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AGREEMENT OF SALE
between
AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION
and
THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 12, 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED..........................................2
2. PURCHASE PRICE...................................................2
3. NO RECORDING.....................................................3
4. INABILITY TO FULFILL THE CONTRACT................................3
5. TAX APPEALS......................................................6
6. NOTICES..........................................................6
7. REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND CONSULTANTS..............................8
8. FEES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF COUNSEL, ETC...........................8
9. CLOSING OF TITLE.................................................8
10. APPORTIONMENTS...................................................8
11. CONDITION OF PROPERTY; SELLER'S COVENANTS.......................10
12. TERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT LEASE.................................13
13. FIRE, CASUALTY AND CONDEMNATION.................................13
14. TITLE...........................................................14
15. NONASSIGNABLE CONTRACT..........................................15
16. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..................................15
17. DISCHARGE OF SELLER'S OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.....................18
18. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS........18
19. Intentionally Omitted...........................................20
20. PUBLICITY.......................................................20
21. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.........................................20
22. MISCELLANEOUS...................................................20
A. Counterparts; Captions and Headings...................20
B. No Oral Change........................................20
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C. Prior Understanding...................................21
D. Waivers; Extension....................................21
E. Governing Law.........................................21
F. Pronouns..............................................21
G. Calculation of Time Periods...........................21
H. Binding Effect........................................21
Exhibit A Condominium Declaration and By-Laws..................A-1
Exhibit B Documents to be Delivered............................B-1
Exhibit C Service Contracts....................................C-1
Exhibit D Insurance Policies...................................D-1
Exhibits E and E-1 General Releases............................E-1
Exhibit F Permitted Exceptions.................................F-1
Exhibit G Violations...........................................G-1
Exhibit H Certifications of Seller and Purchaser...............H-1
Exhibit I FIRPTA Affidavit.....................................I-1
Exhibit J List of Seller's Repair Obligation..................J-1
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AGREEMENT OF SALE
THIS AGREEMENT, entered into as of this 12th day of December, 1996, by
and between:
AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION, a New York corporation, having its principal
place of business at 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(hereinafter referred to as "Seller" or "Declarant"), and THE GOVERNMENT OF
ISRAEL, having an office at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(hereinafter referred to as "Purchaser"). (Seller/Declarant and Purchaser are
hereinafter sometimes respectively referred to individually as "Party" and
collectively as "Parties").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, Seller is the owner of certain property in the City of New
York, County of New York and State of New York, known as and by street address
number 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, and designated or shown as Xxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx
1 on the Tax Map of the City of New York, New York County, New York, together
with all easements, licenses and other rights appurtenant thereto (the
"Property"); and
WHEREAS, Seller, as Declarant pursuant to a Condominium Declaration and
By-Laws (the "Declaration"), a copy of which is annexed hereto and made a part
hereof as Exhibit A, and Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of
New York, intends to submit the Property to the condominium form of ownership to
create a condominium (the "Condominium") consisting of three units more
particularly described in the Declaration (hereinafter, collectively the "Units"
or the "Condominium"; individually, Xxxx 0, Xxxx 0 and Xxxx 0; and
WHEREAS, Seller is desirous of selling to Purchaser and Purchaser is
desirous of buying from Seller, Unit 3 (which term, as used herein, shall
include a 43.9% undivided interest in the Common Elements (as defined in the
Declaration)); and
WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser desire to set forth their mutual
understandings and agreements with respect to the sale and purchase of Unit 3;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual
promises and covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Parties do hereby agree as follows:
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1. PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED
Upon and subject to the following terms, agreements, covenants and
conditions, Seller agrees to sell and convey to Purchaser and Purchaser agrees
to purchase from Seller that certain Unit in the Condominium designated as Unit
3.
2. PURCHASE PRICE
The "Purchase Price" payable by Purchaser to Seller for Unit 3 shall be
Thirty-One Million Thirty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($31,030,000) payable as
follows:
A. Five Million Thirty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($5,030,000) at
the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available Federal Funds to an
account specified by Seller not less than ten (10) business days prior to
Closing; and
B. Ten Million Dollars and No Cents ($10,000,000) on January 31, 1997
by wire transfer of immediately available Federal Funds to an account specified
by Seller at Closing; and
C. Sixteen Million Dollars and No Cents ($16,000,000) on January 30,
1998 by wire transfer of immediately available Federal Funds to an account
specified by Seller at Closing.
Each of the installments of the Purchase Price due under paragraphs B
and C of this Section 2 (the "Installment Payments") shall bear interest at an
annual rate equal to thirty basis points over the "LIBOR 90-day Rate"
(hereinafter defined) computed from the Closing to the date of payment and
payable when payment of the Installment Payment is made. "LIBOR 90-day Rate"
shall mean the arithmetic mean (rounded upwards if necessary to the nearest
whole multiple of one-sixteenth of one percent (1/16%)) of the offered
quotations for Dollar deposits for each 90-day period, commencing on the
Closing, which appear on the display designated as page "LIBO" on the Xxxxxx
Monitor System (or such other page as may replace the "LIBO" page on such system
for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of leading
reference banks) at or about 11:00 A.M. (London time) two business days prior to
the commencement of each 90-day period.
If the Closing takes place on or after January 31, 1997, the Purchase
Price shall be payable as follows:
(i) Fifteen Million Thirty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($15,030,000)
at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately available Federal Funds to the
account specified by Seller; and
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(ii) Sixteen Million Dollars and No Cents ($16,000,000) on January 30,
1998 by wire transfer of immediately available Federal Funds to the account
specified by Seller.
Purchaser shall have the right to prepay the Installment Payment of
$16,000,000 on March 28, 1997, June 30, 1997, September 29, 1997, and December
29, 1997 without prepayment charge on not less than five business days' notice.
3. NO RECORDING
Purchaser and Seller each agrees that it will not record this Agreement
nor any memorandum or notice thereof without the prior written consent of the
other Party having been attached to each instrument prepared for recording. Any
recording in violation of this provision shall be void ab initio; be a material
breach hereof and hereunder; and the Party who records this Agreement shall be
liable for all fees and costs incurred in order to clear said recorded
instrument from the records, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and
disbursements.
4. INABILITY TO FULFILL THE CONTRACT
A. Purchaser agrees promptly after execution of this Agreement to order
a report of title or title commitment (the "Commitment) from Chicago Title
Insurance Company ("CTIC") and to provide Seller with a copy thereof not more
than ten (10) days after the date hereof together with written notice from
Purchaser's attorney of any exceptions, defects or objections which Purchaser
claims are in addition to those permitted under Article 14 of this Agreement.
Failure of Purchaser to so notify Seller within the time period specified above
shall constitute a waiver of any such exception, defect or objection disclosed
in the Commitment. If Purchaser's continuation of title to the Closing Date
discloses exceptions, defects or objections not disclosed in the Commitment or
previously objected to by Purchaser, then, subject to the provisions of Section
B of this Article 4, Seller's removal of the same shall be a condition to
Purchaser's obligation to close. Purchaser shall give Seller prompt notice of
any such exceptions, defects or objections.
B. If, at the Closing, Seller is unable to convey to Purchaser title to
Unit 3 subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, or
otherwise fulfill its obligations hereunder, or if any representation of Seller
set forth in this Agreement shall be untrue in a material respect, or if Seller
is otherwise in default hereunder (in each case other than a wilful default),
Seller shall be entitled, upon written notice delivered to Purchaser at or prior
to the Closing, to a reasonable adjournment of the Closing Date, for a period up
to 90
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days, to enable Seller to convey such title, fulfill such conditions, correct
such representation or cure any such default. If Seller does not so elect to
adjourn the Closing, or if at the adjourned date Seller is still unable to
convey title subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
fulfill such conditions, correct such representation or cure such default (in
each case other than a willful default), Purchaser's sole right and remedy shall
be to terminate this Agreement by notice as provided in Article 6 hereof, in
which event Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for the net cost of title
examination. Upon Purchaser's exercise of such option to terminate and upon such
reimbursement being made by Seller to Purchaser, this Agreement shall
automatically become void and of no further force or effect, and neither Party
shall have any obligations of any nature to the other hereunder or by reason
hereof, except that the provisions of Articles 3, 7, and 8 hereof shall survive
such termination. If Seller elects to adjourn the Closing as provided above,
this Agreement shall remain in effect for the period of adjournment, in
accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the
contrary, if there shall be any liens affecting Unit 3 which are not permitted
exceptions listed in Exhibit B annexed hereto and made part hereof (hereinafter
referred to as the "Permitted Exceptions") and which can be removed or satisfied
by the payment of a liquidated sum of money up to an aggregate of $1,000,000,
the existence of such liens shall not be deemed objections to title and Seller
shall either (i) cause such liens to be discharged of record by payments, bond
or otherwise, (ii) deposit with CTIC sufficient monies acceptable to and
required by CTIC to insure obtaining and recording discharges thereof and the
issuance of a policy of title insurance to Purchaser free of such liens or (iii)
furnish to CTIC an indemnity agreement in form and substance sufficient to
enable it to issue a policy of title insurance to Purchaser free of such liens.
Except as otherwise provided in this Section B, nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to require Seller to bring any action or proceeding or to take any
other steps to remove any defect in, or exception or objection to, title or to
fulfill any condition or expend any moneys therefor, nor shall Purchaser have
any right of action against Seller, at law or in equity, or, subject to the
provisions of Section C of this Article 4, for damages or specific performance.
C. In the event that at Closing or prior thereto Seller shall wilfully
default under this Agreement, Purchaser shall be entitled, as Purchaser's sole
right and remedy, to elect either to (i) enforce this Agreement (without any
reduction or abatement of the Purchase Price and without any credit or allowance
against the same) by an action for specific performance or (ii) terminate this
Agreement, in which event (a) Seller's sole liability and obligation shall be to
pay to Purchaser, as and for liquidated damages, the sum of $100,000 and the net
cost
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to Purchaser of title examination, and (b) Purchaser's obligations under this
Agreement shall terminate. A wilful default shall mean the occurrence of any of
the following: (a) if during the term of this Agreement Seller, without first
obtaining the written consent of Purchaser, voluntarily encumbers Unit 3 or
enters into any agreement to modify a Permitted Exception, (b) on the Closing
Date (as the same may be adjourned as provided in this Agreement or as may be
agreed to by the Parties) Seller fails or refuses to execute and deliver to
Purchaser a deed to Unit 3, (c) Seller fails or refuses to pay when due any
monetary obligation required to be paid by Seller under this Agreement, (d)
Seller fails or refuses to execute and deliver any of the documents Seller is
required to execute and deliver under this Agreement, or (e) Seller fails or
refuses to perform its obligations under Section 4F or 4G. In all cases other
than Seller's default under the immediately preceding sentence of this Section
C, Seller's failure to convey title to Unit 3 in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement shall not be deemed to constitute Seller's wilful default
hereunder. The Parties agree that in the event Seller shall willfully default
under this Agreement, Purchaser's actual damages would be mathematically
difficult to calculate, and in regard thereto, Seller agrees that a good faith
estimate of the damages which would reasonably compensate Purchaser is the sum
of $100,000.
D. Without limiting Seller's obligations hereunder, Purchaser may (but
shall not be obligated to) at the Closing accept such title as Seller can
convey, without reduction in, or abatement of, the Purchase Price and without
receipt of any credit or allowance on account thereof, and without any claim
against Seller.
E. The Parties agree that in the event Purchaser shall default in the
performance of Purchaser's obligations under this Agreement, Seller's actual
damages would be mathematically difficult to calculate, and in regard thereto,
Purchaser agrees that a good faith estimate of the damages which would
reasonably compensate Seller is the sum of $100,000. Accordingly, Seller shall
have the right to payment of the sum of $100,000 from Purchaser, as its sole and
exclusive remedy and as liquidated damages, to recompense Seller for time spent
and the loss of its bargain. Seller shall not seek or obtain injunctive relief,
including, without limitation, specific performance.
F. Seller has obtained from the New York State Department of Law a
so-called "no-action letter" with respect to the sale hereunder (a copy of which
has been furnished to Purchaser), which "no-action letter" shall be in full
force and effect on the Closing Date as a condition thereto. In the event that
by Closing, Seller has not obtained the requisite approvals necessary to convert
the Property to a Condominium (viz., the
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securing of separate tax lot designations for the Units), then either party may
terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section B of this Article 4. Seller
shall use reasonable commercial efforts to obtain such separate tax lot
designations for the Units. Either Party shall have the right to adjourn the
Closing to enable Seller to obtain such separate tax lot designations and Seller
shall continue diligently and in good faith to exercise such efforts to obtain
such separate tax lot designations.
G. All violations of law or municipal ordinances, orders, requirements
or regulations noted in or issued by the Departments of Buildings, Fire, Labor,
Health or other Federal, State, County, municipal and other governmental
departments, agencies and authorities having jurisdiction against or affecting
Unit 3 of which Seller has received notice on the date of this Agreement and any
outstanding work orders and requirements of any company insuring the Property
against casualty loss, shall be remedied by Seller, at its sole cost and
expense, except that the cost of remedying violations relating to the fire
safety system of the Property shall be borne by Purchaser and by Seller as a
General Common Expense. The existence on the Closing Date of any such
violations, work orders or requirements which are Seller's obligation to remedy
shall not be deemed an objection to title nor a condition to Purchaser's payment
of the Purchase Price on the Closing Date, but Seller's obligation to remedy any
such violations, work orders or requirements shall survive the Closing. Seller
shall furnish Purchaser with an authorization to make the necessary violation
searches. Seller shall use reasonable efforts to remedy and obtain the dismissal
of the violations, work orders or requirements which are Seller's obligation to
remedy within six months of the Closing. The provisions of this Section G shall
survive the Closing.
5. TAX APPEALS
Seller represents that there is a pending proceeding for the correction
of the assessed valuation of the Property for the tax fiscal year 1996/97.
Seller shall have the right, at its expense, to continue the proceeding and
shall be entitled to retain any tax refund resulting therefrom, subject to
Purchaser's rights under Section 51H of that certain lease between AEW #6
Corporation, as landlord, and Purchaser, as tenant, dated December 31, 1991, as
amended (the "Government Lease").
6. NOTICES
All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals and other
communications (all of the foregoing, for the purposes of this Article, being
herein collectively referred to as "Notices") required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this
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Agreement, shall be in writing, and shall be sent by hand delivery, by
telecopier, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, fully
prepaid, and addressed to the Parties as follows:
To Seller:
Ampal Realty Corporation
c/o Ampal-American Israel Corporation
1177 Avenue of the Americas
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, President
and concurrently in the same manner to:
Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Xxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
To Purchaser:
The Government of Israel
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Zitouk, Chief Fiscal Officer
With copies thereof sent concurrently in the same manner to:
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
All Notices shall be effective, as applicable, upon the date when
delivered by hand or upon being deposited in the United States mail or with said
overnight delivery service. However, the time period in which a response to any
such Notice must be given shall commence to run from the date of receipt noted
on the return receipt of the Notice by the addressee thereof. Rejection or other
refusal to accept shall be deemed to be receipt of the Notice sent as of the
date of such rejection or refusal. Either Party may, from time to time, by
notice in writing served upon the other Party, in the same manner as prescribed
in this Article, designate a different mailing address or a different or
additional person to which all such Notices are thereafter to be addressed.
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7. REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND CONSULTANTS
Each of Seller and Purchaser represents to the other that it has not
dealt with any party in connection with this transaction who might be entitled
to a commission or compensation from the representing party on account of
introducing the Parties, the preparation or submission of this Agreement or the
closing of the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of Seller and Purchaser
hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the other, and the other's
successors and assigns, from and against any and all losses, claims,
liabilities, expense, costs and/or damages including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees and disbursements, arising out of, or in connection with, any
claim by any party claiming to have dealt with the indemnitor for a commission
or other compensation by reason of, or arising out of, the transaction
contemplated hereby or herein.
The provisions of this Article 7 shall survive, as applicable, the
Closing and delivery of the Deed or the earlier termination of this Agreement.
8. FEES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF COUNSEL, ETC.
Each of the Parties shall bear and pay the fees and disbursements of
its own counsel, accountants, consultants, engineers, architects and other
advisors in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement,
the transaction contemplated hereby and the Closing and delivery of the Deed.
Seller shall bear and pay all expenses in connection with the formation of the
Condominium. The provisions of this Article 8 shall survive, as applicable, the
Closing and delivery of the Deed or the earlier termination of this Agreement.
9. CLOSING OF TITLE
Closing of title (herein referred to as the "Closing") shall take place
at the office of Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Xxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 on January 16, 1997 (herein referred to as
the "Closing Date") at 10:00 a.m. or on such later date to which the Closing may
be adjourned pursuant to this Agreement or by mutual agreement of the Parties.
At the Closing, Seller and Purchaser will deliver to each other the items set
forth in Exhibit B annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
10. APPORTIONMENTS
A. The following are to be apportioned as of 11:59 P.M. on January 15,
1997, unless the Closing Date occurs after January 16, 1997, in which case the
following shall be
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apportioned as of 11:59 P.M. of the day next preceding the actual Closing Date
(the "Apportionment Date"):
(1) Rent, additional rent and all other charges payable by
Purchaser under the Government Lease shall be apportioned between Seller and
Purchaser for the month in which the Closing occurs. If Purchaser is in arrears
in the payment of rent, additional rent or other charges on the Closing Date,
the entire amount of such arrears shall be payable on the Closing Date.
(2) Sewer rents, street vault charges, special assessments, if
any, and the assessment of the 42nd Street Business Improvement District ("BID")
on the basis of the fiscal year or period for which assessed, shall be
apportioned between Seller and the Condominium except that if the Apportionment
Date shall occur before the sewer rent, street vault charges, special assessment
or BID assessment is fixed, then the apportionment of sewer rents, street vault
charges, special assessments or BID assessment shall be upon the basis of the
sewer rent, street vault charge, special assessment or BID assessment for the
next preceding year and shall be re-apportioned, if necessary, after the amount
thereof becomes fixed.
(3) If there are water meters in Xxxx 0, Xxxxxxxxx, to the extent
that the same is obtainable, shall furnish a reading to a date prior, and as
close as possible to, the Apportionment Date, and the unfixed meter charges, if
any, based thereon for the intervening period shall be apportioned between
Seller and the Condominium on the basis of such last reading, subject however to
readjustment, as hereinafter provided. The reading taken subsequent to, and as
soon as possible following, the Apportionment Date will then be apportioned on a
per diem basis from the date of such reading immediately prior thereto and
Seller shall either pay the undercharge to the Condominium, or be reimbursed the
overcharge by the Condominium based upon a comparison of the readings taken
prior and subsequent to the Apportionment Date. Unpaid water meter charges,
sewer rents and other utility charges for direct service to a tenant other than
Purchaser and for which such tenant is responsible for payment under the terms
of its lease, or otherwise, shall not be objections to title if Seller is using
reasonable commercial efforts to cause such tenant to pay such water meter
charges, sewer rents or other utility charges.
(4) Seller, Purchaser and the Condominium shall make their own
arrangements for the closing and opening of separate accounts for utility
charges and such charges shall not be prorated.
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(5) The payments and charges relating to the Service Contracts
(hereinafter defined) set forth on Exhibit C annexed hereto and made a part
hereof shall be apportioned between Seller and the Condominium as of the
Apportionment Date.
(6) The payments and charges relating to all licenses and permits
affecting the entire Property shall be apportioned between Seller and the
Condominium as of the Apportionment Date.
(7) The value of building inventory and supplies for the common
areas, including, without limitation, refrigerant for the Building's air
conditioning system, soap, light bulbs and paper supplies, in unopened
containers, in accordance with an inventory prepared by Seller, shall be
apportioned between Seller and the Condominium as of the Apportionment Date.
(8) The wages and fringe benefits of employees of the Property
shall be apportioned between Seller and the Condominium as of the Apportionment
Date.
The Unit Owners will cause the Condominium to allocate the amounts set
forth in paragraphs 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8, payable by the Condominium between the
Unit Owners in accordance with their respective percentage interests in the
common elements of the Condominium as set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement.
Seller shall make all real estate tax payments for the tax year 1996/97
and there shall be no apportionment thereof between Seller and Purchaser.
B. Seller and Purchaser agree that any errors or omissions in computing
apportionments at Closing shall be corrected after the Closing.
C. At Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall pay to the managing agent of
the Property, their respective shares of the common expenses of the Condominium
for the period from the Closing Date through the last day of the calendar month
in which the Closing Date occurs. The payments to be made by Seller and
Purchaser under this paragraph C shall be based upon the budgets attached to the
Declaration as Schedules II and III.
D. The provisions of this Article 10 shall survive the Closing and
delivery of the Deed.
11. CONDITION OF PROPERTY; SELLER'S COVENANTS
A. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (i) Seller has made no
representations or warranties with respect to the
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Property or Unit 3, including, without limitation, the value, quality, character
or physical condition of the Property or Unit 3 or with respect to compliance
with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and (ii) it has
received and reviewed the 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Condition Report prepared by Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx, P.C., dated May 18, 1995, as amended by Addendum No. 1 dated
September 30, 1996. Purchaser acknowledges that, except as expressly set forth
in this Agreement, neither Seller nor any officer, employee, consultant or other
person representing or purportedly representing Seller has made, and Seller is
not liable for or bound in any manner by, any express or implied warranties,
guaranties, promises, statements, inducements, or representations pertaining to
the physical condition or state of repair of the Property or Unit 3, or any part
thereof, the state of title thereof, the income, the expenses and operation
thereof, the uses which can be made of the same or any other matter or thing
with respect thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, Purchaser acknowledges and
agrees that, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Seller is not
liable or bound by (and Purchaser has not relied upon) any verbal or written
statements, representations or any other information concerning the Property or
Unit 3 furnished by Seller or any past or present officer, employee, consultant
or other person representing or purportedly representing Seller. Purchaser
further agrees that Seller shall not be responsible for any statements or
representations of any kind furnished to Purchaser by any real estate broker or
any other person or entity, except as specifically set forth herein.
B. Purchaser represents that it has been afforded the opportunity to
inspect, examine and make an independent investigation of the physical and
environmental condition, value, layout and square footage of the Property and
Xxxx 0, and agrees that Purchaser is purchasing, and is willing to accept, the
same "AS IS" and "WHERE IS" (i.e., in the condition existing on the date of this
Agreement), subject to natural deterioration and normal wear and tear and to the
provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement.
