STANDARD FORM OF LOFT LEASE The Real Estate Board of New York, Inc.
EXHIBIT 10.13
STANDARD
FORM OF LOFT LEASE
The
Real Estate Board of New York,
Inc.
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Agreement
of Lease, made as of this 19th day of October, 2001, between URBAN DEVELOPMENT
PARTNERS (61) LLC, having an address c/o Urban Management Partners LLC, The
Urban Center, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 part of the first
party, hereinafter referred to as OWNER, and/or LANDLORD, and XXX XXXXXX
ANTIQUES, INC., and Wiltshire-Xxxx, Ltd. having an address at 000 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, party of the second part, hereinafter referred to as
TENANT,
Witnesseth: Owner
hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby hires from Owner the westerly portion
of the fourth (4th) floor as more particularly set forth on the floor plan
attached hereto as Exhibit A, in the building known as 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx (the
“Building”) in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, for the term of ten
(10) years (or until such term shall sooner cease and expire as hereinafter
provided) to commence on the 16th day of November two thousand and one (2001),
and to end on the 31st day of
October two thousand and eleven (2011) and both dates inclusive, at an annual
rental rate of
See
Paragraph 41, below,
which
Tenant agrees to pay in lawful money of the United States which shall be legal
tender in payment of all debts and dues, public and private, at the time of
payment, in equal monthly installments in advance on the first day of each month
during said term, at the office of Owner or such other place as Owner may
designate, without any set off or deduction whatsoever, except that Tenant shall
pay the first monthly installment(s) on the execution hereof (unless this lease
be a renewal).
In the
event that, at the commencement of the term of this lease, or thereafter, Tenant
shall be in default in the payment of rent to Owner pursuant to the terms of
another lease with Owner or with Owner’s predecessor in interest, Owner may at
Owner’s option and without notice to Tenant add the amount of such arrears to
any monthly installment of rent payable hereunder and the same shall be payable
to Owner as additional rent.
The
parties hereto, for themselves, their heirs, distributees, executors,
administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns, hereby covenant
as follows:
Rent:
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1. Tenant
shall pay the rent as above and as hereinafter
provided.
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Occupancy:
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2. Tenant
shall use and occupy demised premises for the sale (primarily at
wholesale) of furniture and accessories and associated offices, provided
such use is in accordance with the certificate of occupancy for the
building, if any, and for no other
purpose.
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Alterations:
3. Tenant
shall make no changes in or to the demised premises of any nature without
Owner’s prior written consent. Subject to the prior written consent
of Owner, and to the provisions of this article, Tenant, at Tenant’s expense,
may make alterations, installations, additions or improvements which are
nonstructural and which do not affect utility services or plumbing and
electrical lines, in or to the interior of the demised premises using
contractors or mechanics first approved in each instance by
Owner. Tenant shall, at its expense, before making any alterations,
additions, installations or improvements obtain all permits, approval and
certificates required by any governmental or quasi-governmental bodies and (upon
completion) certificates of final approval thereof and shall deliver promptly
duplicates of all such permits, approvals and certificates to
Owner. Tenant agrees to carry and will cause Tenant’s contractors and
sub-contractors to carry such xxxxxxx’x compensation, general liability,
personal and property damage insurance as Owner may require. If any
mechanic’s lien is filed against the demised premises, or the building of which
the same forms a part, for work claimed to have been done for, or materials
furnished to, Tenant, whether or not done pursuant to this article, the same
shall be discharged by Tenant within thirty days thereafter, at Tenant’s
expense, by payment or filing the bond required by law or
otherwise. All fixtures and all paneling, partitions, railings and
like installations, installed in the premises at any time, either by Tenant or
by Owner on Tenant’s behalf, shall, upon installation, became the property of
Owner and shall remain upon and be surrendered with the demised premises unless
Owner, by notice to Tenant no later than twenty days prior to the date fixed as
the termination of this lease, elects to relinquish Owner’s right thereto and to
have them removed by Tenant, in which event the same shall be removed from the
demised premises by Tenant prior to the expiration of the lease, at Tenant’s
expense. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to give Owner
title to or to prevent Tenant’s removal of trade fixtures, moveable office
furniture and equipment, but upon removal of any such from the premises or upon
removal of other installations as may be required by Owner, Tenant shall
immediately and at its expense, repair and restore the premises to the condition
existing prior to installation and repair any damage to the demised premises or
the building due to such removal. All property permitted or required
to be removed by Tenant at the end of the term remaining in the premises after
Tenant’s removal shall be deemed abandoned and may, at the election of Owner,
either be retained as Owner’s property or removed from the premises by Owner, at
Tenant’s expense.
Repairs:
4. Owner
shall maintain and repair the exterior of and the public portions of the
building. Tenant shall, throughout the term of this lease, take good
care of the demised premises including the bathrooms and lavatory facilities (if
the demised premises encompass the entire floor of the building) and the windows
and window frames and, the fixtures and appurtenances therein and at Tenant’s
sole cost and expense promptly make all repairs thereto and to the building,
whether structural or non-structural in nature, caused by or resulting from the
carelessness, omission, neglect or improper conduct of Tenant, Tenant’s
servants, employees, invitees, or licensees, and whether or not arising from
such Tenant conduct or omission, when required by other provisions of this
lease, including Article 6. Tenant shall also repair all damage to
the building and the demised premises caused by the moving of Tenant’s fixtures,
furniture or equipment. All the aforesaid repairs shall be of quality
or class equal to the original work or construction. If Tenant fails,
after ten days notice, to proceed with due diligence to make repairs required to
be made by Tenant, the same may be made by the Owner at the expense of Tenant,
and the expenses thereof incurred by Owner shall he collectible, as additional
rent, after rendition of a xxxx or statement therefor. If the demised
premises be or become infested with vermin, Tenant shall, at its expense, cause
the same to be exterminated. Tenant shall give Owner prompt notice of
any defective condition in any plumbing, heating system or electrical lines
located in the demised premises and following such notice, Owner shall remedy
the condition with due diligence, but at the expense of Tenant, if repairs are
necessitated by damage or injury attributable to Tenant, Tenant’s servants,
agents, employees, invitees or licensees as aforesaid. Except as
specifically provided in Article 9 or elsewhere in this lease, there shall be no
allowance to the Tenant for a diminution of rental value and no liability on the
part of Owner by reason of inconvenience, annoyance or injury to business
arising from Owner, Tenant or others making or failing to make any repairs,
alterations, additions or improvements in or to any portion of the building or
the demised premises or in and to the fixtures, appurtenances or equipment
thereof. It is specifically agreed that Tenant shall not be entitled
to any set off or reduction of rent by reason of any failure of Owner to comply
with the covenants of this or any other article of this lease. Tenant
agrees that Tenant’s sole remedy at law in such instance will be by way of any
action for damages for breach of contract. The provisions of this
Article 4 with respect to the making of repairs shall not apply in the case of
fire or other casualty with regard to which Article 9 hereof shall
apply.
Window Cleaning:
5. Tenant
will not clean nor require, permit, suffer or allow any window in the demised
premises to be cleaned from the outside in violation of Section 202 of the New
York State Labor Law or any other applicable law or of the Rules of the Board of
Standards and Appeals, or of any other Board or body having or asserting
jurisdiction.
Requirements of
Law, Fire Insurance:
6. Prior
to the commencement of the lease term, if Tenant is then in possession, and at
all times thereafter Tenant shall, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, promptly
comply with all present and future laws, orders and regulations of all state,
federal, municipal and local governments, departments, commissions and boards
and any direction of any public officer pursuant to law, and all orders, rules
and regulations of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, or the Insurance
Services Office, or any similar body which shall impose any violation, order or
duty upon Owner or Tenant with respect to the demised premises, whether or not
arising out of Tenant’s use or manner of use thereof, or, with respect to the
building, if arising out of Tenant’s use or manner of use of the demised
premises of the building (including the use permitted under the
lease). Except as provided in Article 30 hereof, nothing herein shall
require Tenant to make structural repairs or alterations unless Tenant has, by
its manner of use of the demised premises or method of operation therein,
violated any such laws, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations or requirements
with respect thereto. Tenant shall not do or permit any act or thing
to be done in or to the demised premises which is contrary to Jaw, or which will
invalidate or be in conflict with public liability, fire or other policies of
insurance at any time carried by or for the benefit of Owner. Tenant
shall not keep anything in the demised premises except as now or hereafter
permitted by the Fire Department, Board of Fire Underwriters, Fire Insurance
Rating Organization and other authority having jurisdiction, and then only in
such manner and such quantity so as not to increase the rate for fire insurance
applicable to the building, nor use the premises in a manner which will increase
the insurance rate for the building or any property located therein over that in
effect prior to the commencement of Tenant’s occupancy. If by reason
of failure to comply with the foregoing the fire insurance rate shall, at the
beginning of this lease or at any time thereafter, be higher than it otherwise
would be, then Tenant shall reimburse Owner, as additional rent hereunder, for
that portion of all fire insurance premiums thereafter paid by Owner which shall
have been charged because of such failure by Tenant, In any action or proceeding
wherein Owner and Tenant are parties, a schedule or “make-up” or rate for the
building or demised premises issued by a body making fire insurance rates
applicable to said premises shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein
stated and of the several items and charges in the fire insurance rates then
applicable to said premises. Tenant shall not place a load upon any
floor of the demised premises exceeding the floor load per square foot area
which it was designed to carry and which is allowed by law. Owner
reserves the right to prescribe the weight and position of all safes, business
machines and mechanical equipment. Such installations shall be placed
and maintained by Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, in settings sufficient, in
Owner’s judgement, to absorb and prevent vibration, noise and
annoyance.
Subordination:
7. This
lease is subject and subordinate to all ground or underlying leases and to all
mortgages which may now or hereafter affect such leases or the real property of
which demised premises are a part and to all renewals, modifications,
consolidations, replacements and extensions of any such underlying leases and
mortgages. This clause shall be self-operative and no further
instrument or subordination shall be required by any ground or underlying lessor
or by any mortgagee, affecting any lease or the real property of which the
demised premises are a part. In confirmation of such subordination,
Tenant shall from time to time execute promptly any certificate that Owner may
request.
