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Transactions with Related Parties
9 Months Ended
Sep. 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 September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our consolidated balance sheet included $13.2 million and $12.8 million of accrued management and incentive fees payable to our Manager, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we paid management and incentive fees of $14.4 million and $40.1 million, respectively, to our Manager, compared to $15.8 million and $43.8 million during the same periods of 2016. In addition, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we reimbursed our Manager for expenses incurred on our behalf of $59,000 and $325,000, respectively, compared to $82,000 and $462,000 during the same periods of 2016. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, CT Legacy Partners made aggregate preferred distributions of $146,000 and $491,000, respectively, to an affiliate of our Manager.

As of September 30, 2017, our Manager held 607,789 shares of unvested restricted class A common stock, which had an aggregate grant date fair value of $17.8 million. The shares vest in installments over three years from the date of issuance. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recorded non-cash expense related to shares held by our Manager of $2.9 million and $8.7 million, respectively, compared to $2.5 million and $7.1 million during the same periods of 2016. We did not issue any shares of restricted class A common stock to our Manager during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 or 2016, respectively. Refer to Note 14 for further details on our restricted class A common stock.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, we originated five loans and one loan, respectively, 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 these transactions.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we incurred $87,000 and $254,000, respectively, of expenses for various administrative and capital market data services to third-party service providers that are affiliates of our Manager, compared to $112,000 and $282,000 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 by 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. Refer to Note 8 for further details on the Securitization.