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ATTACHMENT 6 JONES LANG LASALLE REPORT BROKER OPINION OF VALUE FOR THE WESTERN RAIL YARDS ATTACHMENT 6-1 '!&#* &#,-2 ,%',% '0#!2-0 Jones Lang LaSalle TZ ' #027 20##2Q 3'2# VRYRQ #5 -0)Q #5 -0) SRRRW !#* &S TSTTZSTTWYRT fax +1 212.747.0064 08/22/2016 Metropolitan Transportation Authority 2 Broadway New York, New York, 10004 Goldman Sachs & Co., as Representative of the Underwriters 200 West Street – 30th Floor New York, New York 10282 Wells Fargo Bank National Association, as Trustee 101 Federal Street, 20th Floor Boston, MA 02110 RE: Broker Opinion of Value Development Rights of the Hudson Rail Yards (“HRY”) Western Rail Yard (“WRY”) New York, New York Ladies and Gentlemen: JLL was retained by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”), a public benefit corporation, to value the real estate development rights located at the Western Rail Yard currently owned by the MTA, and deliver this broker opinion of value (“Broker Opinion of Value”). The subject property is bounded by 33rd Street to 30th Street (North to South) and 11th Avenue to the West Side Highway (East to West) herein after referred to as the “Western Rail Yards” or “WRY”. The subject property was leased to a joint venture between the Related Companies L.P. (“Related”) and Oxford Properties Group (“Oxford”). The Related/Oxford joint venture leases the development rights on a fee above a plain over the entire WRY for a period of 99 years from MTA, which lease contains various purchase options. This Broker Opinion of Value reflects current market conditions as of the date of the Preliminary Offering Statement. The purpose of this Broker Opinion of Value is to provide the MTA with our view on the fair market value of the parcel vacant and available for development consistent with the plans as approved by the appropriate regulatory agencies of the State of New York and The City of New York. The Opinion of Value uses publicly available information on the current Related Oxford’s partnership development plans for the WRY site. Our Broker Opinion of Value uses the approved entitlements from all regulatory agencies for the WRY, which entitlements currently allow for the development of 5,700,000 zoning square feet of residential, office, and retail space across the site. This report is prepared for the MTA, Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representative of the underwriters of the Series 2016A Obligations and Wells Fargo Bank National Association, as Trustee with respect to the Senior 2016A Obligation (“Series 2016A ATTACHMENT 6-2 Metropolitan Transportation Autority August 22, 2016 Page 2 Obligations”), and is only intended for their specific approved use and is provided by JLL with its approval for inclusion in the related preliminary and official offering statements. The fair market value of the WRY, on a gross basis before deducting any appropriate penalty costs incurred in the construction of the deck in the WRY, ranges between: $3,263,000,000 And $3,703,000,000 We have expressed our opinion of value in terms of a range, due to the uncertainties surrounding the sequencing and final composition of the development plan on the WRY. The Base Opinion of Value of $3,703,000,000 reflects current market conditions for office, residential, hotel and retail development projects of similar quality and scale in comparable locations in Manhattan. The Conservative Opinion of Value of $3,263,000,000 allows for a number of market changes most importantly a 10% reduction in the average sales price of condominium units. The Opinion of Value also does not provide for any deductions or incremental costs associated with construction cost overruns, work delays, premiums due to construction sequencing over a working rail yard. This valuation is based upon transactions which have occurred in the marketplace and our expectations of general market conditions over the foreseeable future. The Related Oxford transaction was structured as a long term 99-year lease with Annual Base Rent Payments and an end-of-term purchase option (“Reversionary Interest Value”). The Annual Base Rent payable by the designated developer during the term of the lease was established competitively in a market bid process and was equal to the fair market value at the time of the closing of the lease transaction. The economic value of the WRY was established by using the price any bidder ascribed to the offering deducting the portion of the developer costs to improve the parcel to a state equivalent to a vacant and available fee simple development parcel. The fair market value was established through arms-length negotiations and the process included multiple highly experienced real estate developers and investors. The initial value of the WRY, the Annual Base Rent, and the Reversionary Interest Value is equal to the fair market value of the WRY at the time of the lease commencement date. This process clearly established a fair market value of the WRY at the date of designation of Related