Tenant’s Liability Insurance
Property Loss, Damage, Indemnity:
8. Owner
or its agents shall not be liable for any damage to property of Tenant or of
others entrusted to employees of the building, nor for loss of or damage to any
property of Tenant by theft or otherwise, nor for any injury or damage to
persons or property resulting from any cause of whatsoever nature, unless caused
by or due to the negligence of Owner, its agents, servants or employees; Owner
or its agents shall not be liable for any damage caused by other tenants or
persons in, upon or about said building or caused by operations in connection of
any private, public or quasi public work. If at any time any windows
of the demised premises are temporarily closed, darkened or bricked up (or
permanently closed, darkened or bricked up, if required by law) for any reason
whatsoever including, but not limited to Owner’s own acts, Owner shall not be
liable for any damage Tenant may sustain thereby and Tenant shall not be
entitled to any compensation therefor nor abatement or diminution of rent nor
shall the same release Tenant from its obligations hereunder nor constitute an
eviction. Tenant shall indemnify and save harmless Owner against and
from all liabilities, obligations, damages, penalties, claims, costs and
expenses for which Owner shall not be reimbursed by insurance, including
reasonable attorney’s fees, paid, suffered or incurred as a result of any breach
by Tenant, Tenant’s agents, contractors, employees, invitees, or licensees, of
any covenant or condition of this lease, or the carelessness, negligence or
improper conduct of the Tenant, Tenant’s agents, contractors, employees,
invitees or licensees. Tenant’s liability under this lease extends to
the acts and omissions of any sub-tenant, and any agent, contractor, employee,
invitee or licensee of any sub-tenant. In case any action or
proceeding is brought against Owner by reason of any such claim, Tenant, upon
written notice from Owner, will, at Tenant’s expense, resist or defend such
action or proceeding by counsel approved by Owner in writing, such approval not
to be unreasonably withheld.
Destruction
Fire and Other Casualty:
9. (a)
If the demised premises or any part thereof shall be-damaged by fire or other
casualty, Tenant shall give immediate notice thereof to Owner and this lease
shall continue in full force and effect except as hereinafter set
forth. (b) If the demised premises are partially damaged or rendered
partially unusable by fire or other casualty, the damages thereto shall be
repaired by and at the expense of Owner and the rent and other items of
additional rent, until such repair shall be substantially completed, shall be
apportioned from the day following the casualty according to the part of the
premises which is usable. (c) If the demised premises are totally
damaged or rendered wholly unusable by fire or other casualty, then the rent and
other items of additional rent as hereinafter expressly provided shall be
proportionately paid up to the time of the casualty and thenceforth shall cease
until the date when the premises shall have been repaired and restored by Owner
(or sooner reoccupied in part by Tenant then rent shall be apportioned as
provided in subsection (b) above), subject to Owner’s right to elect not to
restore the same as hereinafter provided. (d) If the demised premises
are rendered wholly unusable or (whether or not the demised premises are damaged
in whole or in part) if the building shall be so damaged that Owner shall decide
to demolish it or to rebuild it, then, in any of such events, Owner may elect to
terminate this lease by written notice to Tenant, given within 90 days after
such fire or casualty, or 30 days after adjustment of the insurance claim for
such fire or casualty, whichever is sooner, specifying a date for the expiration
of the lease, which date shall not be more than 60 days after the giving of such
notice, and upon the date specified in such notice the term of this lease shall
expire as fully and completely as if such date were the date set forth above for
the termination of this lease and Tenant shall forthwith quit, surrender and
vacate the premises without prejudice however, to Owner’s rights and remedies
against Tenant under the lease provision in effect prior to such termination,
and any rent owing shall be paid up to date and any payments of rent made by
Tenant which were on account of any period subsequent to such date shall be
returned to Tenant Unless Owner shall serve a termination notice as provided for
herein, Owner shall make the repairs and restorations under the conditions of
(b) and (c) hereof, with all reasonable expedition, subject to delays due to
adjustment of insurance claims, labor troubles and causes beyond Owner’s
control. After any such casualty, Tenant shall cooperate with Owner’s
restoration by removing from the premises as promptly as reasonably possible,
all of Tenant’s salvageable inventory and movable equipment, furniture, and
other property. Tenant’s liability for rent shall resume five (5)
days after written notice from Owner that the premises are substantially ready
for Tenant’s occupancy. (e) Nothing contained hereinabove shall relieve Tenant
from liability that may exist as a result of damage from fire or other
casualty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, including Owner’s obligation
to restore under subparagraph (b) above, each party shall look first to any
insurance in its favor before making any claim against the other party for
recovery for loss or damage resulting from fire or other casualty, and to the
extent that such insurance is in force and collectible and to the extent
permitted by law, Owner and Tenant each hereby releases and waives all right of
recovery with respect to subparagraphs (b), (d) and (e) above, against the other
or any one claiming through or under each of them by way of subrogation or
otherwise. The release and waiver herein referred to shall be deemed
to include any loss or damage to the demised premises and/or to any personal
property, equipment, trade fixtures, goods and merchandise located
therein. The foregoing release and waiver shall be in force only if
both releasors’ insurance policies contain a clause providing that such a
release or waiver shall not invalidate the insurance. If, and to the
extent, that such waiver can be obtained only by the payment of additional
premiums, then the party benefitting from the waiver shall pay such premium
within ten days after written demand or shall be deemed to have agreed that the
party obtaining insurance coverage shall be free of any further obligation under
the provisions hereof with respect to waiver of subrogation. Tenant
acknowledges that Owner will not carry insurance on Tenant’s furniture and or
furnishings or any fixtures or equipment, improvements, or appurtenances
removable by Tenant and agrees that Owner will not be obligated to repair any
damage thereto or replace the same. (f) Tenant hereby waives the
provisions of Section 227 of the Real Property Law and agrees that the
provisions of this article shall govern and control in lieu
thereof.
Eminent
Domain:
10. If
the whole or any part of the demised premises shall be acquired or condemned by
Eminent Domain for any public or quasi public use or purpose, then and in that
event, the term of this lease shall cease and terminate from the date of title
vesting in such proceeding and Tenant shall have no claim for the value of any
unexpired term of said lease. Tenant shall have the right to make an
independent claim to the condemning authority for the value of Tenant’s moving
expenses and personal property, trade fixtures and equipment, provided Tenant is
entitled pursuant to the terms of the lease to remove such property, trade
fixtures and equipment at the end of the term and provided further such claim
does not reduce Owner’s award.
Assignment
Mortgage, Etc.:
11. Tenant,
for itself, its heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, legal
representatives, successors and assigns, expressly covenants that it shall not
assign, mortgage or encumber this agreement, nor underlet, or suffer or permit
the demised premises or any part thereof to be used by others, without the prior
written consent of Owner in each instance. Transfer of the majority
of the stock of a corporate Tenant or the majority partnership interest of a
partnership Tenant shall be deemed an assignment. If this lease be
assigned, or if the demised premises or any part thereof be underlet or occupied
by anybody other than Tenant, Owner may, after default by Tenant, collect rent
from the assignee, undertenant or occupant, and apply the net amount collected
to the rent herein reserved, but no such assignment, underletting, occupancy or
collection shall be deemed a waiver of this covenant, or the acceptance of the
assignee, undertenant or occupant as tenant, or a release of Tenant from the
further performance by Tenant of covenants on the part of Tenant herein
contained. The consent by Owner to an assignment or underletting
shall not in anywise be construed to relieve Tenant from obtaining the express
consent in writing of Owner to any further assignment or
underletting.
Electric
Current:
12. Rates
and conditions in respect to submetering or rent inclusion, as the case may be,
to be added in RIDER attached hereto. Tenant covenants and agrees
that at all times its use of electric current shall not exceed the capacity of
existing feeders to the building or the risers or wiring installation and Tenant
may not use any electrical equipment which, in Owner’s opinion, reasonably
exercised, will overload such installations or interfere with the use thereof by
other tenants of the building. The change at any time of the
character of electric service shall in no wise make Owner liable or responsible
to Tenant, for any loss, damages or expenses which Tenant may
sustain.
Access
to Premises:
13. Owner
or Owner’s agents shall have the right (but shall not be obligated)
to enter the demised premises in any emergency at any time, and, at other
reasonable times, to examine the same and to make such repairs, replacements and
improvements as Owner may deem necessary and reasonably desirable to any portion
of the building or which Owner may elect to perform in the premises after
Tenant’s failure to make repairs or perform any work which Tenant is obligated
to perform under this lease, or for the purpose of complying with laws,
regulations and other directions of governmental authorities. Tenant
shall permit Owner to use and maintain and replace pipes and conduits in and
through the demised premises and to erect new pipes and conduits therein
provided, wherever possible, they are within walls or otherwise
concealed. Owner may, during the progress of any work in the demised
premises, take all necessary materials and equipment into said premises without
the same constituting an eviction nor shall the Tenant be entitled to any
abatement of rent while such work is in progress nor to any damages by reason of
loss or interruption of business or otherwise. Throughout the term
hereof Owner shall have the right to enter the demised premises at reasonable
hours for the purpose of showing the same to prospective purchasers or
mortgagees of the building, and during the last six months of the term for the
purpose of showing the same to prospective tenants and may, during said six
months period, place upon the demised premises the usual notices “To Let” and
“For Sale” which notices Tenant shall permit to remain thereon without
molestation. If Tenant is not present to open and permit an entry
into the demised premises, Owner or Owner’s agents may enter the same whenever
such entry may be necessary or permissible by master key or forcibly and
provided reasonable care is exercised to safeguard Tenant’s property, such entry
shall not render Owner or its agents liable therefor, nor in any event shall the
obligations of Tenant hereunder be affected. If during the last month
of the term Tenant shall have removed all or substantially all of Tenant’s
property therefrom. Owner may immediately enter, alter, renovate or
redecorate the demised premises without limitation or abatement of rent, or
incurring liability to Tenant for any compensation and such act shall have no
effect on this lease or Tenant’s obligation hereunder.
