Related Person Transactions |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2025 | |
| Related Party Transactions [Abstract] | |
| Related Person Transactions | Related Person Transactions We have relationships and historical and continuing transactions with RMR, The RMR Group Inc., or RMR Inc., and others related to them, including other companies to which RMR or its subsidiaries provide management services and some of which have trustees, directors or officers who are also our Trustees or officers. RMR is a majority owned subsidiary of RMR Inc. The Chair of our Board of Trustees and one of our Managing Trustees, Adam D. Portnoy, is the sole trustee, an officer and the controlling shareholder of ABP Trust, which is the controlling shareholder of RMR Inc., the chair of the board of directors, a managing director and the president and chief executive officer of RMR Inc. and an officer and employee of RMR. Matthew P. Jordan, our other Managing Trustee until December 31, 2025, is a managing director and an executive vice president and the chief operating officer of RMR Inc. and an officer and employee of RMR. Yael Duffy, our other Managing Trustee since January 1, 2026, and our President and Chief Executive Officer, is also an executive vice president of RMR Inc. and a managing trustee and president and chief executive officer of Office Properties Income Trust, one of the other public companies managed by RMR. Each of our officers is also an officer and employee of RMR. Some of our Independent Trustees also serve as independent trustees of other public companies to which RMR or its subsidiaries provide management services. Mr. Portnoy serves as chair of the boards and as a managing trustee of these public companies. Other officers of RMR, including Ms. Duffy, serve as managing trustees or officers of certain of these public companies. Our Manager, RMR. We have two agreements with RMR to provide management services to us. See Note 9 for further information regarding our management agreements with RMR. Joint Ventures. We have two separate joint venture arrangements. RMR provides management services to each of these joint ventures. See Note 3 for further information regarding our joint ventures. RMR provides management services to each of our joint ventures. See Note 9 for further information regarding RMR’s management agreements with our joint ventures. Share Awards to RMR Employees. As described in Note 7, we award shares to our officers and other employees of RMR annually. Generally, one fifth of these awards vest on the award date and one fifth vests on each of the next four anniversaries of the award dates. In certain instances, we may accelerate the vesting of an award, such as in connection with the award holder’s retirement as an officer of us or an officer or employee of RMR. These awards to RMR employees are in addition to the share awards to our Managing Trustees, as Trustee compensation, and the fees we paid to RMR. See Note 7 for information regarding our share awards and activity as well as certain share purchases we made in connection with share award recipients satisfying tax withholding obligations on the vesting of share awards.
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