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Stuy Town CW Capital
Stuy Town CW Capital
652045/2014
Plaintiffs,
-againstWACHOVIA BANK COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
TRUST 2007-C30; COBALT CMBS COMMERCIAL
MORTGAGE TRUST 2007-C2; WACHOVIA BANK
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST 2007-C31;
ML-CFC COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE TRUST
2007-5; ML-CFC COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
TRUST
2007-6;
CWCAPITAL
ASSET
MANAGEMENT LLC, BOTH DIRECTLY, AND IN
ITS CAPACITY AS SPECIAL SERVICER, ACTING
FOR THE FOREGOING TRUSTS AND THEIR
RESPECTIVE TRUSTEES, NON-PARTY U.S.
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AND NONPARTY WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION; PCV-M HOLDINGS LLC; PCV ST
OWNER LP; ST OWNER LP; PCVST-DIL LLC; STDIL LLC; AND JOHN DOES 1-10,
Defendants.
Index No.
COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs PCVST Mezzco 4, LLC, PCVST Mezzco 5, LLC, PCVST Mezzco 6, LLC,
PCVST Mezzco 7, LLC, PCVST Mezzco 8, LLC, and PCVST Mezzco 9, LLC (collectively,
Plaintiffs), by their attorneys, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP and Herrick
Feinstein, LLP, for their Complaint against (a)(i) the Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage
Trust 2007-C30 (the 2007-C30 Trust or Lead Lender), (ii) the COBALT CMBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust 2007-C2 (the 2007-C2 Trust), (iii) the Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage
Trust 2007-C31 (the 2007-C31 Trust), (iv) the ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-5
(the 2007-5 Trust), and (v) the ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-6 (the 2007-6
Trust, and together with the 2007-C30 Trust, 2007-C2 Trust, 2007-C31 Trust, and 2007-5 Trust,
the Securitization Trusts or Senior Lender), (b) CWCapital Asset Management LLC
(CWC), both directly, and in its capacity as special servicer, acting for the Securitization
Trusts and their respective Trustees, non-party U.S. Bank, National Association and non-party
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, (c) PCV-M Holdings LLC (PCV-M Holdings), (d)
PCV ST Owner LP and ST Owner LP (collectively, the Borrowers), (e) PCVST-DIL LLC and
ST-DIL LLC (collectively, the Nominees), and (f) John Does 1-10 (together with the
Securitization Trusts, CWC, PCV-M Holdings, Borrowers and Nominees, the Defendants),
respectfully allege as follows:
INTRODUCTION
1.
control of one of New York Citys most unique real estate developments, Stuyvesant Town and
Peter Cooper Village (Stuy Town), through a purported deed in lieu of foreclosure transaction
orchestrated and consummated on both sides by Defendant CWC. The deed in lieu transaction
was the culmination of a continuing pattern of misconduct designed to (i) keep CWC in control
of Stuy Town, including its contemplated disposition, (ii) thwart Plaintiffs contractual rights and
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eliminate any possible dissenting voice that might challenge CWCs disposition of the property,
(iii) reap an unjust windfall by improperly seizing the excess value from the disposition of Stuy
Town that properly belongs to Junior Lenders, and (iv) enable CWC to collect hundreds of
millions of dollars in default rate interest to which it is not entitled. Through these wrongful
actions, CWC will capture an unjustified billion dollar windfall for itself and other Defendants,
which amount should have been available to repay Plaintiffs on their junior loans. Instead,
Plaintiffs received nothing.
2.
Stuy Town was acquired in 2006 at a purchase price of $5.4 billion using a multi-
tiered financing structure made up of 12 levels of debt. The most senior level (referred to as the
Senior Loan) was a mortgage on the property, followed by 11 levels of mezzanine debt, in
decreasing order of seniority (collectively, the Junior Loans; a numeric designation refers to an
individual Junior Loans seniority, with Junior 1 Loan being the most senior and Junior 11
Loan being the most junior). The rights of the Senior and Junior Lenders amongst each other
are governed by the Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement dated February 16, 2007
(the Intercreditor Agreement), a true and correct copy of which is submitted herewith as
Exhibit A.1 The fundamental premise of the Intercreditor Agreement is that while the lender of
the Senior Loan gets paid before the lenders of the Junior Loans (collectively, the Junior
Lenders), the Junior Lenders, who were instrumental in the financing of the 2006 acquisition of
Stuy Town, have contractual protections to ensure that the Senior Lender does not receive a
windfall at the expense of the Junior Lenders. As discussed below, Defendants violated those
fundamental protections to obtain and protect an inappropriate billion dollar windfall.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
3.
Despite the fact that Stuy Town is believed to be worth approximately $5 billion,
CWC simultaneously acting for the Borrowers, the Senior Lender and the Nominees
orchestrated a purported deed in lieu of foreclosure to further CWCs own interests. The deed in
lieu of foreclosure was executed on the flawed premise that the amount owed on the Senior Loan
was greater than the value of the property. While CWC represented that $4.4 billion was owed
on the mortgage, in fact, the correct mortgage amount owed is approximately $3.45 billion,
almost one billion dollars less. 2 This discrepancy results from the fact that CWC has been
miscalculating and accruing interest at 9.434% since it obtained a June 2010 Foreclosure
Judgment from a New York federal court. That Foreclosure Judgment, by its express terms,
limited the accrual of interest thereafter to the federal legal rate of 0.30%. Thus, far from being
underwater, had Stuy Town been sold at market value, it would have fetched a price high enough
that more than one billion dollars would have been left over the correct mortgage amount to
repay the Junior Lenders whose loans remain wholly unpaid.
4.
The Securitization Trusts currently hold the senior mortgage on Stuy Town, with
the 2007-C30 Trust serving as Lead Lender pursuant to an Amended and Restated Co-Lender
Agreement dated March 12, 2007 (the Co-Lender Agreement). At the time of the deed in lieu
of foreclosure, the Securitization Trusts also controlled the senior-most Junior Loans through
Defendant PCV-M Holdings, for which the 2007-C30 Trust, through its special servicer CWC,
serves as managing member. Days before the deed in lieu of foreclosure was effectuated, CWC,
in its conflicted position acting on behalf of both the Securitization Trusts (as Senior Lender) and
Pursuant to the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated June 21, 2010 (Foreclosure
Judgment) rendered in Bank of Am., N.A, v. PCV ST Owner LP, 10 Civ. 1178 (AKH) (S.D.N.Y.), the
amount owed on the Senior Loan was approximately $3.71 billion, which accrued interest at the federal
legal rate but must be reduced by cash payments made to the Senior Lender between the date of the
Foreclosure Judgment and 2014.
PCV-M Holdings (as holder of the senior-most Junior Loans), attempted to engineer a rigged
UCC auction of the Equity Collateral3 securing PCV-M Holdings Junior Loans meant solely to
cut off and wipe out the rights of the other Junior Lenders, deliver uncontested control of the
Borrowers to the Senior Lender and preserve a significant windfall for CWC and the other
Defendants. To effectuate this unjust result, CWC fixed the auction with such commercially
unreasonable terms so that no one but PCV-M Holdings could emerge as the winner including
the tenants who continue to express an interest in owning the property where they reside. For
example, CWCs commercially unreasonable terms required that every potential bidder except
its preferred bidder PCV-M Holdings, which CWC itself controlled promptly pay off the vastly
overstated $4.4 billion Senior Loan. This discriminatory treatment, combined with PCV-M
Holdings ability to credit bid, relieved Defendants of the need to actually come up with any
money to win the auction. The terms were designed precisely to suppress competing bids, and to
ensure that PCV-M Holdings would win the rigged auction, acquire the interests in the Equity
Collateral, and cut off the rights of all other Junior Lenders.
5.
Defendants noticed their rigged auction, Plaintiffs predecessor in interest notified PCV-M
Holdings and CWC that it intended to exercise one of the most critical contractual protections
afforded to Junior Lenders a purchase option right to acquire in a matter of days PCV-M
Holdings Junior Loans at par. Had Defendants complied with the contract and honored the
Junior Lenders purchase option rights, Defendants would have been thwarted in their attempt to
complete the deed in lieu of foreclosure, and, thus, would not have received their unjust windfall,
The Equity Collateral included 100% of the limited partnership interests in the Borrowers, as
well as 100% of the limited liability company member interests in the limited liability companies that are
the general partners of the Borrowers.
including their improper and inflated interest accruals. Knowing that their rigged auction was
exposed and wanting more than to be paid in full on PCV-M Holdings Junior Loans, CWC
without providing the contractually required notice to the Junior Lenders and in complete
disregard of the exercised purchase option took precipitous action to execute the deed in lieu to
deprive Junior Lenders of their rights and protections under the contracts.
6.
control over Stuy Town, undermine Plaintiffs contractual rights, misappropriate the excess
value of Stuy Town, and avoid any challenge to CWCs miscalculation and accrual of
approximately one billion dollars in overstated interest on the Senior Loan over the last four
years (approximately $400 million of which represents default interest that will go directly to
CWC as special servicer). Despite the fact that for almost four years CWC took no action to
dispose of Stuy Town, CWC, in a period of just a few weeks, engaged in a series of
machinations to gain complete control over Stuy Town, including the rigged auction followed
immediately thereafter by a secret deed in lieu transaction, in the face of a Junior Lenders
exercise of its purchase option.
protections and frustrated a Junior Lenders exercise of a purchase option a fundamental right
afforded to Junior Lenders to prevent exactly such abuses.
