KCP News & Research
KCP Credit Alert: Roblox Refinance: San Mateo Offices Await Possible Refinance
A $700 million floating-rate interest-only loan securitized as BAY1 2026-MDWS is set to retire the $270 million Bay Meadows Portfolio loan (JPMCC 2025-BMS), which has a January 2027 maturity. The Bay Meadows Portfolio loan is secured by the borrower’s fee simple interest in two class-A, mid-rise office buildings totaling 442,111 sf in San Mateo, CA, approximately 20 miles south of the San Francisco CBD. Both buildings are fully leased to Roblox Corporation through March 2035. The new financing will be secured by the two Roblox buildings as well as three other class-A office buildings for a total of 1.0 million sf within the Bay Meadows development in San Mateo, CA.
KCP Credit Alert: First Brands Bankruptcy Hits Texas Logistics Hub
KCP identified the $33.0 million 6700 Paredes Line Road loan (BBCMS 2022-C14) as a K-LOC after the collateral's largest tenant, First Brands (65% of GLA), went dark amid its ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Further, in April 2026 the company issued a WARN notice confirming layoffs from the subject property. As of June 2026, the tenant's former 676,000-sf (65%) space was being marketed for lease at the 1.0 million-sf industrial property in Brownsville, TX.
KCP Credit Alert: Distressed Jersey City Office Listed for Sale
The collateral securing the $130 million 90 Hudson loan (BMARK 2018-B1, BMARK 2018-B2, BMARK 2018-B3) has been listed for sale, per KCP research. The loan is secured by a 431,658-sf, 12-story office property located on the Jersey City, NJ, waterfront. The interest-only loan transferred to special servicing in July 2025, and final judgment of foreclosure was entered in March 2026 after Lord Abbett & Co. (61% of GLA) vacated the property at year-end 2024. KCP identified the loan as a K-LOC in April 2024. The property was 38% occupied as of December 2025 and is being marketed as a potential office repositioning or multifamily conversion opportunity.
KCP Credit Alert: Park Avenue Office in Midtown Marketed for Sale
RXR is marketing 230 Park Avenue (MSC 2021-230P) for sale with an asking price reportedly in line with the senior secured debt. The $670 million loan is secured by the 1.4 million-sf Helmsley Building, a class-A office tower in Midtown Manhattan adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. KCP identified the loan as a K-LOC in August 2023 ahead of its October 2023 transfer to special servicing and subsequent maturity default in December 2023. Occupancy was most recently reported at 46% as of September 2025, while an April 2026 appraisal valued the property at $780 million ($560/sf).
CREFC June Conference 2026 Day 3 Recap - A
CREFC’s Day 3 recap closed the conference on a cautiously constructive note, emphasizing strong industry engagement, resilient liquidity, and improving transaction activity despite ongoing rate uncertainty, refinancing pressure, office stress, and rising costs. Key themes included private credit’s expanding role as a flexible CRE capital source, disciplined underwriting in high-growth areas such as data centers, AI’s shift from experimentation to practical business implementation, and continued securitization innovation through SASB, CRE CLOs, private nonrated deals, and synthetic risk transfers.
CREFC June Conference 2026: Day 2 Recap
CREFC’s Day 2 discussions reinforced a market that remains active but uneven, with rate volatility still constraining transaction volume even as liquidity, investor demand, and CMBS execution remain resilient. Key themes included the growing role of SASB and CRE CLO issuance, selective but competitive lending conditions, deeper scrutiny across office and multifamily, rising focus on data centers and AI, and continued pressure for stronger servicing transparency and workout discipline.
CREFC June Conference 2026: Day 1 Recap
CREFC’s 2026 June Conference opened with a clear message for CRE finance: the market is stabilizing, but success now depends on disciplined underwriting, active asset management, and sharper execution. Day 1 discussions highlighted resilient capital markets, growing private credit activity, continued pressure in office and select multifamily markets, and rising investor focus on transparency, policy risk, AI, and sector-level bifurcation.
KCP Credit Alert: Rockingham Park Loan Runs Out of Time
The $262 million Mall at Rockingham Park loan (BBSG 2016-MRP, WFCM 2016-C35, SGCMS 2016-C5) failed to pay off at its June 2026 maturity and was reported as matured non-performing, according to updated investor reporting. The loan, which was identified as a K-LOC in May 2022, is secured by a 540,867-sf portion of a 1.0 million sf super-regional mall in Salem, NH, which was 84% occupied as of September 2025. Lord & Taylor (formerly 29% of GLA) vacated in December 2020 and the space is being redeveloped into a Live! Casino, with opening planned for 2027.








