David is at a conference this week. I spoke with his assistant Amanda who said to send her an email with the deal specifics and she would pass it along to their team. Sent the email, and am awaiting their response. -- duke
03/19/2015
JP Morgan
Call with Roger, they tend to struggle with spec office loans in general, much less non-recourse spec office loans. He requested additional information on the area such as lease comps, land comps, etc. We sent those over, and he is reviewing. He likes the Mountain View market, and agrees that it is a market where speculative development could potentially be considered, albeit perhaps at partial recourse that burns off with leasing. He is continuing to review the deal, and will be back to us with any additional questions he has. -- duke
03/13/2015
Capital One Bank
Passed - They do not do spec development. Their fund group typically targets cash flowing assets in stable markets. They target 8% debt yields on multifamily, and 9.5% debt yields on office, retail, and industrial. Their sweet spot is $25 - $50 million. -- duke
03/12/2015
Banco Santander/ Sovereign Bank
Passed - This one is a bit too far outside of their footprint. While they do this type of financing in the Northeast, they are not doing it out west as of yet. -- duke
03/12/2015
Helaba
Passed - While they are actively lending in New York, DC, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, they only have one office in New York that covers the entire country, and as such it makes it difficult for them to do construction loans on the West Coast. They have done them before, but likely would not be able to do a spec office development. They are able to do a lot of non-recourse financing, often up to 60-65% LTC, and once they get over $100M they tend to club their deals. They have a construction loan at the moment in Bethesda with Kettler, and another one on H Street (The whole foods project with JP Morgan and Insight Property Group as the Equity). -- duke