Net Lease’s Sale leaseback and Built-to-Suit Strategy

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Net Lease’s Sale-leaseback and Built-to-Suit Strategy

The growing business who owns real estate can raise an inexpensive working capital and/or debt reduction with Net Lease’s Sale-leaseback and Built-to-Suit Strategy.

Sale-Leaseback Strategy

Sale-leaseback strategy is a form of financing in which a company sells its real estate for cash and simultaneously signs a long-term lease with the buyer. Sale-leaseback transactions provide the lessee company with a source of capital that is an alternative to other financing sources such as corporate borrowing, mortgaging real property or selling shares of common stock.

A Seller/Tenant is able to convert the value of real estate assets into working capital it can use to:

Pay-down debt
Fund acquisitions
Reinvest in the core competencies of its business

Build-to-Suit Strategy

Through build-to-suit strategy, Investor/Lender (“Investor”) provides a growing company with the funding for the expansion of an existing facility or the construction of a new facility in a different location. Investor can source, facilitate, arrange, structure and close the build-to-suit transaction.

The build-to-suit provides innovative financing for:

Expanding existing facilities/constructing new facilities
Debt reductions
Mergers & acquisitions
Leveraged/management buyouts
Corporate restructuring/exit financing
Acquiring addition facilities, technology, and equipment to grow business
Transition out of a synthetic lease, mortgage or other binding debt instruments
Matching long-term assets with long-term liabilities

Case Study: WPC’s Key Facts of Net Lease’s Sale-leaseback and Built-to-Suit Strategy

W. P. Carey Inc. announces that it has acquired a portfolio of three truck and bus servicing facilities for approximately $42.9 million. The facilities, two in Germany and one in Austria, were purchased from the developer and are net leased to wholly-owned subsidiaries of MAN SE for a period of 15 years. (PRNewsFoto/W. P. Carey Inc.)

Well-established, industry-leading tenant: The MAN Group is one of Europe’s leading producers of commercial vehicles, engines and mechanical engineering equipment. It is a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of approximately $15 billion and is 75% owned by German automotive group Volkswagen AG.
Critical, well-located facilities: The three facilities, originally built to tenant specifications, are among the largest service stations operated by the MAN Group and serve as an important sales driver for its 24/7 fleet repair and maintenance servicing operations. Located on arterial routes, the facilities benefit from the high commercial traffic flow that connects several major German and Austrian cities and links Europe’s eastern and western markets.
Long-term net leases with built-in rent growth: All three facilities are net leased, with a remaining term of approximately 15 years and CPI-based rent escalations.

Reference: NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — (NYSE: WPC), a real estate investment trust specializing in corporate sale-leaseback and build-to-suit financing, and the acquisition of single-tenant net lease properties, announced today that it has acquired a portfolio of three modern truck and bus servicing facilities for approximately $42.9 million (€38.9 million). The facilities — two in Germany and one in Austria — were purchased from the developer, Wohnungsunternehmen Semmelhaack, and are net leased to wholly-owned subsidiaries of MAN SE (The MAN Group).

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Net Lease Case Study: Checkers Restaurant [**ABS SLB (15)]

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**Absolute: ABS

**Sale leaseback: SLB

Checkers – Part of Rare Portfolio of 9 [ABS SLB (15)]

Address: 3150 East Bay Drive | Clearwater, FL 33771

Purchase Price: USD 868,400

Fixed Annual Income: 4.50%

Offer Summary:

Price: $868,400	Cap Rate: 4.50%	Property Type: Retail
Building Size: +/-738 SF	Land Area: +/-0.42 Acres	Property Use: Restaurant
Current NOI: $580,342 (Portfolio)	Lease Term: NNN	Location: Clearwater, FL

Location Description

Clearwater, FL is a year round vacation destination, with a strong population of over 110,000 within a 3-mile radius of the subject property. The property is on a desirable hard corner along a dense retail corridor with close proximity to Publix, LA Fitness, Winn-Dixie, Wal-Mart, PTEC Clearwater campus, Southeast College, and The Belcher Soccer Complex. The St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport is +/- 4.3 miles away.
Portfolio Locations: AL, FL, GA, and MI.

Highlights

Clearwater, Florida Hard Corner Location | Vacation Destination – Clearwater is a year-round vacation destination, with a strong population of over 110,000 within a 3-mile radius of the subject property. The property is on a desirable hard corner along a dense retail corridor with close proximity to Publix, LA Fitness, Winn-Dixie, Wal-Mart, PTEC Clearwater campus, Southeast College, and The Belcher Soccer Complex. The St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport is +/- 4.3 miles away.

Part of Rare Portfolio of 9 Assets with Geographic Diversity – The subject property is part of a portfolio of Checkers’ last corporate-owned stores, offering investors immediate geographic diversity across four states in the portfolio at a discounted total portfolio price. All stores have been in operation for over twenty years and a majority of the stores have been upgraded recently.