Vault,
Vault Space, Area:
14. No
Vaults, vault space or area, whether or not enclosed or covered, not within the
property line of the building is leased hereunder anything contained in or
indicated on any sketch, blue print or plan, or anything contained elsewhere in
this lease to the contrary notwithstanding. Owner makes no
representation as to the location of the property line of the
building. All vaults and vault space and all such areas not within
the property line of the building, which Tenant may be permitted to use and/ or
occupy, is to be used and/or occupied under a revocable license, and if any such
license be revoked, or if the amount of such space or area be diminished or
required by any federal, state or municipal authority or public utility, Owner
shall not be subject to any liability nor shall Tenant be entitled to any
compensation or diminution or abatement of rent, nor shall such revocation,
diminution or requisition be deemed constructive or actual
eviction. Any tax, fee or charge of municipal authorities for such
vault or area shall be paid by Tenant, if used by Tenant, whether or not
specifically leased hereunder.
Occupancy:
15. Tenant
will not at any time use or occupy the demised premises in violation of the
certificate of occupancy issued for the building of which the demised premises
are a part. Tenant has inspected the premises and accepts them
as is, subject to the riders annexed hereto with respect to Owner’s work, if
any. In any event, Owner makes no representation as to the condition
of the premises and Tenant agrees to accept the same subject to violations,
whether or not of record. If any governmental license or permit shall
be required for the proper and lawful conduct of Tenant’s business, Tenant shall
be responsible for and shall procure and maintain such license or
permit.
Bankruptcy:
16. (a)
Anything elsewhere in this lease to the contrary notwithstanding, this lease may
be cancelled by Owner by sending of a written notice to Tenant within a
reasonable time after the happening of any one or more of the following
events: (1) the commencement of a case in bankruptcy or under the
laws of any state naming Tenant as the debtor; or (2) the making by Tenant of an
assignment or any other arrangement for the benefit of creditors under any state
statute. Neither Tenant nor any person claiming through or under
Tenant, or by reason of any statute or order of court, shall thereafter be
entitled to possession of the premises demised but shall forthwith quit and
surrender the premises. If this lease shall be assigned in accordance
with its terms, the provisions of this Article 16 shall be applicable only to
the party then owning Tenant’s interest in this lease.
(b)
It is stipulated and agreed that in the event of the termination of this lease
pursuant to (a) hereof, Owner shall forthwith, notwithstanding any other
provisions of this lease to the contrary, be entitled to recover from Tenant as
and for liquidated damages an amount equal to the difference between the rental
reserved hereunder for the unexpired portion of the term demised and the fair
and reasonable rental value of the demised premises for the same
period. In the computation of such damages the difference between any
installment of rent becoming due hereunder after the date of termination and the
fair and reasonable rental value of the demised premises for the period for
which such installment was payable shall be discounted to the date of
termination at the rate of four percent (4%) per annum. If such
premises or any part thereof be relet by the Owner for the unexpired term of
said lease, or any part thereof, before presentation of proof of such liquidated
damages to any court, commission or tribunal, the amount of rent reserved upon
such reletting shall be deemed to be the fair and reasonable rental value for
the part or the whole of the premises so re-let during the term of the
re-letting. Nothing herein contained shall limit or prejudice the
right of the Owner to prove for and obtain as liquidated damages by reason of
such termination, an amount equal to the maximum allowed by any statute or rule
of law in effect at the time when, and governing the proceedings in which, such
damages are to be proved, whether or not such amount be greater, equal to, or
less than the amount of the difference referred to above.
Default:
17. (1)
If Tenant defaults in fulfilling any of the covenants of this lease other than
the covenants for the payment of rent or additional rent; or if the demised
premises becomes vacant or deserted “or if this lease be rejected under §235 of
Title 11 of the U.S. Code (bankruptcy code);” or if any execution or attachment
shall be issued against Tenant or any of Tenant’s property whereupon the demised
premises shall be taken or occupied by someone other than Tenant; or if Tenant
shall make default with respect to any other lease between Owner and Tenant; or
if Tenant shall have failed, after five (5) days written notice, to redeposit
with Owner any portion of the security deposited hereunder which Owner has
applied to the payment of any rent and additional rent due and payable hereunder
or failed to move into or take possession of the premises within thirty (30)
days after the commencement of the term of this lease, of which fact Owner shall
be the sole judge; then in any one or more of such events, upon Owner serving a
written fifteen (15) days notice upon Tenant specifying the nature of said
default and upon the expiration of said fifteen (15) days, if Tenant shall have
failed to comply with or remedy such default, or if the said default or omission
complained of shall be of a nature that the same cannot be completely cured or
remedied within said fifteen (15) day period, and if Tenant shall not have
diligently commenced during such default within such fifteen (15) day period,
and shall not thereafter with reasonable diligence and in good faith, proceed to
remedy or cure such default, then Owner may serve a written five (5) days’
notice of cancellation of this lease upon Tenant, and upon the expiration of
said five (5) days this lease and the term thereunder shall end and expire as
fully and completely as if the expiration of such five (5) day period were the
day herein definitely fixed for the end and expiration of this lease and the
term thereof and Tenant shall then quit and surrender the demised premises to
Owner but Tenant shall remain liable as hereinafter provided.
(2)
If the notice provided for in (1) hereof shall have been given, and the
term shall expire as aforesaid; or if Tenant shall make default in the payment
of the rent reserved herein or any item of additional rent herein mentioned or
any part of either or in making any other payment herein required; then and in
any of such events Owner may without notice, re-enter the demised premises
either by force or otherwise, and dispossess Tenant by summary proceedings or
otherwise, and the legal representative of Tenant or other occupant of demised
premises and remove their effects and hold the premises as if this lease had not
been made, and Tenant hereby waives the service of notice of intention to
re-enter or to institute legal proceedings to that end. If Tenant
shall make default hereunder prior to the date fixed as the commencement of any
renewal or extension of this lease, Owner may cancel and terminate such renewal
or extension agreement by written notice.
Remedies
of Owner and Waiver of Redemption:
18. In
case of any such default, re-entry, expiration and/or dispossess by summary
proceedings or other wise, (a) the rent, and additional rent, shall become due
thereupon and be paid up to the time of such re-entry, dispossess and/or
expiration, (b) Owner may re-let the premises or any part or parts thereof,
either in the name of Owner or otherwise, for a term or terms, which may at
Owner’s option be less than or exceed the period which would otherwise have
constituted the balance of the term of this lease and may grant concessions or
free rent or charge a higher rental than that in this lease, (c) Tenant or the
legal representatives of Tenant shall also pay Owner as liquidated damages for
the failure of Tenant to observe and perform said Tenant’s covenants herein
contained, any deficiency between the rent hereby reserved and or covenanted to
be paid and the net amount, if any, of the rents collected on account of the
subsequent lease or leases of the demised premises for each month of the period
which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the term of this
lease. The failure of Owner to re-let the premises or any part or
parts thereof shall not release or affect Tenant’s liability for
damages. In computing such liquidated damages there shall be added to
the said deficiency such expenses as Owner may incur in connection with
re-letting, such as legal expenses, reasonable attorneys’ fees, brokerage,
advertising and for keeping the demised premises in good order or for preparing
the same for re-letting. Any such liquidated damages shall be paid in
monthly installments by Tenant on the rent day specified in this lease and any
suit brought to collect the amount of the deficiency for any month shall not
prejudice in any way the rights of Owner to collect the deficiency for any
subsequent month by a similar proceeding. Owner, in putting the
demised premises in good order or preparing the same for re-rental may, at
Owner’s option, make such alterations, repairs, replacements, and/or decorations
in the demised premises as Owner, in Owner’s sole judgment, considers advisable
and necessary for the purpose of re-letting the demised premises, and the making
of such alterations, repairs, replacements, and/or decorations shall not operate
or be construed to release Tenant from liability hereunder as
aforesaid. Owner shall in no event be liable in any way whatsoever
for failure to re-let the demised premises, or in the event that the demised
premises are re-let, for failure to collect the rent thereof under such
re-letting, and in no event shall Tenant be entitled to receive any excess, if
any, of such net rents collected over the sums payable by Tenant to Owner
hereunder. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by Tenant of
any of the covenants or provisions hereof, Owner shall have the right of
injunction and the right to invoke any remedy allowed at law or in equity as if
re-entry, summary proceedings and other remedies were not herein provided
for. Mention in this lease of any particular remedy, shall not
preclude Owner from any other remedy, in law or in equity. Tenant
hereby expressly waives any and all rights of redemption granted by or under any
present or future laws.
Fees
and Expenses:
19. If
Tenant shall default in the observance or performance of any term or covenant on
Tenant’s part to be observed or performed under or by virtue of any of the terms
or provisions in any article of this lease, after notice if required and upon
expiration of any applicable grace period if any, (except in an emergency),
then, unless otherwise provided elsewhere in this lease, Owner may immediately
or at any time thereafter and without notice perform the obligation of Tenant
thereunder. If Owner, in connection with the foregoing or in
connection with any default by Tenant in the covenant to pay rent hereunder,
makes any expenditures or incurs any obligations for the payment of money,
including but not limited to reasonable attorney’s fees, in instituting,
prosecuting or defending any action or proceedings, and prevails in any such
action or proceeding, then Tenant will reimburse Owner for such sums so paid or
obligations incurred with interest and costs. The foregoing expenses
incurred by reason of Tenant’s default shall be deemed to be additional rent
hereunder and shall be paid by Tenant to Owner within ten (10) days of rendition
of any xxxx or statement to Tenant therefor. If Tenant’s lease term
shall have expired at the time of making of such expenditures or incurring of
such obligations, such sums shall be recoverable by Owner as
damages.
