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Confidential and proprietary Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
Studio Lot Office Building Project – Request for Proposal
April 2014
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Dear Investor:
JLL has been retained as the exclusive real estate advisor to Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (the “Tenant” or “SPE”). Currently, as the exclusive representative for the Tenant, we are
interested in establishing a working relationship with an investor who is qualified to own SPE’s new build-to-suit office building in Culver City, California (“Project”).
For your consideration JLL has assembled this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) to develop and/or take ownership of the Project on a ground lease basis. We are requesting that you submit
your response by Friday, May 2, 2014:
Project: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Studio Lot Office Building Project
Potential Address: Culver City, California
Please provide your proposal in accordance with the specifications as outlined in this RFP document and send it back to the attention of Bruce Westwood-Booth via email at
This is a highly confidential project and is subject to the Confidentiality Agreement previously signed by you and Tenant. Any disclosure both within and outside your firm may be made
only in strict accordance with the terms of that Confidentiality Agreement. The Project must remain confidential until further notice and may then be disclosed only to the extent set forth in
such notice.
JLL will be available to answer any questions and address investor comments relative to this project up until Friday, May 2, 2014. Respondent interviews with SPE will be held between
May 12 and May 16, 2014. Best and final bids will be due on May 30, 2014. Final presentations to JLL and SPE will be held from May 26 through May 30, 2014 and the developer and
ownership team will be selected by June 6, 2014.
We have been asked to inform you that you should not contact our client regarding this letter or any matters related to the Project; only JLL should be contacted. Questions regarding the
RFP process, timeline and inquiries should be submitted to any of the Jones Lang LaSalle representatives listed below. We look forward to working with you and are available to address
any questions or comments.
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. Studio Lot Office Building Project
RE: Request for Proposal
RFP & Transaction Structure Local Market & Entertainment Industry
Bruce Westwood-Booth
Managing Director
+1 312 228 2966
Robert Dmytryk
Managing Director
+1 858 410 1211
Rob Bickel
Managing Director
+1 213 239 6141
Carl Muhlstein
Managing Director
+1 213 239 6055
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Sony Pictures Entertainment is headquartered in Culver City, California on a Studio Lot that encompasses 46 acres of land, approximately 1.1 million square feet of office and support space, and features 22
sound stages. SPE is seeking a partner to develop, finance, own, and lease to SPE, a new 223,540 square foot office building to be located on a portion of land on the western edge of the Studio Lot that
currently functions as a surface parking lot. SPE will enter into a ground lease for the land, and SPE will act as the construction agent for the Project.
Total Project Costs are more fully broken down in the Project Budget, attached hereto. These costs are based on the supplied specifications where the estimated total costs of development are $129.1
million. It is expected that SPE will additionally invest $17.0 million into this Project in the form of FF&E: furniture, technology and equipment. A high level break down of the development timing is as follows:
The RFP is intended to identify the firm that can: 1) Assume responsibility for the development of the Project; 2) Guarantee pricing and completion; and 3) Be the Landlord to SPE under a long term absolute
triple net lease which will have an initial lease term of 15 to 20 years.
The objective of the RFP process is to identify a developer and/or owner that:
Has a proven track record of success handling a project of this type and scope;
Has the financial wherewithal to fund the Project;
Is willing and able to work within the intended timelines; and
Is willing and able to work to insure that the lease will conform to Operating Lease guidelines as currently defined under GAAP.
The RFP is divided into three (3) sections related to:
Overview of the bidder,
Development process for the Project, and
Long term ownership of the property.
Please respond to the specific requests stated in the RFP and provide any additional input that you think would be beneficial.
Scope and the Objectives of the RFP
RE: Request for Proposal (cont.)
