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RetailUS2025

Mission Valley Shopping Center

Refinancing of middle market lifestyle center with entertainment anchors

Transaction Size
$56M
Size
175,000 SF
Location
San Diego, CA
Closed
2025

The Challenge

What the sponsor faced.

Sponsor was refinancing a 175,000 SF lifestyle center with a maturing CMBS loan. The asset carried two entertainment anchors on long leases but also 18% exposure to soft-goods co-tenants below investment grade. CMBS pricing had widened and agency was not an option for retail.

The Structure

How we structured it.

10-year fixed-rate senior loan from a life company at 55% LTV, sized on a trailing-three-year average NOI rather than in-place to account for co-tenancy risk. Cash-out of roughly $9M funded TI capital and sponsor promote.

The Outcome

What the sponsor got.

Full maturity payoff with cash-out. Coupon locked in ahead of a subsequent 35 bps widening in life company spreads. Sponsor has a decade of capital stability to reposition the non-anchor space.

Deal Mechanics

Structural highlights.

Capital Provider
Life insurance company
Loan Type
Permanent Financing
Leverage
55%
Timeline
71 days mandate to close
Key Features

10-year fixed rate with cash-out proceeds

NOI sized on T-3 average, not in-place

Rate locked ahead of 35 bps spread widening

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