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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-QSB
[X] Quarterly report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 29, 1997.
[ ] Transition report under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
For the transition period from to
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Commission file number 0-25926
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC.
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(Exact Name of Small Business Issuer as Specified in Its Charter)
Minnesota 41-1563961
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
10250 Valley View Road, Suite 145, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
612-944-5113
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(Issuer's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, If Changed
Since Last Report)
Check whether the issuer: (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter
period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
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State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common equity, as of the latest practicable date: At August 8, 1997 there were
4,242,397 shares of common stock, $0.005 par value outstanding.
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC.
Form 10-QSB Index
June 29, 1997
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PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets -
June 29, 1997 and December 29, 1996..................................3
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations -
for the thirteen and twenty-six week periods ended
June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996......................................4
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows -
for the thirteen and twenty-six week periods ended
June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996......................................5
Notes to Consolidated Condensed
Financial Statements.................................................6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of
Operations...........................................................8
PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1: Legal Proceedings.....................................................11
Item 4: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders...................11
Item 6: Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K......................................11
Signatures .......................................................................12
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
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ASSETS
June 29, December 29,
1997 1996
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CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents.................. $ 1,469,240 $1,673,663
Available-for-sale securities.............. 0 1,998,750
Inventories................................ 257,288 181,971
Prepaid expenses and other................. 287,370 89,183
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Total current assets.................... 2,013,898 3,943,567
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET.................. 5,684,719 4,537,418
CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS..................... 23,168 0
DEPOSITS..................................... 16,892 138,884
PATENT AND TRADEMARKS, NET................... 24,240 9,834
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$ 7,762,917 $8,629,703
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current portion of capital leases.......... $ 85,234 $ 77,936
Accounts payable........................... 662,622 640,752
Accrued expenses........................... 398,618 228,311
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Total current liabilities............... 1,146,474 946,999
LONG-TERM DEBT............................... 1,000,000 1,000,000
LESS: UNAMORTIZED DISCOUNT................... (275,814) (299,514)
OBLIGATIONS UNDER CAPITAL LEASES, NET OF CURRENT PORTION 58,438 107,813
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Total liabilities....................... 1,929,098 1,755,298
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock, $.005 par value, 33,333,333 shares
authorized, 4,242,397 shares issued and outstanding 21,212 21,212
Additional paid-in capital................. 10,033,229 10,033,229
Unrealized loss on securities available-for-sale 0 (16,250)
Unearned compensation...................... (8,102) (9,723)
Accumulated deficit........................ (4,212,520) (3,154,063)
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Total stockholders' equity.............. 5,833,819 6,874,405
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$7,762,917 $8,629,703
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
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Thirteen Weeks Ended Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
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June 29, June 30, June 29, June 30,
1997 1996 1997 1996
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NET SALES.............................. $1,489,951 $1,585,584 $3,082,231 $3,417,553
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COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Food and beverage costs.............. 462,478 513,664 947,875 1,134,065
Retail costs......................... 21,010 20,889 38,018 29,472
Restaurant operating expenses........ 945,148 957,060 1,878,436 2,054,711
Depreciation and amortization........ 124,322 95,926 238,219 190,661
General, administrative & development 479,542 335,411 1,000,828 584,717
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Total costs and expenses........... 2,032,500 1,922,950 4,103,376 3,993,626
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Loss from operations............... (542,549) (337,366) (1,021,145) (576,073)
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OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest income...................... 26,201 9 60,446 64
Interest expense..................... (57,016) (77,140) (112,350) (159,808)
Other income......................... 184 0 14,592 61,518
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Total other income (expense)....... (30,631) (77,131) (37,312) (98,226)
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LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES............... (573,180) (414,497) (1,058,457) (674,299)
Income taxes....................... 0 0 0 0
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NET LOSS............................... $ (573,180) $ (414,497) $(1,058,457) $ (674,299)
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LOSS PER COMMON SHARE.................. $ (.14) $ (.14) $ (.25) $ (.26)
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE
COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING............. 4,242,397 2,867,136 4,242,397 2,576,559
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
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Thirteen Weeks Ended Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
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June 29, June 30, June 29, June 30,
1997 1996 1997 1996
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss................................... $ (573,180) $ (414,497) $ (1,058,457) $ (674,299)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to
cash flows from operating activities -
Depreciation and amortization.............. 124,322 105,989 238,219 210,807
Amortization of long-term debt discount.... 11,850 27,501 23,700 55,002
Amortization of unearned compensation...... 406 0 1,621 0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities (334,407) (144,728) (81,326) (531,930)
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Cash flows from operating activities.... (771,009) (425,735) (876,243) (940,420)
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of a-f-s securities..... 0 0 2,015,000 11,945
Purchases of property and equipment........ (1,125,842) (18,447) (1,385,073) (38,885)
Purchases of intangible assets............. (14,019) 0 (14,854) 0
Construction in progress................... 685,580 0 (23,168) 0
Deposits used (advanced) .................. 177,395 35,963 121,992 44,185
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Cash flows from investing activities.... (276,886) 17,516 713,897 17,245
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payments on obligations under capital lease (21,448) (18,364) (42,077) (34,717)
Payment on note payable - stockholder...... 0 (300,000) 0 (300,000)
Net proceeds from sale of common stock..... 0 359,150 0 1,315,378
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Cash flows from financing activities.... (21,448) 40,786 (42,077) 980,661
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INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (1,069,343) (367,433) (204,423) 57,486
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING......... 2,538,583 452,762 1,673,663 27,843
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, ENDING............ $ 1,469,240 $ 85,329 $ 1,469,240 $ 85,329
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 29, 1997
(UNAUDITED)
(1) BASIS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements have
been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote
disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted
pursuant to such rules and regulations. Although management believes that the
disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, it
is suggested that these interim consolidated condensed financial statements be
read in conjunction with the Company's most recent audited consolidated
financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 29, 1996. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments)
necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of
operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented have been made.
Operating results for the periods ended June 29, 1997 are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending
December 28, 1997.
(2) LOSS PER COMMON SHARE
Primary and fully diluted loss per common share are determined by dividing net
loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each
period. Primary and fully diluted loss per share are the same.
The Company will adopt in the fiscal year ending December 28, 1997, Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 "Earnings per Share" (SFAS No. 128),
which was issued in February 1997. SFAS No. 128 requires disclosures of the
basic earnings per share (EPS) and diluted EPS, which replaces the existing
primary EPS and fully diluted EPS, as defined by APB No. 15. Basic EPS is
computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding during the year. Dilutive EPS is computed similar to
EPS as previously reported provided that, when applying the treasury stock
method to common equivalent shares, the Company must use its average share
price for the period rather than the more dilutive greater of the average share
price or end-of-period share price required by APB No. 15.
(3) CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
The Company maintains separate Construction in Progress and Construction in
Progress Payable accounts to reconcile all contractual agreements relating to
new site development.
(4) LONG-TERM DEBT
In November 1995, the Company completed a private placement of $1,000,000 in
principal amount of Secured Promissory Notes (the Notes) (including $700,000 to
Company stockholders) and received net proceeds of $943,252. The Notes are
secured by substantially all Company assets and bear interest at 15%, payable
quarterly. In addition, the holders of the Notes received warrants to purchase
an aggregate of 200,016 shares of the Company's common stock at $.0033 per
share, of which 170,008 were exercised in 1996. The remaining warrants are
exercisable through May 31, 2000. On the date of issuance, the Warrants had a
total value of $299,333 based on the then market price of the Company's common
stock. The discount created by the issuance costs and warrants is being
amortized over the life of the Notes using the interest method. The
approximate effective annual interest rate of the Notes is 20%. The Notes
require repayment of principal over an eight-year period beginning August 1998.
Current maturities of the Notes are $27,916 in fiscal year 1998, $74,518 in
fiscal year 1999, $86,497 in fiscal year 2000, $100,401 in fiscal year 2001 and
$710,668 thereafter.
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONT.)
JUNE 29, 1997
(UNAUDITED)
(5) INCOME TAXES
The Company has adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109,
"Accounting for Income Taxes", under which deferred income tax assets and
liabilities are recognized for the differences between financial and income tax
reporting basis of assets and liabilities based on currently enacted rates and
laws. The Company has incurred cumulative net operating losses for both
financial reporting and income tax purposes. As of June 29, 1997, the Company
had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $3,600,000, which, if not
used, will begin to expire in 2010. Future changes in the ownership of the
Company may place limitations on the use of these net operating loss
carryforwards. The Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against the
net deferred tax asset due to the uncertainty of realizing the related
benefits.
(6) STOCK OPTIONS
STOCK OPTION PLAN - The Company has a Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"), pursuant
to which options and other awards to acquire an aggregate of 750,000 shares of
the Company's common stock may be granted. Stock options, stock appreciation
rights, restricted stock, other stock and cash awards may be granted under the
Plan. The Plan is administered by a stock option committee which has the
discretion to determine the number and purchase price of the shares subject to
stock options, which may be below the fair market value of the common stock on
the date thereof, the term of each option, and time or times during its term
when the option becomes exercisable. At June 29, 1997, 417,000 options had
been granted at exercise prices of $0.81 to $5.50 per share, none of which had
been exercised.
(7) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
LITIGATION - The Company is involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of
its business. While no reasonable estimates of potential liability can be
determined, management believes such legal actions will be resolved without a
material effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations.
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
OVERVIEW
The Company was organized in 1987 to develop Shelly's Original Woodroast
Restaurants. The Company has two restaurant operations, one located in St.
Louis Park, Minnesota, which opened in 1989 and the other located in Rockville,
Maryland, which opened in November 1995. The Company also opened its first
stand alone Shelly's Back Room "Civilized Cigar Parlor and Tavern" operation in
Washington D.C. on June 10, 1997. The Back Room concept is designed to
capitalize on the popular cigar smoking trend in an upscale atmosphere
featuring exceptional food and drink. The concept is a direct result of the
Company's senior management focus to pursue other avenues to generate revenue.
The primary reasons to pursue the Back Room concept is that these are a simpler
operational structure and requires lower capital investment, which would allow
franchising of this concept. The Company has signed a lease for its second
stand-alone Back Room in Chicago, Illinois, with an anticipated opening about
December 1997. The successful operation of the Rockville restaurant and future
expansion of the Shelly's Back Room by the Company will depend on various
factors, including market acceptance of the Shelly's Woodroast and the Shelly's
Back Room concepts and general economic conditions. The Company also faces all
of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered in connection
with the operation, development and franchising of a new and expanding
business. Furthermore, to the extent that the Company's expansion strategy is
successful, the Company must manage the transition to multiple site operations
(both Company-owned and franchise operations), higher volume operations, the
control of overhead expenses and the addition of necessary personnel. The
Company had losses of $573,180 and $1,058,457 for the thirteen and twenty-six
week periods ended June 29, 1997 and expects losses to continue for the near
future.
The Company uses a 52/53 week fiscal year ending on the last Sunday of
December. Fiscal year 1997 will be a 52 week year.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THIRTEEN WEEKS ENDED JUNE 29, 1997 AND JUNE 30,
1996
The restaurant located in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, had net sales for the
thirteen weeks ended June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996 of $609,429 and $579,921,
respectively, or a 5.1% increase of $29,508. Net sales from the St. Louis Park
operation for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996 were
$1,274,729 and $1,231,398, respectively, or a 3.5% increase of $43,331. The St.
Louis Park restaurant continues to have guest counts at or near seating
capacity on a daily basis. The restaurant located in Rockville, Maryland, that
opened for business on November 20, 1995, had net sales for the thirteen weeks
ended June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996 of $839,384 and $1,005,663,
respectively, or a 16.5% decrease of $166,279. Net sales from the Rockville
operation for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996 were
$1,766,364 and $2,186,155, respectively, or a 19.2% decrease of $419,791. The
19.2% decrease in net sales at the Rockville restaurant reflects the impact of
the grand opening months from early 1996. A major marketing program has been
implemented to increase sales. However, no assurance can be given that these
efforts will achieve desired results by year end, if at all. The Back Room
located in Washington D.C., that opened for business on June 10, 1997, had net
sales for the eighteen days ended June 29, 1997 of $41,138.
The food, beverage and other direct costs related to the operation of the St.
Louis Park, Minnesota, restaurant for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 1997
and June 30, 1996 were $537,374 and $519,857, respectively, or a 3.4% increase
of $17,517. The food, beverage and other direct costs related to the operation
of the St. Louis Park restaurant for the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 1997
and June 30, 1996 were $1,103,178 and $1,084,223, respectively, or a 1.7%
increase of $18,955. The food, beverage and other direct costs related to the
operation of the Rockville, Maryland, restaurant for the thirteen weeks ended
June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996 were $830,075 and $971,756, respectively, or a
14.6% decrease of $141,681. The food, beverage and other direct costs related
to the operation of the Rockville restaurant for the twenty-six weeks ended
June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996 were $1,699,963 and $2,134,025, respectively,
or a 20.3% decrease of $434,062. The Company continues to address ongoing cost
and expense issues at both restaurant locations. However, no assurance can be
given that these efforts will achieve desired results by year end, if at all.
The food, beverage and other direct costs related to the operation of the Back
Room in Washington D.C. for the eighteen days ended June 29, 1997 were $61,187.
Due to this being less than a full month of operations, with expanded hours of
operation to include breakfast and an abundance of wait staff to cover an
ongoing assessment of what will be necessary in this downtown business
district, labor costs, fixed rent costs and public relations costs were above
normal during this start up period.
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONT.)
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (cont.)
The Company's executive and administrative office located in Eden Prairie,
Minnesota had other expenses, consisting of general and administrative
expenses, interest income, interest expense, other income and development
expenses which were $479,542 for the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 1997
compared to $335,411 for the thirteen weeks ended June 30, 1996. This is an
increase of $144,131 or a 43.0% increase. Other expenses for the twenty-six
weeks ended June 29, 1997 and June 30, 1996 were $1,000,828 and $584,717,
respectively, or a 71.2% increase of $416,111. These increases are
attributable primarily to the Company's ongoing building of a corporate
management team and facility to lead the Company into its new focus on the Back
Room concept. The Company is seeking additional senior management personnel as
well as support staff, which will also have an associated impact on future
earnings. The Company expects to continue to incur operating losses during
1997.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
During the past two fiscal years, the Company's capital requirements have been
met principally through the public and private sale of debt and equity
securities. In June 1994, the Company completed an Initial Public Offering of
750,000 units consisting of 750,000 shares of Common Stock, and 750,000
Redeemable Class A Warrants at an offering price of $5.50 per unit and received
net proceeds of approximately $3,360,000 after approximately $765,000 in
offering costs and underwriting discounts. Such net proceeds had been fully
utilized by December 31, 1995, for the development and opening of the
Rockville restaurant, and for the reduction of debt and trade payables.
The Company had working capital of $867,424 at June 29, 1997, compared to
working capital of $2,996,568 at December 29, 1996. Cash, cash equivalents and
available-for-sale securities were $1,469,240 at June 29, 1997, representing a
decrease of $2,203,173 from $3,672,413 at December 29, 1996. This decrease is
attributable to the payments relating to the development and construction of
the Washington D.C. Shelly's Back Room, the Chicago Shelly's Back Room and the
Company's additions necessary to its management team and corporate office
facility.
In November 1995, the Company completed a private placement of Units consisting
of $1,000,000 in principal amount of 15% Secured Promissory Notes (the Notes)
and warrants (the Warrants) to purchase an aggregate 200,016 shares of Common
Stock. The Notes are secured by a senior interest in substantially all assets
owned by the Company and its subsidiary. Property leased by the Company and
its subsidiary, including real estate and certain equipment, is not included in
the security interest. A total of 170,008 of the Warrants were exercised in
1996.
In March and April 1996, the Company sold 625,000 shares of its Common Stock in
a private placement for $2.25 per share, and received net proceeds of
approximately $1,315,000. Holders of such shares have certain piggyback
registration rights. The net proceeds from the private placement of Common
Stock have been used to pay debt and trade payables and to provide working
capital for general corporate purposes.
The Company will require additional financing to implement its expansion plans.
There is no assurance that additional financing will be available, or if
available, will be on terms acceptable to the Company. The Company believes
that it can repay its existing indebtedness from cash flow from operations or
will be able to obtain new financing when such indebtedness is due. However,
there can be no assurance that cash flow from operations will be sufficient or
that new financing will be available.
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WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (CONT.)
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for
forward-looking statements. This Form 10-QSB and other materials filed or to
be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as
other written materials or oral statements that the Company may make or publish
from time to time, contain forward-looking statements relating to such matters
as plans for future expansion, other business development activities,
anticipated financial performance, business prospects, and similar matters.
Such forward-looking statements by their nature involve substantial risks and
uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from the anticipated
results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating
to the operation and development of a new and expanding business, dependence on
current management and need for additional management personnel, and the risks
and uncertainties described in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in this Form 10-QSB.
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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company is currently involved in legal proceedings arising in the
ordinary course of its business. The Company does not believe any
such legal proceedings will have a material adverse impact on the
Company.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On May 20, 19976, Woodroast Systems, Inc. held its annual meeting of
shareholders. Of the 4,242,397 shares of Common Stock eligible to vote,
3,848,587 shares were present and entitled to vote. The following were the
votes on the following matters:
1. The votes cast for the three (3) directors to serve until the next
annual meeting of shareholders were:
Name Votes For Votes Withheld
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Sheldon F. Jacobs 3,802,895 45,692
Ralph J. Guarino 3,802,547 46,040
Byron L. Frank 3,802,895 45,692
2. The proposal to approve an amendment to the Company's 1994 Stock Plan
to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for the
issuance thereunder from 250,000 shares to 750,000 shares were:
Votes for Votes against Votes abstained Broker non-vote
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2,011,545 121,269 16,248 1,699,525
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
10.19 Lease by and between Walton Associates, L.L.C. and the Company
dated May 27, 1997
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarterly period ended June
29, 1997.
Exhibit 27 - Financial Data Schedule - which is only submitted
electronically to the Securities and Exchange Commission for EDGAR
information purposes.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
Woodroast Systems, Inc.
(Registrant)
/s/ SHELDON F. JACOBS
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by Sheldon F. Jacobs
Chairman of Board,
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ RALPH J. GUARINO
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by Ralph J. Guarino
President, Chief Operating Officer,
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Date: August 11, 1997
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Exhibit 10.19
LEASE
THIS LEASE (the "Lease") is made and entered into as of the 27th day of
May, 1997, by and between WALTON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., an Illinois limited
liability company (the "Landlord"), and WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC., a Minnesota
corporation, doing business as Shelly's Back Room (the "Tenant").
RECITALS:
A. Landlord owns the land, property and space legally described on
Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (the "Land"), and is in the
process of constructing a 7-story building (the "Building") on and within the
Land. All of floors two (2) through seven (7) of the Building and
approximately 1,500 square feet of space on floor one (1) of the Building (the
"Residential Entrances") will be used as a residential condominium development
containing seventeen (17) residential condominium units (subject to unit
combinations) and related amenities (the "Residential Development"). Floor
one (1) of the Building shall be comprised of the Residential Entrances,
approximately 9,000 square feet of space to be used for commercial and/or
retail uses (the "Commercial Space"), loading docks and certain walkways,
driveways and corridors. Floor one (1) of the Building (other than the
Residential Entrances) and the exterior portions of the Land located at grade
level are collectively referred to herein as the "Landlord's Property", and the
Landlord's Property is shown, by cross-hatching, on the plan attached hereto
and made a part hereof as Exhibit B.
B. Upon substantial completion of the Building, Landlord intends to
vertically subdivide the Land and the Building such that the Landlord's
Property shall constitute a separate subdivided parcel of land, property and
space and have a separate permanent index number for real estate tax assessment
purposes.
C. There is a 3-level underground garage (the "Garage") located beneath
the Building and on and within the land, property and space described on
Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof (the "Garage Parcel"). The
Garage Parcel and the Garage have been submitted to the Condominium Property
Act of the State of Illinois and contain approximately ninety-five (95) parking
space condominium units.
D. The Land, the Garage Parcel, the Building and the Garage (collectively,
the "Project") are encumbered by, and are and shall be owned, held, mortgaged
and leased subject to, the terms and provisions of: (i) a Declaration of
Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements dated as of October 31, 1996
and
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recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois on November
14, 1996 as Document No. 96869216 (as the same may be amended from time to
time, the "Original Operating Agreement"); and (ii) an Easement Agreement dated
as of October 31, 1996 and recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County,
Illinois on November 14, 1996 as Document No. 96869215 (as the same may be
amended from time to time, the "Easement Agreement"). The Original Operating
Agreement, among other things, grants and imposes certain easements, covenants,
conditions and restrictions affecting the Project, and sets forth allocations
of common costs (e.g., insurance costs and costs of maintaining common
facilities) among the respective owners of portions of the Project. The
Easement Agreement, among other things, grants certain reciprocal easements
affecting the Project and the residential condominium development located
immediately north of and adjacent to the Project (the "Mayfair Project").
Copies of the Original Operating Agreement and the Easement Agreement have been
delivered to and reviewed by Tenant prior to the date hereof.
E. Following the subdivision of the Land and the Building, as described
above, Landlord intends to amend and/or amend and restate the Original
Operating Agreement in accordance with Article 20 of the Original Operating
Agreement. The Original Operating Agreement, as amended and/or amended and
restated in accordance with said Article 20, or as otherwise amended in
accordance with the terms of the Original Operating Agreement, is referred to
in this Lease as the "Amended Operating Agreement".
F. Landlord desires to lease to Tenant and Tenant desires to lease from
Landlord a portion of the Commercial Space on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth hereinbelow, along with the non-exclusive right to use
certain other portions of the Landlord's Property on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth hereinbelow.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings
set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree
as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
GRANT OF LEASE; PREMISES
Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord,
the premises shown, by cross-hatching, on the floor plan attached hereto and
made a part hereof as Exhibit D containing 4,000 square feet of space on the
first floor of the Building (the "Premises"). Subject to the Easement
Agreement, the Original Operating Agreement, the Amended Operating Agreement
(as they may be amended and/or amended and restated from time to time) and this
Lease, Landlord also hereby grants to Tenant, the non-exclusive right to use,
in common with the Other Permitted Parties (as defined below), the loading
docks, service areas, storage room, delivery entrances, and common area
corridors and hallways (collectively, the "Common Areas") located in the
Landlord's Property. Tenant may only use the Common Areas for shipping,
receiving, trash removal, delivery, loading, unloading and other purposes for
which the Common Areas were designed. For purposes of this Lease, "Other
Permitted Parties" shall mean the present and future owners, lessees and other
occupants of the Landlord's Property and their respective customers, licensees,
business invitees, employees, suppliers, agents, contractors and subtenants,
and any person or entity entitled to use the Common Areas or any portion
thereof as a matter of law or pursuant to the Easement Agreement, the Original
Operating Agreement or the Amended Operating Agreement (as they may be amended
and/or amended and restated from time to time).
ARTICLE 2
TERM; POSSESSION
2.1 TERM. The term of this Lease (the "Term") shall commence on the
earlier to occur of: (i) the Substantial Completion Date (as defined in
Section 2 of the Workletter being executed by Landlord and Tenant
simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Lease in the form of
Exhibit E attached hereto and made a part hereof), and (ii) the date on which
Tenant or any of Tenant's Contractors takes possession of the Premises or any
portion thereof to begin construction of the Tenant's Work (as defined in the
Workletter). The earlier of said dates is referred to herein as the
"Commencement Date". The Term shall end on the last day of the tenth (10th)
Lease Year (as defined below) (the "Expiration Date"), unless extended or
sooner terminated as provided herein.
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2.2 DELAY IN THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE. If the Substantial
Completion Date is delayed for any reason, Landlord shall not be subject to any
liability on account thereof and such delay shall not affect the validity of
this Lease or the obligations of Tenant hereunder; provided, however, that if
the Substantial Completion Date has not occurred on or before September 1, 1997
for any reason other than a Tenant Delay (as defined in the Workletter) Tenant
shall have the right to terminate this Lease as its sole and exclusive remedy
by delivering written notice thereof to Landlord at any time after September 1,
1997 and prior to the Substantial Completion Date.
2.3 LEASE YEAR DEFINED. As used in this Lease, the term "Lease Year"
shall mean each consecutive twelve (12) month period beginning with the
Commencement Date, except that if the Commencement Date is other than the first
day of a calendar month, then the first (1st) Lease Year shall be the period
from the Commencement Date through the date twelve (12) months after the last
day of the calendar month in which the Commencement Date occurs, and each
subsequent Lease Year shall be the period of twelve (12) months following the
last day of the prior Lease Year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
initial Term is extended pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, the tenth (10th) Lease
Year shall be extended to include any such extension of the initial Term.
ARTICLE 3
BASE RENT
3.1 BASE RENT. Tenant shall pay to Landlord annual base rent (the "Base
Rent") for the Premises in the applicable amounts for each Lease Year as set
forth below in this Section; provided, however, that Tenant shall not be
obligated to pay Base Rent during the period of time beginning on the
Commencement Date and continuing through the day immediately preceding the Rent
Commencement Date (as defined below).
