KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to HLTN 2024-DPLO

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA announces the assignment of preliminary ratings to seven classes of HLTN 2024-DPLO, a CMBS single-borrower securitization.

The collateral for the transaction is a $452.0 million non-recourse, first lien mortgage loan that will be co-originated by Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. and German American Capital Corporation. The floating rate loan is expected to have a two-year initial term with three 12-month extension options and require monthly interest-only payments. The mortgage loan will be secured by the borrower’s fee simple interest in The Diplomat Beach Resort located in Hollywood, Florida. The subject property features 1,000 keys, eight food & beverage outlets, approximately 128,300 sf of indoor meeting and event space, an outdoor pool and infinity pool, a kids splash zone, a full-service spa, a fitness facility, and business center. The hotel was constructed in 2002. Between 2015 and 2018, the property underwent an $89.6 million renovation, which included upgrades to the guestrooms, meeting space and the addition of several food & beverage outlets. The sponsors plan to invest approximately $36.1 million on a brand-mandated property improvement plan to convert the property to a Signia by Hilton. For the TTM 4/2024 period, the subject property achieved an occupancy of 70.6% with an ADR of $324.11, resulting in a revenue per available room (PAR) of $228.73. As of the TTM 2/2024 period, the property achieved occupancy, ADR and RevPAR penetration rates of 107.1%, 77.6% and 83.1%, respectively.

KBRA’s analysis of the transaction included a detailed evaluation of the property’s cash flows using our U.S. CMBS Property Evaluation Methodology, and the application of our U.S. CMBS Single Borrower & Large Loan Rating Methodology. In addition, KBRA also relied on its Global Structured Finance Counterparty Methodology for assessing counterparty risk in this transaction, and its ESG Global Rating Methodology, to the extent deemed applicable.

The results of our analysis yielded a KBRA net cash flow (KNCF) for the subject of approximately $42.8 million, which is 8.6% below the issuer’s NCF, and a KBRA value of approximately $439.4 million, which is 52.7% below the appraiser’s as-is value. The resulting in-trust KBRA Loan to Value (KLTV) is 102.9%. In our analysis of the transaction, we also reviewed and considered third party engineering, environmental, and appraisal reports, the results of our site inspection of the property, and legal documentation review.

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Methodologies

• CMBS: U.S. CMBS Property Evaluation Methodology
• CMBS: U.S. CMBS Single Borrower & Large Loan Rating Methodology
• Structured Finance: 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.

About KBRA

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