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RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS  
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

13. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

        CIM Urban REIT Management, LP (the "Advisor"), an affiliate of CIM REIT, provides asset management services to CIM Urban. For these services, CIM Urban pays asset management fees to the Advisor 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's 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 Advisor earned asset management fees of $23,223,000, $21,767,000 and $20,924,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, asset management fees of $5,867,000 and $5,426,000, respectively, were due to the Advisor.

        CIM Management, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the "CIM Management Entities"), all affiliates of CIM 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 $5,284,000, $4,828,000 and $4,171,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. CIM Urban also reimbursed the CIM Management Entities $7,369,000, $5,082,000 and $2,726,000 during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, 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 $1,904,000, $537,000 and $744,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively, which were capitalized to deferred charges. In addition, the CIM Management Entities earned development management fees of $566,000, $834,000 and $973,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which were capitalized to investments in real estate.

        At December 31, 2014 and 2013, fees payable and expense reimbursements due to the CIM Management Entities of $2,518,000 and $1,445,000, respectively, are included in due to related parties. Also included in due to related parties as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, was $76,000 and $(64,000), respectively, due to (from) the CIM Management Entities and related parties.

        On the Acquisition Date, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, CIM Commercial and its subsidiaries entered into the Master Services Agreement (the "Master Services Agreement") with CIM Service Provider, LLC (the "Manager") pursuant to which the Manager provides or arranges 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 year ended December 31, 2014, the Manager earned a Base Service Fee of $806,000. 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 year ended December 31, 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 year ended December 31, 2014, we expensed $1,193,000 for such services. At December 31, 2014, $725,000 was due to the Manager.

        As of January 1, 2015, all of our employees moved to CIM SBA Staffing, LLC, an affiliate of CIM Group ("CIM SBA"), except for two of our executives, who became jointly employed by us and CIM SBA and their employment agreements with us continue in full force and effect. In connection with this, on January 1, 2015, we entered into a Staffing and Reimbursement Agreement with CIM SBA and our subsidiary, PMC Commercial Lending, LLC, which provides that CIM SBA will provide personnel and resources to us and that we will reimburse CIM SBA for the costs and expenses of providing such personnel and resources.