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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Asset Management and Other Fees to Related Parties
Asset Management Fees—CIM Urban and CIM Capital, LLC, an affiliate of CIM REIT and CIM Group (“CIM Capital”), have an investment management agreement, pursuant to which CIM Urban engaged CIM Capital to provide certain services to CIM Urban (the “Investment Management Agreement”). CIM Capital has assigned its duties under the Investment Management Agreement to its four wholly-owned subsidiaries: CIM Capital Securities Management, LLC, a securities manager, CIM Capital RE Debt Management, LLC, a debt manager, CIM Capital Controlled Company Management, LLC, a
controlled company manager, and CIM Capital Real Property Management, LLC, a real property manager. The “Operator” refers to CIM Capital and its four wholly-owned subsidiaries.
CIM Urban pays asset management fees to the Operator on a quarterly basis in arrears. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily average adjusted fair value of CIM Urban’s assets:
Daily Average Adjusted Fair
Value of CIM Urban’s Assets
Quarterly Fee
From Greater ofTo and IncludingPercentage
(in thousands)
$— $500,000 0.2500%
$500,000 $1,000,000 0.2375%
$1,000,000 $1,500,000 0.2250%
$1,500,000 $4,000,000 0.2125%
$4,000,000 $20,000,000 0.1000%
Asset management fees are included in asset management and other fees to related parties in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
In lieu of cash payment of the asset management fee, the Company has issued to the Operator shares of its Common Stock and shares of its Series A Preferred Stock. The Company has issued shares of its Series A Preferred Stock to the Operator as payment for the quarterly asset management fee for the year ended December 31, 2021. Subject to applicable laws and regulations under Nasdaq and the TASE and the agreement of the Operator, it is likely that the Company will seek to pay some or part of the asset management fees for part of 2022 in shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
Property Management Fees and ReimbursementsCIM Management, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “CIM Management Entities”), all affiliates of CIM REIT and CIM Group, provide property management, leasing, and development services to CIM Urban. Property management fees earned by the CIM Management entities and onsite management costs incurred on behalf of CIM Urban are included in rental and other property operating expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Leasing commissions earned are capitalized to deferred charges on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Construction management fees are capitalized to investments in real estate on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
Administrative Fees and ExpensesThe Company and its subsidiaries have a master services agreement (the “Master Services Agreement”) with CIM Service Provider, LLC (the “Administrator”), an affiliate of CIM Group, pursuant to which the Administrator provides, or arranges for other service providers to provide, management and administration services to the Company and its subsidiaries. Pursuant to the Master Services Agreement, the Company appointed an affiliate of CIM Group as the administrator of Urban Partners GP, LLC. Under the Master Services Agreement, for fiscal quarters prior to April 1,2020, the Company paid a base service fee (the “Base Service Fee”) to the Administrator initially set at $1.0 million per year (subject to an annual escalation by a specified inflation factor beginning on January 1, 2015), payable quarterly in arrears. On May 11, 2020, the Master Services Agreement was amended to replace the Base Service Fee with an incentive fee (the “Prior Incentive Fee”) pursuant to which the Administrator was entitled to receive, on a quarterly basis, 15.00% of the Company’s quarterly core funds from operations in excess of a quarterly threshold equal to 1.75% (i.e., 7.00% on an annualized basis) of the Company’s average adjusted common stockholders’ equity (i.e., common stockholders’ equity plus accumulated depreciation and amortization) for such quarter. The amendment was effective as of April 1, 2020. Please see “—Fee Waiver” below for how the fees paid to the Administrator has been calculated since the beginning of 2022. The Base Service Fee is included in asset management and other fees to related parties in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Master Services Agreement, the Administrator may receive compensation and or reimbursement for performing certain services for the Company and its subsidiaries that are not covered by the Base Service Fee or the Prior Incentive Fee, as the case may be. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, such services performed by the Administrator and its affiliates included accounting, tax, reporting, internal audit, legal, compliance, risk management, IT, human resources, corporate communications, operational and on-going support in connection with the Company’s offering of Preferred Stock. The Administrator’s compensation is based on the salaries and benefits of the employees of the Administrator and or its affiliates who performed these services (allocated based on the percentage of time
spent on the affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries). The expense for such services is included in expense reimbursements to related parties—corporate in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Lending Segment ExpensesThe Company has a Staffing and Reimbursement Agreement with CIM SBA Staffing, LLC (“CIM SBA”), an affiliate of CIM Group, and the Company’s subsidiary, PMC Commercial Lending, LLC. The agreement provides that CIM SBA will provide personnel and resources to the Company and that the Company will reimburse CIM SBA for the costs and expenses of providing such personnel and resources. The expense for such services is included in expense reimbursements to related parties—lending segment in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Offering-Related FeesCCO Capital, LLC (“CCO Capital”) became the exclusive dealer manager for the Company’s public offering of the Series A Preferred Units effective as of May 31, 2019. CCO Capital is a registered broker dealer and is under common control with the Operator and the Administrator. The Company’s offering of the Series A Preferred Units ended at the end of January 2020. On January 28, 2020, the Company entered into the Second Amended and Restated Dealer Manager Agreement, pursuant to which CCO Capital acts as the exclusive dealer manager for the Company’s public offering of its Series A Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock. Thereunder, the Company agreed to compensate CCO Capital, as the dealer manager for the offering, as follows: (1) an upfront dealer manager fee of up to 1.25% of the selling price of each share of Preferred Stock sold, (2) selling commissions of up to 5.50% of the selling price of each share of Series A Preferred Stock sold (with no selling commissions payable in respect of shares of Series D Preferred Stock sold) and (3) a trailing dealer manager fee that accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 0.25% per annum of the selling price of each share of Preferred Stock sold. CCO Capital, in its sole discretion, may reallow to another broker-dealer authorized by it to sell shares in the offering a portion of the upfront dealer manager fee earned by it in respect of shares sold by such broker-dealer.