7.
to a billion dollars or more in damages. The value of Stuy Town is believed to be approximately
$5 billion.
approximately $3.45 billion, leaves tremendous excess value that rightfully must be repaid to the
Junior Lenders. The true value of the property could only be realized if Stuy Town were sold
pursuant to a fair and equitable process one that recognizes the unique nature of Stuy Town
and its interrelationship with its tenants and the city. Such a sale would result in payment in full
of all amounts properly owed in respect of the Senior Loan, with ample excess to repay the
Junior Loans, while ensuring stability for the tenants of Stuy Town.
8.
CWCs motive for these misdeeds is simple: to divert to itself and the other
Defendants money rightfully belonging to the Junior Lenders. CWC and the other Defendants
attempt to unjustly realize the approximately one billion dollar gain resulting from CWCs
improper calculation of interest since June 2010. Much of this unjust gain will go directly to
CWC. Whereas the Foreclosure Judgment cut off the Senior Lenders right to contract-based
interest, including the right to any default interest, CWC has claimed an entitlement to
approximately $400 million in such interest that, but for its misconduct, would have flowed to
the Junior Lenders.
Securitization Trusts.
9.
CWC and/or its affiliates also stand to reap an additional windfall through its
ownership of bonds in the Securitization Trusts that now own Stuy Town as a result of the deed
in lieu of foreclosure. Specifically, upon information and belief, CWC or its affiliate holds
various classes of bonds issued by the Securitization Trusts, certain of which are believed to have
previously suffered significant losses. Upon the anticipated sale of Stuy Town, those trusts stand
to receive the full value believed to be approximately $5 billion which would represent a
windfall of over a billion dollars, over and above the $3.45 billion mortgage payment, which is
all that the Senior Lender is entitled to receive. Consequently, by diverting more than a billion
dollars away from the Junior Lenders to the Securitization Trusts, CWC and/or its affiliates stand
to realize massive gains, as the additional value is believed to be more than ample to reverse the
losses on the bonds held by CWC, and restore those bonds to a substantially higher value.
10.
In order to provide all stakeholders including Stuy Towns tenants fair and
equitable treatment going forward, and to ensure that Stuy Towns tenants are completely
unaffected by, and protected from, CWCs actions, Plaintiffs seek the imposition of a
constructive trust over Stuy Town so that the future of the property can be resolved with proper
judicial oversight. Plaintiffs also seek an award of damages in an amount to be determined at
trial, believed to be up to one billion dollars or more.
PARTIES
The Plaintiffs
11.
LLC, PCVST Mezzco 7, LLC, PCVST Mezzco 8, LLC, and PCVST Mezzco 9, LLC are limited
liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Plaintiffs are the owners
of nearly all of the Junior 4-9 Loans4 and stand directly behind Defendant PCV-M Holdings, the
owner of Junior 1-3 Loans, in the mezzanine stack.
The Defendants
12.
Defendant CWC is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware and has its principal place of business in the State of Maryland. CWC is a
wholly owned subsidiary of CW Financial Services LLC (CWFS). As a special servicer,
CWC manages distressed and nonperforming loans and real estate owned properties that are part
of assets under management for CWFS and third parties. Upon information and belief, CWC or
an affiliate of CWC, as directing certificate holder of the Lead Lender, designated CWC as
special servicer. Following the default on the Senior Loan (discussed infra), CWC, in its
Plaintiffs acquired all of the right, title and interest in the Junior 4-9 Loans and to the
Intercreditor Agreement from STown Mezz, Inc. (STown Mezz). The Junior 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 Loans are
owned by Plaintiffs. With respect to the Junior 6 Loan, Plaintiff PCVST Mezzco 6, LLC owns a 75%
participation interest. The remaining 25% is owned by an entity not party to this action.
capacity as special servicer, had and continues to have the exclusive right and obligation to make
all decisions concerning the Senior Loan on behalf of the Securitization Trusts. Furthermore, in
its capacity as special servicer for the Lead Lender, CWC acts on behalf of PCV-M Holdings
because the Lead Lender is the managing member of PCV-M Holdings.
13.
Defendants 2007-C30 Trust, 2007-C2 Trust, 2007-C31 Trust, 2007-5 Trust and
2007-6 Trust are trusts created under New York common law. Non-party U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America with its principal place of business in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the Trustee
for the 2007-C30 Trust, 2007-C2 Trust, 2007-C31 Trust, and 2007-6 Trust. Non-party Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America with its principal place of business in San Francisco,
California, is the Trustee for the 2007-5 Trust. Pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement, the 2007C30 Trust was appointed the Lead Lender among the Securitization Trusts, granting it the
authority to act on behalf of the other trusts.5
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laws of the State of Delaware. PCV-M Holdings is the entity that purportedly acquired the
Junior 1-3 Loans through a servicing advance from the Lead Lender. The Lead Lender is the
managing member of Defendant PCV-M Holdings, and holder of all economic benefit in PCV-M
Holdings.
15.
Defendant Borrowers are limited partnerships organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware. In connection with financing the 2006 acquisition of Stuy Town by an
affiliate of Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P. (Tishman), Wachovia Bank, N.A. (Wachovia)
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All references contained herein to the 2007-C30 Trust refer to the 2007-C30 Trust acting in its
capacity as Lead Lender for the Securitization Trusts, unless context indicates otherwise.
and Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc. (Merrill) made the Senior Loan to Borrowers in the
original principal amount of $3 billion.
16.
Defendant Nominees are limited liability companies organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware. Upon information and belief, the Nominees were incorporated on May 30,
2014 by CWC, acting on behalf of the Lead Lender.6
17.
Plaintiffs are ignorant of the true names and capacity of Defendants sued in this
Complaint as John Does 1-10, inclusive, and therefore sue these Defendants by such fictitious
names. Plaintiffs allege that such John Doe Defendants are in some manner liable for the
wrongful acts and damages alleged in this Complaint. Plaintiffs will amend this Complaint to
allege the true names and capacities of such John Doe Defendants when ascertained.
18.
Upon information and belief, John Does 1-10 are entities organized under the
laws of states to be determined. Plaintiffs allege that, at all times alleged in this Complaint, each
of the Defendants John Does 1-10 was the agent, servant, employee, partner, joint venturer,
representative, subsidiary, parent, affiliate, alter ego, or co-conspirator of the other Defendants,
each had full knowledge of and gave substantial assistance to the alleged activities, and in doing
the things alleged, each was acting within the scope of such agency, service, employment,
partnership, joint venture, representation, affiliation, or conspiracy, and each is legally
responsible for the acts and omissions of the other Defendants.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE
19.
This Court has jurisdiction over the Defendants because: (i) under Section 25 of
the Intercreditor Agreement, the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings unconditionally
consented to the jurisdiction of any court in the State of New York located in the borough of
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The Nominees were incorporated the day after the Defendants received notice of STown
Mezzs exercise of the purchase option.
Manhattan; (ii) upon information and belief, pursuant to CPLR 302(a)(1) & (2), each of the
Defendants is transacting business in the State of New York and this action arises out of
Defendants in-state transactions; and (iii) pursuant to CPLR 302(a)(4), the Nominees, the
Borrowers, and the Securitization Trusts own, use or possess real property situated in the State of
New York.
20.
Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings have contractually agreed to venue in New York
County; (ii) pursuant to CPLR 507, this action affects real property that is located in New York
County; and (iii) pursuant to CPLR 503, Plaintiffs reside in the County of New York when this
action was commenced.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
21.
plan to address the problem of housing for the immense number of New Yorkers in need of a
place to live. Mayor La Guardia teamed up with Metropolitan Life (MetLife) to develop a
community in lower Manhattan with thousands of rent regulated apartments that could be called
home for tens of thousands of middle-class residents. After construction was completed, Stuy
Town became the largest rent regulated apartment complex in Manhattan. For nearly sixty years,
MetLife continued to own Stuy Town, and provided affordable living to hundreds of thousands
of middle-class workers.
22.
In July 2006, MetLife issued a press release that it would be selling Stuy Town.
Following the public announcement, MetLife crafted a process to sell the property, which
included marketing Stuy Town and multiple rounds of bidding. Out of thirteen bidders, MetLife
accepted the highest bid of $5.4 billion made by Tishman, edging out Apollo-ING Clarion-
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Dermot Groups $5.33 billion offer. Tishman and MetLife entered into a Purchase and Sale
Agreement dated October 17, 2006.
I.
23.
issuing two categories of debt. The first category was a Senior Loan, in the original principal
amount of $3 billion, made to the Borrowers by Wachovia and Merrill. The Senior Loan was
secured by the physical property itself, and evidenced by an Amended and Restated Loan and
Security Agreement dated February 16, 2007 (Senior Loan Agreement), and other documents
as defined in the Recitals to the Intercreditor Agreement (together with the Senior Loan
Agreement, the Senior Loan Documents).