C. Except as provided on Exhibit J attached hereto, nothing in this
Agreement shall require Seller to incur any expense of any kind whatsoever to
repair, restore, or otherwise cure any condition or state of facts with respect
to Unit 3 or the Property or to comply with any provisions of the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
D. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, Seller
shall, at its sole cost and expense:
(1) Maintain and operate the Property in substantially the same
condition and manner as the Property is
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now maintained and operated by Seller, ordinary wear and tear, natural
deterioration and damage by casualty excepted;
(2) Permit Purchaser and its designated agents to inspect the
Property and all books and records pertaining to the operation and maintenance
thereof, at reasonable hours on business days upon reasonable notice;
(3) Maintain all of the insurance policies referred to in Exhibit
D annexed hereto and made a part hereof in full force and effect and not reduce
the coverage provided therein;
(4) Promptly deliver notice to Purchaser of any actual or
threatened condemnation of the Property or any portion thereof;
(5) Maintain all Permits (as hereinafter defined) in full force
and effect;
(6) Obtain all necessary governmental approvals in connection
with the conveyance of Unit 3;
(7) Promptly deliver to Purchaser copies of any work orders or
requirements of any company insuring the Property against casualty loss actually
received by Seller; and
(8) Promptly deliver to Purchaser copies of any notes or notices
of violation of law or ordinances, orders, requirements or regulations of any
Federal, State, County, municipal or other governmental or quasi-governmental
department, agency or authority relating to the Property actually received by
Seller.
E. From the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, Seller shall
not:
(1) Modify, amend, renew, extend, terminate or otherwise alter
any employment contracts affecting Unit 3, or increase any wages or fringe
benefits payable to building and service employees, except any increase payable
under existing Service Contracts;
(2) Modify, amend, renew, extend, terminate or otherwise alter
any of the Service Contracts, nor enter into any new maintenance or service
contracts or any other agreements affecting Unit 3, without the prior written
consent of Purchaser in each instance;
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The provisions of this Article 11 shall survive the Closing and
delivery of the Deed or the earlier termination of this Agreement.
12. TERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT LEASE
On the Closing Date (a) the Government Lease shall terminate and all
payments due thereunder from Purchaser as tenant shall be apportioned as of the
Apportionment Date pursuant to Section 10 hereof and (b) Seller and Purchaser
shall execute and deliver to each other general releases in the forms of
Exhibits E and E-1 attached hereto.
13. FIRE, CASUALTY AND CONDEMNATION
A. In lieu of Section 5-1311 of the New York General Obligations Law,
the following provisions shall apply to this Agreement: (i) If at any time prior
to Closing, any portion of Unit 3 (a) is destroyed or damaged as a result of
fire or any other casualty (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Casualty"),
or (b) is taken under the power of eminent domain (hereinafter referred to as
"Taking"), Seller shall promptly give written notice (hereinafter referred to as
"Damage Notice") thereof to Purchaser. Any damage to or destruction of Unit 3 as
a result of a Casualty or Taking shall be deemed to be immaterial if 10% or less
of the rentable floor area of Unit 3 is damaged or unusable. If there shall be
immaterial damage, neither Party shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement and there shall be no abatement in the Purchase Price, and in lieu of
any such abatement, Seller shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Purchaser
at the Closing, in counterparts, an assignment, expressly made without
representation or warranty by Seller and without recourse to Seller, of Seller's
interest in any net insurance or condemnation proceeds (that is, after expense
of collection) which may be payable to Seller with respect to Unit 3 as a result
of the Casualty or Taking, subject, however to Seller's right to receive
reimbursement therefrom of any amounts paid or incurred by Seller for or on
account of repairs and/or restoration prior to the Closing.
B. If prior to the Closing there shall be material (i.e., more than 10%
of the rentable floor area of Unit 3 is damaged or unusable) damage to, or
destruction of, Unit 3 as a result of a Casualty or a Taking of Unit 3 or if
there is damage to, or destruction of, the Common Elements as a result of a
Casualty or a Taking which renders Unit 3 inaccessible and cannot be repaired
and restored prior to Closing, Purchaser and Seller shall each have the right to
terminate this Agreement by providing written notice to the other Party within
ten (10) days after Purchaser's receipt of said Damage Notice. Upon such
termination, all claims and obligations of the Parties, except as
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otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be immediately released and
discharged. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, in the event of such
termination, the provisions of Articles 3, 7 and 8 hereof shall survive such
termination. If neither Purchaser nor Seller elects to terminate this Agreement
in accordance with the foregoing terms of this Paragraph B, there shall be no
abatement in the Purchase Price and the net insurance or condemnation proceeds
(that is, after expense of collection) shall be (i) delivered or assigned to
Purchaser at the Closing with respect to damage to or a Taking of Xxxx 0, xxx/xx
(xx) held in escrow by Seller and delivered to the Condominium Board of Managers
at Closing to be applied in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration
with respect to damage to or a Taking of the Common Elements, subject, however,
to Seller's right to receive reimbursement therefrom of any amounts paid or
incurred by Seller for or on account of repairs and/or restoration prior to the
Closing.
C. If there shall be damage to, or destruction of, the Common Elements
as a result of a Casualty or Taking which does not prevent access to Unit 3,
neither Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, and there shall
be no abatement in the Purchase Price and the net insurance or condemnation
proceeds (that is, after expense of collection) shall be held in escrow by
Seller and delivered to the Condominium Board of Managers at Closing to be
applied in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration, subject, however,
to Seller's right to receive reimbursement therefrom of any amounts paid or
incurred by Seller for or on account of repairs and/or restoration prior to the
Closing.
14. TITLE
A. Seller agrees to transfer to Purchaser at Closing, good, marketable
and insurable title (as the latter term is hereinafter defined) to Xxxx 0,
subject to no liens, claims, encumbrances, rights-of-way, easements,
restriction, reservations, covenants, conditions, claims, liabilities, charges,
reversions or other agreements or any other matter affecting title, except for
the permitted exceptions listed on Exhibit F attached hereto and made part
hereof (the "Permitted Exceptions"). The words "insurable title" and "insurable"
as used in this Agreement are hereby defined to mean title which is insurable
(at standard rates without special premium) by Chicago Title Insurance Company
or First American Title Insurance Company of New York without exception other
than the Permitted Exceptions.
B. Subject to Article 4 hereof, from and after the date hereof and
until Closing or the earlier termination of this Agreement, Seller agrees that
it will not create or permit to
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exist any lien, encumbrance or charge on Unit 3, or any part thereof (other than
the Permitted Exceptions) without discharging or causing the same to be
discharged at, or prior to, the Closing, except with the express written consent
of Purchaser.
15. NONASSIGNABLE CONTRACT
Purchaser shall not have the right, without Seller's prior written
consent, which consent may be withheld in Seller's sole discretion, to assign or
transfer any of its rights, obligations and interest under this Agreement prior
to the Closing.
Any assignment or transfer of this Agreement made without Seller's
prior written consent shall be void and a material breach of this Agreement and
such assignee or transferee shall acquire no rights hereunder. The provisions of
this Article 15 shall survive, as applicable, the Closing and delivery of the
Deed or the earlier termination of this Agreement.
16. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
A. Purchaser represents and warrants to Seller as follows:
(1) The person or persons executing and delivering this Agreement
on behalf of Purchaser have all requisite and necessary power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder or
contemplated hereby and have been duly authorized to do so.
(2) This Agreement is the legal and binding obligation of
Purchaser, enforceable against Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
B. Purchaser represents that it has received from Seller the following
information:
(a) a statement of the estimated common charges for calendar year
1997;
(b) a copy of the most recent income and expense statement for
the Property;
(c) a copy of the 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Condition Report prepared by
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, P.C. dated May 18, 1995, as supplemented by Addendum No. 1
dated September 30, 1996.
(d) a copy of the certificate of occupancy for the Property; and
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(e) a copy of Seller's application for the "no- action letter"
referred to in Section 4F and a copy of such"no- action letter."
C. Seller represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
(1) (a) Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York; (b) Seller has the
power and authority to sell and convey Unit 3 and to execute the documents
referred to herein to be executed by Seller; (c) prior to the execution of this
Agreement, Seller has taken all corporate actions required for the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (d) this Agreement is
the legal and binding obligation of Seller, enforceable against Seller in
accordance with its terms.
(2) There are no special or other assessments for public
improvements or otherwise now affecting the Property, nor does Seller have
actual knowledge of (a) any pending or threatened special assessments affecting
the Property or (b) any contemplated improvements affecting the Property that
may result in special assessments affecting the Property;
(3) To the actual knowledge of Seller, all certificates of
occupancy, licenses, certificates and permits (the "Permits") required to be
issued by any governmental or quasi-governmental agency or authority or any
board of fire underwriters or similar organization or institution for or used in
connection with the operation of the Property (except Permits or certificates
relating to the fire safety system) have been issued or have been applied and
paid for and are in full force and effect; the current use and occupancy of the
Property does not violate any of the Permits;
(4) To the actual knowledge of Seller, there is no action or
proceeding (zoning, environmental or otherwise) or governmental investigation
pending, or threatened against, or relating to, Seller (insofar as it relates to
the Property), the Property, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except for the violations listed on Exhibit G attached hereto and made part
hereof;
(5) Seller has no actual knowledge of any pending or threatened
condemnation or eminent domain proceedings relating to or affecting the
Property;
(6) There are no service or maintenance contracts or management
agreements (written or oral) relating to or affecting the Property other than as
set forth in Exhibit C (such
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contracts and agreements being hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Service Contracts") and true and complete copies of all of the Service
Contracts, including all agreements, amendments, guarantees, and other documents
relating thereto have been delivered to Purchaser and are described on Exhibit C
and there are no other such agreements or documents, written or oral;
(7) Each of the Service Contracts is in full force and effect,
and to Seller's actual knowledge, none of the parties thereto is in default of
any of its obligations thereunder, and no event has occurred that, with the
giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute a default
thereunder;
(8) All insurance policies held by Seller relating to or
affecting the Property are described in Exhibit D and all of such policies are
in full force and effect;
(9) To Seller's actual knowledge, there are no outstanding
requirements or recommendations by any insurance company that issued a policy
with respect to the Property or by any board of fire underwriters or other body
exercising similar functions requiring or recommending any repairs or work to be
done at the Property;
(10) All vault charges, if any, due and payable on the Closing
Date with respect to the Property will have been paid.
D. All of the representations and warranties of each of Purchaser and
Seller set forth in this Agreement and any Exhibit annexed hereto, or in any
letter or certificate furnished pursuant to the terms hereof, each of which is
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof, shall be true upon the
execution of this Agreement, shall be deemed to be repeated at and as of the
Closing Date, and all of the representations, warranties and agreements of
Purchaser and of Seller set forth in this Agreement shall survive the Closing
for a period of six months, except that Purchaser's representations under
Section A of this Article 16 and Sellers' representations under paragraph (1) of
Section C of this Article 16 shall survive the Closing without limitation of
time.
E. Without limiting any of the rights of Seller and Purchaser provided
for elsewhere in this Agreement, it is agreed that the obligations of Seller and
Purchaser to close title under this Agreement are conditioned upon the accuracy
of their respective warranties and representations and the due compliance by
each with all of its agreements set forth in this Agreement. If, on or before
the Closing Date, either Party determines that any of the other Party's
representations or warranties is untrue,
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of if either Party has not complied with any of its agreements, covenants or
obligations in this Agreement, then, in addition to any other remedies available
under this Agreement, the Party in compliance with its agreements, covenants and
representations may elect to terminate this Agreement by notice given to the
other, in which event the termination provisions of Section B of Article 4
hereof shall apply; provided, however, that the Party whose representation or
warranty is untrue or who has not complied with any of its agreements, covenants
or obligations shall have the right, exercisable by written notice to the other
Party within ten (10) days of receipt of the election to terminate this
Agreement, to adjourn the Closing one or more times up to the Outside Date so as
to make such representation or warranty true or to comply with such agreement,
covenant or obligation on the Closing Date; in which event the other Party's
election to terminate this Agreement shall be null and void.
F. The provisions of this Article shall survive the Closing and
delivery of the Deed, subject to the provisions of Section D of this Article 16.
At the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller a certificate certifying that
as of the date of Closing, the foregoing representations in Section A of this
Article 16 are true and correct, and Seller shall deliver to Purchaser a
certificate certifying that as of the date of Closing the foregoing
representations in Section C of this Article 16 are true and correct.
17. DISCHARGE OF SELLER'S OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER
The delivery of the Deed by Seller, and the acceptance thereof by
Purchaser, shall be deemed the full performance and discharge of every
obligation on the part of Seller to be performed hereunder, except for any
obligations specifically stated to survive the Closing or delivery of the Deed.
18. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS
Purchaser hereby agrees that only the Federal courts of the United
States sitting in the Southern District of New York, the courts of the State of
New York sitting in the City of New York and the courts of Israel shall have
jurisdiction in respect of any legal action or proceeding brought against
Purchaser and arising out of or relating to this Agreement ("Proceedings"). In
respect of any such Proceeding which may be brought hereunder, Purchaser
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the Federal courts of the United
States in the Southern District of New York, the courts of the State of New York
sitting in the City of New York and the courts of Israel and waives any right of
objection to the laying of venue in any such court, including, without
limitation, any objection on the basis of inconvenient forum.
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Purchaser irrevocably agrees to be bound by any final judgment rendered thereby
in connection with this Agreement from which no appeal has been taken or is
available.
Purchaser hereby appoints the Chief Fiscal Officer for the Western
Hemisphere of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Israel, whose office
address is presently at 800 Second Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017, as
its authorized agent ("Authorized Agent") to receive on its behalf service of
process in any Proceeding which may be brought under the immediately preceding
paragraph of this Article 18 in a Federal court of the United States in the
Southern District of New York or in a New York State court in the City of New
York. Such appointment shall be irrevocable until all amounts, if any, due or to
become due under this Agreement have been paid by Purchaser to Seller, or unless
and until a successor shall have been appointed as Purchaser's Authorized Agent
and such successor shall have accepted such appointment. Purchaser agrees that
it will at all times maintain an Authorized Agent to receive such service, as
above provided. The failure of the Authorized Agent to give Purchaser notice of
the service of any process shall not affect the validity of any Proceeding based
on that process or any judgment obtained pursuant to it. Purchaser will take any
and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and instruments,
that may be necessary to continue such appointment or appointments in full force
and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent at the
address indicated in this Article 18, or at such other address in the Borough of
Manhattan in the City of New York, as may be the office of the Authorized Agent
at the time of such service, and written notice of such service to Purchaser
(mailed or delivered to Purchaser at the address set forth above) hereof shall
be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon Purchaser. Upon
receipt of such service of process the Authorized Agent shall advise the
Ambassador of Israel to the United States and the Ministry of Finance of Israel
promptly by telex of its receipt thereof, but the failure to so advise shall
have no effect on the validity or timeliness of any such service. Purchaser
irrevocably and expressly waives the diplomatic immunity of Chief Fiscal
Officer-Western Hemisphere of the Ministry of Finance of the State of Israel
with respect to the acceptance of the service of process referred to herein
pursuant to Article 32 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
In respect of any Proceedings which may be brought as provided in this
Article, Purchaser irrevocably agrees not to assert the defense of immunity, on
the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from jurisdiction, execution or
attachment in aid of execution, personally and in respect of any of its
property, including, without limitation, Unit 3.
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With respect to any Proceedings, neither the appointment of the
Authorized Agent nor the waivers agreed to in this Article shall be interpreted
to include actions brought under the United States Federal securities laws or
any State securities laws.
19. Intentionally Omitted
20. PUBLICITY
Seller and Purchaser agree that a press release announcing the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement may be given, and any filings with
governmental agencies required by law or regulation with respect to the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement may be made, by Seller on the date of
execution of this Agreement or at any time thereafter. Purchaser shall have the
right to review any press release issued by Seller within the first 30 days
after the Closing provided, however, that Purchaser's comments, if any, must be
received by Seller on the same day on which the press release is submitted to
Purchaser for review.
21. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, it is hereby specifically
understood and agreed that there shall be absolutely no personal liability on
the part of Seller or Purchaser or their respective successors or assigns, with
respect to any of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement, and
each of the Parties shall look solely to the equity of the other, or such
successors or assigns, in the Property prior to Closing and thereafter in Xxxx
0, Xxxx 0 or Unit 3, as the case may be, for the satisfaction of each and every
remedy of Purchaser in the event of any breach by either Party of any of its
terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement, such exculpation of personal
liability to be absolute and without any exception whatsoever.
22. MISCELLANEOUS
A. Counterparts; Captions and Headings: This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original. Captions and
headings used herein are for reference only and shall in no way be deemed to
define, limit, explain, or amplify any provision hereof.
B. No Oral Change: This Agreement may not be changed or canceled orally
but only by a written agreement executed by both of the Parties.
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C. Prior Understanding: This Agreement and the Exhibits attached hereto
constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof, and all understandings and agreements heretofore or
simultaneously had between the Parties are merged in and are contained in this
Agreement.
D. Waivers; Extension: No waiver of any breach of any agreement or
provision herein contained shall be deemed a waiver of any preceding or
succeeding breach thereof or of any other agreement or provision herein
contained. No extension of time for performance of any obligations or acts shall
be deemed an extension of the time for performance of any other obligations or
acts.
E. Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements of
this type made and to be performed in the State without giving effect to its
principles of conflicts of law.
F. Pronouns: All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to
refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity
of the parties may require.
G. Calculation of Time Periods: With respect to any time periods set
forth herein which commenced from the date of this Agreement, it is understood
and agreed that such time period commences from the date of final execution of
this Agreement by the Parties, including execution of any riders or amendments
hereto, if any, and the initialing of changes, if required, and the date of this
Agreement shall be the date the last signatory executes, initials, and dates
this Agreement and any such riders or amendments.
H. Binding Effect: This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the Parties, and their respective legal representatives, heirs,
executors,
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administrators, and their permitted successors and assigns.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed or caused this Agreement
to be executed by their respective duly authorized representative(s) as of the
day and year first above written.
SELLER:
AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
President
PURCHASER:
THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL
By: /s/ Xxx Zitouk
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Name: Xxx Zitouk
Title: Chief Fiscal Officer
By: /s/ Eldad Fresher
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Name: Eldad Fresher
Title: Deputy Chief Fiscal Officer
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Exhibit A
DECLARATION
Establishing a Plan for Condominium
Ownership of Premises
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
Pursuant to Article 9-B of the Real Property
Law of the State of New York
Name -
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Condominium
Declarant -
Ampal Realty Corporation
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Date of Declaration - December 12, 1996
The land affected by the within instrument lies in Block 1335, Section 5 on the
Tax Map of the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York
BLOCK 1335
F/K/A XXX 0
X/X/X XXXX 0000/0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
XXXXXXX, XXXX, WEINER & XXXXXXX LLP
Attorneys for Declarant
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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INDEX TO DECLARATION
Section Subject Page
------- ------- ----
1. Submission of Property.................................................1
2. Building...............................................................1
3. Name of Condominium....................................................1
4. Units..................................................................1
5. Dimensions of Units....................................................2
6. Use of Building and Units..............................................3
7. Common Elements........................................................4
8. Sales and Leases of Units..............................................7
9. Determination of Percentages in Common Elements........................9
10. Encroachments..........................................................9
11. Easements.............................................................10
12. Person to Receive Service of Process..................................11
13. Units Subject to Declaration, By-Laws and Rules and Regulations.......11
14. Amendment of Declaration..............................................12
15. Changes in the Units..................................................12
16. Signs.................................................................14
17. Maintenance and Use of General Common Elements........................14
18. Maintenance and Repair of the Units...................................16
19. Board of Managers.....................................................19
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20. Expenses and Profits..................................................20
21. Mortgages on Units; Suits.............................................24
22. Insurance.............................................................25
23. Repair or Reconstruction After Fire or Other Casualty.................28
24. Eminent Domain........................................................31
25. Xxxx 0 Leases.........................................................33
26. Compliance and Default................................................33
27. Restrictions..........................................................34
28. Termination...........................................................34
29. Covenants Running With the Land.......................................35
30. Security..............................................................35
31. Invalidity............................................................35
32. Waiver................................................................35
33. Captions..............................................................35
34. Gender................................................................35
35. Estoppels.............................................................35
36. Consents..............................................................36
37. Further Assurances....................................................36
38. Exculpation...........................................................36
39. Consent No Longer Required............................................36
40. Notices...............................................................36
41. Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service of Process..............37
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Exhibit A. Description of Land
Exhibit B. Description of Building
Exhibit C. List of Units
Schedule I. Permitted Exceptions
Schedule II. Operating Budget
Schedule III. Capital Improvement Budget
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Declaration Establishing 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Condominium for Premises 000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Pursuant to Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of
the State of New York.
Ampal Realty Corporation, a New York corporation, whose principal office
is situated at 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
hereinafter referred to as the "Declarant," does hereby declare:
1. Submission of Property. The Declarant hereby submits the land
described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made part hereof (hereinafter called
the "Land"), together with the building and improvements thereon erected
(hereinafter called the "Building"), owned by the Declarant in fee simple
absolute and all other easements, rights and appurtenances belonging thereto,
and all other property, personal or mixed, intended for use in connection
therewith (the Land, the Building and said easements, rights, appurtenances and
other property hereinafter collectively called the "Property"), to the
provisions of Article 9-B of the Real Property Law of the State of New York (the
"New York Condominium Act"), subject to the exceptions to title set forth on
Schedule I attached hereto and made part hereof.
2. Building. A description of the Building, including the number of
stories, basements and units and the principal materials of which it is
constructed, is set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof.
3. Name of Condominium. This condominium shall be known as "800 Second
Avenue Condominium" (hereinafter called the "Condominium").
4. Units. Annexed hereto and made part hereof as Exhibit C is a list of
the units in the Condominium, their designations and tax lot numbers, locations,
approximate square foot areas, Common Elements (as defined in Section 7 hereof)
to which each has immediate access (all as shown on the floor plans of the
Building, certified by Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, Architects, (the "Floor Plans")
annexed hereto and intended to be filed in the Office of the New York City
Register, New York County simultaneously with the recording of this
Declaration), and the common interest of each unit in the Common Elements. The
unit shown on the Floor Plans as Unit 1 is herein sometimes called "Unit 1." The
unit shown on the Floor Plans as Unit 2 is herein sometimes called "Unit 2." The
unit shown on the Floor Plans as Unit 3 is herein sometimes called "Unit 3."
Xxxx 0, Xxxx 0 and Unit 3, and any units resulting from the subdivision or
recombination of any of them, are herein sometimes called collectively the
"Units" and individually a "Unit." The owner of a Unit is hereafter sometimes
called a "Unit Owner."
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5. Dimensions of Units. (a) As shown on the Floor Plans, each Unit
consists of the area on each floor comprising the Unit measured (i) horizontally
from the Unit side of the glass or block work or concrete work constituting the
exterior walls to the Unit side of the opposite glass or block or concrete
exterior walls or the center line of the partitions separating a Unit from other
Units and from Common Elements and (ii) vertically from the top of the concrete
floor slab on each floor comprising the Unit to the underside of the floor slab
above, except that (1) any Common Elements located within any Unit shall not be
considered part of that Unit and (2) in any instance where a floor of a Unit is
above or below a floor of the same Unit, the concrete floor slab between such
floors shall be a part of such Unit.
