Morgan Properties Closes $5.3B in Freddie Mac ‘B Pieces’ in 2019

The five B-Pieces that Morgan Properties acquired had a total face amount of $400 million. Additionally, $674 million, or 13% of the total unpaid principal balance were loans where Morgan Properties was also the underlying borrower.

Morgan Properties acquired nearly 80 apartment communities encompassing approximately 15,000 units across eight states this past October.

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA— Locally-based Morgan Properties reports it has acquired five separate K-Series B-Pieces from Freddie Mac in 2019. The total size of those five deals is $5.3 billion and encompasses more than 50,000 units.

The five B-Pieces that Morgan Properties acquired had a total face amount of $400 million. Additionally, $674 million, or 13% of the total unpaid principal balance were loans where Morgan Properties was also the underlying borrower.

Since launching its credit platform in September 2017, Morgan Properties has closed on nine K-Series B-Pieces across $8.5 billion in loans, of which $1.4 billion, or 16% of the total UPB, were loans where Morgan Properties was the underlying borrower. The nine B-Pieces have a total face amount of $637 million.

“Since launching our credit platform in 2017, we have quickly become one of the most active Freddie Mac B-Piece investors. Our ability to leverage off our team’s multifamily expertise and proprietary data analytics will result in superior risk-adjusted returns to our investors,” says Jason Morgan, Principal at Morgan Properties. “Additionally, we have actively pursued opportunities where Morgan Properties loans represent a significant concentration of the total collateral, which provides us further confidence in these investments given our company’s exemplary track record.”

Details on the five K-Series Deals Morgan Properties closed in 2019 include:

K-88: The issuance is supported by a pool of 64 multifamily mortgage loans. At closing, the total loan balance represented by the Pass-Through Certificates was approximately $1.4 billion and the B-Piece that Morgan Properties acquired had a face amount of approximately $108 million.

K-94: The issuance is supported by a pool of 65 multifamily mortgage loans. At closing, the total loan balance represented by the Pass-Through Certificates was approximately $1.3 billion and the B-Piece that Morgan Properties acquired had a face amount of approximately $100 million.

K-W09: The issuance is supported by a pool of 43 multifamily mortgage loans. At closing, the total loan balance represented by the Pass-Through Certificates was approximately $627 million and the B-Piece that Morgan Properties acquired had a face amount of approximately $47 million.

K-G02: The issuance is supported by a pool of 17 multifamily mortgage loans. At closing, the total loan balance represented by the Pass-Through Certificates was approximately $544 million and the B-Piece that Morgan Properties acquired had a face amount of approximately $41 million.

K-102: The issuance is supported by a pool of 46 multifamily mortgage loans. At closing, the total loan balance represented by the Pass-Through Certificates was $1.37 billion and the B-Piece that Morgan Properties acquired had a face amount of approximately $103 million.

Morgan Properties and its affiliates own and manage a multifamily portfolio comprised of 300 apartment communities and over 75,000 units located in 15 states, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. Morgan Properties is currently the largest multifamily owner in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York, as well as the fifth largest apartment owner in the country.