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Agreements and Transactions with Related Parties
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Agreements and Transactions with Related Parties Agreements and Transactions with Related Parties
Support Agreement and Employee Secondment Agreement. We have a support agreement and a secondment agreement with ACM and certain of its affiliates and certain affiliates of a relative of our chief executive officer (“Service Recipients”) where we provide support services and seconded employees to the Service Recipients. The Service Recipients reimburse us for the costs of performing such services and the cost of the seconded employees. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, we incurred $1.0 million and $1.9 million, respectively, and, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, we incurred $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively, of costs for services provided and employees seconded to the Service Recipients, all of which are reimbursable to us and included in due from related party on the consolidated balance sheets.
Other Related Party Transactions. Due from related party was $16.8 million and $12.8 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, which consisted primarily of amounts due from our affiliated servicing operations related to real estate transactions closing at the end of the quarter and amounts due from ACM for costs incurred in connection with the support and secondment agreements described above.
Due to related party was $3.4 million and $4.5 million at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and consisted of loan settlements, holdbacks and escrows to be remitted to our affiliated servicing operations related to real estate transactions.
Investments in equity affiliates, which represent related parties under GAAP, and their related disclosures, are included in Note 8.
In certain instances, our business requires our executives to charter privately owned aircraft in furtherance of our business. We have an aircraft time-sharing agreement with an entity controlled by our chief executive officer that owns a private aircraft. Pursuant to the agreement, we reimburse the aircraft owner for the required costs under Federal Aviation Administration regulations for the flights our executives’ charter. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, we reimbursed the aircraft owner $0.7 million and $0.9 million, respectively, and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, for the flights chartered by our executives pursuant to the agreement.
In May 2025, we refinanced a $32.5 million bridge loan with a new $43.0 million bridge loan for an SFR BTR construction project. In 2020, we also made a $3.5 million preferred equity investment in the same project, of which $1.2 million was paid off in May 2025. An entity owned by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer also made an equity investment in the project and owned a 21.8% equity interest in the borrowing entity that increased to 26.6% in connection with the refinancing. Interest on the new loan decreased from SOFR plus 3.75% with a SOFR floor of 0.75% to SOFR plus 3.00% with a SOFR floor of 3.25% and matures in May 2026. The preferred equity investment has a 12.00% fixed rate and was scheduled to mature in December 2023, which was extended to May 2026. In connection with the extension, the borrower paid deferred interest of $1.9 million. Interest income recorded from these loans was $1.0 million and $2.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $1.1 million and $2.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In May 2025, we refinanced a $30.5 million bridge loan with a new $36.2 million bridge loan, for an SFR BTR construction project. In 2020, we also made a $4.6 million preferred equity investment in the same project. ACM and an entity owned by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer also made equity investments in the project and owned a combined 18.9% equity interest in the borrowing entity that increased to 33.7% in connection with the refinancing. Interest on the new loan decreased from SOFR plus 4.25% with a SOFR floor of 1.00% to SOFR plus 3.00% with a SOFR floor of 3.25% and matures in November 2025. The preferred equity
investment has a 12.00% fixed rate and was scheduled to mature in April 2023, which was extended to November 2025. In connection with the extension, the borrower paid deferred interest of $1.3 million. Interest income recorded from the loans was $0.9 million and $1.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $1.1 million and $2.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In May 2025, we refinanced a $56.9 million bridge loan with a new $58.4 million bridge loan for an SFR BTR construction project. Two of our officers made minority equity investments totaling $0.5 million, representing approximately 4% of the total equity invested in the project. Interest on the new loan decreased from SOFR plus 5.50% with a SOFR floor of 3.25% to SOFR plus 2.75% with a SOFR floor of 3.50% and matures in May 2027. Interest income recorded from the loans was $1.2 million and $2.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.6 million and $1.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In February 2025, we refinanced a $46.2 million bridge loan we purchased from ACM in 2022 with a new $52.6 million bridge loan ($12.8 million was funded at June 30, 2025) for an SFR BTR construction project. A consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers with a minority ownership interest) owns 70% of the borrowing entity and an entity indirectly owned and controlled by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer owns 10% of the borrowing entity. Interest on the new loan decreased from SOFR plus 5.50% to SOFR plus 4.75% and matures in February 2027. Interest income recorded from the loans was $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In July 2024, we committed to fund a $62.4 million bridge loan ($12.2 million was funded at June 30, 2025) in an SFR BTR construction project. An entity owned by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer also made an equity investment in the project and owns a 3.34% equity interest in the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of SOFR plus 4.25% with a SOFR floor of 3.50% and matures in July 2027. Interest income recorded from this loan was $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
In May 2024, we committed to fund a $42.5 million bridge loan ($13.1 million was funded at June 30, 2025) in an SFR BTR construction project. An entity owned by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer also made an equity investment in the project and owns a 2.28% equity interest in the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of SOFR plus 4.25% with a SOFR floor of 3.50% and matures in May 2027. Interest income recorded from this loan was $0.3 million and $0.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and less than $0.1 million for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.
