Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Cleaning/ Security/ Messenger and Restoration Services

Through Alliance Building Services, or Alliance, First Quality Maintenance, L.P., or First Quality, provides cleaning, extermination and related services, Classic Security LLC provides security services, Bright Star Couriers LLC provides messenger services, and Onyx Restoration Works provides restoration services with respect to certain properties owned by us. Alliance is partially owned by Gary Green, a son of Stephen L. Green, the chairman of SL Green's board of directors. In addition, First Quality has the non-exclusive opportunity to provide cleaning and related services to individual tenants at our properties on a basis separately negotiated with any tenant seeking such additional services. The Service Corporation has entered into an arrangement with Alliance whereby it will receive a profit participation above a certain threshold for services provided by Alliance to certain tenants at certain buildings above the base services specified in their lease agreements. Income earned from profit participation, which is included in other income on the consolidated statements of income, was $3.8 million, $3.5 million and $4.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We also recorded expenses of $21.5 million, $23.4 million and $20.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, for these services (excluding services provided directly to tenants).

Management Fees

S.L. Green Management Corp., a consolidated entity, receives property management fees from an entity in which Stephen L. Green owns an interest. We received management fees from such entity of $444,300, $441,100 and $384,900 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Other

Amounts due from related parties at December 31, 2014 and 2013 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	December 31,
	2014		2013
Due from joint ventures	$	1,254	$	2,376
Other	10,481		6,154
Related party receivables	$	11,735	$	8,530

- Definition

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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