The "Rent Commencement Date" shall be the earlier to occur of: (i) the
date which is one hundred twenty-one (121) days after the Commencement Date, or
(ii) the date on which Tenant opens for business in the Premises or any portion
thereof; provided, however, that if:
(a) Tenant prepares, submits to Landlord, and if necessary, revises
the Tenant's Plans in accordance with the terms (including, without
limitation, within the time periods for revisions) set forth in the
Workletter; and
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(b) within five (5) business days after Landlord approves the
Tenant's Plans pursuant to the Workletter, Tenant submits to the
appropriate department(s) of the City of Chicago (the "City") the
Tenant's Plans and all other documents, materials and information
(collectively, the "Permit Materials") which Tenant and its architects
and consultants, exercising due diligence (including, without limitation,
familiarizing themselves with the City's building code), believe in good
faith comply with all applicable laws, codes, ordinances, rules,
regulations and requirements of the City necessary to obtain a building
permit for the Tenant's Work; and
(c) following the initial submission of the Tenant's Plans and the
Permit Materials to the City, Tenant uses its best efforts to obtain the
building permit for the Tenant's Work as soon as possible; and
(d) notwithstanding such best efforts, the City does not issue a
building permit for the Tenant's Work before the end of the Permit Period
(as defined below); and
(e) Tenant and Tenant's Contractors use their best efforts to
complete the Tenant's Work as soon as possible (including, without
limitation, performing any portion of the Tenant's Work that can be
legally performed prior to the issuance of a separate building permit for
the Tenant's Work and which is consented to by Landlord); and
(f) notwithstanding such best efforts, Tenant's Contractors are
unable to complete the Tenant's Work within one hundred and twenty (120)
days after the date on which the Landlord's Work is substantially
complete as a result of the City's failure to issue a building permit for
the Tenant's Work before the end of the Permit Period;
then the 121-day period described in clause (i) above shall be extended on a
day-for-day basis for a time period equal to the lesser of (X) the number of
days the completion of the Tenant's Work is delayed beyond one hundred twenty
(120) days after the date on which the Landlord's Work is substantially
complete as a result of the City's failure to issue a building permit for the
Tenant's Work before the end of the Permit Period, and (Y) the number of days
between the end of the Permit Period and the date on which the City issues a
building permit for the Tenant's Work. Tenant shall promptly deliver to
Landlord copies of any correspondence between Tenant (or its agents) and the
City relating to Tenant's efforts to obtain the building permit for the
Tenant's Work (including, without limitation, the correspondence transmitting
the initial Tenant's Plans and the Permit Materials to the City pursuant to
clause (b) above), and upon Landlord's request, Tenant shall promptly deliver
to Landlord copies of any plans, drawings, specifications and other materials
delivered by Tenant or its agents to the City or by the City to Tenant or its
agents and relating to the Tenant's Work or Tenant's efforts to obtain such
building permit. Landlord shall cooperate with Tenant in Tenant's efforts to
obtain the building permit for the Tenant's Work, provided that Landlord shall
not be obligated to incur any material costs in connection therewith.
For purposes of clause (c) above, "best efforts" shall include, but shall
not be limited to, revising the
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Tenant's Plans and the Permit Materials pursuant to the City's comments, and
responding to the City's requests and inquiries regarding the Tenant's Plans
and the Permit Materials, as soon as commercially practicable and in any event
within ten (10) days after Tenant's receipt of the City's comments, requests or
inquiries.
The "Permit Period" shall mean the sixty (60) day period immediately
following the date on which Tenant initially submits the Tenant's Plans and the
Permit Materials to the City pursuant to clause (b) above (the "Submission
Date"); provided, however, that if the Tenant's Plans are not delivered to
Landlord under Section 3(a)(vi) of the Workletter on or before July 1, 1997,
then the Permit Period shall be extended, on a day-for-day basis, by the number
of days between July 1, 1997 and the date the Tenant's Plans are submitted to
Landlord under Section 3(a)(vi) of the Workletter (both inclusive). For
illustrative purposes only, if the Tenant's Plans are submitted to Landlord on
July 10, 1997, and the Submission Date occurs on July 21, 1997, then the Permit
Period shall end on September 29, 1997 (i.e., seventy days after the Submission
Date).
The time period, if any, determined pursuant to clauses (X) and (Y)
above is referred to in this Lease as the "Building Permit Delay Period". In
the event of any dispute regarding the calculation, if any, described in clause
(X) above, each of Landlord and Tenant shall promptly designate an architect
having reasonable experience in performing construction work similar to the
Tenant's Work, and such designated architects shall promptly select a third
architect having reasonable experience in performing construction work similar
to the Tenant's Work and mutually acceptable to both designated architects, and
such third architect shall determine the calculation under clause (X) above,
and such decision shall be binding on the parties. If either party fails to
promptly designate an architect under the immediately preceding sentence, the
architect designated by the other party shall determine the calculation under
clause (X) above, and such decision shall be binding on the parties. If the
Rent Commencement Date is delayed as a result of a Building Permit Delay Period
and/or a Storefront Windows Delay Period (as defined below), the initial Term
shall be extended, on a day-for-day basis, equal to the number of days in the
Building Permit Delay Period and/or the Storefront Windows Delay Period, and if
any such extension would result in the Expiration Date occurring on a day other
than the last day of a calendar month, then the initial Term shall be further
extended to the last day of the calendar month in which the Expiration Date
would otherwise occur.
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If the storefront windows for the Premises to be installed as part of
the Landlord's Work are not installed on or before September 1, 1997, then the
121-day period described in clause (i) above shall be extended on a day-for-day
basis for a time period equal to the number of days between September 1, 1997
and the date on which such storefront windows are installed (the "Storefront
Windows Delay Period"). If such storefront windows are not installed on or
before September 1, 1997, the extension of the 121-day period described in
clause (i) above pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be
Tenant's sole and exclusive remedy on account thereof.
The Base Rent shall be paid in equal monthly installments ("Monthly
Base Rent"), as set forth below in this Section, in advance on the Rent
Commencement Date and on the first day of each calendar month thereafter of the
Term, and at the same rate for fractions of a month if the Rent Commencement
Date occurs on any day except the first day of a calendar month. The
applicable amounts of Base Rent and Monthly Base Rent to be paid during each
Lease Year are as follows:
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Lease Year Rental Rate Annual Base Rent Monthly Base Rent
---------- ----------- ---------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1 $35.00 $140,000.00 $11,667.00
2 $35.87 $143,480.00 $11,956.00
3 $36.77 $147,080.00 $12,257.00
4 $37.69 $150,760.00 $12,563.00
5 $38.63 $154,520.00 $12,877.00
Lease Year Rental Rate Annual Base Rent Monthly Base Rent
---------- ----------- ---------------- -----------------
6 $39.60 $158,400.00 $13,200.00
7 $40.59 $162,360.00 $13,530.00
8 $41.60 $166,400.00 $13,866.00
9 $42.64 $170,560.00 $14,213.00
10 $43.71 $174,840.00 $14,570.00
</TABLE>
3.2 MANNER OF PAYMENT. Base Rent, Rent Adjustments (as defined below),
Rent Adjustment Deposits (as defined below) and all other amounts becoming due
from Tenant to Landlord hereunder or under the Workletter (hereinafter
collectively, "Rent") shall be paid in lawful money of the United States to
Landlord at the office of Landlord, or as otherwise designated from time to
time by written notice from Landlord to Tenant. The payment of Rent hereunder
is independent of each and every other covenant and agreement contained in this
Lease, and Rent shall be paid without any setoff, abatement, counterclaim or
deduction whatsoever except as may
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be expressly provided herein.
ARTICLE 4
RENT ADJUSTMENTS
4.1 OBLIGATION TO PAY RENT ADJUSTMENTS. In addition to paying Base Rent,
Tenant shall also pay as additional rent the amounts determined in accordance
with this Article (hereinafter referred to as "Rent Adjustments"):
4.2 DEFINITIONS. As used in this Lease,
(a) "Calendar Year" shall mean any calendar year falling partially
or wholly within the Term.
(b) "Expenses" shall mean and include: (i) all charges,
assessments, expenses, fees, costs and other amounts payable by Landlord
or assessed against the Landlord's Property under the Original Operating
Agreement or the Amended Operating Agreement, including, without
limitation, Landlord's share of the cost of insurance to be carried for
the Project under the Original Operating Agreement or the Amended
Operating Agreement (but specifically excluding any such charges,
assessments, expenses, fees, costs and other amounts payable with respect
to the maintenance, repair or replacement of the structural components of
the Building or the replacement of any mechanical systems which are
Landlord's responsibility under Section 7.2 hereof), (ii) subject to any
special allocations made by Landlord pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof, the
cost of any insurance carried by Landlord and applicable to the
Landlord's Property or any personal property used in connection therewith
(including, without limitation, liability insurance and rent loss
insurance in amounts determined by Landlord from time to time), (iii) all
costs or expenses paid or incurred by or on behalf of Landlord for
managing, operating, maintaining, repairing and replacing the Landlord's
Property, any HVAC, mechanical and utility systems and component parts
thereof located in or providing services to the Landlord's Property or
any portion thereof, and Landlord's personal property used in connection
with the Landlord's Property (but specifically excluding any such costs
or expenses paid or incurred with respect to the maintenance, repair or
replacement of the structural components of the Building or the
replacement of any mechanical systems which are Landlord's responsibility
under Section 7.2 hereof), (iv) the cost of any utilities furnished to
the Common Areas, (v) subject to any special allocations made by Landlord
pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof, the cost of any water furnished to the
Landlord's Property and not separately metered for the Premises or other
tenants' premises and paid for by Tenant or such other tenants directly
to the City, (vi) subject to any special allocations made by Landlord
pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 7.3 hereof, all costs and expenses
paid or incurred by Landlord in performing the Landlord's Common Areas
Work (but specifically excluding any such costs or expenses paid or
incurred with respect to the maintenance, repair or replacement of the
structural components of the Building or the replacement of any
mechanical
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systems which are Landlord's responsibility under Section 7.2
hereof), less any payments which Landlord is entitled to receive from
other owners of portions of the Project under Exhibits 5.1(b), (c) and
(d) of the Original Operating Agreement (or any successor or
corresponding exhibits of the Amended Operating Agreement) to the extent
such payments relate to the Landlord's Common Areas Work as reasonably
determined by Landlord; and (vii) the cost of any capital improvements
made by or on behalf of Landlord to or within the Landlord's Property
(including, without limitation, any capital improvements made in
connection with performing the Landlord's Common Areas Work, but
specifically excluding the cost of any capital improvements made to the
structural components of the Building, the cost of any capital
improvements to replace any mechanical systems which are Landlord's
responsibility under Section 7.2 hereof, and the cost of any capital
improvements made to improve a tenant's premises in the Landlord's
Property for such tenant's occupancy), provided that the cost of any
capital improvements shall be amortized over such reasonable periods as
Landlord shall determine and at the prevailing construction loan rate
available to Landlord at the time such improvements are made, and only
the portion of the cost of the capital improvements amortized in any
Calendar Year (together with such interest) shall be included in Expenses
for any such Calendar Year. If any item of Expenses, although paid or
incurred in one Calendar Year, relates to more than one Calendar Year, at
the option of Landlord, such item may be allocated proportionately among
such related Calendar Years.
(c) "Taxes" shall mean real estate taxes, general or special
assessments, sewer rents, rates
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and charges, transit and transit district taxes, taxes based upon the
receipt of Rent, and any other federal, state or local governmental
charge, whether general, special, ordinary or extraordinary
(including, without limitation those levied or assessed by special taxing
districts now or hereafter created, but not including income or franchise
taxes or any other taxes imposed upon or measured by Landlord's income or
profits, except as provided herein), which may now or hereafter be levied,
assessed or imposed against the Landlord's Property or any personal
property used in conjunction therewith. "Taxes" shall also include all
costs and expenses incurred by Landlord (including, without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees) in seeking or obtaining reductions or
limitations on increases of Taxes, and refunds of Taxes. Landlord and
Tenant hereby acknowledge that initially the Landlord's Property will be
included within one or more larger parcels for real estate tax assessment
purposes, which parcel(s) may include either or both of the Garage and the
Residential Development. Until such time as the Landlord's Property is
assessed as one or more separate tax parcels, the applicable percentage
set forth below of the Taxes for the larger tax parcel(s) in which the
Landlord's Property is located shall be deemed attributable to the
Landlord's Property and shall constitute "Taxes" hereunder. If and so
long as the Garage and the Residential Development are included within
such larger tax parcel(s), ten percent (10%) of the Taxes for such larger
parcel(s) shall be deemed attributable to the Landlord's Property and
shall constitute "Taxes" hereunder. If and so long as the Residential
Development, but not the Garage, is included within such larger tax
parcel(s), fourteen and 29/100 percent (14.29%) of the Taxes for such
larger parcel(s) shall be deemed attributable to the Landlord's Property
and shall constitute "Taxes" hereunder. If Landlord and the owners of the
Garage and/or the Residential Development elect to seek a refund of or
reduction in Taxes with respect to any such larger tax parcel(s),
notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, "Taxes" shall
include the applicable percentage set forth above (based on the portion of
the Project included within such tax parcel) of the costs and expenses
incurred in connection with any such contest (including, without
limitation, attorneys' fees).
Notwithstanding anything contained in this subsection (c) to the contrary:
(i) If at any time the method of taxation then prevailing is altered so
that any new
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or additional tax, assessment, levy, imposition or charge
or any part thereof is imposed upon Landlord in place or partly
in place of any such Taxes or contemplated increase therein, or in
addition to Taxes, and is measured by or is based in whole or in part
upon the Landlord's Property or the rents or other income therefrom,
then all such new taxes, assessments, levies, impositions or charges
or part thereof, to the extent that they are so measured or based,
shall be included in Taxes levied, assessed or imposed against the
Landlord's Property to the extent that such items would be payable if
the Landlord's Property were the only property of Landlord subject
thereto and the income received by Landlord from the Landlord's
Property were the only income of Landlord.
(ii) In the case of special assessments which may be paid in
installments, the amount of each installment, plus any interest
payable thereon, paid during a Calendar Year shall be included in
Taxes for that Calendar Year. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence and in clause (iii) below, all references to Taxes "for" a
particular Calendar Year shall be deemed to refer to taxes levied,
assessed or otherwise imposed for such Calendar Year without regard
to when such Taxes are payable.
(iii) Taxes shall also include any personal property taxes (attributable to
the Calendar Year in which paid) imposed upon the furniture, fixtures,
machinery, equipment, apparatus, systems and appurtenances which are
components of or used in conjunction with the Landlord's Property.
(d) "Tenant's Proportionate Share" shall mean 44.44%, a percentage determined
by dividing 4,000 square feet, the rentable area contained in the
Premises, by 9,000 square feet, the rentable area contained in the
Landlord's Property. The parties acknowledge and agree that a variety of
methods and standards exist for measuring the rentable area of a building
or a portion thereof, and that
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individuals, including experts in this area, may reach different
conclusions on the rentable area of a building or a portion thereof, even
though such parties have based their conclusions on the same measurement
methods or standards. Accordingly, in order to eliminate any ambiguity or
uncertainty, the parties hereby agree that the rentable area of the
Premises and the rentable area of the Landlord's Property, respectively,
are as specified above, and such figures, the respective amounts of Base
Rent set forth in Sections 3.1 and 29.2 hereof (which have been calculated
pursuant to such figures), and Tenant's Proportionate Share shall not be
contested by either party.
4.3 COMPUTATION OF RENT ADJUSTMENTS. Tenant shall pay Rent
Adjustments for each Calendar Year determined as hereinafter set forth.
Rent Adjustments payable by Tenant with respect to each Calendar Year shall
include: (i) Tenant's Proportionate Share of the amount of Taxes for such
Calendar Year (the "Tax Adjustment"), plus (ii) Tenant's Proportionate
Share of the amount of Expenses for such Calendar Year, plus any amounts
allocated to Tenant by Landlord as provided below in this Section 4.3
and/or under subsections (f) and/or (g) of Section 7.3 hereof
(collectively, the "Expense Adjustment"). In calculating the Expense
Adjustment, Landlord shall have the right to specially allocate to Tenant
and the Premises: (i) any Expenses relating to insurance (whether directly
incurred by Landlord or allocated to Landlord or the Landlord's Property
under the Original Operating Agreement or the Amended Operating Agreement)
based on the manner in which the insurance company or agent issuing the
applicable policy or policies allocates such insurance-related Expenses to
Tenant or the Premises, and (ii) the cost of any water furnished to the
Landlord's Property and not separately metered for the Premises or other
leased premises and paid for by Tenant or such other tenants directly to
the City (whether directly incurred by Landlord or allocated to Landlord or
the Landlord's Property under the Original Operating Agreement or the
Amended Operating Agreement). In connection with any special allocations
described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, as of the
date hereof, it is contemplated that there will be one water bill issued by
the City for the entire Project and that pursuant to the Amended Operating
Agreement, the condominium association for the Residential Development will
have primary responsibility for paying each such water bill on a timely
basis. Pursuant to the Amended Operating Agreement, Landlord will be
obligated to pay or reimburse the condominium association for an equitable
share of each water bill for the Project based on the
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amount of water furnished to the Landlord's Property, as determined by a
sub-meter installed or to be installed for the Landlord's Property.
Until such time (if any) as separate water bills are issued by the City for
the Premises and any other leased premises in the Landlord's Property (and
Tenant and such other tenants pay such water bills directly to the City),
the cost of water furnished to the Landlord's Property shall be equitably
allocated by Landlord between Tenant and the other tenant(s) of the
Landlord's Property. If sub-meters are installed by Landlord to measure
the amount of water furnished to the Premises, the other leased premises,
and/or the Common Areas, respectively, Landlord shall allocate the cost of
water furnished to the Landlord's Property between Tenant and such other
tenant(s) based on actual use as determined by such sub-meters, and shall
equitably allocate the cost of any water furnished to the Common Areas.
Until such time (if any) as any such sub-meters are installed, Landlord
shall equitably allocate the cost of water furnished to the Landlord's
Property between Tenant and such other tenant(s) based on Landlord's
reasonable determination of the respective amounts of water used by or for
the benefit of Tenant and such other tenants from time to time. To the
extent any insurance-related Expenses and/or water charges are specially
allocated to Tenant and the Premises as provided above in this Section 4.3,
such allocated amount(s) shall be used in determining the Expense
Adjustment, in lieu of Tenant's Proportionate Share of such
insurance-related Expenses and/or water charges.
Prior to entering into this Lease, Landlord provided Tenant with
Landlord's good faith estimate that the Tax Adjustment for the first (1st)
Calendar Year (calculated on an annualized basis if the first Calendar Year
is a partial year) will be between $28,000 and $40,000. Landlord provided
no estimates with respect to any Tax Adjustment other than for the first
(1st) Calendar Year as provided above. Tenant hereby acknowledges and
agrees that: (i) the estimate described above is not a representation,
warranty, covenant, assurance or guaranty by Landlord that the Tax
Adjustment for the first (1st) Calendar Year or any other Calendar Year
will be within said estimate, and (ii) the actual Tax Adjustment for the
first (1st) Calendar Year or any other Calendar Year may be higher or lower
than such estimate.
Prior to entering into this Lease, Landlord provided Tenant with
Landlord's good faith estimate that the Expense Adjustment (excluding any
amounts attributable to water charges) for the first (1st) Calendar Year
(calculated on an annualized basis if the first Calendar Year is a partial
year) will be approximately $4,000.
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Landlord provided no estimates with respect to any Expense Adjustment other
than for the first (1st) Calendar Year as provided above. Tenant hereby
acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the estimate described above is not a
representation, warranty, covenant, assurance or guaranty by Landlord of
the Expense Adjustment (excluding any amounts attributable to water
charges) for the first (1st) Calendar Year or any other Calendar Year, and
(ii) the actual Expense Adjustment (excluding any amounts attributable to
water charges) for the first (1st) Calendar Year or any other Calendar Year
may be higher or lower than such estimate.
4.4 PAYMENTS OF RENT ADJUSTMENTS; PROJECTIONS. Tenant shall make
estimated payments on account of Tax Adjustment and Expense Adjustment (the
aggregate of such payments with respect to any Calendar Year being
hereinafter referred to as the "Rent Adjustment Deposits") as follows:
(a) Not less than ten (10) days prior to the Rent Commencement
Date, Landlord shall, and from time to time (but not more often than
twice) during any Calendar Year Landlord may, deliver to Tenant a
written notice or notices (each such notice being hereinafter referred
to as a "Projection Notice") setting forth (A) Landlord's reasonable
estimates, forecasts or projections (collectively, the "Projections")
of either or both of Taxes and Expenses for such Calendar Year and any
amounts to be allocated to Tenant under Section 4.3 hereof and/or
under subsections (f) and/or (g) of Section 7.3 hereof and (B)
Tenant's Rent Adjustment Deposits for such Calendar Year based upon
the Projections. The Projections contained in any Projection Notice
delivered with respect to the last twelve (12) months of the Term or
any portion thereof may include reasonable, increased estimates,
forecasts or projections to include Taxes and Expenses and any amounts
allocated to Tenant under Section 4.3 hereof and/or under subsections
(f) and/or (g) of Section 7.3 hereof which may not be known until
after the expiration of the Term (including, without limitation, Taxes
for the last Calendar Year of the Term); provided, however, that
nothing contained in this Section 4.4(a) shall limit or otherwise
affect Tenant's obligations under Section 4.8 hereof.
(b) Tenant shall commence payments of monthly installments of
Rent Adjustment Deposits on the Rent Commencement Date. On such date,
and on or before the first day of each calendar month thereafter
during the Term, Tenant shall pay to Landlord one-twelfth (1/12) of
the Rent Adjustment
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Deposits shown in the then most recent Projection Notice. Within
fifteen (15) days following Landlord's delivery of a Projection Notice
for a Calendar Year in progress, Tenant also shall pay Landlord a lump
sum equal to the Rent Adjustment Deposits shown in the Projection
Notice less the sum of (A) any previous payments on account of Rent
Adjustment Deposits made with respect to such Calendar Year and
(B) monthly installments on account of Rent Adjustment Deposits due
for the remainder of such Calendar Year. Until such time as Landlord
furnishes a Projection Notice for a Calendar Year, Tenant shall
continue to pay monthly installments of Rent Adjustment Deposits in
the amount shown in the then most recent Projection Notice.
4.5 READJUSTMENTS. The following readjustments shall be
made by Landlord and Tenant for the Expense Adjustment and the
Tax Adjustment for each Calendar Year:
(a) Following the end of each Calendar Year and after Landlord
has determined the actual amount of Expenses to be used in calculating
the Expense Adjustment for such Calendar Year and the actual amounts,
if any, allocated to Tenant under Section 4.3 hereof and/or under
subsections (f) and/or (g) of Section 7.3 hereof, Landlord shall
notify Tenant in writing (any such notice is hereinafter referred to
as "Landlord's Expense Statement") of such Expenses, allocations and
the Expense Adjustment for such Calendar Year. If the Expense
Adjustment owed for such Calendar Year exceeds the Expense Adjustment
component of the Rent Adjustment Deposits paid by Tenant during such
Calendar Year, then Tenant, within thirty (30) days after the date of
Landlord's Expense Statement, shall pay to Landlord an amount equal to
the excess of the Expense Adjustment over the Expense Adjustment
component of the Rent Adjustment Deposits paid by Tenant during such
Calendar Year. If the Expense Adjustment component of the Rent
Adjustment Deposits paid by Tenant during such Calendar Year exceeds
the Expense Adjustment owed for such Calendar Year, then Landlord may
credit such excess to any Rent then due and owing until such excess
has been exhausted, and if no Rent is then due and owing or if any
excess remains after such credit to any Rent then due and owing, then
Landlord shall credit such excess to Rent payable after the date of
Landlord's Expense Statement, or upon Tenant's request made within ten
(10) days after delivery of Landlord's Expense Statement, Landlord
shall promptly pay such excess amount
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to Tenant. If this Lease expires or is terminated prior to
full application of any such excess, Landlord shall promptly pay such
excess amount to Tenant less: (i) any amount applied against Rent,
(ii) any amount necessary to cure any defaults by Tenant under this
Lease, and (iii) an amount reasonably required for payment of Rent for
the Calendar Year in which this Lease expires, without limiting or
otherwise affecting Tenant's obligations under Section 4.8 hereof.
(b) Following the end of each Calendar Year and after Landlord
has determined the actual amount of Taxes to be used in calculating
the Tax Adjustment for such Calendar Year, Landlord shall notify
Tenant in writing (any such notice hereinafter referred to as
"Landlord's Tax Statement") of such Taxes for such Calendar Year. If
the Tax Adjustment owed for such Calendar Year exceeds the Tax
Adjustment component of the Rent Adjustment Deposits paid by Tenant
during such Calendar Year, then Tenant, within thirty (30) days after
the date of Landlord's Tax Statement, shall pay to Landlord an amount
equal to the excess of the Tax Adjustment over the Tax Adjustment
component of the Rent Adjustment Deposits paid by Tenant during such
Calendar Year. If the Tax Adjustment component of the Rent Adjustment
Deposits paid by Tenant during such Calendar Year exceeds the Tax
Adjustment owed for such Calendar Year, then Landlord may credit such
excess to any Rent then due and owing until such excess has been
exhausted, and if no Rent is then due and owing or if any excess
remains after such credit to any Rent then due and owing, then
Landlord shall credit such excess to Rent payable after the date of
Landlord's Tax Statement, or upon Tenant's request made within ten
(10) days after delivery of Landlord's Tax Statement, Landlord shall
promptly pay such excess amount to Tenant. Landlord shall deliver the
Landlord's Tax Statement for the Taxes for the last Calendar Year of
the Term, within ten (10) days after the actual Taxes for the last
Calendar Year of the Term are known. If the amount due from Tenant to
Landlord under such final Landlord's Tax Statement is less than any
Rent Adjustment Deposits then being held by Landlord for the payment
of the Tax Adjustment for such last Calendar Year, then concurrently
with the delivery of such Landlord's Tax Statement, Landlord shall pay
such excess amount to Tenant less: (i) any amount applied against
Rent, (ii) any amount necessary to cure any defaults by Tenant under
this Lease, and (iii) an amount reasonably required for payment of
Rent for the Calendar
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Year in which this Lease expires, without limiting or
otherwise affecting Tenant's obligations under Section 4.8 hereof.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Landlord
hereby agrees that the Tax Adjustment due and payable for the Calendar
Year 1997 shall not exceed an amount equal to Forty Thousand and 00/100
Dollars ($40,000.00) multiplied by Tenant's Proportionate Share, and
further multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
of days from the Rent Commencement Date to December 31, 1997 (both
inclusive), and the denominator of which is 365. No interest or
penalties shall accrue on any amounts which Landlord is obligated to
credit or pay to Tenant pursuant to this Section.
