KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Benchmark 2023-B40

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA is pleased to announce the assignment of preliminary ratings to 16 classes of Benchmark 2023-B40, a $484.4 million CMBS conduit transaction collateralized by 20 commercial mortgage loans secured by 34 properties.

The collateral properties are located throughout 14 MSAs, of which the three largest are Chicago (18.3%), Philadelphia (13.9%), and Seattle (8.7%). The pool has exposure to all major property types, with four types representing more than 10.0% of the pool balance: retail (25.4%), office (24.2%), mixed-use (21.6%), and self-storage (10.8%). The loans have principal balances ranging from $10.0 million to $48.0 million for the largest loan in the pool, Axis Apartments (9.9%), which is secured by a 716 unit, Class-A multifamily high-rise building located in Chicago, Illinois, within the city’s CBD. The five largest loans, which also include Bala Plaza Portfolio (9.9%), The Landmark (8.7%), Saban StorQuest Self-Storage Portfolio (8.3%), and 645 North Michigan Avenue (7.8%), represent 44.6%, while the top 10 loans represent 72.6%.

KBRA’s analysis of the transaction incorporated our multi-borrower rating process that begins with our analysts' evaluation of the underlying collateral properties' financial and operating performance, which determine KBRA’s estimate of sustainable net cash flow (KNCF) and KBRA value using our U.S. CMBS Property Evaluation Methodology. On an aggregate basis, KNCF was 11.0% less than the issuer cash flow. KBRA capitalization rates were applied to each asset’s KNCF to derive values that were, on an aggregate basis, 38.1% less than third party appraisal values. The pool has an in-trust KLTV of 84.1% and an all-in KLTV of 87.5%. The model deploys rent and occupancy stresses, probability of default regressions, and loss given default calculations to determine losses for each collateral loan that are then used to assign our credit ratings.

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Related Publications

• Benchmark 2023-B40 Conduit Fusion KCAT

• U.S. CMBS Multi-Borrower Rating Methodology
• U.S. CMBS Property Evaluation Methodology
• U.S. CMBS Single Borrower & Large Loan Rating Methodology
• Methodology for Rating Interest-Only Certificates in CMBS Transactions
• Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology
• ESG Global Rating Methodology

Disclosures

Further information on key credit considerations, sensitivity analyses that consider what factors can affect these credit ratings and how they could lead to an upgrade or a downgrade, and ESG factors (where they are a key driver behind the change to the credit rating or rating outlook) can be found in the full rating report referenced above.

A description of all substantially material sources that were used to prepare the credit rating and information on the methodology(ies) (inclusive of any material models and sensitivity analyses of the relevant key rating assumptions, as applicable) used in determining the credit rating is available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) located here.

Information on the meaning of each rating category can be located here.

Further disclosures relating to this rating action are available in the Information Disclosure Form(s) referenced above. Additional information regarding KBRA policies, methodologies, rating scales and disclosures are available at www.kbra.com.

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