CHARLOTTE, NC: Waterstone Defeasance recently closed a defeasance transaction for a $23.4 million CMBS loan, secured by an office property located in Chicago, IL. Waterstone guided the owners through the defeasance process coinciding with the owners’ sale of their property.

As the defeasance consultant, Waterstone managed the activities of the numerous parties involved with the transaction in order to meet the borrower’s closing schedule. Parties associated with a defeasance transaction typically include the servicer, servicer’s counsel, borrower, borrower’s counsel, securities broker, custodian, accountant, rating agencies, and the successor borrower.

“This client is a very sophisticated real estate owner, they had a thorough understanding of the defeasance process and were a pleasure to work with. Once the economics or the transactions made business sense, they were very focused on the closing.” – John Felter, Director with Waterstone.

About Waterstone Defeasance

Waterstone Defeasance, LLC is an independent consulting firm specializing in assisting commercial real estate borrowers through the defeasance process.  Since 2005, Waterstone has assisted owners and their advisors achieve the lowest possible defeasance costs.  Waterstone has developed an industry-leading online defeasance calculator so clients can get a quick defeasance estimate on their website (defeasanceservices.com).  Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company also has offices in New York, Dallas, and Irvine. 

Please contact us today with any questions regarding defeasance or to request a quote.

John Felter

Managing Director

561.352.6551

John@WaterstoneDefeasance.com

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