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Security Gates - Identifies
the number of security gates located on the property.
Self
Storage - A general property type or
building type classification characterized by its usage
for self storage purposes (also called Mini-Storage);
provides personal storage for lease by consumers.
Senior
Housing - Identifies whether the property
is occupied by senior citizens (age 55 or over).
Servicer
- Institution acting for the benefit
of the certificate holders in the administration and
servicing of mortgage loans in the CMBS. Functions include
reporting to the Trustee, collecting payments from borrowers,
advancing funds for delinquent loans, negotiating workouts
or restructures (as permitted by the PSA), taking defaulted
loans through the foreclosure process, and liquidating
defaulted loans and REO.
Sewage
Adjacent - Identifies whether the property
is located adjacent to a Sewage or Waste Treatment Facility.
Similar
Residential Surrounding Land Use - Identifies
the general land use of the surrounding and/or adjacent
properties in comparison to the collateral property.
Similar Residential includes residential dwellings similar
to the collateral property.
Similar
Retail Surrounding land Use - Identifies
the general land use of the surrounding and/or adjacent
properties in comparison to the collateral property.
Similar Retail includes retail buildings similar to
the collateral property.
Single
Tenant Investment Grade - A Retail property
subtype in which the property is net leased to one investment
grade tenant (BBB- rating or higher) and the property
is utilized for retail purposes.
Single
Tenant Non-Investment Grade - A Retail
property subtype in which the property is net leased
to one non-investment grade tenant (BBB- rating or lower)
and the property is utilized for retail purposes.
Some
Paved - Road Surfaces - Identifies some
of the road surfaces as being paved with macadam, concrete,
cement or other similar surfacing.
Special
Purpose Corporation - A bankruptcy-remote
entity established by the borrower whose sole asset
is the property of properties being financed. The SPC
protects the lender from having the underlying property(ies)
become involved in bankruptcy proceedings against other
assets of the borrower of the property. Also known as
SPE (Special Purpose Entity) with other than corporate
owners.
Specialty
Center - A Retail property subtype in
which the property is occupied by the power center group
(e.g. Sports Authority, Levitz Furniture to other "category
killer" stores).
Sprinklered
- Identifies whether all areas of the
building are sprinklered; a sprinkler system is typically
an automatic fire-suppression system with an audible
alarm and that disperses an area with water or fire
retardant from overhead sprinklers when excessive heat
and/or smoke is detected. Fire systems are typically
wet, dry or chemical systems. Expressed as a percentage.
Standard
& Poor’s - Standard &
Poor’s Rating Service is one of the four primary
rating agencies and is a division of McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.; referred to as S& P.
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Strip
Center - Anchored - A
Retail property subtype in which the property is occupied
by one or more anchor tenants and the main thoroughfares
are bordered by an almost continuous row or strip of
retail stores and allied service establishments; any
shopping area that consists of a row of stores. An anchor
tenant is a well-known commercial retail business such
as a national chain store or regional department store
strategically placed in a shopping center so as to generate
the most amount of customers for all of the stores located
in the shopping center; typical gross building area
ranges from 50,000 to 100,000 square feet.
Strip
Center - Unanchored - A Retail property
subtype in which the property is occupied by multiple
tenants of which none are anchor tenants, and the main
thoroughfares are bordered by an almost continuous row
or strip of retail stores and allied service establishments;
any shopping area that consists of a row of stores.
An anchor tenant is a well-known commercial retail business
such as a national chain store or regional department
store strategically placed in a shopping center so as
to generate the most amount of customers for all of
the stores located in the shopping center; typical gross
building area ranges from 50,000 to 100,000 square feet.
Structure
- Refers to the tax and legal structure
of a CMBS such as a pass-through structure, a bond structure,
a Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) or a Real
Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC). The “structure”
can determine the tax benefits, or penalties, and the
rights of the CMBS holders and the issuer in the event
of a failure or default within the terms of the security.
Most CMBS are senior/subordinated, multiple class passthroughs
classified as REMICs.
Student
Housing - A Multifamily subtype; a multifamily
or multi-unit dwelling primarily occupied by students
(e.g. college students).
Subject-To
Conditions - Identifies the conditions
or stipulations under which a loan may be assumed.
Subordinated
Ground Lease - A lease in which rights
of the lessor of the ground are junior to the rights
of the holder of the first mortgage.
Suburban
Garden Office - An Office subtype characterized
by a garden-like setting and its location in a town
or unincorporated developed area in a close proximity
to a city. Suburbs, largely residential, are often dependent
on the city for employment and support services; generally
characterized by low-density development relative to
the city; usually one to three story structures in a
suburban or rural-urban fringe development.
Suburban
High Rise - An Office subtype characterized
typically by a high number of stories that requires
an elevator and its locations in a town or unincorporated
developed area in a close proximity to a city. Suburbs,
largely residential, are often dependent on the city
for employment and support services; generally characterized
by low-density development relative to the city; usually
a four-story or higher structure in a suburban or rural-urban
fringe development.
Super-Regional
Shopping Center - Enclosed shopping
center of More than 800,000 square feet. Tenants: At
least three anchor stores.
Superadequate
- Ease of Ingress/Egress - Refers to
an excellent degree of capacity to enter and exit a
property. Superadequacy refers to a greater capacity
or quality than a prudent purchaser or owner would include
or would pay for under current similar market conditions.
Superadequate
- Exterior Lighting - Refers to an excellent
quality and amount of exterior building lighting or
yard lighting.
Superadequate
Truck Turnaround - Refers to an excellent
degree of capacity and ability for tractor-trailers
to maneuver on the property; based on the size and shape
of the land. For example, an odd-shaped or odd-sized
parcel of land may be appropriate for an office but
may provide limited functionality for industrial loading
and delivery. Superadequacy refers to a greater capacity
or quality than a prudent purchaser or owner would include
or would pay for under current similar market conditions.
Surrounding
Land Use - Identifies the surrounding
land use in comparison to the collateral property.
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