(b) Each Unit includes all security systems, plumbing, air conditioning
and heating fixtures and equipment, including, without limitation, perimeter
heating enclosures, ventilating equipment, domestic hot water heating equipment,
air conditioning units, and other fixtures and appliances as may be affixed,
attached or appurtenant to such Unit but shall not include any of the foregoing
that are described in this Declaration or on the Floor Plans as Common Elements
or Limited Common Elements. Plumbing, air conditioning and heating fixtures and
equipment as used in the preceding sentence shall include, without limitation,
exposed water pipes attached to fixtures, appliances and equipment and the
fixtures, appliances and equipment to which they are attached, and any special
pipes or equipment which a Unit Owner may install within a wall or ceiling, or
under any floor, but shall not include water or other pipes, conduits, wiring or
ductwork within the walls, ceilings or floors or mechanical systems that are
described as General Common Elements. Each Unit shall also include the windows,
window glass and window frames, all lighting and electrical fixtures and
appliances within the Unit and any special equipment, fixtures or facilities
affixed, attached or appurtenant to the Unit to the extent located within a Unit
and serving or benefiting only that Unit.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 8(c) hereof, each Unit Owner
shall have the right, without the consent of the Board of Managers or any other
Unit Owner, to i) subdivide its Unit into separate Units and recombine Units
resulting from the subdivision; ii) alter any boundary walls between one or more
of its subdivided Units; and iii) apportion among subdivided or combined Units
their appurtenant interests in the Common Elements in accordance with the
provisions of the New York Condominium Act, provided, however, that in each
instance the Unit Owner shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances and
regulations of all governmental authorities having or asserting jurisdiction and
shall agree to hold the Board of Managers and all other Unit Owners harmless
from any liability, damage, cost, obligation or expense arising from the failure
to
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comply with such applicable laws, ordinances and regulations. The provisions of
this paragraph (c) may not be amended, added to or deleted without the unanimous
consent of all of the Unit Owners. In no case may the subdivision or recombining
of the Unit result in a greater or lesser percentage of common interest in the
Common Elements for the total of the new Units created by such subdivision or
recombination than existed for the Unit before such subdivision or
recombination. The Unit Owner shall promptly execute and record in the New York
City Register's Office appropriate amendments to this Declaration reflecting a
subdivision or recombination and at the request of such Unit Owner, at such Unit
Owner's expense, the Board of Managers shall also execute such amendments to
this Declaration and any application or other document required to be filed with
any governmental authority having or asserting jurisdiction, including, without
limitation, applications for an amended certificate of occupancy for the
Building, to effect subdivision of the Unit and recombining of Units resulting
from subdivision.
6. Use of Building and Units. (a) Subject to the provisions of this
Declaration and the By-Laws (collectively, the "Condominium Documents"), each
Unit may be used for any lawful purpose.
(b) No Unit Owner shall, or permit any tenant, subtenant,
concessionaire, franchisee, licensee or other occupant to, conduct any sales in,
at or from the Unit using the auction method (except in connection with
charitable purposes), fire sales or going out of business sales.
(c) So long as The Government of Israel ("The Government") is then the
Unit Owner of Unit 3 or any part thereof, The Government shall have the right to
operate in Unit 3 (or the part thereof then owned by The Government) one or more
"duty-free" shops for sale to employees of The Government only.
(d) No Unit Owner shall do, or suffer or permit to be done, anything in
a Unit which would impair the soundness or safety of the Property, or which
would result in the cancellation of insurance applicable thereto, or which would
be in violation of any laws, ordinances or regulations of any governmental
authority having or asserting jurisdiction, or the requirements of insurance
bodies or the Condominium Documents.
(e) No Unit Owner shall, without the approval of the Board of Managers
(which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) replace any window frames
or window glass above the ground floor (except that in an "emergency," as
defined in paragraph (e) of Section 18 hereof no such approvals shall be
required) or place or suffer to be placed or maintained (i) on any door, wall or
window of any Unit
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above the ground floor which is visible from outside such Unit, or upon any
door, wall or window of the Common Elements, any sign, awning or canopy,
decoration, lettering or advertising matter or other thing of any kind or (ii)
anything in any Unit above the ground floor which shall be visible from the
exterior thereof other than ordinary furniture, furnishings, fixtures or
equipment.
(f) If any governmental license or permit shall be required for the
proper and lawful conduct of business in a Unit, and if failure to secure such
license or permit would in any way affect the Building, any other Unit Owner or
the Board of Managers, the Unit Owner shall duly procure, or cause the tenant or
other occupant of the Unit to procure, and thereafter maintain, and at all times
comply with the terms and conditions of such license or permit and submit a copy
thereof to the Board of Managers.
(g) The Building shall be used solely for the purposes for which the
Units may be used.
7. Common Elements. The common elements of the Condominium are divided
into Limited Common Elements and General Common Elements (collectively, the
"Common Elements").
(a) Limited Common Elements
(i) The set-back at floor numbered 12, as shown on the Floor Plans,
shall be a Limited Common Element for the exclusive use of the Unit Owner of
Unit 3, which shall have the right, at its sole cost and expense, to install
thereon (x) a "dry cooler" and/or condenser for its supplemental air
conditioning system and (y) so long as The Government is the Unit Owner of Unit
3 or any part thereof, a State of Israel flag.
(ii) The passenger elevators (and their machinery, pits and slab
openings) serving floors numbered 2 through 9, as shown on the Floor Plans,
shall be a Limited Common Element for the exclusive use of the Unit Owner of
Unit 2 and the Unit Owners of any Units resulting from the subdivision of Unit
2. The passenger elevators (and their machinery, pits and slab openings) serving
floors numbered 10 through 18, as shown on the Floor Plans, shall be a Limited
Common Element for the exclusive use of the Unit Owner of Unit 3 and the Unit
Owners of any Units resulting from the subdivision of Unit 3.
(iii) If a Unit is subdivided, a dividing wall or walls or a concrete
floor slab or slabs between subdivided Units shall be deemed Limited Common
Elements for the exclusive use of the Unit Owners whose Units are separated by
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such walls or floor slabs. In addition, all lavatories and all drains, vents,
flues, condensate and refrigerant lines, air conditioning and other mechanical
equipment, including, without limitation, air handlers (except equipment
installed by the Unit Owner or tenants of the Unit) used by only one Unit or
used in common by two or more subdivided Units shall be deemed Limited Common
Elements for the exclusive use of such Unit or subdivided Unit, and any areas so
designated as Limited Common Elements on the Floor Plans shall be deemed Limited
Common Elements for the exclusive use of the Unit Owners as indicated on the
Floor Plans.
(iv) The responsibility for the cost of maintaining, repairing and
replacing Limited Common Elements and any additions, alterations or improvements
thereto shall be borne entirely by the Unit Owner or Unit Owners having the
exclusive use thereof.
(b) General Common Elements
The General Common Elements consist of all Common Elements (as shown on
the Floor Plans) other than Limited Common Elements, including, without
limitation, the following:
i) the Land;
ii) all exterior and main walls, foundations and footings of, and
sidewalks adjacent to, the Building;
iii) all passages and corridors, floor and ceiling slabs, mechanical
and other rooms, areas and spaces (including fire stairs)
located in the Building serving the Units which are not Limited
Common Elements or part of a Unit;
iv) all columns, girders, beams, supports, pillars and interior
load-bearing walls of the Building;
v) the roofs of the Building;
vi) central and appurtenant installations for services such as
power, light, gas, hot and cold water, heating, air
conditioning, ventilating and incinerating;
vii) storage spaces and premises for the use of cleaning and security
personnel and other persons employed for the operation of the
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Property, but only to the extent shown as General Common
Elements on the Floor Plans;
viii) machinery, electrical and telephone equipment rooms and vaults,
but only to the extent shown as General Common elements on the
Floor Plans;
ix) the truck loading dock and loading areas;
x) the portion of the lobby of the Building to the extent shown as
General Common Elements on the Floor Plans and the air
conditioning unit serving such portion of the lobby;
xi) Elevator No. 3, as shown on the Floor Plans, and the elevator
adjacent to the truck loading dock;
xii) the development rights appurtenant to the Property; and
xiii) all other parts of the Building and the apparatus,
installations, systems, equipment and facilities in the Building
or on the roofs thereof (including shafts, pipes, wires, ducts,
cables, conduits, lines, risers, switch-gear equipment, cooling
towers, pumps, chiller units, generators, exhaust and fire
safety and other emergency systems and window cleaning
equipment) which serve or benefit or are necessary or convenient
for the existence, maintenance or safety of the Units.
Each Unit Owner shall have the right at its sole expense to install and
permit a tenant or subtenant to install utility systems in its Unit or in the
General Common Elements or the Limited Common Elements for the exclusive use of
its Unit or Units, including, without limitation, heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, plumbing, electrical, security, domestic hot water and elevator
systems, serving only that Unit or Units, provided, however, that such
installation shall not materially and adversely affect the use by the other Unit
Owners of their Units and shall comply with all laws, rules and regulations of
the governmental authorities having or asserting jurisdiction. In the event any
Unit Owner elects to install, or permits a tenant or subtenant to install
heating, ventilating, air conditioning and/or domestic hot water systems for the
exclusive use of its Unit, then from and after the date of completion of such
installation, the Board of Managers shall reapportion the cost of the heating,
ventilating, air conditioning and/or domestic hot water systems serving the
remainder of the Building (including, without limitation, the cost of fuel for
and operation, repair, maintenance and replacement
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of such system and the wages, benefits and other compensation of employees
and/or contractors retained to operate, repair, maintain and/or replace such
system) to the Unit Owners in such proportion as shall be fair and equitable.
Elevator No. 3, as shown on the Floor Plans, shall be available for use
as a freight elevator during the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. on business
days and, upon at least 24 hours prior notice to the managing agent of the
Condominium, as needed, during the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on business
days and at any time on Saturdays and Sundays. The cost of any elevator
attendant required to operate Elevator No. 3 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and
8:00 a.m. on business days and on Saturday and/or Sunday shall be paid by the
Unit Owner requesting the use thereof.
8. Sales and Leases of Units. (a) Subject to the provisions of Sections
8(c) and 8(d) hereof, each Unit Owner shall be free and without restriction to
sell to any third party its Unit (or any subdivision thereof) together with (i)
the interest in the Common Elements appurtenant thereto and (ii) the interest of
the Unit Owner in any other assets of the Condominium, provided such third party
agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Declaration and the By-laws.
(b) Each Unit Owner may, at any time and from time to time, lease its
Unit or any portion or portions thereof, provided that any such lease shall be
subject and subordinate to the Condominium Documents. The Board of Managers
shall have the right to terminate such lease and/or evict (by summary
proceedings or otherwise at the election of the Board of Managers) the tenant
thereunder in the event of (i) a violation by the tenant of the Condominium
Documents (other than a violation by a tenant that is an Affiliate (as
hereinafter defined) of a Unit Owner) or (ii) foreclosure of the lien granted by
Section 339-z of the Condominium Act. If a Unit Owner notifies the Board of
Managers of the name and address of a tenant or subtenant of any portion of its
Unit, the Board of Managers shall, as requested by the Unit Owner, give such
tenant or subtenant notice of any default by the Unit Owner and/or by such
tenant or subtenant under the Condominium Documents and a period of not less
than 30 days after such notice to cure the default, provided, however, that if
the default is of such nature that it cannot be cured within 30 days and if the
tenant or subtenant commences within said 30-day period to cure the default and
diligently prosecutes the same to completion, the tenant or subtenant shall have
such additional period of time as may be necessary to cure the default. As used
in this Declaration, the term "Affiliate" means, as to any designated Person,
any other Person which Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control
with such designated Person, including, without limitation, a natural person and
his or her spouse, children, parents and other family members; the term
"Control" means (i) the ownership,
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direct or indirect, of more than 50% of the voting stock of a corporation or
(ii) in the case of a Person which is not a corporation, the possession, direct
or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person; and the term "Person" means a natural person,
corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trustee or
other legal entity.
(c) Declarant shall not transfer its fee simple interest in any Unit
unless and until there shall have been filed with the New York State Department
of Law prior to such transfer an offering statement or prospectus pursuant to
Section 352-e of the General Business Law of the State of New York or unless
such transfer is exempted under such Section by rule or action of the New York
State Attorney General or a no-action letter is issued by the New York State
Department of Law under such Section; provided, however, that the requirements
of this Section 8(c) shall not apply (i) in the event the Declarant transfers
its interest in Unit 3 to any Affiliate of Declarant, or (ii) in the event the
Declarant or an Affiliate of Declarant transfers its interest in all of the
Units owned or leased by Declarant or an Affiliate of Declarant at the time of
such transfer to a single transferee, provided that by the terms of the
instrument of transfer such transferee is bound by the restrictions on transfer
imposed upon Declarant pursuant to this Section 8(c) or (iii)(x) to the purchase
of any Unit at foreclosure sale by the mortgagee, its designee or nominee, or
any other purchaser at such sale; (y) to the acceptance by such mortgagee, its
designee or nominee or any other purchaser at the foreclosure sale, of a deed to
any Unit in lieu of foreclosure; or (z) to the transfer of all such Units by
such mortgagee, its designee or nominee or any other purchaser at the
foreclosure sale to a single transferee, provided that by the terms of the
instrument of transfer such transferee is bound by the restrictions on transfer
imposed on Declarant pursuant to this Section 8(c). A no-action letter has been
issued by the New York State Department of Law with respect to the sale of Unit
3 by Declarant to The Government.
(d) If Declarant or an Affiliate of Declarant (the "Offeree") obtains a
bona fide offer which the Offeree desires to accept (the "Offer") for the
purchase of Unit 2 or any portion of Unit 2 containing the ninth floor of the
Building, together with the undivided interest in the Common Elements
appurtenant thereto (the "Offer Property"), and The Government is then the Unit
Owner of Unit 3 or any part thereof, the Offeree shall give notice to The
Government of the Offer, the name and address of the proposed purchaser and the
terms of the proposed transaction, and shall offer to sell the Offer Property to
The Government at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as
contained in the Offer. Within 30 days after receipt of such notice, The
Government may elect, by notice to the Offeree accompanied by a check in an
amount equal to 10% of the purchase price, to purchase the Offer Property on the
same terms and conditions as
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contained in the Offer, and the balance of the purchase price shall be payable
by wire transfer of immediately available Federal Funds at Closing (as hereafter
defined). The closing ("Closing") shall be held at a mutually acceptable place
and time on a date not more than 60 days after The Government shall have given
notice of its election to purchase. Title to the Offer Property being purchased
shall be conveyed in its then "as is" condition and free of all liens and
encumbrances except those subject to which the Declarant acquired the Offer
Property on the date of this Declaration, by bargain and sale deed without
covenant against grantor's acts in the form required by the New York Condominium
Act. General Common Charges and real estate taxes shall be apportioned as of the
Closing. The Offeree shall pay all transfer taxes on the conveyance. If The
Government exercises its right to purchase under this Section 8(d), the Offer
Property shall become part of Unit 3, the appurtenant interest in the Common
Elements of Unit 3 shall be increased based upon the rentable floor area of the
Offer Property, and the percentage of interest in the Common Elements
appurtenant to any remaining portion of Unit 2 shall be decreased accordingly.
If The Government does not exercise its right to purchase, the Offeree
shall be free to sell the Offer Property to the proposed purchaser on the terms
contained in the Offer.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 8(d),
The Government shall have the right granted herein to purchase the Offer
Property only if at the time it gives notice of its election to purchase, The
Government certifies in writing to Offeree that in The Government's reasonable
judgment, occupancy by the proposed purchaser will adversely affect its
security.
9. Determination of Percentages in Common Elements. The proportionate
undivided interest, in fee simple absolute, expressed as a percentage or a
decimal, in the Common Elements appurtenant to each Unit is based upon the
approximate proportion that the rentable floor area of the Unit bears to the
aggregate rentable floor area of all the Units. The aggregate common interest
for all Units is 100%. The common interest appurtenant to each Unit may not be
changed without the prior written consent of the affected Unit Owners, except as
otherwise provided in this Declaration.
10. Encroachments. If any portion of the Common Elements now encroaches
upon any Unit, or if any Unit now encroaches upon any other Unit or upon any
portion of the Common Elements, as a result of the construction of the Building,
or if any such encroachment shall occur hereafter as a result of settling or
shifting of the Building, or by reason of the repair and/or restoration by the
Board of Managers of the Building, any Unit or the Common Elements, a valid
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easement for the encroachment and for the maintenance thereof so long as the
Building stands, shall exist. In the event the Building, a Unit, any adjoining
Unit or any adjoining Common Element shall be partially or totally destroyed as
a result of fire or other casualty or as a result of condemnation or eminent
domain proceedings, and then rebuilt, encroachments of parts of the Common
Elements upon any Unit or of any Unit upon any other Unit or upon any portion of
the Common Elements, because of such rebuilding, shall be permitted, and valid
easements for such encroachments and the maintenance thereof shall exist so long
as the Building shall stand.
11. Easements.
(a) Each Unit Owner shall have an easement in common with the owners of
the other Units to use all pipes, flues, wires, ducts, cables, conduits, vents,
ventilating shafts, utility lines, equipment rooms and other General Common
Elements located in other Units and serving its Unit. Each Unit shall be subject
to an easement in favor of the owners of the other Units to use all pipes,
flues, ducts, cables, wires, conduits, vents, ventilating shafts, utility lines,
equipment rooms and other General Common Elements serving such other Units and
located in such Unit.
(b) The Board of Managers shall have the right to establish, grant and
create easements for any additional underground electric, transformer, steam,
amplifier, gas, cable television, telephone, water, storm drainage, sewer or
other utility lines and appurtenances on, under and through the Property and to
relocate any existing utility, sewer and drainage easements in any portion of
the Property if the Board of Managers shall deem it necessary or desirable for
the proper operation and maintenance of the Property or any portion thereof, or
for the general health or welfare of any Unit Owner or its tenants, provided
that such additional utilities or the relocation of existing utilities will not
(i) prevent or unreasonably interfere with the use of the Units or access
thereto, (ii) adversely affect the value of a Unit, (iii) result in a mechanic's
lien against any portion of the Property, or (iv) so long as The Government is
the Unit Owner of Unit 3 or any portion thereof, interfere with the security of
Unit 3 or said portion of Unit 3, as determined in the reasonable judgment of
The Government. Any utility company or public benefit corporation furnishing
services to the Property, and the employees and agents of any such company or
corporation, shall have the right of access to each Unit and to the Common
Elements in furtherance of such easements, provided such right of access is
exercised in such a manner as not unreasonably to interfere with the use of the
Units.
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(c) Each Unit shall be subject to an easement in favor of the other
Units for the installation, maintenance, repair and replacement of gas,
electricity, heating, air conditioning, ventilating and water lines and meters
and fixtures and equipment serving the other Units, provided that no such
easement shall materially reduce the rentable square foot area of the Unit
subject to the easement or unreasonably interfere with the use of the Unit
subject to the easement and further provided that the owner of the Unit subject
to the easement shall have the right to designate the location of the aforesaid
lines, meters, fixtures and equipment to the extent reasonably practicable. The
owner of the Unit having the benefit of the easement shall (i) give the other
Unit Owner reasonable notice, except in an "emergency" (as defined in paragraph
(e) of Section 18 hereof), prior to commencing any installation, maintenance,
repair or replacement, (ii) deliver plans and specifications to the other Unit
Owner at least 30 days prior to commencing any such installation for such other
Unit Owner's reasonable approval, (iii) construct such installation in
accordance with such plans and specifications and perform any such installation,
maintenance, repair or replacement in accordance with all applicable laws and
regulations, (iv) diligently prosecute any such installation, maintenance,
repair or replacement to completion, (v) restore such other Unit to
substantially its condition prior to the commencement of such installation,
maintenance, repair or replacement and (vi) otherwise perform all work in
connection therewith in such manner as to minimize interference with the
occupants of the other Unit.
(d) The user of any easement granted by paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section 11 shall have the responsibility of repairing any damage resulting
therefrom and such user hereby indemnifies and holds harmless the owner of the
Unit subject to such easement from and against any expenses, damages, losses,
costs and other liabilities arising out of such user's failure to repair such
damage as provided for herein.
12. Person to Receive Service of Process. The person holding the office
of President of the Board of Managers of the Condominium from time to time (or
in the absence of the President, any other member of the Board of Managers) is
hereby designated to receive service of process in any action which may be
brought against the Condominium. In the event of service of process, the
President shall promptly notify, and send copies of any documents received to,
the other members of the Board of Managers.
13. Units Subject to Declaration, By-Laws and Rules and Regulations. All
present and future Unit Owners, tenants and occupants of Units shall be subject
to and shall comply with the provisions of this Declaration and the By-Laws and
with the Rules and Regulations adopted by the Board of Managers, as
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they may be amended from time to time. The acceptance of a deed or conveyance or
the entering into of a lease or the entering into occupancy of a Unit shall
constitute an agreement that the provisions of this Declaration, the By-Laws and
the Rules and Regulations, as they may be amended from time to time, are
accepted and ratified by such Unit Owner, tenant or occupant, and all of such
provisions shall be deemed and taken to be covenants running with the land and
shall bind any person having at any time any interest or estate in such Unit, as
though such provisions were recited and stipulated at length in each and every
deed or conveyance or lease thereof.
14. Amendment of Declaration. (a) Any Unit Owner or a member of the
Board of Managers may propose an amendment to this Declaration except as
otherwise provided in this Declaration. A copy of the text of the proposed
amendment shall be given in writing to the other Unit Owners and the Board of
Managers. The Board of Managers shall by written notice to the Unit Owners fix a
date, not sooner than fifteen (15) days and not later than sixty (60) days from
the date a copy of the proposed amendment is received, for a meeting of the Unit
Owners for the purpose of considering and voting upon the amendment.
(b) No amendment, modification, addition or deletion to this Declaration
shall be effective until (i) approved by the vote of at least 51% in common
interest of all Unit Owners, cast in person or by proxy at a meeting duly held
in accordance with the provisions of the By-Laws and (ii) recorded with the New
York City Register. Any such amendment, modification, addition or deletion shall
be executed by the Board of Managers. Prior to recording with the New York City
Register, a copy of each amendment to this Declaration shall be certified by the
Board of Managers as having been duly adopted. A copy of each amendment so
certified and bearing the date of recording shall be promptly sent to each Unit
Owner by the Board of Managers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 14, (x) an amendment reflecting the combination or
subdivision of any Unit in accordance with Section 5(c) of this Declaration
shall not require the approval of Unit Owners or the Board of Managers, (y) so
long as The Government is then the Unit Owner of Unit 3 or any part thereof, the
provisions of Section 6(c), Section 8(d), Section 15, Section 18(f), Section
18(j), Section 20(d) and Section 41 shall not be amended, modified or deleted
without the prior written approval of The Government, and (z) the provisions of
this Section 14(b) shall not be amended, modified or deleted without the prior
written approval of all Unit Owners.
