Hotel Development Term Loan | Supplemental Capital for Adjacent Construction

The theater operating company was already carrying obligations that connected it to the hotel construction project through the companion loan structures. Its managing principals were guarantors on the construction loan and the theater building refinance. Adding a $1,150,000 term loan to the operating entity itself extended the entity's direct debt exposure at the same moment the broader capital structure was being finalized. The lender had to evaluate whether the operating company's income could support the additional debt service without compromising the guarantee obligations it was carrying on the other two facilities.

The operating entity's income was event-driven and subscription-based , stable by the standards of the entertainment industry, but subject to seasonal patterns and the performance dynamics that characterize performing arts venues. The lender needed to understand how the business performed across different points in its annual cycle, how its subscriber base provided revenue predictability, and how the addition of an adjacent hotel would affect its own operations and potentially its income over time.

The three-simultaneous-close structure also meant the term loan could not be approved, conditioned, and closed independently. The lender's credit approval had to reflect all three facilities at once. Any condition applied to the term loan that delayed or modified its structure would affect the closing of the construction loan and the property refinance. The coordination of documentation, conditions, and closing mechanics across three separate loan facilities, three borrowing entities, and a unified cross-guarantee structure had to execute without gap.

• Adding a direct term loan to the operating entity increased its debt exposure at the same moment it was carrying guarantee obligations on two companion facilities
• Event-driven and subscription-based revenue required detailed presentation to demonstrate the operating entity's debt service capacity across seasonal cycles
• The lender's credit approval for the term loan had to be coordinated with the simultaneous approval of the construction loan and the property refinance
• Cross-entity guarantee structure required the lender to evaluate the operating company's combined exposure across all three facilities
• Any delay or condition on the term loan would cascade into the full $9.25M closing structure

Cornovus Capital presented the theater operating entity's income performance with the same level of detail used to support the theater building's commercial mortgage refinance. Subscriber count, annual ticket volume, nights of operation, and historical revenue stability were documented to establish the entity's revenue predictability and its ability to carry the term loan's debt service independently of any contribution from the adjacent hotel development. The operating model was presented as the stable cash flow foundation it was: a subscription base of over its subscriber base, six main stage productions per season, and a supplemental events calendar that drove an extensive annual operating schedule.

The rate election structure , aligned with the companion theater building refinance at the same fixed or floating options , allowed the ownership group to present a unified rate decision to the lender across both theater-entity facilities. Cornovus Capital coordinated the documentation across all three loan closings so that conditions were addressed consistently and in a sequence that allowed simultaneous execution. The closing mechanics were planned to allow all three facilities to fund on the same day without a waterfall dependency that could expose any single closing to the failure of another.

• Documented the theater operating company's subscriber base, ticket volume, and operational schedule to establish independent debt service capacity for the term loan
• Aligned rate election options with the companion theater building refinance to simplify the ownership group's interest rate decision across both theater-entity facilities
• Coordinated documentation conditions across all three simultaneous closings to eliminate sequential dependencies
• Presented the operating entity's guaranteed income profile as a strength within the overall credit structure, not an incremental risk
• Managed closing mechanics to allow all three facilities to fund on the same day

The $1,150,000 hotel development term loan closed simultaneously with the $5,250,000 construction loan and the $2,850,000 theater building refinance, completing the $9,250,000 capital structure. The theater operating entity carried the term loan through its 5-year term while continuing to operate its performing arts programming at full schedule. The supplemental construction capital the term loan provided contributed to the hotel's buildout without requiring the sponsors to inject additional personal equity beyond what the overall capital structure had already planned for.

The three-facility simultaneous close , three borrowing entities, three loan facilities, one lender, one closing date , was the most technically complex element of the entire transaction. Its execution required that every credit condition across all three facilities be resolved before any one of them could fund. The hotel that opened years later as a functioning boutique lodging destination operated in part on the capital foundation this term loan helped construct.

• $1,150,000 term loan to theater operating entity closed simultaneously with two companion facilities
• 5-year term at fixed rate or LIBOR + 2.75% floating, aligned with companion theater property refinance rate options
• Supplemental construction capital contributed to hotel buildout without additional personal equity from sponsors
• Three-simultaneous-close structure executed: all three facilities funded on the same day
• Cross-entity guarantee structure maintained across all three entities through closing
• Theater operating entity continued full programming operations without disruption through the construction period

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