EXHIBIT 10.22
GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
January 31, 2003
Comptroller of the State of New York
as Trustee of the Common Retirement Fund
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to (a) that certain Operating Agreement dated as of
November 10, 1999, among GGP/Homart II L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company (the "Company"), The Comptroller of the State of New York as Trustee of
the Common Retirement Fund, a fund established pursuant to NY Retirement and
Social Security Law Section 422, in the custody of the Comptroller of the State
of New York ("NYSCRF"), and GGP Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership ("GGPLP" and, together with NYSCRF, the "Members"), as amended (the
"Operating Agreement"), and (b) that certain Unanimous Written Consent of the
Board of Directors relating to the acquisition of First Colony Mall in Sugar
Land, Texas and certain related property (the "First Colony Property").
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set
forth in the Operating Agreement.
1. Matters Relating to Trade Area for First Colony Property. The trade area
map for the First Colony Property in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A is
hereby added to Exhibit E of the Operating Agreement.
2. Matters Relating to Annual Business Plan for First Colony Property.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Operating Agreement,
the General Growth Officers shall submit a proposed 2003 budget for the First
Colony Property on or before the later of March 31, 2003 and the sixtieth day
following the closing of the acquisition thereof (instead of the earlier date,
if any, specified in the Operating Agreement). Until the budget for the First
Colony Property is approved by the Board, the General Growth Officers shall
operate the First Colony Property in accordance with the provisions of the
Operating Agreement that are applicable when there is no approved Annual
Business Plan for a Property. Once approved by the Board, such budget shall be
deemed to be the 2003 Annual Business Plan for the First Colony Property.
Comptroller of the State of
New York as Trustee
of the Common Retirement Fund
January 31, 2003
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3. Matters Relating to Annual Business Plan for Glendale Property.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Operating Agreement,
the General Growth Officers shall submit a proposed 2003 budget for the Glendale
Property on or before March 31, 2003 (instead of the earlier date, if any,
specified in the Operating Agreement). Until the budget for the Glendale
Property is approved by the Board, the General Growth Officers shall operate the
Glendale Property in accordance with the provisions of the Operating Agreement
that are applicable when there is no approved Annual Business Plan for a
Property. Once approved by the Board, such budget shall be deemed to be the 2003
Annual Business Plan for the Glendale Property.
Except as expressly provided herein, the Operating Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect.
Please indicate your agreement with the foregoing by signing and returning
the enclosed counterpart of this letter to the undersigned.
Very truly yours,
GGP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: General Growth Properties, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation,
its general partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO AS OF THE
DATE ABOVE WRITTEN:
XXXX X. XXXXXX, COMPTROLLER OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK,
as trustee of the Common Retirement
Fund
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Deputy Comptroller for Pension
Investment and Public Finance
Comptroller of the State of
New York as Trustee
of the Common Retirement Fund
January 31, 2003
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GGP/HOMART II L.L.C,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
