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More Clicks, Less Bricks--J.C. Penney Company, Inc.’s
Announced Store Closures Could Affect $7.29 Billion in CMBS

March 8, 2017                                                                                                      Download to Excel

Morningstar Perspective
About $7.29 billion in loans securitized in commercial mortgage-backed securities issued since 2010 could be impaired by J.C.
Penney Company, Inc.’s recently announced round of store closures. While the company hasn’t released the list of store closures,
Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC identified 39 JCPenney locations that reported below-average tenant sales and are the most at risk
of closing. In total, CMBS exposure to JCPenney as an anchor or as a shadow anchor tenant near the actual collateral totals $29.82
billion. In a Feb. 24 statement, the retailer said it plans to shutter 130 to 140 stores and two distribution facilities because of slowing
traffic and muted sales, with most of the closures planned for second-quarter 2017. In the announcement, CEO Marvin Ellison said
in a written statement, “We must take aggressive action to better align our retail operations for sustainable growth.” According to
the company, the stores most at risk of closure either require a significant capital investment or have below-average sales.

CMBS exposure to JCPenney as a collateral tenant totals about $16.43 billion. We also found an additional $13.39 billion in loans
exposed to the store as a shadow anchor. We analyzed the most recent available store-level sales in postcrisis deals and identified
39 locations affecting $7.29 billion in loans that have an elevated risk of closure because the property’s sales fell below JCPenney’s
average sales of $120 per square foot in 2015, the most recent available. Some of these locations are part of multiple CMBS
transactions. The list does not include locations affecting postcrisis loans for which tenant sales figures were unavailable.
Additionally, store-level sales are not available for loans issued before 2010.

JCPenney Overlaps with Closing Macy’s and Sears
JCPenney’s announcement comes just weeks after Macy’s and Sears’ recently announced store closures, which we reported in our
Jan. 19 CMBS Alert. While losing one anchor may not be drastic if cash flow can absorb the loss, two or more anchors leaving can
be the beginning of a downward spiral. For example, the Hudson Valley Mall in upstate New York lost anchor stores JCPenney and
Macy's within a 12-month period. The January disposition of the 765,465-square-foot mall in Kingston, New York, resulted in $9.4
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million of proceeds, representing an 89.2% discount to the original appraised value and resulting in an 86.1% loss severity. The
$48.9 million loan was at one time 17.7% of CFCRE 2011-C1.

Out of the 15 Macy's store closings we identified in our January Alert, 11 properties also have a JCPenney. But only one, the
property backing the $91.6 million Great Northern Mall allocated loan in SCGT 2013-SRP1, has exposure to a ground-leased
JCPenney store that falls below the retailer’s average 2015 sales. We believe default risk is low, however, because risk is spread
among five loans that make up the Starwood Mall Portfolio. Similarly, out of the 23 Sears store closings, nine of the malls have a
JCPenney, all of which have posted better-than-average sales. Furthermore, no properties that have a Sears and Macy’s closing
also have a JCPenney.

Loans at Highest Risk
There were 39 JCPenney stores that reported sales that were less than the company’s 2015 national average, displayed in Appendix
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Our biggest concern is the Wyoming Valley Mall loan. With a balance of $76.0 million, the loan is the fifth-largest loan in GSMS
2014-GC18, making up 7.2% of the deal, and reported a debt service coverage ratio of 1.29x for the first nine months of 2016.
JCPenney occupies 172,860 square feet and reported sales of $89 per square foot in 2013, the most recent figure available, which
were weak compared with JCPenney’s 2015 average sales of $120 per square foot, the most recent available. The property, which
is in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, about 20 miles south of Scranton, was 97% occupied in September and has nearly 910,000 square
feet. In addition to JCPenney, whose lease expires in April, the property’s anchors include Macy’s, Bon-Ton, and Sears, all of which
are part of the collateral. Additionally, hhgregg announced March 2 that it was closing 88 stores, including the Wilkes-Barre
location, which is collateral for the loan.