4.6 BOOKS AND RECORDS. Landlord shall maintain books and records
showing Taxes and Expenses in accordance with sound accounting and
management practices. Tenant or its representative shall have the right to
examine Landlord's books and records showing Taxes and Expenses upon
reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours at any time within
thirty (30) days following the furnishing by Landlord to Tenant of
Landlord's Expense Statement or Landlord's Tax Statement, as the case may
be, provided in Section 4.5. Unless Tenant takes written exception to any
item within thirty (30) days after the furnishing of the Landlord's Expense
Statement or Landlord's Tax Statement, as the case may be, containing such
item, such Landlord's Tax Statement or Landlord's Expense Statement shall
be considered final and accepted by Tenant.
4.7 AUDIT PROCEDURES. If Tenant notifies Landlord within such thirty
(30) day period that Tenant disputes any specific item or items in any
Landlord's Expense Statement or Landlord's Tax Statement, as the case may
be, and such dispute is not resolved between Landlord and Tenant within
thirty (30) days after the date such notice is given by Tenant, Tenant,
during the fifteen (15) day period next following the expiration of the
thirty (30) day period commencing on the date such notice is given, may
refer such disputed item or items for determination by an independent
certified public accountant mutually acceptable to the parties, and the
determination of such accountant shall be final, conclusive and binding
upon Landlord and Tenant. Tenant agrees to pay all costs involved in such
determination except where it is determined that Landlord has overcharged
Tenant for the Tax Adjustment and the Expense Adjustment for such Calendar
Year by more than four percent (4%), in which case Landlord shall pay such
costs.
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4.8 PRORATION AND SURVIVAL. With respect to any Calendar Year which
does not fall entirely within the Term, Tenant shall be obligated to pay as
the Expense Adjustment and the Tax Adjustment for such Calendar Year only a
pro rata share of the Expense Adjustment and the Tax Adjustment based upon
the number of days of the Term falling within the Calendar Year, provided
that for the Calendar Year in which the Rent Commencement Date occurs,
Tenant shall be obligated to pay as the Expense Adjustment and the Tax
Adjustment for such Calendar Year only a pro rata share of the Expense
Adjustment and the Tax Adjustment based upon a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days from the Rent Commencement Date to December
31st of such Calendar Year (both inclusive), and the denominator of which
is 365. Following the expiration or termination of this Lease, Tenant
shall pay any Rent Adjustments due to Landlord within fifteen (15) days
after the date of each Landlord's Expense Statement or Landlord Tax
Statement sent to Tenant after the expiration or termination of this Lease.
Without limitation of other obligations of Tenant which shall survive the
expiration of the Term, the obligation of Tenant to pay Rent Adjustments
provided for in this Article shall survive the expiration or termination
of this Lease.
4.9 NO DECREASE IN BASE RENT. In no event shall any Rent Adjustments
result in a decrease of Base Rent.
4.10 ADDITIONAL RENT. All amounts payable by Tenant as or on account of
Rent Adjustments shall be deemed to be additional rent becoming due under
this Lease.
4.11 CONTESTING TAXES. Until such time as the Landlord's Property is
assessed as one or more separate tax parcels, Tenant shall not have the
right to contest the validity, amount or rate of any Taxes assessed against
the Landlord's Property or against any tax parcel including the Landlord's
Property or any portion thereof. After the Landlord's Property is assessed
as one or more separate tax parcels, Tenant shall have the right, at its
sole cost and expense, to contest by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted in good faith, the validity, amount or rate of any Taxes assessed
against the Landlord's Property, provided that: (i) Tenant gives Landlord
not less than seven (7) days advance notice prior to commencing any action
in connection with any such contest, (ii) Landlord has not elected to
contest or does not intend to contest such Taxes, (iii) Tenant delivers to
Landlord a bond or other security reasonably satisfactory to Landlord
(after taking into consideration any Rent Adjustment Deposits
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then being held by Landlord for the Tax Adjustment related to the Taxes
being contested) to secure the payment of such contested Taxes and any
penalties and interest which may accrue thereon, and (iv) Tenant satisfies
any conditions set forth in any First Mortgage (as defined below) then
encumbering the Landlord's Property relating to the right to contest Taxes.
In addition to the terms and conditions set forth in the immediately
preceding sentence, if one or more other tenants of the Landlord's Property
are also contesting such Taxes, Tenant shall pursue its contest in
conjunction with the contest by such other tenant(s). If Landlord has
elected to contest or intends to contest any Taxes which Tenant intends to
contest pursuant to this Section, Landlord shall notify Tenant of such
election or intention within seven (7) days after receipt of Tenant's
notice described above.
ARTICLE 5
USE OF PREMISES
5.1 PERMITTED USE.
(a) Tenant shall use and occupy the Premises
exclusively for the purpose set forth below in this subsection (a) and
for no other use or purpose. Subject to Article 34 hereof, the
Premises shall be used as a "cigar bar" restaurant similar in quality,
operation and atmosphere to Tenant's "Shelly's Back Room Cigar Parlor"
in Washington D.C. (as such "Shelly's Back Room Cigar Parlor" is
intended to be operated upon its opening for business, which opening
is scheduled to occur within thirty (30) days after the date hereof,
and as such operation has been represented by Tenant to Landlord prior
to entering into this Lease). A "cigar bar" restaurant involves the
serving of food and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, for
on-premises consumption only, in an atmosphere which permits and
promotes cigar smoking, subject to Article 34 hereof. In addition,
the Premises, the use and design thereof, and the business operated
therein as described above, shall be of a quality, design and
atmosphere which are consistent with the design, use and first-class,
exclusive quality and atmosphere of the Building and the neighborhood
in which the Building is located (including, but not limited to, the
Mayfair Project). Tenant shall use for office, clerical or other
non-selling purposes only such space in the Premises as is reasonably
required from time to time for Tenant's business in the Premises as
described above. For purposes of this Article, Tenant shall be deemed
to include Tenant's permitted subtenants, assigns and
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occupants.
(b) Tenant shall use its best efforts to complete the Tenant's
Work and open for business in the Premises as soon as possible after
the Commencement Date, and after opening for business in the Premises,
Tenant agrees to use and operate one hundred percent (100%) of the
Premises during the entire Term of this Lease for the use and purpose
and in accordance with the standards set forth in subsection (a) above.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to the
time restrictions set forth below in this subsection, the Premises
shall be open for business for lunch and dinner service seven (7) days
a week. Tenant shall comply promptly with all laws and ordinances and
lawful orders and regulations affecting the Premises and the
cleanliness, safety, occupancy and use of same, including, without
limitation, any laws and ordinances relating to handicap accessibility
(including, without limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act).
Tenant agrees that it will conduct its business in the Premises in a
lawful manner in good faith, and shall not do any act tending to injure
the reputation of the Building. Tenant agrees that the Premises shall
not be open for business at any time between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and
6:00 A.M., Chicago time. In addition, if: (i) Landlord receives
repetitive, legitimate (as reasonably determined by Landlord)
complaints from one or more persons regarding noise or other
disturbances made or created by Tenant's employees, customers or
invitees in and around the Project or the neighborhood in which the
Project is located (including, without limitation, in and around the
Mayfair Project), and (ii) Tenant fails to adequately and permanently
eliminate such occurrences to Landlord's reasonable satisfaction within
a reasonable period of time following written notice from Landlord to
Tenant, then in addition to all other rights and remedies available to
Landlord under this Lease or at law or in equity, Landlord shall have
the right to prohibit Tenant from being open for business in the
Premises at any time between the hours of 12:00 A.M. and 2:00 A.M.,
Chicago time, which time restriction shall be in addition to the time
restriction set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. There
shall be no live music or other live entertainment in the Premises, and
no music or other noise of any kind shall be played in the Premises
which can be heard anywhere outside of the Premises. Tenant shall not
use the areas (interior or exterior) adjacent to the Premises
(including, without limitation, all or
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any portion of the Common Areas) for the sale or display of merchandise,
solicitation or demonstrations or other business purposes.
(c) Tenant shall warehouse, store and stock in the Premises only such
food, goods, wares and merchandise as are reasonably necessary in order to
operate the business in the Premises expressly permitted by this Lease.
5.2 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND INSURANCE. Tenant will not make or permit
to be made any use of the Premises, and will not make any use of the Common
Areas, which is directly or indirectly forbidden by public law, ordinance
or governmental regulation, or which may be dangerous to persons or
property, or which may invalidate any policy of insurance carried on the
Project or the Landlord's Property or covering the operations of either,
and if Tenant's occupancy or use of the Premises results in an increase in
insurance premiums under any such policies, Tenant shall pay to Landlord
said additional amounts. Tenant shall not do or permit to be done any act
or thing upon the Premises, and shall not do any act or thing upon the
Common Areas, which will be in conflict with or a violation of any fire
insurance policies covering the Project or any portion thereof (including,
without limitation, the Landlord's Property). Tenant, at its sole expense,
shall comply and shall cause the Premises to comply with (i) all laws,
codes, ordinances, rules, regulations or requirements of governmental and
quasi-governmental authorities, and (ii) the requirements of any insurer
under any policy of insurance carried on the Project or the Landlord's
Property in order to avoid the invalidation of any such policy (including,
without limitation, making any capital improvements required in connection
therewith), and shall not do, or permit anything to be done, in the
Premises, or bring or keep anything therein in violation of rules,
regulations or requirements of the local municipality and any other
governmental or quasi-governmental authority having jurisdiction. Landlord
represents that the use of the Premises for the purpose described in
Section 5.1(a) hereof will not invalidate the property insurance policy
which Landlord presently intends to carry for the Project upon the
completion thereof, subject to any changes to the terms of such policy
between the date hereof and the completion of the Project. Tenant shall
not do anything in the Common Areas or bring or keep anything therein in
violation of rules, regulations or requirements of the local municipality
and any other governmental or quasi-governmental authority having
jurisdiction. Tenant shall be solely responsible for obtaining, and shall,
at its sole
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cost, obtain and keep in full force and effect, all governmental
licenses, permits and approvals required for (i) Tenant's occupancy of the
Premises, (ii) Tenant's use of the Premises for the purpose permitted under
this Lease, and (iii) the operation of Tenant's business in the Premises
for the purpose permitted under this Lease, including, without limitation,
a certificate of occupancy and a liquor license. This Lease and Tenant's
obligations hereunder are not subject to or conditioned upon Tenant's
obtaining any such licenses, permits or approvals, and Tenant's failure or
inability to obtain one or more of such licenses, permits or approvals
shall not release Tenant from any of its obligations or liabilities under
this Lease.
5.3 COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS. Tenant shall not do or
permit to be done any act or thing upon the Premises, and shall not do any
act or thing upon the Common Areas, which will be in conflict with or a
violation of any covenant, condition, restriction, easement or encumbrance
of record affecting the Premises, the Landlord's Property or the Project or
any portion of any thereof. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Lease and Tenant's rights hereunder shall be subject and
subordinate to the terms and provisions of the Easement Agreement, the
Original Operating Agreement and the Amended Operating Agreement, as the
same may be amended and/or amended and restated from time to time. Tenant
shall, upon Landlord's request, execute a recordable instrument evidencing
the subordination of this Lease to the terms and provisions of the Easement
Agreement, the Original Operating Agreement and the Amended Operating
Agreement, and to any amendments and/or amendments and restatements to any
of the foregoing. Tenant hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the
Easement Agreement and the Original Operating Agreement with its legal
counsel and hereby approves their respective terms, covenants, conditions
and provisions. Landlord shall have the right to amend and/or amend and
restate the Easement Agreement, the Original Operating Agreement
(including, without limitation, in connection with creating the Amended
Operating Agreement) and the Amended Operating Agreement, without Tenant's
approval, as long as any such amendment and/or amendment and restatement
does not materially, adversely affect Tenant's rights or obligations under
this Lease. Tenant hereby agrees that Tenant's rights and/or obligations
under this Lease shall not be materially, adversely affected by any such
amendment and/or amendment and restatement which: (i) contains terms,
covenants, conditions, restrictions and provisions similar to or consistent
with those set forth in the Easement Agreement and/or the
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Original Operating Agreement; (ii) grants easements in, on, over and across
the roof of the Landlord's Property or any portion thereof (including,
without limitation, for the operation and maintenance of equipment
thereon); (iii) grants easements in favor of the Residential Development
which burden or affect the Premises or the Landlord's Property or any
portion thereof and are similar to or consistent with any easements granted
in the Easement Agreement and/or the Original Operating Agreement
(including, without limitation, an easement in favor of the Residential
Development to use the loading docks, service areas, storage room, delivery
entrances and related corridors, facilities and equipment located in and on
the Landlord's Property for shipping, receiving, trash removal, delivery,
loading, unloading and similar purposes); (iv) provides for services to be
furnished to or in favor of the Residential Development similar to the
services to be furnished to the Mayfair Project and other portions of the
Project under the Easement Agreement and/or the Original Operating
Agreement; (v) provides for an allocation of the cost of water furnished to
the Project among the Residential Development, the Landlord's Property and
the Garage; and/or (vi) contains terms and provisions similar to those
described and contemplated by Section 16.4(b) of the Easement Agreement or
Section 20.1 of the Original Operating Agreement. Landlord shall deliver
to Tenant copies of any amendments and/or amendments and restatements of
the Easement Agreement, the Original Operating Agreement or the Amended
Operating Agreement. Tenant shall at all times and in all respects: (i)
recognize, observe and not interfere with or impair any of the easements
granted under the Easement Agreement, the Original Operating Agreement
and/or the Amended Operating Agreement (as the same may be amended and/or
amended and restated from time to time), or the rights of the beneficiaries
of such easements, (ii) fully, timely and faithfully perform, comply with
and observe, at Tenant's sole cost, each and all of the conditions,
covenants and provisions contained in the Easement Agreement, the Original
Operating Agreement and/or the Amended Operating Agreement (as the same may
be amended and/or amended and restated from time to time) relating to the
care, repair and maintenance of the Premises (other than any such
obligations which are Landlord's responsibility under Section 7.2 hereof),
and (iii) not do or permit to be done anything or omit to do anything which
would constitute or cause a breach or default by Landlord under the
Easement Agreement, the Original Operating Agreement and/or the Amended
Operating Agreement (as the same may be amended and/or amended and restated
from time to time).
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ARTICLE 6
SERVICES
6.1 TENANT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICES. Except for Landlord's
obligation to: (i) install HVAC, utility and mechanical systems to the
perimeter of the Premises (but not the distribution or hook-up of such
HVAC, utility and mechanical systems to or throughout the Premises) as part
of the Landlord's Work in accordance with the Workletter, and (ii) replace
certain utility and mechanical systems installed by Landlord as part of the
Landlord's Work in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof, Landlord shall not
be obligated to provide heat, air conditioning, lighting, electricity,
power, telephone or other communication services, natural gas, water, cable
television or any other utilities or services to the Premises. Tenant
shall, at its sole cost, make arrangements directly with the providers of
such utilities and services for the supply thereof to and throughout the
Premises and shall cause each of such utilities to be separately metered to
the Premises. Tenant shall pay such providers directly for all fees,
charges, rents and costs related to the installation, metering, initiation,
use, maintenance and supply of such utilities and services to and
throughout the Premises during the Term. Landlord represents that
electricity, water, natural gas and sanitary sewer service are, or by the
Commencement Date will be, available to the boundaries of the Project.
6.2 FAILURE TO RECEIVE SERVICES. Landlord shall not be liable to
Tenant, by abatement of Rent (except as expressly provided below in this
Section 6.2) or otherwise, for any failure, cessation, interruption,
insufficiency or inadequacy of any utility, HVAC or other mechanical
services furnished to or throughout the Premises, and any such failure,
cessation, interruption, insufficiency or inadequacy, for any length of
time, shall not constitute an eviction (constructive or otherwise) or
disturbance of Tenant's use or possession of the Premises, make this Lease
void or voidable, give rise to any claim for setoff or abatement of Rent
(except as expressly provided below in this Section 6.2) or affect any of
Tenant's obligations under this Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 6.2, but subject to Section 21.1 hereof, if any
utility services to the Premises are interrupted as a result of Landlord's
gross negligence or wilful and intentional misconduct, and as a result
thereof, the Premises or a material portion thereof is rendered
untenantable (meaning that Tenant is unable to use such space in the normal
course of its business) and Tenant in fact so ceases to use such space, and
Tenant notifies
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Landlord of such interruption and untenantability within twenty-four
(24) hours after the beginning of such service interruption, then during
such period of untenantability, as Tenant's sole and exclusive remedy, Rent
payable hereunder shall be equitably abated based upon the percentage of
space in the Premises so rendered untenantable and not being so used by
Tenant. Landlord and Tenant shall cooperate with one another in attempting
to restore any such interrupted utility services as soon as reasonably
possible.
ARTICLE 7
CONDITION AND CARE OF PREMISES AND LANDLORD'S PROPERTY
7.1 TENANT'S OBLIGATIONS. Tenant's taking possession of the Premises
or any portion thereof shall be conclusive evidence against Tenant that the
Premises was then in good order and satisfactory condition, subject to any
punch list items agreed upon by Landlord and Tenant under the Workletter.
No promises of Landlord to alter, remodel, improve, repair, decorate or
clean the Premises, the Landlord's Property, or the Project or any part of
any thereof have been made, and no representation respecting the condition
of the Premises, the Landlord's Property, or the Project has been made to
Tenant by or on behalf of Landlord except to the extent expressly set forth
herein or in the Workletter. Except for any damage resulting from any
wanton or negligent act of Landlord or its employees and agents, and
subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 hereof and Article 15 hereof,
Tenant, at its own expense, shall keep the Premises in good and safe order,
repair and tenantable condition and shall repair all damage to the Premises
promptly and adequately, including replacing or repairing all damaged or
broken glass, fixtures and appurtenances, within a reasonable period of
time. Tenant's obligations under this Section shall also include, but
shall not be limited to: (i) cleaning, repairing, maintaining and
replacing all windows, doors, signs and awnings (if any) located on, within
or adjacent to the Premises or relating to the business conducted thereon
so that such items shall be maintained in an attractive, clean condition,
(ii) repairing and maintaining, wherever located within the Project, all
utility, HVAC and mechanical equipment, facilities, lines, pipes, conduit,
systems and component parts thereof exclusively serving the Premises (and
no other portions of the Landlord's Property or the Project) and bringing
utilities, HVAC or other mechanical services to the boundaries of the
Premises, (iii) repairing, maintaining and replacing all utility, HVAC and
mechanical equipment, facilities, lines, pipes, conduit, systems and
component parts thereof located within the Premises and distributing
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utilities, HVAC or other mechanical services throughout the Premises, (iv)
keeping clean and in first-class condition and repair all equipment,
facilities, and fixtures located within the Premises and (v) removing snow,
ice and debris from the sidewalks and walkways adjacent to the portion of
the Building in which the Premises is located. If Tenant does not promptly
and adequately perform its obligations under this Section, in addition to
all other rights and remedies available to Landlord under this Lease or at
law or in equity, Landlord may, but need not, perform such obligations on
Tenant's behalf, and Tenant shall pay Landlord, on demand, the cost thereof
plus an additional ten percent (10%) of such costs to cover Landlord's
overhead in performing such obligations of Tenant.
7.2 LANDLORD'S OBLIGATIONS. Except for any damage resulting from any
wanton or negligent act of Tenant or its employees, agents, customers and
licensees and subject to the provisions of Article 15 hereof, Landlord, at
its sole cost, shall be responsible for: (i) the repair, maintenance and
replacement of the structural components of the Building and the exterior
perimeter walls of the Building adjacent to the Premises (excluding
windows, doors, signs and awnings), and (ii) the replacement of all
utility, HVAC and mechanical equipment, facilities, lines, pipes, conduit,
systems and component parts thereof bringing utilities, HVAC or other
mechanical services to the boundaries of the Premises and installed by
Landlord as part of the Landlord's Work, except to the extent any such
replacements are necessitated by Tenant's failure to perform its obligation
to repair and maintain such items under Section 7.1 hereof.
7.3 MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2 hereof and Article 15
hereof, unless Landlord performs such work pursuant to subsection (f) of
this Section 7.3, Tenant and the other tenant(s) from time to time, if
any, of the Landlord's Property shall be jointly responsible for keeping
the Common Areas, the exterior portions of the Land located at grade
level and the sidewalks and driveways adjacent to the Building in a
clean, sightly, safe and sanitary condition at all times (the "Common
Areas Work"). The Common Areas Work shall include, but not be limited
to: (i) removing snow, ice and debris from the Common Areas, the
exterior portions of the Land located at grade level and the sidewalks
and driveways adjacent to the Building, and (ii) maintaining all
planters, trees, flowers and other landscaping
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now or hereafter located in front of the Building.
(b) At any time Landlord does not perform the Common Areas Work
pursuant to subsection (f) below and there is one or more other tenants
of the Landlord's Property, Tenant shall negotiate in good faith and use
good faith efforts to maintain in affect, an agreement (a "Common Areas
Agreement") with such other tenant(s) addressing the manner in which
Tenant and such other tenant(s) shall perform the Common Areas Work,
including an equitable method for allocating and paying the costs and
expenses incurred by such parties in connection therewith, and an
equitable method for allocating any credit due from Landlord as described
in subsection (d) below of this Section 7.3. Any Common Areas Agreement
shall be mutually acceptable to Tenant, such other tenant(s) and
Landlord.
(c) At any time Landlord does not perform the Common Areas Work
pursuant to subsection (f) below and there is no other tenant of the
Landlord's Property, Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense (subject
to a rent credit from Landlord as described below), perform the Common
Areas Work.
(d) At any time Tenant or Tenant and one or more other tenants
of the Landlord's Property are performing the Common Areas Work, Tenant or
Tenant and such other tenant(s) shall: (i) perform the Common Areas Work
at the lowest possible costs reasonably available without degrading the
quality of the Common Areas Work, and (ii) within sixty (60) days after
the end of each Calendar Year, deliver to Landlord a reasonably detailed,
written statement (the "Cost Statement") setting forth the costs incurred
by Tenant or by Tenant and such other tenant(s) in performing the Common
Areas Work during the immediately preceding Calendar Year, along with all
relevant work sheets and supporting data necessary to substantiate the
costs shown on any such Cost Statement. Tenant and such other tenant(s)
shall maintain reasonably detailed books and records pertaining to all
costs and expenses incurred in performing the Common Areas Work,
including, without limitation, time records of any employees of Tenant or
such other tenant(s) involved in performing the Common Areas Work.
Landlord and its representatives shall have the right at all reasonable
times, upon reasonable prior notice, to review, examine and copy all such
books and records relating to the Common Areas Work.
(e) As long as Tenant or Tenant and one or more other tenants
are performing the Common
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Areas Work, and deliver to Landlord, within the time period
described above, the Cost Statement and work sheets and supporting data
described above, Landlord shall provide a rent credit to Tenant and such
other tenant(s) in an amount equal to any payments which Landlord is
entitled to receive from other owners of portions of the Project under
Exhibits 5.1(b), (c) and (d) of the Original Operating Agreement (or
under any successor or corresponding exhibits of the Amended Operating
Agreement) to the extent such payments relate to the Common Areas Work
performed by Tenant or by Tenant and such other tenant(s), as reasonably
determined by Landlord. Landlord shall allocate such rent credit between
Tenant and the other tenant(s) in accordance with the then existing
Common Areas Agreement, if any. At any time there is no other tenant of
the Landlord's Property, all of such rent credit shall be given to
Tenant.
(f) Landlord may elect, at any time and from time to time, to
perform the Common Areas Work by giving notice of such election to Tenant
and any other tenants of the Landlord's Property. In addition, Tenant
may elect for any reason, at any time upon not less than sixty (60) days
prior written notice to Landlord, to require Landlord to perform the
Common Areas Work. If Landlord performs the Common Areas Work, all costs
and expenses incurred by Landlord in connection therewith, less any
payments which Landlord is entitled to receive from other owners of
portions of the Project under Exhibits 5.1(b), (c) and (d) of the
Original Operating Agreement (or under any successor or corresponding
exhibits of the Amended Operating Agreement) to the extent relating to
the Common Areas Work performed by Landlord, shall be reasonably and
equitably allocated by Landlord between Tenant and such other tenant(s),
if any, which allocations to Tenant may or may not be based on Tenant's
Proportionate Share. Any amounts allocated to Tenant under the
immediately preceding sentence shall, at Landlord's option, be paid by
Tenant to Landlord upon demand or shall be added to and included in the
Expense Adjustment (in which case the Rent Adjustment Deposits shall be
equitably increased based on the increased Expense Adjustment). Tenant
acknowledges that if Landlord performs the Common Areas Work, the costs
and expenses incurred by Tenant in connection therewith may exceed the
costs and expenses which Tenant would incur if Tenant or Tenant and any
other tenant(s) of the Landlord's Property perform the Common Areas Work.
