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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company has retained certain of its part time executive officers and Fredric H. Gould, a director, to provide, among other things, the following services: participating in the Company's multi-family property analysis and approval process (which includes service on an investment committee), providing investment advice, and long-term planning and consulting with executives and employees with respect to other business matters, as required. The aggregate fees paid in 2023 and 2022 for these services were $1,541,000 and $1,468,000, respectively.
Management of certain properties owned by the Company and certain joint venture properties is provided by Majestic Property Management Corp. ("Majestic Property"), a company wholly owned by Fredric H. Gould, under renewable year-to-year agreements. Certain of the Company's officers and directors are also officers and directors of Majestic Property. Majestic Property provides real property management, real estate brokerage and construction supervision services for these properties. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, fees for these services were $34,000 and $36,000, respectively.
Pursuant to a shared services agreement between the Company and several affiliated entities, including Gould Investors L.P., the owner and operator of a diversified portfolio of real estate and other assets and One Liberty Properties, Inc., a NYSE
listed equity REIT ("One Liberty"), the (i) services of the part time personnel that perform certain executive, administrative, legal, accounting and clerical functions and (ii) certain facilities and other resources, are provided to the Company. The allocation of expenses for the facilities, personnel and other resources shared by, among others, the Company and Gould Investors, is computed in accordance with such agreement and is included in general and administrative expense on the consolidated statements of operations. During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, allocated general and administrative expenses reimbursed by the Company to Gould Investors pursuant to the shared services agreement aggregated $642,000 and $739,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, $142,000 and $126,000, respectively, remains unpaid and is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. At December 31, 2023, Gould Investors owned approximately 19.1% of BRT’s outstanding common stock. Certain of the Company's officers and directors are also officers and directors of One Liberty and Georgetown Partners, LLC, the managing general partner of Gould Investors.
The Company obtains certain insurance in conjunction with Gould Investors and reimburses Gould Investors for the Company's share of the insurance cost. Insurance reimbursements to Gould Investors for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 were $22,000 and $67,000, respectively.