Approximately $27.3 Million of Structured Securities Affected
New York, July 12, 2018 -- Moody's Investors Service, ("Moody's") has
affirmed the ratings on four classes in Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage
Trust 2004-C15, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2004-C15 as follows:
Cl. F, Affirmed B1 (sf); previously on Aug 3,
2017 Upgraded to B1 (sf)
Cl. G, Affirmed Caa1 (sf); previously on Aug 3,
2017 Upgraded to Caa1 (sf)
Cl. H, Affirmed C (sf); previously on Aug 3, 2017
Reinstated to C (sf)
Cl. X-C, Affirmed C (sf); previously on Aug 3,
2017 Affirmed C (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The ratings on three P&I Classes were affirmed due to Moody's expected
loss.
The rating on IO Class, Cl. X-C, was affirmed
based on the credit performance of the referenced classes.
Moody's rating action reflects a base expected loss of 19.7%
of the current loan balance, compared to 17.0% at
Moody's last review. Moody's base expected loss plus realized
losses is now 5.0% of the original pooled balance and remains
unchanged since Moody's last review. Moody's provides
a current list of base expected losses for conduit and fusion CMBS transactions
on moodys.com at http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBS_SF215255.
FACTORS THAT WOULD LEAD TO AN UPGRADE OR DOWNGRADE OF THE RATINGS:
The performance expectations for a given variable indicate Moody's forward-looking
view of the likely range of performance over the medium term. Performance
that falls outside the given range can indicate that the collateral's
credit quality is stronger or weaker than Moody's had previously expected.
Factors that could lead to an upgrade of the ratings include a significant
amount of loan paydowns or amortization, an increase in the pool's
share of defeasance or an improvement in pool performance.
Factors that could lead to a downgrade of the ratings include a decline
in the performance of the pool, loan concentration, an increase
in realized and expected losses from specially serviced and troubled loans
or interest shortfalls.
METHODOLOGY UNDERLYING THE RATING ACTION
The principal methodology used in rating Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage
Trust 2004-C15, Cl. F, Cl. G and Cl.
H was "Moody's Approach to Rating Large Loan and Single Asset/Single
Borrower CMBS" published in July 2017. The methodologies
used in rating Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-C15,
Cl. X-C were "Moody's Approach to Rating Large Loan
and Single Asset/Single Borrower CMBS" published in July 2017 and
"Moody's Approach to Rating Structured Finance Interest-Only
(IO) Securities" published in June 2017. Please see the Rating
Methodologies page on www.moodys.com for a copy of these
methodologies.
Moody's analysis incorporated a loss and recovery approach in rating the
P&I classes in this deal since 57.2% of the pool is
in special servicing. In this approach, Moody's determines
a probability of default for each specially serviced and troubled loan
that it expects will generate a loss and estimates a loss given default
based on a review of broker's opinions of value (if available),
other information from the special servicer, available market data
and Moody's internal data. The loss given default for each
loan also takes into consideration repayment of servicer advances to date,
estimated future advances and closing costs. Translating the probability
of default and loss given default into an expected loss estimate,
Moody's then applies the aggregate loss from specially serviced and troubled
loans to the most junior classes and the recovery as a pay down of principal
to the most senior classes.
DEAL PERFORMANCE
As of the June 15, 2018 distribution date, the transaction's
aggregate certificate balance has decreased by 97.6% to
$27.3 million from $1.15 billion at securitization.
The certificates are collateralized by 4 mortgage loans ranging in size
from less than 1% to 57.2% of the pool. Two
loans, constituting 36.6% of the pool, have
defeased and are secured by US government securities. The transaction
is under-collateralized as the aggregate certificate balance is
$3.4 million greater than the pooled loan balance.
Moody's is currently treating the under-collateralization as a
loss of principal to the trust.
Eight loans have been liquidated from the pool, resulting in an
aggregate realized loss of $53.2 million (for an average
loss severity of 40.4%). One loan, the 4 Sylvan
Way Loan ($13.7 million -- 57.2% of the
pool), is currently in special servicing. The loan is secured
by a single tenant three-story office building located in a large
office park in suburban Parsippany, New Jersey. The loan
transferred to special servicing in August 2014 due to imminent maturity
default and became REO in June 2015. The property is currently
100% leased to T-Mobile, which renewed their lease
in January 2017, through May 2027 on a triple net lease.
The non-defeased performing loan is the CVS-Cedar Park,
TX Loan ($1.4 million -- 6.1% of the
pool), which is secured by a former single tenant CVS property that
was subleased to Goodwill Industries aka Goodwill since 2011. Goodwill
vacated the space in early 2017 and CVS continues to make rent payments
on their lease which will expire in October 2023. Moody's
value incorporates a Lit/Dark analysis. The fully amortizing loan
has paid down over 54% and is scheduled to mature in September
2024. Due to the dark tenant, this loan is on the master
servicer's watchlist. Moody's LTV and stressed DSCR are 73.3%
and 1.40X, respectively.
REGULATORY DISCLOSURES
For further specification of Moody's key rating assumptions and sensitivity
analysis, see the sections Methodology Assumptions and Sensitivity
to Assumptions of the disclosure form.
The analysis includes an assessment of collateral characteristics and
performance to determine the expected collateral loss or a range of expected
collateral losses or cash flows to the rated instruments. As a
second step, Moody's estimates expected collateral losses or cash
flows using a quantitative tool that takes into account credit enhancement,
loss allocation and other structural features, to derive the expected
loss for each rated instrument.
Moody's did not use any stress scenario simulations in its analysis.
For ratings issued on a program, series or category/class of debt,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to each rating of a subsequently issued bond or note of the same series
or category/class of debt or pursuant to a program for which the ratings
are derived exclusively from existing ratings in accordance with Moody's
rating practices. For ratings issued on a support provider,
this announcement provides certain regulatory disclosures in relation
to the credit rating action on the support provider and in relation to
each particular credit rating action for securities that derive their
credit ratings from the support provider's credit rating.
For provisional ratings, this announcement provides certain regulatory
disclosures in relation to the provisional rating assigned, and
in relation to a definitive rating that may be assigned subsequent to
the final issuance of the debt, in each case where the transaction
structure and terms have not changed prior to the assignment of the definitive
rating in a manner that would have affected the rating. For further
information please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page for the
respective issuer on www.moodys.com.
For any affected securities or rated entities receiving direct credit
support from the primary entity(ies) of this credit rating action,
and whose ratings may change as a result of this credit rating action,
the associated regulatory disclosures will be those of the guarantor entity.
Exceptions to this approach exist for the following disclosures,
if applicable to jurisdiction: Ancillary Services, Disclosure
to rated entity, Disclosure from rated entity.
Regulatory disclosures contained in this press release apply to the credit
rating and, if applicable, the related rating outlook or rating
review.
Please see www.moodys.com for any updates on changes to
the lead rating analyst and to the Moody's legal entity that has issued
the rating.
Please see the ratings tab on the issuer/entity page on www.moodys.com
for additional regulatory disclosures for each credit rating.
Tulay Sangiray
Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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Matthew Halpern
Vice President - Senior Analyst
Structured Finance Group
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