) in the case of a Repurchase Request made by the special servicer, the Trust Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the master servicer, and (ii) in the case of a Repurchase Request made by any person other than the special servicer, the Trust Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, (A) prior to a Resolution Failure relating to such non-Specially Serviced Loan, the master servicer (provided that the consent of the special servicer will be required with respect to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan), and (B) from and after a Resolution Failure relating to such non-Specially Serviced Loan, the special servicer.

 

An “Enforcing Party” is the person obligated to or that elects pursuant to the terms of the PSA to enforce the rights of the issuing entity against the related mortgage loan seller with respect to the Repurchase Request.

 

Repurchase Request Delivered by a Party to the PSA

 

In the event that the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee, the certificate administrator or the operating advisor (solely in its capacity as operating advisor) has knowledge of a Material Defect with respect to a Mortgage Loan, that party will be required to deliver prompt written notice of such Material Defect to the master servicer and the special servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer will be required to promptly forward to each other party to the PSA and the related mortgage loan seller, identifying the applicable Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “PSA Party Repurchase Request” and, each of a Certificateholder Repurchase Request or a PSA Party Repurchase Request, a “Repurchase Request”). The Enforcing Servicer will be required to act as the Enforcing Party and enforce the rights of the issuing entity against the related mortgage loan seller with respect to the PSA Party Repurchase Request. However, if a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to the PSA Party Repurchase Request, the provisions described below under “—Resolution of a Repurchase Request” will apply.

 

Resolution of a Repurchase Request

 

In the event the Repurchase Request is not Resolved within 180 days after the mortgage loan seller receives the Repurchase Request as described in “—Certificateholder’s Rights When a Repurchase Request is Initially Delivered By a Certificateholder” or “—Repurchase Request Delivered by a Party to the PSA” above, a “Resolution Failure” will be deemed to have occurred. Receipt of the Repurchase Request will be deemed to occur two business days after the Repurchase Request is sent to the related mortgage loan seller. “Resolved” means, with respect to a Repurchase Request, (i) that the related Material Defect has been cured, (ii) the related Mortgage Loan has been repurchased in accordance with the related MLPA, (iii) a mortgage loan has been substituted for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related MLPA, (iv) the applicable mortgage loan seller made the Loss of Value Payment, (v) a contractually binding agreement is entered into between the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the issuing entity, and the related mortgage loan seller that settles the related mortgage loan seller’s obligations under the related MLPA, or (vi) the related Mortgage Loan is no longer property of the issuing entity as a result of a sale or other disposition in accordance with the PSA.

 

Within 2 business days after a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a PSA Party Repurchase Request made by any party other than the special servicer or a Certificateholder Repurchase Request made by any Certificateholder other than the Trust Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, in each case, related to a non-Specially Serviced Loan, the master servicer will be required to send a written notice (a “Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the special servicer, indicating the master servicer’s analysis and recommended course of action with respect to such Repurchase Request, along with the servicing file and all information, documents (but excluding the

 

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original documents constituting the mortgage file) and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such non-Specially Serviced Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan, either in the master servicer’s possession or otherwise reasonably available to the master servicer, and reasonably requested by the special servicer to enable it to assume its duties under the PSA to the extent set forth in the PSA for such non-Specially Serviced Loan. Upon receipt of such Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice and such servicing file, the special servicer will become the Enforcing Servicer with respect to such Repurchase Request.

 

After a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a Repurchase Request regarding a Mortgage Loan (whether the Repurchase Request was initiated by an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or by a party to the PSA), the Enforcing Servicer will be required to send a notice (a “Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, to the address specified in the Initial Requesting Certificateholder’s Repurchase Request, and to the certificate administrator, who will make such notice available to all other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners (by posting such notice on the certificate administrator’s website) indicating the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Proposed Course of Action”). If the master servicer is the Enforcing Servicer, the master servicer may (but will not be obligated to) consult with the special servicer and (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing) the Directing Holder regarding any Proposed Course of Action. Such notice will be required to include (a) a request to Certificateholders to indicate their agreement with or dissent from such Proposed Course of Action by clearly marking “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action on such notice within 30 days of the date of such notice and a disclaimer that responses received after such 30-day period will not be taken into consideration, (b) a statement that in the event any Certificateholder disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action, the Enforcing Servicer (either as the Enforcing Party or as the Enforcing Servicer in circumstances where a Certificateholder is acting as the Enforcing Party) will be compelled to follow the course of action agreed to and/or proposed by the majority of the responding Certificateholders that involves referring the matter to mediation or arbitration, as the case may be, (c) a statement that responding Certificateholders will be required to certify their holdings in connection with such response, (d) a statement that only responses clearly marked “agree” or “disagree” with such Proposed Course of Action will be taken into consideration and (e) instructions for responding Certificateholders to send their responses to the applicable Enforcing Servicer and the certificate administrator. The certificate administrator will within three (3) business days after the expiration of the 30-day response period, tabulate the responses received from the Certificateholders and share the results with the Enforcing Servicer. The certificate administrator will only count responses timely received and clearly indicating agreement or dissent with the related Proposed Course of Action and additional verbiage or qualifying language will not be taken into consideration for purposes of determining whether the related Certificateholder agrees or disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action. The certificate administrator will be under no obligation to answer any questions from Certificateholders regarding such Proposed Course of Action. For the avoidance of doubt, the certificate administrator’s obligations in connection with this heading “—Resolution of a Repurchase Request” will be limited solely to tabulating Certificateholder responses of “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action, and such obligation will not be construed to impose any enforcement obligation on the certificate administrator. The Enforcing Servicer may conclusively rely (without investigation) on the certificate administrator’s tabulation of the majority of the responding Certificateholders. If (a) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request does not involve pursuing further action to exercise rights against the applicable mortgage loan seller with respect to the Repurchase Request and the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishes to exercise its right to refer the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration, as discussed below under “—Mediation and Arbitration Provisions”, or (b) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action is to pursue further action to exercise rights against the applicable mortgage loan seller with respect to the Repurchase Request but the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner does not agree with the dispute resolution method selected by the Enforcing Servicer, then the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or such other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may deliver to the Enforcing Servicer a written notice (a “Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”) within 30 days from the date the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the certificate administrator’s website (the “Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”) indicating its intent to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or

 

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arbitration. In the event any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice, and the Enforcing Servicer has also received responses from other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners supporting the Enforcing Servicer’s initial Proposed Course of Action, such responses will be considered Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notices supporting the Proposed Course of Action for purposes of determining the course of action proposed by the majority of Certificateholders.

 

If neither the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, nor any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice prior to the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date, no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner will have the right to refer the Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, and the Enforcing Servicer, as the Enforcing Party, will be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action, including but not limited to, enforcing the issuing entity’s rights against the related mortgage loan seller, subject to any consent or consultation rights of the Trust Directing Holder.

 

Promptly and in any event within 10 business days following receipt of a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice from (i) the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or (ii) any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (other than of the VRR Interest) (each of clauses (i) and (ii), a “Requesting Certificateholder”), the Enforcing Servicer will be required to consult with each Requesting Certificateholder regarding such Requesting Certificateholder’s intention to elect either mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration as the dispute resolution method with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Dispute Resolution Consultation”) so that such Requesting Certificateholder may consider the views of the Enforcing Servicer as to the claims underlying the Repurchase Request and possible dispute resolution methods, such discussions to occur and be completed no later than 10 business days following the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date. The Enforcing Servicer will be entitled to establish procedures the Enforcing Servicer deems to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard relating to the timing and extent of such consultations. No later than 5 business days after completion of the Dispute Resolution Consultation, a Requesting Certificateholder may provide a final notice to the Enforcing Servicer indicating its decision to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration (“Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”).

 

If, following the Dispute Resolution Consultation, no Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then the Enforcing Servicer will continue to act as the Enforcing Party and remain obligated under the PSA to determine a course of action, including but not limited to, enforcing the rights of the issuing entity with respect to the Repurchase Request and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner will have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration.

 

If a Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then such Requesting Certificateholder will become the Enforcing Party and must promptly submit the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration. If there is more than one Requesting Certificateholder that timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice, then such Requesting Certificateholders will collectively become the Enforcing Party, and the holder or holders of a majority of the Voting Rights among such Requesting Certificateholders will be entitled to make all decisions relating to such mediation or arbitration. If, however, no Requesting Certificateholder commences arbitration or mediation pursuant to the terms of the PSA within 30 days after delivery of its Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then (i) the rights of a Requesting Certificateholder to act as the Enforcing Party will terminate and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner will have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration, (ii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice indicated that the Enforcing Servicer will take no further action with respect to the Repurchase Request, then the related Material Defect will be deemed waived for all purposes under the PSA and related MLPA; provided, however, that such Material Defect will not be deemed waived with respect to a Requesting Certificateholder, any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner or the Enforcing Servicer to the extent there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party and (iii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice had indicated a course of action other than the course of action under clause (ii), then the Enforcing Servicer will again become the Enforcing Party and,

 

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as such, will be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action including, but not limited to, enforcing the issuing entity’s rights against the related mortgage loan seller.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the dispute resolution provisions described under this heading “—Resolution of a Repurchase Request” will not apply, and the Enforcing Servicer will remain the Enforcing Party, if the Enforcing Servicer has commenced litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request, or determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it is in the best interest of Certificateholders to commence litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request to avoid the running of any applicable statute of limitations.

 

In the event a Requesting Certificateholder becomes the Enforcing Party, the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the issuing entity, will remain a party to any proceedings against the related mortgage loan seller as further described below; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding will be determined by such Enforcing Servicer (in consultation with the Trust Directing Holder for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. For the avoidance of doubt, the depositor, the mortgage loan sellers and any of their respective affiliates will not be entitled to be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or a Requesting Certificateholder.

 

The Requesting Certificateholder is entitled to elect either mediation or arbitration in its sole discretion; however, the Requesting Certificateholder may not elect to then utilize the alternative method in the event that the initial method is unsuccessful.

 

If (i) a Repurchase Request is made with respect to any Mortgage Loan based on any particular alleged Material Defect, (ii) a Resolution Failure is deemed to occur with respect to such Repurchase Request, and (iii) if either (A) a mediation or arbitration is undertaken with respect to such Repurchase Request or (B) the Certificateholders and Certificate Owners cease to have a right to refer such Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, in either case in accordance with the foregoing discussion under this heading “—Resolution of a Repurchase Request,” then no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may make any subsequent Repurchase Request with respect to such Mortgage Loan based on the same alleged Material Defect unless there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party.

 

Mediation and Arbitration Provisions

 

If the Enforcing Party elects mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration, the mediation or arbitration will be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration or mediation organization selected by the related mortgage loan seller. A single mediator or arbitrator will be selected by the mediation or arbitration organization from a list of neutrals maintained by it according to its mediation or arbitration rules then in effect. The mediator or arbitrator must be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least 15 years of experience in commercial litigation and commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters or other complex commercial transactions.

 

The expenses of any mediation will be allocated among the parties to the mediation including, if applicable, between the Enforcing Party and the Enforcing Servicer, as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation.

 

In any arbitration, the arbitrator will be required to resolve the dispute in accordance with the MLPA and PSA, and may not modify or change those agreements in any way or award remedies not consistent with those agreements. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive or consequential damages. In its final determination, the arbitrator will determine and award the costs of the arbitration to the parties to the arbitration in its reasonable discretion. In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the Requesting Certificateholder will be required to pay any expenses allocated to the Enforcing Party in the arbitration proceedings or any expenses that the Enforcing Party agrees to bear in the mediation proceedings.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, any expenses required to be borne by or allocated to the Enforcing Servicer in mediation or arbitration or related responsibilities under the PSA will be reimbursable as trust fund expenses.

 

The final determination of the arbitrator will be final and non-appealable, except for actions to confirm or vacate the determination permitted under federal or state law, and may be entered and enforced in any court with jurisdiction over the parties and the matter. By selecting arbitration, the Enforcing Party would be waiving its right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury.

 

In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, will be required under the PSA to contain an acknowledgment that the issuing entity, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, will be a party to any arbitration or mediation proceedings solely for the purpose of being the beneficiary of any award in favor of the Enforcing Party; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding will be determined by such Enforcing Servicer in consultation with the Trust Directing Holder, provided that a Consultation Termination Event is not continuing, and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. All amounts recovered by the Enforcing Party will be required to be paid to the issuing entity, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, and deposited in the Collection Account. The agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, will provide that in the event a Requesting Certificateholder is allocated any related costs and expenses pursuant to the terms of the arbitrator’s decision or the agreement reached in mediation, neither the issuing entity nor the Enforcing Servicer acting on its behalf will be responsible for any such costs and expenses allocated to the Requesting Certificateholder.

 

The issuing entity (or the trustee or the Enforcing Servicer, acting on its behalf), the depositor or any mortgage loan seller will be permitted to redact any personally identifiable customer information included in any information provided for purposes of any mediation or arbitration. Each party to the proceedings will be required to agree to keep confidential the details related to the Repurchase Request and the dispute resolution identified in connection with such proceedings; provided, however, the Certificateholders will be permitted to communicate prior to the commencement of any such proceedings to the extent described under “Description of the CertificatesCertificateholder Communication”.

 

For avoidance of doubt, in no event will the exercise of any right of a Requesting Certificateholder to refer a Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration or participation in such mediation or arbitration affect in any manner the ability of the master servicer or the special servicer to perform its obligations with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the exercise of any rights of the Trust Directing Holder (including without limitation, a liquidation, foreclosure, negotiation of a loan modification or workout, acceptance of a discounted pay off or deed in lieu, or bankruptcy or other litigation).

 

Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans

 

General

 

Each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is expected to be serviced pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA and the related Intercreditor Agreement. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans”.

 

The servicing terms of each such Non-Serviced PSA is expected to be similar in all material respects to the servicing terms of the PSA applicable to the Serviced Mortgage Loans; however, the servicing arrangements under such agreements will differ in certain respects. For example:

 

Each Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer will be required to service the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to a servicing standard set forth in the related Non-Serviced PSA that is substantially similar to, but may not be identical to, the Servicing Standard.

 

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Any party to the related Non-Serviced PSA that makes a property protection advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will be entitled to reimbursement for that advance, with interest at the prime rate, in a manner substantially similar to the reimbursement of Servicing Advances under the PSA. The issuing entity, as holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, will be responsible for its pro rata share of any such advance reimbursement amounts (including out of general collections on the Benchmark 2020-B22 mortgage pool, if necessary).

 

Pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA, the liquidation fee, the special servicing fee and the workout fee with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan are similar to or less than the corresponding fees payable under the PSA, except that caps, floors and offsets may differ or not apply.

 

The extent to which modification fees or other fee items with respect to the related Whole Loan may be applied to offset interest on advances, servicer expenses and servicing compensation will, in certain circumstances, be less than is the case under the PSA.

 

Items with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan that are the equivalent of assumption application fees, defeasance fees, assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees, late payment charges, default interest and/or modification fees and that constitute additional servicing compensation under the related Non-Serviced PSA will not be payable to master servicers or special servicers under the PSA and one or more of such items will be allocated between the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the related Non-Serviced PSA in proportions that may be different than the allocation of similar fees under the PSA between the master servicers and special servicers for this transaction.

 

The Non-Serviced Directing Holder under the related Non-Serviced PSA will have rights substantially similar to the Trust Directing Holder under the PSA with respect to the servicing and administration of the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan, including consenting to the substantial equivalent of Major Decisions under such Non-Serviced PSA proposed by the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer and reviewing and consenting to asset status reports prepared by such Non-Serviced Special Servicer in respect of the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan. “Major Decisions” under the related Non-Serviced PSA will differ in certain respects from those actions that constitute Major Decisions under the PSA, and therefore the specific types of servicer actions with respect to which the applicable Non-Serviced Directing Holder will be permitted to consent will correspondingly differ. The related Non-Serviced PSA also provides for the removal of the Non-Serviced Special Servicer by the related Non-Serviced Directing Holder under such Non-Serviced PSA under certain conditions that are similar to the conditions under which the Trust Directing Holder is permitted to replace the special servicers under the PSA.

 

The termination events that will result in the termination of the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer are substantially similar to, but not identical to, the Servicer Termination Events under the PSA applicable to the master servicers and special servicers, as applicable.

 

Servicing transfer events under the related Non-Serviced PSA that would cause the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan to become specially serviced will be substantially similar to, but not identical to, the corresponding provisions under the PSA.

 

The servicing decisions which the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer will perform, and in certain cases for which the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer must obtain the related Non-Serviced Directing Holder’s or Non-Serviced Special Servicer’s consent, differ in certain respects from those decisions that constitute Master Servicer Major Decisions under the PSA.

 

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The related Non-Serviced Special Servicer is required to take actions with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan if it becomes the equivalent of a defaulted mortgage loan, which actions are substantially similar, but not necessarily identical, to the actions described under “—Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties”.

 

Appraisal reduction amounts in respect of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will be calculated by the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the related Non-Serviced PSA in a manner substantially similar to, but not necessarily identical to, calculations of such amounts by the special servicer under the PSA in respect of Serviced Mortgage Loans, except that, in the case of the Non-Serviced PSA for each of The Grace Building Whole Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, the related Non-Serviced PSA does not contain an express exception in the definition of “Appraisal Reduction Event” (or equivalent term) for the entering into of any temporary forbearance agreement as a result of the COVID-19 Emergency (or other action that is the equivalent of a COVID Modification under the PSA).

 

With respect to each of The Grace Building Whole Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, the related Non-Serviced PSA does not contain an express exception to any servicing transfer events for the entering into of any temporary forbearance agreement (such as a COVID Modification) as a result of the COVID-19 Emergency.

 

The requirement of the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer to make compensating interest payments in respect of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is similar, but not necessarily identical, to the requirement of the master servicer to make Compensating Interest Payments in respect of the Serviced Mortgage Loans under the PSA.

 

The servicing provisions under the related Non-Serviced PSA relating to performing inspections and collecting operating information are substantially similar but not necessarily identical to those of the PSA.

 

While the special servicers under the PSA and the Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the related Non-Serviced PSA must each resign as special servicer with respect to a mortgage loan if it becomes affiliated with the related borrower under such mortgage loan, the particular types of affiliations that trigger such resignation obligation, as well as the parties that are entitled to appoint a successor special servicer, may differ as between the PSA and the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

The parties to the related Non-Serviced PSA (and their related directors, officers and other agents) will be entitled to reimbursement and/or indemnification for losses, liabilities, costs and expenses associated with the servicing of the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan under such Non-Serviced PSA to the same extent that parties to the PSA performing similar functions (and their related directors, officers and other agents) are entitled to reimbursement and/or indemnification for losses, liabilities, costs and expenses associated with their obligations under the PSA. The Trust, as holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, will be responsible for its pro rata share of any such indemnification amounts (including out of general collections on the Benchmark 2020-B22 mortgage pool, if necessary).

 

The matters as to which notice or rating agency confirmation with respect to the rating agencies under the related Non-Serviced PSA are required are similar, but not identical to, similar matters with respect to the Rating Agencies under the PSA (and such agreements differ as to whether it is notice or rating agency confirmation that is required).

 

With respect to non-specially serviced mortgage loans, the related Non-Serviced PSA may differ with respect to whether the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or related Non-Serviced Special Servicer will be responsible for conducting or managing certain litigation related to such mortgage loans.

 

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Each of the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and related Non-Serviced Special Servicer will be liable in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA only to the extent of its obligations specifically imposed by that agreement. Accordingly, in general, each of the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and related Non-Serviced Special Servicer will not be liable for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA or for errors in judgment; provided that neither such party will be protected against any breach of representations or warranties made by it in the related Non-Serviced PSA or against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations and duties under the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

There is no operating advisor under the Non-Serviced PSA related to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan.

 

There is no asset representations reviewer under the Non-Serviced PSA related to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan or the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan.

 

Under the Non-Serviced PSAs related to each of The Grace Building Whole Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, there is no certificateholder-directed dispute resolution procedures similar to those described under “—Dispute Resolution Provisions” above with respect to the Companion Loan(s).

 

The provisions of the related Non-Serviced PSA will also vary from the PSA with respect to one or more of the following: timing, control or consultation triggers or thresholds, terminology, allocation of ministerial duties between multiple servicers or other service providers or certificateholder or investor voting or consent thresholds, master servicer and special servicer termination events, rating requirements for accounts and permitted investments, eligibility requirements applicable to servicers and other service providers, and the circumstances under which approvals, consents, consultation, notices or rating agency confirmations may be required.

 

The master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator and the trustee under the PSA have no obligation or authority to (a) supervise any related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator or Non-Serviced Trustee or (b) make servicing advances with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The obligation of the master servicer to provide information and collections and make P&I Advances to the certificate administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders with respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is dependent on its receipt of the corresponding information and/or collections from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the servicing of each of the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Whole Loan, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan and the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan is expected to be covered by the Non-Serviced PSA described herein only temporarily, until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan. Thereafter, such Non-Serviced Whole Loan will be serviced by the related master servicer and, if and to the extent necessary, the related special servicer under and pursuant to the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA governing such future securitization. Although, in the case of each such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the related Intercreditor Agreement imposes some requirements regarding the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA governing such future securitization, the securitization to which the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan is to be contributed has not been determined, and accordingly, the servicing terms of such future Non- Serviced PSA are unknown and may not be consistent with the description of Non-Serviced PSAs above.

 

Prospective investors are encouraged to review the full provisions of each of the Non-Serviced PSAs, which are or will be available online at www.sec.gov or by requesting copies from the underwriters.

 

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Servicing of The Grace Building Mortgage Loan

 

The Grace Building Mortgage Loan is being serviced pursuant to the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA. The servicing terms of the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA are similar in all material respects to the servicing terms of the PSA applicable to the Serviced Whole Loans; however, the servicing arrangements under such agreements will differ in certain respects, including as set forth above under “—General” and the following:

 

The related Non-Serviced Master Servicer under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA will earn a primary servicing fee with respect to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan that is to be calculated at 0.00250% per annum.

 

For so long as The Grace Building Whole Loan is a specially serviced loan under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA, the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer thereunder will earn a special servicing fee payable monthly with respect to The Grace Building Mortgage Loan accruing at a rate equal to 0.1500% per annum.

 

The related Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA will be entitled to a workout fee determined, with respect to each applicable principal and interest collection, at a workout fee rate equal to 0.25%, subject to a maximum workout fee of $1,250,000.

 

The related Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA will be entitled to a liquidation fee determined, with respect to the applicable liquidation proceeds, at a liquidation fee rate equal to 0.25%, subject to a maximum liquidation fee of $1,250,000.

 

See also “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The Grace Building Whole Loan.

 

Servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan is being serviced pursuant to the BX 2020-VIVA TSA. The servicing terms of the BX 2020-VIVA TSA are similar to the servicing terms of the PSA applicable to the Serviced Whole Loans; however, the servicing arrangements under such agreements will differ in certain respects, including as set forth above under “—General” and the following:

 

The related Non-Serviced Master Servicer under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA earns a primary servicing fee with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan equal to 0.000625% per annum.

 

Upon the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan becoming a specially serviced loan under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA, the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA will earn a special servicing fee payable monthly with respect to the Mortgage Loan accruing at a rate equal to 0.25000% per annum, subject to an annual cap of $250,000.

 

The related Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA will be entitled to a workout fee determined, with respect to each applicable principal and interest collection, at a workout fee rate equal to 0.50%, subject to a maximum workout fee of $2,500,000.

 

The related Non-Serviced Special Servicer under the BX 2020-VIVA TSA will be entitled to a liquidation fee determined, with respect to the applicable liquidation proceeds, at a liquidation fee rate equal to 0.50%, subject to a maximum liquidation fee of $2,500,000.

 

See also “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan”.

 

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Rating Agency Confirmations

 

The PSA will provide that, notwithstanding the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or other provisions of the PSA, if any action under such Mortgage Loan documents or the PSA requires a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies as a condition precedent to such action, if the party (the “Requesting Party”) attempting and/or required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmations has made a request to any Rating Agency for such Rating Agency Confirmation and, within 10 business days of such request being posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website, such Rating Agency has not replied to such request or has responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then such Requesting Party will be required to confirm (through direct communication and not by posting any confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website) that the applicable Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and, if it has not, promptly request the related Rating Agency Confirmation again (which may also be through direct communication). The circumstances described in the preceding sentence are referred to in this prospectus as a “RAC No-Response Scenario”.

 

If there is no response to either such Rating Agency Confirmation request within 5 business days of such second request in a RAC No-Response Scenario or if such Rating Agency has responded in a manner that indicates such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then (x) with respect to any condition in any Mortgage Loan document requiring such Rating Agency Confirmation, or with respect to any other matter under the PSA relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (other than as set forth in clause (y) below), the requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation will be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) with respect to such Rating Agency, and the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, may then take such action if the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, confirms its original determination (made prior to making such request) that taking the action with respect to which it requested the Rating Agency Confirmation would still be consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (y) with respect to a replacement of the master servicer or special servicer, such condition will be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) if (i) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer is rated at least “CMS3” (in the case of the master servicer) or “CSS3” (in the case of the special servicer), if Fitch is the non-responding Rating Agency, (ii) (a) it has been appointed and currently serves as a master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, on a transaction-level basis on a CMBS transaction currently rated by Moody’s that currently has securities outstanding and (b) it is not a master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, that has been publicly cited by Moody’s as having servicing concerns as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities rated by Moody’s in a CMBS transaction serviced by the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if Moody’s is the non-responding Rating Agency or (iii) KBRA has not cited servicing concerns of the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by the master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if KBRA is the non-responding Rating Agency. Promptly following the master servicer’s or special servicer’s determination to take any action discussed above following any requirement to obtain Rating Agency Confirmation being deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) as described in clause (x) above, the master servicer or special servicer will be required to provide electronic written notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider, who will promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website pursuant to the PSA, of the action taken.

 

For all other matters or actions not specifically discussed above, the applicable Requesting Party will be required to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies. In the event an action otherwise requires a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies, in absence of such Rating Agency Confirmation, we cannot assure you that any Rating Agency will not downgrade, qualify or withdraw its ratings as a result of any such action taken by the master servicer or the special servicer in accordance with the procedures discussed above.

 

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As used above, “Rating Agency Confirmation” means, with respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event specified in this prospectus will not in and of itself result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any class of certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought will be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from the Rating Agency with respect to such matter. The “Rating Agencies” mean each of Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”) and Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC (“KBRA”).

 

Any Rating Agency Confirmation requests made by the master servicer, special servicer, certificate administrator, or trustee, as applicable, pursuant to the PSA, will be required to be made in writing, which writing must contain a cover page indicating the nature of the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and must contain all back-up material necessary for the Rating Agency to process such request. Such written Rating Agency Confirmation requests must be provided in electronic format to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who will be required to post such request on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website in accordance with the PSA).

 

The master servicer, the special servicer, the certificate administrator and the trustee will be permitted (but not obligated) to orally communicate with the Rating Agencies regarding any of the Mortgage Loan documents or any matter related to the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgaged Properties, the related borrowers or any other matters relating to the PSA or any related Intercreditor Agreement; provided that such party summarizes the information provided to the Rating Agencies in such communication in writing and provides the 17g-5 Information Provider with such written summary the same day such communication takes place; provided, further, that the summary of such oral communications will not identify with which Rating Agency the communication was. The 17g-5 Information Provider will be required to post such written summary on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website in accordance with the provisions of the PSA. All other information required to be delivered to the Rating Agencies pursuant to the PSA or requested by the Rating Agencies, will first be provided in electronic format to the 17g-5 Information Provider, who will be required to post such information to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website in accordance with the PSA, and thereafter may be delivered by the applicable party to the Rating Agencies in accordance with the delivery instructions set forth in the PSA. The operating advisor will have no obligation or authority to communicate directly with the Rating Agencies, but may deliver required information to the Rating Agencies to the extent set forth in this prospectus.

 

The PSA will provide that the PSA may be amended to change the procedures regarding compliance with Rule 17g-5 without any Certificateholder consent; provided that notice of any such amendment must be provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who will post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website) and to the certificate administrator (which will post such report to the certificate administrator’s website).

 

To the extent required under the PSA, in the event a rating agency confirmation is required by the applicable rating agencies that any action under any Mortgage Loan documents or the PSA will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of any such rating agency’s then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, then such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as described above with respect to any Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency. With respect to any matter affecting any Pari Passu Companion Loan, any Rating Agency Confirmation will also refer to a comparable confirmation from the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations then rating the securities representing an interest in such Pari Passu Companion Loan and such rating organizations’ respective ratings of such securities.

 

Evidence as to Compliance

 

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furnish (and each such party will be required, with respect to each servicing function participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to cause (or, in the case of a sub-servicer that is a servicing function participant that a mortgage loan seller requires the master servicer to retain, to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) such servicing function participant to furnish) to the depositor, the certificate administrator, the trustee and the 17g-5 Information Provider, an officer’s certificate of the officer responsible for the servicing activities of such party stating, among other things, that (i) a review of that party’s activities during the preceding calendar year or portion of that year and of performance under the PSA or any sub-servicing agreement in the case of an additional master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, has been made under such officer’s supervision and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on the review, such party has fulfilled all of its obligations under the PSA or the sub-servicing agreement in the case of an additional master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, in all material respects throughout the preceding calendar year or portion of such year, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status of the failure.

 

In addition, each of the master servicer, the special servicer (regardless of whether the special servicer has commenced special servicing of any Mortgage Loan), the trustee (only if an advance was made by the trustee in the applicable calendar year), the custodian, the certificate administrator and the operating advisor, each at its own expense, will be required to furnish (and each such party will be required, with respect to each servicing function participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, to cause (or, in the case of a sub-servicer that is a servicing function participant that a mortgage loan seller requires the master servicer to retain, to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) such servicing function participant to furnish) to the trustee, the certificate administrator, the 17g-5 Information Provider and the depositor (and, with respect to the special servicer, also to the operating advisor) a report (an “Assessment of Compliance”) assessing compliance by that party with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB (as described below) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) that contains the following:

 

a statement of the party’s responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122 of Regulation AB applicable to it;

 

a statement that the party used the criteria in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB to assess compliance with the applicable servicing criteria;

 

the party’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria during and as of the end of the fiscal year, covered by the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to the PSA setting forth any material instance of noncompliance identified by the party, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status of such failure; and

 

a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report (an “Attestation Report”) on the party’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria during and as of the end of the prior fiscal year.

 

Each party that is required to deliver an Assessment of Compliance will also be required to simultaneously deliver an Attestation Report of a registered public accounting firm, prepared in accordance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the public company accounting oversight board, that expresses an opinion, or states that an opinion cannot be expressed (and the reasons for this), concerning the party’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria set forth in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

 

With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, each of the Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the Non-Serviced Special Servicer, the Non-Serviced Trustee and the Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator will have obligations under the related Non-Serviced PSA similar to those described above.

 

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Regulation AB” means subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§ 229.1100–229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the SEC or by the staff of the SEC, or as may be provided by the SEC or its staff from time to time.

 

Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders to Institute a Proceeding

 

Other than with respect to any rights to deliver a Certificateholder Repurchase Request and exercise the rights described under “—Dispute Resolution Provisions”, no Certificateholder will have any right under the PSA to institute any proceeding with respect to the PSA or with respect to the certificates, unless the holder previously has given to the trustee and the certificate administrator written notice of default and the continuance of the default and unless the holders of certificates of any class evidencing not less than 25% of the aggregate percentage interests constituting the class have made written request upon the trustee to institute a proceeding in its own name (as trustee) and have offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity satisfactory to it, and the trustee for 60 days after receipt of the request and indemnity has neglected or refused to institute the proceeding. However, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by the PSA, the certificates or to institute, conduct or defend any related litigation at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, unless the Certificateholders have offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred as a result.

 

It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the trustee, that no one or more Certificateholders will have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of any provision of the PSA or the certificates to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the holders of any other of such certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Certificateholder, which priority or preference is not otherwise provided for in the PSA, or to enforce any right under the PSA or the certificates, except in the manner provided in the PSA or the certificates and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders.

 

Termination; Retirement of Certificates

 

The obligations created by the PSA will terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to all Certificateholders of all amounts held by the certificate administrator on behalf of the trustee and required to be paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier of (1) the final payment (or related Advance) or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property (as applicable) subject to the PSA, (2) the voluntary exchange of all the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R certificates) for the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties remaining in the issuing entity, as described below or (3) the purchase or other liquidation of all of the assets of the issuing entity as described below by the holders of the Controlling Class, the special servicer, or the master servicer, in that order of priority. Written notice of termination of the PSA will be given by the certificate administrator to each Certificateholder, the Directing Holder and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who will promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website). The final distribution will be made only upon surrender and cancellation of the certificates at the office of the certificate registrar or other location specified in the notice of termination.

 

Any holder of certificates owning a majority of the percentage interest of the then Controlling Class, and, if such holder does not exercise its option, the special servicer and, if the special servicer does not exercise its option, the master servicer, will have the option to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the issuing entity, and thereby effect termination of the issuing entity and early retirement of the then-outstanding certificates, on any Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the issuing entity is less than 1% of the Initial Pool Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date (solely for the purposes of this calculation, if an ARD Loan is still an asset of the issuing entity and such right is being exercised after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date, then such Mortgage Loan will be excluded from the then-aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the pool of Mortgage Loans and from the Initial Pool Balance). Any such party may be an affiliate of the sponsor, depositor, issuing entity

 

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or other related party at the time it exercises such right. The purchase price payable upon the exercise of such option on such a Distribution Date will be an amount equal to the sum of, without duplication, (A) 100% of the outstanding principal balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the issuing entity as of the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal); (B) the fair market value of all other property included in the issuing entity as of the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date, as determined by an independent appraiser as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date; (C) all unpaid interest accrued on the outstanding principal balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and (D) unreimbursed Advances (with interest thereon), unpaid Servicing Fees and other servicing compensation, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees, Operating Advisor Fees, and unpaid expenses of and indemnity amounts owed by the issuing entity. The issuing entity may also be terminated in connection with an exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of all the then-outstanding certificates (excluding the Class R certificates) (provided that the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E certificates are no longer outstanding) if the Sole Certificateholder compensates the certificate administrator for the amount of investment income the certificate administrator would have earned if the outstanding Certificate Balance of the then-outstanding certificates (other than the Class X Certificates, Class S certificates and Class R certificates) were on deposit with the certificate administrator as of the first day of the current calendar month and the Sole Certificateholder pays to the master servicer an amount equal to (i) the product of (a) the prime rate, (b) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the then-outstanding certificates (other than the Class X Certificates, Class S certificates and Class R certificates) as of the date of the exchange and (c) three, divided by (ii) 360, for the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties remaining in the issuing entity; provided, further, that if the Sole Certificateholder has taken only an assignment of the Voting Rights of the Class X Certificates, the holders of the Class X Certificates will be entitled to receive a cash payment in consideration for an exchange of their certificates. Following such termination, no further amount will be payable on the certificates, regardless of whether any recoveries are received on the REO Properties. Notice of any such termination is required to be given promptly by the certificate administrator by mail to the Certificateholders with a copy to the master servicer, the special servicer, the operating advisor, the mortgage loan sellers, the trustee and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who will promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website). Notice to the Certificateholders will be given at their addresses shown in the certificate registrar not more than 30 days, and not less than ten days, prior to the anticipated termination date. With respect to any book-entry certificates, such notice will be mailed to DTC and beneficial owners of certificates will be notified to the extent provided in the procedures of DTC and its participants.

 

On the applicable Distribution Date, the aggregate amount paid by the holders of the Controlling Class, the special servicer, the master servicer or the holders of the Class R certificates, as the case may be, for the Mortgage Loans and other applicable assets in the issuing entity, together with all other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and not otherwise payable to a person other than the Certificateholders, will be applied generally as described above under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Priority of Distributions”.

 

Amendment

 

The PSA may be amended by the parties to the PSA, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or holders of any Companion Loan:

 

(a) to correct any defect or ambiguity in the PSA or in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the PSA;

 

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(b) to cause the provisions in the PSA to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in this prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the certificates, the issuing entity or the PSA or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions in the PSA or to correct any error;

 

(c) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account, provided that (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date will in no event be later than the business day prior to the related Distribution Date and (B) the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an opinion of counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment;

 

(d) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to the extent as will be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the issuing entity or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the issuing entity or any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the trustee and the certificate administrator have received an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the amendment) to the effect that (1) the action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any such tax and (2) the action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or holder of a Companion Loan;

 

(e) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to restrict (or to remove any existing restrictions with respect to) the transfer of the Residual Certificates; provided that the depositor has determined that the amendment will not, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, cause the issuing entity, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a transfer to a person that is a “disqualified organization” or a Non-U.S. Person;

 

(f) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the PSA or any other change, provided that the required action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced in writing by an opinion of counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the certificates as described in this prospectus);

 

(g) to amend or supplement any provision of the PSA to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each class of Offered Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the certificates as described in this prospectus); provided that such amendment or supplement would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel;

 

(h) to modify the provisions of the PSA with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts if (a) the depositor, the master servicer, the trustee and, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage-backed securities industry standard for such provisions has

 

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changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel and (c) a Rating Agency Confirmation and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Pari Passu Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the certificates as described in this prospectus);

 

(i) to modify the procedures set forth in the PSA relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5, provided that the change would not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced by (A) an opinion of counsel or (B) if any certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such certificates; and provided, further, that the certificate administrator must give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website and the certificate administration must post such notice to its website;

 

(j) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the PSA to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); or

 

(k) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Credit Risk Retention Rules, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, or (ii) in the event the Credit Risk Retention Rules or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel.

 

The PSA may also be amended by the parties to the PSA with the consent of the holders of certificates of each class affected by such amendment evidencing, in each case, a majority of the aggregate percentage interests constituting the class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the PSA or of modifying in any manner the rights of the holders of the certificates, except that the amendment may not directly (1) reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a certificate of any class without the consent of the holder of such certificate or which are required to be distributed to a holder of a Companion Loan without the consent of such holder, (2) reduce the aforesaid percentage of certificates of any class the holders of which are required to consent to the amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any holder of a Companion Loan, without the consent of the holders of all certificates of that class then-outstanding or such holder of the related Companion Loan, (3) adversely affect the Voting Rights of any class of certificates, without the consent of the holders of all certificates of that class then-outstanding, (4) change in any manner any defined term used in any MLPA or the obligations or rights of any mortgage loan seller under any MLPA without the consent of the applicable mortgage loan seller, or (5) amend the Servicing Standard without, in each case, the consent of 100% of the holders of certificates or a Rating Agency Confirmation by each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the certificates as described in this prospectus).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment to the PSA may be made that changes in any manner the obligations of any mortgage loan seller under any MLPA or the rights of any mortgage loan seller, including as a third party beneficiary, under the PSA, without the consent of such mortgage loan seller. In addition, no amendment to the PSA may be made that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the PSA by any Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the holder(s) of the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan(s).

 

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Also, notwithstanding the foregoing, no party will be required to consent to any amendment to the PSA without the trustee, the certificate administrator, the master servicer, the special servicer, the asset representations reviewer and the operating advisor having first received an opinion of counsel (at the issuing entity’s expense) to the effect that the amendment does not conflict with the terms of the PSA, and that the amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the master servicer, the special servicer, the depositor, the certificate administrator, the trustee, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with the amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the issuing entity or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code.

 

Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator

 

Each of the trustee and the certificate administrator will at all times be, and will be required to resign if it fails to: (i) be a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, (ii) be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred under the PSA, (iii) have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, (iv) be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and, in the case of the trustee, will not be an affiliate of the master servicer or the special servicer (except during any period when the trustee has assumed the duties of the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be), (v) be an entity that is not on the depositor’s “prohibited party” list, (vi) be an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and (vii) have a rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt of at least “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by Fitch; provided that the trustee will not become ineligible to serve based on a failure to satisfy such rating requirements as long as (a) it has a rating on its long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A-” by Fitch, (b) it has a rating on its short-term debt obligations of at least “P-2” by Moody’s and “F1” by Fitch, and (c) the master servicer has a rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt of at least “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by Fitch, or such other rating with respect to which the Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

The trustee and the certificate administrator also will be permitted at any time to resign from their obligations and duties under the PSA by giving written notice (which notice will be posted to the certificate administrator’s website pursuant to the PSA) to the depositor, the master servicer, the special servicer, the trustee or the certificate administrator, as applicable, all Certificateholders, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who will promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website). Upon receiving this notice of resignation, the depositor will be required to use its reasonable best efforts to promptly appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator which, for so long as no Control Termination Event is continuing, is acceptable to the Directing Holder. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator has accepted an appointment within 30 days after the giving of notice of resignation, the resigning trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable.

 

If at any time the trustee or certificate administrator ceases to be eligible to continue as trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, under the PSA, and fails to resign after written request therefor by the depositor or the master servicer, or if at any time the trustee or certificate administrator becomes incapable of acting, or if certain events of, or proceedings in respect of, bankruptcy or insolvency occur with respect to the trustee or certificate administrator, or if the trustee or certificate administrator fails to timely publish any report to be delivered, published, or otherwise made available by the certificate administrator pursuant to the PSA, and such failure continues unremedied for a period of five (5) days, or if the certificate administrator fails to make distributions required pursuant to the PSA, the depositor will be authorized to remove the trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, and appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator acceptable to the master servicer.

 

In addition, holders of the certificates entitled to at least 50% of the Voting Rights may, with cause (at any time) or without cause (at any time with 30 days’ prior written notice), remove the trustee or certificate administrator under the PSA and appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator. In the event that

 

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holders of the certificates entitled to at least 50% of the Voting Rights elect to remove the trustee or certificate administrator without cause and appoint a successor, the successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, will be responsible for all expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

 

Any resignation or removal of the trustee or certificate administrator and appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator will not become effective until (i) acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, and (ii) the certificate administrator files any required Form 8-K. Further, the resigning trustee or certificate administrator, as the case may be, must pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its duties.

 

The PSA will prohibit the appointment of the asset representations reviewer or one of its affiliates as successor to the trustee or certificate administrator.

 

Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; and Consent to Jurisdiction

 

The PSA will be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Each party to the PSA will waive its respective right to a jury trial for any claim or cause of action based upon or arising out of or related to the PSA or certificates. Additionally each party to the PSA will consent to the jurisdiction of any New York State and Federal courts sitting in New York City with respect to matters arising out of or related to the PSA.

 

Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans

 

The following discussion contains general summaries of certain legal aspects of mortgage loans secured by commercial and multifamily residential properties. Because such legal aspects are governed by applicable local law (which laws may differ substantially), the summaries do not purport to be complete, to reflect the laws of any particular jurisdiction, or to encompass the laws of all jurisdictions in which the security for the mortgage loans is situated.

 

New York

 

Eleven (11) Mortgaged Properties (37.2%) are located in New York. Mortgage loans in New York are generally secured by mortgages on the related real estate. Foreclosure of a mortgage is usually accomplished in judicial proceedings. After an action for foreclosure is commenced, and if the lender secures a ruling that is entitled to foreclosure ordinarily by motion for summary judgment, the court then appoints a referee to compute the amount owed together with certain costs, expenses and legal fees of the action. The lender then moves to confirm the referee’s report and enter a final judgment of foreclosure and sale. Public notice of the foreclosure sale, including the amount of the judgment, is given for a statutory period of time, after which the mortgaged real estate is sold by a referee at public auction. There is no right of redemption after the foreclosure of sale. In certain circumstances, deficiency judgments may be obtained. Under mortgages containing a statutorily sanctioned covenant, the lender has a right to have a receiver appointed without notice and without regard to the adequacy of the mortgaged real estate as security for the amount owed.

 

California

 

Five (5) Mortgaged Properties (12.6%) are located in California. Mortgage loans in California are generally secured by deeds of trust on the related real estate. Foreclosure of a deed of trust in California may be accomplished by a non-judicial trustee’s sale (so long as it is permitted under a specific provision in the deed of trust) or by judicial foreclosure, in each case subject to and accordance with the applicable procedures and requirements of California law. Public notice of either the trustee’s sale or the judgment of foreclosure is given for a statutory period of time after which the mortgaged real estate may be sold by the trustee, if foreclosed pursuant to the trustee’s power of sale, or by court appointed sheriff under a judicial foreclosure. Following a judicial foreclosure sale, the borrower or its successor-in-interest may, for a period of up to one year, redeem the property; however, there is no redemption following a trustee’s

 

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power of sale. California’s “security first” and “one action” rules require the lender to complete foreclosure of all real estate provided as security under the deed of trust in a single action in an attempt to satisfy the full debt before bringing a personal action (if otherwise permitted) against the borrower for recovery of the debt, except in certain cases involving environmentally impaired real property where foreclosure of the real property is not required before making a claim under the indemnity. This restriction may apply to property which is not located in California if a single promissory note is secured by property located in California and other jurisdictions. California case law has held that acts such as (but not limited to) an offset of an unpledged account constitute violations of such statutes. Violations of such statutes may result in the loss of some or all of the security under the mortgage loan and a loss of the ability to sue for the debt. A sale by the trustee under the deed of trust does not constitute an “action” for purposes of the “one action rule”. Other statutory provisions in California limit any deficiency judgment (if otherwise permitted) against the borrower following a judicial foreclosure to the amount by which the indebtedness exceeds the fair value at the time of the public sale and in no event greater than the difference between the foreclosure sale price and the amount of the indebtedness. Further, under California law, once a property has been sold pursuant to a power of sale clause contained in a deed of trust (and in the case of certain types of purchase money acquisition financings, under all circumstances), the lender is precluded from seeking a deficiency judgment from the borrower or, under certain circumstances, guarantors.

 

On the other hand, under certain circumstances, California law permits separate and even contemporaneous actions against both the borrower (as to the enforcement of the interests in the collateral securing the loan) and any guarantors. California statutory provisions regarding assignments of rents and leases require that a lender whose loan is secured by such an assignment must exercise a remedy with respect to rents as authorized by statute in order to establish its right to receive the rents after an event of default. Among the remedies authorized by statute is the lender’s right to have a receiver appointed under certain circumstances.

 

Utah

 

Two (2) Mortgaged Properties (12.1%) are located in Utah. Mortgage loans in Utah are generally secured by deeds of trust recorded against the subject real property which confer the power of sale on a qualified trustee. Foreclosure of a deed of trust is usually accomplished non-judicially although a deed of trust may be foreclosed judicially as a mortgage on real property. A non-judicial foreclosure is commenced by recording a Notice of Default in the official county records where the real property is located. Unless the default is cured and the deed of trust reinstated within a three month period commencing on the date of recordation of the Notice of Default, the trustee would publish a Notice of Trustee’s Sale for the time and in the manner statutorily required. The trustee’s sale is held at a courthouse in the county where the real property is located. The trustee acting as auctioneer sells the real property at public auction to the highest bidder. Any person, including the beneficiary or trustee, may bid at the trustee’s sale. The beneficiary is entitled to a credit in an amount not to exceed the unpaid principal owed, accrued interest, advances, the beneficiary’s lien on the real property, and costs of sale including reasonable trustee’s and attorney’s fees. There is no right of redemption under Utah law after a non-judicial foreclosure of a deed of trust. No later than three months of the trustee’s sale, an action may be commenced to recover a deficiency. The deficiency judgment may not exceed the amount by which the indebtedness with interest, costs, and expenses of sale, including trustee’s and attorney’s fees, exceeds the fair market value of the real property as of the date of the trustee’s sale. The prevailing party may recover costs and reasonable attorney fees. If the deed of trust provides for a security interest in real property or provides for an assignment of rents, the beneficiary has the right to have a receiver appointed pursuant to the Utah Uniform Assignment of Rents Act.

 

General

 

Each mortgage loan will be evidenced by a promissory note and secured by an instrument granting a security interest in real property, which may be a mortgage, deed of trust or a deed to secure debt, depending upon the prevailing practice and law in the state in which the related Mortgaged Property is located. Mortgages, deeds of trust and deeds to secure debt are in this prospectus collectively referred to as “mortgages”. A mortgage creates a lien upon, or grants a title interest in, the real property covered

 

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thereby, and represents the security for the repayment of the indebtedness customarily evidenced by a promissory note. The priority of the lien created or interest granted will depend on the terms of the mortgage and, in some cases, on the terms of separate subordination agreements or intercreditor agreements with others that hold interests in the real property, the knowledge of the parties to the mortgage and, generally, the order of recordation of the mortgage in the appropriate public recording office. However, the lien of a recorded mortgage will generally be subordinate to later-arising liens for real estate taxes and assessments and other charges imposed under governmental police powers.

 

Types of Mortgage Instruments

 

There are two parties to a mortgage: a mortgagor (the borrower and usually the owner of the applicable property) and a mortgagee (the lender). In contrast, a deed of trust is a three-party instrument, among a trustor (the equivalent of a borrower), a trustee to whom the real property is conveyed, and a beneficiary (the lender) for whose benefit the conveyance is made. Under a deed of trust, the trustor grants the property, irrevocably until the debt is paid, in trust and generally with a power of sale, to the trustee to secure repayment of the indebtedness evidenced by the related note. A deed to secure debt typically has two parties, pursuant to which the borrower, or grantor, conveys title to the real property to the grantee, or lender generally with a power of sale, until such time as the debt is repaid. In a case where the borrower is a land trust, there would be an additional party because legal title to the property is held by a land trustee under a land trust agreement for the benefit of the borrower. At origination of a mortgage loan involving a land trust, the borrower may execute a separate undertaking to make payments on the promissory note. The land trustee would not be personally liable for the promissory note obligation. The mortgagee’s authority under a mortgage, the trustee’s authority under a deed of trust and the grantee’s authority under a deed to secure debt are governed by the express provisions of the related instrument, the law of the state in which the real property is located, certain federal laws and, in some deed of trust transactions, the directions of the beneficiary.

 

Leases and Rents

 

Mortgages that encumber income-producing property often contain an assignment of rents and leases, and/or may be accompanied by a separate assignment of rents and leases, pursuant to which the borrower assigns to the lender the borrower’s right, title and interest as landlord under each lease and the income derived from the lease, while (unless rents are to be paid directly to the lender) retaining a revocable license to collect the rents for so long as there is no default. If the borrower defaults, the license terminates and the lender is entitled to collect the rents. Local law may require that the lender take possession of the property and/or obtain a court-appointed receiver before becoming entitled to collect the rents.

 

In most states, hospitality property and motel room rates are considered accounts receivable under the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”). In cases where hospitality properties or motels constitute loan security, the revenues are generally pledged by the borrower as additional security for the loan. In general, the lender must file financing statements in order to perfect its security interest in the room revenues and must file continuation statements, generally every five years, to maintain perfection of such security interest. In certain cases, mortgage loans secured by hospitality properties or motels may be included in the issuing entity even if the security interest in the room revenues was not perfected. Even if the lender’s security interest in room revenues is perfected under applicable nonbankruptcy law, it will generally be required to commence a foreclosure action or otherwise take possession of the property in order to enforce its rights to collect the room revenues following a default. In the bankruptcy setting, however, the lender will be stayed from enforcing its rights to collect room revenues, but those room revenues constitute “cash collateral” and therefore generally cannot be used by the bankruptcy debtor without a hearing or lender’s consent or unless the lender’s interest in the room revenues is given adequate protection (e.g., cash payment for otherwise encumbered funds or a replacement lien on unencumbered property, in either case in value equivalent to the amount of room revenues that the debtor proposes to use, or other similar relief). See “—Bankruptcy Laws” below.

 

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Personalty

 

In the case of certain types of mortgaged properties, such as hospitality properties, motels, nursing homes and manufactured housing, personal property (to the extent owned by the borrower and not previously pledged) may constitute a significant portion of the property’s value as security. The creation and enforcement of liens on personal property are governed by the UCC. Accordingly, if a borrower pledges personal property as security for a mortgage loan, the lender generally must file UCC financing statements in order to perfect its security interest in that personal property, and must file continuation statements, generally every five years, to maintain that perfection. Certain mortgage loans secured in part by personal property may be included in the issuing entity even if the security interest in such personal property was not perfected.

 

Foreclosure

 

General

 

Foreclosure is a legal procedure that allows the lender to recover its mortgage debt by enforcing its rights and available legal remedies under the mortgage. If the borrower defaults in payment or performance of its obligations under the promissory note or mortgage, the lender has the right to institute foreclosure proceedings to sell the real property at public auction to satisfy the indebtedness.

 

Foreclosure Procedures Vary from State to State

 

Two primary methods of foreclosing a mortgage are judicial foreclosure, involving court proceedings, and nonjudicial foreclosure pursuant to a power of sale granted in the mortgage instrument. Other foreclosure procedures are available in some states, but they are either infrequently used or available only in limited circumstances.

 

A foreclosure action is subject to most of the delays and expenses of other lawsuits if defenses are raised or counterclaims are interposed, and sometimes requires several years to complete.

 

Judicial Foreclosure

 

A judicial foreclosure proceeding is conducted in a court having jurisdiction over the mortgaged property. Generally, the action is initiated by the service of legal pleadings upon all parties having a subordinate interest of record in the real property and all parties in possession of the property, under leases or otherwise, whose interests are subordinate to the mortgage. Delays in completion of the foreclosure may occasionally result from difficulties in locating defendants. When the lender’s right to foreclose is contested, the legal proceedings can be time-consuming. Upon successful completion of a judicial foreclosure proceeding, the court generally issues a judgment of foreclosure and appoints a referee or other officer to conduct a public sale of the mortgaged property, the proceeds of which are used to satisfy the judgment. Such sales are made in accordance with procedures that vary from state to state.

 

Equitable and Other Limitations on Enforceability of Certain Provisions

 

United States courts have traditionally imposed general equitable principles to limit the remedies available to lenders in foreclosure actions. These principles are generally designed to relieve borrowers from the effects of mortgage defaults perceived as harsh or unfair. Relying on such principles, a court may alter the specific terms of a loan to the extent it considers necessary to prevent or remedy an injustice, undue oppression or overreaching, or may require the lender to undertake affirmative actions to determine the cause of the borrower’s default and the likelihood that the borrower will be able to reinstate the loan. In some cases, courts have substituted their judgment for the lender’s and have required that lenders reinstate loans or recast payment schedules in order to accommodate borrowers who are suffering from a temporary financial disability. In other cases, courts have limited the right of the lender to foreclose in the case of a nonmonetary default, such as a failure to adequately maintain the mortgaged

 

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property or an impermissible further encumbrance of the mortgaged property. Finally, some courts have addressed the issue of whether federal or state constitutional provisions reflecting due process concerns for adequate notice require that a borrower receive notice in addition to statutorily-prescribed minimum notice. For the most part, these cases have upheld the reasonableness of the notice provisions or have found that a public sale under a mortgage providing for a power of sale does not involve sufficient state action to trigger constitutional protections.

 

In addition, some states may have statutory protection such as the right of the borrower to reinstate a mortgage loan after commencement of foreclosure proceedings but prior to a foreclosure sale.

 

Nonjudicial Foreclosure/Power of Sale

 

In states permitting nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings, foreclosure of a deed of trust is generally accomplished by a nonjudicial trustee’s sale pursuant to a power of sale typically granted in the deed of trust. A power of sale may also be contained in any other type of mortgage instrument if applicable law so permits. A power of sale under a deed of trust allows a nonjudicial public sale to be conducted generally following a request from the beneficiary/lender to the trustee to sell the property upon default by the borrower and after notice of sale is given in accordance with the terms of the mortgage and applicable state law. In some states, prior to such sale, the trustee under the deed of trust must record a notice of default and notice of sale and send a copy to the borrower and to any other party who has recorded a request for a copy of a notice of default and notice of sale. In addition, in some states the trustee must provide notice to any other party having an interest of record in the real property, including junior lienholders. A notice of sale must be posted in a public place and, in most states, published for a specified period of time in one or more newspapers. The borrower or junior lienholder may then have the right, during a reinstatement period required in some states, to cure the default by paying the entire actual amount in arrears (without regard to the acceleration of the indebtedness), plus the lender’s expenses incurred in enforcing the obligation. In other states, the borrower or the junior lienholder is not provided a period to reinstate the loan, but has only the right to pay off the entire debt to prevent the foreclosure sale. Generally, state law governs the procedure for public sale, the parties entitled to notice, the method of giving notice and the applicable time periods.

 

Public Sale

 

A third party may be unwilling to purchase a mortgaged property at a public sale because of the difficulty in determining the exact status of title to the property (due to, among other things, redemption rights that may exist) and because of the possibility that physical deterioration of the mortgaged property may have occurred during the foreclosure proceedings. Potential buyers may also be reluctant to purchase mortgaged property at a foreclosure sale as a result of the 1980 decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Durrett v. Washington National Insurance Co., 621 F.2d 2001 (5th Cir. 1980) and other decisions that have followed its reasoning. The court in Durrett held that even a non-collusive, regularly conducted foreclosure sale was a fraudulent transfer under the federal bankruptcy code and, thus, could be rescinded in favor of the bankrupt’s estate, if (1) the foreclosure sale was held while the debtor was insolvent and not more than one year prior to the filing of the bankruptcy petition and (2) the price paid for the foreclosed property did not represent “fair consideration”, which is “reasonably equivalent value” under the federal bankruptcy code. Although the reasoning and result of Durrett in respect of the federal bankruptcy code was rejected by the United States Supreme Court in BFP v. Resolution Trust Corp., 511 U.S. 531 (1994), the case could nonetheless be persuasive to a court applying a state fraudulent conveyance law which has provisions similar to those construed in Durrett. Therefore, it is common for the lender to purchase the mortgaged property for an amount equal to the secured indebtedness and accrued and unpaid interest plus the expenses of foreclosure, in which event the borrower’s debt will be extinguished, or for a lesser amount in order to preserve its right to seek a deficiency judgment if such is available under state law and under the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents. Thereafter, subject to the borrower’s right in some states to remain in possession during a redemption period, the lender will become the owner of the property and have both the benefits and burdens of ownership, including the obligation to pay debt service on any senior mortgages, to pay taxes, to obtain casualty insurance and to make such repairs as are necessary to render the property suitable

 

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for sale. Frequently, the lender employs a third-party management company to manage and operate the property. The costs of operating and maintaining a property may be significant and may be greater than the income derived from that property. The costs of management and operation of those mortgaged properties which are hotels, motels, restaurants, nursing or convalescent homes, hospitals or casinos may be particularly significant because of the expertise, knowledge and, with respect to certain property types, regulatory compliance, required to run those operations and the effect which foreclosure and a change in ownership may have on the public’s and the industry’s, including franchisors’, perception of the quality of those operations. The lender also will commonly obtain the services of a real estate broker and pay the broker’s commission in connection with the sale or lease of the property. Depending upon market conditions, the ultimate proceeds of the sale of a property may not equal the lender’s investment in the property. Moreover, a lender commonly incurs substantial legal fees and court costs in acquiring a mortgaged property through contested foreclosure and/or bankruptcy proceedings. Because of the expenses associated with acquiring, owning and selling a mortgaged property, a lender could realize an overall loss on a mortgage loan even if the mortgaged property is sold at foreclosure, or resold after it is acquired through foreclosure, for an amount equal to the full outstanding principal amount of the loan plus accrued interest.

 

Furthermore, an increasing number of states require that any environmental contamination at certain types of properties be cleaned up before a property may be resold. In addition, a lender may be responsible under federal or state law for the cost of cleaning up a mortgaged property that is environmentally contaminated. See “—Environmental Considerations” below.

 

The holder of a junior mortgage that forecloses on a mortgaged property does so subject to senior mortgages and any other prior liens, and may be obliged to keep senior mortgage loans current in order to avoid foreclosure of its interest in the property. In addition, if the foreclosure of a junior mortgage triggers the enforcement of a “due-on-sale” clause contained in a senior mortgage, the junior mortgagee could be required to pay the full amount of the senior mortgage indebtedness or face foreclosure.

 

Rights of Redemption

 

The purposes of a foreclosure action are to enable the lender to realize upon its security and to bar the borrower, and all persons who have interests in the property that are subordinate to that of the foreclosing lender, from exercise of their “equity of redemption”. The doctrine of equity of redemption provides that, until the property encumbered by a mortgage has been sold in accordance with a properly conducted foreclosure and foreclosure sale, those having interests that are subordinate to that of the foreclosing lender have an equity of redemption and may redeem the property by paying the entire debt with interest. Those having an equity of redemption must generally be made parties and joined in the foreclosure proceeding in order for their equity of redemption to be terminated.

 

The equity of redemption is a common-law (nonstatutory) right which should be distinguished from post-sale statutory rights of redemption. In some states, after sale pursuant to a deed of trust or foreclosure of a mortgage, the borrower and foreclosed junior lienors are given a statutory period in which to redeem the property. In some states, statutory redemption may occur only upon payment of the foreclosure sale price. In other states, redemption may be permitted if the former borrower pays only a portion of the sums due. The effect of a statutory right of redemption is to diminish the ability of the lender to sell the foreclosed property because the exercise of a right of redemption would defeat the title of any purchaser through a foreclosure. Consequently, the practical effect of the redemption right is to force the lender to maintain the property and pay the expenses of ownership until the redemption period has expired. In some states, a post-sale statutory right of redemption may exist following a judicial foreclosure, but not following a trustee’s sale under a deed of trust.

 

Anti-Deficiency Legislation

 

Some or all of the mortgage loans are non-recourse loans, as to which recourse in the case of default will be limited to the mortgaged property and such other assets, if any, that were pledged to secure the mortgage loan. However, even if a mortgage loan by its terms provides for recourse to the borrower’s

 

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other assets, a lender’s ability to realize upon those assets may be limited by state law. For example, in some states a lender cannot obtain a deficiency judgment against the borrower following foreclosure or sale under a deed of trust.

 

A deficiency judgment is a personal judgment against the former borrower equal to the difference between the net amount realized upon the public sale of the real property and the amount due to the lender. Other statutes may require the lender to exhaust the security afforded under a mortgage before bringing a personal action against the borrower. In certain other states, the lender has the option of bringing a personal action against the borrower on the debt without first exhausting that security; however, in some of those states, the lender, following judgment on that personal action, may be deemed to have elected a remedy and thus may be precluded from foreclosing upon the security. Consequently, lenders in those states where such an election of remedy provision exists will usually proceed first against the security. Finally, other statutory provisions, designed to protect borrowers from exposure to large deficiency judgments that might result from bidding at below-market values at the foreclosure sale, limit any deficiency judgment to the excess of the outstanding debt over the fair market value of the property at the time of the sale.

 

Leasehold Considerations

 

Mortgage loans may be secured by a mortgage on the borrower’s leasehold interest in a ground lease. Leasehold mortgage loans are subject to certain risks not associated with mortgage loans secured by a lien on the fee estate of the borrower. The most significant of these risks is that if the borrower’s leasehold were to be terminated upon a lease default, the leasehold mortgagee would lose its security. This risk may be lessened if the ground lease requires the lessor to give the leasehold mortgagee notices of lessee defaults and an opportunity to cure them, permits the leasehold estate to be assigned to and by the leasehold mortgagee or the purchaser at a foreclosure sale, and contains certain other protective provisions typically included in a “mortgageable” ground lease. Certain mortgage loans, however, may be secured by ground leases which do not contain these provisions.

 

In addition, where a lender has as its security both the fee and leasehold interest in the same property, the grant of a mortgage lien on its fee interest by the land owner/ground lessor to secure the debt of a borrower/ground lessee may be subject to challenge as a fraudulent conveyance. Among other things, a legal challenge to the granting of the liens may focus on the benefits realized by the land owner/ground lessor from the loan. If a court concluded that the granting of the mortgage lien was an avoidable fraudulent conveyance, it might take actions detrimental to the holders of the offered certificates, including, under certain circumstances, invalidating the mortgage lien on the fee interest of the land owner/ground lessor.

 

Cooperative Shares

 

Mortgage loans may be secured by a security interest on the borrower’s ownership interest in shares, and the related proprietary leases, allocable to cooperative dwelling units that may be vacant or occupied by non-owner tenants. Such loans are subject to certain risks not associated with mortgage loans secured by a lien on the fee estate of a borrower in real property. Such a loan typically is subordinate to the mortgage, if any, on the cooperative’s building which, if foreclosed, could extinguish the equity in the building and the proprietary leases of the dwelling units derived from ownership of the shares of the cooperative. Further, transfer of shares in a cooperative are subject to various regulations as well as to restrictions under the governing documents of the cooperative, and the shares may be cancelled in the event that associated maintenance charges due under the related proprietary leases are not paid. Typically, a recognition agreement between the lender and the cooperative provides, among other things, the lender with an opportunity to cure a default under a proprietary lease.

 

Under the laws applicable in many states, “foreclosure” on cooperative shares is accomplished by a sale in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of the UCC and the security agreement relating to the shares. Article 9 of the UCC requires that a sale be conducted in a “commercially reasonable” manner, which may be dependent upon, among other things, the notice given the debtor and the method, manner,

 

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time, place and terms of the sale. Article 9 of the UCC provides that the proceeds of the sale will be applied first to pay the costs and expenses of the sale and then to satisfy the indebtedness secured by the lender’s security interest. A recognition agreement, however, generally provides that the lender’s right to reimbursement is subject to the right of the cooperative to receive sums due under the proprietary leases.

 

Bankruptcy Laws

 

Operation of the federal bankruptcy code and related state laws may interfere with or affect the ability of a lender to obtain payment of a loan, realize upon collateral and/or to enforce a deficiency judgment. For example, under the federal bankruptcy code, virtually all actions (including foreclosure actions and deficiency judgment proceedings) are automatically stayed upon the filing of the bankruptcy petition, and, usually, no interest or principal payments are made during the course of the bankruptcy case. The delay and the consequences of a delay caused by an automatic stay can be significant. For example, the filing of a petition in bankruptcy by or on behalf of a junior mortgage lien holder may stay the senior lender from taking action to foreclose out such junior lien. At a minimum, the senior lender would suffer delay due to its need to seek bankruptcy court approval before taking any foreclosure or other action that could be deemed in violation of the automatic stay under the federal bankruptcy code.

 

Under the federal bankruptcy code, a bankruptcy trustee, or a borrower as debtor-in-possession, may under certain circumstances sell the related mortgaged property or other collateral free and clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances and interests, which liens would then attach to the proceeds of such sale, despite the provisions of the related mortgage or other security agreement to the contrary. Such a sale may be approved by a bankruptcy court even if the proceeds are insufficient to pay the secured debt in full.

 

Under the federal bankruptcy code, provided certain substantive and procedural safeguards for a lender are met, the amount and terms of a mortgage or other security agreement secured by property of a debtor may be modified under certain circumstances. Pursuant to a confirmed plan of reorganization, lien avoidance or claim objection proceeding, the secured claim arising from a loan secured by real property or other collateral may be reduced to the then-current value of the property (with a corresponding partial reduction of the amount of lender’s security interest), thus leaving the lender a secured creditor to the extent of the then current value of the property and a general unsecured creditor for the difference between such value and the outstanding balance of the loan. Such general unsecured claims may be paid less than 100% of the amount of the debt or not at all, depending upon the circumstances. Other modifications may include the reduction in the amount of each scheduled payment, which reduction may result from a reduction in the rate of interest and/or the alteration of the repayment schedule (with or without affecting the unpaid principal balance of the loan), and/or an extension (or reduction) of the final maturity date. Some courts have approved bankruptcy plans, based on the particular facts of the reorganization case, that effected the curing of a mortgage loan default by paying arrearages over a number of years. Also, under the federal bankruptcy code, a bankruptcy court may permit a debtor through its plan of reorganization to reinstate the loan even though the lender accelerated the mortgage loan and final judgment of foreclosure had been entered in state court (provided that no sale of the property had yet occurred) prior to the filing of the debtor’s petition. This may be done even if the plan of reorganization does not provide for payment of the full amount due under the original loan. Thus, the full amount due under the original loan may never be repaid. Other types of significant modifications to the terms of mortgage loan may be acceptable to the bankruptcy court, such as making distributions to the mortgage holder of property other than cash, or the substitution of collateral which is the “indubitable equivalent” of the real property subject to the mortgage, or the subordination of the mortgage to liens securing new debt (provided that the lender’s secured claim is “adequately protected” as such term is defined and interpreted under the federal bankruptcy code), often depending on the particular facts and circumstances of the specific case.

 

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mortgaged property if the related borrower is in a bankruptcy proceeding. Under the federal bankruptcy code, a lender may be stayed from enforcing the assignment, and the legal proceedings necessary to resolve the issue can be time consuming and may result in significant delays in the receipt of the rents. Rents (including applicable hotel and other lodging revenues) and leases may also escape such an assignment, among other things, (i) if the assignment is not fully perfected under state law prior to commencement of the bankruptcy proceeding, (ii) to the extent such rents and leases are used by the borrower to maintain the mortgaged property, or for other court authorized expenses, (iii) to the extent other collateral may be substituted for the rents and leases, (iv) to the extent the bankruptcy court determines that the lender is adequately protected, or (v) to the extent the court determines based on the equities of the case that the post-petition rents are not subject to the lender’s pre-petition securities interest.

 

Under the federal bankruptcy code, a security interest in real property acquired before the commencement of the bankruptcy case does not extend to income received after the commencement of the bankruptcy case unless such income is a proceed, product or rent of such property. Therefore, to the extent a business conducted on the mortgaged property creates accounts receivable rather than rents or results from payments under a license rather than payments under a lease, a valid and perfected pre-bankruptcy lien on such accounts receivable or license income generally would not continue as to post-bankruptcy accounts receivable or license income.

 

The federal bankruptcy code provides that a lender’s perfected pre-petition security interest in leases, rents and hotel revenues continues in the post-petition leases, rents and hotel revenues, unless a bankruptcy court orders to the contrary “based on the equities of the case”. The equities of a particular case may permit the discontinuance of security interests in pre-petition leases and rents. Thus, unless a court orders otherwise, revenues from a mortgaged property generated after the date the bankruptcy petition is filed will constitute “cash collateral” under the federal bankruptcy code. Debtors may only use cash collateral upon obtaining the lender’s consent or a prior court order finding that the lender’s interest in the mortgaged hotel, motel or other lodging property and the cash collateral is “adequately protected” as the term is defined and interpreted under the federal bankruptcy code. In addition to post-petition rents, any cash held by a lender in a lockbox or reserve account generally would also constitute “cash collateral” under the federal bankruptcy code. So long as the lender is adequately protected, a debtor’s use of cash collateral may be for its own benefit or for the benefit of any affiliated entity group that is also subject to bankruptcy proceedings, including use as collateral for new debt. It should be noted, however, that the court may find that the lender has no security interest in either pre-petition or post-petition revenues if the court finds that the loan documents do not contain language covering accounts, room rents, or other forms of personalty necessary for a security interest to attach to such revenues.

 

The federal bankruptcy code provides generally that rights and obligations under an unexpired lease of the debtor/lessee may not be terminated or modified at any time after the commencement of a case under the federal bankruptcy code solely because of a provision in the lease to that effect or because of certain other similar events. This prohibition on so-called “ipso facto” clauses could limit the ability of a lender to exercise certain contractual remedies with respect to the leases on any mortgaged property. In addition, section 362 of the federal bankruptcy code operates as an automatic stay of, among other things, any act to obtain possession of property from a debtor’s estate, which may delay a lender’s exercise of those remedies, including foreclosure, in the event that a lessee becomes the subject of a proceeding under the federal bankruptcy code. Thus, the filing of a petition in bankruptcy by or on behalf of a lessee of a mortgaged property would result in a stay against the commencement or continuation of any state court proceeding for past due rent, for accelerated rent, for damages or for a summary eviction order with respect to a default under the related lease that occurred prior to the filing of the lessee’s petition. While relief from the automatic stay to enforce remedies may be requested, it can be denied for a number of reasons, including where the collateral is “necessary to an effective reorganization” for the debtor, and if a debtor’s case has been administratively consolidated with those of its affiliates, the court may also consider whether the property is “necessary to an effective reorganization” of the debtor and its affiliates, taken as a whole.

 

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The federal bankruptcy code generally provides that a trustee in bankruptcy or debtor-in-possession may, with respect to an unexpired lease of non-residential real property, before the earlier of (i) 120 days after the filing of a bankruptcy case or (ii) the entry of an order confirming a plan, subject to approval of the court, (a) assume the lease and retain it or assign it to a third party or (b) reject the lease. If the trustee or debtor-in-possession fails to assume or reject the lease within the time specified in the preceding sentence, subject to any extensions by the bankruptcy court, the lease will be deemed rejected and the property will be surrendered to the lessor. The bankruptcy court may for cause shown extend the 120-day period up to 90 days for a total of 210 days. If the lease is assumed, the trustee in bankruptcy on behalf of the lessee, or the lessee as debtor-in-possession, or the assignee, if applicable, must cure any defaults under the lease, compensate the lessor for its losses and provide the lessor with “adequate assurance” of future performance. These remedies may be insufficient, however, as the lessor may be forced to continue under the lease with a lessee that is a poor credit risk or an unfamiliar tenant (if the lease was assigned), and any assurances provided to the lessor may, in fact, be inadequate. If the lease is rejected, the rejection generally constitutes a breach of the executory contract or unexpired lease as of the date immediately preceding the filing date of the bankruptcy petition. As a consequence, the other party or parties to the lease, such as the borrower, as lessor under a lease, generally would have only an unsecured claim against the debtor, as lessee, for damages resulting from the breach, which could adversely affect the security for the related mortgage loan. In addition, under the federal bankruptcy code, a lease rejection damages claim is limited to the “(a) rent reserved by the lease, without acceleration, for the greater of one year, or 15 percent, not to exceed three years, of the remaining term of such lease, following the earlier of the date of the bankruptcy petition and the date on which the lessor regained possession of the real property, (b) plus any unpaid rent due under such lease, without acceleration, on the earlier of such dates”.

 

If a trustee in bankruptcy on behalf of a lessor, or a lessor as debtor-in-possession, rejects an unexpired lease of real property, the lessee may treat the lease as terminated by the rejection or, in the alternative, the lessee may remain in possession of the leasehold for the balance of the term and for any renewal or extension of the term that is enforceable by the lessee under applicable non-bankruptcy law. The federal bankruptcy code provides that if a lessee elects to remain in possession after a rejection of a lease, the lessee may offset against rents reserved under the lease for the balance of the term after the date of rejection of the lease, and the related renewal or extension of the lease, any damages occurring after that date caused by the nonperformance of any obligation of the lessor under the lease after that date.

 

Similarly, bankruptcy risk is associated with an insolvency proceeding under the federal bankruptcy code of either a borrower ground lessee or a ground lessor. In general, upon the bankruptcy of a lessor or a lessee under a lease of nonresidential real property, including a ground lease, that has not been terminated prior to the bankruptcy filing date, the debtor entity has the statutory right to assume or reject the lease. Given that the federal bankruptcy code generally invalidates clauses that terminate contracts automatically upon the filing by one of the parties of a bankruptcy petition or that are conditioned on a party’s insolvency, following the filing of a bankruptcy petition, a debtor would ordinarily be required to perform its obligations under such lease until the debtor decides whether to assume or reject the lease. The federal bankruptcy code provides certain additional protections with respect to non-residential real property leases, such as establishing a specific timeframe in which a debtor must determine whether to assume or reject the lease. The bankruptcy court may extend the time to perform for up to 60 days for cause shown. Even if the agreements were terminated prior to bankruptcy, a bankruptcy court may determine that the agreement was improperly terminated and therefore remains part of the debtor’s bankruptcy estate. The debtor also can seek bankruptcy court approval to assume and assign the lease to a third party, and to modify the lease in connection with such assignment. In order to assume the lease, the debtor or assignee generally will have to cure outstanding defaults and provide “adequate assurance of future performance” in addition to satisfying other requirements imposed under the federal bankruptcy code. Under the federal bankruptcy code, subject to certain exceptions, once a lease is rejected by a debtor lessee, it is deemed breached, and the non-debtor lessor will have a claim for lease rejection damages, as described above.

 

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If the ground lessor files for bankruptcy, it may determine until the confirmation of its plan of reorganization whether to reject the ground lease. On request of any party to the lease, the bankruptcy court may order the debtor to determine within a specific period of time whether to assume or reject the lease or to comply with the terms of the lease pending its decision to assume or reject. In the event of rejection, the non-debtor lessee will have the right to treat the lease as terminated by virtue of its terms, applicable nonbankruptcy law, or any agreement made by the lessee. The non-debtor lessee may also, if the lease term has begun, retain its rights under the lease, including its rights to remain in possession of the leased premises under the rent reserved in the lease for the balance of the term of the lease (including renewals). The term “lessee” includes any “successor, assign or mortgagee permitted under the terms of such lease”. If, pre-petition, the ground lessor had specifically granted the leasehold mortgagee such right, the leasehold mortgagee may have the right to succeed to the lessee/borrower’s position under the lease.

 

In the event of concurrent bankruptcy proceedings involving the ground lessor and the lessee/borrower, actions by creditors against the borrower/lessee debtor would be subject to the automatic stay, and a lender may be unable to enforce both the bankrupt lessee/borrower’s pre-petition agreement to refuse to treat a ground lease rejected by a bankrupt lessor as terminated and any agreement by the ground lessor to grant the lender a new lease upon such termination. In such circumstances, a lease could be terminated notwithstanding lender protection provisions contained in that lease or in the mortgage. A lender could lose its security unless the lender holds a fee mortgage or the bankruptcy court, as a court of equity, allows the mortgagee to assume the ground lessee’s obligations under the ground lease and succeed to the ground lessee’s position. Although consistent with the federal bankruptcy code, such position may not be adopted by the bankruptcy court.

 

Further, in an appellate decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Precision Indus. v. Qualitech Steel SBQ, LLC, 327 F.3d 537 (7th Cir, 2003)), the court ruled with respect to an unrecorded lease of real property that where a statutory sale of leased property occurs under the federal bankruptcy code upon the bankruptcy of a landlord, that sale terminates a lessee’s possessory interest in the property, and the purchaser assumes title free and clear of any interest, including any leasehold estates. Pursuant to the federal bankruptcy code, a lessee may request the bankruptcy court to prohibit or condition the statutory sale of the property so as to provide adequate protection of the leasehold interest; however, the court ruled that, at least where a memorandum of lease had not been recorded, this provision does not ensure continued possession of the property, but rather entitles the lessee to compensation for the value of its leasehold interest, typically from the sale proceeds. As a result, we cannot assure you that, in the event of a statutory sale of leased property pursuant to the federal bankruptcy code, the lessee would be able to maintain possession of the property under the ground lease. In addition, we cannot assure you that a leasehold mortgagor and/or a leasehold mortgagee (to the extent it has standing to intervene) would be able to recover the full value of the leasehold interest in bankruptcy court.

 

Because of the possible termination of the related ground lease, whether arising from a bankruptcy, the expiration of a lease term or an uncured defect under the related ground lease, lending on a leasehold interest in a real property is riskier than lending on the fee interest in the property.

 

In a bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving a borrower, action may be taken seeking the recovery as a preferential transfer of any payments made by such borrower, or made directly by the related lessee, under the related mortgage loan to the issuing entity. Payments on long term debt may be protected from recovery as preferences if they qualify for the “ordinary course” exception under the federal bankruptcy code or if certain other defenses in the federal bankruptcy code are applicable. Whether any particular payment would be protected depends upon the facts specific to a particular transaction.

 

In addition, in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving any borrower or an affiliate, an action may be taken to avoid the transaction (or any component of the transaction, such as joint and several liability on the related mortgage loan) as an actual or constructive fraudulent conveyance under state or federal law. Any payment by a borrower in excess of its allocated share of the loan could be challenged as a fraudulent conveyance by creditors of that borrower in an action outside a bankruptcy case or by the representative of the borrower’s bankruptcy estate in a bankruptcy case. Generally, under federal and

 

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most state fraudulent conveyance statutes, the incurrence of an obligation or the transfer of property by a person will be subject to avoidance under certain circumstances if the person transferred such property with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors or the person did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value in exchange for such obligation or transfer and (i) was insolvent or was rendered insolvent by such obligation or transfer, (ii) was engaged in business or a transaction, or was about to engage in business or a transaction, for which any property remaining with the person constituted unreasonably small capital, or (iii) intended to, or believed that it would, incur debts that would be beyond the person’s ability to pay as such debts matured. The measure of insolvency will vary depending on the law of the applicable jurisdiction. However, an entity will generally be considered insolvent if the present fair salable value of its assets is less than (x) the sum of its debts or (y) the amount that would be required to pay its probable liabilities on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured. Accordingly, a lien granted by a borrower to secure repayment of the loan in excess of its allocated share could be avoided if a court were to determine that (i) such borrower was insolvent at the time of granting the lien, was rendered insolvent by the granting of the lien, was left with inadequate capital, or was not able to pay its debts as they matured and (ii) the borrower did not, when it allowed its property to be encumbered by a lien securing the entire indebtedness represented by the loan, receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for pledging such property for the equal benefit of each other borrower.

 

A bankruptcy court may, under certain circumstances, authorize a debtor to obtain credit after the commencement of a bankruptcy case, secured among other things, by senior, equal or junior liens on property that is already subject to a lien. In the bankruptcy case of General Growth Properties filed on April 16, 2009, the debtors initially sought approval of a debtor-in-possession loan to the corporate parent entities guaranteed by the property-level single purpose entities and secured by second liens on their properties. Although the debtor-in-possession loan subsequently was modified to eliminate the subsidiary guarantees and second liens, we cannot assure you that, in the event of a bankruptcy of the borrower sponsor, the borrower sponsor would not seek approval of a similar debtor-in-possession loan, or that a bankruptcy court would not approve a debtor-in-possession loan that included such subsidiary guarantees and second liens on such subsidiaries’ properties.

 

Certain of the borrowers may be partnerships. The laws governing limited partnerships in certain states provide that the commencement of a case under the federal bankruptcy code with respect to a general partner will cause a person to cease to be a general partner of the limited partnership, unless otherwise provided in writing in the limited partnership agreement. This provision may be construed as an “ipso facto” clause and, in the event of the general partner’s bankruptcy, may not be enforceable. Certain limited partnership agreements of the borrowers may provide that the commencement of a case under the federal bankruptcy code with respect to the related general partner constitutes an event of withdrawal (assuming the enforceability of the clause is not challenged in bankruptcy proceedings or, if challenged, is upheld) that might trigger the dissolution of the limited partnership, the winding up of its affairs and the distribution of its assets, unless (i) at the time there was at least one other general partner and the written provisions of the limited partnership permit the business of the limited partnership to be carried on by the remaining general partner and that general partner does so or (ii) the written provisions of the limited partnership agreement permit the limited partners to agree within a specified time frame (often 60 days) after the withdrawal to continue the business of the limited partnership and to the appointment of one or more general partners and the limited partners do so. In addition, the laws governing general partnerships in certain states provide that the commencement of a case under the federal bankruptcy code or state bankruptcy laws with respect to a general partner of the partnerships triggers the dissolution of the partnership, the winding up of its affairs and the distribution of its assets. Those state laws, however, may not be enforceable or effective in a bankruptcy case. Limited liability companies may be subjected to similar treatment as that described in this prospectus with respect to limited partnerships. The dissolution of a borrower, the winding up of its affairs and the distribution of its assets could result in an acceleration of its payment obligation under the borrower’s mortgage loan, which may reduce the yield on the Offered Certificates in the same manner as a principal prepayment.

 

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shareholder of a borrower that is a corporation may provide the opportunity in the bankruptcy case of the partner, member or shareholder to obtain an order from a court consolidating the assets and liabilities of the partner, member or shareholder with those of the mortgagor pursuant to the doctrines of substantive consolidation or piercing the corporate veil. In such a case, the respective mortgaged property, for example, would become property of the estate of the bankrupt partner, member or shareholder. Not only would the mortgaged property be available to satisfy the claims of creditors of the partner, member or shareholder, but an automatic stay would apply to any attempt by the trustee to exercise remedies with respect to the mortgaged property. However, such an occurrence should not affect a lender’s status as a secured creditor with respect to the mortgagor or its security interest in the mortgaged property.

 

A borrower that is a limited partnership, in many cases, may be required by the loan documents to have a single purpose entity as its sole general partner, and a borrower that is a general partnership, in many cases, may be required by the loan documents to have as its general partners only entities that are single purpose entities. A borrower that is a limited liability company may be required by the loan documents to have a single purpose member or a springing member. All borrowers that are tenants-in-common may be required by the loan documents to be single purpose entities. These provisions are designed to mitigate the risk of the dissolution or bankruptcy of the borrower partnership or its general partner, a borrower limited liability company or its member (if applicable), or a borrower that is a tenant-in-common. However, we cannot assure you that any borrower partnership or its general partner, or any borrower limited liability company or its member (if applicable), or a borrower that is a tenant-in-common, will not dissolve or become a debtor under the federal bankruptcy code.

 

Environmental Considerations

 

General

 

A lender may be subject to environmental risks when taking a security interest in real property. Of particular concern may be properties that are or have been used for industrial, manufacturing, military or disposal activity. Such environmental risks include the possible diminution of the value of a contaminated property or, as discussed below, potential liability for clean-up costs or other remedial actions that could exceed the value of the property or the amount of the lender’s loan. In certain circumstances, a lender may decide to abandon a contaminated mortgaged property as collateral for its loan rather than foreclose and risk liability for clean-up costs.

 

Superlien Laws

 

Under the laws of many states, contamination on a property may give rise to a lien on the property for clean-up costs. In several states, such a lien has priority over all existing liens, including those of existing mortgages. In these states, the lien of a mortgage may lose its priority to such a “superlien”.

 

CERCLA

 

The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (“CERCLA”), imposes strict liability on present and past “owners” and “operators” of contaminated real property for the costs of clean-up. A secured lender may be liable as an “owner” or “operator” of a contaminated mortgaged property if agents or employees of the lender have participated in the management or operation of such mortgaged property. Such liability may exist even if the lender did not cause or contribute to the contamination and regardless of whether the lender has actually taken possession of a mortgaged property through foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise. Moreover, such liability is not limited to the original or unamortized principal balance of a loan or to the value of the property securing a loan. Excluded from CERCLA’s definition of “owner” or “operator, “ however, is a person “who, without participating in the management of the facility, holds indicia of ownership primarily to protect his security interest”. This is the so called “secured creditor exemption”.

 

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secured creditor exemption. The 1996 Act offers protection to lenders by defining the activities in which a lender can engage and still have the benefit of the secured creditor exemption. In order for a lender to be deemed to have participated in the management of a mortgaged property, the lender must actually participate in the operational affairs of the property of the borrower. The 1996 Act provides that “merely having the capacity to influence, or unexercised right to control” operations does not constitute participation in management. A lender will lose the protection of the secured creditor exemption if it exercises decision-making control over the borrower’s environmental compliance and hazardous substance handling or disposal practices, or assumes day-to-day management of environmental or substantially all other operational functions of the mortgaged property. The 1996 Act also provides that a lender will continue to have the benefit of the secured creditor exemption even if it forecloses on a mortgaged property, purchases it at a foreclosure sale or accepts a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure provided that the lender seeks to sell the mortgaged property at the earliest practicable commercially reasonable time on commercially reasonable terms.

 

Certain Other Federal and State Laws

 

Many states have statutes similar to CERCLA, and not all of those statutes provide for a secured creditor exemption. In addition, under federal law, there is potential liability relating to hazardous wastes and underground storage tanks under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

 

Some federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances govern the management, removal, encapsulation or disturbance of asbestos-containing materials. These laws, as well as common law standards, may impose liability for releases of or exposure to asbestos-containing materials, and provide for third parties to seek recovery from owners or operators of real properties for personal injuries associated with those releases.

 

Federal legislation requires owners of residential housing constructed prior to 1978 to disclose to potential residents or purchasers any known lead-based paint hazards and will impose treble damages for any failure to disclose. In addition, the ingestion of lead-based paint chips or dust particles by children can result in lead poisoning. If lead-based paint hazards exist at a property, then the owner of that property may be held liable for injuries and for the costs of removal or encapsulation of the lead-based paint.

 

In a few states, transfers of some types of properties are conditioned upon clean-up of contamination prior to transfer. In these cases, a lender that becomes the owner of a property through foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, may be required to clean-up the contamination before selling or otherwise transferring the property.

 

Beyond statute-based environmental liability, there exist common law causes of action (for example, actions based on nuisance or on toxic tort resulting in death, personal injury or damage to property) related to hazardous environmental conditions on a property. While it may be more difficult to hold a lender liable under common law causes of action, unanticipated or uninsured liabilities of the borrower may jeopardize the borrower’s ability to meet its loan obligations or may decrease the re-sale value of the collateral.

 

Additional Considerations

 

The cost of remediating hazardous substance contamination at a property can be substantial. If a lender becomes liable, it can bring an action for contribution against the owner or operator who created the environmental hazard, but that individual or entity may be without substantial assets. Accordingly, it is possible that such costs could become a liability of the issuing entity and occasion a loss to the certificateholders.

 

If a lender forecloses on a mortgage secured by a property, the operations on which are subject to environmental laws and regulations, the lender will be required to operate the property in accordance with those laws and regulations. Such compliance may entail substantial expense, especially in the case of industrial or manufacturing properties.

 

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In addition, a lender may be obligated to disclose environmental conditions on a property to government entities and/or to prospective buyers (including prospective buyers at a foreclosure sale or following foreclosure). Such disclosure may decrease the amount that prospective buyers are willing to pay for the affected property, sometimes substantially, and thereby decrease the ability of the lender to recover its investment in a loan upon foreclosure.

 

Due-on-Sale and Due-on-Encumbrance Provisions

 

Certain of the mortgage loans may contain “due-on-sale” and “due-on-encumbrance” clauses that purport to permit the lender to accelerate the maturity of the loan if the borrower transfers or encumbers the related mortgaged property. The Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 (the “Garn Act”) generally preempts state laws that prohibit the enforcement of “due-on-sale” clauses and permits lenders to enforce these clauses in accordance with their terms, subject to certain limitations as set forth in the Garn Act and related regulations. Accordingly, a lender may nevertheless have the right to accelerate the maturity of a mortgage loan that contains a “due-on-sale” provision upon transfer of an interest in the property, without regard to the lender’s ability to demonstrate that a sale threatens its legitimate security interest.

 

Subordinate Financing

 

The terms of certain of the mortgage loans may not restrict the ability of the borrower to use the mortgaged property as security for one or more additional loans, or such restrictions may be unenforceable. Where a borrower encumbers a mortgaged property with one or more junior liens, the senior lender is subjected to additional risk. First, the borrower may have difficulty servicing and repaying multiple loans. Moreover, if the subordinate financing permits recourse to the borrower (as-is frequently the case) and the senior loan does not, a borrower may have more incentive to repay sums due on the subordinate loan. Second, acts of the senior lender that prejudice the junior lender or impair the junior lender’s security may create a superior equity in favor of the junior lender. For example, if the borrower and the senior lender agree to an increase in the principal amount of or the interest rate payable on the senior loan, the senior lender may lose its priority to the extent any existing junior lender is harmed or the borrower is additionally burdened. Third, if the borrower defaults on the senior loan and/or any junior loan or loans, the existence of junior loans and actions taken by junior lenders can impair the security available to the senior lender and can interfere with or delay the taking of action by the senior lender. Moreover, the bankruptcy of a junior lender may operate to stay foreclosure or similar proceedings by the senior lender.

 

Default Interest and Limitations on Prepayments

 

Promissory notes and mortgages may contain provisions that obligate the borrower to pay a late charge or additional interest if payments are not timely made, and in some circumstances, may prohibit prepayments for a specified period and/or condition prepayments upon the borrower’s payment of prepayment fees or yield maintenance penalties. In certain states, there are or may be specific limitations upon the late charges which a lender may collect from a borrower for delinquent payments. Certain states also limit the amounts that a lender may collect from a borrower as an additional charge if the loan is prepaid. In addition, the enforceability of provisions that provide for prepayment fees or penalties upon an involuntary prepayment is unclear under the laws of many states.

 

Applicability of Usury Laws

 

Title V of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (“Title V”) provides that state usury limitations will not apply to certain types of residential (including multifamily) first mortgage loans originated by certain lenders after March 31, 1980. Title V authorized any state to reimpose interest rate limits by adopting, before April 1, 1983, a law or constitutional provision that expressly rejects application of the federal law. In addition, even where Title V is not so rejected, any state is authorized by the law to adopt a provision limiting discount points or other charges on mortgage loans covered by Title V. Certain states have taken action to reimpose interest rate limits and/or to limit discount points or other charges.

 

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Statutes differ in their provisions as to the consequences of a usurious loan. One group of statutes requires the lender to forfeit the interest due above the applicable limit or impose a specified penalty. Under this statutory scheme, the borrower may cancel the recorded mortgage or deed of trust upon paying its debt with lawful interest, and the lender may foreclose, but only for the debt plus lawful interest. A second group of statutes is more severe. A violation of this type of usury law results in the invalidation of the transaction, thereby permitting the borrower to cancel the recorded mortgage or deed of trust without any payment or prohibiting the lender from foreclosing.

 

Americans with Disabilities Act

 

Under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and related regulations (collectively, the “ADA”), in order to protect individuals with disabilities, public accommodations (such as hospitality properties, restaurants, shopping centers, hospitals, schools and social service center establishments) must remove architectural and communication barriers which are structural in nature from existing places of public accommodation to the extent “readily achievable”. In addition, under the ADA, alterations to a place of public accommodation or a commercial facility are to be made so that, to the maximum extent feasible, such altered portions are readily accessible to and usable by disabled individuals. The “readily achievable” standard takes into account, among other factors, the financial resources of the affected site, owner, landlord or other applicable person. In addition to imposing a possible financial burden on the borrower in its capacity as owner or landlord, the ADA may also impose such requirements on a foreclosing lender who succeeds to the interest of the borrower as owner or landlord. Furthermore, since the “readily achievable” standard may vary depending on the financial condition of the owner or landlord, a foreclosing lender who is financially more capable than the borrower of complying with the requirements of the ADA may be subject to more stringent requirements than those to which the borrower is subject.

 

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

 

Under the terms of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act as amended (the “Relief Act”), a borrower who enters military service after the origination of such borrower’s mortgage loan (including a borrower who was in reserve status and is called to active duty after origination of the mortgage loan), upon notification by such borrower, will not be charged interest, including fees and charges, in excess of 6% per annum during the period of such borrower’s active duty status. In addition to adjusting the interest, the lender must forgive any such interest in excess of 6% unless a court or administrative agency orders otherwise upon application of the lender. The Relief Act applies to individuals who are members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard, Reserves, Coast Guard and officers of the U.S. Public Health Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration assigned to duty with the military. Because the Relief Act applies to individuals who enter military service (including reservists who are called to active duty) after origination of the related mortgage loan, no information can be provided as to the number of loans with individuals as borrowers that may be affected by the Relief Act. Application of the Relief Act would adversely affect, for an indeterminate period of time, the ability of a master servicer or special servicer to collect full amounts of interest on certain of the mortgage loans. Any shortfalls in interest collections resulting from the application of the Relief Act would result in a reduction of the amounts distributable to the holders of certificates, and would not be covered by advances or, any form of credit support provided in connection with the certificates. In addition, the Relief Act imposes limitations that would impair the ability of a lender to foreclose on an affected mortgage loan during the borrower’s period of active duty status, and, under certain circumstances, during an additional three-month period thereafter.

 

Anti-Money Laundering, Economic Sanctions and Bribery

 

Many jurisdictions have adopted wide-ranging anti-money laundering, economic and trade sanctions, and anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws, and regulations (collectively, the “Requirements”). Any of the depositor, the issuing entity, the underwriters or other party to the PSA could be requested or required to obtain certain assurances from prospective investors intending to purchase certificates and to retain such information or to disclose information pertaining to them to governmental, regulatory or other authorities or to financial intermediaries or engage in due diligence or take other related actions in the future. Failure

 

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to honor any request by the depositor, the issuing entity, the underwriters or other party to the PSA to provide requested information or take such other actions as may be necessary or advisable for the depositor, the issuing entity, the underwriters or other party to the PSA to comply with any Requirements, related legal process or appropriate requests (whether formal or informal) may result in, among other things, a forced sale to another investor of such investor’s certificates. In addition, it is expected that each of the depositor, the issuing entity, the underwriters and the other parties to the PSA will comply with the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (also known as the “PATRIOT Act”) and any other anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism, economic and trade sanctions, and anti-corruption or anti-bribery laws, and regulations of the United States and other countries, and will disclose any information required or requested by authorities in connection with such compliance.

 

Potential Forfeiture of Assets

 

Federal law provides that assets (including property purchased or improved with assets) derived from criminal activity or otherwise tainted, or used in the commission of certain offenses, is subject to the blocking requirements of economic sanctions laws and regulations, and can be blocked and/or seized and ordered forfeited to the United States of America. The offenses that can trigger such a blocking and/or seizure and forfeiture include, among others, violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the U.S. Bank Secrecy Act, the anti-money laundering, anti-terrorism, economic sanctions, and anti-bribery laws and regulations, including the Patriot Act and the regulations issued pursuant to that act, as well as the narcotic drug laws. In many instances, the United States may seize the property even before a conviction occurs.

 

In the event of a forfeiture proceeding, a lender may be able to establish its interest in the property by proving that (a) its mortgage was executed and recorded before the commission of the illegal conduct from which the assets used to purchase or improve the property were derived or before the commission of any other crime upon which the forfeiture is based, or (b) the lender, at the time of the execution of the mortgage, “did not know or was reasonably without cause to believe that the property was subject to forfeiture”. However, we cannot assure you that such a defense will be successful.

 

Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties

 

GACC and its affiliates are playing several roles in this transaction. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., an underwriter, is an affiliate of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, the depositor, GACC, a mortgage loan seller and a sponsor, DBNY, an originator, the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party, the holder of the VRR Interest and the title holder of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay companion loans, and DBRI, an originator and the holder of the companion loans (or, in the case of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay companion loans, the holder of a 100% equity participation interest in such companion loans) for which the noteholder is identified as “DBRI” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General”. JPMCB and its affiliates are playing several roles in this transaction. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, an underwriter, is an affiliate of JPMCB, a mortgage loan seller, a sponsor, an originator and the holder of the companion loans for which the noteholder is identified as “JPMCB” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General”. CREFI and its affiliates are playing several roles in this transaction. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., an underwriter, is an affiliate of CREFI, a mortgage loan seller, a sponsor, an originator and the holder of the companion loans for which the noteholder is identified as “CREFI” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General”. GSMC and its affiliates are playing several roles in this transaction. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, an underwriter, is an affiliate of (i) GS Bank, an originator and the holder of the companion loans for which the noteholder is identified as “GS Bank” in the table titled “Whole Loan Control Notes and Non-Control Notes” under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—General” and (ii) GSMC, a mortgage loan seller and a sponsor.

 

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Pursuant to a certain interim servicing agreement between GACC and/or one of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Midland, on the other hand, Midland acts as interim servicer with respect to certain GACC Mortgage Loans prior to their inclusion in the issuing entity.

 

Pursuant to certain interim servicing agreements between JPMCB and/or certain of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Midland, on the other hand, Midland acts as interim servicer with respect to all the JPMCB Mortgage Loans to be contributed to this securitization by JPMCB.

 

Wells Fargo Bank acts as interim custodian with respect to all the JPMCB Mortgage Loans, except for the related Mortgage File with respect to any JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

 

Pursuant to a certain interim servicing agreement between CREFI and/or one of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Midland, on the other hand, Midland acts as interim servicer with respect to certain CREFI Mortgage Loans prior to their inclusion in the issuing entity.

 

Wells Fargo Bank acts as interim custodian with respect to all the CREFI Mortgage Loans, except for the related Mortgage File with respect to any CREFI Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

 

Pursuant to certain interim servicing agreements between GSMC and/or certain of its affiliates, on the one hand, and Midland, on the other hand, Midland acts as interim servicer with respect to certain GSMC Mortgage Loans prior to their inclusion in the issuing entity.

 

Wells Fargo Bank acts as interim custodian with respect to all the GSMC Mortgage Loans, except for the related Mortgage File with respect to any GSMC Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

 

Midland is also expected to be (i) the master servicer and the special servicer of the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan, which is serviced under the Benchmark 2020-B20 PSA, (ii) the master servicer and the special servicer of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan in the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization), the 32-42 Broadway Whole Loan and the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan), which are serviced under the Benchmark 2020-B21 PSA and (iii) the master servicer under the GSMS 2020-GSA2 PSA with respect to the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan) and the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan).

 

RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, is expected to be appointed as the initial Trust Directing Holder and, therefore, the initial Directing Holder with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any applicable Excluded Loan). Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, the expected special servicer for this transaction, is an affiliate of (a) RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, which is expected to purchase the Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class F, Class G and Class H certificates, and will receive the Class S certificates and (b) Situs Holdings, LLC, which is the special servicer under (i) the BX 2020-VIVA TSA with respect to the servicing of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan and (ii) the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA with respect to the servicing of The Grace Building Whole Loan, through common control by Stone Point Capital LLC. Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC is expected to act as special servicer with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loans (other than any Excluded Loan) and any related Companion Loans and it or an affiliate assisted RREF IV Debt AIV, LP, or its affiliate, with its due diligence of the Mortgage Loans prior to the Closing Date.

 

Wells Fargo Bank, the certificate administrator, custodian and trustee, is also (i) the servicer, certificate administrator and custodian under the GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA with respect to The Grace Building Whole Loan, (ii) the trustee, certificate administrator and custodian under the Benchmark 2020 PSA with respect to the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan, (iii) expected to be the master servicer, certificate administrator and custodian under the BANK 2020-BNK30 PSA with respect to the McClellan

 

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Business Park Whole Loan (upon the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan), (iv) the master servicer, certificate administrator and custodian under the GSMS 2020-GC47 PSA with respect to the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan, (v) the trustee, certificate administrator and custodian under the Benchmark 2020-B21 PSA with respect to the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan in the BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization), the 32-42 Broadway Whole Loan and the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan), and (vi) expected to be the trustee, certificate administrator and custodian under the GSMS 2020-GSA2 PSA with respect to the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan) and the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan).

 

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, the operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, is also the operating advisor and asset representations reviewer under the (i) Benchmark 2020-B20 PSA pursuant to which the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is serviced and (ii) the GSMS 2020-GSA2 PSA pursuant to which the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Whole Loan is expected to be serviced (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan) and the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan is expected to be serviced (until the securitization of the related controlling Pari Passu Companion Loan).

 

See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest—Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer”, “—Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Operating Advisor”, “—Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Asset Representations Reviewer”, “—Potential Conflicts of Interest of the Directing Holder and the Companion Loan Holders” and “—Risks Relating to the Mortgage Loans—Performance of the Mortgage Loans Will Be Highly Dependent on the Performance of Tenants and Tenant Leases—Mortgaged Properties Leased to Borrowers or Borrower Affiliated Entities Also Have Risks”. For a description of certain other affiliations, relationships and related transactions, to the extent known and material, among the transaction parties, see the individual descriptions of the transaction parties under “Transaction Parties”.

 

Pending Legal Proceedings Involving Transaction Parties

 

While the sponsors have been involved in, and are currently involved in, certain litigation or potential litigation, including actions relating to repurchase claims, there are no legal proceedings pending, or any proceedings known to be contemplated by any governmental authorities, against the sponsors that are material to Certificateholders.

 

For a description of certain other material legal proceedings pending against the transaction parties, see the individual descriptions of the transaction parties under “Transaction Parties”.

 

Use of Proceeds

 

Certain of the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Certificates, together with the net proceeds from the sale of the other certificates not being offered by this prospectus, will be used by the depositor to purchase the mortgage loans from the mortgage loan sellers and to pay certain expenses in connection with the issuance of the certificates.

 

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Yield and Maturity Considerations

 

Yield Considerations

 

General

 

The yield to maturity on the Offered Certificates will depend upon the price paid by the investors, the rate and timing of the distributions in reduction of the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of the applicable class of Offered Certificates, the extent to which yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums allocated to the class of Offered Certificates are collected, and the rate, timing and severity of losses on the Mortgage Loans and the extent to which such losses are allocable in reduction of the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of the class of Offered Certificates, as well as prevailing interest rates at the time of payment or loss realization.

 

Rate and Timing of Principal Payments

 

The rate and amount of distributions in reduction of the Certificate Balance of any class of Offered Certificates that are also Principal Balance Certificates and the yield to maturity of any class of Offered Certificates will be directly related to the rate of payments of principal (both scheduled and unscheduled) on the Mortgage Loans, as well as borrower defaults and the severity of losses occurring upon a default and the resulting rate and timing of collections made in connection with liquidations of Mortgage Loans due to these defaults. Principal payments on the Mortgage Loans will be affected by their amortization schedules, lockout periods, defeasance provisions, provisions relating to the release and/or application of earnout reserves, provisions requiring prepayments in connection with the release of real property collateral, requirements to pay yield maintenance charges or prepayment premiums in connection with principal payments, the dates on which balloon payments are due, incentives for a borrower to repay an ARD Loan by the related Anticipated Repayment Date, property release provisions, provisions relating to the application or release of earnout reserves, and any extensions of maturity dates by the master servicer or the special servicer. While voluntary prepayments of some Mortgage Loans are generally prohibited during applicable prepayment lockout periods, effective prepayments may occur if a sufficiently significant portion of a mortgaged property is lost due to casualty or condemnation. In addition, such distributions in reduction of Certificate Balances of the respective classes of Offered Certificates that are also Principal Balance Certificates may result from repurchases of, or substitutions for, Mortgage Loans made by the sponsors due to missing or defective documentation or breaches of representations and warranties with respect to the Mortgage Loans as described under “Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”, purchases of the Mortgage Loans in the manner described under “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination; Retirement of Certificates”, and the exercise of purchase options by the holder of a Subordinate Companion Loan or a mezzanine loan, if any. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans”. To the extent a Mortgage Loan requires payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium in connection with a voluntary prepayment, any such yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium generally is not due in connection with a prepayment due to casualty or condemnation, is not included in the purchase price of a Mortgage Loan purchased or repurchased due to a breach of a representation or warranty or otherwise, and may not be enforceable or collectible upon a default.

 

Because the certificates with Notional Amounts are not entitled to distributions of principal, the yield on such certificates will be extremely sensitive to prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans to the extent distributed to reduce the related Notional Amount of the applicable class of certificates. In addition, although the borrower under an ARD Loan may have certain incentives to prepay such ARD Loan on its Anticipated Repayment Date, we cannot assure you that the borrower will be able to prepay such ARD Loan on its related Anticipated Repayment Date. The failure of the borrower to prepay an ARD Loan on its Anticipated Repayment Date will not be an event of default under the terms of such ARD Loan, and pursuant to the terms of the PSA, neither the master servicer nor the special servicer will be permitted to take any enforcement action with respect to the borrower’s failure to pay Excess Interest until the scheduled maturity of such ARD Loan; provided that the master servicer or the special servicer, as the case may be, may take action to enforce the issuing entity’s right to apply excess cash flow to

 

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principal in accordance with the terms of the respective ARD Loan documents. With respect to the Class A-SB certificates, the extent to which the planned balances are achieved and the sensitivity of the Class A-SB certificates to principal prepayments of the Mortgage Loans allocated to the Principal Balance Certificates will depend in part on the period of time during which the Senior Principal Balance Certificates remain outstanding. As such, the Class A-SB certificates will become more sensitive to the rate of prepayments on the Mortgage Loans allocated to the Principal Balance Certificates than they were when the Senior Principal Balance Certificates were outstanding.

 

Prospective investors should consider the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rate, timing and amount of collections on the Mortgage Loans, including the likelihood of resulting defaults and/or the impact of associated forbearance arrangements.

 

The extent to which the yield to maturity of any class of Offered Certificates may vary from the anticipated yield will depend upon the degree to which the certificates are purchased at a discount or premium and when, and to what degree, payments of principal on the Mortgage Loans are in turn distributed on the certificates or, in the case of the Class X Certificates, applied to reduce their Notional Amounts. An investor should consider, in the case of any certificate (other than a certificate with a Notional Amount) purchased at a discount, the risk that a slower than anticipated rate of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans could result in an actual yield to such investor that is lower than the anticipated yield and, in the case of any certificate purchased at a premium (including certificates with Notional Amounts), the risk that a faster than anticipated rate of principal payments could result in an actual yield to such investor that is lower than the anticipated yield. In general, the earlier a payment of principal on the Mortgage Loans is distributed or otherwise results in reduction of the Certificate Balance of a certificate purchased at a discount or premium, the greater will be the effect on an investor’s yield to maturity. As a result, the effect on an investor’s yield of principal payments distributed on an investor’s certificates occurring at a rate higher (or lower) than the rate anticipated by the investor during any particular period would not be fully offset by a subsequent like reduction (or increase) in the rate of principal payments.

 

The yield on each of the classes of certificates that have a Pass-Through Rate equal to, limited by, or based on, the WAC Rate could (or in the case of any class of certificates with a Pass-Through Rate equal to, or based on, the WAC Rate, would) be adversely affected if Mortgage Loans with higher Mortgage Rates prepay faster than Mortgage Loans with lower Mortgage Rates. The Pass-Through Rates on these classes of certificates may be adversely affected by a decrease in the WAC Rate even if principal prepayments do not occur.

 

Losses and Shortfalls

 

The Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of any class of Offered Certificates may be reduced without distributions of principal as a result of the occurrence and allocation of Realized Losses, reducing the maximum amount distributable in respect of principal on the Offered Certificates that are Principal Balance Certificates as well as the amount of interest that would have otherwise been payable on the Offered Certificates in the absence of such reduction. In general, a Realized Loss occurs when the principal balance of a Mortgage Loan is reduced without an equal distribution (based on the allocation of amounts among the Principal Balance Certificates, on the one hand, and the VRR Interest, on the other hand) to applicable Certificateholders in reduction of the Certificate Balances of the certificates. Realized Losses may occur in connection with a default on a Mortgage Loan, acceptance of a discounted pay-off, the liquidation of the related Mortgaged Properties, a reduction in the principal balance of a Mortgage Loan by a bankruptcy court or pursuant to a modification, a recovery by the master servicer or trustee of a Nonrecoverable Advance on a Distribution Date or the incurrence of certain unanticipated or default-related costs and expenses (such as interest on Advances, Workout Fees, Liquidation Fees and Special Servicing Fees). Any reduction of the Certificate Balance of a class of Principal Balance Certificates indicated in the following table as a result of the application of Realized Losses will also reduce the Notional Amount of the related certificates. Realized Losses will be allocated to the respective Classes of the Principal Balance Certificates in reverse distribution priority and as more particularly described in “Description of the Certificates—Subordination; Allocation of Realized Losses”.

 

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Interest-Only Class
of Certificates

Class Notional Amount

Underlying Class(es)

Class X-A $ 611,069,000 Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M
Class X-B $   62,848,000 Class B, Class C
Class X-D $   41,576,000 Class D, Class E
Class X-F $   22,238,000 Class F
Class X-G $     7,735,000 Class G
Class X-H $   28,040,150 Class H

 

Certificateholders are not entitled to receive distributions of Periodic Payments when due except to the extent they are either covered by a P&I Advance or actually received. Consequently, any defaulted Periodic Payment for which no such P&I Advance is made will tend to extend the weighted average lives of the Principal Balance Certificates, whether or not a permitted extension of the due date of the related Mortgage Loan has been completed.

 

Losses and shortfalls on any AB Whole Loan and Prepayment Interest Shortfalls for each Distribution Date with respect to an AB Whole Loan will generally be allocated first to the related Subordinate Companion Loan and then to the related Mortgage Loan (and correspondingly to the certificates to the extent not covered by the master servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for such Distribution Date in the case of any Prepayment Interest Shortfall) and any Pari Passu Companion Loans on a pro rata basis.

 

Certain Relevant Factors Affecting Loan Payments and Defaults

 

The rate and timing of principal payments and defaults and the severity of losses on the Mortgage Loans may be affected by a number of factors, including, without limitation, the availability of credit for commercial or multifamily real estate, prevailing interest rates, the terms of the Mortgage Loans (for example, “due-on-sale” clauses, lockout periods or yield maintenance charges, release of property provisions, amortization terms that require balloon payments and incentives for a borrower to repay its ARD Loan by the Anticipated Repayment Date), the demographics and relative economic vitality of the areas in which the Mortgaged Properties are located and the general supply and demand for rental properties in those areas, the quality of management of the Mortgaged Properties, the servicing of the Mortgage Loans, possible changes in tax laws and other opportunities for investment. See “Risk Factors” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool”.

 

The rate of prepayment on the pool of Mortgage Loans is likely to be affected by prevailing market interest rates for Mortgage Loans of a comparable type, term and risk level as the Mortgage Loans. When the prevailing market interest rate is below a mortgage interest rate, a borrower may have an increased incentive to refinance its Mortgage Loan. Although the Mortgage Loans contain provisions designed to mitigate the likelihood of an early loan repayment, we cannot assure you that the related borrowers will refrain from prepaying their Mortgage Loans due to the existence of these provisions, or that involuntary prepayments will not occur. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans”.

 

With respect to certain Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage Loan documents allow for the sale of individual properties and the severance of the related debt and the assumption by the transferee of such portion of the Mortgage Loan as-is allocable to the individual property acquired by that transferee, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. In addition, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage Loan documents allow for partial releases of individual Mortgaged Properties during a lockout period or during such time as a yield maintenance charge would otherwise be payable, which could result in a prepayment of a portion of the initial principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan without payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium. Additionally, in the case of a partial release of an individual Mortgaged Property, the related release amount in many cases is greater than the Allocated Loan Amount for the Mortgaged Property being released, which would result in a greater than proportionate paydown of the Mortgage Loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—Partial Releases”.

 

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Depending on prevailing market interest rates, the outlook for market interest rates and economic conditions generally, some borrowers may sell Mortgaged Properties in order to realize their equity in the Mortgaged Property, to meet cash flow needs or to make other investments. In addition, some borrowers may be motivated by federal and state tax laws (which are subject to change) to sell Mortgaged Properties prior to the exhaustion of tax depreciation benefits.