In 2022, we committed to fund a $67.1 million bridge loan ($46.4 million was funded at June 30, 2025) in an SFR BTR construction project. An entity owned by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer also made an equity investment in the project and owns a 2.25% equity interest in the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of SOFR plus 4.63% with a SOFR floor of 0.25% and was scheduled to mature in May 2025, which was extended to May 2026. Interest income recorded from this loan was $1.1 million and $2.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In 2022, we committed to fund a $39.4 million bridge loan ($37.7 million was funded at June 30, 2025) in an SFR BTR construction project. An entity owned by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer also made an equity investment in the project and owns a 2.25% equity interest in the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of SOFR plus 4.00% with a SOFR floor of 0.25% and was scheduled to mature in March 2025, which was extended to March 2026. Interest income recorded from this loan was $0.8 million and $1.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.4 million and $0.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In 2021, we invested $4.2 million for 49.3% interest in a limited liability company (“LLC”) which purchased a retail property for $32.5 million and assumed an existing $26.0 million CMBS loan. A portion of the property can potentially be converted to office space, of which we have the right to occupy, in part. An entity owned by an immediate family member of our chief executive officer also made an investment in the LLC for a 10% ownership, is the managing member and holds the right to purchase our interest in the LLC.
In 2020, we originated a $14.8 million Private Label loan and a $3.4 million mezzanine loan on two multifamily properties owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns a 50% interest in the borrowing entity. In 2020, we sold the Private Label loan to an unconsolidated affiliate of ours. The mezzanine loan bears interest at a 9.00% fixed rate and matures in April 2030. Interest income recorded from the mezzanine loan was $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and less than $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In 2019, we, along with ACM, certain executives of ours and a consortium of independent outside investors, formed AMAC III, a multifamily-focused commercial real estate investment fund sponsored and managed by our chief executive officer and one of his immediate family members. We committed to a $30.0 million investment for an 18% interest in AMAC III. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, we recorded a loss associated with this investment of $1.0 million and $1.9 million, respectively, and $0.7 million and $1.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2025 we made contributions of $0.9 million. During both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 we made contributions of $2.6 million. In 2019, AMAC III originated a $7.0 million mezzanine loan to a borrower with which we have an outstanding $34.0 million bridge loan. In 2020, for full satisfaction of the mezzanine loan, AMAC III became the owner of the property. Also in 2020, the $34.0 million bridge loan was refinanced with a $35.4 million bridge loan, which has an interest rate of SOFR plus 3.50%, and was scheduled to mature in February 2025. In February 2025, we modified this loan to extend the maturity to February 2028 in exchange for a $2.0 million paydown that was made in the first quarter of 2025. Interest income recorded from the bridge loan was $0.7 million and $1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.8 million and $1.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In 2019, we converted an existing bridge loan into a $2.0 million mezzanine loan with a fixed interest rate of 10.00%. The underlying multifamily property is owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns interests ranging from 10.5% to 12.0% in the borrowing entities. The loan was scheduled to mature in May 2025, which was extended to February 2029. Interest income recorded from this loan was less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and less than $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In 2018, we originated a $21.7 million bridge loan on a multifamily property owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers and our chief executive officer) which owns 75% in the borrowing entity. The loan has an interest rate of SOFR plus 4.75% with a SOFR floor of 0.25%, and was scheduled to mature in February 2025, which was modified to extend the maturity to February 2027 in exchange for $3.0 million of additional collateral and a $2.5 million paydown to be made in February 2026. In 2024, we recorded a $5.5 million specific reserve on this loan. Interest income recorded from this loan was $0.5 million and $1.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, and $0.6 million and $1.1 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
In 2017, we originated a $46.9 million Fannie Mae loan on a multifamily property owned in part by a consortium of investors (which includes, among other unaffiliated investors, certain of our officers) which owns a 17.6% interest in the borrowing entity. We carry a maximum loss-sharing obligation with Fannie Mae on this loan of up to 5% of the original UPB. Servicing revenue recorded from this loan was less than $0.1 million for all periods presented.
