Ep. 5 - Ground Lease Financing (Max Nipon - Montgomery Street Partners)

About this episode

Max Nipon discusses ground lease financing and its applications with Brandon Roth.

Max Nipon is a principal with Montgomery Street Partners, as well as the president of their ground lease vehicle called Ground Lease REIT. Our conversation covers the following topics: - Overview of Montgomery Street Partners and Ground Lease REIT - How ground leases are used as a financing tool - How their ground leases are sized, priced, and structured - Common scenarios where sponsors are using ground leases today - Scenarios that do not work well for their program - Which senior le...

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Roth

Guest: Max Nipon

Topics covered

• ground lease financing
• Montgomery Street Partners
• Ground Lease REIT
• financing tools
• real estate
• sizing and pricing ground leases

Keywords

• ground lease
• financing
• real estate
• Montgomery Street Partners
• Ground Lease REIT
• sizing
• pricing
• sponsors

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Montgomery Street Partners, Ground Lease REIT

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