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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
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Commitments and Contingencies

 

Litigation Matters

 

The Company is not a party to any litigation other than litigation in the ordinary course of business. The Company’s management and legal counsel do not expect that the ultimate outcome of any of its currently ongoing legal proceedings, individually or collectively, would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

On December 7, 2017, 139 Ludlow Acquisition LLC entered into a loan agreement with Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC. The borrower is a joint venture owned in equal thirds by Soho 139 Holdco, LLC (an entity controlled by the Company) and its two partners. Pursuant to the loan agreement, the lender advanced $33.5 million, the bulk of which proceeds were used to extinguish and refinance the borrower’s previous mortgage loan with Centennial Bank. The loan is secured with a first priority mortgage and security interest on the real property known as 139 Ludlow Street, New York (including an assignment of leases and rents and other customary mortgage documents). The loan is generally “non-recourse”, but subject to standard “carve-outs” for which US AcquireCo, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) and its joint venture partners (the “Guarantors”) provided a guarantee of recourse obligations, pursuant to which such Guarantors are jointly and severally obligated to pay (without any cap or limit) the amounts of any actual loss, damage, cost, expense, liability, claim or other obligation incurred by the lender.

 

In August 2014, the Company entered into a security arrangement with regard to Raycliff Red LLP’s (a VIE’s) £4 million ($7 million) bank loan to redevelop a property into an overflow location for Shoreditch House hotel rooms in the United Kingdom. In May 2016, the VIE extended the existing loan to £10 million ($15 million) to, inter alia, purchase an adjoining property that was redeveloped as an overflow location for Shoreditch House hotel rooms. In May 2017, the VIE extended the existing loan to £20 million ($26 million). In July 2018, the facility was extended by a further £0.4 million ($0.5 million). The Company has provided security in respect of the loan by granting the lender a charge over its membership interest in the VIE. The security will remain in effect until the VIE’s bank loan is repaid in full to the lender. In October 2019, the VIE entered into a term loan facility agreement with a new lender, the proceeds of which were used to repay the previous bank loan. As of December 31, 2023, the outstanding balance of the VIE’s term loan was £21 million ($27 million). The Company has provided security in respect of the term loan by granting the lender a charge over its membership interest in the VIE. The security will remain in effect until the VIE’s term loan is repaid in full to the lender.

 

On November 18, 2016, an existing mortgage loan over the Soho House Barcelona property was novated by the VIE to Banca March and extended to a total commitment of €18 million ($19 million). The loan was further refinanced and replaced by Mirador Barcel S.L with an amount of €53.85 million from Aareal Bank AG during 2023.

 

Capital Commitments

 

As of December 31, 2023, capital expenditure commitments contracted for but not yet incurred totaled $3 million and were related primarily to site improvement costs for Soho House Sao Paulo and Soho House Portland. As of January 1, 2023, capital expenditure commitments contracted for but not yet incurred totaled less than $1 million and were related primarily to site improvement costs for Soho House West Hollywood, Little Pool House Miami and Soho House Hong Kong.

 

The Company is not a party to any litigation other than litigation in the ordinary course of business. The Company’s management and legal counsel do not expect that the ultimate outcome of any of its currently ongoing legal proceedings, individually or collectively, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.