Deal Name: Merrill Lynch Floating Trust

Following is a list of recent downgrades by Moody's Investors Service: Deal Name Current Pool Bal. $mln Orig. Pool Bal $mln DXMark (collateral value, % of par)* Class Size $mln Moody's New Rating Moody's Old Rating Notes Credit Suisse First ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Blackstone Group yesterday took a piece of the La Quinta hotel chain that it owns public through a stock offering. Shares in the company, La Quinta Holdings Inc., were sold for $17 apiece, less ...

CIBC and Natixis Real Estate Capital have agreed to provide $250 million of mortgage financing for Lord & Taylor's flagship store at 424 Fifth Ave. in midtown Manhattan. CIBC is administrative agent for the financing and will take down half ...

Charlotte Business Journal Bank of America Corp. has paid $10.8 million for the Kettering Tower, a 486,000-square-foot office building in Dayton, Ohio, at a recent sheriff's sale. The 30-story property, at 40 N. Main St., had been with receiver CB ...

San Antonio ExpressA total of $59 million of debt against the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk hotel in San Antonio is in default. A foreclosure suit was filed against the 410-room property's owner, a venture led by HEI Hotels & Resorts, and ...

HTML clipboardMoody's Investors Service is reviewing all transactions issuedbetween 2006-2008, as well as every large-loan deal. As part of its review, the rating agency has adjusted propertycapitalization rates and cash flows to determining adequatesubordination levels and bond ratings. It now ...

  ClassAmt$mlnSubLevel%AvgLife (yrs)*RatingS&PRatingFitchRatingMoody'sFinalPricing (bp)BnchmarkA-1773.0439.251.83AAAAAAAaa+7LiborA-1A810.0039.25NAAAAAAAAaaNALiborA-2527.6819.001.92AAAAAAAaa+13LiborB55.3716.8751.92AA+AA+Aa1+17LiborC48.8615.001.92AA+AA+Aa2+19LiborD32.5713.752.04AA+AAAa3+20LiborE75.3010.862.35AAAANR+21LiborF46.689.0692.50AA-AA-NR+24LiborG44.277.372.63A+A+NR+31LiborH40.555.8142.67AANR+33LiborJ35.944.4352.69A-A-NR+37LiborK36.323.0412.75BBB+BBB+NR+55LiborL31.061.8492.84BBBBBBNR+70LiborM48.180.002.92BBB-BBB-NR+133LiborX1-A2,605.83NANAAAAAAAAaa+30E****assumes no extension**Notional amount, interest onlyCollateral balance: $3,076.23 millionBookrunner(s): Merrill Lynch, Bear StearnsLead Managers: Merrill Lynch, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Countrywide Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank, LaSalle Financial ServicesMaster Servicer: KeyCorp Real Estate Capital ...