In 2015, we invested $9.6 million for 50% of ACM’s indirect interest in a joint venture with a third party that was formed to invest in a residential mortgage banking business. We recorded a loss of $1.4 million related to this investment for the six months ended June 30, 2025, and we recorded a loss of $0.8 million and income of $0.8 million related to this investment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, we received distributions of $5.6 million and $6.1 million, and during both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, we received distributions of $7.7 million, which were classified as returns of capital. In April 2025, Wakefield entered into an agreement to sell its interest in the residential mortgage banking business for $117.3 million. Based on the terms of this agreement, $22.0 million was allocated to us, which is equivalent to the carrying value of our investment, and therefore do not expect to record a gain or loss on the transaction. The transaction closed once the entire sales price was paid, which was due in installments as follows: $15.0 million on or before April 1, 2025; $15.0 million on or before April 30, 2025; and the remaining $87.3 million on or before December 15, 2025. The first two installments were made in April, for which we received $5.6 million as our allocable share, and the final installment was made on July 31, 2025, for which we received $16.4 million as our allocable share.
We, along with an executive officer of ours and a consortium of independent outside investors, hold equity investments in a portfolio of multifamily properties referred to as the “Lexford” portfolio, which is managed by an entity owned primarily by a consortium of affiliated investors, including our chief executive officer and an executive officer of ours. Based on the terms of the management contract, the management company is entitled to 4.75% of gross revenues of the underlying properties, along with the potential to share in the proceeds of a sale or restructuring of the debt. In 2018, the owners of Lexford restructured part of its debt and we originated 12 bridge loans totaling $280.5 million, which were used to repay in full certain existing mortgage debt and to renovate 72 multifamily properties included in the portfolio. The loans were originated in 2018, had interest rates of LIBOR plus 4.00% and were scheduled to mature in June 2021. During 2019, the borrower made payoffs and partial paydowns of principal totaling $250.0 million and in 2020, the remaining balance of the loans were refinanced with a $34.6 million Private Label loan, which bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.30% and matures in March 2030. In 2020, we sold the Private Label loan to an unconsolidated affiliate of ours. Further, as part of this 2018 restructuring, $50.0 million in unsecured financing was provided by an unsecured lender to certain parent entities of the property owners. ACM owns slightly less than half of the unsecured lender entity and, therefore, provided slightly less than half of the unsecured lender financing. In addition, in connection with our equity investment, we received distributions totaling $3.4 million for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, and $4.2 million for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. Separate from the loans we originated in 2018, we
provide limited (“bad boy”) guarantees for certain other debt controlled by Lexford. The bad boy guarantees may become a liability for us upon standard “bad” acts such as fraud or a material misrepresentation by Lexford or us. At June 30, 2025, this debt had an aggregate outstanding balance of approximately $400.0 million and is scheduled to mature through 2029.
Several of our executives, including our chief financial officer, corporate secretary and our chairman, chief executive officer and president, hold similar positions for ACM. Our chief executive officer and his affiliated entities (“the Kaufman Entities”) together beneficially own approximately 35% of the outstanding membership interests of ACM and certain of our employees and directors also hold an ownership interest in ACM. Furthermore, one of our directors serves as the trustee and co-trustee of two of the Kaufman Entities that hold membership interests in ACM. At June 30, 2025, ACM holds 2,535,870 shares of our common stock and 10,483,930 OP Units, which represents 6.2% of the voting power of our outstanding stock. Our Board of Directors approved a resolution under our charter allowing our chief executive officer and ACM, (which our chief executive officer has a controlling equity interest in), to own more than the 5% ownership interest limit of our common stock as stated in our amended charter.