Nashville's CMBS footprint runs to $1.6 billion across 67 loans, and hospitality sits at the center of it — the largest book at $547 million and the most distressed, with 7.8% in special servicing or 60-plus days delinquent against a 6.1% national rate for the sector. Retail is a smaller presence at $0.3 billion but also runs above its national benchmark, 3.3% versus 2.7%. For a metro whose lodging exposure leads the page, that concentration is the read that matters most.
The maturity calendar loads up in 2028, when $440 million comes due — 28% of the book, and the year already carries a 9.7% distress rate. The other clusters are lighter: 2027 at $0.2 billion, 2029 and 2030 at $0.3 billion apiece, with 2030 clean at 0.0%. Across the whole book, the filed record is flat, holding at 3.9% as of July 2026, with median DSCR at 1.72.
Underneath the securitized data, the on-the-ground signal is more active than the delinquency rate implies: 36 distress events in the past year — 14 store closures and 22 layoff notices touching 2,921 jobs. The broader labor backdrop remains firm, with metro unemployment at 3.0% in July 2026, down 0.3 points year over year. Among the 21 banks with local exposure, one shows distress and one carries an early-warning flag.
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN shows 3 of the 4 monitored signals elevated, with 3 of 6 total pairings in disagreement. Store closures are elevated primarily by size (rank 38th of 392 by count but 246th by rate, at 1.24 closures per 100k jobs) rather than per-unit stress, while WARN layoff notices are elevated on a more modest 0.27% rate (rank 86th of 386 by rate). The CMBS leg is elevated but only as a floor reading: 3.96% of the securitized balance read is in special servicing, measured over just 50.0% of the special-servicing rows. Bank CRE at lenders over the noncurrent line is notably quiet at 0.46% ($190.6MM), ranking 314th of 393 by rate. The three disagreements all follow the same pattern: the real-economy legs (closures, WARN) are hot while the lender legs (bank, CMBS) are quiet, suggesting tenant stress is showing up at the front door before any lender balance sheet or trust tape reflects it. No legs are blind here, so all readings are meaningful, but the size-driven closure elevation should not be read as per-capita distress.
| Signal | Level | Rate | Rank by count | Rank by rate | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| store closures store closures per 100,000 jobs |
12 closures | 1.24 per 100k jobs | 38 of 392 | 246 of 392 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
|
| layoff notices (WARN) workers on layoff notices as a share of the metro's employment |
22 notices | 0.27% | 30 of 386 | 86 of 386 | elevated trailing 365 days to today
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| bank CRE at lenders over the noncurrent line share of the CRE lent into this metro that sits at a lender over the blended-noncurrent line |
$190.6mm | 0.46% | 118 of 393 | 314 of 393 | quiet
allocated 2026-03-31
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| securitized loans in special servicing share of the securitized balance read here that is in special servicing |
6 loan records | 3.96% | 28 of 335 | 78 of 335 | elevated
floor 2026-07-29
|
The elevated distress signals in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN are the CMBS special-servicing rate, store closures, and WARN notices. The CMBS special-servicing reading shows $62.0mm in UPB, or 4.0% of metro UPB; the reading is elevated but only partial, as the dollar figure is a "FLOOR" because balances are measured over 50.0% of the metro’s 6 special-servicing rows, with the rest carrying no balance. Store closures (12 in one year) and WARN notices (22 in one year) are also elevated, though these reflect real-economy stress rather than confirmed CRE credit pain. The bank side shows elevated risk metrics: 62.8% of bank CRE is at risk at the 90th percentile, and 14.9% of banks’ total allocation is to CRE, with distressed bank assets at 0.2 billion and distressed lender CRE at $190.6mm. However, the overall credit phase is "obscured": the securitized side is "invisible here, which is not the same as quiet," so a definitive read on CRE credit distress cannot be obtained from the CMBS data. No other distress signals are unavailable—the bank-side figures are fully readable.
