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Transactions with Related Parties
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Transactions with Related Parties

17. TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

We are managed by our Manager pursuant to the Management Agreement, the current term of which expires on December 19, 2017, and will be automatically renewed for a one-year term each anniversary thereafter unless earlier terminated.

As of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our consolidated balance sheet included $14.4 million and $12.8 million of accrued management and incentive fees payable to our Manager, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, we paid management and incentive fees of $12.9 million and $25.7 million, respectively, to our Manager, compared to $13.6 million and $28.0 million during the same periods of 2016. In addition, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, we reimbursed our Manager for expenses incurred on our behalf of $174,000 and $266,000, respectively, compared to $59,000 and $380,000 during the same periods of 2016. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, CT Legacy Partners made aggregate preferred distributions of $121,000 and $345,000, respectively, to an affiliate of our Manager.

As of June 30, 2017, our Manager held 663,846 shares of unvested restricted class A common stock, which had an aggregate grant date fair value of $19.3 million. The shares vest in installments over three years from the date of issuance. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, we recorded non-cash expense related to shares held by our Manager of $2.9 million and $5.8 million, respectively, compared to $2.5 million and $4.6 million during the same periods of 2016. We did not issue any shares of restricted class A common stock to our Manager during the six months ended June 30, 2017 or 2016, respectively. Refer to Note 14 for further details.

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, we originated three loans whereby each respective borrower engaged an affiliate of our Manager to act as title insurance agent in connection with each transaction. We did not incur any expenses or receive any revenues as a result of this transaction. We did not have any similar transactions during the six months ended June 30, 2016.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, we incurred $79,000 and $167,000, respectively, of expenses for various administrative and capital market data services to third-party service providers that are affiliates of our Manager, compared to $80,000 and $170,000 during the same periods of 2016.

On June 30, 2017, in a fully subscribed offering totaling $474.6 million, certain Blackstone-advised investment vehicles purchased, in the aggregate, $72.9 million of securitized debt obligations issued in the Securitization. These investments by the Blackstone-advised investment vehicles represented no more than a 49% participation in any individual tranche and were purchased by the Blackstone-advised investment vehicles from third-party investment banks on market terms negotiated by the majority third-party investors.