Description Timing
Predevelopment Activities & Procurement of Materials Q2, 2014 through Q4, 2014
Construction Commencement & Demolition Q4, 2014
Site Improvements Q4, 2014 through Q1, 2016
Core & Shell Construction Q4, 2014 through Q3, 2015
Interior Build Out Q3, 2015 through Q2, 2016
Punch List Items & Completion Q2, 2016 through Q3, 2016
Occupancy Q3 2016
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Project Overview 4
Tenant Overview 12
Location Highlights 14
Project Budget 22
Timeline 24
Bid Request 26
Formal Request for Proposal 29
Table of Contents
Sony Pictures Entertainment and JLL would like to stress the
extreme confidential nature of this bid package. The Project is
highly confidential and bidders are reminded that they are under a
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement.
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Project Overview
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BACKGROUND
SPE is headquartered in Culver City, California on a Studio lot encompassing 46 acres of land,
approximately 1.1 million square feet of office and support space and features 22 sound
stages. SPE leases an additional 750,000 square feet in and around Culver City for office and
support requirements.
The Studio Lot accommodates approximately 1,600 employees while an additional 1,800
employees are located in leased facilities around Culver City.
OPPORTUNITY
SPE is seeking a partner to develop, finance, own, and lease to SPE, a new 223,540 square
foot office building to be located on a portion of land on the western edge of the Studio Lot.
SPE will enter into a ground lease for their land.
The landlord will also receive a long-term easement agreement to the Overland Garage for
sufficient market parking rights. 720 parking spaces (3.5/1,000) are required, however up to
950 spaces could be provided.
Construction of the new building is anticipated to commence 4th Quarter 2014. Completion of
the Project and occupancy is estimated to be no later than 3rd Quarter 2016.
Background and Opportunity JLL is pleased to have the opportunity to represent Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (the “Tenant” or “SPE”). SPE is a subsidiary of Sony
Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production,
acquisition and distribution, television production, acquisition and distribution, television networks, digital content creation and
distribution, operation of studio facilities, and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies.
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View from B Street towards the West
Conceptual Project Renderings
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View from Overland Avenue towards the North
Conceptual Project Renderings (cont.)
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View from B Street and 9th Avenue towards the North
Conceptual Project Renderings (cont.)
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Location & Aerial
PROPOSED:
New, 8-Story Building
223,540 SF
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Site Plan
New 8-Story Building
Acquired parking
rights and access
through long-term
Easement
Agreement
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Architect
Legal Counsel Legal Counsel
Development Consultant
MEP Engineers Project Management
Traffic Consultant
Civil Engineers Structural Engineers
Project Team Consultants
THE GEORGETOWN
COMPANY
Note:
- CW Driver and Matt Construction have been shortlisted by SPE to be the General Contractor for Pre-construction Services
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Tenant Overview
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Company Overview
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (“SPE”) is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture
production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and
development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. Additional information is available at www.sonypictures.com.
SPE is headquartered in Culver City, California and serves as Sony’s main global film production and distribution company. SPE’s rich history can be traced back to 1918 when brothers Harry
and Jack Cohn formed a partnership with their associate, Joe Brandt, to form CBC Film Sales, to produce low-budget short films and featurettes. By 1920, the film industry was attracting
audiences of 35 million a week. Meanwhile, Columbia Pictures got its start, bringing pictures like It Happened One Night and Lawrence of Arabia to life. The Studio Lot originally served as
MGM’s studio lot, with Columbia Pictures moving onto the Studio Lot in 1990 after its acquisition by Sony Corporation. Throughout the years, SPE has produced, distributed, or co-distributed
successful franchises such as Spider-Man and Men in Black.
Columbia Tristar
Motion Picture Group
Encompasses Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics and Screen Gems in addition
to releasing groups, Sony Pictures Releasing and Sony Pictures Releasing International. Internationally,
motion picture operations include Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia (Hong Kong), Columbia Films
Producciones Espanolas (Madrid), Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico (Mexico City) and additional
operations in the United Kingdom, Brazil and Japan. The company's total motion picture library, with
more than 3,500 titles includes 12 Best Picture Academy Award® winners.
