NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is pleased to announce the assignment of preliminary ratings to eight classes of BX Trust 2017-SLCT, a $1.4 billion CMBS single-borrower transaction. The collateral for the securitization consists of a $1.4 billion non-recourse, first lien, floating-rate mortgage loan that is secured by the borrowers’ fee simple interests in 93 lodging properties totaling 12,088 keys and leasehold interests in three lodging assets totaling 359 keys. For