24.
The Senior Loan was divided into six promissory notes of varying amounts,
Original Principal
Amount (approx.)
Securitization Trust
Note A-1
$1.5 billion
2007-C30 Trust
(Lead Lender)
Note A-2
$250 million
2007-C2 Trust
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25.
Note A-3
$50 million
2007-C31 Trust
Note A-4
$198 million
2007-C31 Trust
Note A-5
$800 million
2007-5 Trust
Note A-6
$202 million
2007-6 Trust
As noted above, pursuant to the Co-Lender Agreement, the 2007-C30 Trust was
appointed the Lead Lender among the Securitization Trusts. As the Lead Lender, the 2007-C30
Trust had the exclusive right and obligation to administer the Senior Loan and to enforce the loan
documents on behalf of the Securitization Trusts. Because the Senior Loan has defaulted, CWC,
as special servicer, now has the exclusive right and obligation to administer, service and make all
decisions and determinations regarding the Senior Loan on behalf of the Securitization Trusts.
26.
classes of certificates issued by the trusts that own the Senior Loan, including 100% of the Class
Q and Class S Certificates issued by the Lead Lender. Class S was the Controlling Class under
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated March 1, 2007 (PSA). As a result, CWC or its
affiliate was the directing certificate holder. As directing certificate holder, CWC or its affiliate
had the power to appoint the special servicer and, in this case, appointed CWC as the special
servicer of the Lead Lender. Upon information and belief, since the Class S Certificates have
realized a certain amount of losses, the Class Q Certificates have become the Controlling Class
and thus CWC or its affiliate remains the directing certificate holder in the Lead Lender. Upon
information and belief, CWC or its affiliate holds numerous classes of certificates issued by, and
is the directing certificate holder for, three of the remaining four trusts.
appointed special servicer for those three trusts as well.
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27.
Upon information and belief, CWC has inappropriately miscalculated and claimed
for itself as special servicer approximately $400 million in default interest, on top of its $7.5
million per year servicing fee and a loan resolution fee of $15 million.
B.
28.
The second category of debt in the Stuy Town financing structure are the Junior
Loans, in the original aggregate principal amount of $1.4 billion. There are 11 mezzanine loans
in total. Junior 1-3 Loans are purportedly owned by PCV-M Holdings, an entity that is itself
owned by the 2007-C30 Trust. Junior 4-9 Loans are owned almost entirely by Plaintiffs. Junior
10-11 Loans are owned by other entities. Table 2 below shows the current Junior Lender for the
Junior 1-9 Loans and the borrowing entities (the Junior Borrowers).7
Table 2
Junior Loan
Junior 1 Loan
Junior 2 Loan
Junior 3 Loan
Junior 4 Loan
Junior 5 Loan
Junior 6 Loan
Junior 7 Loan
Junior Borrower
PCV ST Mezz 1 LP
ST Mezz 1 LP
PCV ST Mezz 2 LP
ST Mezz 2 LP
PCV ST Mezz 3 LP
ST Mezz 3 LP
PCV ST Mezz 4 LP
ST Mezz 4 LP
PCV ST Mezz 5 LP
ST Mezz 5 LP
PCV ST Mezz 6 LP
ST Mezz 6 LP
PCV ST Mezz 7 LP
ST Mezz 7 LP
The borrowers for the Junior 10 Loan are PCV ST MEZZ 10 LP and ST MEZZ 10 LP, and the
borrowers for the Junior 11 Loan are PCV ST MEZZ 11 LP and ST MEZZ 11 LP.
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Junior 8 Loan
Junior 9 Loan
29.
PCV ST Mezz 8 LP
ST Mezz 8 LP
PCV ST Mezz 9 LP
ST Mezz 9 LP
Each of the Junior 1-9 Loans was in the original principal amount of $100 million,
for a total of $900 million. Each Junior Borrower is a limited partnership whose general partner
is a limited liability company. Pursuant to the documents governing each Junior Loan (the
Junior Loan Documents, as defined in the Recitals to the Intercreditor Agreement), each Junior
Lender was granted a first-priority security interest in the corresponding Junior Borrowers
ownership interest in (a) the limited partnership interests owned by such Junior Borrower in such
Junior Borrowers respective subsidiary Junior Borrower and (b) the member interests owned by
such Junior Borrower in the limited liability company that is the general partner of such Junior
Borrowers respective subsidiary Junior Borrower (the Equity Collateral). By way of example,
the Junior 5 Lender was granted a first-priority security interest by the Junior 5 Borrower in
100% of the limited partnership interests in the Junior 4 Borrower as well as 100% of the
member interests in the limited liability company that is the general partner of the Junior 4
Borrower.
30.
The loan structure of the Senior Loan and the Junior Loans can be illustrated by
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31.
The rights and obligations among senior and junior lenders in a financing
structure typically are governed by an intercreditor agreement, as they are with Stuy Town. In
this case, each of the Junior Lenders as well as the Senior Lender is party to, and bound by, the
Intercreditor Agreement. If the equity interests in a Junior Borrower were sold at a UCC
foreclosure auction, all of the Junior Loans subordinate to the foreclosed Junior Loan could be
effectively wiped out and cut off from the ability to share in the value of the underlying property,
Stuy Town. Thus, because the Junior Lenders were not granted a direct security interest in Stuy
Town, it was critical for the Junior Lenders to have various protections provided by the
Intercreditor Agreement, including prior notice of any Enforcement Action (as discussed infra),
the right to receive copies of all material documents impacting their loans, and, perhaps most
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importantly, a purchase option giving the Junior Lenders the ability to acquire at par the loans of
lenders more senior to them.
C.
32.
On February 16, 2007, the Senior Lender and the Junior Lenders entered into the
The Intercreditor Agreement governs the relationship among the Senior Lender
and the Junior Lenders. To protect their rights and remedies, the Junior Lenders bargained for
and the Senior Lender agreed to a plethora of contractually binding terms upon Borrowers
failure to make certain payments in respect of the Senior Loan (an Event of Default, as defined
in the Senior Loan Documents). Those safeguards and fundamental contractual rights include,
without limitation:
(a)
Senior Lender will provide Junior Lenders with notice prior to commencing any
Enforcement Action and an opportunity to cure defaults under the Senior Loan;
(b)
Senior Lender will provide Junior Lenders with all material documents relating to
any Enforcement Action, and keep Junior Lenders reasonably apprised as to the
current status of any Enforcement Action;
(c)
Junior Lenders will have an option to purchase the Senior Loan or more senior
Junior Loans upon the occurrence of certain material defaults under the Senior
Loan Documents or Junior Loan Documents, respectively;
(d)
(e)
34.
paid ahead of the Junior Lenders, but significantly, provides the Junior Lenders with a variety of
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options for protecting their ability to be repaid on the Junior Loans, provided that the Senior
Loan is repaid first.
i.
35.
mentioned above. Under Section 12(a), prior to commencing any Enforcement Action, the
Senior Lender is obligated to provide written notice of the default to each Junior Lender and
permit the Junior Lenders an opportunity to cure the default. An Enforcement Action is defined
in the Intercreditor Agreement to include the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure.8
36.
Section 12(a) further placed obligations on the Senior Lender to provide all
material documents relating to any Event of Default and any Enforcement Action to each Junior
Lender, and to keep the Junior Lenders reasonably apprised of the current status of any
Enforcement Action. Specifically, Section 12(a) states:
In the event Senior Lender has delivered a Senior Loan Default
Notice pursuant to Sections 12(a)(i) or (ii) below which has not
been cured by a Junior Lender, Senior Lender shall provide the
Junior Lenders with copies of any and all material notices relating
to such Event of Default, pleadings, agreements, motions and
briefs served upon, delivered to or with any party to any
Enforcement Action and otherwise keep the Junior Lenders
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The Intercreditor Agreement contains a broad definition of the types of Enforcement Actions
for which prior notice is required:
Enforcement Action means any (i) judicial or non judicial foreclosure
proceeding, the exercise of any power of sale, the taking of a deed or
assignment in lieu of foreclosure, the obtaining of a receiver or the taking
of any other enforcement action against the Premises or any portion
thereof, or Borrower, including, without limitation, the taking of
possession or control of the Premises or any portion thereof, (ii)
acceleration of, or demand or action taken in order to collect, all or any
indebtedness secured by the Premises (other than giving notices of
default and statements of overdue amounts) or (iii) exercise of any right
or remedy available to Senior Lender under the Senior Loan Documents,
at law, in equity or otherwise with respect to Borrower and/or the
Premises or any portion thereof.
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Junior Lenders have the right to cure any default under the more senior Junior
Loans. This contractual right is found in Section 12(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement. Under
Section 12(b), prior to commencing any Equity Collateral Enforcement Action by reason of an
Event of Default under the applicable Junior Loan Documents, the Junior Lender holding the
Junior Loan that is subject to an Event of Default must provide written notice of the default to
the subordinate Junior Lenders and permit the subordinate Junior Lenders an opportunity to cure
the default.9 Moreover, like Section 12(a) requires of the Senior Lender, Section 12(b) requires
each Junior Lender to keep the subordinate Junior Lenders reasonably apprised as to the status of
any Equity Collateral Enforcement Action.