 

We make no representation as to the particular factors that will affect the rate and timing of prepayments and defaults on the Mortgage Loans, as to the relative importance of those factors, as to the percentage of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loans that will be prepaid or as to which a default will have occurred as of any date or as to the overall rate of prepayment or default on the Mortgage Loans.

 

Delay in Payment of Distributions

 

Because each monthly distribution is made on each Distribution Date, which is at least 15 days after the end of the related Interest Accrual Period for the certificates, the effective yield to the holders of such certificates will be lower than the yield that would otherwise be produced by the applicable Pass-Through Rates and purchase prices (assuming the prices did not account for the delay).

 

Yield on the Certificates with Notional Amounts

 

The yield to maturity of the certificates with Notional Amounts will be highly sensitive to the rate and timing of reductions made to the Certificate Balances of the classes of certificates indicated in the following table, including by reason of prepayments and principal losses on the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) and other factors described above.

 

Interest-Only Class of
Certificates

Class Notional Amount

Underlying Class(es)

Class X-A $ 611,069,000 Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M
Class X-B $   62,848,000 Class B, Class C
Class X-D $   41,576,000 Class D, Class E
Class X-F $   22,238,000 Class F
Class X-G $     7,735,000 Class G
Class X-H $   28,040,150 Class H

 

Any optional termination by the holders of the Controlling Class, the special servicer, the master servicer or the holders of the Class R certificates would result in prepayment in full of the Offered Certificates and would have an adverse effect on the yield of a class of the certificates with Notional Amounts because a termination would have an effect similar to a principal prepayment in full of the Mortgage Loans and, as a result, investors in these certificates and any other Offered Certificates purchased at premium might not fully recoup their initial investment. See “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Termination; Retirement of Certificates”.

 

Investors in the certificates with Notional Amounts should fully consider the associated risks, including the risk that an extremely rapid rate of prepayment or other liquidation of the Mortgage Loans could result in the failure of such investors to recoup fully their initial investments.

 

Weighted Average Life

 

The weighted average life of a Principal Balance Certificate refers to the average amount of time that will elapse from the date of its issuance until each dollar allocable to principal of the certificate is distributed to the related investor. The weighted average life of a Principal Balance Certificate will be influenced by, among other things, the rate at which principal on the mortgage loans is paid or otherwise received, which may be in the form of scheduled amortization, voluntary prepayments, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Distributions among the various classes of certificates will be made as set forth under “Description of the Certificates—Distributions—Priority of Distributions” and “Credit Risk Retention—The VRR Interest—Material Terms of the VRR Interest—Priority of Distributions on the VRR Interest”.

 

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Prepayments on Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) may be measured by a prepayment standard or model. The “Constant Prepayment Rate” or “CPR” model represents an assumed constant annual rate of prepayment each month, expressed as a per annum percentage of the then-scheduled principal balance of the pool of Mortgage Loans. As used in each of the following tables, the column headed “0% CPR” assumes that none of the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) is prepaid before its maturity date or Anticipated Repayment Date, as the case may be. The columns headed “25% CPR”, “50% CPR”, “75% CPR” and “100% CPR” assume that no prepayments are made on any Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan) during such Mortgage Loan’s (or such Whole Loan’s) lockout period, defeasance period, yield maintenance period or prepayment premium lock-out period (in each case, if any), and that prepayments are otherwise made on each of the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) at the indicated CPR percentages. We cannot assure you, however, that prepayments of the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) will conform to any level of CPR, and we make no representation that the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) will prepay at the levels of CPR shown or at any other prepayment rate or that Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) that are in a lockout period, defeasance period, yield maintenance period or prepayment premium lock-out period will not prepay as a result of involuntary liquidations upon default or otherwise.

 

The following tables indicate the percentage of the initial Certificate Balance of each class of the Offered Certificates (other than the Class X-A certificates) that would be outstanding after each of the dates shown at various CPRs and the corresponding weighted average life of each class of Offered Certificates (other than the Class X-A certificates). The tables have been prepared on the basis of the following assumptions (the “Modeling Assumptions”), among others:

 

Scheduled Periodic Payments, including payments due at maturity, of principal and/or interest on the Mortgage Loans will be received on a timely basis and will be distributed on the 15th day of the related month, beginning in January 2021;

 

the Mortgage Rate in effect for each Mortgage and AB Whole Loan as of the Cut-off Date will remain in effect to the related maturity date or Anticipated Repayment Date and will be adjusted as required pursuant to the definition of Mortgage Rate;

 

the Mortgage Loan Sellers will not be required to repurchase any Mortgage Loan, and none of the holders of the Controlling Class (or any other Certificateholder), the special servicer, the master servicer or the holders of the Class R certificates will exercise its option to purchase all the Mortgage Loans and thereby cause an early termination of the issuing entity and no holder of any mezzanine debt or other indebtedness will exercise its option to purchase the related Mortgage Loan;

 

any principal prepayments on the Mortgage Loan and AB Whole Loans will be received on their respective Due Dates after the expiration of any applicable lockout period, any applicable period in which defeasance is permitted, and any applicable yield maintenance period, in each case, at the respective levels of CPR set forth in the tables below (and as applicable, without regard to any limitations in such Whole Loans on partial voluntary principal prepayment) and allocated to the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement);

 

no Prepayment Interest Shortfalls are incurred and no prepayment premiums or yield maintenance charges are collected;

 

the Closing Date occurs on December 31, 2020;

 

each ARD Loan prepays in full on the related Anticipated Repayment Date (in the case of a 0% CPR scenario);

 

the Pass-Through Rates, initial Certificate Balances and initial Notional Amount of the respective classes of Offered Certificates are as described in this prospectus;

 

the Administrative Cost Rate is calculated on the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and in the same manner as interest is calculated on the Mortgage Loans;

 

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no reserves, earnouts, holdbacks, insurance proceeds or condemnation proceeds are applied to prepay any related Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan) in whole or in part;

 

no additional trust fund expenses are incurred;

 

no property releases (or related re-amortizations) occur;

 

the optional termination is not exercised;

 

there are no modifications or maturity date extensions in respect of the Mortgage Loans; and

 

no Prime Storage Palm Desert Involuntary Prepayment occurs.

 

To the extent that the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) have characteristics that differ from those assumed in preparing the tables set forth below, a class of Offered Certificates may mature earlier or later than indicated by the tables. The tables set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and it is highly unlikely that the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) will actually prepay at any constant rate until maturity or that all the Mortgage Loans (and Whole Loans) will prepay at the same rate. In addition, variations in the actual prepayment experience and the balance of the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) that prepay may increase or decrease the percentages of initial Certificate Balances (and weighted average lives) shown in the following tables. These variations may occur even if the average prepayment experience of the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) were to equal any of the specified CPR percentages. Investors should not rely on the prepayment assumptions set forth in this prospectus and are urged to conduct their own analyses of the rates at which the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) may be expected to prepay, based on their own assumptions. Furthermore, in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, several of the Modeling Assumptions (particularly, those regarding the timely receipt of all scheduled loan payments and the absence of any delinquencies, defaults, forbearances, loan modifications and advances) may not prove to be entirely accurate. Based on the foregoing assumptions, the following tables indicate the resulting weighted average lives of each class of Offered Certificates and set forth the percentage of the initial Certificate Balance of the class of the certificate that would be outstanding after each of the dates shown at the indicated CPRs.

 

Percent of the Initial Certificate Balance
of the Class A-1 Certificates at the Respective CPRs
Set Forth Below:

 

Distribution Date

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR 

100% CPR

Initial Percentage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2021 88% 88% 88% 88% 88%
December 2022 74% 74% 74% 74% 74%
December 2023 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%
December 2024 34% 34% 34% 34% 34%
December 2025 3% 1% 0% 0% 0%
December 2026 and thereafter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Weighted Average Life (years)(1) 3.09 3.08 3.08 3.08 3.07

 

 

(1)The weighted average life of the Class A-1 certificates is determined by (a) multiplying the amount of each principal distribution on it by the number of years from the date of issuance of the Class A-1 certificates to the related Distribution Date, (b) summing the results and (c) dividing the sum by the aggregate amount of the reductions in the Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 certificates.

 

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Percent of the Initial Certificate Balance
of the Class A-2 Certificates at the Respective CPRs
Set Forth Below:

 

Distribution Date

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

Initial Percentage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2021 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2022 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2023 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2024 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2025 100% 100% 93% 80% 9%
December 2026 and thereafter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Weighted Average Life (years)(1) 5.04 5.04 5.04 5.02 4.84

 

 

(1)The weighted average life of the Class A-2 certificates is determined by (a) multiplying the amount of each principal distribution on it by the number of years from the date of issuance of the Class A-2 certificates to the related Distribution Date, (b) summing the results and (c) dividing the sum by the aggregate amount of the reductions in the Certificate Balance of the Class A-2 certificates.

 

Percent of the Initial Certificate Balance
of the Class A-SB Certificates at the Respective CPRs
Set Forth Below:

 

Distribution Date 

0% CPR 

25% CPR 

50% CPR 

75% CPR 

100% CPR 

Initial Percentage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2021 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2022 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2023 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2024 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2025 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2026 80% 80% 80% 80% 80%
December 2027 57% 57% 57% 57% 57%
December 2028 32% 32% 32% 32% 32%
December 2029 7% 7% 7% 7% 7%
December 2030 and thereafter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Weighted Average Life (years)(1) 7.24 7.24 7.24 7.24 7.24

 

 

(1)The weighted average life of the Class A-SB certificates is determined by (a) multiplying the amount of each principal distribution on it by the number of years from the date of issuance of the Class A-SB certificates to the related Distribution Date, (b) summing the results and (c) dividing the sum by the aggregate amount of the reductions in the Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB certificates.

 

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Percent of the Initial Certificate Balance
of the Class A-4 Certificates at the Respective CPRs
Set Forth Below:

 

Distribution Date

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

Initial Percentage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2021 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2022 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2023 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2024 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2025 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2026 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2027 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2028 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2029 100% 86% 69% 43% 0%
December 2030 and thereafter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Weighted Average Life (years)(1) 9.21 9.15 9.07 8.96 8.72

 

 

(1)The weighted average life of the Class A-4 certificates is determined by (a) multiplying the amount of each principal distribution on it by the number of years from the date of issuance of the Class A-4 certificates to the related Distribution Date, (b) summing the results and (c) dividing the sum by the aggregate amount of the reductions in the Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 certificates.

 

Percent of the Initial Certificate Balance
of the Class A-5 Certificates at the Respective CPRs
Set Forth Below:

 

Distribution Date

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

Initial Percentage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2021 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2022 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2023 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2024 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2025 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2026 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2027 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2028 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2029 100% 100% 100% 100% 95%
December 2030 and thereafter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Weighted Average Life (years)(1) 9.88 9.85 9.82 9.76 9.53

 

 

(1)The weighted average life of the Class A-5 certificates is determined by (a) multiplying the amount of each principal distribution on it by the number of years from the date of issuance of the Class A-5 certificates to the related Distribution Date, (b) summing the results and (c) dividing the sum by the aggregate amount of the reductions in the Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 certificates.

 

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Percent of the Initial Certificate Balance
of the Class A-M Certificates at the Respective CPRs
Set Forth Below:

 

Distribution Date

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

Initial Percentage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2021 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2022 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2023 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2024 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2025 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2026 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2027 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2028 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2029 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2030 84% 60% 30% 0% 0%
December 2031 and thereafter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Weighted Average Life (years)(1) 10.03 10.01 9.98 9.96 9.71

 

 

(1)The weighted average life of the Class A-M certificates is determined by (a) multiplying the amount of each principal distribution on it by the number of years from the date of issuance of the Class A-M certificates to the related Distribution Date, (b) summing the results and (c) dividing the sum by the aggregate amount of the reductions in the Certificate Balance of the Class A-M certificates.

 

Percent of the Initial Certificate Balance
of the Class B Certificates at the Respective CPRs
Set Forth Below:

 

Distribution Date

0% CPR 

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

Initial Percentage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2021 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2022 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2023 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2024 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2025 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2026 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2027 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2028 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2029 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2030 100% 100% 100% 67% 0%
December 2031 and thereafter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Weighted Average Life (years)(1) 10.04 10.04 10.04 10.01 9.75

 

 

(1)The weighted average life of the Class B certificates is determined by (a) multiplying the amount of each principal distribution on it by the number of years from the date of issuance of the Class B certificates to the related Distribution Date, (b) summing the results and (c) dividing the sum by the aggregate amount of the reductions in the Certificate Balance of the Class B certificates.

 

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Percent of the Initial Certificate Balance
of the Class C Certificates at the Respective CPRs
Set Forth Below:

 

Distribution Date

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

Initial Percentage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2021 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2022 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2023 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2024 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2025 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2026 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2027 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2028 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2029 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
December 2030 100% 100% 100% 100% 0%
December 2031 and thereafter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Weighted Average Life (years)(1) 10.04 10.04 10.04 10.04 9.79

 

 

(1)The weighted average life of the Class C certificates is determined by (a) multiplying the amount of each principal distribution on it by the number of years from the date of issuance of the Class C certificates to the related Distribution Date, (b) summing the results and (c) dividing the sum by the aggregate amount of the reductions in the Certificate Balance of the Class C certificates.

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity Tables

 

The following tables indicate the approximate pre-tax yield to maturity on a corporate bond equivalent basis on the Offered Certificates for the specified CPRs based on the assumptions set forth under “—Weighted Average Life” above. It was further assumed that the purchase price of the Offered Certificates is as specified in the tables below, expressed as a percentage of the initial Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, plus accrued interest from December 1, 2020 to the Closing Date.

 

The yields set forth in the following tables were calculated by determining the monthly discount rates that, when applied to the assumed streams of cash flows to be paid on the applicable class of Offered Certificates, would cause the discounted present value of such assumed stream of cash flows to equal the assumed purchase price of such class, and by converting such monthly rates to semi-annual corporate bond equivalent rates. Such calculations do not take into account shortfalls in collection of interest due to prepayments (or other liquidations) of the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) or the interest rates at which investors may be able to reinvest funds received by them as distributions on the applicable class of certificates (and, accordingly, do not purport to reflect the return on any investment in the applicable class of Offered Certificates when such reinvestment rates are considered).

 

The characteristics of the Mortgage Loans may differ from those assumed in preparing the tables below. In addition, we cannot assure you that the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) will prepay in accordance with the above assumptions at any of the rates shown in the tables or at any other particular rate, that the cash flows on the applicable class of Offered Certificates will correspond to the cash flows shown in this prospectus or that the aggregate purchase price of such class of Offered Certificates will be as assumed. In addition, it is unlikely that the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) will prepay in accordance with the above assumptions at any of the specified CPRs until maturity or that all the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) will so prepay at the same rate. Timing of changes in the rate of prepayments may significantly affect the actual yield to maturity to investors, even if the average rate of principal prepayments is consistent with the expectations of investors. Investors must make their own decisions as to the appropriate prepayment assumption to be used in deciding whether to purchase any class of Offered Certificates.

 

Furthermore, in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, several of the Modeling Assumptions (particularly, those regarding the timely receipt of all scheduled loan payments and the absence of any delinquencies, defaults, forbearances, loan modifications and advances) may not prove to be entirely accurate.

 

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For purposes of this prospectus, prepayment assumptions with respect to the Mortgage Loans (or Whole Loans) are presented in terms of the CPR model described under “—Weighted Average Life” above.

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class A-1 Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Certificate Balance
of Class A-1 certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

 99.500000% 0.6671% 0.6672% 0.6674% 0.6676% 0.6678%
 99.750000% 0.5847% 0.5848% 0.5848% 0.5849% 0.5850%
100.000000% 0.5026% 0.5026% 0.5026% 0.5026% 0.5026%
100.250000% 0.4208% 0.4207% 0.4206% 0.4205% 0.4204%
100.500000% 0.3393% 0.3391% 0.3389% 0.3387% 0.3385%

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class A-2 Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Certificate Balance
of Class A-2 certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

 99.500000% 1.2508% 1.2508% 1.2509% 1.2511% 1.2546%
 99.750000% 1.1993% 1.1993% 1.1993% 1.1994% 1.2010%
100.000000% 1.1479% 1.1479% 1.1479% 1.1479% 1.1475%
100.250000% 1.0967% 1.0967% 1.0966% 1.0965% 1.0942%
100.500000% 1.0456% 1.0456% 1.0455% 1.0452% 1.0410%

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class A-SB Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Certificate Balance
of Class A-SB certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

102.500000% 1.3611% 1.3611% 1.3611% 1.3611% 1.3611%
102.750000% 1.3251% 1.3251% 1.3251% 1.3251% 1.3252%
103.000000% 1.2892% 1.2892% 1.2892% 1.2892% 1.2893%
103.250000% 1.2535% 1.2535% 1.2535% 1.2535% 1.2535%
103.500000% 1.2178% 1.2178% 1.2178% 1.2178% 1.2178%

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class A-4 Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Certificate Balance
of Class A-4 certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

100.500000% 1.6238% 1.6234% 1.6228% 1.6221% 1.6203%
100.750000% 1.5945% 1.5939% 1.5931% 1.5920% 1.5894%
101.000000% 1.5652% 1.5645% 1.5635% 1.5620% 1.5587%
101.250000% 1.5361% 1.5351% 1.5339% 1.5322% 1.5280%
101.500000% 1.5070% 1.5059% 1.5044% 1.5023% 1.4974%

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class A-5 Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Certificate Balance
of Class A-5 certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR

25% CPR 

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

102.500000% 1.6950% 1.6942% 1.6933% 1.6918% 1.6856%
102.750000% 1.6677% 1.6669% 1.6658% 1.6643% 1.6574%
103.000000% 1.6405% 1.6396% 1.6385% 1.6368% 1.6293%
103.250000% 1.6134% 1.6124% 1.6112% 1.6094% 1.6013%
103.500000% 1.5863% 1.5853% 1.5840% 1.5820% 1.5734%

 

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Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class X-A Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Notional Amount
of Class X-A certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR 

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

12.575000% 3.2777% 3.2134% 3.1308% 3.0114% 2.5489%
12.587500% 3.2557% 3.1914% 3.1088% 2.9893% 2.5265%
12.600000% 3.2338% 3.1694% 3.0868% 2.9672% 2.5041%
12.612500% 3.2119% 3.1475% 3.0648% 2.9452% 2.4818%
12.625000% 3.1901% 3.1256% 3.0429% 2.9232% 2.4595%

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class A-M Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Certificate Balance
of Class A-M certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

102.500000% 1.8868% 1.8863% 1.8856% 1.8850% 1.8783%
102.750000% 1.8596% 1.8591% 1.8583% 1.8576% 1.8504%
103.000000% 1.8325% 1.8319% 1.8311% 1.8304% 1.8225%
103.250000% 1.8055% 1.8048% 1.8040% 1.8032% 1.7946%
103.500000% 1.7786% 1.7778% 1.7769% 1.7761% 1.7669%

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class B Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Certificate Balance
of Class B certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

 99.500000% 2.2501% 2.2505% 2.2511% 2.2519% 2.2544%
 99.750000% 2.2220% 2.2224% 2.2230% 2.2237% 2.2255%
100.000000% 2.1939% 2.1944% 2.1949% 2.1956% 2.1967%
100.250000% 2.1660% 2.1664% 2.1670% 2.1676% 2.1680%
100.500000% 2.1381% 2.1385% 2.1391% 2.1396% 2.1394%

 

Pre-Tax Yield to Maturity for the Class C Certificates

 

Assumed Purchase Price
(% of Initial Certificate Balance
of Class C certificates)

Prepayment Assumption (CPR)

0% CPR

25% CPR

50% CPR

75% CPR

100% CPR

 99.500000% 2.8007% 2.8011% 2.8017% 2.8027% 2.8051%
 99.750000% 2.7718% 2.7722% 2.7728% 2.7738% 2.7756%
100.000000% 2.7430% 2.7434% 2.7440% 2.7449% 2.7461%
100.250000% 2.7142% 2.7146% 2.7152% 2.7162% 2.7167%
100.500000% 2.6855% 2.6859% 2.6865% 2.6875% 2.6874%

 

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Material Federal Income Tax Considerations

 

General

 

The following is a general discussion of the anticipated material federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the certificates. The discussion below does not purport to address all federal income tax consequences that may be applicable to particular categories of investors (such as banks, insurance companies, securities dealers, foreign persons, investors whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, and investors that hold the certificates as part of a “straddle” or “conversion transaction”), some of which may be subject to special rules. The authorities on which this discussion is based are subject to change or different interpretations, and any such change or interpretation can apply retroactively. This discussion reflects provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), as well as regulations (the “REMIC Regulations”) promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS. Investors are encouraged to consult their tax advisors in determining the federal, state, local or any other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the certificates.

 

Two separate real estate mortgage investment conduit (“REMIC”) elections will be made with respect to designated portions of the issuing entity (the “Lower-Tier REMIC” and the “Upper-Tier REMIC”, and, together, the “Trust REMICs”). The Lower-Tier REMIC will hold the Mortgage Loans (excluding Excess Interest) and certain other assets and will issue (i) classes of regular interests (the “Lower-Tier Regular Interests”) to the Upper-Tier REMIC and (ii) an uncertificated interest represented by the Class R certificates as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

The Upper-Tier REMIC will hold the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and will issue (i) the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class X-F, Class X-G, Class X-H, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H certificates and the regular interests that correspond in the aggregate to the VRR Interest (the “VRR Upper-Tier REMIC Regular Interests”), each representing a regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC (the “Regular Interest”) and (ii) an uncertificated interest represented by the Class R certificates as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC.

 

Qualification as a REMIC requires ongoing compliance with certain conditions. Assuming (i) the making of appropriate elections, (ii) compliance with the PSA and each Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) compliance with each Non-Serviced PSA and the continued qualification of each respective REMIC formed thereunder and (iv) compliance with any changes in the law, including any amendments to the Code or applicable Treasury regulations thereunder, in the opinion of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special tax counsel to the depositor, (a) each Trust REMIC will qualify as a REMIC on the Closing Date, (b) each of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests will constitute a “regular interest” in the Lower-Tier REMIC, (c) each of the Regular Interests will constitute a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC and (d) the Class R certificates will evidence the sole class of “residual interests” in each Trust REMIC.

 

In addition, in the opinion of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, special tax counsel to the depositor, (a) the portion of the issuing entity consisting of the entitlement to Excess Interest and the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the VRR Upper-Tier Regular Interest will be classified as a trust under Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-4(c) (the “Grantor Trust”), (b) the VRR Interest will represent undivided beneficial interests in both the VRR Upper-Tier REMIC Regular Interest and the VRR Percentage of the Excess Interest and the Excess Interest Distribution Account under Section 671 of the Code, and (c) the Class S Certificates will represent undivided beneficial interests in the Non-VRR Percentage of the Excess Interest and the Excess Interest Distribution Account under Section 671 of the Code.

 

Qualification as a REMIC

 

In order for each Trust REMIC to qualify as a REMIC, there must be ongoing compliance on the part of such Trust REMIC with the requirements set forth in the Code. Each Trust REMIC must fulfill an asset test, which requires that no more than a de minimis portion of the assets of such Trust REMIC, as of the close of the third calendar month beginning after the Closing Date (which for purposes of this discussion

 

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is the date of the issuance of the Regular Interests, the “Startup Day”) and at all times thereafter, may consist of assets other than “qualified mortgages” and “permitted investments”. The REMIC Regulations provide a safe harbor pursuant to which the de minimis requirements will be met if at all times the aggregate adjusted basis of the nonqualified assets is less than 1% of the aggregate adjusted basis of all such Trust REMIC’s assets. Each Trust REMIC also must provide “reasonable arrangements” to prevent its residual interest from being held by “disqualified organizations” or their agents and must furnish applicable tax information to transferors or agents that violate this restriction. The PSA will provide that no legal or beneficial interest in the Class R certificates may be transferred or registered unless certain conditions, designed to prevent violation of this restriction, are met. It is expected that each Trust REMIC will qualify as a REMIC at all times that any of the Regular Interests are outstanding.

 

A qualified mortgage is any obligation that is principally secured by an interest in real property and that is either transferred to a REMIC on the Startup Day or is purchased by a REMIC within a three month period thereafter pursuant to a fixed price contract in effect on the Startup Day. Qualified mortgages include (i) whole mortgage loans such as the Mortgage Loans; provided that, in general, (a) the fair market value of the real property security (including buildings and structural components of the real property security) (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property security that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property security that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is at least 80% of the aggregate principal balance of such Mortgage Loan either at origination or as of the Startup Day (a loan-to-value ratio of not more than 125% with respect to the real property security) or (b) substantially all the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan or the underlying mortgages were used to acquire, improve or protect an interest in real property that, at the date of origination, was the only security for the Mortgage Loan, and (ii) regular interests in another REMIC, such as the Lower-Tier Regular Interests that will be held by the Upper-Tier REMIC. If a Mortgage Loan was not in fact principally secured by real property or is otherwise not a qualified mortgage, it must be disposed of within 90 days of discovery of such defect, or otherwise ceases to be a qualified mortgage after such 90-day period.

 

Permitted investments include “cash flow investments”, “qualified reserve assets” and “foreclosure property”. A cash flow investment is an investment, earning a return in the nature of interest, of amounts received on or with respect to qualified mortgages for a temporary period, not exceeding 13 months, until the next scheduled distribution to holders of interests in the Trust REMICs. A qualified reserve asset is any intangible property held for investment that is part of any reasonably required reserve maintained by the REMIC to provide for payments of expenses of the REMIC or amounts due on its regular or residual interests in the event of defaults (including delinquencies) on the qualified mortgages, lower than expected reinvestment returns, prepayment interest shortfalls and certain other contingencies. The Trust REMICs will not hold any qualified reserve assets. Foreclosure property is real property acquired by a REMIC in connection with the default or imminent default of a qualified mortgage and maintained by the REMIC in compliance with applicable rules and personal property that is incidental to such real property; provided that the mortgage loan sellers had no knowledge or reason to know, as of the Startup Day, that such a default had occurred or would occur. Foreclosure property may generally not be held after the close of the third calendar year beginning after the date the issuing entity acquires such property, with one extension that may be granted by the IRS.

 

A mortgage loan held by a REMIC will fail to be a qualified mortgage if it is “significantly modified” unless default is “reasonably foreseeable” or where the servicer believes there is a “significant risk of default” upon maturity of the mortgage loan or at an earlier date, and that by making such modification the risk of default is substantially reduced. A mortgage loan held by a REMIC will not be considered to have been “significantly modified” following the release of the lien on a portion of the real property collateral if (a) the release is pursuant to a defeasance permitted under the Mortgage Loan documents that occurs more than two years after the Startup Day of the REMIC or (b) following the release the loan-to-value ratio for the mortgage loan is not more than 125% with respect to the real property security. Furthermore, if the release is not pursuant to a defeasance and following the release the loan-to-value ratio for the mortgage loan is greater than 125%, the mortgage loan will continue to be a qualified mortgage if the release is part of a “qualified paydown transaction” in accordance with Revenue Procedure 2010-30.

 

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In addition to the foregoing requirements, the various interests in a REMIC also must meet certain requirements. All of the interests in a REMIC must be either of the following: (i) one or more classes of regular interests or (ii) a single class of residual interests on which distributions, if any, are made pro rata. A regular interest is an interest in a REMIC that is issued on the Startup Day with fixed terms, is designated as a regular interest, and unconditionally entitles the holder to receive a specified principal amount (or other similar amount), and provides that interest payments (or other similar amounts), if any, at or before maturity either are payable based on a fixed rate or a qualified variable rate, or consist of a specified, nonvarying portion of the interest payments on the qualified mortgages. The rate on the specified portion may be a fixed rate, a variable rate, or the difference between one fixed or qualified variable rate and another fixed or qualified variable rate. The specified principal amount of a regular interest that provides for interest payments consisting of a specified, nonvarying portion of interest payments on qualified mortgages may be zero. An interest in a REMIC may be treated as a regular interest even if payments of principal with respect to such interest are subordinated to payments on other regular interests or the residual interest in the REMIC, and are dependent on the absence of defaults or delinquencies on qualified mortgages or permitted investments, lower than reasonably expected returns on permitted investments, expenses incurred by the REMIC or prepayment interest shortfalls. A residual interest is an interest in a REMIC other than a regular interest that is issued on the Startup Day that is designated as a residual interest. It is expected that each of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests will constitute a class of regular interests in the Lower-Tier REMIC, each class of the Regular Interests will constitute a class of regular interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC, and the Class R certificates will evidence the sole class of residual interests in each Trust REMIC.

 

If an entity fails to comply with one or more of the ongoing requirements of the Code for status as a REMIC during any taxable year, the Code provides that the entity or applicable portion of it will not be treated as a REMIC for such year and thereafter. In this event, any entity with debt obligations with two or more maturities, such as the Trust REMICs, may be treated as a separate association taxable as a corporation under Treasury regulations, and the certificates may be treated as equity interests in that association. The Code, however, authorizes the Treasury Department to issue regulations that address situations where failure to meet one or more of the requirements for REMIC status occurs inadvertently and in good faith. Investors should be aware, however, that the Conference Committee Report to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (the “1986 Act”) indicates that the relief may be accompanied by sanctions, such as the imposition of a corporate tax on all or a portion of a REMIC’s income for the period of time in which the requirements for REMIC status are not satisfied.

 

Status of Offered Certificates

 

Offered Certificates held by a real estate investment trust will constitute “real estate assets” within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(5)(B), and interest (including original issue discount) on the Offered Certificates will be considered “interest on obligations secured by mortgages on real property or on interests in real property” within the meaning of Code Section 856(c)(3)(B) in the same proportion that, for both purposes, the assets of the issuing entity would be so treated. For purposes of Code Section 856(c)(5)(B), payments of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans that are reinvested pending distribution to holders of Offered Certificates qualify for such treatment. Offered Certificates held by a domestic building and loan association will be treated as “loans . . . secured by an interest in real property which is . . . residential real property” within the meaning of Code Section 7701(a)(19)(C)(v) or as other assets described in Code Section 7701(a)(19)(C) only to the extent the Mortgage Loans are secured by residential real property. As of the Cut-off Date, two of the Mortgaged Properties (7.2%) are multifamily properties or mixed use properties with a multifamily component. Holders of Offered Certificates should consult their tax advisors whether the foregoing percentage or some other percentage applies to their Offered Certificates. If at all times 95% or more of the assets of the Trust REMICs qualify for each of the foregoing treatments, the Offered Certificates will qualify for the corresponding status in their entirety. For the purposes of the foregoing determinations, the Trust REMICs will be treated as a single REMIC. In addition, the Mortgage Loans that have been defeased with government securities will not qualify for such treatment. Offered Certificates will be “qualified mortgages” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3) for another REMIC if transferred to that REMIC within a prescribed time period in exchange

 

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for regular or residual interests in that REMIC. Moreover, Offered Certificates held by certain financial institutions will constitute an “evidence of indebtedness” within the meaning of Code Section 582(c)(1).

 

Taxation of Regular Interests

 

General

 

Each class of Regular Interests represents a regular interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC. The Regular Interests will represent newly originated debt instruments for federal income tax purposes. In general, interest, original issue discount and market discount on a Regular Interest will be treated as ordinary income to the holder of a Regular Interest (a “Regular Interest Holder”), and principal payments on a Regular Interest will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of the Regular Interest Holder’s basis in the Regular Interest. Regular Interest Holders must use the accrual method of accounting with regard to the Regular Interests, regardless of the method of accounting otherwise used by such Regular Interest Holders.

 

Original Issue Discount

 

Holders of Regular Interests issued with original issue discount generally must include original issue discount in ordinary income for federal income tax purposes as it accrues in accordance with the constant yield method, which takes into account the compounding of interest, in advance of receipt of the cash attributable to such income. The following discussion is based in part on temporary and final Treasury regulations (the “OID Regulations”) under Code Sections 1271 through 1273 and 1275 and in part on the provisions of the 1986 Act. Regular Interest Holders should be aware, however, that the OID Regulations do not adequately address certain issues relevant to prepayable securities, such as the Regular Interests. To the extent such issues are not addressed in the OID Regulations, the certificate administrator will apply the methodology described in the Conference Committee Report to the 1986 Act. We cannot assure you that the IRS will not take a different position as to those matters not currently addressed by the OID Regulations. Moreover, the OID Regulations include an anti-abuse rule allowing the IRS to apply or depart from the OID Regulations if necessary or appropriate to ensure a reasonable tax result in light of the applicable statutory provisions. A tax result will not be considered unreasonable under the anti-abuse rule, however, in the absence of a substantial effect on the present value of a taxpayer’s tax liability. Investors are advised to consult their own tax advisors as to the discussion in this prospectus and the appropriate method for reporting interest and original issue discount with respect to the Regular Interests.

 

Each Regular Interest will be treated as an installment obligation for purposes of determining the original issue discount includible in a Regular Interests Holder’s income. The total amount of original issue discount on a Regular Interest is the excess of the “stated redemption price at maturity” of the Regular Interest over its “issue price”. The issue price of a class of Regular Interests is the first price at which a substantial amount of Regular Interests of such class is sold to investors (excluding bond houses, brokers and underwriters) (in the case of the VRR Interest, as decreased for the portion of the price allocable to the right to receive Excess Interest). Although unclear under the OID Regulations, the certificate administrator will treat the issue price of Regular Interests for which there is no substantial sale as of the issue date as the fair market value of such Regular Interests as of the issue date (in the case of the VRR Interest, as decreased for the portion of the price allocable to the right to receive Excess Interest). The issue price of the Regular Interests also includes the amount paid by an initial Regular Interest Holder for accrued interest that relates to a period prior to the issue date of such class of Regular Interests. The stated redemption price at maturity of a Regular Interest is the sum of all payments provided by the debt instrument other than any qualified stated interest payments. Under the OID Regulations, qualified stated interest generally means interest payable at a single fixed rate or a qualified variable rate; provided that such interest payments are unconditionally payable at intervals of one year or less during the entire term of the obligation. Because there is no penalty or default remedy in the case of nonpayment of interest with respect to a Regular Interest, it is possible that no interest on any class of Regular Interests will be treated as qualified stated interest. However, because the Mortgage Loans provide for remedies in the event of default, the certificate administrator will treat all payments of stated

 

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interest on the Regular Interests (other than the Class X Certificates) as qualified stated interest (other than accrued interest distributed on the first Distribution Date for the number of days that exceed the interval between the Closing Date and the first Distribution Date).

 

It is anticipated that the certificate administrator will treat the Class X Certificates as having no qualified stated interest. Accordingly, such classes of Regular Interests will be considered to be issued with original issue discount in an amount equal to the excess of all distributions of interest expected to be received on such classes over their respective issue prices (including interest accrued prior to the Closing Date). Any “negative” amounts of original issue discount on such classes attributable to rapid prepayments with respect to the Mortgage Loans will not be deductible currently. The holder of any such class may be entitled to a deduction for a loss, which may be a capital loss, to the extent it becomes certain that such holder will not recover a portion of its basis in such class, assuming no further prepayments. In the alternative, it is possible that rules similar to the “noncontingent bond method” of the contingent interest rules of the OID Regulations may be promulgated with respect to such classes. Unless and until required otherwise by applicable authority, it is not anticipated that the contingent interest rules will apply.

 

Under a de minimis rule, original issue discount on a Regular Interest will be considered to be zero if such original issue discount is less than 0.25% of the stated redemption price at maturity of the Regular Interest multiplied by the weighted average maturity of the Regular Interest. For this purpose, the weighted average maturity is computed as the sum of the amounts determined by multiplying the number of full years (i.e., rounding down partial years) from the issue date until each distribution in reduction of stated redemption price at maturity is scheduled to be made by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of each distribution included in the stated redemption price at maturity of the Regular Interest and the denominator of which is the stated redemption price at maturity of the Regular Interest. The Conference Committee Report to the 1986 Act provides that the schedule of such distributions should be determined in accordance with the assumed rate of prepayment on the Mortgage Loans used in pricing the transaction, i.e., 0% CPR; provided that it is assumed that each ARD Loan prepays on its Anticipated Repayment Date (the “Prepayment Assumption”). See “Yield and Maturity Considerations—Weighted Average Life”. Holders generally must report de minimis original issue discount pro rata as principal payments are received, and such income will be capital gain if the Regular Interest is held as a capital asset. Under the OID Regulations, however, Regular Interest Holders may elect to accrue all de minimis original issue discount, as well as market discount and premium, under the constant yield method. See “—Election To Treat All Interest Under the Constant Yield Method” below.

 

A holder of a Regular Interest issued with original issue discount generally must include in gross income for any taxable year the sum of the “daily portions”, as defined below, of the original issue discount on the Regular Interest accrued during an accrual period for each day on which it holds the Regular Interest, including the date of purchase but excluding the date of disposition. With respect to each such Regular Interest, a calculation will be made of the original issue discount that accrues during each successive full accrual period that ends on the day prior to each Distribution Date with respect to the Regular Interests, assuming that prepayments and extensions with respect to the Mortgage Loans will be made in accordance with the Prepayment Assumption. The original issue discount accruing in a full accrual period will be the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of (a) the present value of all of the remaining distributions to be made on the Regular Interest as of the end of that accrual period and (b) the distributions made on the Regular Interest during the accrual period that are included in the Regular Interest’s stated redemption price at maturity, over (ii) the adjusted issue price of the Regular Interest at the beginning of the accrual period. The present value of the remaining distributions referred to in the preceding sentence is calculated based on (i) the yield to maturity of the Regular Interest as of the Startup Day, (ii) events (including actual prepayments) that have occurred prior to the end of the accrual period and (iii) the assumption that the remaining payments will be made in accordance with the original Prepayment Assumption. For these purposes, the adjusted issue price of a Regular Interest at the beginning of any accrual period equals the issue price of the Regular Interest, increased by the aggregate amount of original issue discount with respect to the Regular Interest that accrued in all prior accrual periods and reduced by the amount of distributions included in the Regular Interest’s stated redemption price at maturity that were made on the Regular Interest that were attributable to such prior periods. The

 

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original issue discount accruing during any accrual period (as determined in this paragraph) will then be divided by the number of days in the period to determine the daily portion of original issue discount for each day in the period.

 

Under the method described above, the daily portions of original issue discount required to be included as ordinary income by a Regular Interest Holder (other than a holder of a Class X Certificate) generally will increase to take into account prepayments on the Regular Interests as a result of prepayments on the Mortgage Loans that exceed the Prepayment Assumption, and generally will decrease (but not below zero for any period) if the prepayments are slower than the Prepayment Assumption. Due to the unique nature of interest only certificates, the preceding sentence may not apply in the case of the Class X Certificates.

 

Acquisition Premium

 

A purchaser of a Regular Interest at a price greater than its adjusted issue price and less than its remaining stated redemption price at maturity will be required to include in gross income the daily portions of the original issue discount on the Regular Interest reduced pro rata by a fraction, the numerator of which is the excess of its purchase price over such adjusted issue price and the denominator of which is the excess of the remaining stated redemption price at maturity over the adjusted issue price. Alternatively, such a purchaser may elect to treat all such acquisition premium under the constant yield method, as described under the heading “—Election To Treat All Interest Under the Constant Yield Method” below.

 

Market Discount

 

A purchaser of a Regular Interest also may be subject to the market discount rules of Code Sections 1276 through 1278. Under these Code sections and the principles applied by the OID Regulations in the context of original issue discount, “market discount” is the amount by which the purchaser’s original basis in the Regular Interest (i) is exceeded by the remaining outstanding principal payments and non-qualified stated interest payments due on a Regular Interest, or (ii) in the case of a Regular Interest having original issue discount, is exceeded by the adjusted issue price of such Regular Interest at the time of purchase. Such purchaser generally will be required to recognize ordinary income to the extent of accrued market discount on such Regular Interest as distributions includible in its stated redemption price at maturity are received, in an amount not exceeding any such distribution. Such market discount would accrue in a manner to be provided in Treasury regulations and should take into account the Prepayment Assumption. The Conference Committee Report to the 1986 Act provides that until such regulations are issued, such market discount would accrue, at the election of the holder, either (i) on the basis of a constant interest rate or (ii) in the ratio of interest accrued for the relevant period to the sum of the interest accrued for such period plus the remaining interest after the end of such period, or, in the case of classes issued with original issue discount, in the ratio of original issue discount accrued for the relevant period to the sum of the original issue discount accrued for such period plus the remaining original issue discount after the end of such period. Such purchaser also generally will be required to treat a portion of any gain on a sale or exchange of the Regular Interest as ordinary income to the extent of the market discount accrued to the date of disposition under one of the foregoing methods, less any accrued market discount previously reported as ordinary income as partial distributions in reduction of the stated redemption price at maturity were received. Such purchaser will be required to defer deduction of a portion of the excess of the interest paid or accrued on indebtedness incurred to purchase or carry the Regular Interest over the interest (including original issue discount) distributable on the Regular Interest. The deferred portion of such interest expense in any taxable year generally will not exceed the accrued market discount on the Regular Interest for such year. Any such deferred interest expense is, in general, allowed as a deduction not later than the year in which the related market discount income is recognized or the Regular Interest is disposed of. As an alternative to the inclusion of market discount in income on the foregoing basis, the Regular Interest Holder may elect to include market discount in income currently as it accrues, in which case the interest deferral rule will not apply. If made, such selection will apply to all market discount instruments acquired by such Regular Interest Holder as of the first day of the taxable year for which the election is made and to all market discount instruments acquired thereafter. The

 

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election cannot be revoked without IRS consent. See “—Election To Treat All Interest Under the Constant Yield Method” below regarding making the election under Code Section 1276 and an alternative manner in which such election may be deemed to be made.

 

Market discount with respect to a Regular Interest will be considered to be zero if such market discount is less than 0.25% of the remaining stated redemption price at maturity of such Regular Interest multiplied by the weighted average maturity of the Regular Interest remaining after the date of purchase. For this purpose, the weighted average maturity is determined by multiplying the number of full years (i.e., rounding down partial years) from the issue date until each distribution in reduction of stated redemption price at maturity is scheduled to be made by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of each such distribution included in the stated redemption price at maturity of the Regular Interest and the denominator of which is the total stated redemption price at maturity of the Regular Interest. It appears that de minimis market discount would be reported pro rata as principal payments are received. Treasury regulations implementing the market discount rules have not yet been proposed, and investors should therefore consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of these rules as well as the advisability of making any of the elections with respect to such rules. Investors should also consult Revenue Procedure 92-67 concerning the elections to include market discount in income currently and to accrue market discount on the basis of the constant yield method.

 

Premium

 

A Regular Interest purchased upon initial issuance or in the secondary market at a cost greater than its remaining stated redemption price at maturity generally is considered to be purchased at a premium. If the Regular Interest Holder holds such Regular Interest as a “capital asset” within the meaning of Code Section 1221, the Regular Interest Holder may elect under Code Section 171 to amortize such premium under the constant yield method. If made, such election will apply to all premium debt instruments (other than those paying tax-exempt interest) held by the Holder of the Regular Interest on the first day of the taxable year to which the election applies and to all taxable, premium debt instruments acquired thereafter. The election cannot be revoked without IRS consent. See “—Election To Treat All Interest Under the Constant Yield Method” below regarding making the election under Code Section 171 and an alternative manner in which the Code Section 171 election may be deemed to be made. Final Treasury regulations under Code Section 171 do not, by their terms, apply to prepayable obligations such as the Regular Interests. The Conference Committee Report to the 1986 Act indicates a Congressional intent that the same rules that will apply to the accrual of market discount on installment obligations will also apply to amortizing bond premium under Code Section 171 on installment obligations such as the Regular Interests, although it is unclear whether the alternatives to the constant interest method described above under “—Market Discount” are available. Amortizable bond premium will be treated as an offset to interest income on a Regular Interest rather than as a separate deduction item. Based on the foregoing, it is anticipated that the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B and Class C certificates will be issued at a premium for federal income tax purposes.

 

Election To Treat All Interest Under the Constant Yield Method

 

A holder of a debt instrument such as a Regular Interest may elect to treat all interest that accrues on the instrument using the constant yield method, with none of the interest being treated as qualified stated interest. For purposes of applying the constant yield method to a debt instrument subject to such an election, (i) “interest” includes stated interest, original issue discount, de minimis original issue discount, market discount and de minimis market discount, as adjusted by any amortizable bond premium or acquisition premium and (ii) the debt instrument is treated as if the instrument were issued on the holder’s acquisition date in the amount of the holder’s adjusted basis immediately after acquisition. It is unclear whether, for this purpose, the initial Prepayment Assumption would continue to apply or if a new prepayment assumption as of the date of the holder’s acquisition would apply. A holder generally may make such an election on an instrument by instrument basis or for a class or group of debt instruments. However, if the holder makes such an election with respect to a debt instrument with amortizable bond premium or with market discount, the holder is deemed to have made elections to amortize bond premium or to report market discount income currently as it accrues under the constant yield method,

 

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respectively, for all taxable premium bonds held or acquired or market discount bonds acquired by the holder on the first day of the year of the election and thereafter. The election is made on the holder’s federal income tax return for the year in which the debt instrument is acquired and is irrevocable except with the approval of the IRS. Investors are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the advisability of making such an election.

 

Treatment of Losses

 

Holders of the Regular Interests will be required to report income with respect to the Regular Interests on the accrual method of accounting, without giving effect to delays or reductions in distributions attributable to defaults or delinquencies on the Mortgage Loans, except to the extent it can be established that such losses are uncollectible. Accordingly, a Regular Interest Holder may have income, or may incur a diminution in cash flow as a result of a default or delinquency, but may not be able to take a deduction (subject to the discussion below) for the corresponding loss until a subsequent taxable year. In this regard, investors are cautioned that while they generally may cease to accrue interest income if it reasonably appears that the interest will be uncollectible, the IRS may take the position that original issue discount must continue to be accrued in spite of its uncollectibility until the debt instrument is disposed of in a taxable transaction or becomes worthless in accordance with the rules of Code Section 166. The following discussion does not apply to holders of Class X Certificates. Under Code Section 166, it appears that the holders of Regular Interests that are corporations or that otherwise hold the Regular Interests in connection with a trade or business should in general be allowed to deduct as an ordinary loss any such loss sustained (and not previously deducted) during the taxable year on account of any such Regular Interests becoming wholly or partially worthless, and that, in general, the Regular Interest Holders that are not corporations and do not hold the Regular Interests in connection with a trade or business will be allowed to deduct as a short term capital loss any loss with respect to principal sustained during the taxable year on account of such Regular Interests becoming wholly worthless. Although the matter is not free from doubt, such non-corporate holders of Regular Interests should be allowed a bad debt deduction at such time as the principal balance of any class of such Regular Interests is reduced to reflect losses on the Mortgage Loans below such holder’s basis in the Regular Interests. The IRS, however, could take the position that non-corporate holders will be allowed a bad debt deduction to reflect such losses only after the classes of Regular Interests have been otherwise retired. The IRS could also assert that losses on a class of Regular Interests are deductible based on some other method that may defer such deductions for all holders, such as reducing future cash flow for purposes of computing original issue discount. This may have the effect of creating “negative” original issue discount that, with the possible exception of the method discussed in the following sentence, would be deductible only against future positive original issue discount or otherwise upon termination of the applicable class. Although not free from doubt, a holder of Regular Interests with negative original issue discount may be entitled to deduct a loss to the extent that its remaining basis would exceed the maximum amount of future payments to which such holder was entitled, assuming no further prepayments. No bad debt losses will be allowed with respect to the Class X Certificates. Regular Interest Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the appropriate timing, amount and character of any loss sustained with respect to such Regular Interests. Special loss rules are applicable to banks and thrift institutions, including rules regarding reserves for bad debts. Such taxpayers are advised to consult their tax advisors regarding the treatment of losses on the Regular Interests.

 

Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Provisions

 

Yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums actually collected on the Mortgage Loans will be distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E certificates and the VRR Interest, respectively, as described in “Description of the Certificates—Allocation of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums”. It is not entirely clear under the Code when the amount of yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums so allocated should be taxed to the holders of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E certificates and the VRR Interest, respectively, but it is not expected, for federal income tax reporting purposes, that yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums will be

 

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treated as giving rise to any income to the holder of such class of certificates prior to the certificate administrator’s actual receipt of yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums. Yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums, if any, may be treated as paid upon the retirement or partial retirement of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E certificates and the VRR Interest, respectively. The IRS may disagree with these positions. Certificateholders should consult their own tax advisors concerning the treatment of yield maintenance charges and prepayment premiums.

 

Sale or Exchange of Regular Interests

 

If a Regular Interest Holder sells or exchanges a Regular Interest, such Regular Interest Holder will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference, if any, between the amount received and its adjusted basis in the Regular Interest. The adjusted basis of a Regular Interest generally will equal the cost of the Regular Interest to the seller, increased by any original issue discount, market discount or other amounts previously included in the seller’s gross income with respect to the Regular Interest and reduced by amounts included in the stated redemption price at maturity of the Regular Interest that were previously received by the seller, by any amortized premium, and by any deductible losses on the Regular Interest.

 

Except as described above with respect to market discount, and except as provided in this paragraph, any gain or loss on the sale or exchange of a Regular Interest realized by an investor that holds the Regular Interest as a capital asset will be capital gain or loss and will be long term or short term depending on whether the Regular Interest has been held for the long term capital gain holding period (more than one year). Such gain will be treated as ordinary income: (i) if the Regular Interest is held as part of a “conversion transaction” as defined in Code Section 1258(c), up to the amount of interest that would have accrued on the Regular Interest Holder’s net investment in the conversion transaction at 120% of the appropriate applicable federal rate under Code Section 1274(d) in effect at the time the taxpayer entered into the transaction minus any amount previously treated as ordinary income with respect to any prior disposition of property that was held as part of such transaction; (ii) in the case of a non-corporate taxpayer, to the extent such taxpayer has made an election under Code Section 163(d)(4) to have net capital gains taxed as investment income at ordinary income rates; or (iii) to the extent that such gain does not exceed the excess, if any, of (a) the amount that would have been includible in the gross income of the Regular Interest Holder if his yield on such Regular Interest were 110% of the applicable federal rate as of the date of purchase, over (b) the amount of income actually includible in the gross income of such Regular Interest Holder with respect to the Regular Interest. In addition, gain or loss recognized from the sale of a Regular Interest by certain banks or thrift institutions will be treated as ordinary income or loss pursuant to Code Section 582(c). Long-term capital gains of certain non-corporate taxpayers generally are subject to a lower maximum tax rate than ordinary income of such taxpayers for property held for more than one year. The rate for corporations is the same with respect to both ordinary income and capital gains. In connection with a sale or exchange of a VRR Interest, the related Regular Interest Holder must separately account for the sale or exchange of the related “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC and the related interest in the Grantor Trust.

 

Taxes That May Be Imposed on a REMIC

 

Prohibited Transactions

 

Income from certain transactions by any Trust REMIC, called prohibited transactions, will not be part of the calculation of income or loss includible in the federal income tax returns of holders of the Class R certificates, but rather will be taxed directly to such Trust REMIC at a 100% rate. Prohibited transactions generally include (i) the disposition of a qualified mortgage other than for (a) substitution within two years of the Startup Day for a defective (including a defaulted) obligation (or repurchase in lieu of substitution of a defective (including a defaulted) obligation at any time) or for any qualified mortgage within three months of the Startup Day, (b) foreclosure, default or imminent default of a qualified mortgage, (c) bankruptcy or insolvency of the REMIC, or (d) a qualified (complete) liquidation, (ii) the receipt of income from assets that are not the type of mortgages or investments that the REMIC is permitted to hold, (iii) the receipt of compensation for services or (iv) the receipt of gain from disposition of cash flow

 

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investments other than pursuant to a qualified liquidation. Notwithstanding (i) and (iv), it is not a prohibited transaction to sell REMIC property to prevent a default on regular interests as a result of a default on qualified mortgages or to facilitate a qualified liquidation or a clean-up call. The REMIC Regulations indicate that the modification of a mortgage loan generally will not be treated as a disposition if it is occasioned by a default or reasonably foreseeable default, an assumption of a mortgage loan or the waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause. It is not anticipated that the Trust REMICs will engage in any prohibited transactions.

 

Contributions to a REMIC After the Startup Day

 

In general, a REMIC will be subject to a tax at a 100% rate on the value of any property contributed to the REMIC after its Startup Day. Exceptions are provided for cash contributions to the REMIC (i) during the three months following its Startup Day, (ii) made to a qualified reserve fund by a holder of a Class R certificate, (iii) in the nature of a guarantee, (iv) made to facilitate a qualified liquidation or clean-up call, and (v) as otherwise permitted in Treasury regulations yet to be issued. It is not anticipated that there will be any taxable contributions to the Trust REMICs.

 

Net Income from Foreclosure Property

 

The Lower-Tier REMIC will be subject to federal income tax at the corporate rate on “net income from foreclosure property”, determined by reference to the rules applicable to real estate investment trusts. Generally, property acquired by foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure would be treated as “foreclosure property” until the close of the third calendar year beginning after the Lower-Tier REMIC’s acquisition of a REO Property, as applicable, with a possible extension. Net income from foreclosure property generally means gain from the sale of a foreclosure property that is inventory property and gross income from foreclosure property other than qualifying rents and other qualifying income for a real estate investment trust.

 

In order for a foreclosed property to qualify as foreclosure property, any operation of the foreclosed property by the Lower-Tier REMIC generally must be conducted through an independent contractor. Further, such operation of foreclosed property, even if conducted through an independent contractor, may give rise to “net income from foreclosure property”, taxable at the corporate rate. Payment of such tax by the Lower-Tier REMIC would reduce amounts available for distribution to Certificateholders.

 

The special servicer will be required to determine generally whether the operation of foreclosed property in a manner that would subject the Lower-Tier REMIC to such tax would be expected to result in higher after-tax proceeds than an alternative method of operating such property that would not subject the Lower-Tier REMIC to such tax.

 

REMIC Partnership Representative

 

A “partnership representative” (as defined in Code Section 6223) will represent each Trust REMIC in connection with any IRS and judicial proceeding relating to the REMIC and the PSA will designate the certificate administrator as such representative. Under the audit rules applicable to REMICs, (1) unless a REMIC elects otherwise, taxes arising from IRS audit adjustments are required to be paid by the REMIC rather than by its residual interest holders, (2) the partnership representative acts as a REMIC’s sole representative and its actions, including agreeing to adjustments to REMIC taxable income, are binding on the residual interest holders and (3) if the IRS makes an adjustment to a REMIC’s taxable year, the holders of residual interests for the audited taxable year may have to take the adjustment into account for the taxable year in which the adjustment is made rather than for the audited taxable year.

 

The partnership representative will be directed to utilize any election or other exception available to make the holders of the Class R certificates, rather than the REMICs, liable for any taxes arising from audit adjustments to the related REMICs’ taxable incomes. It is unclear how any such elections may affect the procedural rules available to challenge any audit adjustment that would otherwise be available in the absence of any such elections. Investors should discuss with their own tax advisors the possible effect of these rules on them.

 

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Taxation of Certain Foreign Investors

 

Interest, including original issue discount, distributable to the Regular Interest Holders that are nonresident aliens, foreign corporations or other Non-U.S. Persons will be considered “portfolio interest” and, therefore, generally will not be subject to a 30% United States withholding tax; provided that such Non-U.S. Person (i) is not a “10 percent shareholder” within the meaning of Code Section 871(h)(3)(B) or a controlled foreign corporation described in Code Section 881(c)(3)(C) with respect to the Trust REMICs and (ii) provides the certificate administrator, or the person that would otherwise be required to withhold tax from such distributions under Code Section 1441 or 1442, with an appropriate statement, signed under penalties of perjury, identifying the beneficial owner and stating, among other things, that the beneficial owner of the Regular Interest is a Non-U.S. Person. The appropriate documentation includes IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8BEN, if the Non-U.S. Person is an entity (such as a corporation) or individual, respectively, eligible for the benefits of the portfolio interest exemption or an exemption based on a treaty; IRS Form W-8ECI if the Non-U.S. Person is eligible for an exemption on the basis of its income from the Regular Interest being effectively connected to a United States trade or business; IRS Form W-8BEN-E or W-8IMY if the Non-U.S. Person is a trust, depending on whether such trust is classified as the beneficial owner of the Regular Interest; and Form W-8IMY, with supporting documentation as specified in the Treasury regulations, required to substantiate exemptions from withholding on behalf of its partners, if the Non-U.S. Person is a partnership. With respect to IRS Forms W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8IMY and W-8ECI, each (other than IRS Form W-8IMY) expires after three full calendar years or as otherwise provided by applicable law. An intermediary (other than a partnership) must provide IRS Form W-8IMY, revealing all required information, including its name, address, taxpayer identification number, the country under the laws of which it is created, and certification that it is not acting for its own account. A “qualified intermediary” must certify that it has provided, or will provide, a withholding statement as required under Treasury regulations Section 1.1441-1(e)(5)(v), but need not disclose the identity of its account holders on its IRS Form W-8IMY, and may certify its account holders’ status without including each beneficial owner’s certification. A “non-qualified intermediary” must additionally certify that it has provided, or will provide, a withholding statement that is associated with the appropriate IRS Forms W-8 and W-9 required to substantiate exemptions from withholding on behalf of its beneficial owners. The term “intermediary” means a person acting as a custodian, a broker, nominee or otherwise as an agent for the beneficial owner of a Regular Interest. A “qualified intermediary” is generally a foreign financial institution or clearing organization or a non-U.S. branch or office of a U.S. financial institution or clearing organization that is a party to a withholding agreement with the IRS.

 

If such statement, or any other required statement, is not provided, 30% withholding will apply unless reduced or eliminated pursuant to an applicable tax treaty or unless the interest on the Regular Interest is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States by such Non-U.S. Person. In the latter case, such Non-U.S. Person will be subject to United States federal income tax at regular rates. Investors that are Non-U.S. Persons should consult their own tax advisors regarding the specific tax consequences to them of owning a Regular Interest.

 

U.S. Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership (except to the extent provided in the applicable Treasury regulations) or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate that is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of the source of income, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in the applicable Treasury regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Persons). A “Non-U.S. Person” is a person other than a U.S. Person.

 

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FATCA

 

Under the “Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act” (“FATCA”) provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, a 30% withholding tax is generally imposed on certain payments, including payments of U.S.-source interest to “foreign financial institutions” and certain other foreign financial entities if those foreign entities fail to comply with the requirements of FATCA. The certificate administrator will be required to withhold amounts under FATCA on payments made to holders who are subject to the FATCA requirements and who fail to provide the certificate administrator with proof that they have complied with such requirements. Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the applicability of FATCA to their certificates.

 

Backup Withholding

 

Distributions made on the certificates, and proceeds from the sale of the certificates to or through certain brokers, may be subject to a “backup” withholding tax under Code Section 3406 on “reportable payments” (including interest distributions, original issue discount and, under certain circumstances, principal distributions) unless the Certificateholder is a U.S. Person and provides IRS Form W-9 with the correct taxpayer identification number; in the case of the Regular Interests, is a Non-U.S. Person and provides IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, identifying the Non-U.S. Person and stating that the beneficial owner is not a U.S. Person; or can be treated as an exempt recipient within the meaning of Treasury regulations Section 1.6049-4(c)(1)(ii). Any amounts to be withheld from distribution on the certificates would be refunded by the IRS or allowed as a credit against the Certificateholder’s federal income tax liability. Information reporting requirements may also apply regardless of whether withholding is required. Holders are urged to contact their own tax advisors regarding the application to them of backup withholding and information reporting.

 

Information Reporting

 

Holders who are individuals (and certain domestic entities that are formed or availed of for purposes of holding, directly or indirectly, “specified foreign financial assets”) may be subject to certain foreign financial asset reporting obligations with respect to their certificates held through a financial account maintained by a foreign financial institution if the aggregate value of their certificates and their other “specified foreign financial assets” exceeds $50,000. Significant penalties can apply if a holder fails to disclose its specified foreign financial assets. We urge you to consult your tax advisor with respect to this and other reporting obligations with respect to your certificates.

 

3.8% Medicare Tax on “Net Investment Income”

 

Certain non-corporate U.S. holders will be subject to an additional 3.8% tax on all or a portion of their “net investment income”, which may include the interest payments and any gain realized with respect to the certificates, to the extent of their net investment income that, when added to their other modified adjusted gross income, exceeds $200,000 for an unmarried individual, $250,000 for a married taxpayer filing a joint return (or a surviving spouse), or $125,000 for a married individual filing a separate return. The 3.8% Medicare tax is determined in a different manner than the regular income tax. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors with respect to their consequences with respect to the 3.8% Medicare tax.

 

Reporting Requirements

 

Each Trust REMIC will be required to maintain its books on a calendar year basis and to file federal income tax returns in a manner similar to a partnership. The form for such returns is IRS Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return. The trustee will be required to sign each Trust REMIC’s returns.

 

Reports of accrued interest, original issue discount, if any, and information necessary to compute the accrual of any market discount on the Regular Interests will be made annually to the IRS and to

 

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individuals, estates, non-exempt and non-charitable trusts, and partnerships that are either Regular Interest Holders or beneficial owners that own Regular Interests through a broker or middleman as nominee. All brokers, nominees and all other nonexempt Regular Interest Holders (including corporations, non-calendar year taxpayers, securities or commodities dealers, placement agents, real estate investment trusts, investment companies, common trusts, thrift institutions and charitable trusts) may request such information for any calendar quarter by telephone or in writing by contacting the person designated in IRS Publication 938 with respect to the Trust REMICs. Holders through nominees must request such information from the nominee.

 

Treasury regulations require that, in addition to the foregoing requirements, information must be furnished annually to the residual interest holders and filed annually with the IRS concerning the percentage of each Trust REMIC’s assets meeting the qualified asset tests described under “—Qualification as a REMIC” above.

 

These regulations also require that the certificate administrator make available information regarding interest income and information necessary to compute any original issue discount to (i) exempt recipients (including middlemen) and non-calendar year taxpayers, upon request, in accordance with the requirements of the regulations and (ii) Certificateholders who do not hold their certificates through a middleman. The information must be provided to parties specified in clause (i) on or before the later of the 30th day after the close of the calendar year to which the request relates and 14 days after the receipt of the request. The information must be provided to parties specified in clause (ii) on or before March 15 of the calendar year for which the statement is being furnished.

 

DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE RULES AND THE CURRENT UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE MANNER OF THEIR APPLICATION TO THE ISSUING ENTITY AND CERTIFICATEHOLDERS, IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT THAT POTENTIAL INVESTORS CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE TAX TREATMENT OF THEIR ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE CERTIFICATES.

 

Certain State and Local Tax Considerations

 

In addition to the federal income tax consequences described in “Material Federal Income Tax Considerations” above, purchasers of Offered Certificates should consider the state and local income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of the Offered Certificates. State and local income tax law may differ substantially from the corresponding federal law, and this discussion does not purport to describe any aspect of the income tax laws of any state or locality.

 

It is possible that one or more jurisdictions may attempt to tax nonresident holders of Offered Certificates solely by reason of the location in that jurisdiction of the depositor, the trustee, the certificate administrator, the sponsors, a related borrower or a mortgaged property or on some other basis, may require nonresident holders of certificates to file returns in such jurisdiction or may attempt to impose penalties for failure to file such returns; and it is possible that any such jurisdiction will ultimately succeed in collecting such taxes or penalties from nonresident holders of Offered Certificates. We cannot assure you that holders of Offered Certificates will not be subject to tax in any particular state, local or other taxing jurisdiction.

 

You should consult with your tax advisor with respect to the various state and local and any other tax consequences of an investment in the Offered Certificates.

 

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Method of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)

 

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), between the depositor and the underwriters, the depositor has agreed to sell to the underwriters, and the underwriters have severally, but not jointly, agreed to purchase from the depositor the respective Certificate Balance or the Notional Amount, as applicable, of each class of Offered Certificates set forth below subject in each case to a variance of 5%.

 

Class

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Class A-1 $1,516,387 $3,856,532
Class A-2 $479,317 $1,219,017
Class A-SB $2,470,516 $6,283,110
Class A-4 $20,579,870 $52,339,499
Class A-5 $59,052,423 $150,184,341
Class X-A $94,911,099 $241,381,475
Class A-M $10,812,586 $27,498,975
Class B $4,805,749 $12,222,162
Class C $4,955,788 $12,603,746
     

Class

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Class A-1 $3,000,363 $1,389,718
Class A-2 $948,389 $439,278
Class A-SB $4,888,229 $2,264,145
Class A-4 $40,719,873 $18,860,758
Class A-5 $116,842,678 $54,119,558
Class X-A $187,793,599 $86,982,828
Class A-M $21,394,067 $9,909,371
Class B $9,508,782 $4,404,307
Class C $9,805,653 $4,541,813
     

Class

Academy Securities, Inc.

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

Class A-1 $0 $0
Class A-2 $0 $0
Class A-SB $0 $0
Class A-4 $0 $0
Class A-5 $0 $0
Class X-A $0 $0
Class A-M $0 $0
Class B $0 $0
Class C $0 $0

 

The Underwriting Agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters will be subject to certain conditions precedent and that the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all Offered Certificates if any are purchased. In the event of a default by any underwriter, the Underwriting Agreement provides that, in certain circumstances, purchase commitments of the non-defaulting underwriter(s) may be increased or the Underwriting Agreement may be terminated.

 

The parties to the PSA have severally agreed to indemnify the underwriters, and the underwriters have agreed to indemnify the depositor and controlling persons of the depositor, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and will contribute to payments required to be made in respect of these liabilities.

 

The depositor has been advised by the underwriters that they propose to offer the Offered Certificates to the public from time to time in one or more negotiated transactions, or otherwise, at varying prices to be determined at the time of sale. Proceeds to the depositor from the sale of Offered Certificates will be approximately 113.683703289% of the initial aggregate Certificate Balance of the Offered Certificates, plus accrued interest on the Offered Certificates from December 1, 2020, before deducting expenses payable by the depositor. The underwriters may effect the transactions by selling the Offered Certificates

 

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to or through dealers, and the dealers may receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters. In connection with the purchase and sale of the Offered Certificates, the underwriters and dealers may be deemed to have received compensation from the depositor in the form of underwriting discounts and commissions.

 

Expenses payable by the depositor are estimated at approximately $4,375,000, excluding underwriting discounts and commissions.

 

We anticipate that the Offered Certificates will be sold primarily to institutional investors. Purchasers of Offered Certificates, including dealers, may, depending on the facts and circumstances of those purchases, be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with reoffers and resales by them of Offered Certificates. If you purchase Offered Certificates, you should consult with your legal advisors in this regard prior to any reoffer or resale. The underwriters expect to make, but are not obligated to make, a secondary market in the Offered Certificates. See “Risk Factors—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—The Certificates May Have Limited Liquidity and the Market Value of the Certificates May Decline”.

 

Pursuant to Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in 2 business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade Offered Certificates in the secondary market prior to such delivery should specify a longer settlement cycle, or should refrain from specifying a shorter settlement cycle, to the extent that failing to do so would result in a settlement date that is earlier than the date of delivery of such Offered Certificates.

 

The primary source of ongoing information available to investors concerning the Offered Certificates will be the monthly statements discussed under “Description of the Certificates—Reports to Certificateholders; Certain Available Information”. We cannot assure you that any additional information regarding the Offered Certificates will be available through any other source. In addition, we are not aware of any source through which price information about the Offered Certificates will be generally available on an ongoing basis. The limited nature of that information regarding the Offered Certificates may adversely affect the liquidity of the Offered Certificates, even if a secondary market for the Offered Certificates becomes available.

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of the depositor, an affiliate of one of the sponsors and an affiliate of two of the originators. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of one of the sponsors and one of the originators. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of one of the sponsors and one of the originators. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, one of the underwriters, is an affiliate of one of the sponsors and one of the originators.

 

A substantial portion of the net proceeds of this offering (after the payment of underwriting compensation and transaction expenses) is expected to be directed to affiliates of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, which are underwriters for this offering. That flow of funds will occur by means of the collective effect of the payment by the underwriters to the depositor, an affiliate of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., of the purchase price for the Offered Certificates, the payment described in the next paragraph and the following payments: (i) the payment by the depositor to GACC, an affiliate of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in its capacity as a sponsor, of the purchase price for the mortgage loans to be sold to the depositor by GACC, (ii) the payment by the depositor to JPMCB, an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in its capacity as a sponsor, of the purchase price for the mortgage loans sold to the depositor by JPMCB, (iii) the payment by the depositor to CREFI, an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in its capacity as a sponsor, of the purchase price for the mortgage loans sold to the depositor by CREFI and (iv) the payment by the depositor to GSMC, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, in its capacity as a sponsor, of the purchase price for the mortgage loans sold to the depositor by GSMC. See “Transaction PartiesThe Sponsors and Mortgage Loan Sellers”.

 

As a result of the circumstances described above in this paragraph and the prior paragraph, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman

 

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Sachs & Co. LLC have a “conflict of interest” within the meaning of Rule 5121 of the consolidated rules of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. In addition, other circumstances exist that result in the underwriters or their affiliates having conflicts of interest, notwithstanding that such circumstances may not constitute a “conflict of interest” within the meaning of such Rule 5121. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Conflicts of InterestInterests and Incentives of the Underwriter Entities May Not Be Aligned With Your Interests”.

 

Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference

 

All reports filed or caused to be filed by the depositor with respect to the issuing entity before the termination of this offering pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that relate to the Offered Certificates (other than Annual Reports on Form 10-K) will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus, except that if a Non-Serviced PSA is entered into after termination of this offering, any Current Report on Form 8-K filed after termination of this offering that includes as an exhibit such Non-Serviced PSA will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

In addition, any disclosures filed, on or prior to the date of filing of this prospectus, as exhibits to Form ABS-EE by or on behalf of the depositor with respect to the issuing entity will be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

The depositor will provide or cause to be provided without charge to each person to whom this prospectus is delivered in connection with this offering (including beneficial owners of the Offered Certificates), upon written or oral request of that person, a copy of any or all documents or reports incorporated in this prospectus by reference, in each case to the extent the documents or reports relate to the Offered Certificates, other than the exhibits to those documents (unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in those documents). Requests to the depositor should be directed in writing to its principal executive offices at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: President, or by telephone at (212) 250-2500.

 

Where You Can Find More Information

 

The depositor has filed a Registration Statement on Form SF-3 (SEC File No. 333-226943) (the “Registration Statement”) relating to multiple series of CMBS, including the Offered Certificates, with the SEC. This prospectus will form a part of the Registration Statement, but the Registration Statement includes additional information. Copies of the Registration Statement and other materials filed with or furnished to the SEC, including Distribution Reports on Form 10-D, Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and reports on Forms ABS-15G and Forms ABS-EE and any amendments to these reports may be accessed electronically at “http://www.sec.gov” at which you can view and download copies of reports, proxy and information statements and other information filed or furnished electronically through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system.

 

The depositor has met the registrant requirements of Section I.A.1. of the General Instructions to the Registration Statement.

 

Copies of all reports of the issuing entity on Forms ABS-EE, 10-D, 10-K and 8-K will also be made available on the website of the certificate administrator as soon as reasonably practicable after these materials are electronically filed with, or furnished to the SEC through the EDGAR system.

 

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Financial Information

 

The issuing entity will be newly formed and will not have engage in any business activities or have any assets or obligations prior to the issuance of the Offered Certificates. Accordingly, no financial statements with respect to the issuing entity are included in this prospectus.

 

The depositor has determined that its financial statements will not be material to the offering of the Offered Certificates.

 

Certain ERISA Considerations

 

General

 

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or ERISA, and Code Section 4975 impose certain requirements on retirement plans, and on certain other employee benefit plans and arrangements, including individual retirement accounts and annuities, Keogh plans, collective investment funds, insurance company separate accounts and some insurance company general accounts in which those plans, accounts or arrangements are invested that are subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or to Code Section 4975 (all of which are referred to as “Plans”), and on persons who are fiduciaries with respect to Plans, in connection with the investment of Plan assets. Certain employee benefit plans, such as governmental plans (as defined in ERISA Section 3(32)), and, if no election has been made under Code Section 410(d), church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) are not subject to ERISA requirements. However, those plans may be subject to the provisions of other applicable federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) materially similar to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or to Section 4975 of the Code. Moreover, those plans, if qualified and exempt from taxation under Code Sections 401(a) and 501(a), are subject to the prohibited transaction rules set forth in Code Section 503.

 

ERISA generally imposes on Plan fiduciaries certain general fiduciary requirements, including those of investment prudence and diversification and the requirement that a Plan’s investments be made in accordance with the documents governing the Plan. In addition, ERISA and the Code prohibit a broad range of transactions involving assets of a Plan and persons (“Parties in Interest”) who have certain specified relationships to the Plan, unless a statutory, regulatory or administrative exemption is available. Certain Parties in Interest that participate in a prohibited transaction may be subject to an excise tax imposed pursuant to Code Section 4975, unless a statutory, regulatory or administrative exemption is available. These prohibited transactions generally are set forth in Section 406 of ERISA and Code Section 4975. Special caution should be exercised before the assets of a Plan are used to purchase an Offered Certificate if, with respect to those assets, the depositor, any servicer or the trustee or any of their affiliates, either: (a) has investment discretion with respect to the investment of those assets of that Plan; or (b) has authority or responsibility to give, or regularly gives, investment advice with respect to those assets for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that the advice will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to those assets and that the advice will be based on the particular investment needs of the Plan; or (c) is an employer maintaining or contributing to the Plan.

 

Before purchasing any Offered Certificates with Plan assets, a Plan fiduciary should consult with its counsel and determine whether there exists any prohibition to that purchase under the requirements of ERISA or Code Section 4975, whether any prohibited transaction class exemption or any individual administrative prohibited transaction exemption (as described below) applies, including whether the appropriate conditions set forth in those exemptions would be met, or whether any statutory prohibited transaction exemption is applicable. Fiduciaries of plans subject to a Similar Law should consider the need for, and the availability of, an exemption under such applicable Similar Law.

 

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Prospective investors should note that the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“CalSTRS”), which is a governmental plan, as of loan origination owns an approximately 97.5% equity interest in the Mortgaged Properties securing the Station Park & Station Park West Mortgage Loan and the Mountain View Village Mortgage Loan. Persons who have an ongoing relationship with the CalSTRS should consult with counsel regarding whether such a relationship would affect their ability to purchase and hold certificates.

 

Plan Asset Regulations

 

A Plan’s investment in Offered Certificates may cause the assets of the issuing entity to be deemed Plan assets. Section 2510.3-101 of the regulations of the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”), as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, provides that when a Plan acquires an equity interest in an entity, the Plan’s assets include both the equity interest and an undivided interest in each of the underlying assets of the entity, unless certain exceptions not applicable to this discussion apply, or unless the equity participation in the entity by “benefit plan investors” (that is, Plans and entities whose underlying assets include plan assets) is not “significant”. For this purpose, in general, equity participation in an entity will be “significant” on any date if, immediately after the most recent acquisition of any certificate, 25% or more of any class of certificates is held by benefit plan investors.

 

In general, any person who has discretionary authority or control respecting the management or disposition of Plan assets, and any person who provides investment advice with respect to those assets for a fee, is a fiduciary of the investing Plan. If the assets of the issuing entity constitute Plan assets, then any party exercising management or discretionary control regarding those assets, such as a master servicer, a special servicer or any sub-servicer, may be deemed to be a Plan “fiduciary” with respect to the investing Plan, and thus subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions and prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Code Section 4975. In addition, if the assets of the issuing entity constitute Plan assets, the purchase of Offered Certificates by a Plan, as well as the operation of the issuing entity, may constitute or involve a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code.

 

Administrative Exemption

 

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued an administrative exemption to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Department Final Authorization Number 97-03E (December 9, 1996), as amended by Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2013-08, 78 Fed. Reg. 41,090 (July 9, 2013) (the “Exemption”). The Exemption generally exempts from the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and the excise taxes imposed on prohibited transactions pursuant to Sections 4975(a) and (b) of the Code, certain transactions, among others, relating to the servicing and operation of pools of mortgage loans, such as the pool of mortgage loans held by the issuing entity, and the purchase, sale and holding of mortgage pass-through certificates, such as the Offered Certificates, underwritten by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., provided that certain conditions set forth in the Exemption are satisfied. The depositor expects that the Exemption generally will apply to the Offered Certificates.

 

The Exemption sets forth five general conditions that must be satisfied for a transaction involving the purchase, sale and holding of the Offered Certificates to be eligible for exemptive relief:

 

First, the acquisition of the Offered Certificates by a Plan must be on terms (including the price paid for the Offered Certificates) that are at least as favorable to the Plan as they would be in an arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated party.

 

Second, the Offered Certificates at the time of acquisition by the Plan must be rated in one of the four highest generic rating categories by at least one NRSRO that meets the requirements of the Exemption (an “Exemption Rating Agency”).

 

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Third, the trustee cannot be an affiliate of any other member of the Restricted Group other than an underwriter. The “Restricted Group” consists of any underwriter, the depositor, the trustee, the master servicer, the special servicer, any sub-servicer, any entity that provides insurance or other credit support to the issuing entity and any borrower with respect to mortgage loans constituting more than 5% of the aggregate unamortized principal balance of the mortgage loans as of the date of initial issuance of the Offered Certificates, and any affiliate of any of the foregoing entities.

 

Fourth, the sum of all payments made to and retained by the underwriters must represent not more than reasonable compensation for underwriting the Offered Certificates, the sum of all payments made to and retained by the depositor pursuant to the assignment of the mortgage loans to the issuing entity must represent not more than the fair market value of the mortgage loans and the sum of all payments made to and retained by the master servicer, the special servicer and any sub-servicer must represent not more than reasonable compensation for that person’s services under the PSA and reimbursement of the person’s reasonable expenses in connection therewith.

 

Fifth, the investing Plan must be an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a)(1) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

It is a condition of the issuance of the Offered Certificates that they have the ratings described above required by the Exemption and the depositor believes that each of the Rating Agencies qualifies as an Exemption Rating Agency. Consequently, the second general condition set forth above will be satisfied with respect to the Offered Certificates as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, the third general condition set forth above will be satisfied with respect to the Offered Certificates. In addition, the depositor believes that the fourth general condition set forth above will be satisfied with respect to the Offered Certificates. A fiduciary of a Plan contemplating purchasing an Offered Certificate in the secondary market must make its own determination that, at the time of purchase, the Offered Certificates continue to satisfy the second general condition set forth above. A fiduciary of a Plan contemplating purchasing an Offered Certificate, whether in the initial issuance of the Offered Certificates or in the secondary market, must make its own determination that the first and fifth general conditions set forth above will be satisfied with respect to the related Offered Certificate.

 

The Exemption also requires that the issuing entity meet the following requirements: (1) the issuing entity must consist solely of assets of the type that have been included in other investment pools; (2) certificates in those other investment pools must have been rated in one of the four highest categories by at least one of the Exemption Rating Agencies for at least one year prior to the Plan’s acquisition of Offered Certificates; and (3) certificates in those other investment pools must have been purchased by investors other than Plans for at least one year prior to any Plan’s acquisition of Offered Certificates.

 

The depositor believes that the conditions to the applicability of the Exemption will generally be met with respect to the Offered Certificates, other than those conditions which are dependent on facts unknown to the depositor or which it cannot control, such as those relating to the circumstances of the Plan purchaser or the Plan fiduciary making the decision to purchase any such Offered Certificates.

 

If the general conditions of the Exemption are satisfied, the Exemption may provide an exemption from the restrictions imposed by Sections 406(a) and 407(a) of ERISA (as well as the excise taxes imposed by Code Sections 4975(a) and (b) by reason of Code Sections 4975(c)(1)(A) through (D)) in connection with (1) the direct or indirect sale, exchange or transfer of Offered Certificates in the initial issuance of certificates between the depositor or the underwriters and a Plan when the depositor, any of the underwriters, the trustee, the master servicer, the special servicer, a sub-servicer or a borrower is a party in interest with respect to the investing Plan, (2) the direct or indirect acquisition or disposition in the secondary market of the Offered Certificates by a Plan and (3) the holding of Offered Certificates by a Plan. However, no exemption is provided from the restrictions of Sections 406(a)(1)(E), 406(a)(2) and 407 of ERISA for the acquisition or holding of an Offered Certificate on behalf of an “Excluded Plan” by any person who has discretionary authority or renders investment advice with respect to the assets of the Excluded Plan. For purposes of this prospectus, an “Excluded Plan” is a Plan sponsored by any member of the Restricted Group.

 

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If certain specific conditions of the Exemption are also satisfied, the Exemption may provide an exemption from the restrictions imposed by Sections 406(b)(1) and (b)(2) of ERISA and the taxes imposed by Code Section 4975(c)(1)(E) in connection with (1) the direct or indirect sale, exchange or transfer of Offered Certificates in the initial issuance of certificates between the depositor or the underwriters and a Plan when the person who has discretionary authority or renders investment advice with respect to the investment of Plan assets in those certificates is (a) a borrower with respect to 5% or less of the fair market value of the mortgage loans or (b) an affiliate of that person, (2) the direct or indirect acquisition or disposition in the secondary market of Offered Certificates by a Plan and (3) the holding of Offered Certificates by a Plan.

 

Further, if certain specific conditions of the Exemption are satisfied, the Exemption may provide an exemption from the restrictions imposed by Sections 406(a), 406(b) and 407(a) of ERISA, and the taxes imposed by Code Sections 4975(a) and (b) by reason of Code Section 4975(c) for transactions in connection with the servicing, management and operation of the pool of mortgage loans.

 

A fiduciary of a Plan should consult with its counsel with respect to the applicability of the Exemption. The fiduciary of a plan not subject to ERISA or Code Section 4975, such as a governmental plan, should determine the need for and availability of exemptive relief under applicable Similar Law. A purchaser of an Offered Certificate should be aware, however, that even if the conditions specified in one or more exemptions are satisfied, the scope of relief provided by an exemption may not cover all acts which might be construed as prohibited transactions.

 

Each purchaser of Offered Certificates that is an ERISA Plan will be deemed to have represented and warranted that (i) none of the depositor, the issuing entity, the trustee, any underwriter, the master servicer, the special servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the operating advisor, the asset representations reviewer, or any of their respective affiliated entities, has provided any investment advice within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA (and regulations thereunder) to the ERISA Plan, or to any fiduciary or other person making the decision to invest the assets of the ERISA Plan (“Fiduciary”), in connection with its acquisition of Certificates, and (ii) the Fiduciary is exercising its own independent judgment in evaluating the transaction.

 

Insurance Company General Accounts

 

Sections I and III of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 95-60 exempt from the application of the prohibited transaction provisions of Sections 406(a), 406(b) and 407(a) of ERISA and Code Section 4975 transactions in connection with the acquisition of a security (such as a certificate issued by the issuing entity) as well as the servicing, management and operation of a trust (such as the issuing entity) in which an insurance company general account has an interest as a result of its acquisition of certificates issued by the issuing entity, provided that certain conditions are satisfied. If these conditions are met, insurance company general accounts investing assets that are treated as assets of Plans would be allowed to purchase certain classes of certificates which do not meet the ratings requirements of the Exemption. All other conditions of the Exemption would have to be satisfied in order for PTCE 95-60 to be available. Before purchasing any class of Offered Certificates, an insurance company general account seeking to rely on Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 should itself confirm that all applicable conditions and other requirements have been satisfied.

 

Section 401(c) of ERISA provides certain exemptive relief from the provisions of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA and Code Section 4975, including the prohibited transaction restrictions imposed by ERISA and the related excise taxes imposed by the Code, for transactions involving an insurance company general account. Pursuant to Section 401(c) of ERISA, the DOL issued regulations (“401(c) Regulations”), generally effective July 5, 2001, to provide guidance for the purpose of determining, in cases where insurance policies supported by an insurance company’s general account are issued to or for the benefit of a Plan on or before December 31, 1998, which general account assets constitute Plan assets. Any assets of an insurance company general account which support insurance policies issued to a Plan after December 31, 1998 or issued to Plans on or before December 31, 1998 for which the insurance company does not comply with the 401(c) Regulations may be treated as Plan assets. In addition, because

 

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Section 401(c) of ERISA does not relate to insurance company separate accounts, separate account assets are still generally treated as Plan assets of any Plan invested in that separate account. Insurance companies contemplating the investment of general account assets in the Offered Certificates should consult with their counsel with respect to the applicability of Section 401(c) of ERISA.

 

Due to the complexity of these rules and the penalties imposed upon persons involved in prohibited transactions, it is particularly important that potential investors who are Plan fiduciaries or who are investing Plan assets consult with their counsel regarding the consequences under ERISA and the Code of their acquisition and ownership of certificates.

 

THE SALE OF OFFERED CERTIFICATES TO A PLAN IS IN NO RESPECT A REPRESENTATION BY THE DEPOSITOR OR ANY OF THE UNDERWRITERS THAT THIS INVESTMENT MEETS ANY RELEVANT LEGAL REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INVESTMENTS BY PLANS GENERALLY OR ANY PARTICULAR PLAN, OR THAT THIS INVESTMENT IS APPROPRIATE FOR PLANS GENERALLY OR ANY PARTICULAR PLAN.

 

Legal Investment

 

None of the classes of Offered Certificates will constitute “mortgage related securities” for purposes of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, as amended (“SMMEA”). Generally, the only classes of Offered Certificates which will qualify as “mortgage related securities” will be those that (1) are rated in one of the two highest rating categories by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act (“NRSRO”); and (2) are part of a series evidencing interests in a trust consisting of loans originated by certain types of originators specified in SMMEA and secured by first liens on real estate.

 

Although Section 939(e) of the Dodd-Frank Act amended SMMEA, effective July 21, 2012, so as to require the SEC to establish creditworthiness standards by that date in substitution for the foregoing ratings test, the SEC has neither proposed nor adopted a rule establishing new creditworthiness standards for purposes of SMMEA as of the date of this prospectus. However, the SEC has issued a transitional interpretation (Release No. 34-67448 (effective July 20, 2012)), which provides that, until such time as final rules establishing new standards of creditworthiness become effective, the standard of creditworthiness for purposes of the definition of the term “mortgage related security” is a security that is rated in one of the two highest rating categories by at least one NRSRO. Depending on the standards of creditworthiness that are ultimately established by the SEC, it is possible that certain classes of Offered Certificates specified to be “mortgage related securities” for purposes of SMMEA may no longer qualify as such as of the time such new standards are effective.

 

The appropriate characterization of the Offered Certificates under various legal investment restrictions, and thus the ability of investors subject to those restrictions to purchase the Offered Certificates, are subject to significant interpretive uncertainties. We make no representation as to the proper characterization of the Offered Certificates for legal investment, financial institution regulatory, or other purposes, or as to the ability of particular investors to purchase any Offered Certificates under applicable legal investment restrictions. Further, any ratings downgrade of a class of Offered Certificates by an NRSRO to less than an “investment grade” rating (i.e., lower than the top four rating categories) may adversely affect the ability of an investor to purchase or retain, or otherwise impact the regulatory characteristics of, that class. The uncertainties described above (and any unfavorable future determinations concerning the legal investment or financial institution regulatory characteristics of the Offered Certificates) may adversely affect the liquidity and market value of the Offered Certificates.

 

Accordingly, if your investment activities are subject to legal investment laws and regulations, regulatory capital requirements, or review by regulatory authorities, you should consult with your own legal advisors in determining whether and to what extent the Offered Certificates constitute legal investments or are subject to investment, capital, or other regulatory restrictions.

 

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The issuing entity will not be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The issuing entity will be relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended contained in Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available to the issuing entity. The issuing entity is being structured so as not to constitute a “covered fund” for purposes of the Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Act.

 

Legal Matters

 

The validity of the certificates and material federal income tax matters will be passed upon for the depositor by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the underwriters by Sidley Austin LLP.

 

Ratings

 

It is a condition to their issuance that the Offered Certificates receive investment grade credit ratings from each of the Rating Agencies engaged by the Depositor to rate such class of certificates.

 

We are not obligated to maintain any particular rating with respect to any class of Offered Certificates. Changes affecting the Mortgaged Properties, the parties to the PSA or another person may have an adverse effect on the ratings of the Offered Certificates, and thus on the liquidity, market value and regulatory characteristics of the Offered Certificates, although such adverse changes would not necessarily be an event of default under the applicable Mortgage Loan.

 

The ratings address the likelihood of full and timely receipt by the Certificateholders of all distributions of interest at the applicable Pass-Through Rate on the Offered Certificates to which they are entitled on each distribution date and the ultimate payment in full of the Certificate Balance of each class of Offered Certificates on a date that it not later than the Rated Final Distribution Date with respect to such class of certificates. The Rated Final Distribution Date will be the Distribution Date in January 2054. See “Yield and Maturity Considerations” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Advances”. Any ratings of each Offered Certificates should be evaluated independently from similar ratings on other types of securities.

 

The ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities, a measure of asset value or an indication of the suitability of an investment, and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by any Rating Agency. In addition, these ratings do not address: (a) the likelihood, timing, or frequency of prepayments (both voluntary and involuntary) and their impact on interest payments or the degree to which such prepayments might differ from those originally anticipated, (b) the possibility that a Certificateholder might suffer a lower than anticipated yield, (c) the likelihood of receipt of yield maintenance charges, prepayment charges, prepayment premiums, prepayment fees or penalties or default interest or post anticipated repayment date additional interest, (d) the likelihood of experiencing any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, an assessment of whether or to what extent the interest payable on any class of Offered Certificates may be reduced in connection with any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, or of receiving Compensating Interest Payments, (e) the tax treatment of the Offered Certificates or effect of taxes on the payments received, (f) the likelihood or willingness of the parties to the respective documents to meet their contractual obligations or the likelihood or willingness of any party or court to enforce, or hold enforceable, the documents in whole or in part, (g) an assessment of the yield to maturity that investors may experience, (h) the likelihood, timing or receipt of any payments of interest to the holders of the Offered Certificates resulting from an increase in the interest rate on any Mortgage Loan in connection with a Mortgage Loan modification, waiver or amendment, (i) Excess Interest or (ii) other non-credit risks, including, without limitation, market risks or liquidity.

 

The ratings take into consideration the credit quality of the underlying Mortgaged Properties and the Mortgage Loans, structural and legal aspects associated with the Offered Certificates, and the extent to which the payment stream of the Mortgage Loans is adequate to make payments required under the Offered Certificates. However, as noted above, the ratings do not represent an assessment of the

 

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likelihood, timing or frequency of principal prepayments (both voluntary and involuntary) by the borrowers, or the degree to which such prepayments might differ from those originally anticipated. In general, the ratings address credit risk and not prepayment risk. Ratings are forward-looking opinions about credit risk and express an agency’s opinion about the ability and willingness of an issuer of securities to meet its financial obligations in full and on time. Ratings are not indications of investment merit. In addition, the ratings do not represent an assessment of the yield to maturity that investors may experience or the possibility that investors might not fully recover their initial investment in the event of delinquencies or defaults or rapid prepayments on the Mortgage Loans (including both voluntary and involuntary prepayments) or the application of any realized losses. In the event that holders of such certificates do not fully recover their investment as a result of rapid principal prepayments on the Mortgage Loans, all amounts “due” to such holders will nevertheless have been paid, and such result is consistent with the ratings assigned to such certificates. As indicated in this prospectus, holders of the certificates with Notional Amounts are entitled only to payments of interest on the related Mortgage Loans. If the Mortgage Loans were to prepay in the initial month, with the result that the holders of the certificates with Notional Amounts receive only a single month’s interest and therefore, suffer a nearly complete loss of their investment, all amounts “due” to such holders will nevertheless have been paid, and such result is consistent with the rating received on those certificates. The Notional Amounts of the certificates with Notional Amounts on which interest is calculated may be reduced by the allocation of realized losses and prepayments, whether voluntary or involuntary. The ratings do not address the timing or magnitude of reductions of such Notional Amount, but only the obligation to pay interest timely on the Notional Amount, as so reduced from time to time. Therefore, the ratings of the certificates with Notional Amounts should be evaluated independently from similar ratings on other types of securities. See “Risk Factors—Other Risks Relating to the Certificates—Your Yield May Be Affected by Defaults, Prepayments and Other Factors” and “Yield and Maturity Considerations”.

 

Although the depositor will prepay fees for ongoing rating surveillance by certain of the Rating Agencies, the depositor has no obligation or ability to ensure that any Rating Agency performs ratings surveillance. In addition, a Rating Agency may cease ratings surveillance if the information furnished to that Rating Agency is insufficient to allow it to perform surveillance.

 

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Index of Defined Terms

  

17g-5 Information Provider 318
1986 Act 477
1996 Act 456
401(c) Regulations 494
AB Modified Loan 366
AB Whole Loan 207
Acceptable Insurance Default 370
Acceptable Master Lease 159
Accrued AB Loan Interest 301
Accrued and Deferred Principal 192
Accrued Interest 192
Acting General Counsel’s Letter 137
Actual/360 Basis 31, 191
Actual/360 Loans 343
ADA 174, 459
Adjusted Release Amount 200
Administrative Cost Rate 296
ADR 147
Advances 339
Affected Investors 141
Affirmative Asset Review Vote 408
Aggregate Available Funds 290
Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount 297
Allocated Loan Amount 147
Annual Debt Service 147
Anticipated Repayment Date 191
Appraisal Reduction Amount 362
Appraisal Reduction Event 361
Appraised Value 147
Appraised-Out Class 367
Approved Exchange 17
ARD Loan 191
ASR Consultation Process 384
Assessment of Compliance 438
Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee 359
Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap 359
Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event 413
Asset Review 410
Asset Review Notice 409
Asset Review Quorum 409
Asset Review Report 411
Asset Review Report Summary 411
Asset Review Standard 410
Asset Review Trigger 407
Asset Review Vote Election 408
Asset Status Report 381
Assumed Final Distribution Date 304
Assumed Scheduled Payment 298
Attestation Report 438

 

Available Funds 291
Balloon Balance 148
Balloon LTV 149
BANK 2020-BNK30 PSA 207
Base Interest Fraction 303
Benchmark 2020-B20 PSA 207
Benchmark 2020-B21 PSA 207
Benefit Plan Investors 492
Borrower Party 311
Borrower Party Affiliate 311
B-Piece Buyer 120
Breach Notice 330
BSCMI 247
Burlington Ongoing Co-Tenancy Event 179
Business Day 344
BX 2020-VIVA Servicer 223
BX 2020-VIVA Special Servicer 223
BX 2020-VIVA Trustee 223
BX 2020-VIVA TSA 207, 223
Cabinetworks Portfolio Guarantor 205
CalSTRS 492
CERCLA 456
Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee 358
Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate 358
Certificate Balance 288
Certificate Owners 320
Certificateholder 312
Certificateholder Quorum 416
Certificateholder Repurchase Request 426
Certifying Certificateholder 322
CGMRC 254
City 185
Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance 299
Class X Certificates 3, 287
Class X-A Strip Rates 295
Class X-B Strip Rate 295
Class X-D Strip Rate 295
Class X-F Strip Rate 295
Class X-G Strip Rate 295
Class X-H Strip Rate 296
Clearstream 319
Clearstream Participants 321
Closing Date 146
Closing Date Deposit Amount 48
CMBS 140
Code 475
Collateral Deficiency Amount 366
Collection Account 342
Collection Period 291
Communication Request 323
Companion Loan 144

 

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Companion Loan Holder 205
Compensating Interest Payment 305
Constant Prepayment Rate 467
Consultation Termination Event 396
Control Eligible Certificates 390
Control Note 208
Control Termination Event 396
Controlling Class 390
Controlling Class Certificateholder 390
Controlling Holder 208
Controlling Note 208
Corrected Loan 381
Co-Tenancy Termination Period 179
Co-Tenancy Violation 179
COVID Modification 362
COVID Modification Agreement 362
COVID Modified Loan 362
COVID-19 59
COVID-19 Emergency 362
CPR 467
CREC 170
Credit Risk Retention Rules 284
CREFC® 309
CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee 360
CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate 360
CREFC® Reports 309
CREFI 145, 254
CREFI Data File 255
CREFI Mortgage Loans 254
CREFI Securitization Database 255
Crossover Date 293
CRR 141
Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount 366
Cure/Contest Period 410
Current LTV 148
Cut-off Date 144
Cut-off Date Balance 148
Cut-off Date LTV Ratio 148
Cut-off Date UW NCF 151
daily portions 479
DB Originators 241
DBNY 237, 283
DBRI 237
Default Release 198
Default Release Event 200
Defaulted Loan 387
Defeasance Deposit 196
Defeasance Loans 196
Defeasance Lock-Out Period 196
Defeasance Option 196
Definitive Certificate 319
Delegated Directive 14
Delinquent Loan 408
Depositaries 319

 

Determination Date 289
Deutsche Bank 238
Development Agency 204
Development Agency Loan 204
Development Agency Loan Reserve Funds 204
Diligence File 327
Directing Holder 390
Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process 383
Disclosable Special Servicer Fees 358
Discount Rate 193
Dispute Resolution Consultation 429
Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date 428
Distribution Accounts 342
Distribution Date 289
DMARC 238
Dodd-Frank Act 142
DOJ 238
DOL 492
DTC 319
DTC Participants 319
DTC Rules 320
Due Date 191, 291
Due Diligence Questionnaire 256
DY Cure Event 197
EDGAR 490
EEA 14
El Morro 182
Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer 412
Eligible Operating Advisor 402
Enforcing Party 427
Enforcing Servicer 427
ESA 168, 242, 251
Escrow/Reserve Mitigating Circumstances 245, 253
Euroclear 319
Euroclear Operator 321
Euroclear Participants 321
European Due Diligence Requirements 141
European Securitization Regulation 141
Excess Interest 191
Excess Interest Distribution Account 342, 343
Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall 306
Exchange Act 237, 246
Excluded Controlling Class Holder 311
Excluded Controlling Class Loan 312
Excluded Information 312
Excluded Loan 312
Excluded Plan 493
Excluded Special Servicer 417
Excluded Special Servicer Mortgage Loan 417
Exemption 492
Exemption Rating Agency 492

 

499

 

 

FATCA 486
FDIA 136
FDIC 136
FDIC Safe Harbor 136
FETL 18
Fiduciary 494
FIEL 18
Final Asset Status Report 384
Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice 429
Financial Promotion Order 15
FIRREA 137, 242, 250
Fitch 437
FPO Persons 16
FSCMA 18
FSMA 15
Funds 279
GACC 145, 237
GACC Data Tape 239
GACC Deal Team 239
GACC Mortgage Loans 239
Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account 343
Garn Act 458
Goldman Originator 265
GRACE 2020-GRCE Securitization Trust 222
GRACE 2020-GRCE TSA 208
grace period 191
Grantor Trust 53, 475
GS Bank 136, 146, 263
GSMC 263
GSMC Data Tape 264
GSMC Deal Team 264
GSMC Mortgage Loans 263
GSMS 2020-GC47 PSA 208
GSMS 2020-GSA2 PSA 208
Hard Lockbox 148
HSTP Act 78
IEPA 170
Indirect Participants 319
Initial Delivery Date 382
Initial Pool Balance 144
Initial Rate 191
Initial Requesting Certificateholder 426
In-Place Cash Management 148
Institutional Investor 17
Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds 342
Insurance Distribution Directive 14
Intercreditor Agreement 205
Interest Accrual Amount 297
Interest Accrual Period 297
Interest Distribution Amount 297
Interest Payment Differential 193
Interest Reserve Account 343
Interest Shortfall 297
Interested Person 388
Intermediary 485

 

Investment Company Act 1
Investor Certification 312
Investor Q&A Forum 317
Investor Registry 317
IO Group YM Distribution Amount 303
Japanese Retention Requirement 19
JFSA 18
JPMCB 145, 246
JPMCB Data Tape 248
JPMCB Deal Team 247
JPMCB Mortgage Loans 247
JPMCB’s Qualification Criteria 249
JPMCCMSC 246
JRR Rule 19
KBRA 437
Largest Tenant 148
Lease Expiration 148
Lennar 279
Liquidation Fee 354
Liquidation Proceeds 354
Loan Per Net Rentable Area 148
Loan-to-Value Ratio 148
Loan-to-Value Ratio at Maturity or ARD 149
Loss Event 200
Loss of Value Payment 331
Lowe’s Parcel 189
Lower-Tier Regular Interests 475
Lower-Tier REMIC 53, 475
Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account 342
LTV Ratio 148
LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD 149
MAI 332
Major Decision 391
Major Decision Reporting Package 391
Market Discount 480
MAS 17
Master Servicer Major Decision 394
Master Servicer Non-Major Decision 374
Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice 427
Master Servicer Remittance Date 338
Master Servicing Fee 351
Master Servicing Fee Rate 351
Material Defect 330
Maturity Date LTV Ratio 149
McClellan Business Park Release Parcel 199
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay A Notes 223
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay B Notes 223
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Note Control Appraisal Period 235
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay C Notes 223
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Co-Lender Agreement 223
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Companion Loans 223

 

500

 

 

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Controlling Noteholder 234
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Note Control Appraisal Period 235
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior B Notes 223
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Major Decision 236
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Controlling Noteholder 235
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Non-Lead Noteholders 236
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Pari Passu Companion Loans 223
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay PLL Policy 184
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Required PLL Policy Term 184
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior B Note Control Appraisal Period 236
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Subordinate Companion Loans 223
MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan 223
MGM Policies 184
MGM Tenant 157
MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant 157
MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenants 186
Michaels Ongoing Co-Tenancy Event 179
Midland 276
MiFID II 14
MLPA 323
MOA 284
Modeling Assumptions 467
Modification Fees 357
Modified Mortgage Loan 361
Moody’s 437
Morningstar 276
Mortgage 145
Mortgage File 324
Mortgage Loan Seller 237
Mortgage Loans 144
Mortgage Note 145
Mortgage Pool 144
Mortgage Rate 297
Mortgaged Property 145
Most Recent NOI 149
MSA 149
Natixis 275
Neiman Marcus 173
Neiman Marcus Trigger Event 173
Net Default Interest 351
Net Mortgage Rate 296
Net Operating Income 149
Net Prepayment Interest Excess 305
Netflix 171

 

New Lease 182
NFIP 93
NI 33-105 19
NOI 149
NOI Date 149
Nomura 275
Non-Control Note 208
Non-Controlling Holder 208, 211
non-offered certificates 29
non-qualified intermediary 485
Nonrecoverable Advance 340
Non-Reduced Certificates 416
Non-Serviced AB Whole Loan 208
Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator 208
Non-Serviced Companion Loan 208
Non-Serviced Custodian 208
Non-Serviced Directing Holder 208
Non-Serviced Master Servicer 208
Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan 208
Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan 208
Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan 209
Non-Serviced PSA 209
Non-Serviced Securitization Trust 209
Non-Serviced Special Servicer 209
Non-Serviced Trustee 209
Non-Serviced Whole Loan 209
Non-U.S. Person 485
Non-VRR Certificates 29, 287
Non-VRR Percentage 285
Notional Amount 288
NRA 149
NRSRO 311, 421, 495
NRSRO Certification 313
Occupancy 149
Occupancy Date 150
offered certificates 29
Offered Certificates 287
Offsetting Modification Fees 357
OID Regulations 478
OLA 137
Ongoing Co-Tenancy Condition 179
Ongoing Inducement Condition 179
Operating Advisor Annual Report 401
Operating Advisor Consulting Fee 359
Operating Advisor Expenses 359
Operating Advisor Fee 358
Operating Advisor Fee Rate 359
Operating Advisor Standard 400
Operating Advisor Termination Event 404
Original Balance 150
P&I Advance 338
PAR 243, 251
Pari Passu Companion Loan 144
Participants 319
Parties in Interest 491

 

501

 

 

Pass-Through Rate 294
PATRIOT Act 460
Pattern Energy 182
PCE 169
PCO 185
PCR 262, 270
Pentalpha Surveillance 282
Periodic Payments 290
Permitted Investments 289
Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees 358
Pet Food Use 160
PetSmart Co-Tenancy Failure 179
PILOT 189
PIPs 87, 171
Plans 491
PLL Policy 187
PML 271
PPP 205
PRC 16
Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice 428
Prepayment Assumption 479
Prepayment Charge Entitlement 221
Prepayment Interest Excess 305
Prepayment Interest Shortfall 305
Prepayment Provision 150
PRIIPs Regulation 14
Prime Rate 342
Prime Storage Palm Desert Involuntary Prepayment 194
Principal Balance Certificates 3, 287
Principal Distribution Amount 298
Principal Shortfall 298
Privileged Information 403
Privileged Information Exception 403
Privileged Person 310
Prohibited Prepayment 306
Promotion Of Collective Investment Schemes Exemptions Order 16
Proposed Course of Action 428
Proposed Course of Action Notice 428
Proposed Plan 173
Prospectus Regulation 13
PSA 287
PSA Party Repurchase Request 427
PTCE 494
Purchase Price 331
Qualified Intermediary 485
Qualified Investor 14
Qualified Replacement Special Servicer 417
Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan 332
Qualifying CRE Loan Percentage 284
RAC No-Response Scenario 436
Rated Final Distribution Date 304
Rating Agencies 437
Rating Agency Confirmation 437

 

RCA 279
RCM 279
REA 75
Realized Loss 307
REC 168
Record Date 289
Registration Statement 490
Regular Interest 475
Regular Interest Holder 478
Regulation AB 439
Reimbursement Rate 342
Reinvestment Yield 193
Related Group 150
Related Proceeds 341
Release Amount 198
Release Date 196, 200
Release Outparcel 199
Relevant Persons 16
Relief Act 459
REMIC 475
REMIC Regulations 475
REO Account 344
REO Loan 299
REO Property 381
Repurchase Request 427
Requesting Certificateholder 429
Requesting Holders 367
Requesting Investor 323
Requesting Party 436
Required Risk Retention Percentage 284
Requirements 459
Residual Certificates 287
Resolution Failure 427
Resolved 427
Restricted Group 493
Restricted Mezzanine Holder 312
Restricted Party 403
Retaining Parties 284
Retaining Sponsor 283
Review Materials 409
Revised Rate 191
RevPAR 150
Risk Retention Consultation Party 311
RMBS 275
Rooms 154
Rule 15Ga-1 253
Rule 17g-5 313
S&P 276
Sales Tax 189
Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount 298
SEC 237, 246
Securities Act 438
Securitization Accounts 344
SEL 271
Senior Certificates 287
Senior Principal Balance Certificates 287

 

502

 

 

Serviced Companion Loan 209
Serviced Mortgage Loan 209
Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan 209
Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan 209
Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan 209
Serviced Whole Loan 209
Serviced Whole Loan Custodial Account 342
Servicer Termination Even 419
Servicer Termination Event 421
Servicing Advances 339
Servicing Compensation 352
Servicing Fee 351
Servicing Fee Rate 351
Servicing Standard 337
Servicing Transfer Event 381
SF 150
SFA 17
SFO 17
Similar Law 491
Small Loan Appraisal Estimate 364
SMMEA 495
SMP 170
Soft Lockbox 150
Soft Springing Hard Lockbox 150
Sole Certificateholder 357
Special Servicer Major Decision 394
Special Servicer Non-Major Decision 372
Special Servicing Fee 353
Special Servicing Fee Rate 353
Specially Serviced Loans 379
Sponsor 237
Springing Cash Management 150
Springing Lockbox 150
Sq. Ft. 150
Square Feet 150
SRP 170
SSDS 169
Startup Day 476
Stated Principal Balance 299
Stone Point 279
Subject Loans 359
Sublease 182
Subordinate Certificates 287
Subordinate Companion Loan 144, 209
Subsequent Asset Status Report 382
Sub-Servicing Agreement 337
Sub-Servicing Entity 421
SVOCs 170
T-12 150
TCEQ 169
TCO 185
Tenant Competitor 159
Term to Maturity 151
Terms and Conditions 321
Tests 410

 

The Grace Building Co-Lender Agreement 215
The Grace Building Companion Loans 215
The Grace Building Mortgage Loan 215
The Grace Building Pari Passu Companion Loans 215
The Grace Building Servicer 215
The Grace Building Special Servicer 215
The Grace Building Standalone Companion Loans 215
The Grace Building Subordinate Companion Loans 215
The Grace Building Triggering Event of Default 216
The Grace Building Trustee 216
The Grace Building Whole Loan 215
Title V 458
Trade Desk Additional Premises 177
Trailing 12 NOI 149
Triggering Event of Default 224
TRIPRA 93
Trust 273
Trust Directing Holder 25, 390
Trust REMIC 53
Trust REMICs 475
TTM 150, 158
Twin Rivers Condominium Unit 164
Twin Rivers Parcel 199
U.S. Obligations 193
U.S. Person 485
UCC 446
UK Affected Investors 142
Underwriter Entities 113
Underwriting Agreement 488
Underwritten EGI 151, 154
Underwritten Expenses 151
Underwritten NCF 151
Underwritten NCF Debt Yield 151
Underwritten NCF DSCR 152
Underwritten Net Cash Flow 151
Underwritten Net Cash Flow DSCR 152
Underwritten Net Operating Income 152
Underwritten Net Operating Income DSCR 154
Underwritten NOI 152
Underwritten NOI Debt Yield 151
Underwritten NOI DSCR 154
Underwritten Revenues 154
Units 154
Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount 298
Unsolicited Information 410
Updated Appraisal 364
Upper-Tier REMIC 53, 475
Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account 342
USTs 171

 

503

 

 

UW EGI 151, 154
UW Expenses 151
UW NCF 151
UW NCF Debt Yield 151
UW NCF DSCR 152
UW NOI 152
UW NOI Debt Yield 151
UW NOI DSCR 154
VCP 169
VDEQ 169
Vista 182
VOC 169
Volcker Rule 143
Voting Rights 318
VRR Allocation Percentage 286
VRR Available Funds 284
VRR Interest 4, 283
VRR Interest Distribution Amount 286

 

VRR Percentage 286
VRR Principal Distribution Amount 286
VRR Realized Loss 285
VRR Realized Loss Interest Distribution Amount 286
VRR Upper-Tier REMIC Regular Interests 475
WAC rate 3
WAC Rate 296
Weighted Average Mortgage Rate 154
Wells Fargo Bank 274
Whole Loan 144, 209
Withheld Amounts 343
Workout Fee 353
Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount 341
YM/Defeasance Loans 194

 

504

 

 

 

ANNEX A-1

 

CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

                                       
      % of   Mortgage   Cut-off       General Detailed     Interest Original Remaining Original Remaining
      Initial Pool # of Loan Original Date   Maturity   Property Property Interest Administrative Accrual Term to Term to Amortization Amortization
Loan ID Property Name Balance Properties Seller(1) Balance($)(3) Balance($)(3)   or ARD Balance($)   Type Type Rate(6) Fee Rate(7) Basis Maturity or ARD(8) Maturity or ARD(8) Term Term
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) 9.8% 1 JPMCB/GACC 80,000,000 80,000,000   80,000,000   Office CBD 2.6921% 0.01621% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36) 9.2% 2 CREFI/GACC 75,000,000 75,000,000   75,000,000   Hospitality Full Service 3.5580% 0.01434% Actual/360 120 111 0 0
Property 2.001 MGM Grand 5.0% 1 CREFI/GACC 40,875,000 40,875,000       Hospitality Full Service              
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay 4.2% 1 CREFI/GACC 34,125,000 34,125,000       Hospitality Full Service              
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2) 8.7% 3 CREFI 71,000,000 71,000,000   71,000,000   Office CBD 3.5100% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 0 0
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street 4.4% 1 CREFI 36,003,546 36,003,546       Office CBD              
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street 2.8% 1 CREFI 22,911,348 22,911,348       Office CBD              
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street 1.5% 1 CREFI 12,085,106 12,085,106       Office CBD              
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) 7.4% 1 JPMCB 60,000,000 60,000,000   60,000,000   Mixed Use Retail/Office/Hospitality 3.3770% 0.02496% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2) 6.1% 2 JPMCB 50,000,000 50,000,000   42,592,005   Office Suburban 3.3920% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 360 360
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza 3.7% 1 JPMCB 30,488,644 30,488,644       Office Suburban              
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center 2.4% 1 JPMCB 19,511,356 19,511,356       Office Suburban              
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33) 4.7% 1 JPMCB 38,650,500 38,650,500   38,650,500   Retail Anchored 3.3770% 0.02496% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) 4.0% 1 JPMCB 32,500,000 32,500,000   32,500,000   Mixed Use Office/Retail 3.6800% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 111 0 0
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) 4.0% 1 GSMC 32,400,000 32,400,000   32,400,000   Mixed Use Industrial/Office/Multifamily/Retail/Other 3.3090% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Loan 9 1088 Sansome 4.0% 1 GACC 32,250,000 32,250,000   32,250,000   Office CBD 3.2760% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 0 0
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) 3.7% 1 GSMC 30,000,000 30,000,000   30,000,000   Mixed Use Office/Retail 3.1600% 0.01621% Actual/360 120 111 0 0
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah 3.5% 1 JPMCB 28,700,000 28,700,000   28,700,000   Industrial Warehouse/Distribution 3.5570% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 0 0
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue 3.2% 1 CREFI 26,000,000 26,000,000   26,000,000   Multifamily Mid Rise 3.7700% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) 3.1% 1 CREFI 25,000,000 25,000,000   25,000,000   Office CBD 3.2500% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 119 0 0
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive 2.9% 1 CREFI 23,500,000 23,500,000   19,062,368   Office Suburban 4.6000% 0.04371% Actual/360 120 120 360 360
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2) 2.5% 1 GSMC 20,000,000 20,000,000   20,000,000   Hospitality Full Service 3.1390% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 111 0 0
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) 2.5% 1 CREFI 20,000,000 20,000,000   18,088,727   Hospitality Full Service 3.8000% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 111 360 360
Loan 17 Medici Office Park 2.3% 1 GSMC 18,500,000 18,500,000   14,477,468   Office Suburban 3.5980% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 360 360
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street 2.0% 1 CREFI 16,000,000 16,000,000   16,000,000   Retail Unanchored 3.4500% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36) 1.8% 3 GSMC 15,000,000 15,000,000   13,450,012   Industrial Manufacturing 3.3220% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 119 360 360
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue 1.1% 1 GSMC 9,201,803 9,201,803       Industrial Manufacturing              
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue 0.4% 1 GSMC 3,468,100 3,468,100       Industrial Manufacturing              
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway 0.3% 1 GSMC 2,330,097 2,330,097       Industrial Manufacturing              
Loan 20 350 West Broadway 1.8% 1 JPMCB 15,000,000 15,000,000   11,793,110   Mixed Use Office/Retail 3.7210% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 360 360
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22) 1.7% 1 JPMCB 13,877,500 13,877,500   11,131,656   Retail Anchored 4.2780% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 360 360
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza 1.5% 1 JPMCB 12,500,000 12,500,000   12,500,000   Retail Anchored 3.0600% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial 1.4% 1 GACC 11,635,000 11,635,000   11,635,000   Industrial Warehouse/Distribution 3.4110% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 0 0
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage 1.4% 1 GACC 11,000,000 11,000,000   11,000,000   Self Storage Self Storage 2.9700% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 0 0
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio 1.3% 3 JPMCB 10,400,000 10,400,000   10,400,000   Industrial R&D/Flex 3.5760% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive 0.6% 1 JPMCB 4,500,000 4,500,000       Industrial R&D/Flex              
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road 0.5% 1 JPMCB 3,890,000 3,890,000       Industrial R&D/Flex              
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive 0.2% 1 JPMCB 2,010,000 2,010,000       Industrial R&D/Flex              
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio 1.1% 4 CREFI 8,960,000 8,960,000   7,701,062   Self Storage Self Storage 3.7400% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 360 360
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais 0.4% 1 CREFI 3,620,000 3,620,000       Self Storage Self Storage              
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone 0.3% 1 CREFI 2,640,000 2,640,000       Self Storage Self Storage              
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno 0.2% 1 CREFI 1,880,000 1,880,000       Self Storage Self Storage              
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee 0.1% 1 CREFI 820,000 820,000       Self Storage Self Storage              
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial 0.9% 1 GACC 7,150,000 7,150,000   6,733,088   Industrial Warehouse/Manufacturing 3.4750% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 360 360
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue 0.9% 1 CREFI 7,125,000 7,125,000   7,125,000   Retail Unanchored 3.9300% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 0 0
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36) 0.7% 1 GACC 5,665,000 5,665,000   5,070,017   Office Suburban Flex 4.4640% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 360 360
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage 0.6% 1 CREFI 4,890,000 4,890,000   4,189,108   Mixed Use Self Storage/Office 3.6100% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 360 360
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue 0.6% 1 CREFI 4,500,000 4,500,000   3,205,871   Office Suburban 3.7400% 0.01496% Actual/360 120 120 300 300
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage 0.5% 1 GACC 3,764,000 3,764,000   3,125,577   Self Storage Self Storage 4.4480% 0.01496% Actual/360 121 121 360 360
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert 0.4% 1 CREFI 3,250,000 3,250,000   3,250,000   Self Storage Self Storage 3.9900% 0.01496% Actual/360 61 61 0 0

