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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions

15. Related Party Transactions

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (“DBR”), a law firm, provided general legal services to the Company. Fees paid to DBR during fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015 were $2,420, $2,493 and $2,752, respectively. Harry S. Cherken, Jr., a director of the Company, is a partner at DBR. Amounts due to DBR as of January 31, 2017 and 2016 were approximately $102 and $217, respectively.

The McDevitt Company, a real estate company, acted as a broker in substantially all of the Company’s new real estate transactions during fiscal 2017 in the United States. The Company has not paid any compensation to The McDevitt Company, but the Company has been advised that The McDevitt Company has received commissions from other parties to such transactions. Wade L. McDevitt is the brother-in-law of Scott Belair, one of the Company’s directors, and is the president and the sole shareholder of The McDevitt Company. Mr. McDevitt’s wife, Wendy McDevitt, is an employee of the Company. In addition, Mr. McDevitt owns McDevitt Corporation Limited, a United Kingdom entity, and McDevitt Netherlands BV, a Dutch entity. During fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, the Company paid real estate commissions of $157, $422 and $295, respectively, to West Street Consultancy Limited, a United Kingdom entity owned by an employee of McDevitt Corporation Limited. The Company also paid commissions of $144, $24 and $300 during fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, to McDevitt Netherlands BV. The Company has been advised that West Street Consultancy Limited has entered into an arrangement to share a portion of its commissions with McDevitt Corporation Limited.

On September 20, 2016, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Anthropologie, Inc., entered into a ground lease (the “Lease”) with Waterloo Devon, L.P. (the “Landlord”). Wade L. McDevitt is a minority owner of the Landlord and its general partner and the brother-in-law of Scott Belair, one of the Company’s directors. Pursuant to the Lease, the Company rented approximately 6 acres located in Devon, Pennsylvania to develop a lifestyle center, which will include an expanded format Anthropologie store, a Terrain store, several URBN restaurant concepts, and a boutique event space. Commencement of the Lease is contingent on obtaining certain zoning, land use and land development approvals within specified timeframes. If those contingencies are met, the Lease has an initial term of 40 years with two options to extend, each for an additional ten-year term. The initial rental rate is $1,087 per year and rent increases 10% every five years during the initial term. The aggregate amount of rental payments payable under the initial term of the Lease is approximately $62,135. Real estate taxes, insurance, construction costs and other third-party expenses will also be paid by the Company. If the Company exercises its option to extend the Lease, rental payments during such extension term will be 90% of the market rental rate. The Company retained a national commercial real estate services firm to provide an appraisal of the initial market rental value of a portion of the property, which confirmed that the proposed initial rental rate per acre was consistent with market rates. The Lease and appraisal were reviewed by a committee of disinterested members of the Company’s Board of Directors and the Lease was approved by this committee and by the Company’s Board of Directors.

The Addis Group (“Addis”), an insurance brokerage and risk management consulting company, acted as the Company’s commercial insurance broker and risk management consultant for the years ended January 31, 2016 and 2015. The Company has not paid any compensation to Addis for such services, but has been advised that Addis has received commissions from other parties to such transactions. Addis merged into BB&T Insurance Services (“BB&T”) in August 2015. Scott Addis, the brother-in-law of Richard A. Hayne and Margaret A. Hayne, was President of Addis until December 31, 2015. There were no amounts due to or from Addis or BB&T as of January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016.