38.
Lenders. In addition to Section 12, Section 15(j)(i) states that [e]ach Junior Lender shall give
Senior Lender and each other Junior Lender notice of any Event of Default, acceleration of its
applicable Junior Loan and the commencement of any Equity Collateral Enforcement Action
under its Junior Loan Documents. Likewise, Section 15(j)(ii) provides that Senior Lender
shall give each Junior Lender written notice of any Event of Default, acceleration of the Senior
Loan, transfer of the Senior Loan to special servicing and the commencement of an
Enforcement Action under the Senior Loan Documents.
Equity Collateral Enforcement Action is defined broadly in the Intercreditor Agreement as:
Equity Collateral Enforcement Action means any action or
proceeding or other exercise of a Junior Lenders rights and remedies
commenced by such Junior Lender, in law or in equity, or otherwise, in
order to realize upon the Equity Collateral (including, without limitation,
an assignment in lieu of foreclosure or other negotiated settlement in lieu
of any such enforcement action).
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ii.
39.
provides the Junior Lenders with the right to purchase more senior Junior Loans upon ten (10)
business days written notice. Under Section 14(c), if any Equity Collateral Enforcement Action
has been commenced under the Junior Loan Documents for a Junior Loan (Junior Loan
Purchase Option Event), the Junior Lender holding such Junior Loan shall provide written
notice to the subordinate Junior Lenders and the subordinate Junior Lenders shall have the right
to purchase the Junior Loan that is subject to the Junior Loan Purchase Option Event.
40.
Section 14(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement also provides the Junior Lenders
with the right to purchase the Senior Loan, upon ten (10) business days written notice, at any
time after the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Senior Loan which is subject to an
Enforcement Action (Purchase Option Event), and requires each Junior Lender to keep the
other Junior Lenders informed as to such Junior Lenders intention to exercise any of its
respective rights in connection with the Purchase Option Event.
41.
Consistent with the subordinated structure of the Junior Loans, in the event that
multiple Junior Lenders seek to exercise their rights under Sections 12 and 14 of the Intercreditor
Agreement, the subordinate Junior Lender with the lowest priority in relation to the other Junior
Lenders shall have the right to cure the default or purchase the Senior Loan or senior Junior
Loans, respectively.
42.
monetary damages are not an adequate remedy to redress a breach by the other hereunder and
that a breach by any party hereunder would cause irreparable harm to any other party to this
Agreement.
Accordingly, each party to this Agreement agrees that upon a breach of this
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Agreement by any other party, the remedies of injunction, declaratory judgment and specific
performance shall be available to such non-breaching party.
II.
Section 12(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement, notifying Junior Lenders that the Borrowers failed
to make monthly payments. The payment default constituted an Event of Default under the
Senior Loan Documents, triggering certain rights and obligations afforded to Junior Lenders.
44.
On January 29, 2010, CWC declared all of the unpaid debt outstanding under the
Senior Loan to be immediately due and payable. In doing so, CWC notified Junior Lenders that,
as a result of the acceleration of unpaid debt outstanding, in order for a Junior Lender to
foreclose or otherwise realize upon any of its Equity Collateral or accept title to such Equity
Collateral in lieu of foreclosure, Section 6(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement requires that all
defaults under (1) the Senior Loan and (2) the applicable Senior Junior Loans must be cured by
the Qualified Transferee by the date of acquisition.
45.
Within weeks of the acceleration of the unpaid outstanding debt, CWC filed an
action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to foreclose on
the Senior Loan. On June 21, 2010, the district court entered a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale
of Stuy Town. The Foreclosure Judgment ordered the payoff amount of the Senior Loan,
providing, in relevant part:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
That plaintiffs have judgment herein on their claim for foreclosure
in the amount of $3,666,734,464.70, plus interest on the
outstanding principal balance and previously unpaid interest at the
interest rate of 6.434% per annum, per day past April 22, 2010, in
the amount of $536,166.67 plus default interest on the outstanding
principal balance and previously unpaid interest at the interest rate
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The Foreclosure Judgment was entered on June 21, 2010, which was sixty days
after the April 22, 2010 benchmark mentioned in the Foreclosure Judgment. Between April 22,
2010 and June 21, 2010, contract rate interest (6.434% per annum) in the amount of
approximately $32 million accrued in respect of the Senior Loan, and default rate interest (an
additional 3% per annum) in the amount of approximately $15 million accrued in respect of the
Senior Loan. Accordingly, the payoff amount of the Senior Loan on the date the Foreclosure
Judgment was entered was approximately $3.71 billion.
47.
The Court thus concluded that prior to the entry of the Foreclosure Judgment,
interest accrued at the contract rate of 6.434%, plus default rate interest of an additional 3%, for a
total interest rate of 9.434%.
48.
However, after the date the Foreclosure Judgment was entered, interest on the
indebtedness would accrue at the legal rate. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1961, interest on a federal
civil judgment shall be calculated from the date of the entry of the judgment, at a rate equal to
the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding. For the calendar
week preceding entry of the Foreclosure Judgment, weekly average 1-year constant maturity
10
A public sale of Stuy Town was scheduled, then cancelled, several times. During this time,
CWC has continued to act as special servicer, earning significant fees.
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Treasury yield (and thus the applicable federal judgment rate) was 0.30% per annum (30 basis
points per annum).
49.
With interest accruing at 0.30% instead of 9.434%, the amount owed in respect of
the Senior Loan would have increased very slowly. Consequently, four years after the date of
the Foreclosure Judgment, the correct amount owed in respect of the Senior Loan is
approximately $3.76 billion less cash principal and interest payments to the Senior Lender
between 2010 and 2014, or approximately $3.45 billion. By obtaining the Foreclosure Judgment,
CWC made an irrevocable decision that it was willing to give up contract and default rate
interest in exchange for obtaining the benefits of having a Foreclosure Judgment.
III.
Junior 1-3 Lender (PSW) Notices A UCC Auction To Transfer Its Equity
Collateral In Junior 1-3 Loans To Itself To Eliminate Junior 4-11 Loans
From The Financing Structure
50.
On August 6, 2010, PSW NYC LLC (PSW), a joint venture formed by Pershing
Square Capital Management LP and Winthrop Realty Trust, acquired the rights, title and interest
in the Junior 1-3 Loans from the original Junior 1-3 Lenders, which included, among others,
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor by merger to Wachovia.
51.
Having acquired Junior 1-3 Loans, PSW immediately embarked on a plan to sell
its Equity Collateral for Junior 1-3 Loans at a UCC auction. On August 7, 2010, PSW, as a
Junior 1 Lender, provided notice that it intended to sell all of its right, title and interest in the
Borrowers. The notice further stated that PSW reserved the right to credit bid all or any portion
of the purchase price against the outstanding balance of the amounts due and owing to PSW. On
August 7, 2010, PSW, as Junior 2-3 Lender, also issued similar notices of its intent to sell its
Equity Collateral.
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52.
Upon information and belief, concerned that PSW intended to acquire the Equity
Collateral for Junior 1-3 Loans through a credit bid without paying off the Senior Loan, on
August 10, 2010, CWC wrote:
Section 6(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement requires that to the
extent the Equity Collateral is acquired by a transferee, all defaults
under (1) the Senior Loan and (2) the applicable Senior Junior
Loans must be cured by such transferee as of the date of acquisition.
This requirement applies equally to a credit bid by PSW. As a
result of the acceleration of the unpaid debt outstanding under the
Senior Loan, Section 6(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement requires
the full payment of the unpaid debt as a condition to any transferee
acquiring the Equity Collateral that PSW is proposing to sell.
Bank of Am., N.A. v. PSW NYC LLC, 2010 WL 5152293 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Aug. 18, 2010).
53.
Upon information and belief, CWC requested written confirmation by PSW that
PSW had an obligation to cure the Senior Loan default, which required PSW to pay off the
amount ordered in the Foreclosure Judgment, or roughly $3,666,000,000.00, as a condition of
any acquisition/transfer of the Equity Collateral. Id.
54.
Upon information and belief, on August 11, 2010, PSW responded to CWCs
letter and disagreed that Section 6(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement required PSW to cure the
Senior Loan before acquiring the Equity Collateral. Id.
B.
The New York Supreme Court Adopts CWCs Position That Junior 1-3
Lender Must Pay Off The Senior Loan Before Transferring Its Equity
Collateral
55.
In order to prevent PSW from executing its plan, CWC filed a complaint against
PSW in this Court, together with a motion seeking a preliminary injunction. CWC argued that:
[i]f the Junior Lenders are permitted to, in effect, seize ownership
and control of the unique real property known as Stuyvesant Town
and Peter Cooper Village in contravention of the expressly
bargained-for provisions in the Loan Documents (including the
Intercreditor Agreement) concerning the circumstances under
which ownership and control of the Property may be transferred,
the Senior Lenders will be irreparably harmed.
