On January 1, 2019, we, our Operating Partnership, and the Advisor amended the advisory agreement and limited partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership also issued to Black Creek Diversified Property Advisors Group LLC (“BCDPAG”), for $1,000 in consideration, 100 partnership units in the Operating Partnership constituting a separate series of partnership interests with special distribution rights, or the “Special Units.” On July 1, 2021, these Special Units were transferred from BCDPAG to our New Advisor. Subsequently, these Special Units were transferred from our New Advisor to an affiliate of the New Advisor.
These agreements were amended, and the Special Units were issued, so that, at the election of the holder, the performance participation allocation previously payable to the Advisor may be paid instead to the holder of the Special Units as a performance participation allocation with respect to the Special Units. If the holder does not elect on or before the first day of a calendar year to have the performance participation allocation paid as a fee to the Advisor, then it will be paid as a distribution on the performance participation interest to the holder of the Special Units. In such case, the performance participation allocation will be payable in cash or Class I OP Units, at the election of the holder. If the holder elects to receive such distributions in Class I OP Units, the number of Class I OP Units to be issued to the holder will be determined by dividing an amount equal to the value of the performance participation allocation by the net asset value per Class I OP Unit as of the date of the distribution. The holder of the Special Units may request the Operating Partnership to repurchase such OP Units from the holder at a later date. Any such repurchase requests will normally not be subject to any holding period, early redemption deduction, volume limitations or other restrictions that apply to other holders of OP Units under the limited partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership or to our stockholders under our share redemption program. However, certain restrictions on redemption may apply if certain liquidity requirements are not met. In addition, in the event the Operating Partnership commences a liquidation of its assets during any calendar year, the holder of the Special Units will be distributed the performance participation allocation as its liquidation distribution, or the Advisor will receive payment of the performance participation allocation, as applicable, prior to the distribution of the remaining liquidation proceeds to the holders of OP Units.
The Special Units do not receive Operating Partnership distributions or allocations except as described above. Holders of Special Units do not share in distributions paid to holders of common OP Units and are not allocated income or losses of the Operating Partnership except to the extent of taxable income allocated to them in their capacity as holders of the Special Units.
Subject to certain limitations, we reimburse the Advisor or its affiliates for all of the costs they incur in connection with the services they provide to us under the Advisory Agreement, including, without limitation, our allocable share of the Advisor’s overhead, which includes but is not limited to the Advisor’s rent paid to both third parties and affiliates of the Advisor, utilities and personnel costs; provided, that we will not reimburse the Advisor or its affiliates for services for which the Advisor or its affiliates are entitled to compensation in the form of a separate fee, and commencing as of September 1, 2017, we will not reimburse the Advisor for compensation it pays to our named executive officers, unless the named executive officer is providing stockholder services.
Acquisition Expense Reimbursements. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, subject to certain limitations, we agreed to reimburse the Advisor for all acquisition expenses incurred on our behalf in connection with the selection and acquisition of properties, real estate-related assets, and other investments, whether or not such investments are acquired. As these expense reimbursements were not directly attributable to a specified property, they were expensed as incurred on the consolidated statements of operations.
Fees from Other Services. We retain certain of the Advisor’s affiliates, from time to time, for services relating to our investments or our operations, which may include property management services, leasing services, corporate services, statutory services, transaction support services, construction and development management, and loan management and servicing, and within one or more such categories, providing services in respect of asset and/or investment administration, accounting, technology, tax preparation, finance, treasury, operational coordination, risk management, insurance placement, human resources, legal and compliance, valuation and reporting-related services, as well as services related to mortgage servicing, group purchasing, healthcare, consulting/brokerage, capital markets/credit origination, property, title and/or other types of insurance, management consulting and other similar operational matters. Any fees paid to the Advisor’s affiliates for any such services will not reduce the advisory fees. Per the terms of the agreement, any such arrangements will be at market rates or a reimbursement of costs incurred by the affiliate in providing the services.
Property-Level Accounting Services. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement effective as of May 1, 2022, we have agreed to pay the Advisor a property accounting fee in connection with providing services related to accounting for real property operations, including the maintenance of the real property’s books and records in accordance with GAAP and our policies, procedures, and internal controls, in a timely manner, and the processing of real property-related cash receipts and disbursements. The property accounting fee is equal to the difference between: (i) the property management fee charged with respect to each real property, which reflects the market rate for all real property management services, including property-level accounting services, based on rates charged for similar properties within the region or market in which the real property is located, and (ii) the amount paid to third-party property management firms for property management services, which fee is based on an arm’s length negotiation with a third party property management service provider (the difference between (i) and (ii), the “property accounting fee”).