Sony Pictures
Television
Produces and distributes programs worldwide, spanning all formats and genres, for a multitude of platforms.
In addition to its U.S. production business, the company has 18 wholly-owned or joint venture production
companies in 13 countries. Its worldwide television networks portfolio includes 126 channel feeds in 168
countries, reaching more than 980 million households worldwide. The division also creates original content for
and manages SPE’s premium website, Crackle.
Sony Pictures
Home Entertainment
Distributes Sony Pictures produced and third-party acquired theatrical television and other product on digital
media, Blu-ray disc, DVD, UMD and other media globally.
Sony Picture
Digital Productions
Comprised of Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Interactive, the
division produces stories, characters, images, visual effects and animation.
Sony Pictures
Studios
The studio lot in Culver City features 22 sound stages ranging in size from more than 7,600 SF to the world’s
second-largest stage at roughly 43,000 SF. The company’s studio lot provides integrated digital capabilities to
create and deliver content across existing and emerging media and markets.
Sony Corporation highlights include: SPE’s five main business segments:
Ticker Symbol NYSE: SNE
12/31/2013 T-12
Annual Revenue $96.7 billion
12/31/2013 T-12
Operating Profit $15.5 billion
Market Cap $18.1 billion
Fortune 2013
Global 500 Ranking 94
# of Countries 43
S&P Credit Rating BBB- / Negative
Moody’s Credit Rating Ba1 / Stable
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Location Highlights
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Culver City
Overview
Culver City is undergoing an economic and cultural renaissance. Originally recognized as a center for motion picture and television
production, Culver City is a progressive community that combines a unique shopping environment, a rich entertainment history and a
rapidly expanding multimedia hub. Downtown Culver City has been praised for its new art scene due to the influx of art galleries, trendy
stores, and numerous restaurants, compelling The New York Times to coin the area as a “nascent Chelsea”. Downtown Culver City’s
revival has been instrumental in the introduction of several mixed-use projects, as well as a host of other residential, retail, live/work, and
office developments leading to more companies to choose to live and do business in Culver City.
Thriving High-Tech Sector
Culver City’s central location and proximity to Silicon Beach, a rapidly growing high-tech hub comprised of the coastal areas, stretching
from Santa Monica down through the South Bay, including Playa Vista, Santa Monica, Venice, and Marina del Rey. Silicon Beach’s
desirable coastal lifestyle, world-class beaches and amenities have facilitated the area’s growth in high-technology industries. The
desirability of the area has attracted some of the most innovative, cutting-edge companies in the world including Facebook, Microsoft,
and YouTube in Playa Vista, Yahoo! in Santa Monica, and Google and SnapChat in Venice. The synergistic clustering effect of the
technology industry is expected to continue the pattern of growth within the area in both high-tech online companies as well as other
related industries such as entertainment and media, and advertising. Neighboring markets, including Culver City, will ultimately benefit
from this growth as a choice location for smaller companies and start-ups desiring to be close to their peers without paying the higher
rents in the coastal communities.
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The Creative Office Trend
Westside Office Market While growth of the professional service, real estate and finance industries has been slow since 2008, the rapid growth of the entertainment, media and technology sectors has
fueled a surge in demand for creative office space that outweighs the supply within the highly desirable Westside office market. Culver City’s Hayden Tract, the Blackwelder Project
and Playa Vista have drawn several large users including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, 72 and Sunny, Earthbound Media, TMZ, Belkin, The Mill, Vevo, Syska Hennesy and USC
who have chosen to relocate to the Lower Westside.
