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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

13. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

        CIM Urban REIT Management, LP (the "Management Company"), an affiliate of CIM Urban REIT, provides asset management services to CIM Urban. For these services, CIM Urban pays asset management fees to the Management Company, on a quarterly basis, in arrears. The fee is calculated as a percentage of the daily average gross fair value of our investments, as defined, as follows:

 
  Daily Average Gross Fair
Value of CIM Urban' Investments
   
 
 
  Quarterly
Fee Percentage
 
 
  From Greater of   To and Including  
 
  (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 %

        The Management Company earned asset management fees of $5,798,000 and $5,431,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and $11,479,000 and $10,840,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. At June 30, 2014, and December 31, 2013, asset management fees of $5,898,000 and $5,426,000, respectively, were due to the Management Company.

        CIM Management, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the "CIM Management Entities"), all affiliates of CIM Urban REIT, provide property management, leasing, and development services to CIM Urban. The CIM Management Entities earned property management fees, which are included in rental and other property operating expenses, totaling $1,272,000 and $1,215,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and $2,531,000 and $2,362,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. CIM Urban also reimbursed the CIM Management Entities $1,749,000 and $955,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and $3,793,000 and $2,344,000 during the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, for the cost of on-site personnel incurred on behalf of CIM Urban, which is included in rental and other property operating expenses. The CIM Management Entities earned leasing commissions of $839,000 and $11,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and $1,351,000 and $297,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which were capitalized to deferred charges. In addition, the CIM Management Entities earned development management fees of $157,000 and $158,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and $244,000 and $294,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which were capitalized to investments in real estate.

        At June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, fees payable and expense reimbursements due to the CIM Management Entities of $2,408,000 and $1,445,000, respectively, are included in due to related parties. Also included in due to related parties as of June 30, 2014, and December 31, 2013, is $(12,000) and $(64,000), respectively, due to (from) the CIM Management Entities and related parties. We have also entered into contracts with third-party property management companies.

        Certain of these management companies also provide leasing and development management services, for which they are compensated in accordance with the agreements. Management fees incurred to third-party management companies related to the rental properties totaled $419,000 and $344,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively and $811,000 and $672,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which were included in rental and other property operating expenses.

        On the Acquisition Date, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, CIM Commercial and its lending subsidiaries entered into the Master Services Agreement (the "Master Services Agreement") with CIM Service Provider, LLC (the "Manager") pursuant to which the Manager agrees to provide or arrange for other service providers to provide management and administration services to CIM Commercial and its subsidiaries following the Merger. Pursuant to the Master Services Agreement, CIM Commercial pays a base service fee (the "Base Service Fee") to the Manager equal to $1,000,000 per year (subject to an annual escalation by a specified inflation factor beginning on January 1, 2015), payable quarterly in arrears. The Base Service Fee began to accrue on the Acquisition Date and was pro-rated based on the number of days during the first quarter in which the Master Services Agreement was in effect. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the Manager earned a Base Service Fee of $250,000 and $306,000, respectively. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Master Services Agreement, the Manager may receive compensation for performing certain services for CIM Commercial and its subsidiaries that are not covered under the Base Service Fee. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, such services performed by the Manager included accounting, tax, reporting, internal audit, legal, compliance, risk management, IT, human resources and corporate communications. The Manager's compensation is based on the salaries and benefits of the employees of the Manager and/or its affiliates who performed these services (allocated based on the percentage of time spent on the affairs of CIM Commercial and its subsidiaries). For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, we expensed $290,000 for such services. At June 30, 2014, $596,000 was due to the Manager.