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Related Party Transactions and Arrangements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Related Party Transactions and Arrangements
Related Party Transactions and Arrangements
 
New York Recovery Special Limited Partnership, LLC, an entity wholly-owned by the Sponsor, owned 20,000 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010. The Advisor and its affiliates receive compensation and reimbursement for services provided in connection with the IPO and Preferred Offering as well as the investment and management of the Company’s assets. The Advisor and its affiliates may incur and pay costs and fees on behalf of the Company.  All organization and offering costs incurred by the Company or its affiliated entities on behalf of the Company are reflected in the accompanying balance sheets.  The Company had a receivable from affiliates of $0.5 million and $0.3 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.  The Company had accrued expenses payable to the Advisor and the Dealer Manager related to the sale of Preferred Shares and common stock of $0.1 million and $0.7 million at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, for services relating to the IPO and offering and other costs paid on behalf of the Company.  The Company is responsible for offering and other costs related to its ongoing offering up to a maximum of 1.5% of gross proceeds received from the IPO, excluding commissions and dealer manager fees.

Fees Paid in Connection with the Preferred Offering and the IPO

The Dealer Manager and the Sponsor receive fees and compensation in connection with the sale of the Company’s Preferred Shares (see Note 8 — Convertible Preferred Stock) and the sale of the Company’s common stock. The Dealer Manager receives a selling commission of up to 7.0% of gross offering proceeds before reallowance of commissions earned by participating broker-dealers. In addition, the Dealer Manager receives up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Preferred Shares and common stock, before reallowance to participating broker-dealers, as a dealer-manager fee. The Dealer Manager may reallow its dealer-manager fee to such participating broker-dealers, based on such factors as the volume of shares sold by respective participating broker-dealers and marketing support incurred as compared to those of other participating broker-dealers.
 
The following table details the results of the above activities (amounts in thousands):  
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
2011
 
2010
Total commissions paid to Dealer Manager
 
$
1,226

 
$
478

 
$
2,445

 
$
1,743

Less:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Commissions to participating broker dealers
 
(849
)
 
(362
)
 
(1,679
)
 
(977
)
Reallowance to participating broker dealers
 
(104
)
 
(31
)
 
(163
)
 
(113
)
Net to Dealer Manager (1)
 
$
273

 
$
85

 
$
603

 
$
653

Fees and expense reimbursements incurred from Advisor
 
$
1,463

 
$
94

 
$
2,621

 
$
254

 ________________________________________________
(1)
The Dealer Manager is responsible for commission payments due to their employees as well as its general overhead and various selling related expenses.

Fees Paid in Connection With the Operations of the Company

The Advisor receives an acquisition fee of 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each acquired property and is reimbursed for acquisition costs incurred in the process of acquiring properties in an amount not to exceed 0.5% of the contract purchase price. In no event will the total of all acquisition and advisory fees and acquisition expenses payable with respect to a particular investment exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price.

The Company will pay the Advisor an annual fee of up to 0.75% of the contract purchase price of each property plus costs and expenses incurred by the Advisor in providing asset management services, payable monthly, based on assets held by the Company on the measurement date, adjusted for appropriate closing dates for individual property acquisitions.  Such asset management fee shall be payable, at the discretion of the Company’s board, in cash, common stock or restricted stock grants, or any combination thereof.  In addition, on a prospective basis, the Company’s board of directors, subject to the Advisor’s approval, may elect to issue performance based restricted shares in lieu of cash for any then unpaid amount of the asset management fee, in an amount not to exceed the limit for the asset management fee set forth in the advisory agreement. The asset management fee will be reduced to the extent that the Company’s funds from operations, as adjusted, during the six months ending on the last calendar quarter immediately preceding the date the asset management fee is payable is less than the distributions declared with respect to such six month period.

Unless the Company contracts with a third party, the Company will pay to an affiliate of the Advisor a property management fee of up to 4.0% of gross revenues from the Company’s multi-tenant properties. The Company will also reimburse the affiliate for property level expenses.  The Advisor or an affiliate may subcontract the performance of its property management and leasing services duties to third parties and pay all or a portion of its 4.0% property management fee to the third parties with whom it contracts for these services. If the Company contracts directly with third parties for such services, the Company will pay them customary market fees and will pay the affiliated Property Manager, an oversight fee equal to 1.0% of the gross revenues of the property managed.

The Company may reimburse the Advisor’s costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that it will not reimburse the Advisor for any amount by which its operating expenses (including the asset management fee) at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2.0% of average invested assets, or (b) 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period.  Additionally, the Company will not reimburse the Advisor for personnel costs in connection with services for which the Advisor receives acquisition fees or real estate commissions.  No reimbursement was paid to the Advisor for providing administrative services for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 or 2010.