Separately, the JCPenney at the Muncie Mall in Muncie, Indiana, has one of the weakest sales among stores reporting, at $71 per
square foot for the 12-month-period ended Jan. 31, 2014, the most recent reported. The $35.2 million loan amounts to 2.6% of
JPMBB 2014-C19. In 2016, we placed the loan on the Morningstar Watchlist because the mall’s owner, Washington Prime Group
Inc., categorized the 515,970-square-foot regional mall as a Tier 2 asset, which it defines as malls with lower productivity and
modest growth profiles, further heightening our concern. JCPenney occupies 20.5% of the collateral, but contributes just 5.4% of
underwritten base rent. The retailer, whose lease expired in January, is still listed on the mall’s website and is one of four

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department store anchors including Sears, Macy’s, and Carson’s. The property generated a healthy 2.13x debt service coverage
ratio on 98% occupancy as of September 2016.

Another property at risk is the 457,199-square-foot regional mall in Indiana, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh, which
backs the $15.3 million Indiana Mall loan. JCPenney, occupying 13.7% of the space, reported sales of $102 per square foot for 2012.
Since issuance, the property has experienced a drop in both cash flow and occupancy. The mall, which is in a rural area of western
Pennsylvania, may continue to struggle with Sears and Kmart as the largest tenants at the property. The two tenants occupy 40.3%
of the space and account for about 14% of the rent. While both tenants renewed their leases in 2015, Sears Holdings Corp. has
accelerated closures over the past year, and with below-average sales of $90 per square foot for Sears and $120 per square foot for
Kmart, both stores are in danger of closing. Bon-Ton rounds out the anchor tenants, and collectively, the four anchors account for
67.1% of the space, making the property much more sensitive to the anchor tenants compared with other malls. The loan, 1.3% of
GSMS 2013-GC14, is current and posted a 0.95x debt service coverage ratio for the first nine months of 2016 on 86% occupancy.

Near-Term Lease Expirations
In recent years, we have seen a trend of retailers closing poorer performing stores with near-term lease expirations. Ten JCPenney-
leased stores with low sales, including the previously noted Wyoming Valley Mall and Muncie Mall, backing $111.2 million in loans,
have a lease that expires before year-end 2018. The JCPenney at the Palisades Center in West Nyack, New York, where the
retailer’s lease expires in March 2018, may be a potential closure candidate because of low sales and high occupancy costs. The
store averaged sales of $79 per square foot as of year-end 2015, the most recent reported, and JCPenney pays occupancy costs of
13.3%, which we consider high for a department store anchor. Although the mall posted sales per square foot of $479 in 2015, the
most recent available, it underperformed its competition, which averaged $540 per square foot for 2015, and may lead to trouble
filling a potential vacancy. The loan, which backs two pari passu loans with a $388.5 million piece in PCT 2016-PLSD and a $30.0
million piece in JPMDB 2016-C2, reported a 2.61x debt service coverage ratio on 94% occupancy for the first nine months of 2016.

Bifurcated Market and Shifting Landscape
We continue to observe a bifurcation in the market where lower-quality, Class B assets, particularly those in secondary and tertiary
markets, continue to lose tenants and cash flow, while higher-quality, Class A malls receive ongoing investments from their owners
in an effort to broaden their appeal to consumers. Class B properties may not be able to produce a sufficient return on capital to
justify continued investment from their owners. Those properties may have more trouble filling anchor spaces, which may stay
vacant for an extended period of time. This can lead to further deterioration of sales performance and increased vacancy.
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We identified 10 malls on the high-risk list that may be vulnerable to the shifting retail landscape because of low average in-line
sales of about $350 per square foot, according to the prospectus supplement, which could limit resources allowing them to evolve
in the face of competition from strip malls, big-box retailers, community shopping areas, outlet centers, and e-commerce. Mall
owners can have a difficult time finding retailers large enough to replace vacated anchor spaces.

Furthermore, nonanchor tenants at anchored or shadow-anchored retail centers could exercise cotenancy clauses and terminate
their leases or pay lower rent if an anchor or shadow anchor tenant vacates. In addition, an anchor tenant may have a similar
cotenancy provision in its lease connected to another anchor tenant continuing operations.