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(g) Subject to the provisions of Article 15 hereof and except
for the work for which Tenant is responsible under Section 7.1 hereof and
the Common Areas Work, Landlord shall be responsible for: (i) repairing,
restoring and replacing all damaged portions of the Common Areas, the
exterior portions of the Land located at grade level and the sidewalks
and driveways adjacent to the Building, (ii) performing all of Landlord's
obligations and liabilities under the Easement Agreement, the Original
Operating Agreement and the Amended Operating Agreement (as the same may
be amended and/or amended and restated from time to time) with respect to
the Common Areas, the exterior portions of the Land located at grade
level and the sidewalks and driveways adjacent to the Building
(including, without limitation, repairing and maintaining the boiler and
related "Facilities" described in Section 5.1(f) of the Original
Operating Agreement), and (iii) repairing, maintaining and replacing all
utility, HVAC and mechanical equipment, facilities, lines, pipes,
conduits, systems and component parts thereof bringing utilities, HVAC
or other mechanical services to the boundaries of the Premises, other
than any such equipment, facilities, lines, pipes, conduits, systems and
component parts thereof exclusively serving the Premises (which
equipment, facilities, lines, pipes, conduits, systems and component
parts thereof shall be repaired, maintained and replaced by Tenant, at
its cost, pursuant to Section 7.1 hereof) (collectively, the "Landlord's
Common Areas Work"). Except for any costs and expenses to be paid by
Landlord pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, all costs and expenses incurred
by Landlord in performing the Landlord's Common Areas Work, less any
payments which Landlord is entitled to receive from other owners of
portions the Project under the Original Operating Agreement or the
Amended Operating Agreement to the extent relating to the Landlord's
Common Areas Work performed by Landlord, shall, at Landlord's election,
be included in Expenses or be reasonably and equitably allocated by
Landlord between Tenant and such other tenant(s), if any, which
allocations to Tenant may or may not be based on Tenant's Proportionate
Share. Any amounts allocated to Tenant under the immediately preceding
sentence shall, at Landlord's option, be paid by Tenant to Landlord upon
demand or shall be added to and included in the Expense Adjustment (in
which case the Rent Adjustment Deposits shall be equitably increased
based on the increased Expense Adjustment).
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(h) Landlord shall include provisions similar to and consistent with
those set forth in this Section 7.3 in any lease entered into by Landlord
demising any portion of the Landlord's Property.
ARTICLE 8
RETURN OF PREMISES
8.1 SURRENDER OF POSSESSION. At the termination of this Lease by lapse
of time or otherwise or upon a termination of Tenant's right of possession
without termination of this Lease, Tenant shall surrender possession of the
Premises to Landlord and deliver all keys to the Premises to Landlord and
make known to Landlord the combination of all locks of vaults then
remaining in the Premises, and, subject to Section 8.2 hereof, shall return
the Premises and all equipment and fixtures of Landlord therein to Landlord
in as good condition as the date on which Tenant opened for business in the
Premises, ordinary wear, loss or damage by fire or other insured casualty,
and damage resulting from the act of Landlord or its employees and agents
excepted, failing which Landlord may restore the Premises and such
equipment and fixtures to such condition and Tenant shall pay the cost
thereof to Landlord on demand.
8.2 INSTALLATIONS AND ADDITIONS. All installations, additions,
partitions, hardware, light fixtures, non-trade fixtures and improvements,
whether temporary or permanent, except movable furniture and equipment
belonging to Tenant, in or upon the Premises, whether placed there by
Tenant or Landlord, shall be Landlord's property and upon termination of
this Lease by lapse of time or otherwise, or of Tenant's right to
possession without termination of this Lease, shall remain upon the
Premises, all without compensation, allowance or credit to Tenant.
8.3 TRADE FIXTURES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY. Tenant shall remove Tenant's
furniture, machinery, safes, trade fixtures and other items of movable
personal property of every kind and description from the Premises and
repair any damage to the Premises caused thereby, such removal and
restoration to be performed prior to the end of the Term or within ten (10)
days following termination of this Lease or Tenant's right of possession,
whichever is earlier. If Tenant fails to remove such items, Landlord may do
so, and thereupon the provisions of Section 17.6 shall apply and Tenant
shall pay to Landlord upon demand the cost of removal and of restoration of
the Premises.
8.4 SURVIVAL. All obligations of Tenant under this Article shall
survive the expiration of the Term or
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earlier termination of this Lease.
ARTICLE 9
HOLDING OVER
Tenant shall pay Landlord for each day Tenant retains possession of the
Premises or any part thereof after termination of this Lease, by lapse of
time or otherwise, or of Tenant's right to possession of the Premises, an
amount, calculated on a daily basis, equal to double the amount of Base
Rent and Rent Adjustments provided in this Lease to be paid by Tenant for
the month immediately preceding such holding over of possession, and Tenant
also shall pay all damages, consequential as well as direct, sustained by
Landlord by reason of such retention. Acceptance by Landlord of Rent after
such termination shall not constitute of itself a renewal. Nothing
contained in this Section shall be construed or shall operate as a waiver
of Landlord's right of reentry or any other right or remedy of Landlord.
ARTICLE 10
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Tenant agrees to observe and not to interfere with the rights reserved
to Landlord in Article 11 hereof and agrees, for itself, its employees,
agents, contractors, invitees, customers and licensees, to comply with such
rules and regulations as may be adopted by Landlord pursuant to Section
11.1(k) of this Lease. Any violation by Tenant of any of the rules and
regulations as may be adopted hereafter by Landlord pursuant to Section
11.1(k) of this Lease, may be restrained; but whether or not so restrained,
Tenant acknowledges and agrees that it shall be and shall remain liable for
all damages, losses, costs and expenses suffered or incurred by Landlord
resulting from any violation by Tenant of any of said rules and
regulations.
ARTICLE 11
RIGHTS RESERVED TO LANDLORD
11.1 RIGHTS RESERVED TO LANDLORD. Landlord reserves the following
rights, exercisable without notice (except as expressly provided
hereinbelow) and without liability to Tenant for damage or injury to
property, person or business and without effecting an eviction or
disturbance of Tenant's use or possession or giving rise to any claim for
setoff or abatement of Rent or affecting any of Tenant's obligations under
this Lease:
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(a) To change the name or street address of the Building or the
Landlord's Property upon not less than thirty (30) days prior notice to
Tenant;
(b) To install and maintain signs on the exterior and interior of the
Building and the Landlord's Property, other than inside the Premises;
(c) To retain at all times, and to use in emergency situations, pass
keys to the Premises;
(d) Other than as expressly provided below in this subsection (d), to
grant to anyone the exclusive right to conduct any business or render any
service in the Building or the Landlord's Property, or the nonexclusive
right to use any premises in the Building or the Landlord's Property for a
use which is the same as or similar to the use expressly permitted to
Tenant by Article 5 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord shall
not permit any portion of the Landlord's Property (other than the Premises)
to be used for the operation of a business which derives more than fifty
percent (50%) of its gross revenues from the sale of alcoholic beverages
from the Landlord's Property for on-premises consumption. Nothing
contained herein shall prohibit or restrict Landlord's right to lease, or
permit to be used, any other portion of the Landlord's Property for a use
which involves the sale or use of cigars or tobacco-related products;
(e) To exhibit the Premises at reasonable hours and upon reasonable
prior verbal notice to Tenant (which verbal notice may be given to an
employee of Tenant at the Premises), and to decorate, remodel, repair,
alter or otherwise prepare the Premises for reoccupancy at any time after
Tenant vacates or abandons the Premises. Tenant shall have the right to
have a representative present at any such exhibition of the Premises;
(f) To enter the Premises at any time and without notice in the case of
an emergency, and if not an emergency, then at reasonable hours and upon
reasonable prior verbal notice to Tenant (which verbal notice may be given
to any manager of Tenant's business at the Premises, but if no such manager
is present at the Premises at the time in question, then such verbal notice
may be given to any employee then at the Premises) for reasonable purposes,
including inspection and supplying services to be provided to Tenant
hereunder and performing Landlord's obligations under this Lease
(including, without
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limitation, performing the Landlord's Common Areas Work), the
Easement Agreement, the Original Operating Agreement and the Amended
Operating Agreement (as the same may be amended and/or amended and restated
from time to time). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Tenant hereby acknowledges that a stairwell is and shall be located within
the Premises providing access to utility and mechanical equipment located
or to be located in mezzanine space above the Premises, and Landlord's
rights under this subsection (f) include the right to enter the Premises in
order to obtain access to such stairwell;
(g) In case of fire, invasion, insurrection, mob, riot, civil disorder,
public excitement or other commotion, or threat thereof, Landlord reserves
the right to limit or to prevent access to the Building, the Landlord's
Property and the Premises during the continuance of the same, to take such
action or preventive measures deemed necessary by Landlord for the safety
or security of the tenants or other occupants of the Building or for the
protection of the Building and the property in the Building. Tenant agrees
to cooperate with any reasonable safety or security program developed by
Landlord or for the Building;
(h) To regulate access to telephone, electrical and other utility
closets in the Building, other than those located in the Premises, and to
require use of designated contractors for any work involving access to the
same;
(i) To control and to prevent access to the Common Areas and other
non-general public areas of the Landlord's Property;
(j) Provided that reasonable access to the Premises is maintained and
the business of Tenant is not interfered with unreasonably, to: (i)
rearrange, relocate, enlarge, reduce or change corridors, exits and
entrances in or to the Building and the Landlord's Property; (ii) decorate
and, at its own expense, to make repairs, alterations, additions and
improvements, structural or otherwise, in or to the Building, the
Landlord's Property or any part of either thereof, and any adjacent
building, land, street or alley, including for the purpose of connection
with or entrance into or use of the Building in conjunction with any
adjoining or adjacent building or buildings, now existing or hereafter
constructed;
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and (iii) erect scaffolding and other structures reasonably required by
the character of the work to be performed pursuant to this subsection (j).
During the performance of any such work, provided that reasonable access to
the Premises is maintained and the business of Tenant is not interfered
with unreasonably, Landlord may enter upon the Premises and take into and
upon or through any part of the Building and the Landlord's Property,
including the Premises, all materials that may be required to perform such
work, and in that connection, Landlord may temporarily close public entry
ways, other public spaces, stairways or corridors and interrupt or
temporarily suspend any services or facilities agreed to be furnished by
Landlord, all without the same constituting an eviction of Tenant in whole
or in part and without abatement of Rent by reason of loss or interruption
of the business of Tenant or otherwise and without in any manner rendering
Landlord liable for damages or relieving Tenant from performance of
Tenant's obligations under this Lease. Landlord, at its option, may perform
any such work in and about the Building and the Premises during ordinary
business hours, provided that reasonable access to the Premises is
maintained and the business of Tenant is not interfered with unreasonably,
and, if Tenant desires to have such work done at times other than business
hours, Tenant shall pay all overtime and additional expenses resulting
therefrom. Landlord agrees that, to the extent within Landlord's
reasonable control, upon the completion of any work described in this
subsection (j), the Building shall continue to be used a first-class,
mixed-use development; and
(k) From time to time to make and to adopt such reasonable rules and
regulations for the protection, welfare and orderly operation of the
Building and the Landlord's Property and the tenants and occupants thereof,
as Landlord may reasonably determine, and Tenant agrees to abide by and
comply with all such reasonable rules and regulations. Landlord may also
from time to time make and adopt reasonable rules and regulations regarding
the use and operation of the Common Areas (including, without limitation,
the loading docks located on the Landlord's Property) by Tenant and the
Other Permitted Parties, and Tenant agrees to abide by and comply with all
such reasonable rules and regulations.
11.2 USE OF ROOF AND LAND. Landlord specifically excepts and reserves to
itself, and the Premises does
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include, the roof of the Landlord's Property, the exterior portions of
the Landlord's Property (if any), all rights to the land and improvements
below the improved floor level of the Premises, all rights to the
improvements and air rights above the Premises and to the improvements and
air rights located outside the demising walls of the Premises and to such
areas within the Premises required for installation of utility lines and
other installations required to serve other occupants of the Building and
to comply with the terms of the Easement Agreement, the Original Operating
Agreement and the Amended Operating Agreement and to maintain and repair
same, and no rights with respect thereto are conferred upon Tenant, unless
otherwise specifically provided herein. This Lease does not grant any
rights to light or air.
ARTICLE 12
ALTERATIONS
Except for the Tenant's Work, which shall be governed exclusively by
the terms and conditions of the Workletter, Tenant shall not make, without
the prior written consent of Landlord, any alterations, additions or
improvements to the Premises which: (i) affect the roof of the Landlord's
Property, (ii) affect the structural components of the Project, (iii)
affect any utility or mechanical systems (or any component part thereof)
serving any part of the Project other than the Premises exclusively
(including, without limitation, any such systems or component parts thereof
located within the Premises), (iv) are or will be visible from outside of
the Premises, (v) individually cost (including the cost of all labor,
materials and supplies) in excess of $25,000.00 to perform, or (vi) require
the consent or approval of any other owner or owners of any portion of the
Project or the Mayfair Project under the Easement Agreement, the Original
Operating Agreement or the Amended Operating Agreement. Landlord's decision
to refuse such consent shall be conclusive. If Landlord consents to such
alterations, additions or improvements, before commencement of the work or
delivery of any materials onto the Premises or into the Landlord's
Property, Tenant shall furnish to Landlord, for Landlord's approval, plans
and specifications, names and addresses of contractors, copies of
contracts, necessary permits and licenses, evidence of reasonable and
appropriate insurance for any contractors performing any such work, and
instruments of indemnification against any and all claims, costs, expenses,
damages and liabilities which may arise in connection with such work, all
in such form, substance and amount as may be satisfactory to Landlord. In
addition, prior to commencement of
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any such work or delivery of any materials into the Premises, Tenant shall
provide Landlord with appropriate evidence of Tenant's ability to pay for
such work and materials in full, and if requested by Landlord, shall
deposit with Landlord at such time such security for the payment of said
work and materials as Landlord may reasonably require. All alterations,
additions and improvements shall be installed in a good, workmanlike manner
and only new, high-grade materials shall be used. All such work shall be
done only by contractors or mechanics approved by Landlord, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld. Tenant further agrees to hold Landlord
harmless from any and all liabilities of every kind and description which
may arise out of or be connected in any way with said alterations,
additions or improvements, except to the extent any such liabilities result
from Landlord's gross negligence. Before commencing any work in connection
with such alterations, additions or improvements, Tenant shall furnish
Landlord with certificates of insurance from all contractors performing
labor or furnishing materials, insuring Landlord against any and all
liabilities which may arise out of or be connected in any way with said
alterations, additions or improvements. Tenant shall permit Landlord to
supervise construction operations in connection with the foregoing work if
Landlord requests to do so. Tenant shall pay the cost of all such
alterations, additions and improvements, as well as the cost of decorating
the Premises occasioned by such alterations, additions and improvements,
including the cost of labor and materials, contractors' profits, overhead
and general conditions. Upon completing any alterations, additions or
improvements, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with contractors affidavits and
full and final waivers of lien, in form required by law, and receipted
bills covering all labor and materials expended and used. All alterations,
additions and improvements shall comply with all insurance requirements and
with all city and county ordinances and regulations and with the
requirements of all state and federal statutes and regulations.
ARTICLE 13
ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING
13.1 ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING. Except as expressly provided below,
Tenant, without the prior written consent of Landlord in each instance,
shall not (a) assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or encumber
or subject to or permit to exist upon or be subjected to any lien or
charge, this Lease or any interest under it, (b) allow to exist or occur
any transfer of or lien upon this Lease or Tenant's interest herein by
operation
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of law, (c) sublet the Premises or any part thereof, (d) permit the use
or occupancy of the Premises or any part thereof for any purpose not
expressly permitted under Article 5 of this Lease or by anyone other than
Tenant and Tenant's employees or (e) cause or permit the business operated
in, on or from the Premises to be managed or operated by anyone other than
Tenant and its employees. Landlord has the absolute right to withhold its
consent without giving any reason whatsoever, except as herein expressly
provided to the contrary. In no event shall this Lease be assigned or
assignable by voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or otherwise,
and in no event shall this Lease or any rights or privileges hereunder be
an asset of Tenant under any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
proceedings. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 13.1 to
the contrary, Tenant shall have the right to assign this Lease or sublet
the Premises to any corporation in which Tenant owns fifty-one percent
(51%) or more of the issued and outstanding stock (a "Subsidiary"), without
Landlord's consent, provided that Tenant shall furnish Landlord with notice
of a proposed assignment or subletting to a Subsidiary together with
reasonable evidence that the assignee or sublessee constitutes a
"Subsidiary", not less than thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of
such assignment or sublease.
13.2 TENANT TO REMAIN OBLIGATED. An assignment or sublease to a
Subsidiary or consent by Landlord to any other assignment, subletting, use,
occupancy or transfer shall not operate to relieve Tenant from any covenant
or obligation hereunder (whether arising before or after the effective date
of such transaction or event) except as expressly provided in Section 13.5
hereof or to the extent, if any, expressly provided for in such consent, or
be deemed to be a consent to or relieve Tenant from obtaining Landlord's
consent to any subsequent assignment (other than an assignment to a
Subsidiary), transfer, lien, charge, subletting (other than a subletting to
a Subsidiary), use or occupancy. Tenant shall pay all of Landlord's costs,
charges and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred in
connection with any assignment, transfer, lien, charge, subletting, use or
occupancy made or requested by Tenant. Tenant agrees that all advertising
by Tenant or on Tenant's behalf with respect to the assignment of this
Lease or subletting of space must be approved in writing by Landlord prior
to publication, provided that Landlord's approval of any such advertising
shall not constitute or be deemed to be Landlord's consent to any
assignment or subletting.
13.3 TENANT'S NOTICE; LANDLORD'S RIGHT TO TERMINATE. Except in the
case of an assignment or subletting
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to a Subsidiary, Tenant, by notice in writing, shall advise Landlord of its
intention from, on and after a stated date (which shall not be less than
thirty (30) days after the date of Tenant's notice) to assign this Lease or
sublet any part or all of the Premises for the balance of or any part of
the Term, and, in such event, Landlord shall have the right, to be
exercised by giving written notice to Tenant within thirty (30) days after
receipt of Tenant's notice, to recapture the space described in Tenant's
notice and such recapture notice, if given, shall terminate this Lease with
respect to the space therein described as of the date stated in Tenant's
notice. Tenant's notice shall state the name and address of the proposed
subtenant or assignee, and a true and complete copy of the proposed
sublease or assignment and sufficient information to permit Landlord to
determine the financial responsibility and character of the proposed
subtenant or assignee and its experience and ability to operate the
Premises for the uses and purposes permitted under this Lease shall be
delivered to Landlord with said notice. If Tenant's notice covers all of
the space hereby demised, and if Landlord gives its recapture notice with
respect thereto, the Term of this Lease shall expire on the date stated in
Tenant's notice as fully and completely as if that date had been herein
definitely fixed for the expiration of the Term. If however, this Lease is
terminated pursuant to the foregoing with respect to less than the entire
Premises, Base Rent shall be adjusted on the basis of the number of square
feet retained by Tenant of the Premises, and this Lease as so amended shall
continue thereafter in full force and effect. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Section 13.3 to the contrary, Landlord shall not have the
right to recapture the Premises or terminate this Lease in the case of an
assignment or subletting to a Subsidiary.
13.4 LANDLORD'S CONSENT. If Landlord, upon receiving Tenant's notice
with respect to any such space, does not exercise its right to terminate as
aforesaid, Landlord will not withhold its consent unreasonably to Tenant's
assignment of this Lease or subletting the space covered by its notice.
Landlord shall not be deemed to have withheld its consent unreasonably to a
sublease of part or all of the Premises or an assignment of this Lease if
its consent is withheld because: (a) a Default (as defined in Section 17.1
hereof) by Tenant exists; (b) any notice of termination of this Lease or
termination of Tenant's possession was given under Article 17; (c) the
portion of the Premises which Tenant proposes to sublease, including the
means of ingress thereto and egress therefrom, or the remaining portion of
the Premises, or both, will violate any city, state or federal law,
ordinance or regulation, including, without limitation, any applicable
building code or zoning ordinances; (d) the proposed
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use of the Premises by the subtenant or assignee is not the same as the use
expressly permitted by Article 5; (e) in the reasonable judgment of
Landlord, the proposed subtenant or assignee is of a character or is
engaged in a business which would be deleterious to the reputation of the
Building, or the subtenant or assignee is not sufficiently financially
responsible to perform its obligations under the proposed sublease or
assignment; (f) the proposed subtenant or assignee is a government or a
government agency; (g) the proposed subtenant or assignee has less than
five (5) years' successful experience in operating businesses substantially
similar to the business to be operated in the Premises pursuant to Article
5 hereof and in accordance with the standards set forth therein; or (h) the
proposed subtenant or assignee has a net worth which is lower than that of
Tenant at the time of the subletting or assignment (or at the time of
execution and delivery of this Lease, if greater); provided, however, that
the foregoing are merely examples of reasons for which Landlord may
withhold its consent and shall not be deemed exclusive of any permitted
reasons for reasonably withholding consent, whether similar to or
dissimilar from the foregoing examples.
13.5 PROFITS. If Tenant, having first obtained Landlord's consent to
any sublease or assignment, or if Tenant or a trustee in bankruptcy for
Tenant pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, assigns this Lease or sublets the
Premises, or any part thereof, at a rental or for other consideration in
excess of the Rent or pro rata portion thereof due and payable by Tenant
under this Lease, then at Landlord's option (to be exercised by Landlord at
the time it consents to such assignment or sublease), Tenant shall pay to
Landlord as additional rent any such excess rent or other monetary
consideration immediately upon receipt under any such assignment or, in the
case of a sublease, (a) on the first day of each month during the term of
any sublease, the excess of all rent and other consideration due from the
subtenant for such month over the Rent then payable to Landlord pursuant to
the provisions of this Lease for said month (or if only a portion of the
Premises is being sublet, the excess of all rent and other consideration
due from the subtenant for such month over the portion of the Rent then
payable to Landlord pursuant to the provisions of this Lease for said month
which is allocable on a square footage basis to the space sublet) and (b)
immediately upon receipt thereof, any other consideration realized by
Tenant from such subletting; it being agreed, however, that Landlord shall
not be responsible for any deficiency if Tenant assigns this Lease or
sublets the Premises or any part thereof at a rental less than that
provided for herein. If Landlord
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exercises its option to receive profits and excess rentals upon an
assignment or sublease pursuant to this Section 13.5, in the case of an
assignment, Tenant shall be released from all liabilities and obligations
accruing under this Lease from and after the effective date of any such
assignment, and in the case of a sublease, Tenant shall be released from
all liabilities and obligations accruing under this Lease from and after
the effective date of any such sublease, but only with respect to the
portion of the Premises covered by such sublease.
13.6 ASSIGNEE TO ASSUME OBLIGATIONS. If Tenant assigns this Lease to a
Subsidiary or as otherwise permitted herein, the assignee shall expressly
assume all of the obligations of Tenant hereunder in a written instrument
satisfactory to Landlord and furnished to Landlord not later than fifteen
(15) days prior to the effective date of the assignment. If Tenant
subleases the Premises to a Subsidiary or as otherwise permitted herein,
Tenant shall obtain and shall furnish to Landlord, not later than fifteen
(15) days prior to the effective date of such sublease and in form
satisfactory to Landlord, the written agreement of such subtenant to the
effect that the subtenant, at Landlord's option and upon Landlord's written
request therefor, will attorn to Landlord in the event this Lease
terminates before the expiration of the sublease. The instruments and
agreements to be delivered under this Section 13.6 shall not operate, or be
construed, to relieve or release Tenant from any liabilities and
obligations under this Lease (whether arising before or after the effective
date of such assignment or sublease).
ARTICLE 14
WAIVER OF CERTAIN CLAIMS; INDEMNITY BY TENANT
14.1 WAIVER OF CERTAIN CLAIMS; INDEMNITY BY TENANT. To the extent not
prohibited expressly by law, Tenant releases Landlord and its managers,
members, partners, officers, directors, shareholders, agents and employees
(Landlord and such other parties are collectively referred to herein as the
"Landlord Parties"), from and waives all claims for damages to person or
property sustained by Tenant or by any occupant of the Premises or the
Project, or by any other person, resulting directly or indirectly from fire
or other casualty, or any existing or future condition, defect, matter or
thing in or about the Premises, the Landlord's Property, the Project or any
part of it, or from any equipment or appurtenance therein, or from any
accident in or about the Landlord's Property or the Project, or from any
act or neglect of any tenant or other occupant of the Project or any part
thereof or of any other person, including any of the Landlord Parties, but
specifically excluding any claims arising as a result
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of Landlord's gross negligence or wilful and intentional misconduct.
This Section shall apply especially, but not exclusively, to damage caused
by water, snow, frost, steam, excessive heat or cold, sewerage, gas, odors
or noise, or the bursting or leaking of pipes or plumbing fixtures, broken
glass, sprinkling or air conditioning devices or equipment, or flooding of
basements, and shall apply without distinction as to the person whose act
or neglect was responsible for the damage (except to the extent caused by
Landlord's gross negligence or wilful and intentional misconduct) and
whether the damage was due to any of the acts specifically enumerated
above, or from any other thing or circumstance, whether of a like nature or
of a wholly different nature.
14.2 DAMAGE CAUSED BY TENANT'S NEGLECT. If any damage to the Premises,
the Landlord's Property or the Project or any equipment or appurtenance
therein, whether belonging to Landlord or to other tenants or occupants of
the Project, results from any act or neglect of Tenant, its employees,
agents, contractors, customers, licensees or invitees, Tenant shall be
liable therefor and Landlord, at its option, may repair such damage and
Tenant, upon demand by Landlord, shall reimburse Landlord for all costs of
such repairs and damages in excess of amounts, if any, paid to Landlord
under insurance covering such damage, plus an additional ten percent (10%)
of such excess costs to cover Landlord's overhead.
14.3 TENANT RESPONSIBLE FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY. All personal property
belonging to Tenant or any occupant of the Premises that is in the Project
or the Premises shall be there at the risk of Tenant or other person only
and Landlord shall not be liable for damage thereto or theft or
misappropriation thereof, except to the extent caused by Landlord's gross
negligence or wilful and intentional misconduct.
14.4 INDEMNIFICATION. To the extent not prohibited expressly by law
and subject to Section 21.1 hereof, Tenant agrees to hold the Landlord
Parties harmless and to indemnify each of them against claims, liabilities,
losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees),
for injuries to all persons and damage to or theft, misappropriation or
loss of property occurring in or about the Premises, the Landlord's
Property, the Mayfair Project or the Project and arising from Tenant's
occupancy of the Premises or the conduct of its business or from any
activity, work or thing done, permitted or suffered by Tenant in or about
the Premises, the Landlord's Property, the Mayfair Project or the Project
or from any breach or default on the part of Tenant in the performance of
any covenant or agreement on the part of Tenant to be performed pursuant to
the terms of
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this Lease or the Workletter or due to any other act or omission of
Tenant, its agents, contractors, invitees, licensees, customers or
employees. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 14.4 to the
contrary, Tenant's indemnification obligations under this Section shall not
apply to any claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs or expenses caused
by Landlord's gross negligence or wilful and intentional misconduct.
