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Related Party
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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Due to Affiliates

 

As of December 31, 2016 and 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%. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the period from November 24, 2014 to December 31, 2014, we recognized $139,000, $136,000 and $15,000 of interest expense, respectively, 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. We recognized an aggregate of $795,000, $776,000 and $45,000 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the period from November 24, 2014 to December 31, 2014, 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 December 31, 2016, amounts owed to us under these agreements aggregated $83,000, which are included as a component of “accounts and other receivables, net” on our consolidated balance sheet.

 

We also provide property management, asset management, leasing and other related services to our unconsolidated joint ventures and real estate funds.  For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 and the period from November 24, 2014 to December 31, 2014, we recognized $9,920,000, $2,308,000 and $212,000, respectively, of fee income in connection with these agreements. As of December 31, 2016, amounts owed to us under these agreements aggregated $1,966,000, which are included as a component of “accounts and other receivables, net” on our consolidated balance sheet.

 

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. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 and the period from November 24, 2014 to December 31, 2014, we incurred $625,000, $349,000 and $840,000 of expense, respectively, in connection with these agreements, which is included as a component of “transaction related costs” on our consolidated statements of income.

 

Mannheim Trust

 

Dr. Martin Bussmann (a member of our Board of Directors) is also a trustee and a director of Mannheim Trust, a subsidiary of which leases 6,790 square feet at 712 Fifth Avenue, our 50.0% owned unconsolidated joint venture.  For the year ended December 31, 2016, we recognized $416,000 for our share of rental income from this lease.