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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Purchases from Carrier and its affiliates comprised 62% of all inventory purchases made during both the quarters ended September 30, 2017 and 2016. Purchases from Carrier and its affiliates comprised 62% of all inventory purchases made during both the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016. At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, approximately $134,000 and $63,000, respectively, was payable to Carrier and its affiliates, net of receivables. Our joint ventures with Carrier also sell HVAC products to Carrier and its affiliates. Revenues in our condensed consolidated unaudited statements of income for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 included approximately $19,000, $17,000, $51,000 and $46,000, respectively, of sales to Carrier and its affiliates. We believe these transactions are conducted on terms equivalent to an arm’s-length basis in the ordinary course of business.

A member of our Board of Directors is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moss & Associates LLC, which serves as general contractor for the remodeling of our Miami headquarters. We paid Moss & Associates LLC $58 and $702 for construction services performed during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, and $180 was payable at September 30, 2017.

A member of our Board of Directors is the Senior Chairman of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., which serves as our principal outside counsel and receives customary fees for legal services. During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we paid this firm $71 and $291, respectively, for services performed and $67 was payable at September 30, 2017.