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NEW YORK CITY-Deutsche Bank and UBS AG are testing the waters by selling a $1.4-billion pool of public and private commercial mortgage-backed securities, SEC filings show on Wednesday afternoon. The move is a sign that investors are beginning to experiment with the CMBS once again after Goldman Sachs and Citigroup Inc. yanked $1.5 billion in CMBS off the market after ratings agency Standard & Poor’s declined to rate it just two weeks ago.

The pool consists of 43 commercial mortgages secured by 64 properties, including drivers such as the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott and The Four Points by Sheraton in Midtown Manhattan; Three Allen Center in Houston; the Quadrus Office Park in Menlo Park, CA; the Providence Place Mall in Providence, RI; and the Columbus Sussex Portfolio of eight full-service hotels across eight states.