15. Changes in the Units. Except to the extent prohibited by law, each
Unit Owner shall have the right, without prior notice and without the vote or
consent of any party, to: (a) make alterations, additions or improvements
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(collectively, the "Alterations"), whether structural or non-structural,
ordinary or extraordinary, in, to and upon its Unit and the Limited Common
Elements appurtenant thereto and (b) change the layout of its Unit from time to
time; provided, however, that the percentage of interest in the Common Elements
of the other Units shall not be changed by reason thereof unless the Unit Owners
of such Units shall consent thereto and provided further that with respect to
both (a) and (b) above i) in each case where plans would be required to be filed
with municipal authorities under applicable law and regulations, plans and
specifications detailing the proposed Alteration are delivered to the Board of
Managers prior to the commencement of construction and "as-built" plans and
specifications are delivered to the Board of Managers upon completion of
construction, ii) each Alteration shall be completed in a good and workmanlike
manner, iii) no Alteration shall impair the structural soundness, safety or
integrity of the Building or impose additional load requirements on any Building
utility system in excess of the capacity originally provided for the Unit Owner,
iv) prior to commencement of any Alteration, builder's risk insurance, liability
insurance and workers' compensation coverage shall be provided in such
reasonable amounts as may be determined by the Board of Managers and such
liability insurance shall name the Board of Managers, the other Unit Owners and
any managing agent of the Condominium as additional insureds, provided, however,
that The Government shall have the right to self-insure with respect to any
insurance other than commercial general liability insurance, v) all contractors
shall be approved in advance by the Board of Managers, which shall maintain a
list of not less than 10 approved contractors for each trade and shall not
unreasonably withhold or delay consent to approval of other contractors;
provided, however, that for so long as The Government owns at least 51% of the
rentable floor area of Unit 3, The Government shall not be required to comply
with this Subsection (v), vi) no Alteration shall affect the Building facade or
any other General Common Elements (unless, with respect to General Common
Elements other than the facade, the relocation or replacement thereof does not
materially and adversely affect the other Units and is performed at the sole
cost and expense of such Unit Owner), vii) such Unit Owner shall comply with all
laws, ordinances and regulations of all governmental authorities having or
asserting jurisdiction and shall agree to hold the other Unit Owners, the Board
of Managers and any managing agent of the Condominium harmless from any cost or
liability arising from the making of any Alteration, (viii) no Alteration shall
materially and adversely affect the use or rights of any other Unit Owner or any
tenant of any other Unit Owner without the prior consent of such Unit Owner and
(ix) any Alteration shall become a part of the Unit. For the purposes of this
Section 15, a "material and adverse effect" shall not include temporary
interruptions of Building services which do not unreasonably interfere with the
operations of other Units.
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16. Signs. No Unit Owner shall have the right without the consent of the
Board of Managers to (i) place signs on or in the windows above the ground floor
or on doors within or appurtenant to its Unit (and visible from outside the
Building), (ii) install signs and decorative lights on the exterior facade of
the Building above the ground floor, or (iii) install awnings and canopies
legally extending from the facade of its Unit. No advertising materials shall be
distributed or displayed in the lobby without the prior consent of the Board of
Managers, provided, however, that Declarant or an Affiliate of Declarant shall
have the right, without the consent of the Board of Managers, to place one or
more signs in the lobby and on the exterior facade of the Building advertising
Unit 1 and Unit 2 and any portions thereof for sale or lease.
17. Maintenance and Use of General Common Elements. (a) Subject to the
provisions of Section 18(f), Section 18(j), Section 20(d) and any other
applicable provisions of the Condominium Documents, the maintenance, repair,
replacement, management, operation and regulation of the use of the General
Common Elements (and of the public sidewalks adjacent to the Building, to the
extent such obligation is imposed by law on the owner or owners of the Property)
shall be the responsibility of the Board of Managers, which shall collect from
each Unit Owner its proportionate share, based upon its proportionate undivided
interest in the Common Elements, of the expenses incurred or to be incurred in
connection therewith. Such expenses are herein called "General Common Expenses"
and the payments therefor are herein called "General Common Charges." Charges
for utilities provided to the General Common Elements or to Unit Owners in
common through a common utility system, if any, for consumption within each Unit
shall be General Common Expenses allocated, in the case of each common utility
system, on the basis of actual consumption by each Unit Owner and, where such
allocation is not practicable, equitably by the Board of Managers.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 18(f), Section 18(j) and
Section 20(d), the Board of Managers shall have the right, without the consent
of the Unit Owners, to make or cause to be made such alterations and
improvements to the General Common Elements as, in its opinion, may be
beneficial and necessary, provided that the undertaking of such alterations and
improvements does not unreasonably interfere with the rights of a Unit Owner or
any tenant or subtenant of a Unit Owner to the use and enjoyment of a Unit,
other than such temporary interference as is reasonably necessary in connection
therewith. The Board of Managers shall use reasonable efforts to minimize
interruption of the business of a Unit Owner, its tenants and subtenants.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 15 and Section 18(j) of this
Declaration, no Unit Owner shall repair, alter, replace or move any of the
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Common Elements except in connection with "emergency" repairs to its Unit,
without in each such case obtaining the prior written consent of the Board of
Managers. Subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 17, in the event any Unit
Owner is required to perform "emergency" repairs to the General Common Elements,
such Unit Owner shall be reimbursed the cost thereof by the Board of Managers,
which reimbursement shall be a General Common Expense of the Unit Owners.
(d) No liens of any nature shall arise or be created against the General
Common Elements, except such liens as may arise or be created against the
several Units and their respective common interests under Section 339-l of the
Condominium Act or as otherwise provided in the Condominium Documents.
(e) All General Common Charges received or to be received by the Board
of Managers and the right to receive such amounts shall constitute a trust fund
for the purpose of paying the cost of labor and materials performed or furnished
at the request of or with the consent of the Board of Managers and such funds
shall be applied first for such purpose. The Board of Managers shall keep such
funds in a separate bank account and shall maintain records of all such charges
or sums received and of all expenditures or disbursements made therefrom and
such records shall be available to all Unit Owners for inspection at reasonable
times and on reasonable notice.
(f) The Common Elements may only be used for the purposes for which they
are reasonably suited and capable.
(g) The Board of Managers shall maintain and operate the Building in
accordance with the standards on the date hereof of comparable office buildings
in Manhattan such as the Graybar Building (420 Lexington Avenue), 00 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx and 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx ("Comparable Buildings").
(h) From time to time, but in no event more frequently than once in any
three year period, any Unit Owner having an interest in the Common Elements of
25% or greater shall have the right to request that the Board of Managers
commission a utility survey to determine the actual consumption by each Unit
Owner of heat, gas and other utilities. Upon such request, the Board of
Managers, on behalf of the Unit Owners, shall retain a third-party consultant to
conduct a utility survey. The fees and disbursements of such third-party
consultant shall be paid by the Board of Managers and shall constitute a General
Common Expense. The results of said survey shall be binding on the Board of
Managers and all Unit Owners and the Board of Managers shall reallocate utility
expenses in accordance therewith.
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18. Maintenance and Repair of the Units. (a) Each Unit Owner shall
maintain or cause its tenants and subtenants to maintain, at its or their own
expense, its Unit in good order and repair.
(b) No Unit Owner shall do any work on its Unit which, in the opinion of
the Board of Managers, would (i) jeopardize the soundness, safety or structural
integrity of the Building, (ii) result in the cancellation of insurance
applicable thereto, (iii) be in violation of laws and requirements of
governmental authorities or the requirements of insurance bodies, this
Declaration or the By-Laws or (iv) be inconsistent with standards prevailing in
Comparable Buildings.
(c) The performance of any labor on, or the furnishing of any material
to, a Unit shall not be the basis for the filing of a lien pursuant to Article
Two of the New York Lien Law against the Unit of any Unit Owner not expressly
consenting to or requesting the same.
(d) i) Nothing contained in the Condominium Documents shall be construed
to impose personal liability upon any of the members of the Board of Managers
for the maintenance, repair or replacement of any Unit or Common Element, or
give rise to a cause of action against the Board of Managers or any member
individually except for bad faith or willful misconduct.
ii) Neither the Board of Managers nor any member thereof shall be
liable for either (1) any failure or interruption of any utility or other
services to be obtained by, or on behalf of, such Board or to be paid for as a
General Common Expense except when any such failure or interruption is caused by
acts of bad faith or willful misconduct by the Board of Managers or any member
thereof or (2) any injury, loss or damage whatsoever to any individual or
property, occurring in or upon a Unit or any Common Element, including, without
limitation, injury, loss or damage caused by the elements, by a Unit Owner or by
any other individual or resulting from electricity, water, snow or ice that may
leak or flow from a Unit not controlled by the Board of Managers or arising out
of theft or otherwise, except when caused by acts of bad faith or willful
misconduct of the Board of Managers or any member thereof.
(e) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (f) of this Section 18, the
Board of Managers or its designee shall have access to each Unit to the extent
necessary, from time to time, after reasonable notice and during reasonable
hours, (except that in the case of an emergency no notice shall be required and
the Board of Managers or its designee shall have the right of immediate access
at any time) for the following purposes:
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(i) to inspect the Unit and make repairs, replacements or
improvements to those Common Elements which are accessible only
from within the Unit, where the responsibility therefor is upon
the Board of Managers; and
(ii) to prevent damage to the Common Elements or another Unit or to
xxxxx any violation of law, orders, rules or regulation of any
governmental authority having jurisdiction or requirements of
insurance bodies.
Except in the case of any "emergency" (i.e., a situation involving
continuing or imminent loss or threat of loss of life or material loss of life
or personal injury or material loss of property), a Unit Owner shall have the
right to have its representative accompany the Board of Managers or its designee
in any such entry of the Unit, provided that such representative shall not
interfere with the Board of Managers or such designee in taking any action
permitted under the Condominium Documents. The right of access provided
hereunder shall be exercised in such manner as to minimize interference with the
use of the Unit.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if The
Government is the Unit Owner of Unit 3 or any part thereof, the Board of
Managers shall, prior to gaining access to the portion thereof then owned by The
Government for any purpose, including an "emergency," make in-person or
telephonic contact with The Government's "Access Representative" (hereinafter
defined) and the entry into Unit 3 and activities therein shall be in the
presence of the Access Representative. The Government shall, at all times during
its ownership of Unit 3 or any part thereof, keep at least one individual
present at Unit 3 on a 24 hour basis, seven days a week, whose name and
telephone number at Unit 3 shall be furnished to the Board of Managers on a
current basis ("Access Representative").
(g) Upon notice to the Board of Managers, a Unit Owner shall have the
right to designate areas within its Unit to which access shall be absolutely
prohibited except in case of emergency or as may be required by law.
(h) Each Unit Owner shall give prompt notice to the Board of Managers of
any written notice it receives of the violation of any laws and requirements of
public authorities affecting any Unit or the Building and, subject to paragraph
(h) immediately below, shall comply, and cause all tenants and subtenants of its
Unit to comply, with all applicable laws and requirements of governmental
authorities.
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(i) Each Unit Owner may (and, if necessary, in the name of, but without
expense to, the Board of Managers) contest, by appropriate proceedings
prosecuted diligently and in good faith, the validity, or applicability to its
Unit, of any laws and requirements of governmental authorities and the Board of
Managers shall cooperate with such Unit Owner in such proceedings, provided
that:
A) such Unit Owner shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the
Board of Managers and each other Unit Owner against all liability, loss or
damage which the Board of Managers or such other Unit Owner shall suffer by
reason of such contest (and any noncompliance in connection therewith),
including reasonable attorneys' fees and other expenses reasonably incurred by
the Board of Managers and such other Unit Owner; and
B) such Unit Owner shall keep the Board of Managers advised as to
the status of such proceedings.
A Unit Owner need not comply with any laws and requirements of
public authorities so long as such Unit Owner shall be contesting the validity
thereof, or the applicability thereof to its Unit, in accordance with this
Section provided that (x) noncompliance shall not impair any insurance coverage,
create any lien or other encumbrance on any part of the Property or constitute a
crime or an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment, (y) no part of the
Building shall be subject to being condemned or vacated by reason of
noncompliance or otherwise by reason of such contest and (z) noncompliance shall
not subject any Unit Owner to criminal liability.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 17 or
this Section 18, if any portion of the General Common Elements or Limited Common
Elements located within any part of Unit 3 which is owned or occupied by The
Government shall require repair, the Board of Managers shall give telephonic
notice thereof to The Government's Access Representative. The Government shall
have the right, but not the obligation, to promptly make such repair, using
contractors reasonably approved in advance by the Board of Managers. If The
Government does not promptly make such repair, the Board of Managers shall make
such repair in accordance with the provisions of Section 17 and this Section 18,
including, without limitation, Section 18(f). If The Government makes any such
repair to any portion of the General Common Elements, the Board of Managers
shall reimburse The Government for the other Unit Owners' proportionate shares
of the reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by The Government in connection
therewith and shall charge the other Unit Owners for their respective
proportionate shares as a General Common Expense.
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19. Board of Managers. (a) The affairs of the Unit Owners collectively
with respect to the Property shall be governed and controlled by the Board of
Managers, which shall be elected and serve as provided in the By-Laws.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 20(d), the Board of Managers
shall have the powers and duties necessary or desirable for the administration
of the affairs of the Condominium (which powers and duties may be delegated to a
property manager or managing agent), including, without limitation, the
following:
i) operation, care, upkeep, repair and maintenance of the General
Common Elements, which shall be performed in accordance with the
standards prevailing in Comparable Buildings;
ii) determination of the General Common Charges and any other
amounts that are required by the Condominium Documents to be
paid by a Unit Owner to the Board of Managers ("Unit Expenses");
iii) collection of the General Common Charges and Unit Expenses from
the Unit Owners;
iv) employment and dismissal of personnel necessary for the
maintenance and operation of the General Common Elements and
establishing the compensation of such employees;
v) maintaining bank accounts on behalf of the Condominium and
designating the signatories required therefor;
vi) adopting rules and regulations covering the details of the
operation and use of the General Common Elements;
vii) obtaining insurance for the Property pursuant to the provisions
of Section 22 hereof;
viii) repairing and restoring the Property as permitted by Sections 23
and 24 hereof after damage or destruction by fire or other
casualty or as a result of condemnation or other proceedings;
ix) imposing interest and/or late charges on payments of General
Common Charges and Unit Expenses which are past due;
x) employment and dismissal of a building manager or managing agent
for the Property, provided, however, that so long as The
Government
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is the Unit Owner of Unit 3 or any part thereof, the approval of
The Government shall be required therefor; and
xi) entering into a contract for maintaining, repairing and
servicing all elevators in the Building.
(c) True copies of the Condominium Documents and the rules, regulations,
resolutions and decisions enacted in accordance therewith and the Floor Plans
shall be kept on file in the office of the Board of Managers or its designee in
the City of New York and shall be available for inspection at reasonable times
by persons having an interest therein. The initial rules and regulations are
attached to the ByLaws of the Condominium.
(d) In accordance with Section 339-v of the Condominium Act, the Board
of Managers may be incorporated and function as a corporate body, provided that
such incorporation shall not diminish the obligations, rights and powers of the
Board of Managers under the Condominium Documents.
20. Expenses and Profits. (a) No Unit Owner shall be exempt from
liability for payment of its General Common Charges by virtue of waiver of the
use or enjoyment of any of the General Common Elements or non-use thereof or by
abandonment of its Unit. Any person or entity which conveys its Unit in
compliance with the terms and conditions specified in the Condominium Documents
shall be exempt from General Common Charges and any other liabilities thereafter
accruing with respect to the Unit so conveyed and its transferee shall be liable
for General Common Charges thereafter accruing.
(b) The General Common Expenses shall be charged by the Board of
Managers as General Common Charges to the Unit Owners as provided for in the
Condominium Documents. The common profits (i.e., the excess of General Common
Charges and other rents and revenues over General Common Expenses), if any,
shall be distributed among the Unit Owners in accordance with their respective
percentage interests in the Common Elements after making reasonable
contributions to a reserve to cover future General Common Expenses.
(c) At least forty-five days prior to the commencement of each calendar
or other fiscal year of the Condominium, the Board of Managers shall, subject to
the provisions of Section 20(d), adopt (i) an operating budget for such year,
which shall include, to the extent and in such amounts deemed necessary or
advisable by the Board of Managers, capital replacement reserves, working
capital and a general operating reserve, and (ii) a budget for capital
improvements. The General Common Charges based on such budgets shall be due and
payable by each Unit
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Owner in installments as determined by the Board of Managers. The Board of
Managers may review and reconsider the annual budgets at any time during a
fiscal year and may increase or decrease such General Common Charges based
thereon prospectively or retrospectively as required for the proper management
and operation of the Condominium. The Unit Owners shall, within fifteen (15)
days following notice of such increase or decrease, pay any such increase or, at
the option of the Board of Managers, receive such decrease in cash or as a
credit against future General Common Charges.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, so long
as The Government is the Unit Owner of Unit 3 or any part thereof, the approval
of The Government shall be required for (i) the adoption of any annual operating
budget, including capital replacement reserves, in excess of the amount of the
operating budget for the calendar year 1997 (a copy of which is attached hereto
as Schedule II) increased by the "Consumer Price Index Fraction" (as such term
is hereinafter defined) and (ii) any expenditure for capital improvements in
excess of the amount of the capital improvement budget for the calendar year
1997 (a copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule III), except for such
expenditures (x) required by law or the rules or regulations of any governmental
authority having or asserting jurisdiction over the Property or (y) necessary to
preserve the structural integrity of the Building or the proper operation of the
Building's mechanical systems or (z) required by reason of an "emergency" (as
such term is defined in Section 18). "Consumer Price Index Fraction" means, on
any date for the determination thereof, a fraction whose numerator is the
"Consumer Price Index, All Items, New York, N.Y. - Northeastern N.J. for Urban
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, 1982-1984 = 100" for the calendar month
ending immediately preceding such date, as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the Department of Labor of the United States Government, and whose
denominator is such Consumer Price Index for January, 1997; provided, however,
that if such Consumer Price Index or any index substituted therefor shall cease
to be published, there shall be substituted such other comparable index as the
Board of Managers shall reasonably determine.
(e) Taxes and other charges levied by any governmental authority against
the Property as a whole, without separate assessments for each Unit as provided
by Section 339-y of the Condominium Act, shall be paid by the Board of Managers
and shall be included in the budget as a General Common Expense payable by each
Unit Owner in accordance with its percentage interest in the Common Elements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that such taxes and other charges
are subject to abatement because of the tax-exempt status of any Unit Owner, the
Board of Managers shall make prompt application for such abatement and the cost
of such application shall be payable by the tax-exempt Unit
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Owner. If an abatement is obtained as a result of such application, the amount
of such reduction in taxes or other charges shall be credited against the amount
due from such tax-exempt Unit Owner hereunder.
(f) The costs of insurance maintained by the Board of Managers pursuant
to Section 22 shall be included in the operating budget as a General Common
Expense.
(g) Subject to the provisions of Section 20(d), all expenses, fees,
assessments and other charges (including, without limitation, costs related to
sidewalk maintenance) with respect to the General Common Elements, but not
specifically provided for herein, shall be paid by the Board of Managers in
accordance with the provisions of the Condominium Documents and be charged as a
General Common Expense.
(h) Fees and expenses incurred in connection with any contract for
maintaining, repairing and servicing all elevators in the Building shall be paid
by the Board of Managers and shall be charged to the Unit Owners as follows:
1. 28.57% of such fees and expenses shall be charged to the Unit
Owner of Unit 2 as a Unit Expense;
2. 42.86% of such fees and expenses shall be charged to the Unit
Owner of Unit 3 as a Unit Expense; and
3. 28.57% of such fees and expenses shall be allocated among all
Unit Owners based upon their respective proportionate undivided
interests in the Common Elements and shall be charged as a
General Common Expense.
(i) Capital costs incurred in connection with the modernization of
Elevator No. 6\3 ("Modernization Costs") shall be paid by the Board of Managers
and shall be charged 70% to the owner(s) of Unit 1 and Unit 2 and 30% to the
owner of Unit 3; provided, however, on the first anniversary of the completion
of such modernization, the Board of Managers shall review the usage of Elevator
No. 3 by the Unit Owners (based on the records of the managing agent of the
Condominium) and shall reallocate the Modernization Costs among the Unit Owners
in proportion to their respective usage of Elevator No. 3. If, as a result of
such reallocation, the owner(s) of Xxxx 0 xxx Xxxx 0 xxxxx xx responsible for
more than 70% of the Modernization Costs, then the owner(s) of Xxxx 0 and Unit 2
shall reimburse the owner of Unit 3 for the amount in excess of such 70%. If, as
a result of such reallocation, the owner of Unit 3 shall be responsible for more
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than 30% of the Modernization Costs, then the owner of Unit 3 shall reimburse
the owner(s) of Unit 1 and Unit 2 for the amount in excess of such 30%. Any
dispute with respect to such reallocation shall be submitted to arbitration in
accordance with the provisions of Section 9 of Article V of the By-laws.
(j) Declarant shall have the right, at Declarant's expense, to install a
concierge desk in the lobby of the Building for security purposes. The
compensation, including fringe benefits, of the employees stationed at such
concierge desk shall be included in the operating budget as a General Common
Expense.
(k) The General Common Charges against the Unit Owners shall be set
forth upon a roll of the Units, which roll shall be available in the office of
the Board of Managers or its designee in the City of New York for inspection at
all reasonable times by Unit Owners or their duly authorized representatives.
Such roll shall indicate for each Unit the name and address of the record owner,
the General Common Charges and the amount of the General Common Charges then due
and unpaid.
(l) If any General Common Charges shall remain due and unpaid for more
than thirty (30) days after notice, the Board of Managers may file or record a
lien therefor and, at any time thereafter prior to satisfaction of such lien,
may foreclose the same pursuant to Section 339-aa of the Condominium Act,
provided, however, that no foreclosure proceeding may be commenced by the Board
of Managers until the expiration of any period during which the holder of a
Permitted Mortgage (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to Section 20(j) hereof or
a tenant or subtenant pursuant to Section 8(b) hereof, has the right to cure the
default in payment of the General Common Charges. The lien for unpaid General
Common Charges shall be superior to the lien of any Permitted Mortgage. Unpaid
General Common Charges shall bear interest from the date when due at a rate
equal to one (1%) percentage point above the "prime" rate announced publicly
from time to time by Chase Manhattan Bank or, if Chase Manhattan Bank shall no
longer be in existence, by the then largest United States domestic commercial
bank having a New York office.