Corporate Sale-Leaseback | 15-Year Term – Long-term sale-leaseback opportunity backed by a highly secure restaurant chain. Each lease will include two (2), five (5) year renewal options.

Absolute NNN Lease – No landlord responsibilities.

Strong Rent Escalation – The Checkers leases include 10% rental increases every 5 years, providing a hedge against inflation.

Low Rent-to-Sales Ratio – All locations have a low 6% store rent-to-sales ratio, allowing sufficient operating cushion for each restaurant.

Growing QSR Chain – Checkers opened 35 new locations in 2014 and has plans to continue to grow in 2015 with 80 locations approved.

Established Chain with High Average Sales – Checkers is the nation’s largest chain of double drive-thru restaurants with over 800 locations. In Nation’s Restaurant News’ Top 100 census, the company is ranked No. 89 in U.S. sales. The average corporate Checkers reported +/- $1 million in net sales.

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Case Study: Sale-Leaseback Technique of Wendy’s and McDonald

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Wendy’s Refranchising 640 Stores

Following a pattern we’re seeing in the wider market, Wendy’s this week announced that they were going to sell as many as 640 stores to their franchisees. This on the heels of McDonald’s announcing they would do the same for 3,500 stores as part of their effort to boost the bottom-line.

It’s not exactly clear how many, but certainly some sizeable percentage of these stores may be candidates for sale-leasebacks by the Franchisees. Sale-Leaseback activity in the franchise space has been brisk this year and a flurry of new inventory of this type is exactly what the market is looking for.

With constrained supply and high demand, these franchisees would likely have no problem doing sale-leasebacks to help them finance the store purchases, particularly if the stores in question have a good sales history and the franchisee is substantial enough.

This refranchising trend has been increasing lately largely as a mechanism of the franchisors to trim corporate overhead costs. [1]

Why and How?

Commercial real estate owner find ways to generate revenue and increase capital. A sale-leaseback technique unlock the equity a company has in its real estate and to convert that equity into cash. This involves selling the institution’s headquarters or branch offices and simultaneously leasing them back long-term.

In addition, many property-owners are recognizing the tax benefits and other advantages of these transactions. Finance adviser/consultant can advise clients on the benefits and help them find sale lease back providers.

In general by sale-leaseback its property, a property-owners can lower its operating costs and use that money to increase its cash flow.

Six benefits of sale-lease back transactions:

1) Favorable Impact on Earnings. A sale-leaseback transaction converts noncurrent fixed assets such as real estate into current liquid assets— i.e. cash. It can generate a gain on the sale when properties’ market or appraised values are more than the depreciated book value. Property-owners often can improve their earnings by reinvesting the cash at a greater rate, retiring high cost debt funding mergers and acquisitions, expanding operations, or taking advantage of special investment opportunities.

2) Total Facility Control. Simultaneously with the sale, the company leases back the property for an initial lease term — typically 15 years with renewable five-year options. In effect this gives the company control of its real estate for at least 40 years. This would be identical to ownership of the property’s normal useful life.

3) Low cost of Money. A sale-leaseback transaction can be a quick economical way to raise capital compared to the process of originating a new stock issue. Issuing new stock may result in an ownership dilution at unfavorable prices or with unwanted investors.

The leaseback is a low-cost technique that avoids these consequences as a rule, a sale-leaseback transaction should provide capital at an effective cost of 100 to 150 basis points less than that of long-term mortgage financing or the long-term conventional debt market. It should have no restricted covenants and no principal repayment after all lease payments.

4) Recapture all costs. In a typical sale-leaseback transaction, the company would recapture all costs relating to the property’s current market value, including legal fees, surveys, architectural engineering, title, and any other closing costs or property- related fees. This contrasts to conventional long-tern mortgage financing, which is usually restricted to percent of the current market value.

5) Regulatory Compliance. The cash a business receives from a sale-leaseback transaction can help it improve its primary and total capital-to-assets ratios The profit on a sale-leaseback transaction from depreciated value to current appraised value can increase a company’s net worth.

6) Off-balance-sheet Finance. By carefully structuring an operating lease, the transaction would not require capitalization under Financial Accounting Standards Board is criteria. In turn, this allows off-balance-sheet treatment, which in effect would have a more favorable impact on the company’s earnings and improve its financial ratios.

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Highlights:

Sell more
Sell bigger: larger accounts or large profit margin
Spend less: strategically and intelligently
Invest in your business

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The important thing to keep in mind when cutting your overhead is to do so strategically and intelligently. You certainly do not want to cut back too much on those areas that generate revenue – advertising, for example.

From your annual budget review, there are probably many areas where you could cut some costs. If you haven’t done an audit of your business expenses recently, consider doing so now. Please contact us for a free budget analysis.

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Invest in your business:

Naturally, investing is always a smart individual wealth-building strategy, but in this case, we are talking about investing in your business.