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In an opinion dated September 16, 2010, this Court (per the Honorable Richard
Lowe) granted CWCs motion and enjoined and restrained PSW during the pendency of the
action, from acquiring or selling any of the Equity Collateral without prior payment of the total
outstanding indebtedness (in excess of $3,666,000,000) in connection with the senior loan.
Bank of Am., N.A. v. PSW NYC LLC, No. 651293/10, 29 Misc.3d 1216(A), at *13 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.
2010). The Court found the amount due and owing to [the Senior Lender] under the Notes, the
Amended Mortgage, and the related Senior Loan documents is the amount stated in the
Foreclosure Judgment. Id. at *3. In reaching its opinion, the Court reasoned that: [w]hile the
Senior Loan and PSWs Junior Loan are secured by different collateral, nothing contained in the
Intercreditor Agreement permits PSW to acquire its Equity Collateral without complying with
section 6(d). Id. at *7.
57.
Following the Courts September 16, 2010 ruling against it, PSW sold the Junior
1-3 Loans. Upon information and belief, PCV-M Holdings purportedly acquired the Junior 1-3
Loans and financed the acquisition through a servicing advance made by the Lead Lender. As a
result, the Lead Lender is the managing member of PCV-M Holdings, and holder of 100% of the
economic interests in PCV-M Holdings. An attorney for CWC told Bloomberg that the Lead
Lenders purported acquisition of Junior 1-3 Loans through PCV-M Holdings gives the Lead
Lender complete control and CWC complete flexibility with respect to what it does with the
property. Oshrat Carmiel, Ackmans Group Exits Stuyvesant Town Investment With $45 Million
Intact, Bloomberg, October 27, 2010, available at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-1027/ackman-s-group-exits-stuyvesant-town-investment-with-45-million-intact.html.
58.
Transferee as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, and thus was not eligible to acquire the
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Junior 1-3 Loans, due to the limitations set forth in Section 5(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.11
Accordingly, any actions PCV-M Holdings, or a party acting on its behalf, may have taken
asserting rights as a Junior Lender may be void ab initio.
IV.
59.
Upon information and belief, in May 2014, CWC, acting on behalf of PCV-M
Holdings, began to hatch a plan to improperly wipe out the other Junior Loans, which would give
CWC effective control over Stuy Town. However, to accomplish its plan, CWC attempted to do
precisely what it argued, and the Court subsequently ordered, was impermissible under the
Intercreditor Agreement in Bank of Am., N.A. v. PSW NYC LLC. Thus, CWC sought to create a
loophole for itself to gain complete control over Stuy Town.
60.
In furtherance of this plan, on May 13, 2014, PCV-M Holdings, as Junior 1-3
Lender, provided notice to the other Junior Lenders, among others, that PCV-M Holdings:
intends to sell the Pledged Securities (as defined in the Pledge
Agreement) through a non-judicial foreclosure sale of the Pledged
Securities in accordance with the provisions of the Pledge
Agreement and the applicable Uniform Commercial Code (the
Sale). The Sale will occur on June 13, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.,
Eastern Time, at the New York Supreme Court located at 60
Centre Street, New York, New York 10007.12
11
In the event Plaintiffs determine that PCV-M Holdings was not a Qualified Transferee,
Plaintiffs reserve the right to seek additional remedies.
12
Junior 1 Lenders Pledged Securities in respect of the Junior 1 Loan include the following:
All of PCV ST MEZZ 1 LPs right, title and interest in 100% of
the limited partnership interests in PCV ST OWNER LP, a Delaware
limited partnership;
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61.
The same day that PCV-M Holdings provided notice to the Junior Lenders of the
UCC foreclosure sale, a real estate brokerage firm sent an email flyer (the Flyer) to a small
number of real estate companies stating that the firm has been retained by PCV-M Holdings to
market Stuy Town in connection with a proposed UCC public auction. The Flyer provided some
general information about Stuy Town and the proposed auction process. The Flyer stated that
interested purchasers should execute a form of confidentiality agreement. Significantly, the
Flyer also stated that [i]nterested purchasers will be required to make representations that,
among other things, they . . . will purchase or pay off in full the senior mortgage loan at closing.
62.
On May 15, 2014, STown Mezz, as the Junior 4-9 Lender, sent a letter to PCV-M
Holdings requesting clarification as to whether the requirement to pay or purchase the Senior
Loan is applicable to [PCV-M Holdings], in the event that the [PCV-M Holdings] (or any
subsequent owner of the mezzanine loans being foreclosed) is the successful bidder at the public
auction, through a credit bid or otherwise.
63.
By letter dated May 16, 2014, PCV-M Holdings, acting through CWC, responded
that:
the lead lender for the Senior Loan, the Wachovia Bank
Commercial Mortgage Trust (the Trust), is the sole managing
member of and holder of all the economic benefit in [PCV-M
All of ST MEZZ 1 LPs right, title and interest in 100% of the
limited partnership interest in ST OWNER LP, a Delaware limited
partnership;
All of PCV ST MEZZ 1 LPs right, title and interest in 100% of
the limited liability company membership interests in PCV ST OWNER
GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;
All of ST MEZZ 1 LPs right, title and interest in 100% of the
limited liability company membership interests in ST OWNER GP LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company .
Junior 2-3 Lender similarly intended to sell such Pledged Securities.
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By letter dated May 28, 2014, counsel for the Junior 4-9 Lender reminded CWC
that this Court, in the Bank of Am., N.A. v. PSW NYC LLC litigation, found that Section 6(d) of
the Intercreditor Agreement obligates the Junior Lender to cure all Senior Loan defaults if the
Junior Lender acquires the Equity Collateral. STown Mezz asserted that CWCs latest position
was not only at odds with the Courts holding in Bank of Am. and an anticipatory breach of
Section 6(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, but it was also inconsistent with CWCs earlier
position in the Bank of Am. case. The letter further posited that a public auction on June 13,
2014 would be commercially unreasonable under N.Y. U.C.C. Law 9-610(b), due to the
insufficient time for bidders to, among other things, perform essential due diligence and arrange
financing to support a competing bid. The letter averred that CWCs inappropriate position that
PCV-M Holdings is not required to pay or purchase the Senior Loan to acquire the equity
interests at the auction rigs the auction in its favor, and concluded by requesting that CWC
postpone the notice that is expected to be published on or about June 2, 2014 and suspend the
auction that is scheduled to be held on June 13, 2014. Additionally, STown Mezz requested, in
accordance with Section 15(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, among other information,
[c]alculation of the Senior Loan Purchase Price (under and as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), showing the individual components of such purchase price and the party or parties
entitled to receive such component.
65.
By letter dated May 30, 2014, PCV-M Holdings, acting through CWC, rejected
this request, stating that Section 6(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement was only applicable if a
default under the Senior Loan had not been cured or waived, and asserted that [n]othing in
either Judge Lowes opinion or the Intercreditor Agreement precludes the Senior Lender from
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waiving any requirement that inures to its benefit. By this statement, CWC clearly exposed its
unwavering intent to conduct the UCC auction in an unfair, discriminatory, and commercially
unreasonable manner, and to apply a double-standard to chill the auction: while relieving itself
of the obligation to pay off the Senior Loan, CWC expressly required other bidders to undertake
that financial burden which, in any event, was overstated by approximately one billion dollars
over the actual amount of the Senior Loan. This requirement intended to give advantage to
CWC over other bidders was completely inconsistent with the position that CWC took in the
Bank of Am. case. Indeed, the payoff amount of the Senior Loan provided to bidders used a
wholly unauthorized calculation that would deliver to Defendants a windfall of approximately
one billion dollars.
66.
On Monday, June 2, 2014, Notices for the Public Sale of Collateral related to the
Junior 1-3 Loans (the Sale Notices) were published in each of the Wall Street Journal, New
York Times, Financial Times and Delaware News Journal. The Sale Notices confirmed the
terms of the proposed auction, including the requirement that bidders would be required to pay
off or purchase the Senior Loan. Notwithstanding the Sales Notice, PCV-M Holdings, acting
through CWC, fully planned to circumvent this requirement for itself.
67.
e.g., a mere nine business days after public notice, (b) requiring any competing bidder (other
than itself and its affiliates) to pay off in full the billions of dollars owed on the Senior Loan,
including principal, accrued interest, yield maintenance, and various other fees, charges and
expenses, and (c) overstating the purported payoff amount on the Senior Loan by nearly a billion
dollars at approximately $4.4 billion due to the improper inclusion of inflated post-judgment
contract rate and default rate interest, CWC and the other Defendants sought to give PCV-M
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Holdings a huge bidding advantage over third parties, and to ensure that PCV-M Holdings would
be the winner of the auction, thus maintaining control of the Borrowers and wiping out all of the
Junior Lenders.
68.
If any of the sales of Equity Collateral contemplated by the Sales Notices had
been consummated, the equity chain connecting the Junior Lenders to the Borrowers (and
ultimately to Stuy Town) would have been severed, and over a billion dollars of obligations in
respect of the Junior Loans would effectively have been extinguished.
69.
