RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company has entered into the Advisory Agreement with the Advisor. This agreement entitles the Advisor to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the management of the Company’s investments, among other services, and the disposition of investments, as well as reimbursement of certain costs incurred by the Advisor in providing services to the Company. In addition, the Advisor is entitled to certain other fees, including an incentive fee upon achieving certain performance goals, as detailed in the Advisory Agreement. The Company has also entered into a fee reimbursement agreement with KBS Capital Markets Group LLC (the “Dealer Manager”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to reimburse the Dealer Manager for certain fees and expenses it incurs for administering the Company’s participation in the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation Alternative Investment Product Platform with respect to certain accounts of the Company’s investors serviced through the platform. The Advisor and Dealer Manager also serve or served as the advisor and dealer manager, respectively, for KBS Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. (“KBS REIT III”), Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc., formerly KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc., (“Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT”) (advisory agreement terminated as of October 31, 2019 and the dealer manager agreement terminated as of December 31, 2019), Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc., formerly KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc., (“Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT II”) (advisory agreement terminated as of October 31, 2019 and the dealer manager agreement terminated as of December 31, 2019) and KBS Growth & Income REIT, Inc. (“KBS Growth & Income REIT”). On November 1, 2019, Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT and Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT II each entered into advisory agreements with a new external advisor, Pacific Oak Capital Advisors, LLC. Pacific Oak Capital Advisors, LLC is part of a group of companies formed, owned and managed by Keith D. Hall and Peter McMillan III. Together, through GKP Holding LLC, Messrs. Hall and McMillan continue to indirectly own a 33 1/3% interest in the Advisor and the Dealer Manager. As of January 1, 2019, the Company, together with KBS REIT III and KBS Growth & Income REIT, the Dealer Manager, the Advisor and other KBS-affiliated entities, had entered into an errors and omissions and directors and officers liability insurance program where the lower tiers of such insurance coverage were shared. The cost of these lower tiers is allocated by the Advisor and its insurance broker among each of the various entities covered by the program, and is billed directly to each entity. In June 2020, the Company renewed its participation in the program. The program is effective through June 30, 2021. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, no other business transactions occurred between the Company and KBS REIT III, Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT II, KBS Growth & Income REIT, the Advisor, the Dealer Manager or other KBS-affiliated entities. Pursuant to the terms of these agreements, summarized below are the related-party costs incurred by the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and any related amounts payable as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands): Incurred Payable as of Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, December 31, 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 Expensed Asset management fees (1) $ 1,577 $ 2,469 $ 5,076 $ 7,707 $ — $ — Reimbursement of operating expenses (2) 89 69 311 222 35 59 Disposition fees (3) 381 — 4,148 1,334 — — $ 2,047 $ 2,538 $ 9,535 $ 9,263 $ 35 $ 59 _____________________ (1) During the month ended January 31, 2020, asset management fees were $0.8 million and were presented on a going concern basis. Asset management fees incurred for the eight months ended September 30, 2020 were $4.3 million. (2) Reimbursable operating expenses primarily consists of internal audit personnel costs, accounting software and cybersecurity related expenses incurred by the Advisor under the Advisory Agreement. The Company has reimbursed the Advisor for the Company’s allocable portion of the salaries, benefits and overhead of internal audit department personnel providing services to the Company. These amounts totaled $70,000 and $55,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $235,000 and $170,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and were the only type of employee costs reimbursed under the Advisory Agreement for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. The Company will not reimburse for employee costs in connection with services for which the Advisor earns acquisition, origination or disposition fees (other than reimbursement of travel and communication expenses) or for the salaries or benefits the Advisor or its affiliates may pay to the Company’s executive officers. In addition to the amounts above, the Company reimburses the Advisor for certain of the Company’s direct costs incurred from third parties that were initially paid by the Advisor on behalf of the Company. During the month ended January 31, 2020, reimbursable operating expenses were $31,000 as presented on a going concern basis. Reimbursable operating expenses incurred for the eight months ended September 30, 2020 were $280,000. |