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

                    Pari Passu Pari Passu                
        First       Monthly Annual Companion Loan Companion Loan Remaining     Crossed        
      Origination Payment Maturity ARD Loan Final Debt Debt Monthly Debt Annual Debt Interest Only   Cash With Related Underwritten Underwritten Grace
Loan ID Property Name Date Date(8) or ARD Date (Yes/No) Maturity Date Service($)(4)(9) Service($)(4)(9) Service($) Service($) Period(8)  Lockbox(10)  Management(11) Other Loans Borrower NOI DSCR(9)(12) NCF DSCR(9)(12) Period(14)
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) 11/17/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 181,966 2,183,592 1,826,484 21,917,807 120 Hard Springing No No 4.33x 4.25x 0
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36) 02/14/2020 04/05/2020 03/05/2030 Yes 03/05/2032 225,464 2,705,562 4,687,237 56,246,841 111 Hard Springing No No 4.95x 4.95x 0
Property 2.001 MGM Grand                                  
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay                                  
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2) 12/10/2020 01/06/2021 01/06/2031 No 01/06/2031 210,559 2,526,713 207,594 2,491,125 121 Soft Springing No No 2.40x 2.30x 0
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street                                  
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street                                  
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street                                  
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) 12/04/2020 01/05/2021 12/05/2030 No 12/05/2030 171,195 2,054,342 167,486 2,009,831 120 Hard Springing No Yes - A 4.02x 3.86x 0
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2) 12/02/2020 01/01/2021 01/01/2031 No 01/01/2031 221,519 2,658,227 177,215 2,126,581 37 Hard Springing No No 2.27x 2.00x 0
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza                                  
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center                                  
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33) 12/04/2020 01/05/2021 12/05/2030 No 12/05/2030 110,280 1,323,356     120 Hard Springing No Yes - A 3.33x 3.13x 0
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) 02/28/2020 04/01/2020 03/01/2030 No 03/01/2030 101,051 1,212,611 287,606 3,451,278 111 Hard Springing No No 1.98x 1.94x 0
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) 11/13/2020 01/11/2021 12/11/2030 No 12/11/2030 90,584 1,087,007 910,312 10,923,744 120 Hard Springing No No 3.13x 2.90x 0
Loan 9 1088 Sansome 12/08/2020 01/06/2021 01/06/2031 No 01/06/2031 89,265 1,071,184     121 Hard Springing No No 2.74x 2.73x 0
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) 03/06/2020 04/06/2020 03/06/2030 No 03/06/2030 80,097 961,167 1,375,002 16,500,028 111 Hard Springing No No 2.94x 2.90x 0
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah 12/04/2020 01/01/2021 01/01/2031 No 01/01/2031 86,253 1,035,038     121 Springing Springing No No 2.26x 2.24x 5 (once per year)
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue 11/25/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 82,818 993,814     120 Springing Springing No No 2.46x 2.44x 0
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) 11/03/2020 12/06/2020 11/06/2030 No 11/06/2030 68,649 823,785 274,595 3,295,139 119 Hard Springing No No 2.99x 2.66x 0
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive 11/23/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 120,471 1,445,657     0 Hard In Place No No 1.58x 1.50x 0
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2) 03/06/2020 04/06/2020 03/06/2030 No 03/06/2030 53,043 636,519 437,607 5,251,285 111 Hard Springing No No 4.81x 4.17x 0
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) 03/02/2020 04/06/2020 03/06/2030 No 03/06/2030 93,191 1,118,298 186,383 2,236,595 51 Hard Springing No No 2.52x 2.09x 0
Loan 17 Medici Office Park 12/10/2020 01/06/2021 01/06/2031 No 01/06/2031 84,089 1,009,063     1 Hard Springing No No 2.00x 1.81x 0
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street 11/30/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 46,639 559,667     120 Hard Springing No No 4.09x 3.91x 0
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36) 10/26/2020 12/06/2020 11/06/2030 No 11/06/2030 65,875 790,502 141,996 1,703,953 59 Hard Springing No No 2.23x 2.08x 0
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue                                  
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue                                  
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway                                  
Loan 20 350 West Broadway 11/24/2020 01/01/2021 12/01/2030 No 12/01/2030 69,221 830,649     0 Springing Springing No No 1.52x 1.42x 5 (once per year)
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22) 12/04/2020 01/01/2021 01/01/2031 No 01/01/2031 68,497 821,960     1 Springing Springing No No 1.86x 1.82x 5
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza 11/19/2020 01/01/2021 12/01/2030 No 12/01/2030 32,318 387,813     120 Hard Springing No No 3.29x 3.10x 5
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial 12/08/2020 01/06/2021 01/06/2031 No 01/06/2031 33,532 402,382     121 Hard Springing No Yes - B 2.82x 2.75x 0
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage 12/10/2020 01/06/2021 01/06/2031 No 01/06/2031 27,603 331,238     121 Springing Springing No No 3.14x 3.11x 0
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio 12/04/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 31,422 377,069     120 Hard Springing No Yes - B 2.91x 2.86x 0
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive                                  
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road                                  
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive                                  
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio 11/12/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 41,444 497,332     36 Springing Springing No Yes - C 1.77x 1.73x 0
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais                                  
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone                                  
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno                                  
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee                                  
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial 12/10/2020 01/06/2021 01/06/2031 No 01/06/2031 32,007 384,084     85 Hard Springing No Yes - B 1.82x 1.74x 0
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue 11/25/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 23,658 283,902     120 Springing Springing No No 2.22x 2.14x 0
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36) 11/23/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 28,583 342,992     48 Hard Springing No No 1.47x 1.41x 0
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage 11/19/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 22,260 267,116     36 Springing Springing No Yes - C 1.88x 1.78x 0
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue 11/17/2020 01/06/2021 12/06/2030 No 12/06/2030 23,111 277,337     0 Springing Springing No No 2.05x 1.74x 0
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage 12/09/2020 01/06/2021 01/06/2031 No 01/06/2031 18,956 227,466     13 Springing Springing No No 1.83x 1.79x 0
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert 12/09/2020 01/06/2021 01/06/2026 No 01/06/2026 10,956 131,476     61 Springing Springing No No 2.39x 2.36x 0

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

            FIRREA Cut-Off              
      Payment Appraised Appraisal Compliant Date LTV LTV Ratio at           Year
Loan ID Property Name Date Value ($)(15) As-of Date (Yes/No) Ratio(12) Maturity or ARD(12) Address City County State Zip Code Built
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) 6 2,150,000,000 09/08/2020 Yes 41.1% 41.1% 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York New York NY 10036 1974
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36) 5 4,600,000,000 01/10/2020 Yes 35.5% 35.5% Various Las Vegas Clark NV Various Various
Property 2.001 MGM Grand   2,505,000,000 01/10/2020 Yes     3799 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas Clark NV 89109 1993
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay   2,095,000,000 01/10/2020 Yes     3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard Las Vegas Clark NV 89119 1999
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2) 6 241,000,000 11/01/2020 Yes 58.5% 58.5% Various New York New York NY 10036 Various
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street   120,000,000 11/01/2020 Yes     15 West 47th Street New York New York NY 10036 1926
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street   79,000,000 11/01/2020 Yes     48 West 48th Street New York New York NY 10036 1926
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street   42,000,000 11/01/2020 Yes     151 West 46th Street New York New York NY 10036 1928
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) 5 237,400,000 10/02/2020 Yes 50.0% 50.0% 150 North Central Avenue and 1037 & 1070 West Park Lane Farmington Davis UT 84025 2011-2018
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2) 1 145,300,000 Various Yes 61.9% 52.8% Various Various Allegheny PA Various Various
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza   88,600,000 11/04/2020 Yes     415, 425, 601, 501 & 651 Holiday Drive and 681, 661 & 680 Andersen Drive Pittsburgh Allegheny PA 15220 1975, 1978, 1980, 1982-1985, 1987
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center   56,700,000 11/05/2020 Yes     200, 300 & 600 Corporate Center Drive, 400 Fairway Drive and 500, 625 & 700 Cherrington Parkway Coraopolis Allegheny PA 15108 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33) 5 99,200,000 10/02/2020 Yes 39.0% 39.0% 4630 West 13400 South Riverton Salt Lake UT 84103 2018-2019
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) 1 180,000,000 02/01/2020 Yes 69.4% 69.4% 4 West 58th Street New York New York NY 10019 1948
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) 11 595,000,000 09/15/2020 Yes 60.2% 60.2% 3140 Peacekeeper Way McClellan Sacramento CA 95652 1938-2019
Loan 9 1088 Sansome 6 54,000,000 11/02/2020 Yes 59.7% 59.7% 1088 Sansome Street San Francisco San Francisco CA 94111 1908
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) 6 1,000,000,000 01/23/2020 Yes 54.5% 54.5% 711 5th Avenue New York New York NY 10022 1927
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah 1 46,000,000 10/13/2020 Yes 62.4% 62.4% 1500 Crossgate Road Port Wentworth Chatham GA 31407 2020
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue 6 45,400,000 10/20/2020 Yes 57.3% 57.3% 111 Kent Avenue Brooklyn Kings NY 11249 2011
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) 6 243,000,000 08/28/2020 Yes 51.4% 51.4% 32-42 Broadway New York New York NY 10004 1898, 1904
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive 6 32,000,000 07/02/2020 Yes 73.4% 59.6% 27750 Entertainment Drive Valencia Los Angeles CA 91355 2017
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2) 6 301,000,000 11/10/2020 Yes 61.5% 61.5% 201 8th Avenue South Nashville Davidson TN 37203 2018
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) 6 113,800,000 01/09/2020 Yes 52.7% 47.7% 5701 Main Street Houston Harris TX 77005 1925
Loan 17 Medici Office Park 6 34,700,000 10/29/2020 Yes 53.3% 41.7% 14200, 14280 & 14400 East Jewell Avenue Aurora Arapahoe CO 80012 2000-2004
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street 6 47,200,000 11/04/2020 Yes 33.9% 33.9% 5 East 22nd Street New York New York NY 10010 1985
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36) 6 73,450,000 10/01/2020 Yes 64.4% 57.8% Various Various Various OH Various Various
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue   45,400,000 10/01/2020 Yes     15535 South State Avenue Middlefield Geauga OH 44062 1989
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue   16,550,000 10/01/2020 Yes     150 Grand Valley Avenue Orwell Ashtabula OH 44076 1995
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway   11,500,000 10/01/2020 Yes     16052 Industrial Parkway Middlefield Geauga OH 44062 1984
Loan 20 350 West Broadway 1 24,000,000 08/13/2020 Yes 62.5% 49.1% 350 West Broadway New York New York NY 10013 1910
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22) 1 25,200,000 10/08/2020 Yes 55.1% 44.2% 1803-1821, 2001-2021 & 2300 Maplewood Commons Drive Maplewood Saint Louis MO 63143 2004, 2005
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza 1 21,000,000 10/30/2020 Yes 59.5% 59.5% 117 Marketplace Drive Hampton Hampton City VA 23666 2007-2019
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial 6 19,750,000 10/30/2020 Yes 58.9% 58.9% 561 South Muddy Creek Road Denver Lancaster PA 17517 2015
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage 6 18,400,000 09/24/2020 Yes 59.8% 59.8% 425 North Main Street Salinas Monterey CA 93901 1999
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio 6 16,300,000 Various Yes 63.8% 63.8% Various Various Various Various Various Various
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive   7,050,000 11/11/2020 Yes     781 Avis Drive Ann Arbor Washtenaw MI 48108 1998
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road   6,100,000 11/02/2020 Yes     5750 East McKellips Road Mesa Maricopa AZ 85215 1961
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive   3,150,000 11/11/2020 Yes     1229 Oak Valley Drive Ann Arbor Washtenaw MI 48108 1997
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio 6 14,400,000 10/15/2020 Yes 62.2% 53.5% Various Various Kankakee IL Various Various
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais   6,300,000 10/15/2020 Yes     1806 Kinzie Avenue Bourbonnais Kankakee IL 60915 2015
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone   3,650,000 10/15/2020 Yes     2019 West Route 17 Kankakee Kankakee IL 60901 2010
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno   3,250,000 10/15/2020 Yes     300 South Spruce Street Manteno Kankakee IL 60950 2011
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee   1,200,000 10/15/2020 Yes     600 North Entrance Avenue Kankakee Kankakee IL 60901 2015
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial 6 11,000,000 10/29/2020 Yes 65.0% 61.2% 290 East Joe Orr Road Chicago Heights Cook IL 60411 1972
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue 6 12,500,000 12/01/2020 Yes 57.0% 57.0% 801 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn Kings NY 11205 2019
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36) 6 9,400,000 10/13/2020 Yes 60.3% 53.9% 5811 6th Avenue South Seattle King WA 98108 1967
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage 6 8,150,000 11/05/2020 Yes 60.0% 51.4% 1146 Elma G. Miles Parkway Hinesville Liberty GA 31313 2006
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue 6 8,700,000 08/15/2020 Yes 51.7% 36.8% 200 Centennial Avenue Piscataway Middlesex NJ 08854 1983
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage 6 5,900,000 08/12/2020 Yes 63.8% 53.0% 9219 Boone Road Houston Harris TX 77099 1976, 1977, 2000
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert 6 5,600,000 11/13/2020 Yes 58.0% 58.0% 75050 Merle Drive Palm Desert Riverside CA 92211 1990

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

        Net Units Loan per Net             Second Most Second Second Second Third Most
      Year Rentable Area of Rentable Area   Prepayment Provisions Most Recent Operating Most Recent Most Recent Most Recent Recent Operating Most Recent Most Recent Most Recent Recent Operating
Loan ID Property Name Renovated (SF/Units/Rooms)(5) Measure(5) (SF/Units/Rooms) $(5)(12)   (# of payments)(4)(17)(18)(19) Statements Date EGI ($) Expenses($) NOI($)(13) Statements Date EGI($) Expenses($) NOI($) Statements Date
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) 2018 1,556,972 Sq. Ft. 567   L(24), DorYM1(89), O(7) 09/30/2020 97,004,029 50,731,490 46,272,539 12/31/2019 102,917,243 50,379,050 52,538,193 12/31/2018
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36) NAP 9,748 Rooms 167,645   YM0.5(33), DorYM0.5(80), O(7) 09/30/2020 1,157,516,861 935,475,514 222,041,347 12/31/2019 2,106,295,488 1,586,215,135 520,080,353 12/31/2018
Property 2.001 MGM Grand NAP 4,998 Rooms 178,199     09/30/2020 662,869,240 533,910,560 128,958,680 12/31/2019 1,161,850,748 879,242,083 282,608,665 12/31/2018
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay NAP 4,750 Rooms 156,539     09/30/2020 494,647,621 401,564,954 93,082,667 12/31/2019 944,444,740 706,973,052 237,471,688 12/31/2018
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2) NAP 336,302 Sq. Ft. 419   L(24), D(93), O(4) 10/31/2020 16,421,332 7,098,959 9,322,373 12/31/2019 19,355,597 7,410,407 11,945,190 12/31/2018
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street NAP 133,139 Sq. Ft. 537     10/31/2020 8,651,241 3,328,036 5,323,205 12/31/2019 9,664,447 3,525,636 6,138,811 12/31/2018
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street NAP 137,663 Sq. Ft. 331     10/31/2020 5,380,555 2,563,454 2,817,101 12/31/2019 6,482,031 2,648,139 3,833,892 12/31/2018
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street NAP 65,500 Sq. Ft. 366     10/31/2020 2,389,536 1,207,469 1,182,067 12/31/2019 3,209,119 1,236,632 1,972,487 12/31/2018
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) NAP 995,303 Sq. Ft. 119   L(24), DorYM1(92), O(4) 10/31/2020 25,412,122 8,619,084 16,793,038 12/31/2019 23,768,809 10,609,018 13,159,791 12/31/2018
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2) NAP 1,056,658 Sq. Ft. 85   L(24), D(94), O(3) 08/31/2020 18,277,946 8,180,858 10,097,088 12/31/2019 17,988,387 9,262,505 8,725,882 12/31/2018
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza NAP 674,625 Sq. Ft. 81                      
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center NAP 382,033 Sq. Ft. 92                      
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33) NAP 406,978 Sq. Ft. 95   L(24), DorYM1(92), O(4) 10/31/2020 7,112,367 2,797,818 4,314,548 12/31/2019 5,884,967 2,564,727 3,320,240 12/31/2018
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) 2016-2019 83,537 Sq. Ft. 1,496   L(33), D(81), O(6) 06/30/2020 7,897,694 3,378,556 4,519,138 12/31/2019 5,628,265 2,057,287 3,570,977 12/31/2018
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) NAP 6,925,484 Sq. Ft. 52   YM(24), DorYM(89), O(7) 09/30/2020 46,135,523 16,541,707 29,593,816 12/31/2019 42,772,659 15,192,749 27,579,910 12/31/2018
Loan 9 1088 Sansome 2017 61,817 Sq. Ft. 522   L(24), D(92), O(5) 06/30/2020 3,728,679 811,984 2,916,696 12/31/2019 3,096,786 527,762 2,569,024  
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) 2013-2019 340,024 Sq. Ft. 1,603   L(33), D(80), O(7) 03/31/2020 69,060,254 21,771,999 47,288,255 12/31/2019 69,563,590 20,967,241 48,596,349 12/31/2018
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah NAP 117,351 Sq. Ft. 245   L(24), D(91), O(6)                  
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue NAP 62 Units 419,355   L(24), D(92), O(4) 09/30/2020 3,290,910 1,065,837 2,225,073          
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) 2019 521,573 Sq. Ft. 240   L(25), D(91), O(4) 06/30/2020 23,543,821 10,777,257 12,766,564 12/31/2019 23,020,311 11,125,485 11,894,826 12/31/2018
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive NAP 98,388 Sq. Ft. 239   L(24), D(92), O(4) 06/30/2020 3,046,126 1,165,419 1,880,707 12/31/2019 3,269,791 1,118,388 2,151,403 12/31/2018
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2) NAP 533 Rooms 347,092   L(33), D(80), O(7) 09/30/2020 48,245,221 40,461,820 7,783,401 12/31/2019 93,677,197 65,123,527 28,553,670  
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) 1968, 2005-2007 315 Rooms 190,476   YM1(117), O(3) 10/31/2020 20,545,319 18,658,479 1,886,840 12/31/2019 35,451,900 26,636,357 8,815,543 12/31/2018
Loan 17 Medici Office Park NAP 130,364 Sq. Ft. 142   L(24), D(93), O(4) 10/31/2020 3,371,854 1,287,820 2,084,034 12/31/2019 3,041,854 1,327,357 1,714,497 12/31/2018
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street NAP 25,886 Sq. Ft. 618   L(24), D(92), O(4) 09/30/2020 3,206,987 840,069 2,366,918 12/31/2019 3,086,430 817,399 2,269,032 12/31/2018
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36) Various 1,528,894 Sq. Ft. 31   L(25), DorYM1(88), O(7)                  
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue 2004 937,825 Sq. Ft. 31                      
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue 2004 353,588 Sq. Ft. 31                      
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway 2005 237,481 Sq. Ft. 31                      
Loan 20 350 West Broadway 2008 14,000 Sq. Ft. 1,071   L(24), D(91), O(5)                  
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22) NAP 159,968 Sq. Ft. 87   L(26), YM1(92), O(3) 08/31/2020 1,861,247 391,201 1,470,045 12/31/2019 1,912,975 408,002 1,504,973 12/31/2018
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza NAP 93,797 Sq. Ft. 133   L(24), D(90), O(6) T-7 7/31/2020 Ann. 1,592,269 363,152 1,229,117 12/31/2019 1,700,009 465,834 1,234,175 12/31/2018
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial NAP 197,300 Sq. Ft. 59   L(24), DorYM1(92), O(5)                  
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage NAP 92,477 Sq. Ft. 119   L(24), D(92), O(5) 10/31/2020 1,551,735 474,173 1,077,562 12/31/2019 1,581,259 478,254 1,103,005 12/31/2018
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio Various 121,869 Sq. Ft. 85   L(24), D(1), DorYM1(91), O(4)                  
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive NAP 39,571 Sq. Ft. 114                      
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road 1983 64,590 Sq. Ft. 60                      
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive NAP 17,708 Sq. Ft. 114                      
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio NAP 210,092 Sq. Ft. 43   L(24), D(92), O(4) 09/30/2020 1,478,836 597,013 881,823 12/31/2019 1,377,477 568,508 808,969 12/31/2018
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais NAP 82,590 Sq. Ft. 44     09/30/2020 637,300 204,387 432,914 12/31/2019 580,552 193,311 387,241 12/31/2018
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone NAP 56,780 Sq. Ft. 46     09/30/2020 336,921 127,146 209,775 12/31/2019 329,411 124,664 204,747 12/31/2018
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno NAP 50,622 Sq. Ft. 37     09/30/2020 341,778 175,721 166,056 12/31/2019 310,258 160,343 149,915 12/31/2018
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee NAP 20,100 Sq. Ft. 41     09/30/2020 162,838 89,760 73,078 12/31/2019 157,256 90,190 67,066 12/31/2018
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial 2019 184,530 Sq. Ft. 39   L(24), DorYM1(92), O(5)                  
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue NAP 20,790 Sq. Ft. 343   L(24), D(93), O(3)                  
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36) 2020 25,468 Sq. Ft. 222   L(24), D(91), O(5) 08/31/2020 529,077 117,830 411,247 12/31/2019 248,663 69,952 178,712  
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage 2007 73,275 Sq. Ft. 67   L(24), D(92), O(4) 10/31/2020 812,924 298,946 513,978 12/31/2019 720,784 313,194 407,589  
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue NAP 68,024 Sq. Ft. 66   L(24), D(93), O(3) 08/31/2020 807,190 406,725 400,465 12/31/2019 596,153 390,162 205,991 12/31/2018
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage 2019 90,278 Sq. Ft. 42   L(24), D(93), O(4) 09/30/2020 604,554 196,683 407,871 12/31/2019 588,235 195,242 392,993 T-8 12/31/2018 Ann.
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert NAP 39,115 Sq. Ft. 83   L(24), D(33), O(4) 09/30/2020 536,463 198,136 338,328 12/31/2019 497,978 192,525 305,453 12/31/2018

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

      Third Third Third                        
      Most Recent Most Recent Most Recent Underwritten NOI Underwritten NCF  Underwritten  Underwritten  Underwritten  Underwritten  Underwritten Underwritten Underwritten Ownership Ground Lease Ground Lease
Loan ID Property Name EGI($) Expenses($) NOI($) Debt Yield(12) Debt Yield(12)  Revenue($)  EGI($)  Expenses($)  NOI ($)(13)  Reserves($) TI/LC($) NCF ($) Interest(16)(20)(21)  Expiration(21)  Extension Terms(21)
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) 122,739,552 49,532,888 73,206,665 11.8% 11.6% 162,120,717 157,612,989 53,319,272 104,293,717 389,243 1,556,972 102,347,502 Fee Simple    
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36) 2,191,540,530 1,574,171,264 617,369,266 17.9% 17.9% 2,106,295,488 2,106,295,488 1,586,215,135 520,080,353 32,774,592   487,305,761 Fee Simple    
Property 2.001 MGM Grand 1,226,105,346 854,539,115 371,566,231     1,161,850,748 1,161,850,748 879,242,083 282,608,665 16,011,953   266,596,712 Fee Simple    
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay 965,435,184 719,632,149 245,803,035     944,444,740 944,444,740 706,973,052 237,471,688 16,762,639   220,709,049 Fee Simple    
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2) 19,301,583 6,955,364 12,346,219 8.6% 8.2% 21,736,871 19,909,478 7,846,160 12,063,318 69,310 450,439 11,543,568 Fee Simple    
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street 9,773,916 3,144,906 6,629,010     11,654,170 9,799,176 3,846,095 5,953,081 26,628 218,206 5,708,247 Fee Simple    
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street 6,421,117 2,646,973 3,774,144     6,700,325 6,700,325 2,731,610 3,968,716 27,533 160,909 3,780,274 Fee Simple    
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street 3,106,550 1,163,485 1,943,065     3,382,376 3,409,976 1,268,455 2,141,521 15,150 71,324 2,055,047 Fee Simple    
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) 21,608,519 9,303,290 12,305,229 13.8% 13.2% 28,827,822 24,904,368 8,562,632 16,341,736 149,295 497,652 15,694,789 Fee Simple    
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2) 18,343,379 10,336,817 8,006,562 12.1% 10.7% 23,641,718 19,674,430 8,818,737 10,855,693 211,332 1,056,658 9,587,703 Fee Simple    
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza                         Fee Simple    
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center                         Fee Simple    
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33) 1,590,226 716,861 873,366 11.4% 10.7% 9,416,367 7,203,220 2,798,865 4,404,355 61,047 203,489 4,139,819 Fee Simple    
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) 4,877,497 1,903,193 2,974,304 7.4% 7.2% 12,504,880 11,943,386 2,701,328 9,242,058 15,037 167,074 9,059,948 Fee Simple/Leasehold 09/14/2052 None
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) 39,655,018 14,730,525 24,924,493 10.5% 9.7% 55,035,947 52,666,380 15,037,967 37,628,413 1,038,823 1,731,371 34,858,219 Fee Simple    
Loan 9 1088 Sansome       9.1% 9.1% 3,903,785 3,708,595 770,336 2,938,260 12,363   2,925,896 Fee Simple    
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) 63,038,695 18,950,129 44,088,566 9.4% 9.3% 81,873,643 74,193,553 22,888,769 51,304,783 85,006 544,350 50,675,427 Fee Simple    
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah       8.1% 8.1% 3,098,300 3,005,351 670,516 2,334,835 11,735   2,323,100 Fee Simple    
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue       9.4% 9.3% 3,779,613 3,448,909 1,005,897 2,443,012 15,500   2,427,512 Fee Simple    
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) 22,313,427 10,791,578 11,521,849 9.8% 8.8% 25,286,593 23,169,206 10,872,817 12,296,389 365,101 979,245 10,952,043 Fee Simple    
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive 2,784,318 995,501 1,788,817 9.7% 9.2% 3,612,216 3,431,605 1,147,865 2,283,740 19,678 98,388 2,165,675 Fee Simple    
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2)       15.3% 13.3% 94,449,843 94,449,843 66,104,698 28,345,145 3,777,994   24,567,151 Fee Simple/Leasehold 03/06/2030 Four, 10-year options
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) 36,140,047 27,348,440 8,791,607 14.1% 11.7% 35,451,900 35,451,900 27,006,649 8,445,251 1,418,076   7,027,175 Fee Simple    
Loan 17 Medici Office Park 2,290,650 1,146,076 1,144,574 10.9% 9.9% 3,613,809 3,278,996 1,262,235 2,016,762 28,680 160,060 1,828,021 Fee Simple    
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street 2,957,545 783,377 2,174,168 14.3% 13.7% 3,507,466 3,168,291 877,063 2,291,228 5,546 95,323 2,190,359 Fee Simple    
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36)       11.7% 11.0% 6,034,332 5,732,615 171,978 5,560,637 229,334 145,245 5,186,058 Fee Simple    
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue           3,701,465 3,516,392 105,492 3,410,900 140,674 89,093 3,181,133 Fee Simple    
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue           1,395,563 1,325,784 39,774 1,286,011 53,038 33,591 1,199,382 Fee Simple    
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway           937,305 890,439 26,713 863,726 35,622 22,561 805,543 Fee Simple    
Loan 20 350 West Broadway       8.4% 7.9% 1,708,564 1,623,135 361,430 1,261,705 2,800 81,000 1,177,905 Fee Simple    
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22) 1,922,314 274,103 1,648,211 11.0% 10.8% 2,282,323 1,957,121 426,783 1,530,338 4,216 32,976 1,493,147 Fee Simple    
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza 2,241,945 597,209 1,644,736 10.2% 9.6% 1,788,207 1,649,142 371,958 1,277,184 14,070 60,968 1,202,146 Fee Simple    
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial       9.8% 9.5% 1,231,170 1,169,612 35,088 1,134,523 29,595   1,104,928 Fee Simple    
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage 1,576,303 498,562 1,077,741 9.4% 9.4% 1,723,380 1,582,557 543,971 1,038,586 7,398   1,031,188 Fee Simple    
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio       10.6% 10.4% 1,191,914 1,132,319 33,970 1,098,349 18,280   1,080,069 Fee Simple    
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive           519,331 493,365 14,801 478,564 5,936   472,628 Fee Simple    
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road           440,183 418,174 12,545 405,628 9,689   395,940 Fee Simple    
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive           232,400 220,780 6,623 214,157 2,656   211,501 Fee Simple    
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio 1,150,950 560,418 590,532 9.8% 9.6% 1,571,292 1,478,836 597,612 881,224 21,009   860,215 Fee Simple    
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais 415,077 188,552 226,524     660,972 637,300 204,580 432,721 8,259   424,462 Fee Simple    
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone 324,005 131,702 192,303     369,420 336,921 121,637 215,284 5,678   209,606 Fee Simple    
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno 269,814 149,315 120,499     365,316 341,778 180,481 161,297 5,062   156,235 Fee Simple    
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee 142,056 90,849 51,207     175,584 162,838 90,915 71,923 2,010   69,913 Fee Simple    
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial       9.8% 9.4% 756,593 718,763 21,563 697,200 27,680   669,521 Fee Simple    
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue       8.8% 8.5% 755,843 718,051 87,593 630,458 4,158 19,387 606,913 Fee Simple    
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36)       8.9% 8.5% 687,843 646,573 144,012 502,560 6,622 12,734 483,204 Fee Simple    
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage       10.3% 9.7% 627,996 803,770 301,712 502,058 8,203 17,500 476,356 Fee Simple    
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue 922,000 390,970 531,030 12.6% 10.7% 1,091,455 979,255 410,812 568,443 7,600 78,228 482,615 Fee Simple    
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage 549,681 195,468 354,213 11.0% 10.8% 757,596 623,700 207,868 415,832 9,738   406,094 Fee Simple    
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert 468,318 175,946 292,372 9.7% 9.5% 534,564 536,463 222,836 313,627 3,912   309,716 Fee Simple    

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

                             
          Lease     Lease     Lease     Lease
Loan ID Property Name Largest Tenant(24)(25)(26)(28) SF   Expiration(25) 2nd Largest Tenant(24)(25) SF Expiration(25) 3rd Largest Tenant(25)(26) SF Expiration(25) 4th Largest Tenant(23)(24)(25)(26) SF Expiration(25)
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) Bank of America, N.A. 155,270 05/31/2042 The Trade Desk 154,558 08/31/2030 Israel Discount Bank 142,533 12/31/2040 Bain & Company, Inc. 121,262 02/28/2030
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36)                        
Property 2.001 MGM Grand NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2)                        
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street Avi & Co. Ny Corp. 4,697 08/31/2025 Diamond Services 3,884 01/31/2022 The Del Gatto Luxury Group LLC 3,473 08/31/2025 Gogreen Diamonds Inc. 2,546 12/31/2025
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street Rockefeller Corp. 10,350 05/31/2030 Luccello, Inc. 5,100 11/30/2026 Ez Estate Llc 4,763 04/30/2022 Intercolor Inc. 4,069 06/30/2021
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street Havana Central- Ny 2, LLC 5,000 12/31/2029 Neiger LLP 5,000 08/31/2023 City Casting Corp. 5,000 03/31/2022 Artevyl Kiab LLC 5,000 07/31/2029
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) Harmons 69,389 04/30/2031 Cinemark 53,624 07/31/2026 Best Buy 50,455 03/31/2029 Life Engineering 43,145 06/01/2026
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2)                        
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza Tetra Tech, Inc. 49,269 02/28/2025 Wexford Health Sources, Inc. 43,716 08/31/2026 L.B. Foster Company 43,627 04/30/2027 Impaqt LLC 24,489 05/31/2024
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center Chevron USA 120,000 08/31/2025 Mortgage Connect 66,713 03/31/2027 Waste Management of PA, Inc. 24,259 07/31/2028 MS Consultants 12,452 10/31/2027
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33) Harmons 81,641 08/31/2038 T.J. Maxx and Home Goods 42,500 06/30/2028 Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation 40,000 02/28/2029 Michaels Stores 22,843 02/29/2028
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) The Neiman Marcus Group LLC. 40,170 02/28/2033 Netflix Inc. 10,651 12/31/2030 J2 Enterprises LTD. 6,121 07/31/2028 Northwell Health 5,174 05/31/2030
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) Amazon.com 417,637 06/30/2030 Hydra Distribution 388,784 04/16/2025 Dome Printing 320,000 11/17/2033 McClellan Jet Services 280,839 09/12/2022
Loan 9 1088 Sansome Pattern Energy 50,910 12/17/2028 Big Wines 10,907 10/01/2029 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) SunTrust Banks 84,516 04/30/2024 Allen & Company 70,972 09/30/2033 Ralph Lauren 38,638 06/30/2029 Loro Piana USA 24,388 08/31/2025
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah Amazon.com, Inc. 117,351 07/31/2032 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) City of NY Dept of Consumer Affairs 85,573 07/31/2027 City of NY Board of Elections 52,618 02/06/2022 Magilla Entertainment, LLC 33,106 09/15/2024 Premier Home Health Care Services, Inc. 18,000 01/31/2023
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive Scorpion Enterprises, LP 98,388 11/30/2035 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2) NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 17 Medici Office Park Veterans Administration 32,968 04/30/2024 CenturyLink 32,000 10/31/2027 Developmental Pathways Inc 16,500 01/31/2027 Continuum of Colorado Inc 16,500 01/31/2027
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street Proud Parking Corp. 17,579 05/31/2028 TD Bank, N.A. 3,354 09/30/2029 LensCrafters 2,350 04/30/2029 FedEx Office and Print 1,328 03/31/2024
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36)                        
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue Cabinetworks 937,825 08/31/2040 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue Cabinetworks 353,588 08/31/2040 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway Cabinetworks 237,481 08/31/2040 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 20 350 West Broadway Amazon Web Services 14,000 12/31/2024 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22) Lowe’s (Ground Lease) 131,863 01/31/2025 Massage Envy 3,600 05/31/2023 Charter Spectrum 2,950 09/30/2025 GameStop 2,855 01/31/2023
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza Walmart 41,500 12/31/2034 Marshalls 22,070 03/31/2026 Firestone 8,408 09/30/2022 Long Horn Steakhouse 6,434 04/30/2028
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial Pet Food Experts 197,300 10/01/2035 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio                        
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive Arotech Corporation 39,571 09/30/2040 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road Arotech Corporation 64,590 09/30/2040 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive Arotech Corporation 17,708 09/30/2040 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio                        
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial RelaDyne 184,530 03/12/2034 NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue Williamsburg Suites LLC 6,200 09/30/2030 CloseOut Connections 4,190 05/31/2029 Morjud LLC (Keter Judaica) 3,300 09/15/2030 Distinctive Creations BF Inc. 3,000 10/31/2029
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36) Knack, LLC 11,504 09/30/2024 ERW Lighting and Controls 10,135 02/28/2027 Kolbe Gallery (Finestra Design Inc.) 3,039 12/31/2026 Susan Young Interiors 790 08/31/2022
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage Dept of Juvenile Justice 4,750 06/30/2018 Holtzman Real Estate 3,000 12/31/2024 Arrowhead Clinic 2,400 09/30/2024 Che Carson 2,400 11/12/2020
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue Techno Comp Inc 10,000 09/30/2024 New World Education 7,700 07/31/2024 Z K Tecknology 7,660 08/20/2024 Seawin Global LLC 6,400 11/30/2021
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP NAP

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

                Upfront Monthly Upfront Monthly Upfront Monthly Upfront Monthly Upfront Upfront
          Lease   Occupancy Replacement Replacement TI/LC TI/LC Tax Tax Insurance Insurance Engineering Other
Loan ID Property Name 5th Largest Tenant(24)(25)(26) SF Expiration(25) Occupancy(22)(27) As-of Date Reserves($)(4)(29) Reserves ($)(4)(30)(31)(32) Reserves ($)(29) Reserves ($)(30) Reserves ($)(29) Reserves ($)(30) Reserves($)(29) Reserves ($)(30) Reserve($)(29) Reserves ($)
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) Insight Venture Management LLC 93,998 02/28/2030 94.8% 10/19/2020   Springing 56,172,399 Springing   Springing   Springing   33,543,750
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36)       71.4% 09/30/2020   Springing       Springing   Springing    
Property 2.001 MGM Grand NAP NAP NAP 68.5% 09/30/2020                    
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay NAP NAP NAP 74.8% 09/30/2020                    
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2)       95.3% Various   5,605   28,025   490,582   5,716    
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street Luxury Time NYC Inc. 2,500 10/31/2025 88.1% 11/05/2020                    
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street Sunrise Jewelry Corp 3,973 01/31/2023 100.0% 11/03/2020                    
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street T. O. Dey Corp 5,000 08/31/2022 100.0% 11/01/2020                    
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) Vista Outdoor 35,194 05/31/2026 85.9% 10/01/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing   Springing   4,206,133
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2)       82.0% 11/01/2020 17,611 17,611 88,055 88,055 976,237 81,353   Springing   4,338,345
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza CBS Radio, Inc 23,661 01/31/2028 77.6% 11/01/2020                    
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center Kinect Energy - ODE Acq 12,088 09/30/2024 89.8% 11/01/2020                    
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33) Ross Dress for Less 22,004 02/28/2030 77.6% 10/01/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing   Springing   712,926
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) Union Sq. Dermatology 5,174 03/31/2035 100.0% 10/01/2020   1,392 7,811,435 13,932 91,175 91,175 4,669 4,669   5,799,156
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) Northrop Grumman Systems 267,618 12/31/2021 86.8% 09/15/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing   Springing   6,190,922
Loan 9 1088 Sansome NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 06/30/2020   1,030   Springing   35,954 4,421 1,474    
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) Sandler Capital 17,200 06/30/2027 76.5% 01/31/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing   Springing   3,048,024
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/01/2020   Springing   Springing 137,888 45,963   Springing    
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue NAP NAP NAP 93.5% 11/17/2020   1,292     2,047 2,047 22,000 5,500 6,325  
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) Agudath Israel of America 17,000 01/31/2026 90.5% 09/01/2020   30,425 3,000,000 Springing   393,685   Springing 32,450 131,038
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/06/2020   1,640   Springing 110,289 55,144 37,582 5,369    
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2) NAP NAP NAP 44.1% 09/30/2020 1,875,692 Springing       Springing   Springing    
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) NAP NAP NAP 65.4% 12/31/2019   118,173     333,947 111,316 157,038 31,408 35,000  
Loan 17 Medici Office Park GSA - Social Security Administration 15,896 07/31/2028 89.0% 09/01/2020   2,716   10,864 172,596 43,149 35,683 7,137 537,123 17,418
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street Paper Source 775 02/28/2025 100.0% 08/31/2020   462     50,594 50,594   Springing 4,025 77,681
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36)       100.0% 12/01/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing   Springing    
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/01/2020                    
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/01/2020                    
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/01/2020                    
Loan 20 350 West Broadway NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/01/2020 175 175       23,850 3,981 3,981   400,000
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22) Mercy Urgent Care 2,800 10/31/2028 94.9% 09/30/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing   Springing    
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza Rack Room Shoes 6,000 07/31/2030 93.2% 10/01/2020 1,563 1,563 5,081 5,081 17,587 17,587 4,081 4,081   63,475
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/06/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing   Springing    
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage NAP NAP NAP 90.7% 07/31/2020   1,541     30,749 5,227 10,351 1,035    
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio       100.0% 12/06/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing   Springing    
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/06/2020                    
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/06/2020                    
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/06/2020                    
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio       96.2% 09/30/2020 200,000 1,751     40,004 13,335   Springing 6,500  
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais NAP NAP NAP 96.5% 09/30/2020                    
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone NAP NAP NAP 96.3% 09/30/2020                    
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno NAP NAP NAP 96.6% 09/30/2020                    
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee NAP NAP NAP 93.8% 09/30/2020                    
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 12/06/2020   Springing   Springing   Springing 8,925 Springing    
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue Ivory Inc. 2,100 05/31/2029 100.0% 11/01/2020   347     19,639 2,806 1,456 728   46,758
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36) NAP NAP NAP 100.0% 08/30/2020   552   1,061 5,313 5,313   Springing 1,850 38,519
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage MT McCartney Insurance 1,500 06/30/2025 99.1% 10/31/2020   684   729 75,850 5,835   Springing 30,694  
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue Rubin Kaplan & Assoc. 3,770 05/31/2025 90.3% 11/17/2020 80,000 603   6,519   13,313 1,919 960 45,500 60,000
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage NAP NAP NAP 99.4% 10/31/2020   811     2,123 3,263   Springing    
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert NAP NAP NAP 94.1% 10/31/2020   326     10,617 5,309   Springing 36,063  

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

      Monthly Other Debt Environmental     Franchise  
      Other Reserves Service Report Engineering   Expiration Loan
Loan ID Property Name Reserves ($)(30) Description(29)(30) Reserve Date Report Date PML/SEL (%) Date Purpose
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36)   Free Rent Reserve (25,964,569.90); Lobby/Elevator Work Reserve (5,970,240); Parking Rent Shortfall Reserve (1,608,940)   09/22/2020 09/22/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36)       02/11/2020 02/11/2020 NAP   Acquisition
Property 2.001 MGM Grand       02/11/2020 02/11/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay       02/11/2020 02/11/2020 NAP NAP  
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2)     2,508,919 Various Various NAP   Refinance/Acquisition
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street       02/27/2020 02/26/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street       10/28/2020 10/28/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street       02/27/2020 02/26/2020 NAP NAP  
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33)   Gap Rent Reserve (3,958,133); Key Money Reserve (248,000)   3/31/2020; 4/3/2020 03/31/2020 6.0%; 7.0% 08/11/2036 Refinance
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2)   Free Rent Reserve (2,230,699); Outstanding TI/LC Reserve (1,255,653); Outstanding CapEx Reserve (851,992.82)   11/06/2020 Various NAP   Refinance
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza       11/06/2020 11/06/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center       11/06/2020 11/09/2020 NAP NAP  
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33)   Gap Rent Reserve   04/03/2020 03/31/2020 6.0% NAP Refinance
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36)   Free Rent/Gap Rent Reserve   01/28/2020 01/28/2020 NAP NAP Recapitalization
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37)   Existing TI/LC Obligations Reserve (5,482,591); Development Agency Loan Reserve (689,613.89); Rent Concession Reserve (18,717)   11/02/2020 09/30/2020 9.0% NAP Refinance
Loan 9 1088 Sansome     250,000 11/02/2020 11/02/2020 11.0% NAP Refinance
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) Springing TCO Renewal Reserve (Upfront: 2,000,000); Unfunded Obligations Reserve (Upfront: 1,048,024.18); Downgraded Tenant Reserve (Monthly: Springing)   02/03/2020 01/30/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah       11/06/2020 10/20/2020 NAP NAP Acquisition
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue       10/30/2020 10/30/2020 NAP NAP Acquisition
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2)   Unfunded Obligations Reserve 4,062,500 09/03/2020 09/03/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive       07/09/2020 07/09/2020 8.0% NAP Refinance
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2)     8,831,707 02/25/2020 02/26/2020 NAP 07/01/2048 Refinance
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37)     2,311,667 01/16/2020 01/16/2020 NAP 10/31/2031 Refinance
Loan 17 Medici Office Park   Community Impact Reserve   11/03/2020 11/03/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street   Free Rent Reserve (66,134); Condo Assessment Reserve (11,547)   11/11/2020 11/11/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36)       07/24/2020 Various NAP   Acquisition
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue       07/24/2020 07/24/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue       07/24/2020 07/23/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway       07/24/2020 07/24/2020 NAP NAP  
Loan 20 350 West Broadway Springing Outstanding TI Reserve (Upfront: 350,000); Condominium Assessments Reserve (Upfront: 50,000; Monthly: Springing)   08/17/2020 08/17/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22)       10/06/2020 10/06/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza   Outstanding TI/LC Reserve (51,967); Free Rent Reserve (11,508)   10/19/2020 10/19/2020 NAP NAP Acquisition
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial       09/08/2020 09/08/2020 NAP NAP Acquisition
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage       10/01/2020 10/01/2020 10.0% NAP Refinance
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio       09/14/2020 Various NAP   Acquisition
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive       09/14/2020 08/19/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road       09/14/2020 08/13/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive       09/14/2020 08/19/2020 NAP NAP  
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio       Various 10/19/2020 NAP   Acquisition
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais       10/19/2020 10/19/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone       10/20/2020 10/19/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno       10/20/2020 10/19/2020 NAP NAP  
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee       10/20/2020 10/19/2020 NAP NAP  
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial     62,978 08/17/2020 08/17/2020 NAP NAP Acquisition
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue 7,241 ICAP Tax Reserve (Upfront: 43,446; Semiannual: 7,241); Condo Assessments Reserve (Upfront: 3,312.36) 250,000 10/23/2020 10/22/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36)   Rent Application Reserve 128,199 11/02/2020 11/02/2020 10.0% NAP Refinance
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage       11/02/2020 11/02/2020 NAP NAP Acquisition
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue   Certificate of Occupancy Reserve 277,377 03/18/2020 03/18/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage     42,437 08/17/2020 08/17/2020 NAP NAP Refinance
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert Springing Debt Yield Coverage Cure Reserve   09/18/2020 11/04/2020 15.0% NAP Acquisition

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

             
             
Loan ID Property Name Sponsor(28) Guarantor(34) Previous Securitization Non-Trust Pari Passu Original Balance
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) Brookfield Office Properties Inc.; Swig Investment Company, LLC BOP NYC OP LLC; Swig Investment Company, LLC GRCE 2014-GRCE 803,000,000
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36) BREIT Operating Partnership L.P.; MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP BREIT Operating Partnership L.P.; MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP   1,559,200,000
Property 2.001 MGM Grand       849,764,000
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay       709,436,000
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2) Jack Elo Jack Elo   70,000,000
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street       35,496,454
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street     MSBAM 2013-C9 22,588,652
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street       11,914,894
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) California State Teachers Retirement System; CenterCal, LLC NAP   58,700,000
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2) Rugby Realty Aaron Stauber; Alan Ades; Daniel Stauber; Maurice Ades; Robert Ades   40,000,000
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza       24,390,915
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center       15,609,085
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33) California State Teachers Retirement System; CenterCal, LLC NAP    
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) Estate of Sheldon H. Solow Estate of Sheldon H. Solow   92,500,000
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) McClellan Business Park, LLC McClellan Business Park, LLC   325,600,000
Loan 9 1088 Sansome Angus McCarthy; Michael Moritz Angus McCarthy; Michael Moritz    
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) Bayerische Versorgungskammer; Deutsche Finance America LLC; DF Deutsche Finance Holding AG; Hessen Lawyers Pension Fund NAP   515,000,000
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah Inversiones en Iberia US Holdings LLC; Marcos Martinez Gavica Marcos Martinez Gavica; Inversiones en Iberia US Holdings LLC    
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue Fei Ling Wong Yihai United Development International Corporation; Fei Ling Wong    
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) Eli Schron; Mark Schron; Avi Schron Eli Schron; Mark Schron; Avi Schron   100,000,000
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive Rustin Kretz Rustin Kretz    
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2) Jacquelyn Soffer Jacquelyn Soffer   165,000,000
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) Charles S. Givens; Snowmass Creek Capital, L.L.C. Charles S. Givens; Snowmass Creek Capital, L.L.C. GSMS 2012-GC6 40,000,000
Loan 17 Medici Office Park Alexander Topelson; Jorge Topelson Alexander Topelson; Jorge Topelson    
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street Jonathan F.P. Rose Rose Capital LLC    
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36) AG Net Lease IV (Q) Corp.; AG Net Lease IV Corp.; AG Net Lease Realty Fund IV Investments (H-1), L.P. AG Net Lease IV (Q) Corp.; AG Net Lease IV Corp.; AG Net Lease Realty Fund IV Investments (H-1), L.P.   32,333,000
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue       19,834,793
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue       7,475,605
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway       5,022,602
Loan 20 350 West Broadway Regal Acquisitions Elyahu Cohen; Joseph Sitt    
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22) The Kroenke Group E. Stanley Kroenke    
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza David Dushey David Dushey    
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial New Mountain Net Lease Partners Corporation New Mountain Net Lease Partners Corporation    
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage Michael Hamilton Michael Hamilton    
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio New Mountain Net Lease Partners Corporation New Mountain Net Lease Partners Corporation    
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive        
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road        
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive        
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio George Thacker; Lawrence Charles Kaplan; Richard Schontz George Thacker; Lawrence Charles Kaplan; Richard Schontz    
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais        
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone        
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno        
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee        
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial New Mountain Net Lease Partners Corporation New Mountain Net Lease Partners Corporation    
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue Jacob Kohn; Abraham Kohn Jacob Kohn; Abraham Kohn    
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36) Sean Hashem; Fareed Kanani Sean Hashem; Fareed Kanani    
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage George Thacker; Lawrence Charles Kaplan; Richard Schontz George Thacker; Lawrence Charles Kaplan; Richard Schontz    
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue Ashok Shah Ashok Shah    
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage William E. Bellomy William E. Bellomy    
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert Robert Moser Robert Moser    

 

 

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ANNEX A-1 - CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

          Existing     Future Debt Whole Loan Mezzanine
          Additional Sub Debt     Permitted Interest Interest
Loan ID Property Name Non-Trust Pari Passu Cut-off Date Balance Non-Trust Pari Passu Balloon Balance Amount Existing Additional Sub Debt Description(37) Existing Mezzanine Debt Type Rate Rate
Loan 1 The Grace Building(2)(35)(36) 803,000,000 803,000,000 367,000,000 B-Note None Mezzanine 2.69210% NAP
Loan 2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)(22)(33)(35)(36) 1,559,200,000 1,559,200,000 1,365,800,000 $804,400,000 B-Notes; $561,400,000 C-Notes None Mezzanine 3.55800% NAP
Property 2.001 MGM Grand 849,764,000 849,764,000            
Property 2.002 Mandalay Bay 709,436,000 709,436,000            
Loan 3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio(2) 70,000,000 70,000,000   None None NAP 3.51000% NAP
Property 3.001 15 West 47th Street 35,496,454 35,496,454            
Property 3.002 48 West 48th Street 22,588,652 22,588,652            
Property 3.003 151 West 46th Street 11,914,894 11,914,894            
Loan 4 Station Park & Station Park West(2)(33) 58,700,000 58,700,000   None None NAP 3.37700% NAP
Loan 5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio(2) 40,000,000 34,073,604   None None NAP 3.39200% NAP
Property 5.001 Foster Plaza 24,390,915 20,777,160            
Property 5.002 Cherrington Corporate Center 15,609,085 13,296,444            
Loan 6 Mountain View Village(33)       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 7 4 West 58th Street(2)(36) 92,500,000 92,500,000   None None Mezzanine 3.68000% NAP
Loan 8 McClellan Business Park(2)(37) 325,600,000 325,600,000   None None NAP 3.30900% NAP
Loan 9 1088 Sansome       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 10 711 Fifth Avenue(2)(33)(36) 515,000,000 515,000,000   None None Mezzanine 3.16000% NAP
Loan 11 Amazon Port of Savannah       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 12 111 Kent Avenue       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 13 32-42 Broadway(2) 100,000,000 100,000,000   None None NAP 3.25000% NAP
Loan 14 27750 Entertainment Drive       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 15 JW Marriott Nashville(2) 165,000,000 165,000,000   None None NAP 3.13900% NAP
Loan 16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District(2)(37) 40,000,000 36,177,455   None None NAP 3.80000% NAP
Loan 17 Medici Office Park       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 18 5 East 22nd Street       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 19 Cabinetworks Portfolio(2)(36) 32,333,000 28,991,949   None None Mezzanine 3.32200% NAP
Property 19.001 15535 South State Avenue 19,834,793 17,785,213            
Property 19.002 150 Grand Valley Avenue 7,475,605 6,703,132            
Property 19.003 16052 Industrial Parkway 5,022,602 4,503,604            
Loan 20 350 West Broadway       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 21 Maplewood Commons(22)       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 22 Mercury Plaza       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 23 Pet Food Experts Industrial       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 24 Frontier Self Storage       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio       None None NAP   NAP
Property 25.001 781 Avis Drive                
Property 25.002 5750 East McKellips Road                
Property 25.003 1229 Oak Valley Drive                
Loan 26 Storage Solutions Portfolio       None None NAP   NAP
Property 26.001 Storage Solutions Bourbonnais                
Property 26.002 Storage Solutions Limestone                
Property 26.003 Storage Solutions Manteno                
Property 26.004 Storage Solutions Kankakee                
Loan 27 Reladyne Industrial       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 28 801 Bedford Avenue       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 29 SDC Annex(36)       None None Mezzanine   NAP
Loan 30 CityLine All American Storage       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 31 200 Centennial Avenue       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 32 Alief Westwood Self Storage       None None NAP   NAP
Loan 33 Prime Storage Palm Desert       None None NAP   NAP

 

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FOOTNOTES TO ANNEX A-1
 
(1) GACC—German American Capital Corporation or one of its affiliates; GSMC—Goldman Sachs, Mortgage Company or one of its affiliates; JPMCB—JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association or one of its affiliates; CREFI—Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. or one of its affiliates.

 

(2) Loan Number Mortgage Loan Seller Property Name Cut-off Date Balance ($) Non-Trust Pari Passu Cut-off Date Balance Controlling Note Governing PSA
  1 JPMCB/GACC The Grace Building $80,000,000 $803,000,000 No Grace Trust 2020-GRCE (Wells Fargo)
  2 CREFI/GACC MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay $75,000,000 $1,559,200,000 No KeyBank (BX 2020-VIVA)
  3 CREFI Elo Midtown Office Portfolio $71,000,000 $70,000,000 Yes Midland (BMARK 2020-B22)
  4 JPMCB Station Park & Station Park West $60,000,000 $58,700,000 Yes Midland (BMARK 2020-B22)
  5 JPMCB Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio $50,000,000 $40,000,000 Yes Midland (BMARK 2020-B22)
  7 JPMCB 4 West 58th Street $32,500,000 $92,500,000 No Midland (Benchmark 2020-B20)
  8 GSMC McClellan Business Park $32,400,000 $325,600,000 No Wells Fargo (BANK 2020-BNK30)
  10 GSMC 711 Fifth Avenue $30,000,000 $515,000,000 No Wells Fargo (GSMS 2020-GC47)
  13 CREFI 32-42 Broadway $25,000,000 $100,000,000 No Midland Loan Services (Benchmark 2020-B21)
  15 GSMC JW Marriott Nashville $20,000,000 $165,000,000 No Servicing Shift
  16 CREFI Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District $20,000,000 $40,000,000 No Servicing Shift
  19 GSMC Cabinetworks Portfolio $15,000,000 $32,333,000 No Servicing Shift

 

(3) With respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a multi-property Mortgage Loan, the amounts listed under the headings “Original Balance ($)” and “Cut-off Date Balance ($)” reflect the Allocated Loan Amount for such Mortgaged Property.
   
  ● Loan No. 2 – MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay
● Loan No. 3 – Elo Midtown Office Portfolio
● Loan No. 5 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio
● Loan No. 19 – Cabinetworks Portfolio
● Loan No. 25 – Arotech-FAAC Portfolio
● Loan No. 26 – Storage Solutions Portfolio
   
(4) Loan No. 16 – Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District - The Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District loan was recently modified to create a $2,311,667 debt service reserve by converting approximately $945,384 in existing FF&E reserves as well as a $1,248,110 new cash contribution by the sponsor, and an additional deposit to be received from the borrower on the monthly payment date occurring in January 2021 of $118,173. The debt service reserve will only be released upon the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District property achieving a 9.5% net cash flow debt yield on a trailing 12 month basis for two consecutive quarters, with approximately $1.16 million being allocated back to FF&E reserve and approximately $1.16 million being remitted back to the borrower. The FF&E reserve monthly deposits will be waived for the 2021 calendar year, after which the FF&E reserve will follow the step-up structure of 2.50% in 2022, 3.25% in 2023, and 4.00% in 2024 and thereafter. Lastly, the debt yield cash management trigger will be temporarily waived until January 2023, however, cash management will still be enforced if an event of default occurs.

 

(5)     Hotel/Multifamily Retail Office Industrial
  Loan No. Property Name NRA (sq. ft.) Occ. % of UW Base Rent NRA (sq. ft.) Occ. % of UW Base Rent NRA (sq.ft.) Occ. % of UW Base Rent NRA (sq. ft) Occ. % of UW Base Rent
  4 Station Park & Station Park West(1) 108 (hotel rooms) 62.4% (1) 796,839 82.4% 71.6% 198,464 100.0% 28.4%      
  7 4 West 58th Street       19,987 100.0% 52.9% 63,640 100.0% 47.1%      
  8 McClellan Business Park(2) 157,254 71.8% 5.0% 103,291 93.8% 2.5% 1,020,349 72.5% 31.8% 5,641,470 89.6% 60.8%
  10 711 Fifth Avenue       53,798 98.4% 78.5% 286,226 72.3% 21.5%      

 

(1) The Station Park hotel income is underwritten at $119,039 or 0.5% of Effective Gross Income.

 

(2) There is also 3,120 sq. ft. of yard space which is 100.0% occupied.

 

  Loan No. 2 – MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay – With respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan, each of the related Mortgaged Properties consist of a resort and casino and, as of the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2020 (i) with respect to the Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Property, approximately 34.0% of the U/W revenues were from hotel rooms, approximately 26.5% of the U/W revenues were from food and beverage sales, approximately 17.5% of the U/W revenues were from gaming, and approximately 22.0% of the U/W revenues were from other sources and (ii) with respect to the MGM Grand Mortgaged Property, approximately 27.0% of the U/W revenues were from hotel rooms, approximately 23.1% of the U/W revenues were from food and beverage sales, approximately 26.9% of the U/W revenues were from gaming, and approximately 23.1% of the U/W revenues were from other sources.

 

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  Loan No. 5 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – Approximately 2.3% of the Mortgaged Property is retail and approximately 0.5% of the Mortgaged Property is storage

Loan No. 9 – 1088 Sansome – The Mortgaged Property includes 10,907  sq. ft. of wine storage and retail space, constituting approximately 17.6% of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property.

Loan No. 30 – CityLine All American Storage – Approximately 76.1% of NRA and 70.8% of U/W Base Rent can be attributed to the self storage component of the CityLine All American Storage Mortgaged Property. Additionally, approximately 23.9% of NRA and 29.2% of U/W Base Rent can be attributed to the office component of the CityLine All American Storage Mortgaged Property.

Loan No. 32 – Alief Westwood Self Storage – The Mortgaged Property is comprised of 194 self storage units (64,918 sq. ft., 71.9% of NRA, 85.7% of U/W Base Rent) and 84 parking spaces (25,360 sq. ft., 28.1% of NRA, 14.3% of U/W Base Rent).

 

(6) Loan No. 2 – MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay – The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan is structured with an Anticipated Repayment Date (“ARD”) of March 5, 2030 and a final maturity date of March 5, 2032. After the ARD, the following structure would apply: (i) the interest rate will increase by 200 basis points over the greater of (x) 3.55800%, and (y)(1) the ARD Treasury Note Rate in effect on the ARD (such new rate, the “Adjusted Interest Rate”) plus (2) 1.77000%, (ii) amounts in the Excess Cash Flow Reserve (as defined in the related loan agreement) will be applied first to pay monthly additional interest amounts which, to the extent not paid, will be deferred (together with interest accrued thereon at the Adjusted Interest Rate) and added to the principal balance of the applicable note(s) comprising a portion of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in the manner set forth in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents, and (iii) a full cash flow sweep to the extent of remaining amounts in the Excess Cash Flow Reserve will be applied  to principal of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in the manner set forth in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—ARD Loan(s)” in this Prospectus.
   
(7) The Administrative Cost Rate includes the respective per annum rates applicable to the calculation of the servicing fee, any sub–servicing fee, trustee/certificate administrator fee, operating advisor fee, and CREFC® license fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan. For purposes of this annex A–1, the definition of Administrative Fee Rate as it relates to any Non–Serviced Mortgage Loan includes the related Pari Passu Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate which includes the “primary servicing fee rate” (as defined or set forth in the applicable pooling and servicing agreement) and any other related servicing or any sub–servicing fee rate (other than those payable to the applicable special servicer) applicable to such Non–Serviced Mortgage Loan that constitutes a portion of the “servicing fee rate” applicable to the other master servicer under the applicable other pooling and servicing agreement. See the table titled “Non–Serviced Whole Loans” under “Summary of Terms—Offered Certificates—Servicing and Administration Fees” in this Prospectus. 
   
(8) Loan No. 3 – Elo Midtown Office Portfolio – Under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the first due date is February 6, 2021, the Original Interest Only Period and the Remaining Interest Only Period are each 120 months, and the Original Term to Maturity or ARD and Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD are each 120 months. However, due to the fact that the related mortgage loan seller will contribute an initial interest deposit amount to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date to cover an amount that represents one–month’s interest that would have accrued with respect to the Mortgage Loan at the related net mortgage rate with respect to an assumed January 2021 payment date, such Mortgage Loan is being treated as having a first payment date on January 6, 2021, an –Original Interest Only Period and – Remaining Interest Only Period of 121 months, and an Original Term to Maturity or ARD and Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD of 121 months.
 
Loan Nos. 5, 11, and 21 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio, Amazon Port of Savannah, and Maplewood Commons – In each case, under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the first payment date is the Payment Date in February 2021, and the Original Term to Maturity or ARD, Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD, Original Amortization Term, or Remaining Amortization Term, as applicable, is 120 months. However, due to the fact that the related mortgage loan seller will contribute an initial interest deposit amount to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date to cover an amount that represents one month’s interest that would have accrued with respect to the Mortgage Loan at the related net mortgage rate with respect to an assumed January 2021 payment date such Mortgage Loan is being treated as having a first payment date on the due date in January 2021, and an the Original Term to Maturity or ARD, Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD, Original Amortization Term, or Remaining Amortization Term, as applicable, of 121 months.

Loan Nos. 9, 23, 24, 27, and 32 – 1088 Sansome, Pet Food Experts Industrial, Frontier Self Storage, Reladyne Industrial, and Alief Westwood Self Storage – In each case, on the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller is contributing the initial interest deposit amount to the Issuing Entity to cover one month’s interest that would have accrued with respect to the whole loan at the related net mortgage rate, and each of the First Payment Date, Original Term to Maturity or ARD and Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD reflects the foregoing. The whole loan’s actual First Payment Date under the related whole loan documents is February 6, 2021 with a loan term of 120 months.

Loan No. 17 – Medici Office Park – Under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the first payment date is February 6, 2021, the Original Interest Only Period and Remaining Interest Only Period are each 0 months, and the Original Term to Maturity or ARD and Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD are each 120 months. However, due to the fact that the related mortgage loan seller will contribute an initial interest deposit amount to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date to cover an amount that represents one–month’s interest that would have accrued with respect to the Mortgage Loan at the related interest rate with respect to a January 2021 payment date, such Mortgage Loan is being treated as having a first payment date on January 6,

 

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2021, an Original Interest Only Period and Remaining Interest Only Period of 1 month, and an Original Term to Maturity or ARD and Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD of 121 months.
  Loan No. 33 – Prime Storage Palm Desert – Under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the first due date is February 6, 2021, the Original Interest Only Period and the Remaining Interest Only Period is 60 months, and the Original Term to Maturity or ARD and Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD is 60 months. However, due to the fact that the related mortgage loan seller will contribute an initial interest deposit amount to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date to cover an amount that represents one–month’s interest that would have accrued with respect to the Mortgage Loan at the related net mortgage rate with respect to an assumed January 2021 payment date, such Mortgage Loan is being treated as having a first payment date on January 6, 2021, an –Original Interest Only Period and – Remaining Interest Only Period of 61 months, and an Original Term to Maturity or ARD and Remaining Term to Maturity or ARD of 61 months.

 

(9) Annual Debt Service ($), Monthly Debt Service ($), Underwritten NOI DSCR and Underwritten NCF DSCR for Mortgage Loans (i) with partial interest only periods are shown based on the monthly debt service payment immediately following the expiration of the interest only period and (ii) that are interest only until the related maturity date are shown based on the interest only payments during the 12–month period following the Cut–off Date (or, in the case of Monthly Debt Service ($), the average of such interest only payments) without regard to leap year adjustments. 
   
(10) “Hard” generally means each tenant is required to transfer its rent directly to the lender–controlled lockbox account. However, with respect to hospitality properties, “Hard” means all credit card receipts are deposited directly into the lockbox by the card processing company and all over–the–counter cash and equivalents are required to be deposited by the property manager or borrower into the lockbox. “Soft” means the borrower has established a lockbox account that will be under lender control and the borrower or property manager is required to collect rents from the tenants and then deposit those rents into such lockbox account. “Springing Soft” means that upon the occurrence of a trigger event (as specified in the related Mortgage Loan Documents), the borrower is required to establish a lockbox account that will be under lender control and the borrower or property manager is required to collect rents from the tenants and then deposit those rents into such lockbox account. “Springing Hard” means that upon a trigger event (as specified in the related Mortgage Loan Documents), each tenant will be required to transfer its rent directly to a lender–controlled lockbox.


“Soft Springing Hard” means the borrower has established a lockbox account that will be under lender control and the borrower or property manager is required to collect rents from the tenants and then deposit those rents into such lockbox account, but upon a trigger event (as specified in the related Mortgage Loan Documents), each tenant will be required to transfer its rent directly to a lender–controlled lockbox.
   
(11) “In Place” means that related property cash flows go through a waterfall of required reserve or other payment amounts due before the lender either (i) disburses excess cash to the related borrower or (ii) retains excess cash as additional collateral for the Mortgage Loan. “Springing” means that upon the occurrence of a trigger event, as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, In Place cash management (as described above) will take effect, and will generally continue until all trigger events are cured (to the extent a cure is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents).
   
(12) With respect to the loans referenced below structured with A/B Notes, the Underwritten NOI DSCR, Underwritten NCF DSCR, Cut–off Date LTV Ratio, LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD, Underwritten NOI Debt Yield, Underwritten NCF Debt Yield and Loan per Net Rentable Area (SF/Units/Rooms) ($) calculations exclude the subordinate secured debt.
● Loan No. 1 – The Grace Building
● Loan No. 2 –  MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay
   
(13) Loan No. 1 – The Grace Building – The Underwritten NOI is more than 10% higher than the Most Recent NOI ($) because of recent turnovers of some of the largest tenant spaces, including four of the five largest tenants moving out between 2016 and 2018.

Loan No. 2 – MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay – The increase from Most Recent NOI ($) to Underwritten NOI ($) is a result of the temporary closure of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties due to COVID-19. On May 1, 2020, MGM Resorts International reported that, as a result of the temporary closure of its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties) following the outbreak of COVID-19, its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties) were effectively generating no revenue, there were high levels of room and convention cancellation through the third quarter of 2020, and that, following the re-opening of its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties), it expected weakened demand in light of consumer fears and general economic uncertainty, among other things.

Loan No. 3 – Elo Midtown Office Portfolio – The increase from Most Recent NOI ($) to Underwritten NOI ($) can be attributed to the rent deferments given to tenants at the 48 West 48th Street and 151 West 46th Street properties by the borrower sponsor that were not required to be repaid, contractual rent steps, and potential income from vacant space. Historical Net Operating Income is in-line with Underwritten Net Operating Income.

Loan No. 5 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – The borrower provided financials only with respect to the portfolio in the aggregate and not with respect to the individual portfolio properties.

Loan No. 8 – McClellan Business Park – The increase from the Most Recent NOI ($) to Underwritten NOI ($) is primarily attributable to (i) contractual rent steps through October 2021 and the straight line average of contractual rent step increments
   

 

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over the lease term for investment grade tenants, (ii) increase in rental rates on rolling leases, (iii) occupancy increases, including the lease up to Amazon.com of a newly built 400,000 SF last mile distribution center and (iv) a management fee cap at $1,000,000.

Loan No. 14 – 27750 Entertainment Drive – The increase from the Most Recent NOI ($) to Underwritten NOI ($) at the Mortgaged Property is primarily attributable to the newly signed fully net lease by Scorpion Enterprises, LP.

Loan No. 15 – JW Marriott Nashville – The increase from the Most Recent NOI ($) to Underwritten NOI ($) is primarily attributable to underwriting stabilized hotel operations pre-COVID-19 as of the trailing 12-month period ending on January 31, 2020. The latest trailing 12-month period ending on September 30, 2020 reflects the months heavily impacted by COVID-19. Additionally, the borrower sponsor has posted an 18-month debt service reserve equal to $8,831,707, which will be applied to monthly debt service payments through March 2022.

Loan No. 16 – Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District – The increase from the Most Recent NOI ($) to Underwritten NOI ($) at the Mortgaged Property is primarily attributable to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the Mortgaged Property.
   
 

Loan No. 29 – SDC Annex – the increase from Most Recent NOI ($) to Underwritten NOI ($) is primarily attributable to new recent leasing in 2019 and 2020.

 

Loan No. 31 – 200 Centennial Avenue – The increase from Most Recent NOI ($) to Underwritten NOI ($) at the Mortgaged Property is primarily attributable to contractual rent steps and potential income from vacant space. 

 

(14) The grace periods noted under “Grace Period” reflect the number of days of grace before a payment default is an event of default. Certain jurisdictions impose a statutorily longer grace period. Certain of the Mortgage Loans may additionally be subject to grace periods with respect to the occurrence of an event of default (other than a payment default) and/or commencement of late charges which are not addressed in Annex A–1 to this Prospectus.

Loan No. 22 – Mercury Plaza – The Grace Period of five days is applicable only to the Monthly Debt Service ($) and not to the payment due on the Final Maturity Date.
   
(15) In certain cases, in addition to an “as–is” value, the appraisal states an “as complete”, “as–stabilized” or “hypothetical” value for the related Mortgaged Property that assumes that certain events will occur with respect to retenanting, construction, renovation or repairs at such Mortgaged Property. The Appraised Value set forth on Annex A–1 is the “as–is” value unless otherwise specified in this Prospectus. With respect to the Mortgaged Properties that secure the Mortgage Loans listed in the following table, the respective Cut–off Date LTV Ratio was calculated using the related “as complete”, “as–stabilized” or “hypothetical” Appraised Values, as opposed to the “as–is” Appraised Values, each as set forth in the following table:

 

  Mortgage Loan % of Initial
Pool Balance
Mortgage Loan Cut-off
Date LTV Ratio (Other Than “As–Is”)
Mortgage Loan LTV Ratio at Maturity (Other Than “As–Is”) Appraised Value (Other Than “As–Is”) Mortgage Loan Cut-off Date
LTV Ratio (“As– Is”)
Mortgage Loan LTV Ratio at Maturity (“As–Is”) Appraised Value (“As–Is”)
  301 Bedford Avenue(1) 0.9% 57.0% 57.0% $12,500,000 57.9% 57.9% $12,300,000

  (1) The Appraised Value (Other Than “As-Is”) reflects the As Stabilized appraised value of the 801 Bedford Avenue Mortgaged Property, which assumes stabilized operations at the Mortgaged Property as of December 1, 2020.

In addition, with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgage Loan (9.2%), the Appraised Value of $4,600,000,000 represents the “As Is Real Property” value solely with respect to the real property at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties attributable to the Mortgaged Properties and excludes personal property and intangible property. The appraisal also includes an “As Leased-Sale-Leaseback Appraised Value,” which is equal to the Aggregate Real Property Appraised Value. The aggregate appraised value when including such personal property and intangible property is $7,352,600,000. The personal property and intangible property relating to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties is owned by the MGM Tenant or certain sublessees at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Mortgaged Properties that are wholly owned subsidiaries of MGM (the “MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenants”) (as more particularly provided in the master lease), which granted a security interest in certain property of the MGM Tenant and the MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenants (with certain exclusions, including an exclusion for the intellectual property of MGM Tenant as more particularly described in the master lease); and provided that the FF&E is only transferred to the borrowers at no cost in the event of a termination of the master lease due to an event of default by the MGM Tenant thereunder) in favor of the borrowers, and such security interest was collaterally assigned by the borrowers to the lender.
   
(16) Loan No. 4 – Station Park & Station Park West – The borrower is the ground lessor to ground leases with a number of small tenants, including Wendy’s.

Loan No. 21 – Maplewood Commons – The borrower is the ground lessor to a ground lease with the Largest Tenant, Lowe’s.
   
(17) Prepayment Provisions are shown from the respective Mortgage Loan First Payment Date.

“L(x)” means lock–out for x payments.
   

 

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“D(x)” means may be defeased for x payments.

“YM(x)” means may be prepaid for x payments with payment of a yield maintenance charge.

“YM1(x)” means may be prepaid for x payments with payment of the greater of a yield maintenance charge and 1% of the amount prepaid.

 “DorYM1(x)” means for x payments may be either defeased or prepaid with the greater of a yield maintenance charge and 1% of the amount prepaid.

“O(x)” means freely prepayable for x payments, including the maturity date.

“YM0.5(x)” means may be prepaid for x payments with payment of the greater of a yield maintenance charge and 0.5% of the amount prepaid.

“DorYM0.5(x)” means for x payments may be either defeased or prepaid with the greater of a yield maintenance charge and 0.5% of the amount prepaid.

Certain of the Mortgage Loans permit the release of a portion of a Mortgaged Property (or an individual Mortgaged Property, in connection with a portfolio Mortgage Loan) under various circumstances, as described in this Prospectus. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—Partial Releases” in this Prospectus. In addition, certain of the Mortgage Loans permit the borrower to prepay a portion of the Mortgage Loan to avoid or cure a cash sweep period due to a low debt yield or debt service coverage ratio trigger. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—Voluntary Prepayments” in this Prospectus.
   
  Loan No. 33 – Prime Storage Palm Desert – Robert Morgan, a former business partner of the nonrecourse carve-out guarantor, and who is unrelated to the Prime Storage Palm Desert Mortgage Loan, was previously indicted for allegations of mortgage fraud and maintaining a Ponzi scheme. The indictment contained no reference to the nonrecourse carve-out guarantor. The related Prime Storage Palm Desert Mortgage Loan documents provide that, if at any time prior to the commencement of the open period the nonrecourse carve-out guarantor is indicted for any actions or omissions in connection with, related to, or arising from any relationship or transactions with, or matters arising from the investigations and prosecution of, Robert Morgan or any affiliates or persons acting under Robert Morgan’s control, and such indictment is not dismissed with prejudice within 60 days, then the related borrower will be required to prepay the Mortgage Loan in full with yield maintenance within 60 days.

  

(18) Loan No. 1 – The Grace Building – The lockout period will be 24 payments beginning with and including the first payment date of January 6, 2021. The borrower may defease the Whole Loan after the earlier to occur of (a) the date that is two years from the securitization of the last note to be securitized or (b) three years after the Origination Date (the “Defeasance Lockout Expiration Date”). In addition, the borrower may prepay the Whole Loan, in whole but not in part, on a business day on or after the Defeasance Lockout Expiration Date, with the payment of a prepayment fee equal to the greater of the yield maintenance amount or 1% of the unpaid principal balance as of such prepayment date. The assumed lockout period of 24 payments is based on the expected Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization closing date in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.

Loan No. 2 – MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay – The defeasance lockout period will be at least 33 payment dates beginning with and including the first payment date of April 5, 2020. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay borrowers have the option to defease the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, in whole or in part, after the earlier to occur of (i) two years after the closing date of the securitization that includes the last note to be securitized and (ii) February 14, 2023. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time, subject to payment of the applicable yield maintenance premium if such prepayment occurs prior to September 5, 2029 (provided no yield maintenance will be due in connection with mandatory prepayments arising out of any casualty, condemnation or in connection with a Special Release or a Default Release (as defined in the Prospectus). The assumed lockout period of 33 payment dates is based on the expected Benchmark 2020–B22 securitization closing date in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.

Loan No. 4 – Station Park & Station Park West – The  lockout period will be at least 24 payments beginning with and including the first payment date of January 5, 2021. The Borrowers (as defined below) have the option to defease the Station Park Whole Loan, in whole, at any time after the second anniversary of the securitization closing date of the last note to be securitized. The Station Park Whole Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time on or after January 5, 2023, subject to payment of the applicable yield maintenance premium if such prepayment occurs prior to September 5, 2030. The assumed lockout period of 24 months is based on the expected closing date of the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.

Loan No. 5 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – The lockout period will be at least 24 payments beginning with and including the adjusted first payment date of January 1, 2021. The actual first payment date is February 1, 2021. The borrowers have the option to (a) defease the Whole Loan on the date that is two years from the securitization of the last note to be securitized (the “Permitted Defeasance Date”) or (b) prepay the Whole Loan with the payment of a yield maintenance premium on January 1, 2024, if the Permitted Defeasance Date has not occurred. The assumed lockout period of 24 months is based on the expected closing date of the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.

Loan No. 8 – McClellan Business Park – Yield Maintenance of the full $358 million McClellan Business Park Whole Loan is permitted at any time. In addition, defeasance of the full McClellan Business Park Whole Loan is permitted at any time after the defeasance lockout period, which date is the earlier to occur of (a) January 11, 2024 and (b) the second anniversary of the

 

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closing date of the securitization which includes the last pari passu note to be securitized. The assumed defeasance lockout period of 24 payment dates is based on the expected Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization closing date in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.
 
Loan No. 10 – 711 Fifth Avenue – The lockout period will be at least 33 payment dates beginning with and including the first payment date of April 6, 2020. Defeasance of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan in full (or in part to cure a debt yield trigger event) is permitted after the date that is the earlier to occur of (i) March 6, 2023 or (ii) the date that is two years from the closing date of the securitization that includes the last pari passu note to be securitized. The assumed lockout period of 33 payments is based on the expected Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization closing date in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.

Loan No. 15 – JW Marriott Nashville – The lockout period will be at least 33 payment dates beginning with and including the first payment date of April 6, 2020. Defeasance of the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan in full is permitted after the date that is the earlier to occur of (i) March 6, 2023 or (ii) the date that is two years from the closing date of the securitization that includes the last pari passu note to be securitized. The assumed lockout period of 33 payments is based on the expected Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization closing date in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.

Loan No. 19 – Cabinetworks Portfolio – The lockout period will be at least 25 payment dates beginning with and including the first payment date of December 6, 2020. Defeasance of the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan in full is permitted after the date that is the earlier to occur of (i) October 26, 2023 or (ii) the date that is two years from the closing date of the securitization that includes the last pari passu note to be securitized. In addition, after the lockout period, the Cabinetworks Portfolio Whole Loan may be voluntarily prepaid with a prepayment fee equal to the greater of the yield maintenance amount or 1% of the unpaid principal balance as of the prepayment date. The assumed lockout period of 25 payments is based on the expected Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization closing date in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.
   

(19) Partial release in connection with a partial prepayment or partial defeasance or substitution or a free release is permitted for the following loans. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool —Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—Partial Releases” in this Prospectus for the terms of the releases.

● Loan No. 2 – MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay
● Loan No. 5 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio
● Loan No. 8 – McClellan Business Park
● Loan No. 19 – Cabinetworks Portfolio
● Loan No. 25 – Arotech-FAAC Portfolio
● Loan No. 26 – Storage Solutions Portfolio
● Loan No. 30 – CityLine All American Storage

Loan No. 23 — Pet Food Experts Industrial and Loan No. 27 – Reladyne Industrial—If an event of default is continuing under such Mortgage Loan, the lender has delivered notice to the borrower or commenced exercising remedies with respect to such event of default, the borrower has demonstrated to the lender’s reasonable satisfaction that it has promptly and diligently pursued a cure of such event of default and borrower has been unable to effect a cure of such event of default, the borrower may prepay such Mortgage Loan in full, together with the applicable prepayment fee (and obtain a release of the related Mortgaged Property), prior to the expiration of the lockout period.
   
(20) Loan No. 4 – Station Park & Station Park West – The hotel portion of the Mortgaged Property occupied by Hyatt Place is subject to an operating lease between Station Park Centercal Owner, LLC, as lessor, and Station Park Hotel Centercal Owner, LLC, as lessee under such operating lease.
   
(21) Loan No. 15 – JW Marriott Nashville – The Mortgaged Properties consists, in whole or in part, of the related borrower’s interest in one or more ground leases, space leases, air rights leases or other similar leasehold interests.

 Loan No. 20 – 350 West Broadway – The Mortgaged Property is secured by an interest in a retail condominium unit, which is part of a fractured mixed-use regime comprised of eight units, seven of which are residential, and the remaining one is the Mortgaged Property. The borrower owns approximately 30% of the condominium regime and does not have control over the board of the condominium. The board is comprised of three directors, one of which is appointed by the borrower. The borrower has certain consent rights with respect to amendments to the declaration, including with respect to “Common Interest appurtenant to each Unit”. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool – Mortgage Pool Characteristics – Condominium and Other Shared Interests” in the Prospectus for additional information.
   
(22) Loan No. 2 – MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay – Under the Master Lease, the MGM tenant is required to pay to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay borrowers an initial lease rent of $292.0 million per annum ($159.0 million allocated to the MGM Grand Property and $133.0 million allocated to the Mandalay Bay Property, the “Master Lease Rent”), subject to annual increases of (i) 2.0% in years 2 through 15 of the initial lease term, and (ii) thereafter, the greater of 2.0% or CPI (CPI capped at 3.0%) for the remainder of the initial lease term. Additionally, the MGM tenant will be required to continue to invest in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties, with (x) a minimum aggregate capital investment requirement of 3.5% of actual net revenues every five years (the first such period beginning January 1, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024, and the second such period beginning January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025, and each five–year period thereafter on a rolling basis) in the aggregate for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties (such amount not to be less than 2.5% of the actual net revenue of any individual Mortgaged
   

 

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Property) (collectively, the “Required CapEx”) and (y) a monthly reserve equal to 1.5% of actual net revenues which may be used for FF&E and on qualifying capital expenditures in satisfaction of the Required CapEx spend. The Mortgaged Properties were acquired in a sale-leaseback transaction.

Loan No. 21 – Maplewood Commons – The leases for all of the tenants at the Mortgaged Property expire prior to the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan. The related Mortgage Loan documents permit the Guarantor to enter into a master lease with the borrower for any vacant space for purposes of curing a cash sweep period caused by the debt service coverage ratio (as calculated in the Mortgage Loan documents and based on the trailing six month period) falling below 1.40x. The Mortgage Loan documents require the master lease to (i) have a term of 10 years, (ii) have comparable terms to other arms’ length leases in the market and (iii) provide for a rental rate that, when added to other rents and revenues from the Mortgaged Property (including pursuant to any master lease), would cause the debt service coverage ratio threshold to be satisfied. The Guarantor, as the tenant under such master lease, is not required to pay rent under the master lease, and the lender is required to assume that rent has been paid unless a cash sweep period is in effect or the debt service coverage ratio (excluding all rents from the master lease) on the trailing six month period is equal to less than 1.05x.

 

(23) Loan No. 8 – McClellan Business Park – two tenants, McClellan Jet Services and McClellan RV Storage, LLC, collectively leasing approximately 7.6% of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property, are affiliates of the related borrower.
   
(24) Loan No. 3 – Elo Midtown Portfolio – Ultimate Jewelry leases 1,768 sq. ft. expiring on October 31, 2025. Diamond Services leases 2,163 sq. ft. expiring on January 31, 2022 and 1,721 sq. ft. expiring on December 31, 2022.

Loan No. 7 – 4 West 58th Street – The Largest Tenant, The Neiman Marcus Group LLC. (“Neiman Marcus”), filed bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on May 7, 2020. On June 6, 2020, Neiman Marcus filed its plan of reorganization and disclosure statement, which was approved by the bankruptcy court on July 30, 2020. On September 25, 2020, Neiman Marcus emerged from bankruptcy. Neiman Marcus has elected to assume its lease at the Mortgaged Property. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool–Litigation and Other Considerations” in this Prospectus for additional information.

Loan No. 8 – McClellan Business Park – The 5th Largest Tenant, Northrop Grumman Systems, leases 254,511 sq. ft. with a lease expiration date of December 31, 2021, 8,250 sq. ft. with a lease expiration date of November 30, 2022 and 4,857 sq. ft. with a lease expiration date of July 31, 2022.

Loan No. 17 – Medici Office Park – The Largest Tenant, Veterans Administration, leases 29,080 sq. ft. with a lease expiration date of April 30, 2024 and 3,888 sq. ft. with a lease expiration date of December 31, 2031.

Loan No. 30 – CityLine All American Storage – Two tenants at the related Mortgaged Property, Dept of Juvenile Justice and Che Carson, have lease expiration dates prior to the Closing Date. The borrower sponsor is in negotiations with Dept of Juvenile Justice on extending their lease at the related Mortgaged Property and the tenant is in occupancy and paying rent. Che Carson is expected to vacate from the related Mortgaged Property. The lender escrowed approximately five years of U/W base rent with respect to the expected lease expirations for Dept of Juvenile Justice and Che Carson.
   
(25) The lease expiration dates shown are based on full lease terms. However, in certain cases, a tenant may have the option to terminate its lease or abate rent prior to the stated lease expiration date for no reason after a specified period of time and/or upon notice to the landlord or upon the occurrence of certain contingencies including, without limitation, if the landlord violates the lease or fails to provide utilities or certain essential services for a specified period or allows certain restricted uses, upon interference with such tenant’s use of access or parking, upon casualty or condemnation, for zoning violations, if certain anchor or key tenants (including at an adjacent property) or a certain number of tenants go dark or cease operations, if a certain percentage of the net rentable area at the Mortgaged Property is not occupied, if the tenant fails to meet sales targets or business objectives, or, in the case of a government tenant, for lack of appropriations or other reasons. In addition, in some instances, a tenant may have the right to assign its lease and be released from its obligations under the subject lease. Furthermore, some tenants may have the option to downsize their rented space without terminating the lease completely.

Loan No. 1 – The Grace Building – The 2nd Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, The Trade Desk, has the right to terminate its lease (i) solely as to the 26th and 27th floors of the Mortgaged Property if the commencement date of its lease does not occur for such spaces by May 31, 2021, as such date may be extended by force majeure (not to exceed 150 days in the aggregate) and (ii) solely as to either or both of the 26th and 27th floors of the Mortgaged Property, consisting of a portion of its leased space (the “Trade Desk Additional Premises”), effective as of the last day of the month in which the seventh anniversary of the commencement date for the Trade Desk Additional Premises occurs and with the payment of a termination fee. The 3rd Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Israel Discount Bank, has (i) a one-time right to terminate its entire leased space, effective as of December 31, 2035, with not less than 21 months’ prior written notice, and (ii) the right to terminate the lease with respect to the ground floor only, effective (at the tenant’s option) on either the fifth anniversary or the tenth anniversary of the rent commencement date, with not less than 15 months’ prior written notice.

Loan No. 3 – Elo Midtown Portfolio (15 West 47th Street) – The Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Avi & Co. Ny Corp., has the option to terminate its lease no earlier than August 31, 2022, with 120 days’ written notice to the landlord. Avi & Co. Ny Corp. will be required to pay a termination fee equal to the sum of $27,081.30.

Loan No. 3 – Elo Midtown Portfolio (15 West 47th Street) – The Fourth Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Gogreen Diamonds Inc., has the option to terminate its lease no earlier than December 31, 2022.

   

 

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Loan No. 4 – Station Park & Station Park West – The 5th Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Vista Outdoor, has a continuing option to terminate its lease with respect to all or a portion of its premises on and after June 1, 2023, with at least a nine months’ prior written notice and the payment of a termination fee.

  Loan No. 5 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – Cherrington Corporate Center – The Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Chevron USA, has a one-time option to terminate its lease with respect to either (i) the entirety of its premises or (ii) one or more contiguous floors out of its premises effective as of August 31, 2023, with at least a 12-month notice and the payment of a termination fee. The 2nd Largest Tenant, Mortgage Connect has the right to terminate its lease with respect to the first floor, totaling 8,327 sq. ft. upon 120 days’ notice and the payment of a termination fee with such termination to be effective as of i) April 30, 2025 or ii) April 30, 2026. The 3rd Largest Tenant, Waste Management of PA, Inc. has a one-time option to terminate its lease effective as of August 1, 2023, with a 12-month written notice and the payment of a termination fee.

Loan No. 5 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – Foster Plaza – The 2nd Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Wexford Health Sources, Inc. has a one-time option to terminate its lease with respect to either (i) a portion of its second floor premises consisting of 5,000 rentable square feet, or (ii) the entirety of its second floor premises (as elected, the “Termination Premises”), effective as of either (x) February 28, 2022; or (y) February 28, 2023 (as applicable, the “Early Termination Date”), with a written notice by not later than August 31, 2021, or August 31, 2022, respectively, and the payment of a termination fee.

Loan No. 8 – McClellan Business Park – The 4th Largest Tenant at the Mortgaged Property, McClellan Jet Services, has the right to terminate its lease with respect to a portion of its space (1,373 sq. ft.) effective at any time after November 30, 2023 with 30 days’ notice. The 5th Largest Tenant, Northrop Grumman Systems has the right to terminate a portion of its space (4,857 sq. ft.) with notice to the landlord and payment of a termination fee.

Loan No. 13 – 32-42 Broadway – The Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, City of NY Dept of Consumer Affairs has the following termination rights: (i) with respect to 75,264 rentable sq. ft., shall have the one-time right to terminate its lease in whole or in part on full floor or full floors basis, effective on either October 14, 2023 or October 14, 2026 upon 12 months written notice; (ii) with respect to 5,245 rentable sq. ft., the one-time right to terminate its lease effective on either August 25, 2020 or August 25, 2023 upon 12 months written notice; and, (iii) with respect to 4,781 rentable sq. ft., the one-time right to terminate its lease, subject to certain conditions, effective on either January 1, 2023 or January 1, 2026 upon 12 months written notice. For (i) and (ii), The City of NY Dept of Consumer Affairs must pay a termination fee equal to the unamortized rent value of the abatement period and the total cost of the work. For (iii), City of NY Dept of Consumer Affairs must reimburse the landlord for the unamortized portion for any broker’s commission paid to the landlord’s leasing agent.

Loan No. 17 – Medici Office Park – The 5th Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, GSA - Social Security Administration, has the right to terminate its lease at any time after November 1, 2020 with 90 days’ notice.

Loan No. 18 – 5 East 22nd Street – The Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Proud Parking Corp., has the option to terminate its lease if a government authority requires repairs exceeding two months base rent during the last two years of the term.
   

(26) The following major tenants (listed on Annex A–1) are currently subleasing all or a significant portion of its leased space:

Loan No. 4 – Station Park & Station Park West – Pursuant to a sublease (the “Sublease”) executed on December 1, 2020, between Life Engineering, the 4th Largest Tenant at the Mortgaged Property, as subtenant, and Pluralsight, LLC, the current prime tenant whose lease expires on February 28, 2021, Life Engineering is subleasing its space from Pluralsight through February 28, 2021. According to the borrower, Life Engineering is in occupancy of a portion of the space under the Sublease. Life Engineering has executed a lease and will become a direct tenant under the new lease (the “New Lease”). The rent commencement date with respect to the New Lease will occur 90 days following delivery of the related space, which is anticipated to be on or before March 1, 2021. The 5th Largest Tenant, Vista Outdoor (“Vista”) has entered into a sublease of its entire space with El Morro Holdings, Inc. (“El Morro”), as the subtenant. Pursuant to the sublease, upon a natural expiration of or an earlier termination of Vista’s current lease (the “Prime Lease”), the Prime Lease would be assigned over to El Morro, upon which event the term of the Prime Lease would be extended to May 31, 2028.

Loan No. 10 – 711 Fifth Avenue – According to a media report, the 3rd Largest Tenant, Ralph Lauren, has agreed to sublease its entire space to Mango, a Spanish retail chain, for $5 million per year. Pursuant to the terms of the lease and the loan documents, the tenant may not sublease the space to an unaffiliated third party without the consent of the borrower and the lender (in each case, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). It is not expected that any such sublease arrangement will relieve the Ralph Lauren tenant of its obligations under the lease (including the obligation to pay rent). We cannot assure you that such sublease will be executed or approved.

Loan No. 25 – Arotech-FAAC Portfolio – The sole tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Arotech Corporation, has sublet approximately 7,000 sq. ft. of its space at the 781 Avis Drive Mortgaged Property to Hands Across the Water, which has fewer than four years remaining on the sublease. According to the borrower, Arotech Corporation is anticipated to absorb the space upon expiration of the sublease.
   
(27) Tenants under certain leases included in the Underwritten Net Cash Flow, Underwritten NOI and/or Occupancy may not be in physical occupancy, may not have begun paying rent or may be in negotiation. With respect to the largest 15 Mortgage Loans
   

 

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and certain tenants representing more than 25% of the net rentable area of a Mortgaged Property, see “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Lease Expirations and Terminations—Other” in this Prospectus.

The tenants shown in Annex A–1 have signed leases but may or may not be open for business as of the Cut–off Date.

Loan No. 4 – Station Park & Station Park West – The 4th Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Life Engineering, has signed its lease but has not taken occupancy of its space or commenced paying rent. The lease commences in March 2021 and the tenant has three months of free rent.

Loan No. 5 – Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio – Cherrington Corporate Center – The 2nd Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Mortgage Connect, benefits from rent abatements with respect to at least a portion of its premises through March 2022 in the total contractual amount of $1,260,196. The borrower has reserved for the full amount of the contractual rent abatement.

Loan No. 7 – 4 West 58th Street – The Largest Tenant, 2nd Largest Tenant, 4th Largest Tenant, and 5th Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Neiman Marcus Group LLC., Netflix Inc., Northwell Health, and Union Sq. Dermatology, respectively, at the mortgaged property, have free rent or vacancy periods from March 2020 through, in certain cases, December 2020. At loan origination, the borrower reserved an aggregate amount of $5,799,156 to cover all vacancies, gap rent, prepaid rent, outstanding free rent concessions and rent abatements under the related leases. The 2nd Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Netflix Inc., is expected to commence paying rent on March 1, 2021. The 4th Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Northwell Health, was expected to take occupancy of its space at the Mortgaged Property in September 2020 and to commence paying rent in November 2020. The borrower has not confirmed whether the tenant has taken occupancy; however, the November accounts receivable report did not indicate that the tenant had not paid rent.

Loan No. 10 – 711 Fifth Avenue – The 3rd Largest Tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Ralph Lauren, representing approximately 11.4% of the net rentable area, is dark with respect to 31,202 sq. ft. of its space. The tenant continues to operate the 7,436 sq. ft. Polo Bar, which is open for takeout and delivery, at the related Mortgaged Property. If the borrower believes the tenant has ceased retail operations in all of the premises under the related lease, the borrower may give notice thereof to the tenant. Within 30 days after the borrower gives such notice, the tenant must notify the borrower whether the tenant intends to cease retail operations at the premises. If the tenant notifies the borrower of its intent to cease such retail operations, the borrower has the right to terminate the lease.

Loan No. 29 -- SDC Annex -- the largest tenant, Knack, which leases 45.2% of the net rentable area, has free rent in January and February of 2021, which have been reserved for.

 

(28) Loan No. 1 – The Grace Building – The Largest Tenant, Bank of America, N.A., is one of the originating lenders of the Whole Loan.
   
(29) All upfront reserve balances reflect the upfront reserve amount at loan origination. The current balance may be less than the amount shown.

Loan No. 10 – 711 Fifth Avenue – The borrower funded $2,000,000 at origination for estimated costs in connection with obtaining a new temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy to replace the temporary certificate of occupancy that expired in November 2019. The borrower obtained a temporary certificate of occupancy that was effective as of March 24, 2020, and the $2,000,000 has been disbursed to the borrower.

Loan No. 16 – Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District – The borrowers were required at loan origination to deposit $2,311,667.00 (the “Minimum Balance”) into the Upfront Other Reserves ($) (amount so deposited referred to as “Debt Service Reserve Funds”), consists of (i) a transfer on December 9, 2020 of $945,384.00 previously deposited by the borrower into the FF&E Reserve, (ii) an additional deposit from borrower on December 9, 2020 of $1,248,110.00, and (iii) an additional deposit from the borrower on the monthly payment date occurring in January, 2021 of $118,173.00). Provided no event of default has occurred and is continuing, upon written request from the borrower at any time following the date upon which the net cash flow debt yield is equal to or greater than 9.50% for two consecutive calendar quarters, the lender shall disburse the Debt Service Reserve funds as follows: (i) $1,155,833.50 shall be deposited into the FF&E Reserve and held and applied in accordance with the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Loan documents, and (ii) $1,155,833.50 plus any accrued interest on the Debt Service Reserve shall be disbursed to borrower.

Loan No. 30 – CityLine All American Storage – On the loan origination date, the borrower was required to deposit $460,000 (the “Free Rent Reserve”) into the Upfront Other Reserves ($) that is held by the escrow agent. Provided no trigger period has occurred and is continuing, the borrower shall be entitled to receive and retain any funds disbursed to the borrower from the Free Rent Reserve. In the event that a trigger period occurs while Free Rent Reserve funds remain in the Free Rent Reserve account, the lender may so notify the escrow agent, and the lender shall be entitled to direct the disbursement of any Free Rent Reserve funds to which the borrower would otherwise be entitled.  
   
(30) All ongoing reserve balances reflect the ongoing reserve amount at loan origination. The current balance may be greater than or less than the amount shown. Monthly reserves required to be deposited in such accounts may be capped pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents.
   

 

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Loan No. 13 – 32-42 Broadway – The borrower was required at loan origination to deposit $3,000,000.00 (the “TI/LC Reserve”) into the Upfront TI/LC Reserve ($). On each monthly payment date that the TI/LC Reserve balance is below $1,500,000, the borrower will be required to deposit an amount equal to $65,196.63 and will be capped at $3,000,000.

Loan No. 20 – 350 West Broadway – The borrower is required on each Payment Date to make a deposit into the Monthly Other Reserve ($) for the condominium assessments reserve an amount such that the balance in the condominium assessments reserve account will at all times equal at least the aggregate amount of condominium assessments due from the borrower to the condominium association with respect to the Mortgaged Property for the next ensuing six-month period as reasonably determined by the lender based on the most recent annual budget of the condominium association provided to the lender in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents.

Loan No. 28 – 801 Bedford Avenue – The borrower will be required to deposit into the ICAP Tax Reserve on January 15, 2012 and on every 6 months thereafter, an amount equal to the sum of $7,241 and the difference between the ICAP Tax Reserve on deposit and the ICAP Tax Reserve and the then applicable stabilized real estate tax amount.

Loan No. 30 – CityLine All American Storage – On each monthly payment date, the borrower will be required to deposit $729.17 into the TI/LC Reserve. The borrower will have no obligation to make monthly TI/LC Reserve deposits to the extent that the balance of the TI/LC Reserve meets or exceeds the TI/LC Reserve cap of $26,250.12.

 

(31) Loan No. 15 – JW Marriott Nashville – Beginning on the Due Date in April 2021, the Ongoing Replacement Reserve is an FF&E reserve in an amount equal to (i) for the Due Dates through and including July 2023, 3% of the gross revenues of the Mortgaged Property for the prior calendar month and (ii) thereafter, 4% of the gross revenues of the Mortgaged Property for the prior calendar month.
   
(32) Loan No. 16 – Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District – On each monthly payment date beginning in January 2022, the borrower is required to deposit into the FF&E reserve an amount equal to 1/12 of (a) with respect to the period commencing on January 1, 2022 and ending on December 31, 2022, 2.5%, (b) with respect to the period commencing on January 1, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2023, 3.25%, and (c) with respect to the period commencing on January 1, 2024 and ending on the maturity date, 4.0% in each case of the greater of (x) the annual gross revenues for the hotel related operations at the related Mortgaged Property for the immediately preceding calendar year as reasonably determined by lender and (y) the projected annual gross revenues for the hotel related operations at the related Mortgaged Property for the calendar year in which such monthly payment date occurs as set forth in the approved annual budget.
   
(33) With respect to the Mortgage Loans identified below, the lender is insured under an environmental insurance policy obtained (i) in lieu of obtaining a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, (ii) in lieu of providing an indemnity or guaranty from a sponsor or (iii) to address environmental conditions or concerns. For additional information, see “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Mortgage Loans—Adverse Environmental Conditions at or Near Mortgaged Properties May Result in Losses” and “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Environmental Considerations” in this Prospectus.

 

  Loan No. Mortgage Loan Mortgage Loan Cut–off Date Balance % of Initial Outstanding Pool Balance Maximum Policy Amount Premium Paid in Full Expiration Date
  2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay $75,000,000 9.2% $25,000,000 Yes February 14, 2025
  4 Station Park & Station Park West $60,000,000 7.4% $10,000,000 Yes October 5, 2022
  6 Mountain View Village $38,650,500 4.7% $10,000,000 Yes October 5, 2022
  10 711 Fifth Avenue $30,000,000 3.7% $5,000,000 Yes March 6, 2033

 

(34)

Loan No. 1 – The Grace Building – The aggregate liability of the carve-out guarantors with respect to the guaranteed recourse obligations of the borrower related to any bankruptcy event with respect to the borrower may not exceed an amount equal to 15% of the principal balance of The Grace Building Whole Loan outstanding at the time of the occurrence of such event, plus any and all reasonable third-party costs actually incurred by the lender (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs reasonably incurred) in connection with the collection of amounts due thereunder.

Loan No. 2 – MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay – The Guarantor’s liability for full recourse events is capped at an amount equal to 10% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan as of the date of the event. In addition, only the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers are liable for breaches of environmental covenants; provided, however, that if the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers fail to maintain an environmental insurance policy required under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents, the Guarantor is liable for losses other than (x) for any amounts in excess of the applicable coverage amounts under the environmental plicy had the same been renewed, replaced or extended as required under the loan agreement and (y) for any amounts recovered under the environmental policy. In addition, recourse

 

 

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for transfers of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties or controlling equity interests in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers is loss recourse, rather than full recourse.

Loan Nos. 4 and 6  – Station Park & Station Park West and Mountain View Village – There is no separate Guarantor or environmental indemnitor, and the borrower is the sole party responsible for breaches or violations of the nonrecourse carve-out provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents. At origination of the Mortgage Loan, the borrower obtained an environmental insurance policy issued from Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company in the name of the borrower, with the lender as additional named insured with its successors, assigns and/or affiliates, with per incident and aggregate limits of $10,000,000, a $50,000 per incident self-insured retention and a term expiring on October 5, 2022.

Loan No. 7 – 4 West 58th Street – The borrower sponsor and the carve-out guarantor, Sheldon H. Solow, passed away on November 17, 2020. The related guaranty agreement provides that all of the carve-out guarantor’s obligations under the guaranty (the “Guaranteed Obligations”) are binding upon the carve-out guarantor’s estate and legal representatives upon the Carve-out Guarantor’s death. The guaranty further provides that, after the carve-out guarantor’s death and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and at all times following the Carve-out Guarantor’s estate’s first distribution of assets, the Carve-out Guarantor’s estate (a) is required to maintain (i) a net worth of not less than $125,000,000 (the “Net Worth Threshold”) and (ii) liquid assets of not less than $10,000,000 (the “Liquid Assets Threshold”), and (b) may not sell, pledge, mortgage or otherwise transfer any of its assets, or any interest therein, on terms materially less favorable than would be obtained in an arms-length transaction or if such transaction would cause the net worth or the liquidity of the guarantor’s estate to fall below, respectively, the Net Worth Threshold and the Liquid Assets Threshold.
   
  Loan No. 9 – 1088 Sansome – While the obligations of the two guarantors are joint and several, the related Mortgage Loan documents provide that the two guarantors’ guarantees are not cross-defaulted, and that a guarantor-related event of default of one guarantor (including events of default related to a bankruptcy of such one guarantor) will not be an event of default under the Mortgage Loan if the other guarantor meets certain net worth and liquidity requirements, is in compliance with the loan documents, and controls the related borrower. In addition, one such guarantor, Michael Moritz, is not subject to financial covenants or required to provide financial information unless there is an event of default caused by the other guarantor, Angus McCarthy.

Loan No. 23 – Pet Food Experts Industrial – The liability of the non-recourse carveout guarantor and the borrower under the Environmental Indemnity Agreement may not exceed the sum of (x) 120% of the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (y) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by the lender (including, without limitation, legal fees) in connection with the enforcement of the Environmental Indemnity Agreement.
   

(35)

 

  Loan No. Mortgage Loan Senior Notes Cut–off Date Balance Subordinate Notes Cut–off Date Balance Total Mortgage Debt Cut–off Date Balance(1) Total Senior Notes U/W NCF DSCR

Total Mortgage Debt U/W

 NCF DSCR(1)

Total Senior Notes Cut–off Date LTV

Total Mortgage

 Debt Cut–off Date LTV Ratio(1)

Total Senior Notes U/W NOI Debt Yield Total Mortgage Debt U/W NOI Debt Yield(1)
   1 The Grace Building   $883,000,000 $367,000,000 $1,250,000,000 4.25x 3.00x  41.1% 58.1% 11.8%  8.3%
   2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay(2)   $1,634,200,000  $1,365,800,000 $3,000,000,000 4.95x 2.70x 35.5% 65.2% 17.9%  9.7%

 

  (1) Includes any related pari passu companion loan(s) and subordinate secured companion loan(s), and excludes any related mezzanine loan(s).
(2) LTV is calculated using the appraised value of $4,600,000,000 as of January 10, 2020, set forth above is the appraised value solely with respect to real property at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties, excluding personal property and intangible property attributable to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties.
   
(36)

 

  Loan No. Mortgage Loan Mortgage Loan Cut–off Date Balance % of Initial Outstanding Pool Balance Intercreditor
Agreement
Required
Combined
Minimum
DSCR
Combined Maximum LTV(1) Combined Minimum Debt Yield
  1 The Grace Building $80,000,000 9.8% Yes NAP 58.14% 8.35%
  2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay $75,000,000 9.2% Yes 4.81x(1) 67.0%(2) NAP
  7 4 West 58th Street $32.500.000 4.0% Yes 1.50x 69.4% NAP
  10 711 Fifth Avenue(3) $30,000,000 3.7% Yes 2.80x 54.5% 8.98%
  19 Cabinetworks Portfolio $15,000,000 1.8% Yes 2.35x 64.4% 12.38%
  29 SDC Annex $5,665,000 0.7% Yes 1.40x 60.3% 8.4%

 

  (1) Calculated including any related pari passu companion loans and subordinate companion loans.
(2) Combined Maximum LTV is based on appraisals ordered by the lender in connection with the closing of the mezzanine loan and calculated based on the outstanding principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan and the initial principal amount of the mezzanine loan.
(3) The borrower has the right to incur additional indebtedness in the form of a mezzanine loan, that will be in no event greater than $35,000,000.
   

 

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(37) Loan No. 8 – McClellan Business Park – There is subordinate mortgage financing on the related Mortgaged Property in the original principal amount of $1,000,000 made by the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Sacramento to MP Holdings, LLC (the “Development Agency Loan”), of which an estimated $639,220.10 is outstanding as of the Cut-off Date. The Development Agency Loan has a 10-year loan forgiveness term, an interest rate of 4% per annum, and all payments of interest and principal are deferred until maturity (if not forgiven). The scheduled maturity date of the Development Agency Loan is March 1, 2023. Underwritten NOI DSCR, Underwritten NCF DSCR, Underwritten NOI Debt Yield, Underwritten NCF Debt Yield, Cut-off Date LTV Ratio, LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD and Loan per Net Rentable Area (SF/Units/Rooms) $ calculations include the related Pari Passu Companion Loan but exclude the related subordinate debt represented by the Development Agency Loan.

No. 16 – Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District – With respect to the Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents permit the borrower to incur unsecured loans pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program administered by the United States Small Business Administration in accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020, and the Borrower obtained a loan in the amount of approximately $2,493,400 under the PPP program in April 2020.

