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Carlton Rolls Out $300M First Mortgage JV

NEW YORK CITY-The new venture will originate first mortgage loans up to 65% LTC on all asset types except land.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on February 20, 2009

NEW YORK CITY-Carlton Strategic Ventures is rolling out its previously announced $300-million first mortgage joint venture with an institutional real estate investment firm. Known as CSV Mortgage Capital, it will provide up to 65% of currently underwritten first mortgage value to qualifying borrowers, says Carlton Group chairman and CEO Howard Michaels.

CSV Mortgage Capital will be targeting first mortgage loan transactions across the US, with a total transaction size of $20 million to $100 million. According to a release, the JV will aim at borrowers who have an opportunity to acquire their loans from the existing lenders at a discount; partially occupied buildings in “fundamentally strong and tight” markets; borrowers who need capital, either to refinance their existing loans or to make opportunistic acquisitions; or transitional properties which require tenant improvement or leasing dollars to lease a vacant space or re- tenanting to add value.

The principal transaction arm of Carlton, CSV launched the venture because “there is virtually no first mortgage capital available,” Dax Scharfstein, general counsel and managing director, tells GlobeSt.com. “So long as we find the right deals, we think the risk is nominal compared to the reward. We will be making 11% first mortgage loans to borrowers on cash-flowing properties and transitional properties that have a good story.”

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