TenantSee Weekly: Impossible Math
Imagine you invested in an office building in San Francisco in 2015. At the time, the building was 95% occupied. You paid $750/sf for the building and secured a loan on 50% of the value at the rate of 3.5%. 50% of the building’s tenant leases rolled in 2023/2024, a fact you underwrote as opportunity, opportunity to increase net operating income by achieving higher rents. Then the pandemic hit.