The different levels of sponsorship are also concerning. JCPenney has 1,014 full-line department stores as of the end of October
2016. REITs own 291 malls with a JCPenney store as of year-end 2016, leaving more than 700 in the hands of smaller operators who
may find it more difficult to backfill any vacancy.

The changing retail landscape is constraining department store growth. Pricing power is limited, said Morningstar, Inc. equity
analyst Bridget Weishaar in a February report on Macy’s, “Given that consumers are less brand sensitive in apparel purchases than
in the past and will compare the price of a shirt with what they can get from other brands at other stores.” She went on to say that
those outside the department store sector are also a threat. “Consumers now seem willing to pay more for healthier food and better
or new technologies and appear to be prepared to sacrifice their apparel budget to do so. Department stores have been losing
market share, falling to 3.6% from 5.2% of total retail sales during the past five years alone. This implies that department store sales
have fallen at a 2% compound annual rate over the past five years, versus general retail sales that grew at a 5% compound annual
rate over the same period.” Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization; parent
Morningstar, Inc. is not an NRSRO and does not issue NRSRO credit ratings.

Clients can access loan-level details for all CMBS loans with JCPenney as one of the five-largest tenants in Excel format by clicking

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As we will be monitoring these loans, please see our Morningstar DealView® reports in the coming months where property level
surveillance, performance, and value analysis will be available at the loan and deal level.

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Appendix 1 – High-Risk JCPenney Loans (1 of 2)

                                                                                                                                                                           % of Gross                      Avg Mall
                                                                                              Collateral                                                            % of    Leasable                     Sales/Sq Ft
    Deal                    Property Name                      Loan Name                      Tenant City                         State     Allocated Balance ($)   Deal         Area Lease Expiration           ($)