The Culver City office market is part of the greater Westside which is steadily improving with decreasing vacancy and little relief of new construction. Annual asking rents are up
nearly 10% compared to 3% county-wide. Tenant demand continues to be driven by entertainment, media, ad agencies, and consumer brands. The Culver City and Lower Westside
submarkets only have 4 blocks of 100,000 SF or greater, currently available through 2016. Only one additional project, Tishman Speyer’s Campus at Playa Vista Phase 2, is poised
to start construction. Analyst reports on public REIT developers and owners indicate very low 5% Cap Rate valuations and 5.0% to 10.0% annual rent growth over the next three
years. Very few viable adaptive reuse candidates remain with Element LA, The Reserve, 8550 Higuera / 8600 Hayden, and 3401 Exposition achieving no vacancy at or shortly after
completion.
Westside Office Market Highlights as of 4th Quarter 2013:
51.9 million square feet of space
Direct vacancy rate of 13.6%
900,000 square feet of direct net absorption through the fourth quarter 2013
Creative Office Outperforms Creative office is a subset of the overall office market and has demonstrated its ability to outperform traditional office over the last 10 years. Creative office space has consistently
had lower vacancies than the rest of the office market in the Westside, with fourth quarter 2013 reaching 7.7% versus the Westside’s 13.6%. With vacancies continuing to tighten
due to increasing demand for creative office on the Lower Westside and a lack of new developable sites and redevelopment opportunities, rents are poised to achieve $3.75 - $4.50
FSG by 2015.
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Creative Tenants Prefer the Westside
Century City Beverly Hills West Hollywood
Jefferson Corridor Hayden Tract
Ipsos/OTX
Magento
Q-Tech Corporation
Kovel/Fuller
NPR West
Pretty Bird Creative
HOK
M-E Engineers Inc.
Industrial Color LA
Paige Jeans
Lodis Accessories
The Rose Group
Junk Food Clothing
Blur Studio
Woo Agency
Omelet Hell’s Kitchen Studios
NBCU
Beats by Dre
Blind Decker Productions
Smashbox Studios
Red Bull
Quixote Studios
Tennis Channel
Ogilvy & Mather
Anonymous Content
Nike
Lunchbox Studios
Maker Studios
Zoic Studios
Media Temple
Herman Miller
Spin Master Studios
Chinese Laundry
NFL Network Studios
Studio Lambert
Culver Studios
Blur Studio
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SPE is located in the heart of the global entertainment industry and is surrounded by major and independent motion picture, television, new media and
transmedia production.
Entitling in-fill sites can average three or more years, making it very difficult to project market rental rates, increasing construction costs, market conditions,
and interest rates. As such, office buildings located on or about studio lots are synergistic and typically outperform the rental market.
Entertainment Industry Impact on Real Estate
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Studio Market Landscape – Major
Sony Pictures Studios Warner Brothers Studios Universal Studios CBS Studio Center
Owner Sony Warner Brothers Comcast / NBCUniversal CBS, Inc.
Size 46-acre lot in Culver City 142-acre main lot, plus 30-acre Ranch
lot in Burbank
390-acre lot in Universal City 40-acre lot in Studio City
Sound Stages 22 (7,600 – 43,000 SF) 25 (10,655 – 32,130 SF) + 14 backlots 30 (6,831 – 29,452 SF) + 16 backlots 18 (7,000 – 25,000 SF) + 3 warehouses
Screening Rooms 14 7 8 1
Features • Full-service facility
• Post production & digital services
• Full-service facility
• Post production & digital services
• Full-service facility
• Post production & digital services
• Full-service facility
• Post-production services
• New home to CBS News regional offices
Walt Disney Studios Fox Studios Paramount Studios The Burbank Studios (former NBCU Burbank)
Owner The Walt Disney Company News Corp Fox / Viacom Worthe Real Estate Group
Size 44-acre main lot in Burbank 53-acre lot in Century City 56-acre lot in Hollywood 35-acre lot in Burbank
Sound Stages 7 (11,000 – 31,200 SF) + 1 backlot 15 (14,076 – 28,274 SF) + 3 backlots 29 (5,587 – 18,879 SF) + 9 backlots 8 (2,907 – 18,079 SF)
Screening Rooms 8 7 7 1
Features • Four-wall service facility
• Post-production and digital services
• Full-service facility
• Post-production and digital services
• Full-service facility
• Post-production and digital services
• Over 800,000 SF of office space
• Full-service TV facility
• Digital services/Audience rated/HD-ready
• Frank Gehry designed concept for
additional production offices and
soundstages