(m) The Board of Managers, if requested in writing to do so by the
holder of any Permitted Mortgage, shall promptly notify such mortgagee, and if
requested to do so by any Unit Owner, shall promptly notify a tenant or
subtenant of such Unit Owner, of any General Common Charges which remain due and
unpaid for twenty (20) days or any other default under the Condominium
Documents. Such mortgagee or tenant or subtenant shall have the right to cure
any monetary default within thirty (30) days after notice from the Board of
Managers and with respect
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to any other defaults, shall have such reasonable additional period of time to
cure the default as may be necessary, provided such mortgagee, tenant or
subtenant commences to cure such default within thirty (30) days after notice
and diligently prosecutes such cure to completion.
21. Mortgages on Units; Suits. (a) Each Unit Owner shall have the right
to mortgage (which term shall include, where applicable, any lease which is
entered into in connection with a sale-leaseback, lease-subleaseback or similar
financing arrangement) its Unit without restriction, subject, however, to the
provisions of this Declaration and provided further that the mortgagee (or the
lessor in a sale-leaseback or sublessor in a lease-subleaseback transaction) is
a commercial bank, trust company, insurance company, savings bank, or savings
and loan association, having total assets of at least $500,000,000, or a
religious, educational or eleemosynary institution or pension or retirement
fund, having total assets of at least $500,000,000 or the seller of a Unit (a
"Permitted Mortgagee"). A mortgage (or leaseback or subleaseback) complying with
the provisions of this paragraph (a) is herein called a "Permitted Mortgage."
(b) A Unit Owner which mortgages its Unit or the holder of a Permitted
Mortgage shall notify the Board of Managers of the name and address of the
mortgagee and shall file a conformed copy of the note and mortgage with the
Board of Managers and such Unit Owner shall, prior to giving such mortgage,
satisfy all unpaid liens against its Unit other than Permitted Mortgages. A Unit
Owner who satisfies a mortgage covering its Unit shall so notify the Board of
Managers and shall file a conformed copy of the satisfaction of mortgage (or
similar document in recordable form) with such Board. Such Board shall maintain
such information in a book entitled "Mortgages of Units."
(c) The Board of Managers shall accept payment of any sum or
performance, in accordance with paragraph (j) of Section 20 and paragraph (b) of
Section 8, as the case may be, of any act by a Permitted Mortgagee or tenant or
subtenant of a Unit Owner required to be paid or performed by a Unit Owner
pursuant to the provisions of the Condominium Documents, with the same force and
effect as though paid or performed by such Unit Owner.
(d) Each Unit Owner and Permitted Mortgagee shall be permitted to
examine the books of account of the Condominium at reasonable times on business
days, upon reasonable notice to the Board of Managers.
(e) No Unit Owner shall suffer or permit any lien on its Unit except as
permitted in this Section. If the Unit Owner fails to satisfy any such lien or
otherwise cause its discharge by bonding or otherwise within sixty (60) days
after
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the date of receipt of notice of such lien, the Board of Managers shall have the
right to take all necessary and appropriate steps to discharge the lien and
charge such Unit Owner for all expenses incurred and such charges shall be due
and payable within ten (10) days of written demand.
(f) A Unit Owner shall forthwith give notice to the Board of Managers of
any suit or other proceeding the outcome of which may directly affect title to
its Unit.
22. Insurance. The Board of Managers shall be required to obtain and
maintain, to the extent obtainable and to the extent determined by the Board of
Managers to be appropriate or relevant, the following insurance: (i) fire
insurance on a Special Form, including theft, vandalism and malicious mischief,
flood and earthquake endorsements (including Ordinance and Law, Increased Cost
of Construction and Demolition), insuring the Building (including the Common
Elements and the Units, the fixtures and equipment installed therein and the
partitions, floors and ceilings within the Units (the "Installations"), but not
including any wall, ceiling or floor decorations or coverings or other
furniture, furnishings, fixtures or equipment or other personal property
supplied or installed by Unit Owners or tenants of Unit Owners), together with
all service machinery contained therein, and covering the interests of the
Condominium, the Board of Managers and the Unit Owners and holders of Permitted
Mortgages, as their interests may appear, in an amount equal to an agreed amount
replacement cost of the Building (exclusive of the cost of excavation and
foundations), without deduction for depreciation; each of said policies shall
contain a New York standard mortgagee clause in favor of each Permitted
Mortgagee of a Unit which shall provide that the loss, if any, thereunder shall
be payable to such Permitted Mortgagee as its interest may appear, subject,
however, to the loss payment provisions in favor of the Board of Managers
hereinafter set forth; (ii) water damage legal liability insurance; (iii) loss
of Common Charge fees insurance covering the General Common Charges payable by
the Unit Owners; (iv) boiler and machinery insurance; (v) workers' compensation
insurance for the Building employees; (vi) builder's risk insurance and (vii)
such other insurance as the Board of Managers may determine. All such policies
shall provide that adjustment of loss shall be made by the Board of Managers.
All policies insuring against physical damage shall provide that the proceeds
thereunder shall be payable to (A) the Board of Managers, as trustee for the
Unit Owners, if the amount of such proceeds in the case of any one insured event
is less than $50,000, or (B) to the Depositary (as hereinafter defined) if the
amount of such proceeds in the case of any one insured event is equal to or
greater than $50,000. For the purposes of this Declaration, the term
"Depositary" shall mean Chase Manhattan Bank or, if Chase Manhattan Bank shall
no longer be in existence, a savings bank, savings and loan
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association or commercial bank having an office in the Borough of Manhattan
regularly engaged in the business of construction lending or administering
construction funds, with net assets of not less than $500,000,000, having a
long-term credit rating from Standard & Poor's Rating Group (or any successor
rating agency) of not less than "A", selected by the Board of Managers.
To the extent obtainable, all policies of physical damage insurance
shall contain waivers of subrogation and waivers of any defense based on
co-insurance or of pro-rata reduction of liability or of invalidity arising from
any acts of the insured, and shall provide that such policies may not be
canceled or substantially modified without at least twenty (20) days' prior
written notice to all of the insureds, including all Permitted Mortgagees.
Duplicate originals of all policies of insurance and of all renewals thereof,
together with proof of payment of premiums, shall be delivered to all Permitted
Mortgagees at least ten (10) days prior to expiration of the then current
policies. Prior to obtaining any policy of fire insurance or any renewal
thereof, or at such other times as may be determined by the Board of Managers,
the Board of Managers shall obtain an appraisal from a fire insurance company or
otherwise of the full replacement value of the Building (exclusive of the cost
of excavations and foundations), including all of the Units, and all of the
Common Elements therein, without deduction for depreciation, for the purpose of
determining the amount of fire insurance to be effected pursuant to this
Section.
The Board of Managers shall also be required to obtain and maintain, to
the extent obtainable: i) fidelity insurance covering the managing agent and all
employees and members of the Board of Managers who handle Condominium funds, ii)
Directors and Officers insurance covering the Board of Managers and officers of
the Condominium and any managing agent and its employees, iii) commercial
general liability insurance in such limits as the Board of Managers may from
time to time determine, but in no event less than $25,000,000, covering each
member of the Board of Managers, the managing agent and each Unit Owner and
covering all claims for bodily injury or property damage arising out of any
occurrence in the General Common Elements and iv) elevator collision insurance.
Such public liability coverage shall also cover cross liability claims of one
insured against another. The Board of Managers shall review the limits of such
insurance once each year.
Each Unit Owner shall maintain, at its sole expense, (i) casualty or
physical damage insurance in an amount equal to the full replacement value of
the insurable improvements and betterments installed by the Unit Owner within
the Unit or the Limited Common Elements appurtenant to the Unit, such coverage
to afford protection against loss or damage by fire or other hazards covered by
the
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Special Form Policy (including theft) and such other risks as from time to time
customarily shall be covered with respect to similar improvements and
betterments, including, without limitation and to the extent appropriate,
vandalism, malicious mischief, water damage, windstorm, boiler or machinery
explosion damage and plate glass damage; (ii) commercial general liability
insurance with such limits as the Board of Managers shall reasonably determine,
naming all Unit Owners, the Board of Managers and the managing agent of the
Building, if any, as additional insureds with respect to occurrences within the
Unit, such insurance to cover cross liability of the insured against another and
to be without rights of contribution against the other Unit Owners, the Board of
Managers or any insurer, and (iii) workers' compensation insurance covering all
workers employed by the Unit Owner in the Unit in at least the minimum amount
prescribed by law. Each policy of insurance required to be maintained by a Unit
Owner shall contain a provision requiring the insurer to notify the Board of
Managers in the event any required payment of premium is not made when due and
to give the Board of Managers not less than 20 days' prior written notice of
cancellation or reduction or change of coverage. In the event a Unit Owner shall
fail to obtain or maintain the insurance coverage required hereunder, the Board
of Managers may obtain and maintain such coverage and charge the cost thereof to
the Unit Owner. Unit Owners may carry other insurance for their own benefit at
their own expense provided that all such policies shall contain to the extent
obtainable, waivers of subrogation and further provided that the liability of
the carriers issuing insurance obtained by the Board of Managers shall not be
affected or diminished by reason of any such additional insurance carried by any
Unit Owner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, The
Government shall have the right to self-insure with respect to any insurance
other than commercial general liability insurance.
The Board of Managers shall have the right to require a Unit Owner to
carry, at such Unit Owner's expense, such additional insurance covering each
member of the Board of Managers, the managing agent and each Unit Owner as may
be reasonably required with due regard being given to the manner of use and
occupancy of the Unit from time to time.
All insurance obtained pursuant to this Section 22 shall be from
insurance companies authorized to business in the State of New York and having a
Best's rating of at least A-Class XII (or if the Best rating is no longer
available, a similar rating from a similar or successor organization).
The Board of Managers may, in its reasonable discretion, also insure
against such other risks as the Board of Managers deems necessary or desirable,
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including, without limitation, war risks (to the extent obtainable from an
agency of the United States Government).
The Board of Managers, upon request, shall furnish to each Unit Owner
and to each holder of a Permitted Mortgage covering a Unit or a portion thereof
a memorandum of the insurance carried by the Board of Managers.
No Unit Owner or occupant of a Unit shall commit or permit any violation
of the insurance policies purchased by the Board of Managers pursuant to this
Section 22, or do or permit anything to be done, or keep or permit anything to
be kept, in any Unit, which in case of any of the foregoing (i) could result in
the termination of any such policies, (ii) could adversely affect the right of
recovery under any of such policies or (iii) could result in reputable and
independent insurance companies refusing to insure the property covered thereby
in the amounts required by this Section 22. If the rate of premiums payable with
respect to the insurance policies carried by the Board of Managers pursuant to
this Section 22 shall be increased by reason of the use to which any Unit or a
portion thereof is put or anything that is done or kept in any Unit or a portion
thereof or as a result of the failure of any occupant to comply with the
requirements of insurance bodies with respect to the Unit occupied by such
occupant or as a result of the failure of any Unit Owner or any occupant to
comply with this Declaration, there shall be charged against the Unit Owner of
such Unit as a Unit Expense the additional premiums which shall be so payable by
the Board of Managers.
Each Unit Owner shall be deemed to have delegated to the Board of
Managers the right to adjust with the insurance companies all losses in respect
of the Common Elements under insurance policies purchased by the Board of
Managers. Each Unit Owner may adjust losses under policies such Unit Owner is
permitted or obligated to maintain under this Declaration, including, without
limitation, policies affecting the Unit Owner's installations.
If the Board of Managers should be found liable on a cause of action not
covered by insurance, or if the damages suffered or liability incurred shall be
for a sum greater than the insurance award, such amounts or excesses shall be
General Common Expenses.
Any type of insurance or any increases in the limits of liability
described in this Section 22 that a Unit Owner obtains for its own protection or
otherwise required by statute shall be at the Unit Owner's sole cost and
expense.
23. Repair or Reconstruction After Fire or Other Casualty. (a) Except as
otherwise provided in Section 23(f), in the event of damage to or destruction
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of the Common Elements, the damage or destruction shall be promptly repaired and
reconstructed by the Board of Managers with reasonable diligence, using for that
purpose the proceeds of insurance, net of reasonable costs of collection and/or
adjustment of loss. If the cost of such repair or reconstruction shall exceed
the net insurance proceeds received by the Board of Managers or the Depositary
with respect thereto (such excess, a "Common Elements Shortfall"), then (i) such
Common Elements Shortfall shall be deemed to be a General Common Expense (unless
the damage or destruction is attributable to the fault or neglect of a Unit
Owner or an occupant or any of their respective employees, invitees, agents or
contractors, in which case the Common Elements Shortfall shall be charged to the
Unit Owner involved as a Unit Expense), (ii) the Board of Managers shall
promptly assess such General Common Expense, and (iii) the Board of Managers
shall repair and reconstruct the damage or destruction in the most expeditious
manner reasonably possible under the circumstances.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 23(f), in the event of
damage to or destruction of one or more Units which is covered by the insurance
to be maintained by the Board of Managers hereunder, each Unit Owner shall
repair and reconstruct its Unit with reasonable diligence in order to restore
its Unit to a complete, independent and self-contained architectural whole which
is safe and has no adverse effect on any other Unit or any Common Element, using
for that purpose the proceeds of insurance, net of reasonable costs of
collection and/or adjustment of loss. Such repair or reconstruction shall be
done in a manner so as to minimize the adverse effect on any other Unit or any
Common Element. If the Board of Managers is not required to deposit the
insurance proceeds with the Depositary, then the Board of Managers shall
disburse the insurance proceeds allocable to each damaged or destroyed Unit to
the Unit Owner thereof in accordance with customary practices of construction
lenders for similar projects. If the cost of repair or reconstruction of any
Unit shall exceed the net insurance proceeds received by the Board of Managers
or the Depositary with respect thereto (such excess, a "Unit Shortfall"; the
Common Elements Shortfall and any Unit Shortfall(s) are sometimes hereinafter
collectively referred to as a "Restoration Shortfall"), the Unit Shortfall shall
be charged to the Unit Owner involved as a Unit Expense.
(c) Damage to or destruction of a Unit which is not covered by the
insurance to be maintained by the Board of Managers hereunder shall be repaired
by the Unit Owner thereof, at such Unit Owner's expense, with reasonable
diligence in order to restore its Unit to a complete, independent and
self-contained architectural whole which is safe and has no adverse effect on
any other Unit or any Common Element. Such repair or reconstruction shall be
done in a manner so as to minimize the adverse effect on any other Unit or any
Common Element.
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(d) If a Unit Owner shall fail to undertake the repair and restoration
of its Unit within a reasonable time after the damage or destruction of thereof,
the Board of Managers may, subject to Section 18(f), cause such repair to be
made on behalf of such Unit Owner using the proceeds of any insurance available
for that purpose. Deficiencies arising out of the repair by the Board of
Managers of a damaged or destroyed Unit shall be charged to that Unit Owner as a
Unit Expense.
(e) In the event of any casualty pursuant to which insurance proceeds
shall be payable to the Depositary, the Board of Managers shall pay or cause to
be paid to the Depositary any and all funds required in connection with such
restoration, including, without limitation, net insurance proceeds received by
the Board of Managers and any General Common Charges or Unit Expenses required
to be paid by the Unit Owners in respect of any Restoration Shortfall, to be
held in trust pursuant to a depositary agreement (the "Depositary Agreement") to
be entered into by and between the Board of Managers and the Depositary. The
Depositary Agreement shall provide, without limitation, that the Depositary
shall hold and disburse the restoration funds in accordance with customary
practices of construction lenders for similar projects and that the Depositary
shall be liable to the Board of Managers, to each Unit Owner and to each
Permitted Mortgagee for any misapplication of the funds held by such Depositary.
Each Unit Owner shall be obligated to pay to the Depositary promptly after
demand therefor that portion, if any, of any insurance proceeds payable to
Depositary hereunder and received by such Unit Owner, such Unit Owner's
allocable share of any Common Element Shortfall and such Unit Owner's Unit
Shortfall, which collectively represent the anticipated cost of restoring damage
to the Building with respect to which such proceeds were paid or such award was
made and which the Board of Managers and/or the Unit Owners are required to
repair or restore hereunder.
(f) If 75% or more of the Building is destroyed or substantially damaged
and 75% or more of the Unit Owners do not duly and promptly agree to proceed
with repair, then the Property or so much thereof as shall remain shall be
subject to an action for partition at the suit of any Unit Owner as if owned in
common, and the net proceeds of sale, together with the net proceeds of any
insurance policies, shall be considered one fund and, subject to the rights
granted by such Unit Owner to the holder of any Permitted Mortgage on the Unit,
shall be divided among the Unit Owners with the portion thereof attributable to
Installations made by Unit Owners being divided in accordance with the
replacement costs of their respective Installations and the remainder being
divided in accordance with their respective common interests. No payment shall
be made to any Unit Owner until there has first been paid out of its share of
such fund all General Common Charges, liens and Unit Expenses applicable to its
Unit.
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(g) Any repair made pursuant to this Section shall be substantially in
accordance with plans and specifications reasonably approved by the Board of
Managers and, to the extent undertaken by any Unit Owner, shall be subject to
Section 18 of this Declaration.
(h) The Board of Managers shall promptly obtain reasonably detailed
estimates of the cost to repair the damaged or destroyed improvements in all
instances when the Board of Managers has the responsibility of repair. Such
costs may include professional fees, premiums for bonds and such other charges
as the Board of Managers may reasonably incur.
(i) The proceeds of insurance collected on account of casualty and the
sums received by the Board of Managers or the Depositary, as the case may be,
from collections of assessments against the Unit Owners on account of such
casualty shall constitute a construction fund which shall be disbursed in
payment of the costs of repair as provided herein. If there is any surplus of
monies in the construction fund after the repair has been fully completed and
all costs paid, such sums shall be distributed to the Unit Owners in accordance
with their common interests, subject to the rights of the holder of any
Permitted Mortgage on a Unit.
24. Eminent Domain. (a) If all or any part of the Property shall be
taken or condemned by any competent authority for any public or quasi-public use
or purpose, except as otherwise provided herein, all compensation therefor shall
be paid to the Board of Managers which shall hold such funds in trust as
provided herein.
(b) If substantially all of the Property shall be so taken or condemned,
the condemnation award shall be distributed by the Board of Managers in the
manner designated by the condemning authority, or if no such designation is
made, subject to the rights granted by each Unit Owner to the holder of any
Permitted Mortgage on such Unit Owner's Unit, to the Unit Owners in accordance
with their respective common interests (to the extent that such award relates to
the Building) and the replacement costs of their respective installations (to
the extent that such award relates to the Unit Owner's installations).
(c) In the event of a partial taking and reasonable determination by the
Board of Managers that the Unit affected thereby can be repaired in a suitable
manner so that it can continue to be used for the purposes intended, the Unit
Owner thereof shall repair the remainder of its Unit with reasonable diligence
to a complete, independent and self-contained architectural whole which is safe
and has no adverse effect on any other Unit or any Common Element, using the
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condemnation award for that purpose. Such repair shall be subject to Section 18
of this Declaration.
In the event of a partial taking and reasonable determination by the
Board of Managers that the Unit affected thereby cannot be repaired in a
suitable manner so that it can continue to be used for the purposes intended,
then the Board of Managers shall pay to such Unit Owner, subject to the rights
granted by such Unit Owner to the holder of any Permitted Mortgage on such Unit
Owner's Unit, the condemnation award made to and received by the Board of
Managers for the taking of such Unit. The Board of Managers shall pay to the
remaining Unit Owners, subject to the rights granted by each Unit Owner to the
holder of any Permitted Mortgage on such Unit Owner's Unit, the award, if any,
for consequential damages. Upon payment by the Board of Managers to the Unit
Owner whose Unit cannot be repaired, title to such Unit shall vest in the Board
of Managers and such Unit Owner shall cease to have any rights, privileges or
powers as a Unit Owner under this Declaration.
If all the property taken is a portion of the General Common Elements,
and the General Common Elements can, in the reasonable opinion of the Board of
Managers, be reconstructed or replaced, the Board of Managers shall undertake
such reconstruction in accordance with this Declaration. If the reconstruction
exceeds the condemnation award, the deficiency shall be a General Common
Expense. If the award is in excess of the costs of reconstruction, the excess
shall be distributed to the Unit Owners in accordance with their respective
common interests, subject to the rights granted by each Unit Owner to the holder
of any Permitted Mortgage on such Unit Owner's Unit.
If a Unit or a portion of the General Common Elements is repaired in
accordance with this Section, the common interest of each Unit Owner shall be
adjusted by the Board of Managers to reflect any change in the proportion that
the rentable floor area of each Unit as of the date of this Declaration bears to
the aggregate rental floor areas of all Units as of such date.
In the event of a temporary taking of all or a portion of the Property,
the Board of Managers shall distribute the award in respect of such taking among
the affected Unit Owners in accordance with their respective common interests or
in such other manner as shall be equitable, subject to the rights granted by
each Unit Owner to the holder of any Permitted Mortgage on such Unit Owner's
Unit.
No payment shall be made to any Unit Owner pursuant to this Section 24
until there has first been paid out of its share of such funds all General
Common Charges, liens and Unit Expenses applicable to its Unit.
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25. Unit 1 Leases. Each lease entered into between the Unit Owner of
Unit 1 and any tenant of space in Unit 1 shall provide that such tenant shall,
at the tenant's expense, maintain the sidewalk in front of such tenant's demised
premises and keep such sidewalk clean and free from ice and snow. The provisions
of this Section shall not apply to any lease existing prior to the date hereof
or any amendment, modification, extension or renewal thereof.
26. Compliance and Default. (a) Each Unit Owner and its tenants and
subtenants shall comply with the terms of the Condominium Documents. Failure to
comply shall be grounds for (i) an action to recover sums due for damages or for
injunctive relief maintainable by the other Unit Owners, each on its own behalf,
or by the Board of Managers on behalf of the non-defaulting Unit Owners or (ii)
in the case of unpaid General Common Charges or Unit expenses, an action by the
Board of Managers to foreclose its lien pursuant to Section 339-z of the
Condominium Act.
(b) Each Unit Owner and the tenants and subtenants of each Unit Owner
shall be liable to the Board of Managers and/or the other Unit Owners for the
expense of any maintenance, repair or replacement rendered necessary to the
other Units or the General Common Elements by their negligence or intentional
wrongful act to the extent that such expense is not met by the proceeds of
insurance carried by the Board of Managers or the Unit Owner of the Unit so
affected. Such liability shall include any increase in fire or other insurance
rates, occasioned by use, misuse, occupancy or abandonment of a Unit. Nothing
contained herein shall be construed to override any waiver by any insurance
company of its rights of subrogation.
(c) In any proceeding arising out of an alleged default by a Unit Owner,
the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover the costs of the proceeding
and such reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements as may be determined by
the court.
