LOS ANGELES-Those who follow @GlobeStcom on Twitter and @GlobeStLIVE may have seen a post teasing the announcement yesterday, but GlobeSt.com has learned that locally based Kearny Real Estate in a venture with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has acquired a commercial real estate loan portfolio with an outstanding balance of $89 million. The portfolio comprises 17 performing, sub- and non-performing loans secured by 1.65 million square feet of office, industrial and retail assets.
According to a prepared statement from Kearny Real Estate, the properties are located in California, Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Illinois, Oregon, Ohio, Tennessee and Florida.
And while Keary tells GlobeSt.com that per confidentiality agreement, it cannot name the seller, except to say that it was an international financial services company, GlobeSt.com has received confirmation from an unidentified source not involved in the deal that the seller of the portfolio was Sunlife Assurance.
In the last 20 months, Kearny has closed on more than $500 million of loan acquisitions with a goal to acquire an additional $500 million, according to Kearny managing partner Jeffrey A. Dritley. He points out that loan portfolios are an important part of the firm’s acquisition strategy, which focuses on value-add real estate.
“We feel we are only in the fifth inning of the current workout cycle and see plenty of opportunity where we can create value with our non- and sub- performing loans,” explains Dritley.
Dritley tells GlobeSt.com that one of the firm’s challenges is to decide which debt portfolios to really dig into and which ones to quickly pass on. “There were a lot of debt portfolios being marketed this spring.”
He continues to note that “the collateral in this portfolio are class B buildings in secondary markets which to us was very compelling as we made the bet that this would scare off a number of other potential competitors.”
Eastdil Secured represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
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