KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to BANK 2020-BNK25

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is pleased to announce the assignment of preliminary ratings to 18 classes of BANK 2020-BNK25 (see ratings list below), a $1.6 billion CMBS conduit transaction collateralized by 77 commercial mortgage loans secured by 97 properties.

The collateral properties are located in 24 states, with the top three states represented by New York (33.5%), California (17.8%), and Nevada (7.1%). The pool has exposure to all the major property types, with the top three being office (41.7%), multifamily (20.9%), and lodging (17.8%). The loans have principal balances ranging from $998,487 to $100.0 million for the largest loan in the pool, 55 Hudson Yards (6.1%), which is secured by a 1.4 million sf, 51-story, Class-A office building located in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of New York City’s borough of Manhattan. The five largest loans, which also include 1633 Broadway (6.1%), Bellagio Hotel and Casino (6.1%), 545 Washington Boulevard (5.0%) and Jackson Park (4.6%), represent 27.9% of the initial pool balance, while the top 10 loans represent 48.3%.

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 6.9% 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, 40.6% less than third party appraisal values. The pool has an in-trust KLTV of 85.8% and an all-in KLTV of 94.4%. 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.

Preliminary Ratings Assigned: BANK 2020-BNK25

Class	Initial Class Balance	Expected KBRA Rating
A-1	$15,250,000	AAA (sf)
A-2	$8,461,000	AAA (sf)
A-3	$61,183,000	AAA (sf)
A-SB	$22,612,000	AAA (sf)
A-4	$100,000,000 - $480,000,000^1	AAA (sf)
A-5	$499,284,000 - $879,284,000^1	AAA (sf)
A-S	$194,070,000	AAA (sf)
B	$62,102,000	AA- (sf)
C	$58,221,000	A- (sf)
D	$36,874,000	BBB (sf)
E	$21,347,000	BBB- (sf)
F	$29,111,000	BB- (sf)
G	$15,525,000	B- (sf)
H	$48,518,274	NR
X-A	$1,086,790,000^2	AAA (sf)
X-B	$314,393,000^2	AAA (sf)
X-D	$58,221,000^2	BBB- (sf)
X-F	$29,111,000^2	BB- (sf)
X-G	$15,525,000^2	B- (sf)
X-H	$48,518,274^2	NR

^1The exact initial certificate balances will not be determined until final pricing; however, they are expected to fall within the above ranges. ^2Notional balance.

For complete details on the analysis, please see our pre-sale report published at www.kbra.com. The preliminary ratings are based on information known to KBRA at the time of this publication. Information received subsequent to this release could result in the assignment of ratings that differ from the preliminary ratings.

To access ratings, reports and disclosures, click here.

Related Publications: (available at www.kbra.com)

• BANK 2020-BNK25 Pre-Sale Report
• BANK 2020-BNK25 KBRA Conduit KCAT
• U.S. CMBS Multi-Borrower Rating Methodology
• U.S. CMBS Property Evaluation Methodology
• Methodology for Rating Interest-Only Certificates in CMBS Transactions
• Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology

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