Building
Alterations and Management:
20. Owner
shall have the right at any time without the same constituting an eviction and
without incurring liability to Tenant therefor to change the arrangement and or
location of public entrances, passageways, doors, doorways, corridors,
elevators, stairs, toilets or other public parts of the building and to change
the name, number or designation by which the building may be
known. There shall be no allowance to Tenant for diminution of rental
value and no liability on the part of Owner by reason of inconvenience,
annoyance or injury to business arising from Owner or other Tenant making any
repairs in the building or any such alterations, additions and
improvements. Furthermore, Tenant shall not have any claim against
Owner by reason of Owner’s imposition of any controls of the manner of access to
the building by Tenant’s social or business visitors as the Owner may deem
necessary for the security of the building and its occupants.
No
Representations by Owner:
21. Neither
Owner nor Owner’s agents have made any representations or promises with respect
to the physical condition of the building, the land upon which it is erected or
the demised premises, the rents, leases, expenses of operation or any other
matter or thing affecting or related to the demised premises or the building
except as herein expressly set forth and no rights, easements or licenses are
acquired by Tenant by implication or otherwise except as expressly set forth in
the provisions of this lease. Tenant has inspected the building and
the demised premises and is thoroughly acquainted with their condition and
agrees to take the same “as is” on the date possession is tendered and
acknowledges that the taking of possession of the demised premises by Tenant
shall be conclusive evidence that the said premises and the building of which
the same form a part were in good and satisfactory condition at the time such
possession was so taken, except as to latent defects. All
understandings and agreements heretofore made between the parties hereto are
merged in this contract, which alone fully and completely expresses the
agreement between Owner and Tenant and any executory agreement hereafter made
shall be ineffective to change, modify, discharge or effect an abandonment of it
in whole or in part, unless such executory agreement is in writing and signed by
the party against whom enforcement of the change, modification, discharge or
abandonment is sought.
End
of Term:
22. Upon
the expiration or other termination of the term of this lease, Tenant shall quit
and surrender to Owner the demised premises, broom clean, in good order and
condition, ordinary wear and damages which Tenant is not required to repair as
provided elsewhere in this lease excepted, and Tenant shall remove all its
property from the demised premises. Tenant’s obligation to observe or
perform this covenant shall survive the expiration or other termination of this
lease. If the last day of the term of this Lease or any renewal
thereof, falls on Sunday, this lease shall expire at noon on the preceding
Saturday unless it be a legal holiday in which case it shall expire at noon on
the preceding business day.
Quiet
Enjoyment:
23. Owner
covenants and agrees with Tenant that upon Tenant paying the rent and additional
rent and observing and performing all the terms, covenants and conditions, on
Tenant’s part to be observed and performed, Tenant may peaceably and quietly
enjoy the premises hereby demised, subject, nevertheless, to the terms and
conditions of this lease including, but not limited to, Article 34 hereof and to
the ground leases, underlying leases and mortgages hereinbefore
mentioned.
Failure
to Give Possession:
24. If
Owner is unable to give possession of the demised premises on the date of the
commencement of the term hereof, because of the holding-over or retention of
possession of any tenant, undertenant or occupants or if the demised premises
are located in a building being constructed, because such building has not been
sufficiently completed to make the premises ready for occupancy or because of
the fact that a certificate of occupancy has not been procured or if Owner has
not completed any work required to be performed by Owner, or for any other
reason, Owner shall not be subject to any liability for failure to give
possession on said date and the validity of the lease shall not be impaired
under such circumstances, nor shall the same be construed in any wise to extend
the term of this lease, but the rent payable hereunder shall be abated (provided
Tenant is not responsible for Owner’s inability to obtain possession or complete
any work required) until after Owner shall have given Tenant notice that Owner
is able to deliver possession in the condition required by this
lease. If permission is given to Tenant to enter into the possession
of the demised premises or to occupy premises other than the demised premises
prior to the date specified as the commencement of the term of this lease,
Tenant covenants and agrees that such possession and/ or occupancy shall be
deemed to be under all the terms, covenants, conditions and provisions of this
lease, except the obligation to pay the fixed annual rent set forth in page one
of this lease. The provisions of this article are intended to
constitute “an express provision to the contrary” within the meaning of Section
223-a of the New York Real Property Law.
No
Waiver:
25. The
failure of Owner to seek redress for violation of, or to insist upon the strict
performance of any covenant or condition of this lease or of any of the Rules or
Regulations, set forth or hereafter adopted by Owner, shall not prevent a
subsequent act which would have originally constituted a violation from having
all the force and effect of an original violation. The receipt by
Owner of rent with knowledge of the breach of any covenant of this lease shall
not be deemed a waiver of such breach and no provision of this lease shall be
deemed to have been waived by Owner unless such waiver be in writing signed by
Owner. No payment by Tenant or receipt by Owner of a lesser amount
than the monthly rent herein stipulated shall be deemed to be other than on
account of the earliest stipulated rent, nor shall any endorsement or statement
of any check or any letter accompanying any check or payment as rent be deemed
an accord and satisfaction, and Owner may accept such check or payment without
prejudice to Owner’s right to recover the balance of such rent or pursue any
other remedy in this lease provided. All checks tendered to Owner as
and for the rent of the demised premises shall be deemed payments for the
account of Tenant. Acceptance by Owner of rent from anyone other than
Tenant shall not be deemed to operate as an attornment to Owner by the payor of
such rent or as a consent by Owner to an assignment or subletting by Tenant of
the demised premises to such payor, or as a modification of the provisions of
this lease. No act or thing done by Owner or Owner’s agents during
the term hereby demised shall be deemed an acceptance of a surrender of said
premises and no agreement to accept such surrender shall be valid unless in
writing signed by Owner. No employee of Owner or Owner’s agent shall
have any power to accept the keys of said premises prior to the termination of
the lease and the delivery of keys to any such agent or employee shall not
operate as a termination of the lease or a surrender of the
premises.
Waiver
of Trial by Jury:
26. It
is mutually agreed by and between Owner and Tenant that the respective parties
hereto shall and they hereby do waive trial by jury in any action, proceeding or
counterclaim brought by either of the parties hereto against the other (except
for personal injury or property damage) on any matters whatsoever arising out of
or in any way connected with this lease, the relationship of Owner and Tenant,
Tenant’s use of or occupancy of said premises, and any emergency statutory or
any other statutory remedy. It is further mutually agreed that in the
event Owner commences any proceeding or action for possession including a
summary proceeding for possession of the premises, Tenant will not interpose any
counterclaim of whatever nature or description in any such proceeding including
a counterclaim under Article 4 except for statutory mandatory
counterclaims.
Inability
to Perform:
27. This
Lease and the obligation of Tenant to pay rent hereunder and perform all of the
other covenants and agreements hereunder on part of Tenant to be performed shall
in no wise be affected, impaired or excused because Owner is unable to fulfill
any of its obligations under this lease or to supply or is delayed in supplying
any service expressly or impliedly to be supplied or is unable to make, or is
delayed in making any repair, additions, alterations or decorations or is unable
to supply or is delayed in supplying any equipment, fixtures or other materials
if Owner is prevented or delayed from doing so by reason of strike or labor
troubles or any cause whatsoever beyond Owner’s sole control including, but not
limited to, government preemption or restrictions or by reason of any rule,
order or regulation of any department or subdivision thereof of any government
agency or by reason of the conditions which have been or are affected, either
directly or indirectly, by war or other emergency.
Bills
and Notices:
28. Except
as otherwise in this lease provided, a xxxx statement, notice or communication
which Owner may desire or be required to give to Tenant, shall be deemed
sufficiently given or rendered if, in writing, delivered to Tenant personally or
sent by registered or certified mail addressed to Tenant at the building of
which the demised premises form a part or at the last known residence address or
business address of Tenant or left at any of the aforesaid premises addressed to
Tenant, and the time of the rendition of such xxxx or statement and of the
giving of such notice or communication shall be deemed to be the time when the
same is delivered to Tenant, mailed, or left at the premises as herein
provided. Any notice by Tenant to Owner must be served by registered
or certified mail addressed to Owner at the address first hereinabove given or
at such other address as Owner shall designate by written notice.
Water
Charges:
29. If
Tenant requires, uses or consumes water for any purpose in addition to ordinary
lavatory purposes (of which fact Tenant constitutes Owner to be the sole judge)
Owner may install a water meter and thereby measure Tenant’s water consumption
for all purposes. Tenant shall pay Owner for the cost of the meter
and the cost of the installation, thereof and throughout the duration of
Tenant’s occupancy Tenant shall keep said meter and installation equipment in
good working order and repair at Tenant’s own cost and expense in default of
which Owner may cause such meter and equipment to be replaced or repaired and
collect the cost thereof from Tenant, as additional rent. Tenant
agrees to pay for water consumed, as shown on said meter as and when bills are
rendered, and on default in making such payment Owner may pay such charges and
collect the same from Tenant, as additional rent. Tenant covenants
and agrees to pay, as additional rent, the sewer rent, charge or any other tax,
rent, levy or charge which now or hereafter is assessed, imposed or a lien upon
the demised premises or the realty of which they are part pursuant to law, order
or regulation made or issued in connection with the use, consumption,
maintenance or supply of water, water system or sewage or sewage connection or
system. If the building or the demised premises or any part thereof
is supplied with water through a meter through which water is also supplied to
other premises Tenant shall pay to Owner, as additional rent, on
the first day of each month,
%
($ )
of the total meter charges as Tenant’s portion. Independently of and
in addition to any of the remedies reserved to Owner hereinabove or elsewhere in
this lease, Owner may xxx for and collect any monies to be paid by Tenant or
paid by Owner for any of the reasons or purposes hereinabove set
forth.
