CMBS

The Lineage Logistics transaction is the largest single-borrower, large-loan deal since the Blackstone Group tapped the CMBS market for a $2.5 billion single-loan deal backed by 169 industrial properties and two data centers.

The $161.5 million transaction backed by leasehold interests in the Jimmy Buffett-themed luxury hotel will include a $49.3M cash-out payment to the Denver-based PE firm.

The large single-loan transaction covers two lab-office facilities in the Boston area's crowded life sciences corridor near MIT.

BX Trust 2019-IMC is a cash-out refinancing for an existing mortgage secured by 16 showrooms used exclusively for the home furniture and decor industry.

Commercial mortgages placed into special servicing grew last year, but default and foreclosure dollar volume fell as legacy loan resolutions outpaced newly distressed loans, according to Fitch Ratings.

A renovated office complex in Florida and a recently built Great Wolf Lodge resort in Orange County make up two of the largest loans in Wells Fargo's latest conduit.

The trio of malls collateralizing the new mortgage include two well-performing mall as well as a troubled Florida super-regional shopping center.

An industry working group might seek legislation to eliminate the need for investor consent in the shift to a new benchmark interest rate. But any legislative fix is almost certain to be challenged because choosing an alternative to Libor will inevitably favor one party in a transaction over another.

Investors include New Orleans sports franchise owner Gayle Benson, placing the hotel under local ownership for the first time since it was built in 1976.

The sponsor acquired the buildings over the past 12 years; now it has obtained a mortgage on each from JPMorgan Chase for a total of $174 million.