Related Party Transactions |
9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2022 | |
| Related Party Transactions [Abstract] | |
| Related Party Transactions | Related Party Transactions Following the Merger, the Company continues to pay for certain costs on behalf of its former parent and current majority shareholder while the two companies’ respective processes are separated. The Company records a due from affiliate balance for all such payments. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had a net receivable due from affiliates balance of $2.8 million and $2.1 million, respectively.
In June 2022, the Company entered into two transactions with its majority shareholder, Landsea Holdings. On June 1, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to buyback 4.4 million shares of common stock held by Landsea Holdings. The Company paid $30.0 million at a price of $6.82 per share, a discount of 5% compared to the closing price on May 31, 2022 of $7.18. Additionally, the Company repurchased all 5.5 million outstanding Private Placement Warrants, of which Landsea Holdings held 2.2 million. The Company paid Landsea Holdings $6.6 million at $3.00 per Private Placement Warrant. In addition, 2.8 million of the repurchased Private Placement Warrants were held by Level Field Capital, LLC, a related party that is controlled by a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company paid Level Field Capital, LLC $8.4 million at $3.00 per Private Placement Warrant. The Company’s common stock and Warrants are discussed further in Note 15 – Stockholders’ Equity.
In June 2022, Landsea Capital Fund, who is under common control with the Company, contributed $55.0 million to the LCF JV. The LCF JV, which is consolidated by the Company, used these proceeds to purchase undeveloped land from the Company. The Company distributed $3.1 million to Landsea Capital Fund during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. All intercompany transactions between the Company and the LCF JV have been eliminated upon consolidation.
In December 2021, the Company sold model homes to a related party for total consideration of $15.2 million. Construction of certain of these model homes was not complete at the time of sale. The Company recognized lot sales and other revenue of $1.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 related to the model homes still under construction on the sale date. Corresponding lot and other cost of sales of $1.3 million was also recognized during the same period. The Company did not recognize any revenue or other cost of sales related to these model homes during the three months ended September 30, 2022. All other model homes sold were completed homes and the revenue was fully recognized in home sales revenue at the time of sale. As part of this transaction, the Company leased back these models. The total amount of rent payments made during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 is $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively. The right-of-use asset and lease liability balances associated with these leases is $1.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2022 and $2.0 million and $2.0 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2021.
In July 2021, the Company entered into a landbank agreement for a project in its California segment with a related party. The Company will make regular payments to the related party based on an annualized rate of 7% of the undeveloped land costs while the land is developed and may purchase, at the Company’s discretion, the lots at a predetermined price of $28.9 million. The total amount of interest payments made during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 is $0.2 million and $0.8 million, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 payments of $1.7 million and $7.9 million, including fees, have been made to purchase developed lots from the related party, respectively.
In connection with the Merger in January 2021, the Company transferred a deferred tax asset (“DTA”) to Landsea Holdings, its majority shareholder, of $12.1 million. The DTA represented the deferred tax on interest, expensed through Cost of Sales, from a related party loan that remained with Landsea Holdings after the Merger.
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