DBRS Assigns Ratings of AA, Stable Trends, to Two Mortgage Loans Made to 205 West End Avenue Owners Corporation

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS) assigned ratings of AA with Stable trends to the 3.85% Mortgage Loan Due August 1, 2043, and to the 4.45% Mortgage Loan Due August 1, 2043 (collectively, the Loans), made to 205 West End Avenue Owners Corporation.

The Loans are secured by a 520-unit Class A co-operative (co-op) apartment building located at 205 West End Avenue (the Property) in the Manhattan borough of New York. DBRS’s AA ratings reflect (1) the stability of the debt payments provided by the co-op structure of ownership, in which co-op share owners are highly incentivized to meet their share of the loan payments to protect their ownership interest in the co-op; (2) a low loan-to-value ratio; (3) the Property’s strong location within the New York metropolitan area; and (4) the approximately 100.0% amortization that will take place over the term of the Loans.

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Notes:
The principal methodology is the North American Single-Asset/Single-Borrower Methodology, which can be found on www.dbrs.com under Methodologies & Criteria. For a list of the structured-finance-related methodologies that may be used during the rating process, please see the DBRS Global Structured Finance Related Methodologies document, which can be found on www.dbrs.com in the Commentary tab under Regulatory Affairs. Please note that not every related methodology listed under a principal structured finance asset class methodology may be used to rate or monitor an individual structured finance or debt obligation.

This rating was initiated at the request of the lender.

The rated entity or its related entities did not participate in the rating process for this rating action. DBRS had access to the accounts and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this rating action.

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