Business Editors
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2000
Standard & Poor's assigns its preliminary ratings to Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.'s $173.0 million commercial mortgage pass-through certificates series CR 2000-ZC2 (see list).
The preliminary ratings are
The preliminary ratings reflect:
-- The terms and structure of the overall security, -- The strength of the sponsorship, -- The credit support provided by ZC Specialty Insurance Co. and Centre Reinsurance (U.S.) Ltd., -- The liquidity provided by the servicer, and -- The overall economic performance of the properties securing the first-mortgage lien.
Both insurers are rated double-"A" by Standard & Poor's. Based on the uninsured portion of note A only ($42.3 million), Standard & Poor's analysis determined that the properties generated a debt service coverage ratio of 2.10 times, based on a stressed refinance constant of 10.75 percent, and a loan-to-value ratio of 36.9 percent.
A copy of Standard & Poor's complete presale report for this transaction is available on RatingsDirect, Standard & Poor's Web-based credit analysis system, at www.ratingsdirect.com. The report is also available on Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Web site at www.standardandpoors.com/ratings. Under Presale Reports, select Structured Finance, then Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, Standard & Poor's said. -- CreditWire
PRELIMINARY RATINGS ASSIGNED Class Amount ($) Rating A-1A 28,615,471 AAA A-AX(1) 85,812,961(2) AAA A-2A 9,384,529 AA+ A-3A 47,812,961 AA A-1B 87,205,000 AA A-BX(1) 87,205,000(2) AA (1)Interest-only class. (2)Notional amount.