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Acquisitions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisitions
Acquisitions

On March 1, 2018, we acquired the 77-room Landing Resort & Spa in South Lake Tahoe, California, for a total contractual purchase price of $42 million. The acquisition was funded with corporate cash. The acquisition is accounted for as an acquisition of assets; accordingly, our direct acquisition costs of $0.5 million were capitalized. Upon acquisition of the hotel, we entered into a new management agreement with Two Roads Hospitality for an initial term of five years. The management agreement provides for a base management fee of 1.5% of gross revenues through 2020 and 1.75% of gross revenues for the remainder of the term. The management agreement also provides for an incentive management fee of 15% of hotel operating profit above an owner's priority, determined in accordance with the terms of the management agreement. The incentive management fee is capped at 1% of gross revenues for each year. The management agreement also specifies a corporate marketing contribution of 1% of gross revenues.

On March 1, 2018, we acquired the 242-room Hotel Palomar in Phoenix, Arizona, for a total contractual purchase price of $80 million. The acquisition was funded with corporate cash. In connection with the acquisition, we assumed a $2.9 million loan under a qualified New Market Tax Credit program. Refer to Note 8 for additional information about the loan. The acquisition is accounted for as an acquisition of assets; accordingly, our direct acquisition costs of $0.1 million were capitalized. We assumed the existing management agreement with Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group. The management agreement provides for a base management fee of 3.5% of gross revenues. The management agreement also provides for an incentive management fee of 20% of hotel operating profit above an owner's priority, determined in accordance with the terms of the management agreement. The incentive management fee is capped at 1.5% of gross revenues for each year.

We lease the surface and air rights of the hotel property pursuant to a ground lease with the City of Phoenix. We own the building improvements fee simple. The ground lease expires in 2085, including all extension options. As lessee of government property, we are subject to a Government Property Lease Excise Tax ("GPLET") under Arizona state statute in lieu of ad valorem real estate taxes through the end of the term of the ground lease. We reviewed the terms of the ground lease and GPLET agreement and concluded that the terms of the ground lease are favorable to us compared with a typical market ground lease. Accordingly, we recorded a $20.1 million favorable ground lease asset that will be amortized over the remaining term of the ground lease, including all extension options.

We assumed an agreement previously made with the lessee of the subsurface parking facility under the hotel, which requires us to pay 50% of the lessee's lease payments to the landlord—the City of Phoenix. The agreement is coterminous with the underlying subsurface ground lease, which expires in 2082, including all extensions at the lessee's option. We reviewed the terms of the parking agreement and concluded that the terms are unfavorable to us compared with a typical market parking agreement. Accordingly, we recorded a $5.2 million unfavorable agreement liability that will be amortized over the remaining term of the parking agreement, including all extension options.

The following table summarizes the relative fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in our acquisitions (in thousands):
 
 
The Landing Resort & Spa
 
Hotel Palomar Phoenix
Land
 
$
14,816

 
$

Building and improvements
 
24,351

 
59,921

Furnitures, fixtures and equipment
 
3,346

 
5,242

    Total fixed assets
 
42,513

 
65,163

Favorable ground lease asset
 

 
20,144

Unfavorable contract liability
 

 
(5,203
)
New Market Tax Credit loan assumption
 

 
(2,943
)
Other assets and liabilities, net
 
(658
)
 
497

Total
 
$
41,855

 
$
77,658