The next day, on June 3, 2014, at 7:18 pm (and unbeknownst to STown Mezz the
deed in lieu agreement had been executed earlier that morning at 8:30 a.m.), CWC finally
responded to STown Mezzs May 28, 2014 request for the calculation of the Senior Loan
Purchase Price.
Judgment (or disclosing the deed in lieu transaction), CWC stated that the calculation will be
supplied per the intercreditor agreement; however, we will need to know as of what date the
amount should be calculated in order to do so. By responding in this way, CWC side-stepped
the issue of the true amount owed in respect of the Senior Loan, and never provided that
information to Plaintiffs until after the deed in lieu transaction had been completed.
B.
70.
In light of the foregoing, and faced with the prospect of seeing its Junior 4-9
Specifically, by notices dated May 29, 2014 (the Purchase Option Notices),
STown Mezz notified PCV-M Holdings, as Junior 1-3 Lender, and the other required notice
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parties, that STown Mezz, in its capacity as Junior 5 Lender, was exercising its option under
Section 14(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement to purchase at par the Junior 1-3 Loans (the
Purchase Option) on June 12, 2014 one day before the scheduled UCC auction. Pursuant to
Section 14(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Purchase Option Notices requested from PCVM Holdings a good faith estimate of the purchase price for the Junior 1-3 Loans.
72.
PCV-M Holdings, as the purported owner of the Junior 1-3 Loans, was obligated
under Section 14 of the Intercreditor Agreement to fulfill its obligations in connection with the
Purchase Option. The Intercreditor Agreement provides no basis for PCV-M Holdings to refuse
to fulfill these obligations. If PCV-M Holdings had fulfilled its obligations in respect of the
Purchase Option, it would have received approximately $380 million from the Plaintiffs for the
Junior 1-3 Loans. The approximately $380 million would have been payable to the Lead Lender,
as holder of 100% of the economic interests in PCV-M Holdings. But had PCV-M Holdings
honored Plaintiffs Purchase Option, it would have surrendered the ability to seize effective
control of the Borrowers and to direct the disposition of Stuy Town for hundreds of millions of
dollars more in misbegotten profits rightfully belonging to the Junior Lenders.
73.
After validly exercising the Purchase Option, STown Mezz sent a letter to the
Lead Lender and PCV-M Holdings on June 2, 2014 (the June 2 Letter), requesting certain
information the Lead Lender and PCV-M Holdings were obligated to provide under the
Intercreditor Agreement. STown Mezz also reminded the Lead Lender and PCV-M Holdings of
its duty to keep STown Mezz reasonably apprised of the current status of any Enforcement
Action, and gave clear notice to the Lead Lender and PCV-M Holdings that any Enforcement
Action taken after exercise of the Purchase Option would constitute a breach of the Junior Loan
Documents. Specifically, the June 2 Letter stated:
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By the same June 2 Letter, STown Mezz further reminded the Lead Lender and
PCV-M Holdings of its duty to keep STown Mezz reasonably apprised of the status of any
Equity Collateral Enforcement Action, and gave clear notice to the Lead Lender and PCV-M
Holdings that any Equity Collateral Enforcement Action taken after exercise of the Purchase
Option would constitute a breach of the Junior Loan Documents. Specifically, the June 2 Letter
further stated:
Similarly, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement,
each Junior Lender shall keep the applicable Subordinate Junior
Lenders reasonably apprised as to the status of any Equity
Collateral Enforcement Action, including without limitation an
assignment in lieu of foreclosure or other negotiated settlement in
lieu of any such enforcement action. While the undersigned has
not consented to any such Equity Collateral Enforcement Action
and would view such Equity Collateral Enforcement Action to
constitute a breach of the Junior Loan Documents, we further
request that each of Mezzanine 1 Lender, Mezzanine 2 Lender and
Mezzanine 3 Lender provide copies of any agreements and advise
as to any other understandings by and between such Junior Lender
and any of Mezzanine 1 Borrower, Mezzanine 2 Borrower or
Mezzanine 3 Borrower and/or their respective affiliates relating to
an assignment in lieu of foreclosure or other negotiated settlement
in lieu of any such enforcement action, and any other information
appropriate to keep the applicable Subordinate Junior Lenders
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STown Mezz requested that the information sought in the June 2 Letter be
CWC, PCV-M Holdings And The Securitization Trusts Deprive STown Mezz
Of Its Bargained-For Fundamental Right To Purchase Junior 1-3 Loans By
Effectuating The Deed In Lieu Of Foreclosure Transaction
76.
Rather than accepting $380 million and ceding control of the Borrowers to the
Junior 5 Lender, as required under the Intercreditor Agreement, CWC on behalf of PCV-M
Holdings, took control of the Borrowers and executed a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The deed in
lieu transferred Stuy Town to special purpose entities that were designated by CWC as nominees
to receive the property on behalf of the Securitization Trusts. STown Mezz received no notice
prior to CWC effectuating the deed in lieu transaction. The transaction is illustrated in the
diagram below.
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77.
After CWC completed the deed in lieu transaction, it notified STown Mezz for the
first time, by letter dated June 5, 2014, that by deeds in lieu of foreclosure delivered on June 3,
2014, nominees for the Senior Lender accepted title to the multifamily properties commonly
known as Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town. Accompanying the letter were notices of
cancellation of the UCC auction scheduled for June 13, 2014, as well as a copy of a Deed In Lieu
of Foreclosure Agreement, dated June 3, 2014. Underscoring the duplicity and self-dealing at
work here, the Managing Director of CWC signed the agreement on behalf of U.S. Bank,
National Association, as Trustee for the Lead Lender, and also signed the agreement on behalf of
the Borrowers the very parties purportedly surrendering Stuy Town to the Lead Lender. CWC
also signed this agreement on behalf of the Nominees to take title to Stuy Town pending its
further disposition.
78.
Additionally, the deed in lieu agreement executed on all sides by CWC falsely
and self-servingly stated that the fair market value of Stuy Town is less than the amount owed on
the Senior Loan.
approximately $3.45 billion owed on the Senior Loan. Even using CWCs incorrect and vastly
overstated Senior Loan payoff amount of approximately $4.4 billion, the value of Stuy Town is
still worth hundreds of millions of dollars more. In fact, the same day the deed in lieu was filed
with the Office of the City Register of the City of New York, on June 5, 2014, the New York
Times reported that CWC had plans to sell [Stuy Town] to the highest bidder, for as much as $5
billion. Charles V. Bagli, Stuyvesant Town Lenders Move to Prevent Investor From Seizing the
Property,
New
York
Times,
June
5,
2014,
available
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/06/nyregion/stuyvesant-town-lenders-move-to-preventinvestor-from-seizing-the-property.html?_r=0.
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at
D.
79.
Lenders contractual rights, CWC executed the deed in lieu of foreclosure and purposefully
frustrated the exercise of the Purchase Option by STown Mezz. Such actions were designed to
deprive STown Mezz (and its successors, the Plaintiffs) and other Junior Lenders of the benefit
of its bargain under the Intercreditor Agreement. The New York Real Estate News reported, on
June 5, 2014, that CWC completed the deed in lieu [t]o protect itself, fearing that STown
Mezzs Purchase Option was a step to taking control of the entire property. Adam Pincus, Stuy
Town deed transfer values complex at $4.4B, New York Real Estate News, June 5, 2014,
available at http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/06/05/stuy-town-deed-values-development-at-44b/. Furthermore, CWCs attorney told the Wall Street Journal that the deed in lieu transaction
was effectuated in light of the risk of losing control of the mezzanine loan position. Eliot
Brown, Creditors Take Title To Stuy Town, Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2014, available at
http://online.wsj.com/articles/creditors-complete-foreclosure-of-stuyvesant-town-1402002189.
80.
afforded to a Junior Lender. The Purchase Option ensures that a senior Junior Lender (i.e., a
mezzanine lender that is structurally senior to another mezzanine lender) that is taking an Equity
Collateral Enforcement Action can be compelled to accept the full amount owed in respect of its
loan. This makes good sense from a policy perspective, as it provides the senior Junior Lender
with payment in full, and permits a Junior Lender who believes there is sufficient value in the
underlying property to protect its Junior Loan by taking out the more senior Junior Lender at par.
81.
In the present case, rather than accepting a payment in full for the Junior 1-3
Loans, as required under the Intercreditor Agreement, CWC executed the deed in lieu of
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foreclosure. By executing the deed in lieu, CWC transferred Stuy Town out from under the
Borrowers corporate structure to the Nominees so that the Junior Lenders will recover nothing.
82.
payment in full for the Junior 1-3 Loans in the hope of taking the entire upside value of Stuy
Town and unjustly enriching themselves by many multiples of that amount. Specifically, upon
information and belief, CWC and/or its affiliates, Defendants John Does 1-10, own certain
interests in the Securitization Trusts, namely, among others, the junior Class Q and Class S
Certificates in the 2007-C30 Trust. Due to losses suffered by the Securitization Trusts, these
certificates had been rendered substantially, if not completely, worthless. CWC or its affiliates,
upon information and belief, stand to receive a tremendous windfall if the excess value of Stuy
Town is diverted to the Securitization Trusts and causes these certificates to regain value. Upon
information and belief, CWC or its affiliates, Defendants John Does 1-10, may also hold the
residual interest Class R Certificates of the Securitization Trusts. With these holdings,
Defendants stand to profit enormously if, as is the case, Stuy Towns true value is approximately
$5 billion, and the amount owed on the Senior Loan is approximately $3.45 billion.
