Servicing of $6 Billion in Hotel Loans
Special Servicer
Oversaw the servicing of over $6 billion worth of hotel loans involving sales and loan assumptions, restructurings, mergers, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, forbearances and other workouts, changes in franchises/ flags, operating/ master lease issues, private equity takeovers, changes in management, extensive PIP construction, equipment leases, mezzanine loans and preferred equity participations. The transactions involved national players such as Ashford Hospitality Trust, CNL Hotels, Innkeepers REIT, Equity Inns REIT, Africa Israel and Whitehall Funding. The large multi-state hotel portfolio transactions and restructurings included the Red Roof Inn portfolio, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds (MSREF) 3-pack portfolio, Innkeepers portfolio and the Trinity portfolio.
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