On April 9, 2020, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and Restated Dealer Manager Agreement, pursuant to which the selling commissions were increased from up to 5.50% to up to 7.00% of the selling price of each share of Series A Preferred Stock sold thereafter. The Company has been informed that CCO Capital generally reallows 100% of the selling commissions on sales of Series A Preferred Stock and generally reallows substantially all of the upfront dealer manager fee on sales of Series A Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock, to participating broker-dealers.
On September 22, 2021, the Company entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Second Amended and Restated Dealer Manager Agreement, pursuant to which the upfront dealer manager fee payable to the Dealer Manager was changed to up to 3.00% and the trailing dealer manager fee with respect to the sale of shares of Series A Preferred Stock sold in the Offering on or after September 9, 2021 was eliminated.
The Company recorded fees and expense reimbursements as shown in the table below for services provided by related parties related to the services described above during the periods indicated:
Year Ended December 31,
 20212020
(in thousands)
Asset Management Fees:
Asset management fees (1)
$9,030 $9,511 
Property Management Fees and Reimbursements:
Property management fees$1,641 $1,670 
Onsite management and other cost reimbursement$2,687 $3,356 
Leasing commissions$162 $112 
Construction management fees$226 $344 
Administrative Fees and Expenses:
Base service fee (2)
$— $282 
Expense reimbursements to related parties - corporate$2,050 $2,243 
Lending Segment Expenses:
Expense reimbursements to related parties - lending segment (3)
$1,921 $3,491 
Offering-Related Fees:
Upfront dealer manager and trailing dealer manager fees (4)
$690 $1,149 
Non-issuance specific offering costs (5)
$106 $99 
(1)The Company issued to the Operator an aggregate of 270,209 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock, in lieu of cash payment of the asset management fees incurred during the year ended December 31, 2021. The Company issued to the Operator 203,349 shares of its Common Stock and 287,199 shares of Series A Preferred Stock in lieu of cash payment of the asset management fees incurred during the year ended December 31, 2020.
(2)For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued to the Administrator 11,273 shares of our Series A Preferred Stock, in lieu of cash as payment of the Base Service Fee for the first quarter of 2020.
(3)Expense reimbursements to related parties - lending segment do not include personnel costs capitalized to deferred loan origination costs of $347,000 and $136,000 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
(4)Represents fees earned by CCO Capital and allocated to Series A Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock.
(5)As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, $2.0 million and $1.5 million, respectively, was included in deferred costs as reimbursable expenses incurred pursuant to the Master Services Agreement and the then applicable dealer manager agreement with CCO Capital. These non-issuance specific costs are allocated against the gross proceeds from the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock on a pro rata basis for each issuance as a percentage of the total offering.
As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, due to related parties consisted of the following:
December 31,
 20212020
 (in thousands)
Asset management fees$2,244 $2,386 
Property management fees and reimbursements320 1,662 
Expense reimbursements - corporate692 647 
Expense reimbursements - lending segment341 690 
Upfront dealer manager and trailing dealer manager fees638 493 
Non-issuance specific offering costs143 668 
Other amounts due to the CIM Management Entities and certain of its affiliates163 160 
Total due to related parties$4,541 $6,706 
Fee Waiver
On January 5, 2022, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into a Fee Waiver (the “Fee Waiver”) with the Operator and the Administrator with respect to fees that are payable to them. The Fee Waiver is effective retroactively to January 1, 2022 (the “Effective Date”). Pursuant to the Fee Waiver, the Administrator agrees to voluntarily waive any fees in excess of those set forth in the Fee Waiver, to the extent it would otherwise have been entitled to such additional compensation under the Master Service Agreement, and the Operator agrees to voluntarily waive any fees in excess of those set forth in the Fee Waiver, to the extent it would otherwise have been entitled to such additional compensation under the Investment Management Agreement (the “Existing Methodology).
