OREANDA-NEWS. Fitch Ratings has assigned ratings and Rating Outlooks to J. P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-WSP, commercial mortgage pass-through certificates, series 2016-WSP as follows:

--$86,300,000 class A 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--$20,900,000 class B 'AA-sf'; Outlook Stable;

--$19,600,000 class C 'A-sf'; Outlook Stable;

--$23,200,000 class D 'BBB-sf'; Outlook Stable;

--$150,000,000a class X-CP 'BBB-sf'; Outlook Stable;

--$150,000,000a class X-NCP 'BBB-sf'; Outlook Stable;

--$36,900,000 class E 'BB-sf'; Outlook Stable;

--$48,100,000 class F 'B-sf'; Outlook Stable.

(a) Notional amount and interest-only.

The certificates represent the beneficial interest in a trust that holds a two-year, floating-rate, interest-only $235 million mortgage loan secured by the fee interests in 63 hotel properties with a total of 7,557 rooms located in 20 states. The sponsor of the loan is WoodSpring Hotels Holdings. The loan was originated by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (rated 'A+'/'F1'/Stable Outlook).

KEY RATING DRIVERS

High Leverage on Full Debt Stack: The total debt package includes mezzanine financing in the amount of $40 million that is not included in the trust. Fitch's stressed debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) and loan-to-value (LTV) for the full debt stack are 0.96x and 112.1%, respectively. Fitch's DSCR and LTV for the trust component of the debt are 1.13x and 95.8%.

Granular and Diverse Portfolio: The portfolio comprises 63 extended-stay hotels; three are currently operated as WoodSpring Suites and the remaining 60 as Value Place (54 of which are expected to be rebranded to WoodSpring Suites by 2017), across 20 states. No single asset accounts for more than 3.3% of the TTM July 2016 net cash flow, or 1.7% of the total keys.

Upward Trending Performance: Average daily revenue per available room (RevPAR) as of the TTM July 2016 of $30.20 reflected an increase of 4.2% over 2015 and 12.7% above 2014.

Experienced Sponsorship and Management: The sponsor, WoodSpring Hotels Holdings, was founded by Jack DeBoer and is currently owned by private-equity firm Lindsay Goldberg. In addition to the Value Place brand (founded in 2003), DeBoer founded the Residence Inn, Summerfield Suites and Candlewood Suites brands, which he successfully grew and ultimately sold.

RATING SENSITIVITIES

Fitch found that the 'AAAsf' class could withstand an approximate 71.5% decrease to the most recent actual net cash flow (NCF) prior to experiencing $1 of loss to the 'AAAsf' rated class. Fitch performed several stress scenarios in which the Fitch NCF was stressed. Fitch determined that a 62.6% reduction in Fitch's implied NCF would cause the notes to break even at a 1.0x debt service coverage ratio, based on the actual debt service.

Fitch evaluated the sensitivity of the ratings for class A and found that a 17% decline in Fitch's implied NCF would result in a one-category downgrade, while a 48% decline would result in a downgrade to below investment grade.

The Rating Sensitivity section in the presale report includes a detailed explanation of additional stresses and sensitivities. Key Rating Drivers and Rating Sensitivities are further described in the accompanying presale report. The presale report is available to all investors on Fitch's web site 'www. fitchratings. com'.

USE OF THIRD-PARTY DUE DILIGENCE PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17G-10

Fitch was provided with third-party due diligence information from Ernst & Young LLP. The third-party due diligence information was provided on Form ABS Due Diligence Form-15E and focused on a comparison and re-computation of certain characteristics with respect to the mortgage loan and related mortgaged properties in the data file. Fitch considered this information in its analysis, and the findings did not have an impact on the analysis. A copy of the ABS Due Diligence Form-15E received by Fitch in connection with this transaction may be obtained through the link contained on the bottom of the related rating action commentary.

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS

A description of the transaction's representations, warranties and enforcement mechanisms (RW&Es) that are disclosed in the offering document and which relate to the underlying asset pool is available by accessing the appendix referenced under "Related Research" below. The appendix also contains a comparison of these RW&Es to those Fitch considers typical for the asset class as detailed in the Special Report titled "Representations, Warranties and Enforcement Mechanisms in Global Structured Finance Transactions," dated May 31, 2016.