(d) The failure of the Board of Managers or a Unit Owner to enforce any
right, provision or covenant contained in the Condominium Documents shall not
constitute a waiver of the right of the Board of Managers or the Unit Owner to
enforce such right, provision or covenant in the future.
(e) All rights, remedies and privileges of the Board of Managers or a
Unit Owner pursuant to the Condominium Documents shall be cumulative, and the
exercise of any one or more shall not constitute an election of remedies nor
shall it preclude the party exercising the same from exercising other and
additional
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rights, remedies or privileges as may be granted to such party by the
Condominium Documents or pursuant to law or equity.
27. Restrictions. A Unit Owner (i) shall not use, permit or allow its
Unit to be used other than as provided in the Condominium Documents and (ii)
shall not use, permit or allow its Unit or any part thereof to be used for an
unlawful purpose or permit any nuisance within its Unit.
28. Termination. (a) The Condominium may be terminated by the unanimous
agreement of the Unit Owners and all Permitted Mortgagees. If the Unit Owners so
terminate the Condominium, unless the Unit Owners determine that the Property
shall be sold as a whole, the same shall be subject to an action for partition
and sale by any Unit Owner as if owned in common. In the event a partition
action is brought and the court orders the sale of the Property as a whole, the
net proceeds of sale shall be divided among the Unit Owners in accordance with
their respective common interests, after first paying out of the share of each
Unit Owner the amount of all unpaid liens on its Unit in the order of their
priority. No payment shall be made to a Unit Owner until there has first been
paid out of its share of such net proceeds all liens and expenses chargeable by
the Board of Managers to its Unit.
(b) In addition to the other grounds for termination set forth herein,
the Condominium shall be terminated if it is determined in the manner provided
in Section 23 of this Declaration that the Building shall not be reconstructed
after a casualty or if all the Property is taken by eminent domain. The
determination not to reconstruct after a casualty shall be evidenced by a
certificate of the Board of Managers signed by the President or any Vice
President and the Secretary or Treasurer. The termination shall be effective
upon the filing of the certificate with the appropriate recording officer and
must include the joinder of all Permitted Mortgagees.
(c) After termination of the Condominium, the Unit Owners shall own the
Property as tenants-in-common in undivided shares, in accordance with their
previous common interests, and the holders of Permitted Mortgages and liens
against the Unit or Units formerly owned by such Unit Owners shall have
Permitted Mortgages and liens upon the respective undivided shares of the Unit
Owners. All funds held by the Board of Managers shall be and continue to be held
for the Unit Owners in proportion to their undivided shares. The costs incurred
by the Board of Managers in connection with a termination shall be a General
Common Expense.
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(d) The members of the Board of Managers acting collectively as agent
for the Unit Owners shall continue to have such powers as in this Declaration
are granted with respect to the winding up of the affairs of the Condominium,
notwithstanding the Board of Managers or the Condominium may be dissolved upon
termination.
29. Covenants Running With the Land. All provisions of the Condominium
Documents shall be construed to be covenants running with the land and with
every part thereof and interest therein, and every Unit Owner and claimant of
the Property or the Building or any part thereof or interest therein and its
heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns
shall be bound by all of the provisions of the Condominium Documents.
30. Security. Each Unit Owner shall have the right to install such
security systems in its Unit as it deems proper, provided installation and
operation of any such system is in compliance with all applicable law and
regulations and does not adversely affect any other Unit Owner in the use of its
Unit.
31. Invalidity. The invalidity of any provision of this Declaration
shall not be deemed to impair or affect in any manner the validity,
enforceability or effect of the remainder of this Declaration and, in such
event, all of the other provisions of this Declaration shall continue in full
force and effect as if such invalid provision had never been included herein.
32. Waiver. No provision contained in this Declaration shall be deemed
to have been abrogated or waived by reason of any failure to enforce the same,
irrespective of the number of violations or breaches which may occur.
33. Captions. The captions herein are inserted only as a matter of
convenience and for reference, and in no way define, limit or describe the scope
of this Declaration or the intent of any provision hereof.
34. Gender. The use of the masculine gender in this Declaration shall be
deemed to refer to the feminine gender and the use of the singular shall be
deemed to refer to the plural, and vice versa, whenever the context so requires.
35. Estoppels. The Board of Managers, at any time, and from time to
time, upon at least thirty (30) days' prior notice by a Unit Owner, shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Unit Owner, and/or to any other Person
specified by the Unit Owner, a statement certifying the dates to which the
General Common Charges have been paid, and stating whether or not there exist
any known defaults
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by the Unit Owner under any of the Condominium Documents and, if so, specifying
each such known default.
36. Consents. (a) With respect to any provision in the Condominium
Documents requiring the consent of a Unit Owner, such Unit Owner shall have the
right, in its sole discretion, to withhold its consent for any reason or no
reason at all, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 36.
(b) The approval or consent of The Government, when required under the
provisions of Section 19(b)(x) or Section 20(c), may not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed except that with respect to an expenditure for a capital
improvement (but not a repair) to be made solely for aesthetic purposes, the
standard of reasonableness shall not apply. Any dispute as to whether The
Government acted reasonably shall be submitted to arbitration to the then
President of The Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. (or any organization which
is the successor thereto) or his or her designee, or if neither The Real Estate
Board of New York, Inc. nor any successor thereto is then in existence, to a
person appointed by a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, New York
County.
37. Further Assurances. Each Unit Owner shall, at the request of the
Board of Managers, execute, acknowledge and deliver such instruments and take
such action as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of the Condominium
Documents or to confirm or perfect any right to be created or transferred
hereunder.
38. Exculpation. No holder of any Permitted Mortgage, nor any of such
holder's officers, members, shareholders, employees, agents or directors, shall
have any personal liability hereunder in any capacity. No party shall have
recourse to any holder of a Permitted Mortgage other than to its interest in any
Unit.
39. Consent No Longer Required. Wherever the consent, approval or
permission of The Government or the holder of a Permitted Mortgage is required
under the Condominium Documents, including, without limitation, Section 20(d) of
this Declaration, such consent, approval or permission shall not be required
when The Government owns less than 51% of the rentable floor area of Unit 3 or
any part thereof or the holder of the Permitted Mortgage no longer holds the
pertinent mortgage, as the case may be.
40. Notices. All notices, approvals, requests, demands, consents and
other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the United States mail and
sent by postage prepaid, registered or certified mail, or by reputable overnight
courier,
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addressed to a Unit Owner (other than Declarant) at the address of the Building,
and addressed to Declarant at 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, President, or such other address as
Declarant may designate by notice to the Board of Managers, and addressed to the
Board of Managers at the address of the Building, Attention: President, or such
other address as the Board of Managers may designate by notice to all Unit
Owners.
41. Submission to Jurisdiction; Agent for Service of Process. The
Government hereby agrees that only the Federal courts of the United States
sitting in the Southern District of New York, the courts of the State of New
York sitting in the City of New York and the courts of Israel shall have
jurisdiction in respect of any legal action or proceeding brought against The
Government to enforce any obligation or liability of The Government arising
directly or indirectly from the Condominium Documents ("Proceedings"). In
respect of any such Proceeding which may be brought hereunder, The Government
irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the Federal courts of the United
States in the Southern District of New York, the courts of the State of New York
sitting in the City of New York and the courts of Israel and waives any right of
objection to the laying of venue in any such court, including, without
limitation, any objection on the basis of inconvenient forum. The Government
irrevocably agrees to be bound by any final judgment rendered thereby in
connection with any dispute arising directly or indirectly from the Condominium
Documents and any action to enforce The Government's obligations or liabilities
under the Condominium Documents from which no appeal has been taken or is
available.
The Government hereby appoints the Chief Fiscal Officer for the Western
Hemisphere of the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Israel, whose office
address is presently at 800 Second Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017, as
its authorized agent ("Authorized Agent") to receive on its behalf service of
process in any Proceeding which may be brought under the immediately preceding
paragraph of this Section 41 in a Federal court of the United States in the
Southern District of New York or in a New York State court in the City of New
York. Such appointment shall be irrevocable until the first anniversary of the
date on which The Government ceases to be a Unit Owner or unless and until a
successor shall have been appointed as The Government's Authorized Agent and
such successor shall have accepted such appointment. The Government agrees that
it will at all times maintain an Authorized Agent to receive such service, as
above provided. The failure of the Authorized Agent to give The Government
notice of the service of any process shall not affect the validity of any
Proceeding based on that process or any judgment obtained pursuant to it. The
Government will take any and all action, including the filing of any and all
documents and instruments,
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that may be necessary to continue such appointment or appointments in full force
and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent at the
address indicated in this Section 41, or at such other address in the Borough of
Manhattan in the City of New York, as may be the office of the Authorized Agent
at the time of such service, and written notice of such service to The
Government (mailed or delivered to The Government at the address set forth
above) hereof shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process
upon The Government. Upon receipt of such service of process the Authorized
Agent shall advise the Ambassador of Israel to the United States and the
Ministry of Finance of Israel promptly by telex of its receipt thereof, but the
failure to so advise shall have no effect on the validity or timeliness of any
such service. The Government irrevocably and expressly waives the diplomatic
immunity of Chief Fiscal Officer-Western Hemisphere of the Ministry of Finance
of the State of Israel with respect to the acceptance of the service of process
referred to herein pursuant to Article 32 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations.
In respect of any Proceedings which may be brought as provided in this
Section, The Government irrevocably agrees not to assert the defense of
immunity, on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise, from jurisdiction,
execution or attachment in aid of execution, personally and in respect of any of
its property, including, without limitation, Unit 3.
With respect to any Proceedings, neither the appointment of the
Authorized Agent nor the waivers agreed to in this Section shall be interpreted
to include actions brought under the United States Federal securities laws or
any State securities laws.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Declaration to be
executed this day of December, 1996.
AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
President
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State of New York )
: ss:
County of New York )
On this 12th day of December, 1996 before me personally came Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, to me known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he
resides at 000 Xxxxx Xx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, that he is the President of Ampal
Realty Corporation, the corporation described in and which executed the
foregoing instrument and that he signed his name thereto by order of the Board
of Directors of said corporation.
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Notary Public
XXXXX X. XXXXX
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 00-0000000
Qualified in Kings County
Certified Filed in New York County
Commission Expires February 28, 1998
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EXHIBIT A
DESCRIPTION OF LAND
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the
Borough of Manhattan, City, County and State of New York, bounded and described
as follows:
BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly aide of East
42nd Street with the easterly side of Second Avenue;
RUNNING THENCE Northerly along the easterly aide of Second Avenue, 200 feet 10
inches to the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of East
43rd Street with the easterly side of Second Avenue;
THENCE Easterly along the southerly side of East 43rd Street, 81 feet;
THENCE Southerly parallel with the easterly side of Second Avenue, 100 feet 5
inches to the center line of the block between Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx;
THENCE Westerly along said center line of the block, 6 inches;
THENCE Southerly again parallel with the easterly side of Second Avenue, 100
feet 5 inches to the northerly side of East 42nd Street;
and THENCE Westerly along said northerly side of East 42nd Street, 80 feet 6
inches to the point or place of BEGINNING.
TOGETHER with an easement for light and air over a portion of the premises next
abutting on the east which easement is contained in Liber 4937 Page 333, as
corrected in Liber 4945 Page 582, which such abutting premises are bounded and
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of East 42nd Street, distant 80 feet
6 inches easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly
side of East 42nd Street and the easterly side of Second Avenue;
RUNNING THENCE Northerly parallel with the easterly side of Second Avenue, 100
feet 5 inches to the center line of the block between Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx xxx Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx;
THENCE Easterly along the said center line, 6 inches;
THENCE Northerly again parallel with the easterly side of Second Avenue, 100
feet 5 inches to the southerly side of East 43rd Street;
THENCE Easterly along the southerly side of 43rd Street, 20 feet;
THENCE Southerly parallel with the easterly side of Second Avenue, 100 feet 5
inches to said center line of the block;
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EXHIBIT A (CONT'D)
THENCE Westerly along said center line of the block, 6 inches;
THENCE Southerly again parallel with the easterly side of Second Avenue, 100
feet 5 inches to the northerly side of East 42nd Street;
THENCE Westerly along said northerly side of East 42nd Street, 20 feet to the
point or place of BEGINNING.
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EXHIBIT B
DESCRIPTION OF BUILDING
The Building contains a cellar, 18 stories plus one story of mechanical
penthouse. The height of the Building is approximately 198 feet. Interior
construction is fireproof with reinforced concrete frame. The exterior of the
Building is masonry. Roof composition is concrete deck with waterproofing
membrane. The Building will be serviced by 5 passenger elevators and 2 freight
elevators.
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EXHIBIT C
LIST OF UNITS
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Unit Tax Lot Location in Building and Limited Common Elements to Which Unit Percentage
Designation Approximate Unit Area Common has Access Interest in
Elements Common
Elements
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Unit 1 1001 Portions of the cellar and first Truck loading dock and loading areas; 6.3%
(Retail) floors of the building consisting Elevator No. 3 and freight elevator
of 14,587 square located as adjacent to truck loading dock; lobby;
follows; cellar - 3,126 sq.ft.; all passages and corridors which are
first floor - 11,461 sq.ft. not limited common elements or part
of another unit; fire stairs; building
security, maintenance, telephone and
mechanical equipment rooms; Roof
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Unit 2 1002 All of the second through ninth 6,746 total Truck loading dock and loading areas; 49.8%
floors of the building consisting square feet Elevator No. 3 and freight elevator
of 115,069 square feet located adjacent to truck loading dock; lobby;
as follows; 2nd floor - 13,708 passenger elevators and toilets serving
sq.ft.; 3rd floor - 14,466 sq.ft.; floors 2 through 9; all passages and
4th floor - 14,513 sq.ft.; 5th corridors which are not limited
floor - 14,452 sq.ft.; 6th floor - common elements or part of another
14,513 sq.ft.; 7th floor - 14,452 unit; fire stairs; building security,
sq.ft.; 8th floor - 14,513 sq.ft.; maintenance, telephone and
9th floor - 14,452 sq.ft. mechanical equipment rooms; Roof
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Unit Tax Lot Location in Building and Limited Common Elements to Which Unit Percentage
Designation Approximate Unit Area Common has Access Interest in
Elements Common
Elements
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Unit 3 1003 Portions of the cellar, first and 7,897 total Truck loading dock and loading areas; 43.9%
all of the tenth through sq. ft. Elevator No. 3 and freight elevator
eighteenth floors of the building 2,511 sq. adjacent to truck loading dock; lobby;
consisting of 101,278 square ft. (roof at passenger elevators and toilets serving
feet located as follows: cellar 12th floor); floors 10 through 18; roof set back at
3,826 sq. ft; first floor - 1,066 211 sq. ft. 12th floor; all passages and corridors
sq. ft; 10th floor - 14,513 sq. ft; (elevator at which are not limited common
11th floor - 14,646 sq. ft; 12th roof) elements or part of another unit; fire
floor - 12,040 sq. ft; 13th floor stairs; building security; maintenance,
- 11,977 sq. ft; 14th floor - telephone and mechanical equipment
11,335 sq. ft; 15th floor - 8,967 rooms; Roof
sq. ft; 16th floor - 9,200 sq. ft;
17th floor - 6,854 sq. ft; 18th
floor - 6,854 sq. ft.
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SCHEDULE I
PERMITTED EXCEPTIONS
1. Zoning laws and regulations which are not violated by the existing
structures.
2. Consents by Seller or any former owner of the Property for the
erection of any structure or structures on, under or above any street or streets
on which the Property may abut.
3. Rights of utility companies to lay, maintain, install and repair
pipes, lines, poles, conduits, cable boxes and related equipment on, over and
under the Property, provided that none of such rights interferes with the
current use of the Property.
4. Encroachments of xxxxxx, areas, cellar steps, trim, cornices, lintels,
window xxxxx, awnings, canopies, ledges, fences, xxxxxx, coping and retaining
walls projecting from the Property over any street or highway or over any
adjoining property and similar encroachments projecting from adjoining property
on the Property.
5. Revocability or lack of right to maintain vaults, coal chutes,
excavations or sub-surface equipment beyond the line of the Property.
6. Variations between fences, lines of xxxxxx, retaining walls and the
record lines.
7. Any lien, charge or encumbrance which a tenant of the Property, by the
terms of its lease or by law or otherwise, is required to discharge, remove or
otherwise comply with; provided, however, that Seller shall agree in writing to
cause any such lien, charge or encumbrance to be discharged after the Closing.
8. The standard printed exceptions contained in the standard form of
owner's title insurance policy issued by CTIC.
9. Declaration of Condominium and By-Laws of 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Condominium.
10. State of facts shown on survey of the Property made by Xxxx. X.
Xxxxxxx dated June 10, 1957 and last brought to date by visual examination on
June 19, 1995 by Xxxxxxx Surveying, P.C., and any additional state of facts
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which a subsequent accurate, current survey would disclose provided such
additional state of facts does not render title unmarketable.
11. Terms, covenants and restrictions recorded in Liber 1087, Cp 586 and
Liber 1097, Cp 584.
12. Easement of Light and Air recorded in Liber 4937, Cp 333.
13. Distinctive Sidewalk Improvement and Maintenance Agreement dated July
10, 1992 and recorded in Reel 1915, page 1385, as modified by Modification of
Distinctive Sidewalk Improvement and Maintenance Agreement recorded in Reel
2091, page 511.
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SCHEDULE II
000 XXXXXX XXXXXX
PROPOSED 1997 CONDOMINIUM BUDGET SUMMARY COMPARISON
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[Illegible]
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1.0 Payroll Fringe & Benefits 311,000
2.0 Janitorial 23,700
3.0 Security 198,680
4.0 Utilities 823,933
5.0 Repairs & Maintenance 79,300
6.0 HVAC Repairs 39,640
7.0 Elevator Contract/Repairs 39,000
8.0 Miscellaneous Operating 30,194
9.0 Management Fees 70,000
10.0 Insurance 56,000
11.0 Professional Fees 32,200
12.0 Administrative 8,800
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TOTALS $1,712,447
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SCHEDULE III
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET
000 XXXXXX XXXXXX CONDOMINIUM
12/10/96 1997 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES BUDGET
ELEVATOR PROJECT $215,000***
AIR CONDITIONING 850,000
GRAND CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP 60,000
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TOTAL $1,125,000
*** - includes hydraulic freight
elevator-$80,000, alloc. 43.9% to
Israel, 56.1% to Ampal service elevator
$135,000, alloc. 30% to Israel, 70% to
Ampal
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BY-LAWS
of
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(Part 2 of the Declaration)
Kronish, Lieb, Wiener & Xxxxxxx LLP
Attorneys for Declarant
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
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I. Plan of Unit Ownership ................................................1
Section 1. Unit Ownership............................................1
Section 2. Applicability of By-Laws..................................1
Section 3. Application...............................................1
Section 4. Office....................................................1
II. Board of Managers......................................................1
Section 1. Number and Qualification..................................1
Section 2. Powers and Duties.........................................2
Section 3. Removal of Members of the Board of Managers...............2
Section 4. Organizational Meeting....................................2
Section 5. Regular Meetings..........................................2
Section 6. Special Meetings..........................................2
Section 7. Waiver of Notice..........................................2
Section 8. Quorum of Board of Managers...............................3
Section 9. Compensation..............................................3
Section 10. Liability of the Board of Managers........................3
Section 11. Good Faith Efforts........................................4
III. Unit Owners............................................................4
Section 1. Annual Meetings...........................................4
Section 2. Place of Meetings.........................................4
Section 3. Special Meetings..........................................4
Section 4. Notice of Meetings........................................4
Section 5. Adjournment of Meetings...................................4
Section 6. Title to Units............................................5
Section 7. Voting....................................................5
Section 8. Quorum....................................................6
Section 9. Action Without Meeting....................................6
IV. Officers...............................................................6
Section 1. Designation...............................................6
Section 2. Election of Officers......................................6
Section 3. Removal of Officers.......................................6
Section 4. Vacancies.................................................6
Section 5. President.................................................6
Section 6. Vice President............................................7
Section 7. Secretary.................................................7
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Section 8. Treasurer.................................................7
Section 9. Agreements, Contracts, Deeds, Check, etc..................7
Section 10. Compensation of Officers..................................7
V. Operation of the Property..............................................7
Section 1. Determination of General Common Expenses and Fixing of
General Common Charges..................................7
Section 2. Payment of General Common Charges and Unit Expenses.......8
Section 3. Collection of General Common Charges and Unit Expenses....8
Section 4. Foreclosure of Liens for Unpaid General Common Charges or
Unit Expenses............................................8
Section 5. Statement of General Common Charges and Unit Expenses.....9
Section 6. Water and Electricity.....................................9
Section 7. Taxes and Assessments....................................10
Section 8. Service Contracts........................................10
Section 9. Arbitration..............................................10
VI. Fiscal Year...........................................................11
VII. Execution of Instruments..............................................11
VIII. Rules and Regulations.................................................11
IX. Mortgages.............................................................12
Section 1. Performance by Permitted Mortgagees......................12
Section 2. Examination of Books.....................................12
Section 3. Consent of Permitted Mortgagees..........................12
Section 4. Provisions Relating to Permitted Mortgagees..............12
X. Records...............................................................13
XI. Miscellaneous.........................................................13
Section 1. Notices..................................................13
Section 2. Invalidity...............................................14
Section 3. Captions.................................................14
Section 4. Gender...................................................14
Section 5. Waiver...................................................14
Section 6. Consent No Longer Required...............................14
XII. Amendments to By-Laws.................................................14
XIII. Conflicts.............................................................15
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BY-LAWS
OF
000 XXXXXX XXXXXX CONDOMINIUM
ARTICLE I.
Plan of Unit Ownership
Section 1. Unit Ownership. The land situated in the Borough of Manhattan,
City, County and State of New York more particularly described in Exhibit A of
the Declaration executed by Ampal Realty Corporation and recorded in the Office
of the Register of the City of New York, New York County simultaneously herewith
(hereinafter called the "Declaration"), and the Building constructed on said
land have been submitted to the provisions of the Condominium Act by the
Declaration and are known as 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Condominium (hereinafter called
the "Condominium"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Declaration.
Section 2. Applicability of By-Laws. The provisions of these By-Laws are
applicable to the Property and to the use and occupancy thereof.
Section 3. Application. All present and future owners, mortgagees, tenants
and occupants of Units and their employees, and any other persons who may use
the facilities of the Property in any manner, are subject to these By-Laws, the
Declaration and the Rules and Regulations adopted by the Board of Managers, each
as amended from time to time.
The acceptance of a deed or conveyance or the entering into of a lease or
the act of occupancy of a Unit shall constitute an agreement that these By-Laws,
the provisions of the Declaration and the Rules and Regulations, as they may be
amended from time to time, are accepted, ratified and will be complied with.
