Commercial real estate financial metrics
docs(corporate): fix fabricated per-asset ICR distribution-gate mechanism -- real governing documents (Sixth/Seventh Amended LPA, Offering Prospectus Sections 1/2/3/5/7) describe the Interest Coverage Ratio as an aggregate partnership-level covenant on new borrowing (1.20x floor before issuing First Secured Mortgage Debentures), not a per-asset distribution gate with a suspension protocol; corrected across investment-units, distribution-declaration-mechanics, perpetual-equity-model, and 13 other articles that repeated or cross-referenced the fabricated version (EN+ES)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ short_description: "Definitions of the primary financial metrics used in commerc status: active bcsc_class: public-disclosure-safe language_protocol: PROSE-TOPIC last_edited: 2026-07-15 last_edited: 2026-08-24 editor: woodfine-editorial paired_with: cre-financial-metrics.es.md --- @@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ A DSCR of 1.25× means the property generates $1.25 of NOI for every $1.00 of de Institutional lenders typically require DSCR of 1.20–1.30× at origination. **Interest coverage ratio (ICR)** — NOI divided by annual interest obligations (excluding principal repayment). Used as the distribution-gating metric in the direct-hold programme: no distribution is declared when the ICR is below 1.2×. ICR is a more lenient measure than DSCR when the mortgage has an amortising structure, because DSCR includes principal repayment in the denominator while ICR excludes it. See interest-rate-transmission. principal repayment). Used as the borrowing covenant in the direct-hold programme: the vehicle may not issue further secured debt if doing so would reduce the ICR below 1.20×, calculated in aggregate across the vehicle rather than any single property. ICR is a more lenient measure than DSCR when the mortgage has an amortising structure, because DSCR includes principal repayment in the denominator while ICR excludes it. See interest-rate-transmission. ## Valuation metrics