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Partnership Investments

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Partnership Investments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Partnership Investments  
Partnership Investments

17.   Partnership Investments

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had invested an aggregate of approximately $35.3 million in four limited liability companies managed by a commercial real estate finance company that provides debt capital solutions to local and regional commercial real estate owners in the Northeastern United States. The Company’s ownership interest in the four limited liability

companies ranges up to 49%. The Company accounts for these investments at cost because the Company does not control or have significant influence over the investments. The Company’s withdrawal from each limited liability company may only be granted by the manager of such entity. Each limited liability company has elected to be treated as a partnership for income tax purposes.

The Company’s partnership investments can be categorized into two fund structures, fund investments and direct loan investments. The fund investments primarily include investments in two funds that invest in mortgage loans to borrowers. The direct loan investments are through two partnerships whereby the Company directly invests in the participation of individual loans to borrowers. Both the fund and direct loan structure primarily invest in mortgage loans to borrowers with a majority of the deals being leveraged by a bank. These loans are primarily two to three year collateralized mortgage loans, often with contractual extension options for the borrowers of an additional year. The Company receives quarterly dividends from the partnerships that are composed of a preferred return, return of capital and promote depending on each loans waterfall calculation, as defined by the loan agreements. The Company cannot redeem its fund investment at any time, its investment will be repaid as the underlying loans are repaid. The Company expects to be repaid on its current investments by December 31, 2026.

For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the partnerships generated $549,723 and $272,488, respectively, of income for the Company.

At March 31, 2023, the Company had unfunded partnership commitments totaling approximately $573,000.