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Mall Says It Didn’t Default on Wells Fargo Loan (False Default)

Mall Says It Didn’t Default on Wells Fargo Loan (False Default)

We have represented many shopping centers, office parks and hotels. In recent times, many have missed payments because of the pandemic. While courts are usually sympathetic to borrowers who are struggling because of low occupancy or tenants that won’t pay, defending a monetary default case is...
Shopping Centers Say Lender Interfering with Tenants

Shopping Centers Say Lender Interfering with Tenants

So many shopping centers are struggling to stay afloat during the pandemic. Even with a vaccine, many experts say that the face of retail shopping has changed forever. How many people will permanently shop online once things return to normal?
Since the pandemic began, mall owners have had to...
Hotel Values Plummet &ndash; Borrowers Seeking Help

Hotel Values Plummet – Borrowers Seeking Help

Anyone who owns an office building, shopping center or other commercial space has probably seen their property values decrease since the pandemic began. Particularly hard hit are hotels, especially those in tourist areas.

The Financial Times reported in September that values are down...

Special Servicing: the Ultimate Hardball Tactics

An article recently appeared on Syracuse.com. The title of the article was Inside Destiny USA’s Mortgage Emergency… Crisis or Hardball Bargaining? Destiny USA is the 6th largest retail mall in the United States. The journalist who wrote the article, Rick Moriarty, noted that the...

Second Mortgage Grounds for a Default? (Material vs Technical Breach)

Can a Lender Put Me in Default for a Technical Breach?
Here is a chilling scenario that happens more than you think. Borrower secures commercial mortgage back securities (CMBS) or other financing for the purchase of an office building or shopping mall. After a major tenant leaves, the...

Special Servicers – Do They Answer to Anyone? CMBS Post

Anyone commercial property owner facing a special servicer soon learns the deck is stacked. Many commercial loans today are securitized and packages into loan pools. These pools are sold to a trust that is owned by institutional investors. Unlike a bank that has offices and employees, a CMBS trust...

CMBS Mortgage Post – Mall Vacancies at Record High

As I write this post from my hotel room in Kingston, New York, a Toys R Us store sits empty in the parking lot across the street. Toys R Us is one of many big box retailers that have either closed completely or are going through a dramatic downsizing. For mall owners, that could mean...

Lone Star Funds – Distressed Investors or Vultures?

Distressed investing is the politically correct term these days for buyers of distressed properties. There will always be property owners that find themselves in over their heads. Sometimes their problems arise from unforeseen market events and at other times, it is just from being inexperienced...

From the Archives – CWCapital Sued for Libel, RICO

We are no fans of special servicers. At the top of our list of bad commercial loan servicers are CWCapital Asset Management (“CW Capital”) and LNR Partners. We have litigated complex CMBS cases against both companies, something few lawyers have done. Because our practice is so unique,...

Special Servicer LNR Partners Sued in Shopping Center Row

[Ed. Note - If you own a commercial property and find your loan has been transferred to a special servicer, READ THIS POST.]
The owners of a Ft. Wayne shopping center have filed suit against special servicer LNR Partners and others over a mortgage covering the property where the center is...
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