Morningstar Credit Ratings Assigns Preliminary Ratings for CSMC Trust 2014-SURF Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2014-SURF (CSMC Trust 2014-SURF)

NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC today assigned preliminary ratings for the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) transaction CSMC Trust 2014-SURF Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2014-SURF (CSMC Trust 2014-SURF). The preliminary ratings are based on information known to Morningstar as of Feb. 12, 2014.

The key characteristics of the mortgage loan collateral supporting CSMC Trust 2014-SURF are:

• One mortgage loan secured by two luxury class hotel properties located in Santa Monica, Calif., including Shutters on the Beach and Casa del Mar;
• The principal balance of the first mortgage loan, which is collateral for the trust, is $186.8 million; and
• The financing provides for additional subordinate mezzanine debt totaling $183.2 million.

Based on information provided on the arranger's website, Morningstar's analysis of the loans yielded the following Morningstar metrics:

• An aggregate net cash flow (NCF) of approximately $21.6 million, which is lower than the arranger's NCF by 7.3 percent;
• The loan provides for a debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) of 4.74x based upon the current interest rates and LIBOR; based upon the Morningstar-stressed LIBOR rate of 3.0 percent, the DSCR is more conservative at 2.17x;
• Morningstar valued the property using the direct capitalization method with its final aggregate value of approximately $276.8 million calculated using a 7.80 percent capitalization rate; and
• The Morningstar value, which equates to $846,340 per room, is 45.3 percent lower than the appraised property value of $506.1 million. The Morningstar valuation resulted in a weighted-average loan-to-value ratio (LTV) of 67.5 percent for the first mortgage loan.

For complete details about the preliminary ratings of this transaction, Morningstar's Pre-Sale analysis package, including the Pre-Sale Report, Summary of Operating Results, and the Representations, Warranties, and Enforcement Mechanisms, is available under the "Ratings Reports" tab on https://ratingagency.morningstar.com. Information subsequently received could result in the assignment of final ratings that differ from the preliminary ratings.

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