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$2.45M Starbucks NNN Refinance in Alabama: How Gumption Delivered the Best Terms

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August 3, 2026

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A Southeast-based development firm sought to refinance a newly delivered, drive-thru Starbucks secured by a new 10-year absolute NNN corporate lease, the kind of single-tenant, credit-backed retail asset that typically draws a wide field of lender interest. The property carried a stabilized value of roughly $3.8 million against a final loan of $2.45 million.

Single-tenant net lease retail is one of the more competitive property types on Gumption's platform. Gumption's Q2 2026 CRE Lending Report shows retail and industrial attract the highest number of competing term sheets per deal of any property type, and this refinance was a direct example: more than a dozen lenders were engaged, and five submitted formal terms.

Deal snapshot

Newly built drive-thru Starbucks on a corporate NNN lease in Alabama
MetricTerms
Property typeNNN retail, single-tenant (Starbucks, drive-thru)
Deal typeRefinance
MarketAlabama
Loan amount$2.45M
Stabilized value~$3.8M
Rate6.23%
Term5 years
Amortization30 years
LTV75%
Min DSCR1.10x
RecourseLimited
Lenders engaged / term sheets12+ engaged, 5 formal offers

How Gumption secured the best terms

The lease structure did the underwriting work: a new, 10-year, absolute NNN corporate lease behind a national credit tenant gives lenders a long, largely bondable income stream with minimal landlord responsibility. But the outcome here was not simply a function of the lease. Running the project to Gumption's network of lenders resulted in options with low rates, options with higher proceeds, and a winning offer combining an aggressive rate, a lengthy amortization schedule, and healthy proceeds. A single-lender approach on this same asset would very plausibly have closed at a materially lower loan amount.


Refinancing a net-lease asset? Get competing term sheets from Gumption's lender network before you accept the first offer you receive.

Frequently asked questions

This Alabama Starbucks refinance closed at 75% LTV; Gumption's Q2 2026 data shows refinance loans averaging 72% max LTV overall, with a highest max LTV of 85% recorded on the platform.

Retail is one of the more competitively bid property types on Gumption's platform, tied with industrial for the most term sheets per deal in Q2 2026, though outcomes still depend heavily on running the deal to enough lenders.

Through Gumption, more than a dozen lenders were able to review the project instead of just one or two, which surfaced an offer higher on leverage and lower on rate than the other bids the sponsor received.