E.
83.
By executing the deed in lieu, Defendants have attempted to effectively wipe out
the Junior Loans and eliminate from the financing structure those most likely to challenge
Defendants conduct, including its improper windfall calculations of contract interest and default
interest to the Senior Loan after the Foreclosure Judgment had been entered. In determining the
current amount owed in respect of the Senior Loan, CWC, as special servicer, has asserted that
interest has been accruing since 2010 at the combined contract and default interest rate of
9.434%. Calculating the amount using the contract and default interest rates owed as CWC has
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done significantly overstates the amount due on the Senior Loan. As discussed above, the
Foreclosure Judgment cut off the right of Senior Lender to collect the contract rate of interest, as
well as the right of the special servicer to collect default rate interest, and substituted in lieu
thereof the obligation of the borrower to pay interest at the federal judgment rate. At the time the
Foreclosure Judgment was entered, the federal judgment rate was 0.30%. The difference stands
to benefit CWC and the Securitization Trusts by approximately one billion dollars (the difference
between approximately $3.45 billion as opposed to approximately $4.4 billion). Of this windfall,
approximately $400 million will go directly to CWC and hundreds of millions of dollars will go
to the Securitization Trusts, in which CWC or its affiliates own a substantial interest.
84.
Plaintiffs Purchase Option, as required under the Intercreditor Agreement, PCV-M Holdings
and the Lead Lender sought to benefit themselves and harm Plaintiffs by (a) frustrating a
contractually mandated sale of the Junior 1-3 Loans that would have divested Defendants of
control over the Borrowers, (b) wiping out the Junior Lenders, whom Defendant undoubtedly
perceived as threats to their plan to accrue and seize interest at improper and inflated rates, and (c)
after seizing control of Stuy Town, executing a sale at its true value estimated to be
approximately $5 billion which would line Defendants coffers to the detriment of the Junior
Lenders.
85.
On the other hand, had Defendants CWC, Lead Lender and PCV-M Holdings
honored their obligations under the Intercreditor Agreement and not frustrated the Purchase
Option, Defendants would have received approximately $380 million and the excess value from
a sale of Stuy Town would have gone to the Junior Lenders, including Plaintiffs after the Senior
Loan was repaid in full. In other words, the excess value after payment of the Senior Loan
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would have been used to repay the Junior Loans, as the parties all contemplated when the
transaction originally closed. Defendants actions seek to deprive the Junior Lenders of the
benefit of that bargain.
86.
Faced with this unsavory assortment of self-dealing, bad faith and breaches of
express and implied obligations, Plaintiffs are seeking this Courts assistance in enforcing their
legal and equitable rights.
87.
No previous request for the relief sought in this Complaint has been made to this
Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations set forth above as though fully set
forth herein.
89.
90.
Section 31 of the Intercreditor Agreement provides that, even if the agreement has
been terminated, any rights or remedies of any party hereto arising out of any breach of any
provision hereof occurring prior to the date of termination shall survive such termination.
91.
Plaintiffs have performed all of the material conditions, covenants, and promises
required to be performed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
92.
flagrantly breached their obligations to Plaintiffs under the Intercreditor Agreement by, inter alia:
(a)
Failing to honor the Purchase Option Notices dated May 29, 2014, under which
Plaintiffs (through their predecessor in interest, whose rights Plaintiffs succeeded
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to) exercised the option under Section 14(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement to
purchase the Junior 1-3 Loans;
(b)
Entering into the deed in lieu transaction and thereby frustrating the purpose of
the Intercreditor Agreement and depriving Plaintiffs of the benefit of their
bargain;
(c)
(d)
Failing to provide Plaintiffs with copies of any and all material notices relating to
such Event of Default, pleadings, agreements, motions and briefs served upon,
delivered to or with any party of any Enforcement Action, as required pursuant to
Section 12(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(e)
(f)
Failing to give each Junior Lender prior written notice of the commencement of
any Equity Collateral Enforcement Action under its Junior Loan Documents,
including, in particular and without limitation, the negotiated settlement in lieu
of any such enforcement action that culminated in the execution and delivery of
the deed in lieu of foreclosure, as required pursuant to Section 15(j)(i) of the
Intercreditor Agreement;
(g)
Failing to give each Junior Lender prior written notice of the commencement of
an Enforcement Action under the Senior Loan Documents, including, in particular
and without limitation, the taking by the Senior Lender of a deed in lieu of
foreclosure, as required pursuant to Section 15(j)(ii) of the Intercreditor
Agreement;
(h)
(i)
93.
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94.
Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations set forth above as though fully set
forth herein.
97.
There is implied in every contract a covenant of good faith and fair dealing such
that no party to such contract may act to deprive the other of the benefits and bargains of the
agreement.
98.
implied-in-law covenant under the Intercreditor Agreement to perform their obligations in good
faith and not take any action that might deprive Plaintiffs of the benefits of their bargain under
the Intercreditor Agreement.
99.
faith and deal fairly with Plaintiffs in fulfilling their obligations under the Intercreditor
Agreement. Defendants breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing through a
pattern of misconduct designed to (i) maintain ownership of Stuy Town in Defendants
Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings; (ii) eliminate any possible dissenting voice that
might challenge the disposition of the property; (iii) reap an unjust windfall by improperly
seizing the excess value from the disposition of Stuy Town that properly belongs to Plaintiffs
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and other Junior Lenders; and (iv) ensure that CWC could collect hundreds of millions of dollars
in default rate interest on the senior mortgage loan to which it is not entitled.
100.
Defendants have effectuated this bad faith scheme, first by attempting to conduct
the auction of this massive and unique rent-stabilized residential property with only nine
business days public notice, and rigging the auction so that it had an advantage of over four
billion dollars over other bidders, and second, when the rigged auction was mooted by the
properly exercised right of a Junior Lender to purchase the three most senior mezzanine loans, by
precipitously seizing corporate and voting control over the owner of Stuy Town and causing the
owner to issue a deed in lieu of foreclosure to the Nominees. As a result of these breaches by
Defendants Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings, Plaintiffs, as the current owners of
almost all of the Junior 4-9 Loans, are believed to have suffered up to one billion dollars or more
in damages.
101.
Defendants bad faith conduct and continuing failure to honor their obligations
under the Intercreditor Agreement, as set forth above, frustrated the performance of the
agreement and thus violated the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
102.
Intercreditor Agreement to Plaintiffs and are inconsistent with the intent of the parties to the
Intercreditor Agreement.
103.
intentional, knowing, and in willful and reckless disregard of the rights and interests of Plaintiffs.
104.
Plaintiffs have suffered and will continue to suffer harm as a result of Defendants
breach of the common law implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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105.
Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations set forth above as though fully set
forth herein.
107.
At all relevant times, Plaintiffs and the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M
Plaintiffs relied on these agreements when (a) Plaintiffs (through their predecessor
in interest, whose rights Plaintiffs succeeded to) provided debt financing to Junior Borrowers,
and (b) Plaintiffs (through their predecessor in interest, whose rights Plaintiffs succeeded to)
exercised the option under the Intercreditor Agreement to purchase the Junior 1-3 Loan.
109.
Upon information and belief, Defendant CWC was aware of Plaintiffs agreement
with the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings because, among other reasons, CWC acts as
special servicer to the Securitization Trusts and on behalf of the Trustees for each of the
Securitization Trusts.
110.
agreement with the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings because, among other reasons,
Borrowers were the owners of Stuy Town that secured the Senior Loan, and PCV-M Holdings
seized corporate and voting control of the Borrowers, thus giving CWC control over the
Borrowers.
111.
agreement with the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings because, among other reasons,
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Nominees are the nominees of the Lead Lender, which is a party to the Intercreditor Agreement
and is controlled by CWC.
112.
In its capacity as special servicer, CWC has the exclusive right and obligation to
make all decisions concerning the Senior Loan on behalf of the Securitization Trusts, as well as
PCV-M Holdings. CWC exercised such rights for its own pecuniary gain, and directed the
affairs of the Securitization Trusts, PCV-M Holdings, Borrowers, and Nominees for its own
unjust enrichment.
113.
issued by the Trusts and thus stood to profit directly from the delivery of cash flows into the
Trust waterfalls. Furthermore, Defendant CWC stood to profit directly from its miscalculation
of the interest accrued following the Foreclosure Judgment. Accordingly, Defendant CWC
executed the plan alleged herein, frustrated Plaintiffs Purchase Option and directed the transfer
of Stuy Town from the Borrowers to the Nominees of the Senior Lender via the deed in lieu of
foreclosure. Defendant CWC acted in bad faith and in a predatory manner in respect of the
interests of Plaintiffs and other Junior Lenders and thus should be held directly liable for tortious
interference.
114.