If the Company’s Advisor provides services in connection with the origination or refinancing of any debt that the Company obtains and uses to acquire properties or to make other permitted investments, or that is assumed, directly or indirectly, in connection with the acquisition of properties, the Company will pay the Advisor a financing coordination fee equal to 0.75% of the amount available and/or outstanding under such financing, subject to certain limitations.

The following tables detail amounts paid and reimbursed to affiliates and amounts contractually due and forgiven in connection with the operations related services described above for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (amounts in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
Paid
 
Forgiven
 
Paid
 
Forgiven
One-time fees:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquisition fees and related cost reimbursements
 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

Financing coordination fees
 

 

 

 

Ongoing fees:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Asset management fees (1)
 

 
147

 

 
63

Property management and leasing fees
 

 
46

 

 
8

Total related party operational fees and reimbursements
 
$

 
$
193

 
$

 
$
71

 
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2011
 
2010
 
 
Paid
 
Forgiven
 
Paid
 
Forgiven
One-time fees:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquisition fees and related cost reimbursements
 
$
191

 
$

 
$
490

 
$

Financing coordination fees
 
47

 

 
107

 

Ongoing fees:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Asset management fees (1)
 

 
403

 

 
69

Property management and leasing fees
 

 
123

 

 
9

Total related party operational fees and reimbursements
 
$
238

 
$
526

 
$
597

 
$
78

 ___________________________________________
(1)
These fees have been waived.  However, the Company’s board of directors may elect, subject to the Advisor’s approval, on a prospective basis, to pay future asset management fees in the form of performance-based restricted shares.

In order to improve operating cash flows and the ability to pay distributions from operating cash flows, the Advisor agreed to waive certain fees including asset management and property management fees.  The asset management fee will be reduced to the extent that the Company’s funds from operations, as adjusted, during the six months ending on the last calendar quarter immediately preceding the date the asset management fee is payable is less than the distributions declared with respect to such six month period. Because the Advisor waived certain fees, cash flow from operations that would have been paid to the Advisor was available to pay distributions to stockholders.  The fees that were forgiven are not deferrals and accordingly, will not be paid to the Advisor in cash. Additionally, to improve the Company’s working capital, the Advisor may elect to absorb a portion of the Company’s costs. The Advisor at its election may also contribute capital to enhance the Company’s cash position for working capital and distribution purposes.  Any contributed capital amounts are not reimbursable to the Advisor.  Further, any capital contributions are made without any corresponding issuance of common or preferred shares. 

As the Company’s real estate portfolio matures, the Company expects cash flows from operations (reported in accordance with GAAP) to cover a more significant portion of distributions and over time to cover the entire distribution. As the cash flows from operations become more significant, the Advisor may discontinue its past practice of absorbing costs and forgiving fees and may charge the full fee owed to it in accordance with the Company’s agreements with the Advisor.

Fees Paid in Connection with the Liquidation or Listing of the Company’s Real Estate Assets
 
The Company will pay a brokerage commission on the sale of property, not to exceed the lesser of 2.0% of the contract sale price of the property and one-half of the total brokerage commission paid if a third party broker is also involved; provided, however that in no event may the real estate commissions paid to the Advisor, its affiliates and unaffiliated third parties exceed the lesser of 6.0% of the contract sales price and a reasonable, customary and competitive real estate commission, in each case, payable to the Advisor if the Advisor or its affiliates, as determined by a majority of the independent directors, provided a substantial amount of services in connection with the sale. No such fees were incurred or paid for the three or nine months ended September 30, 2011 or 2010.

The Company will pay a subordinated participation in the net sales proceeds of the sale of real estate assets of 15.0% of remaining net sale proceeds after return of capital contributions to investors plus payment to investors of a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors.  The Company cannot assure that it will provide this 6.0% return but the Advisor will not be entitled to the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds unless the Company’s investors have received a 6.0% cumulative non-compounded return on their capital contributions. No such fees were incurred or paid for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 or 2010.
 
The Company will pay a subordinated incentive listing distribution of 15.0% of the amount by which the adjusted market value of real estate assets plus distributions exceeds the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax non-compounded annual return to investors.  The Company cannot assure that it will provide this 6.0% return but the Advisor will not be entitled to the subordinated incentive listing fee unless investors have received a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax non-compounded return on their capital contributions. No such fees were incurred or paid for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 or 2010.