Sprinklers:
30. Anything
elsewhere in this lease to the contrary notwithstanding, if the New York Board
of Fire Underwriters or the New York Fire Insurance Exchange or any bureau,
department or official of the federal, state or city government recommend or
require the installation of a sprinkler system or that any changes,
modifications, alterations, or additional sprinkler heads or other
equipment be made or supplied in an existing sprinkler system by
reason of Tenant’s business, or the location of partitions, trade fixtures, or
other contents of the demised premises, or for any other reason, or if any such
sprinkler system installations, modifications, alterations, additional sprinkler
heads or other such equipment, become necessary to prevent the imposition of a
penalty or charge against the full allowance for a sprinkler system in the fire
insurance rate set by any said Exchange or by any fire insurance company, Tenant
shall, at Tenant’s expense, promptly make such sprinkler system installations,
changes, modifications, alterations, and supply additional sprinkler heads or
other equipment as required whether the work involved shall be structural or
non-structural in nature; Tenant shall pay to
Owner as additional rent the sum of
$ ,
on the first day of each month during the term of this lease, as Tenant’s
portion of the contract price for sprinkler supervisory service.
Elevators,
Heat, Cleaning:
31. As
long as Tenant is not in default under any of the covenants of this lease beyond
the applicable grace period provided in this lease for the curing of such
defaults, Owner shall : (a) provide necessary passenger elevator
facilities on business days from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m.; (b) if freight elevator service is provided, same shall be provided
only on regular business days Monday through Friday inclusive, and on those days
only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12 noon and between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.; (c)
furnish heat, water and other services supplied by Owner to the demised
premises, when and as required by law, on business days from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; (d) clean the public halls and public
portions of the building which are used in common by all
tenants. Tenant shall, at Tenant’s expense, keep the demised
premises, including the windows, clean and in order, to the reasonable
satisfaction of Owner, and for that purpose shall employ the person or persons,
or corporation approved by Owner. Tenant shall pay to Owner the cost
of removal of any of Tenant’s refuse and rubbish from the
building. Bills for the same shall be rendered by Owner to Tenant at
such time as Owner may elect and shall be due and payable hereunder, and the
amount of such bills shall be deemed to be, and be paid as, additional
rent. Tenant shall, however, have the option of independently
contracting for the removal of such rubbish and refuse in the event that Tenant
does not wish to have same done by employees of Owner. Under such
circumstances, however, the removal of such refuse and rubbish by others shall
be subject to such rules and regulations as, in the judgment of Owner, are
necessary for the proper operation of the building. Owner reserves
the right to stop service of the heating, elevator, plumbing and electric
systems, when necessary, by reason of accident, or emergency, or for repairs,
alterations, replacements or improvements, in the judgment of Owner desirable or
necessary to be made, until said repairs, alterations, replacements or
improvements shall have been completed. If the building of which the
demised premises are a part supplies manually operated elevator service, Owner
may proceed diligently with alterations necessary to substitute automatic
control elevator service without in any way affecting the obligations of Tenant
hereunder.
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Security:
32. Tenant
has deposited with Owner the sum of $63,000.00 as security for the faithful
performance and observance by Tenant of the terms, provisions and conditions of
this lease; it is agreed that in the event Tenant defaults in respect of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this lease, including, but not limited
to, the payment of rent and additional rent, Owner may use, apply or retain the
whole or any part of the security so deposited to the extent required for the
payment of any rent and additional rent or any other sum as to which Tenant is
in default or for any sum which Owner may expend or may be required to expend by
reason of Tenant’s default in respect of any of the terms, covenants and
conditions of this lease, including but not limited to, any damages or
deficiency in the reletting of the premises, whether such damages or deficiency
accrued before or after summary proceedings or other re-entry by
Owner. In the event that Tenant shall fully and faithfully comply
with all of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this lease, the
security shall be returned to Tenant after the date fixed as the end of the
Lease and after delivery of entire possession of the demised premises to
Owner. In the event of a sale of the land and building or leasing of
the building, of which the demised premises form a part, Owner shall have the
right to transfer the security to the vendee or lessee and Owner shall thereupon
be released by Tenant from all liability for the return of such security; and
Tenant agrees to look to the new Owner solely for the return of said security,
and it is agreed that the provisions hereof shall apply to every transfer or
assignment made of the security to a new Owner. Tenant further
covenants that it will not assign or encumber or attempt to assign or encumber
the monies deposited herein as security and that neither Owner nor its
successors or assigns shall be bound by any such assignment, encumbrance,
attempted assignment or attempted encumbrance.
Captions:
33. The
Captions are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference and in
no way define, limit or describe the scope of this lease nor the intent of any
provision thereof.
Definitions:
34. The
term “Owner” as used in this lease means only the owner of the fee or of the
leasehold of the building, or the mortgagee in possession, for the time being of
the land and building (or the owner of a lease of the building or of the land
and building) of which the demised premises form a part, so that in the event of
any sale or sales of said land and building or of said lease, or in the event of
a lease of said building, or of the land and building, the said Owner shall be
and hereby is entirely freed and relieved of all covenants and obligations of
Owner hereunder, and it shall be deemed and construed without further agreement
between the parties or their successors in interest, or between the parties and
the purchaser, at any such sale, or the said lessee of the building, or of the
land and building, that the purchaser or the lessee of the building has assumed
and agreed to carry out any and all covenants and obligations of Owner
hereunder. The words “re-enter” and “re-entry” as used in this lease
are not restricted to their technical legal meaning. The term “rent”
includes the annual rental rate whether so expressed or expressed in monthly
installments, and “additional rent.” “Additional rent” means all sums which
shall be due to Owner from Tenant under this lease, in addition to the annual
rental rate. The term “business days” as used in this lease, shall
exclude Saturdays, Sundays and all days observed by the State or Federal
Government as legal holidays and those designated as holidays by the applicable
building service union employees service contract or by the applicable Operating
Engineers contract with respect to HVAC service. Wherever it is
expressly provided in this lease that consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, such consent shall not be unreasonably delayed.
Adjacent
Excavation-Shoring:
35. If
an excavation shall be made upon land adjacent to the demised premises, or shall
be authorized to be made, Tenant shall afford to the person causing or
authorized to cause such excavation, license to enter upon the demised premises
for the purpose of doing such work as said person shall deem necessary to
preserve the wall or the building of which demised premises form a part from
injury or damage and to support the same by proper foundations without any claim
for damages or indemnity against Owner, or diminution or abatement of
rent.
Rules
and Regulations:
36. Tenant
and Tenant’s servants, employees, agents, visitors, and licensees shall observe
faith fully, and comply strictly with, the Rules and Regulations annexed hereto
and such other and further reasonable Rules and Regulations as Owner or Owner’s
agents may from time to time adopt. Notice of any additional rules or
regulations shall be given in such manner as Owner may elect. In case
Tenant disputes the reasonableness of any additional Rule or Regulation
hereafter made or adopted by Owner or Owner’s agents, the parties hereto agree
to submit the question of the reasonableness of such Rule or Regulation for
decision to the New York office of the American Arbitration Association, whose
determination shall be final and conclusive upon the parties
hereto. The right to dispute the reasonableness of any additional
Rule or Regulation upon Tenant’s part shall be deemed waived unless the same
shall be asserted by service of a notice, in writing upon Owner within fifteen
(15) days after the giving of notice thereof. Nothing in this lease
contained shall be construed to impose upon Owner any duty or obligation to
enforce the Rules and Regulations or terms, covenants or conditions in any other
lease, as against any other tenant and Owner shall not be liable to Tenant for
violation of the same by any other tenant, its servants, employees, agents,
visitors or licensees.
Glass:
37. Owner
shall replace, at the expense of the Tenant, any and all plate and other glass
damaged or broken from any cause whatsoever in and about the demised
premise. Owner may insure, and keep insured, at Tenant’s expense, all
plate and other glass in the demised premises for and in the name of
Owner. Bills for the premiums therefor shall be rendered by Owner to
Tenant at such times as Owner may elect, and shall be due from, and payable by,
Tenant when rendered, and the amount thereof shall be deemed to be, and be paid,
as additional rent.
Estoppel
Certificate:
38. Tenant,
at any time, and from time to time, upon at least 10 days’ prior notice by
Owner, shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to Owner, and/or to any other
person, firm or corporation specified by Owner, a statement certifying that this
Lease is unmodified in full force and effect (or, if there have been
modifications, that the same is in full force and effect as modified and stating
the modifications), stating the dates to which the rent and additional rent have
been paid, and stating whether or not there exists any default by Owner under
this Lease, and, if so, specifying each such default.
Directory
Board Listing:
39. If,
at the request of and as accommodation to Tenant, Owner shall place upon the
directory board in the lobby of the building, one or more names of persons other
than Tenant, such directory board listing shall not be construed as the consent
by Owner to an assignment or subletting by Tenant to such person or
persons.
Successors
and Assigns:
40. The
covenants, conditions and agreements contained in this lease shall bind and
inure to the benefit of Owner and Tenant and their respective heirs,
distributees, executors, administrators, successors, and except as otherwise
provided in this lease, their assigns. Tenant shall look only to
Owner’s estate and interest in the land and building for the satisfaction of
Tenant’s remedies for the collection of a judgement (or other judicial process)
against Owner in the event of any default by Owner hereunder, and no other
property or assets of such Owner (or any partner, member, officer or director
thereof, disclosed or undisclosed), shall be subject to levy, execution or other
enforcement procedure for the satisfaction of Tenant’s remedies under or with
respect to this lease, the relationship of Owner and Tenant hereunder, or
Tenant’s use and occupancy of the demised premises.
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See
rider annexed hereto and made a part
hereof.
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In
Witness Whereof, Owner and Tenant have respectively signed and sealed this lease
as of the day and year first above written.
Witness
for Owner:
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URBAN
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS (61), LLC,
Landlord
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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[L.S.]
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Managing Member
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Witness
for Tenant
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XXX XXXXXX ANTIQUES, INC. | ||
By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx, President
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[L.S.]
