Related Party Transactions	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Related party transactions
Related Party Transactions	Note 9 - Related Party Transactions Private Placement with Farallon On November 14, 2019, Broadmark Realty consummated a business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 9, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”). In connection with the Business Combination and the execution of the Merger Agreement, we entered into certain subscription agreements with affiliates of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. (the “Farallon Entities”) for a private placement (the “PIPE Investment”) of our shares of common stock, pursuant to which, immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, we issued and sold to the Farallon Entities an aggregate of 7,174,163 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $75.0 million at a price per share equal to $10.45352229 (the “Reference Price”). In connection with the PIPE Investment, we issued to the Farallon Entities an aggregate of 7,174,163 Public Warrants. The Farallon Entities received a fee for each warrant equal to the cash payable per each warrant held by unaffiliated Public Warrant holders in connection with the warrant amendment proposal approved as part of the Business Combination, in an amount equal to $1.60 per warrant. As a result of the PIPE Investment, the Farallon Entities own more than 5% of our outstanding common stock. We also provided the Farallon Entities with certain registration rights in connection with the PIPE Investment, pursuant to which we registered in December 2019 the shares of our common stock, Public Warrants and shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants under the Securities Act. As part of the PIPE Investment, the Farallon Entities had an option (the “Optional Subscription”) to purchase up to $25 million of additional shares of common stock, which were exercisable during the 365-day period following the consummation of the Business Combination at $10.45352229 (the “Reference Price”). The Farallon Entities were entitled to cash settle, in whole or in part, the exercise of the Optional Subscription, and therefore, the Optional Subscription did not meet the requirements for equity classification and was assumed to be settled in cash and classified as a liability in our consolidated balance sheet. The Optional Subscription expired unexercised on November 14, 2020, and therefore the liability was $0 as of December 31, 2020. The change is fair value of the Optional Subscription Liability was included in the condensed consolidated statements of income and was estimated using a lattice model and the expected volatility was based on the historical volatility of comparable public companies. Broadmark Private REIT, LLC The Private REIT is a private real estate finance company that primarily participates in short-term, first deed of trust loans secured by real estate that are originated, underwritten and serviced by Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. The Private REIT is managed by our subsidiary in accordance with a market-based arrangement and was determined to be a voting interest entity. We do not directly or indirectly control the Private REIT and own only a nominal interest in the Private REIT’s common units and, therefore, we do not consolidate the Private REIT. Furthermore, the Private REIT’s participations in loans originated by us meet the characteristics of participating interests and the criterion for sale accounting and therefore, are derecognized from our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Note 9 - Related Party Transactions

Private Placement with Farallon

On November 14, 2019, Broadmark Realty consummated a business combination (the “Business Combination”) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 9, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”). In connection with the Business Combination and the execution of the Merger Agreement, we entered into certain subscription agreements with affiliates of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. (the “Farallon Entities”) for a private placement (the “PIPE Investment”) of our shares of common stock, pursuant to which, immediately prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, we issued and sold to the Farallon Entities an aggregate of 7,174,163 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $75.0 million at a price per share equal to $10.45352229 (the “Reference Price”). In connection with the PIPE Investment, we issued to the Farallon Entities an aggregate of 7,174,163 Public Warrants. The Farallon Entities received a fee for each warrant equal to the cash payable per each warrant held by unaffiliated Public Warrant holders in connection with the warrant amendment proposal approved as part of the Business Combination, in an amount equal to $1.60 per warrant. As a result of the PIPE Investment, the Farallon Entities own more than 5% of our outstanding common stock.

We also provided the Farallon Entities with certain registration rights in connection with the PIPE Investment, pursuant to which we registered in December 2019 the shares of our common stock, Public Warrants and shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants under the Securities Act. As part of the PIPE Investment, the Farallon Entities had an option (the “Optional Subscription”) to purchase up to $25 million of additional shares of common stock, which were exercisable during the 365-day period following the consummation of the Business Combination at $10.45352229 (the “Reference Price”). The Farallon Entities were entitled to cash settle, in whole or in part, the exercise of the Optional Subscription, and therefore, the Optional Subscription did not meet the requirements for equity classification and was assumed to be settled in cash and classified as a liability in our consolidated balance sheet. The Optional Subscription expired unexercised on November 14, 2020, and therefore the liability was $0 as of December 31, 2020. The change is fair value of the Optional Subscription Liability was included in the condensed consolidated statements of income and was estimated using a lattice model and the expected volatility was based on the historical volatility of comparable public companies.

Broadmark Private REIT, LLC

The Private REIT is a private real estate finance company that primarily participates in short-term, first deed of trust loans secured by real estate that are originated, underwritten and serviced by Broadmark Realty Capital Inc. The Private REIT is managed by our subsidiary in accordance with a market-based arrangement and was determined to be a voting interest entity. We do not directly or indirectly control the Private REIT and own only a nominal interest in the Private REIT’s common units and, therefore, we do not consolidate the Private REIT. Furthermore, the Private REIT’s participations in loans originated by us meet the characteristics of participating interests and the criterion for sale accounting and therefore, are derecognized from our condensed consolidated financial statements.