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Economic Duress (Another Tale of LNR Partners Wrongdoing)

Economic Duress (Another Tale of LNR Partners Wrongdoing)

We are not a fan of special servicers, especially LNR Partners and CWCapital. Somewhere along the way, both companies forgot their mission and began to be motivated by their own financial gain and not the well-being of their clients, the public or property owners.
Few property owners can...

Special Servicers - Operating Without Oversight (LNR, CWCapital C-III)

[Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on our sister site, MahanyLaw in July of 2014. We have updated and reposted it here.] Special servicers are the folks that take over the handling of loans that are delinquent, in default, or believed to be troubled. In large, commercial mortgages,...

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...