4.	Related Party Transactions

Vornado

As of June 30, 2017, Vornado owned 32.4% of our outstanding common stock. We are managed by, and our properties are leased and developed by, Vornado, pursuant to the agreements described below, which expire in March of each year and are automatically renewable.

Management and Development Agreements

We pay Vornado an annual management fee equal to the sum of (i) $2,800,000, (ii) 2% of gross revenue from the Rego Park II shopping center, (iii) $0.50 per square foot of the tenant-occupied office and retail space at 731 Lexington Avenue and (iv) $306,000, escalating at 3% per annum, for managing the common area of 731 Lexington Avenue. Vornado is also entitled to a development fee equal to 6% of development costs, as defined.

Leasing Agreements

Vornado also provides us with leasing services for a fee of 3% of rent for the first ten years of a lease term, 2% of rent for the eleventh through the twentieth year of a lease term, and 1% of rent for the twenty-first through thirtieth year of a lease term, subject to the payment of rents by tenants. In the event third-party real estate brokers are used, the fees to Vornado increase by 1% and Vornado is responsible for the fees to the third-party real estate brokers. Vornado is also entitled to a commission upon the sale of any of our assets equal to 3% of gross proceeds, as defined, for asset sales less than $50,000,000 and 1% of gross proceeds, as defined, for asset sales of $50,000,000 or more.

Other Agreements

We also have agreements with Building Maintenance Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vornado, to supervise (i) cleaning, engineering and security services at our 731 Lexington Avenue property and (ii) security services at our Rego Park I and Rego Park II properties and The Alexander apartment tower.

The following is a summary of fees to Vornado under the various agreements discussed above.


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(Amounts in thousands)	2017		2016		2017		2016
Company management fees	$	700	$	700	$	1,400	$	1,400
Development fees		4		75		32		119
Leasing fees		4		833		15		7,291
Property management fees and payments for cleaning and security services		953		915		1,941		2,030

	$	1,661	$	2,523	$	3,388	$	10,840

As of June 30, 2017, the amounts due to Vornado were $27,000 for development fees; $523,000 for management, property management, cleaning and security fees; and $1,000 for leasing fees. As of December 31, 2016, the amounts due to Vornado were $54,000 for development fees; $428,000 for management, property management, cleaning and security fees; and $415,000 for leasing fees. In January 2016, we paid an $8,916,000 leasing commission related to the Bloomberg lease amendment, of which $7,200,000 was to a third party broker and $1,716,000 was to Vornado. In March 2016, we paid Vornado a development fee of $5,784,000 related to The Alexander apartment tower.

Toys “R” Us (“Toys”)

As of June 30, 2017, our affiliate, Vornado owned 32.5% of Toys. Toys leases approximately 47,000 square feet of retail space at our Rego Park II shopping center. Joseph Macnow, Vornado’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Wendy A. Silverstein, a member of our Board of Directors, represent Vornado as members of Toys’ Board of Directors. We recognized $1,334,000 and $1,309,000 of revenue related to the space leased by Toys during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.