RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021


15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Revenue—We have entered into agreements with the Managed Funds related to certain advisory, management, and administrative services we provide to their real estate assets in exchange for fees and reimbursement of certain expenses. Summarized below are amounts included in Fees and Management Income. The revenue includes the fees and reimbursements earned by us from the Managed Funds during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, and also includes other revenues that are not in the scope of ASC 606, but are included in this table for the purpose of disclosing all related party revenues (in thousands):


	2021		2020		2019
Recurring fees(1)	$	5,020	$	4,801	$	6,362
Transactional revenue and reimbursements(2)	2,166		2,633		3,329
Insurance premiums(3)	3,149		2,386		1,989
Total fees and management income	$	10,335	$	9,820	$	11,680

(1)Recurring fees include asset management fees and property management fees.

(2)Transactional revenue includes items such as leasing commissions, construction management fees, and acquisition fees.

(3)Insurance premium income includes amounts for reinsurance from third parties not affiliated with us.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recognized a net charge of $1.9 million in Other (Expense) Income, Net on our consolidated statement of operations. The charge was related to a reduction in our related party accounts receivable and organization and offering costs payable for amounts incurred in connection with the REIT III public offering. Remaining accounts receivable and organization and offering costs payable that were outstanding as of September 30, 2019 related to REIT III were settled when we merged with REIT III in October 2019.

Tax Protection Agreement—Through our Operating Partnership, we are currently party to a tax protection agreement (the “2017 TPA”) with certain partners that contributed property to our Operating Partnership on October 4, 2017, among them certain of our executive officers, including Jeffrey S. Edison, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, under which the Operating Partnership has agreed to indemnify such partners for tax liabilities that could accrue to them personally related to our potential disposition of certain properties within our portfolio. The 2017 TPA will expire on October 4, 2027. On July 19, 2021, we entered into an additional tax protection agreement (the “2021 TPA”) with certain of our executive officers, including Mr. Edison. The 2021 TPA carries a term of four years and will become effective upon the expiration of the 2017 TPA. As of December 31, 2021, the potential “make-whole amount” on the estimated aggregate amount of built-in gain subject to protection under the agreements is approximately $146.8 million. The protection provided under the terms of the 2021 TPA will expire in 2031. We have not recorded any liability related to the 2017 TPA or the 2021 TPA on our consolidated balance sheets for any periods presented, nor recognized any expense since the inception of the 2017 TPA, owing to the fact that any potential liability under the agreements is controlled by us and we believe we will either (i) continue to own and operate the protected properties or (ii) be able to successfully complete Section 1031 Exchanges (unless there is a change in applicable law) or complete other tax-efficient transactions to avoid any liability under the agreements.

Other Related Party Matters—We are the limited guarantor for up to $190 million, capped at $50 million in most instances, of debt for our NRP joint venture. As of December 31, 2021, the outstanding loan balance related to our NRP joint venture was $15.3 million. As of December 31, 2021, we were also the limited guarantor of a $175 million mortgage loan secured by GRP I properties. Our guaranty for both the NRP and GRP I debt is limited to being the non-recourse carveout guarantor and the environmental indemnitor. Further, in both cases, we are also party to an agreement with our institutional joint venture partners in which any potential liability under such guaranties will be apportioned between us and our applicable joint venture partner based on our respective ownership percentages in the applicable joint venture. We have no liability recorded on our consolidated balance sheets for either guaranty as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Additionally, during 2021, we made a cash investment of $3.0 million into a third-party company in exchange for preferred shares of their stock. As part of the investment agreement, the third-party company committed to enter into leases at two of our properties. As of December 31, 2021, we had entered into two leases under the terms of the investment agreement, both of which carry a term of ten years, over which period we expect to receive contractual rents of $2.6 million in total for both leases.

PECO Air L.L.C. (“PECO Air”), an entity in which Mr. Edison, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, owns a 50% interest, owns an airplane that we use for business purposes in the course of our operations. We paid approximately $0.8 million, $1.0 million, and $1.0 million to PECO Air for use of its airplane per the terms of our contractual agreements for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.