Approximately $922 Million of Structured Securities Affected
New York, July 25, 2017 -- Moody's Investors Service, ("Moody's") has
affirmed the ratings on seven classes in COMM 2014-CCRE20 Mortgage
Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates as follows:
Cl. A-1, Affirmed Aaa (sf); previously on Jul
29, 2016 Affirmed Aaa (sf)
Cl. A-2, Affirmed Aaa (sf); previously on Jul
29, 2016 Affirmed Aaa (sf)
Cl. A-3, Affirmed Aaa (sf); previously on Jul
29, 2016 Affirmed Aaa (sf)
Cl. A-4, Affirmed Aaa (sf); previously on Jul
29, 2016 Affirmed Aaa (sf)
Cl. A-M, Affirmed Aa1 (sf); previously on Jul
29, 2016 Affirmed Aa1 (sf)
Cl. A-SB, Affirmed Aaa (sf); previously on Jul
29, 2016 Affirmed Aaa (sf)
Cl. B, Affirmed Aa3 (sf); previously on Jul 29,
2016 Affirmed Aa3 (sf)
RATINGS RATIONALE
The ratings on the P&I classes were affirmed because the transaction's
key metrics, including Moody's loan-to-value (LTV)
ratio, Moody's stressed debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) and the
transaction's Herfindahl Index (Herf), are within acceptable
ranges.
Moody's rating action reflects a base expected loss of 4.4%
of the current pooled balance, compared to 4.2% at
Moody's last review. Moody's base expected loss plus realized
losses is now 4.3% of the original pooled balance,
compared to 4.1% at the 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 these ratings was "Approach to Rating
US and Canadian Conduit/Fusion CMBS" published in December 2014.
Please see the Rating Methodologies page on www.moodys.com
for a copy of this methodology.
DEAL PERFORMANCE
As of the July 12th, 2017 distribution date, the transaction's
aggregate certificate balance has decreased by 2% to $1.16
billion from $1.18 billion at securitization. The
certificates are collateralized by 64 mortgage loans ranging in size from
less than 1% to 10% of the pool, with the top ten
loans (excluding defeasance) constituting 54% of the pool.
Two loans, constituting 0.7% of the pool, have
defeased and are secured by US government securities.
Moody's uses a variation of Herf to measure the diversity of loan
sizes, where a higher number represents greater diversity.
Loan concentration has an important bearing on potential rating volatility,
including the risk of multiple notch downgrades under adverse circumstances.
The credit neutral Herf score is 40. The pool has a Herf of 23,
compared to 24 at Moody's last review.
Eight loans, constituting 10% of the pool, are on the
master servicer's watchlist. The watchlist includes loans
that meet certain portfolio review guidelines established as part of the
CRE Finance Council (CREFC) monthly reporting package. As part
of Moody's ongoing monitoring of a transaction, the agency
reviews the watchlist to assess which loans have material issues that
could affect performance.
No loans have been liquidated from the pool and no loans are currently
in special servicing.
Moody's received full or partial year 2016 operating results for 92%
of the pool, and partial year 2017 operating results for 81%
of the pool (excluding defeased loans). Moody's weighted
average conduit LTV is 113%, the same as at Moody's
last review. Moody's conduit component excludes loans with
structured credit assessments, defeased and CTL loans, and
specially serviced and troubled loans. Moody's net cash flow
(NCF) reflects a weighted average haircut of 22% to the most recently
available net operating income (NOI). Moody's value reflects
a weighted average capitalization rate of 9.9%.
Moody's actual and stressed conduit DSCRs are 1.60X and 0.96X,
respectively, compared to 1.61X and 0.96X at the last
review. Moody's actual DSCR is based on Moody's NCF
and the loan's actual debt service. Moody's stressed
DSCR is based on Moody's NCF and a 9.25% stress rate
the agency applied to the loan balance.
The top three conduit loans represent 27% of the pool balance.
The largest loan is the Gateway Center Phase II Loan ($120 million
-- 10% of the pool), which represents a participation
interest in a $300 million mortgage loan. The loan is secured
by a 602,000 square feet(SF) retail center located in Brooklyn,
New York. The center is the second phase of a larger retail power
center. As of March 2017, the property was 100% leased,
the same as at last review. Retailers at the property include JC
Penney (non-collateral), ShopRite, and Burlington Coat
Factory. The loan is interest-only throughout the loan term.
Moody's LTV and stressed DSCR are 114% and 0.78X,
respectively, the same as at Moody's last review.
The second largest loan is the InterContinental Miami Loan ($115.0
million -- 10% of the pool), which is secured
by a 641-key, full-service hotel in downtown Miami,
Florida. The April 2017 trailing twelve months occupancy at the
property was approximately 87%, compared to 89% over
the prior twelve months. The loan is interest-only throughout
the loan term. Moody's LTV and stressed DSCR are 100% and
1.16X, respectively, the same as at Moody's last
review.
The third largest loan is the Marriott Atlanta Airport Gateway Loan ($81.0
million -- 7% of the pool), which is secured
by a 403-key full-service hotel located adjacent to Atlanta's
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, in College Park,
Georgia. The May 2017 trailing twelve months occupancy at the property
was approximately 85%, compared to 82% over the prior
twelve months. Moody's LTV and stressed DSCR are 123% and
0.95X, respectively, compared to 125% and 0.93X
at the last review.
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.
Kevin Li
Analyst
Structured Finance Group
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
250 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10007
U.S.A.
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EunJee EJ Park
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Structured Finance Group
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