Section 4. Office. The office of the Condominium and the Board of Managers
shall be located at the Property or at such other place as may be designated by
the Board of Managers from time to time.
ARTICLE II.
Board of Managers
Section 1. Number and Qualification. The affairs of the Condominium shall
be governed by a Board of Managers consisting of seven members. No member of the
Board of
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Managers need be a Unit Owner. Subject to these By-Laws, each member shall hold
office until the next annual meeting of Unit Owners and thereafter until his
successor is duly designated or elected and qualified. Each member of the Board
of Managers shall have one vote.
Section 2. Powers and Duties. The Board of Managers shall have the powers
and duties granted to it by the Declaration and the Condominium Act.
Section 3. Removal of Members of the Board of Managers. The members of the
Board of Managers may be removed at any time, with or without cause, at the
pleasure of the Board of Managers. If any member shall be so removed, a new
member shall be elected by the Unit Owners at a special meeting called for such
purpose.
Section 4. Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of the members of the
Board of Managers following the annual meeting of the Unit Owners shall be held
within ten (10) days thereafter, at such time and place as shall be fixed by a
majority of the members of the Board of Managers elected by the Unit Owners and
no notice shall be necessary to the newly elected members of the Board of
Managers in order legally to constitute such meeting, providing a majority of
the whole Board of Managers elected by the Unit Owners shall be present thereat.
Section 5. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Managers may
be held at such time and place as shall be determined from time to time by a
majority of the members of the Board of Managers. Notice of regular meetings of
the Board of Managers shall be given by the Secretary to each member of the
Board of Managers, by mail or facsimile transmission, at least 10 business days
prior to the day named for such meeting, and shall specify the purposes of such
meeting and state whether the items on the agenda at such meeting will be voted
upon at such meeting.
Section 6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Managers may
be called by any member of the Board of Managers on 5 business days' notice to
each member of the Board of Managers, given by mail or facsimile transmission,
which notice shall state the time, place and purpose of the meeting and state
whether the items on the agenda at such meeting will be voted upon at such
meeting.
Section 7. Waiver of Notice. Any member of the Board of Managers may at any
time waive notice of any meeting of the Board of Managers in writing, and such
waiver shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance by a
member of the Board of Managers at any meeting of the Board shall constitute a
waiver of notice by him of the time and place thereof. Any one or more members
of the Board of Managers or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting
of the Board or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar
communications equipment allowing all persons present at the meeting to hear
each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute
presence in
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person at a meeting. If all the members of the Board of Managers are present at
any meeting of the Board, no notice shall be required and any business may be
transacted at such meeting.
Section 8. Quorum of Board of Managers. At all meetings of the Board of
Managers, a majority of the members thereof shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business; provided, however, so long as a Unit Owner has the
right to designate one or more members of the Board of Managers pursuant to
Section 7 of Article III, at least one designated member representing such Unit
Owner must be present in order to constitute a quorum. If at any meeting of the
Board of Managers there shall be less than a quorum present, the members present
at such meeting shall adjourn the meeting and shall give at least five business
days' notice to all members of any rescheduled meeting. In the event that there
shall be less than a quorum present at any meeting of the Board of Managers
because a member representing a Unit Owner having the right to designate one or
more members of the Board of Managers was not present thereat and, as a result,
such meeting was adjourned, then a majority of the members of the Board of
Managers shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such
rescheduled meeting, whether or not a member representing such Unit Owner is
present, provided that at least five business days' notice of such rescheduled
meeting was given to all members. At any such adjourned meeting at which a
quorum is present, any business which might have been transacted at the meeting
originally called may be transacted without further notice. Decisions of the
Board of Managers shall be made by the vote of a majority of the members of the
Board of Managers. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of
Managers or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members
of the Board of Managers or the committee consent in writing to the adoption of
a resolution authorizing such action, and the writing or writings are filed with
the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or the committee.
Section 9. Compensation. No member of the Board of Managers shall receive
any compensation from the Condominium for acting as such.
Section 10. Liability of the Board of Managers. The members of the Board of
Managers shall not be liable to the Unit Owners for any mistake of judgment,
negligence or otherwise, except for their own individual willful misconduct or
bad faith. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Unit Owners shall
indemnify and hold harmless each of the members of the Board of Managers against
all liability to others arising from their acts as, or by reason of the fact
that such person was, a member of the Board of Managers except in the case of
the willful misconduct or bad faith of such member. It is intended that the
members of the Board of Managers shall have no personal liability with respect
to any contract made by them on behalf of the Condominium within the scope of
their authority. It is also intended that the liability of any Unit Owner
arising out of any contract made by the Board of Managers or out of the
aforesaid indemnity in favor of the members of the Board of Managers shall be
limited to such proportion of the total liability thereunder as its interest in
the Common Elements bears to the interests of all the Unit Owners in the Common
Elements. Every agreement made by the Board of Managers or by the managing agent
on behalf of the Condominium shall provide that the members of the Board of
Managers or the managing
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agent, as the case may be, are acting only as agents for the Unit Owners who
elected them and shall have no personal liability thereunder (except as Unit
Owners) and that any liability thereunder of a Unit Owner shall be limited to
such proportion of the total liability thereunder as its interest in the Common
Elements bears to the interest of all the Unit Owners in the Common Elements.
Section 11. Good Faith Efforts. Each Unit Owner shall use good faith
efforts to effectuate the purpose of the Declaration and these By-Laws.
ARTICLE III.
Unit Owners
Section 1. Annual Meetings. The first annual meeting of the Unit Owners
shall be held within 10 days following the date of filing of the Declaration.
Annual meetings of Unit Owners shall be held on the second Monday in January
annually thereafter commencing in the second January next following such annual
meeting.
Section 2. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Unit Owners shall be held at
the principal office of the Condominium or at any other such suitable place
convenient to the Unit Owners as may be designated by the Board of Managers.
Section 3. Special Meetings. It shall be the duty of the President to call
a special meeting of the Unit Owners upon proper notice if so directed by
resolution of the Board of Managers or upon the request of a Unit Owner signed
and presented to the Secretary. The notice of any special meeting shall state
the time and place of such meeting and the purpose thereof. No business shall be
transacted at a special meeting except as stated in the notice.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to
mail a notice of each annual or special meeting of the Unit Owners, at least
five but not more than forty days prior to such meeting, stating the purpose
thereof as well as the time and place where it is to be held, to each Unit Owner
of record, at the Building or at such other address as such Unit Owner shall
have designated by notice in writing to the Secretary. If the purpose of any
meeting shall be to act upon a proposed amendment to the Declaration or to these
By-Laws, the notice of meeting shall be mailed at least 10 days prior to such
meeting and shall be accompanied by a copy of the text of the proposed
amendment. The mailing of a notice of meeting in the manner provided in this
Section shall be considered service of notice. Notice of any meeting need not be
given to a Unit Owner who submits a signed waiver of notice, in person or by
proxy, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends a meeting, in person
or by proxy.
Section 5. Adjournment of Meetings. If any meeting of Unit Owners cannot be
held because a quorum has not attended, any Unit Owner who is present at such
meeting, either in
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person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting to a time not less than forty-eight
(48) hours from the time the original meeting was called unless the subject of
such meeting is an "emergency."
Section 6. Title to Units. Title to Units may be taken in the name of an
individual or in the names of two or more persons, as tenants in common or as
joint tenants or in the name of a corporation, limited liability company, or
partnership, or in the name of a fiduciary or any other entity capable of taking
title to a Unit (except that title may be taken in the name of a foreign
government only if it executes and delivers to the Board of Managers a written
agreement not to assert the defense of sovereign immunity, in form and substance
acceptable to the Board of Managers and counsel to the Condominium).
Section 7. Voting.
(a) The total number of votes of the Unit Owners shall be one hundred and
subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of this Section 7 each Unit Owner
shall have one vote for each one percent (rounded to the nearest whole number)
of interest in the Common Elements appurtenant to its Unit.
(b) Each Unit Owner may empower any person to vote as the Proxy of such
Unit Owner at any meeting of Unit Owners by written proxy or authorization filed
with the Secretary. Such written proxy or authorization, unless specially
limited by its terms, shall remain effective until there shall be filed with the
Secretary a written revocation of the same or a written proxy or authorization
of later date.
(c) So long as Declarant or an Affiliate of Declarant continues to own the
following percentages of interests in the Common Elements, Declarant shall have
the right to designate the following number of members of the Board of Managers:
More than 50% 4 members
25% up to and including 50% 3 members
15% up to but not including 25% 2 members
10% up to but not including 15% 1 member
(d) So long as The Government of Israel ("The Government") continues to own
the following percentages of interests in the Common Elements, The Government
shall have the right to designate the following number of members of the Board
of Managers:
25% or more 3 members
15% up to but not including 25% 2 members
10% up to but not including 15% 1 member
(e) If the number of members of the Board of Managers designated pursuant
to subsections (c) and (d) is less than seven, the remaining members of the
Board of Managers
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shall be elected by the Unit Owners. Each Unit Owner (including any Unit Owner
who has the right to designate members of the Board of Managers) shall have the
right to vote for any member(s) of the Board of Managers to be elected. A Unit
Owner may cast all of its votes for one candidate or may split its vote among
several candidates.
Section 8. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws or the
Declaration, the presence in person or by proxy of 51% of all Unit Owners
entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Unit Owners.
Section 9. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be
taken by the Unit Owners may be taken without a meeting if the Unit Owners
consent in writing to the adoption of a resolution authorizing such action and
the writing or writings are filed with the records of the Condominium.
ARTICLE IV.
Officers
Section 1. Designation. The principal officers of the Condominium shall be
the President, the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer, all of whom
shall be elected by the Board of Managers. The Board of Managers may appoint an
assistant treasurer, an assistant secretary, and such other persons as in its
judgment may be necessary. Any two or more offices may be held by the same
Person, except that no Person may hold the offices of both President and
Secretary.
Section 2. Election of Officers. The officers of the Condominium shall be
elected annually by the Board of Managers at the organization meeting of each
new Board of Managers and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of
Managers. No officer, except the President, need be a member of the Board of
Managers. No officer need be a Unit Owner.
Section 3. Removal of Officers. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of
the members of the Board of Managers, any officer may be removed, either with or
without cause, and his successor may be elected at any regular meeting of the
Board of Managers, or at any special meeting of the Board of Managers called for
such purpose.
Section 4. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office may be filled by
the Board of Managers.
Section 5. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of
the Condominium and shall be a member of the Board of Managers. He shall preside
at all meetings of the Unit Owners and the Board of Managers. He shall have all
of the general
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powers and duties which are incident to the office of president of a stock
corporation organized under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New
York.
Section 6. Vice President. The Vice President shall take the place of the
President and perform his duties whenever the President shall be absent or
unable to act. If neither the President nor the Vice President is able to act,
the Board of Managers shall appoint some other member of the Board of Managers
to act in the place of the President, on an interim basis. The Vice President
shall also perform such other duties as shall from time to time be imposed upon
him by the Board of Managers or by the President.
Section 7. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings
of the Unit Owners and of the Board of Managers; he shall have charge of such
books and papers as the Board of Managers may direct; and he shall, in general,
perform all the duties incident to the office of secretary of a stock
corporation organized under the Business Corporation law of the State of New
York.
Section 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the responsibility for
Condominium funds and securities and shall be responsible for keeping full and
accurate financial records and books of account showing all receipts and
disbursements, and for the preparation of all required financial data. He shall
be responsible for the deposit of all moneys and other valuable effects in the
name of the Board of Managers, or the managing agent, in such depositories as
may from time to time be designated by the Board of Managers, and he shall, in
general, perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer of a stock
corporation organized under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New
York.
Section 9. Agreements, Contracts, Deeds, Check, etc. All agreements,
contracts, deeds, leases, checks and other instruments of the Condominium shall
be executed by such officers of the Condominium or by such other person or
persons as may be designated by the Board of Managers.
Section 10. Compensation of Officers. No officer shall receive any
compensation from the Condominium for acting as such.
ARTICLE V.
Operation of the Property
Section 1. Determination of General Common Expenses and Fixing of General
Common Charges. Subject to Section 20(d) of the Declaration, The Board of
Managers shall annually prepare an operating budget in accordance with the
provisions of the Declaration, determine the amount of the General Common
Charges payable by the Unit Owners to meet the General Common Expenses and
assess the General Common Expenses among the Unit Owners in proportion to their
respective common interests; provided, however, that
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(notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Declaration) if in
any case apportionment in such proportion would be inequitable, the General
Common Expense in question shall be apportioned to each Unit Owner in such other
proportion as shall be fair and equitable. If any Unit Owner shall dispute any
apportionment made by the Board of Managers, such Unit Owner and the Board of
Managers shall use good faith efforts to agree on such apportionment at the
earliest practicable time, but if they shall fail to agree the matter shall at
the request of such Unit Owner be determined by arbitration in the manner
specified in Section 9 of this Article 5. The Board of Managers shall advise the
Unit Owners promptly, in writing, of the amount of General Common Charges
payable by each of them, respectively, as determined by the Board of Managers,
as aforesaid, and shall furnish copies of each budget on which the General
Common Charges and General Common Expenses are based, to the Unit Owners (and
the holders of Permitted Mortgages, if required). That portion of the General
Common Charges which is allocated by the Board of Managers to principal payments
on indebtedness or for capital improvements shall be treated on the books of the
Condominium as capital contributions.
Section 2. Payment of General Common Charges and Unit Expenses. Unit Owners
shall be obligated to pay the General Common Charges and Unit Expenses assessed
by the Board of Managers at such time or times as the Board of Managers shall
determine. A grantee of a Unit shall be jointly and severally liable with the
grantor of such Unit for the payment of General Common Charges assessed against
such Unit prior to the grantee's acquisition of such Unit without prejudice to
the grantee's right to recover from the grantor the amounts paid by the grantor
thereof. However, any such grantor or grantee shall be entitled to a statement
from the Board of Managers setting forth the amount of the unpaid General Common
Charges and Unit Expenses of the grantor, and neither such grantor nor such
grantee shall be liable for, nor shall the Unit conveyed be subject to a lien
for, any unpaid General Common Charges or Unit Expenses of the grantor in excess
of the amount therein set forth.
Section 3. Collection of General Common Charges and Unit Expenses. The
Board of Managers shall assess General Common Charges against the Unit Owners on
a monthly basis and shall take prompt action to collect any General Common
Charges or Unit Expenses due from any Unit Owner which remain unpaid for more
than 30 days from the due date for payment thereof.
Section 4. Foreclosure of Liens for Unpaid General Common Charges or Unit
Expenses. In any action brought by the Board of Managers to foreclose a lien on
a Unit because of unpaid General Common Charges or Unit Expenses, the Unit Owner
shall be required to pay a reasonable rental for the use of his Unit and the
plaintiff in such foreclosure action shall be entitled to the appointment of a
receiver to collect the same. A suit to recover a money judgment for unpaid
General Common Charges or Unit Expenses shall be maintainable without
foreclosing or waiving the lien securing the same.
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Section 5. Statement of General Common Charges and Unit Expenses. The Board
of Managers (or a managing agent on its behalf) shall promptly provide any Unit
Owner so requesting the same in writing, with a written statement of all unpaid
General Common Charges and Unit Expenses due from such Unit Owner.
Section 6. Water and Electricity.
(a) Electricity will be supplied to the Building by the public utility
company serving the area. The Board of Managers shall pay the cost of such
electricity and shall charge the cost (which may include direct costs to the
utility company providing such service to the Building, surcharges thereon, all
taxes thereon, actual costs incurred by the Board of Managers to read submeters
and taxes imposed with respect to the service rendered to read submeters and to
collect the charge for electricity) as follows:
1. The cost of electricity consumed or used within a Unit, as
recorded on one or more submeters measuring consumption of
electricity within such Unit, shall be charged to the Unit Owner
of such Unit as a Unit Expense.
2. The cost of electricity supplied to a Limited Common Element will
be charged to the owner of the Unit having the right of use
thereof as a Unit Expense.
3. The cost of electricity for the General Common Elements will be
charged as a General Common Expense.
Any Unit Owner may elect to contract directly with the public utility
company furnishing electric service to the Building for electric service to its
Unit by giving written notice of such election to the Board of Managers. If a
Unit Owner so elects, such Unit Owner shall contract directly with the public
utility company furnishing electric service to the Building for electric service
to its Unit and install, at such Unit Owner's expense, a separate meter or
meters to measure such Unit Owner's consumption of electricity.
The Board of Managers shall not be liable in any way to any Unit Owner for
any failure of, defect in, interruption of, or change in the supply, character
and/or quantity of electric service furnished to the Building.
(b) Water for ordinary lavatory purposes will be supplied to all the Units,
and unless Unit Owners are billed directly by the City Collector or the
consumption of water is separately metered, the Board of Managers shall pay, as
a General Common Expense, all charges therefor, together with all related sewer
rents arising therefrom, promptly after the bills therefor have been rendered.
In the event of a sale of a Unit, the Board of Managers (or the managing agent
on its behalf) on request of the selling Unit Owner shall execute and deliver to
the purchaser of the Unit or to the purchaser's title insurance company a letter
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agreeing to pay all charges for water for ordinary lavatory purposes and related
sewer rents affecting the Unit as of the date of closing of title to such Unit,
and payable by the Board of Managers, promptly after such charges shall have
been billed by the City Collector.
Section 7. Taxes and Assessments. Each Unit Owner shall be obligated to
cause the real property taxes for its Unit and the common interest appertaining
thereto to be assessed separately by the proper governmental authority and to
pay all such real property taxes so determined directly to the proper
governmental authority. The foregoing sentence shall apply to all types of taxes
which now are or may hereafter be assessed separately by law on each Unit and
the common interest appertaining thereto or the personal property or any other
interest of the Unit Owner, including without limitation any assessment imposed
by the 42nd Street Business Improvement District or any successor thereto. Each
Unit Owner shall execute such documents and take such action as may be
reasonably specified by the Board of Managers to facilitate dealing with the
proper governmental authority regarding such taxes, other taxes and assessments.
Each Unit Owner shall be obligated to pay, as General Common Charges, a
proportionate share (determined in accordance with its common interest) of any
assessment by the Board of Managers for any portion of taxes or assessments,
including, without limitation, any assessment imposed by the 42nd Street
Business Improvement District or any successor thereto, assessed against the
entire Property or any part of the Common Elements as a whole and not
separately, such payment to be made as directed by the Board of Managers. If, in
the opinion of the Board of Managers, any taxes or assessments may be a lien on
the entire Property or any part of the Common Elements, the Board of Managers
may pay such taxes or assessments and shall assess the same to the Unit Owners
in accordance with their respective common interests.
Section 8. Service Contracts. Each Unit Owner shall have the right at its
sole expense to enter into contracts for security and maintenance of fixtures
and equipment in its Unit and for cleaning and the removal of refuse therefrom,
provided, however, that in each instance the contractor shall first be approved
by the Board of Managers, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
Section 9. Arbitration.
(a) Any dispute under Section 1 of Article V shall be submitted to
arbitration to the then President of The Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. (or
any organization which is the successor thereto) or his or her designee, or if
neither The Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. or any successor thereto is then
in existence, to a person appointed by a Justice of the New York State Supreme
Court, County of New York.
(b) The provisions of this Section 9 constitute a written agreement
regarding the determination of disputes concerning the proper apportionment of
General Common Expenses.
(c) The arbitration decision, determined as provided in this Section 9,
shall be conclusive and binding on all Unit Owners and the Board of Managers,
shall constitute an
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"award" by the Arbitrator within the meaning of applicable law, and judgment may
be entered thereon in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) The non-prevailing party in any arbitration shall pay all fees and
expenses relating to the arbitration including, without limitation, the fees and
expense of the Arbitrator and the appropriate amount (as determined by the
Arbitrator) of the fees and expenses of the prevailing party's counsel and of
experts and witnesses retained or called by the prevailing party.
ARTICLE VI.
Fiscal Year
The fiscal year shall be the calendar year unless the Board of Managers
shall adopt a different period.
ARTICLE VII.
Execution of Instruments
After the effective date of the Declaration, all instruments of the
Condominium shall be signed and executed by such officer or officers as the
Board of Managers shall designate.
ARTICLE VIII.
Rules and Regulations
The initial Rules and Regulations governing the operation and maintenance
of the Property are attached to these By-Laws. The Board of Managers shall have
the right at any time and from time to time to amend or repeal any or all of the
Rules and Regulations and to adopt additional Rules and Regulations. Any such
amendment, repeal or adoption of Rules and Regulations shall require the
affirmative vote of five members of the Board of Managers. In promulgating Rules
and Regulations with respect to matters of access to the Building, hours of
operation, security and like matters, due consideration shall be given to the
fact that a portion of a Unit Owner's activities are expected to occur in the
evenings or on weekends. No Rule or Regulation shall unreasonably or
discriminatorily in any material respect whatsoever restrict or impair (directly
or indirectly or through discriminatory special assessments or charges) the
rights of any Unit Owner. No amendment to the initial Rules and Regulations and
no additional Rules and Regulations shall become effective until a copy thereof
has been furnished to each Unit Owner.
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ARTICLE IX.
Mortgages
Section 1. Performance by Permitted Mortgagees. The Board of Managers shall
accept payment of any sum or performance or any act by the holder of a Permitted
Mortgage affecting a Unit which is required to be paid or performed by the Unit
Owner of such Unit pursuant to the Declaration or these By-Laws or any rules and
regulations adopted by the Board of Managers, with the same force and effect as
though paid or performed by such Unit Owner.
Section 2. Examination of Books. Each holder of a Permitted Mortgage shall
be permitted to examine the books of account of the Condominium at reasonable
times, on business days, but not more often than once a month.
Section 3. Consent of Permitted Mortgagees. Except as otherwise expressly
provided for herein or in the Declaration, no consent or approval by any
Permitted Mortgagee shall be required with respect to any determination or act
of the Board of Managers or any Unit Owner; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit or affect the rights of any Permitted
Mortgagee against its mortgagor.
Section 4. Provisions Relating to Permitted Mortgagees. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the Declaration, these By-Laws or the
Condominium Act:
(a) The Board of Managers shall promptly send to the holder of each
Permitted Mortgage a copy of each notice with respect to the Condominium sent to
or received from a Unit Owner by the Board of Managers, which affects the
property, Unit or Units encumbered by such mortgage.
(b) Without, in each case, the prior consent of the holder of each
Permitted Mortgage, the Property shall not be withdrawn from the Condominium Act
or be subject to an action for partition.
(c) If the holder of any Permitted Mortgage acquires the Property or any
portion thereof (including, without limitation, one or more Units) by
foreclosure or by deed in lieu of foreclosure, neither such holder nor any
successor or assignee of such holder, as owner of the Property or any portion
thereof, shall be liable to the Board of Managers or to any Unit Owner for any
claims arising prior to foreclosure or delivery of the deed in lieu of
foreclosure that the Board of Managers or any Unit Owner may have against the
former owner or owners of the Property, and further provided that the liability
of such holder and its successors or assigns for General Common Charges and Unit
Expenses accruing after foreclosure or delivery of the deed in lieu of
foreclosure shall be limited to its (their) interest in the Units.