ARTICLE 15
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION BY CASUALTY
15.1 DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION BY CASUALTY. If the Premises are damaged by
fire or other casualty and if such damage does not render all or a
substantial portion of the Premises untenantable, then Landlord shall
proceed to repair and to restore the same, but only to the extent part of
the Landlord's Work, with reasonable promptness subject to reasonable
delays for insurance adjustments and delays caused by matters beyond
Landlord's reasonable control. If any such damage renders all or a
substantial portion of the Premises or the Building untenantable, Landlord,
with reasonable promptness after the occurrence of such damage, shall
estimate the length of time that will be required to substantially complete
the repair and restoration of such damage and shall advise Tenant by notice
of such estimate. If it is so estimated that the amount of time required
to substantially complete the repair and restoration work to be performed
by Landlord will exceed two hundred seventy (270) days from the date such
damage occurred, then either Landlord or Tenant (but as to Tenant, only if
all or a substantial portion of the Premises is rendered untenantable)
shall have the right to terminate this Lease as of the date of such damage
upon giving notice to the other at any time within twenty (20) days after
Landlord gives Tenant the notice containing said estimate (it being
understood that, if it elects to do so, Landlord may also give such notice
of termination together with the notice containing said estimate). Unless
this Lease is so terminated, Landlord shall proceed with reasonable
promptness to repair and restore the Premises, but only to the extent part
of the Landlord's Work, subject to delays for insurance adjustments and
delays caused by matters beyond Landlord's reasonable control, and also
subject to zoning laws and building codes then in effect. Landlord shall
have no liability to Tenant, and Tenant shall not be entitled to terminate
this Lease, except as hereinafter provided, if such repairs and restoration
to be performed by Landlord in fact are not completed within the time
period estimated by Landlord or within two hundred seventy (270) days from
the date of such damage.
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If the repair and restoration work to be performed by Landlord is not
substantially completed within fifteen (15) months after the date of such
fire or other casualty, then either party may terminate this Lease,
effective as of the date of such fire or other casualty, by written notice
to the other party not later than thirty (30) days after the expiration of
said fifteen (15) month period, but prior to substantial completion of
repair or restoration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein: (a) Landlord shall have no duty pursuant to this Section to repair
or restore any portion of the Tenant's Work or any alterations, additions
or improvements owned or made by Tenant in the Premises; (b) Tenant shall
not have the right to terminate this Lease pursuant to this Section
if the damage or destruction was caused by the negligent act of Tenant, its
agents or employees; and (c) if any such damage rendering all or a
substantial portion of the Premises or the Building untenantable occurs
during the last two (2) years of the Term, either party shall have the
option to terminate this Lease by giving written notice to the other within
sixty (60) days after the date such damage occurred, and if such option is
so exercised, this Lease shall terminate as of the date of such notice.
15.2 ABATEMENT OF RENT. In the event any fire or casualty damage
renders the Premises untenantable and if this Lease is not terminated
pursuant to Section 15.1 hereof by reason of such damage, then Rent shall
abate during the period beginning with the date of such damage and ending
upon the earlier to occur of: (i) the date Tenant re-opens for business
from the Premises (or in the case of partial untenantability, the date on
which Tenant uses the previously untenantable portion of the Premises for
business purposes), or (ii) a reasonable period of time (not to exceed 120
days) after the date Landlord tenders the Premises to Tenant with
Landlord's restoration work substantially complete, as necessary to allow
Tenant to perform any repairs or restoration work to the Premises necessary
for Tenant to open for business (or in the case of partial untenantability,
to allow Tenant to use the previously untenantable portion of the
Premises). Such abatement shall be in an amount bearing the same ratio to
the total amount of Rent for such period as the untenantable portion of the
Premises from time to time bears to the entire Premises. In the event of
termination of this Lease pursuant to Section 15.1, Rent shall be
apportioned on a per diem basis and shall be paid to the date of the fire
or casualty.
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ARTICLE 16
EMINENT DOMAIN
If the entire Building or a substantial part thereof, or any part
thereof which includes all or a substantial part of the Premises, is taken
or is condemned by any competent authority for any public or quasi-public
use or purpose, the Term of this Lease shall end upon and not before the
earlier of the date when the possession of the part so taken is required
for such use or purpose or the effective date of the taking, and without
apportionment of the award to or for the benefit of Tenant. If any
condemnation proceeding is instituted in which it is sought to take or
damage any part of the Building, the taking of which, in Landlord's
opinion, would prevent the economical operation of the Premises, or if the
grade of any street or alley adjacent to the Building is changed by any
competent authority, and such taking, damage or change of grade makes it
necessary or desirable to remodel the Premises to conform to the taking,
damage or changed grade, Landlord shall have the right to terminate this
Lease upon written notice given to Tenant not less than ninety (90) days
prior to the date of termination designated in said notice. In either of
these events, Rent at the then current rate shall be apportioned as of the
date of the termination. No money or other consideration shall be payable
by Landlord to Tenant for the right of termination, and Tenant shall have
no right to share in the condemnation award, whether for a total or partial
taking, for loss of Tenant's leasehold or improvements or other loss or
expenses or to share in any judgment for damages caused by the change of
grade; provided, however, that if this Lease is terminated pursuant to this
Article 16, Tenant shall have the right to bring a claim for a separate
condemnation award for loss of the Tenant's Work, and any alterations,
additions or improvements made by Tenant in and to the Premises, and for
costs incurred in moving from the Premises, as long as such claim and award
does not diminish or adversely affect any award available to Landlord or
any mortgagee under a First Mortgage (as defined below).
ARTICLE 17
DEFAULT
17.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT. The occurrence of any one or more of the following
matters constitutes a "Default" by Tenant under this Lease:
(a) Failure by Tenant to pay any Rent within five (5) days
after notice of failure to pay the
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same on the due date;
(b) Failure by Tenant to pay, within five (5) days after notice
of failure to pay on the due date from Landlord to Tenant, any other
moneys required to be paid by Tenant under this Lease;
(c) Failure by Tenant to observe or comply with the covenants
and restrictions set forth in subsections (a), (c), (d) and/or (e) of
Section 13.1 hereof;
(d) Failure by Tenant to cure, immediately after receipt of
notice from Landlord, any hazardous condition which Tenant has created
in violation of law or of this Lease (including, without limitation,
any hazardous condition resulting from Tenant's failure to comply with
any of Tenant's warranties, representations or covenants set forth in
Article 26 hereof);
(e) Failure by Tenant to observe or perform any other covenant,
agreement, condition or provision of this Lease or the Workletter, if
such failure continues for thirty (30) days after notice thereof from
Landlord to Tenant; provided, however, that if such failure, by its
nature cannot reasonably be cured within thirty (30) days, it shall
not be a Default hereunder as long as: (i) Tenant commences to cure
such failure within said 30-day period, (ii) Tenant diligently and
continuously proceeds to cure such failure, and (iii) Tenant cures
such failure within a reasonable period of time after delivery of
Landlord's notice, and in any event, within sixty (60) days after
delivery of Landlord's notice;
(f) The levy upon, under writ of execution or the attachment by
legal process of, the leasehold interest of Tenant, or the filing or
creation of a lien with respect to such leasehold interest, which lien
shall not be released, discharged or bonded over to Landlord's
satisfaction within ten (10) days from the date of such filing;
(g) Tenant vacates or abandons the Premises or fails to take
possession of the Premises on the Commencement Date (the transfer of a
substantial part of the operations, business and personnel of Tenant
to some other location being deemed, without limiting the meaning of
the term "vacates or abandons", to be a vacation or abandonment
within the meaning of this clause (g)), whether or not Tenant
thereafter continues to pay Rent due under this Lease;
(h) Tenant becomes insolvent or bankrupt or admits in writing
its inability to pay its debts
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as they mature, or makes an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or applies for or consents to the appointment of a trustee
or receiver for Tenant or for the major part of its property;
(i) A trustee or receiver is appointed for Tenant or for the
major part of its property and is not discharged within sixty (60)
days after such appointment; or
(j) Any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding for relief under any
bankruptcy law, or similar law for the relief of debtors, is
instituted (i) by Tenant or (ii) against Tenant and is allowed against
it or is consented to by it or is not dismissed within sixty (60) days
after such institution.
17.2 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF LANDLORD. If a Default occurs, Landlord
shall have the rights and remedies hereinafter set forth, which shall be
distinct, separate and cumulative and shall not operate to exclude or
deprive Landlord of any other right or remedy allowed it by law:
(a) Landlord may terminate this Lease by giving to Tenant
notice of Landlord's election to do so, in which event the Term of
this Lease shall end, and all right, title and interest of Tenant
hereunder shall expire, on the date stated in such notice;
(b) Landlord may terminate the right of Tenant to possession of
the Premises without terminating this Lease by giving notice to Tenant
that Tenant's right to possession shall end on the date stated in such
notice, whereupon the right of Tenant to possession of the Premises or
any part thereof shall cease on the date stated in such notice; and
(c) Landlord may enforce the provisions of this Lease and may
enforce and protect the rights of Landlord hereunder by a suit or
suits in equity or at law for the specific performance of any covenant
or agreement contained herein, or for the enforcement of any other
appropriate legal or equitable remedy, including recovery of all
moneys due or to become due from Tenant under any of the provisions of
this Lease.
17.3 RIGHT TO RE-ENTER. If Landlord exercises either of the remedies
provided in Sections 17.2(a) or (b), Tenant shall surrender possession and
vacate the Premises and immediately deliver possession thereof to Landlord,
and Landlord may re-enter and take complete and peaceful possession of the
Premises, with or without
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process of law, full and complete license to do so being hereby
granted to Landlord, and Landlord may remove all occupants and property
therefrom, using such force as may be necessary, without being deemed
guilty in any manner of trespass, eviction or forcible entry and detainer
and without relinquishing Landlord's right to Rent or any other right given
to Landlord hereunder or by operation of law.
17.4 CURRENT DAMAGES. If Landlord terminates the right of Tenant to
possession of the Premises without terminating this Lease, Landlord shall
have the right to immediate recovery of all amounts then due hereunder.
Such termination of possession shall not release Tenant, in whole or in
part, from Tenant's obligation to pay the Rent hereunder for the full Term,
and Landlord shall have the right, from time to time, to recover from
Tenant, and Tenant shall remain liable for, all Base Rent, Rent Adjustments
and any other sums accruing as they become due under this Lease during the
period from the date of such notice of termination of possession to the
stated end of the Term. In any such case, Landlord may relet the Premises
or any part thereof for the account of Tenant for such rent, for such time
(which may be for a term extending beyond the Term of this Lease) and upon
such terms as Landlord shall determine and may collect the rents from such
reletting. Landlord shall not be required to accept any tenant offered by
Tenant or to observe any instructions given by Tenant relative to such
reletting. In any such case, Landlord also may make repairs, alterations
and additions in or to the Premises and redecorate the same to the extent
deemed by Landlord necessary or desirable and in connection therewith
change the locks to the Premises, and Tenant upon demand shall pay the cost
of all of the foregoing together with Landlord's expenses of reletting.
The rents from any such reletting shall be applied first to the payment of
the expenses of reentry, redecoration, repair and alterations and the
expenses of reletting and second to the payment of Rent herein provided to
be paid by Tenant. Any excess or residue shall operate only as an
offsetting credit against the amount of Rent due and owing as the same
thereafter becomes due and payable hereunder, and the use of such
offsetting credit to reduce the amount of Rent due Landlord, if any, shall
not be deemed to give Tenant any right, title or interest in or to such
excess or residue and any such excess or residue shall belong to Landlord
solely, and in no event shall Tenant be entitled to a credit on its
indebtedness to Landlord in excess of the aggregate sum (including Base
Rent and Rent Adjustments) which would have been paid by Tenant for the
period for which the credit to Tenant is being determined, had no Default
occurred. No such reentry or
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repossession, repairs, alterations and additions, or reletting shall
be construed as an eviction or ouster of Tenant or as an election on
Landlord's part to terminate this Lease, unless a written notice of such
intention is given to Tenant, or shall operate to release Tenant in whole
or in part from any of Tenant's obligations hereunder, and Landlord, at any
time and from time to time, may sue and recover judgment for any
deficiencies remaining after the application of the proceeds of any such
reletting.
17.5 FINAL DAMAGES. If this Lease is terminated by Landlord pursuant
to Section 17.2(a), Landlord shall be entitled to recover from Tenant all
Rent accrued and unpaid for the period up to and including such termination
date, as well as all other additional sums payable by Tenant, or for which
Tenant is liable or for which Tenant has agreed to indemnify Landlord under
any of the provisions of this Lease, which may be then owing and unpaid,
and all costs and expenses, including court costs and attorneys' fees
incurred by Landlord in the enforcement of its rights and remedies
hereunder, and, in addition, Landlord shall be entitled to recover as
damages for loss of the bargain and not as a penalty (a) the unamortized
portion of the cost of Landlord's Work, (b) the aggregate sum which at the
time of such termination represents the excess, if any, of the present
value of the aggregate Rent which would have been payable after the
termination date had this Lease not been terminated, including, without
limitation, Base Rent at the annual rate or respective annual rates for the
remainder of the Term provided for in Article 3 of this Lease or elsewhere
herein and the amount projected by Landlord to represent Rent Adjustments
for the remainder of the Term pursuant to Article 4 of this Lease, over the
then present value of the then aggregate fair rental value of the Premises
for the balance of the Term, such present worth to be computed in each case
on the basis of a five percent (5%) per annum discount rate from the
respective dates upon which such rentals would have been payable hereunder
had this Lease not been terminated, and (c) any damages in addition
thereto, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs, which
Landlord has sustained as a result of the breach of any of the covenants of
this Lease other than for the payment of Rent.
17.6 REMOVAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. All property of Tenant removed from
the Premises by Landlord pursuant to any provision of this Lease or
applicable law may be handled, removed or stored by Landlord at the cost
and expense of Tenant, and Landlord shall not be responsible in any event
for the value, preservation or safekeeping thereof. Tenant shall pay
Landlord for all expenses incurred by Landlord with respect to such
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removal and storage as long as the same is in Landlord's possession or
under Landlord's control. All such property not removed from the Premises
or retaken from storage by Tenant within thirty (30) days after the end of
the Term or a termination of Tenant's right of possession, however
terminated, at Landlord's option, shall be conclusively deemed to have been
conveyed by Tenant to Landlord by a bill of sale without further payment or
credit by Landlord to Tenant.
17.7 ATTORNEYS' FEES. Tenant shall pay all of Landlord's costs,
charges and expenses, including court costs and attorneys' fees, incurred
in enforcing Tenant's obligations under this Lease, incurred by Landlord in
any action brought by Tenant in which Landlord is the prevailing party, or
incurred by Landlord in any litigation, negotiation or transaction in which
Tenant causes Landlord, without Landlord's fault, to become involved or
concerned. Landlord shall pay all of Tenant's costs, charges and expenses,
including court costs and attorneys' fees, incurred in enforcing Landlord's
obligations under this Lease, incurred by Tenant in any action brought by
Landlord in which Tenant is the prevailing party, or incurred by Tenant in
any litigation, negotiation or transaction in which Landlord causes Tenant,
without Tenant's fault, to become involved or concerned.
17.8 ASSUMPTION OR REJECTION IN BANKRUPTCY. If Tenant is adjudged
bankrupt, or a trustee in bankruptcy is appointed for Tenant, Landlord and
Tenant, to the extent permitted by law, agree to request that the trustee
in bankruptcy determine within sixty (60) days thereafter whether to assume
or to reject this Lease.
ARTICLE 18
SUBORDINATION
18.1 SUBORDINATION. Landlord heretofore has executed and
delivered and hereafter from time to time may execute and deliver a first
mortgage or first trust deed in the nature of a mortgage (both hereinafter
referred to as a "First Mortgage"), against the Land and Building or the
Landlord's Property or the Premises or any interest in any thereof. If
requested by the mortgagee or trustee under any First Mortgage, Tenant
will, at the election of such mortgagee or trustee, either (a) subordinate
its interests in this Lease to said First Mortgage, and to any and all
present and future advances made thereunder and to the interest thereon,
and to all renewals, replacements, supplements, amendments, modifications
and extensions thereof, or (b) make certain of Tenant's rights and
interests in this Lease superior thereto; and Tenant will execute and
deliver promptly such agreement or
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agreements as may be required by such mortgagee or trustee under any
First Mortgage; provided, however, that Tenant's agreement to subordinate
its interests in this Lease to a First Mortgage shall be subject to
Tenant's right to remain in possession of the Premises under the terms of
this Lease for the Term, notwithstanding a default under such First
Mortgage or the foreclosure of such First Mortgage or any sale pursuant
thereto, as long as no Default by Tenant exists under this Lease. Any
agreement requested by the mortgagee or trustee under any First Mortgage
requiring Tenant to subordinate its interests in this Lease to a First
Mortgage, shall contain a provision similar to the proviso set forth in the
immediately preceding sentence. Tenant covenants that it will not
subordinate this Lease to any mortgage or trust deed other than a First
Mortgage without the prior written consent of the holder of the First
Mortgage.
18.2 LIABILITY OF HOLDER OF FIRST MORTGAGE; ATTORNMENT. It is further
agreed that if any First Mortgage is foreclosed, (a) the holder of the
First Mortgage or their respective grantees or nominees, or purchaser at
any foreclosure sale (or grantee in a deed in lieu of foreclosure), as the
case may be, shall not be (i) liable for any act or omission of any prior
landlord (including Landlord), (ii) subject to any offsets or counterclaims
which Tenant may have against a prior landlord (including Landlord), or
(iii) bound by any prepayment of Rent which Tenant may have made in excess
of the amounts then due for the next succeeding month, (b) the liability of
the mortgagee or trustee or purchaser at such foreclosure sale or the
liability of a subsequent owner designated as Landlord under this Lease
shall exist only so long as such trustee, mortgagee, purchaser or owner is
the owner of the Landlord's Property and such liability shall not continue
or survive after further transfer of ownership; and (c) upon request of the
mortgagee or trustee, if the First Mortgage is foreclosed, Tenant will
attorn, as Tenant under this Lease, to the purchaser at any foreclosure
sale under any First Mortgage, and Tenant will execute such instruments as
may be necessary or appropriate to evidence such attornment and to confirm
the terms of this Section 18.2.
18.3 MODIFICATION REQUIRED BY FIRST MORTGAGEE. Should any prospective
first mortgagee require a modification or modifications of this Lease,
which modification or modifications will not cause any increased cost or
expense to Tenant or in any other way materially change the rights and
obligations of Tenant hereunder, Tenant agrees that this Lease may be so
modified and agrees to execute whatever documents are required therefor
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and deliver the same to Landlord within ten (10) days following the request
therefor.
18.4 SHORT FORM LEASE. Should any current or prospective mortgagee
require execution of a short form of lease for recording (containing the
names of the parties, a description of the Premises, and the term of this
Lease) or a certification from Tenant concerning this Lease in such form as
may be required by a current or prospective mortgagee, Tenant agrees to
execute promptly such short form of lease or certificate and deliver the
same to Landlord within ten (10) days following the request therefor.
ARTICLE 19
MORTGAGEE PROTECTION
Tenant agrees to give any holder of any First Mortgage, by registered
or certified mail, a copy of any notice or claim of default served upon
Landlord by Tenant, provided that prior to such notice Tenant has been
notified in writing (by way of service on Tenant of a copy of an assignment
of Landlord's interests in leases, or otherwise) of the address of such
First Mortgage holder. Tenant further agrees that the holder of the First
Mortgage shall have thirty (30) days within which to cure or correct such
default (or if such default cannot be cured or corrected within that time,
then such additional time as may be necessary if such holder of the First
Mortgage has commenced cure or correction within such thirty (30) days and
is pursuing diligently the remedies or steps necessary to cure or correct
such default, including the time necessary to obtain possession if
possession is necessary to cure or correct such default).
ARTICLE 20
ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE
Tenant agrees that from time to time within ten (10) days of written
request received from Landlord, or the holder of any First Mortgage or any
ground lessor, Tenant (or any permitted assignee, subtenant, licensee,
concessionaire or other occupant of the Premises claiming by, through or
under Tenant) will deliver to Landlord or to the holder of any First
Mortgage or ground lessor, a statement in writing signed by Tenant (and/or
such other party) certifying (a) that this Lease is unmodified and in full
force and effect (or if there have been modifications, that this Lease as
modified is in full force and effect and identifying the modifications);
(b) the date upon which Tenant began paying Rent and the dates to which
Rent and other charges have been paid; (c) that Landlord is not
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in default under any provision of this Lease, or, if in default, the
nature thereof in detail; (d) that the Landlord's Work has been completed
in accordance with the terms hereof and Tenant is in occupancy and paying
Rent on a current basis with no rental offsets or claims (or if any of the
foregoing is not the case, providing reasonably detailed information
regarding any such circumstances); (e) that there has been no prepayment of
Rent other than that provided for in this Lease (or if there has been any
such prepayment, certifying the amount and purpose of such prepayment); (f)
that there are no actions, whether voluntary or involuntary, pending
against Tenant under the bankruptcy laws of the United States or any State
thereof (or if there are any such actions, providing a reasonably detailed
description of the status thereof); and (g) such other matters as may be
reasonably required by Landlord, the holder of any First Mortgage or ground
lessor.
ARTICLE 21
SUBROGATION AND INSURANCE
21.1 WAIVER OF SUBROGATION. Landlord and Tenant agree to have all fire
and extended coverage and other property damage insurance which may be carried
by either of them endorsed with a clause providing that any release from
liability of or waiver of claim for recovery from the other party entered into
in writing by the insured thereunder prior to any loss or damage shall not
affect the validity of such policy or the right of the insured to recover
thereunder and providing further that the insurer waives all rights of
subrogation which such insurer might have against the other party. Without
limiting any release or waiver of liability or recovery set forth elsewhere in
this Lease, and notwithstanding anything in this Lease which may appear to be
to the contrary, each of the parties hereto waives all claims for recovery from
the other party for any loss or damage to any of its property insured under
valid and collectible insurance policies to the extent of any recovery
collectible under such insurance policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything contained in this Lease to the contrary, any release or any waiver of
claims shall not be operative, and the foregoing endorsements shall not be
required, in any case where the effect of such release or waiver is to
invalidate insurance coverage or invalidate the right of the insured to recover
thereunder or to increase the cost thereof (provided that in the case of
increased cost, the other party shall have the right, within ten (10) days
following written notice thereof, to pay such increased cost and thereby keep
such release or waiver in full force and effect). Landlord represents that the
release and waiver
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described above in this Section 21.1 will not invalidate the property
insurance policy which Landlord presently intends to carry for the Project
upon the completion thereof, or invalidate the right of the insureds to
recover thereunder, or increase the cost of such policy. Tenant represents
that the release and waiver described above in this Section 21.1 will not
invalidate the property insurance policy which Tenant presently intends to
carry pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 21.2 hereof, or invalidate the
right of the insured to recover thereunder, or increase the cost of such
policy.
21.2 TENANT'S INSURANCE. Tenant shall carry insurance during the entire
Term hereof with terms, coverages and companies reasonably satisfactory to
Landlord (but in any case, any such companies shall hold a current
Policyholder's Alphabetic and Financial Size Category Rating of not less
than A-/VIII according to Best's Insurance Reports or an equivalent rating
from a nationally-recognized insurance rating service) and with such
increases in limits as Landlord may request from time to time (based on
limits that are customarily carried from time to time for businesses
similar to the business being operated in the Premises and in space similar
to the Premises and the Building) but initially Tenant shall maintain the
following coverages in the following amounts:
(a) Comprehensive or commercial general liability
insurance, including contractual liability, on an occurrence basis, in
an amount not less than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) combined
single limit per occurrence, covering Tenant as a named insured and
Landlord, LR Management Company, Landlord's management agent (if any),
the holder of any First Mortgage, and any other parties reasonably
designated by Landlord from time to time, as additional insureds, on a
primary, non-contributory basis with respect to other insurance
covering the additional insureds. The additional insured endorsement
must include coverage for products and completed operations claims
with respect to the additional insureds.
(b) Property insurance written on a "special form" basis for
the full replacement cost of Tenant's Work and all additions,
improvements and alterations to the Premises owned or made by Tenant,
if any, and of all office furniture, trade fixtures, office equipment,
merchandise and all other items of Tenant's property on the Premises,
with loss or damage payable to Landlord and Tenant as their interests
may appear.
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(c) Dram shop insurance as provided in Section 21.5.
(d) Automobile liability insurance with limits of $1,000,000
for all owned, non-owned and hired automobiles.
(e) Business interruption insurance in amounts sufficient to
cover Tenant's lost profits, continuing expenses and extra expenses
during the period of restoration.
(f) workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance
with limits of not less than $500,000.00, or such higher amounts as
may be required from time to time by any employee benefit acts or
other statutes applicable to Tenant, and in any event sufficient to
protect Tenant from liability under the aforementioned acts.
21.3 CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE. Tenant shall furnish to Landlord,
prior to the Commencement Date, policies or certificates evidencing such
coverage, which policies or certificates shall state that such insurance
coverage may not be reduced, canceled or not renewed without at least
thirty (30) days' prior written notice to Landlord and Tenant (unless such
cancellation is due to nonpayment of premium, and in that case, only ten
(10) days' prior written notice shall be sufficient).
21.4 COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS. Tenant shall comply with all
applicable laws and ordinances, all court orders and decrees, and all
requirements of other governmental authorities, and shall not make,
directly or indirectly, any use of the Premises which may be prohibited
thereby, which may be dangerous to person or property, which may jeopardize
any insurance coverage, or which may increase the cost of insurance or
require additional insurance coverage.