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Studio Market Landscape – Minor
MBS Media Campus (former Manhattan Beach Studios) Hollywood Center Studios (former Zoetrope Studios) The Lot (formerly Warner Brothers)
Owner Carlyle Group Singer Family CIM Group
Size 22.6-acre lot in Manhattan Beach 18 acres 11.2 acres
Sound Stages 14 (10,058 – 25,350 SF) 11 (4,399 – 18,915 SF) 7 (8,120 – 13,335 SF)
Screening Rooms 2 N/A 2
Features • Full-service and four wall service facility
• One post-production room, the “Blue Room”
• Full service facility
• New parking structure
• Bungalow production office space
• Four-wall service facility
• New 95,000 SF office building delivered 1Q
2014 – 100% leased
• Phase II planned including 100,000 new office building
Sunset Gower Studios Sunset Bronson Studios Los Angeles Center Studios
Owner Hudson Pacific Properties Hudson Pacific Properties Bristol Group
Size 15.6 acres 10.56 acres 20-acre lot in Downtown L.A.
Sound Stages 12 (4,990 – 17,559 SF) 11 (5,600 – 20,189 SF) 6 (18,000 SF) + backlot locations
Screening Rooms 1 N/A 2
Features • Four-wall service facility
• Technicolor’s worldwide Headquarters
– 114,000 SF post facility built in 2009
• Four-wall service facility
• Home of KTLA (Channel 5 – Los Angeles)
• Expansion planned including over 400,000 SF of creative
and production office buildings and a new parking garage
• Four-wall service facility
• No post-production services
• 450,000 SF of additional production space in 12-story
tower (former UNOCAL HQ)
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Project Budget
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223,540 SF build-to-suit, 8-story office building
Conceptual Project Cost
Cost Estimates
8-Story
Office Building
(223,540 SF)
Per
Square Foot
Soft Costs $13,881,509 $62
Hard Costs $78,605,990 $352
Contingency $10,883,122 $49
Development Advisory Fee $4,788,574 $21
Consideration for Long
Term Parking Rights (1) $20,929,481 $94
Total $129,088,676 $577
Notes:
(1) The $20.9 million in the construction budget provides the owner with parking rights to the adjacent Overland Parking Garage during SPE’s initial lease term plus option
periods. Please note the long-term Parking Rights Agreement/Easement will run coterminous with the full term of the ground lease.
(2) It is expected that SPE will additionally invest $17.0 million into this Project in the form of FF&E: furniture, technology and equipment.
(3) Total Project Cost includes Tenant Improvements.
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Construction of the new building is anticipated to commence 1st Quarter 2015. Completion of the Project and occupancy is estimated to
be no later than 3rd Quarter 2016.
Project Timeline
Predevelopment Activities & Procurement of Materials Q2, 2014 through Q4, 2014
Construction Commencement & Demolition Q4, 2014
Site Improvements Q4, 2014 through Q1, 2016
Core & Shell Construction Q4, 2014 through Q3, 2015
Interior Build Out Q3, 2015 through Q2, 2016
Punch List Items & Completion Q2, 2016 through Q3, 2016
Occupancy Q3 2016
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Bid Request
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Bid Request
1. Please respond to the information requests detailed in the Formal Request For Proposal on Page 29
2. Areas of particular interest include:
Interest as Developer
― At Risk Completion Guarantee (Guaranteed Maximum Price)
― Fee Development (Open Book)
― Flexibility to partner with SPE in the design process to ensure SPE gets the building it
wants
Ability to be a Long-term Owner on a ground lease basis
Ability to set a lease constant and rental rate upon Project award
Understanding your access to Equity
Describe how you plan to use Debt
Understand your investment approval process
This Request for Proposal is not intended as, and does not constitute, a binding agreement, but is merely intended to specify some of the proposed terms and conditions of the
transaction contemplated herein. Neither party may claim any legal right against the other party by reason of signing this Request for Proposal nor by taking any action in reliance
thereon. Each party hereto fully understands that no party shall have any legal obligations to the other, or with respect to the proposed transaction, unless or until all of the terms and
conditions of the proposed transaction have been negotiated, agreed to by all parties and set forth in the lease which has been signed and delivered to both parties. It is expected that
each party will conduct their own independent due diligence, projections and conclusions concerning the proposed transaction.