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In fact, by investing in your business, acquiring a commercial office building, be it remodeling the premises, paying off debt or buying new equipment, you increase its equity value. Eventually, that equity will become even more valuable down the road.

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Best Global Property & Casualty Insurer	AIG
Best Global Insurance Broker	Aon
Best Global Casualty Insurer	Allianz
Best Global Property Insurer	AIG
Best Global Environmental Liability Insurer	Lloyd’s
Best Global Political Risk Insurer	Zurich
Best Global Trade Credit Insurer	Euler Hermes
Best Global Supply Chain & Trade Disruption Insurer	FM Global
Best Global Kidnap & Ransom Insurer	Lloyd’s
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Best Global Cyberrisk Insurer	AIG
Best Global Crime/Fidelity Insurer	Zurich

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North America
Best Primary Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurer	AIG
Best Broker	Wells Fargo

Western Europe
Best Primary P&C Insurer	Allianz
Best Broker	Marsh

Central and Eastern Europe
Best Primary P&C Insurer	Generali
Best Broker	GrECo JLT

Latin America/Caribbean
Best Primary P&C Insurer	Mapfre
Best Broker	Marsh

Asia-Pacific
Best Primary P&C Insurer	Ping An
Best Broker	Jardine Lloyd Thompson

Middle East
Best Primary P&C Insurer	Oman Insurance
Best Broker	Aon

Africa
Best Primary P&C Insurer	Old Mutual
Best Broker	Ascoma

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North America

Best Primary Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurer: AIG

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Best Primary P&C Insurer: Allianz

One of the world’s largest insurers remains one of its most innovative. Whether it is launching new marketing partnerships or investing in consumer service technologies, Allianz finds growth. Despite economic weakness in its biggest markets, Allianz’s gross written premiums were up nearly 5% in the third quarter last year. Germany and the United Kingdom were key contributors to the growth.

Best Broker: Marsh

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Central & Eastern Europe

Best Primary P&C Insurer: Generali

Generali has been forced to bolster its capital position since the financial crisis. Appointed in 2012, Assicurazioni Generali group CEO Mario Greco has raised nearly €4 billion ($4.7 billion) from asset sales and has already hit 2015 targets on solvency and profitability. The company has refocused on core European markets and is increasing its investment across the Central and Eastern European region.

Best Broker: GrECo JLT

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Latin America/Caribbean

Best Primary P&C Insurer: Mapfre

Since launching operations in Colombia in 1984, the Madrid-based insurer has become the largest nonlife insurer in Latin America, with a 9.5% share of the market in 2013. The region accounts for an increasing share of the company’s business and growth, and CEO Antonio Huertas Mejías plans to invest further in Mexico. Mapfre had a solvency ratio of more than 240% at the end of 2013.

Best Broker: Marsh

With 4,200 employees in Latin America, Marsh has a significant presence in most countries in the region. It maintains relationships with correspondents where it doesn’t have office locations. It is growing organically and through acquisitions in the region—most recently, brokers in Peru, Panama and the Dominican Republic.

Asia-Pacific

Best Primary P&C Insurer: Ping An

Ping An is the fastest-growing P&C insurance company in China since the monopoly of the state-owned People’s Insurance Company of China was dissolved in 1988. After taking losses of nearly $4 billion from an investment in Fortis Group in 2008, Ping An is now more focused on developing its massive and still rapidly growing home market.

Best Broker: Jardine Lloyd Thompson

The company’s roots in Asia date back to 1832, when trading house Jardine Matheson was launched in Canton. It has become an international insurance brokerage in the past two decades, but Asia has remained a key region for the company. It recently acquired businesses in emerging Asian markets and is opening its first office in India.

Middle East

Best Primary P&C Insurer: Oman Insurance

Oman Insurance is headquartered in Dubai and has offices in all the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar. It is growing significantly faster than the broader Middle Eastern insurance market and is making innovative use of pricing data and analytics in its business, say market analysts.

Best Broker: Aon

Aon established its Middle East presence in 1985. Headquartered in Dubai, Aon Middle East now has offices across the region and employs more than 300 people. With its extensive resources, Aon helps clients manage the full range of commercial, personal and political risks in the Middle East.

Africa

Best Primary P&C Insurer: Old Mutual

Established as a mutual insurance company in South Africa in 1845, Old Mutual, now headquartered in London, remains one of the biggest P&C insurers in Africa. Its asset and wealth management businesses suffered badly in the financial crisis, but the company has rebounded. Committed to expanding its African insurance operations, it recently acquired businesses in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.

Best Broker: Ascoma

The Monaco-based company has built one of the biggest insurance brokerage networks in West Africa, focusing on French-speaking countries. It currently offers support for personal and commercial insurance needs in 22 countries in the region and has deals with larger international brokers in markets it does not currently serve.

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