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Benefit Street Partners closes fifth CRE CLO of 2026 at $1.1 billion

The 30-month reinvestment period lets the vehicle keep adding CRE loans after closing, and it is the third CLO from BSP's Opportunistic Debt Fund II.

$1.1BSize of BSP's FL6 CRE CLO

At a glance

  1. The vehicle has a 30-month reinvestment period and is the third CLO from BSP's Opportunistic Debt Fund II, according to Jerry Baglien, the firm's head of real estate.
  2. For BDC managers, the 30-month reinvestment period is the term to model: FL6 can keep adding commercial real estate loans after closing and could compete with BDCs for the same collateral.
  3. BSP, the private credit arm of Franklin Templeton, reports $97 billion in assets under management.

Benefit Street Partners closed BSPDF 2026-FL6, a managed CRE CLO of about $1.1 billion, lifting the Franklin Templeton unit's 2026 CRE CLO issuance to five deals and roughly $5 billion, Alternative Credit Investor reported.

The vehicle has a 30-month reinvestment period and is the third CLO from BSP's Opportunistic Debt Fund II, according to Jerry Baglien, the firm's head of real estate.

For BDC managers, the 30-month reinvestment period is the term to model: FL6 can keep adding commercial real estate loans after closing and could compete with BDCs for the same collateral.

BSP, the private credit arm of Franklin Templeton, reports $97 billion in assets under management. As Private Wealth Daily previously reported, the real estate arm also funded a $117.3 million Texas multifamily refinancing in late October.

Reported by the BDCs desk from Alternative Credit Investor and Private Wealth Daily archive. Published . Corrections

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