Note 14. Related Party Transactions
Advisory Fees
Pursuant to the advisory agreement among the Company, Nuveen OP, and the Advisor, the Advisor is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and monitoring the Company’s investment opportunities and making decisions related to the acquisition, management, financing and disposition of the Company’s assets, in accordance with the Company’s investment objectives, guidelines, policies and limitations, subject to oversight by the Company’s board of directors.
The Advisor receives fees, payable monthly in arrears, in connection with the management of the Company, as follows:
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Advisory Fee (% of NAV) | | | 1.25 | % | | | 1.25 | % | | | 1.25 | % | | | 1.25 | % | | | 0.65 | % |
As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had accrued advisory fees of $2.2 million and $2.1 million, respectively, which has been included in Accounts Payable, Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company incurred advisory fee expenses of $5.9 million and $6.3 million, respectively.
Fees Due to Affiliated Service Providers
The Company may retain certain of the Advisor’s affiliates for necessary services relating to the Company’s investments or its operations, including construction, special servicing, leasing, development, property oversight and other property management services, as well as services related to mortgage servicing, group purchasing, healthcare, consulting/brokerage, capital markets/credit origination, loan servicing, property, title and other types of insurance, management consulting and other similar operational matters.
The Company has engaged NexCore Companies LLC (“NexCore”), an affiliate of TIAA, to provide property management, accounting, construction, and leasing services for certain of its investments in healthcare properties. NexCore is a real estate development company focused exclusively on development, acquisition and management of healthcare real estate. As part of this engagement, the Company may pay acquisition fees to NexCore for sourcing deals and the Company may also enter into joint ventures with NexCore, and pursuant to the terms of the joint venture agreements, if certain internal rate of return hurdles are met, Nexcore will participate in the profits based on set criteria once each member has received distributions in excess of hurdle rates or at the crystallization event. NexCore has the ability to exercise the crystallization event at any time following the fifth anniversary from the effective date of each respective agreement, with such amounts being recorded as Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest.
The Company entered into an agreement with Imajn Homes Holdings (“Sparrow”), an affiliate of TIAA, to assist the Company in acquiring and managing single-family housing in the United States. Sparrow is a vertically integrated company with acquisition, asset, property and construction management capabilities. As part of the joint venture arrangement with Sparrow, if certain internal rate of return hurdles are met, Sparrow will participate in the profits based on set criteria at the crystallization event. Additionally, Sparrow has the ability to exercise the crystallization event between the fifth and sixth anniversaries from the effective date of the agreement, with such amounts being recorded as Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest.
On March 15, 2024, the Company entered into new property and asset management agreements with a large, institutional-quality single-family rental operator in the United States. While the Company is changing day-to-day operational management responsibilities of its single-family rental portfolio, the Company will maintain all approval rights over its single-family rental investments. The Company’s existing joint venture
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