CMBS

A joint venture between Nightingale and WCP acquired the property, which is well known for the Claes Oldenburg Clothespin sculpture in its front plaza, for $328 million in July.

Although challenges have accelerated for certain segments of the U.S. retail industry, the exposure to troubled retail in U.S. structured finance sectors is limited, posing small-to-modest risks for some asset classes.

A $507.6 million first mortgage on the Hotel del Coronado, a 130-year-old landmark with 1,400 linear feet of direct ocean frontage, is being securitized in BBCMS 2017-DELC. Barclays is the loan seller.

Boston Properties and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association are refinancing the property, which occupies an entire block in the city's media and entertainment district.

Five deals launched in the first week include another whole loan participation in New York's GM Building, as well as a single-borrower ABS for the Park Avenue office tower complex that includes Facebook and Buzzfeed as tenants.

The 1999 Avenue of the Stars tower in the Century City submarket is part of a second Goldman Sachs CMBS transaction, and is the largest loan in the new 2017-GS7 portfolio.

The completed securitization features seasoned, pre-crisis commercial mortgages acquired from GE Capital, CNL Financial, PMC Property and CIT Group.

Unlike some recent transactions in this space, this one is backed by a mix of "transitional" properties, including office, retail, and industrial, and not just multifamily.

With fewer CMBS deals coming to market — partly as a result of risk-retention rules — an independent finance company like Ladder Capital can’t always wait to piggyback on Wall Street’s transactions.

The portfolio includes six loans for office, hotel and multfamily properties; the largest is an office park in Austin Texas' high-tech corridor.