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Bid Request Timeline
Distribute NDA to Market Monday, April 14, 2014
Distribute Offering to Market Monday, April 21, 2014
Responses Due Friday, May 2, 2014
SPE Decision on Capital Approach Monday, May 5 – Friday, May 9, 2014
Conduct Developer / Landlord Interviews Monday, May 12 – Friday, May 16, 2014
Best & Final Offers Monday, May 19 – Friday, May 30, 2014
Select Development Approach / Capital Monday, June 2 – Friday, June 6, 2014
Negotiate Transaction Documents Monday, June 9 – Friday, June 27, 2014
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Formal Request For Proposal
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Section I: Bidder Overview
Request for Proposal Questions
Company Name:
Entity Type: Examples would include: developer, general contractor, short-term ownership, or long-term take out owner
Company History: Brief overview of the bidder’s experience with similar projects in terms of scale, size, Tenant type, etc.
State of Incorporation: State and country within which you and your ultimate parent company are registered
Primary Contact: Project leader, their length of service at the company and related experience in the industry
Contact Address: Include for bidder’s headquarters, local office and project leader
Contact Phone #: Include for bidder’s headquarters, local office and project leader
Key Company Officers: Directors and key officers of bidder’s company, their length of service at the company and related experience in the industry.
Significant Shareholders: List of significant equity owners (50% or more if privately held; 5% or more if publicly listed)
Organizational Structure: Description of bidder’s organizational structure, focusing specifically on those who would interface with SPE, including the team members’ résumés.
Corporate Structure: Description of bidder’s corporate structure, focusing specifically on contractual entities that would be responsible for any aspect of the work in this
Project and how those entities contractually interface with each other.
Current Projects: Identify any current or pending projects within the Los Angeles metropolitan area that could conflict or compete with this Project
Conflicts of Interest: List any known actual or potential conflicts of interest your company could have if it is chosen for the Project and associated matters contemplated in
this RFP. Please include a detailed proposal how you would manage the specific known conflicts, and a general proposal for the management of
currently unidentified conflicts as they might arise.
References: Provide contact information for two (2) references for this service, who JLL and SPE may contact, including the Company Name, Contact Name,
Contact Phone #, and Contact Address for each of the two (2) contacts.
Please provide the following bidder information:
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Section II: Proposal to Develop the Project
Request for Proposal Questions (cont.)
Development Role: Define precisely the role that the bidder anticipates taking in the overall scope of the Project. Please list any significant partnerships, joint ventures, 3rd
party dependencies, outsourcing or subcontracting which may be involved in bidder’s solution relative to this specific request or the transaction
contemplated hereunder.
Additionally, please indicate whether or not you anticipate owning and leasing the facility to SPE at the end of the construction period. If so, please
respond to the questions in Section III.
Project Size: Provide evidence of the company’s ability to take on a project of this size and scope.
Development Process: Please describe the development process and best practices you follow when implementing a project of this scale and complexity.
Project Schedule: Please provide a timeline to complete services within the estimated Project delivery date and affirm willingness and method to guarantee Project
delivery within the expected timeframe.
