Business Development Companies (Real Estate Focus)
Strategic Profile
Terra Income Fund 6 is the first BDC to focus exclusively on loans backed by commercial real estate. The company is sponsored by Terra Capital Partners, a real estate finance and investment company based in New York City that has engaged in the origination and management of debt and equity investments in approximately 300 properties of all major property types throughout the United States since it was formed in 2001. Investment objectives include paying attractive and stable cash distributions, preserving and returning capital to stockholders, and seeking growth through strategic timing of investment sales.
Cyborg Score Rationale
The company operates in a focused market niche with experienced sponsorship, but operates as a non-traded BDC with limited public trading liquidity despite notes listing on NYSE. The model offers regular distributions to investors with underlying commercial real estate exposure.
Top Insights
Company was formed on May 15, 2013 and commenced operations on June 24, 2015
Registered public offering of $1.0 billion in shares of common stock was declared effective by SEC (April 22, 2015)
Initial distribution rate set at $0.00274 per day per share, equivalent to 8.0% annual rate (June 2015)
Parent sponsor's investments span 34 states secured by diverse property types valued at approximately $6.3 billion based on appraised values