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ANNEX A-2

 

CERTAIN POOL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS
AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

 

 

 

 

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Distribution of Cut-off Date Balances(1)
            Weighted Averages
Range of Cut-off Date Balances     Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
$3,250,000 - $7,499,999 7 $36,344,000 4.5% 3.9162% 115 1.83x 59.6% 53.8%
$7,500,000 - $14,999,999 6 $68,372,500 8.4% 3.5201% 121 2.57x 59.6% 56.2%
$15,000,000 - $24,999,999 7 $128,000,000 15.7% 3.7054% 117 2.41x 58.1% 50.8%
$25,000,000 - $49,999,999 8 $245,500,500 30.2% 3.4181% 118 2.64x 56.4% 56.4%
$50,000,000 - $80,000,000 5 $336,000,000 41.3% 3.2847% 118 3.59x 48.2% 46.9%
Total/Weighted Average 33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%
                     
Distribution of Mortgage Rates(1)
            Weighted Averages
Range of Mortgage Rates as of the Cut-off Date   Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
2.6921% - 3.2999% 7 $210,750,000 25.9% 2.9930% 118 3.50x 51.1% 51.1%
3.3000% - 4.2499% 22 $556,660,500 68.4% 3.5207% 118 2.86x 53.7% 51.4%
4.2500% - 4.6000% 4 $46,806,500 5.7% 4.4758% 120 1.61x 65.6% 53.8%
Total/Weighted Average 33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%

 

Property Type Distribution(1)(3)
                         
              Weighted Averages
Property Type   Number of Mortgaged Properties Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Number of Units or NRA Cut-off Date Balance per # of Units or NRA Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) Occupancy U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
Office   12 $310,415,000 38.1% 3,855,566 $366 3.3435% 120 92.9% 2.71x 54.9% 51.3%
CBD   6 $208,250,000 25.6% 2,476,664 $478 3.1284% 120 94.8% 3.16x 51.1% 51.1%
Suburban   5 $96,500,000 11.9% 1,353,434 $133 3.7419% 121 88.3% 1.83x 62.6% 51.6%
Suburban Flex   1 $5,665,000 0.7% 25,468 $222 4.4640% 120 100.0% 1.41x 60.3% 53.9%
Mixed Use   6 $174,790,000 21.5% 8,431,623 $698 3.4195% 117 88.7% 2.89x 57.6% 56.2%
Office/Retail   3 $77,500,000 9.5% 437,561 $1,455 3.4866% 113 90.9% 2.21x 62.3% 59.7%
Retail/Office/Hospitality   1 $60,000,000 7.4% 995,303 $119 3.3770% 120 85.9% 3.86x 50.0% 50.0%
Industrial/Office/Multifamily/Retail/Other 1 $32,400,000 4.0% 6,925,484 $52 3.3090% 120 86.8% 2.90x 60.2% 60.2%
Self Storage/Office   1 $4,890,000 0.6% 73,275 $67 3.6100% 120 99.1% 1.78x 60.0% 51.4%
Hospitality   4 $115,000,000 14.1% 10,596 $203,279 3.5272% 111 65.6% 4.32x 43.0% 42.1%
Full Service   4 $115,000,000 14.1% 10,596 $203,279 3.5272% 111 65.6% 4.32x 43.0% 42.1%
Retail   5 $88,153,000 10.8% 707,419 $214 3.5318% 120 88.4% 2.98x 45.0% 43.3%
Anchored   3 $65,028,000 8.0% 660,743 $101 3.5083% 120 84.3% 2.84x 46.4% 44.1%
Unanchored   2 $23,125,000 2.8% 46,676 $533 3.5979% 120 100.0% 3.36x 41.0% 41.0%
Industrial   9 $72,885,000 9.0% 2,149,944 $129 3.4800% 120 100.0% 2.33x 62.7% 61.0%
R&D/Flex   3 $10,400,000 1.3% 121,869 $94 3.5760% 120 100.0% 2.86x 63.8% 63.8%
Warehouse/Manufacturing   1 $7,150,000 0.9% 184,530 $39 3.4750% 121 100.0% 1.74x 65.0% 61.2%
Manufacturing   3 $15,000,000 1.8% 1,528,894 $31 3.3220% 119 100.0% 2.08x 64.4% 57.8%
Warehouse/Distribution   2 $40,335,000 5.0% 314,651 $191 3.5149% 121 100.0% 2.39x 61.4% 61.4%
Self Storage   7 $26,974,000 3.3% 431,962 $79 3.5549% 113 94.2% 2.38x 60.9% 56.5%
Multifamily   1 $26,000,000 3.2% 62 $419,355 3.7700% 120 93.5% 2.44x 57.3% 57.3%
Mid Rise   1 $26,000,000 3.2% 62 $419,355 3.7700% 120 93.5% 2.44x 57.3% 57.3%
Total/Weighted Average   44 $814,217,000 100.0%     3.4390% 118 88.3% 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%

 

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Geographic Distribution(1)(3)
                     
            Weighted Averages
State/Location     Number of Mortgaged Properties Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
New York     11 $302,625,000 37.2% 3.2954% 118 2.92x 52.8% 52.2%
New York City     11 $302,625,000 37.2% 3.2954% 118 2.92x 52.8% 52.2%
New York State     0 $0 0.0% 0.0000% 0 0.00x 0.0% 0.0%
California     5 $102,400,000 12.6% 3.5801% 119 2.53x 63.0% 59.8%
Southern     2 $26,750,000 3.3% 4.5259% 113 1.60x 71.5% 59.4%
Northern     3 $75,650,000 9.3% 3.2456% 121 2.86x 59.9% 59.9%
Utah     2 $98,650,500 12.1% 3.3770% 120 3.57x 45.7% 45.7%
Nevada     2 $75,000,000 9.2% 3.5580% 111 4.95x 35.5% 35.5%
Pennsylvania     3 $61,635,000 7.6% 3.3956% 121 2.14x 61.3% 54.0%
Other     21 $173,906,500 21.4% 3.6050% 118 2.34x 59.4% 54.5%
Total/Weighted Average 44 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%
                     
                     
Distribution of Cut-off Date LTV Ratios(1)(2)
                     
            Weighted Averages
Range of LTV Ratios as of the Cut-off Date   Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
33.9% - 54.9% 10 $367,650,500 45.2% 3.2803% 117 3.71x 44.0% 43.0%
55.0% - 59.9% 9 $188,637,500 23.2% 3.5190% 120 2.48x 58.4% 57.6%
60.0% - 64.9% 11 $194,779,000 23.9% 3.4794% 119 2.38x 61.9% 57.1%
65.0% - 69.9% 2 $39,650,000 4.9% 3.6430% 113 1.90x 68.6% 67.9%
70.0% - 73.4% 1 $23,500,000 2.9% 4.6000% 120 1.50x 73.4% 59.6%
      33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%
                     
Distribution of LTV Ratios at Maturity Date or ARD(1)(2)
                     
            Weighted Averages
Range of LTV Ratios as of the Maturity Date   Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
33.9% - 49.9% 9 $281,528,000 34.6% 3.3479% 117 3.64x 42.5% 39.9%
50.0% - 54.9% 8 $188,279,000 23.1% 3.4070% 119 2.78x 55.5% 52.0%
55.0% - 59.9% 10 $213,260,000 26.2% 3.5749% 120 2.39x 60.7% 58.7%
60.0% - 69.4% 6 $131,150,000 16.1% 3.4595% 117 2.64x 63.7% 63.5%
Total/Weighted Average 33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%
                     
Distribution of Underwritten NCF Debt Service Coverage Ratios(1)
                     
            Weighted Averages
Range of Debt Service Coverage Ratios   Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
1.41x - 1.49x 2 $20,665,000 2.5% 3.9247% 120 1.42x 61.9% 50.4%
1.50x - 1.74x 4 $44,110,000 5.4% 4.1552% 120 1.61x 67.5% 56.3%
1.75x - 2.49x 13 $294,606,500 36.2% 3.6172% 118 2.12x 60.0% 56.3%
2.50x - 3.49x 9 $203,835,500 25.0% 3.2734% 119 2.90x 54.2% 54.2%
3.50x - 4.95x 5 $251,000,000 30.8% 3.1985% 117 4.34x 42.7% 42.7%
Total/Weighted Average 33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%

 

A-2-2 

 

 

Distribution of Original Terms to Maturity or ARD(1)(4)
                     
            Weighted Averages
Range of Original Terms to Maturity   Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
61 - 61 1 $3,250,000 0.4% 3.9900% 61 2.36x 58.0% 58.0%
120 - 121 32 $810,967,000 99.6% 3.4368% 118 2.96x 53.7% 51.4%
Total/Weighted Average 33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%
                     
Distribution of Remaining Terms to Maturity or ARD(1)(4)
                     
            Weighted Averages
Range of Remaining Terms to Maturity   Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
61 - 61 1 $3,250,000 0.4% 3.9900% 61 2.36x 58.0% 58.0%
111 - 111 5 $177,500,000 21.8% 3.4931% 111 3.64x 49.8% 49.2%
119 - 121 27 $633,467,000 77.8% 3.4210% 120 2.76x 54.8% 52.0%
Total/Weighted Average 33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%
                     
Distribution of Underwritten NOI Debt Yields(1)
                     
            Weighted Averages
Range of NOI Debt Yields as of the Cut-off Date   Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
7.4% - 8.9% 6 $159,990,000 19.6% 3.6252% 119 2.09x 61.8% 60.3%
9.0% - 9.9% 10 $178,745,000 22.0% 3.5330% 118 2.47x 59.4% 57.0%
10.0% - 12.4% 11 $279,982,000 34.4% 3.2441% 120 2.96x 51.8% 48.2%
12.5% - 14.9% 4 $100,500,000 12.3% 3.4891% 118 3.42x 48.1% 46.4%
15.0% - 17.9% 2 $95,000,000 11.7% 3.4698% 111 4.79x 41.0% 41.0%
Total/Weighted Average 33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%
                     
Distribution of Amortization Types(1)
                     
            Weighted Averages
Amortization Type   Number of Mortgage Loans Aggregate Cut-off Date Balance % of Outstanding Initial Pool Balance Mortgage Rate Stated Remaining Term (Mos.)(4) U/W NCF DSCR Cut-off Date LTV Ratio(2) LTV Ratio at Maturity or ARD(2)
Interest Only     19 $548,410,500 67.4% 3.3061% 119 3.07x 53.6% 53.6%
Interest Only, then Amortizing     8 $115,429,000 14.2% 3.5820% 119 1.94x 60.7% 53.1%
Amortizing Balloon     5 $75,377,500 9.3% 4.0685% 120 1.63x 61.6% 48.9%
Interest Only, ARD     1 $75,000,000 9.2% 3.5580% 111 4.95x 35.5% 35.5%
Total/Weighted Average 33 $814,217,000 100.0% 3.4390% 118 2.95x 53.7% 51.4%

 

A-2-3 

 

 

Footnotes to Annex A-2

 

(1)The U/W NCF DSCR, Cut-off Date LTV Ratio, Maturity Date or ARD LTV, Underwritten NOI Debt Yield and Cut-off Date Balance per # of NRA/Units/Rooms calculations include any related pari passu companion loan(s) and exclude any related subordinate companion loan(s) and/or mezzanine loan(s).

 

(2)With respect to 1 mortgage loans (0.9%) (including 801 Bedford Avenue), the Cut-off Date LTV and Maturity Date or ARD LTV have been calculated using a value other than the “As Is” appraised values. For additional information please see the footnotes to Annex A-1 in the Preliminary Prospectus.

 

(3)Reflects allocated loan amount for properties securing multi-property Mortgage Loans.

 

(4)With respect to 11 mortgage loans (30.8%), under the terms of the related mortgage loan documents, the first payment date is in February 2021. However, due to the fact that the related mortgage loan seller will contribute an Initial Interest Deposit Amount to the Issuing Entity on the Closing Date to cover an amount that represents one-month’s interest that would have accrued with respect to the mortgage loan at the related Mortgage Rate with respect to a January 2021 payment date, such Mortgage Loan is being treated as having a First Due Date in January 2021, and the Original Term to Maturity Date or ARD, Remaining Term to Maturity Date or ARD and Loan Seasoning are shown in the Annex A-1 to reflect this.

 

A-2-4 

 

 

 

ANNEX A-3

 

DESCRIPTION OF TOP FIFTEEN MORTGAGE LOANS AND ADDITIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN INFORMATION

 

 A-3-1

 

  

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

 

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 A-3-2

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

  

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 A-3-3

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

 

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 A-3-4

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

 

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 A-3-5

 

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

  

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Sellers: JPMCB/GACC
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsors(1): Brookfield Office Properties Inc.; Swig Investment Company, LLC
Borrower(1): 1114 6th Avenue Owner LLC
Original Balance(2): $80,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance(2): $80,000,000
% by Initial UPB: 9.8%
Interest Rate: 2.69210%
Payment Date: 6th of each month
First Payment Date: January 6, 2021
Maturity Date: December 6, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt(2)(3):

$803,000,000 Pari Passu Debt; $367,000,000 Subordinate Debt; 

Future Mezzanine Debt Permitted 

Call Protection(4): L(24), DorYM1(89), O(7)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves(5)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 Springing NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
Recurring Replacements: $0 Springing NAP
TI/LC: $56,172,399 Springing NAP
Free Rent: $25,964,570 $0 NAP
Lobby/Elevator Work: $5,970,240 $0 NAP
Parking Rent Shortfall: $1,608,940 $0 NAP
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: CBD Office
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: New York, NY
Year Built / Renovated: 1974 / 2018
Total Sq. Ft.: 1,556,972
Property Management(6): TRZ Holdings IV LLC
Underwritten NOI(7): $104,293,717
Underwritten NCF(7): $102,347,502
Appraised Value: $2,150,000,000
Appraisal Date: September 8, 2020
 
Historical NOI(8)
Most Recent NOI: $46,272,539 (T-12 September 30, 2020)
2019 NOI: $52,538,193 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $73,206,665 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: $67,159,674 (December 31, 2017)
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy: 94.8% (October 19, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 91.0% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 97.6% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy: 94.7% (December 31, 2017)


Financial Information(2)(3)(9)
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon 

NOI / NCF 

Mortgage Loan $80,000,000          
Pari Passu Notes 803,000,000          
Total Senior Notes $883,000,000 $567 / $567 41.1% / 41.1% 4.33x / 4.25x 11.8% / 11.6% 11.8% / 11.6%
B Notes 367,000,000          
Whole Loan $1,250,000,000 $803 / $803 58.1% / 58.1% 3.06x / 3.00x 8.3% / 8.2% 8.3% / 8.2%
(1)For a description of the borrower and the borrower sponsor see “The Borrower / Borrower Sponsor” herein.

(2)Represents the principal balance of the non-controlling Notes A-2-5, A-2-6, A-2-7, and A-4-4 which will be included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization trust. The Grace Building Whole Loan (as defined below), is evidenced by 21 pari passu senior promissory notes and four pari passu subordinate B notes, with an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $1.25 billion. For additional information, see “The Loan” herein.

(3)See “Current Mezzanine or Secured Subordinate Indebtedness” herein.

(4)Defeasance or prepayment of the Grace Building Whole Loan is permitted at any time after the earlier to occur of (a) the end of the two-year period commencing on the closing date of the securitization of the last portion of the Grace Building Whole Loan to be securitized and (b) November 17, 2023. The assumed prepayment lockout period of 24 payments is based on the closing date of this transaction in December 2020.

(5)See “Initial and Ongoing Reserves” herein.

(6)For a description of the property managers, see “Property Management” herein.

(7)Underwritten NOI and Underwritten NCF are based on in-place rent roll as of October 2020 and are inclusive of contractual rent steps of $4,566,719 underwritten for various tenants through December 31, 2021.

(8)The recent volatility in NOI at the Grace Building Property (as defined below) is a result of the replacement of some larger legacy tenants (including 4 of the 5 largest tenants) between 2016 and 2018 and the signing of new and renewal leases with respect to 950,000 sq. ft. of space. The cash flow declines in 2019 and TTM 9/30/2020 and the projected increase in UW cash flows are the result of this rollover and the rent abatements associated with the new leases. All outstanding landlord obligations ($56,172,399) and rent abatements ($25,964,570) were reserved at origination.

(9)While the Grace Building Loan (as defined below) was originated after the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the economic disruption resulting from measures to combat the pandemic, the pandemic is an evolving situation and could impact the Grace Building Whole Loan more severely than assumed in the underwriting of the Grace Building Loan and could adversely affect the NOI, NCF and occupancy information, as well as the appraised value and the DSCR, LTV and Debt Yield metrics presented above. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

 A-3-6

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

 

The Loan. The Grace Building mortgage loan (the “Grace Building Loan”) is part of a whole loan (the “Grace Building Whole Loan”) secured by the borrower’s fee simple interest in an approximately 1.56 million sq. ft., LEED Class A Gold office building located in Midtown Manhattan, New York (the “Grace Building Property”). The Grace Building Whole Loan is evidenced by 21 pari passu senior promissory notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $883,000,000 (collectively, the “Grace Building Senior Notes”) and four pari passu subordinate promissory notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $367,000,000 (collectively, the “Grace Building Subordinate Notes”). The Grace Building Whole Loan was co-originated by Bank of America, N.A. (“BANA”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (“JPMCB”), Column Financial, Inc. (“CS”) and DBR Investments Co. Limited (“DBRI”). The Grace Building Loan is evidenced by the non-controlling promissory Notes A-2-5, A-2-6, and A-2-7 being contributed by JPMCB in the original principal amount of $60,000,000, and Note A-4-4 being contributed by GACC in the original principal amount of $20,000,000. As shown in the table below, eight promissory notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $750,000,000 were contributed to the GRACE 2020-GRCE securitization trust. The Grace Building Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the trust and servicing agreement for the GRACE 2020-GRCE securitization trust. The Grace Building Senior Notes other than those evidencing the Grace Building Loan are referred to herein as the “Grace Building Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans”. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The Grace Building Whole Loan” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance   Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1-1, A-2-1, A-3-1, A-4-1 $383,000,000 $383,000,000   GRACE 2020-GRCE Yes(1)
A-1-2 75,000,000 75,000,000   BANK 2020-BNK29 No
A-1-3-1 60,000,000 60,000,000   BANK 2020-BNK30(2) No
A-1-3-2 15,000,000 15,000,000   BANA(3) No
A-2-2, A-2-3, A-4-2 100,000,000 100,000,000   Benchmark 2020-B21 No
A-2-4 30,000,000 30,000,000   JPMCB(3) No
A-2-5, A-2-6, A-2-7, A-4-4 80,000,000 80,000,000   Benchmark 2020-B22 No
A-3-2, A-3-3, A-3-4, A-3-5 100,000,000 100,000,000   CS(3) No
A-4-3, A-4-5 40,000,000 40,000,000   DBRI(3) No
Total Senior Notes $883,000,000 $883,000,000      
B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4(4) $367,000,000 $367,000,000   GRACE 2020-GRCE Yes(1)
Whole Loan $1,250,000,000 $1,250,000,000      
(1)Pursuant to the related co-lender agreement, the controlling holder will be the GRACE 2020-GRCE trust. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The Grace Building Whole Loan” in the Prospectus.

(2)The BANK 2020-BNK30 transaction is expected to close on or about December 22, 2020.

(3)Expected to be contributed to one or more future securitizations.

(4)The Grace Building Subordinate Notes are subordinate in right of payment to the Grace Building Senior Notes.

 

The Grace Building Whole Loan has a 120-month interest-only term. The Grace Building Senior Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of approximately 2.69210% per annum and the Grace Building Subordinate Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of approximately 2.69210% per annum. The proceeds of the Grace Building Whole Loan were used to pay off existing debt encumbering the Grace Building Property of approximately $905.4 million, return approximately $240.0 million of equity to the borrower sponsor, pay closing costs of approximately $14.9 million, and fund escrows of approximately $89.7 million.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Senior Notes $883,000,000 70.6%   Loan Payoff(1) $905,439,802 72.4%
Subordinate Notes 367,000,000           29.4      Return of Equity 239,965,013               19.2   
        Reserves 89,716,149                 7.2   
        Closing Costs 14,879,035                 1.2   
Total Sources $1,250,000,000 100.0%   Total Uses $1,250,000,000 100.0%
(1)Loan payoff includes defeasance costs for previously securitized debt in the GRACE 2014-GRCE trust.

 

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsors. The borrower is 1114 6th Avenue Owner LLC (the “Borrower”), a Delaware limited liability company that is structured to be bankruptcy-remote with at least one independent director. The Borrower is owned by a joint venture partnership between an affiliate of Swig Investment Company, LLC and 1114 6th Avenue Holdings LLC (controlled and majority indirectly owned by an affiliate of the borrower sponsor, Brookfield Office Properties Inc.).

 

The non-recourse carveout guarantors are BOP NYC OP LLC and Swig Investment Company, LLC. The full recourse obligations of the non-recourse carveout guarantors for bankruptcy related events are capped at 15% of the outstanding principal balance of the Grace Building Whole Loan.

 

BOP NYC OP LLC is a subsidiary of Brookfield Property Partners L.P., the public real estate vehicle of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (NYSE: BAM) (“Brookfield Asset Management”). Brookfield Asset Management was founded in 1899 and is a global asset manager with a reported approximately $550 billion of assets under management, concentrated in property, infrastructure, renewable power, private equity and credit. Brookfield Asset Management has approximately 150,000 employees in over 100 offices in 30 different countries and is one of the largest real estate fund managers in the world. Brookfield Property Partners L.P. is a large global real estate company, with approximately $86 billion in total assets. Brookfield Property Partners L.P. owns and operates properties in the world’s major markets, with a global portfolio that includes office, retail, multifamily, logistics, hospitality, self-storage, triple-net lease, manufactured housing and student housing assets.

 

 A-3-7

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

  

Swig Investment Company, LLC is a San Francisco-based private real estate investment company with an 80-year history of development, ownership and management of commercial real estate properties in major markets throughout the United States. The company’s diversified portfolio includes over 9 million sq. ft. of office buildings in markets such as New York, San Francisco, and Southern California.

 

The Property. The Grace Building Property is a 1.56 million sq. ft., LEED Gold office tower located at Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan across from Bryant Park. The Grace Building Property was developed in 1974 by Swig Investment Company, LLC and designed by architect firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-partner Gordon Bunshaft. A notable aesthetic feature of the building is the concave vertical slopes of its north and south façades, which are similar to the Solow Building at 9 West 57th Street, another Bunshaft project. The Grace Building Property offers wide-open floor plates with walls of glass offering views of Bryant Park, the Hudson River and the city skyline. The Grace Building Property also includes an 188-space underground parking garage.

 

The Grace Building Property was 94.8% leased as of October 19, 2020 to a granular rent roll of over 35 tenants in various industries. Major tenants at the Grace Building Property include Bank of America, N.A., The Trade Desk and Israel Discount Bank. In addition to the office space, there is 30,877 sq. ft. (2.0% of NRA) of retail space, which is 95.0% occupied by two fine dining restaurants, STK and Gabriel Kruether, and two quick service restaurants, Sweetgreen and Joe & The Juice.

 

The Grace Building Property has maintained high occupancy levels with a 20-year physical occupancy average of approximately 94%. The Grace Building Property experienced significant tenant turnover from 2016-2018, as four of the five largest tenants, including HBO (Time Warner Inc.) and Cooley LLP (a large law firm), were replaced by other tenants on long-term leases. As a result of such replacement leases, the Grace Building Property has been able to stabilize at approximately 95% occupancy, in-line with its historical average.

 

Over 950,000 sq. ft. of new and renewed leases have been signed at the Grace Building Property since 2016. As a result, less than 16.0% of tenants by NRA have leases that expire in the next five years. Recent leasing activity includes 95,580 sq. ft. leased to The Trade Desk, 127,425 sq. ft. of expansion space leased to Bank of America, N.A., and 41,957 sq. ft. of renewal and expansion space leased to iStar Financial.

 

COVID-19 Update. The first debt service payment on the Grace Building Whole Loan is due in January 2021 and, as of November 17, 2020, the Grace Building Whole Loan is not subject to any forbearance, modification or debt service relief request. The Grace Building Property is open and operating, with 98.0% of tenants by occupied NRA and 97.1% of tenants by underwritten base rent having paid their full November 2020 rent payments. Four retail tenants (2.0% of NRA, 2.9% of underwritten rent) have not made rent payments for the last three months or more. The borrower sponsor is in the process of negotiating rent deferrals with such retail tenants, with full rental payments anticipated to commence in late 2021 or early 2022. The parking tenant has not paid the required monthly rental payments since March 2020 and an event of default is continuing under its lease. The borrower sponsor is in the process of replacing the current parking operator and plans to employ a new operator under a management agreement. The Borrower deposited with the lender $1,608,940 for anticipated parking rent shortfalls (see “—Escrows and Reserves” below). We cannot assure you the borrower sponsor will employ a new parking operator as anticipated or at all. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

 A-3-8

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

 

Major Tenant Summary(1)
Tenant

Credit Rating 

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2)

Net Rentable Area (Sq. Ft.) % of Net Rentable Area U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft.(3) % of Total U/W Base Rent Lease Expiration
Office Tenants            
Bank of America, N.A. A2 / A+ / A- 155,270 10.0% $81.42 9.0% 5/31/2042
The Trade Desk(4) NR / NR / NR 154,558 9.9% $130.99 14.4% 8/31/2030
Israel Discount Bank(5) NR / NR / BBB+ 142,533 9.2% $54.21 5.5% 12/31/2040
Bain & Company, Inc. NR / NR / NR 121,262 7.8% $106.59 9.2% 2/28/2030
Insight Venture Management LLC NR / NR / NR 93,998 6.0% $102.69 6.9% 2/28/2030
Total Major Office Tenants   667,621 42.9% $94.65 45.0%  
Other Office and Storage Tenants   779,378 50.1% $93.94 52.1%  
Retail Tenants   29,338 1.9% $137.74 2.9%  
Total Occupied   1,476,337 94.8% $95.13 100.0%  
Vacant Office and Storage   79,096 5.1%      
Vacant Retail   1,539 0.1%      
Total / Wtd. Avg.   1,556,972 100.0%      
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 19, 2020.

(2)In certain instances, ratings provided are those of the parent company of the entity shown, whether or not the parent company guarantees the lease.

(3)As of the loan origination date, Bank of America, N.A., The Trade Desk, Bain & Company, Inc. and Insight Venture Management LLC are entitled to a total of $12,022,739 of free rent, which was fully reserved by the lender.

(4)The Trade Desk has the right to terminate its lease solely as to the 26th and 27th floors effective as of the last day of the month in which the 7th anniversary of the commencement date for such floors occurs and with the payment of a termination fee.

(5)Israel Discount Bank has (i) a one-time right to terminate its entire leased space, effective as of December 31, 2035, with 21 months’ prior written notice, and (ii) the right to terminate the lease with respect to the ground floor only, effective (at IDB’s option) on either the fifth anniversary or the tenth anniversary of the rent commencement date, with fifteen months’ prior written notice.

 

Lease Rollover Schedule(1)(2)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative % 

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base Rent

per sq. ft.

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent

MTM 0  0 0.0%  0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2021 1 5,497 0.4% 5,497 0.4% $75.00 0.3% 0.3%
2022 1 600 0.0% 6,097 0.4% $0.00 0.0% 0.3%
2023 5 55,694 3.6% 61,791 4.0% $71.66 2.8% 3.1%
2024 10 143,459 9.2% 205,250 13.2% $99.34 10.1% 13.3%
2025 3 31,907 2.0% 237,157 15.2% $118.01 2.7% 16.0%
2026 9 121,137 7.8% 358,294 23.0% $102.21 8.8% 24.8%
2027 3 47,753 3.1% 406,047 26.1% $85.66 2.9% 27.7%
2028 4 97,651 6.3% 503,698 32.4% $81.05 5.6% 33.3%
2029 3 21,740 1.4% 525,438 33.7% $101.28 1.6% 34.9%
2030 & Thereafter 49 950,899 61.1% 1,476,337 94.8% $96.16 65.1% 100.0%
Vacant NAP 80,635 5.2% 1,556,972 100.0% NAP  NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 88 1,556,972 100.0%     $95.13 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 19, 2020 and based on the approximate square footage occupied by each owned tenant.

(2)Certain tenants may have lease termination options that are exercisable prior to the stated expiration date of the subject lease or leases which are not considered in the lease rollover schedule.

 

Major Tenants. The largest tenant by underwritten rent is The Trade Desk (154,558 sq. ft., 9.9% of NRA, 14.4% of U/W Base Rent). The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) (“Trade Desk”) is a global technology company that markets a software platform used by digital advertising buyers to purchase data-driven digital advertising campaigns across various advertising formats and devices. Trade Desk currently has over 1,300 employees and a reported market capitalization of approximately $26.48 billion. Trade Desk currently leases a total of 154,558 sq. ft. on the 26th, 27th, 46th, 47th and 48th floors through August 31, 2030. The commencement date with respect to the 26th and 27th floors (the “Additional Premises Commencement Date”) will occur upon the earlier of (i) substantial completion of the work to be performed by the landlord and (ii) the date Trade Desk first takes possession of the space. Trade Desk has one five-year renewal option so long as Trade Desk is not in default or in bankruptcy and Trade Desk and its affiliates physically occupy at least 79% of the space.

 

Trade Desk’s annual base rent for the 46th, 47th and 48th floors is $139.00 per sq. ft. from August 10, 2020 through August 31, 2025, and then $148.00 per sq. ft. from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2030. Trade Desk’s annual base rent for the 26th and 27th floors is $118.00 initially, and then $128.00 per sq. ft. after the fifth anniversary of the Additional Premises Commencement Date through August 31, 2030.

 

Trade Desk is currently in a free rent period through September 30, 2021. All free rent, in the amount of $5,799,503, was fully reserved at origination. Trade Desk is entitled to $7,770,283 for tenant improvements and leasing costs from the landlord, which amount was fully reserved at origination (see “—Escrows and Reserves” below). We cannot assure you Trade Desk will take possession or begin paying rent as expected or at all.

 

Trade Desk has the right to terminate the lease solely as to the 26th and 27th floors if the Additional Premises Commencement Date does not occur by May 31, 2021, as such date may be extended by force majeure (not to exceed 150 days in the aggregate). In addition, so long as Trade Desk is not in bankruptcy and no default is continuing, Trade Desk has a one-time right to terminate the lease with

 

 A-3-9

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

 

respect to one or both of the 26th and 27th floors, effective as of the last day of the month in which the seventh anniversary of the Additional Premises Commencement Date occurs. If Trade Desk has elected to terminate both the 26th and 27th floors, Trade Desk will be required to make a $6,700,000 termination payment. If Trade Desk has elected to terminate one floor, Trade Desk will be required to make a $3,350,000 termination payment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no termination will be permitted if Trade Desk has exercised its right of first offer to lease certain additional space pursuant to its lease within the 24-month period immediately preceding the date on which Trade Desk sends a notice to effectuate such termination.

 

The second largest tenant by underwritten rent is Bain & Company, Inc. (121,262 sq. ft., 7.8% of NRA, 9.2% of U/W Base Rent). Bain & Company, Inc. (“Bain”) is an American global management consulting firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm provides advisory services to many large businesses, non-profit organizations and governments. Bain has 59 offices in 37 countries and more than 12,000 employees. Bain leases a portion of the 41st floor and the entire 42nd, 43rd and 44th floors through February 28, 2030. Bain has two five-year renewal options, with 18 months’ prior written notice; provided that Bain is not in default and is physically occupying at least the lesser of (x) two full floors of the building and (y) 66.66% of its space. Bain does not have any termination options.

 

Bain’s annual base rent for the 41st floor will be $133.00 per sq. ft. commencing on January 1, 2021, and will increase to $143.00 per sq. ft. on January 1, 2026. The annual base rent for the 42nd through 44th floors is currently $99.50 per sq. ft., and will increase to $106.00 per sq. ft. on March 1, 2025. Bain is entitled to $2,439,030 for tenant improvements related to its 41st floor expansion, which amount was fully reserved at origination (see “Escrows and Reserves”).

 

The third largest tenant by underwritten rent is Bank of America, N.A. (155,270 sq. ft., 10.0% of NRA, 9.0% of U/W Base Rent). Bank of America, N.A. (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch: A2/A-/A+) (NYSE: BAC) (“BANA”) is a multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with central hubs in New York City, London, Hong Kong, Dallas and Toronto. BANA has expanded its footprint around Bryant Park with its New York headquarters at One Bryant Park and a recent expansion into 1100 Avenue of the Americas. BANA currently leases 155,270 sq. ft. of combined space on the 5th, 6th and 7th floors of the Grace Building Property, together with the building pavilion premises located on and beneath the plaza area of the 43rd Street side of the building through May 31, 2042. BANA has the option to renew its lease for up to four renewal terms for a maximum of 20 years, provided that BANA must occupy 100,000 sq. ft. in each of (i) the 5th, 6th and 7th floors and (ii) in the portion of the total premises (i.e. such floors plus the pavilion space) leased by it as to which BANA is exercising the renewal option. BANA is only permitted to exercise a renewal with respect to the pavilion premises if at least six full floors of office space under its lease at 1100 Avenue of the Americas is also simultaneously renewed. BANA does not have any termination options.

 

BANA’s annual base rent for the 5th, 6th and 7th floors is currently $79.00 per sq. ft. and its annual base rent for the pavilion premises is currently $92.50 per sq. ft.

 

BANA is currently in a free rent period, with a rent commencement date of February 1, 2021 for the 5th, 6th and 7th floors, and April 1, 2021 for the pavilion premises. All free rent, in the amount of $1,884,169, was fully reserved at origination. BANA is entitled to $8,840,109 for tenant improvements from the landlord, which amount was fully reserved at origination (see “Escrows and Reserves”).

 

The fourth largest tenant by underwritten rent is Israel Discount Bank (142,533 sq. ft., 9.2% of NRA, 5.5% of underwritten rent). Israel Discount Bank of New York (S&P: BBB+) (“IDB”) is an American multinational private bank, commercial bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City with locations in the United States, Latin America and Israel. Chartered by the State of New York and a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, IDB reported $9.23 billion in total assets in 2018. IDB currently leases 142,533 sq. ft. of combined space on the ground, 2nd, 8th, 9th and 10th floors through December 31, 2040. IDB’s lease commencement date is the earlier to occur of: (i) the date of substantial completion of the work to be performed by the Borrower, but in no event earlier than January 1, 2021; and (ii) the date IDB first takes possession of the space. IDB has two five-year renewal options, with 21 months’ prior written notice, provided that IDB has not subleased more than 20% of its leased premises and IDB is leasing at least two full floors on the date it exercises the renewal option.

 

IDB’s annual base rent for the ground floor is $317.08 per sq. ft., which will increase to $352.08 per sq. ft., $392.08 per sq. ft. and $442.08 per sq. ft. every five years. IDB’s annual base rent for the 2nd, 8th, 9th and 10th floors is $51.08 per sq. ft., which will increase to $58.08 per sq. ft., $65.08 per sq. ft. and $72.08 per sq. ft. every five years.

 

IDB is currently in a free rent period, with an anticipated rent commencement date of January 1, 2021 and an anticipated commencement date for payment of operating expenses and real estate taxes of January 1, 2022. All free rent, in the amount of $5,546,495, was fully reserved at origination. IDB is entitled to $15,906,051 for tenant improvements and leasing commissions, which amount was fully reserved at origination (see “—Escrows and Reserves” below). We cannot assure you that the IDB lease will commence as expected or at all.

 

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the lease, IDB has (i) a one-time right to terminate its entire leased space, effective as of December 31, 2035, with 21 months’ prior written notice, and (ii) the right to terminate the lease with respect to the ground floor only, effective (at IDB’s option) on either the fifth anniversary or the tenth anniversary of the rent commencement date, with 15 months’ prior written notice.

 

Environmental Matters. According to a Phase I environmental report dated September 22, 2020, there are no recognized environmental conditions or recommendations for further action at the Grace Building Property.

 

 A-3-10

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

  

The Market. The Grace Building Property is located on the north side of Bryant Park at the corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue in the Sixth Avenue/Rockefeller Center submarket of the Midtown Manhattan office market. The Grace Building Property is accessible by multiple major mass transit stations in Manhattan, connecting to points across the tristate area. The 1-2-3, N-R-Q-W, 7 and B-D-F-M subway lines all stop within a block of the Grace Building Property providing access from Penn Station, the Upper West Side, and Queens. The S subway line provides a cross-town connection to Grand Central Station and the 4, 5, 6 subway line. Additionally, the Grace Building Property is three blocks from the Port Authority Bus terminal at 8th Avenue and 42nd Street.

 

The Sixth Avenue/Rockefeller Center area has recently experienced the signing of sizable new leases. Per a third-party market research report, in the second quarter of 2020, a large technology company signed a 232,000 sq. ft. lease at 151 West 42nd Street that was the largest new lease signed in the quarter. Other recent lease executions include Colliers relocating to the Grace Building Property for approximately 59,000 sq. ft. and TripleMint leasing 31,000 sq. ft. at 1500 Broadway. Following a wave of move-outs earlier in the annual cycle, relocations into the Sixth Avenue/Rockefeller Center submarket have pushed vacancies downward, and according to the appraisal, as of the second quarter of 2020, the Sixth Avenue/Rockefeller Center Class A office submarket had a vacancy rate of 4.4% and market rents of $87.02 per sq. ft. The average in-place office rent at the Grace Building Property is currently approximately $94 per sq. ft.

 

The appraisal identified 15 comparable office leases that had base rents ranging from $79.50 to $184.35 per sq. ft. with a weighted average of $124.41 per sq. ft. The appraiser concluded a net effective market rent of $100.34 per sq. ft. for the entire office component.

 

Comparable Office Leases(1)
Property Name / Location Year Built / Renovated Stories Tenant Name Tenant Leased Space Lease Date Lease Term (years) Base Rent per Sq. Ft.
Grace Building Property 1974 / 2018 48 Various 1,476,337 Various Various $92.04
 452 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
1984 / 2012 30 Confidential 16,428 Sep-20 16.0 $112.00
1140 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
1931 / 2010 22 Citi National Bank 65,430 Sep-20 10.0 $79.50
1 Vanderbilt Avenue
New York, NY
1968 50 InTandem Capital Partners and Sagewind Capital LLC 10,165 Apr-20 8.0 $107.00
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
1971 54 AIG Employee Services 359,107 Apr-20 16.5 $97.45
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
1971 54 Greenhill & Co. 77,622 Apr-20 16.0 $91.00
1155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
1968 / 2019 40 R3 17,246 Mar-20 11.2 $102.00
30 Hudson Yards,
New York, NY
2019 90 Related 84,792 Mar-20 15.0 $184.35
30 Hudson Yards,
New York, NY
2019 90 Facebook 175,000 Jan-20 16.3 $156.38
712 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
1990 52 TSG Consumer Partners, LLC 9,800 Jan-20 10.7 $136.50
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
1971 54 Bessemer Trust Company 236,631 Jan-20 21.8 $107.00

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1968 50 Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (PIF) 41,000 Jan-20 11.1 $175.00

1 Vanderbilt Avenue

New York, NY

1968 50 McDermott, Will & Emery 15,703 Dec-19 21.2 $147.00

1 Vanderbilt Avenue

New York, NY

2020 67 Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. 45,954 Oct-19 16.0 $123.00

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY

1972 / 2008 42 Stifel, Nicholaus & Co 67,247 Oct-20 10.7 $103.00

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY

1972 / 2008 42 China Construction Bank 49,324 Sep-19 11 $145.00
(1)Source: Appraisal.

 

 A-3-11

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)(2)
  2017 2018 2019 T-12 9/30/2020 U/W U/W PSF
Base Rent(3) $99,833,553 $107,014,493 $91,119,452 $87,976,996 $140,450,510 $90.21
Straight-Lined Rent(4) 0 0 0 0 1,439,207 $0.92
Vacant Income(5) 0 0 0 0 7,464,675 $4.79
Gross Potential Rent $99,833,553 $107,014,493 $91,119,452 $87,976,996 $149,354,392 $95.93
Total Reimbursements 10,212,232 12,529,407 8,566,979 6,267,900 12,766,325 $8.20
Gross Potential Income $110,045,785 $119,543,900 $99,686,431 $94,244,896 $162,120,717 $104.13
Less: Vacancy(5) 0 0 0 0 (7,464,675) ($4.79)
Other Income(6) 3,209,878 3,195,652 3,230,812 2,759,133 2,956,947 $1.90
Effective Gross Income $113,255,664 $122,739,552 $102,917,243 $97,004,029 $157,612,989 $101.23
Total Fixed Expenses 26,516,164 28,386,384 30,273,753 31,869,978 33,383,205 $21.44
Total Operating Expenses 19,579,826 21,146,504 20,105,297 18,861,512 19,936,067 $12.80
Total Expenses $46,095,990 $49,532,888 $50,379,050 50,731,490 $53,319,272 $34.25
Net Operating Income $67,159,674 $73,206,665 $52,538,193 $46,272,539 $104,293,717 $66.98
TI/LC 0 0 0 0 1,556,972 $1.00
Capital Expenditures 0 0 0 0 389,243 $0.25
Net Cash Flow $67,159,674 $73,206,665 $52,538,193 $46,272,539 $102,347,502 $65.73
(1)Certain items such as interest expense, interest income, lease cancellation income, depreciation, amortization, debt service payments and any other non-recurring or non-operating items were excluded from the historical presentation and are not considered for the underwritten cash flow.

(2)The recent volatility in cash flow and increase from 2019 Net Cash Flow to Underwritten Net Cash Flow at the Grace Building Property is a result of the replacement of some larger legacy tenants (including 4 of the 5 largest tenants) between 2016 and 2018 and the signing of new and renewal leases with respect to 950,000 sq. ft. of space. The cash flow declines in 2019 and the projected increase in UW cash flows are the result of this rollover and the rent abatements associated with the new leases. All outstanding landlord obligations ($56,172,399) and rent abatements ($25,964,570) were reserved at origination.

(3)Underwritten Base Rent is based on the in-place rent roll as of October 2020 and includes contractual rent steps of $4,566,719 underwritten for various tenants through December 31, 2021.

(4)Represents the straight line credit for investment grade tenants and tenants identified by a legal industry publication as among the 100 largest law firms through the lesser of the lease or loan term.

(5)Underwritten Vacant Income and Vacancy represents an underwritten economic vacancy of 4.6%. The Grace Building Property is 94.8% occupied as of October 19, 2020.

(6)Other Income consists of directly billed utilities and $1,608,941 of parking income. 1114 Sixth Parking LLC is the current tenant under a parking garage lease. The tenant has not paid the required monthly rental payments for several months and an event of default is continuing under its lease. The Borrower is actively pursuing the termination of the lease and replacement arrangement with a new parking manager. At loan origination, the Borrower deposited with the lender $1,608,940 for anticipated parking rent shortfalls.

 

Property Management.   The Grace Building Property is currently managed by TRZ Holdings IV LLC (an affiliate of the borrower sponsor) (“TRZ”) pursuant to a management agreement and sub-managed by Brookfield Properties (USA II) LLC (an affiliate of the borrower sponsor) pursuant to a sub-management agreement. Under the Grace Building Whole Loan documents, the Grace Building Property is required to be managed by TRZ and sub-managed by Brookfield Properties (USA II) LLC, respectively, or any qualified manager as defined in The Grace Building Whole Loan documents. The lender has the right to replace, or require the Borrower to replace, each of the property manager and the sub-property manager with a property manager or sub-property manager, as applicable, selected by the Borrower (or selected by the lender in the event of an event of default under the Grace Building Whole Loan documents) (i) during the continuance of an event of default under the Grace Building Whole Loan documents, (ii) during the continuance of a material default by the property manager under the management agreement or the sub-property manager under the sub-management agreement (after the expiration of any applicable notice and/or cure periods), or (iii) if the property manager or sub-property manager becomes bankrupt or insolvent.

 

Lockbox / Cash Management. The Grace Building Whole Loan is structured with a hard lockbox and springing cash management. Revenues from the Grace Building Property are required to be deposited into the lockbox account directly by tenants and any funds received by the Borrower and property manager within five business days of receipt. If no Trigger Period (as defined below) exists, funds in the lockbox account will be disbursed to the Borrower. During a Trigger Period, funds in the lockbox account are required to be swept on each business day to the lender-controlled cash management account and disbursed according to the Grace Building Whole Loan documents with excess cash held by the lender for so long as such Trigger Period continues, other than for disbursements to the borrower for (unless already paid) debt service due under the Grace Building Whole Loan, shortfalls in the required reserve accounts, deposit of the Low Cash Flow Period Threshold Collateral (as defined below), emergency and life safety expenses, approved operating expenses, and disbursements to the borrower to be distributed to its equity holders in an amount sufficient to satisfy the distribution requirements applicable to REITs and certain other uses as set forth in The Grace Building Whole Loan documents.

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves. At loan origination, the Borrower deposited (i) $56,172,399 for outstanding landlord tenant improvement and leasing commission obligations due to various tenants; (ii) $25,964,570 for free rent owed to various tenants through June 2022 to be applied on each monthly payment date to simulate the payment of tenant rent; (iii) $5,970,240 for certain construction and improvement work related to the lobby and elevator cabs and systems; and (iv) $1,608,940 for anticipated parking rent shortfalls from the loan origination date through November 2021, 1/12 of which reserve will be applied to the Grace Building Whole Loan lockbox account on each monthly payment date for such period.

 

Real Estate Taxes. During a Trigger Period (as defined below), the Borrower is required to deposit monthly 1/12 of the annual estimated real estate taxes.

 

 A-3-12

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10036 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 1

The Grace Building 

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$80,000,000

41.1%

4.25x

11.8%

  

Insurance. During a Trigger Period, the Borrower is required to deposit monthly 1/12 of the annual estimated insurance premiums (unless the Grace Building Property is covered by a blanket policy).

 

Replacement Reserves. During a Trigger Period, the Borrower is required to deposit monthly $0.20 per sq. ft. per annum (initially $25,950) for capital expenditures.

 

TI/LC Reserves. During a Trigger Period, the Borrower is required to deposit monthly $1.50 per sq. ft. per annum (initially $194,622) for tenant improvements and leasing commissions.

 

A “Grace Building Trigger Period” means a period (i) commencing upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Grace Building Whole Loan or, if a mezzanine loan is then outstanding, under such mezzanine loan, and ending when the event of default has been cured; or (ii) beginning when the debt yield (including any mezzanine loan, if outstanding) (tested each fiscal quarter) is less than 6.00% for any two consecutive fiscal quarters, and ending when (x) the debt yield (including any mezzanine loan, if outstanding) (tested each fiscal quarter) is at least 6.00% for any two consecutive fiscal quarters or (y) the borrower has delivered cash or a letter of credit (the “Low Cash Flow Period Threshold Collateral”) in an amount which, when applied to the outstanding principal balance of the Grace Building Whole Loan (plus any mezzanine loan) would be sufficient to meet the debt yield requirement of 6.00%.

 

Current Mezzanine or Secured Subordinate Indebtedness. The Grace Building Property also secures the Grace Building Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans, which have an aggregate Cut-off Date principal balance of $803,000,000 and the Grace Building Subordinate Notes, which have an aggregate Cut-off Date principal balance of $367,000,000. The Grace Building Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the Grace Building Subordinate Notes accrue interest at the same rate as the Grace Building Mortgage Loan. The Grace Building Mortgage Loan and the Grace Building Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans are each pari passu in right of payment and together are senior in right of payment to the Grace Building Subordinate Notes. The holders of the Grace Building Mortgage Loan, the Grace Building Non-Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans and the Grace Building Subordinate Notes have entered into a co-lender agreement which sets forth the allocation of collections on the Grace Building Whole Loan. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The Grace Building Whole Loan” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. An affiliate of the Borrower is permitted to incur future mezzanine debt (secured by a pledge of direct equity interests in the Borrower), provided that among other conditions: (i) no event of default is continuing; (ii) the principal amount of the mezzanine loan may not exceed an amount which, when combined with the Grace Building Whole Loan, results in (a) a loan-to-value ratio greater than 58.14% or (b) a debt yield less than 8.35%; (iii) the mezzanine loan is co-terminous with the Grace Building Whole Loan or is freely prepayable after the maturity date of the Grace Building Whole Loan; (iv) the mezzanine loan is interest-only; (v) an intercreditor agreement is executed that is acceptable to the lender and the rating agencies; and (vi) a rating agency confirmation is delivered by each rating agency rating securities backed by the Grace Building Whole Loan.

 

Partial Releases. None.

 

 A-3-13

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

(GRAPHIC) 

 

 A-3-14

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

(GRAPHIC) 

 

 A-3-15

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

(GRAPHIC) 

 

 A-3-16

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Sellers(1): CREFI/GACC
Loan Purpose(2): Acquisition
Borrower Sponsors: BREIT Operating Partnership L.P.; MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP
Borrowers: MGM Grand PropCo, LLC; Mandalay PropCo, LLC
Original Balance(3): $75,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance(3): $75,000,000
% by Initial UPB: 9.2%
Interest Rate: 3.55800%
Payment Date: 5th of each month
First Payment Date: April 5, 2020
Anticipated Repayment Date(4): March 5, 2030
Final Maturity Date(4): March 5, 2032
Amortization: Interest Only, ARD (to the extent of Excess Cash Flow)
Additional Debt(3): $1,559,200,000 Pari Passu Debt; $804,400,000 B-Notes; $561,400,000 C-Notes; Future Mezzanine Debt Permitted
Call Protection(5): YM0.5(33), DorYM0.5(80), O(7)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves(6)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 Springing NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
FF&E: $0 Springing NAP
 
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Portfolio of two properties
Property Type: Full Service Hospitality
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Year Built / Renovated(7): Various / NAP
Total Rooms(8): 9,748
Property Management: Self-Managed
Underwritten NOI: $520,080,353
Underwritten NCF: $487,305,761
Appraised Value(9): $4,600,000,000
Appraisal Date(9): January 10, 2020
 
Historical NOI(2)
Most Recent NOI: $222,041,347 (T-12 September 30, 2020)
2019 NOI: $520,080,353 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $617,369,266 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: $605,037,208 (December 31, 2017)
 
Historical Occupancy(8)
Most Recent Occupancy: 71.4% (September 30, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 92.1% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 91.5% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy: 91.0% (December 31, 2017)

Financial Information(3)
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Room 

Cut-off / Balloon(4) 

LTV(2)(4)(9) 

Cut-off / Balloon 

U/W DSCR(2) 

Master Lease Rent 

U/W Debt Yield(2) 

Master Lease Rent 

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon(2) 

Master Lease Rent 

Mortgage Loan $75,000,000          
Pari Passu Notes $1,559,200,000          
Total A Notes $1,634,200,000 $167,645 / $167,645 35.5% / 35.5% 4.95x 17.9% 17.9%
B Notes $804,400,000          
C Notes $561,400,000          
Whole Loan $3,000,000,000 $307,755 / $307,755 65.2% / 65.2% 2.70x 9.7% 9.7%
(1)The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (as defined below) was co-originated by Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. (“CREFI”), Barclays Capital Real Estate Inc. (“BCREI”), Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch (“DBNY”) and Société Générale Financial Corporation (“SGFC”). CREFI will be contributing Note A-13-6 with an outstanding principal balance of $40,000,000 and GACC will be contributing Note A-15-7 with an outstanding principal balance of $35,000,000 to the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization.

(2)On January 14, 2020, MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP (“MGP OP”), an affiliate of BREIT Operating Partnership L.P. (“BREIT OP”; and together with MGP OP, the “Sponsors”, as more particularly referred to as the “Borrower Sponsors”) and certain other parties entered into an agreement to, among other things, form a joint venture (50.1% indirectly owned by MGP OP and 49.9% indirectly owned by BREIT OP) (the “Joint Venture”) to acquire the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties (as defined below) for a purchase price of $4.60 billion ($471,892 per room). Contemporaneously with the acquisition, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers (as defined below), as landlord entered into a 30-year triple-net master/operating lease (the “MGM/Mandalay Lease” or “Master Lease”) with two, 10-year renewal options with MGM Lessee II, LLC (“MGM Tenant”), a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (“MGM”). Financial and other information presented in this Term Sheet is presented on a “look through” basis, based on the rents and receipts of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties. For so long as the MGM/Mandalay Lease is in effect, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers will be entitled only to the rent due under the MGM/Mandalay Lease and not to the underlying rent and other income from the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties. The LTV Cut-off / Balloon, U/W DSCR Master Lease Rent, U/W Debt Yield Master Lease Rent and U/W Debt Yield at Balloon Master Lease Rent presented in the chart above are based on the initial MGM/Mandalay Lease annual rent of $292,000,000. The U/W NCF DSCR, U/W NCF Debt Yield and U/W NCF Debt Yield at Balloon for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes (based on the U/W NCF of $487.3 million) are 8.27x, 29.8% and 29.8%, respectively. Based on the September 2020 TTM adjusted EBITDAR of $222.0 million, the Mortgage Loan results in a DSCR of 2.05x (which is below the DSCR Threshold – See “Lockbox and Cash Management” herein for more detail. On May 1, 2020, MGM Resorts International reported in its first quarter Form 10-Q filing that, as a result of the temporary closure of its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties) following the outbreak of COVID-19, its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties) were effectively generating no revenue, and there were high levels of room and convention cancellation through the third quarter of 2020. On August 3, 2020, MGM reported in its second quarter Form 10-Q filing that, while throughout May, June and July 2020, it re-opened most of its properties with limited amenities and certain measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such properties (which include the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay Properties) may be subject to temporary, complete or partial shutdowns in the future. On November 3, 2020, MGM reported in its most recent third quarter Form 10-Q filing that throughout the second and third quarters of 2020, all of its properties reopened but are operating without certain amenities and subject to certain occupancy limitations and therefore are generating revenues that are significantly lower than historical results, and that it has seen and expects to continue to see weakened demand in light of consumer fears and general economic uncertainty, among other things. The September 2020 TTM financials presented above reflect the suspension of operations at (i) the MGM Grand Property from March 17, 2020 through June 3, 2020 and (ii) The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Place and the Mandalay Bay resort from March 17, 2020 through June 24, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively, and the occupancy limitations imposed on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties by the state of Nevada during the third quarter of 2020. Upon reopening, both MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties were operating with limited amenities and certain COVID-19 mitigation procedures. The Lender UW presented above is based on 2019 financials, which reflects a full-year of uninterrupted operations at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties. Please see the “Historical Performance” tables herein, and the footnotes thereto, for more detailed underwritten cash flow information.

(3)The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Loan (as defined below) is part of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (as defined below), which is comprised of (i) 36 pari passu senior promissory notes with an aggregate Cut-off Date balance of $1,634,200,000 (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes,” and collectively, the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Loan”) and (ii) 24 promissory notes with an aggregate Cut-off Date balance of $1,365,800,000 consisting of multiple subordination levels, which are subordinate to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior Notes”). The MGM Grand Property has an allocated mortgage loan amount (“ALA”) of $1,635,000,000 and the Mandalay Bay Property has an ALA equal to $1,365,000,000.

(4)The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan is structured with an Anticipated Repayment Date (“ARD”) of March 5, 2030 and a Final Maturity Date of March 5, 2032. After the ARD, the following structure will apply: (i) the interest rate will increase by 200 basis points over the greater of (x) 3.55800%, and (y) (1) the ARD Treasury Note Rate in effect on the ARD plus (2) 1.77000%, (ii) amounts in the Excess Cash Flow Reserve (as defined below) will be applied first to pay monthly additional interest amounts which, to the extent not paid (such amount not paid, together with accrued interest thereon at the Adjusted Interest Rate, the “Accrued Interest”), will be deferred and added to the principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, and (iii) a full cash flow sweep to the extent of remaining amounts in the Excess Cash Flow Reserve will be applied to the principal of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan. The metrics presented in the Financial Information chart above for Balance per Room Cut-off / Balloon and LTV Cut-off / Balloon are calculated based on the ARD.

(5)The defeasance lockout period will be 33 payments beginning with and including the first payment date of April 5, 2020. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers have the option to defease the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, in whole or in part, after the earlier to occur of (i) two years after the closing date of the securitization that includes the last note to be securitized and (ii) February 14, 2023. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time, subject to payment of the applicable yield maintenance premium if such prepayment occurs prior to September 5, 2029 (provided no yield maintenance will be due in connection with mandatory prepayments arising out of any casualty, condemnation or in connection with a Special Release (as defined below) or a Default Release (as defined below).

(6)See “Initial and Ongoing Reserves” herein.

 

 

 A-3-17

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

(7)The MGM Grand Property was built in 1993 and the Mandalay Bay Property was built in 1999. The MGM Grand Property has benefited from capital investment of approximately $480.0 million (approximately $96,000 per room) since 2010, $144.0 million of which was spent on a full rooms’ renovation from 2010 to 2013. Additionally, approximately $118.9 million was recently spent on an expansion and renovation of the convention center completed in December 2018, which is expected to expand the group business at the MGM Grand Property. The Mandalay Bay Property (including the Delano) underwent a substantial rooms’ renovation for approximately $159.7 million from 2012 to 2016 and, inclusive of the Four Seasons, has received a total of approximately $510.6 million (approximately $107,500 per room) of capital investment since 2010.

(8)Size and Occupancy are based solely on the hotel at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties. As of the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2020, approximately 34.0% of revenues were generated by rooms, 17.5% of revenues were from gaming, 26.5% from food & beverage and 22.0% from other sources.

(9)The Appraised Value of $4,600,000,000 as of January 10, 2020 set forth above is the appraised value solely with respect to real property at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties, excluding personal property and intangible property attributable to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties (the “Aggregate Real Property Appraised Value”). The appraisal also includes an “As Leased-Sale-Leaseback Appraised Value,” which is equal to the Aggregate Real Property Appraised Value. The Appraised Value of $7,352,600,000 (“Aggregate As-Is Appraised Value”) as of January 10, 2020, includes personal property and intangible property attributable to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties. The personal property and intangible property relating to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties is owned by the MGM Tenant or certain sublessees at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties that are wholly owned subsidiaries of MGM (the “MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenants”) (as more particularly provided in the Master Lease), which granted a security interest in certain property of the MGM Tenant and the MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenants (with certain exclusions, including an exclusion for the intellectual property of MGM Tenant as more particularly described in the Master Lease); and provided that the FF&E is only transferred to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers at no cost in the event of a termination of the Master Lease due to an event of default by the MGM Tenant thereunder) in favor of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers, and such security interest was collaterally assigned by the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers to the mortgage lender. The LTV Cut-off / Balloon based on the Aggregate As-Is Appraised Value are 22.2% and 22.2%, respectively, based on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Loan. The LTV Cut-off / Balloon based on the Aggregate As-Is Appraised Value are 40.8% and 40.8%, respectively, based on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan.

 

The Loan.   The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay mortgage loan (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Loan”) is part of a fixed rate whole loan (the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan”), which is secured by the borrowers’ fee simple interests in the MGM Grand resort (the “MGM Grand Property”) and the Mandalay Bay resort (the “Mandalay Bay Property”) (together, the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties”) located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan is comprised of 60 promissory notes with an aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $3.0 billion, two of which (Notes A-13-6 and A-15-7), with an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $75.0 million, will be included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 trust and constitute the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Loan, as detailed in the note summary table below. Only the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Loan will be included in the mortgage pool for the Benchmark 2020-B22 mortgage trust.

 

The relationship between the holders of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan will be governed by a co-lender agreement as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-13-6, A-15-7 $75,000,000 $75,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22(1) No
A-13-5, A-15-6 $75,000,000 $75,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 No
A-13-4, A-15-4 $70,000,000 $70,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B20 No
A-13-2, A-15-3 $80,000,000 $80,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B19 No
A-13-1, A-15-1 $65,000,000 $65,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B18 No
A-15-2 $50,000,000 $50,000,000 DBJPM 2020-C9 No
A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4 $670,139 $670,139 BX 2020-VIVA No
A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8 $794,861 $794,861 BX 2020-VIV2 No
A-9, A-10, A-11, A-12 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 BX 2020-VIV3 No
A-13-3, A-14-4, A-15-5, A-16-2 $550,000,000 $550,000,000 BX 2020-VIV4 No
A-14-1, A-16-1 $69,500,000 $69,500,000 BBCMS 2020-C8 No
A-14-2, A-14-3 $45,000,000 $45,000,000 WFCM 2020-C58(2) No
A-13-7 $65,000,000 $65,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(3) No
A-13-8 $99,360,667 $99,360,667 CREFI(4) No
A-14-5 $101,847,000 $101,847,000 Barclays Bank PLC(4) No
A-15-8 $94,680,333 $94,680,333 DBRI(4) No
A-16-3 $191,347,000 $191,347,000 SGFC(4) No
Total Senior Notes $1,634,200,000 $1,634,200,000    
B-1-A, B-2-A, B-3-A, B-4-A, B-1-B, B-2-B, B-3-B, B-4-B(6) $329,861 $329,861 BX 2020-VIVA No
B-5-A, B-6-A, B-7-A, B-8-A, B-5-B, B-6-B, B-7-B, B-8-B(6) $374,355,139 $374,355,139 BX 2020-VIV2 No
B-9-A, B-10-A, B-11-A, B-12-A(6) $429,715,000 $429,715,000 BX 2020-VIV3 No
C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4(6) $561,400,000 $561,400,000 BX 2020-VIVA Yes(5)
Whole Loan $3,000,000,000 $3,000,000,000    

(1)CREFI will be contributing Note A-13-6 which has an outstanding principal balance of $40,000,000 to the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization. GACC will be contributing Note A-15-7 which has an outstanding principal balance of $35,000,000 to the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization.

(2)The WFCM 2020-C58 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.

(3)The GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.

(4)Expected to be contributed to one or more future securitization transactions.

(5)The initial controlling note is Note C-1, so long as no related control appraisal period with respect to Note C-1 and the related pari passu C notes has occurred and is continuing. If and for so long as a control appraisal period has occurred and is continuing, then the controlling note will be as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced AB Whole Loans—The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan” in the Prospectus.

(6)The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior Notes are subordinate to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes.

 

The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan has a 120-month interest-only term through the ARD of March 5, 2030. After the ARD, through and including March 5, 2032 (the “Maturity Date”), the following structure would apply: (i) the interest rate will increase by 200 basis points over the greater of (x) 3.55800%, and (y)(1) the ARD Treasury Note Rate in effect on the ARD (such new rate, the “Adjusted Interest Rate”) plus (2) 1.77000%, (ii) amounts in the Excess Cash Flow Reserve (as defined below) will be applied first to pay monthly additional interest amounts which, to the extent not paid, will be deferred (together with interest accrued thereon at the Adjusted Interest Rate) and added to the principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, and (iii) a full cash flow sweep to the extent of remaining amounts in the Excess Cash Flow Reserve will be applied to principal of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan. For

 

 A-3-18

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

  

the period from the origination date through the ARD, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes and Junior Notes accrue at the rate of 3.55800% per annum. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan proceeds along with borrower sponsor equity were used to purchase the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties for $4.6 billion.

 

“ARD Treasury Note Rate” means the rate of interest per annum calculated by the linear interpolation of the yields, as reported in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 Selected Interest Rates under the heading “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities” for the business day ending immediately prior to the ARD, of “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities” with maturity dates (one longer and one shorter) most nearly approximating the Maturity Date. In the event Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 Selected Interest Rates is no longer published or in the event Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 Selected Interest Rates no longer publishes “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities”, the mortgage lender will select a comparable publication to determine such “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities” and the applicable ARD Treasury Note Rate. The mortgage lender’s determination of the ARD Treasury Note Rate will be final absent manifest error.

 

Based on the contractual Master Lease rents in years 11 and 12 of $356 million and $363 million (rental payments fully guaranteed by MGM (Fitch: BB- / Moody’s: Ba3 / S&P: BB-), respectively, and a 5.55800% interest rate, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan would generate approximately $401 million of amortization in those two years (so long as the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan remains outstanding during that period). The amortization will result in a year 12 loan-to-cost ratio of 56.3%, a debt yield of 20.0% (based on the year-end December 2019 EBITDAR) and a mortgage loan basis of approximately $266,572 per room.

 

Based on the Aggregate As-Is Appraised Value of approximately $7.35 billion as of January 10, 2020, the LTV Cut-off / Balloon for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Loan are 22.2% and 22.2%, respectively. Based on the Aggregate Real Property Appraised Value of $4.6 billion as of January 10, 2020, the LTV Cut-off / Balloon for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Loan are 35.5% and 35.5%, respectively.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Senior Notes $1,634,200,000 35.4%   Purchase Price $4,600,000,000 99.6%
Junior Notes 1,365,800,000 29.6   Closing Costs 17,792,163 0.4 
Sponsor Equity(1) 1,617,792,163   35.0        
Total Sources $4,617,792,163 100.0%   Total Uses $4,617,792,163 100.0%
(1)Includes MGM’s approximately $80.0 million of retained equity interest in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties after the sale-leaseback, by virtue of operating partnership units in MGP OP issued to MGM on the origination date of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan.

 

The Borrowers / Borrower Sponsors. On January 14, 2020, MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP (“MGP OP”), an affiliate of BREIT Operating Partnership L.P. (“BREIT OP” and together with MGP OP, the “Sponsors”, as more particularly referred to as the “Borrower Sponsors”), and certain other parties entered into an agreement to, among other things, form a joint venture (50.1% indirectly owned by MGP OP and 49.9% indirectly owned by BREIT OP) (the “Joint Venture”) to acquire the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties in Las Vegas for a purchase price of $4.60 billion ($471,892 per room). The borrowers under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan are MGM Grand PropCo, LLC and Mandalay PropCo, LLC (individually, a “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrower” and, collectively, the “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers” or the “Borrowers”), which are subsidiaries of the Joint Venture. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers are Delaware limited liability companies and single purpose entities with two independent directors. Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (“BREIT”) is a non-traded real estate investment trust focused on investing in commercial real estate properties diversified by sector with an emphasis on providing investors with access to Blackstone’s institutional real estate investment platform. BREIT seeks to directly own stabilized income-generating United States commercial real estate across the key property types, including multifamily, industrial, retail, hotel, healthcare and office. BREIT is managed by an external advisor, BX REIT Advisors L.L.C., which is an affiliate of The Blackstone Group Inc. (“Blackstone”). Blackstone’s real estate investor capital under management totals approximately $174.0 billion as of September 30, 2020 and includes prime assets such as the Bellagio, Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, Hotel Del Coronado, Grand Wailea, Arizona Biltmore, Ritz Carlton Kapalua, and Turtle Bay Resort.

 

MGM Growth Properties LLC (“MGP”) is one of the leading publicly traded real estate investment trusts engaged in the acquisition, ownership and leasing of large-scale destination entertainment and leisure resorts. MGP currently owns a portfolio of properties, consisting of 12 premier destination resorts in Las Vegas and elsewhere across the United States, with over 27,400 rooms, as well as MGM Northfield Park in Northfield, OH, Empire Resort Casino in Yonkers, NY, and a retail and entertainment district, The Park, in Las Vegas.

 

MGP OP and BREIT OP (together, individually or collectively as the context may require, the “Guarantor”), are the non-recourse carveout guarantors on a several basis in proportion to each Guarantor’s Liability Percentage (as defined below). The Liability Percentage of each Guarantor will be automatically increased or decreased from time to time, as applicable, to the extent any direct and/or indirect equity interest in the Borrowers is transferred by one Guarantor (or its affiliates) to the other Guarantor (or its affiliates) with the transferring Guarantor’s Liability Percentage increasing by the amount of such transferred interests and the transferee Guarantor’s Liability Percentage decreasing by such amount. In no event will the Liability Percentage of the Guarantors in the aggregate be less than or greater than 100%. For the avoidance of doubt, transfers by a Guarantor (or its affiliates) to a third party that is not an affiliate of the other Guarantor will not result in an adjustment to the Liability Percentage of either Guarantor. For illustrative purposes, if BREIT OP transfers a 25% indirect equity interest in the Borrowers to a third party that is not an Affiliate of MGP OP and subsequently transfers a 10% indirect

 

 A-3-19

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

equity interest in the Borrowers to MGP OP, the adjustments required to be made as a result of such transfers will be: (i) a decrease of ten percentage points to BREIT OP’s Liability Percentage and (ii) an increase of ten percentage points to MGP OP’s Liability Percentage.

 

The Guarantor’s liability for full recourse events is capped at an amount equal to 10% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan as of the date of the event. In addition, only the Borrowers are liable for breaches of environmental covenants; provided, however, that if the Borrowers fail to maintain an environmental insurance policy required under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents, the Guarantor is liable for losses other than (x) for any amounts in excess of the applicable coverage amounts under the environmental policy had the same been renewed, replaced or extended as required under the loan agreement and (y) for any amounts recovered under the environmental policy. In addition, recourse for transfers of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties or controlling equity interests in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers is loss recourse, rather than full recourse.

 

“Liability Percentage” means, initially, (x) with respect to BREIT OP, 49.9% and (y) with respect to MGP OP, 50.1%.

  

The Properties.

 

MGM Grand (54.5% of Mortgage ALA and Master Lease Rent)

 

Built in 1993, the MGM Grand Property is a full-service luxury resort and casino property located on the Las Vegas Strip, situated between Tropicana Boulevard and Harmon Avenue. According to World Atlas, the MGM Grand Property is the third largest hotel in the world by room count. The MGM Grand Property is also a recipient of the AAA Four Diamond award. The MGM Grand Property covers approximately 101.9 acres and consists of 4,998 hotel rooms: 4,270 standard rooms, 554 suites, 88 luxury suites, 51 SKYLOFTS suites (excluding one additional office unit), 30 mansion villas (Mediterranean-themed villas targeted for high-end gamblers, celebrities and casino-invited guests on the strip) (the “Mansion Villas”) and four entourage rooms associated with the Mansion Villas. The MGM Grand Property contains approximately 177,268 square feet (“sq. ft.”) of casino space, featuring 1,553 slot machines and 128 gaming tables, over 748,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, 18 restaurants, an approximately 22,858 sq. ft. spa, four swimming pools and approximately 41,800 sq. ft. of rentable retail space (featuring 31 retailers). The MGM Grand Property is home to Cirque du Soleil’s “Kà”, an acrobatic theater production that has been in residence at the MGM Grand Property since October 2004. The MGM Grand Property also includes the David Copperfield Theatre, Hakkasan Nightclub and the MGM Grand Garden Arena, which has a seating capacity of over 16,000 and hosts premier concerts, award shows, sporting events including championship boxing, and other special events.

 

Room sizes range from 346 sq. ft. to 11,517 sq. ft. and offer one to four bedrooms. Standard room amenities include air conditioning, in-room dining service, minibar, telephone, hair dryer, in-room safe, and high-speed internet. SKYLOFTS at MGM Grand, a AAA Four-Diamond, Forbes Five Star hotel, occupies the top two floors of the main building. The hotel has 51 lofts ranging from 1,401 to 6,040 sq. ft. per loft. SKYLOFTS is also a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. The Mansion at the MGM Grand Property contains 30 Mansion Villas ranging from 2,358 to 11,517 sq. ft. per villa and $5,000 to $35,000 per night.

  

Since 2010, the MGM Grand Property has benefited from total capital investment of approximately $480.0 million (approximately $96,036 per room). Notable capital expenditures from this time period include an approximately $144.0 million full rooms renovation from 2010 to 2013 and a recent $118.9 million expansion and renovation of the conference center, which was completed in December 2018.

 

Mandalay Bay (45.5% of Mortgage ALA and Master Lease Rent)

 

Built in 1999, the Mandalay Bay Property is a full-service luxury resort and casino property located as the first major resort on the strip to greet visitors arriving by automobile from Southern California. The AAA Four Diamond award winning resort is a premier conference hotel in Las Vegas with approximately 2.2 million sq. ft. of convention, ballroom and meeting space, making it the fifth single largest event space in the United States. The Mandalay Bay Property is immediately across Interstate 15 from Allegiant Stadium, the new home stadium of the National Football League’s (“NFL”) Raiders, which was substantially completed in July 2020. The Raiders started the 2020 football season at the stadium and are hosting games, however, the stadium will remain closed to fans for the season due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The Mandalay Bay Property covers approximately 124.1 acres and consists of 4,750 hotel rooms. Also included within the Mandalay Bay Property are: (i) the Delano, which is an all-suite hotel tower within the complex and (ii) a Four Seasons hotel, each of which has its own lobby, restaurants and pool and spa. In addition to the significant meeting space, the Mandalay Bay Property contains approximately 152,159 sq. ft. of casino space, featuring approximately 1,232 slot machines and 71 gaming tables, 27 total restaurants, an approximately 30,000 sq. ft. spa, ten swimming pools and approximately 54,000 sq. ft. of rentable retail space featuring 41 retailers. The Mandalay Bay Property is also the home to Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson “ONE”, which has been in residence at the Mandalay Bay Property in an approximately 1,805-seat showroom since 2013, an approximately 12,000-seat special events arena, the House of Blues (which features an arena seating up to 2,500 people) and the Shark Reef Aquarium. Additionally, Mandalay Bay Property’s expansive pool and beach area plays host to an array of evening open air concerts during the pool season, a large wave pool, and Moorea, a European-style “ultra” beach and Daylight Beach Club.

 

Room sizes range from 400 to 5,605 sq. ft. and the Mandalay Bay Property offers one- to four-bedroom rooms. Standard room amenities include air conditioning, in-room dining service, minibar, telephone, hair dryer, in-room safe, and high-speed internet. Floors 60–62 are designed as penthouse suites, with a penthouse lounge on level 62 for guests staying in the penthouses. Floors numbered 35–39 of the main hotel building are occupied by the five-star and AAA Four-Diamond Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas. Located at the resort’s 43-story second tower, the Delano Las Vegas is comprised of 45 rooms and 1,072 suites. Each suite at the Delano is at least 725 sq. ft.

 

 A-3-20

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

The Mandalay Bay Property (including the Delano) underwent a substantial rooms’ renovation of approximately $159.7 million (approximately $35,150 per room) from 2012 to 2016 and has received a total of approximately $510.6 million (approximately $107,485 per room) of capital investment since 2010.

 

Cirque du Soleil performances at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties scheduled through December 31, 2020 have been cancelled. On June 29, 2020, Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group (“Cirque”) announced that it and certain of its affiliated companies filed for protection from creditors under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) in order to restructure its capital structure, which application was granted by the court. On July 16, 2020, Cirque announced that it entered into a new “stalking horse” purchase agreement with a group of existing first lien and second lien secured lenders pursuant to which such lenders would acquire substantially all of Cirque’s assets in settlement of Cirque’s first and second lien debt. Such purchase agreement was approved by the court on July 17, 2020, and served as the new “stalking horse” bid in a SISP supervised by the court and the court-appointed monitor. As of August 18, 2020, it was reported that the lenders’ bid was the highest bid, which requires court approval to take effect. On October 20, 2020, it was further reported that the plan giving the lenders control and virtually all of the equity of Cirque was approved, and on November 24, 2020, Cirque announced the closing of the sale transaction with its secured lenders and its emergence from creditor protection under the CCAA in Canada and Chapter 15 in the United States.

 

COVID-19 Update. According to a press release issued on March 15, 2020, MGM announced that it would suspend operations at all of its Las Vegas properties, including the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties, until further notice, effective as of March 17, 2020, and that casino operations would close on March 16, 2020, followed by hotel operations on March 17, 2020. MGM cited COVID-19 as a pandemic that had intensified in the United States, requiring major collective action to slow its progression. MGM stated that it cancelled all reservations at its Las Vegas properties prior to May 21, 2020. MGM further reported that it incurred substantial operating losses in March 2020 and did not expect to see a material improvement until more is known regarding the duration and severity of the pandemic, including when MGM’s properties can reopen to the public. On May 1, 2020, MGM reported in its first quarter Form 10-Q filing that as a result of the government-mandated closure, its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties and several properties which are not part of the collateral for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan) were effectively generating no revenue. In addition, in its Form 10-Q filing, MGM Resorts International reported high levels of room and convention cancellation across its domestic properties through the third quarter of 2020 with some tentative re-bookings in the fourth quarter and into 2021. As of June 4, 2020, the MGM Grand was reopened, with limited amenities and certain COVID-19 mitigation procedures. MGM Resorts International reopened The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Place on June 25, 2020 and the Mandalay Bay resort on July 1, 2020, both with limited amenities and certain COVID-19 mitigation procedures. On August 3, 2020, MGM reported in its second quarter Form 10-Q filing that, while throughout May, June and July 2020, it re-opened most of its properties with limited amenities and certain measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such properties (which includes the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay Properties) may be subject to temporary, complete or partial shutdowns in the future. On August 28, 2020, several news outlets reported that MGM is expected to lay off approximately 18,000 furloughed workers in the United States, more than one-quarter of its pre-COVID-19 pandemic U.S. workforce, due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on MGM’s business. However, MGM permitted certain stage shows and performances to resume at select properties (including the MGM Grand) on or about November 6, 2020. On November 3, 2020, MGM reported in its most recent third quarter Form 10-Q filing that (i) throughout the second and third quarters of 2020, all of its properties reopened but are operating without certain amenities and subject to certain occupancy limitations and therefore are generating revenues that are significantly lower than historical results and (ii) although MGM has engaged in aggressive cost reduction efforts, it still has significant fixed and variable costs, which will adversely affect its profitability, and has seen and expects to continue to see weakened demand in light of continued domestic and international travel restrictions or warnings, restrictions on amenity use (such as gaming, restaurant and pool capacity limitations), consumer fears and reduced consumer discretionary spending, general economic uncertainty and increased rates of unemployment. As has been reported on MGM’s third quarter 2020 earnings call, MGM disclosed that it is evaluating plans to minimize mid-week Adjusted Property EBITDAR losses at its properties in light of its seasonal low period during the winter months, which could include reducing amenities at some of its properties and the closure of certain hotel towers. Effective as of November 30, 2020, MGM has temporarily closed the hotel tower operations at Mandalay Bay from Monday through Thursday each week. At this time, the casino, restaurants and certain other amenities at Mandalay Bay will remain open throughout the week. MGM does not expect the temporary closure to continue past December, however, MGM will continue to evaluate business levels to determine how long the closure will remain in effect. As of December 6, 2020, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties continue to operate subject to the restrictions described above. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan is current through the December 2020 payment date and as of December 6, 2020, no loan modification or forbearance requests have been made. Additionally, October 2020 and November 2020 master lease payments have been made and there have been no lease modification requests. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Revenue Streams. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties benefit from a diverse set of revenue streams with a substantial contribution from non-gaming sources (only 18.0% of combined year-end (“YE”) December 2019 revenues derived from casino) and offer nearly 2.8 million sq. ft. of combined meeting and convention space.

 

As of YE December 2019, the MGM Grand Property generated 77.8% of net revenues from rooms, food and beverage, retail, entertainment and other operations. The gaming segment contributed 22.2% of net revenue (approximately $257.9 million), representing a decline from the 2018 level of 29.8% of net revenue (of approximately $365.7 million). A portion of the decline can be attributed to a renovation of the Mansion Villas in 2019, which serve as the MGM Grand Property’s main attractant to high-end gamblers. Nearly all departments at the MGM Grand Property (including rooms, F&B, retail and entertainment) experienced continued growth in the YE December 2019 period despite the decline in casino revenue.

 

 A-3-21

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

The Mandalay Bay Property has a much smaller casino department as a percentage of total net revenue (12.9% as of YE December 2019) than most casinos on the Las Vegas strip. The Mandalay Bay Property revenues are primarily driven by (i) the focus on group and convention business (according to the appraisal, the Mandalay Bay Property had a 2019 penetration factor of 134.8% for group business) and (ii) the fact that two of the three room types are operated as non-casino focused third party franchises (the Delano and Four Seasons). As of YE December 2019, 64.1% of total revenues at the Mandalay Bay Property were derived from rooms’ revenue (34.1%) and food & beverage revenue (30.0%).

  

As of YE December 2019, the MGM Grand Property achieved occupancy, ADR and RevPAR of 91.4%, $190.29 and $173.85, respectively. As of YE December 2019, the Mandalay Bay Property achieved occupancy, ADR and RevPAR of 92.8%, $202.98 and $188.40, respectively.

 

Historical Performance
EBITDAR ($ Millions)(1) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 March 2020 TTM(1) June 2020 TTM(1) Sept. 2020 TTM(1) UW
MGM Grand $329 $396 $271 $214 $163 $149 $181 $236 $255 $281 $332 $345 $372 $283 $263 $220 $129 $283
Mandalay Bay $282 $291 $251 $160 $125 $169 $147 $167 $176 $204 $237 $260 $246 $237 $224 $161 $93 $237
Total Collateral $611 $688 $522 $374 $288 $318 $327 $403 $431 $485 $569 $605 $617 $520 $487 $381 $222 $520
Debt Yield(2) 20.4% 22.9% 17.4% 12.5% 9.6% 10.6% 10.9% 13.4% 14.4% 16.2% 19.0% 20.2% 20.6% 17.3% 16.2% 12.7% 7.4% 17.3%
Rent Coverage(3) 2.1x 2.4x 1.8x 1.3x 1.0x 1.1x 1.1x 1.4x 1.5x 1.7x 1.9x 2.1x 2.1x 1.8x 1.7x 1.3x 0.8x 1.8x
(1)On May 1, 2020, MGM Resorts International reported in its first quarter Form 10-Q filing that, as a result of the temporary closure of its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties) following the outbreak of COVID-19, its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties) were effectively generating no revenue, and there were high levels of room and convention cancellation through the third quarter of 2020. The March 2020 TTM financials presented above reflect the suspension of operations at the Properties from March 17, 2020 through the end of the first calendar quarter of 2020. On August 3, 2020, MGM reported in its second quarter Form 10-Q filing that, while throughout May, June and July 2020, it re-opened most of its properties with limited amenities and certain measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such properties (which include the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay Properties) may be subject to temporary, complete or partial shutdowns in the future. On November 3, 2020, MGM reported in its most recent third quarter Form 10-Q filing that throughout the second and third quarters of 2020, all of its properties reopened but are operating without certain amenities and subject to certain occupancy limitations and therefore are generating revenues that are significantly lower than historical results, and that it has seen and expects to continue to see weakened demand in light of consumer fears and general economic uncertainty, among other things. The June 2020 TTM and September 2020 TTM financials presented above reflect the operations at the MGM Grand Property, which remained suspended until June 4, 2020, operations at The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Place and the Mandalay Bay resort, which remained suspended through June 24, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively, and the occupancy limitations imposed on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties by the state of Nevada during the third quarter of 2020. The $487 million presented above represents the adjusted March 2020 TTM EBITDAR, which takes into account an adjustment for a combined net extraordinary loss of approximately $20.6 million during the March 2020 TTM period (reflecting primarily operating losses during closure comprised mainly of employee payroll expenses and corporate allocations and net of a combined extraordinary gain of approximately $0.7 million related to a reversal of certain accrued benefit expenses) related to the temporary closure of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties following the outbreak of COVID-19. The $381 million presented above represents the adjusted June 2020 TTM EBITDAR and the $222 million presented above represents the adjusted September 2020 TTM EBITDAR, each of which takes into account an adjustment for a combined net extraordinary loss of approximately $82.4 million during the respective TTM periods (reflecting primarily operating losses during closure comprised mainly of employee payroll expenses and corporate allocations and net of a combined extraordinary gain of approximately $0.7 million related to a reversal of certain accrued benefit expenses) related to the temporary closure of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties following the outbreak of COVID-19. The Lender UW presented above is based on 2019 financials, which reflects a full year of uninterrupted operations at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties. Please see “Historical and Underwritten Cash Flows” herein, and the footnotes thereto, for more detailed underwritten cash flow information.

(2)Debt Yield metrics presented above are based on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan Cut-off Date balance of $3.0 billion and the EBITDAR of each respective time period.

(3)Rent Coverage ratios presented above are based on the initial Master Lease Rent of $292.0 million and the EBITDAR of each respective time period.

 

Historical Performance – MGM Grand(1)
2006 2007      2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 March 2020 TTM(2) June 2020 TTM(2) Sept. 2020 TTM(2)
RevPAR $154 $162 $145 $112 $112 $128 $136 $138 $151 $155 $162 $167 $169 $174 $172 $161 $126
Net Revenue ($ bns) $1.19 $1.32 $1.22 $1.09 $1.03 $1.05 $1.07 $1.15 $1.21 $1.16 $1.15 $1.18 $1.23 $1.16 $1.10 $0.87 $0.66
EBITDAR Margin 28% 30% 22% 20% 16% 14% 17% 21% 21% 24% 29% 29% 30% 24% 24% 25% 20%
(1)Any financial information contained in this Term Sheet for the MGM Grand Property which relates to any period prior to 2015 has not been recast to reflect the adoption of ASC 606 revenue recognition under GAAP and thus, any financial information provided for periods prior to 2015 may not be comparable to periods on or after 2015 with respect to which recasting has been applied.

(2)The March 2020 TTM financials presented above reflect the suspension of operations at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties from March 17, 2020 through the end of the first calendar quarter of 2020. On August 3, 2020, MGM reported in its second quarter Form 10-Q filing that, while throughout May, June and July 2020, it re-opened most of its properties with limited amenities and certain measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such properties (which include the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay Properties) may be subject to temporary, complete or partial shutdowns in the future, and that it has seen and expects to continue to see weakened demand in light of consumer fears and general economic uncertainty, among other things. The June 2020 TTM and September 2020 TTM financials presented above reflect the operations at the MGM Grand Property, which remained suspended until June 4, 2020, operations at The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Place and the Mandalay Bay resort, which remained suspended through June 24, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively, and the occupancy limitations imposed on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties by the state of Nevada during the third quarter of 2020.

 

Historical Performance – Mandalay Bay(1)
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

March 

2020 

TTM(2)

June 2020 TTM(2) Sept. 2020 TTM(2)
RevPAR $199 $213 $193 $142 $142 $160 $162 $164 $176 $177 $185 $186     $184 $188 $188 $186 $143
Net Revenue ($ bns) $0.99 $1.02 $0.95 $0.79 $0.78 $0.84 $0.78 $0.86 $0.95 $0.94 $0.97 $0.98    $0.97 $0.94 $0.90 $0.67 $0.49
EBITDAR Margin 29% 28% 26% 20% 16% 20% 19% 19% 19% 22% 24% 27%      25% 25% 25% 24% 19%
(1)Any financial information contained in this Term Sheet for the Mandalay Bay Property which relates to any period prior to 2015 has not been recast to reflect the adoption of ASC 606 revenue recognition under GAAP and thus, any financial information provided for periods prior to 2015 may not be comparable to periods on or after 2015 with respect to which recasting has been applied.

(2)The March 2020 TTM financials presented above reflect the suspension of operations at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties from March 17, 2020 through the end of the first calendar quarter of 2020. On August 3, 2020, MGM reported in its second quarter Form 10-Q filing that, while throughout May, June and July 2020, it re-opened most of its properties with limited amenities and certain measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such properties (which include the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay Properties) may be subject to temporary, complete or partial shutdowns in the future, and that it has seen and expects to continue to see weakened demand in light of consumer fears and general economic uncertainty, among other things. The June 2020 TTM and September 2020 TTM financials presented above reflect the operations at the MGM Grand Property, which remained suspended until June 4, 2020, operations at The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Place and the Mandalay Bay resort, which remained suspended through June 24, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively, and the occupancy limitations imposed on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties by the state of Nevada during the third quarter of 2020.

 

Master Lease.  The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are master-leased to MGM Lessee II, LLC (the “MGM Tenant”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MGM under a 30-year, triple-net master and operating lease with two, 10-year renewal options. In turn, the MGM Tenant has subleased a portion of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties to each of MGM Grand Hotel, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “Grand Operating Subtenant”), Mandalay Bay, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the “Mandalay Bay Subtenant”) and Mandalay Place, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Mandalay Place Subtenant”; and, together with Grand

 

 A-3-22

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

Operating Subtenant and Mandalay Bay Subtenant, individually or collectively as the context may require, together with any person to whom all or any portion of a Property is sublet by MGM Tenant pursuant to an MGM/Mandalay Operating sublease pursuant to the express terms and conditions of the MGM/Mandalay Lease, each an “MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant”). Each MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant executed a joinder to the MGM/Mandalay Lease for the purpose of (x) agreeing to be bound by the terms and provisions of the MGM/Mandalay Lease regarding the disposition of any portion of MGM Tenant’s Property owned by such MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant and (y) granting a security interest to the Borrowers in the portion of the MGM Tenant’s pledged property owned by such MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant and certain reserve funds under the MGM/Mandalay Lease. The MGM Tenant and each MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant is not a borrower or an obligor under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents.

 

Under the Master Lease, the MGM Tenant is required to pay to the Borrowers an initial lease rent of $292.0 million per annum ($159.0 million allocated to the MGM Grand Property and $133.0 million allocated to the Mandalay Bay Property, the “Master Lease Rent”), subject to annual increases of (i) 2.0% in years 2 through 15 of the initial lease term, and (ii) thereafter, the greater of 2.0% or CPI (CPI capped at 3.0%) for the remainder of the initial lease term. Additionally, MGM will be required to continue to invest in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties, with (x) a minimum aggregate capital investment requirement of 3.5% of actual net revenues every five years (the first such period beginning January 1, 2020 and expiring December 31, 2024, and the second such period beginning January 1, 2021 and expiring December 31, 2025, and each five-year period thereafter on a rolling basis) in the aggregate for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties (such amount not to be less than 2.5% of the actual net revenue of any individual Property) (collectively, the “Required CapEx”) and (y) a monthly reserve equal to 1.5% of actual net revenues which may be used for FF&E and on qualifying capital expenditures in satisfaction of the Required CapEx spend. Upon early termination of the Master Lease due to an event of default by MGM Tenant thereunder, the FF&E will be transferred to the Borrowers at no cost.

 

Beginning with the first full calendar quarter after the origination date for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan and continuing thereafter, if either (a) (x) EBITDAR to Rent Ratio (as defined in the Master Lease) for the prior four fiscal quarters is less than 1.60x and (y) MGM’s market cap is less than $6.0 billion or (b) (x) MGM is no longer publicly traded and listed on NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ and (y) the EBITDAR to Rent Ratio for the prior four fiscal quarters is less than 2.0x, then MGM Tenant will be required to provide one or more letters of credit or fund a cash escrow in an aggregate amount equal to the following year’s rent (taking into account the applicable escalations). Based on the adjusted September 2020 TTM EBITDAR of approximately $222.0 million and the initial Master Lease rent of $292.0 million, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan results in a September 2020 TTM EBITDAR-to-rent coverage ratio of 0.76x.

 

No intellectual property is licensed to the Borrowers and the Borrowers have no option to purchase upon expiration of the Master Lease. Upon the expiration of the Master Lease term or earlier termination of Master Lease, MGM Tenant will be obligated to provide up to 18 months of transition services to permit the continuous and uninterrupted operation of the Property.

 

MGM (NYSE: MGM, rated Ba3/BB-/BB- by Moody’s, Fitch and S&P) guarantees to the Borrowers the payment and performance of all monetary obligations and certain other obligations of the MGM Tenant under the Master Lease. In addition to the lease guaranty, MGM (in such capacity, “Shortfall Collection Guarantor”) has executed a shortfall guaranty for the benefit of mortgage lender for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, pursuant to which MGM has guaranteed to mortgage lender the unpaid portion of the initial principal amount of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (without giving effect to any future amendments that may increase the principal balance) and all interest accrued and unpaid thereon. For the avoidance of doubt, the Shortfall Collection Guarantor does not guarantee any Accrued Interest or any additional principal as a result of any unpaid Accrued Interest after the ARD. Transfers of interests in MGM are not restricted under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents and any bankruptcy or other adverse event with respect to the Shortfall Collection Guarantor does not constitute a default under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents. Neither MGM nor its affiliates (including, without limitation, MGM Tenant) are considered an affiliate of the Borrowers for any purpose under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents so long as such person does not control Borrower. There is no continuing net worth requirement with respect to MGM in connection with the shortfall guaranty. As of the origination of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan, neither MGM nor MGM Tenant controlled the Borrowers.

 

As of December 31, 2019, MGM had a market capitalization of approximately $16.7 billion, full-year 2019 revenue of approximately $12.9 billion and consolidated, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) of approximately $3.0 billion. As of March 31, 2020, MGM reported revenue of approximately $2.3 billion for the first quarter of 2020. This represents a 29% decrease to the first quarter of 2019 which was primarily driven by MGM’s temporary suspension of its domestic and Macau casino operations related to the COVID-19 pandemic. MGM had $6.0 billion of cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2020, which included $1.8 billion at MGP and $381 million at MGM China. In addition, on April 23, 2020, MGM commenced a private offering of $750 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.75% coupon senior notes due in 2025, which further added to MGM’s cash position. As of June 30, 2020, MGM had a market capitalization of approximately $8.3 billion. As of September 30, 2020, MGM reported (i) revenue of approximately $1.1 billion for the third quarter of 2020 (of which approximately $481.4 million was derived from MGM’s Las Vegas Strip resorts), (ii) a total consolidated liquidity position of $7.8 billion (which includes MGM Resorts, MGM China and MGP and is comprised of cash and cash equivalents of approximately $4.6 billion and approximately $3.2 billion available under certain revolving credit facilities), (iii) an MGM Resorts liquidity position of approximately $4.5 billion (which excludes MGP OP and MGM China) and is comprised of cash and cash equivalents of approximately $3.5 billion and approximately $922 million available under its $1.5 billion revolving facility and (iv) a market capitalization of approximately $10.7 billion. Also as of September 30, 2020, MGM reported that it had $700.0 million remaining under its previously announced agreement with MGP OP to redeem for cash up to $1.4 billion of its MGP OP units and it does not have any debt maturing prior to 2022.

 

 A-3-23

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

  

MGM Tenant is a casino owner-operator for 29 unique hotel offerings totaling over 44,000 rooms across Las Vegas, United States regional markets and Macau. MGM Tenant has managed the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties for more than 27 and 18 years, respectively.

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis
  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 September 2020 TTM U/W U/W Per Room(1)
Occupancy 92.5% 92.4% 91.0% 91.5% 92.1% 71.4% 92.1%  
ADR $179.08 $187.27 $193.58 $192.62 $196.52 $187.46 $196.52  
RevPAR $165.56 $172.97 $176.24 $176.18 $180.94 $133.76 $180.94  
                 
Hotel Revenue $576,193,751 $611,611,719 $621,671,255 $619,356,266 $635,408,160 $347,024,422 $635,408,160 $65,183
Casino Revenue 461,726,103 438,253,825 459,676,698 492,001,712 379,532,959 264,556,936 379,532,959 $38,934
F&B Revenue 578,021,518 598,992,505 608,876,978 604,859,218 629,566,379 283,966,048 629,566,379 $64,584
Other Revenue 480,778,051 465,818,022 471,735,234 475,323,334 461,787,990 261,969,455 461,787,990(2) $47,373
Total Revenue $2,096,719,423 $2,114,676,071 $2,161,960,165 $2,191,540,530 $2,106,295,488 $1,157,516,861 $2,106,295,488 $216,075
                 
Hotel Expense 230,915,708 235,477,994 249,304,637 255,303,612 265,201,312 176,427,144 265,201,312 $27,206
Casino Expense 253,918,628 213,245,938 229,109,011 226,996,812 223,320,361 168,325,682 223,320,361 $22,909
F&B Expense 428,952,166 429,128,035 433,970,578 437,033,184 449,487,794 231,438,278 449,487,794 $46,111
Other Expense 349,547,741 323,328,025 322,504,168 316,078,620 304,747,043 174,051,892 304,747,043 $31,263
Total Departmental Expenses $1,263,334,243 $1,201,179,992 $1,234,888,394 $1,235,412,228 $1,242,756,510 $750,242,996 $1,242,756,510 $127,488
                 
Property Maintenance 111,939,869 110,077,272 94,539,158 100,973,309 102,493,739 76,876,259 102,493,739  $10,514
Property Administration(3) 174,627,810 172,200,235 166,262,013 167,553,605 170,530,197 130,757,309 170,530,197  $17,494
Marketing & Advertising 38,202,199 39,405,548 39,688,932 45,724,651 42,793,494 28,683,995 42,793,494  $4,390
Total Undistributed Expenses $324,769,878 $321,683,055 $300,490,103 $314,251,565 $315,817,430 $236,317,563 $315,817,430  $32,398
                 
Management Fee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0
Real Estate Taxes 16,605,853 16,929,584 15,852,622 17,309,478 18,451,931 19,252,702 18,451,931 $1,893
Insurance 6,711,471 6,110,026 5,691,838 7,197,993 9,189,264 12,039,683 9,189,264 $943
Net Extraordinary Loss Add-Back 0 0 0 0 0 82,377,430(4) 0 $0
EBITDAR $485,297,978 $568,773,414 $605,037,208 $617,369,266 $520,080,353 $222,041,347(6) $520,080,353 $53,353
                 
FF&E(5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 32,774,592 3,362
Net Cash Flow $485,297,978 $568,773,414 $605,037,208 $617,369,266 $520,080,353 $222,041,347(6) $487,305,761 49,990
(1)Based on 9,748 guest rooms.

(2)The most recent available breakout of the Signature Condo-Hotel revenue as a component of Other Revenue was from the November 2019 trailing 12-month period.

(3)2018 Property Administration expense was adjusted for the Mandalay Bay Property to exclude $21.8 million of one-time business interruption proceeds related to the October 1, 2017 shooting at a country concert in Las Vegas.

(4)Net Extraordinary Loss Add-Back represents a net combined extraordinary loss from the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties of approximately $82.4 million during the September 2020 TTM period (reflecting primarily operating losses during closure comprised mainly of employee payroll expenses and corporate allocations and net of a combined extraordinary gain of approximately $0.7 million related to a reversal of certain accrued benefit expenses) related to the temporary closure of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties following the outbreak of COVID-19. The September 2020 TTM EBITDAR of approximately $222.0 million represents the combined adjusted EBITDAR as calculated per the Master Lease (after taking into account the extraordinary loss add-back for the September 2020 TTM period).

(5)Underwritten FF&E is based on the 1.5% contractual FF&E reserve based on total net revenues (excluding net revenues associated with the Signature Condo-Hotel development at the MGM Grand Property for which FF&E is not reserved under the Master Lease). With respect to the Mandalay Bay Property, 5.0% FF&E Reserve was underwritten for the revenues associated with the closing date Four Seasons Management Agreement.

(6)On May 1, 2020, MGM Resorts International reported in its first quarter Form 10-Q filing that, as a result of the temporary closure of its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties) following the outbreak of COVID-19, its domestic properties (which includes the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties) were effectively generating no revenue, and there were high levels of room and convention cancellation through the third quarter of 2020. On August 3, 2020, MGM reported in its second quarter Form 10-Q filing that, while throughout May, June and July 2020, it re-opened most of its properties with limited amenities and certain measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such properties (which include the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay Properties) may be subject to temporary, complete or partial shutdowns in the future. On November 3, 2020, MGM reported in its most recent third quarter Form 10-Q filing that throughout the second and third quarters of 2020, all of its properties reopened but are operating without certain amenities and subject to certain occupancy limitations and therefore are generating revenues that are significantly lower than historical results, and that it has seen and expects to continue to see weakened demand in light of consumer fears and general economic uncertainty, among other things. The September 2020 TTM financials presented above reflect the suspension of operations at (i) the MGM Grand Property from March 17, 2020 through June 3, 2020 and (ii) The Shoppes at Mandalay Bay Place and the Mandalay Bay resort from March 17, 2020 through June 24, 2020 and June 30, 2020, respectively, and the occupancy limitations imposed on the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties by the state of Nevada during the third quarter of 2020. Upon reopening, both MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties were operating with limited amenities and certain COVID-19 mitigation procedures. The Lender UW presented above is based on 2019 financials, which reflects a full-year of uninterrupted operations at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties.

 

Environmental Matters.  According to the Phase I environmental report dated February 11, 2020, the environmental consultant identified underground storage tanks at the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties. Due to the presence of underground storage tanks, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers purchased, and are required to maintain under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan agreement, an environmental insurance policy.

 

 A-3-24

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

  

The Market. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are located on the Las Vegas Strip in the heart of Las Vegas, Nevada. Visitor volume and airport passenger traffic into the Las Vegas region have more than doubled from 1990 to 2019. In connection with the financial downturn in 2008 and 2009, the Las Vegas market generally experienced a contraction. During 2010, the market began to rebound and visitation has returned to or near peak levels. McCarran International Airport welcomed 51.5 million passengers in 2019 (surpassing the 2018 passenger count of approximately 49.6 million).

 

Since 2010, annual convention attendance in Las Vegas has grown by over 2 million people (4.0% CAGR). With an estimated local population of 2.3 million people as of 2019, an additional approximately 42.5 million tourists visiting the metropolitan Las Vegas area annually and recent investment in Las Vegas by major sports leagues, the amount of existing gaming activity has increased steadily since the 2009 trough. In Clark County, gaming revenue has increased approximately 17.2% through 2019 since the gaming revenue trough in 2009.

 

Market Overview(1)
Category 1990 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Visitor Volume (thousands) 20,954 36,351 37,335 38,929 39,727 39,668 41,127 42,312 42,936 42,214 42,117 42,524
YoY % Change NAP -3.0% 2.7% 4.3% 2.1% -0.1% 3.7% 2.9% 1.5% -1.7% -0.2% 1.0%
Clark County Gaming Revenues ($mm) $4,104 $8,838 $8,909 $9,223 $9,400 $9,674 $9,554 $9,618 $9,714 $9,979 $10,250 $10,355
YoY % Change NAP -9.8% 0.8% 3.5% 1.9% 2.9% -1.2% 0.7% 1.0% 2.7% 2.7% 1.0%
Hotel / Motel Rooms Inventory 73,730 148,941 148,935 150,161 150,481 150,593 150,544 149,213 149,339 148,896 149,158 149,422
YoY % Change NAP 6.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% -0.9% 0.1% -0.3% 0.2% 0.2%
Airport Passenger Traffic (thousands) 19,090 40,469 39,757 41,481 41,668 41,857 42,885 45,319 47,368 48,430 49,645 51,538
YoY % Change NAP -8.2% -1.8% 4.3% 0.4% 0.5% 2.5% 5.7% 4.5% 2.2% 2.5% 3.8%
Convention Attendance (thousands) 1,742 4,492 4,473 4,865 4,944 5,107 5,195 5,891 6,311 6,646 6,502 6,649
YoY % Change NAP -23.9% -0.4% 8.8% 1.6% 3.3% 1.7% 13.4% 7.1% 5.3% -2.2% 2.3%
(1)Source: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

 

The Las Vegas Strip hotel average occupancy has been approximately 90% over the last three years. The Las Vegas Strip average 2019 occupancy was 90.4% and average 2018 occupancy was 89.5%. The Las Vegas Strip average 2019 ADR of $143.31 increased 3.3% relative to the average 2018 ADR of $138.71.

 

Historical Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR – Competitive Set
  MGM Grand Resort(1) Competitive Set(2)(3) MGM Grand Penetration Factor(2)
Year Occupancy ADR RevPAR Occupancy ADR RevPAR Occupancy ADR RevPAR
December 31, 2017 92.1% $181.76 $167.36 92.0% $181.95 $167.10 100.2% 100.0% 100.3%
December 31, 2018 92.7% $182.10 $168.76 93.0% $187.63 $173.66 100.1%   97.4% 97.6%
December 31, 2019 91.4% $190.29 $173.85 94.0% $193.23 $181.41 98.7%   98.6% 97.3%
(1)Source: Historical operating statements.

(2)Source: Appraisal.

(3)Includes: The Mirage, New York New York, Luxor, Caesars, Planet Hollywood, and Venetian/Palazzo.

  

Historical Occupancy, ADR, RevPAR – Competitive Set
  Mandalay Bay Resort(1) Competitive Set(2)(3) Mandalay Bay Penetration Factor(2)
Year Occupancy ADR RevPAR Occupancy ADR RevPAR Occupancy ADR RevPAR
December 31, 2017 90.0% $206.28 $185.57 92.0% $177.98 $164.06 98.0% 113.2% 110.9%
December 31, 2018 90.2% $203.96 $183.96 93.0% $183.94 $171.13 97.4% 109.2% 106.4%
December 31, 2019 92.8% $202.98 $188.40 94.0% $190.09 $178.15 96.6% 108.8% 105.1%
(1)Source: Historical operating statements.

(2)Source: Appraisal.

(3)Includes: The Mirage, New York New York, Luxor, Caesars, Planet Hollywood, and Venetian/Palazzo.

 

Additional group business is expected to enter the market as a result of the delivery of Allegiant Stadium in July 2020 (across the street from the Mandalay Bay Property) which will serve as the home stadium for the Raiders NFL team. Non-gaming revenue in the Las Vegas market was approximately 65% of total revenue in 2019 compared to pre-recession levels of approximately 59% in 2007.

 

Each of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties share the same competitive set. The primary competitive set for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties consists of six hotels, which range in size from 2,024 to 7,117 rooms and collectively contain an aggregate 23,058 rooms. According to the appraisal, there are two mega resorts in the construction phase with planned delivery between 2021 and 2022. Resorts World Las Vegas is a 59-story Chinese-themed mega resort under construction the former Stardust Resort and Casino site on the northern Las Vegas Strip with scheduled delivery by summer of 2021 according to the appraisal. The Drew is a 735-foot tall, 75% completed mega casino resort scheduled to be delivered by 2022.

 

 A-3-25

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

Comparable Properties(1)
Property Name No. of Rooms Year Opened Meeting Space (sq. ft.) Casino Space (sq. ft.)

Estimated 

2019 Occ. 

Estimated 

2019 ADR 

Estimated 

2019 RevPAR 

MGM Grand(2) 4,998 1993 748,325 177,268 91.4% $190.29 $173.85
Mandalay Bay(2) 4,750 1999 2,100,000 152,159 92.8% $202.98 $188.40
The Mirage 3,044 1989 170,000 94,000 94.6% $178.00 $168.39
New York New York 2,024 1997 30,500 81,000 95.5% $151.00 $144.21
Luxor 4,397 1993 20,000 120,000 95.0% $119.00 $113.05
Caesar’s Palace 3,976 1966 300,000 124,200 93.0% $221.00 $205.53
Planet Hollywood 2,500 2000 20,000 64,500 90.0% $185.00 $166.50
Venetian/Palazzo 7,117 1999 450,000 335,878 94.6% $237.00 $224.20
(1)Source: Appraisal, unless otherwise indicated.

(2)Source: Underwriting and Borrower Sponsor provided information.

 

Property Management.  The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are currently managed by the MGM Tenant and/or the applicable MGM/Mandalay Operating Subtenant, and there are no management agreements currently in effect with the Borrowers and, other than the management agreement with respect to the Four Seasons hotel and the management agreement with respect to certain signature hotel units (which, for the avoidance of doubt, are not part of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties), for which management fees related thereto are included as part of the collateral, there are no management agreements currently in effect with respect to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties.

 

Lockbox / Cash Management.  The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan is subject to a hard lockbox with springing cash management. Amounts on deposit in the lockbox account will be disbursed to the Borrower’s operating account in accordance with the clearing account agreement. After the occurrence and during the continuation of a MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period (as defined below), the Borrowers will establish a cash management account and, at least two times per week, the clearing account bank will sweep funds from the lockbox accounts into the cash management account in accordance with the clearing account agreement and the cash management bank will apply funds on deposit in the order of priority described in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents, with the remaining excess cash flow (the “Excess Cash Flow Reserve”) to be held as additional collateral for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (and, after the ARD, all amounts in the Excess Cash Flow Reserve account will be used to pay the monthly additional interest amount and applied to the principal of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan).

 

A “MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period” means a period (A) commencing upon the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Debt Service Coverage Ratio (“DSCR”) falling below 2.50x (the “DSCR Threshold”) for two consecutive quarters (a “DSCR Trigger”), (ii) the MGM Tenant is subject to a bankruptcy action (an “OpCo Bankruptcy”), (iii) an event of default under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan has occurred and is continuing (an “EOD Trigger”), (iv) an OpCo Trigger Event (as defined below) or (v) the Borrowers fail to repay the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in full on or before the ARD and (B) terminating upon (i) in the event of a DSCR Trigger, either such time that the DSCR exceeds the DSCR Threshold for two consecutive quarters or the Borrowers make voluntary prepayments of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in accordance with the terms of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents in amounts necessary to achieve a DSCR greater than or equal to the DSCR Threshold (without any obligation to wait two consecutive quarters), (ii) in the event of an OpCo Bankruptcy, the assumption of the Master Lease in such bankruptcy proceeding or the replacement of the MGM Tenant as provided in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents (or in the event the Master Lease is terminated and not replaced, the DSCR is equal to or greater than the DSCR Threshold or the Borrowers make voluntary prepayments of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in accordance with the terms of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents in amounts necessary to achieve a DSCR greater than or equal to the DSCR Threshold (without any obligation to wait two consecutive quarters)), (iii) in the event of an OpCo Trigger Period, any OpCo Trigger Event Cure (as defined below) and (iv) in the event of an EOD Trigger, no other events of default exist and are continuing and the mortgage lender will have accepted a cure by the Borrowers of such event of default. For the avoidance of doubt, in no instance will an MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period caused by the failure of the Borrowers to repay the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in full on or before the ARD be capable of being cured or deemed to expire.

 

An “OpCo Trigger Event” means the occurrence and continuance of all of the following conditions simultaneously: (i) an event of default under the Master Lease has occurred and is continuing; (ii) (x) the managing member of the Joint Venture is an affiliate of the Borrowers other than MGP or MGP OP that is controlled by MGP or MGP OP and (y) MGP OP is controlled by MGM and (iii) such managing member is permitted under the terms of the Joint Venture agreement to take any of the following actions without the consent of (x) BCORE Windmill Parent LLC (the member of the Joint Venture that is affiliated with BREIT OP) (a) granting any consent, approval or wavier or making any election under the Master Lease, Lease Guaranty or other related lease documents, (b) entering into any amendment, supplement or modification to the Master Lease, Lease Guaranty or other related lease documents, or (c) declaring an event of default under the Master Lease, Lease Guaranty or other related lease documents or (y) if applicable, a Qualified Transferee (as defined in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents) that is not an affiliate of MGM Tenant which owns a 15% or greater direct and/or indirect interest in the Borrowers.

 

“Lease Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty of Lease Documents dated as of February 14, 2020, made by MGM in favor of the Borrowers.

 

 A-3-26

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

An “OpCo Trigger Event Cure” means, as applicable, (i) the Borrowers have provided evidence to the mortgage lender of the cure of the event of default under the Master Lease, (ii) the Borrowers have waived the event of default under the Master Lease, provided that such waiver was approved by the mortgage lender, or (iii) in the event that the event of default results in the termination of the Master Lease, either (a) (I) the Borrowers and MGM Tenant have entered into a new lease on terms and conditions substantially similar to those contained in the Master Lease as of the origination of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan and (II) the Master Lease opinion delivery requirements have been satisfied, or (b) after giving effect to the termination of the Master Lease the DSCR is equal to or greater than 2.50x for two consecutive quarters or the Borrowers make voluntary prepayments in accordance with the terms of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents in an amount necessary to achieve a DSCR equal to or greater than 2.50x.

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves.  At loan origination, the Borrowers were not required to deposit any initial reserves. For so long as the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are subject to the Master Lease, there are no ongoing reserves required under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents.

 

Under the Master Lease, the MGM Tenant is obligated to make monthly deposits of 1.50% of net revenues at an eligible institution to be used for FF&E and qualifying capital expenditures (the “OpCo FF&E Reserve Account”). MGM Tenant granted the Borrowers a security interest in the OpCo FF&E Reserve Account, and the Borrowers collaterally assigned the Borrowers’ security interest in the OpCo FF&E Reserve Account to the mortgage lender.

 

Real Estate Taxes Reserve. For so long as the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are subject to the Master Lease, no reserves for real estate taxes are required under the loan documents. If the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are not subject to the Master Lease, solely if a MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period is in effect, the loan documents provide for ongoing monthly reserves for real estate taxes in an amount equal to 1/12 of the real estate taxes that the lender estimates will be payable during the next 12 months at least 30 days prior to their respective due dates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement for such monthly reserves will be reduced dollar for dollar by any taxes paid or reserved for by a brand manager or casino operator pursuant to a brand management or casino management agreement relating to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties.

 

Insurance Reserve. For so long as the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are subject to the Master Lease, no reserves for insurance premiums are required under the loan documents. If the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are not subject to the Master Lease, solely if a MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period is in effect, the loan documents provide for ongoing monthly reserves for insurance premiums in an amount equal to 1/12 of the insurance premiums that the lender estimates will be payable for the renewal of the insurance policies at least 30 days prior to the expiration thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement for such monthly reserves will be reduced dollar for dollar by any insurance premiums paid or reserved for by a brand manager or casino operator pursuant to a brand management or casino management agreement relating to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties. In addition, such monthly reserves will not be required so long as (i) no event of default is continuing, and (ii) the insurance coverage for the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are included in a blanket policy reasonably acceptable to the lender.

 

Replacement Reserve. For so long as the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties are not subject to the Master Lease, (i) on each Payment Date during a MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period, the Borrowers will be required to make a deposit equal to (a) 4.0% of net revenue from guest rooms and Borrower-managed food and beverage operations and (b) 0.5% of all other net revenue (other than non-recurring items), in each case for the calendar month that is two months prior to the calendar month in which the applicable deposit to the replacement reserve fund is to be made (the sum of (a) and (b), the “Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit”), and (ii) if a MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period does not exist, on the first payment date of each calendar quarter, an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Replacement Reserve Current Year Lookback Deficiency and (y) the Replacement Reserve Five Year Lookback Deficiency (as defined below) (the lesser of (x) and (y), the “Replacement Reserve Quarterly Deposit”), provided that for so long as any individual Property is managed by (x) a brand manager pursuant to a brand management agreement and/or (y) a casino operator pursuant to a casino management agreement, the amounts required to be funded as a Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposit or a Replacement Reserve Quarterly Deposit will be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any amounts deposited into a manager account for replacements, PIP work or brand mandated work for the applicable calendar months as set forth in the annual budget and required pursuant to the terms of the brand management agreement and/or casino management agreement if the Borrowers deliver evidence reasonably satisfactory to the mortgage lender that such deposit has been made.

 

“Replacement Reserve Current Year Lookback Deficiency” means an amount equal to (x) the aggregate amount of Replacement Reserve Monthly Deposits which would have been funded from the beginning of the then calendar year to the date of determination had a MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period been in effect for the entirety of such period less (y) the sum of (1) the aggregate amount expended on replacements, PIP work and brand mandated work during such calendar year to date and (2) the aggregate amount funded into the Replacement Reserve Fund during such calendar year to date; provided, if the foregoing calculation results in a negative number, the Replacement Reserve Current Year Lookback Deficiency will be deemed to be zero.

 

“Replacement Reserve Five Year Lookback Deficiency” means (i) zero, with respect to any period before December 31, 2024, and (ii) from and after January 1, 2025, an amount equal to (x) 4.0% of net revenue from guest rooms and Borrower-managed food and beverage operations and 0.5% of all other net revenues (other than non-recurring items) during the Replacement Reserve Five Year Lookback Period (as defined below) less (y) the sum of (1) the aggregate amount expended on replacements, PIP work and brand mandated work during the Replacement Reserve Five Year Lookback Period (including amounts expended by MGM Tenant pursuant to the express terms and conditions of the Master Lease) and (2) the aggregate amounts funded into the Replacement Reserve Fund during such Replacement Reserve Five Year Lookback Period; provided, if the foregoing calculation results in a negative number, the Replacement Reserve Five Year Lookback Deficiency will be deemed to be zero.

 

 A-3-27

 

 

3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

“Replacement Reserve Five Year Lookback Period” means each five (5) year period (on a rolling basis) with the first period commencing on January 1, 2020 and expiring on December 31, 2024 and the second period commencing on January 1, 2021 and expiring on December 31, 2025.

 

Current Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness. In addition to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Loan, the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Properties also secure the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes not included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization trust, which have an aggregate Cut-off Date principal balance of $1,559,200,000, and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior Notes (which have an aggregate Cut-off Date principal balance of $1,365,800,000). The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes not included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 trust and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior Notes accrue interest at the same rate as the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Loan. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Loan is entitled to payments of interest and principal on a pro rata and pari passu basis with the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes not included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization trust. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Loan and the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Senior Notes not included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization trust are generally senior to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Junior Notes.