21.5 DRAM SHOP INSURANCE. Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall
purchase and keep in full force and effect during the entire Term of this
Lease dram shop insurance (as hereinafter described) during the use, sale
or gift of so-called "alcoholic liquors" (within the meaning of the
Illinois Liquor Control Act, as now or hereafter amended) on or from the
Premises. At least ten (10) days before the commencement of such activity
and continuously thereafter, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord a policy of
dram shop insurance in form, substance and with insurers reasonably
satisfactory to Landlord (but in any case, with insurers having a Best's
rating of A-VIII or better), with total limits of liability for bodily
injury, loss of means of support, and property damage because of
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each occurrence of not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00),
or such greater amounts as Landlord may reasonably require, indemnifying
Landlord, Tenant and such other persons as Landlord may reasonably
designate, against any and all liability by virtue of the Illinois Liquor
Control Act, any amendments or supplements thereto, or any kindred
legislation concerning the use, sale or giving away of alcoholic liquors.
The dram shop insurance policy to be carried by Tenant under this Section
21.5 shall name Landlord, LR Management Company, Landlord's management
agent (if any), the holder of any First Mortgage, and any other parties
reasonably designated by Landlord from time to time, as additional
insureds, on a primary, non-contributory basis with respect to other
insurance covering the additional insureds, and the additional insured
endorsement must include coverage for products and completed operations
claims with respect to the additional insureds. During any time that the
required dram shop insurance is for any reason not in force, then, during
all and any such times, no sale, merchandising, transfer, giving away, or
exchange of so-called "alcoholic liquors" shall be made by Tenant in, upon
or from any part of the Premises.
ARTICLE 22
NONWAIVER
No waiver of any condition expressed in this Lease shall be implied by
any neglect of Landlord to enforce any remedy on account of the violation
of such condition whether or not such violation is continued or repeated
subsequently, and no express waiver shall affect any condition other than
the one specified in such waiver and that one only for the time and in the
manner specifically stated. Without limiting Landlord's rights under
Article 9, it is agreed that no receipt of moneys by Landlord from Tenant
after the termination in any way of the Term or of Tenant's right to
possession hereunder or after the giving of any notice of such termination
shall reinstate, continue or extend the Term or affect any such notice of
termination given to Tenant prior to the receipt of such moneys. It is
also agreed that after the service of notice or the commencement of a suit
or after final judgment for possession of the Premises, Landlord may
receive and collect any moneys due, and the payment of said moneys shall
not waive or affect said notice, suit or judgment.
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ARTICLE 23
TENANT - CORPORATION
Tenant represents and warrants that this Lease has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by and on behalf of Tenant and
constitutes the valid and binding agreement of Tenant, enforceable against
Tenant in accordance with the terms hereof, except to the extent
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally. If Landlord so
requests, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord or its agent, concurrently with
the delivery of this Lease executed by Tenant, certified resolutions of the
board of directors (and shareholders, if required by Tenant's organization
documents) authorizing Tenant's execution and delivery of this Lease and
the performance of Tenant's obligations hereunder. At all times during
the Term, Tenant shall be duly organized and in good standing in the state
of its organization and shall be qualified to do business and in good
standing in the State of Illinois. Upon Landlord's request delivered at
any time and from time to time (but not more often than once in any
consecutive 12-month period), Tenant shall provide Landlord with reasonable
evidence confirming Tenant's compliance with the terms set forth in the
immediately preceding sentence.
ARTICLE 24
REAL ESTATE BROKERS
Tenant represents that Tenant has dealt with and only with Retail
Restaurant Group and Atlas Partners as brokers in connection with this
Lease. Landlord shall pay Atlas Partners a commission in connection with
this Lease pursuant to a separate agreement between Landlord and Atlas
Partners, and Tenant shall pay Retail Restaurant Group a fee in connection
with this Lease pursuant to a separate agreement between Tenant and Retail
Restaurant Group. Tenant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the Landlord
Parties harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, claims, losses,
costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from any
claims or demands for a fee, commission or other compensation in connection
with this Lease made by Retail Restaurant Group or any of its affiliates or
any other broker or brokers claiming to have represented Tenant in
connection with this Lease. Tenant's obligations under the immediately
preceding sentence shall also include any claims or demands made against
the Landlord Parties by Atlas Partners or any of its affiliates as a result
of
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claims made by Retail Restaurant Group or any of its affiliates
against Atlas Partners or any of its affiliates. Landlord agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold Tenant harmless from and against all damages,
liabilities, claims, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, arising from any claims or demands for a fee, commission
or other compensation in connection with this Lease made by Atlas Partners
or any of its affiliates (except as provided in the immediately preceding
sentence) or any other broker or brokers claiming to have represented
Landlord in connection with this Lease.
ARTICLE 25
NOTICES
All notices and demands required or desired to be given by either party
to the other with respect to this Lease or the Premises shall be in writing
and shall be delivered personally, sent by overnight courier service,
prepaid, or sent by United States registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed as herein provided.
Notices to or demands upon Tenant shall be addressed to Tenant at 10250
Valley View Road, Suite 145, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344 (Attention:
President) prior to its occupancy of the Premises and at the Premises
following its occupancy of the Premises, and at any time, with a copy to
Joseph C. Nauman, Esq., Ravich, Meyer, Wilson, Kirkman, McGrath & Nauman,
4545 IDS Center, 80 South Eighth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-2225.
Notices to or demands upon Landlord shall be addressed to Landlord c/o LR
Development Company, 350 West Hubbard Street, Suite 301, Chicago, Illinois
60610 (Attention: President). Notices and demands shall be deemed given
and served (a) upon receipt or refusal, if delivered personally, (b) one
(1) business day after deposit with an overnight courier service, or (c)
three (3) business days after deposit in the United States mails, if
mailed. Either party may change its address for receipt of notices by
giving notice of such change to the other party in accordance herewith.
ARTICLE 26
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
26.1 DEFINED TERMS.
(a) "Claim" shall mean and include any demand, cause of action,
proceeding or suit for any one or more of the following: (i) actual or
punitive damages, losses, injuries to person or property,
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damages to natural resources, fines, penalties, interest,
contribution or settlement, (ii) the costs of site investigations,
feasibility studies, information requests, health or risk assessments,
or Response (as defined below) actions, and (iii) enforcing insurance,
contribution or indemnification agreements.
(b) "Environmental Law" shall mean and include all federal,
state and local statutes, ordinances, regulations, and rules relating
to environmental quality, health, safety, contamination and clean-up,
including, without limitation, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section
7401 et seq.; the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq., and
the Water Quality Act of 1987; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act ("FIFRA"), 7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq.; the Marine
Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1401 et
seq.; the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 4321 et
seq.; the Noise Control Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 4901 et seq.; the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 651 et seq.; the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. Section
6901 et seq., as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments
of 1984; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.;
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act, and Radon Gas and Indoor Air Quality
Research Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act ("TSCA"), 15 U.S.C.
Section 2601 et seq.; the Atomic Energy Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 2011 et
seq., and the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, 42 U.S.C. Section
10101 et seq.; and the Environmental Protection Act of Illinois
("IEPA"), Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 1111/2, par. 1001 et seq., and state
superlien and environmental clean-up statutes, with implementing
regulations and guidelines, as amended from time to time.
Environmental Laws shall also include all state, regional, county,
municipal and other local laws, regulations, and ordinances insofar as
they are equivalent or similar to the federal laws recited above or
purport to regulate Hazardous Materials (as defined below).
(c) "Hazardous Materials" shall mean and include the following,
including mixtures thereof: any hazardous substance, pollutant,
contaminant, waste, by-product or constituent regulated under CERCLA;
oil and petroleum products and natural gas, natural gas liquids,
liquefied natural gas and
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synthetic gas usable for fuel; pesticides regulated under the FIFRA;
asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, PCBs, and other
substances regulated under the TSCA; source material, special nuclear
material, by-product material and any other radioactive materials or
radioactive wastes, however produced, regulated under the Atomic
Energy Act or the Nuclear Waste Policy Act; chemicals subject to the
OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 C.F.R. Section 1910.1200 et
seq.; and industrial process and pollution control wastes, whether or
not hazardous within the meaning of RCRA.
(d) "Manage" or "Management" means to generate, manufacture,
process, treat, store, use, re-use, refine, recycle, reclaim, blend or
burn for energy recovery, incinerate, accumulate speculatively,
transport, transfer, dispose of, or abandon Hazardous Materials.
(e) "Release" or "Released" shall mean any actual or threatened
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging,
injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing of Hazardous
Materials into the environment, as "environment" is defined in CERCLA.
(f) "Response" or "Respond" shall mean action taken in
compliance with Environmental Laws to correct, remove, remediate,
cleanup, prevent, mitigate, monitor, evaluate, investigate, assess or
abate the Release of a Hazardous Material.
26.2 TENANT'S OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.
During the Term, (a) Tenant shall comply at its own cost with all
Environmental Laws in connection with Tenant's use and occupancy of the
Premises and the Common Areas; (b) Tenant shall not Manage, or authorize
the Management of, any Hazardous Materials on the Premises, the Landlord's
Property, the Common Areas or the Project including installation of any
underground storage tanks, without prior written disclosure to and approval
by Landlord; (c) Tenant shall not take any action that would subject the
Premises, the Landlord's Property, the Common Areas or the Project to
permit requirements under RCRA for storage, treatment or disposal of
Hazardous Materials; (d) Tenant shall not dispose of Hazardous Materials in
dumpsters provided by Landlord for tenant use, if any; (e) Tenant shall not
discharge Hazardous Materials into drains or sewers in or adjacent to the
Mayfair Project or the Project; and (f) Tenant shall not cause the Release
of any Hazardous Materials on, to or from the Premises, the Landlord's
Property, the Common Areas, the Project or the Mayfair Project and shall
not permit the Release of Hazardous Materials on,
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to or from the Premises.
26.3 COPIES OF NOTICES. During the Term, Tenant shall provide
Landlord promptly with copies of all summons, citations, directives,
information, inquiries or requests, notices of potential responsibility,
notices of violation or deficiency, orders or decrees, Claims, complaints,
investigations, judgments, letters, notices of environmental liens or
Response actions in progress, and other communications, written or oral,
actual or threatened, from the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency, or other federal, state or local agency or
authority, or any other entity or individual, concerning (a) any Release of
a Hazardous Material on, to or from the Premises or the Landlord's
Property; (b) the imposition of any lien on the Premises or the Landlord's
Property; or (c) any alleged violation of or responsibility under
Environmental Laws. Landlord and Landlord's agents and employees shall
have the right, upon reasonable prior verbal notice (except in the case of
an emergency, in which case no such notice shall be necessary) to enter the
Premises and conduct appropriate inspections or tests in order to determine
Tenant's compliance with Environmental Laws and the terms of this Article
26. Any such verbal notice may be given to an employee of Tenant at the
Premises.
26.4 TESTS AND REPORTS. Upon written request by Landlord, Tenant shall
provide Landlord with the results of appropriate reports and tests (to the
extent in Tenant's possession or control), with transportation and disposal
contracts for Hazardous Materials, with any permits issued under
Environmental Laws, and with any other applicable documents to demonstrate
that Tenant complies with all Environmental Laws relating to the Premises
and the Landlord's Property and the terms of this Article 26.
26.5 TENANT'S OBLIGATION TO RESPOND. Without limiting the terms and
provisions of this Article 26 and Landlord's rights and remedies upon a
breach thereof, if Tenant's Management of Hazardous Materials at the
Premises or the Landlord's Property (a) gives rise to liability or to a
Claim under any Environmental Law, (b) causes a significant public health
effect, or (c) creates a nuisance, Tenant shall promptly take all
applicable action in Response.
26.6 INDEMNIFICATION. Tenant shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
the Landlord Parties and their respective lenders from and against any and
all Claims arising from or attributable to any breach by Tenant
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of any of its warranties, representations or covenants in this Article.
Tenant's obligations hereunder shall survive the termination or expiration
of this Lease.
ARTICLE 27
SECURITY DEPOSIT
27.1 SECURITY DEPOSIT. On or prior to the date hereof, Tenant has
deposited with Landlord the sum of Seventy Thousand and 00/100 Dollars
($70,000.00) (the "Initial Security Deposit"), as security for the full and
faithful performance of every provision of this Lease and the Workletter to
be performed by Tenant. If a Default by Tenant occurs with respect to any
provision of this Lease or the Workletter, including, but not limited to,
the provisions relating to the payment of Rent, Landlord may use, apply or
retain all or any part of the security deposit then being held by Landlord
hereunder for the payment of any Rent and any other sum with respect to
which Tenant is in Default, or for the payment of any other amount which
Landlord may spend or become obligated to spend by reason of Tenant's
Default or to compensate Landlord for any other loss or damage which
Landlord may suffer by reason of Tenant's Default. If any portion of said
security deposit is to be used or applied, Tenant, within five (5) days
after written demand therefor, shall deposit cash with Landlord in an
amount sufficient to restore the security deposit to the amount being held
by Landlord prior to such application and Tenant's failure to do so shall
be a material breach of this Lease. Landlord shall not be required to keep
any security deposit being held hereunder separate from its general funds,
and Tenant shall not be entitled to interest on any security deposit. The
security deposit or any balance thereof being held by Landlord at the end
of the Term (or any Letter of Credit [as defined below] then being held by
Landlord) shall be returned to Tenant, or at Landlord's option, to the last
assignee of Tenant's interest hereunder, within thirty (30) days after the
expiration of the Term and Tenant's vacation of the Premises, unless Tenant
has failed to perform any of its obligations under this Lease and has
received notice thereof from Landlord but has not cured such defaults. If
all or any portion of the security deposit is retained beyond said 30-day
period by Landlord pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, Landlord
shall apply such retained amount to cure any existing defaults by Tenant,
then Landlord shall pay the balance of any such retained amount, if any, to
Tenant.
27.2 CHANGES IN THE AMOUNT OF THE SECURITY DEPOSIT. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein
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to the contrary, if: (i) between the date hereof and the date which is
thirty (30) days after the Rent Commencement Date no Default has occurred,
and (ii) on the date which is thirty (30) days after the Rent Commencement
Date no event has occurred and remains uncured of which Tenant has received
notice and which with the passage of time would constitute a Default under
this Lease (an "Unmatured Default"), then on the date which is thirty (30)
days after the Rent Commencement Date the security deposit shall be reduced
to Thirty-Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($35,000.00) as long as the
security deposit is in the form of a Letter of Credit, or Twenty-Three
Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three and 00/100 Dollars ($23,333.00) as long
as the security deposit is in the form of cash, and upon Tenant's deposit
of such reduced security deposit, Landlord shall promptly return to Tenant
any excess cash (or any Letter of Credit) then being held by Landlord as
the Initial Security Deposit so that the security deposit is reduced to the
appropriate amount. If Tenant is not entitled to a reduction in the amount
of the security deposit because an Unmatured Default exists on the date
which is thirty (30) days after the Rent Commencement Date, but Tenant
cures such Unmatured Default within the applicable cure period, then Tenant
shall be entitled to a reduction in the amount of the security deposit
under this Section 27.2 promptly after the curing of such Unmatured
Default.
27.3 LETTERS OF CREDIT IN LIEU OF SECURITY DEPOSIT. At Tenant's
option, in lieu of depositing cash for the security deposit required from
time to time under this Article 27, Tenant may deposit with Landlord an
unconditional, irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of the security
deposit required to be deposited with Landlord from time to time under this
Article 27 (the "Letter of Credit"). The Letter of Credit shall be issued
by an FDIC-insured financial institution located in Chicago, Illinois and
acceptable to Landlord, and shall have an expiration date at least one (1)
year after its date of issuance. The Letter of Credit shall be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Landlord and shall allow Landlord to
draw upon it at anytime and from time to time by delivering written notice
to the issuer thereof stating that one or more of the events or
circumstances described in clauses (i)-(iii) below in this Section 27.3 has
occurred. Not less than sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of the
Letter of Credit, Tenant shall deposit with Landlord a replacement Letter
of Credit complying with all of the provisions of this Section; provided,
however, that the final Letter of Credit delivered hereunder shall have an
expiration date which is at least ninety (90) days after the expiration of
the Term. If Tenant has deposited a Letter
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of Credit under this Section and Tenant is entitled to a reduction
in the security deposit pursuant to Section 27.2 hereof, Landlord shall
surrender any Letter of Credit then being held hereunder upon Tenant's
delivery of a new Letter of Credit for such reduced amount, provided that
such new Letter of Credit is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this
Section. Upon (i) a Default, (ii) Tenant's failure to deliver a
replacement Letter of Credit not less than sixty (60) days prior to the
expiration of any then existing Letter of Credit, or (iii) the happening of
any other event or circumstance described in this Lease entitling Landlord
to apply or retain the security deposit or any portion thereof, Landlord
may draw upon the existing Letter of Credit for the full amount thereof, in
which case, Landlord shall hold and apply the proceeds of the Letter of
Credit as the security deposit in accordance with this Lease.
27.4 TRANSFER OF SECURITY DEPOSIT. Tenant hereby agrees not to look to
any mortgagee as mortgagee, mortgagee in possession, or successor in title
to the Landlord's Property for accountability for any security deposit or
Letter of Credit required by Landlord hereunder, unless said sums or
Letters of Credit have actually been received by said mortgagee as security
for Tenant's performance of this Lease. Landlord may deliver the funds
deposited hereunder by Tenant (or any Letter of Credit deposited in lieu
thereof) to the purchaser of Landlord's interest in the Landlord's
Property, in the event that such interest is sold, and thereupon Landlord
shall be discharged from any further liability with respect to such
security deposit or Letter of Credit. Landlord shall provide Tenant with
notice of any transfer of the security deposit or Letter of Credit pursuant
to the immediately preceding sentence.
ARTICLE 28
TITLE AND COVENANT AGAINST LIENS
Landlord's title is paramount and always shall be paramount to the
title of Tenant and nothing contained in this Lease shall empower Tenant to
do any act which can, shall or may encumber the title of Landlord to the
Premises or the Landlord's Property. Tenant covenants and agrees not to
suffer or to permit any lien of mechanics or materialmen to be placed upon
or against the Premises, the Landlord's Property, the Project or against
Tenant's leasehold interest in the Premises and, in case of any such lien
attaching, to pay and remove the same immediately. Tenant has no authority
or power to cause or to permit any lien or encumbrance of any kind
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whatsoever, whether created by act of Tenant, operation of law or
otherwise, to attach to or be placed upon the Premises, the Landlord's
Property, or the Project and any and all liens and encumbrances created by
Tenant shall attach only to Tenant's interest in the Premises. If any such
liens so attach and Tenant fails to pay and remove the same within thirty
(30) days (or if any such lien affects any portion of the Project other
than the Landlord's Property exclusively, then immediately), Landlord, at
its election, may pay and satisfy the same and in such event the sums so
paid by Landlord, with interest from the date of Landlord's payment thereof
at the rate set forth in Section 36.8 for amounts owed to Landlord by
Tenant, shall be deemed to be additional rent due and payable by Tenant at
once without notice or demand. Any contracts entered into by or on behalf
of Tenant for the performance of work in, or the delivery of materials to,
the Premises (including, without limitation, any contracts relating to the
Tenant's Work) shall contain a provision pursuant to which the contractor
or supplier (i) recognizes the separate ownership of the various portions
of the Project and agrees that any lien rights which the contractor or
supplier has shall only be enforceable against Tenant's interest in the
Premises, (ii) agrees that no lien or claim may be filed or maintained by
such contractor or supplier against the Project, the Landlord's Property or
the Landlord's interest in the Premises, and (iii) agrees to comply with
the provisions of Section 21 of the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act in
connection with giving notice of such "no lien" provision.
ARTICLE 29
EXTENSION OPTIONS
29.1 RENEWAL TERMS. The Term of this Lease may be extended at Tenant's
option for two (2) successive periods of five (5) years each (each such
period is sometimes called a "Renewal Term", and the first such 5-year
period is sometimes called the "First Renewal Term" and the second such
5-year period is sometimes called the "Second Renewal Term". Each Renewal
Term shall be upon the same terms, covenants and conditions contained in
this Lease, except that Base Rent during the Renewal Terms shall be as set
forth in Section 29.2 hereof. Any reference in this Lease to the "Term" of
this Lease shall be deemed to include any Renewal Term and apply thereto,
unless it is expressly provided otherwise. Tenant shall have no extension
options beyond the aforesaid two consecutive 5-year extension options. Any
termination of this Lease or any termination of Tenant's right to
possession of the Premises during the initial Term or during a Renewal Term
shall terminate all of Tenant's
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rights under this Article.
29.2 BASE RENT DURING RENEWAL TERMS. The applicable amounts of Base
Rent and Monthly Base Rent to be paid during each Lease Year of each
Renewal Term are as follows:
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FIRST RENEWAL TERM:
Lease Year Rental Rate Annual Base Rent Monthly Base Rent
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
11 $44.80 $179,200.00 $14,933.00
12 $45.92 $183,680.00 $15,307.00
13 $47.07 $188,280.00 $15,690.00
14 $48.25 $193,000.00 $16,083.00
15 $49.45 $197,800.00 $16,483.00
SECOND RENEWAL TERM:
Lease Year Rental Rate Annual Base Rent Monthly Base Rent
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16 $50.69 $202,760.00 $16,897.00
17 $51.96 $207,840.00 $17,320.00
18 $53.26 $213,040.00 $17,753.00
19 $54.59 $218,360.00 $18,197.00
20 $55.95 $223,800.00 $18,650.00
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29.3 EXERCISING RENEWAL OPTIONS. Each option to extend shall be
exercised by Tenant delivering written notice to Landlord not less than two
hundred forty (240) days prior to the expiration of the initial Term or the
First Renewal Term, as the case may be. If Tenant fails to give its
written notice exercising a renewal option when due as provided in this
Section, Tenant will be deemed to have irrevocably waived its right to
exercise such renewal option and the Term shall expire at the end of the
initial Term or the First Renewal Term, as the case may be.
29.4 CONDITIONS TO EXERCISING RENEWAL OPTIONS. Tenant's right to
exercise a renewal option pursuant to this Article 29 is subject to the
condition that on the date Tenant delivers its written notice exercising a
renewal option in accordance with Section 29.3 hereof, a Default does not
exist hereunder.
ARTICLE 30
EXTERMINATOR SERVICE AND CERTAIN MAINTENANCE
30.1 Without limiting Tenant's obligations under Article 7 of this
Lease, throughout the Term, Tenant shall cause extermination services,
including treatment for insects, spiders, rats, mice, moles and other
rodents,
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to be provided to the Premises by a reputable exterminator on a monthly
basis, or more often as Landlord, in Landlord's reasonable discretion, may
require, at Tenant's expense.
30.2 Without limiting Tenant's obligations under Article 7 of this
Lease, the kitchen waste and exhaust systems, including the grease trap and
all risers, piping and fans used in connection with such waste and exhaust
systems, whether located in or outside of the Premises, and all other pipes
or ducts used by Tenant, shall be maintained, at Tenant's expense, in good
repair, and so as to meet the highest standards of cleanliness and health,
in a manner consistent with the operation of a first-class restaurant in a
first-class mixed-use building and in accordance with all applicable laws,
codes and regulations of any governmental authority having jurisdiction.
30.3 Without limitation of any of the foregoing, Tenant shall, at its
sole cost, do whatever is necessary in order to maintain properly the
grease trap and prevent, at all times, any overflow or discharge of grease
at the surface of the grease trap manhole. The grease trap and all
plumbing pipes shall be rooted and cleaned regularly and as often as
necessary to prevent clogging or discharge. In the event of any such
overflow or discharge, Tenant shall be responsible for all costs of cleanup
of the overflow or discharge, including all costs of repair, restoration or
replacement of property damaged by such overflow or discharge.
30.4 Tenant shall clean the grease pans on a regular basis. Tenant
shall cause the exhaust fan, if any, to be maintained in a good state of
condition and repair so as to provide the air flow velocities required by
applicable codes and regulations. Tenant shall cause all fire detection
and fire suppression systems and mechanisms to be maintained in accordance
with all applicable laws, codes and regulations and the requirements of all
applicable policies of insurance and insurance inspectors and of Landlord.
30.5 Tenant shall install and maintain in good working order and
condition and in accordance with the rules and regulations of all
appropriate insurers and all applicable laws, codes and regulations of any
governmental authority, all fire extinguishing systems in the Premises.
30.6 Within ten (10) days after Tenant's execution of any maintenance
or extermination contracts, or after Landlord's request therefor at any
time during the Term, Tenant shall furnish to Landlord copies of all such
contracts. Tenant, within ten (10) days of Landlord's request therefor,
shall also provide evidence to Landlord of payment for services performed
under such contracts. If Tenant fails to enter into extermination and
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maintenance contracts acceptable to Landlord under which services are
provided to Landlord's satisfaction or fails to pay amounts due thereunder,
and any such failure continues for ten (10) days after notice thereof from
Landlord to Tenant, without limitation of Landlord's other rights under
this Lease, Landlord shall have the right, at Tenant's sole cost and
expense, to contract and to pay for such services to be performed on behalf
of Tenant. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for one hundred ten percent
(110%) of costs, expenses and damages incurred by Landlord in connection
with any failure by Tenant to perform its obligations under this Article.
ARTICLE 31
GARBAGE
Tenant shall be responsible, at Tenant's sole expense, for wrapping,
covering and otherwise securing garbage and transporting such garbage to
the garbage area of the Building frequently enough so that it will not
accumulate in the Premises, for arranging for a dumpster to be located
where designated by Landlord from time to time and for daily removal of
garbage from the dumpster. Tenant shall be responsible for repairing and
paying for any damage to walls or other parts of the Building or any
other property caused in transporting garbage and shall immediately clean
up any spilled refuse.
ARTICLE 32
JANITORIAL SERVICE
Without limitation of the provisions of Article 7, Tenant shall be
responsible for providing, at Tenant's expense, cleaning and other
janitorial services to the Premises.