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Name:
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Title:
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WILTSHIRE-XXXX,
LTD., Tenant
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By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx, President
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CORPORATE
TENANT
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STATE
OF NEW YORK,
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ss.:
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County
of
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On this
day of ,
, before me personally came to me
known, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides in
that
he is
the
of
the
corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, as TENANT;
that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said
instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board
of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by like
order.
INDIVIDUAL
TENANT
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STATE
OF NEW YORK,
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ss.:
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County
of
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On this
day of
,
, before me personally came to be
known and known to me to be the individual described in and who, as TENANT,
executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the
same.
IMPORTANT
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RULES
AND REGULATIONS ATTACHED TO AND
MADE
A PART OF THIS LEASE IN
ACCORDANCE
WITH ARTICLE 36.
1. The
sidewalks, entrances, driveways, passages, courts, elevators, vestibules,
stairways, corridors or halls shall not be obstructed or encumbered by any
Tenant or used for any purpose other than for ingress or egress from the demised
premises and for delivery of merchandise and equipment in a prompt and efficient
manner using elevators and passageways designated for such delivery by
Owner. There shall not be used in any space, or in the public hall of
the building, either by any Tenant or by jobbers or others in the delivery or
receipt of merchandise, any hand trucks, except those equipped with rubber tires
and sideguards. If said premises are situated on the ground floor of
the building, Tenant thereof shall further, at Tenant’s expense, keep the
sidewalk and curb in front of said premises clean and free from ice, snow, dirt
and rubbish.
2. The
water and wash closets and plumbing fixtures shall not be used for any purposes
other than those for which they were designed or constructed and no sweepings,
rubbish, rags, acids or other substances shall be deposited therein, and the
expense of any breakage, stoppage, or damage resulting from the violation of
this rule shall be borne by the Tenant who, or whose clerks, agents, employees
or visitors, shall have caused it.
3. No
carpet, rug or other article shall be hung or shaken out of any window of the
building; and no Tenant shall sweep or throw or permit to be swept or thrown
from the demised premises any dirt or other substances into any of the corridors
of halls, elevators, or out of the doors or windows or stairways of the building
and Tenant shall not use, keep or permit to be used or kept any foul or noxious
gas or substance in the demised premises, or permit or suffer the demised
premises to be occupied or used in a manner offensive or objectionable to Owner
or other occupants of the buildings by reason of noise, odors, and or
vibrations, or interfere in any way, with other Tenants or those having business
therein, nor shall any bicycles, vehicles, animals, fish, or birds be kept in or
about the building. Smoking or carrying lighted cigars or cigarettes
in the elevators of the building is prohibited.
4. No
awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls of the
building without the prior written consent of Owner.
5. No
sign, advertisement, notice or other lettering shall be exhibited, inscribed,
painted or affixed by any Tenant on any part of the outside of the demised
premises or the building or on the inside of the demised premises if the same is
visible from the outside of the premises without the prior written consent of
Owner, except that the name of Tenant may appear on the entrance door of the
premises. In the event of the violation of the foregoing by any
Tenant, Owner may remove same without any liability and may charge the expense
incurred by such removal to Tenant or Tenants violating this
rule. Interior signs on doors and directory tablet shall be
inscribed, painted or affixed for each Tenant by Owner at the expense of such
Tenant, and shall be of a size, color and style acceptable to
Owner.
6. No
Tenant shall xxxx, paint, drill into, or in any way deface any part of the
demised premises or the building of which they form a part. No
boring, cutting or stringing of wires shall be permitted, except with the prior
written consent of Owner, and as Owner may direct. No Tenant shall
lay linoleum, or other similar floor covering, so that the same shall come in
direct contact with the floor of the demised premises, and, if linoleum or other
similar floor covering is desired to be used an interlining of builder’s
deadening felt shall be first affixed to the floor, by a paste or other
material, soluble in water, the use of cement or other similar adhesive material
being expressly prohibited.
7. No
additional locks or bolts of any kind shall be placed upon any of the doors or
windows by any Tenant, nor shall any changes be made in existing locks or
mechanism thereof. Each Tenant must, upon the termination of his
Tenancy, restore to Owner all keys of stores, offices and toilet rooms, either
furnished to, or otherwise procured by, such Tenant, and in the event of the
loss of any keys, so furnished, such Tenant shall pay to Owner the cost
thereof.
8. Freight,
furniture, business equipment, merchandise and bulky matter of any description
shall be delivered to and removed from the premises only on the freight
elevators and through the service entrances and corridors, and only during hours
and in a manner approved by Owner. Owner reserves the right to
inspect all freight to be brought into the building and to exclude from the
building all freight which violates any of these Rules and Regulations of the
lease of which these Rules and Regulations are a part.
9. No
Tenant shall obtain for use upon the demised premises ice, drinking water, towel
and other similar services, or accept barbering or bootblacking services in the
demised premises, except from persons authorized by Owner, and at hours and
under regulations fixed by Owner. Canvassing, soliciting and peddling
in the building is prohibited and each Tenant shall cooperate to prevent the
same.
10. Owner
reserves the right to exclude from the building all persons who do not present a
pass to the building signed by Owner. Owner will furnish passes to
persons for whom any Tenant requests same in writing. Each Tenant
shall be responsible for all persons for whom he requests such pass and shall be
liable to Owner for all acts of such persons. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Owner shall not be required to allow Tenant or any person to enter or
remain in the building, except on business days from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and
on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Tenant shall not have a claim against
Owner by reason of Owner excluding from the building any person who does not
present such pass.
11. Owner
shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by any Tenant which in Owner’s
opinion, tends to impair the reputation of the building or its desirability as a
loft building, and upon written notice from Owner, Tenant shall refrain from or
discontinue such advertising.
12. Tenant
shall not bring or permit to be brought or kept in or on the demised premises,
any inflammable, combustible, or explosive, or hazardous fluid, material,
chemical or substance, or cause or permit any odors of cooking or other
processes, or any unusual or other objectionable odors to permeate in or emanate
from the demised premises.
13. Tenant
shall not use the demised premises in a manner which disturbs or interferes with
other Tenants in the beneficial use of their premises.
RIDER
TO LEASE DATED OCTOBER 19, 2001
BETWEEN
URBAN DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS (61), LLC, AS LANDLORD AND
OWNER
AND
XXX
XXXXXX ANTIQUES, INC. AND WILTSHIRE-XXXX, LTD., AS TENANTS
41. A. The
annual rental rate payable hereunder, which shall be paid in equal monthly
installments, in accordance with the “Witnesseth” clause on the first page of
the printed portion of this lease shall be as follows:
(i)
For the period beginning on November 16, 2001 through October 31, 2002 at the
rate of $189,000.00 per annum;
(ii)
For the period beginning on November 1, 2002 through October 31, 2003 at the
rate of $193,725.00 per annum;
(iii)
For the period beginning on November 1, 2003 through October 31, 2004 at the
rate of $198,568.13 per annum;
(iv)
For the period beginning on November 1, 2004 through October 31, 2005 at the
rate of $203,532.33 per annum;
(v)
For the period beginning on November 1, 2005 through October 31, 2006 at the
rate of $208,620.64 per annum.
(vi)
For the period beginning on November 1, 2006 through October 31, 2007 at the
rate of $213,836.15 per annum;
(vii)
For the period beginning on November 1, 2007 through October 31, 2008 at the
rate of $219,182.06 per annum;
(viii)
For the period beginning on November 1, 2008 through October 31, 2009 at the
rate of $224,661.61 per annum;
(ix) For
the period beginning on November 1, 2009 through October 31, 2010 at the rate of
$230,278.15 per annum; and
(x) For
the period beginning on November 1, 2010 through October 31, 2011 at the rate of
$236,035.10 per annum.
B. Notwithstanding
the recitation of the annual rental rate in Paragraph A above, provided Tenants
shall not be in default of any material term, covenant or condition of this
Lease beyond applicable notice and cure period at any time during the entire
term of this lease, then, and in such event only, the annual rental rate for the
period beginning on November 16, 2001 through October 31, 2002 shall be
$180,000.00 per annum, and the annual rental rate for the period beginning
November 1, 2002 through October 31, 2003 shall be $184,500.00 per
annum.
42. (a) Tenants’
operation of the demised premises shall be for its own account and liability and
Landlord shall in no way be liable for or in any other manner responsible
therefore. Tenant shall indemnify and save harmless Landlord from and
against any claim, penalty, loss, damage or expense, including reasonable
attorney’s fees, connected with or arising out of Tenants’ use or occupancy of
the demised premises, including but not limited to loss or damage by theft, fire
and any other hazards, normally covered by comprehensive insurance, and from any
damage or injury to persons or property, due to the acts or omissions of
Tenants, its agents, servants, employees or invitees.
(b) Without
limiting the indemnities herein contained, Tenants shall, during the term of
this Lease and at all times that Tenants are in possession of the demised
premises, at its sole cost and expense, maintain comprehensive general liability
insurance with respect to the demised premises and its use and occupancy thereof
as herein provided with an insurance company or companies satisfactory to
Landlord providing coverage in limits of no less than $2,000,000 for bodily
injury, and no less than $1,000,000 for property damage. Tenants
shall also maintain all further insurance coverage in such limits as are
customarily maintained by comparable operations. Tenants shall keep
all such insurance naming Landlord, Landlord’s managing agent, any superior
lessor, any mortgagees designated by Landlord and Tenants, as
insureds. Said insurance shall provide that the insurer will give
Landlord ten (10) days’ notice in advance of any cancellation or reduction of
coverage and that copies of all endorsements issued after the date of each
policy will be forwarded to Landlord. Tenants shall deliver to
Landlord, prior to the commencement of the Lease term and upon request while
this paragraph 42 (b) applies a certificate of endorsement of the aforesaid
policies. If at any time, Tenants shall neglect or fail to provide
and keep in force such coverage as required hereunder, Landlord may, but is not
obligated to, obtain such insurance as the agent of Tenants, the premiums
therefore to be deemed Additional Rent hereunder, and the Tenants shall, upon
demand, reimburse Landlord therefore, as Additional Rent. Tenants’
failure to maintain the aforesaid policies shall be a material default
hereunder.