 

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. The MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers have a one-time right to borrow a mezzanine loan subordinate to the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan (“Mezzanine Loan”), subject to credit and legal criteria specified in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents, including, without limitation: (i) a combined maximum loan to value ratio (based on appraisals ordered by the lender in connection with the closing of the Mezzanine Loan and calculated based on the outstanding principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan and the initial principal amount of the Mezzanine Loan) of 67.0%, (ii) a debt service coverage ratio at the closing of the Mezzanine Loan at least equal to 4.81x, in each case, inclusive of the additional mezzanine debt and (iii) an intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the lender. The lender’s receipt of a rating agency confirmation will not be required in connection with the Mezzanine Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) during a MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period (and for so long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing), in the event that the Mezzanine Loan (or any portion thereof) is directly or indirectly or beneficially owned by the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Borrowers, mezzanine borrower or a “broad affiliate” (as defined in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Whole Loan documents) of the Borrowers or mezzanine borrower (an “Affiliated Mezzanine Lender”), in no instance will the Affiliated Mezzanine Lender be permitted to receive late charges, principal (other than the pro rata prepayment of the Mezzanine Loan upon the release of an individual Property or prepayment of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents and the Mezzanine Loan documents) or interest at the default rate, even if an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Mezzanine Loan and such Affiliated Mezzanine Lender will only be permitted to receive interest at the non-default rate on a monthly basis, (2) during a MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Trigger Period (and for so long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing under the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents), for so long as the whole Mezzanine Loan is not directly or indirectly or beneficially owned by an Affiliated Mezzanine Lender, the mezzanine lender will receive on a monthly basis interest at the non-default rate and, if an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Mezzanine Loan, funds sufficient to pay any other amounts then due under the Mezzanine Loan and the Mezzanine Loan documents (other than the payment of the outstanding principal amount of the Mezzanine Loan on the maturity date of the Mezzanine Loan whether on the scheduled date for such payment or earlier due to an acceleration of the Mezzanine Loan) and (3) after the ARD, in no instance will any mezzanine lender be permitted to receive any payments whatsoever.

 

Partial Release. So long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing (other than as set forth below), the Borrowers may at any time release an individual Property from the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan by prepaying the applicable Release Percentage (as defined below) of the ALA of the subject individual Property (including any yield maintenance premium, if required), and subject to the terms and conditions in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents, including, without limitation: (i) the DSCR after giving effect to such release is at least equal to 4.81x; (ii) continued compliance with the single purpose entity requirements contained in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents; (iii) payment to an agent or servicer of the then current and customary fee by such persons for such releases in an amount not to exceed $2,000.00 and any reasonable legal fees or other out-of-pocket costs incurred by the lender to effect the release and any applicable prepayment premiums (provided the legal fees may not exceed $10,000.00); (iv) payment of all recording charges, filing fees, taxes or other similar expenses payable in connection therewith; (v) if the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan is securitized in a REMIC trust, compliance with applicable REMIC requirements relating to the REMIC 125% LTV test for release which may be satisfied by delivery of any of the following if permitted by REMIC requirements: an existing or updated appraisal, a broker’s price opinion or other written determination of value using a commercially reasonable valuation method, in each case satisfactory to the lender, but will be based solely on the value of real property and will exclude personal property and going-concern value; and (vi) if the Property is subject to the Master Lease, the Borrowers removing the released individual Property from the Master Lease and entering into a new triple-net lease with respect to the remaining individual Property on substantially the same terms as the Master Lease (collectively, the “Release Conditions”).

 

“Release Percentage” means, with respect to any individual Property, 105.0% until such time as the outstanding principal balance of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan is reduced to $2,250,000,000 (the “Release Percentage Threshold”), and 110.0% thereafter. In calculating the Release Amount for an individual Property, the Release Percentage may initially be 105% until the application of a portion of such prepayment would reach the Release Percentage Threshold and with respect to any remaining prepayment for such individual Property, the Release Percentage would be 110%.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the DSCR following the release would not satisfy the DSCR requirement in clause (i) of the Release Conditions, and such release is in connection with an arms’ length transaction with an unrelated third party, the Borrowers will be permitted to release the proposed release Property and the amount that will be required to be prepaid (or defeased) in connection

 

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3799 & 3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard 

Las Vegas, NV Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 2

MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$75,000,000 

35.5% 

4.95x 

17.9%

 

with such release will equal the greater of (I) the Release Percentage of the ALA for such individual Property, together with, to the extent the release does not occur in connection with a partial defeasance, any yield maintenance premium required (if any) and (II) the lesser of (x) 100.0% of the net sales proceeds for the sale of such individual Property (net of reasonable and customary closing costs associated with the sale of such individual Property) and (y) an amount necessary to, after giving effect to such release of the individual Property, achieve the DSCR requirement in the preceding paragraph.

 

The Borrowers may release any defaulting individual Property, without the payment of any yield maintenance premium, in order to cure a default or an event of default related to such individual Property, subject to the satisfaction of other terms and conditions in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents (including, without limitation, Release Conditions (other than clause (i))) (a “Default Release”). In addition, the Borrowers may release an individual Property (including to an affiliate) if the estimated net proceeds following any casualty or condemnation at such individual Property will be equal to or greater than (x) 25.0% of its allocated whole loan amount, or (y) 5.0% of its ALA (subject to the satisfaction of other terms and conditions in the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan documents) upon satisfaction of clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of the Release Conditions above and prepayment of the MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay Whole Loan in an amount equal to the net proceeds (up to an amount equal to the Release Percentage) for such individual Property (a “Special Release”).

 

 A-3-29

 

 

Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

(GRAPHIC) 

 A-3-30

 

Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

(GRAPHIC) 

 A-3-31

 

Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: CREFI
Loan Purpose: Refinance/Acquisition
Borrower Sponsor: Jack Elo
Borrowers: Elo Equity LLC; Simco Realty LLC; Elo Group LLC
Original Balance(1): $71,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance(1): $71,000,000
% by Initial UPB: 8.7%
Interest Rate: 3.51000%
Payment Date: 6th of each month
First Payment Date(2): January 6, 2021
Maturity Date: January 6, 2031
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt(1): $70,000,000 Pari Passu Debt
Call Protection(2): L(24), D(93), O(4)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Soft / Springing

 

Reserves(3)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 $490,582 NAP
Insurance: $0 $5,716 NAP
Replacement: $0 $5,605 NAP
TI/LC: $0 $28,025 NAP
Debt Service: $2,508,919 $0 NAP
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Portfolio of three properties
Property Type: CBD Office
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: New York, NY
Year Built / Renovated: 1926, 1928 / NAP
Total Sq. Ft.: 336,302
Property Management: Self-Managed
Underwritten NOI: $12,063,318
Underwritten NCF: $11,543,568
Appraised Value: $241,000,000
Appraisal Date: November 1, 2020
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI: $9,322,373 (T-12 October 31, 2020)
2019 NOI: $11,945,190 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $12,346,219 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: $12,541,851 (December 31, 2017)
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy(4): 95.3% (Various)
2019 Occupancy: 95.5% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 97.4% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy: 97.0% (December 31, 2017)

 

Financial Information(1)
Tranche Cut-off Date
Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $71,000,000          
Pari Passu Note $70,000,000          
Whole Loan $141,000,000 $419 / $419 58.5% / 58.5% 2.40x / 2.30x 8.6% / 8.2% 8.6% / 8.2%

(1)The Cut-off Date Balance of $71,000,000 represents the outstanding principal balance of the controlling Note A-1, which is part of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan (as defined below) consisting of two pari passu promissory notes with an aggregate original principal and Cut-off Date Balance of $141,000,000.
(2)The first payment date for the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan is February 6, 2021. On the Closing Date, CREFI will deposit sufficient funds to pay the amount of interest that would be due with respect to a January 6, 2021 payment. Original term to maturity (months), original interest only period (months), and prepayment provisions are inclusive of the additional January 6, 2021 interest only-payment to be funded on the Closing Date.
(3)See “—Initial and Ongoing Reserves” below.
(4)Occupancy dates for 48 West 48th Street, 151 West 46th Street, and 15 West 47th Street are November 3, 2020, November 1, 2020, and November 5, 2020, respectively.

 

 A-3-32

 

 

Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

 

The Loan. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio mortgage loan (the “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Loan”) is part of a whole loan (the “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan”), which is secured by each borrower’s fee simple interest in three office properties located in New York, New York (each, individually an “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Property” and collectively, the “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties”). The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan is comprised of two pari passu notes with an aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $141.0 million. The controlling Note A-1, with an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $71.0 million, will be included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 trust and constitutes the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Loan. The non-controlling Note A-2, with an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $70.0 million, is expected to be contributed to the GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization trust. The relationship between the holders of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan is governed by a co-lender agreement as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans” in the Prospectus. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole loan has an interest rate of 3.51000% and was originated by Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. (“CREFI”) on December 10, 2020.

 

The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan was utilized to refinance existing debt on the 48 West 48th Street and 151 West 46th Street properties, acquire the 15 West 47th Street property, fund reserves, and pay originations costs.

 

The table below summarizes the promissory notes that comprise the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan.

 

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1 $71,000,000 $71,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 Yes
A-2 $70,000,000 $70,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(1) No
Whole Loan $141,000,000 $141,000,000    
(1)The GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Whole Loan $141,000,000 92.4%   Purchase Price $110,000,000 72.1%
Borrower Sponsor Equity 11,536,649   7.6      Loan Payoff 34,270,386 22.5   
        Origination Costs 5,757,344 3.8   
        Reserves 2,508,919 1.6   
Total Sources $152,536,649 100.0%   Total Uses $152,536,649 100.0%

 

The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan has an initial term of 121 months and has a remaining term of 121 months as of the Cut-off Date. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan requires interest only payments on each due date through the scheduled maturity date in January 2031. Voluntary prepayment of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan is prohibited prior to the due date in October 2030. At any time after the earlier to occur of (a) December 10, 2023 and (b) the second anniversary of the closing date of the securitization into which the last of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio notes are securitized, the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan may be defeased in full with direct, non-callable obligations of the United States of America.

 

The Borrower(s) / Borrower Sponsor. The borrowers are Elo Equity LLC, Simco Realty LLC, and Elo Group LLC (collectively, the “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower”). Legal counsel to the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan.

 

The borrower sponsor and non-recourse carve out guarantor is Jack Elo of the Elo Organization, an active and multi-generational owner and operator of office buildings in Midtown Manhattan.

 

The Properties. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties consist of three central business district office properties totaling 336,302 sq. ft. located in New York, New York. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties were 95.3% occupied as of the related November 2020 rent rolls. Occupancy dates for 48 West 48th Street, 151 West 46th Street, and 15 West 47th Street are November 3, 2020, November 1, 2020, and November 5, 2020, respectively. All three buildings are Class B office buildings with ground floor retail space.

 

The following table presents detailed information with respect to each of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties.

 

Portfolio Summary
Property Name City, State Property Type (Subtype) Allocated Whole Loan Amount

Total

Sq. Ft.

Year Built As-Is Appraised Value U/W Base Rent Market Occ. (%)(1)
48 West 48th Street New York, NY Office (CBD) $45,500,000 137,663 1926 79,000,000 $5,863,906   New York 100.0%
151 West 46th Street New York, NY Office (CBD) $24,000,000 65,500 1928 42,000,000 $2,966,892   New York 100.0%
15 West 47th Street New York, NY Office (CBD) $71,500,000 133,139 1926 120,000,000 $8,667,132   New York 88.1%
Total / Wtd. Avg.     $141,000,000 336,302   $241,000,000 $17,497,930   95.3%
(1)Occupancy dates for 48 West 48th Street, 151 West 46th Street, and 15 West 47th Street are November 3, 2020, November 1, 2020, and November 5, 2020, respectively.

The 48 West 48th Street property was constructed in 1926 and spans 137,663 sq. ft. across 16 stories on a 0.219-acre site. According to the appraisal, the property is located within the Diamond District and within close proximity to two of the top 10 largest jewelry exchanges in the world, where 90% of the jewelry, diamonds and precious stones in the United States originally transact. The property is 100%

 

 A-3-33

 

 

Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

 

occupied by a diverse roster of office tenants and three retail tenants. The office component represents 119,830 sq. ft. (approximately 87.0% of net rentable area) and, per the appraisal, is typical for buildings within the Diamond District, where jewelry tenants seek space featuring small, functional suites. The largest office tenants based on net rentable square feet include Luccello, Inc. (5,100 sq. ft.), Ez Estate Llc (4,763 sq. ft.), Intercolor Inc. (4,069 sq. ft.), and Sunrise Jewelry Corp (3,973 sq. ft.). The retail component represents the remaining 17,833 sq. ft. of the building and is occupied by three ground floor tenants, with frontage along the south side of West 48th Street. The largest retail tenant, occupying 10,350 sq. ft., is Rockefeller Corp., a restaurant that serves custom salads and sandwiches, fruit juices, smoothies and other items.

 

The 151 West 46th Street property was constructed in 1928 and spans 65,500 sq. ft. across 15 stories on a 0.115-acre site. The property is 100% occupied by one retail tenant, 20 office tenants and one telecom tenant. According to the appraisal, the property features small, functional floor plates demised for both single and multi-tenant occupants. The five largest tenants, based on net rentable square feet in the building, occupy 5,000 sq. ft. each. One of the tenants, Havana Central- Ny 2, LLC, a Cuban-themed restaurant and bar, occupies the ground level retail space and recently extended its lease until December 2029 at $192.00 per sq. ft. The other four largest tenants in the building include Neiger LLP, City Casting Corp., Artevyl Kiab LLC, and T.O. Dey Corp.

 

The 15 West 47th Street property was constructed in 1926 and spans 133,139 sq. ft. across 18 stories on a 0.225-acre site. The property is 88.1% occupied by a diverse roster of office and retail tenants. The office space comprises 105,214 sq. ft. and the retail space comprises 27,925 sq. ft. The largest office tenants based on net rentable square feet include The Del Gatto Luxury Group LLC, Avi & Co. Ny Corp., and Diamond Services. According to the appraisal, the retail unit is comprised of a large arcade unit, which is 8,762 sq. ft. and contains approximately 35 different booths.

 

COVID-19 Update. As of December 6, 2020 the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties are open and operating. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the borrower sponsor offered a one-time rent concession for one or two months on a tenant-by-tenant basis that was not required to be repaid at the 48 West 48th Street and 151 West 46th Street properties in order to maintain strong relationships with tenants. Tenants at the 15 West 47th Street property were given a similar rent deferral option but were required to pay back any deferred rent. According to the borrower sponsor, collections at the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties were 122.7% and 110.1% for October and November 2020, respectively, which is inclusive of rent being paid back. As of December 6, 2020, the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Loan is not subject to any modification or forbearance requests. The first payment date under the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan documents of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan is February 6, 2021. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

Tenant Summary(1)
Tenant Credit Rating (Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2)

Net Rentable Area

(Sq. Ft.)

% of Net Rentable
Area
U/W Base Rent
Per Sq. Ft.(3)
% of Total U/W
Base Rent(3)
Lease Expiration
Havana Central- Ny 2, LLC NR / NR / NR 5,000 1.5% $197.76 5.5% 12/31/2029
Rockefeller Corp. NR / NR / NR 10,350 3.1% $78.30 4.5% 5/31/2030
Ultimate Jewelry(4) NR / NR / NR 2,025 0.6% $205.11 2.3% Various
Stir Fry Cuisine Inc. NR / NR / NR 3,607 1.1% $87.22 1.8% 2/28/2026
Diamond Fantasies Inc, Et. Al. NR / NR / NR 526 0.2% $572.38 1.7% 7/31/2025
Avi & Co. Ny Corp. NR / NR / NR 4,697 1.4% $59.23 1.5% 8/31/2025
Sashka & Company Inc. NR / NR / NR 2,500 0.7% $97.77 1.4% 9/30/2021
Diamond Services(5) NR / NR / NR 3,884 1.2% $61.97 1.3% Various
Tian Fu Lou, Inc. NR / NR / NR 3,876 1.2% $55.73 1.2% 1/31/2026
Luccello, Inc. NR / NR / NR 5,100 1.5% $39.34 1.1% 11/30/2026
Ten Largest Tenants   41,565 12.4% $96.48 22.3%  
Remaining Occupied   278,850 82.9% $49.99 77.7%  
Total / Wtd. Avg. Occupied Collateral   320,415 95.3% $56.02 100.0%  
Vacant   15,887 4.7%      
Total   336,302 100.0%      
(1)Based on the underwritten rent rolls dated November 1, 2020, November 3, 2020, and November 5, 2020.
(2)Certain ratings are those of the parent company whether or not the parent guarantees the lease.
(3)U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft. and % of Total U/W Base Rent are inclusive of contractual rent steps through November 1, 2021.
(4)Ultimate Jewelry leases 1,768 sq. ft. expiring on October 31, 2025 and 257 sq. ft. expiring on December 31, 2021.
(5)Diamond Services leases 2,163 sq. ft. expiring on January 31, 2022 and 1,721 sq. ft. expiring on December 31, 2022.

 

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Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

 

Lease Rollover Schedule(1)(2)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative % 

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base Rent

Per Sq. Ft.(3)

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling(3)

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent(3)

MTM 15 6,832 2.0% 6,832 2.0% $99.80 3.8% 3.8%
2020 12 10,288 3.1% 17,120 5.1% $48.46 2.8% 6.6%
2021 72 64,340 19.1% 81,460 24.2% $48.18 17.3% 23.8%
2022 60 73,917 22.0% 155,377 46.2% $43.73 18.0% 41.9%
2023 44 43,886 13.0% 199,263 59.3% $49.00 12.0% 53.8%
2024 19 19,611 5.8% 218,874 65.1% $48.45 5.3% 59.1%
2025 58 56,408 16.8% 275,282 81.9% $75.70 23.8% 82.9%
2026 3 12,583 3.7% 287,865 85.6% $58.11 4.1% 87.0%
2027 1 2,500 0.7% 290,365 86.3% $39.34 0.5% 87.5%
2028 0 0 0.0% 290,365 86.3% $0.00 0.0% 87.5%
2029 2 10,000 3.0% 300,365 89.3% $113.28 6.3% 93.8%
2030 3 17,850 5.3% 318,215 94.6% $58.28 5.8% 99.6%
2031 & Thereafter 1 2,200 0.7% 320,415 95.3% $29.45 0.4% 100.0%
Vacant NAP 15,887 4.7% 336,302 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 290 336,302 100.0%     $56.02 100.0%  
(1)Certain tenants may have termination or contraction options (which may become exercisable prior to the originally stated expiration date of the tenant lease) that are not considered in the above Lease Rollover Schedule.
(2)Based on the underwritten rent rolls dated November 1, 2020, November 3, 2020, and November 5, 2020.
(3)Annual U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft., % U/W Base Rent Rolling and Cumulative % of U/W Base Rent are inclusive of contractual rent steps through November 1, 2021

 

Major Tenants. The top three tenants occupying the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio properties by U/W Base Rent are Havana Central- Ny 2, LLC (5,000 sq. ft.; 1.5% of net rentable area; 5.5% of U/W Base Rent), Rockefeller Corp. (10,350 sq. ft.; 3.1% of net rentable area; 4.5% of U/W Base Rent), and Ultimate Jewelry (2,025 sq. ft.; 0.6% of net rentable area; 2.3% of U/W Base Rent).

 

Havana Central- Ny 2, LLC (5,000 sq. ft.; 1.5% of net rentable area; 5.5% of U/W Base Rent). Havana Central- Ny 2, LLC (“Havana”) is a Cuban-themed restaurant and bar that occupies all of the grade level retail/restaurant space at 151 West 46th Street. Havana pays a gross rent per sq. ft. of approximately $200. Havana’s current lease contract expires in December of 2029 and does not have any extension options.

 

Rockefeller Corp. (10,350 sq. ft.; 3.1% of net rentable area; 4.5% of U/W Base Rent). Rockefeller Corp. operates as a fast casual eatery called “Delis 48”. The restaurant offers 24 hours 7 days a week catering to the dense employment base surrounding Rockefeller Center. Delis 48 offers custom salads and sandwiches, gourmet buffet, fruit juices, Asian-style dishes such as sushi and ramen, and spacious upstairs seating. Rockefeller Corp.’s current lease expires in May of 2030 and does not have any extension options.

 

Ultimate Jewelry (2,025 sq. ft.; 0.6% of net rentable area; 2.3% of U/W Base Rent). Ultimate Jewelry, d/b/a Ultimate Diamond (“Ultimate Diamond”), is a 3rd generation family-run and operated diamond and jewelry business dating back to 1959. Ultimate Jewelry currently occupies three different spaces at 15 West 47th Street with three separate leases. One of the leases, totaling 257 sq. ft., expires in December 2021 with no extension options. The other two leases, totaling 1,768 sq. ft., expire in October 2025 with no extension options.

 

Environmental Matters. According to Phase I environmental reports dated February 27, 2020 and October 28, 2020, there are no recognized environmental conditions or recommendations for further action at the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties.

 

The Market. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties are located within the midtown Manhattan office market, which contains approximately 289 million sq. ft. of office space with availability rate of 14.6% and average asking rents of $83.20 as of the third quarter of 2020. The 15 West 47th Street property and the 48 West 48th Street property are located within the Sixth Avenue/Rockefeller Center submarket and the 151 West 46th Street property is located within the Times Square submarket.

 

According to the appraisal, the Sixth Avenue/Rockefeller Center submarket is generally bounded by 41st Street to 59th Street, Seventh Avenue to midblock Sixth – Fifth Avenue. According to the appraisal, the average asking rent in the third quarter of 2020 was $84.58 per sq. ft., a $0.83 per sq. ft. increase from the prior year’s average asking rent of $83.75. Vacancy rates for office space in the Sixth Avenue/Rockefeller Center submarket have increased 1.5% over the past year, from 4.6% to 6.1%.

 

Based on the appraisal, the Times Square office submarket is defined as 41st Street to 48th Street, Ninth Avenue to Seventh Avenue. According to the appraisal, the average asking rent in the third quarter of 2020 was $79.27 per sq. ft., a $4.09 per sq. ft. increase from the prior year’s asking rent. Vacancy rates for office space in the Times Square submarket have increased 1.0% over the past year, from 6.4% to 7.4%.

 

 A-3-35

 

Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

 

The following table presents certain information relating to the primary competition for the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties.

 

Comparable Office Buildings(1)
Property Name City, State Net Rentable Area (Sq. Ft.) Year Built Occupancy
Elo Midtown Office Portfolio New York, NY    336,302(2) 1926, 1928    95.3%(2)
11 East 44th Street New York, NY 135,150 1927 94.3%
34 West 44th Street New York, NY 190,000 1922 95.1%
6 East 45th Street New York, NY 90,000 1930 94.9%
2 West 45th Street New York, NY 100,000 1910 92.8%
7 West 45th Street New York, NY 87,750 1913 98.1%
(1)Source: Appraisal
(2)Based on the underwritten rent rolls dated November 1, 2020, November 3, 2020, and November 5, 2020.

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)
  2017 2018 2019 T-12 10/31/2020(2) U/W(2) U/W PSF
Base Rent $16,827,267 $16,958,175 $17,172,852 $15,543,967 $17,497,930 $52.03
Rent Steps(3) 0 0 0 0 452,710 1.35
Vacant Income 0 0 0 0 1,928,184 5.73
Reimbursements 2,221,080 2,147,137 2,008,175 1,550,685 1,858,048 5.52
Vacancy & Credit Loss 0 0 0 (774,110) (1,928,184) (5.73)
Other Income 208,207 196,271 174,570 100,790 100,790 0.30
Effective Gross Income $19,256,554 $19,301,583 $19,355,597 $16,421,332 $19,909,478 $59.20
Total Operating Expenses 6,714,703 6,955,364 7,410,407 7,098,959 7,846,160 $23.33
Net Operating Income $12,541,851 $12,346,219 $11,945,190 $9,322,373 $12,063,318 $35.87
TI/LC 0 0 0 0 450,439 1.34
Capital Expenditures 0 0 0 0 69,310 0.21
Net Cash Flow $12,541,851 $12,346,219 $11,945,190 $9,322,373 $11,543,568 $34.33
(1)Certain items such as interest expense, interest income, lease cancellation income, depreciation, amortization, debt service payments and any other non-recurring or non-operating items were excluded from the historical presentation and are not considered for the underwritten cash flow.
(2)The increase in T-12 10/31/2020 Net Operating Income to U/W Net Operating Income can be attributed to the rent deferments given to tenants at the 48 West 48th Street and 151 West 46th Street properties by the borrower sponsor that were not required to be repaid, contractual rent steps, and potential income from vacant space. Historical Net Operating Income is in-line with Underwritten Net Operating Income.
(3)Rent Steps of $452,710 underwritten for various tenants through November 1, 2021.

 

Property Management. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties are self-managed.

 

Lockbox / Cash Management. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan is structured with a soft lockbox and springing cash management. The Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower is required, upon the occurrence of an Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Trigger Period (as defined below), to deliver a tenant direction letter to the existing tenants at the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties, directing them to remit their rent checks directly to the lender-controlled lockbox. Prior to an Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Trigger Period, the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower is required to cause revenue received by the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower or any applicable property manager from the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties to be deposited into such lockbox immediately upon receipt. All funds deposited into the lockbox are required to be transferred on each business day to or at the direction of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower unless an Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Trigger Period exists. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Trigger Period, all funds in the lockbox account are required to be swept on each business day to a cash management account under the control of the lender to be applied and disbursed in accordance with the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan documents, and all excess cash flow funds remaining in the cash management account after the application of such funds in accordance with the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan documents are required to be held by the lender in an excess cash flow reserve account as additional collateral for the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan. Upon the cure of the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Trigger Period, so long as no other Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Trigger Period exists, the lender is required to return any amounts remaining on deposit in the excess cash flow reserve account to the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower. Upon an event of default under the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan documents, the lender will apply funds to the debt in such priority as it may determine.

 

An “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Trigger Period” means a period commencing upon the earliest to occur of (i) an event of default under the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan documents, (ii) the debt yield falling to 7.00% or below, and (iii) an Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant Trigger Period (as defined below), and expiring upon (a) with respect to clause (i) above, the cure (if applicable) of such event of default, (b) with respect to clause (ii) above, the debt yield being equal to or greater than 7.50% for two consecutive calendar quarters, and (c) with respect to clause (iii) above, such Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant Trigger Period ceasing to exist.

 

An “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant” means as applicable, (i) Havana Central- Ny 2, LLC, (ii) Rockefeller Corp., (iii) as to each of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties (x) any tenant whose lease which, individually or when aggregated with all other leases at the applicable property with the same tenant or its affiliate, either (A) accounts for 10.0% or more of the total rental income for the applicable property, or (B) demises 10.0% or more of the square feet of the applicable property’s gross leasable area, and (iv) any

 

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Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

 

other lessee(s) of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space, and any guarantor(s) of the applicable related Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease(s).

 

An “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant Trigger Period” means a period (A) commencing upon the first to occur of (i) any Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant being in material non-monetary default under its lease beyond all applicable notice and grace periods, (ii) any Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant being in monetary default under its lease beyond all applicable notice and grace periods (provided, that, if such monetary default was solely the result of such Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant being restricted from the use and occupancy of its applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space due to its compliance with orders by a governmental authority as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, then such monetary default has continued for the lesser of (x) three months or (y) the period commencing on the date such orders going into effect and expiring upon the date such order is lifted applicable governmental authority), (iii) any Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant failing to be in actual, physical possession of its Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space (or applicable portion thereof), failing to be open for business during customary hours and/or “going dark” in its Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space (or applicable portion thereof) for more than five consecutive business days, (iv) any Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant giving notice that it is terminating its lease for all of its Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space or any portion of its Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space equal to or greater than 15%, (v) any termination or cancellation of any Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease (including, without limitation, rejection in any bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding) and/or any Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease failing to otherwise be in full force and effect and (vi) any bankruptcy or similar insolvency of any Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant; and (B) expiring upon the first to occur of the lender’s receipt of evidence reasonably acceptable to the lender (including, without limitation, a duly executed estoppel certificate from the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant in form and substance acceptable to the lender, unless the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant refuses to deliver such an estoppel certificate and the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower has used commercially reasonable efforts to require delivery thereof) of (1) the satisfaction of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant Cure Conditions or (2) the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower leasing the entire Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space (or applicable portion thereof) in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan documents, the applicable tenant under such lease being in actual, physical occupancy of, and open to the public for business in, the space demised under its lease and paying the full amount of the rent due under its lease. For the purposes of this definition, an Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant will not be deemed to have failed to be open for business and/or “gone dark” if such discontinuation is effectuated in order to comply with orders by a governmental authority which restrict the use and occupancy of the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant resumes operations in its Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space within five business days after such restrictions are lifted. During the continuance of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant will be deemed to be operating in its respective space its premises is operational (i.e. with minimal staff coming in on an ongoing basis to perform necessary administrative functions) and available to the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio tenant’s employees for use on a voluntary basis.

 

An “Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant Cure Conditions” means each of the following, as applicable (i) the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant has cured all defaults under the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease, (ii) the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant is in actual, physical possession of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space (or applicable portion thereof), is open for business during customary hours and not “dark” in the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant space (or applicable portion thereof), (iii) the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant has revoked or rescinded all termination or cancellation notices with respect to the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease and has re-affirmed the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease as being in full force and effect, (iv) with respect to any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings involving the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant and/or the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease, the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant is no longer insolvent or subject to any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings and has affirmed the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease pursuant to final, non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction and (v) the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant is paying full, unabated rent under the applicable Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Specified Tenant lease.

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves. At origination, the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower funded approximately $2,508,919 with respect to a debt service reserve.

 

Tax Reserve. On each monthly payment date, the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower is required to deposit reserves of 1/12 of the taxes that the lender estimates will be payable over the next-ensuing 12-month period (initially estimated to be approximately $490,582).

 

Insurance Reserve. On each monthly payment date, the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower is required to fund 1/12 of the

insurance premiums that the lender estimates will be payable for the renewal of coverage afforded by such policies with respect to the 15 West 47th Street property (estimated to be $5,716 monthly); provided that the insurance reserve with respect to the remaining Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Properties will be conditionally waived so long as the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower maintains a blanket policy meeting the requirements of the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Whole Loan documents.

 

Replacement Reserve. On each monthly payment date, the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower is required to deposit approximately $5,605 into a replacement reserve for capital expenditures.

 

TI/LC Reserve. On each monthly payment date, the Elo Midtown Office Portfolio Borrower is required to make monthly deposits of approximately $28,025 into a TI/LC reserve account.

 

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Various

New York, NY 10036

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 3

Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$71,000,000

58.5%

2.30x

8.6%

 

Current Mezzanine or Secured Subordinate Indebtedness. None.

 

Future Mezzanine or Secured Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. None.

 

Partial Release. None.

 

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 A-3-39

 

 

150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

 

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150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

 

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150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

 

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150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: JPMCB
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsors: California State Teachers Retirement
  System; CenterCal, LLC
Borrowers: Station Park CenterCal Owner, LLC;
  Station Park Hotel CenterCal Owner,
  LLC
Original Balance(1): $60,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance(1): $60,000,000
% by Initial UPB: 7.4%
Interest Rate: 3.37700%
Payment Date: 5th of each month
First Payment Date: January 5, 2021
Maturity Date: December 5, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt(1): $58,700,000 Pari Passu Debt
Call Protection(2): L(24), DorYM1(92), O(4)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves(3)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 Springing NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
Replacement: $0 Springing $149,292
TI/LC: $0 Springing $1,990,606
Gap Rent Reserve: $3,958,133 $0 NAP
Key Money Reserve: $248,000 $0 NAP
           
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio(5): Single Asset
Property Type: Mixed Use – Retail/Office/Hospitality
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: Farmington, UT
Year Built / Renovated: 2011-2018 / NAP
Total Sq. Ft.(4): 995,303
Property Management: CenterCal Properties, LLC; Crescent
  Hotels & Resorts, LLC
Underwritten NOI(5)(6): $16,341,736
Underwritten NCF(5)(6): $15,694,789
Appraised Value: $237,400,000
Appraisal Date: October 2, 2020
 
Historical NOI(7)
Most Recent NOI(7): $16,793,038 (T-12 October 31, 2020)
2019 NOI(7): $13,159,791 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $12,305,229 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: $12,826,107 (December 31, 2017)
 
Historical Occupancy(7)
Most Recent Occupancy: 85.9% (October 1, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 89.9% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 79.2% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy: 75.8% (December 31, 2017)
     

Financial Information(1)(7)
Tranche Cut-off Date
Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft. 

Cut-off / Balloon(2) 

LTV  

Cut-off / Balloon 

U/W DSCR 

NOI / NCF 

U/W Debt Yield 

NOI / NCF  

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon 

NOI / NCF 

Mortgage Loan $60,000,000          
Pari Passu Note 58,700,000          
Whole Loan $118,700,000 $119 / $119 50.0% / 50.0% 4.02x / 3.86x 13.8% / 13.2% 13.8% / 13.2%
(1)The Station Park Loan (as defined below) consists of the controlling Note A-1 and is part of the Station Park Whole Loan (as defined below) evidenced by 2 pari passu notes with an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $118.7 million. For additional information, see “The Loan” herein.

(2)The defeasance lockout period will be at least 24 payments beginning with and including the first payment date of January 5, 2021. The Borrowers (as defined below) have the option to defease the Station Park Whole Loan, in whole, at any time after the second anniversary of the securitization closing date of the last note to be securitized. The Station Park Whole Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time on or after January 5, 2023, subject to payment of the applicable yield maintenance premium if such prepayment occurs prior to September 5, 2030.

(3)Gap Rent Reserves represent the aggregate amount of base rent for the succeeding 12-months for tenants who have not paid in-full base rent due pursuant to each such tenant’s underlying lease as of the origination date. Such amounts will not be released to the borrower until, among other conditions, (i) collections exceed 95% of the full rent payable from all tenants in place as of the origination date for a period of 12 consecutive months and (ii) the Station Park Property is at least 80% occupied based on total square footage, provided no event of default or Station Park Cash Sweep Event (as defined below) then exists.

(4)Total Sq. Ft. is exclusive of the Hyatt Place (defined below), which is comprised of a 108-room select-service hotel.

(5)Underwritten NOI and Underwritten NCF are inclusive of (i) contractual rent steps through October 2021 and (ii) straight-line rent through the shorter of the loan and lease term for investment grade tenants, in aggregate totaling approximately $540,207.

(6)While the Station Park Loan was originated after the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the economic disruption resulting from measures to combat the pandemic, the pandemic is an evolving situation and could impact the Station Park Loan more severely than assumed in the underwriting of the Station Park Loan and could adversely affect the NOI, NCF and occupancy information, as well as the appraised value and the DSCR, LTV and Debt Yield metrics presented above. See “Risk Factors— Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

(7)The increase in Most Recent NOI from 2019 NOI is primarily attributable to the commencement of seven new leases since December 2019 totaling 97,285 sq. ft. and accounting for 9.0% of U/W Base Rent.

 

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150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

The Loan.   The Station Park mortgage loan (the “Station Park Loan”) is part of a whole loan that has an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $118.7 million (the “Station Park Whole Loan”), secured by the first mortgages encumbering the borrowers’ fee simple interest in a 995,303 sq. ft. mixed use, open air lifestyle center inclusive of a grocery anchored power center, Class A office space, a 108-room Hyatt Place hotel (“Hyatt Place”) , three retail strip buildings, a movie theatre and a gas station (the “Station Park Property”) located in Farmington, Utah. The Station Park Whole Loan is comprised of 2 pari passu notes with an aggregate original principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $118.7 million, of which Note A-1, with an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $60.0 million, is being contributed to the Benchmark 2020-B22 trust and constitutes the Station Park Loan. The remaining note is expected to be contributed to one or more future securitization trusts.

 

The relationship between the holders of the Station Park Whole Loan will be governed by a co-lender agreement as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Whole Loan Summary(1)
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1 $60,000,000 $60,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 Yes
A-2 $58,700,000 $58,700,000 JPMCB(1) No
Whole Loan $118,700,000 $118,700,000    
(1)The related note is currently held by JPMCB and is expected to be contributed to one or more future securitizations.

 

The Station Park Whole Loan has a 120-month interest-only term and accrues interest at a fixed rate of 3.37700% per annum. The proceeds of the Station Park Whole Loan were used to pay closing costs, fund upfront reserves and return $113.4 million of equity to the Borrower Sponsors (as defined below). Prior to origination, the property was unencumbered.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Whole Loan $118,700,000 100.0%   Return of Equity $113,406,092 95.5%
        Upfront Reserves 4,206,133 3.5_
        Closing Costs 1,087,775 0.9_
Total Sources $118,700,000 100.0%   Total Uses $118,700,000 100.0%
                   

The Borrowers / Borrower Sponsors. The borrowers are Station Park CenterCal Owner, LLC and Station Park Hotel CenterCal Owner, LLC (collectively, the “Borrowers”), each a Delaware limited liability company and single purpose entity with two independent directors. Legal counsel to the Borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the Station Park Loan. The Borrowers are indirectly owned or controlled by a joint venture between California State Teachers Retirement System (“CalSTRS”) and CenterCal, LLC (“CenterCal”) (collectively, the “Borrower Sponsors”). CalSTRS is the largest educator-only pension fund in the world, the second largest pension fund in the U.S. and as of October 31, 2020, had a market value of approximately $254.7 billion. As of October, 31, 2020, approximately 13.8% of CalSTRS’ portfolio was allocated to real estate, totaling approximately $35.2 billion of net asset value. CalSTRS was established by law in 1913 to provide retirement benefits to California’s public school educators from prekindergarten through community college. The organization provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits to California’s more than 965,000 public school educators and their families. CenterCal Properties, LLC, founded in 2004 by Fred Bruning and Jean Paul Wardy, is a full-service commercial real estate company in the business of investing, developing, leasing and managing its projects. CenterCal has over 120 employees in over 12 states across the Western United States. CenterCal excels in, and is best known for, creating destinations throughout the western United States with a unique strategy of “placemaking,” which emphasizes the importance of developing spaces with a sense of community.

 

There is no separate non-recourse carveout guarantor or environmental indemnitor, and the borrower is the sole party responsible for breaches or violations of the non-recourse carve-out provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents, including the environmental indemnity. At loan origination, the Borrower Sponsors provided a secured lender environmental policy. See “Environmental Matters” below for additional information related to the environmental insurance.

 

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150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

The Property.

 

Tenant Summary(1)(2)
Tenant   Property Type

Credit Rating 

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(3)

Net Rentable
Area (Sq. Ft.)
% of Net Rentable
Area
U/W Base Rent
Per Sq. Ft.(4)
% of Total U/W
Base Rent(4)
Lease
Expiration
Harmons(5) Retail NR / NR / NR 72,785 7.3% $12.54 4.8% 4/30/2031
Cinemark Retail B3 / B+ / B 53,624 5.4% $16.50 4.7% 7/31/2026
Best Buy Retail Baa1 / NR / BBB 50,455 5.1% $11.89 3.2% 3/31/2029
Life Engineering(6) Office NR / NR / NR 43,145 4.3% $26.00 5.9% 6/01/2026
Vista Outdoor(7)(8) Office B2 / NR / B+ 35,194 3.5% $24.04 4.5% 5/31/2026
Nordstrom Rack Retail Baa3 / NR / BB+ 29,603 3.0% $14.50 2.3% 11/30/2023
UDO Office NR / NR / NR 28,970 2.9% $25.75 3.9% 9/01/2025
Marshalls Retail A2 / NR / A 25,340 2.5% $8.42 1.1% 8/31/2021
Homegoods Retail A2 / NR / A 24,903 2.5% $8.75 1.2% 8/31/2021
Lift at Station Park Retail NR / NR / NR 24,750 2.5% $17.37 2.3% 1/31/2023
Ten Largest Tenants     388,769 39.1% $16.47 33.8%  
Remaining Occupied Retail     375,020 37.7% $26.33 52.2%  
Remaining Occupied Office       91,155 9.2% $29.12 14.0%  
Total Occupied     854,944 85.9% $22.14 100.0%  
Vacant       140,359 14.1%      
Total / Wtd. Avg.   995,303 100.0%      
                 
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 1, 2020, exclusive of Hyatt Place which is comprised of a 108-room select-service hotel.

(2)Certain of the tenants have leases that provide for co-tenancy provisions. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Lease Expirations and Terminations” in the Prospectus for additional information.

(3)In certain instances, ratings provided are those of the parent company of the entity shown, whether or not the parent company guarantees the lease.

(4)U/W Base Rent per Sq. Ft. and % of Total U/W Base Rent are inclusive of contractual rent steps through October 2021 accounting for approximately $540,207 in U/W Base Rent.

(5)Net Rentable Area (Sq. Ft.) is inclusive of 3,396 sq. ft. attributable to Harmons Fuel Center with a lease expiration date in July 2026 accounting for $21.44 per sq. ft. in U/W Base Rent.

(6)Pursuant to a sublease (the “Sublease”) executed on December 1, 2020, between Life Engineering, the fourth largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, as subtenant, and Pluralsight, LLC, the current prime tenant whose lease expires on February 28, 2021, Life Engineering is subleasing its space from Pluralsight through February 28, 2021. According to the borrower, Life Engineering is in occupancy of the space under the Sublease. Life Engineering has executed a new prime lease (the “New Lease”) with the landlord and, upon expiration of the Sublease, will become a direct tenant under the new lease. The rent commencement date with respect to the New Lease will occur 90 days following delivery of the related space, which is anticipated to be on or before March 1, 2021. We cannot assure you that this tenant will begin paying rent as anticipated or at all.

(7)Vista Outdoor (“Vista”) has a continuing option to terminate its lease with respect to all or a portion of its premises on and after June 1, 2023, with at least a nine months’ prior written notice and the payment of a termination fee.

(8)Vista has entered into a sublease of its entire space with El Morro Holdings, Inc. (“El Morro”), as the subtenant. Pursuant to the sublease, in the event of a natural expiration of or an earlier termination of Vista’s current lease (the “Prime Lease”), the Prime Lease would be assigned over to El Morro, upon which event the term of the Prime Lease would be extended to May 31, 2028.

 

 Lease Rollover Schedule(1)
Year

# of 

Leases 

Expiring 

Total 

Expiring 

Sq. Ft. 

% of Total Sq. 

Ft. Expiring 

Cumulative 

Sq. Ft. 

Expiring 

Cumulative %  

of 

Sq. Ft. Expiring 

U/W Base Rent 

per Sq. Ft.(2) 

%  U/W

Base Rent 

Rolling(2) 

Cumulative % 

of U/W 

Base Rent(2) 

MTM 4 1,650 0.2% 1,650 0.2% $54.34 0.5% 0.5%
2020 2 3,021 0.3% 4,671 0.5% $19.88 0.3% 0.8%
2021 12 74,271 7.5% 78,942 7.9% $14.81 5.8% 6.6%
2022 14 49,839 5.0% 128,781 12.9% $24.11 6.3% 12.9%
   2023(3) 21 138,471 13.9% 267,252 26.9% $21.37 15.6% 28.6%
2024 13 64,361 6.5% 331,613 33.3% $27.31 9.3% 37.9%
2025 14 88,473 8.9% 420,086 42.2% $29.72 13.9% 51.8%
   2026(4) 14 198,135 19.9% 618,221 62.1% $24.44 25.6% 77.3%
2027 4 7,705 0.8% 625,926 62.9% $28.03 1.1% 78.5%
2028 6 13,308 1.3% 639,234 64.2% $32.87 2.3% 80.8%
2029 8 93,682 9.4% 732,916 73.6% $18.95 9.4% 90.2%
2030 5 48,348 4.9% 781,264 78.5% $18.79 4.8% 95.0%
2031 & Thereafter 2 73,680 7.4% 854,944 85.9% $12.96 5.0% 100.0%
Vacant NAP 140,359 14.1% 995,303 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 119 995,303 100.0%     $22.14 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 1, 2020, exclusive of Hyatt Place which is comprised of a 108-room select-service hotel.

(2)U/W Base Rent per Sq. Ft., % U/W Base Rent Rolling and Cumulative % of U/W Base Rent are is inclusive of contractual rent steps through October 2021 accounting for approximately $540,207 in U/W Base Rent.

(3)2023 is inclusive of 11,173 sq. ft. attributable to Forever 21 which pays % in lieu and has no attributable underwritten base rent.

(4)2026 is inclusive of 43,145 sq. ft. attributable to Life Engineering which is not yet paying rent. The rent commencement date with respect to the Life Engineering lease will occur 90 days following delivery of the related space, which is anticipated to be on or before March 1, 2021. We cannot assure you that this tenant will begin paying rent as anticipated or at all.

 

The Station Park Property is a 995,303 sq. ft., Class A, mixed-use property comprised of two components, “Station Park” and “Station Park West”. Station Park is comprised of The Village, an open air lifestyle center consisting of upper level Class A office space, a movie theatre and a 108-room Hyatt Place franchise hotel. Additionally, Station Park consists of a separate grocery-anchored retail power center constructed in 2011 and anchored by Harmons Grocery (“Harmons”). In the aggregate, Station Park consists of 893,872 sq. ft. (exclusive of sq. ft. associated with Hyatt Place). The office space at Station Park consists of five, three-story buildings with ground floor retail and upper level office space constructed in phases between 2011 and 2016. The Station Park West component is located directly west of Station Park, across Park Lane Road. Station Park West is comprised of three unanchored multi-tenant retail strip buildings, a single-tenant office building and a fuel station, which is subject to a ground lease. In aggregate, Station Park West consists of 101,431 sq. ft. The three unanchored retail strip buildings were constructed between 2016 and 2018. The single-tenant office building was built in 2016

 

 A-3-45

 

 

150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

and consists of two stories that are 100.0% leased to Vista Outdoor through February 2026. Station Park West is also inclusive of three undeveloped pad sites totaling an estimated 16,315 sq. ft., all of which is included as collateral for the Station Park Whole Loan. The Station Park Property spans across approximately 67.3 acres and has 4,883 parking spaces (4.9 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft.).

 

The Borrower Sponsors acquired the Station Park site in 2007 and developed the Station Park Property in phases between 2011 and 2018 at an estimated total cost of approximately $232.5 million ($234 per sq. ft.). The Borrower Sponsors have since invested approximately $87.2 million in leasing costs and approximately $1.4 million in capital improvements, resulting in a total cost basis of approximately $321.1 million ($323 per sq. ft.). Since 2019, seven new leases have commenced totaling 86,684 sq. ft. of net rentable area at the Station Park Property. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Borrower Sponsor has executed a ground lease with Quick Quack, accounting for an additional 3,600 sq. ft. at one of the undeveloped pad sites, which is expected to be improved with an express car wash. The Borrower Sponsor is also in advanced negotiations to lease one of the undeveloped pad sites to a national retailer. The Borrower Sponsors are focused on creating thoughtful projects that will endure lasting benefits to the communities they serve. The Borrower Sponsors continue to lease up the Station Park Property and invest resources to create a strong sense of community and family connection for the next generation of shopping experience, offering many reasons to visit the property for activities, entertainment and community events.

 

In aggregate, the Station Park Property consists of 995,303 sq. ft. and was 85.9% leased (excluding Hyatt Place) to over 100 tenants as of October 1, 2020. The Station Park Property office component is 100.0% leased to 18 tenants. The retail space within the Station Park Property accounts for approximately 80.1% of the net rentable area and is 82.4% leased to over 100 tenants. Approximately 71.6% of U/W Base Rent at the Station Park Property is attributable to retail tenants.

 

Hyatt Place is situated in the center of the Station Park Property and features 108 guestrooms, many of which offer surrounding mountain views. Hyatt Place is a three-story select-service hotel equipped with 1,580 sq. ft. of divisible meeting space, a pool and spa, a fitness center, a market and a breakfast bar. The Gallery Menu serves food to guests 24/7 and The Library, located just off the hotel lobby, offers mountain views from the attached outdoor deck. Hyatt Place has remained open and operational throughout the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and reported room revenue of $2.7 million and NCF of $119,039 for TTM October 2020. Further, Hyatt Place reported occupancy, ADR, and RevPAR of 62.4%, $110.56 and $68.95 as of TTM September 2020, respectively.

 

Hotel Performance(1)
  TTM September 2018 TTM September 2019 TTM September 2020  
  Occ % ADR RevPAR Occ % ADR RevPAR Occ % ADR RevPAR
Hyatt Place 77.0% $118.07 $90.87 77.8% $117.30 $91.24 62.4% $110.56 $68.95
Competitive Set 72.0% $99.34 $71.53 71.9% $100.65 $72.36 54.0% $90.35 $48.78
Penetration Index 106.9% 118.9% 127.0% 108.2% 116.5% 126.1% 115.5% 122.4% 141.3%
                     
(1)Third party market research report.

 

COVID-19 Update. As of December 1, 2020, the Station Park Whole Loan is not subject to any modification or forbearance request. The Borrower Sponsor negotiated rent deferrals on a tenant-by-tenant basis and ultimately provided two months of deferred rent in April and May to 31 tenants accounting for 293,362 sq. ft. (29.2% of NRA) and $909,200 of base rent. The leases for these tenants were amended such that the deferred rent will be recouped by the landlord via 12 equal installments in 2021. At origination, a $3,958,133 gap rent reserve was established, representing the aggregate amount of base rent for the succeeding 12-months for tenants who have not paid in-full base rent due pursuant to each such tenant’s underlying lease as of the origination date. Such amounts will not be released to the borrower until, among other conditions, (i) collections exceed 95% of the full rent payable from all tenants in place as of the origination date for a period of 12 consecutive months and (ii) the Station Park Property is at least 80% occupied based on total square footage, provided no event of default of Cash Sweep Event (as defined below) then exists. The first payment date of the Station Park Whole Loan is January 5, 2021. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus. The chart below outlines collections throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

COVID-19 Collections Summary(1)
April May June July August September October  
67.2% 57.5% 72.9% 82.2% 82.4% 82.1% 83.6%  
(1)Based on collections report provided by the Borrower.

 

Major Tenants.

 

Harmons (72,785 sq. ft.; 7.3% of NRA; 4.8% of U/W Base Rent) was founded in 1932 and is a family owned and locally run grocer within the state of Utah. Harmon’s has 20 stores throughout the Wasatch Front and St. George’s area. The grocery store chain emphasizes sourcing from local companies and farms, and focuses on using higher-quality ingredients. In addition to selling groceries, Harmon’s operates post offices, coffee bars, offers full-time chefs and cooking classes, and employs pharmacists and dieticians across its locations. Harmon’s serves as the grocery-anchor within the power center at the Station Park Property. Harmon’s has been a tenant at the Station Park Property since April 2011. Harmons Fuel Station was built in 2019 and accounts for 3,396 sq. ft. at the Station Park Property. Harmons has four, five-year renewal options remaining. Harmon’s has no termination options remaining.

 

 A-3-46

 

 

150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

Cinemark (53,624 sq. ft.; 5.4% of NRA; 4.7% of U/W Base Rent) was founded in 1984 and is a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry with 533 theatres and 5,974 screens in the U.S. and Latin America as of September 30, 2020. Cinemark is headquartered in Plano, Texas and is the third largest circuit in the US with 331 theatres and 4,517 screens in 42 states across the United States. Cinemark is currently open and has been a tenant at the Station Park Property since August 2011. Cinemark has four, five-year renewal options remaining and no termination options.

 

Best Buy (50,455 sq. ft.; 5.1% of NRA; 3.2% of U/W Base Rent) was incorporated in 1966 and engages in consumer technology. Best Buy has operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico and operates 977 stores and 11 Best Buy outlet centers throughout the United States. For the fiscal year 2020, Best Buy reported domestic revenue of over $40.1 billion, a 2.1% increase from fiscal year 2019. Best Buy has been a tenant at the Station Park Property since October 2018 and has four, five-year renewal options. Best Buy has no termination options.

 

Environmental Matters. The Phase I environmental report dated March 31, 2020 recommended no further action at the Station Park component of the Station Park Property and the Phase I environmental report dated April 3, 2020 recommended no further action at the Station Park West component of the Station Park Property. At origination, the Borrower Sponsors provided a secured lender environmental policy from Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company with the lender as the named insured, with per incident and aggregate limits of $10,000,000 and a $50,000 per incident self-insured retention. The insurance premium was paid at origination.

 

The Market. The Station Park Property is located within the Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area (“MSA”), approximately 17 miles south of the Ogden Central Business District (“CBD”) and 15 miles north of the Salt Lake City CBD. The area includes a total of 326,231 employees and has a 7.0% unemployment rate. The top three industries in the area include manufacturing, health care/social assistance and retail trade. Primary access to the Station Park Property is provided by Interstate 15, which can be accessed from the Station Park Property and provides access to communities to the north and into Idaho, as well as Salt Lake City to the south. The Station Park Property benefits from nearby attractions including Lagoon Amusement Park, a privately-owned amusement park in Farmington with over 50 rides and 10 roller coasters, which is approximately 2 miles from the Station Park Property. Additionally, the University of Utah Health Center, an advanced medical facility of over 100,000 sq. ft., sits adjacent to the Station Park Property and specializes in primary, specialty and urgent care. The Station Park Property is also served by Farmington Station commuter rail landing and park and ride. The station is served by FrontRunner, the UTA’s commuter rail train that operates along the Wasatch Front with service from Ogden to the north through the Salt Lake City MSA and into Utah to the south. The Farmington Station has approximately 900 parking spaces. According to the appraisal, the estimated 2020 population within a one-, three- and five-mile radius of the Station Park Property was approximately 8,298, 39,468 and 76,624, respectively. The estimated 2020 average household income within the same radii was approximately $126,930, $132,124 and $122,898, respectively.

 

The Station Park Property is located in the Salt Lake retail market, which has over 36.8 million sq. ft. of retail space and a vacancy rate of 7.2%. As of the second quarter of 2020 there was 69,534 sq. ft. of net absorption and average NNN market rents were $18.19 per sq. ft., a 4.6% increase quarter-over-quarter. Despite uncertainty, new leasing activity in the Salt Lake retail market totaled 437,320 sq. ft. as of the second quarter of 2020, including 87,000 sq. ft. of vacant big-box space for retail use.

 

According to a third party market report, the Station Park Property is located in the Davis/Weber County office market, which consists of approximately 13.2 million square feet of office space. As of the second quarter of 2020, the overall market reported an occupancy rate of 93.2% with market rents averaging $17.73 per sq. ft.

 

With respect to the Station Park component, the appraisal identified 24 comparable retail leases across six properties within the Salt Lake City MSA ranging in size from 960 sq. ft. to 21,008 sq. ft. with lease terms ranging between 5.0 and 15.0 years. The comparable tenants reported annual NNN rental rates ranging from $15.90 to $50.00 per sq. ft. with a weighted average rent of approximately $26.36 per sq. ft.

 

 A-3-47

 

 

150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

Station Park - Competitive/Comparable Retail Properties(1)
            Appraiser’s Comparable Leases
Property Name Distance
to Subject
(miles)

Size
(SF)
Year Built/
Renovated
Occupancy Anchor/Major Tenants Range of Lease
Terms (Yrs)
Range of Base Rent
PSF
The Gateway 15.0 647,724 2001 / 2018 70.0% NAP 5.0 – 15.0 $20.00 - $30.00
Salt Lake City, UT              
Layton Pointe 8.1 123,890 2005 90.0% Bed Bath & Beyond; 5.0  - 10.0 $31.21 - $50.00
Layton, UT         Dress Barn; Ross    
Family Center at Riverdale 14.0 427,805 1995 / 2008 98.0% Super Target; 5.0 – 10.0 $21.50 – 33.84
Riverdale, UT         Gordman’s; Best Buy;    
          Sportmans’ Warehouse;    
         

Applebee’s; 

Jo-Ann Fabrics 

   
The Shoppes at Fort Union 25.0 694,099 1980 / 2006 98.0% Smith’s Food and 10.0 – 10.7 $30.00 - $44.00
Midvale, UT         Drug; Walmart; Petco    
          Bed Bath & Beyond; Ross;    
          DSW Shoes, Michaels,    
The District 29.0 906,300 2007 98.0% Target; JC Penney;   $28.00 - $30.00
South Jordan, UT         Ross; Sports Authority; 5.0  
          Petco; Hobby Lobby    
West Bountiful Commons I & II 6.5 329,549 1993 99.0% Costco; At Home; Office 5.0 – 10.0 $15.90 – 35.00
West Bountiful, UT         Depot; Petco    
                 
(1)Source: Appraisal.

 

With respect to the Station Park component, the appraisal identified 8 comparable office leases across four properties within the Salt Lake City MSA ranging in size from 2,395 sq. ft. to 19,327 sq. ft. with lease terms ranging between 3.1 and 10.0 years. The comparable tenants reported annual NNN rental rates ranging from $21.34 to $30.00 per sq. ft. with a weighted average rent of approximately $27.21 per sq. ft.

 

Station Park - Competitive/Comparable Office Properties(1)
            Appraiser’s Comparable Leases
Property Name Distance to
Subject
(miles)
Size
(SF)

Year Built/ 

Renovated 

Occupancy Lease Type Range of Lease
Terms (Yrs)
Range of Base Rent
PSF
Parrish Crossing 6.0 NAP 2020 NAP    Full-Service 10.0 $26.20 - $26.27
Centerville, UT              
Falcoln Hill 12.5 73,912 2017 100.0% Full-Service 5.4 $26.50
Layton, UT              
Centerville Business Park 5.5 131,183 2000 / 2014 100.0% Full-Service 3.1 – 8.5 $21.34 - $22.54
Centerville, UT              
Gateway 3   114,197 2001 78.0% Full-Service/ 5.0 – 5.4 $28.00 - $30.00
Salt Lake City, UT         Base Yr. Stop    
                           
(1)Source: Appraisal.

 

The following table presents certain information relating to the appraisal’s market rent conclusion for the Station Park component at the Station Park Property:

 

        Station Park - Summary of Appraisal’s Concluded Market Rent
  Market Rent PSF
Power Center  
Anchors $11.00
Jr. Anchors greater than 20K sq. ft. $14.00
Jr. Anchors less than 20K sq. ft. $18.00
In-line $25.00
Village  
Greater than 10K sq. ft. $18.00
4k to 8k sq. ft. $30.00
Less than 2k sq. ft. $34.00
Pavilion $36.00
Outparcel $34.00 - $75.00

 

With respect to the Station Park West component, the appraisal identified 16 retail lease comparables across five properties within the Salt Lake City MSA ranging in size from 960 sq. ft. to 6,409 sq. ft. with lease terms ranging between 5.0 and 10.0 years. The comparable tenants reported annual NNN rental rates ranging from $21.50 to $50.00 per sq. ft. with a weighted average rent of approximately $32.74 per sq. ft.

 

 A-3-48

 

 

150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

Station Park West - Competitive/Comparable Retail Properties(1)
            Appraiser’s Comparable Leases
Property Name Distance to
Subject
(miles)
Size
(SF)
Year Built/
Renovated
Occupancy Anchor/Major Tenants Range of
Lease Terms
(Yrs)
Range of Base Rent
PSF
Layton Pointe 8.1 123,890 2005 90.0% Bed Bath & Beyond; 5.0 – 10.0 $31.21 - $50.00
Layton, UT         Dress Barn; Ross    
Family Center at Riverdale 14.0 427,805 1995 / 2008 98.0% Super Target; 5.0 - 10.0 $21.50 - $33.84
Riverdale, UT         Gordman’s; Best    
          Buy; Sportman’s    
         

Warehouse; Applebee’s; 

Jo-Ann Fabrics 

   
Ogden Commons – Pads 18.0 26,877 2010 / 2018 100.0% Winco Foods; PetSmart; 5.0 – 6.0 $26.00
Ogden, UT         Ross Dress For Less    
The Point – Pad D 12.0 9,302 2018 100.0% NAP 5.0 – 10.0 $24.50 - $27.80
West Point, UT              
Riverdale Town Center 14.0 88,000 2017 90.0% Hobby Lobby 5.0 -10.0 $35.00 - $39.00
Riverdale, UT              
                     
(1)Source: Appraisal.

 

Also with respect to the Station Park West component, the appraisal identified seven office lease comparables across four properties within the Salt Lake City MSA ranging in size from 2,055 sq. ft. to 15,221 sq. ft. with lease terms ranging between 5.0 and 10.0 years. The comparable tenants reported annual rental rates ranging from $14.50 to $26.67 per sq. ft. with a weighted average rent of approximately $24.13 per sq. ft.

 

Station Park West - Competitive/Comparable Office Properties(1)
            Appraiser’s Comparable Leases
Property Name Distance to
Subject (miles)
Size (SF) Year
Built/Renovated
Occupancy Lease Type Range of Lease
Terms (Yrs)
Range of Base
Rent PSF
Parrish Crossing 6.0 NAP 2020 NAP Full-Service 10.0 $26.20 – $26.67
Centerville, UT              
Farmington Tech Center 1.7 33,000 2018 70.0% Full-Service 5.0 – 7.2 $22.50 - $23.00
Farmington, UT              
Legend Hills Tower 3 9.3 35,305 2006 100.0% NNN 5.2 $14.50
Clearfield, UT              

Layton Grandview 

Corporate Center 

10.3 34,902 2000 91.0%

Full-Service 

Base Yr. Stop 

5.3 $19.50
Layton, UT              
                           
(1)Source: Appraisal.

 

The following table presents certain information relating to the appraisal’s market rent conclusion for the Station Park West component at the Station Park Property:

 

Summary of Appraisal’s Concluded Market
Rent – Station Park West
  Market Rent PSF
Retail/Shop Space $30.00 - $38.00
Office $26.00
Pad Site $18.00
     

 

 A-3-49

 

 

150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)
   2017  2018  2019  T-12 10/31/2020  U/W  U/W PSF
Base Rent(2)  16,155,521  15,841,457  $17,287,499   $19,031,461  $18,931,275  $19.02
Straight-Line Rental Income  0  0  0  0  12,287  $0.01
Vacant Income  0  0  0  0  4,363,537  $4.38
Gross Potential Rent  $16,155,521  $15,841,457  $17,287,499  $19,031,461  $23,307,099  $23.42
Total Reimbursements  4,121,300  3,925,959  4,891,000  5,952,865  5,533,010  $5.56
Hotel Income  928,981  1,062,763  1,064,625  119,039  119,039  $0.12
Other Income  251,849  778,340  525,684  308,757  308,757  $0.31
Gross Potential Income  $21,457,651  $21,608,519  $23,768,809  $25,412,122  $29,267,905  $29.41
Less: Vacancy & Credit Loss  0  0  0  0  (4,363,537)  $(4.38)
Effective Gross Income  $21,457,651  $21,608,519  $23,768,809  $25,412,122  $24,904,368  $25.02
Total Fixed Expenses(3)  2,840,568  3,436,740  3,991,067  2,456,978  2,415,759  $2.43
Total Operating Expenses  5,790,977  5,866,550  6,617,951  6,162,106  6,146,873  $6.18
Net Operating Income  $12,826,107  $12,305,229  $13,159,791  $16,793,038  $16,341,736  $16.42
TI/LC  0  0  0  0  497,652  $0.50
Capital Expenditures  0  0  0  0  149,295  $0.15
Net Cash Flow  $12,826,107  $12,305,229  $13,159,791  $16,793,038  $15,694,789  $15.77
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 1, 2020.

(2)Base Rent is inclusive of contractual rent steps through October 2021.

(3)The decrease in Total Fixed Expenses from T-12 10/31 2020 to U/W is primarily attributable to a permanent reduction in real estate taxes as a result of real estate tax reassessment at the Station park Property.

 

Property Management.   The Station Park Property is currently managed by CenterCal Properties, LLC, and, with respect to Hyatt Place, Crescent Hotels & Resorts, LLC, both Delaware limited liability companies. CenterCal Properties, LLC is an affiliate of the Borrower Sponsors.

 

Lockbox / Cash Management.   The Station Park Whole Loan documents require a hard lockbox and springing cash management. The Borrowers were required at loan origination to deliver tenant direction letters to all tenants at the Station Park Property directing all tenants to remit rent checks directly to the lender-controlled lockbox. So long as no Cash Sweep Event is continuing, all funds deposited into the lockbox account are required to be transferred to or at the direction of the borrowers. During the continuance of a Cash Sweep Event, all funds on deposit in the lockbox account are required to be transferred to the cash management account each business day, at which point, following payment of taxes and insurance, debt service, required reserves and operating expenses, all funds are required to be deposited into the excess cash flow reserve, to be held by the lender as additional security for the Station Park Whole Loan and disbursed in accordance with the terms of the Station Park Whole Loan documents. During the continuance of an event of default, the lender may apply such funds in such order and priority as the lender determines. The lender has been granted a first priority security interest in the lockbox account and the cash management account.

 

A “Cash Sweep Event” will commence upon the occurrence of (i) an event of default, (ii) a bankruptcy action of the Borrowers or affiliated manager or (iii) the debt service coverage ratio based on the trailing three-month period immediately preceding the date of determination being less than 2.00x.

 

A “Cash Sweep Event” may be cured (a) with respect to clause (i) above, by the acceptance by the lender of a cure of such event of default; (b) with respect to clause (ii) above solely with respect to the affiliated manager, if the Borrower replaces the affiliated manager with a qualified manager (as fully described in the Station Park Whole Loan documents) under a replacement management agreement within 60 days; or (c) with respect to clause (iii) above, by the achievement of a debt service coverage ratio of 2.00x or greater for three consecutive months based upon the trailing three month period immediately preceding the determination date; provided, however, (1) no event of default will have occurred and be continuing, (2) a Cash Sweep Event may be cured no more than a total of five times during the term of the Station Park Whole Loan, and (3) a bankruptcy event caused by the Borrower may not be cured.

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves.  At origination, the Borrowers deposited (i) $248,000 into a key money reserve (“Key Money Reserve”) and (ii) $3,958,133 into a gap rent reserve (the “Gap Rent Reserve”). The Key Money Reserve represents the remaining unamortized portion of the key money as described in the franchise agreement for Hyatt Place. The Gap Rent Reserve represents the aggregate amount of base rent for the succeeding 12-month period for those tenants who have not paid in-full base rent due pursuant to each such tenant’s underlying lease as of the origination date. Such amounts will not be released to the borrower until, among other conditions, (i) collections exceed 95% of the full rent payable from all tenants in place as of the origination date for a period of 12 consecutive months and (ii) the Station Park Property is at least 80% occupied based on total square footage, provided no event of default or Cash Sweep Event then exists.

 

Real Estate Taxes and Insurance Reserves. On each payment date, the Borrowers are required to make monthly deposits of (i) taxes in an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount that the lender estimates will be necessary to pay taxes over the then succeeding 12-month period (provided that such reserve will be conditionally waived so long as no Reserve Trigger Period (as defined below) under the related loan documents has occurred and is continuing, the taxes are paid by the Borrowers and the Borrowers have provided satisfactory evidence

 

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150 North Central Avenue and 1037 &

1070 West Park Lane 

Farmington, UT 84025 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 4 

Station Park & Station Park West 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$60,000,000 

50.0% 

3.86x 

13.8% 

 

upon request that taxes have been paid in accordance with the requirements of the Station Park Whole Loan documents) and (ii) insurance premiums in an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount that the lender estimates will be necessary to cover premiums over the then succeeding 12-month period (provided that such reserve will be conditionally waived so long as no Reserve Trigger Period under the related loan documents has occurred and is continuing, and the Station Park Property is insured by a policy (which may be a blanket policy) meeting the requirements of the Station Park Whole Loan documents).

 

Replacement Reserves. On each payment date during the continuance of a Reserve Trigger Event (as defined below) and continuing on a monthly basis during such Reserve Trigger Period, the Borrowers will be required to deposit approximately $12,441, subject to a cap equal to 12 times the required monthly deposit ($149,292).

 

TI/LC Reserve. On each payment date during the continuance of a Reserve Trigger Event and continuing on a monthly basis during such Reserve Trigger Period, the Borrowers will be required to deposit approximately $82,942 (1/12 of $1.00 per sq. ft.), subject to a cap equal to 24 times the required monthly deposit (approximately $1,990,606).

 

A “Reserve Trigger Period” means each period commencing on the occurrence of a Reserve Trigger Event and continuing until the earlier of (i) the payment date next occurring following the related Reserve Trigger Event Cure (as defined below) or (ii) until payment in full of all principal and interest on the Station Park Whole Loan and all other amounts payable under the Station Park Whole Loan Documents or defeasance of the Station Park Whole Loan in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Station Park Whole Loan documents.

 

A “Reserve Trigger Event” will commence upon the occurrence of (i) an event of default, (ii) a bankruptcy action of the Borrowers or affiliated manager or (iii) the debt service coverage ratio based on the trailing three-month period immediately preceding the date of determination being less than 2.00x.

 

A “Reserve Trigger Event Cure” means (a) with respect to clause (i) above, the acceptance by the lender of a cure of such event of default; (b) with respect to clause (ii) above solely with respect to the affiliated manager, if the Borrower replaces the affiliated manager with a qualified manager (as fully described in the Station Park Whole Loan documents) under a replacement management agreement within 60 days; or (c) with respect to clause (iii) above, the achievement of a debt service coverage ratio of 2.00x or greater for three consecutive months based upon the trailing three month period immediately preceding the determination date; provided, however, (1) no event of default will have occurred and continuing, (2) a Cash Sweep Event may be cured no more than a total of two times during the term of the Station Park Whole Loan, and (3) a bankruptcy event caused by the Borrower may not be cured.

 

Current Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness. None.

 

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. None.

 

Partial Release. None.

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

 

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

 

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

 

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

 

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

 

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

 

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: JPMCB
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsor(1): Rugby Realty
Borrowers(1): Various
Original Balance(2): $50,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance(2): $50,000,000
% by Initial UPB: 6.1%
Interest Rate: 3.39200%
Payment Date: 1st of each month
First Payment Date(3): January 1, 2021
Maturity Date: January 1, 2031
Amortization(3)(4): Interest only for the first 37 months, then amortizing
Additional Debt(2): $40,000,000 Pari Passu Debt
Call Protection(3)(5): L(24), D(94), O(3)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

  

Reserves(9)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $976,237 $81,353 NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
Replacement: $17,611 $17,611 NAP
TI/LC: $88,055 $88,055 $5,283,290
Free Rent: $2,230,699 $0 NAP
Outstanding TIs: $1,255,653 $0 NAP
Outstanding CapEx: $851,993 $0 NAP
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Portfolio of two office parks / 15 buildings
Property Type: Suburban Office
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: Various
Year Built / Renovated: Various / NAP
Total Sq. Ft.(6): 1,056,658
Property Management: C&F Management Enterprises, LLC
Underwritten NOI(7): $10,855,693
Underwritten NCF(7): $9,587,703
Appraised Value(7): $145,300,000
Appraisal Date: Various
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI(8): $10,097,088 (T-12 August 31, 2020)
2019 NOI(8): $8,725,882 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $8,006,562 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI(10): NAV
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy: 82.0% (November 1, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 72.7% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 73.0% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy(10): NAV


  

Financial Information(2)(7)
Tranche Cut-off Date
Balance
Balance per Sq. Ft.
Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $50,000,000          
Pari Passu Notes 40,000,000          
Whole Loan $90,000,000 $85 / $73 61.9% / 52.8% 2.27x / 2.00x 12.1% / 10.7% 14.2% / 12.5%

 

(1)For a description of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers (as defined below) and the borrower sponsors, see “The Borrowers / Borrower Sponsors” below.

(2)The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Loan (as defined below) consists of the controlling Note A-1 and is part of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan (as defined below) evidenced by two pari passu notes with an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $90.0 million. For additional information, see “The Loan” below.

(3)The first payment date for the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan is February 1, 2021. On the Closing Date, JPMCB will deposit sufficient funds to pay the amount of interest that would be due with respect to a January 1, 2021 payment. First Payment Date, Amortization period and Call Protection presented in the Mortgage Loan Information above are inclusive of the additional January 2021 interest payment to be deposited on the Closing Date.

(4)The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan will be interest only for the first 37-months and will then amortize on a 30-year schedule for the remainder of the loan term.

(5)The lockout period will be at least 24 payments beginning with and including the first payment date of January 1, 2021. The Borrowers have the option to (a) defease the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan on the date that is two years from the securitization of the last note to be securitized (the “Permitted Defeasance Date”) or (b) prepay the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan with the payment of a yield maintenance premium on February 1, 2024, if the Permitted Defeasance Date has not occurred. The assumed lockout period of 24 months is based on the expected closing date of the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.

(6)Total Sq. Ft. is comprised of 15 buildings across two office parks, the Foster Plaza office park and the Cherrington Corporate Center office park. Foster Plaza (as defined below) is comprised of eight buildings totaling 674,625 sq. ft. and Cherrington Corporate Center (as defined below) is comprised of seven buildings totaling 382,033 sq. ft.

(7)While the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Loan was originated after the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the economic disruption resulting from measures to combat the pandemic, the pandemic is an evolving situation and could impact the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Loan more severely than assumed in the underwriting of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Loan and could adversely affect the NOI, NCF and occupancy information, as well as the appraised value and the DSCR, LTV and Debt Yield metrics presented above. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

(8)The increase in Most Recent NOI from 2019 NOI is primarily attributable to new leases executed in 2019 and 2020 accounting for approximately $4.4 million in U/W Base Rent.

(9)See “Initial and Ongoing Reserves” below.

(10)2017 NOI and 2017 Occupancy are not available, as the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties (as defined below) were acquired by the borrower sponsors in November 2017.

  

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

The Loan. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio mortgage loan (the “Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Loan”) is part of a whole loan (the “Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan”) secured by a first mortgage encumbering the borrowers’ fee simple interest in a two property portfolio comprised of 15 Class A office buildings across two office parks—the Foster Plaza office park (“Foster Plaza”) and the Cherrington Corporate Center office park (“Cherrington Corporate Center”)—in the aggregate comprising 1,056,658 sq. ft., each located in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (the “Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties”). The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan is evidenced by two pari passu notes with an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $90.0 million. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Loan, which is evidenced by the controlling Note A-1, has an original principal balance and outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $50.0 million and will be included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 trust.

 

The relationship between the holders of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan is governed by a co-lender agreement as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1 $50,000,000 $50,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 Yes
A-2 40,000,000 40,000,000 JPMCB(1)  No
Whole Loan $90,000,000 $90,000,000    

(1) The related note is currently held by JPMCB and is expected to be contributed to one or more future securitizations.

 

The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan has a 121-month term with interest only payments for the first 37-months and will amortize on a 30-year schedule thereafter. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan accrues interest at a rate of 3.39200% per annum. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan proceeds were used to refinance existing debt, return equity to the borrower sponsor, fund upfront reserves and pay closing costs. Based on the aggregate “As Is” appraised value of $145.3 million as of November 4, 2020 for Foster Plaza and November 5, 2020 for Cherrington Corporate Center, the Cut-off Date LTV Ratio is 61.9%. 

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Whole Loan $90,000,000 100.0%   Loan Payoff $63,066,340 70.1%
        Return of Equity 20,302,566  22.6    
        Upfront Reserves 5,420,248  6.0  
        Closing Costs 1,210,846  1.3  
Total Sources $90,000,000 100.0%   Total Uses $90,000,000 100.0%  

 

The Borrowers / Borrower Sponsors. The borrowers are 200 Cherrington Associates, LLC; 300 Cherrington Associates, LLC; 400 Cherrington Associates, LLC; 500 Cherrington Associates, LLC; 600 Cherrington Associates, LLC; 625 Cherrington Associates, LLC; 700 Cherrington Associates, LLC; Foster 1 Associates, LLC; Foster 2 Associates, LLC; Foster 3 Associates, LLC; Foster 4 Associates, LLC; Foster 5 Associates, LLC; Foster 6 Associates, LLC; Foster 7 Associates, LLC and Foster 10 Associates, LLC, each a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers”). The borrower sponsors and non-recourse carveout guarantors are Aaron Stauber, Alan Ades, Maurice Ades, Robert Ades, and Daniel Stauber, all of whom serve as principals at Rugby Realty, a New Jersey-based private equity firm with approximately $1.0 billion of real estate owned throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida and Georgia. Rugby Realty is involved in all aspects of commercial real estate operations, including the purchase, development and management of a broad range of real estate holdings. As of December 2019, Rugby Realty owned more than 6.5 million sq. ft. of real estate valued at approximately $1.0 billion. Rugby Realty currently owns more than 5.0 million sq. ft. of office space valued in excess of $500 million in the Pittsburgh metropolitan statistical area. In addition to the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties, the borrower sponsors currently own some of Pittsburgh’s most recognizable buildings, including the Frick Building, Gulf Tower, Koppers Building, 933 Penn Avenue, 2100 Wharton Street and the Ewart Building. 

 

The Portfolio. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties consist of a two-property, 1,056,658 sq. ft. Class A office portfolio located in Pittsburgh and Coraopolis, Pennsylvania comprised of 15-buildings across two office parks: Foster Plaza (eight buildings; 674,625 sq. ft.) and Cherrington Corporate Center (seven buildings; 382,033 sq. ft.). The office buildings were constructed between 1975 and 1994. Collectively, the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties are currently 82.0% occupied by a diverse tenant roster including approximately 97 unique tenants across a wide range of industries. There are several surface parking lots across the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties containing a total of 5,882 parking spots, resulting in a parking ratio of approximately 4.33 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. at Cherrington Corporate Center and 3.31 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. at Foster Plaza.

  

Rugby Realty acquired the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties in November 2017 for approximately $71.0 million (approximately $67 per sq. ft.), when the portfolio was 60% leased with a $7.0 million NOI and has since increased occupancy to 82.0%, resulting in an NOI of more than $10.1 million (an approximately 44% increase). Since acquiring the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties, the borrower sponsors have implemented a $9.5 million capital improvement plan to revitalize each campus into a corporate destination for tenants with modern renovations and amenity centers. Moreover, the portfolio has benefited from continued leasing momentum through the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, executing 55,000 sq. ft. in new leases. Overall, approximately 18.8% of net rentable area and 19.7% of underwritten base rent is attributable to investment grade rated tenants including Chevron (rated AA by S&P), Waste Management of PA, Inc. (rated A- by S&P), Federal Express (rated BBB by S&P) and Atrium (rated AA- by S&P).

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

Portfolio Summary
Property Name City, State Year Built Net Rentable Area
(Sq. Ft.)
Occupancy Allocated Cut-Off
Date Balance
% Allocated Cut-Off
Date Balance
Appraised Value
Foster Plaza Pittsburgh, PA 1975 - 1987 674,625 77.6% $30,488,644 61.0% $88,600,000
Cherrington Corporate Center Coraopolis, PA 1986 - 1994 382,033 89.8% $19,511,356 39.0% $56,700,000
Total / Wtd. Avg.     1,056,658 82.0% $50,000,000 100.0% $145,300,000

  

Foster Plaza. Foster Plaza is an eight-building, 674,625 sq. ft. office park located in the Parkway West Corridor Submarket of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The buildings were constructed between 1975 and 1987. Foster Plaza has undergone approximately $6.25 million in renovations since acquisition, including the installation of an extensive 12,906 sq. ft. amenity center that includes a state-of-the-art event, conference, and training center, tenant lounges, a food hall and community space, as well as a game center. In addition, most common areas, bathrooms and elevators were refinished across both office parks. Older mechanical equipment and roofing was replaced, parking lots were resurfaced and exterior finishes were cleaned, as needed. Air purification systems were also added at the properties.

  

Foster Plaza Tenant Summary(1)
Tenant

Credit Rating

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2)

Net Rentable Area
(Sq. Ft.)
% of Net
Rentable Area
U/W Base Rent
Per Sq. Ft.(3)
% of Total U/W
Base Rent(3)
Lease
Expiration
Tetra Tech, Inc.(4) NR / NR / NR 48,202 7.1% $24.48 10.3% 2/28/2025
Wexford Health Sources, Inc.(5) NR / NR / NR 43,716 6.5% $18.07 6.9% 8/31/2026
L.B. Foster Company NR / NR / NR 43,517 6.5% $22.00 8.3% 4/30/2027
Impaqt LLC NR / NR / NR 24,489 3.6% $22.89 4.9% 5/31/2024
CBS Radio, Inc B2 / NR / B 23,451 3.5% $21.44 4.4% 1/31/2028
ACA Compliance(6) NR / NR / NR 22,351 3.3% $26.00 5.1% 8/31/2030
HQ Global Workplaces, Inc. NR / NR / NR 19,833 2.9% $23.00 4.0% 8/31/2021
Allegheny Medical Practices Ne NR / NR / NR 15,056 2.2% $22.25 2.9% 6/30/2022
Fort Pitt NR / NR / NR 14,588 2.2% $22.50 2.9% 9/30/2028
Reliance(7) NR / NR / NR 14,250 2.1% $21.75 2.7% 5/31/2024
Ten Largest Tenants   269,453 39.9% $22.27 52.2%  
Remaining Occupied   250,904 37.2% $21.77 47.5%  
Storage   3,402 0.5% $9.71 0.3%  
Total / Wtd. Avg. Occupied   523,759 77.6% $21.95 100.0%  
Vacant   150,866 22.4%      
Total   674,625 100.0%      

 

(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated November 1, 2020.

(2)In certain instances, ratings provided are those of the parent company of the entity shown, whether or not the parent company guarantees the lease.

(3)U/W Base Rent per Sq. Ft. and % of Total U/W Base Rent are inclusive of (i) contractual rent steps through November 2021 and (ii) straight line rent through the shorter of the loan and lease term for investment grade rated tenants.

(4)Tetra Tech, Inc. has an additional 1,067 sq. ft. attributable to storage space accounting for $8.00 per sq. ft. in underwritten base rent.

(5)Wexford Health Sources, Inc. has a one-time option to terminate its lease with respect to either (i) a portion of its second floor premises consisting of 5,000 rentable square feet or (ii) the entirety of its second floor premises, effective as of either (x) February 2022 or (y) February 2023, upon written notice by August 2021, or August 2022, and the payment of a termination fee.

(6)ACA Compliance has a one-time option to terminate its lease as of August 2025 upon 12 months’ written notice and the payment of a termination fee.

(7)Reliance has a one-time option to terminate its lease as of May 2022 upon written notice by August 2021 and the payment of a termination fee.

  

Foster Plaza Lease Rollover Schedule(1)(2)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative %

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base
Rent

per Sq. Ft.(3)

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling(3)

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent

MTM & 2020 1 835 0.1% 835 0.1% $10.00 0.1% 0.1%
2021 7 41,879 6.2% 42,714 6.3% $22.37 8.2% 8.2%
2022 13 51,578 7.6% 94,292 14.0% $22.45 10.1% 18.3%
2023 21 79,431 11.8% 173,723 25.8% $22.63 15.6% 33.9%
2024 13 81,669 12.1% 255,392 37.9% $20.06 14.2% 48.2%
2025 9 92,396 13.7% 347,788 51.6% $23.52 18.9% 67.1%
2026 6 50,303 7.5% 398,091 59.0% $18.64 8.2% 75.2%
2027 4 43,627 6.5% 441,718 65.5% $21.97 8.3% 83.6%
2028 9 52,201 7.7% 493,919 73.2% $22.14 10.1% 93.6%
2029 1 5,309 0.8% 499,228 74.0% $18.21 0.8% 94.5%
2030 2 24,531 3.6% 523,759 77.6% $25.93 5.5% 100.0%
2031 and Thereafter 0 0 0.0% 523,759 77.6% $0.00 0.0% 100.0%
Vacant NAP  150,866 22.4%  674,625 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 86 674,625 100.0%     $21.95 100.0%  

 

(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated November 1, 2020.

(2)Certain tenants may have termination or contraction options (which may become exercisable prior to the originally stated expiration date of the tenant lease) that are not considered in the above Lease Rollover Schedule.

(3)Annual U/W Base Rent per Sq. Ft. and % U/W Base Rent Rolling are inclusive of (i) contractual rent steps through November 2021 and (ii) straight line rent through the shorter of the loan and lease term for investment grade rated tenants.

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

Cherrington Corporate Center. Cherrington Corporate Center is a seven-building, 382,033 sq. ft. office park located in the Parkway West Submarket of Pittsburgh. The office park’s buildings were constructed between 1986 and 1994. Cherrington Corporate Center has undergone approximately $1.95 million in renovations since acquisition, including the installation of an extensive 7,524 sq. ft. of amenity space located on the first floor of one of the buildings, which has a state-of-the-art event, conference and training center, tenant lounges, a kitchen and community space, as well as a fitness center.

 

Cherrington Corporate Center Tenant Summary(1)
Tenant

Credit Rating

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2)

Net Rentable Area
(Sq. Ft.)
% of Net
Rentable Area
U/W Base Rent
Per Sq. Ft.(3)
% of Total U/W
Base Rent(3)
Lease
Expiration
Chevron USA(4) Aa2 / NR / AA 120,000 31.4% $23.65 36.0% 8/31/2025
Mortgage Connect(5) NR / NR / NR 66,713 17.5% $22.48 19.0% 3/31/2027
Waste Management of PA, Inc.(6) Baa1 / BBB+ / A- 23,470 6.1% $22.54 6.7% 7/31/2028
MS Consultants NR / NR / NR 12,452 3.3% $21.50 3.4% 10/31/2027
Kinect Energy - ODE Acq NR / NR / NR 11,788 3.1% $22.89 3.4% 9/30/2024
Mason Dixon Energy NR / NR / NR 10,165 2.7% $24.50 3.2% 4/30/2021
Federal Express Baa2 / NR / BBB 10,105 2.6% $22.29 2.9% 11/30/2024
Atrium Aa3 / A+ / AA- 9,604 2.5% $22.50 2.7% 4/30/2026
VF Outdoor A3 / NR / A 9,164 2.4% $23.67 2.8% 6/30/2026
Dermatology Assoc of W. Penn NR / NR / NR 7,617 2.0% $25.50 2.5% 12/31/2023
Ten Largest Tenants   281,078 73.6% $23.14 82.6%  
Remaining Occupied   60,311 15.8% $22.57 17.3%  
Storage   1,509 0.4% $8.83 0.2%  
Total / Wtd. Avg. Occupied   342,898 89.8% $22.98 100.0%  
Vacant   39,135 10.2%      
Total   382,033 100.0%      

 

(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated November 1, 2020.

(2)In certain instances, ratings provided are those of the parent company of the entity shown, whether or not the parent company guarantees the lease.

(3)U/W Base Rent per Sq. Ft. and % of Total U/W Base Rent are inclusive of (i) contractual rent steps through November 2021 and (ii) straight line rent through the shorter of the loan and lease term for investment grade rated tenants.

(4)Chevron USA has a one-time option to terminate its lease with respect to either (i) the entirety of its premises or (ii) one or more contiguous floors effective as of August 2023 upon 12-months’ notice and payment of a termination fee. See “Major Tenants” herein for additional information.

(5)Mortgage Connect has the right to terminate its lease with respect to the first floor, totaling 8,327 sq. ft. upon 120 days’ notice and the payment of a termination fee with such termination to be effective as of (i) April 30, 2025 or (ii) April 30, 2026.

(6)Waste Management of PA has a one-time option to terminate its lease effective as of August 2023 upon 12-months’ written notice and payment of a termination fee.

  

Cherrington Corporate Center Lease Rollover Schedule(1)(2)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative %

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base
Rent

per Sq. Ft.(3)

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling(3)

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent

MTM & 2020 0  0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2021 3  14,748 3.9%  14,748 3.9% $23.68 4.4% 4.4%
2022 2  8,181 2.1% 22,929 6.0% $23.52 2.4% 6.9%
2023 4  15,703 4.1%  38,632 10.1% $24.01 4.8% 11.7%
2024 5  28,091 7.4%  66,723 17.5% $22.64 8.1% 19.7%
2025 11  144,928 37.9%  211,651 55.4% $23.31 42.9% 62.6%
2026 3  23,132 6.1%  234,783 61.5% $23.06 6.8% 69.4%
2027 6  79,165 20.7%  313,948 82.2% $22.32 22.4% 91.8%
2028 3  27,259 7.1%  341,207 89.3% $22.17 7.7% 99.5%
2029 0  0 0.0%  341,207 89.3% $0.00 0.0% 99.5%
2030 0  0 0.0%  341,207 89.3% $0.00 0.0% 99.5%
2031 and Thereafter 1  1,691 0.4%  342,898 89.8% $25.13 0.5% 100.0%
Vacant NAP  39,135 10.2%  382,033 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 38 382,033 100.0%     $22.98 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated November 1, 2020.

(2)Certain tenants may have termination or contraction options (which may become exercisable prior to the originally stated expiration date of the tenant lease) that are not considered in the above Lease Rollover Schedule.

(3)Annual U/W Base Rent per Sq. Ft. and % U/W Base Rent Rolling are inclusive of (i) contractual rent steps through November 2021 and (ii) straight line rent through the shorter of the loan and lease term for investment grade rated tenants.

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

Major Tenants.  

 

Chevron USA (“Chevron”) (120,000 sq. ft., 11.4% of NRA, 14.6% of U/W Base Rent) is an American multinational energy corporation primarily focused on the oil and gas sector. The company is engaged in all aspects of the oil and gas industry, including exploration, production, refining, marketing, and transportation, among others. Chevron has been a tenant at Cherrington Corporate Center since 2015 and, according to the borrower sponsor, has invested significant capital in the buildout of its space. This included secure card access turnstile systems at the entrances, a fitness center with a locker room and showers, a 5,000 sq. ft. training facility, a café and dining area, a 5,000 sq. ft. engineering file center, an outdoor patio and a 300 KW back-up generator. Additionally, Cherrington Corporate Center serves as Chevron’s Appalachian Gas Division Engineering Headquarters. Chevron recently signed a five-year renewal in September 2020, which provides for a termination option in August 2023 upon no less than 12 months’ prior written notice.

  

EQT Corp (rated Ba3 by Moody’s), the largest U.S. natural gas producer by volume, has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement with Chevron for its Appalachia gas assets and a pipeline stake. Upon such acquisition, it is possible EQT would extend the Chevron lease for an additional five year renewal and continue operating the space as its Appalachian Gas Division Engineering Headquarters. According to the borrower sponsor, they are currently in lease negotiations with a replacement tenant. We cannot assure you that the lease will be extended as expected or at all.

  

The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan is structured with a cash flow sweep in the event that, among other conditions, (a) Chevron fails to extend its lease for a five year term at expiration or the borrower sponsors fail to find an approved replacement tenant subject to certain leasing conditions or (b) the occurrence of certain tenant triggers, including Chevron terminating its lease, giving notice of termination or abandoning its premises. In either case, whether Chevron opts to terminate its lease or fails to renew 12-months prior to expiration, the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan is structured such that (holding all else equal) the lender will have collected approximately $4.8 million ($40 per sq. ft.) with respect to the Chevron leased space) upon Chevron vacating the property (absent an approved replacement tenant) to be held as additional collateral for the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan. See “Lockbox / Cash Management” herein for additional information.

 

Additionally, assuming Chevron vacates its leased space and the replacement lease is not executed, holding all else equal, the Rugby Portfolio Whole Loan results in a 2.21x and 1.42x interest-only and amortizing DSCR, respectively.

 

Mortgage Connect (66,713 sq. ft., 6.3% of NRA, 7.7% of U/W Base Rent) is a national provider of residential mortgage services, ranging from mortgage originations to mortgage default solutions. Mortgage Connect’s global headquarters is located less than 1.5 miles away from Cherrington Corporate Center. Mortgage Connect recently took occupancy of the 66,713 sq. ft. 600 Cherrington building in its entirety after executing a six-year lease expansion in November 2020 for the remaining 8,327 sq. ft. on the first floor.

 

Tetra Tech, Inc. (“Tetra Tech”) (49,269 sq. ft., 4.7% of NRA, 6.1% of U/W Base Rent) is a consulting and engineering firm focused on engineering program management and construction management services based out of Pasadena, California. Tetra Tech is primarily focused on projects related to water, the environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy and international development. The Tetra Tech leased space is among the six largest leased by Tetra Tech within the United States, and one of the three largest leased spaces in the United States outside of the state of California. The space is occupied the Tetra Tech’s Government Services Group and Commercial/Industrial Services Group. Most recently, Tetra Tech executed a five-year renewal in April 2019, increasing in-place rent from $22.00 per sq. ft. to $24.00 per sq. ft. Tetra Tech has no remaining termination options.

  

COVID-19 Update. As of December 2020, 100.0% of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties are open and, according to the borrower sponsor, 35% of the tenants have returned to their office space. Additionally, the borrower sponsor has seen a 100.0% collection rate across the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The first payment date of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Loan is February 1, 2021. As of December 1, 2020, the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan is not subject to any modification or forbearance request. . See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

  

Environmental Matters. According to the Phase I environmental reports dated November 6, 2020, there are no recognized environmental conditions or recommendations for further action at the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties.

 

The Market. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties are located in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and are part of the Pittsburgh office market. According to CoStar as of the fourth quarter of 2020, the Pittsburgh office market had a vacancy rate of 9.3% and asking rent of $21.14 per sq. ft. According to the appraisal, several prominent landmarks integral to the city of Pittsburgh also lie just outside, demarcating the Pittsburgh CBD, including PNC Park, the home of the Major League Baseball’s Pittsburgh Pirates, and Heinz Field, the home of the National Football League’s Pittsburgh Steelers, immediately north of the Pittsburgh CBD. Station Square, an upscale shopping area and tourist attraction, is opposite the CBD to the south. Immediately east of the Pittsburgh CBD is PPG Paint Arena, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins NHL hockey team. 

 

Located in Moon Township of the Parkway West submarket, Cherrington Corporate Center is the closest suburban office park to Pittsburgh International Airport, approximately 7 miles away. Cherrington Corporate Center is accessed via I-376 and I-70. Cherrington Corporate Center benefits from the Shell Cracking Plant that is being built approximately 4 miles away. The facility is expected to be delivered in 2024 and is the only cracking plant in Pittsburgh. According to the appraisal, as of 2020, the population within a one-, three-

 

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

and five-mile radius of Cherrington Corporate Center was 1,146, 27,354 and 69,854, respectively. Additionally, over the same time period, the average household income within a one-, three- and five-mile radius was $115,862, $101,007 and $109,244, respectively.

 

Located in the Green Tree Borough of the Parkway West submarket, Foster Plaza is the closest Class A suburban office park to Pittsburgh’s CBD, which is approximately 4 miles away. Foster Plaza is accessible via I-376, the primary highway in the Pittsburgh area, with the nearest exit less than one mile away. According to CoStar, as of the fourth quarter of 2020, the Green Tree Borough of the Parkway West submarket had a vacancy of 10.5% and an average asking rent of $21.21 per sq. ft. According to the appraisal, as of 2020, the population within a one-, three- and five-mile radius of Foster Plaza was 10,112, 107,969 and 284,367, respectively. Additionally, over the same time period, the average household income within a one-, three- and five-mile radius was $88,408, $81,729 and $81,848, respectively.

 

The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties are located in the Parkway West submarket in the Pittsburgh office market. The appraisals identified seven office rent comparables for the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties. Comparable properties were built between 1960 and 2004 and range in size from 175,012 to 935,817 sq. ft. Occupancy at the comparable properties ranges between 61% and 100%, with an average occupancy of approximately 83%. The appraisal’s concluded office market rents for Foster Plaza and Cherrington Corporate Center were $22.00 per sq. ft. and $22.50 per sq. ft., respectively, in-line with underwritten base rent at the respective Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties.

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis
  2018 2019 TTM(1) U/W U/W per Sq. Ft.
Base Rent(2)(3) $18,004,702 $17,606,794 $17,973,327 $19,375,809 $18.34
Vacant Income 0 0 0 4,178,695 3.95
Gross Potential Rent $18,004,702 $17,606,794 $17,973,327 $23,554,504 $22.29
Total Reimbursements 111,676 100,098 93,212 87,214 0.08
Net Rental Income $18,116,378 $17,706,892 $18,066,539 $23,641,718 $22.37
(Vacancy/Credit Loss) 0 0 0 (4,178,695) (3.95)
Other Income 227,001 281,495 211,407 211,407 0.20
Effective Gross Income $18,343,379 $17,988,387 $18,277,946 $19,674,430 $18.62
Total Expenses $10,336,817 $9,262,505 $8,180,858 $8,818,737 $8.35
Net Operating Income $8,006,562 $8,725,882 $10,097,088 $10,855,693 $10.27
TI/LC 0 0 0 1,056,658 1.00
Replacement Reserves 0 0 0 211,332 0.20
Net Cash Flow $8,006,562 $8,725,882 $10,097,088 $9,587,703 $9.07

(1)TTM column represents the trailing 12-month period ending August 31, 2020.

(2)U/W Base Rent is inclusive of (i) contractual rent steps through November 2021 (ii) and (ii) straight line rent through the shorter of the loan and lease term for investment grade rated tenants.

(3)The increase in U/W Base Rent from TTM Base Rent is primarily attributable to new leases executed in 2019 and 2020 accounting for approximately $4.4 million in U/W Base Rent.

 

Property Management. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties are managed by C&F Management Enterprises, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which has entered into a property management agreement with CBRE, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

  

Lockbox / Cash Management. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan is structured with a hard lockbox and springing cash management. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers were required at loan origination to deliver tenant direction letters instructing all tenants to deposit all rents and payments directly into a lender-controlled lockbox. All funds deposited into the lockbox are required to be transferred on each business day to or at the direction of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers unless a Cash Sweep Event (as defined below) has occurred and continues to exist. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Cash Sweep Event, all funds in the lockbox account are required to be swept on each business day to a lender-controlled cash management account, to be applied and disbursed in accordance with the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan documents. During the continuance of a Cash Sweep Event, all excess cash flow funds remaining in the cash management account after the application of such funds in accordance with the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan documents are required to be held by the lender in an excess cash flow reserve account as additional collateral for the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan.

 

A “Cash Sweep Event” means the occurrence and continuation of (i) an event of default, (ii) any bankruptcy action of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers, the property manager or the property sub-manager, (iii) debt service coverage ratio based on the trailing three-month period immediately preceding the date of determination being less than 1.40x (on an amortizing basis) (a “DSCR Trigger Event”) or (iv) a Major Tenant Trigger Event (as defined below).

 

A Cash Sweep Event may be cured, with respect to (a) clause (i) above, the acceptance by the lender of a cure of such event of default, (b) clause (ii) above, solely with respect to the bankruptcy action of the property manager or the property sub-manager, if the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers replace the property manager or the property sub-manager with a qualified manager (as defined in the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan documents) under a replacement management agreement within 60 days, (c) clause (iii) above, the achievement of a debt service coverage ratio based on the trailing three-month period immediately preceding the date of determination of not less than 1.45x, or (d) clause (iv) above, the achievement of a Major Tenant Trigger Event Cure (as defined below); provided, however, (1) no event of default will have occurred and be continuing under the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan documents, (2)

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Various

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 5

Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$50,000,000

61.9%

2.00x

12.1%

 

a Cash Sweep Event may occur no more than a total of five times during the term of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan (provided the foregoing limitation is not applicable to the Major Tenant Trigger Event or a DSCR Trigger Event), and (3) the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers will have paid all of the lender’s reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such curing of a Cash Sweep Event. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers have no right to cure a bankruptcy action of a Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrower, unless such bankruptcy action was involuntary and not consented to or acquiesced in by such Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrower and the same is dismissed within 60 days after having been filed with no adverse consequences to the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties.

 

A “Major Tenant Trigger Event” means the occurrence and continuation of (i) the debt yield for the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties falling below 9.25% and (ii) if Chevron (a) exercises its option to terminate its lease or (b) has neither renewed nor exercised its option to extend its lease prior to the date that is 12 months prior to the then applicable expiration date under its lease.

 

A “Major Tenant Trigger Event Cure” means (i) the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers replace Chevron with an approved major tenant replacement lease that satisfies the major tenant leasing conditions set forth in the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan documents, (ii) the debt yield (excluding Chevron) is equal to or greater than 9.25% or (iii) the amount on deposit in the excess cash flow account incurred with respect to re-tenanting the major tenant premises is equal to the cap of $4,800,000.

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves. At loan origination, the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers deposited approximately (i) $2,230,699 into a free rent reserve, (ii) $976,237 into a real estate tax reserve, (iii) $17,611 into a replacement reserve, (iv) $88,055 into a TI/LC reserve, (v) $1,255,653 into an outstanding tenant improvements and leasing commissions reserve to cover outstanding tenant improvement obligations and leasing commissions for eight tenants and (vi) approximately $851,993 into an outstanding capex reserve.

 

Real Estate Taxes Reserves. On each monthly payment date, the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers are required to deposit into a real estate tax reserve an amount equal to (i) 1/12th of the estimated annual real estate taxes, which currently equates to approximately $81,353 per month (approximately $0.08 per sq. ft.).

 

Insurance Reserves. On each monthly payment date, the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers are required to deposit into an insurance reserve an amount equal to 1/12th of estimated insurance premiums. To the extent the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers obtain and maintain a blanket insurance policy acceptable to the lender and no event of default has occurred and is continuing, the requirement for monthly deposits into the insurance reserve will be waived.

 

Replacements Reserve. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers are required to deposit into the replacement reserve, on a monthly basis, $17,611.

 

TI/LC Reserve. The Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers are required to deposit into the TI/LC reserve, on a monthly basis, $88,055, subject to a cap of $5,283,290.

 

Current Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness. None. 

 

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. None. 

 

Partial Release. Release of individual buildings is not permitted; however, the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan documents permit the release of certain vacant outparcels at the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties (the “Release Outparcels”), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Whole Loan documents, including, without limitation: (a) the related Release Outparcel is vacant, unimproved (except for surface parking) and non-income producing; (b) the related Release Outparcel may not be released and conveyed to an affiliate of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers; (c) the release of such Release Outparcel does not result in a material adverse effect or materially impair the operation, value or use of the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Properties continuing to be subject to the lien of the mortgage after such release; (d) the Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio Borrowers pay an amount equal to (i) with respect to the Release Outparcel identified as Outparcel A, the greater of (x) 100% of the net sales proceeds from the sale of Outparcel A and (y) 90% of the gross sales proceeds from such sale, but in no event less than $1,020,000 and (ii) with respect to the Release Outparcel identified as Outparcel B, 100% of the net sales proceeds from the sale of Outparcel B, but in no event less than 90% of the gross sales proceeds from such sale; and (e) satisfaction of customary REMIC conditions and, if necessary, delivery of a REMIC opinion. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Certain Terms of the Mortgage Loans—Partial Releases” in the Prospectus for additional information.

 

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4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

 

 

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4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

 

 

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4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

 

 

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4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: JPMCB
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsors: California State Teachers Retirement
  System; CenterCal, LLC
Borrower: Riverton CenterCal Owner, LLC
Original Balance: $38,650,500
Cut-off Date Balance: $38,650,500
% by Initial UPB: 4.7%
Interest Rate: 3.37700%
Payment Date: 5th of each month
First Payment Date: January 5, 2021
Maturity Date: December 5, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt: None
Call Protection: L(24), DorYM1(92), O(4)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

 

Reserves(5)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 Springing NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
Replacement: $0 Springing $61,044
TI/LC: $0 Springing $813,956
Gap Rent(6): $712,926 $0 NAP

Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: Anchored Retail
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: Riverton, UT
Year Built / Renovated: 2018-2019 / NAP
Total Sq. Ft.: 406,978
Property Management: CenterCal Properties, LLC
Underwritten NOI(1)(2): $4,404,355
Underwritten NCF(1)(2): $4,139,819
Appraised Value(2): $99,200,000
Appraisal Date(2): October 2, 2020
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI(2): $4,314,548 (T-12 October 31, 2020)
2019 NOI(3): $3,320,240 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI(3): $873,366 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI(4): NAP
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy(2): 77.6% (October 1, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 73.0% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 63.9% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy(4): NAP


 

Financial Information(2)
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $38,650,500 $95 / $95 39.0% / 39.0% 3.33x / 3.13x 11.4% / 10.7% 11.4% / 10.7%
(1)Underwritten NOI and Underwritten NCF are inclusive of contractual rent steps through October 2021 and straight-line rent for investment grade tenants totaling approximately $44,516.

(2)While the Mountain View Village Loan (as defined below) was originated after the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the economic disruption resulting from measures to combat the pandemic, the pandemic is an evolving situation and could impact the Mountain View Village Loan more severely than assumed in the underwriting of the Mountain View Village Loan and could adversely affect the NOI, NCF and occupancy information, as well as the appraised value and the DSCR, LTV and Debt Yield metrics presented above. See “Risk Factors— Special Risks —Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

(3)The increase from 2018 NOI to 2019 NOI is attributable to the initial lease-up of the Mountain View Village Property (as defined below).

(4)2017 NOI and 2017 Occupancy figures are not available as the Mountain View Village Property was developed between 2018 and 2019.

(5)For a full description of reserves, please see “Initial and Ongoing Reserves” herein.

(6)Gap Rent Reserve represents the aggregate amount of base rent for the succeeding 12-months for tenants who have not paid in-full base rent due pursuant to each such tenant’s underlying lease as of the origination date. Such amounts will not be released to the borrower until, among other conditions, (i) collections exceed 95% of the full rent payable from all tenants in place as of the origination date for a period of 12 consecutive months and (ii) the Mountain View Village Property is at least 80% occupied based on total square footage, provided no event of default or Cash Sweep Event (as defined below) then exists.

 

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4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

The Loan. The Mountain View Village mortgage loan (the “Mountain View Village Loan”) is secured by a first mortgage encumbering the borrower’s fee simple interest in a 406,978 sq. ft. grocery anchored retail center in Riverton, Utah (the “Mountain View Village Property”). The Mountain View Village Loan has an original principal balance and outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $38,650,500.

 

The Mountain View Village Loan has a 120-month interest-only term and accrues interest at a rate of 3.37700% per annum. The proceeds of the Mountain View Village Loan and Borrower Sponsors’ equity of approximately $29.6 million will be used to pay off approximately $67.0 million of existing debt, pay closing costs and fund a 12-month upfront gap rent reserve.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total Uses Proceeds % of Total
Mortgage Loan $38,650,500 56.6% Loan Payoff $66,995,169 98.1%
Borrower Sponsor Equity 29,623,492 43.4 Upfront Reserves 712,926 1.0_
      Closing Costs 565,897 0.8_
Total Sources $68,273,992 100.0% Total Uses $68,273,992 100.0%

  

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsors. The borrower is Riverton CenterCal Owner, LLC (the “Borrower”), a Delaware limited liability company and single purpose entity with two independent directors. Legal counsel to the Borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the Mountain View Village Loan. The Borrower is indirectly owned or controlled by a joint venture between California State Teachers Retirement System (“CalSTRS”) and CenterCal, LLC (“CenterCal”) (collectively, the “Borrower Sponsors”). CalSTRS is the largest educator-only pension fund in the world, the second largest pension fund in the United States and as of October 31, 2020, had a market value of approximately $254.7 billion. As of October, 31, 2020, approximately 13.8% of CalSTRS’ portfolio was allocated to real estate, totaling approximately $35.2 billion of net asset value. CalSTRS was established by law in 1913 to provide retirement benefits to California’s public school educators from prekindergarten through community college. The organization provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits to California’s approximately 965,000 public school educators and their families. CenterCal Properties, LLC, founded in 2004 by Fred Bruning and Jean Paul Wardy, is a full-service commercial real estate company in the business of investing, developing, leasing and managing its projects. CenterCal has over 120 employees in over 12 offices across the western United States. CenterCal excels in, and is best known for, creating destinations throughout the western United States with a unique strategy of “placemaking,” which emphasizes the importance of developing spaces with a sense of community.

 

There is no separate non-recourse carveout guarantor or environmental indemnitor, and the borrower is the sole party responsible for breaches or violations of the nonrecourse carve-out provisions in the related mortgage loan documents, including the environmental indemnity. At loan origination, the Borrower Sponsors provided a secured lender environmental policy. See “Environmental Matters” below for additional information related to the environmental insurance.

 

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4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

The Property.

 

Tenant Summary(1)(2)
Tenant Property
Type

Credit Rating

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(3)

Net Rentable
Area (Sq. Ft.)
% of Net
Rentable Area
U/W Base
Rent Per Sq.
Ft.(4)
% of Total
U/W Base
Rent(4)
Lease
Expiration
TTM October
2020 Sales
PSF
TTM
Occupancy
Cost %
Harmons(5)(6) Retail NR / NR / NR 81,641 20.1%   $10.86 17.1% 8/31/2038 $370 3.4%
T.J Maxx and Home Goods Retail A2 / NR / A 42,500 10.4%   $11.50 9.5% 6/30/2028 NAV NAV
Burlington Coat Factory Retail NR / B / BB 40,000 9.8% $10.00 7.7% 2/28/2029 NAV NAV
Michaels Stores Retail NR / B / B 22,843 5.6% $16.00 7.1% 2/29/2028 NAV NAV
Ross Dress for Less Retail A2 / NR / BBB+ 22,004 5.4% $13.50 5.7% 2/28/2030 NAV NAV
PetSmart, Inc. Retail B1 / NR / B- 18,020 4.4% $20.00 7.0% 6/30/2028 NAV NAV
Old Navy Retail Ba3 / NR / BB- 12,511 3.1% $17.00 4.1% 6/30/2023 $236 7.2%
Ulta Retail NR / NR / NR 10,005 2.5% $17.00 3.3% 6/30/2028 NAV NAV
Tilly’s Retail NR / NR / NR 6,666 1.6% $20.00 2.6% 1/31/2029 $182 11.0%
Anthony Vince’ Nail Spa Retail NR / NR / NR 5,061 1.2% $26.01 2.5% 2/28/2029 $205 12.7%
Ten Largest Tenants     261,251 64.2%   $13.19 66.6%      
Remaining Occupied     54,682 13.4%   $31.55 33.4%      
Total Occupied     315,933 77.6%  $16.37 100.0%      
Vacant     91,045 22.4%            
Total / Wtd. Avg.     406,978 100.0%             
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 1, 2020.

(2)Certain of the tenants have leases that provide for co-tenancy provisions. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Tenant Issues—Lease Expirations and Terminations” in the Prospectus for additional information.

(3)In certain instances, ratings provided are those of the parent company of the entity shown, whether or not the parent company guarantees the lease.

(4)U/W Base Rent per Sq. Ft. and % of Total U/W Base Rent are inclusive of contractual rent steps through October 2021.

(5)Harmons Net Rentable Area (Sq. Ft.) is inclusive of 14,548 sq. ft. attributable to Harmons Fuel Station.

(6)TTM October 2020 Sales PSF and TTM Occupancy Cost % is based on TTM October 2020 sales is not inclusive of 14,548 sq. ft. attributable to Harmon’s Fuel Station.

  

 Lease Rollover Schedule(1)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative %

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base Rent

per Sq. Ft.(2)

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling(2)

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent(2)

MTM 0 0  0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2020 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2021 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2022 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2023 1 12,511 3.1% 12,511 3.1% $17.00 4.1% 4.1%
2024 2 2,647 0.7% 15,158 3.7% $38.94 2.0% 6.1%
2025 2 4,074 1.0% 19,232 4.7% $37.19 2.9% 9.0%
2026 0 0 0.0% 19,232 4.7% $0.00 0.0% 9.0%
2027 0 0 0.0% 19,232 4.7% $0.00 0.0% 9.0%
2028 11 110,390 27.1%   129,622 31.8% $18.05 38.5% 47.6%
2029(3) 8 64,450 15.8%   194,072 47.7% $14.48 18.0% 65.6%
2030 4 28,194 6.9% 222,266 54.6% $17.83 9.7% 75.3%
2031 & Thereafter 4 93,667 23.0%   315,933 77.6% $13.61 24.7% 100.0%
Vacant NAP 91,045 22.4%   406,978 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg.  32 406,978 100.0%        $16.37 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 1, 2020.

(2)Annual U/W Base Rent per Sq. Ft., % U/W Base Rent Rolling and Cumulative % of U/W Base Rent are inclusive of contractual rent steps through October 2021.

(3)2029 is inclusive of 5,003 sq. ft. attributable to Famous Footwear, which pays % in lieu and has no attributable U/W Base Rent.

  

The Mountain View Village Property is a Class A, grocery anchored retail power center located at 4630 West 13400 South with frontage along the Mountain View Corridor in Riverton, Utah. The Mountain View Village Property consists of 13, one-story buildings constructed in 2018 and 2019. The Mountain View Village Property contains 1,598 parking spaces for a ratio of 3.93 per 1,000 sq. ft. and is grocery anchored by Harmons. The Mountain View Village Property serves as a community center equipped with manicured landscaping, fire pits, fountains and outdoor seating.

 

The Mountain View Village Property was 77.6% leased to 32 diverse tenants as of October 1, 2020. The weighted average remaining lease term across the Mountain View Village Property is 10.5 years.

 

The Borrower Sponsors acquired the Mountain View Village site in 2017 and developed the Mountain View Village Property in 2018 and 2019 for a total cost of $81.7 million ($201 per sq. ft.). The Borrower Sponsors have since invested $23.3 million in leasing costs, resulting in a total cost basis of $105.0 million ($258 per sq. ft.). Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, seven leases totaling 51,369 sq. ft. have commenced at the Mountain View Village Property since January 2020 and the Borrower Sponsors are in advanced negotiations to lease additional sq. ft. to national retailers. The Borrower Sponsors are focused on creating an experience-driven, mixed-use

 A-3-71

 

 

4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

destination in Riverton, Utah. While continuing to increase occupancy, the Borrower Sponsors anticipate leasing up the Mountain View Village Property with retail, restaurant, office, fitness, entertainment and residential offerings. Set within one of the fastest growing submarkets in the United States, the Borrower Sponsors plan to create a lifestyle center poised to attract, cater to and entertain guests from far beyond the immediate area.

 

COVID-19 Update. As of December 1, 2020, The Mountain View Village Property is fully open and operational. As of December 1, 2020, the Mountain View Village Property is not subject to any modification or forbearance requests. A total of 24 tenants requested some form of rent relief at the Mountain View Village Property. The Borrower Sponsors negotiated rent deferrals on a tenant-by-tenant basis and ultimately provided two months of deferred rent in April and May to 11 tenants at the Mountain View Village Property comprising 99,164 sq. ft. (24.4% of net rentable area) and totaling $245,075 in rent deferment. Leases for these tenants were amended such that the deferred rent will be recouped by the landlord via 12 equal installments in 2021. At origination, a $712,926 gap rent reserve was established, representing the aggregate amount of base rent for the succeeding 12-months for tenants who have not paid in-full base rent due pursuant to each such tenant’s underlying lease as of the origination date. Such amounts will not be released to the borrower until, among other conditions, (i) collections exceed 95% of the full rent payable from all tenants in place as of the origination date for a period of 12 consecutive months and (ii) the Mountain View Village Property is at least 80% occupied based on total square footage, provided no event of default or Cash Sweep Event then exists. The first payment date of the Mountain View Village Loan is January 5, 2021. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus. The chart below outlines collections throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

COVID-19 Collections Summary(1)  
April May June July August September October November
68.5% 64.9% 76.9% 91.6% 70.3% 90.9% 92.7% 96.4%
(1)Based on collections report provided by the Borrower.