ARTICLE 33
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
All services to the Premises shall be provided by Tenant's employees or by
a contractor or contractors reasonably satisfactory to Landlord capable of
working in harmony with other contractors providing services to or performing
work in the Project, whose union affiliation(s) shall not result in
jurisdictional labor claims or disputes and shall not result in any labor
actions being filed against Landlord, the Landlord's Property or the Project,
and whose presence in the Project shall not create security or coordination
problems.
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ARTICLE 34
ODORS
Tenant shall prevent odors from the Premises from emanating to any part
of the Building outside of the Premises. Tenant hereby acknowledges and
agrees that it has represented, warranted and guaranteed to Landlord, and
Tenant hereby represents, warrants and guarantees to Landlord, that the
heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other utility and mechanical
systems to be installed and maintained in the Premises will absolutely
prevent and eliminate any pipe, cigar or cigarette smoke odor from
emanating to any area, whether interior or exterior, outside of the
Premises (including, without limitation, inside or outside the Building and
the Mayfair Project). Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this
Article 34, Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, prevent and
eliminate pipe, cigar and cigarette smoke odors from emanating to any area,
whether interior or exterior, outside of the Premises. In the event of any
breach of the terms set forth in this Article 34, Landlord shall have the
right, in addition to all other rights and remedies set forth in this
Lease, at law and in equity, to prohibit the smoking of cigars, cigarettes
and any other tobacco products in the Premises, and Tenant shall observe
and comply with and shall cause its customers, invitees, employees, agents
and any other persons in the Premises to observe and comply with any such
prohibitions immediately upon its receipt of written notice thereof from
Landlord to Tenant. Landlord shall remove such prohibitions if and only if
Tenant makes any and all necessary corrections and changes to the heating,
ventilating, air conditioning, utility and mechanical systems in the
Premises so that Tenant and the Premises comply, and for the balance of the
Term will comply, with the terms of this Article 34, all as determined by
Landlord in its sole discretion, subject to the immediately succeeding
sentence. Landlord shall not refuse to remove such prohibitions in an
arbitrary or capricious manner, and upon Tenant's request, Landlord shall
provide Tenant with the reason(s) why Landlord refuses to remove such
prohibitions. Any such prohibitions shall not relieve or release Tenant
from any of its obligations and liabilities under this Lease. Landlord's
approval of the Tenant's Plans or any other documents or materials
submitted to and/or approved by Landlord under the Workletter or otherwise,
shall not relieve Tenant from its obligations under this Article 34, or
limit, restrict or provide any defense to Landlord's exercise of its
remedies under this Article 34. Prior to the date hereof, Tenant, with the
advice of its architects, engineers and other consultants, has confirmed
that any
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heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other utility and mechanical
systems installed or to be installed in the Building (including,
without limitation, the exhaust ducts and related facilities described in
Section 3(b) of the Workletter) (collectively, the "Building Systems")
shall be compatible with the heating, ventilating, air conditioning,
utility and mechanical systems to be installed in the Premises, and that
the Building Systems shall not prevent or otherwise affect Tenant from
observing and complying with the terms of this Article 34. Tenant agrees
that it shall not be entitled to (and shall not) claim or assert that the
Building Systems (including the design, construction or operation thereof)
relieve Tenant from its obligations under this Article 34, or limit,
restrict or provide any defense to Tenant's obligations or Landlord's
rights and remedies under this Article 34.
ARTICLE 35
SIGNAGE
Tenant may, at its sole cost, install and maintain one or more signs on
and within the Premises and awnings on the exterior facade of the Building
immediately adjacent to the Premises, provided that all such signs and
awnings shall be in compliance with all applicable laws, codes, ordinances,
rules and regulations and the Original Operating Agreement and the Amended
Operating Agreement (as they may be amended and/or amended and restated
from time to time), and the location, size, color, materials, content,
manner of installation and general appearance of any such signs and awnings
shall be subject to Landlord's prior written approval, which approval may
be granted or withheld in Landlord's sole discretion.
ARTICLE 36
MISCELLANEOUS
36.1 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Each provision of this Lease shall extend
to and shall bind and inure to the benefit not only of Landlord and Tenant,
but also of their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and
assigns, but this provision shall not operate to permit any transfer,
assignment, mortgage, encumbrance, lien, charge or subletting contrary to
the provisions of this Lease.
36.2 WAIVERS IN WRITING. No waiver of this Lease or of any of its
conditions or provisions shall be binding upon Landlord or Tenant unless
contained in a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement thereof
is sought.
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36.3 NO OPTION; IRREVOCABLE OFFER. Submission of this instrument for
examination shall not constitute a reservation of or option for the
Premises or in any manner bind Landlord and no lease or obligation on
Landlord shall arise until this instrument is signed and delivered by
Landlord and Tenant; provided, however, the execution and delivery by
Tenant of this Lease to Landlord or the agent of Landlord shall constitute
an irrevocable offer by Tenant to lease the Premises on the terms and
conditions herein contained, which offer may not be revoked for ten (10)
days after such delivery.
36.4 DEFINITION OF TENANT. The word "Tenant" whenever used herein
shall be construed to mean the party named above as Tenant or any one or
more of them in all cases where there is more than one party named above as
Tenant; and the necessary grammatical changes required to make the
provisions hereof apply either to corporations, partnerships or other
entities or individuals shall in all cases be assumed as though in each
case fully expressed. In all cases where there is more than one party
named above as Tenant, the liability of each shall be joint and several.
36.5 DEFINITION OF LANDLORD. The term "Landlord" as used in this Lease
means only the owner or owners at the time being of the Premises so that in
the event of any assignment, conveyance or sale, once or successively, of
the Premises, or any assignment of this Lease by Landlord, said Landlord
making such sale, conveyance or assignment shall be and hereby is entirely
freed and relieved of all covenants and obligations of Landlord hereunder
accruing after such sale, conveyance or assignment, and Tenant agrees to
look solely to such purchaser, grantee or assignee with respect thereto.
This Lease shall not be affected by any such assignment, conveyance or
sale, and Tenant agrees to attorn to the purchaser, grantee or assignee.
36.6 HEADINGS. The headings of Articles and Sections are for
convenience only and do not limit, expand or construe the contents of the
Articles and Sections.
36.7 TIME OF ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of this Lease and of all
provisions hereof.
36.8 DEFAULT RATE OF INTEREST. All amounts, including, without
limitation, Base Rent and Rent Adjustments, owed by Tenant to Landlord
pursuant to any provision of this Lease shall bear interest from the date
due until paid at the annual rate of four percent (4%) in excess of the
rate of interest announced from time to time by LaSalle National Bank at
Chicago, Illinois, as its prime, reference or corporate base rate, changing
as and when
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said prime, reference or corporate base rate changes, unless a
lesser rate is then the maximum rate permissible by law with respect
thereto, in which event said lesser rate shall be charged.
36.9 SEVERABILITY. The invalidity of any provision of this Lease shall
not impair or affect in any manner the validity, enforceability or effect
of the rest of this Lease.
36.10 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. All understandings and agreements, oral or
written, previously made between the parties hereto are merged in this
Lease, which alone fully and completely expresses the agreement between
Landlord and Tenant. This Lease cannot be amended or modified except by a
written instrument executed by Landlord and Tenant. Each exhibit attached
to this Lease is hereby incorporated in this Lease and is an integral part
hereof.
36.11 FORCE MAJEURE. If Landlord fails to perform timely any of the
terms, covenants or conditions of this Lease to be performed by Landlord
and such failure is due in whole or in part to any strike, lockout, labor
trouble, civil disorder, inability to procure materials, failure of power,
restrictive governmental laws or regulations, riots, insurrections, war,
fuel shortages, accidents, casualties, acts of God, acts caused directly or
indirectly by Tenant, or by Tenant's agents, employees, contractors,
licensees, customers or invitees, or any other cause beyond the reasonable
control of Landlord, then Landlord shall not be deemed in default under
this Lease as a result of such failure and any time for performance by
Landlord provided for herein shall be extended by the period of delay
resulting from such cause.
36.12 PLAT EXECUTION. Within ten (10) days after Landlord's request,
Tenant shall execute any plat of subdivision or re-subdivision contemplated
by Recital B of this Lease.
36.13 RELOCATION OF EXHAUST SYSTEM. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth below in this Section 36.13, Landlord shall have the
right, at its sole cost and upon reasonable prior notice to Tenant, to
re-design and relocate the kitchen exhaust system and/or the air
circulation and ventilation system (or any component part of either such
systems) to be installed in the Premises as part of the Tenant's Work and
as further described in Section 3(b) of the Workletter. Such re-design and
relocation may include, but shall not necessarily be limited to,
disconnecting one of such systems from the Kitchen Ducts (as defined in the
Workletter). Any work performed by Landlord under this Section 36.13 is
referred to herein as "Relocation Work". Landlord may only
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exercise its rights under this Section 36.13 in order to accommodate
the ventilation requirements of any present or future tenant of the
Landlord's Property whose use requires venting for kitchen equipment. If
Landlord exercises its rights under this Section 36.13, the Relocation Work
shall be performed pursuant to plans and specifications approved by Tenant
(which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and shall
be performed at such times and in such other manner so as not to
unreasonably interfere with Tenant's use of the Premises.
ARTICLE 37
EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS
It is understood and agreed expressly by and between the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, that each and all
of the representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings and agreements
made herein on the part of Landlord, while in form purporting to be the
representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings and agreements of
Landlord, are nevertheless each and every one of them made and intended,
not as personal representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings and
agreements by Landlord or for the purpose or with the intention of binding
Landlord personally, but are made and intended for the purpose only of
subjecting Landlord's interest in the Landlord's Property to the terms of
this Lease and for no other purpose whatsoever, and in case of default
hereunder by Landlord, Tenant shall look solely to the interests of
Landlord in the Landlord's Property for the satisfaction of any claim or
judgment related to this Lease. The members, managers, officers,
directors, shareholders, partners, agents and employees of Landlord shall
have no liability of any kind whatsoever under or in connection with this
Lease.
ARTICLE 38
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each Calendar
Year, Tenant will furnish to Landlord audited financial statements of
Tenant for such Calendar Year (including an Income Statement, Balance Sheet
and a Statement of Changes in Financial Position) prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied . Such
financial statements shall be prepared and certified pursuant to an audit,
by a firm of independent certified public accountants reasonably acceptable
to Landlord. Within
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forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter of each
Calendar Year, Tenant will furnish to Landlord unaudited financial
statements of Tenant for such calendar quarter and for the cumulative
period from the first day of the then current Calendar Year through the end
of such calendar quarter (including an Income Statement, Balance Sheet and
a Statement of Changes in Financial Position for such periods) prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied. Such financial statements shall be prepared and certified by
Tenant's chief financial officer.
ARTICLE 39
LANDLORD'S TERMINATION RIGHT
This Lease and Landlord's obligations hereunder are subject to and
conditioned upon Landlord's obtaining, within thirty (30) days after the
date hereof, the written approval of this Lease and the use of the Premises
permitted under Article 5 hereof from the holder of any mortgage currently
encumbering the Land or any portion thereof or interest therein and from
any other person or entity whose approval thereof is required by law or by
any contract to which Landlord is a party or which is binding on or affects
Landlord or the Project or any portion thereof. If Landlord has not
obtained all such approvals within said 30-day period, Landlord shall have
the right to terminate this Lease by delivering written notice to Tenant
within five (5) days after the expiration of said 30-day period. Landlord
shall give notice to Tenant (the "Approval Notice") when Landlord has
obtained all such approvals. If Landlord has not delivered the Approval
Notice to Tenant within thirty(30) days after the date hereof, then Tenant
shall have the right to terminate this Lease by delivering written notice
to Landlord at any time after the expiration of said 30-day period and
prior to the date on which Landlord delivers the Approval Notice. Upon any
termination of this Lease under this Article, Landlord shall return the
Initial Security Deposit to Tenant, and neither Landlord nor Tenant shall
have further rights or obligations under this Lease, except for any such
rights or obligations which expressly survive the expiration or termination
of this Lease.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Lease to be
executed as of the date first above written.
Landlord:
WALTON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., an Illinois
limited liability company
By:
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Bruce C. Abrams, its Manager
Tenant:
WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC., a Minnesota
corporation (doing business as Shelly's
Back Room)
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND
LOTS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 AND 8 IN MAYFAIR-REGENT RESUBDIVISION, BEING A RESUBDIVISION
OF LAND, PROPERTY AND SPACE IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTH FRACTIONAL 1/4 OF
SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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EXHIBIT B
PLAN OF THE LANDLORD'S PROPERTY
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EXHIBIT C
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE GARAGE PARCEL
LOT 1 IN MAYFAIR-REGENT RESUBDIVISION, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF LAND, PROPERTY
AND SPACE IN THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTH FRACTIONAL 1/4 OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP
39 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN COOK COUNTY,
ILLINOIS
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EXHIBIT D
PLAN OF THE PREMISES
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EXHIBIT E
WORKLETTER AGREEMENT
THIS WORKLETTER AGREEMENT (this "Workletter") is made and entered into as
of the 27th day of May, 1997, and is executed simultaneously with that certain
Lease between WALTON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company,
as Landlord, and WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC., a Minnesota corporation, doing
business as Shelly's Back Room, as Tenant, relating to certain demised premises
(the "Premises") located in a building (the "Building") currently being
constructed on the property commonly known as 190 East Walton, Chicago,
Illinois, which Premises are more fully described in the Lease. Capitalized
terms used herein, unless otherwise defined in this Workletter, shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the Lease.
For and in consideration of the agreement to lease the Premises and the
mutual covenants contained herein and in the Lease, Landlord and Tenant hereby
agree as follows:
1. LANDLORD'S WORK. Subject to the provisions set forth below in this
Section 1, Landlord, at its sole cost and expense, shall construct or cause to
be constructed on the Land as part of the Building, certain improvements to be
shown on and substantially in accordance with the Final Plans (as defined
below) and in accordance with all applicable laws, codes, ordinances and
governmental rules and regulations (the materials, equipment and labor
necessary to construct such improvements is referred to herein as the
"Landlord's Work"). The Landlord's Work generally consists of the construction
of a "vanilla envelope" for the Premises and includes, but is not limited to:
(i) a structural shell for the Premises (including all necessary columns,
beams, joists and girders), (ii) a concrete floor slab for the Premises, (iii)
storefront windows for the Premises, and (iv) HVAC (including venting to the
perimeter of the Premises to accommodate the kitchen equipment to be installed
in the Premises as part of the Tenant's Work, but not the distribution or
hook-up of such venting to such kitchen equipment), electrical, water, natural
gas and sanitary sewer systems to the perimeter of the Premises (but not the
distribution or hook-up of such HVAC, electrical, water, natural gas and
sanitary sewer systems to or throughout the Premises); provided, however, that
the Landlord's Work shall not include the supply or installation of drywall or
other wall covering in the Premises or the HVAC and other utility and
mechanical systems described in Article 34 of the Lease. All architects,
engineers, contractors and materialmen performing services or supplying
materials in connection with the Landlord's Work shall be selected by Landlord.
Except as expressly set forth in this Workletter, Tenant shall have no right
to approve or disapprove any aspect of the design or construction of the
Building or the Landlord's Work. The Final Plans and all design and
construction of the Landlord's Work shall comply with all applicable statutes,
ordinances, regulations, laws and codes in effect and as interpreted and
enforced on the date the building permit for the Landlord's Work is issued,
including, but not limited to, requirements of the fire underwriters for the
Landlord's Property or the Project. Landlord shall obtain, at its own cost and
expense, all required building permits and other necessary governmental
approvals for the Landlord's Work. Landlord shall use only new, first-class
materials in the Landlord's Work. Landlord shall obtain from the general
contractor performing the Landlord's Work a warranty of at least one (1) year's
duration from the substantial completion of the Landlord's Work against defects
in workmanship and materials on all work performed and equipment installed as a
part of the Landlord's Work.
(a) PLANS FOR THE LANDLORD'S WORK. Prior to the date hereof,
Landlord has furnished to Tenant, and Tenant has approved, the
preliminary plans and specifications for the Landlord's Work described on
Attachment 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof (the "Preliminary
Plans"). Landlord shall deliver to Tenant copies of the final plans,
working drawings and specifications for the Landlord's Work (as the same
may be modified as set forth below in this Section 1, the "Final Plans").
The Final Plans shall be based upon the Preliminary Plans and shall not
deviate from the Preliminary Plans in any manner which would have a
material, adverse effect on the Premises. Landlord shall have the right,
from time to time, to modify the Final Plans, provided that Landlord
shall promptly furnish Tenant with copies of any material modifications.
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(b) TENANT'S CHANGES TO THE FINAL PLANS. Tenant may request one or
more changes to the Final Plans at any time before the Substantial
Completion Date, provided that any such requested changes shall be
subject to Landlord's approval. If Landlord approves any such changes,
Landlord shall provide Tenant with a written estimate of the delay (if
any) in the Substantial Completion Date (which delay shall be a Tenant
Delay [as defined below]) and the additional costs to complete the
Landlord's Work which will result from such requested changes, which
costs shall include, without limitation: (i) the cost of all materials,
supplies and labor used or supplied in making the proposed changes,
including general conditions and any contractor's fees; (ii) any
architect's or engineer's fees, and (iii) additional costs and expenses
of owning and operating the Premises during the extended construction
period (if any) resulting from such changes. If Tenant fails to approve
Landlord's estimate within five (5) days after the delivery thereof,
Tenant shall be deemed to have abandoned its request for such change, and
the Landlord's Work shall be completed substantially in accordance with
the then existing Final Plans. If Tenant approves Landlord's estimate
within said 5-day period by signing and returning a copy of Landlord's
estimate, Landlord shall cause the Final Plans to be revised in
accordance with Tenant's requested changes. Unless requested in writing
by Tenant to the contrary, Landlord shall continue to perform the
Landlord's Work according to the then existing Final Plans until any
requested change is approved by Landlord and Tenant as provided above.
Any halt in construction requested by Tenant shall constitute a Tenant
Delay. If Tenant approves Landlord's estimate, Tenant shall be liable
for the actual cost of such changes, whether or not such actual cost
exceeds Landlord's estimate, and any delay in the Substantial Completion
Date resulting from such changes, whether or not the delay exceeds
Landlord's estimate, shall be a Tenant Delay. Simultaneously with
Tenant's approval of Landlord's estimate (and as a condition to
Landlord's revising the Final Plans in accordance with such changes and
performing the work related thereto), Tenant shall pay Landlord an amount
equal to Landlord's estimate of the cost of such changes. If the actual
cost of such changes exceeds Landlord's estimate, Tenant shall pay any
such excess amount to Landlord within ten (10) days after being billed
therefor. If the actual cost of such changes is less than Landlord's
estimate, Landlord shall refund any such excess amount to Tenant on or
before the Substantial Completion Date. If Tenant requests a change to
the Final Plans pursuant to this Section 1(b), and Tenant does not
approve Landlord's estimate, Tenant shall promptly reimburse Landlord for
any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in evaluating
Tenant's requested changes and preparing Landlord's estimate.
(c) PUNCH LIST ITEMS. Within five (5) days after Landlord
substantially completes the Landlord's Work (other than the storefront
windows), Landlord, the Architect (as defined below), Tenant and at
Tenant's election, Tenant's consulting architect or construction
consultant shall conduct an inspection of the Landlord's Work (other than
the storefront windows), and work in good faith to jointly prepare a
punch list relating to the Landlord's Work (other than the storefront
windows). Any items not on such punch list shall be deemed accepted by
Tenant. Subject to any delays or interference caused by Tenant or
Tenant's Contractors (including, without limitation, in connection with
the performance of the Tenant's Work), Landlord shall complete all such
punch list items as soon as reasonably practicable after such punch list
items are finally determined.
2. SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE. Subject to any adjustments described
below in this Section 2, the "Substantial Completion Date" shall mean the date
on which Landlord has removed all scaffolding from in front of the Premises and
has substantially completed the Landlord's Work, other than the storefront
windows for the Premises, substantially in accordance with the Final Plans, as
such date is determined and certified by Destefano + Partners (the
"Architect"), the architect for the Building, in a certificate delivered by the
Architect to Landlord and Tenant. Tenant agrees that Landlord's failure or
inability to install the storefront windows shall not result in a delay or
extension of the Substantial Completion Date; provided, however, that subject
to any delays or interference caused by Tenant or Tenant's Contractors
(including, without limitation, in connection with the performance of the
Tenant's Work), Landlord shall cause the storefront windows for the Premises to
be installed on or before September 1, 1997, and Tenant shall cooperate with
Landlord and shall cause Tenant's
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Contractors to cooperate with Landlord in the installation of the storefront
windows after the Substantial Completion Date. If the storefront windows for
the Premises have not been installed on or before September 1, 1997, Tenant's
sole and exclusive remedy in connection therewith shall be an extension of the
121-day period described in Section 3.1 of the Lease, as more particularly
described in said Section 3.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of this
Section 2: (i) if Landlord believes that the progress and/or completion of the
Landlord's Work (other than the storefront windows) has been delayed as a
result of one or more Tenant Delays, Landlord shall request that the Architect
certify to Landlord and Tenant the date on which Landlord would have
substantially completed the Landlord's Work (other than the storefront windows)
but for such Tenant Delay(s), and the date so certified by the Architect shall
be the "Substantial Completion Date", regardless of the actual date on which
the Landlord's Work (other than the storefront windows) is substantially
completed, and (ii) if Tenant has satisfied all of the conditions to Tenant's
being entitled to possession of the Premises and being able to commence
construction of the Tenant's Work (including, without limitation, the
conditions set forth in Section 3(c) below) on or before the date on which
Landlord has substantially completed the Landlord's Work (other than the
storefront windows), and Landlord fails to deliver possession of the Premises
to Tenant to begin the Tenant's Work promptly after the Landlord's Work (other
than the storefront windows) is substantially completed, the Substantial
Completion Date shall be extended for the same number of days delivery of
possession of the Premises to Tenant is delayed following the substantial
completion of the Landlord's Work (other than the storefront windows). The
fact that Landlord and its contractors may be in and about the Premises
correcting punch list items shall not be a basis for Tenant's asserting that
Landlord has failed to deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant pursuant to
clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence. For purposes of this
Workletter, a "Tenant Delay" shall mean any interruption or delay at any time
in the progress of the Landlord's Work which is the result of: (i) Tenant
changes or requested changes to the Final Plans, including, in addition to
delays resulting from the actual execution of such changes, any delay occurring
because the change to the Final Plans requires the design or construction of
the Landlord's Work to be halted or delayed pending resolution of any request
by Tenant for a change to the Final Plans, whether or not the requested change
is ultimately approved by Landlord and Tenant pursuant to Section 1 of this
Workletter, (ii) the performance of the Tenant's Work in the Premises prior to
the date on which the Landlord's Work (other than the storefront windows) is
substantially completed pursuant to Section 8 of this Workletter, (iii)
Tenant's failure to timely respond to requests for information or approval of
construction related matters submitted by Landlord or its representatives, or
(iv) any other circumstance or act or omission by Tenant which is identified as
or deemed to be a "Tenant Delay" under this Workletter. Landlord shall, at
such time or times as shall be selected by Landlord, deliver to Tenant a
written notice setting forth Landlord's then best estimate of the date on which
the Landlord's Work (other than the storefront windows) will be substantially
completed (the most recent such notice delivered at any time being referred to
herein as the "Estimate Notice"). The date estimated in the Estimate Notice is
referred to herein as the "Estimate Date". If the Substantial Completion Date
occurs before the Estimate Date (other than as a result of adjustments to the
Substantial Completion Date for Tenant Delays), the Substantial Completion
Date shall be delayed to the Estimate Date. If the Substantial Completion Date
occurs within thirty (30) days after the date of the Estimate Notice (other
than as a result of adjustments to the Substantial Completion Date for Tenant
Delays), the Substantial Completion Date shall be delayed to be the date which
is thirty (30) days after the date of the Estimate Notice.
3. TENANT'S WORK. Subject to the provisions set forth in this Workletter
(including, without limitation, this Section 3), Tenant, at its sole cost and
expense, shall perform or cause to be performed the work (the "Tenant's Work")
in the Premises provided for in the Tenant's Plans (as defined below).
Tenant's Work shall be constructed in a good and workmanlike manner, in
accordance with the provisions set forth in this Workletter, in compliance with
the Easement Agreement, the Original Operating Agreement and the Amended
Operating Agreement (as the same may be amended and/or amended and restated
from time to time), and in compliance with all applicable laws, codes,
ordinances and governmental rules, regulations and requirements. Tenant shall
commence the construction of the Tenant's Work promptly following the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent thereto set forth in this Workletter,
and thereafter shall diligently proceed with all such construction. Tenant
shall coordinate the Tenant's Work so as to avoid interference with any other
work being performed in the Building (including, without limitation, the
installation of the storefront windows and any punch list items relating to the
Landlord's Work).
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(a) PRE-CONSTRUCTION APPROVALS. Tenant shall use its best efforts (and
Tenant shall cause its architects and other consultants to use their best
efforts) to submit the following information and items to Landlord by no
later than July 1, 1997 for Landlord's review and approval:
(i) a reasonably detailed construction schedule containing the
major components of the Tenant's Work (the "Construction
Schedule");
(ii) an itemized statement of the estimated costs to construct
and complete the Tenant's Work (including, without limitation,
fees for permits, architectural and engineering fees and other
soft costs);
(iii) evidence of Tenant's ability to pay the cost of the Tenant's
Work (including, without limitation, fees for permits,
architectural and engineering fees and other soft costs) as
and when payments become due. Such evidence may be in the
form of an unconditional written commitment for a loan from
a responsible lender to pay for the Tenant's Work;
(iv) the names and addresses of Tenant's contractors (and each
contractor's subcontractors) to be engaged for the Tenant's
Work (the "Tenant's Contractors"). Landlord has the right
to approve or disapprove the Tenant's Contractors (which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), and Tenant shall
not employ or permit its contractors to employ any persons or
entities not previously approved by Landlord. Landlord's
disapproval of any one or more of Tenant's Contractors shall
be deemed to be reasonable if such disapproval is based on
Landlord's belief that the use of such contractor(s) could
result in picketing or labor disharmony at the Building;
(v) certified copies of insurance policies or certificates of
insurance as described below in this Workletter or in the
Lease. Tenant shall not permit Tenant's Contractors to
commence work on the Land or in the Building until the
required insurance has been obtained and certified copies of
policies or certificates have been delivered the Landlord; and
(vi) the Tenant's Plans, which shall be subject to Landlord's
approval in accordance with Section 3(b) below.