    MSC 2012-C4             Capital City Mall                  Capital City Mall              Yes      Camp Hill                  PA            61,106,713   7.4               21.0   11/30/2020              280
    GSMS 2014-GC24          Coastal Grand Mall                 Coastal Grand Mall             No       Myrtle Beach               SC           120,363,744 11.4                N/A           N/A              362
    JPMBB 2013-C14          Country Club Mall                  Country Club Mall              Yes      LaVale                     MD            24,234,754   2.3               11.0   3/31/2016 2             147
    GSMS 2013-GC13          Crossroads Center                  Crossroads Center              Yes      Saint Cloud                MN            98,883,983   7.7               21.0    1/31/2021              401
    JPMCC 2014-DSTY         Destiny USA Phase I                Destiny USA Phase I            Yes      Syracuse                   NY           300,000,000 69.8                12.0   10/31/2020              541
    MSBAM 2014-C17          El Con Center                      El Con Center                  Yes      Tucson                     AZ            61,500,000   6.0               25.0    8/31/2021              NAV
    GSMS 2015-GS1           Glenbrook Square Mall              Glenbrook Square               Yes      Fort Wayne                 IN            60,000,000   7.4               17.0    5/31/2018              427
    SCGT 2013-SRP1          Great Northern Mall1               Starwood Mall Portfolio        No       North Olmsted              OH            91,580,000 12.1                N/A           N/A              370
    MSBAM 2016-C28          Greenville Mall                    Greenville Mall                Yes      Greenville                 NC            44,616,377   4.7               23.0    2/28/2019              404
    GSMS 2016-GS4           Hamilton Place                     Hamilton Place                 No       Chattanooga                TN            41,540,441   2.6               N/A           N/A              423
    GSMS 2016-GS3           Hamilton Place                     Hamilton Place                 No       Chattanooga                TN            64,288,778   5.7               N/A           N/A              423
    GSMS 2013-GC14          Indiana Mall                       Indiana Mall                   Yes      Indiana                    PA            15,285,529   1.3               13.7   11/30/2020              NAV
    WFRBS 2013-C15          Kitsap Mall                        Kitsap Mall                    No       Silverdale                 WA            77,300,000   7.4               N/A           N/A              389
    CGCMT 2014-GC21         Maine Mall                         Maine Mall                     Yes      South Portland             ME           125,000,000 12.3                11.0    7/31/2018              598
    GSMS 2014-GC22          Maine Mall                         Maine Mall                     Yes      South Portland             ME           110,000,000 11.6                11.0    7/31/2018              598
    JPMBB 2014-C25          Mall at Barnes Crossing            Mall at Barnes Crossing        Yes      Tupelo                     MS            67,000,000   5.7               13.0    3/31/2020              379
    WFCM 2014-LC16          Montgomery Mall                    Montgomery Mall                Yes      North Wales                PA            54,000,000   5.7               14.0    3/15/2022              306
    WFRBS 2014-C21          Montgomery Mall                    Montgomery Mall                Yes      North Wales                PA            46,000,000   3.3               14.0    3/15/2022              306
    JPMBB 2015-C28          Mt. Shasta Mall                    Mt. Shasta Mall                Yes      Redding                    CA            31,850,000   2.8               40.0    7/31/2021              358
    JPMBB 2014-C19          Muncie Mall1                       Muncie Mall                    Yes      Muncie                     IN            35,219,272   2.6               20.5    1/31/2017              301
    JPMBB 2014-C24          North Riverside Park Mall          North Riverside Park Mall      No       North Riverside            IL            73,010,200   5.8               N/A           N/A              459
    JPMBB 2014-C19          Northtowne Mall                    Gumberg Retail Portfolio       Yes      Defiance                   OH             7,190,503   0.5               12.0    3/31/2020              NAV
    JPMCC 2014-C20          Northtowne Mall                    Gumberg Retail Portfolio       Yes      Defiance                   OH             6,196,332   0.7               12.0    3/31/2020              NAV
    GSMS 2011-GC3           Oxford Valley Mall                 Oxford Valley Mall             Yes      Middletown Township        PA            63,713,685   8.2               18.0     8/8/2018              332
    JPMDB 2016-C2           Palisades Center                   Palisades Center               Yes      West Nyack                 NY            30,000,000   3.4                8.3    3/31/2018              479
    PCT 2016-PLSD           Palisades Center                   Palisades Center               Yes      West Nyack                 NY           388,500,000 100.0                8.3    3/31/2018              479
    MSC 2011-C3             Park City Center                   Park City Center               Yes      Lancaster                  PA           141,973,590 15.2                20.0    7/31/2020              401
    MSBAM 2016-C28          Penn Square Mall                   Penn Square Mall               No       Oklahoma City              OK            90,000,000   9.4               N/A           N/A              618
    MSBAM 2016-C29          Penn Square Mall                   Penn Square Mall               No       Oklahoma City              OK            46,600,000   5.8               N/A           N/A              618
    MSC 2016-PSQ            Penn Square Mall                   Penn Square Mall               No       Oklahoma City              OK           173,400,000 100.0               N/A           N/A              618

N/A - Not applicable.
NAV - Not available.
Macy’s store closing.
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The tenant is still listed on the mall’s website.
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Note: Average mall sales per square foot are from prospectus supplements.
Sources: Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC and prospectus supplements.