Defendant CWC, acting solely for itself and in bad faith, intentionally procured
and facilitated the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings breaches of their agreements with
Plaintiffs in the ways alleged in the First and Second Causes of Action, and by, inter alia:
(a)
(b)
Knowingly signing and/or causing or facilitating the signing of the Deed In Lieu
of Foreclosure Agreement on behalf of every party to the Deed in Lieu of
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Defendant Borrowers, acting solely for CWC and in bad faith, intentionally
procured and facilitated the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings breaches of their
agreements with Plaintiffs in the ways alleged in the First and Second Causes of Action, and by,
inter alia:
(a)
116.
Defendant Nominees, acting solely for CWC and in bad faith, intentionally
procured and facilitated the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings breaches of their
agreements with Plaintiffs in the ways alleged in the First and Second Causes of Action, and by,
inter alia:
(a)
Knowingly accepting title to Stuy Town via the deed in lieu of foreclosure,
thereby (a) frustrating Plaintiffs contractual rights on its Purchase Option under
the Intercreditor Agreement and (b) eviscerating any excess value that would have
flowed to Plaintiffs as Junior Lenders.
117.
Agreement with Plaintiffs as detailed in the First Cause of Action and Second Cause of Action.
118.
But for CWCs, Borrowers, and Nominees misconduct, the Securitization Trusts
and PCV-M Holdings would not have been able to effectuate these breaches of their contract
with Plaintiffs.
119.
contract with the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings was undertaken without legal
justification and in bad faith.
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120.
contract with the Securitization Trusts and PCV-M Holdings was willful, wanton, and malicious,
warranting an award of punitive damages in an amount to be determined at trial.
121.
Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations set forth above as though fully set
forth herein.
123.
The Securitization Trusts, as the holders of the Senior Loan, are the Senior Lender
When, as here, the lender exercises total domination and control over the
borrower, the applicable law creates a duty owed by a lender to a borrower and to those who
have equity or a stake in the borrower.
125.
Plaintiffs are Junior Lenders that own nearly all of the Junior 4-9 Loans, which
are secured, in successive levels, by the respective equity of the Junior 3 Borrower, the Junior 4
Borrower, the Junior 5 Borrower, the Junior 6 Borrower, the Junior 7 Borrower, and the Junior 8
Borrower. These Junior Borrowers are the indirect equity owners of the Borrowers, which own
Stuy Town.
126.
The Junior 4-9 Lenders relied upon the value of Stuy Town, and the protections of
the transaction documents including the Senior Lenders obligation to act in good faith in
making hundreds of millions of dollars of loans to these Junior Borrowers.
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127.
The Senior Lender, through its domination of PCV-M Holdings, the Junior 1
Lender and a party to the Intercreditor Agreement, exerted actual, participatory, and total control
and complete domination over the Borrowers and caused the execution of the deed in lieu of
foreclosure that transferred Stuy Town to the Nominees. The total control and domination over
the Borrowers exerted by the Senior Lender extended not only to finances, but also to the policy
and business practice in respect to the deed in lieu of foreclosure transaction. Such domination
and control was exerted through special servicer CWC, which executed the deed in lieu of
foreclosure on behalf of the Securitization Trusts, the Nominees, and the Borrowers. At the time
of the transaction, the Borrowers had no separate mind, will or existence of their own, but rather
were forced to acquiesce to the will of the Senior Lender.
128.
PCV-M Holdings and CWC achieved complete domination over the Borrowers
when CWC, acting on behalf of PCV-M Holdings in its capacity as Junior 1 Lender, obtained
voting and corporate control over the Borrowers and used its complete control over the
Borrowers to execute the Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure Agreement on behalf of the Borrowers.
Because PCV-M Holdings as Junior 1 Lender, acting through CWC, had complete control over
the Borrowers, and because CWC was the special servicer through which the Senior Lender
acted, the Senior Lender had complete control over the Borrowers. This total control and
domination is evidenced by the fact that CWC signed the Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure
Agreement on behalf of (i) the Senior Lender, (ii) the Nominees, and (iii) the Borrowers. Senior
Lender used this complete control to divert over a billion dollars of value away from the Junior
Lenders to Senior Lender.
129.
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Agreement, the Senior Lender unjustly deprived Junior Lenders, including the Plaintiffs, of the
ability to receive the excess value that would have flowed to the Junior Borrowers and ultimately
to the Junior Lenders, including the Plaintiffs. Acting through PCV-M Holdings and CWC, the
Senior Lender forced the Borrowers to recite in the Deed of Lieu of Foreclosure Agreement that
Borrower believes that the fair market value of the Real Estate is less than or equal to the
indebtedness owed by Borrower to Lender. The acts of PCV-M Holdings and the Senior
Lender, through CWC, were in contravention of Plaintiffs legal rights because: (1) the
Intercreditor Agreement contains an implied covenant of good faith that prevented Senior Lender
from accepting a deed in lieu of foreclosure if the value of the property exceeds the amount of
the mortgage deficiency; and (2) PCV-M Holdings breached certain provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement requiring it to provide notice to the Junior Lenders of the deed in lieu of
foreclosure transaction before it happened, and thereby prevented the Junior Lenders from
protecting their interests in the Junior Loans by exercising certain purchase options and/or
bringing legal action to prevent the execution of the deed in lieu of foreclosure.
130.
Because the Senior Lender, through CWC, executed the Deed in Lieu of
Foreclosure Agreement, PCV-M Holdings, the Senior Lender, CWC, and/or John Does 1-10
received an unfair benefit, and Plaintiffs suffered substantial, material, and adverse injury and
unjust loss. The Senior Lender, PCV-M Holdings, and CWC unjustly took for the Defendants
the excess value in Stuy Town at the direct expense of the Junior Lenders, including the
Plaintiffs. But for the actions of the Senior Lender and PCV-M Holdings, through CWC, the
excess value would have flowed to the Junior Lenders, including Plaintiffs.
131.
The Senior Lender breached its fiduciary duty to the Borrowers and to those who
have equity or a stake in the Borrowers by abusing its control over the Borrowers, through PCV-
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M Holdings, to execute the Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure Agreement for the benefit of the Senior
Lender, PCV-M Holdings, CWC, and /or John Does 1-10, and simultaneously breached its duty
of good faith owed to the Plaintiffs.
132.
The foregoing complete domination, through CWC, of the Borrowers and the
breach by the Senior Lender of its duties and obligations to the Borrowers and to those who have
equity or a stake in the Borrowers, directly and proximately caused the substantial, material, and
adverse injury and unjust loss suffered by Plaintiffs.
133.
Upon information and belief, the misconduct of the Senior Lender was intentional,
willful, wanton, and without justification and of such egregious nature that punitive damages are
appropriate in addition to any compensatory damages for harm done to Plaintiffs.
FIFTH CAUSE OF ACTION
Unjust Enrichment
(Against Defendants CWC, Securitization Trusts,
PCV-M Holdings, Borrowers and Nominees)
134.
Plaintiffs repeat and reallege the allegations set forth above as though fully set
forth herein.
135.
took for themselves the excess value in Stuy Town value that amounts to over a billion dollars
at the direct expense of Plaintiffs.
136.
unjust and unconscionable conduct. But for Defendants unjust and inequitable conduct, the
excess value in Stuy Town would have flowed to Plaintiffs. Defendants misconduct therefore
enabled Defendants to unjustly retain all value in Stuy Town for themselves, saving them the
direct expense of sharing it with Junior Lenders, including Plaintiffs.
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137.
Plaintiffs expense.
138.
In equity and good conscience, if it is determined by the Court herein that certain
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and/or the implied covenants contained therein cannot
be enforced or are not applicable to protect Plaintiffs legal rights, Defendants will be unjustly
enriched by their actions. Thus, Plaintiffs request that the Court grant the relief requested in this
Fifth Cause of Action, to prevent the unjust enrichment of the Defendants.
139.
Accordingly, the circumstances are such that in equity and good conscience
and to prevent the unjust enrichment of Defendants, a constructive trust should be imposed upon
Stuy Town and all sums unlawfully or inequitably received by Defendants traceable to the
property.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray for relief as follows:
(a)
In respect of each of the First Cause of Action, Second Cause of Action, Third
Cause of Action, Fourth Cause of Action, and Fifth Cause of Action, entry of judgment in favor
of Plaintiffs awarding damages in an amount to be determined at trial;
(b)
establishing a constructive trust over Stuy Town pending payment to Plaintiffs of damages
awarded in connection with this Complaint;
(c)
(d)
Plaintiffs reserve the right to seek all remedies available at law and equity; and
(e)
Such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.
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Michael B. -C riinsky
Susheel Kirpalani
Scott C. Shelley
51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10010
Telephone: (212) 849-7000
Fax: (212) 849-7100
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
HERRICK FEINSTEIN, LLP
Scott Mollen
2 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Telephone: (212) 592-1400
Fax: (212) 592-1500
[email protected]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs PCVST Mezzco 4, LLC,
PCVST Mezzco 5, LLC, PCVST Mezzco 6, LLC,
PCVSTMezzco 7, LLC, PCVSTMezzco 8, LLC, and
PCVSTMezzco 9, LLC