(b) TENANT'S PLANS. As used herein, the term "Tenant's Plans"
shall mean full and detailed architectural and engineering plans and
specifications for all improvements to the Premises necessary to operate
the Premises for the purpose permitted under the Lease (other than any
improvements to be constructed as part of the Landlord's Work), as
approved by Landlord under this Section 3(b), together with any changes
thereto approved by Landlord under Section 3(d) below. The Tenant's
Plans shall include, without limitation, architectural, mechanical, HVAC,
electrical and plumbing working drawings for the Premises. Tenant shall
cause the Tenant's Plans to be consistent with and conform to the
Preliminary Plans and the Final Plans so as to integrate the Tenant's
Work (and the design thereof) into and with the Building (including,
without limitation, with respect to the structural elements of the
Building and its HVAC, utility and mechanical systems). Without limiting
the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, Tenant shall design
the Tenant's Work so that the kitchen equipment to be installed in the
Premises as part of the Tenant's Work and the air circulation and
ventilation system described in and contemplated by Article 34 of the
Lease (and to be constructed as part of the Tenant's Work) shall be
connected by Tenant's Contractors to the two (2) kitchen exhaust ducts
(the "Kitchen Ducts") located or to be located in the Building's
mechanical shaft, all as shown in the Preliminary Plans (and to be shown
in the Final Plans) and constructed or to be constructed as part of the
Building. Subject to Section 36.13 of the Lease, Tenant may use one
Kitchen Duct to accommodate Tenant's kitchen
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equipment, and Tenant may use one Kitchen Duct to accommodate such air
circulation and ventilation system. The Tenant's Plans shall be subject
to the approval of Landlord and all applicable local governmental
authorities. The draft of the Tenant's Plans submitted to Landlord
pursuant to Section 3(a) above shall: (i) be prepared by Tenant's
architects and consultants, after such parties have exercised due
diligence in connection with the preparation of the Tenant's Plans
(including, without limitation, familiarizing themselves with the
Preliminary Plans and the applicable provisions of the City of Chicago
building code), and (ii) to the best knowledge, information and belief of
Tenant's architects and consultants (after exercising such due diligence),
comply with all applicable laws, codes, ordinances, rules, regulations and
requirements of the City of Chicago necessary to obtain a building permit
for the Tenant's Work. Landlord shall give its approval or disapproval of
the Tenant's Plans within ten (10) days after receipt thereof by Landlord,
and if Landlord disapproves the Tenant's Plans (or any revisions thereto),
Landlord shall provide a reasonably detailed explanation of the reasons
for its disapproval and suggested changes to be made in order to obtain
Landlord's approval. Landlord agrees not to unreasonably withhold its
approval of the Tenant's Plans; provided, however, that Landlord shall not
be deemed to have acted unreasonably if it withholds its approval because,
in Landlord's opinion: (i) the Tenant's Work is likely to affect
adversely the structure or HVAC, utility or mechanical systems of the
Project or the safety of the Project and its occupants; (ii) the Tenant's
Work would materially increase the cost of operating the Project or any
component part thereof; (iii) the Tenant's Work would violate any laws,
codes, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations; (iv) the Tenant's
Work would violate any covenants, conditions or restrictions of record
(including, without limitation, the Easement Agreement, the Original
Operating Agreement or the Amended Operating Agreement, as any of the
foregoing may be amended and/or amended and restated from time to time);
(v) the Tenant's Work contains or uses hazardous or toxic materials; or
(vi) the Tenant's Work would adversely affect the appearance of the
Project or the Landlord's Property. The foregoing reasons, however, shall
not be exclusive of the reasons for which Landlord may withhold consent,
whether or not such other reasons are similar to or dissimilar from the
foregoing. In order to expedite preparation of the final Tenant's Plans
and the approval process, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord space plans,
schematic drawings, design development documents, and preliminary plans
and specifications for the Tenant's Work as such materials are prepared,
and Landlord shall cooperate with Tenant by discussing or reviewing such
materials with Tenant, at Tenant's request, prior to completion of the
full, final detailed Tenant's Plans. If Landlord notifies Tenant that
changes are required to the Tenant's Plans submitted by Tenant, Tenant
shall, within ten (10) days thereafter, submit to Landlord, for its
approval, the Tenant's Plans as amended in accordance with the changes so
required. The Tenant's Plans shall also be revised, and the Tenant's Work
shall be changed, to incorporate any work required in the Premises by any
local governmental field inspector. Landlord's approval of the Tenant's
Plans shall not relieve Tenant from its obligations under the Lease or
this Workletter, and shall not be deemed to be acceptance or approval of
any element therein contained which is in violation of this Workletter,
the Lease or any applicable laws, codes, ordinances, or governmental
rules, regulations or requirements. Without limiting or modifying any of
the terms set forth above in this Section 3(b), Landlord and Tenant shall
cooperate with each other and act in good faith in finalizing the Tenant's
Plans (including, without limitation, in preparing, revising, reviewing
and approving the Tenant's Plans and any revisions thereto) as soon as
practicable after the date hereof.
(c) CONDITIONS TO COMMENCING TENANT'S WORK. The Tenant's Work shall
not be undertaken or commenced until:
(i) the Tenant's Plans have been submitted to and approved
by Landlord in writing in accordance with Section
3(b) above, and all other items described in Section 3(a)
above have been submitted to and approved by Landlord, in
writing;
(ii) all necessary building permits and other governmental
approvals required for the construction and completion
of the Tenant's Work have been obtained by Tenant
and copies thereof have been delivered to Landlord; and
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(iii) all insurance coverages required under the Lease and this
Workletter have been obtained by Tenant and Tenant's
Contractors (failure of Landlord to receive evidence of such
coverage upon commencement of the Tenant's Work shall not
waive Tenant's obligations to obtain such coverage).
(d) CHANGES TO THE TENANT'S PLANS. All changes to the Tenant's
Plans must be approved by Landlord in advance of the implementation of
such changes as part of the Tenant's Work. Landlord's approval or
disapproval of any changes to the Tenant's Plans shall be subject to the
same standards as are set forth in Section 3(b) above with respect to the
Tenant's Plans. All delays in the completion of the Tenant's Work
resulting from changes to the Tenant's Plans, including, without
limitation, any stoppage or delay of work during the change order review
process by Landlord, are solely the responsibility of Tenant and shall
cause no delay in the Rent Commencement Date under the Lease or otherwise
relieve Tenant of any of its obligations under the Lease.
(e) DELAYS. Except as expressly set forth in Section 3.1 of the
Lease to the contrary, in the event Tenant fails to satisfy any condition
to the commencement or continuation of the construction and completion of
the Tenant's Work, or in the event Tenant, for any reason, fails to
complete the Tenant's Work on or before the Rent Commencement Date, such
event, situation or occurrence shall not cause a delay in the Rent
Commencement Date or otherwise relieve Tenant of any of its obligations
under the Lease.
(f) PAYMENT FOR THE TENANT'S WORK. Tenant shall be responsible for
all costs and expenses attributable to the Tenant's Work.
4. STANDARDS OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITIONS OF THE TENANT'S
WORK. All work done in or upon the Premises by Tenant shall be done according
to the standards set forth in this Section 4.
(a) LAWS. The Tenant's Plans and all design and construction of the
Tenant's Work shall comply with all applicable statutes, ordinances,
regulations, laws, codes and industry standards, including, but not
limited to, any laws and ordinances relating to handicap accessibility
(including, without limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act) and
any requirements of the fire insurance underwriters for the Landlord's
Property or the Project. Approval by Landlord of the Tenant's Plans
shall not constitute a waiver or satisfaction of this requirement or
assumption by Landlord of responsibility for compliance. Where several
sets of the foregoing laws, codes and standards must be met, the
strictest shall apply where not prohibited by another law, code or
standard.
(b) PERMITS AND APPROVALS. Tenant shall obtain, at its own cost and
expense, all required building permits and other necessary governmental
approvals and, when construction of the Tenant's Work has been completed,
shall obtain, at its own cost and expense, an occupancy permit for the
Premises, which permit shall be delivered to Landlord. Tenant's failure
to obtain such permits and approvals shall not cause a delay in the
Commencement Date or, except as expressly set forth in Section 3.1 of the
Lease, the Rent Commencement Date under the Lease.
(c) TENANT'S CONTRACTORS. Tenant's Contractors shall be licensed
contractors, possessing good labor relations, capable of performing
quality workmanship and working in harmony with Landlord's contractors
and subcontractors and with other contractors and subcontractors in the
Project. The Tenant's Work shall be coordinated with any other
construction or other work in the Building in order not to affect
adversely construction work being performed in the Building. Tenant
shall not permit a Tenant's Contractor to enter upon the Premises or the
Project or to begin any work in connection with the Tenant's Work, unless
and until such contractor has provided certificates of insurance
confirming its compliance with the terms set forth in Section 5 hereof,
and Tenant has furnished such certificates of insurance to Landlord and
Landlord has approved such certificates in writing.
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(d) LANDLORD'S PARTICIPATION. Landlord shall have the right, but
not the obligation, to perform on behalf of and for the account of
Tenant, subject to reimbursement by Tenant (upon Landlord's demand
therefor), any work which Landlord deems to be necessary on an emergency
basis, and with Tenant's approval (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld), any work which (i) pertains to the structural
components or HVAC, utility or mechanical systems of the Project, or (ii)
pertains to the erection of temporary safety barricades or signs during
construction. Landlord shall use good faith efforts to provide Tenant
with reasonable prior notice (which notice may be verbal) under the
circumstances, before performing any work on an emergency basis as
described above in this Section 4(d).
(e) MATERIALS; WARRANTIES. Tenant shall use only new, first-class
materials in the Tenant's Work. Tenant shall obtain warranties of at
least one (1) year's duration from the completion of the Tenant's Work
against defects in workmanship and materials on all work performed and
equipment installed in the Premises as a part of the Tenant's Work.
(f) BUILDING RULES AND REGULATIONS. Tenant and Tenant's
Contractors, in performing the Tenant's Work, shall not interfere with
other occupants of the Building. Tenant and Tenant's Contractors shall
make all efforts and take all steps appropriate to construction
activities undertaken in a fully occupied, first-class mixed-use building
similar to the Building so as not to interfere with the operation of the
Building and shall, in any event, comply with all reasonable rules and
regulations promulgated by Landlord from time to time at the Building.
Tenant and Tenant's Contractors shall take all precautionary steps to
minimize dust, noise and construction traffic and to protect their
facilities and property and the facilities and property of others
affected by the Tenant's Work and to properly police same. Construction
equipment and materials are to be kept within the Premises, and delivery,
loading and unloading of equipment and materials shall be done at such
locations and at such time as Landlord shall direct so as not to burden
the construction or operation of the Building.
(g) VIOLATIONS. Landlord shall have the right to order Tenant or
any of Tenant's Contractors who violate the requirements imposed on
Tenant or Tenant's Contractors under this Workletter in performing the
Tenant's Work to cease work and remove its equipment and employees from
the Building. No such action by Landlord shall delay the Commencement
Date or the Rent Commencement Date under the Lease or Tenant's other
obligations under the Lease.
(h) UTILITIES AND SERVICES. Utility costs or charges for any
service (including HVAC, electricity and the like) to the Premises shall
be the responsibility of Tenant from and after the Commencement Date and
shall be paid for by Tenant. Tenant shall apply and pay for all utility
meters required for the Premises. All use of freight elevators and
loading docks is subject to the Easement Agreement, the Original
Operating Agreement, the Amended Operating Agreement (as the same may be
amended and/or amended and restated from time to time) and to scheduling
by Landlord. Tenant shall arrange and pay for removal of construction
debris and shall not place debris in the Building's waste containers.
(i) LANDLORD'S INSPECTION. Tenant shall permit access to the
Premises, and the Tenant's Work shall be subject to inspection, by
Landlord and Landlord's architects, engineers, contractors, lenders and
other representatives at all times during the period in which the
Tenant's Work is being constructed and installed and following completion
of the Tenant's Work.
(j) TIMING. Tenant shall proceed with the Tenant's Work
expeditiously, continuously and efficiently, and shall complete the same
as soon as possible after the Commencement Date. Upon Landlord's request
delivered at any time and from time to time, Tenant shall provide
Landlord with Tenant's then best estimate of the date on which the
Tenant's Work will be complete and the date on which Tenant shall open
for business from the Premises. In addition, upon Landlord's request at
any
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time and from time to time (which request may be verbal and may be
made directly to one or more of Tenant's Contractors), Tenant shall, and
shall cause Tenant's Contractors to, provide Landlord and its
representatives with reasonably detailed, verbal information regarding
the status of the Tenant's Work. Such information shall include a
reasonably detailed explanation of the cause(s) of any delay in any
component of the Tenant's Work. Landlord's receipt of any such
information shall not modify or otherwise affect the terms and provisions
of the Lease or this Workletter, or constitute or be construed as
Landlord's agreement with any such information.
(k) AS-BUILT PLANS. Tenant shall, at its sole cost, furnish to
Landlord "as-built" drawings of the Tenant's Work within sixty (60) days
after completion of the Tenant's Work.
(l) BUILDING UTILITIES AND SYSTEMS. Landlord shall have the right,
at its sole cost, to run utility lines, pipes, conduits, duct work and
component parts of all HVAC, mechanical and utility systems for the
Project where necessary or desirable through the Premises, and to repair,
alter, replace or remove the same at Landlord's cost, and to require
Tenant to install as part of the Tenant's Work and to maintain proper
access panels thereto, at Tenant's cost.
(m) ENFORCEMENT BY TENANT. Tenant shall impose on and enforce all
applicable terms of this Workletter against Tenant's architect and Tenant's
Contractors.
(n) LANDLORD'S OPPORTUNITY TO BID. Tenant shall give Landlord, or
at Landlord's election an affiliate of Landlord, the right to submit a
bid to be the general contractor for Tenant's Work on the same terms and
conditions as Tenant solicits and accepts bids from other potential
general contractors, and Tenant shall give fair consideration to
Landlord's or its affiliate's bid.
(o) CONTRACTS WITH TENANT'S CONTRACTORS. Any contracts entered into
by or on behalf of Tenant with any of Tenant's Contractors shall contain
a provision pursuant to which such contractor or supplier (i) recognizes
the separate ownership of the various portions of the Project and agrees
that any lien rights which the contractor or supplier has shall only be
enforceable against Tenant's interest in the Premises, (ii) agrees that
no lien or claim may be filed or maintained by such contractor or
supplier against the Project, the Landlord's Property or the Landlord's
interest in the Premises, and (iii) agrees to comply with the provisions
of Section 21 of the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act in connection with
giving notice of such "no lien" provision. Upon Landlord's request,
Tenant shall deliver to Landlord copies of any such contracts in order to
allow Landlord to confirm Tenant's compliance with the terms of this
Section 4(o).
5. INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) INSURANCE. In addition to any insurance which may be required
under the Lease, Tenant shall secure, pay for and maintain or cause
Tenant's Contractors to secure, pay for and maintain during the
continuance of the performance of the Tenant's Work, insurance in the
following minimum coverages and limits of liability:
(i) workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance
with limits of not less than $500,000.00, or such higher
amounts as may be required from time to time by any employee
benefit acts or other statutes applicable where the Tenant's
Work is to be performed, and in any event sufficient to
protect Tenant's Contractors from liability under the
aforementioned acts;
(ii) comprehensive or commercial general liability
insurance (including contractor's protective liability) in an
amount not less than $2,000,000.00 per occurrence, whether
involving bodily injury liability (or death resulting
therefrom) or property damage
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liability or a combination thereof with a minimum
aggregate limit of $2,000,000.00, and with umbrella coverage
with limits not less than $5,000,000.00. Such insurance
shall provide for explosion and collapse, completed
operations coverage and broad form blanket contractual
liability coverage and shall insure Tenant's Contractors
against any and all claims for bodily injury, including death
resulting therefrom, and damage to the property of others and
arising from its operations under the contracts whether such
operations are performed by Tenant's Contractors or by anyone
directly or indirectly employed by any of them;
(iii) comprehensive automobile liability insurance,
including the ownership, maintenance and operation of any
automotive equipment, owned, hired or non-owned, in an amount
not less than $500,000.00 for each person in one accident and
$1,000,000.00 for injuries sustained by two or more persons
in any one accident, and property damage liability in an
amount not less than $1,000,000.00 for each accident. Such
insurance shall insure Tenant's Contractors against any and
all claims for bodily injury, including death resulting
therefrom, and damage to the property of others arising from
its operations under the contracts, whether such operations
are performed by Tenant's Contractors or by anyone directly
or indirectly employed by any of them;
(iv) "all risk" builder's risk insurance upon the entire
Tenant's Work to the full insurable value thereof. This
insurance shall include the interests of Landlord and Tenant
(and their respective contractors and subcontractors of any
tier to the extent of any insurable interest therein) in the
Tenant's Work and shall insure against the perils of fire and
extended coverage and shall include "all risk" builder's risk
insurance for physical loss or damage including, without
duplication of coverage, theft, vandalism and malicious
mischief. If portions of the Tenant's Work stored off the
site of the Building or in transit to said site are not
covered under said "all risk" builder's risk insurance, then
Tenant shall effect and maintain similar property insurance
on such portions of the Tenant's Work. Any loss insured
under said "all risk" builder's risk insurance is to be
adjusted with Landlord and Tenant and made payable to
Landlord as trustee for the insureds, as their interests may
appear.
All policies shall be issued by companies reasonably satisfactory to
Landlord, but in any case, any such companies shall hold a current
Policyholder's Alphabetic and Financial Size Category Rating of not less
than A-/VIII according to Best's Insurance Reports or an equivalent
rating from a nationally-recognized insurance rating service. All
policies (except the workers' compensation policy) shall be endorsed to
include Landlord, the Architect, the holder of any First Mortgage, LR
Management Company, Landlord's management agent (if any), and any other
party reasonably designated by Landlord from time to time as additional
insured parties on a primary, non-contributory basis with respect to
other insurance covering the additional insureds. The additional insured
endorsement must include coverage for products and completed operations
claims with respect to the additional insureds. The waiver of
subrogation provisions contained in the Lease shall apply to all
insurance policies (except the workers' compensation policy) to be
obtained by Tenant or Tenant' Contractors pursuant to this Section. The
insurance policy endorsements shall also provide that all additional
insured parties shall be given thirty (30) days' prior written notice of
any reduction, cancellation or non-renewal of coverage (except that ten
(10) days' notice shall be sufficient in the case of cancellation for
nonpayment of premium) and shall provide that the insurance coverage
afforded to the additional insured parties thereunder shall be primary to
any insurance carried independently by said additional insured parties.
Additionally, where applicable, each policy shall contain a
cross-liability and severability of interest clause. Within five (5)
days after Landlord's request delivered at any time and from time to
time, Tenant shall provide Landlord with certificates of insurance
evidencing Tenant's and Tenant's Contractors' compliance with the terms
of this Section 5.
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(b) Without limitation of the indemnification provisions contained
in the Lease, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant agrees to
indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless the Landlord Parties, the
Architect, Landlord's contractors and the holder of any First Mortgage,
from and against all claims, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses of
whatever nature arising out of or in connection with the Tenant's Work or
the entry of Tenant or Tenant's Contractors into the Project, the
Building or the Premises, including, without limitation, mechanics' liens
or the cost of any repairs to the Premises, the Project or Building
necessitated by activities of Tenant or Tenant's Contractors and bodily
injury to persons (including, to the maximum extent provided by law,
claims arising under the Illinois Structural Work Act) or damage to the
property of Tenant, its employees, agents, invitees or licensees or
others. It is understood and agreed that the foregoing indemnity shall
be in addition to the insurance requirements set forth above and shall
not be in discharge of or in substitution for same or any other indemnity
or insurance provision of the Lease. Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Section 5(b) to the contrary, Tenant's indemnification
obligations under this Section 5(b) shall not apply to any claims,
liabilities, losses, damages or expenses caused by Landlord's gross
negligence or wilful and intentional misconduct.
6. LIEN WAIVERS FOR THE TENANT'S WORK. Tenant shall pay for the Tenant's
Work when required under its contracts for the Tenant's Work and shall not
permit the Premises, the Landlord's Property, the Building, the Project or any
portion of any thereof to become subject to a lien on account of labor,
material or services furnished to Tenant. Upon completion of the Tenant's
Work, Tenant shall furnish Landlord with final original waivers of liens and
owner's and contractors' affidavits and sworn statements, in such form as may
be required by Landlord, Landlord's title insurance company and Landlord's
lender, from all parties performing labor or supplying materials or services in
connection with Tenant's Work showing that all of said parties have been
compensated in full and waiving all liens in connection with the Premises, the
Landlord's Property, the Building and the Project. Upon completion of the
Tenant's Work, Tenant shall submit to Landlord a detailed breakdown of Tenant's
total construction costs for the Tenant's Work, together with such evidence of
payment as is reasonably satisfactory to Landlord. Upon Landlord's request
delivered at any time and from time to time prior to the completion of Tenant's
Work, Tenant shall promptly furnish Landlord with then current owner's and
contractors' affidavits and sworn statements, original, final and/or partial
lien waivers covering all labor, materials and services performed or supplied
in connection with Tenant's Work prior to the date of such request, current
architect's certificates and any additional documentation which may be
reasonably requested by Landlord, Landlord's lender or any title insurance
company providing title insurance with respect to the Premises, the Landlord's
Property, the Project or any portion of any thereof.
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8. LICENSE TO COMMENCE TENANT'S WORK PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF LANDLORD'S
WORK. Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, grant Tenant a revocable
license to enter upon the Premises prior to the date on which Landlord has
substantially completed the Landlord's Work (other than the storefront windows)
in order to permit Tenant to begin Tenant's Work. Notwithstanding Landlord's
granting any such license, Tenant shall not enter upon the Premises or the
Building or begin the Tenant's Work unless and until Tenant has satisfied all
conditions precedent thereto set forth in this Workletter. If Landlord grants
any such license, such license shall be conditioned upon Tenant and Tenant's
Contractors complying with all of the provisions of this Workletter and such
other reasonable rules and regulations as Landlord may elect to impose.
Furthermore, any such license shall be conditioned upon Tenant and Tenant's
Contractors working in harmony and not interfering with Landlord and Landlord's
agents, employees and contractors performing the Landlord's Work or performing
other work in the Project, and if at any time such entry shall in Landlord's
judgment cause or threaten to cause any such disharmony or interference,
Landlord shall have the right to immediately revoke such license upon notice to
Tenant, whereupon Tenant and Tenant's Contractors shall immediately vacate the
Premises and the Building and remove all of their materials and equipment
therefrom. If Landlord grants a license in accordance with this Section,
except to the extent caused by Landlord's gross negligence or wilful and
intentional misconduct, neither Landlord nor its contractors, agents or
employees shall be liable in any way for any injury, loss or damage which may
occur
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to any portion of the Tenant's Work or to any equipment or materials
brought upon the Premises or in the Project in connection therewith, the same
being at Tenant's and Tenant's Contractors' sole risk. In the event Tenant or
Tenant's Contractors causes any damage to the Landlord's Work, Tenant shall
cause such damage to be repaired and restored at Tenant's sole cost and
expense, and any delay in the completion of the Landlord's Work resulting from
any such damage and the related repair and restoration work shall be a Tenant
Delay.
9. TERMINATION OF LEASE. If the Lease is terminated pursuant to Article
39 thereof, simultaneously with any such termination, this Workletter shall
terminate and neither party shall have any further rights or obligations under
this Workletter.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Workletter or in the
Lease, Landlord has no agreement with Tenant and has no obligation to do
any work with respect to the Premises, the Landlord's Property or the
Project.
(b) Time is of the essence under this Workletter.
(c) Any person signing this Workletter on behalf of Landlord or
Tenant warrants and represents he or she has authority to do so.
(d) If Tenant fails to make any payment relating to the Tenant's
Work as required under this Workletter, Landlord, at its option, may
complete the Tenant's Work pursuant to the Tenant's Plans and continue to
hold Tenant liable for the costs thereof and all other costs due to
Landlord. Tenant's failure to pay any amounts owed by Tenant under this
Workletter when due or Tenant's failure to perform its obligations under
this Workletter shall also constitute a default under the Lease, and
Landlord shall have all the rights and remedies granted to Landlord under
the Lease for nonpayment of any amounts owed thereunder or failure by
Tenant to perform its obligations thereunder.
(e) Notices under this Workletter shall be given in the same manner
as under the Lease.
(f) The liability of Landlord under this Workletter or under any
amendment hereto or any instrument or document executed in connection
herewith (including, without limitation, the Lease) shall be limited to
and enforceable solely against Landlord's interest in the Landlord's
Property. The members, managers, officers, directors, shareholders,
partners, agents and employees of Landlord shall have no liability of any
kind whatsoever under or in connection with this Workletter.
(g) The headings set forth herein are for convenience only.
(h) This Workletter and the Lease set forth the entire agreement of
Tenant and Landlord regarding the Landlord's Work and the Tenant's Work.
This Workletter may only be amended if in writing and duly executed by
both Landlord and Tenant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have executed this Workletter
Agreement as of the 27th day of May, 1997.
WOODROAST SYSTEMS, INC., a Minnesota
corporation (doing business as Shelly's
Back Room)
By:
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Name:
-------------------------
Title:
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WALTON ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., an Illinois
limited liability company
By:
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Bruce C. Abrams, its Manager
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