DBRS Finalizes Provisional Ratings to Colony Mortgage Capital Series 2015-FL3, Ltd.

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) has today finalized its provisional ratings on the following classes Floating Rate Notes (the Notes) to be issued by Colony Mortgage Capital Series 2015-FL3, Ltd. The trends are Stable.

-- Class A at AAA (sf)
-- Class B at AA (low) (sf)
-- Class C at A (low) (sf)
-- Class D at BBB (low) (sf)
-- Class E at BB (low) (sf)
-- Class F at B (low) (sf)

Classes E and F are non-offered classes.

With respect to the deferrable notes (Class C, Class D, Class E and Class F), to the extent interest proceeds are not sufficient on a given payment date to pay accrued interest, interest will not be due and payable on the payment date and will instead be deferred and capitalized. The ratings assigned by DBRS contemplate the timely payments of distributable interest and, in the case of deferred interest notes, the ultimate recovery of deferred interest (inclusive of interest payable thereon at the applicable rate, to the extent permitted by law).

The collateral for the transaction consists of a pool of 20 floating-rate mortgage loans with a $477.7 million current trust balance, secured by 35 transitional commercial, multifamily and hospitality properties. Three of the loans, representing 25.2% of the cut-off trust balance, have pari passu future funding notes that have yet to be fulfilled in their entirety. As of the cut-off date, the aggregate remaining future funding obligations totaled $18.7 million (ranging from $1.4 million to $12.3 million per loan), and all will remain outside the trust, as the transaction structure does not allow future principal prepayment proceeds to be used to acquire these future funding notes. The proceeds necessary to fulfill the future funding obligations will be drawn on primarily from two committed warehouse lines, and the future funding notes will be held outside the trust but will be pari passu with their respective trust note. The future funding is generally to be used for property renovations and leasing costs, and each property has a business plan to execute that is expected to increase net cash flow.

The floating-rate mortgages were analyzed to determine the probability of loan default over the term of the loan and its refinance risk at maturity, based on a fully extended loan term. Due to the floating-rate nature of the loans, DBRS applied a stress to the index (one-month LIBOR) that corresponded to the remaining fully extended term of the loans and added the respective contractual loan spread to determine a stressed interest rate over the loan term. When the maximum loan commitments were measured against the DBRS In-Place Net Cash Flow and their respective stressed interest rates, there were 14 loans, representing 71.0% of the pool, with term debt service coverage ratios (DSCRs) below 1.00 times (x), a threshold indicative of a higher likelihood of term default. Additionally, to assess refinance risk, DBRS applied its refinance constants to the maximum loan commitment maturity balance, resulting in 15 loans, representing 84.8% of the pool, exhibiting refinance DSCRs below 1.00x. The properties are often transitioning, with potential upside in the cash flow; however, DBRS does not give full credit to the stabilization if there are no holdbacks or other loan structural features in place sufficient to support such treatment.

The DBRS rating addresses the likelihood of timely receipt of interest with contemplation of deferral as allowed for in the transaction documents and the ultimate payment of principal and interest (including any previously deferred) by the DBRS Rated Final Payment Date, defined as September 2032. The ratings assigned to the Notes by DBRS are based exclusively on the credit provided by the transaction structure and underlying trust assets. The Notes will be subject to ongoing surveillance, which could result in upgrades or downgrades by DBRS after the date of issuance.

Notes:
All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodologies are North American CMBS Rating Methodology and Unified Interest Rate Model for Rating U.S. Structured Finance Transactions, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.

With regard to due diligence services, DBRS was provided with the Form ABS Due Diligence-15E (Form-15E), which contains the description of the information that the third party reviewed in conducting the due diligence services and a summary of the findings and conclusions. While DBRS did not require due diligence services outlined in Form-15E, DBRS did use the Data File outlined in the Independent Accountant’s Report in its analysis to determine the ratings.

This rating is endorsed by DBRS Ratings Limited for use in the European Union.