1.Base Fee: A base asset management fee (the “Base Fee”) is payable quarterly in arrears to the Operator in an amount equal to an annual rate of 1% (or 0.25% per quarter) of the average of the “Net Asset Value Attributable to Common Stockholders” as of the first and last day of the applicable quarter. Net Asset Value Attributable to Common stockholders is defined as (a) the sum of the Company’s (1) investments in real estate at fair value, (2) cash, (3) loans receivable at fair value and (4) the book value of the other assets of the Company, excluding deferred costs and net of other liabilities at book value, less (b) the Company’s (i) debt at face value, (ii) outstanding preferred stock at stated value, and (iii) non-controlling interests at book value; provided, that, non-controlling interests in any UPREIT operating partnership relating to the Company shall not be excluded.
2.Incentive Fee: An incentive fee (the “Revised Incentive Fee”) is payable quarterly in arrears to the Administrator with respect to the quarterly core funds from operations in excess of a quarterly threshold equal to 1.75% (i.e., 7.00% on an annualized basis) of the Company’s “Adjusted Common Equity” (as defined below) for such quarter (“Excess Core FFO”) as follows: (i) no Incentive Fee in any quarter in which the Excess Core FFO is $0; (ii) 100% of any Excess Core FFO up to an amount equal to the product of (x) the average of the Adjusted Common Equity as of the first and last day of the applicable quarter and (y) 0.4375%; and (iii) 20% of any Excess Core FFO thereafter. Revised Incentive Fees payable for any partial quarter will be appropriately prorated.
“Adjusted Common Equity” means Common Equity plus Excluded Depreciation and Amortization. “Common Equity” means Total Stockholders’ Equity minus Excluded Equity. “Total Stockholders’ Equity” means the amount reflected as total stockholders’ equity in accordance with GAAP on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the last day of a given quarter. “Excluded Equity” means the sum of all preferred securities of the Company and its subsidiaries classified as permanent equity in accordance with GAAP on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the last day of a given quarter. “Excluded Depreciation and Amortization” means, for a given quarter, the amount of all accumulated depreciation and amortization of (i) the Company and its subsidiaries and (ii) to the extent allocable to the Company and its subsidiaries, the unconsolidated affiliates, in each case as of the last day of such quarter that corresponds to the periodic depreciation and amortization expense calculated in each case in accordance with GAAP that is a permitted add back to net income calculated in accordance with GAAP when calculating funds from operations.
3.Capital Gains Fee: A capital gains fee (the “Capital Gains Fee”) is payable quarterly in arrears to the Administrator in an amount equal to (i) 15% of the cumulative aggregate realized capital gains minus the cumulative aggregate realized capital losses (in each case since the Effective Date), minus (ii) the aggregate capital gains fees paid since the Effective Date. Realized capital gains and realized capital losses are calculated by subtracting from the sales price of a property: (a) any costs incurred to sell such property, and (b) the current gross value of the property (meaning the property’s original acquisition price plus any subsequent, non-reimbursed capital improvements thereon paid for by the Company).
Following the end of each quarter, the Administrator will deliver to the Company (i) a calculation of the cumulative fees earned by the Operator and the Administrator under the methodology prescribed by the Fee Waiver (the “Fee Waiver Methodology”) from the Effective Date through the end of such quarter and (ii) a calculation of the cumulative fees that would have been earned, in the absence of the Fee Waiver, by the Operator and the Administrator during such period under the Master Services Agreement and the Investment Management Agreement, without giving effect to the Fee Waiver (the “Pre-Fee Waiver Methodology”). If, in respect of any quarter, the aggregate fees that are payable under the Fee Waiver Methodology exceed the aggregate fees that would have been payable under the Pre-Fee Waiver Methodology for the equivalent period, such quarter is deemed an “Excess Quarter”. For any quarter following an Excess Quarter, the Company (upon the direction of the independent members of the Board) may, at its option and upon written notice to Administrator, elect to calculate all fees due to the Administrator and the Operator in accordance with the Pre-Fee Waiver Methodology from and after such Excess Quarter. Any election by the Company to adopt the Pre-Fee Waiver Methodology is irrevocable, and all fees due to the Administrator and the Operator from and after such election will be calculated in accordance with the Pre-Fee Waiver Methodology.

Other
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company’s President, Jan F. Salit, retired effective as of September 16, 2020. Mr. Salit received a $450,000 payment, representing one year of his base salary, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions specified therein, including the execution of an agreement with the Company that contains, among other things, mutual release and non-disparagement provisions. Related to this payment, $287,000 was borne by the Company based on the time that Mr. Salit devoted to the Company relative to other matters relating to CIM Group.
On October 1, 2015, an affiliate of CIM Group entered into a five-year lease renewal with respect to a property owned by the Company, which was terminated in October 2020. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded rental and other property income related to this tenant of $0 and $87,000, respectively.
On May 15, 2019, CIM Group entered into an approximately 11-year lease for approximately 32,000 rentable square feet with respect to a property owned by the Company. The lease was amended on August 7, 2019 to reduce the rentable square feet to approximately 30,000 rentable square feet. For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded rental and other property income related to this tenant of $1.5 million.