National Asset Services Successfully Leads Co-Owners of Student Housing Property Through Consolidation and Finance Strategy

Members of new ownership group retains investment interest as result of successful process

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Feb 19, 2015, 08:30 ET

LAS CRUCES, N.M., Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- National Asset Services, one of the Nation's leading commercial real estate companies, has successfully lead tenant-in-common owners of Casa Bandera Apartments, through an innovative consolidation of ownership in order to successfully secure a $13.1 million loan on behalf of their clients. The consolidation strategy was executed in a matter of weeks for the co-owners of the 232-unit student housing property built in 2002, near the New Mexico State University campus. The loan allowed the ownership to meet an impending loan maturity and remain as investors in the property.

Casa Bandera Apartments - Las Cruces, New Mexico

Executives of National Asset Services (NAS), began working with the tenant-in-common co-owners in October 2014, less than 90 days ahead of a loan maturity date in January, 2015. NAS company representatives proposed an effective strategy that allowed the co-owners to meet the loan maturity, while still allowing them to remain in their investment.

Because financial institutions are reluctant to offer financing for properties with tenant-in-common ownership structures, the NAS team acted quickly ahead of the maturity deadline in order to execute a proven process of consolidating the disparate owners, each with a legal deed to the property into one legal ownership entity. This ownership restructuring fulfilled requirements necessary to qualify for financing and the newly created entity was then able to take advantage of the most favorable financing option. This strategy allowed the investors to remain in the property investment while making property upgrades that will most likely produce a greater return on investment in the future.

"Despite a limited time frame, NAS stepped in and delivered positive results to a deserving group of good and determined tenant-in-common co-owners facing difficult decisions with limited options," commented Karen E. Kennedy. "We now will focus our expertise and professional tenacity to help the group enhance the property value."

NAS has been retained as both the Asset Manager and Property Manager for Casa Bandera Apartments, which marks the 22nd property in which NAS has delivered a positive outcome by restructuring ownership while sourcing and vetting finance options. NAS worked with Keystone Mortgage, located in Orange County, California to vet the financing options and ultimately secured a loan that closed on January 15, 2015.

About National Asset Services (NAS)

NAS is a nationally respected commercial real estate management company that works with property ownership in an unbiased approach to property value enhancement. The company has approximately $2 Billion of commercial property under management in a wide range of asset classes including office, multifamily, retail, student housing, assisted living and industrial flex properties.

The company manages both sole owner and multi-owner properties and offers a wide range of asset management capabilities including: Real estate strategy analysis; long-range business objectives; monitoring changing market conditions; investor relations; real estate and investor accounting; loan modification and workout solutions; exit and hold strategies; leasing & marketing; tenant retention plans; research studies; site selections; feasibility studies; insurance risk management; capital improvement planning and tracking; property tax appeal services and cost segregation services.

For more information about NAS, visit http://www.nasassets.com. For industry news and company updates, NAS can be followed on Twitter @nascommercial.

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