as the initial developer of the ERY and WRY (collectively, the Hudson Rail Yards”). The fair market value then established was comparable to market values for fee simple property sales in the vicinity of the ERY and WRY markets. The Reversionary Interest Value at the end of the lease term was also established in arms-length ATTACHMENT 6-3 Metropolitan Transportation Autority August 22, 2016 Page 3 negotiations. The Reversionary Interest Value is equal to the fair market value of the offering at lease commencement inflated over the 99- year term by an estimate of the long- term appreciation rate for development sites. The economic value of the WRY will fluctuate over time with changes in the real estate investment, rental, and sales market as well as the capital markets, inflation rates, and interest rates. There is no certainty that the developer of the WRY will execute any rights to purchase any of the severed parcels at any time during the lease term or at end of term at the Reversionary Interest Value. There is no contractual obligation to exercise any purchase option. In November 2007, The MTA commissioned an independent appraisal of the two properties comprising the ERY and the WRY for market conditions at the time of RFP response. The independent appraiser established a value of the ERY, if vacant and available, of $1.176 Billion or approximately $188/SF. The independent appraiser established a value of the WRY, if vacant and available, of $1.149 Billion or approximately $202/SF. These values were not adjusted for the additional cost to construct the deck above the operating rail yards or any additional costs for construction timing and sequencing for development over an operating rail facility. Each developer submission was evaluated by a team of construction experts to verify the constructability of the respondent plan and to ensure a safe and continuous uninterrupted service to the ERY and WRY. This Broker Opinion of Value employs both the Market Comparable approach, as well as the Land Residual Value Approach, for valuation purposes. This analysis is based on public market data and our knowledge of the subject property type and relevant investor profiles. It is our opinion that this combination of approaches is appropriate for valuation of the diverse plan of uses and timing for development on the subject property. This Broker Opinion of Value in the Market Comparable approach reflects the gross valuation of development rights, if vacant and available for development, before deducting any additional costs for the platform deck or force account costs for working over an operating rail network. This Broker Opinion of Value in the Land Residual Value approach reflects all of the known or reasonably estimated revenue and construction costs and financing elements of the WRY development. JLL has prepared this Broker Opinion of Value for the properties based upon the approved zoning and land use resolution from the City of New York for the WRY. We have valued each of the individual components of the overall development based upon the approved use for each individual site and the zoning square feet allocations attributed in any severance lease figures known at this time. The value ascribed to each individual parcel and the assumed use is set forth herein. While commonly known as the “Hudson Yards”, the leased parcels constituting the WRY, comprise only a portion of the “Special Hudson Yards District,” as defined by the Department of City Planning ATTACHMENT 6-4 Metropolitan Transportation Autority August 22, 2016 Page 4 for the City of New York. Related Oxford entered into separate ground lease agreements with the MTA for each of the ERY and WRY parcels. The WRY Ground Lease is summarized below. West Side Yard The single parcel bounded by th 11 Avenue on the Eastern side and th Property Boundaries: 12 Avenue (West Side Highway)on the Western edge and rd West 33 Street on the Northern edge and th West 30 Street on the Southern edge Block and Lot: Block 676, Lot 3 Parcel Area: Approximately 13.085 Acres Joint Venture of Related Development Developer: and Oxford Properties Group Transaction Structure: 99 Year ground lease, severable, with options to purchase severed fee parcels WRY DEVELOPMENT PLAN In July of 2007, the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (“MTA”) issued two separate requests for proposals for the sale or lease of both the Eastern Rail Yard (“ERY”) and WRY. The MTA retained the services of JLL to develop, oversee, and evaluate all developer responses. The RFP distribution was offered to a select group of highly qualified developers and joint venture parties. In October 2007, the MTA received RFP responses from five (5) qualified development teams. The proposals were evaluated based upon a selection criteria of best overall financial return, certainty of return, the compatibility of the project proposal with the ongoing rail operations and the development team capabilities to achieve excellence in architecture, urban design, and sustainability.