| Bank | Deposit share | CRE / Capital* | Room contributed | Noncurrent CRE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Bank TN | 100.0% | 186% total 311%
|
🔒 | 0.10% |
| Firstbank TN | 43.7% | 269% total 386%
|
🔒 | 0.97% |
| Wilson Bank And Trust TN | 88.0% | 264% total 357%
|
🔒 | 0.39% |
| The Farmers Bank TN | 92.6% | 155% total 199%
|
🔒 | 0.20% |
| First Farmers And Merchants Bank TN | 74.7% | 216% total 255%
|
🔒 | 0.10% |
| Citizens Bank TN | 61.4% | 151% total 201%
|
🔒 | 0.03% |
| Macon Bank And Trust Company TN | 90.9% | 187% total 265%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| First Federal Bank TN | 56.0% | 196% total 254%
|
🔒 | 0.62% |
| Wellworth Bank TN | 38.3% | 211% total 298%
|
🔒 | 2.20% |
| Tristar Bank TN | 82.7% | 188% total 280%
|
🔒 | 0.84% |
| Republic Bank & Trust Company KY | 2.1% | 125% total 186%
|
🔒 | 0.25% |
| Lineage Bank TN | 82.7% | 140% total 164%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| First National Bank AR | 14.3% | 241% total 312%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| The First National Bank Of Middle Tennessee TN | 40.2% | 240% total 341%
|
🔒 | 0.12% |
| Edmonton State Bank KY | 24.3% | 227% total 315%
|
🔒 | 0.09% |
| Oakworth Capital Bank AL | 9.0% | 190% total 305%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Banktennessee TN | 25.1% | 236% total 286%
|
🔒 | 1.24% |
| Southern Bank Of Tennessee TN | 81.0% | 274% total 380%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Heritage Bank & Trust TN | 85.5% | 271% total 411%
|
🔒 | 0.33% |
| First Vision Bank Of Tennessee TN | 10.8% | 155% total 261%
|
🔒 | 0.06% |
| Peoples Bank TN | 7.3% | 107% total 248%
|
🔒 | 0.04% |
| First Financial Bank, National Association IN | 2.6% | 264% total 283%
|
🔒 | 0.81% |
| Legends Bank TN | 24.9% | 275% total 433%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Sonata Bank TN | 89.6% | 276% total 341%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Tower Community Bank TN | 9.3% | 159% total 248%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Cb&s Bank, Inc. AL | 1.2% | 204% total 267%
|
🔒 | 0.94% |
| Traditions First Bank TN | 10.6% | 230% total 325%
|
🔒 | 0.03% |
| Homeland Community Bank TN | 5.6% | 132% total 229%
|
🔒 | 0.48% |
| Smartbank TN | 2.0% | 290% total 461%
|
🔒 | 0.10% |
| First Commerce Bank TN | 1.8% | 271% total 375%
|
🔒 | 0.07% |
| Insbank TN | 100.0% | 313% total 396%
|
🔒 | 0.35% |
| Studio Bank TN | 100.0% | 312% total 415%
|
🔒 | 0.74% |
| First Freedom Bank TN | 63.3% | 337% total 386%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| C3bank, National Association CA | 8.2% | 361% total 403%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Bank Of Tennessee TN | 4.5% | 375% total 484%
|
🔒 | 0.28% |
| Commercial Bank TN | 2.3% | 307% total 480%
|
🔒 | 0.00% |
| Bank | Total CRE | CRE / Capital* | Noncurrent CRE | Early Warning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macon Bank And Trust Company | $220M | 187% total 265%
|
0.00% | 🔒 |
| Wellworth Bank | $582M | 211% total 298%
|
2.20% | 🔒 |
| Firstbank | $7.1B | 269% total 386%
|
0.97% | 🔒 |
| Tristar Bank | $162M | 188% total 280%
|
0.84% | 🔒 |
| Studio Bank | $595M | 312% total 415%
|
0.74% | 🔒 |
| First Federal Bank | $293M | 196% total 254%
|
0.62% | 🔒 |
| Pinnacle Bank | $36.8B | 231% total 310%
|
0.54% | 🔒 |
| Wilson Bank And Trust | $2.6B | 264% total 357%
|
0.39% | 🔒 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN shows slack capacity, ranking 65 of 270 metros from the most strained. The $524.1mm CMBS wall due within 24 months (across 22 loans, with a 4.0% distressed share) stands at a 0.65 ratio to local banks' room after committed draws, which leaves $812.2mm of headroom against the $1.89bn of committed construction draws. Before accounting for those draws, room would be $1.83bn, dropping the ratio to 0.29. That capacity rests on 36 qualifying regional and community banks, with a further 11 excluded for deposit-footprint reasons; the exclusion is not behind this reading. The 0.65 ratio sits above the median of 0.20, indicating more strain than typical, though the metro's relatively large wall (against the $1.57bn total CMBS UPB) means the pressure is measurable rather than acute — local banks appear able to absorb the maturing balance without breaching the SR 06-26 concentration line.
| REIT | SS NOI | SS Revenue | Occupancy | Rent | As Of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPT | -12.0% | -1.2% | 95.8% | -3.3% | 2026-07-30 |
| MAA | -2.9% | -1.3% | 95.3% | -1.1% | 2026-07-29 |
| UDR | -2.3% | -0.3% | 95.2% | +0.6% | 2026-07-27 |
In the past 365 days, Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN has recorded 0 CRE bankruptcies (state proxy, not metro-native), 22 WARN notices affecting 2,921 jobs (a floor, as notices without headcounts contribute 0), and 12 store closures. A reading for jobs affected by closures is unavailable; the data only reflects approved closures and WARN layoffs matched by ZIP.