 

Major Tenants.

  

Harmons (81,641 sq. ft.; 20.1% of NRA; 17.1% of U/W Base Rent) was founded in 1932 and is a family owned and locally run grocer within the state of Utah. Harmons has 20 stores throughout the Wasatch Front and St. George’s area. The grocery store chain emphasizes sourcing from local companies and farms, and focuses on using higher-quality ingredients. In addition to selling groceries, Harmons operates post offices, coffee bars, offers full-time chefs and cooking classes, and employs pharmacists and dieticians across its locations. Harmons serves as the grocery-anchor within the power center and also includes 14,548 sq. ft. attributable to Harmons Fuel Station, the ground leased gas station at the Mountain View Village Property. From TTM October 2019 to TTM October 2020, sales per sq. ft. at the Mountain View Village Property increased from $173.74 per sq. ft. to $369.96 per sq. ft., a 112.9% year-over-year increase. Harmons has been a tenant at the Mountain View Village Property since August 2018 and has four, five-year renewal options remaining. Harmons has no termination options remaining.

 

T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods (42,500 sq. ft.; 10.4% of NRA; 9.5% of U/W Base Rent) are both subsidiaries of TJX Companies, Inc. a leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U.S. and worldwide. TJX Companies, Inc. has more than 4,500 stores across nine countries, four e-commerce sites, and employs approximately 286,000 associates. In 2019, TJX Companies, Inc. generated nearly $42 billion in sales and in 2020 it was ranked 80 in the 2020 Fortune 500 company listings. T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods have been at the property since June 2018 and have four, five-year renewal options. T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods have no termination options.

 

Burlington Coat Factory (40,000 sq. ft.; 9.8% of NRA; 7.7% of U/W Base Rent), also known as Burlington Stores, opened its first store in 1972 in Burlington, NJ where it offered off-price coats and outerwear and has since expanded its product assortment to include ladies’ sportswear, men’s active wear, children’s apparel, baby apparel, home goods, and beauty products. Burlington Stores is a Fortune 500 company with 769 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico as of Q3 2020. In 2019, Burlington Stores generated $7.3 billion in revenue. Burlington Coat Factory has been at the Mountain View Village Property since August 2018 and has four, five-year renewal options. Burlington Coat Factory has no termination options.

 

Environmental Matters. The Phase I environmental report dated April 3, 2020 recommended no further action at the Mountain View Village Property. At origination, the Borrower Sponsors provided a secured lender environmental policy from Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company with the lender as the named insured, with per incident and aggregate limits of $10,000,000 and a $50,000 per incident self-insured retention. The insurance premium was paid at origination.

 

The Market. The Mountain View Village Property is located within the Salt Lake City retail market, approximately 15 miles south of the Salt Lake City Central Business District. The area includes over 625,000 employees and has a 2.6% unemployment rate. The top three industries within the area are health care/social assistance, manufacturing and educational services, which collectively represent approximately 31% of the population. The immediate surrounding area is a mixture of commercial and residential development, transitioning from agricultural use into large scale, master planned projects including the Mountain View Village Property. Development is generally along the Mountain View Corridor infrastructure project, a Utah Department of Transportation project that is expected to eventually consist of a 35-mile freeway from Interstate 80 in Salt Lake County to State Route 73 in Utah County. Primary access to the Mountain View Village Property is currently provided by Interstate 15 and Bangerter Highway to the east of the subject, as well as Mountain View Corridor located to the west. The Salt Lake City International Airport is approximately 21.0 miles north of the Mountain View Village Property. Per the appraisal, the population in the Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area has increased by 168,243 since 2010, reflecting an annual increase of 1.6%. Population is projected to increase by an additional 101,493 by 2024 reflecting 1.6%

 A-3-72

 

 

4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

annual population growth. According to the appraisal, the estimated 2020 population within a one-, three- and five-mile radius of the Mountain View Village Property was approximately 13,494, 98,020 and 179,726, respectively. The estimated 2020 average household income within the same radii was approximately $122,827, $128,329 and $130,645, respectively.

  

The Mountain View Village Property is located in the Salt Lake City retail market and Southwest retail submarket. According to the appraisal, the Salt Lake City retail market had a total inventory of 36.8 million sq. ft. and a vacancy rate of 7.2%. As of the second quarter of 2020, there was 69,534 sq. ft. of positive net absorption and average NNN asking rents were $18.19 per sq. ft. The Southwest retail submarket included 5.4 million sq. ft. with a total vacancy rate of 3.5% and average NNN asking rents of $18.01 per sq. ft.

 

The appraisal identified 27 comparable retail leases across seven properties within the Salt Lake City MSA ranging in size from 960 sq. ft. to 25,239 sq. ft. with terms ranging between 5.0 and 10.7 years. The comparable leases reported annual rental rates ranging between $13.50 and $44.00 per sq. ft. with a weighted average rent of approximately $22.06 per sq. ft.

  

Competitive/Comparable Properties(1)
            Appraiser’s Lease Comparables
Property Name Distance to
Subject
(miles)
Size (SF) Year Built/
Renovated
Occupancy Anchor/Major Tenants Range of
Lease Terms
(Yrs)
Range of Base
Rent PSF

The Shoppes at Fort Union

Midvale, UT

11 694,099 1980 / 2006 98% Smith’s Food and Drug; Walmart 10.0 – 10.7 $30.00 - $44.00

The District

South Jordan, UT

5.4 906,300 2007 98% Target; JC Penney; Ross; Petco; Hobby Lobby 5.0 $28.00 - $35.00

Commons at South Towne

Sandy, UT

7.1 60,677 1994 100% PetSmart; PGA Superstore 10.0 $16.42 – $30.00

Highridge Strip Center

South Jordan, UT

2.8 15,051 2018 100% NAP 7.0 - 10.0 $27.50 – $31.33

West Bountiful Commons I & II 

West Bountiful, UT

27 329,549 1993 99% Costco; At Home; Office Depot; Petco 5.0 - 10.0 $15.90 – $35.00

University Crossing

Orem, UT

23 213,440 1971 / 2015 92% Burlington Coat Factory; Barnes & Noble; Nordstrom; Pier 1 Imports 5.0 - 10.0 $13.50 – $36.00

Family Center at Riverdale

Riverdale, UT

46 427,805 1995 / 2008 98% Super Target; Gordman’s; Sportsman’s Warehouse; Best Buy; Applebee’s 5.0 - 10.0 $21.50 – $33.84
(1)Source: Appraisal.

  

The following table presents certain information relating to the appraisal’s market rent conclusion for the Mountain View Village Property:

  

Summary of Appraisal’s Concluded Retail Market Rent
  Market Rent PSF
Anchors $12.00
Jr. Anchors > 20K Sq. Ft. $15.00
Jr. Anchors < 20K Sq. Ft. $17.00
Large In-line $21.00
Shop Space $30.00 - $38.00

  

 A-3-73

 

 

4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

  

 Cash Flow Analysis(1)
  2018 2019 T-12 10/30/2020 U/W  U/W PSF
Base Rent(2)(3) $1,187,801 $4,455,565 $5,051,131  $5,171,108 $12.71
Straight-Line Rental Income 0 0 0  33,860 $0.08
Vacant Income 0 0 0  2,287,068 $5.62
Gross Potential Rent $1,187,801 $4,455,565  $5,051,131  7,492,037 $18.41
Total Reimbursements  396,948 1,411,716  2,021,175  1,958,190 $4.81
Other Income  5,477 17,686  40,061  40,061 $0.10
Gross Potential Income  $1,590,226  $5,884,967  $7,112,367  9,490,288 $23.32
Less: Vacancy & Credit Loss  0 0 0  (2,287,068) ($5.62)
Effective Gross Income  $1,590,226  $5,884,967  $7,112,367  7,203,220 $17.70
Total Fixed Expenses  210,919  1,084,091  1,161,378  1,159,699 $2.85
Total Operating Expenses  505,941 1,480,636  1,636,440  1,639,166 $4.03
Net Operating Income  $873,366 $3,320,240  $4,314,548  4,404,355 $10.82
TI/LC 0 0 0  203,489 $0.50
Capital Expenditures  0 0 0  61,047 $0.15
Net Cash Flow  $873,366 $3,320,240  $4,314,548  4,139,819 $10.17
(1)2017 historical financials are not available as the Mountain View Village Property was constructed in 2018 and 2019.

(2)The increase from 2018 NOI to 2019 NOI is primarily attributable to the initial lease-up of the Mountain View Village Property.

(3)U/W Base Rent is inclusive of contractual rent steps through October 2021.

  

Property Management. The Mountain View Village Property is currently managed by CenterCal Properties, LLC a Delaware limited liability company and affiliate of the Borrower Sponsors.

  

Lockbox / Cash Management. The Mountain View Village Loan documents require a hard lockbox and springing cash management. The Borrower was required at origination to deliver tenant direction letters to all tenants at the Mountain View Village Property directing all tenants to remit rent checks directly to a lender-controlled lockbox account. So long as no Cash Sweep Event is continuing, all funds deposited into the lockbox account are required to be transferred to or at the direction of the borrowers. During the continuance of a Cash Sweep Event, all funds on deposit in the lockbox account are required to be transferred to the cash management account each business day, at which point, following payment of taxes and insurance, debt service, required reserves and operating expenses, all funds are required to be deposited into the excess cash flow reserve, to be held by the lender as additional security for the Mountain View Village Loan and disbursed in accordance with the terms of the Mountain View Village Loan documents. During the continuance of an event of default, the lender may apply such funds in such order and priority as the lender determines. The lender has been granted a first priority security interest in the lockbox account and the cash management account.

  

A “Cash Sweep Event” means the occurrence of (i) an event of default, (ii) a bankruptcy action of the Borrower or affiliated manager or (iii) the debt service coverage ratio based on the trailing three-month period immediately preceding the date of determination being less than 2.00x (a “DSCR Trigger Event”).

  

A “Cash Sweep Event” may be cured (a) with respect to clause (i) above, by the acceptance by the lender of a cure of such event of default; (b) with respect to clause (ii) above solely with respect to the affiliated manager, if the Borrower replaces the affiliated manager with a qualified manager (as fully described in the Mountain View Village Loan documents) under a replacement management agreement within 60 days; or (c) with respect to clause (iii) above, by the achievement of a debt service coverage ratio of 2.00x or greater for three consecutive months based upon the trailing three month period immediately preceding the determination date; provided, however, (1) no event of default will have occurred and be continuing, (2) a Cash Sweep Event may be cured no more than a total of five times during the term of the Mountain View Village Loan, and (3) a bankruptcy event caused by the Borrower may not be cured.

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves. At origination, the Borrower deposited approximately $712,926 into a gap rent reserve (the “Gap Rent Reserve”). The Gap Rent Reserve represents the aggregate amount of base rent for the succeeding 12-month period for those tenants who have not paid in-full base rent due pursuant to each such tenant’s underlying lease as of the origination date. Such amounts will not be released to the borrower until, among other conditions, (i) collections exceed 95% of the full rent payable from all tenants in place as of the origination date for a period of 12 consecutive months and (ii) the Mountain View Village Property is at least 80% occupied based on total square footage, provided no event of default or Cash Sweep Event then exists.

  

Real Estate Taxes and Insurance Reserves. On each payment date during the continuance of a Reserve Trigger Event (as defined below), the Borrower is required to make monthly deposits of: (i) a tax reserve in an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount that the lender estimates will be necessary to pay taxes over the then succeeding 12-month period and (ii) an insurance reserve in an amount equal to 1/12 of the amount that the lender estimates will be necessary to cover premiums over the then succeeding 12-month period (such reserve has been conditionally waived so long as no event of default under the related loan documents has occurred and is continuing, and the Mountain View Village Property is insured by a policy (which may be a blanket policy) meeting the requirements of the Mountain View Village Loan documents).

 

 A-3-74

 

 

4630 West 13400 South

Riverton, UT 84103

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 6

Mountain View Village

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$38,650,500

39.0%

3.13x

11.4%

 

Replacement Reserves. On each payment date during the continuance of a Reserve Trigger Event, approximately $5,087, subject to a cap of an amount equal to 12 times the required monthly deposit (approximately $61,044).

 

TI/LC Reserve. On each payment date during the continuance of a Reserve Trigger Event, approximately $33,915 (1/12 of $1.00 per sq. ft.), subject to a cap of an amount equal to 24 times the required monthly deposit (approximately $813,956).

 

A “Reserve Trigger Period” means each period commencing on the occurrence of a Reserve Trigger Event (as defined below) and continuing until the earlier of (i) the payment date next occurring following the related Reserve Trigger Event Cure (as defined below) or (ii) until payment in full of all principal and interest on the Mountain View Village Loan and all other amounts payable under the Mountain View Village Loan documents or defeasance of the Mountain View Village Loan in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Mountain View Village Loan documents.

 

A “Reserve Trigger Event” will commence upon the occurrence of (i) an event of default, (ii) a bankruptcy action of the Borrower or affiliated manager or (iii) the debt service coverage ratio based on the trailing three-month period immediately preceding the date of determination being less than 2.00x.

  

A “Reserve Trigger Event Cure” means (a) with respect to clause (i) above, the acceptance by the lender of a cure of such event of default; (b) with respect to clause (ii) above solely with respect to the affiliated manager, if the Borrower replaces the affiliated manager with a qualified manager (as fully described in the Mountain View Village Loan documents) under a replacement management agreement within 60 days; or (c) with respect to clause (iii) above, the achievement of a debt service coverage ratio of 2.00x or greater for three consecutive months based upon the trailing three month period immediately preceding the determination date; provided, however, (1) no event of default will have occurred and continuing, (2) a Cash Sweep Event may be cured no more than a total of two times during the term of the Mountain View Village Loan, and (3) a bankruptcy event caused by the Borrower may not be cured.

  

Current Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness. None.

  

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. None.

 

Partial Release. None.

 

 A-3-75

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

 

 

 A-3-76

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

 

 

 A-3-77

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

 

 

 A-3-78

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: JPMCB
Loan Purpose: Recapitalization
Borrower Sponsor(1): Estate of Sheldon H. Solow
Borrowers: Ulysses Co. II, L.L.C.; Solow Building Company III, L.L.C.
Original Balance(2): $32,500,000
Cut-off Date Balance(2): $32,500,000
% by Initial UPB: 4.0%
Interest Rate: 3.68000%
Payment Date: 1st of each month
First Payment Date: April 1, 2020
Maturity Date: March 1, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt: $92,500,000 Pari Passu Debt; Future Mezzanine Debt Permitted
Call Protection: L(33), D(81), O(6)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves(8)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $91,175 $91,175 NAP
Insurance: $4,669 $4,669 NAP
Replacement: $0 $1,392 $33,408
TI/LC: $7,811,435 $13,932 $835,920
Free Rent / Gap Rent Reserve: $5,799,156 $0 NAP
Excess Cash Flow Reserve(8): $1,878,542 NAP NAP

 

Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: Mixed Use – Office/Retail
Collateral(3): Fee Simple/Leasehold
Location: New York, NY
Year Built / Renovated: 1948 / 2016-2019
Total Sq. Ft.: 83,537
Property Management: Solow Management Corp.
Underwritten NOI(4)(5)(6): $9,242,058
Underwritten NCF(4)(5): $9,059,948
Appraised Value(5): $180,000,000
Appraisal Date(5): February 1, 2020
 
Historical NOI(6)
Most Recent NOI: $4,519,138 (T-12 June 30, 2020)
2019 NOI: $3,570,977 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $2,974,304 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: $2,908,139 (December 31, 2017)
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy(7): 100.0% (October 1, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 76.7% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 73.2% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy: 79.6% (December 31, 2017)

 

Financial Information(2)
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $32,500,000          
Pari Passu Notes 92,500,000          
Whole Loan $125,000,000 $1,496 / $1,496 69.4% / 69.4% 1.98x / 1.94x 7.4% / 7.2% 7.4% / 7.2%

(1)The borrower sponsor and the non-recourse carveout guarantor, Sheldon H. Solow, passed away on November 17, 2020. For additional information, see “The Borrowers / Borrower Sponsors” section below.

(2)The 4 West 58th Street Loan (as defined below) is part of a whole loan evidenced by four pari passu notes, with an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $125.0 million. For additional information, see “The Loan” herein.

(3)The 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan (as defined below) is secured by both the fee simple interest and the leasehold interest owned by Ulysses Co. II, L.L.C. and Solow Building Company III, L.L.C., respectively, each a borrower under the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan.

(4)Underwritten figures are based on the underwritten rent roll dated as of October 1, 2020, which accounts for all executed leases (whether or not tenants are in occupancy and/or have commenced paying rent with rent steps underwritten through July 2021. For avoidance of doubt, no COVID-19 specific adjustments have been incorporated into the lender underwriting.

(5)All NOI, NCF and occupancy information, as well as the appraised value, were determined prior to the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the economic disruption resulting from measures to combat the pandemic, and all DSCR, LTV and Debt Yield metrics were calculated, and the 4 West 58th Street loan was underwritten, based on such prior information. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

(6)The increase in Underwritten NOI from 2018 NOI is primarily attributable to six of the nine tenants accounting for 40.8% of net rentable area and 65.8% of underwritten base rent executing leases between 2018 and July 2020.

(7)Most Recent Occupancy and Underwritten NCF are inclusive of Netflix Inc., J2 Enterprises LTD., Northwell Health, Neistein Plastic Surgery PLLC and PP North America US Inc., all of which have executed their respective leases and/or taken possession of their space but are not yet in occupancy and/or paying rent. Netflix Inc. has taken possession of its space, is in the process of building out its space and is scheduled to commence paying rent in March 2021. J2 Enterprises LTD. is expected to complete its renovation in December 2020. Northwell Health and Neistein Plastic Surgery PLLC have taken possession of their space and began paying rent in December 2020.

(8)For a full description of Escrows and Reserves, please refer to “Escrows and Reserves” below. The excess cash flow reserve is described in the “Lockbox/Cash Management” section below.

 

 A-3-79

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

The Loan. The 4 West 58th Street mortgage loan (the “4 West 58th Street Loan”) is part of a whole loan (the “4 West 58th Street Whole Loan”) and is secured by the 4 West 58th Street Borrower’s (as defined below) fee simple and leasehold interests in a 14-story, 83,537 sq. ft. mixed-use building in New York, New York (the “4 West 58th Street Property”). The 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is evidenced by four pari passu promissory notes with an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $125.0 million. The non-controlling Notes A-3 and A-4, with an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $32.5 million, will be included in the Benchmark 2020-B22 trust and constitutes the 4 West 58th Street Loan. The remaining notes have been contributed to other securitization trusts. The controlling Note A-1, with an outstanding principal balance of $62.5 million, has been contributed to the Benchmark 2020-B20 trust. The relationship between the holders of the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is governed by a co-lender agreement as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1 $62,500,000 $62,500,000 Benchmark 2020-B20 Yes
A-2 30,000,000 30,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 No
A-3, A-4 32,500,000 32,500,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No
Whole Loan $125,000,000 $125,000,000    

 

The 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan has a 120-month interest-only term. The 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan accrues interest at a fixed rate of 3.68000% per annum. The proceeds of the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan were used to return approximately $107.1 million of equity to the Borrowers, fund upfront reserves of approximately $13.7 million related to outstanding TI/LC reserves and an outstanding free rent reserve, and pay closing costs of approximately $4.2 million.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Whole Loan $125,000,000 100.0%   Return of Equity $107,093,482 85.7%
        Upfront Reserves 13,706,435 11.0%
        Closing Costs 4,200,083 3.4%
Total Sources $125,000,000 100.0%   Total Uses $125,000,000 100.0%

 

The Borrowers / Borrower Sponsors. The borrowers are Ulysses Co. II, L.L.C. and Solow Building Company III, L.L.C., each a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Borrowers”), with two independent directors in their organizational structures. The borrower sponsor and the non-recourse carveout guarantor, Sheldon H. Solow, passed away on November 17, 2020. The related guaranty agreement provides that all of the guarantor’s obligations under the guaranty (the “Guaranteed Obligations”) are binding upon the guarantor’s estate and legal representatives upon the guarantor’s death. The guaranty further provides that, after the guarantor’s death and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and at all times following the guarantor’s estate’s first distribution of assets, the guarantor’s estate (a) is required to maintain (i) a net worth of not less than $125,000,000 (the “Net Worth Threshold”) and (ii) liquid assets of not less than $10,000,000 (the “Liquid Assets Threshold”), and (b) may not sell, pledge, mortgage or otherwise transfer any of its assets, or any interest therein, on terms materially less favorable than would be obtained in an arms-length transaction or if such transaction would cause the net worth or the liquidity of the guarantor’s estate to fall below the Net Worth Threshold and the Liquid Assets Threshold, respectively.

 

Sheldon H. Solow was the founder and CEO of Solow Building Company L.L.C. (“Solow Building Company”) and had been an owner and developer of residential and commercial properties in New York for over 50 years. Solow Building Company is a Manhattan-based real estate company specializing in design, construction and property management for commercial and residential properties. Founded in 1965, Solow Building Company has a real estate portfolio comprised of buildings throughout Manhattan. Sheldon H. Solow’s holdings included 9 West 57th Street, a 50-story black glass office tower with views of Central Park, which is located adjacent to the 4 West 58th Street Property. Mr. Solow’s residential portfolio included One and Two Sutton Place North and the Solow Townhouses in the Upper East Side.

 

The Property. The 4 West 58th Street Property is a 14-story, 83,537 square foot mixed-use building located in New York, New York. The 4 West 58th Street Property is located on 58th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue and is situated across from the Plaza, on the southwest corner of the Grand Army Plaza with unobstructed views of Central Park. The 4 West 58th Street Property is divided between 14 stories of office, retail and theater space located on the ground-floor. As of October 1, 2020, the 4 West 58th Street Property was 100.0% leased. Since 2016, the 4 West 58th Street Property has undergone approximately $16.9 million in renovations and upgrades between landlord work and tenant improvements, of which approximately $11.6 million was invested in the build-out of the Neiman Marcus space. In March of 2020, the Borrowers began a comprehensive base building renovation of the space previously occupied by the Paris Theater. During this time, $1.5 million of base building improvements were made by Borrowers for various improvements to HVAC systems, electrical equipment, sprinklers and safety equipment. The Borrowers delivered the space to Netflix in September of 2020, at which point Netflix began tenant specific buildout of its space. Netflix is expected to re-open in July 2021.

 

As of October 1, 2020, the 4 West 58th Street Property was 100.0% leased to a diverse roster of nine tenants. There are three designated retail tenants inclusive of the Netflix theater space and six office tenants. The tenants have a weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 10.75 years. Despite occupying approximately 23.8% of net rentable area, retail tenants account for approximately 52.9%

 

 A-3-80

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

of underwritten base rent which is largely driven by the Netflix rent. Since November of 2019, the Borrowers have completed 34,121 square feet of new leases at the 4 West 58th Street Property, of which 10,651 square feet is attributable to retail space and 23,470 square feet is attributable to office space. Each medical office tenant at the 4 West 58th Street Property occupies its own floor with views of Central Park.

 

COVID-19 Update. As of November 1, 2020, the 4 West 58th Street Property is open for operations. As of November 1, 2020, the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is not subject to any modification or forbearance requests. The table below outlines the current status with respect to all tenants at the 4 West 58th Street Property according to the borrower sponsor as of October 6, 2020. The 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is current as of the November 2020 payment date. The 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is current as of the December 2020 payment date. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

COVID-19 Tenant Summary
Tenant Net Rentable Area (Sq. Ft.) % of Net Rentable Area % of Total Annual U/W Base Rent(3) Commentary
Neiman Marcus 40,170 48.1% 28.6% Current.
Netflix 10,651 12.8 47.3 New Lease executed; Netflix took possession of the space in September 2020, rather than the anticipated date in July 2020 due to COVID-19; Rent commencement date delayed from January 2021 to March 2021.
J2 Enterprises 6,121 7.3 3.3 Restaurant renovation delayed due to COVID-19 expected to be completed in December 2020; Tenant is not currently paying rent and has requested rent forgiveness.
Northwell Health 5,174 6.2 4.2 Tenant is currently in occupancy with an expected rent commencement date in December 2020.
Union Sq. Dermatology 5,174 6.2 4.1 Current.
EBS Enterprises 5,174 6.2 4.0 Current.
Neistein Plastic Surgery PLLC 3,974 4.8 3.1 New lease, Tenant in occupancy; rent commencement date in December 2020.
Navaderm Partners(4) 3,974 4.8 3.1 Current.
PP North America US Inc.(5) 3,125 3.7 2.4 Tenant in occupancy; Tenant is not currently paying rent and has requested rent forgiveness.

 

Tenant Summary(1)
Tenant

Credit Rating

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2)

Net Rentable Area (Sq. Ft.) % of Net Rentable Area U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft.(3) % of Total Annual U/W Base Rent(3) Lease Expiration
Neiman Marcus NR / NR / NR 40,170 48.1% $83.50 28.6% 2/28/2033
Netflix Ba3 / NR / BB 10,651 12.8 $521.08 47.3 12/31/2030
J2 Enterprises NR / NR / NR 6,121 7.3 $62.69 3.3 7/31/2028
Northwell Health NR / NR / NR 5,174 6.2 $95.00 4.2 5/31/2030
Union Sq. Dermatology NR / NR / NR 5,174 6.2 $92.25 4.1 3/31/2035
EBS Enterprises NR / NR / NR 5,174 6.2 $90.00 4.0 1/31/2030
Neistein Plastic Surgery PLLC NR / NR / NR 3,974 4.8 $93.00 3.1 7/30/2030
Navaderm Partners(4) NR / NR / NR 3,974 4.8 $92.25 3.1 11/30/2029
PP North America US Inc.(5) NR / NR / NR 3,125 3.7 $88.50 2.4 9/30/2023
Total / Wtd. Avg.   83,537 100.0% $140.48  100.0%  

(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 1, 2020.

(2)In certain instances, ratings provided are those of the parent company of the entity shown, whether or not the parent company guarantees the lease.

(3)U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft. and % of Total Annual U/W Base Rent are inclusive of contractual rent steps through July 2021.

(4)Navaderm Partners has the right to terminate its lease on November 1, 2026, with nine months’ prior written notice and a termination fee equal to the unamortized amounts of brokerage commissions, rent abatements and landlord work costs related to such space.

(5)PP North America is located on the 14th floor and would typically be utilized as office space but is currently utilized as retail/showroom space.

 

 A-3-81

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

 Lease Rollover Schedule(1)(2)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative % 

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base Rent

Per Sq. Ft.(3)

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling(3)

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent(3)

2020 & MTM 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2021 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2022 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2023 1 3,125 3.7% 3,125 3.7% $88.50 2.4% 2.4%
2024 0 0 0.0% 3,125 3.7% $0.00 0.0% 2.4%
2025 0 0 0.0% 3,125 3.7% $0.00 0.0% 2.4%
2026 0 0 0.0% 3,125 3.7% $0.00 0.0% 2.4%
2027 0 0 0.0% 3,125 3.7% $0.00 0.0% 2.4%
2028 1 6,121 7.3% 9,246 11.1% $62.69 3.3% 5.6%
2029 1 3,974 4.8% 13,220 15.8% $92.25 3.1% 8.8%
2030 & Thereafter 6 70,317 84.2% 83,537 100.0% $152.29 91.2% 100.0%
Vacant 0 0 0.0% 83,537 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 9 83,537 100.0%     $140.48 100.0%  

(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated October 1, 2020.

(2)Certain tenants may have termination or contraction options (which may become exercisable prior to the originally stated expiration date of the tenant lease) that are not considered in the above Lease Rollover Schedule.

(3)U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft., % U/W Base Rent Rolling and Cumulative % of U/W Base Rent are inclusive of contractual rent steps through July 2021.

 

Major Tenants. The Neiman Marcus Group LLC. (“Neiman Marcus”), (40,170 sq. ft.; 48.1% of NRA; 28.6% of U/W Base Rent) is the largest tenant at the 4 West 58th Street Property. Neiman Marcus is an American chain of luxury department stores owned by the Neiman Marcus Group, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1907, the retail company offers women’s and men’s apparel, handbags, shoes, cosmetics, jewelry, and home decoration products, serving customers worldwide. Neiman Marcus occupies space across six floors and has been at the property for almost four years. The property serves as an extension of its flagship Bergdorf Goodman store located on 5th Avenue and is interconnected to the store on five floors. Employees can walk seamlessly between the two buildings. Neiman Marcus utilizes the space for offices tailoring/alteration and excess inventory storage.

 

Neiman Marcus executed a lease in September of 2016, which expires in February of 2033. Neiman Marcus filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on May 7, 2020 and subsequently emerged from bankruptcy on September 25, 2020. As part of the bankruptcy filing, Neiman Marcus assumed its lease at the 4 West 58th Street Property and is current with respect to all contractual rent obligations. When Neiman Marcus filed bankruptcy, this caused a Tenant Trigger Event (as defined below) pursuant to the terms set forth in the loan agreement and excess cash flow since May has been deposited in an excess cash flow reserve. The excess cash flow reserve account has a current balance as of December 1, 2020 of $1,878,542.

 

Netflix Inc. (“Netflix”) (10,651 sq. ft.; 12.8% of NRA; 47.3% of U/W Base Rent) is the second largest tenant at the 4 West 58th Street Property. Netflix is an internet subscription service company, providing movies and television episodes via the internet and mail. Founded in 1997, Netflix has become a leading internet streaming company, distributing movies and TV shows in a variety of genres and languages to over 167 million monthly paid subscribers in more than 190 countries as of January 2020. Netflix will keep the name Paris Theater and will utilize the space as an entertainment venue for movie screenings, grand openings and “red-carpet” events as well as media launches and theatrical releases of its movies.

 

The Netflix space was delivered to the tenant in September 2020 with a rent commencement date in March 2021. The Borrowers are performing $1.8 million in tenant improvements prior to rent commencement, which will leave the space vacant and demolished, allowing for Netflix to renovate the space. The initial rent on the space is approximately $5.5 million ($521.08 per sq. ft.) with a 10% increase in year six. The Netflix lease expires in December 2030 and has four, five-year renewal options at 110% of previous rent with the last and first month of the renewal term being abated.

 

J2 Enterprises LTD. (“J2 Enterprises”) (6,121 sq. ft.; 7.3% of NRA; 3.3% of U/W Base Rent) is the third largest tenant at the 4 West 58th Street Property. J2 Enterprises is an American restaurant business. J2 Enterprises is expected to open a 6,121 square foot restaurant at the 4 West 58th Street Property upon the completion of renovations. 604 square feet of storage space is in the basement and the remaining 5,517 square feet is on the mezzanine level. The J2 Enterprises lease expires in July 2028.

 

Northwell Health (5,174 sq. ft.; 6.2% of NRA; 4.2% of U/W Base Rent) is the fourth largest tenant at the 4 West 58th Street Property. Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, nearly 800 outpatient facilities and more than 14,200 affiliated physicians. Northwell Health cares for over two million people annually in the New York metro area. Northwell Health has more than 74,000 employees – 18,500-plus nurses and 4,500 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners. As of October 2020, Northwell Health had an annual operating budget of $13.5 billion that helps them service an area of nearly 11.0 million people.

 

Northwell Health signed a 10-year lease in March 2020 with a September 2020 commencement for 5,174 sq. ft. of space. The initial rent on the space is approximately $492,000 with 2.75% increases in rent every year thereafter. The Northwell Health lease expires in May 2030 and has one, five-year renewal option at 95% of the agreed upon fair market rental value on the first day of the renewal term.

 

 A-3-82

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

  

Environmental Matters. According to a Phase I environmental report dated January 28, 2020, there are no recognized environmental conditions or recommendations for further action at the 4 West 58th Avenue Property, other than development and implementation of an asbestos operations and maintenance program.

 

The Market. The 4 West 58th Street Property is located in the heart of the Plaza District in Manhattan, New York in the Plaza District office submarket within the New York office market. The boundaries of the 4 West 58th Street Property’s immediate area are the Plaza Hotel and Central Park to the north, Midtown Manhattan to the south, Bergdorf Goodman to the east and 9 West 57th Street to the west. New York City’s largest employers include a diverse group of multinational corporations representing a variety of industries including healthcare, financial services, retail and education. Forty-six of the nation’s Fortune 500 corporations are headquartered in New York City including Verizon, J.P. Morgan Chase, Citigroup, MetLife, American International Group, Morgan Stanley, New York Life Insurance, Goldman Sachs Group, TIAA, American Express and Time Warner. According to CoStar, the estimated 2020 population within a one-, three- and five-mile radius of the 4 West 58th Street Property was 194,480, 1,311,499 and 2,780,233, respectively. Additionally, according to CoStar, the estimated 2020 median household income within a one-, three- and five-mile radius of the 4 West 58th Street Property was $129,370, $100,187 and $83,691, respectively.

 

According to CoStar, as of the third quarter of 2020, the New York office market consisted of approximately 945.7 million square feet of office space with an overall market vacancy of 9.5% and average market rents of approximately $58.32 per square foot. Tech tenants are a major driver of leasing activity as one of the few sectors still adding headcounts, as witnessed by notable expansions from companies in 2019. Approximately 66.6 million people visited New York City in 2019, while Central Park draws approximately 37.5 million visitors annually. The 4 West 58th Street Property also benefits from its proximity to the many transportation alternatives. There are 12 different subway lines that have stops in the area encompassed by Eighth Avenue, Fifth Avenue, 57th Street and Central Park South, including a shuttle train that provides access to Grand Central Terminal. Additionally, Penn Station is located approximately 1.6 miles away from the 4 West 58th Street property and LaGuardia Airport is approximately 6.7 miles away.

 

The 4 West 58th Street Property is located in the Plaza District office submarket in the New York office market. The Plaza District office submarket is the largest office submarket in the nation. According to CoStar, as of the third quarter of 2020, the Plaza District office submarket included over 89.5 million square feet of office space with a total vacancy rate of 11.3% and average market rents of $92.06 per square foot. The 4 West 58th Street Property is located adjacent to 9 West 57th Street, a 50-story black glass office tower owned by the borrower sponsor and has nearby access to Central Park. The submarket benefits from its geographically central location, highway access, proximity to LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy Airport and Newark Airport, as well as various trains and highways.

 

The appraisal identified six comparable office leases across the Plaza District office submarket. Base rents at the comparable properties ranged from $87.38 to $97.40 per square foot with an average rent of approximately $92.40 per square foot. The appraisal identified six comparable medical office leases across the Plaza District office submarket. Base rents at the comparable properties ranged from $88.06 to $98.01 per square foot with an average rent of approximately $93.49 per square foot. The concluded market rent for the six office tenants at the 4 West 58th Street Property is $90.00 for office tenants and ranges from $95.00 to $105.00 for medical office tenants as detailed below, which is higher than the 4 West 58th Street Property’s underwritten in-place weighted average office rent of $86.81 per square foot.

 

Appraisal Concluded Market Rent PSF(1)
Tenant Type Retail/Theater Floors 3-8 Floors 9-13 PH
Office NAP $90.00 $95.00 $105.00
Theater $473.00 NAP NAP NAP
Retail $75.00 NAP NAP NAP
(1)Based on the Appraisal.

 

 A-3-83

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)
  2017 2018 2019 TTM U/W      U/W PSF
Base Rent(2) $4,427,725 $4,152,921 $5,462,283 $6,926,217 $11,735,176 $140.48
Vacant Income 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gross Potential Rent $4,427,725 $4,152,921 $5,462,283 $6,926,217 $11,735,176 $140.48
CAM Reimbursements 656,091 702,970 707,741 582,227 769,704 9.21
Gross Potential Income $5,083,816 $4,855,891 $6,170,024 $7,508,445 $12,504,880 $149.69
Less: Vacancy & Credit Loss 0 0 0 0 (625,244) (7.48)
Other Income (178,738) 21,606 (541,760) 389,250 63,750 0.76
Effective Gross Income $4,905,078 $4,877,497 $5,628,265 $7,897,694 $11,943,386 $142.97
Total Operating Expenses 1,996,939 1,903,193 2,057,287 3,378,556 2,701,328 32.34
Net Operating Income(3) $2,908,139 $2,974,304 $3,570,977 $4,519,138 $9,242,058 $110.63
TI/LC 0 0 0 0 167,074 2.00
Capital Expenditures 0 0 0 0 15,037 0.18
Net Cash Flow $2,908,139 $2,974,304 $3,570,977 $4,519,138 $9,059,948 $108.45

(1)Certain items such as straight line rent, interest expense, interest income, lease cancellation income, depreciation, amortization, debt service payments and any other non-recurring or non-operating items were excluded from the historical presentation and are not considered for the underwritten cash flow.

(2)U/W Base Rent is inclusive of contractual rent steps through July 2021.

(3)The increase in U/W Net Operating Income from 2018 Net Operating Income is primarily attributable to six of the nine tenants accounting for 40.8% of net rentable area and 65.8% of U/W Base Rent executing leases between 2018 and July 2020.

 

Property Management. The 4 West 58th Street Property is managed by Solow Management Corp. (“Solow Manager”), a New York corporation, and an affiliate of the borrowers. Lender will have the right to require the Borrowers or Solow Manager to replace any, manager with (x) an unaffiliated qualified manager selected by the Borrowers or (y) another property manager chosen by the Borrowers and approved by lender (provided, that such approval may be conditioned upon the Borrowers delivering a rating agency confirmation as to such new property manager and management agreement) and/or terminate the management agreement upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (i) at any time following the occurrence of an event of default and acceleration of the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan, (ii) if the manager is in default under the management agreement in any material respect beyond any applicable notice and cure period, (iii) if the manager becomes insolvent or a debtor in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or (iv) if at any time the manager has engaged in any causable action, including but not limited to gross negligence, fraud, willful misconduct or misappropriation of funds.

 

Escrows and Reserves. At loan origination, the Borrowers deposited (i) approximately $91,175 into a real estate tax reserve, (ii) $4,669 into an insurance reserve, (iii) $7,811,435 into an outstanding TI/LC reserve, and (iv) $5,799,156 into an outstanding free rent reserve in connection with six leases.

 

Tax Reserve. The Borrowers are required to deposit into a real estate tax reserve, on a monthly basis, 1/12 of the estimated annual real estate taxes (which currently equates to $91,175).

 

Insurance Reserve. The Borrowers are required to deposit into an insurance reserve, on a monthly basis, 1/12 of estimated insurance premiums (which currently equates to $4,669).

 

TI/LC Reserve. The Borrowers are required to deposit into the TI/LC reserve, on a monthly basis, $13,932 ($2.00 per square foot per annum), subject to a cap of $835,920.

 

Replacement Reserve. The Borrowers are required to deposit into the replacement reserve, on a monthly basis, $1,392 (which is based on $0.20 per rentable square foot per annum), subject to a cap of $33,408.

 

Lockbox / Cash Management. The 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is structured with a hard lockbox and springing cash management. The borrowers were required at origination to deliver tenant direction letters instructing all tenants to deposit rents into a lender controlled lockbox account. So long as no Trigger Period (as defined below) then exists, all funds deposited into the lockbox account are required to be transferred on each business day to or at the direction of the Borrowers. During the continuance of a Trigger Period, all funds on deposit in the lockbox account are required to be transferred to the cash management account on a daily basis, at which point, following payment of taxes and insurance, debt service, required reserves and operating expenses, all funds are required to be deposited into the excess cash flow reserve, to be held and disbursed in accordance with the terms of the loan documents. During the continuance of an event of default, the lender may apply such funds in such order and priority as the lender determines. The lender has been granted a first priority security interest in the cash management account. As a result of the bankruptcy action of Neiman Marcus in May 2020, the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is currently in a Trigger Period as detailed below. The excess cash flow reserve account has a current balance as of December 1, 2020 of $1,878,542.

 

With respect to the Tenant Trigger Event caused by Neiman Marcus’ bankruptcy filing, pursuant to a letter that the lender received on October 7, 2020, the borrowers challenged the Trigger Period remaining in effect, and expressed their view that Neiman Marcus effectuated a corporate restructuring by, inter alia, (i) filing new organizational documents, (ii) dissolving Neiman Marcus’ ownership

 

 A-3-84

 

 

4 West 58th Street

New York, NY 10019

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 7

4 West 58th Street

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,500,000

69.4%

1.94x

7.4%

 

interests, (iii) appointing new board members, and (iv) assuming the lease, resulting in the estate of Neiman Marcus being dissolved and Neiman Marcus emerging as a reorganized debtor. The borrowers further asserted that it has satisfied the Trigger Event Cure (as defined below) conditions, given that the reorganized entity (a) has a creditworthiness and financial standing superior to that of the pre-bankruptcy Neiman Marcus, (b) assumed the lease, and (c) is in occupancy of the premises, open for business, and paying full contractual rent, and, therefore, the Trigger Event is cured and amounts held in the excess cash flow reserve should be released to the borrowers.  The lender disagrees with the borrowers’ position and has not terminated the Trigger Period or released amounts held in the excess cash flow reserve. However, we cannot assure you that the master servicer or the special servicer will not come to a different view and elect to discontinue the Trigger Event and release the funds currently held in the excess cash flow reserve account, or otherwise amend terms of the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan documents in connection with any related action. In addition, we cannot assure you that the continued imposition of the cash flow sweep will not result in further actions by the borrowers, including litigation, to terminate the cash sweep and/or obtain the release of the funds held in the excess cash flow reserve. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Litigation and Other Considerations” for additional information.

 

“Trigger Period” means each period commencing on the occurrence of a Trigger Event and continuing until the earlier of (i) the payment date next occurring following the related Trigger Event Cure, or (ii) payment in full of all principal and interest on the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan and all other amounts payable under the loan documents.

 

A “Trigger Event” means the occurrence of (i) an event of default, (ii) any bankruptcy action of the borrowers or property manager, (iii) a DSCR Trigger Event (as defined below) or (iv) a Tenant Trigger Event (as defined below).

 

A “DSCR Trigger Event” means the debt service coverage ratio of the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan (as calculated in accordance with the loan documents) based on underwritten net cash flow on a trailing three-month basis as of the date of determination is less than 1.50x.

 

A “Tenant Trigger Event” means that (i) Neiman Marcus or Netflix goes dark or sublets, vacates or abandons 50% or more of the premises demised to Neiman Marcus or the premises demised to Netflix, as applicable, (ii) Neiman Marcus or Netflix defaults under their respective leases, beyond any notice and cure periods, (iii) a bankruptcy action of Neiman Marcus or Netflix occurs, or (iv) Netflix gives notice of non-renewal, notice of termination, or does not renew the Netflix lease prior to 18 months prior to the expiration date or renewal period required under the Netflix lease.

 

A “Trigger Event Cure” means if the Trigger Event is caused solely by (a) the occurrence of a DSCR Trigger Event, the achievement of the a debt service coverage ratio, as reasonably determined by the lender based on underwritten net cash flow on a trailing three-month basis, of at least 1.50x for two consecutive calendar quarters, (b) an event of default, the acceptance by the lender of a cure of such event of default (which cure the lender may reject or accept in its sole discretion), (c) the bankruptcy or insolvency of the property manager, the borrowers replacing such manager with a qualified manager (as fully described in the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan documents) under a replacement management agreement in accordance with the terms under the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan documents within 60 days or (d) a Tenant Trigger Event, the replacement of Neiman Marcus or Netflix, as applicable, with one or more replacement tenant(s) pursuant to one or more lease(s) entered into in accordance with the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan documents; provided, however, that such Trigger Event Cure set forth in this definition will be subject to the following conditions: (i) all other Trigger Events that have occurred have been cured, (ii) the borrowers have paid all of the lender’s reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such Trigger Event Cure including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and (iii) the borrowers have the right two (2) times in the aggregate to effect such Trigger Event Cure in any 12-month period. In no event will a Trigger Event Cure occur with respect to any Trigger Event caused in whole or in part by the bankruptcy or insolvency of the borrowers.

 

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. Certain direct and indirect owners of the borrowers have the right to obtain a future mezzanine loan, provided, among other conditions listed in the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan documents, (a) the loan-to-value ratio for the total debt inclusive of the 4 West 58th Street mezzanine loan is no greater than 69.4% and (b) the debt service coverage ratio for the total debt inclusive of the 4 West 58th Street Whole Loan is no less than 1.50x.

 

Partial Release. None.

 

 A-3-85

 

 

3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

 

 

 

 A-3-86

 

 

3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

 

 

 

 A-3-87

 

 

3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller(1): GSMC
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsor: McClellan Business Park, LLC
Borrower: McClellan Realty, LLC
Original Balance(2): $32,400,000
Cut-off Date Balance(2): $32,400,000
% by Initial UPB: 4.0%
Interest Rate: 3.30900%
Payment Date: 11th of each month
First Payment Date: January 11, 2021
Maturity Date: December 11, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt(2): $325,600,000 Pari Passu Debt
Call Protection(3): YM(24), DorYM(89), O(7)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves(4)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 Springing NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
Replacement: $0 Springing $2,077,645
TI/LC: $0 Springing $6,925,484
Existing TI/LC Obligations: $5,482,591 $0 NAP
Development Agency Loan: $689,614 $0 NAP
Rent Concession: $18,717 $0 NAP
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: Industrial/Office/Multifamily/Retail/Other
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: McClellan, CA
Year Built / Renovated: 1938-2019 / NAP
Total Sq. Ft.: 6,925,484
Property Management: LDKV Management, Inc.
Underwritten NOI: $37,628,413
Underwritten NCF: $34,858,219
Appraised Value: $595,000,000
Appraisal Date: September 15, 2020
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI: $29,593,816 (T-12 September 30, 2020)
2019 NOI: $27,579,910 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $24,924,493 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: $21,645,209 (December 31, 2017)
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy: 86.8% (September 15, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 88.4% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 83.4% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy: 80.3% (December 31, 2017)


Financial Information(2)
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $32,400,000          
Pari Passu Notes $325,600,000          
Whole Loan $358,000,000 $52 / $52 60.2% / 60.2% 3.13x / 2.90x 10.5% / 9.7% 10.5% / 9.7%
(1)The McClellan Business Park Whole Loan (as defined below) was co-originated by Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GSBI”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“WFB”).
(2)The McClellan Business Park Whole Loan (as defined below) is part of a whole loan evidenced by eight pari passu notes having an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of approximately $358.0 million. See “Whole Loan Summary” chart herein.
(3)The McClellan Business Park Whole Loan may be prepaid in whole (but not in part) on or prior to May 11, 2030 with the payment of a yield maintenance premium. The defeasance lockout period will be at least 24 months. The borrower has the option to defease the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan in whole (but not in part) after the earlier to occur of (i) two years after the closing date of the securitization date of the securitization that includes the last note to be securitized and (ii) January 11, 2024. The assumed defeasance lockout period of 24 months is based on the expected closing date of the Benchmark 2020-B22 securitization in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer. Partial Release is permitted. See “Partial Release” herein.
(4)See “Initial and Ongoing Reserves” herein.

 A-3-88

 

 

3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

 

The Loan. The McClellan Business Park mortgage loan (the “McClellan Business Park Loan”) is part of a whole loan (the “McClellan Business Park Whole Loan”) which is secured by the borrower’s fee simple interest in a 6,925,484 sq. ft. mixed use property located in McClellan, California (the “McClellan Business Park Property”). The McClellan Business Park Whole is comprised of eight pari passu notes with an outstanding aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $358,000,000. The McClellan Business Park Loan, which is evidenced by the non-controlling notes A-7 and A-8, has an aggregate principal balance of $32,400,000 as of the Cut-off Date.

 

The relationship between the holders of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan will be governed by a co-lender agreement as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool–The Whole Loans–The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1 $ 75,000,000 $ 75,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK30(1) Yes
A-2 69,000,000 69,000,000 WFCM 2020-C58(2) No
A-3 50,600,000 50,600,000 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association(3) No
A-4 36,000,000 36,000,000 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (3) No
A-5 20,000,000 20,000,000 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (3) No
A-6 75,000,000 75,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 No
A-7, A-8 32,400,000 32,400,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No
Whole Loan $ 358,000,000 $ 358,000,000    
(1)The BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.
(2)The WFCM 2020-C58 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.
(3)Expected to be contributed to one or more future securitization transactions.

 

The McClellan Business Park Whole Loan has a 120-month interest-only term. The McClellan Business Park Whole Loan, which accrues interest at an interest rate of 3.30900% per annum, has an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-Off Date of approximately $358.0 million. The proceeds of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan were primarily used to refinance prior debt secured by the McClellan Business Park Property, fund upfront reserves, and cover closing costs. Based on the “market value as-is-bulk property” appraised value of $595.0 million as of the September 15, 2020 appraisal, the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan Cut-Off Date LTV Ratio is 60.2%.

 

The most recent prior financing of the McClellan Business Park Property was not included in a prior securitization transaction.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total  
Whole Loan $358,000,000 100.0%   Loan Payoff $344,200,000 96.1%    
        Upfront Reserves 6,190,922 1.7       
        Principal Equity Distribution 4,859,078 1.4       
        Closing Costs 2,750,000 0.8       
Total Sources $358,000,000 100.0%   Total Uses $358,000,000 100.0%    

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsor. The borrower for the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan is McClellan Realty, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Legal counsel delivered to the borrower a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan. The borrower sponsor and non-recourse carveout guarantor under the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan is McClellan Business Park, LLC.

The Property. The McClellan Business Park Property is part of McClellan Park, a large office and industrial park located west of Watt Avenue in an unincorporated area of Sacramento County, California. The McClellan Business Park Property includes 139 primary buildings totaling 6,925,484 sq. ft. of gross building area with a land size of 781 acres. The McClellan Business Park Property surrounds the 10,600-foot McClellan Airfield, which is an active public airstrip. McClellan Park was formerly McClellan Air Force Base, one of five main depots in the United States that provided repair and maintenance services to military aircraft. Since closing in July 2001, the borrower sponsor of McClellan Park has leased or sold over 7.0 million sq. ft. of commercial and industrial space.

The current owners of McClellan Park have converted McClellan Air Force Base into a business park. The redevelopment to date has included: approximately $100 million in infrastructure improvements; approximately $200 million in building and tenant improvements; the lease-up or sale of over 7.0 million sq. ft. of office and industrial space; the conversion of the visiting officers’ quarters and associated buildings into the Lions Gate Hotel and meeting space; establishment of McClellan Jet Services as the fixed-base operator of the airfield, providing maintenance and fueling services to support the airfield and the establishment of a Mello-Roos benefit district to provide a source of funds for infrastructure costs. The borrower sponsor has invested more than $585 million in the McClellan Business Park Property.

The McClellan Business Park Property contains over 175 tenants and is currently 86.8% occupied as of September 15, 2020. Major tenants at the McClellan Business Park Property include Amazon.com (“Amazon”) (6.0% NRA, 6.5% U/W Base Rent), Northrop Grumman Systems (3.9% NRA, 7.1% U/W Base Rent) and USDA Forest Services (2.0% NRA, 8.8% U/W Base Rent). The primary use of the McClellan Business Park Property is for industrial purposes. The industrial usage includes the warehouse, manufacturing, research, and airfield (collectively, 81.5% NRA, 60.8% U/W Base Rent). The additional uses include office (14.7% NRA, 31.8% U/W Base Rent), residential (2.3% NRA, 5.0% U/W Base Rent), retail (1.5% NRA, 2.5% U/W Base Rent) and yard/rail (0.0% NRA; 0.0% U/W Base Rent).

 A-3-89

 

3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

Property Summary(1)
Use Type Net Rentable Sq. Ft. % of Net Rentable Sq. Ft Occupancy
Warehouse 2,532,812 36.6% 96.6%
Manufacturing 1,660,684 24.0% 91.6%
Research 604,753 8.7% 70.2%
Airfield 843,221 12.2% 78.6%
Total Industrial 5,641,470 81.5% 89.6%
Office 1,020,349 14.7% 72.5%
Residential 157,254 2.3% 71.8%
Retail 103,291 1.5% 93.8%
Yard / Rail 3,120 0.0% 100.0%
Total / Wtd. Avg. 6,925,484 100.0% 86.8%
(1)Based on September 15, 2020 rent roll

 

Industrial (81.5% of NRA; 60.8% of U/W Base Rent)

 

Totaling over 5.6 million sq. ft., representing 81.5% of NRA and 60.8% of U/W Base Rent, the industrial space at the McClellan Business Park Property includes warehouse, manufacturing, research, and airfield/hanger buildings.

 

Defense Microelectronics Activity, an advanced lab facility operating under the Department of Defense, also owns approximately 375,000 sq. ft. within the McClellan Business Park Property. Other industrial tenants include Northrop Grumman Systems and General Dynamics. In addition, the research buildings at the McClellan Business Park Property were originally designed for the United States Air Force.

 

Amazon (6.0% NRA; 6.5% U/W Base Rent), the largest tenant at the McClellan Business Park Property, recently signed a 10-year lease, with two five-year extension options, on a newly constructed 417,637 square foot distribution warehouse.

 

Northrop Grumman Systems (3.9% Property NRA; 7.1% U/W Base Rent) is an American global aerospace and defense technology company. With 90,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion, it is one of the world’s largest weapons manufacturers and military technology providers. At the McClellan Business Park Property. Northrup Grumman Systems has the right to terminate a portion of its space with notice to the landlord and payment of a termination fee.

 

Office (14.7% of NRA; 31.8% of U/W Base Rent)

 

The office component of the McClellan Business Park Property includes buildings designated as office and recreational. There are 37 primary buildings totaling 1,020,349 sq. ft. These buildings range in size from 800 to 331,670 sq. ft., with the majority of buildings below 15,000 sq. ft. in size. The median size within this set of buildings is 7,606 sq. ft. Originally constructed from 1938 to 1992, many of the buildings have been renovated to various levels. Existing office tenants include a variety of larger and small public and private operations such as the USDA, Gateway Community Charters, and Faneuil, Inc.

 

Defense Microelectronics Activity is a technology partner to military program managers and an engineering liaison to all sectors of defense contractors and has both office and research space in the McClellan Business Park Property.

 

USDA Forest Service (2.0% NRA; 8.8% U/W Base Rent) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation’s 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages 193 million acres of land. USDA Forest Service has the right to terminate its lease with 90 days’ written notice to the landlord.

 

Gateway Community Charters (1.7% NRA; 3.1% U/W Base Rent) is a 501c3 nonprofit, public-benefit corporation that has aimed to create and manage high quality charter schools, which provide access to innovative, quality, standards-based educational opportunities for all students. Gateway Community Charters has been providing quality school choice options in the greater Sacramento region for over fifteen years.

 

Faneuil, Inc. (0.9% NRA; 3.0% U/W Base Rent) has specialized in designing, implementing, managing and operating multichannel customer care and back-office business processing solutions for government and commercial clients nationwide for over 25 years. Headquartered in Hampton, Virginia, Faneuil delivers broad support to several industries, including transportation and tolling, health and human services, utilities, state and municipal governments and commercial/retail services.

 

 A-3-90

 

3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

 

Residential (2.3% of NRA; 5.0% of U/W Base Rent)

 

The residential component at the McClellan Business Park Property includes seven primary buildings which include renovated and non-renovated dorm buildings. These buildings are consistent in size, ranging from 19,038 to 25,380 sq. ft. with a median of 24,000 sq. ft. The residential space is 71.8% occupied by two tenants, the USDA Forest Service and AmeriCorps, as of September 15, 2020.

 

Retail (1.5% of NRA; 2.5% of U/W Base Rent)

 

The retail portion of the McClellan Business Park is currently 93.8% leased and consists of 11 buildings totaling over 100,000 sq. ft. of improved retail space. The retail operations provide tenants amenities such as a gas station and restaurant as of September 15, 2020.

 

COVID-19 Update.

 

As of November 20, 2020 the McClellan Business Park Property is open with most tenants working remotely. Six tenants, representing approximately 5.7% of the sq. ft. have requested rent relief. According to the borrower sponsor, it collected approximately 99% of rent payments in October 2020 and 99.0% of rent payments in November 2020. The first payment date of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan is January 11, 2021. As of December 6, 2020, the McClellan Business Park Loan is not subject to any modification or forbearance requests. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Tenant Summary.

 

Tenant Summary(1)

Tenant

Ratings

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2)

Net Rentable

Area (Sq. Ft.)

% of Net
Rentable Area

U/W Base Rent

Per Sq. Ft.(3)

% of Total

U/W Base Rent(3)

Lease

Expiration

USDA Forest Service(4) Aaa / AAA / NR 135,992 2.0% $24.91 8.8% 11/13/2022
Northrop Grumman Systems(5) Baa1 / BBB / BBB 267,618 3.9% $10.16 7.1% 12/31/2021
Amazon.com NR / NR / NR 417,637 6.0% $6.00 6.5% 6/30/2030
Cal Fire(6) NR / NR / NR 153,429 2.2% $8.33 3.3% 11/30/2020
Gateway Charters(7) NR / NR / NR 114,890 1.7% $10.39 3.1% 6/30/2028
Faneuil, Inc. NR / NR / NR 64,800 0.9% $17.84 3.0% 5/9/2029
Hydra Distribution NR / NR / NR 388,784 5.6% $2.97 3.0% 4/16/2025
GSA(8) NR / NR / NR 132,035 1.9% $8.03 2.8% 5/6/2022
Dome Printing NR / NR / NR 320,000 4.6% $3.15 2.6% 11/17/2033
McClellan Jet Services(9) NR / NR / NR 280,839 4.1% $3.56 2.6% 9/12/2022
 Ten Largest Tenants   2,276,024 32.9% $7.23 42.7%  
 Other Tenants(10)   3,732,433 53.9% 5.92 557.3%  
 Total Occupied Space   6,008,457 86.8% $6.42 100.0%  
 Vacant   917,027 13.2%      
 Total   6,925,484 100.0%      
             
(1)Based on the September 15, 2020 rent roll.
(2)Certain ratings are those of the parent company whether or not the parent guarantees the lease.
(3)U/W Base Rent, U/W Base Rent $ per sq. ft. and % of Total U/W Base Rent are based on in-place rent in the underwritten rent roll dated September 15, 2020.
(4)USDA Forest Service leases 132,699 sq. ft. expiring on November 13, 2022 and 3,293 sq. ft. expiring on May 31, 2021. USDA Forest Service has the right to terminate its lease within 90 days’ written notice to the landlord.
(5)Northrop Grumman Systems leases 254,511 sq. ft. expiring on December 31, 2021, 4,857 sq. ft. expiring on July 31, 2022, and 8,250 sq. ft. expiring on November 30, 2022. Northrop Grumman Systems has the right to terminate a portion of its space (4,857 sq. ft.) with notice to the landlord and payment of a termination fee.
(6)Cal Fire leases 91,325 sq. ft. expiring on November 30, 2020, 42,095 sq. ft. on a month-to-month basis, 18,253 sq. ft. expiring June 30, 2028 and 1,756 sq. ft. expiring November 30, 2021.
(7)Gateway Charters leases 98,185 sq. ft. expiring on June 30, 2028, 15,105 sq. ft. expiring on October 16, 2027, and 1,600 sq. ft. expiring on June 30, 2021.
(8)GSA leases 73,094 sq. ft. expiring on May 6, 2022, 36,223 sq. ft. expiring on September 6, 2021, 14,958 sq. ft. expiring on September 30, 2022, and 7,760 sq. ft. expiring on September 30, 2021. GSA has the right to terminate its lease with 30 days’ notice.
(9)McClellan Jet Services has the right to terminate its lease with respect to a portion of its space (1,373 sq. ft.) effective at any time after November 30, 2023 with 30 days’ notice.
(10)Includes two tenants, Siemens Industry, Inc. (65,785 sq. ft., $7.20 U/W Based Rent Per Sq. Ft.) and Veterans Affairs (10,000 sq. ft., $5.25 U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft.), who have leases starting in January 2021 and February 2021, respectively.

 A-3-91

 

3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

 

Lease Rollover Schedule(1)(2)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative % 

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base Rent

Per Sq. Ft.

% U/W Base Rent

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent

MTM 15 75,533 1.1% 75,533 1.1% $6.41 1.3% 1.3%
2020 17 150,128 2.2    225,661 3.3%  $9.33 3.6    4.9%
2021 94 896,269 12.9    1,121,930 16.2%  $8.25 19.2    24.1%
2022 63 1,044,895 15.1    2,166,825 31.3%  $7.66 20.8    44.8%
2023 35 783,580 11.3    2,950,405 42.6%  $4.88 9.9    54.8%
2024 21 463,243 6.7    3,413,648 49.3%  $4.75 5.7    60.5%
2025 26 791,251 11.4    4,204,899 60.7%  $5.24 10.8    71.2%
2026 5 152,898 2.2    4,357,797 62.9%  $6.20 2.5    73.7%
2027 21 601,568 8.7    4,959,365 71.6%  $4.85 7.6    81.2%
2028 21 233,106 3.4    5,192,471 75.0%  $10.71 6.5    87.7%
2029 3 64,800 0.9    5,257,271 75.9%  $17.84 3.0    90.7%
2030 5 420,757 6.1    5,678,028 82.0%  $5.96 6.5    97.2%
2031 & Thereafter 13 330,429 4.8    6,008,457 86.8%  $3.26 2.8    100.0%
Vacant 0 917,027 13.2    6,925,484 100.0% NAP NAP    NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 339 6,925,484 100.0%     $6.42 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated September 15, 2020.
(2)Certain tenants have lease termination options that may become exercisable prior to the originally stated expiration date of the tenant lease that are not considered in the lease rollover schedule.

 

Environmental Matters. According to the Phase I environmental reports dated between November 2, 2020 and November 6, 2020, the McClellan Business Park Property is a part of the former McClellan Air Force Base, which is on the National Priorities List (NPL) as a Superfund site due to impacts related to the long-term military operation of the McClellan Business Park Property. According to the related environmental reports, environmental impacts include, among other things, groundwater contamination from volatile organic compounds, 1,4-dioxane, metals, and perchlorate. The environmental reports identified such impacts, including the potential for vapor encroachment, as a site-wide recognized environmental condition. In addition, the Phase I ESAs identified two lot-specific recognized environmental conditions related to (i) perfluorooctane sulfonate concentrations exceeding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency screening criteria for drinking water at one parcel and (ii) impacts from the prior operations of a wastewater treatment plant, sludge drying beds, an underground oil-water separator, a 10,000-gallon oil storage tank and a pesticide/herbicide storage area on another parcel. Groundwater is at a depth of approximately 105 feet and all domestic water is provided to the region, including McClellan Park, by the local municipal water utility. The McClellan Business Park Property is subject to multiple local, state and federal restrictions and institutional controls, including, among other things, groundwater use restrictions, use restrictions, digging restrictions, interference restrictions and access restrictions. All existing and future uses of the McClellan Business Park Property consistent with such restrictions are permitted by local, state and federal agencies. According to the environmental reports, the United States Air Force is the responsible party of record and retains responsibility for subsequent discoveries of previously-unknown environmental conditions.

 

The Market. The McClellan Business Park Property is in the northern part of an unincorporated area of Sacramento County. The area is generally located northwest of Interstate 80, southwest of the unincorporated community of North Highlands and southeast of the unincorporated community of Rio Linda. The area is located approximately nine miles northeast of Sacramento’s central business district.

 

McClellan Business Park Market Summary. McClellan Business Park is in an unincorporated area of Sacramento County adjacent to the community of North Highlands. North Highlands is a mixed-use area, with retail uses surrounding Watt Avenue, industrial uses to the south, residential uses to the east of Watt Avenue, and residential and agricultural uses to the north of the McClellan Park area. The McClellan Business Park Property is located approximately 9 miles northeast of Downtown Sacramento. McClellan Park is recognized as its own submarket and tracked as such by the major brokerage houses due to its size. Land uses within McClellan Park include office, light industrial, heavy industrial, aviation-related, rail, and a portion of multifamily properties. One of the primary demand drivers for the submarket, particularly for the industrial users, is the McClellan Business Park Property’s adjacent position to the 10,600-foot McClellan Airfield. When the borrower sponsor entered into an agreement to acquire the McClellan Business Park Property in 2001 and began operating the property in 2000, McClellan Park had only two tenants totaling 90,000 sq. ft. of space with an estimated employment of 5,500. By the time the borrower sponsor acquired the property in late 2001 occupancy was in excess of 1,000,000 sq. ft. of space. Since then, employment has grown 300% to an estimated 18,000 to 20,000 today. Since 2001, the McClellan Business Park Property has leased and redeveloped in excess of 7.0 million sq. ft. of manufacturing, warehouse, and office space. From 2011 to the third quarter of 2020, asking rents in the McClellan Park submarket have increased at a compound annual growth rate of 5.1% and vacancy has decreased by 14.5%.

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3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)
  2017 2018 2019 T-12 9/30/2020 U/W U/W PSF
Base Rent $30,020,185 $34,154,288 $36,215,976 $38,587,412 $38,545,498 $5.57
Rent Steps 0 0 0 0 1,210,817 0.17
Rent Average Benefit 0 0 0 0 585,214 0.08
TI Amortization 0 0 0 0 535,080 0.08
Yard Rent 0 0 0 0 4,145,429 0.60
Expense Reimbursements 4,748,711 5,452,877 6,256,187 6,754,163 6,850,394 0.99
Other Income 252,056 47,853 300,496 793,948 793,948 0.11
Effective Gross Income $35,020,952 $39,655,018 $42,772,659 $46,135,523 $52,666,380 $7.60
Total Operating Expenses 13,375,743 14,730,525 15,192,749 16,541,707 15,037,967 2.17
Net Operating Income(2) $21,645,209 $24,924,493 $27,579,910 $29,593,816 $37,628,413 $5.43
TI/LC 0 0 0 0 1,731,371 0.25
Capital Expenditures 0 0 0 0 1,038,823 0.15
Net Cash Flow $21,645,209 $24,924,493 $27,579,910 $29,593,816 $34,858,219 $5.03
               
(1)Certain items such as straight line rent, interest expense, interest income, lease cancellation income, depreciation, amortization, debt service, and any other non-recurring or non-operating items were excluded from the historical presentation and are not considered for the underwritten cash flow.
(2)The increase from T-12 9/30/2020 Net Operating Income to U/W Net Operating Income is primarily attributable to (i) contractual rent steps through October 2021 and the straight line average of contractual rent step increments over the lease term for investment grade tenants, (ii) increase in rental rates on rolling leases, (iii) occupancy increases, including speculative lease up to Amazon of a newly built 400,000 sq. ft. last mile distribution center, and (iv) a management fee cap at $1,000,000.

 

Property Management. The McClellan Business Park Property is currently managed by LDKV Management, Inc. Under the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan documents, the McClellan Business Park Property is required to be managed by LDKV Management, Inc. or another property management company approved by the lender, with respect to which, if required by the lender, a rating agency confirmation has been received and, to the extent the other manager is affiliated with the borrower or guarantor, delivery of a non-consolidation opinion. The lender has the right to require the borrower to replace the property manager (i) if the property manager files or is the subject of a petition in bankruptcy, (ii) during the continuance of an event of default under the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan documents, (iii) upon a change in control of the manager, (iv) during the continuance of an event of default by the property manager under the management agreement (after the expiration of any applicable notice and/or cure periods) or (v) for cause including but not limited to fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or misappropriation of funds by the property manager.

 

Lockbox / Cash Management. The McClellan Business Park Whole Loan is structured with a hard lockbox and springing cash management. The borrower is required to deliver tenant direction letters instructing all tenants to deposit rents into a lender-controlled lockbox account. In addition, the borrower is required to cause all cash revenues relating to the McClellan Business Park Property and all other money received by the borrower or the property manager with respect to the McClellan Business Park Property (other than tenant security deposits) to be deposited into such lockbox account or a lender-controlled cash management account within two business days of receipt thereof.

 

On each business day that no McClellan Business Park Cash Trap Event Period is continuing, all funds in the lockbox account are required to be swept into a borrower-controlled operating account. On each business day that a McClellan Business Park Cash Trap Event Period is continuing, all funds in the lockbox account are required to be swept into the cash management account.

 

A “McClellan Business Park Cash Trap Event Period” means each period (i) during the continuance of an event of default under the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan, or (ii) commencing when the debt yield (as calculated under the loan documents) is less than 7.0% at the end of any calendar quarter, and ending when the debt yield is equal to or greater than 7.0% at the end of any calendar quarter.

 

During the continuance of a McClellan Business Park Cash Trap Event Period (other than an event of default under the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan), all amounts on deposit in the cash management account after payment of debt service and required reserves are required to be deposited into an excess cash flow reserve account as additional collateral for the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan.  

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves. At origination, the borrower funded upfront reserves of (i) approximately $689,613.89 for the amount owed by the borrower under the development agency loan described below under “—Current Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness,” (ii) approximately $18,717 for future rent credits, abatements or gap rent for certain existing leases and (iii) approximately $5,482,591 for existing tenant improvement and leasing commission obligations.

 

On each due date during the continuance of a McClellan Business Park Cash Trap Event Period, the borrower is required to fund (i) a tax reserve in an amount equal to one-twelfth of the property taxes that the lender estimates will be payable during the next ensuing 12 months, (ii) an insurance reserve in an amount equal to one-twelfth of the insurance premiums that the lender estimates will be payable for the renewal of any required insurance policies, unless the borrower is maintaining a blanket policy meeting the requirements of the related loan documents, (iii) a replacement reserve in the amount of $86,568.55 (to be reduced to take into account the reduction of expenses in connection with a partial release), subject to a cap of $2,077,645.20, and (iv) a tenant improvements and leasing commission reserve in the amount of $288,561.83, subject to a cap of $6,925,484.

 

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3140 Peacekeeper Way

McClellan, CA 95652

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 8

McClellan Business Park

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$32,400,000

60.2%

2.90x

10.5%

  

Condominium Conversion. Pursuant to the lease with the tenant Twin Rivers, in the event, among other conditions, the Twin Rivers tenant prepays its rent in full and the Twin Rivers tenant requests the release of its leased premises from the lien of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan, the borrower may be required to (i) convert the building occupied by Twin Rivers to a commercial condominium and (ii) transfer to the Twin Rivers tenant ownership of its leased premises within the Twin Rivers building (the “Twin Rivers Condominium Unit”). As of origination, the Twin Rivers tenant has prepaid its rent in full but has not requested that the borrower perform a condominium conversion. Under the loan documents, the borrower is permitted to perform a condominium conversion of the Twin Rivers building, provided that, among other conditions, (i) the resulting condominium regime comprises two or more condominium units, one of which consists solely of the Twin Rivers Condominium Unit and (ii) any related condominium documents are subject to the approval of the lender, not to be unreasonably withheld. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Mortgage Pool Characteristics—Condominium and Other Shared Interests” in the Prospectus.

 

Current Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness. A portion of the McClellan Business Park Property is subject to a subordinate loan (the “Development Agency Loan”) obtained in connection with the development of the McClellan Business Park Property in 2011 in favor of the Sacramento County Successor Agency (the “Development Agency”) in the original principal amount of $1,000,000, of which an estimated $639,220.10 (as calculated by the Development Agency based on current leasing rates at the applicable portion of the McClellan Business Park Property) is outstanding, which amount may be forgiven if the borrower satisfies certain development and leasing criteria over the remaining term of the Development Agency Loan (provided that the borrower and the subordinate lender disagree as to what the criteria are for obtaining forgiveness and whether the borrower has yet satisfied such criteria with respect to the outstanding principal balance). All interest accrues at 4% simple interest under the Development Agency Loan, but all payments of interest or principal are deferred until the maturity date, which is March 1, 2023. At origination, the Development Agency entered into a subordination agreement pursuant to which the Development Agency expressly waived, relinquished and subordinated the lien of the Development Agency Loan in favor of the McClellan Business Park Loan. In connection with the Development Agency Loan, the borrower deposited $689,613.89 with the lender (the “Development Agency Loan Reserve Funds”) at origination, representing approximately 108% of the estimated amount owed by the borrower to the Development Agency. In the event that the Development Agency commences any enforcement action or commences the exercise of any remedies under the Development Agency Loan, the lender has the right, without the consent of the borrower, to disburse the Development Agency Loan Reserve Funds to the Development Agency for the payment of any outstanding debt owned by borrower to the Development Agency.

 

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. None.

 

Partial Release. Provided no default or event of default under the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan is continuing, the borrower is permitted to obtain a release of one or more buildings (each, a “McClellan Business Park Release Parcel”) comprising a portion of the McClellan Business Park Property subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among others: (i) prepayment of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan for a release price equal to (a) for the first 10% of the original principal balance of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan being repaid, 110% of the allocated loan amount of the applicable McClellan Business Park Release Parcel(s) and (b) for the remaining collateral, 115% of the allocated loan amount of the applicable McClellan Business Park Release Parcel(s), in each instance together with any applicable yield maintenance premium, (ii) after giving effect to such release (a) the debt yield (as calculated under the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan documents), as of the date of such release, is equal to or greater than 10%, (b) at least 100 buildings remain subject to the lien of the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan and no building accounts, on a pro forma basis, for more than 10% of the remaining aggregated net cash flow (as calculated under the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan documents) and (c) at least 60% of the remaining rentable square feet is used for industrial purposes and (iii) satisfaction of customary REMIC requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, if the portion of the McClellan Business Park Property identified as Lot 83 (the “Twin Rivers Parcel”) is being released in connection with the borrower’s conversion of the Twin Rivers Parcel to a condominium (the “McClellan Business Park Condominium Conversion”), then the release price for the Twin Rivers Parcel will be equal to 100% of its allocated loan amount.

 

In addition, the McClellan Business Park Whole Loan documents permit the borrower to obtain the free release of certain non-income producing parcels (each, a “McClellan Business Park NIP Parcel”) that were attributed no value in underwriting, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions including, among others, that any such McClellan Business Park NIP Parcel is being released solely (i) to accommodate parcel/tax lot adjustments for potential development by an affiliate of the borrower or guarantor or (ii) for the sale of such McClellan Business Park NIP Parcel to a third party that is not an affiliate of the borrower or the guarantor. After the occurrence of the McClellan Business Park Condominium Conversion, the borrower may also obtain the free release of the premises within the Twin Rivers Parcel currently occupied by the tenant Twin Rivers, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the related loan documents.

 

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1088 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 9

1088 Sansome

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$32,250,000

59.7%

2.73x

9.1% 

 

(GRAPHIC) 

 

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1088 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 9

1088 Sansome

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$32,250,000

59.7%

2.73x

9.1% 

 

(GRAPHIC) 

 

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1088 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 9

1088 Sansome

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$32,250,000

59.7%

2.73x

9.1% 

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: GACC
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsors: Angus McCarthy; Michael Moritz
Borrower: 1088 Sansome St Property LLC
Original Balance: $32,250,000
Cut-off Date Balance: $32,250,000
% by Initial UPB: 4.0%
Interest Rate: 3.27600%
Payment Date: 6th of each month
First Payment Date(1): January 6, 2021
Maturity Date: January 6, 2031
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt: None
Call Protection: L(24), D(92), O(5)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves
  Initial Monthly   Cap
Taxes: $0 $35,954 NAP
Insurance: $4,421 $1,474 NAP
Replacement: $0 $1,030   $24,727
TI/LC: $0 Springing NAP
Debt Service: $250,000 $0 NAP
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: CBD Office
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: San Francisco, CA
Year Built / Renovated: 1908 / 2017
Total Sq. Ft.: 61,817
Property Management: W2 Property Management, Inc.
Underwritten NOI: $2,938,260
Underwritten NCF: $2,925,896
Appraised Value: $54,000,000
Appraisal Date: November 2, 2020
 
Historical NOI(2)
Most Recent NOI: $2,916,696 (T-12 June 30, 2020)
2019 NOI: $2,569,024 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: NAV
2017 NOI: NAV
 
Historical Occupancy(2)
Most Recent Occupancy: 100.0% (June 30, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 100.0% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: NAV
2017 Occupancy: NAV

 

Financial Information
Tranche Cut-off Date
Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon 

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon 

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF 

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF  

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF 

Mortgage Loan $32,250,000 $522 / $522 59.7% / 59.7% 2.74x / 2.73x 9.1% / 9.1% 9.1% / 9.1%

(1)The interest only period and First Payment Date presented in the Mortgage Loan Information above are inclusive of the additional January 2021 interest payment to be deposited on the Closing Date by German American Capital Corporation. The first payment date under the loan documents is February 6, 2021.

(2)Historical financial information and occupancy for 2017 and 2018 are not available as the 1088 Sansome Property (as defined below) was undergoing a full seismic retrofit and interior renovation, which was completed at the end of 2017. The lease with Pattern Energy was signed in March 2018 and Pattern Energy took occupancy in September 2018. Big Wines took occupancy in January 2019.

 

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1088 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 9

1088 Sansome

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$32,250,000

59.7%

2.73x

9.1% 

 

The Loan.   The 1088 Sansome mortgage loan (the “1088 Sansome Loan”) has an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $32,250,000. The 1088 Sansome Loan is secured by the borrower’s fee simple interest in a 61,817 sq. ft., Class B office building located in San Francisco, California (the “1088 Sansome Property”).

 

The 1088 Sansome Loan has a 121-month interest-only term and accrues interest at a rate of 3.27600% per annum. Proceeds of the 1088 Sansome Loan were primarily used to refinance existing debt, pay closing costs, fund upfront reserves and return approximately $6.3 million to the borrower sponsor. Based on the “As Is” appraised value of $54.0 million as of November 2, 2020, the Cut-off Date LTV Ratio is 59.7%. In addition, the appraisal concluded to an “As Dark” appraised value of $36.0 million as of November 2, 2020, which equates to a loan to dark value ratio of 89.6%.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Mortgage Loan $32,250,000 100.0%   Loan Payoff $24,716,247 76.6%
        Return of Equity 6,335,788                 19.6    
        Closing Costs 943,543 2.9    
        Reserves 254,421                 0.8    
Total Sources $32,250,000 100.0%   Total Uses $32,250,000 100.0%

 

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsor. The borrower is 1088 Sansome St Property LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and special purpose entity with one independent director in its organizational structure. The borrower sponsors and non-recourse carve-out guarantors are Angus McCarthy and Michael Moritz. The non-recourse carveout guarantors are liable on a joint and several basis; however, the guarantees are not cross-defaulted. See “Description of the Mortgage Pool—Non Recourse Carveout Limitations” in the Prospectus.

 

Angus McCarthy is the founder of A. McCarthy Engineering, a San Francisco based developer specializing in residential and commercial office construction and renovations. Angus McCarthy was appointed to the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection’s seven-member citizen Building Inspection Commission (“BIC”) by former San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee in 2012. Today, Angus McCarthy serves as the BIC’s president and is responsible for overseeing building code enforcement efforts.

 

Michael Moritz is a Welsh venture capitalist and former journalist. Michael Moritz is currently the Chairman and managing partner of Sequoia Capital where he has worked since 1986. Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm focused on energy, financials, enterprise, healthcare, internet and mobile startups. Michael Moritz represented Sequoia Capital in its investments in Google, Yahoo, PayPal, Flextronics, Kayak, Pure Digital, and Zappos.com, among other investments.

 

The Property.

 

Tenant Summary(1)
Tenant

Credit Rating

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2)

Net Rentable Area
(Sq. Ft.)
% of Net Rentable
Area
U/W Base Rent Per
Sq. Ft.
% of Total U/W Base
Rent
Lease Expiration
Pattern Energy(3) Ba3 / NR / BB-(4) 50,910 82.4% $62.59 94.9% 12/17/2028
Big Wines(5)(6) NR / NR / NR 10,907 17.6    $15.62 5.1 10/1/2029
Total / Wtd. Avg. Occupied   61,817 100.0% $54.31 100.0%  
Vacant   0 0.0%      
Total   61,817 100.0%      
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated December 3, 2020.

(2)Certain ratings are those of the direct parent company whether or not the direct parent company guarantees the lease.

(3)Pattern Energy has one option to renew at market rent for an additional five year period with notice between August 17, 2027 and December 17, 2027.

(4)The ultimate parent company, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), is rated Aaa / NR / AAA by Moody’s/Fitch/S&P.

(5)Big Wines has one option to renew at market rent for an additional five year period with notice no less than nine months prior to the expiration of the initial term.

(6)The U/W Base Rent per sq. ft. of $15.62 includes 1,445 sq. ft. of sub-basement space with no attributable contractual rent. The contractual base rent for the 9,462 sq. ft. of ground floor space is $18.02 per sq. ft.

 

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1088 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 9

1088 Sansome

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$32,250,000

59.7%

2.73x

9.1% 

 

Lease Rollover Schedule(1)
Year

# of

Leases

 Expiring 

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative % 

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W
Base Rent

 Per Sq. Ft. 

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent

MTM & 2020 0 0          0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2021 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2022 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2023 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2024 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2025 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2026 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2027 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2028 1 50,910 82.4% 50,910 82.4% $62.59 94.9% 94.9%
2029 1 10,907 17.6% 61,817 100.0% $15.62(2) 5.1% 100.0%
2030 0 0 0.0% 61,817 100.0% $0.00 0.0% 100.0%
2031 & Thereafter 0 0 0.0% 61,817 100.0% $0.00 0.0% 100.0%
Vacant      NAP 0 0.0% 61,817 100.0%       NAP       NAP NAP 
Total / Wtd. Avg. 2 61,817 100.0%   $54.31 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated December 3, 2020.

(2)The U/W Base Rent per sq. ft. of $15.62 includes 1,445 sq. ft. of sub-basement space with no attributable contractual rent. The contractual base rent for the 9,462 sq. ft. of ground floor space is $18.01 per sq. ft.

 

The 1088 Sansome Property is a four-story, 61,817 sq. ft. Class B office building located in the North Waterfront/Jackson Square submarket of San Francisco, California. The borrower sponsors purchased the 1088 Sansome Property in 2014 for approximately $14.4 million and spent approximately $15.0 million on a full seismic retrofit, interior renovations, and tenant improvements, which were completed in 2017. The 1088 Sansome Property consists of four stories of office space and a roof deck totaling 50,910 sq. ft. that is fully leased to Pattern Energy and a partially above-grade basement totaling 10,907 sq. ft. that is leased to Big Wines. There is one entrance on Sansome Street with keycard access for Pattern Energy and one entrance on Green Street for Big Wines. The 1088 Sansome Property is located in a designated historic district in San Francisco.

 

COVID-19 Update. As of December 1, 2020, the 1088 Sansome Property is open, however most office tenant employees are working remotely. As of the November rent payment date, all tenants have paid rent in-full for November (and prior months), with the borrower having collected 100.0% of the underwritten base rent. As of December 8, 2020, neither of the two tenants has requested a lease modification or rent forbearance. The first payment date of the 1088 Sansome Loan is scheduled on February 6, 2021. As of December 8, 2020, the 1088 Sansome Loan is not subject to any modification or forbearance request. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Major Tenants.

Pattern Energy Group Services LP (“Pattern Energy”) (50,910 sq. ft.; 82.4% of net rentable area; 94.9% of U/W Base Rent) is a private renewable energy company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pattern Energy Group, LP. Pattern Energy has an operational portfolio that includes 28 utility-scale renewable energy facilities in the United States, Canada and Japan. Pattern Energy is engaged in all project stages including resource analysis, site development, power marketing, finance, construction, facility operations and asset management. With a global footprint spanning the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Japan, Pattern Energy has brought more than 5,000 megawatts of renewable power projects to market and has offices in San Francisco (at the 1088 Sansome Property), Houston, San Diego, Toronto, Mexico City, Santiago and Tokyo. The 1088 Sansome Property serves as the company’s global headquarters with approximately 228 employees at the location.

 

Pattern Energy completed a restructuring in 2020 to combine its operating and development businesses under one umbrella. A joint venture between the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB, Moody’s / S&P: Aaa / AAA), in addition to Riverstone Holdings LLC, and members of Pattern Energy’s management agreed to acquire Pattern Energy in an all-cash deal for $26.75 per share, implying a value of approximately $6.1 billion, including net debt. The transaction closed in the second quarter of 2020. Prior to the acquisition, Pattern Energy was previously listed on the NASDAQ (“PEGI”) and reported an adjusted EBITDA for year-end 2019 of approximately $359 million and a net loss in 2019 of approximately $107 million.

 

Pattern Energy signed a 10 year lease in March 2018 to occupy the entirety of the office portion and penthouse. Pattern Energy did not receive any tenant improvement allowance as its space was delivered in turnkey condition. Following taking possession of the space, Pattern Energy spent an additional $16.00 per sq. ft. to complete its build-out and equip the space with furniture, desks, and other office equipment. Pattern Energy currently has a base rent of $62.59 per sq. ft. with 3% annual rent escalations. According to the appraisal, Pattern Energy’s in-place base rent is approximately 13.9% below market rent. Pattern Energy has one, five-year renewal option with notice between August 2027 and December 2027 to be reset at fair market value with 3% annual rent escalations. Pattern Energy does not have any termination options, contraction options or free rent. Pattern Energy has a right of first offer to purchase the 1088 Sansome Property, which has been waived in connection with a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu thereof, and a subsequent sale by the lender or its designee, but would apply to any further transfers.

 

 A-3-100

 

 

1088 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 9

1088 Sansome

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$32,250,000

59.7%

2.73x

9.1% 

 

As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the majority of Pattern Energy employees are working from home with only employees deemed essential allowed to return to the office. According to the borrower, Pattern Energy is planning to phase employees back into the office starting in February 2021 with the goal of having the remainder of its workforce return by the summer of 2021.

 

Big Wines (10,907 sq. ft.; 17.6% of net rentable area; 5.1% of U/W Base Rent) is a membership-based wine storage facility which also offers tasting classes and a wine bar for the general public. Big Wines offers 230 private temperature-controlled storage spaces that are available in a variety of sizes and memberships that range from monthly to multi-year. Big Wines also has a private room in addition to a large wine bar space where it hosts numerous events for both members and private groups. The storage component of Big Wines comprises approximately 90% of its business income. Big Wines does not have any termination options, contraction options or free rent.

 

As a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Big Wines was forced to suspend indoor wine tastings, however the core storage component of its business remained unaffected. Wine storage tenants are allowed to access their units on an appointment basis while following state and local COVID-19 safety protocols (i.e. limited capacity, face coverings, social distancing, etc.).

 

Environmental Matters. According to a Phase I environmental report dated November 2, 2020, there were no recommendations for further action at the 1088 Sansome Property other than the development of an asbestos operations and maintenance program. An asbestos operations and maintenance plan was obtained for the 1088 Sansome Property.

 

The Market. The 1088 Sansome Property is located in the North Waterfront/Jackson Square area of San Francisco, just north of the city’s financial district. The 1088 Sansome Property offers tenants a walkable location with access to restaurant and retail amenities along the Embarcadero and in the surrounding neighborhoods of Jackson Square and North Beach. The area includes many art galleries, boutique retailers, and dining options. Boutique brands such as Allbirds, Isabel Marant, Aesop, and Filson have all set up shop in the area. In addition to retail, some of San Francisco’s most recognized restaurants including Quince, Cotogna, Kokkari, and Bix call the area home. The location is also within walking distance to many forms of public transit, including MUNI light rail and bus lines, BART, Golden Gate Transit, and the SF Ferry, which services inbound commuters from both the North Bay and East Bay.

 

According to the appraisal, the North Waterfront submarket vacancy was 10.9% as of the second quarter of 2020. The submarket contains over 3.3 million sq. ft. of office space with an average overall asking rent of $82.89 per sq. ft.

 

The following chart displays six lease comparables for the office space. The office lease comparables’ rents range from $66.00 per sq. ft. to $88.00 per sq. ft.

 

Comparable Office Leases(1)
Property Name Tenant Name Tenant Leased Space Lease Date Lease Term (years) Base Rent Per Sq. Ft.

1088 Sansome

San Francisco, CA 

Pattern Energy 50,910(2) Mar-20(2) 10.3(2) $62.59(2)

1725 Montgomery Street 

San Francisco, CA 

Brightmark 14,700 Jul-20 7.0 $68.00

450 Pacific Avenue

San Francisco, CA 

Keesal Young & Logan 28,586 Jun-20 3.0 $88.00

945 Battery Street

San Francisco, CA 

Lightstep 40,238 Dec-19 5.2 $80.00

55 Francisco Street

San Francisco, CA 

Endpoint Clinical 20,000 Oct-19 5.2 $66.00

735 Battery Street

San Francisco, CA 

Samsung 25,014 May-19 7.0 $68.00

170 Columbus

San Francisco, CA 

Project Affinity 14,282 Apr-19 5.0 $66.00
(1)Based on the Appraisal.

(2)Based on the underwritten rent roll as of December 3, 2020.

 

 A-3-101

 

 

1088 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 9

1088 Sansome

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$32,250,000

59.7%

2.73x

9.1% 

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)(2)
  2019 T-12 6/30/2020 U/W   U/W PSF
Base Rent $3,096,786 $3,276,857 $3,357,015 $54.31
Rent Steps(3) 0 0 99,432 1.61
Gross Potential Rent $3,096,786 $3,276,857 $3,456,447 $55.91
Total Reimbursements 0 451,822 447,338 7.24
Total Gross Income 3,096,786 3,728,679 3,903,785 $63.15
Less: Vacancy 0 0 (195,189) (3.16)
Effective Gross Income   $3,096,786   $3,728,679       $3,708,595 $59.99
Total Fixed Expenses 385,558 449,208 448,617 7.26
Total Operating Expenses 142,204 362,776 321,719 5.20
Net Operating Income   $2,569,024    $2,916,696       $2,938,260 $47.53
TI/LC 0 0 0 0.00
Capital Expenditures 0 0 12,363 0.20
Net Cash Flow $2,569,024 $2,916,696 $2,925,896 $47.33
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll as of December 3, 2020. For avoidance of doubt, no COVID-19 specific adjustments have been incorporated in the lender U/W. 

(2)Historical financial information and occupancy for 2017 and 2018 are not available as the 1088 Sansome Property was undergoing a full seismic retrofit and interior renovation, which was completed at the end of 2017. The lease with Pattern Energy was signed in March 2018 and it took occupancy in September 2018. Big Wines took occupancy in January 2019.

(3)Rent Steps includes contractual rent steps of $99,432 underwritten through September 2021.

 

Property Management.  The 1088 Sansome Property is currently managed by W2 Property Management, Inc.

 

Lockbox / Cash Management.  The 1088 Sansome Loan is structured with a hard lockbox and springing cash management. The borrower is required to cause tenants to deposit rents directly into a lender-controlled lockbox account. In addition, the borrower and the property manager are required to deposit all rents and gross revenue from the 1088 Sansome Property into such lockbox account within one business day of receipt. If no 1088 Sansome Trigger Period exists, on a daily basis, all funds in the lockbox account are required to be swept into the borrower’s operating account. During a 1088 Sansome Trigger Period, sums on deposit in the lockbox account are required to be transferred on a daily basis to a lender-controlled cash management account to be applied to payment of all required monthly amounts (including, without limitation, taxes and insurance, debt service and required reserves) and approved property operating expenses, with any excess funds being held by the lender as additional collateral for the loan (or if there is a 1088 Sansome Major Tenant Sweep Event (as defined below), being deposited into the 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Reserve (as defined below)).

 

A “1088 Sansome Trigger Period” will commence upon the occurrence of (i) an event of default (and will end if the lender has accepted a cure), (ii) if the debt service coverage ratio falls below 1.20x, as determined by the lender (and end if the debt service coverage ratio exceeds 1.25x for two consecutive quarters), (iii) a 1088 Sansome Major Tenant Sweep Event (and will end upon the termination thereof), or (iv) the disbursement of funds from the debt service reserve account (and will end if such funds have been reimbursed and certain other conditions are satisfied). For purposes of determining whether a 1088 Sansome Trigger Period occurs under clause (ii), the debt service coverage ratio will be measured quarterly; however if a Tenant Adjustment Event (as defined below) occurs, then the underwritten net cash flow used to calculate the debt service coverage ratio under the 1088 Sansome Loan may be immediately adjusted downward by the lender, and to the extent such adjustment results in a debt service coverage ratio below 1.20x, a 1088 Sansome Trigger Period will immediately commence under clause (ii).

 

A “Tenant Adjustment Event” means any of the following: (1) a tenant is not currently in occupancy and paying full, unabated rent, (2) a tenant is affiliated with the borrower or a non-recourse carveout guarantor, (3) a tenant is (X) in default beyond any applicable notice or cure period in the applicable lease or (Y) in bankruptcy, (4) a tenant is under a month-to-month lease, or (5) a tenant’s lease term is set to expire in the next two succeeding calendar quarters.

 

During the continuance of a 1088 Sansome Major Tenant Sweep Event, all excess funds are required to be swept into an account to be held as additional collateral for the 1088 Sansome Loan (the “1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Reserve”). Provided there is no event of default, the 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Reserve will be made available to the borrower to pay for certain tenant improvements, leasing commissions and other costs incurred by the borrower in connection with the re-tenanting of the space covered by the applicable lease.

 

A “1088 Sansome Major Tenant Sweep Event” will commence (a) upon the earlier of (i) the date that is 12 months prior to the expiration of a 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease (defined below) or (ii) upon the date required under the 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease by which the 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Tenant (as defined below) is required to give notice of its exercise of a renewal option thereunder (and such renewal has not been so exercised); (b) upon the early termination, early cancellation or early surrender of a 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease or upon the borrower’s receipt of notice by a 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Tenant of its intent to effect an early termination, early cancellation or early surrender of its 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease; (c) if a 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Tenant has ceased operating its business at the 1088 Sansome Property (i.e., “goes dark” other than a cessation of operations in some or all of its leased space in order to comply with governmental restrictions which restrict the use or occupancy of the 1088 Sansome Property as a result of, or otherwise in connection with, the COVID-19 pandemic or any other pandemic or epidemic, provided that the 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Tenant resumes operations in its leased space within 90 days after such government restrictions are lifted) in a majority of its space; (d) upon a default under a 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease by a 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Tenant beyond any applicable notice and cure period,

 

 A-3-102

 

 

1088 Sansome Street

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 9

1088 Sansome

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$32,250,000

59.7%

2.73x

9.1% 

 

(e) upon a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding of a 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Tenant or its parent (or Pattern Energy Operations LP) until either (i) the applicable insolvency proceeding has terminated and the applicable 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease has been affirmed, assumed or assigned in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the lender or (ii) the applicable 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease has been assumed and assigned to a third party in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the lender, or (f) upon a decline in the credit rating of the 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Tenant (or its parent entity and/or Pattern Energy Operations LP) two notches below its current rating.

 

A 1088 Sansome Major Tenant Sweep Event will end once the applicable 1088 Sansome Major Tenant Sweep Event has been cured or the space demised under the 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease has been re-tenanted pursuant to one or more Qualified Leases (as defined below), or, if applicable, the applicable 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease has been renewed pursuant to its terms, and, in the lender’s judgment, sufficient funds have been accumulated in the 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Reserve to cover all anticipated tenant improvements and leasing commissions and free and/or abated rent in connection therewith (and any debt service and operating shortfalls relating to the delay in the commencement of full rent payments) (the “1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Re-tenanting Costs”). A 1088 Sansome Major Tenant Sweep Event will also end on the date on which the following amounts have accumulated in the 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Reserve: (x) $50.00 per sq. ft. with respect to any portion of the space demised under the applicable 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease that has not been re-tenanted and (y) to the extent a portion of the space demised under the applicable 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease has been re-tenanted pursuant to one or more Qualified Leases, in the lender’s judgment, sufficient funds to cover all anticipated 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Re-tenanting Costs related to the space that has been re-tenanted.

 

A “1088 Sansome Sweep Lease” means the Pattern Energy lease and any replacement lease covering a majority of the space currently demised under such lease.

 

A “1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Tenant” means a tenant under a 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease or its direct or indirect parent company (if any) and/or any guarantor of such tenant’s obligations under a 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease.

 

A “Qualified Lease” means either: (A) the original 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease, as extended in accordance with (i) the express renewal option set forth in such 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease or (ii) a modification of the 1088 Sansome Sweep Lease approved by the lender, or (B) a replacement lease (i) with a term that extends at least three years beyond the end of the loan term; (ii) entered into in accordance with the loan agreement and (iii) on market terms with respect to, among other things, base rent, additional rent and recoveries and tenant improvement allowances.

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves.  At origination, the borrower funded reserves of (i) approximately $4,421 into an insurance reserve, and (ii) $250,000 into a debt service reserve (equal to approximately three monthly debt service payments).

 

Ongoing TI/LC reserves are suspended so long as Pattern Energy is in place and paying rent, no 1088 Sansome Trigger Period is continuing and all obligations under the Pattern Energy lease related to tenant improvements and leasing commissions are satisfied. On each monthly payment date, the borrower is required to deposit (i) 1/12 of the estimated annual real estate taxes into a tax reserve (currently equivalent to approximately $35,954), (ii) 1/12 of the estimated annual insurance premiums into an insurance reserve (currently equivalent to approximately $1,474), (iii) approximately $1,030 related to capital improvements into a replacement reserve (capped at approximately $24,727), and (iv) if Pattern Energy is no longer in place and paying rent, a 1088 Sansome Trigger Period is continuing or all obligations under the Pattern Energy lease related to tenant improvements and leasing commissions are not satisfied, approximately $7,727 related to tenant improvements and leasing commissions into a TI/LC reserve. In addition, a 1088 Sansome Lease Sweep Reserve is required to be funded upon a 1088 Sansome Major Tenant Sweep Event, as described above under “Lockbox / Cash Management.”

 

Current Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness. None.

 

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. None.

 

Partial Release. None.

 

 A-3-103

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

 

 

 A-3-104

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

 

 

 A-3-105

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

 

 

 A-3-106

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller(1): GSMC
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsors: Bayerische Versorgungskammer; Deutsche Finance America LLC; DF Deutsche Finance Holding AG; Hessen Lawyers Pension Fund
Borrower: 711 Fifth Ave Principal Owner LLC
Original Balance(2): $30,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance(2): $30,000,000
% by Initial UPB: 3.7%
Interest Rate: 3.16000%
Payment Date: 6th of each month
First Payment Date: April 6, 2020
Maturity Date: March 6, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt(2):

$515,000,000 Pari Passu Debt;

Future Mezzanine Debt Permitted

Call Protection(3): L(33), D(80), O(7)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 Springing NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
Replacement: $0 Springing $170,012
TI/LC: $0 Springing $1,020,072
Other(4): $3,048,024 Springing NAP

 

Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: Mixed Use – Office/Retail
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: New York, NY
Year Built / Renovated: 1927 / 2013-2019
Total Sq. Ft.: 340,024
Property Management: SHVO Property Management LLC and Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
Underwritten NOI: $51,304,783
Underwritten NCF: $50,675,427
Appraised Value: $1,000,000,000
Appraisal Date: January 23, 2020
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI: $47,288,255 (T-12 March 31, 2020)
2019 NOI: $48,596,349 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $44,088,566 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: $45,365,518 (December 31, 2017)
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy: 76.5% (January 31, 2020)
2019 Occupancy(5): 66.9% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy(5): 67.4% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy(5): 73.7% (December 31, 2017)


Financial Information(1)(2)
Tranche Cut-off Date
Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $30,000,000          
Pari Passu Notes $515,000,000          
Whole Loan $545,000,000 $1,603 / $1,603 54.5% / 54.5% 2.94x / 2.90x 9.4% / 9.3% 9.4% / 9.3%
(1)The 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan (as defined below) was co-originated by Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GSBI”) and Bank of America, N.A. (“BANA”).
(2)The Cut-off Date Balance of $30,000,000 represents the non-controlling notes A-1-5-A and A-1-5-C, which are part of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan consisting of 24 pari passu promissory notes with an aggregate original principal balance of $545,000,000.
(3)The defeasance lockout period, with respect to a defeasance of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan, will be at least 33 payment dates beginning with and including the first payment date of April 6, 2020. Defeasance of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan is permitted after the date that is the earlier of (i) two years from the closing date of the securitization that includes the last note to be securitized and (ii) March 6, 2023 (the “711 Fifth Avenue Lockout Period”). Prepayment in whole, but not in part (other than to cure a debt yield trigger), of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan is permitted on or after the payment date in September 2029 without the payment of a yield maintenance premium.
(4)Other Initial Reserves include a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy Reserve ($2,000,000) and an Unfunded Obligations Reserve ($1,048,024.18). See “Initial and Ongoing Reserves” herein. The 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower (as defined below) obtained a new temporary certificate of occupancy in April 2020, and the $2,000,000 has been disbursed to the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower.
(5)Historical occupancy at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property (as defined below) was calculated on a physical basis.

 

 A-3-107

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

The Loan. The 711 Fifth Avenue mortgage loan (the “711 Fifth Avenue Loan”) is part of a whole loan (the “711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan”) which is secured by the borrower’s fee simple interest in a 340,024 sq. ft., Class A, mixed use property in New York, New York (the “711 Fifth Avenue Property”). The 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan is comprised of 24 pari passu promissory notes with an outstanding aggregate principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $545.0 million. The 711 Fifth Avenue Loan, which is evidenced by the non-controlling Notes A-1-5-A and A-1-5-C, has an aggregate original principal balance and outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $30.0 million.

 

The relationship between the holders of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan will be governed by a co-lender agreement as described under “Description of the Mortgage Pool—The Whole Loans—The Non-Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans” and “Pooling and Servicing Agreement—Servicing of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1-1 $ 50,000,000 $ 50,000,000 GSMS 2020-GC47 Yes
A-1-2 60,000,000 60,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21  No
A-1-3 50,000,000 50,000,000 GSBI(1)  No
A-1-4 40,000,000 40,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(2)  No
A-1-5-A 25,000,000 25,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22  No
A-1-5-B 15,000,000 15,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B20  No
A-1-5-C 5,000,000 5,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22  No
A-1-6 20,000,000 20,000,000 JPMDB 2020-COR7  No
A-1-7 20,000,000 20,000,000 JPMDB 2020-COR7  No
A-1-8 20,000,000 20,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B18  No
A-1-9 20,000,000 20,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B18  No
A-1-10 12,500,000 12,500,000 GSMS 2020-GC47  No
A-1-11 10,000,000 10,000,000 DBJPM 2020-C9  No
A-1-12 10,000,000 10,000,000 DBJPM 2020-C9  No
A-1-13 5,000,000 5,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B18  No
A-1-14 5,000,000 5,000,000 DBJPM 2020-C9  No
A-1-15 10,000,000 10,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B19  No
A-1-16 2,500,000 2,500,000 GSBI(1)  No
A-1-17 1,500,000 1,500,000 GSBI(1)  No
A-2-1 60,000,000 60,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK28  No
A-2-2 43,000,000 43,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK27  No
A-2-3-A 25,500,000 25,500,000 BANK 2020-BNK29  No
A-2-3-B 15,000,000 15,000,000 BANK 2020-BNK30(3)  No
A-2-4 20,000,000 20,000,000 BBCMS 2020-C8  No
Whole Loan $ 545,000,000 $ 545,000,000    
(1)Expected to be contributed to one or more future securitizations.
(2)The GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.
(3)The BANK 2020-BNK30 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.

 

The 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan has a 10-year interest-only term and accrues interest at a rate of 3.16000% per annum. The 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan was primarily used to repay the existing loan, fund upfront reserves, and pay closing costs. Based on the “As Is” appraised value of $1.00 billion as of January 23, 2020 and the Cut-off Date balance of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan, the Cut-off Date LTV Ratio is 54.5%.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Whole Loan $545,000,000  90.0%   Loan Payoff $598,153,683 98.8%
Principal’s New Cash Contribution 60,294,721 10.0      Closing Costs 4,093,014   0.7   
        Upfront Reserves 3,048,024   0.5   
Total Sources $605,294,721 100.0%   Total Uses $605,294,721 100.0%

 

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsors. The borrower is 711 Fifth Ave Principal Owner LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “711 Fifth Avenue Borrower”). Legal counsel to the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan. There is no nonrecourse carve-out guarantor or separate environmental indemnitor with respect to the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan.

 

As of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan origination date, the borrower sponsors are one or more of (a) Bayerische Versorgungskammer (“BVK”), (b) Deutsche Finance America LLC and/or DF Deutsche Finance Holding AG (together, “DFA”) and/or (c) Hessen Lawyers Pension Fund. These entities collectively have acquired five other assets located in major cities. BVK, a public-law pension group in Germany, managed 12 independent professional and municipal pension funds with a total of 2.3 million policyholders and pension recipients, €4.8 billion in annual contributions and reimbursement income, and approximately €3.4 billion in annual pension payments as of December 31, 2018. BVK managed a total investment volume of €77 billion by book value as of December 31, 2018. DFA, the American private equity arm of Deutsche Finance Group, was established in 2018 and has acquired 11 properties with a total capitalization of over

 

 A-3-108

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

$3.1 billion as of April 21, 2020. Hessen Lawyers Pension Fund is the pension fund for the German state of Hessen, with approximately €4.12 billion assets under management as of February 29, 2020.

 

The Property. The 711 Fifth Avenue property is an 18-story, 340,024 sq. ft. Class A mixed use building with an office component (levels four – 18; 286,226 sq. ft.) and a retail component (levels B – three; 53,798 sq. ft.) located in Midtown Manhattan on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 55th Street. The 711 Fifth Avenue property was originally constructed in 1927 and has undergone various capital improvements from 2013 through mid-2019. Major capital improvements include a sixth floor corridor upgrade, 14th floor roof replacement, main roof replacement, fourth and ninth floor renovations, and elevator modernization. Based on the underwritten rent roll dated January 31, 2020, the 711 Fifth Avenue property is currently 76.5% leased (based on net rentable area (“NRA”)), to a diverse tenant roster including banking (SunTrust Banks), fashion (Ralph Lauren Retail Inc. (“Ralph Lauren”) and The Swatch Group Ltd. (“The Swatch Group”)), luxury goods (Loro Piana USA), and finance (Allen & Company LLC).

 

Office (84.2% of NRA; 21.5% of underwritten base rent)

 

The Class A office space at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property is currently 72.3% occupied by five tenants that collectively contribute 21.5% of underwritten base rent (inclusive of storage rent derived from office tenants). 84,516 sq. ft. of the office space (29.5% of Class A office NRA) at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property is leased to an investment grade-rated office tenant (SunTrust Banks).

 

The largest office tenant at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property, SunTrust Banks (A+ / A3 by Fitch/Moody’s), occupies 24.9% of the 711 Fifth Avenue Property’s NRA and accounts for 8.9% of underwritten base rent. The tenant has occupied space in the 711 Fifth Avenue Property since 2004 and has expanded several times. The tenant’s primary businesses included deposits, lending, credit cards, and trust and investment services. Through its various subsidiaries, the SunTrust Banks provides corporate and investment banking, capital market services, mortgage banking, and wealth management.

 

The second largest office tenant at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property, Allen & Company, occupies 20.9% of the 711 Fifth Avenue Property’s NRA and accounts for 7.4% of underwritten base rent. The tenant has occupied space in the 711 Fifth Avenue Property since 1985 and has expanded several times. The 711 Fifth Avenue Property serves as Allen & Company LLC’s headquarters. Allen & Company LLC is a privately held boutique investment bank, which specializes in real estate, technology, media and entertainment.

 

The third largest office tenant at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property, Loro Piana USA, occupies 7.2% of the 711 Fifth Avenue Property’s NRA and accounts for 2.6% of underwritten base rent. The tenant has occupied space in the 711 Fifth Avenue Property since 2005. Loro Piana USA is an Italian fabrics and clothing company specializing in high-end, luxury cashmere and wool products.

 

Retail (15.6% of NRA; 78.5% of underwritten base rent)

 

The 53,798 sq. ft. of multi-level retail space at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property is currently anchored by Ralph Lauren (A2 / A- by Moody’s/S&P) (which has been dark but paying rent since April 2017) and The Swatch Group, which collectively contribute 78.5% of UW Base Rent (inclusive of storage/restaurant rent derived from retail tenants). Ralph Lauren is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ralph Lauren Corporation. Ralph Lauren, the largest retail tenant by UW Base Rent, leases 11.4% of NRA and accounts for 41.1% of UW Base Rent. The 711 Fifth Avenue Property served as Ralph Lauren’s former flagship; however, its space is now dark and available for sublease. Ralph Lauren continues to operate the Polo Bar (7,436 sq. ft. of the total Ralph Lauren 38,638 sq. ft.) at this location. According to a media report, the Ralph Lauren tenant has agreed to sublease its entire space to Mango, a Spanish retail chain, for $5 million per year.  Pursuant to the terms of the lease and the loan documents, the tenant may not sublease the space to an unaffiliated third party without the consent of the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower and the lender (in each case, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). It is not expected that any such sublease arrangement will relieve the Ralph Lauren tenant of its obligations under the lease (including the obligation to pay rent).  We cannot assure you that such sublease will be executed or approved.

 

The Swatch Group is the second largest retail tenant at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property. The Swatch Group occupies 4.2% of the 711 Fifth Avenue Property’s NRA and accounts for 37.3% of UW Base Rent. The Swatch Group has occupied space in the 711 Fifth Avenue Property since 2011, and brands that are currently represented at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property include Omega and Breguet. The Swatch Group engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of finished watches, jewelry as well as watch movements and components. It operates through two segments, including Watches and Jewelry and Electronic Systems. The Watches and Jewelry segment designs, produces, and markets watches and jewelry. The Electronic Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells electronic components and sports timing activities.

 

COVID-19 Update. As of December 1, 2020, the 711 Fifth Avenue Property is open; however, all retail tenants are closed (the Polo Bar is open for takeout and delivery) and most, if not all, office tenants are working remotely. One retail tenant, representing approximately 37% of the underwritten base rent, executed a rent deferral agreement as of May 18, 2020 with the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower that provides for a 50% rent abatement for April, May and June 2020, with abated rent being required to be repaid as follows: 50% of the abated total amount to be repaid by the end of 2020 and the remaining 50% to be repaid by the end of March 2021. All of the tenants have paid their October 2020 and November 2020 rent in full. The 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan is current through the December 6, 2020 payment date. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

 A-3-109

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

  

Tenant Summary(1)
  Tenant

Ratings

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2)

Net Rentable

Area (Sq. Ft.)

% of Net

Rentable Area

U/W Base

Rent Per Sq. Ft.(3)

% of Total

U/W Base Rent(3)

Lease 

Expiration

SunTrust Banks A3 / A+ / NR 84,516    24.9% $70.09   8.9% 4/30/2024
Allen & Company NR / NR / NR 70,972 20.9 $69.73   7.4% 9/30/2033
Ralph Lauren (4) A2 / NR / A- 38,638 11.4 $712.36 41.1% 6/30/2029
Loro Piana USA NR / NR / NR 24,388   7.2 $71.38    2.6% 8/31/2025
Sandler Capital NR / NR / NR 17,200    5.1 $80.17    2.1% 6/30/2027
The Swatch Group NR / NR / NR 14,274   4.2 $1,749.81   37.3% 12/31/2029
Catalyst Investors NR / NR / NR 6,034   1.8 $67.00   0.6% 11/30/2023
Largest Owned Tenants   256,022    75.3% $261.29 100.0%  
Remaining Occupied(5)   3,935   1.2      
Vacant   80,067  23.5      
Total   340,024   100.0%      
(1)Calculated based on the approximate square footage occupied by each tenant.
(2)Certain ratings are those of the parent entity whether or not the parent entity guarantees the lease.
(3)U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft. and % of Total U/W Base Rent are based on the underwritten rent roll dated January 31, 2020 which includes contractual rent steps through January 2021.
(4)Currently, the Ralph Lauren spaces totaling 38,638 sq. ft. are now dark and available for sublease. The tenant continues to operate the Polo Bar space of 7,436 sq. ft. at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property, but the Polo Bar is only open for takeout and delivery. According to a media report, the Ralph Lauren tenant has agreed to sublease its entire space to Mango, a Spanish retail chain, for $5 million per year. Pursuant to the terms of the lease and the loan documents, the tenant may not sublease the space to an unaffiliated third party without the consent of the Borrower and the lender (in each case, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed). It is not expected that any such sublease arrangement will relieve the Ralph Lauren tenant of its obligation under the lease (including the obligation to pay rent). We cannot assure you that such sublease will be executed or approved.
(5)Includes non-revenue spaces of 2,330 sq. ft. attributable to the property management office, 1,042 sq. ft. attributable to the building security office and 563 sq. ft. attributable to the porter locker room.

 

Lease Rollover Schedule(1)(2)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative % 

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W
Base Rent

Per Sq. Ft. (3)

% U/W
Base Rent

Rolling(3)

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent(3)

MTM 0 0   0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2020 0 0 0.0 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0    0.0%
2021 0 0 0.0 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0    0.0%
2022 0 0 0.0 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0    0.0%
2023 1 6,034 1.8 6,034 1.8% $67.00 0.6    0.6%
2024 6 84,516 24.9   90,550 26.6% $70.09 8.9    9.5%
2025 2 24,388 7.2 114,938 33.8% $71.38 2.6    12.1%
2026 0 0 0.0 114,938 33.8% $0.00 0.0    12.1%
2027 1 17,200 5.1 132,138 38.9% $80.17 2.1    14.1%
2028 0 0 0.0 132,138 38.9% $0.00 0.0    14.1%
2029 12 52,912 15.6   185,050 54.4% $992.23 78.5   92.6%
2030 0 0 0.0 185,050 54.4% $0.00 0.0   92.6%
2031 & Thereafter(4) 8 74,907 22.0   259,957 76.5% $66.06 7.4   100.0%
Vacant NAP 80,067 23.5   340,024 100.0% NAP NAP      NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 30 340,024 100.0%     $261.29  100.0%  
(1)Calculated based on the approximate square footage occupied by each collateral tenant.
(2)Certain tenants may have termination or contraction options (which may become exercisable prior to the originally stated expiration date of the tenant lease) that are not considered in the above Lease Rollover Schedule.
(3)Annual U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft., % U/W Base Rent Rolling, and Cumulative % of U/W Base Rent are based on the underwritten rent roll dated January 31, 2020 and include contractual rent steps through January 2021.
(4)Includes non-revenue spaces of 2,330 sq. ft. attributable to the property management office, 1,042 sq. ft. attributable to the building security office and 563 sq. ft. attributable to the porter locker room.

