Maintenance by Tenant Tenant shall keep the Premises, including all windows, signs, and sidewalks, service ways, loading areas adjacent to the Premises, landscaping and irrigation systems (if any), and all paved surfaces and parking lots (including striping of the parking lot and preventing potholes and other surface inadequacies based on the intended purpose of such paved surfaces and parking lots) in good, clean, rubbish-free condition, free from waste and nuisance at all times, reasonable wear and tear and damage by casualty excepted. Tenant shall, subject to Landlord's maintenance responsibilities provided for above, make all needed repairs, including without being limited to, maintenance of all direct utility connections and replacement of any cracked or broken windows or other glass. Tenant shall, at Tenant's expense, keep in good working condition the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, the sprinkler system, if any, and the water heater, maintaining, repairing, and replacing such items as may be necessary from time to time, reasonable wear and tear and damage by casualty excepted. Tenant shall comply at its sole cost and expense with all governmental laws, ordinances, and regulations which must be complied with by reason of the nature of the use of the Premises by Tenant, except that Tenant shall not be obligated to make any structural changes or alterations to the Premises in order to comply therewith unless made necessary by the negligent act or omission of Tenant, in which event Tenant shall comply at its expense in accordance with plans and specifications approved by Landlord. If any repairs or replacements required to be made by Tenant hereunder are not made within fifteen (15) days after written notice delivered to Tenant by Landlord, Landlord may, at its option, make such repairs or replacements without liability to Tenant for any loss or damage which may result to its stock or business by reason of such repairs or replacements, and Tenant shall pay to Landlord upon demand as additional rental hereunder the cost of such repairs and replacements, plus interest at a rate equal to the lower of eight percent (8%) per annum, or the maximum rate permitted by the usury laws of the State of Texas, from the date of payment by Landlord until Landlord is repaid by Tenant.
Landlord’s General Conditions for Tenant’s Agents and Tenant Improvement Work Tenant’s and Tenant’s Agent’s construction of the Tenant Improvements shall comply with the following: (i) the Tenant Improvements shall be constructed in strict accordance with the Approved Working Drawings; (ii) Tenant’s Agents shall submit schedules of all work relating to the Tenant’s Improvements to Contractor and Contractor shall, within five (5) business days of receipt thereof, inform Tenant’s Agents of any changes which are necessary thereto, and Tenant’s Agents shall adhere to such corrected schedule; and (iii) Tenant shall abide by all rules made by Landlord’s Building manager with respect to the use of freight, loading dock and service elevators, storage of materials, coordination of work with the contractors of other tenants, and any other matter in connection with this Tenant Work Letter, including, without limitation, the construction of the Tenant Improvements.
Insurance Required (g) Borrower shall cause to be maintained, in full force and effect on all property of Borrower including, without limitation, all Inventory and Equipment, insurance in such amounts against such risks as is satisfactory to Lender, including, but without limitation, business interruption, fire, boiler, theft, burglary, pilferage, vandalism, malicious mischief, loss in transit, and hazard insurance and, if as of the date hereof, any of the real property of Borrower is in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as having special flood or mudslide hazards, and on which the sale of flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, then Borrower shall maintain flood insurance. Said policy or policies shall:
Premises and Term In consideration of the obligation of Tenant to pay Rent as provided in this Lease, and in consideration of the other terms, provisions, and covenants of this Lease, Landlord hereby demises and leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby takes from Landlord certain premises described and delineated on the demising plan contained in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, situated within a building (the "Building") located on certain real property (the "Land") within the above-named County and State and more particularly described as follows: Approximately 16,111 square feet of space located at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Suites 105, 106, 107, 108, and 109, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx County, Texas, together with the other improvements erected upon said premises (the said premises and the improvements located therein being herein referred to as the "Premises"). To Have and to Hold the Premises, subject to the other terms and provisions of this Lease, for a term (the "Term") commencing on FEBRUARY 15, 2004 (the "Commencement Date") and ending THIRTY-SIX (36) months thereafter. If this Lease is executed before the Premises become vacant or otherwise available and ready for occupancy, or if any present tenant or occupant of the Premises holds over and Landlord cannot acquire possession of the Premises prior to the originally scheduled commencement date, Landlord shall not be deemed to be in default, and Tenant agrees to accept possession of the Premises at such time as Landlord is able to tender the same; and Landlord hereby waives payment of rent covering any period prior to the tendering of possession of the Premises to Tenant. Landlord will not be liable to Tenant if Landlord does not deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant on the Commencement Date stated above. Landlord's non-delivery of possession of the Premises to Tenant on the Commencement Date will not affect this Lease or the obligations of Tenant under this Lease. However, the Commencement Date will be delayed until possession of the Premises is delivered to Tenant. The Term will be extended for a period equal to the delay in delivery of possession of the Premises to Tenant. If delivery of possession of the Premises to Tenant is delayed, Landlord and Tenant shall, upon such delivery, execute an amendment to this Lease setting forth the revised Commencement Date and expiration date of the Term. If Tenant occupies the Premises before the Commencement Date, Tenant's occupancy of the Premises will be subject to all of the provisions of this Lease. By taking possession of the Premises, Tenant shall be deemed to have acknowledged that it has inspected the Premises and accepts the Premises in their then present condition as suitable for the purpose for which the Premises are leased. Tenant further acknowledges that no representations as to the repair of the Premises, nor promises to alter, remodel, or improve the Premises, have been made by Landlord, except for those expressly set forth in this Lease.
Tenant’s Compliance With Landlord’s Fire and Casualty Insurance Tenant shall, at Tenant’s expense, comply with all insurance company requirements pertaining to the use of the Premises. If Tenant’s conduct or use of the Premises causes any increase in the premium for such insurance policies then Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for any such increase. Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, shall comply with all rules, orders, regulations or requirements of the American Insurance Association (formerly the National Board of Fire Underwriters) and with any similar body.
Tenant Improvements Defined As used herein, “Tenant Improvements” shall mean all improvements to the Premises desired by Tenant of a fixed and permanent nature. Other than funding the TI Allowance (as defined below) as provided herein, Landlord shall not have any obligation whatsoever with respect to the finishing of the Premises for Tenant’s use and occupancy.
Time of the Essence in This Tenant Work Letter Unless otherwise indicated, all references herein to a “number of days” shall mean and refer to calendar days. If any item requiring approval is timely disapproved by Landlord, the procedure for preparation of the document and approval thereof shall be repeated until the document is approved by Landlord.
Inspection by Lessor Upon reasonable advance notice, Lessee, during reasonable business hours and subject to Lessee's security requirements, will make the Equipment and its related log and maintenance records available to Lessor for inspection.
Landlord's Waivers Any lessor of Tenant's Personal Property may, upon notice to Landlord and during reasonable hours, enter the Property and take possession of any of Tenant's Personal Property without liability for trespass or conversion upon a default by Tenant, provided that such lessor provide Landlord with the opportunity to cure the defaults of Tenant on terms and conditions satisfactory to such lessor and Landlord.
Tenants Selection of Contractors Tenant hereby agrees to the retention by Landlord of Erland Construction, Inc., on behalf of Tenant, for the construction of the Tenant Improvements ("Contractor"). Tenant further agrees that Contractor will be retained on a construction management basis at a fee equal to three and nine-tenths percent (3.9%) of the cost of Tenant Improvements. Contractor shall retain only subcontractors designated by Landlord in connection with any structural, fire sprinkler, or heating, air-conditioning or ventilation work to be performed in the Premises or for any work to be done to the Base Building or the Building Systems.