Cost: Please comment on the Project Budget including our cost itemization, any scope adjustments you may recommend, and any and all general contractor
and development fees.
Open Book: Please confirm your willingness to work on an open book basis. Consequently, we also request that you quote the Lease Constant which will be
applied against the capitalized cost of the Project to calculate the net rent.
Financing: Clarify financing source including ability to self-finance.
Project Team: Provide the number of people that will be assigned to this Project and what percentage of their time is dedicated to the proposed Project.
Company Strengths: Describe the strategic advantages of your company and the team members relative to this specific assignment.
Experience: Describe relevant experience with transactions similar to the Project.
Guaranteed Maximum Price: Please confirm that the Owner agrees to provide a guaranteed maximum price contract at a mutually agreeable point as project scope is defined and
construction documents are developed.
Purchase Option: SPE would like to have rights to purchase the building at a later date. Please describe what rights you would be willing to provide.
Other: Please list any and all other outstanding factors that will impact this transaction.
Please provide the following as it relates to the development of the Project:
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Section III: Proposal to Purchase, Own and Lease the Project
Request for Proposal Questions (cont.)
Ownership Role: Define precisely the role that the bidder anticipates taking in the overall scope of the Project and the proposed ownership structure.
Ownership Entity: Clarify the entity that will own the building and the country of residence of the entity's principals.
Ownership Structure: Please describe the ownership structure (joint venture, other significant owner relationships) and identify any equity or preferred investors that will have
more than a 5% stake in the asset.
Financing / Lender
Relationships:
Please outline the anticipated source of investment capital, including equity, primary debt, mezzanine financing. Please provide the amount of such
debt and the order of seniority of each debt instrument. If self-financing, please provide sufficient detail regarding ability to do so.
Project Cost: JLL will provide all bidders with a model for the site work, new building(s) core and shell scope and interior tenant improvements of the buildings for the
Project. Investor/owner candidates should address these outline documents as they relate to the budget and the Tenant’s goals and objectives.
Ground Lease: Discuss your ability and interest to enter into a long-term, structural, ground lease with nominal ground rent. Rent will adjust to FMV if SPE vacates.
Closing Date / Lease
Commencement:
Closing date and lease commencement date shall be 3rd Quarter 2016. Bidder should describe in details their firm’s internal approval process through
Closing (including committee approvals, contingencies, etc.)
Absolute NNN Lease Term: Please propose 15 and 20 year lease terms. All other terms and conditions shall be absolute NNN lease.
Rental Rate: Please state the most aggressive Lease Constant that you would apply to the Project Cost and a rental schedule.
Rent Commencement: Assume rent commencement begins the earlier of (i) 3rd Quarter 2016 or (ii) upon substantial completion.
Security Deposit: Tenant will not be providing any security deposits.
Renewal Option: SPE requires three (3) or four (4) [depending on the primary term], five (5) year options to renew at a fixed rental rate immediately following the initial
lease term.
Roof & Structure: SPE, at its own expense, will be responsible for repair and replacement of roof and structure for the term of the improvement’s lease.
Sublease / Assignment: SPE shall have the right to assign or sublease the premises with Landlord’s prior written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Landlord will not be entitled to participation in sublease profits. SPE shall have the right, at its option and discretion, without the consent of Landlord, to
assign or sublease the premises to any of its affiliates.
Other: Please detail any and all other outstanding issues that may impact this Project.
Please provide the following as it relates to the ownership of the Project on a ground lease basis:
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Primary Contacts
RFP & Transaction Structure Local Market & Entertainment Industry
Bruce Westwood-Booth
Managing Director
+1 312 228 2966
Robert Dmytryk
Managing Director
+1 858 410 1211
Rob Bickel
Managing Director
+1 213 239 6141
Carl Muhlstein
Managing Director
+1 213 239 6055
We are available to address any questions or concerns you may have. Please contact any JLL representative listed below at your convenience.