Press Release

DBRS Morningstar Assigns Rating of AA, Stable Trend, to Mortgage Loan Made to 345 East 56th Street Owners, Inc.

CMBS
October 15, 2019

DBRS, Inc. (DBRS Morningstar) assigned a rating of AA with a Stable trend to the 4.15% Mortgage Loan Due January 2, 2037 (the Mortgage Loan), made to 345 East 56th Street Owners, Inc.

The Mortgage Loan is secured by a 174-unit Class A/B co-operative (co-op) apartment building located at 345 East 56th Street (the Property) in the borough of Manhattan, New York. The AA rating reflects (1) the stability of debt payments provided by the co-op structure of ownership, in which 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 expected 37% amortization that will take place over the remaining term of the Mortgage Loan.

All ratings are subject to surveillance, which could result in ratings being upgraded, downgraded, placed under review, confirmed or discontinued by DBRS Morningstar.

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 Morningstar 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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