(c) Tenants
shall also obtain, as its own cost and expense, naming both Landlord, Landlord’s
managing agent, any superior lessor, any mortgagees designated by Landlord, and
Tenants as named insured, fire insurance for all personal property which may be
affixed to the realty now located in the leased premises and including any
future installations.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, nothing herein shall prevent Landlord from
recovering in the event of fire or other loss under Landlord’s fire or other
insurance coverage for all betterments and improvements by Tenants so affixed to
the demised premises that are considered part of the realty under
law.
(e) Tenants
hereby release Landlord, Landlord’s partners and principals, disclosed or
undisclosed, and its agents and their respective employees in respect of any
claim (including a claim for negligence) which it might otherwise have against
Landlord, Landlord’s partners, and principals, disclosed or undisclosed, and its
agents and their respective employees, for loss, damage or destruction with
respect to Tenants’ property by fire or other casualty (including rental value
or business interest as the case may be) occurring during the term of this Lease
and normally covered under a fire insurance policy with extended coverage
endorsement in the form normally used in respect of similar property in New York
County.
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43.
Neither Landlord nor Tenants shall be liable to the other party or to any
insurance company (by way of subrogation or otherwise) for any (1) loss or
damage to any building, structure, or other tangible property; (ii) liability
for personal injury; or (iii) losses under worker’s compensation laws and
benefits, even though such loss, damage, or liability might be caused by the
negligence of such party, its agents, contractors, invitees, or
employees. Both Landlord and Tenants shall endeavor to obtain a
waiver of subrogation from their insurance company.
44. (a) Landlord
will not furnish any electricity or gas for Tenants at the demised premises and
Tenants shall pay for all electricity or gas consumed, as billed by the public
utility or, if a meter is shared with an adjacent Tenants, shall pay applicable
and agreed upon apportioned charges to the Tenants as
billed. Landlord will furnish heat to the demised premises at
the same time
Landlord furnishes heat to the building of which the demised premises forms a
part. Commencing on November 16, 2001, Tenants shall pay to Landlord,
as additional rent, the sum of $50.00 per month, which sum represents Tenants’
agreed-upon share of the cost of Landlord’s air conditioning maintenance
contract in respect of the air conditioning unit servicing the Demised Premises
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, Tenants shall,
at Tenants’ sole cost and expense, maintain, and promptly make all repairs,
structural or otherwise ordinary and extraordinary, to all components of the
electrical system from and including meters to and within the demised
premises. Tenants shall not be released or executed from the
performance of any of its obligations under this Lease for any failure or for
interruption or curtailment of electrical or gas service, for any reason
whatsoever, and no such failure, interruption or curtailment shall constitute a
constructive or partial eviction.
(b) Landlord
shall furnish freight elevator facilities on weekdays on Monday through Friday
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except on legal holidays, and self-service
passenger elevator facilities at all times.
(c) Landlord
at its expense shall remove Tenants’s ordinary waste generated solely by office
functions from the demised premises at such regular times as Landlord shall from
time to time establish.
45.
All signs and lettering except those wholly within and not visible from outside
the demised premises will be of a type and manner approved by Landlord to
conform with the nature and character of the building.
46.
Tenants agree (a) the business to be conducted at, through and from the demised
premises, the kind and quality of merchandise and services offered in the
conduct of such business, the sales methods in such business, as well as other
elements of merchandising, display and advertising and the appearance of the
demised premises and the furniture, fixtures, and decoration therein, and of any
signs, lettering, announcements, price schedules, tags or any other kind of
forms of inscriptions displayed in or about demised premises, will be dignified
and in conformity with the highest standards of practice at the time in question
among first-class establishments dealing in the same or similar merchandise, and
(b) not affix any signs on windows or doors of the premises with
tape.
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47. Tenants
shall use and occupy the demised premises only for the purposes stated in
Article 2 of the Lease and for no other purposes. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, it is an express condition of this Lease and
Tenants expressly warrants and agrees that at no time and in no event may the demised
premises, or any part thereof, be used for residential purposes.
48. A.
Tenants may make alterations, additions or
improvements in or to the demised premises with the written consent of the
Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. All such
work, at any time undertaken by Tenants, shall be in compliance with all rules,
orders, regulations or requirements of governmental authorities, having
jurisdiction there over and in a good and workmanlike
manner. Workers’ compensation insurance covering all persons employed
by Tenants in this connection and general liability insurance, in such limits as
may be reasonably requested by Landlord from time to time, shall be maintained
by Tenants at Tenants’s sole cost and expense at all times while such work is in
progress and Landlord shall be named as an additional insured
thereunder.
B. Subject
to the terms covenants and conditions of this Lease and provided Tenants
complies with applicable law, and the codes rules and regulations of the
appropriate governmental agencies, Tenants, at its own cost and expense, shall
be permitted to perform non-structural alterations in order to ready the demised
premises for Tenants’s initial occupancy as follows (“Initial Alterations”) (all
references shall be to numbered items on the plan annexed at Exhibit
B): a) remove walls nos. 1 and 2; b) remove built-in units and
dropped ceilings in Offices Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6; c) removed side walls no. 5; d)
old window noted as no. 7 on the 61st Street
side of the building to be replaced; e) create shipping/restoration room where
cross-hatched at area between nos. 7, 8 and 9, and move wall out and install
large glass double door at no. 9; f) install ventilating fan at window no. 7; g)
refinish existing wood floors throughout the space except in a small area at the
entrance, and create vestibule with limestone floors at point no. 11 at the
entrance. Tenants shall have access to the building on Saturdays from
10 a.m. until 5 p.m. between November 1, 2001 and November 30, 2001 for the
purpose of Tenants performing its Initial Alterations, subject, however, to
Tenants paying the reasonable overtime costs incurred by Landlord, as additional
rent, for keeping the building open on those days.
49. Any
alterations, additions, or improvements, in whole or in part, undertaken by
Tenants shall at the completion of the term of this Lease (or any extension or
renewal thereof) the demised premises shall be returned to the physical
condition (in whole or in part) that it was received in.
50. Landlord
shall have the right at any time, without the same constituting an actual or
constructive eviction, and without incurring any liability to Tenants, to change
the arrangement and/or location of entrances of passageways, corridors,
elevators, stairs, toilets, or other public parts of the building, and to change
the name or number by which the building is known so long as such change does
not reduce the size of the demised Premises.
51. Tenants
have examined the demised premises and agree to take possession of same in its
“As Is” condition. Except as may be expressly provided herein to the
contrary, Landlord shall have no obligation to furnish, render, or supply any
work, labor, services, materials, fixtures, furniture, equipment or decoration
to make the demised premises ready or suitable for Tenants’s
occupancy.
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52. (a) Tenants
shall not enter into a new sublease with any party for all or any portion of the
Demised Premises or assign its interest in this Agreement without Landlord’s
prior consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or
conditioned. Upon Tenants’s request for Landlord’s consent, Tenants
shall submit to Landlord, in writing, a counterpart of the proposed assignment
or sublease, as the case may be, and the name of the proposed assignee or
subtenant, the name and character of its business (which business must be in
related interior design area and/or the sale of furniture, furnishings and/or
decorative merchandise), the terms of the proposed assignment or sublease and
such information as to the proposed assignee’s or subtenant’s financial
responsibility and standing and any other information Landlord may reasonably
request, including, without limitation, prior 2 years’ tax returns, prior 2
years’ financial statements, a bank reference, and a copy of the previous
month’s bank statement. Upon receipt of such requested information
from Tenants, Landlord shall have the option, to be exercised by written notice
within 20 days after Tenants’s request for consent, to either (i) terminate
this Lease as of the day immediately preceding the proposed commencement date of
the assignment or sublease, as the case may be, or (ii) grant or withhold its
consent (provided that there is a reasonable basis therefor) to such proposed
assignment or sublease, as the case may be. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary set forth above in this paragraph (a), Landlord shall only have
the right to terminate this Lease in connection with a proposed sublease of a
portion of the Demised Premises if, and only if, the rent to be paid by the
proposed sublessee to Tenants pursuant to the proposed sublease shall exceed, on
a dollar per square foot basis, the rent then payable by Tenants to Landlord for
the same space.
(b) If
Landlord shall exercise such option, Tenants shall surrender possession of the
entire demised premises, or the portion which is the subject of the option, as
the case may be, on the date set forth in such notice in accordance with the
provisions of this Lease relating to surrender of the demised premises at the
expiration of the term. If the Lease shall be canceled as to a
portion of the demised premises only, the rent and Additional Rent payable by
Tenants under this Lease shall be abated proportionately according to the ratio
that the rentable area in the portion of the space surrendered bears to the
rentable area of the entire demised premises.
(c) In
the event of a proposed assignment or subletting in connection with the sale of
Tenants’s business or, in the event Landlord shall not exercise the option to
cancel the Lease in whole or in part as above required, and Tenants are not in
default of any portion of this Lease, then Landlord’s consent to such request
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided assignee or subtenant
conforms to the use permitted by this Lease and with the general tenancy of the
building; and
(i) The
proposed assignee or subtenant shall use the demised premises, or the relevant
part thereof, solely for business dealing directly with interior design,
architects, builders and the like and in conformity with the general tenancy of
the building in which the demised premises form a part and, in the Landlord’s
sole judgment, reasonably exercised, the proposed assignee or subtenant is
engaged in a business and the premises to be sublet or assigned will be used in
a manner which,
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(aa) is
in keeping with the then standard of the building; and
(bb) will
not violate any negative covenant concerning “use” contained in any other Lease
in the building; however, such “use” restrictions are to be construed solely
against the Tenants and shall not affect the Landlord’s right to demise the
premises, or any relevant part thereof, for such purposes as are permitted by
law,
(ii) The
proposed assignee or subtenant is a reputable person of good character, with
sufficient proven financial worth to meet the continuing obligation of this
Lease; and
(iii) The
proposed assignee or subtenant is not a person with whom the Landlord is then
negotiating a Lease for space in the building; and
(iv) The
form and substance of the proposed sublease or assignment shall be in the form
reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and shall comply with the applicable
provisions of this paragraph; and
(v) Tenants
shall reimburse Landlord for any reasonable costs incurred by Landlord in
connection with such assignment or subletting, including, without limitation,
any credit check or other investigation performed by Landlord, as to the
acceptability of the proposed assignee or subtenant, and any legal fees incurred
in connection therewith, which costs shall be deemed Additional Rent
hereunder.
