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Related Party
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party

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Related Party

Due to Affiliates

 

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, we had an aggregate of $27,299,000 of liabilities that were due to affiliates. These liabilities were comprised of a $24,500,000 note payable to CNBB-RDF Holdings, LP, which is an entity partially owned by Katharina Otto-Bernstein (a member of our Board of Directors), and a $2,799,000 note payable to a different entity owned by members of the Otto Family, both of which were made in lieu of certain cash distributions prior to the completion of our initial public offering. The notes are due in October 2017 and bear interest at a fixed rate of 0.50%.  We recognized $34,000 of interest expense, in each of the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, in connection with these notes.  

 

 Management Agreements

 

We provide property management, leasing and other related services to certain properties owned by members of the Otto Family. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, we recognized an aggregate of $208,000 and $151,000, respectively, of fee income, in connection with these agreements, which is included as a component of “fee and other income” on our consolidated statements of income. As of March 31, 2016, these properties owed us $175,000, which is included as a component of “accounts and other receivables, net” on our consolidated balance sheets.

 

We earn property management fees and asset management fees from unconsolidated properties and real estate funds that we manage pursuant to contractual agreements. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, we recognized $2,240,000 of property management fees and asset management fees, in connection with these agreements. As of March 31, 2016, the unconsolidated properties and real estate funds owed us $930,000, which is included as a component of “accounts and other receivables, net” on our consolidated balance sheets.

 

 

Hamburg Trust Consulting GMBH (“HTC”)

 

We have an agreement with HTC, a licensed broker in Germany, to supervise selling efforts for our private equity real estate funds (or investments in feeder vehicles for these funds) to investors in Germany, including distribution of securitized notes of a feeder vehicle for Fund VIII. Pursuant to this agreement, we have agreed to pay HTC for the costs incurred to sell investments in this feeder vehicle, which primarily consist of commissions paid to third party agents, and other incremental costs incurred by HTC as a result of the engagement, plus, in each case, a mark-up of 10%. HTC is 100% owned by Albert Behler, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, we incurred $103,000 of expense, in connection with these agreements, which is included as a component of “acquisition and transaction related costs” on our consolidated statements of income.