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Appendix 1 (continued) – High-Risk JCPenney Loans (2 of 2)
COMM 2015-DC1           Pinnacle Hills Promenade           Pinnacle Hills Promenade       Yes      Rogers                     AR           118,747,019       8.4       5.1    1/31/2022              NAV
COMM 2015-DC1           Pinnacle Hills Promenade           Pinnacle Hills Promenade       Yes      Rogers                     AR           117,694,587       8.4      11.0    9/30/2026              NAV
BACM 2017-BNK3          Potomac Mills                      Potomac Mills                  Yes      Woodbridge                 VA           416,000,000      24.2       6.0    2/28/2022              451
CFCRE 2016-C6           Potomac Mills                      Potomac Mills                  Yes      Woodbridge                 VA           416,000,000      36.7       6.0    2/28/2022              451
CFCRE 2016-C7           Potomac Mills                      Potomac Mills                  Yes      Woodbridge                 VA           416,000,000      18.5       6.0    2/28/2022              451
CGCMT 2016-C3           Potomac Mills                      Potomac Mills                  Yes      Woodbridge                 VA           416,000,000      36.6       6.0    2/28/2022              451
CGCMT 2016-P6           Potomac Mills                      Potomac Mills                  Yes      Woodbridge                 VA           416,000,000      21.1       6.0    2/28/2022              451
MSBAM 2016-C32          Potomac Mills                      Potomac Mills                  Yes      Woodbridge                 VA           416,000,000      16.8       6.0    2/28/2022              451
WFCM 2016-C37           Potomac Mills                      Potomac Mills                  Yes      Woodbridge                 VA           416,000,000      17.7       6.0    2/28/2022              451
CSAIL 2016-C6           Quaker Bridge Mall                 Quaker Bridge Mall             Yes      Lawrenceville              NJ            66,666,667       8.7      41.0    3/31/2046              697
CGCMT 2016-GC36         South Plains Mall                  South Plains Mall              Yes      Lubbock                    TX            30,000,000       2.6      22.0    7/31/2017              472
CGCMT 2015-GC35         South Plains Mall                  South Plains Mall              Yes      Lubbock                    TX           100,000,000       9.1      22.0    7/31/2017              472
GSMS 2015-GS1           South Plains Mall                  South Plains Mall              Yes      Lubbock                    TX            70,000,000       8.6      22.0    7/31/2022              472
MSBAM 2013-C11          Southdale Center                   Southdale Center               No       Edina                      MN            53,712,252       6.5      N/A           N/A              401
MSBAM 2013-C10          Southdale Center                   Southdale Center               No       Edina                      MN            96,759,171       6.9      N/A           N/A              401
JPMCC 2014-FL6          Southland Mall                     Southland Mall                 Yes      Cutler Bay                 FL            67,500,000      15.4      12.0   11/30/2022              352
CSAIL 2015-C3           The Mall of New Hampshire          The Mall of New Hampshire      No       Manchester                 NH           100,000,000       7.1      N/A           N/A              409
BACM 2015-UBS7          The Mall of New Hampshire          The Mall of New Hampshire      No       Manchester                 NH            50,000,000       6.7      N/A           N/A              409
COMM 2013-CR7           Tifton Plaza                       Tifton Plaza                   Yes      Tifton                     GA             7,901,905       0.9      15.0   11/30/2020              NAV
SCGT 2013-SRP1          West Covina Mall                   Starwood Mall Portfolio        No       West Covina                CA           190,760,000      25.1      N/A           N/A              394
COMM 2014-CR16          West Ridge Mall & Plaza            West Ridge Mall & Plaza        No       Topeka                     KS            41,642,720       4.0      N/A           N/A              298
CSAIL 2015-C2           Westfield Trumbull                 Westfield Trumbull             No       Trumbull                   CT            33,958,784       2.5      N/A           N/A              404
CSAIL 2015-C3           Westfield Trumbull                 Westfield Trumbull             No       Trumbull                   CT            41,162,162       2.9      N/A           N/A              404
CSAIL 2015-C1           Westfield Trumbull                 Westfield Trumbull             No       Trumbull                   CT            77,179,054       6.4      N/A           N/A              404
CSAIL 2015-C2           Westfield Wheaton                  Westfield Wheaton              Yes      Wheaton                    MD            95,000,000       7.0      13.0   12/31/2019              383
CSAIL 2015-C3           Westfield Wheaton                  Westfield Wheaton              Yes      Wheaton                    MD            97,000,000       6.9      13.0   12/31/2019              383
JPMBB 2014-C21          Westminster Mall                   Westminster Mall               No       Westminster                CA            52,569,503       4.2      N/A           N/A              304
JPMCC 2014-C20          Westminster Mall                   Westminster Mall               No       Westminster                CA            28,674,274       3.3      N/A           N/A              304
JPMDB 2016-C4           Windsor Square                     Windsor Square                 No       Matthews                   NC            60,000,000       5.3      N/A           N/A              NAV
GSMS 2014-GC18          Wyoming Valley Mall                Wyoming Valley Mall            Yes      Wilkes-Barre               PA            75,960,762       7.2      19.0    4/30/2017              396
CGCC 2014-FL1           Yorktown Center                    Yorktown Center                No       Lombard                    IL           150,000,000      50.8      N/A           N/A              353

N/A - Not applicable.
NAV - Not available.
Note: Average mall sales per square foot are from prospectus supplements.
Sources: Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC and prospectus supplements.

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