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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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 2019, 2018 and 2017 were $1,052, $2,652 and $2,420, respectively. Harry S. Cherken, Jr., a director of the Company, is a partner at DBR. Amounts due to DBR as of January 31, 2019 and 2018 were approximately $169 and $87, 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 2019, 2018 and 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 former 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 2019, 2018 and 2017, the Company paid real estate commissions of $187, $249 and $157, respectively, to West Street Consultancy Limited, a United Kingdom entity owned by an employee of McDevitt Corporation Limited. The Company also paid commissions of $44, $735 and $144 during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, 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 was a minority owner of the Landlord and its general partner. Pursuant to the Lease, the Company rented approximately 6 acres located in Devon, Pennsylvania to develop a lifestyle center, which includes an expanded format Anthropologie store, a Terrain store, several restaurant concepts under the Food and Beverage division, and a boutique event space. The Lease, which commenced on June 14, 2017, 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. During fiscal 2019 and 2018, the Company made payments of $1,088 and $776, respectively, to the Landlord. An independent committee of the Board of Directors 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.