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Related Party Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Related Party Transactions  
Related Party Transactions

 

Note 9 — Related Party Transactions

 

Compensation and Services Agreement

 

Pursuant to the compensation and services agreement with Majestic Property Management Corp. (‘‘Majestic’’), the Company pays fees to Majestic and Majestic provides the Company with the services of all affiliated executive, administrative, legal, accounting, clerical and property management personnel, as well as property acquisition, sale and lease consulting and brokerage services, consulting services in respect to mortgage financings and construction supervisory services. Majestic is wholly-owned by the Company’s vice-chairman and certain of the Company’s executive officers are officers of, and are compensated by, Majestic.  The fee the Company pays Majestic is negotiated each year by the Company and Majestic in consultation with the Compensation and Audit Committees, and is approved by such committees and the independent directors.

 

In consideration for the services described above, the Company paid Majestic $665,000  and $603,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  Included in these fees are $285,000 and $241,000 of property management costs for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  The property management fee portion of the compensation and services agreement is paid based on 1.5% and 2.0% of the rental payments (including tenant reimbursements) actually received by the Company from net lease tenants and operating lease tenants, respectively.  The Company does not pay Majestic property management fees with respect to properties managed by third parties.  Majestic credits against the fees due to it under the Compensation and Services Agreement any management or other fees received by it from any joint venture in which the Company is a joint venture partner. The compensation and services agreement also provides for an additional payment to Majestic of $54,000 and $49,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, for the Company’s share of all direct office expenses, including rent, telephone, postage, computer services, internet usage and supplies. The Company does not pay any fees or expenses to Majestic for such services except for the fees described in this paragraph.

 

Executive officers and others providing services under the compensation and services agreement were awarded shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units under the Company’s stock incentive plans (described in Note 12). The costs of the plans charged to the Company’s operations applicable to the executive officers and others providing services under the compensation and services agreement amounted to $381,000 and $344,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

The fees paid under the compensation and services agreement (except for the property management fees which are included in Real estate expenses) and the costs of the stock incentive plans are included in General and administrative expense on the consolidated statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

Joint Venture Partners and Affiliates

 

The Company paid an aggregate of $49,000 and $51,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, to the partners or their affiliates (none of whom are officers, directors or employees of the Company) of its consolidated joint ventures for property management fees, which are included in Real estate expenses on the consolidated statements of income.

 

Additionally, unconsolidated joint ventures of the Company paid management fees of $46,000 and $35,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, to the other partner of the venture, which reduced Equity in earnings of unconsolidated joint ventures on the consolidated statements of income by $23,000 and $17,500 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Other

 

The Company paid quarterly fees of $69,000 and $65,625 to the Company’s chairman for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.  The Company paid quarterly fees of $27,500 and $26,250  to the Company’s vice-chairman for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. These fees are included in General and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of income.

 

The Company obtains its property insurance in conjunction with Gould Investors L.P. (“Gould Investors”), a related party and reimburses Gould Investors annually for the Company’s insurance cost relating to its properties.  Included in Real estate expenses on the consolidated statements of income is insurance expense of $173,000 and $101,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, of amounts reimbursed to Gould Investors in prior periods.