Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

The nature of the operations of the Company's hotels exposes those hotels, the Company and the Operating Partnership to the risk of claims and litigation in the normal course of their business. The Company is not presently subject to any material litigation nor, to the Company’s knowledge, is any material litigation threatened against the Company or its properties.

Hotel Ground Rent

The Courtyard Altoona hotel is subject to a ground lease with an expiration date of April 30, 2029 with an extension option by the Company of up to 12 additional terms of five years each. Monthly payments are determined by the quarterly average room occupancy of the hotel. Rent is currently equal to approximately $8,000 per month when monthly occupancy is less than 85% and can increase up to approximately $20,000 per month if occupancy is 100%, with minimum rent increased by two and one-half percent (2.5%) on an annual basis.

The Residence Inn Gaslamp hotel is subject to a ground lease with an expiration date of January 31, 2065 with an extension option by the Company of up to three additional terms of ten years each. Monthly payments are currently approximately $40,000 per month and increase 10% every five years. The hotel is subject to annual supplemental rent payments calculated as 5% of gross revenues during the applicable lease year, minus 12 times the monthly base rent scheduled for the lease year.

The Residence Inn New Rochelle is subject to an air rights lease and garage lease that each expire on December 1, 2104. The lease agreements with the City of New Rochelle cover the space above the parking garage that is occupied by the hotel as well as 128 parking spaces in a parking garage that is attached to the hotel. The annual base rent for the garage lease is the hotel’s proportionate share of the city’s adopted budget for the operations, management and maintenance of the garage and established reserves to fund for the cost of capital repairs. Aggregate rent for 2017 is approximately $26,000 per quarter.

The Hilton Garden Inn Marina del Rey hotel is subject to a ground lease with an expiration date of December 31, 2067. Minimum monthly payments are currently approximately $43,000 per month and a percentage rent payment equal to 5% to 25% of gross income based on the type of income less the minimum rent is due in arrears.

Office Lease

The Company entered into a new corporate office lease in September 2015. The lease is for a term of 11 years and includes a 12-month rent abatement period and certain tenant improvement allowances. The Company has a renewal option of up to two successive terms of five years each. The Company shares the space with related parties and is reimbursed for the pro-rata share of rentable space occupied by the related parties.

Future minimum rental payments under the terms of all non-cancellable operating ground leases and the office lease under which the Company is the lessee are expensed on a straight-line basis regardless of when payments are due. The following is a schedule of the minimum future payments required under the ground, air rights, garages leases and office lease as of March 31, 2017, for the remainder of 2017 and for each of the next four calendar years and thereafter (in thousands):



	Other Leases⁽¹⁾		Office Lease
	Amount
2017 (remaining nine months)	$	912	$	567
2018	1,217		772
2019	1,220		792
2020	1,267		812
2021	1,273		832
Thereafter	69,454		4,163
Total	$	75,343	$	7,938

(1) Other leases includes ground, garage and air rights leases at our hotels.

Management Agreements

The management agreements with Concord Hospitality Services Company ("Concord") had an initial ten-year term that would have expired on February 28, 2017. The management agreements with Concord were terminated as of December 31, 2016. The company entered into management agreements with IHM for the hotels previously managed by Concord beginning January 1, 2017.

The management agreements with IHM have an initial term of five years and automatically renew for two five-year periods unless IHM provides written notice to us no later than 90 days prior to the then current term’s expiration date of their intent not to renew. The IHM management agreements provide for early termination at the Company’s option upon sale of any IHM-managed hotel for no termination fee, with six months advance notice. The IHM management agreements may be terminated for cause, including the failure of the managed hotel to meet specified performance levels. Base management fees are calculated as a percentage of the hotel's gross room revenue. If certain financial thresholds are met or exceeded, an incentive management fee is calculated as 10% of the hotel's net operating income less fixed costs, base management fees and a specified return threshold. The incentive management fee is capped at 1% of gross hotel revenues for the applicable calculation.

The Company entered into agreements with IHM to manage two of the hotels formerly managed by Concord during the three months ended March 31, 2017. In addition, upon renewal in July 2016, five management agreements related to the Residence Inns were amended to be consistent with the remainder of the hotel portfolio. The updated agreements are summarized as follows:



Property	Courtyard Altoona		Springhill Suites Washington		Residence Inn Garden Grove		Residence Inn San Diego		Residence Inn San Antonio		Residence Inn Vienna		Residence Inn Washington D.C.

Original Management Fee	4.0	%	4.0	%	2.5	%	2.5	%	2.5	%	2.5	%	2.5	%
Amended Management Fee	3.0	%	3.0	%	3.0	%	3.0	%	3.0	%	3.0	%	3.0	%
Original Monthly Accounting Fee	1,211		991		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000
Amended Monthly Accounting Fee	1,500		1,200		1,200		1,200		1,200		1,200		1,200
Original Monthly Revenue Management Fee	—		—		—		—		—		—		—
Amended Monthly Revenue Management Fee	1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000		1,000

Management fees totaled approximately $2.2 million and $2.2 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Franchise Agreements

The fees associated with the franchise agreements are calculated on the specified percentage of the hotel's gross room revenue. The Company did not enter into any new franchise agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Franchise and marketing fees totaled approximately $5.3 million and $5.2 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.