 

Environmental Matters. The Phase I environmental report dated February 3, 2020 recommended no further action at 711 Fifth Avenue Property.

 

The Market. According to the appraisal, the 711 Fifth Avenue Property is located in the Midtown and the Upper Fifth Avenue retail submarket. The Plaza District office submarket is bounded by 65th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 47th Street to the south, and Avenue of the Americas to the west. The Plaza District is proximate to Central Park and has access to shopping along Fifth and Madison Avenues. The Plaza District office submarket is home to numerous national and multinational corporations and is dominated by financial (with hedge funds clustered along Madison Avenue) and legal tenants, with some media and fashion firms.

 

According to the appraisal, as of the fourth quarter of 2019, the Plaza District office submarket has an inventory of 26.7 million sq. ft. with a vacancy rate of 8.7% and an average asking rent of $114.07 per sq. ft. The Upper Fifth Avenue retail submarket is located between 42nd and 57th Streets, and this portion of Fifth Avenue is the most expensive area for retail space rents in Manhattan. The Upper Fifth Avenue retail submarket has historically drawn international travelers and occupants of nearby luxury hotels and condos. According to the appraisal, as of the fourth quarter of 2019, the Upper Fifth Avenue retail submarket has an average asking rent of $1,775.00 per sq. ft., with an availability rate of 24.3%.

 

 A-3-110

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

The following table presents certain information relating to the primary competition for the 711 Fifth Avenue Property:

 

Comparable Office Leases(1)
Property Name / Location Year Built Tenant Name Tenant
Leased
Space
Lease Date Lease Term (years) Base
Rent
PSF

711 Fifth Avenue(2)

New York, NY

1927 SunTrust Banks 22,832 Mar-16 8.2 $75.50

623 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1989 NWI Management 8,400 Nov-19 3.3 $80.00

510 Madison Avenue

New York, NY

2009/2012 Castlelake, L.P. 6,903 Nov-19 7.3 $124.00

745 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1929/1989 Fremont Macanta 7,067 Jun-19 6.8 $103.00

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1940/2003 Hamlin Capital Management 23,616 Mar-19 10.0 $75.17

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1940/2003 Avolon Aerospace 10,295 Jan-19 10.0 $92.99

645 Madison Avenue

New York, NY

1971/2005 Rothman Orthopaedic Institute 21,461 Jan-19 10.9 $88.00

725 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1983 S.S. Steiner, Inc. 6,875 Jan-19 7.5 $82.00

510 Madison Avenue

New York, NY

2009/2012 Christian Dior, Inc. and Christian Dior Perfumes,LLC 70,055 Jan-19 5.0 $74.50

712 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1990 Wargo & Co. 2,074 Oct-18 7.7 $105.00

725 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1983 Marc Fisher 9,924 Jul-18 10.0 $89.00

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

1940/2003 Klein Group 9,458 Jul-18 10.0 $92.00

535 Madison Avenue

New York, NY

1982 Walker & Dunlop, LLC 5,450 Jul-18 3.0 $80.00

535 Madison Avenue

New York, NY

1982 Melvin Capital 14,765 May-18 10.6 $104.00
(1)Source: Appraisal.
(2)Based on the underwritten rent roll as of January 31, 2020.

 

Comparable Retail Leases(1)
Property Name / Location Tenant Name Tenant Leased Space Lease Date Lease Term (years) Base Rent PSF

711 Fifth Avenue(2)

New York, NY

The Swatch Group 14,274 May-11 18.7 $1,749.81

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Christian Dior 11,847 Apr-19 4.0 $666.84

730 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Mikimoto 4,505 Feb-19 10.0 $1,109.88

760 Madison Avenue

New York, NY

Giorgio Armani 19,780 Jan-19 15.0 $1,066.23

706 Madison Avenue

New York, NY

Hermès 47,000 Jan-19 10.0 $329.79

609 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Puma 23,917 Feb-18 16.0 $372.12

650 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Nike 69,214 Mar-17 15.5 $479.53

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Dyson 3,097 Mar-17 10.0 $2,660.64

640 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Victoria’s Secret 63,779 Apr-16 16.0 $516.90

645 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Longchamp 2,000 Feb-16 10.0 $2,850.00

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Under Armour 53,500 Feb-16 15.0 $560.75

685 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Stuart Weitzman 3,481 Feb-16 15.0 $1,436.37

685 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY

Coach 24,541 Jan-16 15.0 $814.96
(1)Source: Appraisal.
(2)Based on the underwritten rent roll as of January 31, 2020.

 

 A-3-111

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

  Cash Flow Analysis(1)
  2016 2017 2018 2019 T-12 3/31/2020 U/W U/W PSF
Base Rent $50,709,002 $59,133,963 $58,947,171 $64,979,130 $64,530,557 $66,896,764 $196.74
Contractual Rent Steps(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1,962,475 5.77
Vacant Income 0 0 0 0 0 7,680,090 22.59
Reimbursements 1,826,845 3,069,898 3,727,298 4,194,777 4,145,942 4,962,830 14.60
Vacancy & Credit Loss(3) 0 0 0 0 0 (7,680,090) (22.59)
Other Income 307,215 519,693 364,227 389,683 383,754 371,484 1.09
Effective Gross Income $52,843,062 $62,723,555 $63,038,695 $69,563,590 $69,060,254 $74,193,553 $218.20
Total Operating Expenses 14,954,656 17,358,037 18,950,129 20,967,241 21,771,999 22,888,769 67.32
Net Operating Income $37,888,406 $45,365,518 $44,088,566 $48,596,349 $47,288,255 $51,304,783 $150.89
TI/LC 0 0 0 0 0 544,350 1.60
Capital Expenditures 0 0 0 0 0 85,006 0.25
Net Cash Flow $37,888,406 $45,365,518 $44,088,566 $48,596,349 $47,288,255 $50,675,427 $149.03
                 
(1)Certain items such as straight line rent, interest expense, interest income, lease cancellation income, depreciation, amortization, debt service payments and any other non-recurring or non-operating items were excluded from the historical presentation and are not considered for the underwritten cash flow.
(2)Contractual Rent Steps include $1,962,475 underwritten for various tenants through January 31, 2021.
(3)Underwritten Vacancy & Credit Loss Represents an underwritten economic vacancy of 9.4%.

 

Property Management.   The 711 Fifth Avenue Property is currently managed by SHVO Property Management LLC (an affiliate of the borrower sponsors) (“SHVO”), pursuant to a management agreement and sub-managed by Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. (“JLL”) pursuant to a sub-management agreement.

 

Lockbox / Cash Management.   The 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan is structured with a hard lockbox and springing cash management. The 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower is required to direct all existing and future tenants of the 711 Fifth Avenue Property to directly deposit all rents into a clearing account controlled by the lender. Provided no 711 Trigger Period exists, the funds in the clearing account are required to be swept on a daily basis into a borrower operating account. During the continuance of a 711 Trigger Period (or an event of default at the lender’s election), the funds in the clearing account are required to be swept on a daily basis into a cash management account controlled by the lender and all amounts on deposit in the cash management account after payment of the monthly debt service, required reserves and budgeted operating expenses are required to be held as additional security for the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan during the continuance of such 711 Trigger Period, except that if there exists no event of default and the only 711 Trigger Period then in existence is a Tenant Rollover Sweep and the applicable Tenant Rollover Sweep Equity Amount was deposited with the lender as required under the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan documents, then all excess cash flow that would have been reserved is required to be released to the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower.

 

A “711 Trigger Period” means each period that commences upon the first to occur of: (a) the debt yield, determined as of the first day of any fiscal quarter, is less than 7.0%, until the occurrence of a DY Cure Event (and if financial reports are not delivered to the lender as and when required under the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan documents, a 711 Trigger Period will be deemed to have commenced and be ongoing, unless and until such reports are delivered and they indicate that, in fact, no 711 Trigger Period is ongoing); (b) there exists an event of default under any mezzanine loan until cured; (c) any major tenant leasing space that is rated investment grade is downgraded below investment grade (as determined by S&P or Moody’s), until the occurrence of a Downgraded Tenant Cure, (d) any major tenant that (i) terminates its lease, (ii) “goes dark”, unless such applicable lease is and continues to be guaranteed by an entity rated investment grade (as determined by S&P or Moody’s), (iii) vacates or provides indication of its intent to vacate all of its leased space (or any portion thereof), or (iv) fails to provide written notice to the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower of its intent to renew its applicable lease 36 months prior to its then current lease expiration date, until the occurrence of a Tenant Rollover Sweep Cure, and (e) upon the earlier to occur of (x) the date that is 120 days following the origination date (if a new temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy has not yet been received by such date) as may be extended up to 60 days if the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower is diligently and continuously pursuing obtaining a new temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy, (y) the date that the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower ceases to diligently and continuously pursue obtaining a new temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy and (z) the date that the applicable governmental authority seeks an enforcement action affecting occupancy of the building or having a material adverse effect on 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower or the 711 Fifth Avenue Property as a result of the expired certificate of occupancy until the lender receives such new certificate of occupancy (such period prior to receipt of a new certificate of occupancy, a “TCO Renewal Failure”).

 

A “DY Cure Event” means (a) no event of default is continuing and (b) the achievement of a debt yield, determined as of the first day of each of two consecutive fiscal quarters thereafter, equal to or greater than 7.0% (which debt yield test may be satisfied at the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower’s sole discretion (i) after the 711 Fifth Avenue Lockout Period, by either (x) making voluntary prepayments or (y) effectuating a partial defeasance, in amounts necessary to achieve the required debt yield or (ii) by depositing in a reserve account, as additional collateral, cash or a letter of credit in an amount that when subtracted from the principal indebtedness of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan for purposes of calculating debt yield would result in a debt yield that equals or exceeds 7.0% (provided that the aggregate notional amount of all outstanding letters of credit delivered may at no time exceed 10% of the principal indebtedness of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan).

 

 A-3-112

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

Additionally, provided no event of default under the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan is continuing, the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower has the right at any time from and after the expiration of the 711 Fifth Avenue Lockout Period (a) solely to effect a DY Cure Event to partially defease (with no corresponding release of collateral) and (b) to totally defease, the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan in the amount necessary to either cause the achievement of a DY Cure Event as determined by the lender in its reasonable discretion or defease the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan in whole, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among others, delivery of defeasance collateral in an amount sufficient to make all payments of interest and principal due under the defeased note until the first due date in the prepayment period, a REMIC opinion and a rating agency confirmation.

 

Initial and Ongoing Reserves. At origination, the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower funded (a) approximately $1,048,024 for outstanding free rent (including any rent credits) and (b) $2,000,000 for estimated costs in connection with obtaining a new temporary or permanent certificate of occupancy to replace the temporary certificate of occupancy that expired in November 2019. The 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower obtained a temporary certificate of occupancy that was effective as of March 24, 2020, and the $2,000,000 has been disbursed to the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower.

 

Real Estate Taxes and Insurance Reserves. On each due date during the continuance of a 711 Trigger Period, the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower will be required to fund (i) a tax and insurance reserve in an amount equal to 1/12 of the property taxes and insurance premiums that the lender reasonably estimates will be payable during the next ensuing 12 months; provided that reserves for insurance premiums will be waived if the 711 Fifth Avenue Property is covered by an acceptable blanket insurance policy.

 

TI/LC Reserve. On each due date during the continuance of a 711 Trigger Period, the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower will be required to fund a tenant improvements and leasing commissions reserve in an amount equal to $42,503, capped at an amount equal to the greater of (x) the lender’s good faith estimate of all leasing commissions and tenant improvements to be performed during the next two years and (y) the aggregate amount of all outstanding leasing commissions and tenant improvements under leases then in effect, equal to $1,020,072.

 

Replacement Reserve. On each due date during the continuance of a 711 Trigger Period, the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower will be required to fund a capital expenditure reserve in an amount equal to approximately $7,084 capped at an amount equal to the lender’s good faith estimate of capital expenses to be performed during the next two years equal to approximately $170,012.

 

Additionally, during the continuance of a Tenant Rollover Sweep, all excess cash (and any other amounts sufficient to result in a reserve amount for such month of at least $2,500,000) after payment of applicable debt service, budgeted operating expenses and other required reserves are required to be reserved in a tenant rollover reserve capped at the greater of (x) $7,500,000 and (y) all excess cash flow estimated by lender in its good faith that would have been deposited in such reserve account for the three-month period following the deposit of such funds (the “Tenant Rollover Sweep Equity Amount”). Additionally, during the continuance of a Downgraded Tenant Sweep (if no deposits are required to the tenant rollover reserve), all excess cash after payment of applicable debt service, budgeted operating expenses and other required reserves is required to be reserved in a tenant downgrade reserve. Additionally, during the continuance of a TCO Renewal Failure (if no deposits are required to the tenant rollover reserve or tenant downgrade reserve), (a) prior to March 6, 2021, $1,000,000 and (b) after March 6, 2021, all excess cash after payment of applicable debt service, budgeted operating expenses and other required reserves are required to be reserved in a tenant downgrade reserve.

 

A “Downgraded Tenant Sweep” will be continuing upon any tenant under a Major Lease (or with regard to Ralph Lauren, its highest rated parent entity, as applicable) that is rated investment grade is downgraded below investment grade (as determined by S&P and Moody’s), until the occurrence of a Downgraded Tenant Cure.

 

A “Downgraded Tenant Cure” means that the downgraded tenant is once more rated investment grade (as determined by S&P or Moody’s), or such space is relet in accordance with the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan documents or an amount sufficient to pay unabated rent for 18 consecutive months then due under the applicable downgraded tenant’s lease (subject to reduction in accordance with the loan documents) has been deposited in the downgraded tenant reserve

 

A “Major Lease” means any of the leases with Ralph Lauren, The Swatch Group and any lease that when aggregated with all other leases at the 711 Fifth Avenue Property with the same or an affiliated tenant (assuming the exercise of all expansion rights and all preferential rights to lease additional space), is expected to demise more than 30% of the rentable square footage or account for 20% or more of the total rental income. Additionally, any lease with any purchase option, with a 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower affiliate or entered into during an event of default will also be considered a Major Lease.

 

A “Tenant Rollover Sweep” will exist if any tenant under a Major Lease (i) terminates their lease, (ii) goes “dark” (other than (a) Ralph Lauren if it has an investment grade rating or (b) is guaranteed by an entity rated investment grade (as determined by S&P or Moody’s), (iii) vacates or provides indication of their intent to vacate all or any portion of their leased space or (iv) fails to provide written notice of their intent to renew such lease on the date that is 36 months prior to its then current lease expiration date.

 

A “Tenant Rollover Sweep Cure” means, as applicable (a) a tenant under a Major Lease renews its lease or enters into a new lease on substantially the same terms and conditions, is no longer “dark” or moves back into its space or revokes any prior notice of intent to vacate or (b) such space is relet in accordance with the terms of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan documents.

 

Current Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness. None.

 

 A-3-113

 

 

711 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 10

711 Fifth Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$30,000,000

54.5%

2.90x

9.4%

 

Future Mezzanine or Subordinate Indebtedness Permitted. A 100% direct or indirect owner of the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower or any existing mezzanine borrower is permitted one time during the term of the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan to obtain a mezzanine loan from a lender meeting certain requirements under the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan documents secured by a pledge of the equity interests in the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower, provided that, among other conditions: (a) the mezzanine loan is in an amount not to exceed the lesser of (i) $35,000,000 and (ii) an amount that, when added to the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan will result in (A) a combined loan to “as is” appraised value ratio of the 711 Fifth Avenue Property of no more than 54.5%, (B) a combined debt service coverage ratio (based on the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan and the proposed mezzanine loan) of greater than 2.80x and (C) the combined debt yield being equal to or greater than 8.98%; (b) the mezzanine loan is secured by an equity pledge encumbering direct and indirect ownership interests in the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower (and not any collateral securing the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan); (c) the mezzanine loan will be coterminous with the 711 Fifth Avenue Whole Loan; and (d) the mezzanine lender (i) is not an affiliate of the 711 Fifth Avenue Borrower and (ii) enters into an intercreditor agreement with the lender satisfactory in all respects to the lender in its reasonable discretion and any applicable rating agency. Additionally, such financing will be subject to receipt by the lender of rating agency confirmations from the applicable rating agencies.

 

Partial Release. None.

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 A-3-115

 

 

1500 Crossgate Road

Port Wentworth, GA 31407

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 11 

Amazon Port of Savannah

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$28,700,000

62.4%

2.24x

8.1%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: JPMCB
Loan Purpose: Acquisition
Borrower Sponsors: Inversiones en Iberia US Holdings LLC; Marcos Martinez Gavica
Borrower: 1500 Crossgate LLC
Original Balance: $28,700,000
Cut-off Date Balance: $28,700,000
% by Initial UPB: 3.5%
Interest Rate: 3.55700%
Payment Date: 1st of each month
First Payment Date(3): January 1, 2021
Maturity Date: January 1, 2031
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt: None
Call Protection(3): L(24), D(91), O(6)
Lockbox / Cash Management(6): Springing / Springing

 

Reserves(6)
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $137,888 $45,963 NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
Replacement: $0 Springing $50,000
TI/LC: $0 Springing $500,000
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: Warehouse/Distribution Industrial
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: Port Wentworth, GA
Year Built / Renovated: 2020 / NAP
Total Sq. Ft.: 117,351
Property Management: Premier Leasing and Property Management Inc.
Underwritten NOI(1): $2,334,835
Underwritten NCF(1)(2): $2,323,100
Appraised Value(1)(4): $46,000,000
Appraisal Date: October 13, 2020
 
Historical NOI(1)(5)
Most Recent NOI: NAV
2019 NOI: NAV
2018 NOI: NAV
2017 NOI: NAV
 
Historical Occupancy(5)
Most Recent Occupancy: 100.0% (December 1, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: NAV
2018 Occupancy: NAV
2017 Occupancy: NAV


Financial Information
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $28,700,000 $245 / $245 62.4% / 62.4% 2.26x / 2.24x 8.1% / 8.1% 8.1% / 8.1%
(1)While the Amazon Port of Savannah loan was originated after the emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic and the economic disruption resulting from measures to combat the pandemic, the pandemic is an evolving situation and could impact the Amazon Port of Savannah loan more severely than assumed in the underwriting of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan and could adversely affect the NOI, NCF and occupancy information, as well as the appraised value and the DSCR, LTV and Debt Yield metrics presented above. See “Risk Factors— Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

(2)Underwritten NCF is inclusive of straight-line rent over the term of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan term.

(3)First Payment Date and Call Protection presented in the Mortgage Loan Information section above are inclusive of the additional January 2021 interest payment to be deposited by JPMCB on the Closing Date.

(4)The appraiser determined an “As-Dark Value” of $30.9 million, which results in a 92.9% Loan-to-Dark Value ratio.

(5)Historical financials and occupancy are not available, as the Amazon Port of Savannah Property (as defined below) was built in 2020.

(6)The Amazon Port of Savannah loan is subject to an excess cash sweep (to be held as additional collateral for the loan) upon, among other conditions, (a) an event of default, (b) a bankruptcy action of the borrower or manager, (c) an Amazon DSCR Trigger Event (as defined below), (d) an Amazon Trigger Event (as defined below), (e) an Amazon Downgrade Trigger Event (as defined below) or (f) an Amazon Maturity Trigger Event (as defined below). See “Lockbox / Cash Management” herein.

 

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1500 Crossgate Road

Port Wentworth, GA 31407

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 11 

Amazon Port of Savannah

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$28,700,000

62.4%

2.24x

8.1%

 

Sources and Uses(1)
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Mortgage Loan $28,700,000 62.2%   Purchase Price(1) $45,593,515 98.8%
Sponsor Equity 17,440,058 37.8      Closing Costs 408,656 0.9
        Upfront Reserves 137,888 0.3
Total Sources $46,140,058 100.0%   Total Uses $46,140,058  100.0%
(1)The Amazon Port of Savannah Property was acquired by the borrower sponsors in an all cash transaction in September 2020. Sources and Uses presented above are reflective of the net result of the acquisition and recapitalization.

 

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsors. The borrower is 1500 Crossgate LLC, a single purpose entity and Delaware limited liability company structured to be a bankruptcy-remote entity with one independent director in its organizational structure. Legal counsel to the borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan. The borrower sponsors and nonrecourse carve-out guarantors are Inversiones en Iberia US Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Marcos Martinez Gavica. Inversiones en Iberia US Holdings LLC is managed by Marcos Martínez Gavica and Rodrigo Lozano. Marcos Martínez Gavia, the former Chairman of the Board of Santander Mexico, navigated Santander México’s placement of 24.9% of its capital in international markets, one of the most important transactions in the history of the Mexican stock market, which resulted in Santander México becoming the only financial institution in México with full registration on the Mexican Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange. Marcos Martínez Gavica was recently named Chairman of the Mexican Stock Exchange (BOLSA MEXICANA DE VALORES, S.A.B. DE C.V.).

 

The Property. The Amazon Port of Savannah property is a one-story, 117,351 sq. ft. single-tenant industrial distribution warehouse property located on an approximately 31.5-acre site in Port Wentworth, Georgia (the “Amazon Port of Savannah Property”). The Amazon Port of Savannah Property was built-to-suit for Amazon.com Services, Inc. (“Amazon”) in 2020 and currently serves as Amazon’s only planned last-mile distribution center in the Savannah market. The property benefits from its proximity to the Port of Savannah, which reaches nearly 80% of the U.S. population within a two-day drive. The Amazon Port of Savannah Property features concrete loading areas, asphalt paved parking (inclusive of significant parking for delivery vans on the north side of the tract), curbing, signage, landscaping, exterior lighting and more. The Amazon Port of Savannah Property was built with 100.0% climate control, in addition to 13 dock-high doors, six drive-in doors and clear heights of 36 ft. The Amazon Port of Savannah Property includes 1,067 surface parking spaces, resulting in a parking ratio of approximately 9.1 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft., of which 377 spaces are for automobiles and 690 spaces are for delivery van storage. The amount of parking is well suited to Amazon’s use as a last-mile fulfillment center for the Savannah MSA.

 

The Amazon Port of Savannah Property is currently 100.0% leased to Amazon.com Services Inc. (“Amazon”) through July 2032 with four, five-year extension options with a guarantee from Amazon parent company, Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon Parent”) (rated A2/A+/AA- by Moody’s/Fitch/S&P). Amazon is a subsidiary of the Amazon Parent, an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence and operates primarily through three segments: North America, International and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon Parent also manufactures and sells electronic devices. Amazon Parent reported 2019 annual net income of approximately $11.6 billion and revenue of greater than $280 billion, up approximately 20.5% from 2018. As of January 2020, Amazon Parent had over 110 active fulfillment centers in the United States and has over 1.0 million employees to date.

 

The Amazon Port of Savannah loan is subject to an excess cash sweep (as described below) beginning on October 1, 2029, among other conditions, resulting in a 15-month sweep prior to the maturity date of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan. Funds collected in connection with the sweep will be held as additional collateral for the Amazon Port of Savannah loan, effectively reducing the overall loan basis at maturity. In no event will excess cash flow swept in connection with the maturity be released to the borrower prior to repayment in-full of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan. See “Lockbox / Cash Management” below for additional detail.

 

COVID-19 Update. As of December 1, 2020, the Amazon Port of Savannah Property is open and operational with Amazon fully occupying its space and meeting all contractual rent obligations. As of December 1, 2020, the Amazon Port of Savannah loan is not subject to any modification or forbearance requests related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first payment date of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan is January 1, 2021. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Tenant Summary(1)
Tenant

Credit Rating

(Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2) 

Net Rentable Area

(Sq. Ft.)

% of Net

Rentable Area

U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft.(3)

% of Total

U/W Base Rent

Lease Expiration
Amazon A2 / A+ / AA- 117,351 100.0% $20.69 100.0% 7/31/2032
Total Occupied   117,351 100.0% $20.69 100.0%  
Vacant   0 0.0%      
Total / Wtd. Avg.   117,351 100.0%      
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated September 1, 2020.

(2)In certain instances, ratings provided are those of the parent company of the entity shown, whether or not the parent company guarantees the lease.

(3)U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft. is inclusive of straight-line rents over the term of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan term.

 

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1500 Crossgate Road

Port Wentworth, GA 31407

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 11 

Amazon Port of Savannah

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$28,700,000

62.4%

2.24x

8.1%

 

Lease Rollover Schedule(1)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative % 

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base Rent

per Sq. Ft.

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent

MTM & 2020 0 0   0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2021 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2022 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2023 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2024 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2025 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2026 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2027 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2028 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2029 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2030 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2031 & Thereafter 1 117,351 100.0% 117,351 100.0% $20.69 100.0% 100.0%
Vacant NAP 0 0.0% 117,351 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 1 117,351 100.0%     $20.69 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated December 1, 2020.

 

The Amazon Port of Savannah Property is located in Port Wentworth, Georgia on the north side of Crossgate Road, between GA Highway 21 and Jimmy DeLoach Parkway in close proximity to major transportation arteries including I-95 (4.0 miles) to the west and I-16 (6.5 miles) to the south in an area that is predominantly industrial in nature. In addition, the Amazon Port of Savannah Property is located seven miles northwest of downtown Savannah. According to the appraisal, the Savannah industrial market has maintained a near record-low vacancy rate of 3.3% as of Q2 2020, despite an overall market inventory increase. The below-average vacancy rate is attributed to a record-breaking year of throughput and the expansion at the Georgia Ports Authority (“GPA”). The GPA has implemented the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, which is expected to deepen the channel to 47 feet, enabling the port to more effectively serve larger vessels and resulting in lower per-container costs. The port is expected to get an additional boost from the $127 million Mason Mega Rail Terminal, which is expected to increase the rail lift capacity to one million containers annually. The project will roughly double the port’s capacity, providing what is set to be the largest on-dock rail facility at any port in North America. The project is expected to be completed by year-end 2020. According to the appraisal, the overall population and average household income within the Savannah, Georgia core-based statistical area are currently 395,065 and $81,674, respectively.

 

The Amazon Port of Savannah Property is located within the Port Corridor industrial submarket of the Savannah industrial market. According to a third party market data provider, as of the third quarter of 2020, the Savannah industrial market consisted of approximately 78.9 million sq. ft. of industrial space with a total vacancy of 2.5%. Additionally, as of the third quarter of 2020, the Port Corridor industrial submarket consisted of approximately 23.8 million sq. ft. of industrial space with a total vacancy rate of 1.2%.

 

The appraisal identified eight industrial rent comparables, primarily comprised of build-to-suit Amazon and FedEx Ground facilities, located across the country. The comparable properties were built or are anticipated to be built between 2018 and 2021 and range in size between 112,138 sq. ft. and 955,844 sq. ft. The appraisal notes NNN rents ranging between $10.19 and $22.43 per sq. ft. with an average of $16.12 per sq. ft. The appraisal’s concluded industrial market rent for the Amazon Port of Savannah Property is $17.00 per sq. ft., noting the built-to-suit nature of the property and Amazon’s specifications are the primary driver of in-place rents.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)
  U/W U/W Per Sq. Ft.
Base Rent(2) $2,427,784 $20.69
Vacant Income 0 0.00
Gross Potential Rent $2,427,784 $20.69
Total Reimbursements 670,516 5.71
Gross Potential Income $3,098,300 $26.40
Total Other Income 0 0.00
Vacancy (92,949) (0.79)
Effective Gross Income $3,005,351 $25.61
Total Expenses 670,516 5.71
Net Operating Income $2,334,835 $19.90
TI/LC 0 0.00
Replacement Reserves 11,735 0.10
Net Cash Flow $2,323,100 $19.80
(1)Historical financials are not available because the Amazon Port of Savannah Property was newly built in 2020.

(2)U/W Base Rent is inclusive of approximately $225,257 attributable to straight-line rent underwritten over the term of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan term.

 

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1500 Crossgate Road

Port Wentworth, GA 31407

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 11 

Amazon Port of Savannah

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$28,700,000

62.4%

2.24x

8.1%

 

Lockbox / Cash Management. The Amazon Port of Savannah loan is structured with a springing lockbox and springing cash management. During the continuance of an Amazon Cash Sweep Event (as defined below), the borrower will, or will cause the manager to, immediately deposit all revenue into the lockbox account. Such funds will be swept into a cash management account controlled by the lender and disbursed in accordance with the Amazon Port of Savannah loan documents. If an Amazon Cash Sweep Event is continuing, all excess cash flow after payment of debt service, required reserves and operating expenses will be held as additional collateral for the Amazon Port of Savannah loan. The lender has been granted a security interest in the cash management account. Upon occurrence of an Amazon Cash Sweep Event Cure (as defined below), the cash management account (as well as any related accounts) is required to be closed until another Amazon Cash Sweep Event occurs and amounts held in such account are required to be disbursed to the borrower.

 

An “Amazon Cash Sweep Event” means the occurrence of the following: (a) an event of default; (b) any bankruptcy action of the borrower or the property manager; (c) the debt service coverage ratio based on the trailing three-month period immediately preceding the date of such determination being less than 1.75x (an “Amazon DSCR Trigger Event”); (d) an Amazon Trigger Event (as defined below); (e) an Amazon Downgrade Trigger Event (as defined below); or (f) October 1, 2029 (the “Amazon Maturity Trigger Event”).

 

An “Amazon Cash Sweep Event Cure” means (i) with respect to clause (c) above, the achievement of a debt service coverage ratio of 1.80x or greater for two consecutive quarters based upon the trailing three-month periods immediately preceding the date of determination, (ii) with respect to clause (a) above, the acceptance by the lender of a cure of such event of default, (iii) with respect to clause (b) above solely with respect to the property manager, if the borrower replaces the property manager with a qualified manager (as described in the Amazon Port of Savannah loan documents) under an acceptable replacement management agreement within 60 days after such bankruptcy action, (iv) with respect to clause (d) above, if the borrower satisfies the Amazon Replacement Lease Criteria (as defined below), or (v) with respect to clause (e) above, the occurrence of an Amazon Downgrade Trigger Event Cure (as defined below); provided (1) no event of default has occurred and is continuing, (2) an Amazon Cash Sweep Event Cure following the occurrence of an event of default or a bankruptcy action of the property manager may occur no more than a total of five times in the aggregate during the term of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan, (3) an Amazon Cash Sweep Event Cure following the occurrence of an Amazon DSCR Trigger Event, an Amazon Trigger Event or an Amazon Downgrade Trigger Event may occur an unlimited number of times during the term of the Amazon Port of Savannah loan, (4) the borrower will have paid all of the lender’s reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such Amazon Cash Sweep Event Cure, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, and (5) the borrower has no right to cure an Amazon Cash Sweep Event caused by (x) a bankruptcy action of the borrower or (y) an Amazon Maturity Trigger Event.

 

An “Amazon Trigger Event” means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) a bankruptcy action with respect to Amazon or Amazon Parent, (ii) Amazon “goes dark,” vacates or abandons its premises at the Amazon Port of Savannah Property in accordance with the Amazon Port of Savannah loan documents, (iii) Amazon terminates its lease, subleases or lists its premises for sublease (other than a sublease to an affiliate pursuant to the terms of the lease) or (iv) Amazon publicly announces its intention to do any of the items described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above.

 

“Amazon Replacement Lease Criteria” means satisfaction of the certain conditions with respect to all of the space demised to Amazon under its lease, including, without limitation, the following: (a) the borrower has entered into one or more replacement leases for the space demised to Amazon, (b) each tenant replacing Amazon is in physical occupancy of the space covered by the applicable replacement lease, open for business and paying full contractual rent, and (c) the borrower provides the lender with, among other documents, a copy of each executed replacement lease, a tenant estoppel satisfactory to the lender, and an updated rent roll.

 

An “Amazon Downgrade Trigger Event” means the credit rating of Amazon Parent is either (a) withdrawn by two or more of S&P, Fitch and/or Moody’s or (b) downgraded to “BBB-” or less by S&P or Fitch or Baa3 or less by Moody’s.

 

An “Amazon Downgrade Trigger Event Cure” means (i) with respect to clause (a) above, the credit rating of Amazon Parent is reinstated by each rating agency that withdrew such rating and such reinstated rating is at least “BBB” by S&P or Fitch or “Baa2” by Moody’s, as applicable or (ii) with respect to clause (b) above, the credit rating of Amazon Parent is increased by the rating agency the downgraded such credit rating to at least “BBB” by S&P and Fitch and “Baa2” by Moody’s, as applicable.

 

 A-3-119

 

 

111 Kent Avenue 

Brooklyn, NY 11249

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 12

111 Kent Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$26,000,000

57.3%

2.44x

9.4%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: CREFI
Loan Purpose: Acquisition
Borrower Sponsor: Fei Ling Wong
Borrower: 111 Kent LLC
Original Balance: $26,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance: $26,000,000
% by Initial UPB: 3.2%
Interest Rate: 3.77000%
Payment Date: 6th of each month
First Payment Date: January 6, 2021
Maturity Date: December 6, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt: None
Call Protection: L(24), D(92), O(4)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Springing / Springing

 

Reserves
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $2,047 $2,047 NAP
Insurance: $22,000 $5,500 NAP
Immediate Repairs: $6,325 $0 NAP
Replacement: $0 $1,292 NAP
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: Mid Rise Multifamily
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Year Built / Renovated: 2011 / NAP
Total Units: 62
Property Management: Pinnacle City Living, LLC
Underwritten NOI: $2,443,012
Underwritten NCF: $2,427,512
Appraised Value: $45,400,000
Appraisal Date: October 20, 2020
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI: $2,225,073 (T-12 September 30, 2020)
2019 NOI(1): NAV
2018 NOI(1): NAV
2017 NOI(1): NAV
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy: 93.5% (November 17, 2020)
2019 Occupancy(1): NAV
2018 Occupancy(1): NAV
2017 Occupancy(1): NAV


Financial Information
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Unit

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $26,000,000 $419,355 / $419,355 57.3% / 57.3% 2.46x / 2.44x 9.4% / 9.3% 9.4% / 9.3%
(1)Historical NOI and Occupancy information is not available for the 111 Kent Avenue Property (as defined below) because the borrower sponsor acquired the property in August 2020.

 

 A-3-120

 

 

111 Kent Avenue 

Brooklyn, NY 11249

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 12

111 Kent Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$26,000,000

57.3%

2.44x

9.4%

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Mortgage Loan $26,000,000 56.9%   Purchase Price $45,340,000  99.4%
Sponsor Equity 19,665,210 43.1      Closing Costs 294,839 0.6   
        Upfront Reserves 30,371 0.1   
             
Total Sources $45,665,210 100.0%   Total Uses $45,665,210 100.0%

 

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsors.    The borrower is 111 Kent LLC, a single purpose Delaware limited liability company structured to be bankruptcy remote with one independent director in its organizational structure. Legal counsel to the borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of loan. The borrower sponsor is Fei Ling Wong and the nonrecourse carve-out guarantors are the Yihai United Development International Corporation and Fei Ling Wong, individually or collectively as the context may require.

 

Yihai Group, founded in 1989, is a vertically integrated private real estate operating company with expertise in development, investment management, property management, construction, leasing, and financing. Yihai is one of the largest owners, managers and developers in China with an aggregate gross asset and investment valuation of approximately $10 billion as of 2017, comprising over 86 million square feet of commercial operating properties and residential condo development. One of Yihai’s signature assets is Beijing Yihai Garden, a development and residential community with 52 buildings and 6,700 residential units located on the southwest side of Beijing, China. It is comprised of residential towers, k-12 schools, office, malls, parks, and clubhouses. Yihai Group has been dedicated to sustainable development, protecting the ecosystem, and making an environmental, social and economic impact on the urban community. Linda Wong is the Chairwoman of Yihai Group.

 

The Property. The 111 Kent Avenue property (the “111 Kent Avenue Property”) is a seven-story, class A, 62-unit, luxury rental building located at the corner of North 7th Street and Kent Avenue in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Built in 2011, the 111 Kent Avenue Property contains Bosch stainless-steel appliances, quartz counter tops, washer/ dryers in unit, and central air. Further, tenants enjoy an amenity package that includes a rooftop deck with a pool, a doorman, unobstructed views of Manhattan, a parking garage (22 spaces), storage units (39 units), bike storage (24 units), a state-of-the-art fitness center and yoga studio, and 9+ foot ceiling heights. The 62 units are currently 93.5% occupied as of the November 17, 2020 rent roll (4 vacancies).

 

The 111 Kent Avenue Property is located in the New York Metro submarket of the Kings County market. The 111 Kent Avenue Property is located four blocks from the Bedford Avenue subway station with service on the L train and is also located two blocks from the North Williamsburg ferry terminal. According to the appraisal, the median household income in a 0.25 mile, 0.5 mile, and 1 mile radius from the 111 Kent Avenue Property are $122,587, $117,557, and $78,214, respectively.

 

COVID-19 Update. As of December 6, 2020, the 111 Kent Avenue Property is open and operational. Collections at the 111 Kent Avenue Property for October and November 2020 were 98.7% and 96.2%, respectively. As of December 6, 2020, the 111 Kent Avenue loan is not subject to any modifications or forbearance requests. The first payment date of the 111 Kent Avenue loan is due on January 6, 2021. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Multifamily Unit Mix(1)(2)
Unit Type # of Units % of Total Units Occupancy Average Unit Size (Sq. Ft.) Average Monthly Rent Per Unit((3) Average Rent PSF/Month(3)
Duplex Studio 4 6.5% 100.0% 1,126 $4,158 $3.69
1BR 25 40.3% 88.0% 851 $3,857 $4.46
2BR 27 43.5% 96.3% 1,112 $5,562 $5.00
3BR 2 3.2% 100.0% 1,390 $7,265 $5.23
2BR – Top Floor 2 3.2% 100.0% 1,224 $7,645 $6.25
3BR – Top Floor 2 3.2% 100.0% 1,818 $10,747 $5.91
Total / Wtd. Avg. 62 100.0% 93.5% 1,043 $5,128 $4.79
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated November 17, 2020.

(2)Occupancy, Average Unit Size (Sq. Ft.) and Average Monthly In-Place Rents represent a weighted average of the various unit type layouts.

(3)Excludes vacant units.

 

 A-3-121

 

 

111 Kent Avenue 

Brooklyn, NY 11249

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 12

111 Kent Avenue

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$26,000,000

57.3%

2.44x

9.4%

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis
  T-12 9/30/2020      U/W U/W Per Unit
Gross Potential Rent $3,836,149 $3,779,613 $60,962
Vacancy (622,574) (426,038) (6,872)
Other Loss (0) (0) 0
Net Rental Income $3,213,575 $3,353,575 $54,090
Other Income(1) 77,335 95,334 1,538
Effective Gross Income $3,290,910 $3,448,909 $55,628
Real Estate Taxes 25,169 23,651 381
Insurance 40,403 62,856 1,014
Management Fee 98,727 103,467 1,669
Other Expenses 901,537 815,922 13,160
Total Expenses $1,065,837 $1,005,897 $16,224
Net Operating Income $2,225,073 $2,443,012 $39,403
Replacement Reserves 0 15,500 250
Net Cash Flow $2,225,073 $2,427,512 $39,153

 

(1)Other Income includes income from parking, storage, and miscellaneous

 

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32-42 Broadway 

New York, NY 10004 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 13 

32-42 Broadway 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$25,000,000 

51.4% 

2.66x 

9.8% 

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: CREFI
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsors: Eli Schron; Mark Schron; Avi Schron
Borrower: 32-42 Broadway Owner LLC
Original Balance: $25,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance(1): $25,000,000
% by Initial UPB(1): 3.1%
Interest Rate: 3.25000%
Payment Date: 6th of each month
First Payment Date: December 6, 2020
Maturity Date: November 6, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt(1): $100,000,000 Pari Passu Debt
Call Protection: L(25), D(91), O(4)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 $393,685 NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing NAP
Replacement: $0 $30,425 NAP
TI/LC(2): $3,000,000 Springing $3,000,000
Required Repairs: $32,450 $0 NAP
Unfunded Obligations: $131,038 $0 NAP
Debt Service: $4,062,500 $0 NAP
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: CBD Office
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: New York, NY
Year Built / Renovated: 1898, 1904 / 2019
Total Sq. Ft.: 521,573
Property Management: Cammeby’s Management Company, LLC
Underwritten NOI: $12,296,389
Underwritten NCF: $10,952,043
Appraised Value: $243,000,000
Appraisal Date: August 28, 2020
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI: $12,766,564 (T-12 June 30, 2020)
2019 NOI: $11,894,826 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $11,521,849 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: $10,777,353 (December 31, 2017)
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy: 90.5% (September 1, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 97.3% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 96.1% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy: 96.0% (December 31, 2017)


Financial Information(1)
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft. 

Cut-off / Balloon 

LTV  

Cut-off / Balloon 

U/W DSCR 

NOI / NCF 

U/W Debt Yield 

NOI / NCF  

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon 

NOI / NCF 

Mortgage Loan $25,000,000          
Pari Passu Notes 100,000,000          
Whole Loan    $125,000,000 $240 / $240 51.4% / 51.4% 2.99x / 2.66x 9.8% / 8.8% 9.8% / 8.8%
(1)The 32-42 Broadway loan consists of the non-controlling Note A-2-2 and is part of the 32-42 Broadway whole loan evidenced by three pari passu notes with an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of $125.0 million.

(2)On each due date, if the balance in the TI/LC Reserve falls below $1,500,000, the 32-42 Broadway borrower is required to make monthly deposits of approximately $65,197 until the balance in the TI/LC Reserve reaches $3,000,000.

 

 

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32-42 Broadway 

New York, NY 10004 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 13 

32-42 Broadway 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$25,000,000 

51.4% 

2.66x 

9.8% 

  

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1 $75,000,000 $75,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21 Yes
A-2-1 25,000,000 25,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(1) No
A-2-2 25,000,000 25,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No
Total $125,000,000 $125,000,000    
(1)The GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Whole Loan $125,000,000 98.4%   Loan Payoff $115,986,003 91.3%
Borrower Sponsor Equity 2,050,134 1.6   Upfront Reserves 7,225,988 5.7
        Closing Costs 3,838,143 3.0
Total Sources $127,050,134 100.0%   Total Uses $127,050,134 100.0%

 

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsor. The borrower is 32-42 Broadway Owner LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and single purpose entity with two independent directors. Legal counsel to the borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the 32-42 Broadway whole loan.

 

The borrower sponsors and non-recourse carve-out guarantors are Eli Schron, Mark Schron, and Avi Schron, the three sons of Rubin Schron who founded Cammeby’s International. Rubin Schron has been in the real estate business for nearly 40 years. As of 2019, Cammeby’s / the Schron brothers own interests in more than 31,000 residential units primarily in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, 145 nursing home units and approximately 15 million sq. ft. of commercial and industrial space with a combined market value of approximately $3 billion. The entirety of the borrower sponsor’s commercial portfolio is located in New York, NY, with the exception of one large industrial park in New Jersey.

 

The Property. The 32-42 Broadway property (the “32-42 Broadway Property”) consists of two interconnecting 18 and 21-story Class B office buildings, plus a lower level and penthouse, located at 32-42 Broadway, in New York, New York. The 32 Broadway building is an 18-story Class B office building, plus lower level and penthouse, which was constructed in 1898. The 32 Broadway building consists of 128,945 sq. ft. of net rentable area, which is leased to two retail and 53 office tenants. The 42 Broadway building is a 21-story Class B office building, plus lower level, which was constructed in 1904. It consists of 392,628 sq. ft. of net rentable area, which is leased to four retail and 33 office tenants. Based on the underwritten rent roll dated September 1, 2020, the 32-42 Broadway Property is 90.5% leased.

 

Office (97.1% of net rentable area; 89.9% of U/W base rent)

 

The largest office tenant at the 32-42 Broadway Property, City of NY Department of Consumer Affairs, occupies 16.4% of the 32-42 Broadway Property’s net rentable area and accounts for 15.4% of U/W base rent. The tenant has occupied space at the 32-42 Broadway Property since 2013. City of NY Department of Consumer Affairs (now referred to as the City of NY Department of Consumer and Worker Protection) licenses more than 75,000 businesses in more than 50 industries and enforces consumer protection, licensing, and workplace laws. The Department of Consumer Affairs (“DCA”) protects the marketplace from predatory practices to create a culture of compliance. The DCA also conducts research and advocates for public policy that furthers its work to support New York City’s communities.

 

The second largest office tenant at the 32-42 Broadway Property, the City of NY Board of Elections, occupies 10.1% of the 32-42 Broadway Property’s net rentable area and accounts for 10.6% of U/W base rent. The tenant has occupied space at the 32-42 Broadway Property since 2011. The Board of Elections is an administrative body of 10 commissioners, two from each borough upon recommendation by both political parties and then appointed by the city council for a term of four years. The commissioners appoint a bipartisan staff to oversee the daily activities of its main and five borough offices of New York City.

 

The third largest office tenant at the 32-42 Broadway Property, Magilla Entertainment, LLC, occupies 6.3% of the 32-42 Broadway Property’s net rentable area and accounts for 7.0% of U/W base rent. The tenant has occupied space at the 32-42 Broadway Property since 2012. Magilla Entertainment, LLC is one of the nation’s largest independently owned production companies in non-scripted television. Magilla Entertainment, LLC has a portfolio of over 45 separate and unique series including shows such as Discovery’s Moonshiners and Diesel Brothers, TLC’s Long Island Medium, HGTV’s Beach Front Bargain Hunt franchise, and History Channel’s American Ripper, three-part mini-series –Cars That Made America and one-hour documentary –Rise Up: The Movement That Changed America. 

 

Retail (2.9% of net rentable area; 10.1% of U/W base rent)

 

The retail space at the 32-42 Broadway Property is comprised of approximately 2.9% of the total net rentable area and the retail space is 73.9% leased to JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA (5,044 sq. ft.), GFG Broadway, LLC (3,366 sq. ft.), Bento Nouveau, Inc. (1,000 sq. ft.), 42 Broadway Coffee & Bakery, LLC (800 sq. ft.), 42 Broadway News, LLC (650 sq. ft.) and Blue Chip Haircutters, LLC (450 sq. ft.).

 

COVID-19 Update. As of December 6, 2020, the 32-42 Broadway Property is open and operational. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the borrower sponsor executed rent deferment agreements with certain tenants, most of which have now expired, and no major tenants have rent deferrals. September 2020 rent collections at the 32-42 Broadway Property were 105.6% of underwritten base

 

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32-42 Broadway 

New York, NY 10004 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 13 

32-42 Broadway 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$25,000,000 

51.4% 

2.66x 

9.8% 

 

rent, which includes payback of rents that were previously deferred. October 2020 rent collections at the 32-42 Broadway Property were 98.5% of underwritten base rent. November 2020 rent collections at the 32-42 Broadway Property were 76.1% of underwritten base rent. As of December 6, 2020, the 32-42 Broadway loan is not subject to any modifications or forbearance requests. The 32-42 Broadway loan is current on payments through December 6, 2020. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

  

Tenant Summary(1)  
Tenant Credit Rating (Moody’s/Fitch/S&P) Net Rentable Area (Sq. Ft.) % of Net Rentable Area U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft. % of Total U/W Base Rent Lease Expiration  
 
City of NY Dept of Consumer Affairs(2) NR / NR / NR  85,573   16.4 % $33.67   15.4% 7/31/2027  
City of NY Board of Elections(3) NR / NR / NR  52,618   10.1   $37.82   10.6% 2/6/2022  
Magilla Entertainment, LLC(4) NR / NR / NR  33,106   6.3   $39.47   7.0% 9/15/2024  
Premier Home Health Care Services, Inc. NR / NR / NR  18,000   3.5   $39.39   3.8% 1/31/2023  
Agudath Israel of America(5) NR / NR / NR  17,000   3.3   $27.04   2.5% 1/31/2026  
Downtown Turn Key Office Suites, LLC NR / NR / NR  11,000   2.1   $33.43   2.0% 8/5/2024  
Community Resource Exchange,Inc. NR / NR / NR 10,108   1.9   $5.94   0.3% 8/6/2020  
Total World Domination,Inc. d/b/a Engine Room Audio NR / NR / NR 9,000   1.7   $42.00   2.0% 6/24/2021  
Largest Tenant   236,405   45.3 % $34.48   43.6%    
Remaining Occupied   235,592   45.2   $44.81                56.4    
Total / Wtd. Avg. Occupied Collateral   471,997   90.5 % $39.64   100.0%    
Vacant   49,576   9.5          
Total   521,573   100.0 %        
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated September 1, 2020.

(2)City of NY Dept of Consumer Affairs has a one-time right to terminate its lease in whole or in part on a full floor or full floors basis, effective on either October 14, 2023 or October 14, 2026 upon 12 months’ written notice for 75,264 sq. ft. of its space at the 32-42 Broadway Property. The City of NY Dept of Consumer Affairs is required to pay a termination fee equal to the sum of the unamortized rent value of the abatement period and the total cost of the work.

(3)City of NY Board of Elections has a one-time right to terminate the expansion space on April 22, 2021 upon at least 12 months’ notice, provided that City of NY Board of Elections has terminated the entire 6th and/or 7th floor of the existing lease.

(4)Magilla Entertainment, LLC’s space at the 32-42 Broadway Property includes a month-to-month lease on storage space. The month-to-month lease can be terminated by either the tenant or the borrower on no less than 10 days and no more than 30 days’ prior written notice. The month-to-month space makes up 0.1% of U/W Base Rent.

(5)Agudath Israel of America’s space at the 32-42 Broadway Property includes a month-to-month lease on an exercise room. The month-to-month space makes up approximately 0.01% of U/W Base Rent.

 

Lease Rollover Schedule(1)(2)
Year

# of 

Leases 

Expiring 

Total 

Expiring 

Sq. Ft. 

% of Total Sq. 

Ft. Expiring 

Cumulative 

Sq. Ft. 

Expiring 

Cumulative %  

of 

Sq. Ft. Expiring 

Annual U/W Base Rent 

Per Sq. Ft. 

% U/W Base Rent 

Rolling 

Cumulative % 

of U/W 

Base Rent 

MTM 8  5,345 1.0% 5,345 1.0% $42.25 1.2% 1.2%
2020 2  10,168 1.9% 15,513 3.0% $6.08 0.3% 1.5%
2021 21  57,009 10.9% 72,522 13.9% $38.58 11.8% 13.3%
2022 13  72,039 13.8% 144,561 27.7% $37.21 14.3% 27.6%
2023 10  35,625 6.8% 180,186 34.5% $40.73 7.8% 35.4%
2024 13  75,977 14.6% 256,163 49.1% $37.01 15.0% 50.4%
2025 9  26,326 5.0% 282,489 54.2% $69.20 9.7% 60.1%
2026 8  36,175 6.9% 318,664 61.1% $34.74 6.7% 66.9%
2027 8  110,062 21.1% 428,726 82.2% $35.08 20.6% 87.5%
2028 3  16,515 3.2% 445,241 85.4% $40.90 3.6% 91.1%
2029 4  14,966 2.9% 460,207 88.2% $81.32 6.5% 97.6%
2030 1  4,290 0.8% 464,497 89.1% $38.00 0.9% 98.5%
2031 & Thereafter 2  7,500 1.4% 471,997 90.5% $37.87 1.5% 100.0%
Vacant NAP  49,576 9.5% 521,573 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 102 521,573  100.0%     $39.64 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll dated September 1, 2020.

(2)Certain tenants may have termination or contraction options (which may become exercisable prior to the originally stated expiration date of the tenant lease) that are not considered in the above Lease Expiration Schedule.

 

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32-42 Broadway 

New York, NY 10004 

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 13 

32-42 Broadway 

Cut-off Date Balance: 

Cut-off Date LTV: 

U/W NCF DSCR: 

U/W NOI Debt Yield: 

$25,000,000 

51.4% 

2.66x 

9.8% 

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)
  2017 2018 2019 T-12 6/30/2020 U/W U/W Per Sq. Ft.
Base Rent(2) $18,521,528 $19,136,347 $19,705,031 $20,004,281 $18,709,426 $35.87
Rent Steps(3) 0 0 0 0 725,040 1.39
Potential Income From Vacant Space 0 0 0 0 2,747,098 5.27
Reimbursements 1,117,080 1,276,511 1,484,585 1,536,557 1,627,108 3.12
Gross Potential Rent $19,638,608 $20,412,858 $21,189,616 $21,540,838 $23,808,672 $45.65
Vacancy & Credit Loss (511,890) (235,636) (222,100) (261,932) (2,747,098) (5.27)
Other Income 2,087,459 2,136,205 2,052,795 2,264,915 2,107,632 4.04
Effective Gross Income $21,214,177 $22,313,427 $23,020,311 $23,543,821 $23,169,206 $44.42
Total Operating Expenses 10,436,824 10,791,578 11,125,485 10,777,257 10,872,817 20.85
Net Operating Income $10,777,353 $11,521,849 $11,894,826 $12,766,564 $12,296,389 $23.58
TI/LC 0 0 0 0 979,245 1.88
Capital Expenditures 0 0 0 0 365,101 0.70
Net Cash Flow $10,777,353 $11,521,849 $11,894,826 $12,766,564 $10,952,043 $21.00
(1)Certain items such as interest expense, interest income, lease cancellation income, depreciation, amortization, debt service payments and any other non-recurring or non-operating items were excluded from the historical presentation and are not considered for the underwritten cash flow.

(2)U/W Base Rent is based on the underwritten rent roll dated September 1, 2020.

(3)Rent Steps include $725,040 underwritten for various tenants through October 31, 2021

 

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27750 Entertainment Drive

Valencia, CA 91355

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 14

27750 Entertainment Drive

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$23,500,000

73.4%

1.50x

9.7%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: CREFI
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsor: Rustin Kretz
Borrower: Scorpion Real Estate LLC
Original Balance: $23,500,000
Cut-off Date Balance: $23,500,000
% by Initial UPB: 2.9%
Interest Rate: 4.60000%
Payment Date: 6th of each month
First Payment Date: January 6, 2021
Maturity Date: December 6, 2030
Amortization: 360 Months
Additional Debt: None
Call Protection: L(24), D(92), O(4)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / In Place

 

Reserves
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $110,289 $55,144 NAP
Insurance: $37,582 $5,369 NAP
Replacement: $0 $1,640 NAP
TI/LC(1): $0 Springing NAP

 

Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: Suburban Office
Collateral: Fee Simple
Location: Valencia, CA
Year Built / Renovated: 2017 / NAP
Total Sq. Ft.: 98,388
Property Management: Self-Managed
Underwritten NOI: $2,283,740
Underwritten NCF: $2,165,675
Appraised Value: $32,000,000
Appraisal Date: July 2, 2020
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI: $1,880,707 (T-12 June 30, 2020)
2019 NOI: $2,151,403 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI: $1,788,817 (December 31, 2018)
2017 NOI: NAV
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy: 100.0% (December 6, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 100.0% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy: 100.0% (December 31, 2018)
2017 Occupancy: NAV

 

 

Financial Information
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Sq. Ft.

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan $23,500,000 $239 / $194 73.4% / 59.6% 1.58x / 1.50x 9.7% / 9.2% 12.0% / 11.4%
(1)On each monthly payment date, the borrower will be required to deposit $8,199 into the TI/LC reserve if the following conditions are not met: (i) no event of default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) no trigger period has occurred and is continuing, (iii) the Scorpion Enterprises, LP lease is in full force and effect with no defaults thereunder, (iv) Scorpion Enterprises, LP is not bankrupt or insolvent, (v) Scorpion Enterprises, LP has not expressed its intention in writing to terminate, cancel or default under the Scorpion Enterprises, LP lease (including, without limitation, in connection with any rejection in any bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding).

 

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27750 Entertainment Drive

Valencia, CA 91355

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 14

27750 Entertainment Drive

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$23,500,000

73.4%

1.50x

9.7%

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Mortgage Loan $23,500,000 94.2%   Loan Payoff $24,125,523 96.7%
Borrower Sponsor Equity 1,455,024 5.8      Closing Costs 681,630 2.7   
        Upfront Reserves 147,871 0.6   
Total Sources $24,955,024 100.0%   Total Uses $24,955,024 100.0%

 

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsor. The borrower is Scorpion Real Estate LLC, a California limited liability company and single purpose entity with one independent director. Legal counsel to the borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the 27750 Entertainment Drive mortgage loan.

 

The borrower sponsor and non-recourse carveout guarantor is Rustin Kretz. Rustin Kretz is the founder and CEO of Scorpion Enterprises, LP and owns 100% of the borrower.

 

The Property. The 27750 Entertainment Drive property (the “27750 Entertainment Drive Property”) consists of a 98,388 sq. ft., four-story office building situated on a 6.4-acre parcel in Valencia, California. The 27750 Entertainment Drive Property was built in 2017 and includes amenities such as an on-site gym, basketball court, locker rooms, café, cafeteria including commercial kitchen, multiple break rooms, and an outdoor patio/seating area. The 27750 Entertainment Drive Property provides 376 surface parking spaces at a ratio of 3.82 spaces per 1,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area. The 27750 Entertainment Drive Property is 100.0% leased to one tenant, Scorpion Enterprises, LP, who utilizes the property as its headquarters.

 

Scorpion Enterprises, LP (“Scorpion”) is a digital marketing, technology and branding company. The borrower sponsor, Rustin Kretz, is the founder and CEO of Scorpion. In connection with the financing, Scorpion entered into a new, 15-year lease with no outs or termination options, at a rental rate of $29.00 per sq. ft. NNN. The 27750 Entertainment Drive Property was built-to-suit for Scorpion in 2017.

 

COVID-19 Update. The 27750 Entertainment Drive Property is currently closed in compliance with local regulations. The tenant continues to occupy 100.0% of the 27750 Entertainment Drive Property and all employees are working from home. As of December 6, 2020, the tenant is current on rent and is not requesting deferred rent or lease modifications. As of December 6, 2020, the 27750 Entertainment Drive loan is not subject to any modifications or forbearance requests. The first payment date of the 27750 Entertainment Drive loan is due on January 6, 2021. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Tenant Summary(1)
Tenant Credit Rating (Moody’s/Fitch/S&P)(2) Net Rentable Area (Sq. Ft.) % of Net Rentable Area U/W Base Rent Per Sq. Ft. % of Total U/W Base Rent Lease Expiration
Scorpion Enterprises, LP NR / NR / NR 98,388 100.0% $29.00 100.0% 11/30/2035
Largest Tenant   98,388 100.0% $29.00 100.0%  
Remaining Occupied   0 0.0    $0.00 0.0     
Total / Wtd. Avg. Occupied Collateral   98,388 100.0% $29.00 100.0%  
Vacant   0 0.0         
Total   98,388 100.0%      

(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll as of December 6, 2020.

(2)Certain ratings are those of the parent company whether or not the parent guarantees the lease.

 

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27750 Entertainment Drive

Valencia, CA 91355

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 14

27750 Entertainment Drive

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$23,500,000

73.4%

1.50x

9.7%

 

Lease Rollover Schedule(1)
Year

# of

Leases

Expiring

Total

Expiring

Sq. Ft.

% of Total Sq.

Ft. Expiring

Cumulative

Sq. Ft.

Expiring

Cumulative % 

of

Sq. Ft. Expiring

Annual U/W Base Rent

Per Sq. Ft.

% U/W Base Rent

Rolling

Cumulative %

of U/W

Base Rent

MTM 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2020 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2021 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2022 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2023 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2024 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2025 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2026 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2027 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2028 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2029 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2030 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% $0.00 0.0% 0.0%
2031 & Thereafter 1 98,388 100.0% 98,388 100.0% $29.00 100.0% 100.0%
Vacant NAP 0 0.0% 98,388 100.0% NAP NAP NAP
Total / Wtd. Avg. 1 98,388 100.0%     $29.00 100.0%  
(1)Based on the underwritten rent roll as of December 6, 2020.

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)
    2018 2019 T-12 6/30/2020 U/W U/W PSF
Base Rent(2)   $2,306,760 $2,306,760 $2,306,760 $2,853,252 $29.00
Vacant Income   0 0 0 0 0.00
Reimbursements   477,558 962,921 739,256 1,147,865 11.67
Mark-to-Market Adjustment   0 0 0 (388,901) (3.95)
Vacancy & Credit Loss   0 0 0 (180,611) (1.84)
Other Income   0 0 0 0 0.00
Effective Gross Income   $2,784,318 $3,269,791 $3,046,126 $3,431,605 $34.88
Total Operating Expenses   995,501 1,118,388 1,165,419 1,147,865 11.67
Net Operating Income   $1,788,817 $2,151,403 $1,880,707 $2,283,740 $23.21
TI/LC   0 0 0 98,388 1.00
Capital Expenditures   0 0 0 19,678 0.20
Net Cash Flow   $1,788,817 $2,151,403 $1,880,707 $2,165,675 $22.01
(1)Certain items such as interest expense, interest income, lease cancellation income, depreciation, amortization, debt service payments and any other non-recurring or non-operating items were excluded from the historical presentation and are not considered for the underwritten cash flow.

(2)U/W Base Rent is based on the underwritten rent roll as of December 6, 2020. No rent steps have been underwritten.

 

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201 8th Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 15 

JW Marriott Nashville

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$20,000,000

61.5%

4.17x

15.3%

 

Mortgage Loan Information
Loan Seller: GSMC
Loan Purpose: Refinance
Borrower Sponsor: Jacquelyn Soffer
Borrower: 8th & Demonbreun Hotel LP
Original Balance(1): $20,000,000
Cut-off Date Balance(1): $20,000,000
% by Initial UPB: 2.5%
Interest Rate: 3.13900%
Payment Date: 6th of each month
First Payment Date: April 6, 2020
Maturity Date: March 6, 2030
Amortization: Interest Only
Additional Debt(1): $165,000,000 Pari Passu Debt
Call Protection(2): L(33), D(80), O(7)
Lockbox / Cash Management: Hard / Springing

 

Reserves
  Initial Monthly Cap
Taxes: $0 Springing(3) NAP
Insurance: $0 Springing(3) NAP
Replacement: $1,875,692 Springing(4) NAP
Debt Service Reserve: $8,831,707(5) $0 NAP
Property Information
Single Asset / Portfolio: Single Asset
Property Type: Full Service Hospitality
Collateral: Fee Simple / Leasehold
Location: Nashville, TN
Year Built / Renovated: 2018 / NAP
Total Rooms: 533
Property Management: TB All Fees Operating LP
Underwritten NOI: $28,345,145
Underwritten NCF: $24,567,151
Appraised Value: $301,000,000
Appraisal Date: November 10, 2020
 
Historical NOI
Most Recent NOI: $7,783,401 (TTM September 30, 2020)
2019 NOI: $28,553,670 (December 31, 2019)
2018 NOI(6): NAV
2017 NOI(6): NAV
 
Historical Occupancy
Most Recent Occupancy: 44.1% (TTM September 30, 2020)
2019 Occupancy: 85.5% (December 31, 2019)
2018 Occupancy(6): NAV
2017 Occupancy(6): NAV


Financial Information(1)
Tranche Cut-off Date Balance

Balance per Room

Cut-off / Balloon

LTV

Cut-off / Balloon

U/W DSCR

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield

NOI / NCF

U/W Debt Yield at Balloon

NOI / NCF

Mortgage Loan  $20,000,000          
Pari Passu Notes 165,000,000          
Whole Loan $185,000,000 $347,092 / $347,092 61.5% / 61.5% 4.81x / 4.17x 15.3% / 13.3% 15.3% / 13.3%
(1)The JW Marriott Nashville loan consists of the non-controlling Note A-5 (the “JW Marriott Nashville Loan”) and is part of a whole loan evidenced by nine pari passu promissory notes having an aggregate outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of approximately $185.0 million (the “JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan”). See “Whole Loan Summary” chart herein.

(2)The lockout period will be at least 33 payments beginning with and including the first payment date of April 6, 2020. The borrower has the option to defease the full $185.0 million JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan after the earlier to occur of (i) two years after the closing date of the securitization that includes the last note to be securitized and (ii) March 6, 2023. The lockout period of 33 payments is based on the expected Benchmark 2020-B22 transaction closing date occurring in December 2020. The actual lockout period may be longer.

(3)On each due date during the continuance of a JW Marriott Nashville Trigger Period (pursuant to clause (i) or (iii) of such definition), the borrower is required to fund a property tax and insurance reserve in an amount equal to one-twelfth of the amount of property taxes and insurance premiums that the lender reasonably estimates will be payable during the next 12 ensuing months. A “JW Marriott Nashville Trigger Period” means any period (i) commencing when the debt yield (as calculated under the loan documents), determined as of the conclusion of the second of any two consecutive fiscal quarters ending upon or following the conclusion of the second fiscal quarter of 2022, is less than 7.5%, and ending when the debt yield, determined as of the conclusion of the second of any two consecutive fiscal quarters thereafter, is equal to or greater than 7.5%; (ii) commencing upon the date of any withdrawal from the FF&E reserve in order to pay debt service, and ending on the later of the date upon which (a) the borrower has replenished the FF&E reserve for any amounts previously withdrawn to pay debt service, and (b) withdrawals from the FF&E reserve to pay debt service are no longer permitted under the loan documents; and (iii) commencing when the borrower fails to deliver required quarterly or annual financial reports and ending when such reports are delivered and indicate that no other JW Marriott Nashville Trigger Period is ongoing.

(4)On each due date beginning in April 2021, the borrower is required to fund a replacement reserve in an amount equal to (i) from the due date in April 2021 up to and including the due date in July 2023, 3.0% of gross revenues and (ii) from and after the due date in August 2023, 4.0% of gross revenues. The borrower may use amounts in the replacement reserve to make debt service payments on the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan, up to an amount of $1,876,087. The borrower will be required to replenish the replacement reserve for any amounts previously withdrawn to pay debt service.

(5)On October 6, 2020, the borrower funded a debt service reserve in an amount equal to $8,831,707. On each due date from (and including) October 2020 through (and including) March 2022, the lender is required to apply funds from the debt service reserve to make debt service payments under the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan.

(6)The JW Marriott Nashville Property (as defined below) was built in 2018, therefore historical information is unavailable.

 

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201 8th Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 15 

JW Marriott Nashville

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$20,000,000

61.5%

4.17x

15.3%

 

Whole Loan Summary
Note Original Balance Cut-off Date Balance Note Holder Controlling Piece
A-1 $50,000,000 $50,000,000 GSBI Yes(1)
A-2 40,000,000 40,000,000 GSBI No
A-3 25,000,000 25,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(2) No
A-4 20,000,000 20,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B21    No(1)
A-5 20,000,000 20,000,000 Benchmark 2020-B22 No
A-6 10,000,000 10,000,000 GSMS 2020-GSA2(2) No
A-7 10,000,000 10,000,000 GSBI No
A-8 5,000,000 5,000,000 GSBI No
A-9 5,000,000 5,000,000 GSBI No
Total $185,000,000 $185,000,000    
(1)The JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan is serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Benchmark 2020-B21 securitization. From and after the securitization of the controlling Note A-1 held by Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GSBI”), the JW Marriott Whole Loan will be serviced under the pooling and servicing agreement governing such securitization.

(2)The GSMS 2020-GSA2 securitization transaction is expected to close prior to the Closing Date.

 

The JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan, which accrues interest at an interest rate of 3.13900% per annum, has an outstanding principal balance as of the Cut-Off Date of approximately $20.0 million. The JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan had an initial term of 120 months and has a remaining term of 111 months. The proceeds of The JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan were primarily used to refinance, fund upfront reserves, and cover origination costs. Based on the “as-is” appraised value of $301.0 million as of the November 10, 2020 appraisal, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan Cut-Off Date LTV Ratio is 61.5%.

 

The most recent prior financing of The JW Marriott Nashville Property was not included in a prior securitization transaction.

 

Sources and Uses
Sources Proceeds % of Total   Uses Proceeds % of Total
Whole Loan $185,000,000 97.4%   Loan Payoff $184,529,539 97.1%
Principal’s New Cash Contribution 5,002,002 2.6      Closing Costs 3,596,771 1.9   
        Reserves 1,875,692 1.0   
Total Sources $190,002,002 100.0%   Total Uses $190,002,002 100.0%

 

The Borrower / Borrower Sponsor. The borrower is 8th & Demonbreun Hotel LP, a Delaware limited partnership. Legal counsel to the borrower delivered a non-consolidation opinion in connection with the origination of the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan. The borrower sponsor and non-recourse carveout guarantor under the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan is Jacquelyn Soffer.

 

The Property. The JW Marriott Nashville Property, located in downtown Nashville, is a full service lodging facility built in 2018 (the “JW Marriott Nashville Property”). The JW Marriott Nashville Property encompasses approximately 2.72 acres, consisting of the borrower’s fee interest in a 33-story, 533-room hotel (the “Hotel Parcel”) and leasehold interest in a portion of a 300 space parking garage. The JW Marriott Nashville Property offers amenities including multiple food/beverage outlets, an outdoor pool and amenities deck, fitness center, spa, business center, concierge lounge, retail store, sundry shop, and approximately 50,000 sq. ft. of meeting space. Guestrooms range from one to two bedrooms. Standard room amenities include a flat-panel television, high-speed internet, and a lounge chair/loveseat. The guest bathrooms are finished with marble tile flooring, granite vanity countertops, and a glass enclosed walk-in shower. Luxury suites are also available with additional amenities. The lobby level includes the Stompin Grounds Restaurant and Market as well as the Cumberland Bar. The Cabana Club is a poolside bar and grill. The JW Marriott Nashville Property carries the JW Marriott flag under a franchise agreement that expires on July 1, 2048.

 

COVID-19 Update. After January and February 2020, the JW Marriott Nashville Property operated at a 37.4% occupancy and $293 ADR in March 2020. The JW Marriott Nashville Property generated an NCF of $78,666 in March 2020. The JW Marriott Nashville Property was closed from April 8, 2020 to June 14, 2020.

 

In April 2020, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan was modified to permit the use of FF&E reserve funds to pay debt service, and the borrower sponsor provided a guaranty for (i) debt service payments through October 2020, and (ii) taxes and insurance payments that the guarantor is liable for to the extent they are due and payable prior to the earlier to occur of (1) a conclusion of the JW Marriott Nashville Trigger Period (as defined above) or (2) the date on which the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan has been indefeasibly paid in full in cash. In October 2020, the JW Marriott Nashville Whole Loan was further modified to waive the requirement to fund the FF&E reserve until April 2021, waive the cash management debt yield trigger through the second quarter of 2022, and otherwise permanently decrease the debt yield trigger level from 10% to 7.5%, in exchange for the borrower funding an 18-month debt service reserve to be applied to monthly payments from October 2020 through March 2022.

 

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201 8th Avenue South

Nashville, TN 37203

Collateral Asset Summary – Loan No. 15 

JW Marriott Nashville

Cut-off Date Balance:

Cut-off Date LTV:

U/W NCF DSCR:

U/W NOI Debt Yield:

$20,000,000

61.5%

4.17x

15.3%

 

The JW Marriott Nashville Property re-opened on June 15, 2020. However, on July 3, 2020 the Nashville mayor shut down bars through July 2020 given a rise in the infection rate. This resulted in the JW Marriott Nashville Property losing 400 leisure room nights for July and August 2020 and achieving an 18% occupancy rate for July and 20% occupancy rate for August 2020 at a rate of $211 and $203 respectively. See “Risk Factors—Special Risks—Coronavirus Pandemic Has Adversely Affected the Global Economy and Will Likely Adversely Affect the Performance of the Mortgage Loans” in the Prospectus.

 

Cash Flow Analysis.

 

Cash Flow Analysis(1)
  2019 January 2020 TTM September 2020 TTM U/W U/W Per Room
Occupancy 85.5% 85.8% 44.1% 85.8%  
ADR $294.74 $295.53 $277.42 $295.53  
RevPAR $251.86 $253.69 $122.29 $253.69  
           
Room Revenue $48,994,085 $49,350,453 $23,790,872 $49,350,452 $92,590
Food & Beverage Revenue 38,988,924 39,009,534 19,749,159 39,009,533 $73,189
Other Operating Dept Revenue 3,998,700 4,020,501 2,242,056 4,020,500 $7,543
Other Revenue(2) 1,695,488 2,069,358 2,463,134 2,069,357 $3,882
Total Revenue $93,677,197 $94,449,846 $48,245,221 $94,449,843 $177,204
           
Room Expense 9,809,498 9,923,487 5,385,294 9,923,487 $18,618
Food & Beverage Expense 25,687,127 25,675,660 14,055,996 25,675,660 $48,172
Other Expense 1,766,043 1,758,953 1,171,880 1,758,953 $3,300
Total Departmental Expenses $37,262,668 $37,358,100 $20,613,170 $37,358,100 $70,090
           
Total General/Unallocated Expense 22,958,526 23,125,488 15,191,639 22,986,367 $43,126
Total Fixed Expense 4,902,333 4,868,375 4,657,010 5,760,230 $10,807
Total Expenses $65,123,527 $65,351,963 $40,461,820 $66,104,698 $124,024
           
Net Operating Income(3)  28,553,670 29,097,883 7,783,401 28,345,145 53,180
FF&E 1,420,973 1,475,927 852,165 3,777,994 7,088
Net Cash Flow $27,132,697 $27,621,956 $6,931,237 $24,567,151 $46,092
(1)Certain items such as straight line rent, interest expense, interest income, depreciation, amortization, debt service payments and any other non-recurring or non-operating items were excluded from the historical presentation and are not considered for the underwritten cash flow.

(2)Other revenue includes guaranteed no shows, miscellaneous room revenue, and early / late departure fees.

(3)The increase in UW Net Operating Income is primarily attributable to the JW Marriott Nashville Property’s closure from April 8, 2020 to June 14, 2020. See “-COVID-19 Update”. We cannot assure you the JW Marriott Nashville Property will revert to pre-COVID performance as expected or at all.

 

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        Table of Contents      
                 
                 
                 
        STATEMENT SECTIONS PAGE(s)      
        Certificate Distribution Detail 2      
        Certificate Factor Detail 3      
        Reconciliation Detail 4      
        Other Required Information 5      
        Cash Reconciliation Detail 6      
        Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables 7 - 9      
        Mortgage Loan Detail 10      
        NOI Detail 11      
        Principal Prepayment Detail 12      
        Historical Detail 13      
        Delinquency Loan Detail 14      
        Specially Serviced Loan Detail 15 - 16      
        Advance Summary 17      
        Modified Loan Detail 18      
        Historical Liquidated Loan Detail 19      
        Historical Bond / Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation 20      
        Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail 21 - 22      
        Supplemental Reporting 23      
                 
                 

                                 
    Depositor       Master Servicer       Special Servicer       Asset Representations
Reviewer/Operating Advisor
   
   

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
 

60 Wall Street

New York, NY 10005
 

 

    

Contact:  Laine Kaye
Phone Number:      (212) 250-5270

     

Midland Loan Services, a Division
of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, KS 66210

 

Contact:    askmidlandls.com
Phone Number:    (913) 253-9000

     

Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC

200 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Suite 3550
Miami, FL 33131

 

Contact:

 

General

     

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 North French Road
Suite 100

Amherst, NY 14228
 

 

Contact:  Don Simon
Phone Number:    (203) 660-6100

   
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Distribution Date: 1/15/21
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    Certificate Distribution Detail    
                                                     
    Class    CUSIP   Pass-Through
Rate
  Original
Balance
  Beginning
Balance
  Principal
Distribution
  Interest
Distribution
  Prepayment
Premium
  Realized Loss/
Additional Trust
Fund Expenses
Total
Distribution
Ending
Balance
Current
 Subordination
Level (1)
   
    A-1       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-2       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-SB       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-4       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-5       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-M       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    B       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    C       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    D       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    E       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    F       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    G       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    H       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    S       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    R       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    VRR Interest       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    Totals           0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
                                                     
    Class    CUSIP   Pass-Through
Rate
Original
Notional
Amount
Beginning
Notional
Amount
  Interest
Distribution
  Prepayment
Premium
  Total
Distribution
Ending
Notional
Amount
               
    X-A       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-B       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-D       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-F       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-G       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-H       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
   

(1) Calculated by taking (A) the sum of the ending certificate balance of all classes less (B) the sum of (i) the ending balance of the designated class and (ii) the ending certificate balance of all classes which are not subordinate to the designated class and dividing the result by (A).

 

 

 

   
                                                     

 

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Certificate Factor Detail
                   
  Class CUSIP

Beginning
Balance

Principal
Distribution

Interest
Distribution

Prepayment
Premium

Realized Loss/
Additional Trust
Fund Expenses

Ending
Balance

 
   
   
  A-1   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-2   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-SB   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-4   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-5   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-M   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  B   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  C   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  D   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  E   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  F   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  G   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  H   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  S   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  R   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  VRR Interest   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
                   
  Class CUSIP

Beginning

Notional

Amount

Interest

Distribution

Prepayment

Premium

Ending

Notional

Amount

     
       
       
  X-A   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-B   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-D   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-F   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-G   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-H   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
                   
 

   
                   
                   
                   
                   

 

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    Reconciliation Detail    
    Principal Reconciliation    
        Stated Beginning
Principal Balance
  Unpaid Beginning
Principal Balance
  Scheduled
Principal
  Unscheduled Principal   Principal Adjustments   Realized Loss   Stated Ending
Principal Balance
  Unpaid Ending
Principal Balance
  Current Principal
Distribution Amount
   
    Total   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00     
                                                   
  Certificate Interest Reconciliation                                
                                     
    Class   Accrual
Dates
  Accrual
Days
  Accrued
Certificate
Interest
  Net Aggregate
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall
  Distributable
Certificate
Interest
  Distributable
Certificate Interest
Adjustment
  WAC CAP
Shortfall
  Interest
Shortfall/(Excess)
  Interest
Distribution
  Remaining Unpaid
Distributable
Certificate Interest
   
    A-1   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-2   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-SB   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-4   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-5   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-A   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-M   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    B   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    C   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-B   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-D   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-F   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-G   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-H   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    D   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    E   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    F   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    G   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    H   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    VRR Interest   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    Totals       0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   

 

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    Other Required Information  
                                       
                                       
    Available Distribution Amount (1)       0.00                            
                                       
                                          
                                       
                                     
                                     
                                     
              Appraisal Reduction Amount        
            Loan
Number
    Appraisal     Cumulative     Most Recent      
                Reduction     ASER    

App. Reduction

     
                  Effected     Amount     Date      
                                       
                                       
                                       
    Controlling Class Information                                  
      Controlling Class:                                    
     

Effective as of: mm/dd/yyyy

                                   
      Directing Holder:                                    
     

Effective as of: mm/dd/yyyy

                                   
                                         
                                           
                                           
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
              Total                        
                                   
   

(1) The Available Distribution Amount includes any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges.

                             
                                       
                                       

 

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  Cash Reconciliation Detail  
                 
                 
  Total Funds Collected       Total Funds Distributed      
                 
  Interest:       Fees:      
  Scheduled Interest 0.00     Master Servicing Fee - TBD 0.00    
  Interest reductions due to Nonrecoverability Determinations 0.00     Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 0.00    
  Interest Adjustments 0.00     CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee 0.00    
  Deferred Interest 0.00     Operating Advisor Fee - Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 0.00    
  ARD Interest 0.00     Asset Representations Reviewer Fee - Pentalpha 0.00    
  Default Interest and Late Payment Charges 0.00     Surveillance LLC      
  Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall 0.00        
  Net Prepayment Interest Excess 0.00          
  Extension Interest 0.00     Total Fees   0.00  
  Interest Reserve Withdrawal 0.00     Additional Trust Fund Expenses:    
  Total Interest Collected   0.00   Reimbursement for Interest on Advances 0.00    
          ASER Amount 0.00    
  Principal:       Special Servicing Fee 0.00    
  Scheduled Principal 0.00     Attorney Fees & Expenses 0.00    
  Unscheduled Principal 0.00     Bankruptcy Expense 0.00    
  Principal Prepayments 0.00     Taxes Imposed on Trust Fund 0.00    
  Collection of Principal after Maturity Date 0.00     Non-Recoverable Advances 0.00    
  Recoveries from Liquidation and Insurance Proceeds 0.00     Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts 0.00    
  Excess of Prior Principal Amounts paid 0.00     Other Expenses 0.00    
  Curtailments 0.00     Total Additional Trust Fund Expenses 0.00  
  Negative Amortization 0.00      
  Principal Adjustments 0.00     Interest Reserve Deposit   0.00  
  Total Principal Collected 0.00       
                 
  Other:       Payments to Certificateholders & Others:      
  Prepayment Penalties/Yield Maintenance Charges 0.00     Interest Distribution 0.00    
  Repayment Fees 0.00     Principal Distribution 0.00    
  Borrower Option Extension Fees 0.00     Prepayment Penalties/Yield Maintenance Charges 0.00    
  Excess Liquidation Proceeds 0.00     Borrower Option Extension Fees 0.00    
  Net Swap Counterparty Payments Received 0.00     Net Swap Counterparty Payments Received 0.00    
  Total Other Collected 0.00   Total Payments to Certificateholders & Others 0.00  
  Total Funds Collected   0.00   Total Funds Distributed   0.00  
                 

 

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Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables

Aggregate Pool

 
                                 
  Scheduled Balance   State (3)  
         
  Scheduled
Balance

# of

loans

Scheduled

Balance

% of

Agg.

Bal.

WAM

(2)

WAC

Weighted

Avg DSCR (1)

  State

# of

Props.

Scheduled

Balance

% of

Agg.

Bal.

WAM

(2)

WAC

Weighted

Avg DSCR (1)

 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
     
     
         
         
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
     
   
                                 

 

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  Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables
Aggregate Pool
 
                                 
  Debt Service Coverage Ratio   Property Type (3)  
                                 
  Debt Service
Coverage Ratio
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Property Type # of
Props.
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  Note Rate   Seasoning  
                                 
  Note
Rate
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Seasoning # of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  See footnotes on last page of this section.  
                                 

 

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  Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables
Aggregate Pool
 
         
  Anticipated Remaining Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)   Remaining Stated Term (Fully Amortizing Loans)  
                                 
  Anticipated Remaining
Term (2)
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM (2) WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Remaining Stated
Term
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  Remaining Amortization Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)   Age of Most Recent NOI  
                                 
  Remaining Amortization
Term
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM (2) WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Age of Most
Recent NOI
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
 

(1) Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The Trustee makes no representations as to the accuracy of the data provided by the borrower for this calculation.

 
     
 

(2) Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.

 
     
 

(3) Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut-Off Date balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document.

 
     
  The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the “State” and “Property” stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The “State” and “Property” stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a “hope note”) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.  
     
  Note: There are no Hyper-Amortization Loans included in the Mortgage Pool.  
         

 

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  Mortgage Loan Detail  
     
  Loan
Number
ODCR Property
Type (1)
City State Interest
Payment
Principal
Payment
Gross
Coupon
Anticipated
Repayment
Date
Maturity
Date
Neg.
Amort
(Y/N)
Beginning
Scheduled
Balance
Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Paid
Thru
Date
Appraisal
Reduction
Date
Appraisal
Reduction
Amount
Res.
Strat.
(2)
Mod.
Code
(3)
 
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
  Totals                                    

 

                                             
(1) Property Type Code (2) Resolution Strategy Code (3) Modification Code
     
  MF - Multi-Family

SS

-

Self Storage

1 - Modification 7 - REO 11 - Full Payoff 1 - Maturity Date Extension 6 - Capitalization on Interest  
  RT - Retail 98 -

Other

2 - Foreclosure 8 - Resolved 12   - Reps and Warranties   2 - Amortization Change 7 - Capitalization on Taxes  
  HC - Health Care SE -

Securities

3 - Bankruptcy 9 - Pending Return 13 - TBD 3 - Principal Write-Off 8 - Other  
   IN - Industrial CH -

Cooperative Housing

4 - Extension to Master Servicer 98 - Other 4 - Blank 9 - Combination  
  MH - Mobile Home Park WH - Warehouse 5 - Note Sale 10 Deed in Lieu Of 5 - Temporary Rate Reduction   10 -

Forbearance

 
  OF - Office

ZZ

-

Missing Information

6 -

DPO

   

Foreclosure

                   
 

MU

-

Mixed Use

SF -

Single Family

                               
 

LO

- Lodging                                      
                                             

 

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Record Date: 12/31/20
Determination Date: 1/11/21

                       
  NOI Detail  
                       
  Loan
Number
ODCR Property
Type
City State Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Most
Recent
Fiscal NOI (1)
Most
Recent
NOI (1)
Most Recent
NOI Start
Date
Most Recent
NOI End
Date
 
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
  Total                    
                       

(1) The Most Recent Fiscal NOI and Most Recent NOI fields correspond to the financial data reported by the Master Servicer. An NOI of 0.00 means the Master Servicer did not report NOI figures in their loan level reporting.

                       
                       

 

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  Principal Prepayment Detail  
                 
  Loan Number Loan Group Offering Document
Cross-Reference
Principal Prepayment Amount Prepayment Penalties  
  Payoff Amount Curtailment Amount Prepayment
Premium
Yield Maintenance
Charge
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
  Totals              
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

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  Historical Detail  
                                           
  Delinquencies Prepayments Rate and Maturities  
  Distribution 30-59 Days 60-89 Days 90 Days or More Foreclosure REO Modifications Curtailments Payoff Next Weighted Avg. WAM   
  Date # Balance # Balance # Balance # Balance # Balance # Balance # Amount  # Amount Coupon Remit  
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
  Note: Foreclosure and REO Totals are excluded from the delinquencies.                    
                       

 

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  Delinquency Loan Detail  
                               
  Loan Number Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
# of
Months
Delinq.
Paid Through
Date
Current
P & I
Advances
Outstanding
P & I
Advances **
Status of
Loan  (1)
Resolution
Strategy
Code  (2)
Servicing
Transfer Date
Foreclosure
Date
Actual
Principal
Balance
Outstanding
Servicing
Advances
Bankruptcy
Date
REO
Date
 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
  Totals                            
                                         
                                         
        (1) Status of Mortgage Loan     (2) Resolution Strategy Code    
                                         
    A - Payment Not Received 0 - Current 4 -

Performing Matured Balloon

1 - Modification 7 - REO 11 -

Full Payoff

   
        But Still in Grace Period 1 - 30-59 Days Delinquent - Non Performing Matured Balloon 2 - Foreclosure 8 - Resolved 12 - Reps and Warranties    
        Or Not Yet Due 2 - 60-89 Days Delinquent 6 - 121+ Days Delinquent 3 - Bankruptcy 9 - Pending Return 13 - TBD    
    B - Late Payment But Less 3 - 90-120 Days Delinquent       4 - Extension to Master Servicer 98 -

Other

   
        Than 30 Days Delinquent           5 - Note Sale 10  -

Deed In Lieu Of

   
    ** Outstanding P & I Advances include the current period advance. 6 - DPO     Foreclosure          
               
                                         

 

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  Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1  
                                 
  Loan
Number
Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Servicing
Transfer
Date
Resolution
Strategy
Code (1)
Scheduled
Balance
Property
Type (2)
State Interest
Rate
Actual
Balance
Net
Operating
Income
DSCR
Date
DSCR Note
Date
Maturity
Date
Remaining
Amortization
Term
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                               
  (1) Resolution Strategy Code (2) Property Type Code  
                               
  1 -  Modification 7 - REO 11 - Full Payoff MF - Multi-Family SS -

Self Storage

 
  2 -  Foreclosure 8 - Resolved 12 Reps and Warranties RT - Retail 98 -

Other

 
  3 -  Bankruptcy 9 - Pending Return 13 - TBD HC - Health Care SE -

Securities

 
  4 -  Extension to Master Servicer 98 - Other IN - Industrial CH -

Cooperative Housing

 
  5 -  Note Sale 10  - Deed in Lieu Of MH - Mobile Home Park WH -

Warehouse

 
  6 -  DPO     Foreclosure      

OF

-

Office

ZZ

Missing Information

 
                 

MU

Mixed Use

SF  Single Family   
                 

LO

Lodging

       
                               

 

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  Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2  
                     
  Loan
Number
Offering
Document
 Cross-Reference 
Resolution
Strategy
Code (1)
Site
Inspection
Date

Phase 1 Date
Appraisal Date Appraisal
Value
Other REO
Property Revenue

Comment from Special Servicer

 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                               
(1) Resolution Strategy Code (2) Property Type Code            
                               
  1 -  Modification 7 - REO 11 - Full Payoff MF - Multi-Family SS -

Self Storage

 
  2 -  Foreclosure 8 - Resolved 12 Reps and Warranties RT - Retail 98 -

Other

 
  3 -  Bankruptcy 9 - Pending Return 13 - TBD HC - Health Care SE -

Securities

 
  4 -  Extension to Master Servicer 98 - Other IN - Industrial CH -

Cooperative Housing

 
  5 -  Note Sale 10  - Deed in Lieu Of MH - Mobile Home Park WH -

Warehouse

 
  6 -  DPO     Foreclosure      

OF

-

Office

ZZ

-

Missing Information

 
                 

MU

-

Mixed Use

SF  - Single Family   
                 

LO

-

Lodging

       
                               

 

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Advance Summary
             
  Loan Group  Current P&I
Advances
Outstanding P&I
Advances
Outstanding Servicing
Advances
Current Period Interest
on P&I and Servicing
Advances Paid
 
             
             
  Totals 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

 

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  Modified Loan Detail  
                   
  Loan
Number
Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Pre-Modification
Balance
Post-Modification
Balance
Pre-Modification
Interest Rate
Post-Modification
Interest Rate
Modification
Date
Modification Description  
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
  Totals                
                   
                   
                   

 

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  Historical Liquidated Loan Detail  
                             
  Distribution
Date
ODCR Beginning
Scheduled
Balance
Fees,
Advances,
and Expenses *
Most Recent
Appraised
Value or BPO
Gross Sales
Proceeds or
Other Proceeds
Net Proceeds
Received on
Liquidation
Net Proceeds
Available for
Distribution
Realized
Loss to Trust
Date of Current
Period Adj.
to Trust
Current Period
Adjustment
to Trust
Cumulative
Adjustment
to Trust
Loss to Loan
with Cum
Adj. to Trust
 
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
  Current Total                        
  Cumulative Total                        
                             
  * Fees, Advances and Expenses also include outstanding P & I advances and unpaid fees (servicing, trustee, etc.).  
                             

 

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  Historical Bond/Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail  
     
  Distribution
Date
    Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
    Beginning
Balance
at Liquidation
    Aggregate
Realized Loss
on Loans
    Prior Realized
Loss Applied
to Certificates
    Amounts
Covered by
Credit Support
    Interest
(Shortages)/
Excesses
    Modification
/Appraisal
Reduction Adj.
    Additional
(Recoveries)
/Expenses
    Realized Loss
Applied to
Certificates to Date
    Recoveries of
Realized Losses
Paid as Cash
    (Recoveries)/
Losses Applied to
Certificate Interest
 
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                         
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  Totals                                                                   
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 

 

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BENCHMARK 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust

Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available 
Distribution Date: 1/15/21
Record Date: 12/31/20
Determination Date: 1/11/21

                                                                 
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail - Part 1  
                                                                 
  Offering
Document
Cross-
Reference
    Stated
Principal
Balance at
Contribution
    Current
Ending
Scheduled
Balance
    Special Servicing Fees     ASER     (PPIS) Excess     Non-Recoverable
(Scheduled
Interest)
    Interest on
Advances
    Modified Interest
Rate (Reduction)
/Excess
 
Monthly     Liquidation   Work Out
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
  Totals                                                              
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 

 

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BENCHMARK 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust

Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available 
Distribution Date: 1/15/21
Record Date: 12/31/20
Determination Date: 1/11/21

                 
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail - Part 2  
                 
  Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Stated Principal
Balance at
Contribution
Current Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Reimb of Advances to the Servicer  Other (Shortfalls)/ 
Refunds
Comments  
Current Month Left to Reimburse
Master Servicer
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
  Totals              
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail Part 2 Total 0.00      
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail Part 1 Total 0.00      
  Total Interest Shortfall Allocated to Trust 0.00      
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

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BENCHMARK 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust

Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available 
Distribution Date: 1/15/21
Record Date: 12/31/20
Determination Date: 1/11/21

     
     
  Supplemental Reporting  
     
     
     
 

Disclosable Special Servicer Fees, Loan Event of Default, Servicer Termination Event or Special Servicer Termination Event information would be disclosed here.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

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ANNEX C

 

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT1

 

Report Date: If during the prior calendar year, any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan at any time, this report will be delivered no later than [INSERT DATE], pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2020 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as the depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as the master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as the special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the certificate administrator and as the trustee and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as the operating advisor and as the asset representations reviewer.
Transaction: Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-B22
Operating Advisor: Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
Special Servicer for period: Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC
Directing Holder: RREF IV Debt AIV, LP (or its affiliate)

 

I.Population of Mortgage Loans that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

 

1.The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that [●] Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

 

a.[●] of those Specially Serviced Loans are still being analyzed by the Special Servicer as part of the development of [a Final] Asset Status Report.

 

b.[Final] Asset Status Reports were issued with respect to [●] of such Specially Serviced Loans. This report is based only on the Specially Serviced Loans in respect of which [a Final] Asset Status Report has been issued. The [Final] Asset Status Reports may not yet be fully implemented.

 

2.The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that it has completed a Major Decision with respect to [●] Specially Serviced Loans, and provided the Major Decision Reporting Package or Asset Status Report with respect to [●] Specially Serviced Loans to the operating advisor.

 

II.Executive Summary

 

Based on the requirements and qualifications set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as well as the items listed below, the Operating Advisor (in accordance with the Operating Advisor’s analysis requirements outlined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) has undertaken a limited review of the Special Servicer’s reported actions on the loans identified in this report. Based solely on such limited review and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer [is/is not] operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement during the prior calendar year on a “trust-level basis” with respect to the resolution or liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loans that the special servicer is responsible for servicing under the PSA. [The Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer has materially failed to comply with the Servicing Standard as a result of the following material deviations.]

 

[LIST OF MATERIAL DEVIATION ITEMS]

 

 

1 This report is an indicative report and does not reflect the final form of annual report to be used in any particular year. The Operating Advisor will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of any particular report, subject to the compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

 

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In addition, the Operating Advisor notes the following: [PROVIDE SUMMARY OF ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION].

 

[ADD RECOMMENDATION OF REPLACEMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICER, IF APPLICABLE]

 

III.List of Items that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

 

In rendering our assessment herein, we examined and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the items listed below:

 

1.Any Major Decision Reporting Package that is delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2.Reports by the Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the certificate administrator’s website that is relevant to the operating advisor’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and certain information it has reasonably requested from the special servicer and each Final Asset Status Report, in each case, delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

3.The Special Servicer’s assessment of compliance report, attestation report by a third party regarding the Special Servicer’s compliance with its obligations, and non-discretionary portions of net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

4.[LIST OTHER REVIEWED INFORMATION]

 

NOTE: The Operating Advisor’s review of the above materials should be considered a limited review and not be considered a full or limited audit, legal review or legal opinion. For instance, we did not review each page of the Special Servicer’s policy and procedure manuals (including amendments and appendices), review underlying lease agreements or similar underlying documents, re-engineer the quantitative aspects of their net present value calculation, visit any related property, visit the Special Servicer, visit the Directing Holder or interact with any borrower. In addition, our review of the net present value calculations and Appraisal Reduction calculations is limited to the mathematical accuracy of the calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas, and as such, does not take into account the reasonableness of the discretionary portions of such formulas.

 

IV.Qualifications and Disclaimers Related to the Work Product Undertaken and Opinions Related to this Report

 

1.As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor is not required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the special servicer’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial.

 

2.In rendering our assessment herein, we have assumed that all executed factual statements, instruments, and other documents that we have relied upon in rendering this assessment have been executed by persons with legal capacity to execute such documents.

 

3.Other than the receipt of any Major Decision Reporting Package or any Asset Status Report that is delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor did not participate in, or have access to, the Special Servicer’s and Directing Holder’s discussion(s) regarding any Specially Serviced Loan. The Operating Advisor does not have authority to speak with the Directing Holder or borrower directly. As such, the Operating Advisor relied upon the information delivered to it by the Special Servicer as well as its interaction with the Special Servicer, if any, in gathering the relevant information to

 

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generate this report. The services that we perform are not designed and cannot be relied upon to detect fraud or illegal acts should any exist.

 

4.The Special Servicer has the legal authority and responsibility to service any Specially Serviced Loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor has no responsibility or authority to alter the standards set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the actions of the Special Servicer.

 

5.Confidentiality and other contractual limitations limit the Operating Advisor’s ability to outline the details or substance of any communication held between it and the Special Servicer regarding any Specially Serviced Loans and certain information it reviewed in connection with its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As a result, this report may not reflect all the relevant information that the Operating Advisor is given access to by the Special Servicer.

 

6.There are many tasks that the Special Servicer undertakes on an ongoing basis related to Specially Serviced Loans. These include, but are not limited to, assumptions, ownership changes, collateral substitutions, capital reserve changes, etc. The Operating Advisor does not participate in any discussions regarding such actions. As such, Operating Advisor has not assessed the Special Servicer’s operational compliance with respect to those types of actions.

 

7.The Operating Advisor is not empowered to speak with any investors directly. If the investors have questions regarding this report, they should address such questions to the certificate administrator through the certificate administrator’s website.

 

8.This report does not constitute recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security, nor does the Operating Advisor take into account market prices of securities or financial markets generally when performing its limited review of the Special Servicer as described above. The Operating Advisor does not have a fiduciary relationship with any Certificateholder or any other party or individual. Nothing is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the Operating Advisor and any Certificateholder, party or individual.

 

Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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ANNEX D-1

 

GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION AND CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.
MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each of CREFI and GACC (referred to as a “Mortgage Loan Seller” in the representations and warranties below) will make, as of the Cut-off Date or such other date as set forth below, with respect to each Mortgage Loan sold by it to us (referred to as the “Purchaser” in the representations and warranties below) that we include in the issuing entity, representations and warranties generally to the effect set forth below. Prior to the execution of the related final Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, there may be additions, subtractions or other modifications to the representations, warranties and exceptions. The exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth below are identified on Annex D-2 and Annex D-3, respectively, to this prospectus. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Annex D-1 will have the meanings set forth in this prospectus or, if not defined in this prospectus, in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt references to “Mortgage Loan” and “Mortgage Loans” in this Annex D-1 and the related exceptions set forth in Annex D-2 or Annex D-3, as applicable, exclude the GSMC Mortgage Loans and the JPMCB Mortgage Loans. In addition, solely for purposes of this Annex D-1 and the related exceptions set forth in Annex D-2 or Annex D-3, as applicable, the term “Mortgage Loans” and “Mortgage Notes” will refer to such Mortgage Loans sold by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the related promissory note(s).

 

Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, together with the related representations and warranties (subject to the exceptions to such representations and warranties), serves to contractually allocate risk between the related Mortgage Loan Seller, on the one hand, and the issuing entity, on the other. We present the related representations and warranties set forth below for the sole purpose of describing some of the terms and conditions of that risk allocation. The presentation of representations and warranties below is not intended as statements regarding the actual characteristics of the Mortgage Loans, the Mortgaged Properties or other matters. We cannot assure you that the Mortgage Loans actually conform to the statements made in the representations and warranties that we present below.

 

1.       Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan is a portion of a whole loan evidenced by a Mortgage Note. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the Purchaser, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the trustee for the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust), participation or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations, any other ownership interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to the Purchaser constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.

 

2.       Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related borrower, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related borrower, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforcement may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or

 

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prepayment/yield maintenance fees, charges and/or premiums) are, or may be, further limited or rendered unenforceable by or under applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth in clause (i) above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

 

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentences, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related borrower with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

 

3.       Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

 

4.       Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a)(1) there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver or modification relates to the COVID-19 Emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 Emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty, and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the related borrower nor the related guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after December 10, 2020.

 

5.       Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits to the issuing entity (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee) constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment to the issuing entity (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits is freely assignable without the consent of the related borrower. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related borrower’s fee or leasehold interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph (6) set forth in Annex D-2 or Annex D-3 (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to and excepting Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions) as of origination was, and as of the Cut-off Date, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances which are prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below), and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge and subject to the rights of tenants (as tenants only)(subject to and excepting Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions), no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below). Notwithstanding anything in this prospectus to the

 

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contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) financing statements is required in order to effect such perfection.

 

6.       Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment, in each case binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property and condominium declarations; and (f) if the related Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan (each a “Crossed Mortgage Loan”), the lien of the Mortgage for such other Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with such Crossed Mortgage Loan, provided that none of which items (a) through (f), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or current use of the Mortgaged Property or the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the borrower’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the preceding sentence, none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy.

 

7.       Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Crossed Mortgage Loan, there are, as of origination, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no subordinate mortgages or junior liens securing the payment of money encumbering the related Mortgaged Property (other than Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions, taxes and assessments, mechanics and materialmen’s liens (which are the subject of the representation in paragraph (5) above), and equipment and other personal property financing). Except as set forth on Schedule D-1 to Annex D-1, the Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related borrower.

 

8.       Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Borrower to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, subject to applicable law, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver is permitted to be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the mortgagee.

 

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9.       UCC Filings. If the related Mortgaged Property is operated as a hospitality property, the Mortgage Loan Seller has filed and/or recorded or caused to be filed and/or recorded (or, if not filed and/or recorded, have been submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording), UCC financing statements in the appropriate public filing and/or recording offices necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan to perfect a valid security interest in all items of physical personal property reasonably necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property owned by such borrower and located on the related Mortgaged Property (other than any non-material personal property, any personal property subject to a purchase money security interest, a sale and leaseback financing arrangement as permitted under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or any other personal property leases applicable to such personal property), to the extent perfection may be effected pursuant to applicable law by recording or filing, as the case may be. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each related Mortgage (or equivalent document) creates a valid and enforceable lien and security interest on the items of personalty described above. No representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of UCC financing statements are required in order to effect such perfection.

 

10.       Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

 

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) any damage or deficiency that is estimated to cost less than $50,000 to repair, (ii) any deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (iii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.

 

11.       Taxes and Assessments. All taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges), or installments thereof, that could be a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that would be of equal or superior priority to the lien of the Mortgage and that prior to the Cut-off Date have become delinquent in respect of each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to cover such payments and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, real estate taxes and governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges and installments thereof will not be considered delinquent until the earlier of (a) the date on which interest and/or penalties would first be payable thereon and (b) the date on which enforcement action is entitled to be taken by the related taxing authority.

 

12.       Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending, and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened, for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

 

13.       Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any borrower, guarantor, or borrower’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such borrower’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such borrower’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents or (f) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

 

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or its servicer, and there are no deficiencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required to be escrowed with lender under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser or its servicer (or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the depositor or servicer for the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust).

 

15.       No Holdbacks. The Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date of the Mortgage Loan set forth on the mortgage loan schedule attached as an exhibit to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the borrower or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).

 

16.       Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating meeting the Insurance Ratings Requirements (as defined below), in an amount (subject to a customary deductible) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the borrower and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Insurance Ratings Requirements” means either (i) a claims paying or financial strength rating of any of the following; (a) at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company, (b) at least “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or (c) at least “A-” from S&P Global Ratings or (ii) the Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Ratings Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (i) of the definition of such term) and up to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P Global Ratings or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Ratings Requirements (under clause (i) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P Global Ratings or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

 

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related borrower is required to maintain insurance in the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller originating mortgage loans for securitization.

 

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related borrower is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original

 

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principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) 100% of the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements and personalty and fixtures owned by the borrower and included in the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements.

 

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

 

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the structural and seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing either the scenario expected limit (“SEL”) or the probable maximum loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the SEL or PML, as applicable, was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the SEL or PML, as applicable, would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained by an insurer rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” by S&P Global Ratings in an amount not less than 100% of the SEL or PML, as applicable.

 

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if applicable), the lender (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if applicable) together with any accrued interest thereon.

 

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section required to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the lender under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related borrower to maintain, or cause to be maintained, all such insurance and, at such borrower’s failure to do so, authorizes the lender to maintain such insurance at the borrower’s cost and expense and to charge such borrower for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

17.       Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Lots. Each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has access via an irrevocable easement or irrevocable right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has uninhibited access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and all required utilities, all of which are appropriate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been, or will be, made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax lots, in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the borrower to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax lots are created.

 

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pro forma title policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment) obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy. No improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy. No improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments the removal of which would not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements obtained with respect to the Title Policy.

 

19.       No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

20.       REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in the U.S. Department of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) (the “Treasury Regulations”) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related borrower at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air-conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the borrower having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance provided that: (a) such Mortgage Loan forbearance is covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) of Revenue Procedure 2020-26; and (b) the Mortgage Loan Seller identifies such Mortgage Loan and provides (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any prepayment premium and yield maintenance charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph will have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

 

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21.       Compliance with Usury Laws. The Mortgage Rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, yield maintenance charge, or prepayment premiums) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.

 

22.       Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the issuing entity.

 

23.       Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related mortgagee.

 

24.       Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial, multifamily or, if applicable, manufactured housing community mortgage loans intended for securitization, with respect to the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan and as of the Cut-off Date, there are no material violations of applicable zoning ordinances, building codes and land laws (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) other than those which (i) constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure, as to which as the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to a casualty or the inability to restore or repair to the full extent necessary to maintain the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) are insured by the Title Policy or other insurance policy, (iii) are insured by law and ordinance insurance coverage in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization that provides coverage for additional costs to rebuild and/or repair the property to current Zoning Regulations or (iv) would not have a material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan. The terms of the Mortgage Loan documents require the borrower to comply in all material respects with all applicable governmental regulations, zoning and building laws.

 

25.       Licenses and Permits. Each borrower covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it will keep all material licenses, permits and applicable governmental authorizations necessary for its operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial, multifamily or, if applicable, manufactured housing community mortgage loans intended for securitization, all such material licenses, permits and applicable governmental authorizations are in effect. The Mortgage Loan requires the related borrower to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

 

26.       Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan provide that (a) the related borrower and at least one individual or entity will be fully liable for actual losses, liabilities, costs and damages arising from certain acts of the related borrower and/or its principals specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, which acts generally include the following: (i) acts of fraud or intentional material misrepresentation, (ii) misapplication or misappropriation of rents (if after an event of default under the Mortgage Loan), insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, (iii) intentional material physical waste of the Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste), and (iv) any breach of the environmental covenants contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents, and (b) the Mortgage Loan will become full recourse to the related borrower and at least one individual or entity, if the related borrower files a voluntary petition under federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law.

 

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27.       Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial Defeasance (as defined in paragraph (32)), in each case, of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to the lesser of (i) 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (b) upon payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (as defined in paragraph (32)), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation or taking by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof. With respect to any partial release (including in connection with any partial Defeasance) under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3)(A); or (y) the mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related borrower’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, as applicable) outstanding after the release, the borrower is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions.

 

In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a condemnation or taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, the borrower can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, condemnation proceeds may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the borrower, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, as applicable).

 

No Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is a Crossed Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the loan-to-value ratio and other requirements of the REMIC Provisions.

 

28.       Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage Loan requires the borrower to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, and quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls for properties that have leases contributing more than 5% of the in-place base rent and annual financial statements.

 

29.       Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (collectively referred to as “TRIA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each other Mortgage Loan, the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) did not, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, and, to the Mortgage

 

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Loan Seller’s knowledge, do not, as of the Cut-off Date, specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, or damages related thereto except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated in Annex D-2 or Annex D-3, as applicable; provided, however, that if TRIA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the borrower under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the borrower will not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at such time, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the borrower is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

 

30.       Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due on sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the lender which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller lending on the security of property comparable to the related Mortgaged Property, including, without limitation, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related borrower, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold (in each case, a “Transfer”), other than as related to (i) family and estate planning Transfers or Transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) Transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in the related borrower, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the borrower, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, such as a qualified equityholder, (v) Transfers of stock or similar equity units in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs (27) and (32) in this Annex D-1 or the exceptions thereto set forth in Annex D-2 or Annex D-3, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Schedule D-1 to Annex D-1, or future permitted mezzanine debt in each case as set forth on Schedule D-2 to Annex D-1 or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests, (iii) any Crossed Mortgage Loan as set forth on Schedule D-3 to Annex D-1 or (iv) Permitted Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the borrower is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

 

31.       Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the borrower to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Both the Mortgage Loan documents and the organizational documents of the borrower with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance in excess of $5 million provide that the borrower is a Single-Purpose Entity, and each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance of $20 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the borrower. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” means an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance equal to $5 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties securing the Mortgage

 

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Loans and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a borrower for a Crossed Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

 

32.       Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for Defeasance as a unilateral right of the borrower, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the borrower is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) of the Treasury Regulations, the revenues from which will, in the case of a full Defeasance, be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment penalty) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment penalty), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial Defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to the lesser of (a) 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan; (iv) the borrower is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (v) if the borrower would continue to own assets in addition to the defeasance collateral, the portion of the Mortgage Loan secured by defeasance collateral is required to be assumed (or the mortgagee may require such assumption) by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vi) the Borrower is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the mortgagee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (vii) the borrower is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with Defeasance (if rating confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with Defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

 

33.       Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of any ARD Loan and situations where default interest is imposed.

 

34.       Ground Leases. For purposes of this Annex D-1, a “Ground Lease” will mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land, or with respect to air rights leases, the air, and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner and does not include industrial development agency (IDA) or similar leases for purposes of conferring a tax abatement or other benefit.

 

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a leasehold estate under a Ground Lease in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns, the Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

 

(a)       The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease or an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor permits the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and does not

 

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restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage;

 

(b)       The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease) that the Ground Lease may not be amended or modified, or canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee, without the prior written consent of the lender, and no such consent has been granted by the Mortgage Loan Seller since the origination of the Mortgage Loan except as reflected in any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

 

(c)       The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either borrower or the mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

 

(d)       The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances, or (ii) is subject to a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement to which the mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest in the Mortgaged Property is subject;

 

(e)       The Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder, and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor;

 

(f)       The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

 

(g)       The Ground Lease or ancillary agreement between the lessor and the lessee requires the lessor to give to the lender written notice of any default, and provides that no notice of default or termination is effective against the lender unless such notice is given to the lender;

 

(h)       A lender is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the lender’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

 

(i)       The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with loans originated for securitization;

 

(j)       Under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than (i) de minimis amounts for minor casualties or (ii) in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in clause (k) below) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the lender or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the

 

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payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

 

(k)       In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel or other agreement and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

 

(l)       Provided that the lender cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with lender upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

 

35.       Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects, legal and have met customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

 

36.       Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in this Annex D-1.

 

37.       No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments since origination, and no Mortgage Loan is more than 30 days delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments as of the Closing Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property, provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in this Annex D-1. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

 

38.       Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, no borrower, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

 

39.       Organization of Borrower. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the borrower delivered by the borrower in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the borrower is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan, no Mortgage Loan has a borrower that is an Affiliate of another borrower under another Mortgage Loan. (An “Affiliate” for purposes of this paragraph (39) means, a borrower that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another borrower.)

 

40.       Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements conducted by a

 

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reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA either (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation with respect to any Environmental Condition that was identified, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related borrower and is held or controlled by the related lender; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, and the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related borrower that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated in all material respects prior to the Cut-Off Date, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action or closure letter was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the Environmental Condition affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) a secured creditor environmental policy or a pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the Environmental Condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than A- (or the equivalent) by Moody’s, S&P and/or Fitch; (E) a party not related to the borrower was identified as the responsible party for such Environmental Condition and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the borrower having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-13 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

 

41.       Appraisal. The Servicing File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Closing Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser who is either a Member of the Appraisal Institute (“MAI”) and/or has been licensed and certified to prepare appraisals in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation and has certified that such appraiser had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the borrower or in any loan made on the security thereof, and its compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan.

 

42.       Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the mortgage loan schedule attached as an exhibit to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to be contained therein.

 

43.       Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any mortgage loan that is outside the issuing entity, except as set forth on Schedule D-3 to Annex D-1.

 

44.       Hospitality Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan that is secured by a hospitality property operated pursuant to a franchise or license agreement includes an executed comfort letter or similar agreement signed by the related borrower and franchisor or licensor of such property that, subject to the applicable terms of such franchise or license agreement and comfort letter or similar agreement, is enforceable by the issuing entity (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, by the related Non-Serviced Trustee) against such franchisor or licensor either (A) directly or as an assignee of the originator, or (B) upon the Mortgage Loan Seller’s or its designee’s providing notice of the transfer of the Mortgage Loan to the Trust (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, by the seller of the note which is contributed to the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust or its designee providing

 

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notice of the transfer of such note to the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust) in accordance with the terms of such executed comfort letter or similar agreement, which the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee (except in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) will provide, or if neither (A) nor (B) is applicable, except in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee will apply for, on the issuing entity’s behalf, a new comfort letter or similar agreement as of the Closing Date. The mortgage or related security agreement for each Mortgage Loan secured by a hospitality property creates a security interest in the revenues of such property for which a UCC financing statement has been filed in the appropriate filing office. For the avoidance of doubt, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in revenues to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection.

 

45.       Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. After origination, no advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related borrower other than in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents, and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, no funds have been received from any person other than the related borrower or an affiliate for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan (other than as contemplated by the Mortgage Loan documents, such as, by way of example and not in limitation of the foregoing, amounts paid by the tenant(s) into a lender-controlled lockbox if required or contemplated under the related lease or Mortgage Loan documents). Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any borrower under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

46.       Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan.

 

For purposes of these representations and warranties, the phrases “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge” or “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth in these representations and warranties, the actual state of knowledge or belief of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth in these representations and warranties. 