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(d) The holder of each Permitted Mortgage is intended to be, and is hereby
expressly made, a third party beneficiary of the provisions of this Article IX
and each such holder may rely thereon to the same extent as if such provisions
were contained in a direct agreement with such holder.
ARTICLE X.
Records
The Board of Managers shall keep detailed records of the actions of the
Board of Managers, minutes of the meetings of the Board of Managers, minutes of
the meetings of the Unit Owners, and financial records and books of account of
the Condominium, including a chronological listing of receipts and expenditures,
as well as a separate account for each Unit which, among other things, shall
contain the amount of each assessment of General Common Charges against such
Unit, the date when due, the amounts paid thereon, and the balance remaining
unpaid. Each Unit Owner and each holder of a Permitted Mortgage shall have the
right to examine the records and books of the Condominium at reasonable
intervals during regular business hours.
An annual report of the receipts and expenditures of the Condominium,
audited by an independent certified public accountant, shall be rendered by the
Board of Managers to the Unit Owners and to all holders of Permitted Mortgages
who have requested the same, promptly after the end of each fiscal year. The
cost of such report shall be paid by the Board of Managers as a General Common
Expense. So long as Declarant or an Affiliate of Declarant is the owner of 25%
or more of the rentable floor area of the Building, Declarant shall have the
sole right to designate the accountants for the Condominium.
ARTICLE XI.
Miscellaneous
Section 1. Notices. All notices hereunder shall be sent by registered or
certified mail to the Board of Managers at the office of the Board of Managers
or to such other address as the Board of Managers may hereafter designate from
time to time and to any Unit Owner by registered or certified mail to the
Building or to such other address or addresses as may have been designated by it
from time to time, in writing, to the Board of Managers. All notices to holders
of Permitted Mortgages and to tenants and subtenants of Units shall be sent by
registered or certified mail to their respective addresses, as designated by
them from time to time, in writing, to the Board of Managers. All notices shall
be deemed to have been given two business days after being mailed, except
notices of change of address which shall be deemed to have been given when
received.
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Section 2. Invalidity. The invalidity of any provision of these By-Laws
shall not be deemed to impair or affect in any manner the validity,
enforceability or effect of the remainder of these By-Laws and, in such event,
all of the other provisions of these By-Laws shall continue in full force and
effect as if such invalid provision had never been included herein.
Section 3. Captions. The captions herein are inserted only as a matter of
convenience and for reference, and in no way define, limit, or describe the
scope of these By- Laws, or the intent of any provision thereof.
Section 4. Gender. The use of the masculine gender in these By-Laws shall
be deemed to refer to the feminine gender and the use of the singular shall be
deemed to refer to the plural, and vice versa, whenever the context so requires.
Section 5. Waiver. No provision contained in these By-Laws shall be deemed
to have been abrogated or waived by reason of any failure to enforce the same,
irrespective of the number of violations or breaches thereof which may occur.
Section 6. Consent No Longer Required. Wherever the consent, approval or
permission of The Government or the holder of a Permitted Mortgage is required
under the Condominium Documents, such consent, approval or permission shall not
be required when The Government owns less than 51% of the rentable floor area of
Unit 3 or any part thereof or the holder of the Permitted Mortgage no longer
holds the pertinent mortgage, as the case may be.
ARTICLE XII.
Amendments to By-Laws
These By-Laws may be modified or amended only by an amendment to the
Declaration (i) approved by the vote of at least 51% in common interest of all
Unit Owners, cast in person or by proxy at a meeting duly held in accordance
with the provisions of these By-Laws and (ii) duly recorded in the Register's
Office of the City of New York, County of New York, provided, however, that (w)
an amendment reflecting the subdivision or recombination of a Unit in accordance
with Section 5(c) of the Declaration may be made by the affected Unit Owner or
Unit Owners without the consent of the unaffected Unit Owners or the Board of
Managers, (x) paragraph (c) of Section 7 of Article III may not be modified,
amended or deleted without the written consent of Declarant, (y) paragraph (d)
of Section 7 of Article III may not be modified, amended or deleted without the
written consent of The Government, and (z) Section 8 of Article II, paragraph
(e) of Section 7 of Article III, Article VIII, Section 6 of Article XI and this
Article XII may not be modified, amended or deleted without the written consent
of Declarant and The Government.
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ARTICLE XIII.
Conflicts
These By-Laws are set forth to comply with the requirements of the
Condominium Act. In case any of these By-Laws conflict with the provisions of
said statute or of the Declaration, the provisions of said statute, or the
Declaration, as the case may be, shall control.
The Floor Plans referred to in the foregoing Declaration were filed in the
Office of the City Register, County of New York, on ________________, 1996 as
Condominium Plan No. __________.
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RULES AND REGULATIONS
(1) The sidewalks, entrances, passages, courts, elevators, vestibules,
stairways, corridors, or halls shall not be obstructed or encumbered or used for
any purpose other than ingress and egress to and from the Premises and for
delivery of merchandise and equipment in prompt and efficient manner, using
elevators and passageways designated for such delivery by the Board of Managers.
(2) No awnings, fans or other projections shall be attached to the outside
walls of the Building above the ground floor. No curtains, blinds, shades, or
screens, other than those which conform to Building standards as established by
the Board of Managers, from time to time, shall be attached to or hung in, or
used in connection with, any window or door of the Building above the ground
floor, without the prior written consent of the Board of Managers, which shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such awnings, projections, curtains,
blinds, shades, screens or other fixtures must be of a quality, type, design and
color, and attached in the manner reasonably approved by the Board of Managers.
(3) The exterior windows and doors that reflect or admit light and air into
the Building or the halls, passage ways or other public places in the Building,
shall not be covered or obstructed.
(4) No showcases or other articles shall be put in front of or affixed to
any part of the exterior of the Building, nor placed in the halls, corridors or
vestibules, nor shall any article obstruct any air-conditioning supply or
exhaust without the prior written consent of the Board of Managers.
(5) The water and wash closets and other plumbing fixtures shall not be
used for any purposes other than those for which they were constructed, and no
sweepings, rubbish, rags, acids or other substances shall be deposited therein.
(6) Subject to the provisions of Section 15 of the Declaration, no Unit
Owner shall xxxx, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any part of the
Building. No boring, cutting or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except
with the prior written consent of the Board of Managers, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and as Landlord may direct.
(7) No space in the Building shall be used for manufacturing.
(8) No Unit Owner shall make, or permit to be made, any unseemly or
disturbing noises or disturb or interfere with occupants of the Building or
neighboring buildings or premises or those having business with them whether by
the use of any musical instrument,
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radio, television set, talking machine, unmusical noise, whistling, singing, or
in any other way.
(9) No Unit Owner, nor any of its employees, tenants, subtenants, agents,
visitors or licensees, shall at any time bring or keep in the Building any
flammable, combustible or explosive fluid, chemical or substance except such as
are incidental to usual office occupancy, provided, however, such items are
stored in approved containers in compliance with all applicable laws and
regulations of governmental authorities.
(10) No bicycles, vehicles (other than those devices required for disabled
or handicapped persons, such as wheelchairs or similar devices) or animals of
any kind except for seeing eye dogs and fish kept in fish tanks shall be brought
into or kept by any Unit Owner in or about the Building.
(11) All removals, or the carrying in or out of any safes, freight,
furniture or bulky matter of any description must take place in the manner and
during the hours which the Board of Managers or its agent reasonably may
determine from time to time. The Board of Managers reserves the right to inspect
all safes, freight or other bulky articles to be brought into the Building and
to exclude from the Building all safes, freight or other bulky articles which
violate any of these Rules and Regulations.
(12) No Unit Owner shall occupy or permit any portion of the Building to be
occupied for the possession, storage, manufacture or sale of narcotics.
(13) No Unit Owner shall purchase spring water, ice, towels or other like
service, or accept barbering or bootblacking services in the Building, from any
company or persons not approved by the Board of Manager, which approval shall
not be withheld or delayed unreasonably, and at hours and under regulations
other than as reasonably fixed by the Board of Managers.
(14) The Board of Managers reserves the right to exclude from the Building
all persons who do not present a pass (if required) to the Building signed or
approved by the Board of Managers. Each Unit Owner shall be responsible for all
persons for whom a pass shall be issued at the request of such Unit Owner and
shall be liable to the Board of Managers and all other Unit Owners.
(15) The requirements of a Unit Owner will be attended to only upon written
application at the office of the Building. Building employees shall not perform
any work or do anything outside of their regular duties, unless under special
instructions from the Board of Managers or its agent, and provided the Unit
Owner pays the then Building standard rates fixed by the Board of Managers.
(16) Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the Building is prohibited and
Unit Owners shall cooperate to prevent the same, including, but not limited to,
providing the Board
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of Managers or its agent with notice of any such acts when a Unit Owner becomes
aware of same.
(17) There shall not be used in any space, or in the public halls of the
Building, either by a Unit Owner or by jobbers or others, in the delivery or
receipt of merchandise, any hand trucks, except those equipped with rubber tires
and side guards.
(18) The Unit Owners of Unit 2 and Unit 3 shall not do any cooking, conduct
any restaurant, luncheonette or cafeteria for the sale or service of food or
beverages except (a) by the Unit Owner solely to its employees or (b) by any
Unit Owner or occupant of a Unit (or portion thereof) which is a private club
solely to the members of such club. The Unit Owners of Unit 2 and Unit 3 shall
not cause or permit any odors of cooking or other processes or any unusual or
objectionable odors to emanate from the Premises.
If any of the Rules and Regulations (including those applicable to
Alterations) conflict with any of the provisions of the Declaration or the
By-Laws, the provisions of the Declaration or the By-Laws, as the case may be,
shall govern.
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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XXXXXXX X
to
AGREEMENT OF SALE
DATED DECEMBER ___, 1996
between
AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION, AS SELLER
and
THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL, AS PURCHASER
DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED; OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER AND SELLER
1. At the Closing, upon receipt by Seller of the payments and documents
to be delivered to Seller as provided herein, in the form required hereby, and
upon Purchaser complying with all of its other obligations hereunder, Seller
shall deliver to Purchaser a duly executed and acknowledged Deed which shall be
the usual Bargain and Sale Deed without Covenants Against Grantor's Acts, in the
form required by the New York Condominium Act (hereinafter referred to as the
"Deed") in recordable form, which Deed shall be executed by Purchaser to
evidence its agreement to be bound by the provisions of the Declaration. The
Deed shall be sufficient to convey to Purchaser good, marketable and insurable
fee simple title to Xxxx 0, subject only to the Permitted Exceptions.
2. Seller shall assign to the Condominium Board of Managers at or prior
to the Closing all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to the Service
Contracts shown on Exhibit C hereto.
3. At the Closing, Purchaser shall pay the portion of the Purchase
Price to be paid in accordance with Section 2(B) of the Agreement.
4. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to the Condominium Board of
Managers to the extent they are then in Seller's possession and not posted or
available at the Property, copies of all Permits, authorizations and approvals
issued for or with respect to the Property as a whole by governmental and
quasi-governmental authorities having jurisdiction thereover.
5. At the Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall deliver duly executed
Certifications, in the form shown on Exhibit H and H-1 to the Agreement.
6. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser such instruments
as are necessary or reasonably required by Purchaser or Purchaser's title
insurance company to evidence the authority of the officer of Seller to execute
the documents to be executed by Seller in connection with the transactions
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contemplated herein, and evidence that the execution and delivery of such
documents is the official act and deed of Seller.
7. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser a certificate of
good standing from the Secretary of State of the State of New York.
8. Purchaser and Seller shall also execute and deliver to each other
and/or CTIC, such other and further documents as may be appropriate and/or CTIC,
in its reasonable discretion, may request or require.
9. At the Closing, if the Commitment discloses judgments, bankruptcies
or other returns against other persons having names the same as or similar to
that of Seller, Seller, on request, shall deliver to Purchaser and Purchaser's
title company affidavits showing that such judgments, bankruptcies or other
returns are not against Seller and such other documents as may be reasonably
required by Purchaser's title company to eliminate all exceptions other than the
Permitted Exceptions appearing in the Commitment.
10. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to the Condominium Board of
Managers all maintenance records and operating manuals pertaining to the
Property, if available.
11. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser a sworn statement
from an authorized officer of Seller, certifying that the officer or officers
signing documents in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby are
authorized to do so or a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of Seller certifying that the Board of Directors of Seller has duly adopted
resolutions authorizing the transactions contemplated hereby and the execution
and delivery of all of the Closing documents executed and delivered by Seller
pursuant to this Agreement.
12. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser assignments of
any contractors' or subcontractors' guarantees or warranties relating to Unit 3.
13. At the Closing, Seller and Purchaser shall execute and deliver to
the representative of CTIC a New York City Real Property Transfer Tax Return and
New York State Form TP-584 and Seller shall deliver to the representative of
CTIC a check or checks in payment of all applicable City and State transfer
taxes.
14. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser an affidavit in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit I stating that Seller is not a foreign
person as that term is defined in
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Section 1445 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
15. At the Closing Seller shall specify in writing to Purchaser the
bank account to which Federal Funds for the Installment Payments are to be
wired.
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EXHIBIT C
NAME SERVICE
---- -------
Madison Building Services Group Pest Control
Window Cleaning
Janitorial Service
Honzak & Honzak, Inc. Energy Cost Consulting for the purpose of
determining electric rent inclusion factor
Multiplex Electrical Service, Inc. Maintenance of the fire alarm system
Xxxxxx Protection of New York, Inc. Installation and maintenance of fire alarm
Gemini Elevator Corp. Maintenance and repair of elevators
Vibro Carting, Inc. Collection and disposal of solid waste
Gotham Refining Chemicak Corp. Water treatment service for condenser
water and chilled/hot water systems
X.X. Xxxxxxxxx & Sons, Inc. Uniform rentals
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EXHIBIT D
INSURANCE TYPE OF
COMPANY INSURANCE LIMITS EXPIRATION
------- --------- ------ ----------
National Surety Commercial general $2,000,000 general 6/28/97
Insurance Company liability aggregate
$1,000,000 personal
injury
$1,000,000 each
occurrence
National Surety Auto liability $1,000,000 combined 6/28/97
Insurance Company single limit
Aetna Insurance Umbrella liability $50,000,000 each 6/28/97
Company occurrence
$50,000,000 aggregate
National Surety Building all risk $40,000,000 ($2,500 6/28/97
Insurance Company replacement cost deductible);
Boiler and machinery $10,000,000 ($2,500
deductible);
Ordinance and Law $1,000,000 ($2,500
deductible);
Flood and earthquake $5,000,000 ($25,000
deductible);
Business income $6,400,000;
Backup of sewer and $1,000,000 ($2,500
drains/underground deductible)
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EXHIBIT E
To all to whom these Presents shall come or may Concern,
Know That AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION,
a New York corporation, as RELEASOR, in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars
($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, received from THE GOVERNMENT
OF ISRAEL, as RELEASEE, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, releases and
discharges the RELEASEE, RELEASEE'S heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and assigns from all actions, causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of
money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts,
controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages, judgments,
extents, executions, claims, and demands whatsoever, in law, admiralty or
equity, which against the RELEASEE, the RELEASOR, RELEASOR'S successors and
assigns ever had, now have or hereafter can, shall or may have, for, upon, or by
reason of that certain lease between AEW #6 Corporation, as landlord, and
RELEASEE, as tenant, dated December 31, 1991, as amended to the date hereof.
The words "RELEASOR" and "RELEASEE" include all releasors and all
releasees under this RELEASE.
This RELEASE may not be changed orally.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the RELEASOR has caused this RELEASE to be executed by
its duly authorized officers affixed on 1996.
In presence of: AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION
By:_______________________________________________
STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK
ss.:
On ________________, 1996, before me personally came _______________, to
me known, who, by me duly sworn, did depose and say that deponent resides at
______________ _____________________; that deponent is the __________________ of
AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION, the corporation described in, and which executed the
foregoing RELEASE; and that deponent signed deponent's name by order of the
board of directors of the corporation.
__________________________________________________
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EXHIBIT E-1
To all to whom these Presents shall come or may Concern,
Know That THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL,
as RELEASOR, in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good
and valuable consideration, received from AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION, as RELEASEE,
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, releases and discharges the RELEASEE,
RELEASEE'S heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns from all
actions, causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts,
reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies,
agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages, judgments, extents,
executions, claims, and demands whatsoever, in law, admiralty or equity, which
against the RELEASEE, the RELEASOR, RELEASOR'S successors and assigns ever had,
now have or hereafter can, shall or may have, for, upon, or by reason of that
certain lease between AEW #6 Corporation, as landlord, and RELEASOR, as tenant,
dated December 31, 1991, as amended to the date hereof.
The words "RELEASOR" and "RELEASEE" include all releasors and all
releasees under this RELEASE.
This RELEASE may not be changed orally.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the RELEASOR has caused this RELEASE to be executed by
its duly authorized officers affixed on 1996.
In presence of: THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL
By:_______________________________________________
STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK
ss.:
On ________________, 1996, before me personally came _______________, to
me known, who, by me duly sworn, did depose and say that deponent resides at
______________ _____________________; that deponent is the __________________ of
THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL, which executed the foregoing RELEASE; and that
deponent signed deponent's name by order of thereof.
__________________________________________________
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EXHIBIT F
to
AGREEMENT OF SALE DATED DECEMBER ___, 1996
Between
AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION, SELLER
And
THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL, PURCHASER
Permitted Exceptions
1. Zoning laws and regulations which are not violated by the existing
structures.
2. Consents by Seller or any former owner of the Property for the
erection of any structure or structures on, under or above any street or streets
on which the Property may abut.
3. Rights of utility companies to lay, maintain, install and repair
pipes, lines, poles, conduits, cable boxes and related equipment on, over and
under the Property, provided that none of such rights interferes with the
current use of the Property.
4. Encroachments of xxxxxx, areas, cellar steps, trim, cornices,
lintels, window xxxxx, awnings, canopies, ledges, fences, xxxxxx, coping and
retaining walls projecting from the Property over any street or highway or over
any adjoining property and similar encroachments projecting from adjoining
property on the Property.
5. Revocability or lack of right to maintain vaults, coal chutes,
excavations or sub-surface equipment beyond the line of the Property.
6. Variations between fences, lines of xxxxxx, retaining walls and the
record lines.
7. Any lien, charge or encumbrance which a tenant of the Property, by
the terms of its lease or by law or otherwise, is required to discharge, remove
or otherwise comply with; provided, however, that Seller shall agree in writing
to cause
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any such lien, charge or encumbrance to be discharged after the Closing.
8. The standard printed exceptions contained in the standard form of
owner's title insurance policy issued by CTIC.
9. Declaration of Condominium and By-Laws of 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Condominium in the form annexed as Exhibit A.
10. State of facts shown on survey of the Property made by Xxxx. X.
Xxxxxxx dated June 10, 1957 and last brought to date by visual examination on
June 19, 1995 by Xxxxxxx Surveying, P.C., and any additional state of facts
which a subsequent accurate, current survey would disclose provided such
additional state of facts does not render title unmarketable.
11. Terms, covenants and restrictions recorded in Liber 1087, Cp 586
and Liber 1097, Cp 584.
12. Easement of Light and Air recorded in Liber 4937, Cp 333.
13. Distinctive Sidewalk Improvement and Maintenance Agreement dated
July 10, 1992 and recorded in Reel 1915, page 1385, as modified by Modification
of Distinctive Sidewalk Improvement and Maintenance Agreement recorded in Reel
2091, page 511.
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Exhibit H
CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, does hereby certify to The
Government of Israel ("The Government") that:
1. I am President of Ampal Realty Corporation, a New York
corporation ("Ampal").
2. I am fully familiar with the facts set forth herein.
3. All of the representations made by Ampal in Section C of Article
16 of the Agreement of Sale dated as of December 12, 1996 between Ampal and The
Government are true and correct as of the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed the foregoing
Certificate this 31st day of January, 1997.
AMPAL REALTY CORPORATION
By:____________________________
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
President
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Exhibit H-1
CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, Eliehu Zitouk and Eldad Fresher, do hereby certify
to Ampal Realty Corporation ("Ampal") that:
1. We are the Chief Fiscal Officer and Deputy Chief Fiscal Officer,
respectively, of The Government of Israel ("The Government").
2. We are fully familiar with the facts set forth herein.
3. All of the representations made by The Government in Sections A
and B of Article 16 of the Agreement of Sale dated as of December 12, 1996
between Ampal and The Government are true and correct as of the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed the foregoing
Certificate this 31st day of January, 1997.
THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL
By:____________________________
Eliehu Zitouk
Chief Fiscal Officer
By:____________________________
Eldad Fresher
Deputy Chief Fiscal Officer
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EXHIBIT I
Certification of Non-Foreign Status
[If there are more than one transferor give the information requested for all
transferors that will sign this certificate. This certificate shall be read as
if each signing transferor signed a separate certificate.]
Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code provides that a transferee (buyer)
of a U.S. real property interest must withhold tax if the transferor (seller) is
a foreign person. To inform the transferee (buyer) that withholding of tax is
not required upon my disposition of a U.S. real property interest,
I, the undersigned transferor, hereby certify the following:
1. I am not a nonresident alien for purposes of U.S. income taxation;
2. My U.S. taxpayer identifying number (Social Security number) is
_____________________________________________, and
if more than one transferor, list all below
NAME S.S NO. OR TAX I.D. NO.
________________________ ___________________________
if ________________________ ___________________________
more ________________________ ___________________________
than ________________________ ___________________________
one ________________________ ___________________________
3. My home address is_______________________________________________
if more than one transferor, list all below
NAME S.S NO. OR TAX I.D. NO.
________________________ ___________________________
if ________________________ ___________________________
more ________________________ ___________________________
than ________________________ ___________________________
one ________________________ ___________________________
I understand that this certification may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue
Service by the transferee and that any false statement I have made here could be
punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.
Under penalties of perjury I declare that I have examined this certification
and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and complete.
PRINT OR TYPE NAME OF TRANSFEROR SIGNATURE DATE
____________________________________ ___________________ ___________
____________________________________ ___________________ ___________
____________________________________ ___________________ ___________
____________________________________ ___________________ ___________
____________________________________ ___________________ ___________
The transferee must retain this certificate until the end of the fifth
taxable year following the taxable year in which the transfer takes place and
make it available to the Internal Revenue Service when requested.
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EXHIBIT J
Repair leaks in walls in the offices of the Legal Advisor and the Economic
Minister
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