DBRS Morningstar Assigns Ratings to Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2014-CPT

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned ratings to the Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2014-CPT issued by Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2014-CPT as follows:

-- Class A at AAA (sf)
-- Class A-M at AAA (sf)
-- Class B at AAA (sf)
-- Class C at AAA (sf)
-- Class D at AAA (sf)
-- Class E at AAA (sf)
-- Class F at AAA (sf)
-- Class G at AAA (sf)
-- Class X-A at AAA (sf)
-- Class X-B at AAA (sf)

All trends are Stable.

These certificates are currently also rated by DBRS Morningstar’s affiliated rating agency, Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC (MCR). In connection with the ongoing consolidation of DBRS Morningstar and MCR, MCR previously announced that it had placed its outstanding ratings of these certificates Under Review–Analytical Integration Review and that MCR intended to withdraw its outstanding ratings such withdrawal will occur on or about May 11, 2020. As such, in conjunction with these rating actions by DBRS Morningstar for the subject transaction, the MCR ratings will be withdrawn. In accordance with MCR’s engagement letter covering these certificates, upon withdrawal of MCR’s outstanding ratings, the DBRS Morningstar ratings will become the successor ratings to the withdrawn MCR ratings. Information about the MCR ratings, including the history of the MCR ratings, can be found at www.morningstarcreditratings.com.

The subject rating actions are the result of the application of the “North American CMBS Surveillance Methodology.”

The new ratings reflect the trust’s sole loan being fully defeased, which was reflected with the December 2019 remittance report. On December 13, 2019, sponsors J.P. Morgan Asset Management and Hines Interests Limited Partnership announced the completion of an $1.2 billion refinancing of the collateral property, Century Plaza Towers, which included 2,317,191 square feet of office space. With the subject loan’s defeasance, the underlying collateral has been replaced with U.S. Government Securities and the $800.0 million trust loan is scheduled to mature in July 2021.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework and its methodologies can be found at: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/357792.

Classes X-A and X-B are interest-only (IO) certificates that reference a single rated tranche or multiple rated tranches. The IO rating mirrors the lowest-rated applicable reference obligation tranche adjusted upward by one notch if senior in the waterfall.

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

DBRS Morningstar notes that it did not run a risk sensitivity analysis for this transaction as the collateral has been fully defeased.

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

The principal methodology is the North American CMBS Surveillance Methodology, which can be found on www.dbrsmorningstar.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 Morningstar Global Structured Finance Related Methodologies document, which can be found on www.dbrsmorningstar.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.

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The related regulatory disclosures pursuant to the National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations are hereby incorporated by reference and can be found by clicking on the link under Related Documents or by contacting us at info@dbrsmorningstar.com.

The rated entity or its related entities did 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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