 

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ANNEX D-2

 

EXCEPTIONS TO GACC MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

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9 1088 Sansome (5) Lien; Valid Assignment and (6) Permitted Liens; Title Insurance The largest tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Pattern Energy Group, has a right of first offer to purchase the Mortgaged Property if the landlord elects to sell the Mortgaged Property. Pursuant to a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement, Pattern Energy Group waived its right of first offer in connection with a foreclosure, a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure and any subsequent sale by the lender or its designee following a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu. However, such right will apply to any transfers thereafter.
23 Pet Food Experts Industrial (5) Lien; Valid Assignment and (6) Permitted Liens; Title Insurance The lease of the sole tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, Pet Food Experts, Inc., prohibits the owner of such Mortgaged Property from transferring such Mortgaged Property to a Tenant Competitor. A “Tenant Competitor” is any person which operates a business and a material portion of the business competes with that of the tenant, provided that a private equity sponsor or other financial sponsor which owns a Tenant Competitor, but does not itself compete with the tenant, or such a sponsor’s real estate fund (which is unrelated to the corporate fund that owns the competitive business) will not be a Tenant Competitor provided that it agrees that confidential information provided by the tenant will be kept confidential and not shared with any of the other funds of its financial sponsor that constitute Tenant Competitors. The lease provides that such restriction will not apply to a sale of the Mortgaged Property (whether through a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure) by the landlord’s mortgagee or during an event of default under the lease, but it will apply to subsequent transfers. Pursuant to a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement with the lender, the tenant agreed that for the purposes of any exercise of remedies under the related Mortgage Loan, the term “Tenant Competitor” would mean only an entity or its affiliate which is actively engaged in the pet food distribution and warehousing (the “Pet Food Use”), in which the tenant or any of its affiliates is engaged as of the date of such agreement, and will not include passive investors in any such entity not regularly engaged in the Pet Food Use (in this instance, any company which is engaged in the business of owning or making loans on real property and which is not engaged in the Pet Food Use, will not be deemed a Tenant Competitor solely as the result of such entity owning or leasing property that is used for such purpose).
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (16) Insurance

The deductible for the “all risk” property insurance is permitted to be up to and including $250,000; the deductible for terrorism insurance is permitted to be up to and including $500,000, and the deductible for windstorm and earthquake coverage is not more than 5% of the total insurable value of the applicable Mortgaged Property; provided that if the non-recourse carveout guarantor provides a guaranty acceptable to the lender and each rating agency rating securities that represent an interest in the related Whole Loan guaranteeing any failure by the related Borrower to pay its obligations actually incurred with respect to that portion of the deductible that exceeds 5% of the total insurable value of an Mortgaged Property, the deductibles for windstorm and earthquake coverage may be up to 15% of the total insurable value of the Mortgaged Property); provided, further, that (1) the related Borrower may utilize a $4,000,000 aggregate deductible subject to a $100,000 per occurrence deductible and a $100,000 maintenance deductible following the exhaustion of the aggregate and (2) the aggregate does not apply to any losses arising from named windstorm, earthquake or flood. Such deductibles may be considered not to be customary.

 

 

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The Whole Loan documents permit the Borrower to rely on insurance maintained by MGM Lessee II, LLC (the “MGM Tenant”) so long as the master lease (the “MGM Lease”) between the Borrower and the MGM Tenant is in effect and there is no default continuing under the lease (beyond any applicable cure period). Such insurance maintained by the MGM Tenant (the “MGM Policies”) is required to conform to the requirements of the Whole Loan documents (except it is acknowledged and agreed that the MGM Policies are permitted to vary from the requirements of the Whole Loan documents with respect to (x) the named storm sublimit which shall be no less than $700,000,000 per occurrence and (y) any property or terrorism deductible, which shall be no greater than $5,000,000). Such $700,000,000 limit is less than full replacement cost. In addition, such deductibles may be considered not to be customary.

 

The MGM Lease provides that all insurance proceeds (except business interruption insurance proceeds not allocated to rent expenses, if any, which will be payable to and retained by the MGM Tenant) payable by reason of any property loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property, or any portion of the Mortgaged Property, under any property insurance policy will be paid to the lender or an escrow account reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the MGM Tenant, and made available to the MGM Tenant upon request for the reasonable costs of preservation, stabilization, emergency restoration, business interruption, reconstruction and repair, as the case may be, of any damage to or destruction of the Mortgaged Property (or any portion thereof); provided that if the total amount of proceeds payable net of applicable deductibles is $50,000,000 or less, and if no event of default under the MGM Lease has occurred and is continuing, the proceeds will be paid to the MGM Tenant and, subject to certain limitations set forth in the MGM Lease, used for the repair of the damage to the leased property in accordance with the terms of the MGM Lease.

 

Terrorism insurance may be written by a non-rated captive insurer.

 

24 Frontier Self Storage (24) Local Law Compliance The use of the Mortgaged Property for self storage constitutes a legal non-conforming use, as under the zoning code currently in effect self storage use requires a conditional use permit. In addition, the Mortgaged Property is legal non-conforming as to density, as it exceeds the maximum permitted floor area ratio by 31,063 square feet. The applicable zoning ordinance provides that, if a property with a legal non-conforming structure or use is destroyed by fire or other calamity to the extent of 50% or greater of its replacement cost, the non-conforming structure may not be reconstructed except in accordance with the current zoning regulations and the non-conforming use may not be resumed. If destruction is to the extent of less than 50% of a property’s replacement cost, a non-conforming structure may be reconstructed and a non-conforming use may be resumed only if reconstruction is started within twelve months and diligently pursued to completion. It is anticipated that if the Mortgaged Property is unable to be reconstructed, available insurance proceeds, even when taken together with the land value of the Mortgaged Property, will be significantly less than the amount required to repay the Mortgage Loan.
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (25) Licenses and Permits The Borrower did not covenant in the Whole Loan documents (so long as the applicable Mortgaged Property is subject to the MGM Lease) to keep all material licenses, permits and applicable government authorizations necessary for its operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect.
1 The Grace Building (26) Recourse Obligations The aggregate liability of the related guarantors with respect to the guaranteed recourse obligations of the Borrower related to any bankruptcy event with respect to the Borrower may not exceed an amount equal to 15% of the principal balance of the

 

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Whole Loan outstanding at the time of the occurrence of such event, plus any and all reasonable third-party costs actually incurred by the lender (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs reasonably incurred) in connection with the collection of amounts due thereunder.
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (26) Recourse Obligations

BREIT Operating Partnership L.P. (“BREIT Guarantor”) and MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP (“MGP Guarantor” and together with BREIT Guarantor, collectively, “Guarantor”) are severally (but not jointly) liable for recourse events, in accordance with their respective percentage interests in the Borrower.

 

The Guarantor’s liability with respect to the bankruptcy-related recourse events is capped at an amount equal to 10% of the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan as of the date of the event.

 

Only the related Borrower, and not the Guarantor, is liable for breaches of environmental covenants, and the related Borrower is the only party liable under the environmental indemnity; provided, however, that if the related Borrower fails to maintain an environmental insurance policy as required under the Whole Loan documents and the Mortgaged Property is not subject to the MGM Lease, the non-recourse carveout guarantor is liable for losses relating to breaches of environmental covenants other than (x) for any amounts in excess of the applicable coverage amounts under the environmental policy had the same been renewed, replaced or extended as required under the Whole Loan documents and (y) for any amounts recovered under the environmental policy.

 

Recourse for waste is limited to willful misconduct by the related Borrower, Guarantor or certain of their affiliates that results in physical damage or waste to the Mortgaged Property.

 

23 Pet Food Experts Industrial (26) Recourse Obligations The liability of the non-recourse carveout guarantor and borrower under the environmental indemnity agreement may not exceed the sum of (x) 120% of the original principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (y) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by the lender (including, without limitation, legal fees) in connection with the enforcement of the environmental indemnity agreement.
1, 2, 9, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32 All GACC Mortgage Loans (26) Recourse Obligations In most cases, the Mortgage Loans being sold by German American Capital Corporation do not provide for recourse for misapplication of rents, insurance proceeds or condemnation awards.
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (27) Mortgage Releases Upon satisfying certain conditions, the Borrower may release a Mortgaged Property by prepaying or defeasing an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the outstanding principal amount of the Whole Loan, together with all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and (2)(i) 105% of the allocated loan amount for the released Mortgaged Property until such time that the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan has been reduced to $2,250,000,000 and (ii) thereafter, 110% of the allocated loan amount of the released Mortgaged Property.
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (29) Acts of Terrorism Exclusion

So long as the Mortgaged Property is subject to the MGM Lease, the Borrower is permitted to rely on terrorism insurance provided by the MGM Tenant.

 

Terrorism insurance may be written by a non-rated captive insurer.

 

If (A) TRIPRA is not in effect, (B) TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute, extension or reauthorization is modified which results in a material increase in terrorism insurance premiums, or (C) there is a disruption in the terrorism insurance marketplace as the result of a terrorism event which results in a material increase in terrorism insurance premiums, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the  

 

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related Borrower (or the MGM Tenant) will be required to maintain terrorism insurance as required by the Whole Loan documents; provided, however, that it will not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable at such time in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the Whole Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of the terrorism, flood, earthquake and windstorm components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance), and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Borrower (or the MGM Tenant) will be required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

 

1 The Grace Building (29) Acts of Terrorism Exclusion The related Mortgage Loan agreement provides Liberty IC Casualty LLC, a licensed captive insurance company (“Liberty IC”) is an acceptable insurer of perils of terrorism and acts of terrorism, so long as (i) the policy issued by Liberty IC has (A) no aggregate limit, and (B) a deductible of no greater than $1,000,000 plus that as calculated pursuant to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (“TRIPRA”) or the then-current successor act, (ii) other than the $1,000,000 deductible, the portion of such insurance which is not reinsured by TRIPRA is reinsured by an insurer (meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan agreement or maintaining such higher rating as may be required by any rating agency rating the securities secured by the related Mortgage Loan, not to exceed “A+” with S&P and “A1” with Moody’s, to the extent Moody’s is rating the securities secured by the related Mortgage Loan and rates the applicable insurance company) (provided that the related borrower will cause such re-insurance agreements to provide a cut-through endorsement acceptable to the Mortgagor and any rating agency rating the securities secured by the related Mortgage Loan; (iii) TRIPRA or a similar federal statute is in effect and provides that the federal government must reinsure that portion of any terrorism insurance claim (A) above the applicable deductible payable by Liberty IC and (B) as per the current TRIPRA legislation, (iv) Liberty IC is not the subject of a bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding, and (v) no governmental authority issues any statement, finding, or decree that insurers of perils of terrorism similar to Liberty IC (i.e., captive insurers arranged similar to Liberty IC) do not qualify for the payments or benefits of TRIPRA. In addition, the related Mortgage Loan agreement provides that in the event that Liberty IC is providing insurance coverage (i) to other properties in close proximity to the Property, and/or (ii) to other properties owned by a person(s) who is not an affiliate of the related borrower, and such insurance is not subject to the same reinsurance and other requirements of the related Mortgage Loan agreement, then the Mortgagor may reasonably re-evaluate the limits and deductibles of the insurance required to be provided by Liberty IC under the related Mortgage Loan agreement. In the event any of the foregoing conditions are not satisfied, Liberty IC will not be deemed an acceptable insurer of terrorism losses. The related borrower represented, warranted and covenanted to the Mortgagor to the extent of its knowledge, on behalf of Liberty IC, that the insurance premiums for the insurance coverages provided to such borrower by Liberty IC are fair market value insurance premiums.
1, 2, 9, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32 All GACC Mortgage Loans (29) Acts of Terrorism Exclusion All exceptions to Representation 16 are also exceptions to this Representation 29.
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (30) Due on Sale or Encumbrance

The Whole Loan documents provide that no Restricted Pledge Party (as defined below), other than the Borrower or any future mezzanine borrower, may be restricted from any sale or pledge of its direct or indirect assets, provided such assets are not encumbered or required to be encumbered by the Whole Loan  

 

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or any mezzanine loan. The assets of a Restricted Pledge Party may include direct or indirect equity interests in the Borrower.

 

Certain transfers are permitted without lender consent so long as, after giving effect to such sale or pledge, (x) (1) the Borrower and any principal thereof (on an unencumbered and look through basis) are indirectly controlled and at least 50.1% owned by BREIT OP and/or MGP OP, provided that (I) with respect to BREIT OP, BREIT OP is owned, managed or controlled by BREIT, a Qualified Advisor, a Qualified Transferee or a Public Vehicle (each such term, as defined in the Whole Loan documents) and (II) with respect to MGP OP, MGP OP is managed and controlled by MGP Growth Properties LLC, a Public Vehicle or a Qualified Transferee, or (y) following a Public Sale (as defined in the Whole Loan documents), a Public Vehicle or, following a Permitted Assumption, the applicable Qualified Transferee (1) shall own not less than 51% of the economic and direct or indirect legal and beneficial interests in the Borrower, the Guarantor and any principal (on an unencumbered and look through basis) and (2) control the Borrower, the Guarantor and any principal.

 

Restricted Pledge Party” means, collectively, the Borrower, any mezzanine borrower, or any other direct or indirect equity holder in the Borrower up to, but not including, the first direct or indirect equity holder that has substantial assets other than its direct or indirect interest in the Mortgaged Property.

 

2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (32) Defeasance See exception to Representation and Warranty 27 above.
1, 2, 9, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32 All GACC Mortgage Loans (37) No Material Default; Payment Record With respect to any covenants under the related Mortgage Loan that require the Borrower to ensure a tenant or Mortgaged Property is operating or to enforce the terms of leases, such Borrower may be in default of one or more of such covenants due to closures mandated or recommended by governmental authorities and moratoriums imposed by governmental authorities on real estate remedies or due to the Borrower forbearing to enforce rent payment obligations on tenants failing to pay rent as a result of such closures.
23, 27

Pet Food Experts Industrial

 

Reladyne Industrial 

(39) Organization of Borrower The Borrowers under such two Mortgage Loans are Affiliates.

 

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SCHEDULE D-1

GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION

LOANS WITH EXISTING MEZZANINE DEBT

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE D-2

GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH MEZZANINE DEBT IS PERMITTED IN THE FUTURE

 

Loan No.

Mortgage Loan

1 The Grace Building
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay
29 SDC Annex

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SCHEDULE D-3

GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION

CROSSED MORTGAGE LOANS

 

None.

 

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ANNEX D-3

 

EXCEPTIONS TO CREFI MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

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3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

(5) Lien; Valid Assignment

 

(13) Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan

 

The Borrower sponsor and certain affiliates were involved with a dispute in 2015 with a plumber as to work the plumber did on ten buildings, two of which are collateral for the Mortgage Loan. The plumber filed mechanic’s liens on all of the buildings, including approximately $300,000 with respect to the Mortgaged Property, for sums allegedly owed by the various entity owners, and commenced separate foreclosure actions for each lien. The mechanic’s liens related to the Mortgaged Property were bonded over and are no longer encumbrances on the title policies with respect to the Mortgaged Property.
2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 26, 28, 30, 31, 33 All CREFI loans

(16) Insurance

 

(26) Recourse Obligations

 

The Mortgage Loan documents may permit the related Mortgagor to cause the insurance required at the related Mortgaged Property under the Mortgage Loan documents to be maintained by a tenant at the related Mortgaged Property.

 

The Mortgage Loan documents with respect to certain of the Mortgage Loans provide loss recourse for any material breach of the environmental covenants contained in the Mortgage Loan documents.

 

2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (16) Insurance

The deductible for the “all risk” property insurance is permitted to be up to and including $250,000; the deductible for terrorism insurance is permitted to be up to and including $500,000, and the deductible for windstorm and earthquake coverage is not more than 5% of the total insurable value of the applicable Mortgaged Property; provided that if the non-recourse carveout guarantor provides a guaranty acceptable to the lender and each rating agency rating securities that represent an interest in the Whole Loan guaranteeing any failure by the related Borrower to pay its obligations actually incurred with respect to that portion of the deductible that exceeds 5% of the total insurable value of an Mortgaged Property, the deductibles for windstorm and earthquake coverage may be up to 15% of the total insurable value of the Mortgaged Property); provided, further, that (1) the related Borrower may utilize a $4,000,000 aggregate deductible subject to a $100,000 per occurrence deductible and a $100,000 maintenance deductible following the exhaustion of the aggregate and (2) the aggregate does not apply to any losses arising from named windstorm, earthquake or flood. Such deductibles may be considered not to be customary.

 

The Whole Loan documents permit the Borrower to rely on insurance maintained by MGM Lessee II, LLC (the “MGM Tenant”) so long as the master lease (the “MGM Lease”) between the Borrower and the MGM Tenant is in effect and there is no default continuing under the lease (beyond any applicable cure period). Such insurance maintained by the MGM Tenant (the “MGM Policies”) is required to conform to the requirements of the Whole Loan documents (except it is acknowledged and agreed that the MGM Policies are permitted to vary from the requirements of the Whole Loan documents with respect to (x) the named storm sublimit which shall be no less than $700,000,000 per occurrence and (y) any property or terrorism deductible, which shall be no greater than $5,000,000). Such $700,000,000 limit is less than full replacement cost. In addition, such deductibles may be considered not to be customary.

 

The MGM Lease provides that all insurance proceeds (except business interruption insurance proceeds not allocated to rent expenses, if any, which will be payable to and retained by the MGM Tenant) payable by reason of any property loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property, or any portion of the Mortgaged Property, under any property insurance policy will  

 

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be paid to the lender or an escrow account reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the MGM Tenant, and made available to the MGM Tenant upon request for the reasonable costs of preservation, stabilization, emergency restoration, business interruption, reconstruction and repair, as the case may be, of any damage to or destruction of the Mortgaged Property (or any portion thereof); provided that if the total amount of proceeds payable net of applicable deductibles is $50,000,000 or less, and if no event of default under the MGM Lease has occurred and is continuing, the proceeds will be paid to the MGM Tenant and, subject to certain limitations set forth in the MGM Lease, used for the repair of the damage to the leased property in accordance with the terms of the MGM Lease.

 

Terrorism insurance may be written by a non-rated captive insurer. 

18 5 East 22nd Street (16) Insurance The loan documents provide recourse for losses for the misappropriation or conversion by Borrower of insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or rents (i.e., does not include misappropriation).
3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

(24) Local Law Compliance

 

(25) Licenses and Permits

 

With respect to the 15 West 47th Street Mortgaged Property, a municipal violation has been issued in connection with façade work required under applicable law.

 

With respect to the 48 West 48th Street Mortgaged Property, a municipal violation has been issued in connection with the Mortgaged Property failing to comply with a local law requiring certain office buildings to be fully protected by a sprinkler system.

 

3 Elo Midtown Office Portfolio

(24) Local Law Compliance

 

(25) Licenses and Permits

 

With respect to the 15 West 47th Street Mortgaged Property, municipal violations have been issued in connection with alterations made to the first floor and the mezzanine levels of the Mortgaged Property without the issuance of an amended certificate of occupancy. At the origination date of the Mortgage Loan, an amended certificate of occupancy has not been issued.

 

With respect to the 48 West 48th Street Mortgaged Property, an open building permit was issued in 1995 for alterations that required the issuance of an amended certificate of occupancy. At the origination date of the Mortgage Loan, an amended certificate of occupancy has not been issued.

 

2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (25) Licenses and Permits The Borrower did not covenant in the Whole Loan documents (so long as the applicable Mortgaged Property is subject to the MGM Lease) to keep all material licenses, permits and applicable government authorizations necessary for its operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect.
31 200 Centennial Avenue (25) Licenses and Permits At origination of the 200 Centennial Avenue Mortgage Loan, 22 tenants at the related Mortgaged Property did not have valid certificates of occupancy. The Mortgage Loan documents require that the final certificates of occupancy be delivered within 4 months of origination of the Mortgage Loan.
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (26) Recourse Obligations

BREIT Operating Partnership L.P. (“BREIT Guarantor”) and MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP (“MGP Guarantor” and together with BREIT Guarantor, collectively, “Guarantor”) are severally (but not jointly) liable for recourse events in accordance with their respective percentage interests in the Borrower.

 

The Guarantor’s liability with respect to bankruptcy-related recourse events is capped at an amount equal to 10% of the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan as of the date of the event.

 

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Only the related mortgagors, and not the non-recourse carveout guarantor, is liable for breaches of environmental covenants, and the related mortgagors are the only parties liable under the environmental indemnity; provided, however, that if the related Borrower fails to maintain an environmental insurance policy as required under the Whole Loan documents and the Mortgaged Property is not subject to the MGM Lease, the non-recourse carveout guarantor is liable for losses relating to breaches of environmental covenants other than (x) for any amounts in excess of the applicable coverage amounts under the environmental policy had the same been renewed, replaced or extended as required under the Whole Loan documents and (y) for any amounts recovered under the environmental policy.

 

Recourse for waste is limited to willful misconduct by the related mortgagors, non-recourse guarantor or certain of their affiliates that results in physical damage or waste to the Mortgaged Property.

 

2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (27) Mortgage Releases Upon satisfying certain conditions, the Borrower may release a Mortgaged Property by prepaying or defeasing an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the outstanding principal amount of the Whole Loan, together with all interest accrued and unpaid thereon and (2) (i) 105% of the allocated loan amount for the released Mortgaged Property until such time that the outstanding principal balance of the Whole Loan has been reduced to $2,250,000,000 and (ii) thereafter, 110% of the allocated loan amount of the released Mortgaged Property.
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (29) Acts of Terrorism Exclusion

So long as the Mortgaged Property is subject to the MGM Lease, the mortgagors are permitted to rely on terrorism insurance provided by the MGM Tenant.

 

Terrorism insurance may be written by a non-rated captive insurer.

 

If (A) TRIPRA is not in effect, (B) TRIPRA or a similar or subsequent statute, extension or reauthorization is modified which results in a material increase in terrorism insurance premiums, or (C) there is a disruption in the terrorism insurance marketplace as the result of a terrorism event which results in a material increase in terrorism insurance premiums, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the related Borrower (or the MGM Tenant) will be required to maintain terrorism insurance as required by the Whole Loan documents; provided, however, that it will not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable at such time in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the Whole Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of the terrorism, flood, earthquake and windstorm components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance), and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Borrower (or the MGM Tenant) will be required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

 

2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (30) Due on Sale or Encumbrance

The Whole Loan documents provide that no Restricted Pledge Party (as defined below), other than the mortgagors or any future mezzanine borrower, may be restricted from any sale or pledge of its direct or indirect assets, provided such assets are not encumbered or required to be encumbered by the Whole Loan or any mezzanine loan. The assets of a Restricted Pledge Party may include direct or indirect equity interests in the mortgagors.

 

Certain transfers are permitted without lender consent so long as, after giving effect to such sale or pledge, (x) (1) the mortgagors and any principal thereof (on an unencumbered and look through basis) are indirectly controlled and at least 50.1% owned by BREIT OP and/or MGP OP, provided that (I) with respect to BREIT OP, BREIT OP is owned, managed or controlled by BREIT, a Qualified Advisor, a Qualified

 

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Transferee or a Public Vehicle (each such term, as defined in the Whole Loan documents) and (II) with respect to MGP OP, MGP OP is managed and controlled by MGP Growth Properties LLC, a Public Vehicle or a Qualified Transferee, or (y) following a Public Sale (as defined in the Whole Loan documents), a Public Vehicle or, following a Permitted Assumption (as defined in the Whole Loan documents), the applicable Qualified Transferee (1) shall own not less than 51% of the economic and direct or indirect legal and beneficial interests in the mortgagors, the Guarantor and any principal (on an unencumbered and look through basis) and (2) control the mortgagors, the Guarantor and any principal.

 

Restricted Pledge Party” means, collectively, the Borrower, any mezzanine borrower, or any other direct or indirect equity holder in the Borrower up to, but not including, the first direct or indirect equity holder that has substantial assets other than its direct or indirect interest in the mortgaged property.

 

16 Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District (31) Single-Purpose Entity The related loan documents permit the Borrower to incur unsecured loans pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) administered by the United States Small Business Administration in accordance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020, and the Borrower obtained a loan in the amount of approximately $2,493,400 under the PPP program in April 2020.
2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay (32) Defeasance The exception to Representation and Warranty #27 is also an exception to this representation.
2, 3, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 26, 28, 30, 31, 33 All CREFI loans (37) No Material Default; Payment Record With respect to any covenants under the related Mortgage Loan that require the Mortgagor to ensure a tenant or Mortgaged Property is operating or to enforce the terms of leases, such Mortgagor may be in default of one or more of such covenants due to closures mandated or recommended by governmental authorities and moratoriums imposed by governmental authorities on real estate remedies or due to the Mortgagor forbearing to enforce rent payment obligations on tenants failing to pay rent as a result of such closures.
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Storage Solutions Portfolio

 

CityLine All American Storage

 

(39) Organization of Borrower The related mortgagors are affiliated.

 

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SCHEDULE D-1

CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.

LOANS WITH EXISTING MEZZANINE DEBT

 

None.

 

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SCHEDULE D-2

CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH MEZZANINE DEBT IS PERMITTED IN THE FUTURE

 

Loan No.

Mortgage Loan

2 MGM Grand & Mandalay Bay

 

 

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SCHEDULE D-3

CITI REAL ESTATE FUNDING INC.

 

CROSSED MORTGAGE LOANS

 

None.

 

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ANNEX E-1

 

GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY
MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

GSMC will in its MLPA, with respect to each GSMC Mortgage Loan, make the representations and warranties set forth below as of the Cut-off Date or such other date specified below, in each case subject to the exceptions to those representations and warranties that are described on Annex E-2. Prior to the execution of the related final MLPA, there may be additions, subtractions or other modifications to the representations, warranties and exceptions. These representations, warranties and exceptions should not be read alone, but should only be read in conjunction with the prospectus. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Annex E-1 will have the meanings set forth in this prospectus or, if not defined in this prospectus, in the related MLPA.

 

The related MLPA, together with the related representations and warranties (subject to the exceptions thereto), serves to contractually allocate risk between GSMC, on the one hand, and the issuing entity, on the other. The representations and warranties are not intended to be disclosure statements regarding the characteristics of the related mortgage loans, Mortgaged Properties or other subjects discussed, but rather are intended as a risk allocation mechanism. We cannot assure you that the mortgage loans actually conform to the statements made in the representations and warranties that are presented below. The representations, warranties and exceptions have been provided to you for informational purposes only and prospective investors should not rely on the representations, warranties and exceptions as a basis for any investment decision. For disclosure regarding the characteristics, risks and other information regarding the mortgage loans, Mortgaged Properties and the certificates, you should read and rely solely on the prospectus. None of the depositor or the underwriters or their respective affiliates makes any representation regarding the accuracy or completeness of the representations, warranties and exceptions.

 

1.       Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a GSMC Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each GSMC Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a GSMC Mortgage Loan. Each GSMC Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan is a senior or pari passu portion of a whole loan evidenced by a senior or pari passu note. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to the depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to GSMC), participation or pledge, and GSMC had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each GSMC Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations, any other ownership interests on, in or to such GSMC Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment, or similar agreement, any Non-Serviced PSA with respect to a GSMC Mortgage Loan and rights of the holder of a related Companion Loan pursuant to a Co-Lender Agreement. GSMC has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each GSMC Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to Depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of each GSMC Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering any GSMC Mortgage Loan other than the rights of the holder of a related Companion Loan pursuant to a Co-Lender Agreement.

 

2.       Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, assignment of leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such GSMC Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforcement may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or prepayment/yield maintenance fees,

 

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charges and/or premiums) are, or may be, further limited or rendered unenforceable by or under applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth in clause (i) above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Mortgage Loan documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the Mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

 

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by GSMC in connection with the origination of any GSMC Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

 

3.       Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each GSMC Mortgage Loan contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the related Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, nonjudicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

 

4.       Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File (a)(1) there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver or modification relates to the COVID-19 Emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 Emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, GSMC Mortgage Loan guaranty, and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the related Mortgagor nor the related guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the related GSMC Mortgage Loan.

 

5.       Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each assignment of Mortgage and assignment of assignment of leases to the issuing entity (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee) constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment to the issuing entity (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage and assignment of leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the mortgage loan schedule attached to the related MLPA, leasehold) interest in the related Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such GSMC Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to paragraph (6) set forth on Annex E-2 (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to and excepting Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions) as of origination was, and as of the Cut-off Date, to GSMC’s knowledge, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances which are prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below), and, to GSMC’s knowledge and subject to the rights of tenants (as tenants only) (subject to and excepting Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions), no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below). Notwithstanding anything in this representation to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required in order to effect such perfection.

 

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6.       Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a GSMC Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment, in each case binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such GSMC Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a GSMC Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage, which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments due and payable but not yet delinquent; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property and condominium declarations; (f) if the related GSMC Mortgage Loan constitutes a cross-collateralized GSMC Mortgage Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another GSMC Mortgage Loan contained in the same Crossed Group; and (g) if the related GSMC Mortgage Loan is part of a Whole Loan, the rights of the holder(s) of any related Companion Loan(s) pursuant to the related Co-Lender Agreement; provided that none of items (a) through (g), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or current use of the Mortgaged Property or the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). Except as contemplated by clauses (f) and (g) of the preceding sentence, none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by GSMC thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither GSMC, nor to GSMC’s knowledge, any other holder of a GSMC Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy.

 

7.       Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a GSMC Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any GSMC Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another GSMC Mortgage Loan, there are no subordinate mortgages or junior liens securing the payment of money encumbering the related Mortgaged Property (other than Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions, taxes and assessments, mechanics and materialmens liens (which are the subject of the representation in paragraph (5) above), and equipment and other personal property financing). Except as set forth on Schedule E-1 to this Annex E-1, GSMC has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related mortgagor.

 

8.       Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an assignment of leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions, each related assignment of leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related assignment of leases, subject to applicable law, provides that, upon an event of default under each GSMC Mortgage Loan, a receiver is permitted to be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee.

 

9.       UCC Filings. If the related Mortgaged Property is operated as a hospitality property, GSMC has filed and/or recorded or caused to be filed and/or recorded (or, if not filed and/or recorded, submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording), UCC financing statements in the appropriate public filing and/or recording offices necessary at the time of the origination of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan to perfect a valid security interest in all items of physical personal property reasonably necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property owned by such mortgagor and located on the related Mortgaged Property (other than

 

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any non-material personal property, any personal property subject to a purchase money security interest, a sale and leaseback financing arrangement as permitted under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or any other personal property leases applicable to such personal property), to the extent perfection may be effected pursuant to applicable law by recording or filing, as the case may be. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each related Mortgage (or equivalent document) creates a valid and enforceable lien and security interest on the items of personalty described above. No representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of UCC financing statements are required in order to effect such perfection.

 

10.       Condition of Property. GSMC or the originator of each GSMC Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan and within thirteen months of the Cut-off Date.

 

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each GSMC Mortgage Loan no more than thirteen months prior to the Cut-off Date. To GSMC’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the GSMC Mortgage Loan.

 

11.       Taxes and Assessments. All taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges), or installments thereof, which could be a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that would be of equal or superior priority to the lien of the Mortgage and that prior to the Cut-off Date have become delinquent in respect of each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to cover such payments and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, real estate taxes and governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges and installments thereof will not be considered delinquent until the earlier of (a) the date on which interest and/or penalties would first be payable thereon and (b) the date on which enforcement action is entitled to be taken by the related taxing authority.

 

12.       Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to GSMC’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending, and, to GSMC’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened, for the total or partial condemnation of any Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of such Mortgaged Property.

 

13.       Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. As of the date of origination and to GSMC’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any mortgagor, guarantor, or mortgagor’s interest in the related Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such mortgagor’s title to such Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related GSMC Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the related Mortgage Loan documents or (f) the current principal use of such Mortgaged Property.

 

14.       Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and payments required to be escrowed with any Mortgagee pursuant to each GSMC Mortgage Loan are in the possession, or under the control, of GSMC or its servicer, and there are no deficiencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required to be escrowed with the related Mortgagee under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by GSMC to the Depositor or its servicer.

 

15.       No Holdbacks. The principal amount of each GSMC Mortgage Loan stated on the mortgage loan schedule attached to the related MLPA has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is

 

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no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the GSMC Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the mortgagor or other considerations determined by GSMC to merit such holdback).

 

16.       Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements (as defined below), in an amount (subject to a customary deductible) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the related mortgagor and included in such Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Insurance Rating Requirements” means either (i) a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings or (ii) the Syndicate Insurance Rating Requirements. “Syndicate Insurance Rating Requirements” means insurance provided by a syndicate of insurers, as to which (i) if such syndicate consists of 5 or more members, at least 60% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Rating Requirements (under clause (i) of the definition of such term) and up to 40% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and (ii) if such syndicate consists of 4 or fewer members, at least 75% of the coverage is provided by insurers that meet the Insurance Rating Requirements (under clause (i) of the definition of such term) and up to 25% of the coverage is provided by insurers that have a claims paying or financial strength rating of at least “BBB-” by S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC or at least “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each GSMC Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

 

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a “Special Flood Hazard Area,” the related mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program (irrespective of whether such coverage is provided pursuant to a National Flood Insurance Program policy or through a private policy), plus such additional flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by GSMC for comparable mortgage loans intended for securitization.

 

If a Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan and (2) 100% of the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements and personalty and fixtures included in the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements.

 

Each Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and

 

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personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by prudent institutional commercial mortgage lenders, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

 

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each Mortgaged Property located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the structural and seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the scenario expected limit (“SEL”) for the related Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the SEL was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the SEL would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained from an insurer rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” by S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC in an amount not less than 100% of the SEL.

 

The Mortgage Loan documents for each GSMC Mortgage Loan require insurance proceeds in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the original or then outstanding principal amount of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan), the Mortgagee (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such GSMC Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

 

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section required to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the Mortgagee under each GSMC Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a Mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the trustee (or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related GSMC Mortgage Loan obligates the related mortgagor to maintain (or cause to be maintained) all such insurance and, at such mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the Mortgagee to maintain such insurance at the mortgagor’s reasonable cost and expense and to charge such mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the Mortgagee of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by GSMC.

 

17.       Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Lots. Each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has access via an irrevocable easement or irrevocable right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has uninhibited access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and all required utilities, all of which are appropriate for the current use of such Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been, or will be, made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax lots, in which case the related GSMC Mortgage Loan requires the mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which such Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax lots are created.

 

18.       No Encroachments. To GSMC’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the Mortgagee’s Title Policy (or, if such policy is not yet issued, a pro forma title policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment) obtained in connection with the origination of each GSMC Mortgage Loan, all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such GSMC Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy.

 

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No improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy. No improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments the removal of which would not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy.

 

19.       No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No GSMC Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by GSMC.

 

20.       REMIC. Each GSMC Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the GSMC Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the GSMC Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such GSMC Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including buildings and structural components thereof, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the GSMC Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the GSMC Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the GSMC Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the GSMC Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the GSMC Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such GSMC Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such GSMC Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the GSMC Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such GSMC Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the GSMC Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a GSMC Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the borrower having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance provided that: (a) such GSMC Mortgage Loan forbearance is covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) of Revenue Procedure 2020-26; and (b) GSMC identifies such GSMC Mortgage Loan and provides (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any prepayment premium and yield maintenance charges applicable to the GSMC Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph will have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

 

21.       Compliance with Usury Laws. The Mortgage Rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, yield maintenance charge, or prepayment premiums) of each GSMC Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations and other requirements pertaining to usury.

 

22.       Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to originate, acquire and/or hold (as applicable) the Mortgage Note in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such GSMC Mortgage Loan by the issuing entity.

 

23.       Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to GSMC’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under

 

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applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related Mortgagee.

 

24.       Local Law Compliance. To GSMC’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by GSMC for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, there are no material violations of applicable zoning ordinances, building codes and land laws (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) with respect to the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a GSMC Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination of such GSMC Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan, as applicable) and as of the Cut-off Date, other than those which (i) are insured by the Title Policy or a law and ordinance insurance policy or (ii) would not have a material adverse effect on the value, operation or net operating income of the related Mortgaged Property. The terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents require the mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable governmental regulations, zoning and building laws.

 

25.       Licenses and Permits. Each mortgagor covenants in the related Mortgage Loan documents that it will keep all material licenses, permits and applicable governmental authorizations necessary for its operation of the related Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to GSMC’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by GSMC for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, all such material licenses, permits and applicable governmental authorizations are in effect. Each GSMC Mortgage Loan requires the related mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

 

26.       Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each GSMC Mortgage Loan provide that such GSMC Mortgage Loan (a) becomes full recourse to the mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity distinct from the mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the mortgagor) that has assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events: (i) if any voluntary petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, will be filed by the related mortgagor; (ii) the related mortgagor or guarantor will have colluded with (or, alternatively, solicited or caused to be solicited) other creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to such mortgagor or (iii) voluntary transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the mortgagor made in violation of the related Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions providing for recourse against the mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity distinct from the mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the mortgagor) that has assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages sustained by reason of such mortgagor’s (i) misappropriation of rents after the occurrence of an event of default under the related GSMC Mortgage Loan; (ii) misappropriation of (A) insurance proceeds or condemnation awards or (B) security deposits or, alternatively, the failure of any security deposits to be delivered to the Mortgagee upon foreclosure or action in lieu thereof (except to the extent applied in accordance with leases prior to a GSMC Mortgage Loan event of default); (iii) fraud or intentional material misrepresentation; (iv) breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (v) commission of intentional material physical waste at the related Mortgaged Property (but, in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste).

 

27.       Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the related Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial Defeasance (as defined in paragraph (32)), in each case, of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to the lesser of (i) 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan, (b) upon payment in full of such GSMC Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (as defined in (32) below), (d) releases of out-parcels that

 

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are unimproved or other portions of the related Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of such Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the GSMC Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation or taking by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof. With respect to any partial release (including in connection with any partial Defeasance) under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject GSMC Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations and (ii) would not cause the subject GSMC Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3)(A); or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), for all GSMC Mortgage Loans originated after December 6, 2010, if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the GSMC Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the lien of the GSMC Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the GSMC Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) outstanding after the release, the related mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC provisions of the Code.

 

With respect to any partial release under the preceding clause (e), for all GSMC Mortgage Loans originated after December 6, 2010, the mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC provisions of the Code and, to such extent, such amount may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the GSMC Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan).

 

No GSMC Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another GSMC Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the REMIC provisions of the Code.

 

28.       Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. The GSMC Mortgage Loan documents for each GSMC Mortgage Loan require the related mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, and quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls for properties that have leases contributing more than 5% of the in-place base rent and annual financial statements, which annual financial statements with respect to each GSMC Mortgage Loan with more than one mortgagor are in the form of an annual combined balance sheet of the mortgagor entities (and no other entities), together with the related combined statements of operations, members’ capital and cash flows, including a combining balance sheet and statement of income for the Mortgaged Properties on a combined basis.

 

29.       Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each GSMC Mortgage Loan over $20 million, the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007, as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (collectively referred to as “TRIA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each other GSMC Mortgage Loan, the related special all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) did not, as of the date of origination of the GSMC Mortgage Loan, and, to GSMC’s knowledge, do not, as of the Cut-off Date, specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in

 

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TRIA, from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each GSMC Mortgage Loan, the related Loan Documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, or damages related thereto; provided, however, that if TRIA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each GSMC Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor will not be required to spend more than the Terrorism Cap Amount on terrorism insurance coverage, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds the Terrorism Cap Amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to the Terrorism Cap Amount. The “Terrorism Cap Amount” is the specified percentage (which is at least equal to 200%) of the amount of the insurance premium that is payable at such time in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Loan Documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance).

 

30.       Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each GSMC Mortgage Loan contains a “due on sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such GSMC Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the Mortgagee which are customarily acceptable to prudent commercial and multifamily mortgage lending institutions lending on the security of property comparable to the related Mortgaged Property, including, without limitation, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold, other than as related to (i) family and estate planning transfers or transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in the related mortgagor, (iv) transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, such as a qualified equityholder, (v) transfers of stock or similar equity units in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs (27) and (32) in this Annex E-1 or the exceptions thereto set forth on Annex E-2, or (vii) any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan as set forth on Schedule E-1 to this Annex E-1, or future permitted mezzanine debt as set forth on Schedule E-2 to this Annex E-1 or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan of any GSMC Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any GSMC Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another GSMC Mortgage Loan, as set forth on Schedule E-3 to this Annex E-1 or (iv) Permitted Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that, to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the related mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

 

31.       Single-Purpose Entity. Each GSMC Mortgage Loan requires the related mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the related GSMC Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Both the Mortgage Loan documents and the organizational documents of the mortgagor with respect to each GSMC Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance in excess of $5 million provide that such mortgagor is a Single-Purpose Entity, and each GSMC Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $20 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the related mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” means an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents (or if the GSMC Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $5 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties securing the GSMC Mortgage Loans and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such

 

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Mortgaged Property or Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a mortgagor for a GSMC Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related GSMC Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

 

32.       Defeasance. With respect to any GSMC Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the related Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) such GSMC Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will, in the case of a full Defeasance, be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the GSMC Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date or, if the GSMC Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the related Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment penalty), and if the GSMC Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to the lesser of (A) 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released and (B) the outstanding principal balance of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan; (iv) the mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in (iii) above, (v) if the mortgagor would continue to own assets in addition to the defeasance collateral, the portion of the GSMC Mortgage Loan secured by defeasance collateral is required to be assumed (or the Mortgagee may require such assumption) by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vi) the mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the Mortgagee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (vii) the mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with Defeasance (if rating confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses associated with Defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

 

33.       Fixed Interest Rates. Each GSMC Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such GSMC Mortgage Loan, except in the case of any ARD Loan and situations where default interest is imposed.

 

34.       Ground Leases. For purposes of this Annex E-1, a “Ground Lease” means a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner and does not include industrial development agency (IDA) or similar leases for purposes of conferring a tax abatement or other benefit.

 

With respect to any GSMC Mortgage Loan where the GSMC Mortgage Loan is secured by a leasehold estate under a Ground Lease in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of GSMC, its successors and assigns, GSMC represents and warrants that:

 

(a)       The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease or an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor permits the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and does not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a

 

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manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. No material change in the terms of the Ground Lease had occurred since the origination of the GSMC Mortgage Loan, except as reflected in any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

 

(b)       The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease) that the Ground Lease may not be amended or modified, or canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee, without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee;

 

(c)       The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such GSMC Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a GSMC Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

 

(d)       The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances or (ii) is subject to a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest in the Mortgaged Property is subject;

 

(e)       The Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonably restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the GSMC Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder (provided that proper notice is delivered to the extent required in accordance with the Ground Lease), and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the GSMC Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of (but with prior notice to) the lessor;

 

(f)       GSMC has not received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. To GSMC’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to GSMC’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

 

(g)       The Ground Lease or ancillary agreement between the lessor and the lessee requires the lessor to give to the Mortgagee written notice of any default, and provides that no notice of default or termination is effective against the Mortgagee unless such notice is given to the Mortgagee;

 

(h)       The Mortgagee is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the Mortgagee’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

 

(i)       The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by a prudent commercial mortgage lender;

 

(j)       Under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than (i) de minimis amounts for minor casualties or (ii) in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in clause (k) below) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the Mortgagee or a trustee appointed

 

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by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the GSMC Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

 

(k)       In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel or other agreement and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the GSMC Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

 

(l)       Provided that the Mortgagee cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the Mortgagee upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

 

35.       Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by GSMC with respect to the GSMC Mortgage Loans have been, in all respects, legal and have met customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

 

36.       Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of GSMC (or the related originator if GSMC was not the originator) with respect to each GSMC Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such GSMC Mortgage Loan (or the related Whole Loan, as applicable) and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such GSMC Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in this Annex E-1.

 

37.       No Material Default; Payment Record. No GSMC Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required debt service payments since origination, and no GSMC Mortgage Loan is more than 30 days delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments as of the Closing Date. To GSMC’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under any GSMC Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of any GSMC Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property, provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by GSMC in this Annex E-1 (including, but not limited to, the prior sentence). No person other than the holder of any GSMC Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the related GSMC Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under such Mortgage Loan documents.

 

38.       Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related GSMC Mortgage Loan and to the GSMC’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, neither the Mortgaged Property (other than any tenants of such Mortgaged Property), nor any portion thereof, is the subject of, and no mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

 

39.       Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each GSMC Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the related mortgagor delivered by such mortgagor in connection with the origination of such GSMC Mortgage Loan (or the related Whole Loan, as applicable), the mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any GSMC Mortgage Loan that

 

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is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another GSMC Mortgage Loan, no GSMC Mortgage Loan has a mortgagor that is an affiliate of another mortgagor under another GSMC Mortgage Loan.

 

40.       Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II site assessment) and, with respect to certain GSMC Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements were conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such GSMC Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor, an “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable Environmental Laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related Mortgagee; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that, based on the ESA, can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated in all material respects prior to the Cut-off Date, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action or closure letter was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy meeting the requirements set forth below that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than “A-” (or the equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings, acting through Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and/or Fitch Ratings, Inc.; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To GSMC’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

 

41.       Appraisal. The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the GSMC Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Closing Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser who is a Member of the Appraisal Institute (“MAI”) and, to GSMC’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the GSMC Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation. Each appraisal contains a statement, or is accompanied by a letter from the appraiser, to the effect that the appraisal was performed in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as in effect on the date such GSMC Mortgage Loan was originated.

 

42.       Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each GSMC Mortgage Loan which is set forth on the mortgage loan schedule attached to the related MLPA is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the PSA to be contained on the mortgage loan schedule attached to the related MLPA.

 

43.       Cross-Collateralization. Except with respect to a GSMC Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan no GSMC Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except as set forth on Annex E-2.

 

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44.       Advance of Funds by the Sponsor. After origination, no advance of funds has been made by GSMC to the related mortgagor other than in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, and, to GSMC’s knowledge, no funds have been received from any person other than the related mortgagor or an affiliate for, or on account of, payments due on the GSMC Mortgage Loan (other than as contemplated by the related Mortgage Loan documents, such as, by way of example and not in limitation of the foregoing, amounts paid by the tenant(s) into a Mortgagee-controlled lockbox if required or contemplated under the related lease or Mortgage Loan documents). Neither GSMC nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any mortgagor under a GSMC Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

45.       Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. GSMC has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the GSMC Mortgage Loans.

 

For purposes of these representations and warranties, “Mortgagee” means the mortgagee, grantee or beneficiary under any Mortgage, any holder of legal title to any portion of any GSMC Mortgage Loan or, if applicable, any agent or servicer on behalf of such party.

 

For purposes of these representations and warranties, the phrases “GSMC’s knowledge” or “GSMC’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth in this Annex E-1, the actual state of knowledge or belief of GSMC, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the GSMC Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth in this Annex E-1.

 

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ANNEX E-2

 

EXCEPTIONS TO GSMC MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Annex A-1
ID#

Mortgage Loans

Representations

Exceptions

19 Cabinetworks Portfolio (5) Lien; Valid Assignment The sole tenant at each of the related Mortgaged Properties, Cabinetworks, has a right of first refusal to purchase each Mortgaged Property in the event of a proposed sale of such Mortgaged Property. The right of first refusal has been subordinated to the Mortgage Loan documents and does not apply to a transfer of the Mortgaged Properties in connection with a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, provided, however, that it does apply to any subsequent transfers thereafter.
19 Cabinetworks Portfolio (6) Permitted Liens; Title Insurance See exception to Representation and Warranty No. 5, above.
8 McClellan Business Park (7) Junior Liens A portion of the related Mortgaged Property is subject to a subordinate loan (the “Development Agency Loan”) obtained in connection with the development of the Mortgaged Property in 2011 in favor of the Sacramento County Successor Agency (the “Development Agency”) in the original principal amount of $1,000,000, of which an estimated $639,220.10 (as calculated by the Development Agency based on current leasing rates at the applicable portion of the Mortgaged Property) is outstanding, which amount may be forgiven if the Mortgagor satisfies certain development and leasing criteria over the remaining term of the Development Agency Loan (provided that the Mortgagor and the subordinate lender disagree as to what the criteria are for obtaining forgiveness and whether the Mortgagor has yet satisfied such criteria with respect to the outstanding principal balance). All interest accrues at 4% simple interest under the Development Agency Loan, but all payments of interest or principal are deferred until the maturity date, which is March 1, 2023. At origination, the Development Agency entered into a subordination agreement pursuant to which the Development Agency expressly waived, relinquished and subordinated the lien of the Development Agency Loan in favor of the Mortgage Loan. In connection with the Development Agency Loan, the Mortgagor deposited $689,613.89 with the lender (the “Development Agency Loan Reserve Funds”) at origination, representing approximately 107% of the estimated amount owed by the Mortgagor to the Development Agency. In the event that the Development Agency commences any enforcement action or commences the exercise of any remedies under the Development Agency Loan, the lender has the right, without the consent of the Mortgagor, to disburse the Development Agency Loan Reserve Funds to the Development Agency for the payment of any outstanding debt owed by the Mortgagor to the Development Agency.
19 Cabinetworks Portfolio (10) Condition of Property An estimated $1,064,000.00 in deferred maintenance including, among other things, asphalt paving repairs, is outstanding at the Mortgaged Properties for which an escrow was not established at origination.
19 Cabinetworks Portfolio (16) Insurance The Mortgage Loan documents permit the Mortgagor to rely upon insurance provided by Cabinetworks, the sole tenant at each of the related Mortgaged Properties, provided that such insurance satisfies the conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents. In addition, the related lease with Cabinetworks governs the use and application of insurance proceeds in the event of a property loss at any of the Mortgaged Properties. Pursuant to the lease, (i) insurance proceeds are required to be applied to the restoration of any applicable Mortgaged Property other than in the event of a casualty resulting in the sole tenant’s termination of the lease

 

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Annex A-1
ID#

Mortgage Loans

Representations

Exceptions

for the applicable Mortgaged Property and (ii) the Mortgagee (or its designee) does have the right to hold and disburse insurance proceeds, provided that such proceeds are in excess of the lesser of (x) 5% of the acquisition cost of the applicable Mortgaged Property and (y) $1,000,000.
8 McClellan Business Park (24) Local Law Compliance A zoning consultant’s report was not obtained for a parcel located at 5601 Patrol Road improved by a warehouse that contributes approximately $15,120 of underwritten gross potential rent per annum at the Mortgaged Property.
10 711 Fifth Avenue (24) Local Law Compliance See exception to Representation and Warranty No. 37, below.
19 Cabinetworks Portfolio (26) Recourse Obligations

The recourse liability of the Mortgagor and guarantors under the guaranty and environmental indemnity is subject to a cap on total liability equal to the lesser of (i) the then outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (inclusive of yield maintenance, accrued interest and the costs of enforcement), (ii) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (iii) solely with respect to environmental liability, the then unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan. In addition, the liability of each guarantor is several (and not joint) and is subject to a cap on each individual claim by the Mortgagee equal to such guarantor’s percentage share of the indirect ownership interest in the Mortgagor. In addition, recourse for breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents is conditioned on the Mortgagee first making a claim under any related environmental insurance policy.

 

The Mortgage Loan documents provide recourse for breaches of any material representation or covenant regarding environmental matters contained in the Mortgage Loan documents.

 

10 711 Fifth Avenue (26) Recourse Obligations There is no non-recourse carveout guarantor and no separate environmental indemnitor with respect to the Mortgage Loan or related Whole Loan.
8 McClellan Business Park (28) Mortgage Releases The Mortgage Loan documents permit the Mortgagor to obtain the release of the building occupied by Twin Rivers for a release price equal to 100% of the applicable allocated loan amount ($10,447,854), provided that such release is in connection with a conversion of the building to a condominium.
8, 10, 15, 17, 19 All GSMC Mortgage Loans (37) No Material Default; Payment Record With respect to any covenants under the related Mortgage Loan that require the Mortgagor to ensure a tenant or mortgaged property is operating or to enforce the terms of leases, such Mortgagor may be in default of one or more of such covenants due to closures mandated or recommended by governmental authorities and moratoriums imposed by governmental authorities on real estate remedies.
10 711 Fifth Avenue (37) No Material Default; Payment Record The related Mortgagor was required to cause the administrative closing of certain New York City Department of Buildings elevator violations at the related Mortgaged Property within 180 days of the origination date, subject to force majeure, which includes, among other things, refurbishing elevators and passing inspections. While this work is currently underway, the Mortgagor has not yet satisfied this obligation, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic and related closures.

 

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Schedule E-1 to Annex E-1

 

GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY

 

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH EXISTING MEZZANINE DEBT

 

None.

 

E-2-3

 

Schedule E-2 to Annex E-1

 

GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY

 

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH MEZZANINE DEBT
IS PERMITTED IN THE FUTURE

 

Loan No.

Mortgage Loan

10 711 Fifth Avenue
19 Cabinetworks Portfolio

 

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SCHEDULE E-3 to Annex E-1

 

GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY

 

CROSS-COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE LOANS

 

None.

 

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ANNEX F-1

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

JPMCB (referred to as the related “Mortgage Loan Seller” in the representations and warranties below) will make, as of the Cut-off Date or such other date as set forth below, with respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan that we (referred to as the “Purchaser” in the representations and warranties below) include in the issuing entity, representations and warranties generally to the effect set forth below. Prior to the execution of the related final Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, there may be additions, subtractions or other modifications to the representations, warranties and exceptions. The exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth below are identified on Annex F-2 to this prospectus. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Annex F-1 will have the meanings set forth in this prospectus or, if not defined in this prospectus, in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

The related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, together with the related representations and warranties (subject to the exceptions thereto), serves to contractually allocate risk between JPMCB, on the one hand, and the issuing entity, on the other. We present the related representations and warranties set forth below for the sole purpose of describing some of the terms and conditions of that risk allocation. The presentation of representations and warranties below is not intended as statements regarding the actual characteristics of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgaged Properties or other matters. We cannot assure you that the JPMCB Mortgage Loans actually conform to the statements made in the representations and warranties that we present below.

 

1.       Complete Servicing File. All documents comprising the Servicing File will be or have been delivered to the Master Servicer with respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan by the deadlines set forth in the PSA and/or the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

2.       Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each JPMCB Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not an interest in a JPMCB Mortgage Loan. Each JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan is a senior portion (or a pari passu portion of a senior portion) of a whole mortgage loan. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer and assignment to depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or, with respect to any JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee), participation (other than with respect to Serviced JPMCB Mortgage Loans) or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good and marketable title to, and was the sole owner of, each JPMCB Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan) (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing and/or defeasance successor borrower rights as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage Loan Seller), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such JPMCB Mortgage Loan (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing and/or defeasance successor borrower rights as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage Loan Seller). The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each JPMCB Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such JPMCB Mortgage Loan (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing and/or defeasance successor borrower rights as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage Loan Seller).

 

3.       Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related borrower, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such JPMCB Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding

 

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obligation of the related borrower, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or prepayment/yield maintenance premiums) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Insolvency Qualifications”).

 

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentences, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related borrower with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan, that would deny the mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

 

4.       Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each JPMCB Mortgage Loan contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, nonjudicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Insolvency Qualifications.

 

5.       Hospitality Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is secured by a hospitality property operated pursuant to a franchise agreement includes an executed comfort letter or similar agreement signed by the borrower and franchisor of such property enforceable by the trust against such franchisor, either directly or as an assignee of the originator. The Mortgage or related security agreement for each JPMCB Mortgage Loan secured by a hospitality property creates a security interest in the revenues of such property for which a UCC financing statement has been filed in the appropriate filing office.

 

6.       Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents (a) (1) there has been no forbearance, waiver or modification of the material terms of the Mortgage Loan which such forbearance, waiver or modification relates to the COVID-19 Emergency and (2) other than as related to the COVID-19 Emergency, the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty, and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither borrower nor guarantor has been released from its obligations under the JPMCB Mortgage Loan.

 

7.       Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Insolvency Qualifications, each endorsement and assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument from the Mortgage) to the issuing entity (or, with respect to any JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee) constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment to the Trust (or, with respect to any JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related borrower. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related borrower’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Insolvency Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) as of origination was, and as of the Cut-off Date to the Mortgage Loan

 

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Seller’s knowledge, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge and subject to the rights of tenants, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below). Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the JPMCB Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid and enforceable lien on property described therein subject to Permitted Encumbrances, except as such enforcement may be limited by Insolvency Qualifications subject to the limitations described in clause (11) below. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required in order to effect such perfection.

 

The assignment of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans to the Depositor validly and effectively transfers and conveys all legal and beneficial ownership of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans to the Depositor free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights purchase agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage Loan Seller).

 

8.       Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a JPMCB Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment, in each case binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a JPMCB Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage, which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property which the Mortgage Loan documents do not require to be subordinated to the lien of such Mortgage; and (f) if the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan constitutes a cross-collateralized JPMCB Mortgage Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another JPMCB Mortgage Loan contained in the same cross-collateralized group, provided that none of which items (a) through (f), individually or in the aggregate, materially interferes with the value, current use or operation of the Mortgaged Property or the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or with the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan or the borrower’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy. Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage, and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.

 

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9.       Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a JPMCB Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, there are no subordinate mortgages or junior liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt related to the Mortgaged Property and secured directly by the ownership interests in the borrower.

 

10.       Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related borrower to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Insolvency Qualifications; no person other than the related borrower owns any interest in any payments due under such lease or leases that is superior to or of equal priority with the lender’s interest therein. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law, provides for, upon an event of default under the JPMCB Mortgage Loan, a receiver to be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the mortgagee.

 

11.       Financing Statements. Each JPMCB Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed (except, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (the creation and perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the borrower and necessary to operate any Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment. Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed.

 

12.       Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within four months of origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

 

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each JPMCB Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date, which indicates that, except as set forth in such engineering report or with respect to which repairs were required to be reserved for or made, all building systems for the improvements of each related Mortgaged Property are in good working order, and further indicates that each related Mortgaged Property (a) is free of any material damage, (b) is in good repair and condition, and (c) is free of structural defects, except to the extent (i) any damage or deficiencies that would not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of the Mortgaged Property or the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or repairs with respect to such damage or deficiencies estimated to cost less than $50,000 in the aggregate per Mortgaged Property; (ii) such repairs have been completed; or (iii) escrows in an aggregate amount consistent with the standards utilized by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to similar loans it originates for securitization have been established, which escrows will in all events be in an aggregate amount not less than the estimated cost of such repairs. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any material issues with the physical condition of the Mortgaged Property that the Mortgage Loan Seller believes would have a material adverse effect on the use, operation or value of the Mortgaged Property other than those disclosed in the engineering report and those addressed in sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence.

 

13.       Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and as of the Closing Date, all taxes and governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is or if left unpaid could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that would be of equal or superior priority to the lien of the Mortgage and that

 

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became due and delinquent and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, real property taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges will not be considered delinquent until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

 

14.       Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Closing Date, there is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

 

15.       Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Closing Date, there was no pending, filed or threatened action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any borrower, guarantor, or Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such borrower’s ability to perform under the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the use, operation or value of the Mortgaged Property, (f) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, (g) the current ability of the Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service such JPMCB Mortgage Loan, or (h) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

 

16.       Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and payments required pursuant to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no deficiencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to depositor or its servicer (or, with respect to any JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the depositor or servicer for the related Non-Serviced Securitization Trust) and identified as such with appropriate detail. Any and all requirements under the JPMCB Mortgage Loan as to completion of any material improvements and as to disbursements of any funds escrowed for such purpose, which requirements were to have been complied with on or before Closing Date, have been complied with in all material respects or the funds so escrowed have not been released unless such release was consistent with proper and prudent commercial mortgage servicing practices or such released funds were otherwise used for their intended purpose. No other escrow amounts have been released except in accordance with the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

17.       No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property).

 

18.       Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all-risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” (for a JPMCB Mortgage Loan with a principal balance below $35 million) and “A:VIII” (for a JPMCB Mortgage Loan with a principal balance of $35 million or more) from A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (collectively the “Insurance Rating Requirements”), in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and

 

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equipment owned by the mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (i) covers a period beginning on the date of loss and continuing until the earlier to occur of restoration of the Mortgaged Property or the expiration of 12 months (or with respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan with a principal balance of $35 million or more, 18 months); (ii) for a JPMCB Mortgage Loan with a principal balance of $50 million or more contains a 180-day “extended period of indemnity”; and (iii) covers the actual loss sustained (or in certain cases, an amount sufficient to cover the period set forth in (i) above) during restoration.

 

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related borrower is required to maintain insurance in the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as-is generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller originating mortgage loans for securitization.

 

If windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” are excluded from the primary property damage insurance policy, the Mortgaged Property is insured by a separate windstorm insurance policy issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount at least equal to 100% of the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the Improvements and personalty and fixtures owned by the mortgagor and included in the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements.

 

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements including broad-form coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

 

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the structural and seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML or equivalent was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML or equivalent would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained by an insurer rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” by S&P Global Ratings in an amount not less than 100% of the PML or the equivalent.

 

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan, the lender (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

 

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section required to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the lender under the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Each related JPMCB Mortgage Loan obligates the related borrower to maintain all such insurance and, at such borrower’s failure to do so,

 

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authorizes the lender to maintain such insurance at the borrower’s cost and expense and to charge such borrower for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

19.       Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Lots. Each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has access via an irrevocable easement or irrevocable right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has uninhibited access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and all required utilities, all of which are appropriate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax lots, in which case the JPMCB Mortgage Loan requires the borrower to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax lots are created.

 

20.       No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge and based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the lender’s Title Policy (or, if such policy is not yet issued, a pro forma title policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment) obtained in connection with the origination of each JPMCB Mortgage Loan, (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property, or are insured by applicable provisions of the Title Policy, (b) no improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property, or are insured by applicable provisions of the Title Policy and (c) no improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments the removal of which would not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or are insured by applicable provisions of the Title Policy.

 

21.       No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No JPMCB Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date), any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

22.       REMIC. The JPMCB Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan to the related borrower at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including permanently affixed buildings and structural components, such as wiring, plumbing systems and central heating and air-conditioning systems, that are integrated into such buildings, serve such buildings in their passive functions and do not produce or contribute to the production of income other than consideration for the use or occupancy of space, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the JPMCB Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of

 

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the proceeds of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such JPMCB Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a JPMCB Mortgage Loan will not be considered “significantly modified” solely by reason of the borrower having been granted a COVID-19 related forbearance provided that: (a) such JPMCB Mortgage Loan forbearance is covered by Revenue Procedure 2020-26 by reason of satisfying the requirements for such coverage stated in Section 5.02(2) of Revenue Procedure 2020-26; and (b) JPMCB identifies such JPMCB Mortgage Loan and provides (x) the date on which such forbearance was granted, (y) the length in months of the forbearance, and (z) how the payments in forbearance will be paid (that is, by extension of maturity, change of amortization schedule, etc.). Any prepayment premium and yield maintenance charges applicable to the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph will have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

 

23.       Compliance. The terms of the Mortgage Loan documents evidencing such JPMCB Mortgage Loan, comply in all material respects with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has complied with all material requirements pertaining to the origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to, usury and any and all other material requirements of any federal, state or local law to the extent non-compliance would have a material adverse effect on the JPMCB Mortgage Loan.

 

24.       Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Closing Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan.

 

25.       Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related mortgagee, and except in connection with a trustee’s sale after a default by the related borrower or in connection with any full or partial release of the related Mortgaged Property or related security for such JPMCB Mortgage Loan, no fees are payable to such trustee except for reasonable fees paid by the borrower.

 

26.       Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a JPMCB Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization that provides coverage for additional costs to rebuild and/or repair the property to current Zoning Regulations, (c) the inability to

 

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restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property, or (d) title insurance coverage has been obtained for such nonconformity.

 

27.       Licenses and Permits. Each borrower covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it will keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy, consents, and other approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy, consents, and other approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan. The JPMCB Mortgage Loan requires the related borrower to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and for the borrower and the Mortgaged Property to be in compliance in all material respects with all regulations, zoning and building laws.

 

28.       Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each JPMCB Mortgage Loan provide that such JPMCB Mortgage Loan (a) becomes full recourse to the borrower and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity distinct from the borrower (but may be affiliated with the Borrower) that has assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events: (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, will be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the borrower; (ii) borrower or guarantor will have colluded with other creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the borrower or (iii) transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or equity interests in borrower made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions providing for recourse against the borrower and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity distinct from the borrower (but may be affiliated with the borrower) that has assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages sustained in the case of (i) (A) misapplication, misappropriation or conversion of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards or of rents following an event of default, or (B) any security deposits not delivered to lender upon foreclosure or action in lieu thereof (except to the extent applied in accordance with leases prior to a Mortgage Loan event of default); (ii) the borrower’s fraud or intentional misrepresentation; (iii) willful misconduct by the borrower or guarantor; (iv) breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (v) commission of material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property, which may, with respect to this clause (v), in certain instances, be limited to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste or acts or omissions of the related borrower, guarantor, property manager or their affiliates, employees or agents.

 

29.       Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment, or partial Defeasance (as defined in paragraph (34)), in each case, of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 115% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon payment in full of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (as defined in paragraph (34)), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release (including in connection with any partial Defeasance) under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject JPMCB Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject JPMCB Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y)

 

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the mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related borrower’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), for any JPMCB Mortgage Loan originated after December 6, 2010, if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the lien of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan outstanding after the release, the borrower is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC provisions.

 

In the case of any JPMCB Mortgage Loan originated after December 6, 2010, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, the borrower can be required to pay down the principal balance of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC provisions and, to such extent, such amount may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the borrower, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the lien of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan.

 

In the case of any JPMCB Mortgage Loan originated after December 6, 2010, no such JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another JPMCB Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the loan-to-value ratio and other requirements of the REMIC provisions.

 

30.       Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage requires the borrower to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, and quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls for properties that have leases contributing more than 5% of the in-place base rent and annual financial statements, which annual financial statements (i) with respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan with more than one borrower are in the form of an annual combined balance sheet of the borrower entities (and no other entities), together with the related combined statements of operations, members’ capital and cash flows, including a combining balance sheet and statement of income for the Mortgaged Properties on a combined basis and (ii) for each JPMCB Mortgage Loan with an original principal balance greater than $50 million will be audited by an independent certified public accountant upon the request of the owner or holder of the Mortgage.

 

31.       Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan over $20 million, the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 (collectively referred to as “TRIA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each other JPMCB Mortgage Loan, the related special all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) did not, as of the date of origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan, and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, do not, as of the Cut-off Date, specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by availability on commercially reasonable terms.

 

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32.       Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each JPMCB Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the lender which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller lending on the security of property comparable to the related Mortgaged Property, such as transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any controlling equity interest in the related borrower, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold, other than as related to (i) family and estate planning transfers or transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) transfers of less than a controlling interest in a borrower, (iv) transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the borrower, a specific Person designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs (29) and (34) in this Annex F-1, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan, or future permitted mezzanine debt or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any companion interest of any JPMCB Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another JPMCB Mortgage Loan or (iv) Permitted Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the borrower is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

 

33.       Single-Purpose Entity. Each JPMCB Mortgage Loan requires the borrower to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the JPMCB Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Both the Mortgage Loan documents and the organizational documents of the borrower with respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance in excess of $5 million provide that the borrower is a Single-Purpose Entity, and each JPMCB Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $20 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the borrower. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” will mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents (or if the JPMCB Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $5 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties securing the JPMCB Mortgage Loans and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a borrower for a JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

 

34.       Defeasance. With respect to any JPMCB Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for Defeasance as a unilateral right of the borrower, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the JPMCB Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the borrower is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will, in the case of a full Defeasance, be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the JPMCB Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on (A) the maturity date, (B) on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment penalty; or

 

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(C) if the JPMCB Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the related Anticipated Repayment Date, and if the JPMCB Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial Defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 115% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the borrower is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in (iii) above, (vi) if the borrower would continue to own assets in addition to the defeasance collateral, the portion of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan secured by defeasance collateral is required to be assumed (or the mortgagee may require such assumption) by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the borrower is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the mortgagee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the borrower is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with Defeasance (if rating confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses associated with Defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

 

35.       Fixed Interest Rates. Each JPMCB Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan, except in the case of an ARD Loan and situations where default interest is imposed.

 

36.       Ground Leases. For purposes of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, a “Ground Lease” will mean a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner.

 

With respect to any JPMCB Mortgage Loan where the JPMCB Mortgage Loan is secured by a ground leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the ground lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns:

 

(a)       The ground lease or a memorandum regarding such ground lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The ground lease or an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor permits the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and does not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, no material change in the terms of the ground lease had occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

 

(b)       The lessor under such ground lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such ground lease) that the ground lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated without the prior written consent of the lender and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the lender, its successors or assigns;

 

(c)       The ground lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either borrower or the mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such JPMCB Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a JPMCB Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

 

(d)       The ground lease is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances;

 

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(e)       The ground lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the mortgagee and the ground lease is assignable to the holder of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder, and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor;

 

(f)       The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of default under or notice of termination of such ground lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no default under such ground lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a default under the terms of such ground lease. Such ground lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

 

(g)       The ground lease or ancillary agreement between the lessor and the lessee requires the lessor to give to the lender written notice of any default, provides that no notice of default or termination is effective unless such notice is given to the lender, and requires that the ground lessor will supply an estoppel;

 

(h)       A lender is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the ground lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the ground lease which is curable after the lender’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the ground lease;

 

(i)       The ground lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with loans originated for securitization;

 

(j)       Under the terms of the ground lease, an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (k)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the lender or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

 

(k)       In the case of a total or substantial taking or loss, under the terms of the ground lease, an estoppel or other agreement and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

 

(l)       Provided that the lender cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with lender upon termination of the ground lease for any reason, including rejection of the ground lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

 

37.       Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller in respect of each JPMCB Mortgage Loan complied in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations and was in all material respects legal, proper and prudent, in accordance with Mortgage Loan Seller’s customary commercial mortgage servicing practices.

 

38.       ARD Loan. Each JPMCB Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as an ARD Loan starts to amortize no later than the Due Date of the calendar month immediately after the calendar month in which such ARD Loan closed and substantially fully amortizes over its stated term, which term is at least 60 months after the related Anticipated Repayment Date. Each ARD Loan has an Anticipated Repayment Date not less than five years following the origination of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan. If the

 

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related borrower elects not to prepay its ARD Loan in full on or prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date pursuant to the existing terms of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or a unilateral option (as defined in Treasury Regulations under Section 1001 of the Code) in the JPMCB Mortgage Loan exercisable during the term of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan, (i) the JPMCB Mortgage Loan’s interest rate will step up to an interest rate per annum as specified in the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan documents; provided, however, that payment of such Excess Interest will be deferred until the principal of such ARD Loan has been paid in full; (ii) all or a substantial portion of the excess cash flow (which is net of certain costs associated with owning, managing and operating the related Mortgaged Property) collected after the Anticipated Repayment Date will be applied towards the prepayment of such ARD Loan and once the principal balance of an ARD Loan has been reduced to zero all excess cash flow will be applied to the payment of accrued Excess Interest; and (iii) if the property manager for the related Mortgaged Property can be removed by or at the direction of the mortgagee on the basis of a debt service coverage test, the subject debt service coverage ratio will be calculated without taking account of any increase in the related mortgage interest rate on such JPMCB Mortgage Loan’s Anticipated Repayment Date. No ARD Loan provides that the property manager for the related Mortgaged Property can be removed by or at the direction of the mortgagee solely because of the passage of the related Anticipated Repayment Date.

 

39.       Rent Rolls; Operating Histories. The Mortgage Loan Seller has obtained a rent roll (each, a “Certified Rent Roll”) other than with respect to hospitality properties certified by the related Borrower or the related guarantor(s) as accurate and complete in all material respects as of a date within 180 days of the date of origination of the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan Seller has obtained operating histories (the “Certified Operating Histories”) with respect to each Mortgaged Property certified by the related borrower or the related guarantor(s) as accurate and complete in all material respects as of a date within 180 days of the date of origination of the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan. The Certified Operating Histories collectively report on operations for a period equal to (a) at least a continuous three-year period or (b) in the event the Mortgaged Property was owned, operated or constructed by the borrower or an affiliate for less than three years then for such shorter period of time, it being understood that for mortgaged properties acquired with the proceeds of a JPMCB Mortgage Loan, Certified Operating Histories may not have been available.

 

40.       No Material Default; Payment Record. No JPMCB Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments since origination, and as of the Closing Date, no JPMCB Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no, and since origination there has been no, material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in this Annex F-1. No person other than the holder of such JPMCB Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

 

41.       Bankruptcy. In respect of each JPMCB Mortgage Loan, the related borrower is not a debtor in any bankruptcy, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar proceeding.

 

42.       Organization of Borrower. The Mortgage Loan Seller has obtained an organizational chart or other description of each borrower which identifies all beneficial controlling owners of the borrower (i.e., managing members, general partners or similar controlling person for such borrower) (the “Controlling Owner”) and all owners that hold a 25% or greater direct ownership share (i.e., the “Major Sponsors”). The Mortgage Loan Seller (1) required questionnaires to be completed by each Controlling Owner and guarantor or performed other processes designed to elicit information from each Controlling Owner and guarantor regarding such Controlling Owner’s or guarantor’s prior history for at least 10 years regarding any bankruptcies or other insolvencies, any felony convictions, and (2) performed or caused to be

 

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performed searches of the public records or services such as Lexis/Nexis, or a similar service designed to elicit information about each Controlling Owner, Major Sponsor and guarantor regarding such Controlling Owner’s, Major Sponsor’s or guarantor’s prior history for at least 10 years regarding any bankruptcies or other insolvencies, any felony convictions, and provided, however, that records searches were limited to the last 10 years. (clauses (1) and (2) collectively, the “Sponsor Diligence”). Based solely on the Sponsor Diligence, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, no Major Sponsor or guarantor (i) was in a state of federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (ii) had a prior record of having been in a state of federal bankruptcy or insolvency, or (iii) had been convicted of a felony.

 

43.       Environmental Conditions. At origination, each borrower represented and warranted that to its knowledge no hazardous materials or any other substances or materials which are included under or regulated by environmental laws are located on, or have been handled, manufactured, generated, stored, processed, or disposed of on or released or discharged from the Mortgaged Property, except as disclosed by a Phase I environmental assessment (or a Phase II environmental assessment, if applicable) delivered in connection with the origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or except for those substances commonly used in the operation and maintenance of properties of kind and nature similar to those of the Mortgaged Property in compliance with all environmental laws and in a manner that does not result in contamination of the Mortgaged Property. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II site assessment) and, with respect to certain JPMCB Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such JPMCB Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not reveal any known circumstance or condition that rendered the Mortgaged Property at the date of the ESA in material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if any material noncompliance with environmental laws or the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) 125% of the funds reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related borrower and is held by the related lender; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint, or lead in drinking water, and the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related borrower that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated in all material respects prior to the Cut-off Date, and, as appropriate, a no further action or closure letter was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as administratively “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy meeting the requirements set forth below that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than A- (or the equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings and/or Fitch Ratings, Inc.; (E) a party not related to the borrower with assets reasonably estimated to be adequate to effect all necessary remediation was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance; or (F) a party related to the borrower with assets reasonably estimated to be adequate to effect all necessary remediation was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance is required to take action. The ESA will be part of the Servicing File; and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no (i) known circumstance or condition that rendered the Mortgaged Property in material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws, (ii) Environmental Conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor), or (iii) need for further investigation.

 

In the case of each JPMCB Mortgage Loan set forth on Schedule F-1, (i) such JPMCB Mortgage Loan is the subject of an environmental insurance policy, issued by the issuer set forth on Schedule F-1 (the “Policy Issuer”) and effective as of the date thereof (the “Environmental Insurance Policy”), (ii) as of the Cut-off Date the Environmental Insurance Policy is in full force and effect, there is no deductible and

 

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the trustee is a named insured under such policy, (iii)(a) a property condition or engineering report was prepared, if the related Mortgaged Property was constructed prior to 1985, with respect to asbestos-containing materials (“ACM”) and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a multifamily property, with respect to radon gas (“RG”) and lead-based paint (“LBP”), and (b) if such report disclosed the existence of a material and adverse LBP, ACM or RG environmental condition or circumstance affecting the related Mortgaged Property, the related borrower (A) was required to remediate the identified condition prior to closing the JPMCB Mortgage Loan or provide additional security or establish with the mortgagee a reserve in an amount deemed to be sufficient by the Mortgage Loan Seller, for the remediation of the problem, and/or (B) agreed in the Mortgage Loan documents to establish an operations and maintenance plan after the closing of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan that should reasonably be expected to mitigate the environmental risk related to the identified LBP, ACM or RG condition, (iv) on the effective date of the Environmental Insurance Policy, the Mortgage Loan Seller as originator had no knowledge of any material and adverse environmental condition or circumstance affecting the Mortgaged Property (other than the existence of LBP, ACM or RG) that was not disclosed to the Policy Issuer in one or more of the following: (a) the application for insurance, (b) a borrower questionnaire that was provided to the Policy Issuer, or (c) an engineering or other report provided to the Policy Issuer, and (v) the premium of any Environmental Insurance Policy has been paid through the maturity of the policy’s term and the term of such policy extends at least five years beyond the maturity of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan.

 

44.       Lease Estoppels. With respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan predominantly secured by a retail, office or industrial property leased to a single tenant, the Mortgage Loan Seller reviewed such estoppel obtained from such tenant no earlier than 90 days prior to the origination date of the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on the related estoppel certificate, the related lease is in full force and effect or if not in full force and effect, the related space was underwritten as vacant, subject to customary reservations of tenant’s rights, such as, without limitation, with respect to common area maintenance (“CAM”) and pass-through audits and verification of landlord’s compliance with co-tenancy provisions. With respect to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan predominantly secured by a retail, office or industrial property, the Mortgage Loan Seller has received lease estoppels executed within 90 days of the origination date of the related JPMCB Mortgage Loan that collectively account for at least 65% of the in-place base rent for the Mortgaged Property or set of cross-collateralized properties that secure a JPMCB Mortgage Loan that is represented on the Certified Rent Roll. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, each lease represented on the Certified Rent Roll is in full force and effect, subject to customary reservations of tenant’s rights, such as with respect to CAM and pass-through audits and verification of landlord’s compliance with co-tenancy provisions.

 

45.       Appraisal. The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Closing Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser who is a Member of the Appraisal Institute (“MAI”) and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the borrower or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.

 

46.       Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each JPMCB Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the PSA to be contained therein.

 

47.       Cross-Collateralization. No JPMCB Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool.

 

48.       Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. No advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related borrower, and no funds have been received from any person other than the related borrower or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the JPMCB Mortgage Loan. Neither the Mortgage Loan

 

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Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any borrower under a JPMCB Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

49.       Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied with its internal procedures with respect to all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 in connection with the origination of the JPMCB Mortgage Loan.

 

For purposes of these representations and warranties, the phrases “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge” or “the Mortgage Loan Seller’s belief” and other words and phrases of like import mean, except where otherwise expressly set forth in these representations and warranties, the actual state of knowledge or belief of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its officers and employees directly responsible for the underwriting, origination, servicing or sale of the Mortgage Loans regarding the matters expressly set forth in these representations and warranties. All information contained in documents which are part of or required to be part of a Servicing File, as specified in the PSA (to the extent such documents exist or existed), will be deemed to be within the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge including but not limited to any written notices from or on behalf of the borrower.

 

For purposes of these representations and warranties, “Servicing File” means a copy of the Mortgage File and documents and records not otherwise required to be contained in the Mortgage File that (i) relate to the origination and/or servicing and administration of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans, (ii) are reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans or for evidencing or enforcing any of the rights of the holder of the JPMCB Mortgage Loans or holders of interests therein and (iii) are in the possession or under the control of the Mortgage Loan Seller, provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller will not be required to deliver any draft documents, privileged or other communications, credit underwriting, due diligence analyses or data or internal worksheets, memoranda, communications or evaluations.

 

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SCHEDULE F-1

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

MORTGAGED PROPERTY FOR WHICH ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE IS MAINTAINED

 

Station Park & Station Park West

 

Mountain View Village

 

Arotech-FAAC Portfolio – 5750 East McKellips Road

 

 

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ANNEX F-2

 

EXCEPTIONS TO JPMCB MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

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1, 4, 7

The Grace Building

 

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(7) Lien; Valid Assignment The related Mortgages and any related assignments of leases secure the subject Mortgage Loan and the related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) on a pari passu basis.
4 Station Park & Station Park West (8) Permitted Liens; Title Insurance JPMCB is one of the tenants at the Mortgaged Property, and its lease provides that JPMCB has a right of first offer to purchase the leased premises under its ground lease, provided that such right does not apply to transfer of the premises to or from any party holding a mortgage, deed of trust, trust deed or similar security instrument pursuant to a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. In addition the ground lease states that so long as JPMCB is open and operating on the premises it will have the exclusive right for two years following the rent commencement date (September 13, 2011) to operate as a financial institution and no other financial institution will be allowed to operate in the development and following such two year period, the landlord under the ground lease will have the right to sell or lease to one and only one additional full service financial institution. JPMCB has entered into a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement.
11 Amazon Port of Savannah (8) Permitted Liens; Title Insurance

The sole tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Amazon.com Services, Inc. (“Tenant”), has a right of first offer at any time during the term of its lease to purchase all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property (the “Offered Property”) if the landlord (i) determine to offer all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property to the market (“Take to Market”) for sale, or (ii) receives a bona fide, unsolicited offer from an unrelated third party (an “Unsolicited Offer”; and the third party making the Unsolicited Offer is referred to herein as the “Unsolicited Offeror”) to purchase all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property, then the landlord will be required to notify either of the foregoing (the “ROFO Purchase Notice”) on the same terms and conditions for which the landlord would offer the Offered Property to a third party within 30 days following the Tenant’s receipt from the landlord of such offer set forth in a purchase agreement (the “ROFO/ROFR Purchase Agreement”). In addition, in the event the landlord is involved in a change in control transaction in which at least 50% interest in the landlord is being conveyed, the landlord is required to provide to the Tenant prior notice thereof along with a ROFO/ROFR Purchase Agreement for the Tenant’s potential purchase of the Offered Property.

 

If, in the Take to Market scenario, the Tenant elects not to purchase the Offered Property or fails to exercise its right of first offer, and the landlord proceeds to take the Offered Property to market, the Tenant will have a right of first refusal to purchase the Offered Property on the terms of a bona fide offer from an unrelated purchaser if, but only if, the purchase price in such offer is more than 7.5% lower than the purchase price in the ROFO Purchase Notice (the “Lower Offer”), and the Tenant will have 10 business days after receipt of the notice such Lower Offer to exercise the right of first refusal to purchase the Offered Property for the economic terms set forth in the notice of the Lower Offer.

 

21 Maplewood Commons (8) Permitted Liens; Title Insurance

The largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Lowe’s (82.4% NRA, 59.4% UW Rent), has a right of first offer during the term of its ground lease to purchase the premises demised to Lowe’s (the Lowe’s Premises”) on the same terms and conditions on which the landlord would sell the Lowe’s Premises to a third party within 30 days following the tenant’s

 

 

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receipt from the landlord of such offer. If the tenant elects not to purchase the Lowe’s Premises and the landlord does not assign the lease or the interest in the lease, or sell the Lowe’s Premises based on said offer within 120 days, then the landlord will be required to notify Lessee of any subsequent offers and Lessee will again have the right of first offer for the Lowe’s Premises.

 

In connection with the Mortgaged Property’s development, the Mortgaged Property was made subject to two recorded development agreements. Upon completion of the development required by each agreement, the City of Maplewood, Missouri was to issue certificates of final completion. Prior to issuance of the certificates, the City of Maplewood has the right to approve any transfers of the property, and the borrower has not yet obtained the certificates of completion even though the development has been completed since 2004 according to the borrower. The borrower has submitted explicit waivers of any right the City has to consent to transfers of the Mortgaged Property to the City for signature. The Mortgage Loan documents provide for a non-recourse carveout for any losses associated with the borrower’s failure to obtain such certificates of completion from the City or the City’s waiver of its consent right to any transfers of the Mortgaged Property, effective until the borrower delivers executed copies of such waivers, and files such waivers of record.

 

22 Mercury Plaza (8) Permitted Liens; Title Insurance

The largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Walmart (44.2% of NRA, 41.1% of UW rent), has a right of first offer at any time during the term of its lease to purchase the premises demised to Walmart (the “Walmart Premises”) on the same terms and conditions for which the landlord would offer the Walmart Premises to a third party within 30 days following the tenant’s receipt from the landlord of such offer. If the tenant elects not to purchase the Walmart Premises and the landlord does not sell the Walmart Premises based on said offer within 270 days, then the landlord will be required to notify Lessee of any subsequent offers and Lessee will again have the right of first offer for the Walmart Premises.

 

The third largest tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Firestone (9.0% of NRA, 12.7% of UW rent), has a right of first refusal at any time during the term of its lease to purchase the entirety of the premises demised to Firestone (the “Firestone Premises”) upon the same terms and conditions as contained in any bona fide sales agreement within 30 days following the tenant’s receipt from the landlord of such offer. If the tenant exercises its option, the tenant will not be obligated to give back or assume any mortgage or trust deed, but instead will have the right to pay the entire purchase price in cash. The tenant will have no right of first refusal if the landlord’s proposed sale includes more than the landlord’s interest in the Firestone Premises or if the proposed sale includes parcels in addition to the Firestone Premises.

 

1 The Grace Building (9) Junior Liens The Mortgage Loan documents permit future mezzanine loan upon satisfaction of certain conditions, including, without limitation, (a) combined maximum LTV of 58.14%, (b) combined maximum debt yield of 8.35%, and (c) the lenders entering into an intercreditor agreement.
7 4 West 58th Street (9) Junior Liens The Mortgage Loan documents permit future mezzanine loan upon satisfaction of certain conditions, including, without limitation, (a) combined maximum LTV of 69.4%, (b) combined minimum DSCR of 1.50x, and (c) the lenders entering into an intercreditor agreement.

 

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1, 4, 7

The Grace Building

 

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(10) Assignment of Leases and Rents The related Mortgage and assignment of leases secures the subject Mortgage Loan and the related Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) on a pari passu basis.
21 Maplewood Commons (12) Condition of Property The physical condition report shows that the Mortgaged Property is in need of repairs in the next several years with an estimated total cost of $248,154. The Mortgage Loan documents require the borrower to make monthly deposits of $1,999.60 for replacement, which is waived so long as no cash sweep period in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents is in effect.
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(15) Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan One of the Borrowers, Solow Building Company III, L.L.C., is a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a former corporate tenant, which operated a high-end beauty clinic out of the 9th floor of the building. In a complaint filed on March 27, 2018, the tenant alleged, among other things, that construction undertaken beginning in 2015 by another tenant, Bergdorf Goodman, on the first eight floors interfered with the plaintiff tenant’s quiet enjoyment of the leased premises, and that noise, dust, and vibrations from the construction made it impossible to operate the clinic, cost the clinic customers, and damaged the owner’s reputation with her high-end clientele, and that the borrower had knowledge and control over Bergdorf Goodman’s construction and deliberately misrepresented the effects and length of the construction when discussing it with the plaintiff tenant. While the Borrower agreed to a rent abatement in 2016 because of the ongoing construction, the plaintiff tenant agreed to, but did not, begin paying rent again in 2017. The Borrower eventually commenced an eviction proceeding in housing court against the plaintiff tenant and was awarded possession of the premises and a monetary judgment of approximately $400,000 for unpaid rent. The plaintiff tenant subsequently brought this action in the New York Supreme Court. The plaintiff tenant asserts breach of contract and fraud claims against the Borrower, and nuisance, trespass, and negligence claims against both the borrower and Bergdorf Goodman. The plaintiff tenant claims damages of at least $15 million, with the exact amount to be determined at trial. According to the plaintiff tenant, damages are purportedly based on destruction of specialized equipment caused by the dust from construction, loss of income due to the clinic’s eventual closure, money spent to renovate the leased premises, harm to reputation, and the plaintiff tenant’s liability for rent payments on the leased premises. The Borrower has asserted counterclaims for breach of contract based on non-payment of rent, as well as attorney’s fees and money damages in the amount of the rent abatement. The Borrower has also asserted cross-claims against Bergdorf Goodman for both common law and contractual indemnification in the amount of any award the court confers on the plaintiff tenant (i.e., up to $15 million). The recourse carveout guarantor, Sheldon H. Solow, signed a recourse guaranty that provides for recourse to the extent of any losses incurred as a result of the pending litigation.
20 350 West Broadway (15) Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan The non-recourse carveout guarantors of the Mortgage Loan are parties to a number of pending lawsuits, including, without limitation, the following: (a) Joseph Sitt is a defendant in two cases in New York state court filed in 2019 by Wilmington Trust, N.A., which has alleged that the borrower entities for which Joseph Sitt is a guarantor are each in payment default of loans with the principal balance of $11,000,000 and $23,000,000, respectively; (b) Joseph Sitt is a defendant in a pending federal case filed by the plaintiff alleging securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty by the defendant for using the plaintiff’s investments of $830,000 to affect the price of publicly traded stock in violation of securities’ law; and (c) Elyahu Cohen is a defendant in a pending case filed in June 2020 in the Supreme Court of New York by the plaintiff alleging

 

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breach of contract. In addition, Joseph Sitt is a guarantor of a number of loans in payment default related to which negotiations with the respective lenders are ongoing. The combined net worth of the guarantors is approximately $480,000,000.
25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio (18) Insurance

The Mortgage Loan documents permit the borrower to rely upon insurance provided by the sole tenant at the related Mortgaged Property, provided that such insurance satisfies the conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Each of the 781 Avis Drive and 1229 Oak Valley Drive Mortgaged Properties is subject to separate developmental condominium regimes. In each regime, the borrower maintains its own insurance on the respective collateral improvements (and controls insurance proceeds with respect thereto). However, in each regime the common elements are insured by the respective condominium association and, in the event of a casualty, proceeds related to the common elements are held and disbursed by the respective associations. Note that each of the regimes are developmental in nature and the regimes are not “horizontal” such that each collateral unit is a parcel of land with a stand-alone improvement. Accordingly, the common elements in each regime are limited to those items typically covered in a reciprocal easement agreement or covenants, conditions, and restrictions, such as roadways, landscaping and drainage facilities.

 

21 Maplewood Commons (19) Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Lots A portion of the Mortgaged Property has only one access point to a public roadway via a shared access drive. The majority of the drive lies within the boundaries of an adjacent property not owned by the borrower and the borrower is in the process of obtaining an easement for the access drive. The Mortgage Loan documents require the borrower to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the easement post-closing, and the Mortgage Loan documents provide for recourse for any losses associated with a failure of the property to have indirect access.
7 4 West 58th Street (26) Local Law Compliance The Borrower must promptly cure (i) certain sprinkler violations set forth on the Mortgage Loan documents on or prior to the date that the work related to such violations is required to be completed pursuant to the Netflix lease, and (ii) certain Department of Building code violations, fire violations, and the New York City Environmental Control Board violations set forth on the Mortgage Loan documents within three (3) months following the loan origination date, provided, with respect to this clause (ii) herein, such time period will be extended and the failure to complete such work within such time period will not constitute an event of default so long as the Borrower provides evidence reasonably acceptable to the lender that the Borrower is diligently pursuing completion.
22 Mercury Plaza (26) Local Law Compliance Pursuant to the zoning report provided in connection with the Mortgage Loan, there are open fire code violations at the Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage Loan documents require the borrower to use commercially reasonable efforts to, or cause the applicable tenant to, diligently work to cure the fire code violations. The Mortgage Loan documents provide for a loss recourse carveout for losses arising from the fire code violations.
20 350 West Broadway (27) Licenses and Permits The Mortgaged Property currently operates under a temporary certificate of occupancy and the borrower is required under the Mortgage Loan documents to use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver a permanent certificate of occupancy on or before December 31, 2020. The Mortgage Loan documents provide for a non-recourse carveout for any losses associated with failure to comply with the requirement to obtain a permanent certificate of occupancy on or before December 31, 2020.
1 The Grace Building (28) Recourse Obligations

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exceed an amount equal to 15% of the principal balance of the Whole Loan outstanding at the time of the occurrence of such event, plus any and all reasonable third-party costs actually incurred by the lender (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs reasonably incurred) in connection with the collection of amounts due thereunder.

 

The loss recourse carveout with respect to intentional misrepresentation is limited to intentional material misrepresentation.

 

The loss recourse carveout with respect to material physical waste is limited to intentional material physical waste.

 

The loss recourse carveout with respect to insurance proceeds or condemnation awards or of rents following an event of default is limited to the intentional misappropriation or conversion thereof and does not include misapplication thereof.

 

Except with respect to transfer of the Mortgaged Property prohibited under the Whole Loan documents (each, a “Prohibited Transfer”) that are voluntary (except with respect to certain transfers that do not have material adverse effect on the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property as more fully described in the Whole Loan documents), the Borrower’s failure to obtain the lender’s prior consent to any Prohibited Transfer as required by the Whole Loan documents (other than transfers expressly permitted by the Whole Loan documents (each, a “Permitted Transfer”)) constitutes only a loss recourse carveout rather than a full recourse carveout; provided that there will be no recourse liability for (1) failure to perform administrative requirements (such as a notice) if the underlying transfer is a Permitted Transfer but for the satisfaction of the administrative requirements or (2) a Prohibited Transfer due solely to a sale or pledge of any interest in a property manager.

 

The Borrower’s failure to obtain the lender’s prior consent to any subordinate financing (whether or not secured by a direct interest in the Borrower or the Mortgaged Property) or other voluntary liens that are not considered permitted encumbrances under the Whole Loan documents; provided, the Borrower will not be subject to liability if such debt was permitted when incurred but was not repaid due to the Mortgaged Property’s failure to generate sufficient cash flow or the failure of the lender to release funds from the reserve accounts after all conditions to such release had been met.

 

The obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and the related guarantors (individually and collectively, the “Indemnitors”) under the environmental indemnity will terminate and be of no further force or effect as of the second anniversary of the earlier of (x) the date on which the lender, any mezzanine lender approved under the Whole Loan documents, or any third party obtains title to the Mortgaged Property or equity collateral of the Borrower, as applicable, by foreclosure or deed or other transfer in lieu of foreclosure and (y) repayment in full of the Whole Loan (such date, the “Reference Date”), provided that the following conditions are met: (i) Indemnitor has paid to the lender and other indemnitees under the environmental indemnity (each, an “Indemnitee”) all sums due under the environmental indemnity and no default exists under the environmental indemnity beyond applicable notice and cure periods and (ii) the Indemnitee will have received an updated environmental report of the Mortgaged Property (prepared at the Indemnitor’s expense) dated no earlier than 90 days prior to the Reference Date, which updated environmental report will (a) be in form and scope reasonably satisfactory to Indemnitee and (b) confirm that, except to the extent the same was disclosed in an environmental report delivered to the lender prior to the loan origination date or otherwise expressly permitted under the environmental indemnity or the other Whole Loan documents, as of the date of the assessment referred to in such environmental report, there is no (1) non-compliance with environmental law in connection with the Mortgaged Property or operations on the Mortgaged Property, (2) environmental lien encumbering the Mortgaged Property, (3) ongoing administrative processes or proceedings or judicial proceeding relating to any violation of environmental law in connection with the Mortgaged Property or operations on the

 

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Mortgaged Property or (4) presence or release of hazardous substances in, on, above or under the Mortgaged Property that has not been fully remediated in accordance with environmental law, or that could reasonably be expected to require remediation pursuant to environmental law or to result in a material adverse impact on the use, value or marketability of the Mortgaged Property.

 

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(28) Recourse Obligations

There is no separate non-recourse carveout guarantor or environmental indemnitor, and the borrower is the sole party responsible for breaches or violations of the nonrecourse carve-out provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents. At origination of the Mortgage Loan, the borrower obtained an environmental insurance policy issued from Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company in the name of the borrower, with the lender as additional named insured with its successors, assigns and/or affiliates, with per incident and aggregate limits of $10,000,000, a $50,000 per incident self-insured retention and a term expiring on October 5, 2022. The Mortgage Loan documents require that the borrower obtain and maintain a pollution legal liability insurance, which, among other conditions, is required to be maintained for a period continuing through 36 months beyond the maturity date of the Mortgage Loan of December 5, 2030.

 

The loss recourse carveout for material physical waste is limited to intentional material physical waste.

 

The indemnification obligations of the borrower under the environmental indemnity will terminate on the date that is three years after the full and indefeasible repayment of the Mortgage Loan (other than a repayment effective pursuant to or following any foreclosure or other exercise of remedies by Indemnitee under the Mortgage Loan documents), such date being the “Termination Date,” if the borrower has satisfied the following conditions: (A) no claims, litigation, demands, defenses, judgments, suits or proceedings with respect to any matter covered by the environmental indemnity will have occurred or been threatened in writing (other than a threatened claim which has been dismissed or resolved without liability) against the indemnitor, the Mortgaged Property, the indemnitee prior to the Termination Date; (B) the indemnitee will not have exercised its remedies of foreclosure or power of sale under the Mortgage Loan documents with respect to the Mortgaged Property, nor will a receiver for the Mortgaged Property ever have been appointed; and (C) the borrower will have delivered a clean Phase I to the indemnitee, at the borrower’s sole cost and expense, which is dated no earlier than 60 business days prior to the date on which the Mortgage Loan and all obligations thereof have been fully satisfied.

 

7 4 West 58th Street (28) Recourse Obligations

The loss recourse carveout with respect to intentional misrepresentation is limited to intentional material misrepresentation.

 

The loss recourse carveout with respect to insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, rents, or any other property cash flow is limited to misappropriation and conversion thereof and does not include misapplication thereof.

 

20 350 West Broadway (28) Recourse Obligations

The loss recourse carveout with respect to willful misconduct is limited to willful misconduct in connection with the Mortgage Loan or the operation of the Mortgaged Property.

 

The obligations and liabilities of the borrower and the guarantor (individually and collectively, the “Indemnitor”) under the environmental indemnity will terminate and be of no further force and effect with respect to any unasserted claim when all of the following conditions are satisfied in full: (i) the Mortgage Loan will have been paid or defeased in full on or prior to the maturity date and the indemnitee has not foreclosed or otherwise taken possession of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) there has been no material change, between the date hereof and the date the Mortgage Loan is paid or defeased in full, in any environmental law, the effect of which change would make a lender or mortgagee liable in respect to any matter for which the indemnified parties are entitled to indemnification pursuant

 

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to the environmental indemnity, notwithstanding the fact that the Mortgage Loan is paid or defeased in full, (iii) the indemnitee will have received, at the Indemnitor’s expense, an updated environmental report dated within 60 days of the date that the Mortgage Loan is paid or defeased in full showing, to the reasonable satisfaction of the indemnitee, that there exists no matter for which the indemnified parties are entitled to indemnification pursuant to the environmental indemnity, and (iv) 24 months have passed since date that the Mortgage Loan has been paid or defeased in full.

 

22 Mercury Plaza (28) Recourse Obligations The obligations and liabilities of the borrower and the guarantor (individually and collectively, the “Indemnitor”) under the related environmental indemnity will terminate and be of no further force and effect with respect to any unasserted claim when all of the following conditions are satisfied in full: (i) the Mortgage Loan will have been paid in full on or prior to the maturity date and the indemnitee has not foreclosed or otherwise taken possession of any Mortgaged Property, (ii) there has been no material change, between the Mortgage Loan origination date and the date the Mortgage Loan is paid in full, in any environmental law, the effect of which change would make a lender or mortgagee liable in respect to any matter for which the indemnified parties are entitled to indemnification pursuant to the environmental indemnity, notwithstanding the fact that the Mortgage Loan is paid in full, (iii) the indemnitee will have received, at the Indemnitor’s expense, an updated environmental report dated within 60 days of the requested release showing, to the reasonable satisfaction of Indemnitee, that there exists no matter for which the indemnified parties are entitled to indemnification pursuant to the environmental indemnity, and (iv) 24 months have passed since date that the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full.
25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio (28) Recourse Obligations

The loss recourse carveout with respect to intentional misrepresentation is limited to written misrepresentation.

 

Any involuntary transfers in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents, or other transfers in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents made without the lender’s consent when the lender’s consent is required pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents constitute only loss recourse carveouts rather than full recourse carveouts.

 

The obligations and liabilities of the borrower and the guarantor (individually and collectively, the “Indemnitor”) under the related environmental indemnity will terminate and be of no further force and effect with respect to any unasserted claim when all of the following conditions are satisfied in full: (i) the Mortgage Loan will have been paid in full on or prior to the maturity date and the indemnitee has not foreclosed or otherwise taken possession of any Mortgaged Property, (ii) the indemnitee will have received, at the Indemnitor’s expense, an updated environmental report of substantially the same scope and detail as the environmental report used in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, dated within 60 days of the date the Mortgage Loan will be paid in full, prepared by a qualified environmental consultant showing that there are no environmental conditions or environmental issues of concern related to hazardous substances that are present on or a threat to the property in violation of environmental law, and (iii) 24 months have passed since date that the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full.

 

5 Rugby Pittsburgh Portfolio (29) Mortgage Releases The related Mortgage Loan documents permit the release of certain vacant outparcel (the “Release Outparcel”), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, the following: (a) the Release Outparcel is vacant, unimproved (except for surface parking) and non-income producing; (b) the Release Outparcel may not be released and conveyed to an affiliate of the borrowers; (c) the release of such Release Outparcel does not result in a material adverse effect or materially impair the operation, value or use of the Mortgaged Property continuing to be subject to the lien of the mortgage after such release; (d) the borrowers pay an amount equal to (i) with respect to the

 

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ID#

Mortgage Loans

Representations

Exceptions

Release Outparcel identified as the Outparcel A, the greater of (x) 100% of the net sales proceeds from the sale of Outparcel A and (y) 90% of the gross sales proceeds from such sale, but in no event less than $1,020,000 and (ii) with respect to the Release Outparcel identified as the Outparcel B, 100% of the net sales proceeds from the sale of Outparcel B, but in no event less than 90% of the gross sales proceeds from such sale; and (e) immediately following a release of any portion of the lien of the mortgage in connection with a release of the Release Outparcel, the REMIC loan-to-value ratio is greater than 125%, the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan must be prepaid by an amount not less than an amount such that the REMIC loan-to-value ratio does not increase after the release, unless the lender receives a REMIC opinion.
25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio (29) Mortgage Releases Other than during the period that is 60 days prior to and 60 days after a securitization, upon the occurrence of (x) a “Loss Event,” which occurs as the result of, among other requirements, a casualty at one of the individual Mortgaged Properties (individually and collectively, the “Individual Property”), in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents, or (y) a “Default Release Event,” which occurs due to a non-monetary default under the Mortgage Loan or a monetary default under the Mortgage Loan directly caused by a default by the sole tenant at the Mortgaged Property, Arotech-FAAC, under its lease and the release of such Individual Property would cure such default, the borrower may elect to obtain the release of the Individual Property subject to such Loss Event or Default Release Event, as applicable, from the lien of the mortgage thereon and the borrower’s obligations under the Mortgage Loan documents with respect to such Individual Property, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents, including, without limitation, the following: (a) the borrower provides not less than 30 days prior written notice to the lender specifying the proposed date of such release (the “Loss Event Release Date”); (b) the borrower will either, (i) provided the Loss Event Release Date is on or after the permitted defeasance date (as described in the Mortgage Loan documents), have satisfied all of the requirements for a defeasance of only a portion of the Mortgage Loan (the “Partial Defeasance Event”) and partially defease the Mortgage Loan in an amount equal to no less than, for each Individual Property, the sum of (A) the release amount for such Individual Property as set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents (the “Release Amount”) and (B) 10% of the Release Amount for the applicable Individual Property (the sum of (A) and (B) referred to as the “Adjusted Release Amount”), and such defeasance is deemed a voluntary defeasance, or (ii) have prepaid the Mortgage Loan in an amount (the “Loss Event Prepayment Amount”) equal to the Adjusted Release Amount for the applicable Individual Property minus the amount of net proceeds applied to the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan by the lender; (b) the borrower conveys such Individual Property, concurrently with the release, to an entity other than the borrower; (c) simultaneously with such release, the released Individual Property will be released from the Arotech-FAAC lease pursuant to a lease modification or new lease approved by the lender in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents; (d) the borrower delivers a REMIC opinion; (e) if required by the lender, the delivery of a rating agency confirmation; (f) the loan to value ratio not exceeding 125% immediately after the release of the applicable Individual Property.
7 4 West 58th Street (30) Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls The borrower is required to provide an audited set of financial statements only if there exists and continues a cash sweep period, as described in the Mortgage Loan documents.
1 The Grace Building (31) Acts of Terrorism Exclusion If TRIPRA is discontinued or not renewed, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Borrower will be required to carry terrorism insurance in an amount not less than the amounts required under the Whole Loan documents; provided that, in such event, the Borrower will not be required to spend per year on terrorism coverage (on a going forward basis after TRIPRA expires or is otherwise no longer in effect

 

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Annex A-1
ID#

Mortgage Loans

Representations

Exceptions

for any reason and following expiration of the applicable terrorism insurance then in place) in excess of the amount equal to two times the annual allocable amount of the total insurance premium that is then payable with respect to the property and business income insurance policies required under the Whole Loan documents (the “Terrorism Premium Cap”) with respect to the Mortgaged Property and, if the cost for such terrorism exceeds the Terrorism Premium Cap, the Borrower will purchase the maximum amount of terrorism coverage available with funds equal to the Terrorism Premium Cap.
7 4 West 58th Street (31) Acts of Terrorism Exclusion In the event TRIPRA is no longer in effect, the borrower will be required to carry terrorism insurance throughout the term of the Mortgage Loan as required in the Mortgage Loan documents, but in such event the borrower will not be required to pay any insurance premiums solely with respect to such terrorism coverage in excess of an amount equal to two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the Mortgage Loan documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such property and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at the time that such terrorism coverage is excluded from the applicable policy (the “Terrorism Premium Cap”) and, if the cost of such terrorism coverage exceeds the Terrorism Premium Cap, the borrower will be required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism coverage available with funds equal to the Terrorism Premium Cap; provided that, if the insurance premiums payable with respect to such terrorism coverage exceeds the Terrorism Premium Cap, the lender may, at its option (1) purchase such stand-alone terrorism policy, with the borrower paying such portion of the insurance premiums with respect thereto equal to the Terrorism Premium Cap and the lender paying such portion of the insurance premiums in excess of the Terrorism Premium Cap or (2) modify the deductible amounts, policy limits and other required policy terms to reduce the insurance premiums payable with respect to such stand-alone terrorism policy to the Terrorism Premium Cap.
20 350 West Broadway (31) Acts of Terrorism Exclusion If the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 or a similar or subsequent statute (“TRIPRA”) is not in effect, then provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the borrower will be required to carry terrorism insurance throughout the term of the Mortgage Loan as required by the preceding sentence, but in such event the borrower will not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable at such time on a stand-alone basis in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required hereunder (without giving effect to the cost of the terrorism components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance), and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the borrower will purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.
25 Arotech-FAAC Portfolio (31) Acts of Terrorism Exclusion In the event the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 or subsequent similar statute, or reauthorization or extension of either of the foregoing is no longer in effect, the borrower will nevertheless be required to maintain terrorism insurance, but will not be required to spend, with respect to terrorism insurance pursuant to this subsection (ix), more than two times the then-current property premium (without giving effect to the cost of any terrorism, earthquake and flood component of such insurance.
7 4 West 58th Street (36) Ground Leases Any assignment of the ground lease requires the ground lessor’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and there is no exception for assignment of the ground lease related to foreclosure. Note, however, that the underlying fee interest is also encumbered by the mortgage.

 

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Annex A-1
ID#

Mortgage Loans

Representations

Exceptions

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 20, 21, 22, 25 All JPMCB Mortgage Loans (40) No Material Default; Payment Record With respect to any covenants under the related Mortgage Loan that require the borrower to ensure a tenant or Mortgaged Property is operating or to enforce the terms of leases, such borrower may be in default of one or more of such covenants due to closures mandated or recommended by governmental authorities and moratoriums imposed by governmental authorities on real estate remedies.
1, 4, 7

The Grace Building

 

Station Park & Station Park West

 

4 West 58th Street

(47) Cross-Collateralization The Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Companion Loans.

 

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ANNEX G

 

CLASS A-SB PLANNED PRINCIPAL BALANCE SCHEDULE

 

Period

Balance($)

 

Period

Balance($)

1 15,906,000.00   59 15,906,000.00
2 15,906,000.00   60 15,906,000.00
3 15,906,000.00   61 15,905,473.40
4 15,906,000.00   62 15,627,134.81
5 15,906,000.00   63 15,296,107.32
6 15,906,000.00   64 15,015,787.53
7 15,906,000.00   65 14,717,359.87
8 15,906,000.00   66 14,435,159.86
9 15,906,000.00   67 14,134,906.65
10 15,906,000.00   68 13,850,814.21
11 15,906,000.00   69 13,565,799.11
12 15,906,000.00   70 13,262,812.65
13 15,906,000.00   71 12,975,886.87
14 15,906,000.00   72 12,671,045.29
15 15,906,000.00   73 12,382,196.44
16 15,906,000.00   74 12,092,409.26
17 15,906,000.00   75 11,751,007.08
18 15,906,000.00   76 11,459,166.87
19 15,906,000.00   77 11,149,553.73
20 15,906,000.00   78 10,855,758.55
21 15,906,000.00   79 10,544,247.28
22 15,906,000.00   80 10,248,484.46
23 15,906,000.00   81 9,951,760.54
24 15,906,000.00   82 9,637,405.67
25 15,906,000.00   83 9,338,695.10
26 15,906,000.00   84 9,022,411.33
27 15,906,000.00   85 8,721,701.21
28 15,906,000.00   86 8,409,932.67
29 15,906,000.00   87 8,062,831.87
30 15,906,000.00   88 7,748,925.68
31 15,906,000.00   89 7,416,910.14
32 15,906,000.00   90 7,100,908.86
33 15,906,000.00   91 6,766,859.15
34 15,906,000.00   92 6,448,749.20
35 15,906,000.00   93 6,129,607.65
36 15,906,000.00   94 5,792,508.99
37 15,906,000.00   95 5,471,238.45
38 15,906,000.00   96 5,132,072.70
39 15,906,000.00   97 4,808,659.37
40 15,906,000.00   98 4,484,197.02
41 15,906,000.00   99 4,108,432.43
42 15,906,000.00   100 3,781,696.54
43 15,906,000.00   101 3,437,224.36
44 15,906,000.00   102 3,108,310.28
45 15,906,000.00   103 2,761,723.24
46 15,906,000.00   104 2,430,616.86
47 15,906,000.00   105 2,098,436.16
48 15,906,000.00   106 1,748,677.49
49 15,906,000.00   107 1,414,283.33
50 15,906,000.00   108 1,062,375.56
51 15,906,000.00   109 725,753.59
52 15,906,000.00   110 388,039.17
53 15,906,000.00   111 and thereafter 0.00
54 15,906,000.00      
55 15,906,000.00      
56 15,906,000.00    
57 15,906,000.00  
58 15,906,000.00  

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No dealer, salesman or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representations. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the securities offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Summary of Certificates 3
Important Notice Regarding the Offered Certificates 12
Important Notice About Information Presented in This Prospectus 12
Summary of Terms 21
Summary of Risk Factors 57
Risk Factors 59
Description of the Mortgage Pool 144
Transaction Parties 237
Credit Risk Retention 283
Description of the Certificates 287
Description of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements 323
Pooling and Servicing Agreement 334
Certain Legal Aspects of Mortgage Loans 444
Certain Affiliations, Relationships and Related Transactions Involving Transaction Parties 460
Pending Legal Proceedings Involving Transaction Parties 462
Use of Proceeds 462
Yield and Maturity Considerations 463
Material Federal Income Tax Considerations 475
Certain State and Local Tax Considerations 487
Method of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest) 488
Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference 490
Where You Can Find More Information 490
Financial Information 491
Certain ERISA Considerations 491
Legal Investment 495
Legal Matters 496
Ratings 496
Index of Defined Terms 498

ANNEX A-1 CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND MORTGAGED PROPERTIES A-1-1
ANNEX A-2 CERTAIN POOL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MORTGAGE LOANS AND  MORTGAGED PROPERTIES A-2-1
ANNEX A-3 DESCRIPTION OF TOP FIFTEEN  MORTGAGE LOANS AND ADDITIONAL  MORTGAGE LOAN INFORMATION A-3-1
ANNEX B FORM OF REPORT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS B-1
ANNEX C FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT C-1
ANNEX D-1 GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL  CORPORATION AND CITI REAL  ESTATE FUNDING INC. MORTGAGE  LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES D-1-1
ANNEX D-2 EXCEPTIONS TO GACC MORTGAGE  LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES D-2-1
ANNEX D-3 EXCEPTIONS TO CREFI MORTGAGE  LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES D-3-1
ANNEX E-1 GOLDMAN SACHS MORTGAGE COMPANY MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES E-1-1
ANNEX E-2 EXCEPTIONS TO GSMC MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES E-2-1
ANNEX F-1 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES F-1-1
ANNEX F-2 EXCEPTIONS TO JPMCB MORTGAGE LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES F-2-1
ANNEX G CLASS A-SB PLANNED PRINCIPAL  BALANCE SCHEDULE G-1

  

Dealers will be required to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters of these certificates and with respect to unsold allotments or subscriptions. In addition, all dealers selling these certificates will deliver a prospectus until the date that is ninety days from the date of this prospectus.

$673,917,000
(Approximate)

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset

Receiving Corporation
Depositor

 

Benchmark 2020-B22 Mortgage

Trust
Issuing Entity

 

Benchmark 2020-B22

Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage

Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2020-

B22

 

Class A-1 $9,763,000  
Class A-2 $3,086,000  
Class A-SB $15,906,000  
Class A-4 $132,500,000
Class A-5 $380,199,000
Class X-A $611,069,000  
Class A-M $69,615,000  
Class B $30,941,000  
Class C $31,907,000  

   

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities
Co-Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner

 

J.P. Morgan
Co-Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner

  

Citigroup
Co-Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner

 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Co-Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner

 

Academy Securities
Co-Manager

 

Drexel Hamilton
Co-Manager

 

December 18, 2020