(d)
In no event shall any assignment or subletting to which
Landlord may have or may not have consented, release Tenants from its
obligations under this Lease. The Tenants’s right to sublet under
this paragraph is personal solely to the within named Tenants and confers no
such right on any sublessee of the named Tenants.
(e)
If the Landlord shall consent to any proposed assignment
or sublease, or shall decline to give its consent to any proposed assignment or
sublease, or if Landlord shall exercise any of its options under subparagraph
(a) of this paragraph, Tenants shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Landlord against and from any and all loss, liability, damages, costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and
expenses) resulting from any claims that may be made against Landlord by the
proposed assignee or subtenant or by any brokers or other persons claiming a
commission or similar compensation in connection with the proposed assignment or
sublease.
(f) In
the event that (i) Landlord fails to exercise its option under subparagraph (a)
of this paragraph and consents to a proposed assignment or sublease, and
(ii) Tenants fail to execute and deliver the assignment or sublease to
which Landlord consented within sixty (60) days after the giving of such
consent, then Tenants shall again comply with all of the provisions and
conditions of subparagraph (a) of this paragraph before assigning this Lease or
subletting all or part of the demised premises. In no event shall any
sublessee or assignee take possession of the demised premises until Landlord’s
approval has been granted and a fully executed
original sublease or assignment, approved by Landlord, has been delivered to
Landlord.
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(g) If
Landlord fails to consent to Tenants’s proposed sublease or sublease amendment
with respect to the Demised Premises or to a proposed assignment of Tenants’s
interest in this Lease and either Landlord or Tenants are found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have acted in bad faith, then the party found to have
so acted in bad faith shall reimburse the other party for all of the successful
party’s legal fees (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees
and disbursements and court filing fees) incurred by the successful
party. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the
provisions of Paragraph 74 of the Lease remain in full force and
effect.
53. An
assignment of more than 50% of stock, partnership interest or membership
interest of Tenants may be construed by Landlord as a request to assign or
sublet pursuant to paragraph 52 entitling Landlord at its option to terminate
this Lease and review the acceptability of such assignee or subtenant under
paragraph 52(a). Notwithstanding such prohibition, Tenants may assign
to members of his family no more than one-third degree of consanguinity so long
as said assignees are reputable and financially responsible.
54. If,
at the request of and as an accommodation to Tenants, Landlord shall place upon
such directory board, as Landlord may from time to time maintain in the lobby of
the building, one or more names of persons, firms or corporations other than
Tenants, this shall not be deemed to operate as an attornment to Landlord or as
a consent by Landlord to an assignment or subletting by Tenants of all or any
portion of the demised premises to such persons, firms or
corporations.
55. (a)
In the event that the amount of real estate taxes,
assessments, sewer rents, rates and charges, county taxes, transit taxes or any
other governmental charge, general, special, ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen
and unforeseen (hereinafter collectively called “taxes”), which may now or
hereafter be levied or assessed upon the land and building of which the demised
premises form a part, (hereinafter called the “real property,”) attributable to
any tax year (July 1 to June 30) shall be greater than the amount of taxes on
the real property for the year January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001 (hereinafter
referred to as the “base year”), then the Tenants shall pay to the Landlord, as
Additional Rent, ten (10%) percent of the increase in taxes for each such
year.
(b) The
Landlord shall take the benefit of the provisions of any statute or ordinance
permitting any assessment to be paid over a period of time, and the Tenants
shall be obliged to pay only its proportionate share, determined as aforesaid,
of the installments of any such assessment as shall become due and payable
during the term of this Lease or any renewal hereof.
(c) Any
amount due the Landlord under the provisions of this paragraph shall be deemed
to be Additional Rent payable by Tenants and collectible by the Landlord as such
and shall be paid within ten (10) days after the Landlord shall have submitted a
xxxx to the Tenants showing in detail the computation of the amounts due the
Landlord. Such xxxx shall be submitted prior to the payment by the
Landlord of each installment of real estate taxes imposed on the real
property. Any delay or failure of Landlord in billing any amount
payable under this paragraph shall not constitute a waiver or in any way impair
the continuing obligation of Tenants to make all payments
hereunder.
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(d) If
the Landlord shall receive any tax refund in respect of any tax year following
the base years, the Landlord may retain out of such tax refund any reasonable
expense incurred by it in obtaining such tax refund. Out of the
remaining balance of such tax refund, the Landlord may retain the amount of its
proportionate share of the total tax paid for such tax year. The
Landlord shall pay to the Tenants, or apply against Fixed Annual Rent or
Additional Rent due Landlord hereunder, its proportionate share of such
remaining balance of such tax refund, such share to be determined as the
proportionate share of total tax paid (before giving effect to the refund) by
the Tenants for the year affected by such tax refund. Any reasonable
and proper expense incurred by the Landlord in contesting the validity or the
amount of the assessed valuation, which shall not be offset by a tax refund,
shall be added to the taxes due Landlord for the tax year in which such contest
shall finally be determined.
(e) The
term “real estate taxes” shall mean all taxes and assessments levied, assessed
or imposed at any time by the City of New York or any other governmental
authority upon or against the land and/or building of which the demised premises
form a part, and also any tax or assessment levied, assessed or imposed at any
time by any governmental authority in connection with the receipt of income or
rents from said land and/or building to the extent that same shall be in lieu of
all or a portion of any of the aforesaid taxes or assessments upon or against
said land and/or building. If, due to a future change in the method
of taxation or in the taxing authority, a franchise, license, income, transit,
profit or other tax, fee or governmental imposition, however designated, shall
be levied, assessed or imposed against Landlord in substitution, in whole or in
part, for said real estate taxes, or in lieu of additional real estate taxes,
then such franchise, license, income, transit, profit, or other tax fee, or
governmental imposition shall be deemed to be included within the definition of
“real estate taxes” for the purposes hereof.
(f) In
no event shall any rent adjustment hereunder result in a decrease in the Fixed
Annual Rent.
(g) Only
Landlord shall be eligible to institute tax reduction or other proceedings to
reduce the assessed valuation of the Land or the Building. Should
Landlord be successful in any such reduction proceedings and obtain a rebate for
any Tax Year for which Tenants has paid installments of the Tax Payment,
Landlord, after deducting the expenses shall credit Tenant’s Percentage of such
rebate against the next monthly installments of the Fixed Annual Rent payable
under this Lease. In the event that the assessed valuation which had
been utilized in computing the Real Estate Taxes payable for the Base Tax Year
is reduces (as a result of settlement, final determination of legal proceedings
or otherwise) then (i) the Real Estate Taxes for the Base Tax Year shall be
retroactively adjusted to reflect such reduction, (ii) the monthly installments
of Additional Rent shall be increased accordingly, and (iii) all retroactive
Additional Rent resulting from such adjustment shall be payable by Tenants
within ten (10) days after the rendition of a xxxx therefor.
56. Intentionally
Omitted.
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57. In
the event that the cost to Landlord for fuel oil and/or gas for heating and/or
hot water in the Building during any calendar year during the Term of this Lease
shall exceed the cost incurred by Landlord for the fuel oil and/or gas for
heating and/or hot water in the Building during the calendar year 2001, then
Tenants shall pay to Landlord, as additional rent, five (5%) percent of each and
every such increase. Landlord shall provide to Tenants, no later than
three months following the end of each calendar year during the Term of this
Lease (including the calendar year 2001), copies of all bills and other
reasonable evidence setting forth Landlord’s costs for fuel oil and/or gas for
heating and/or hot water during such year and the year 2001, together with
Landlord’s statement of the amount due from Tenants, and Tenants shall, within
twenty (20) days after the receipt of such evidence and statement, pay to
Landlord such amount. Because the additional rent for fuel oil and/or
gas for heating and/or hot water for the first eight months of 2011 cannot be
calculated until September 2011, commencing January 1, 2011 and each month
thereafter until the expiration date of this Agreement, Tenants shall pay to
Landlord an estimated amount as additional rent for fuel oil and/or gas for
heating and/or hot water for calendar year 2011 equal to one-twelfth of the
payment calculated on the prior calendar year. In September of 2011
the payments for calendar year 2011 shall be adjusted by comparing the actual
costs for fuel oil and/or gas for heating and/or hot water for the first eight
months for calendar year 2011 to the actual costs for fuel oil and/or gas for
the first eight months of calendar year 2001.
58. Intentionally
Omitted.
59. All
Additional Rent Payments. (1) Subject to Tenants’s rights
as set forth herein to dispute the mathematical correctness of any statement,
xxxx or demand furnished by Landlord with respect to any item of Additional Rent
provided for in this Lease, Tenants’s obligation to make any Additional Rent
payments provided for in this Lease shall be absolute and not conditioned on the
happening of any act, thing, or occurrence, including without limitation the
time or timeliness at or with which such statement, xxxx or demand is furnished
to or made upon Tenants, other than the occurrence of cost increases giving rise
to the obligation to make such payments. Landlord’s failure during
the term of this Lease to prepare and delivery any statements or bills, required
to be delivered to Tenants hereunder, or Landlord’s failure to make a demand
under any other provision of this Lease shall not in any way be deemed to be a
waiver of, or cause Landlord to forfeit or surrender its rights to collect any
Additional Rent which may have become due pursuant to any provisions herein
during term of this Lease and shall survive the expiration or sooner termination
of this Lease.
(2) In
no event shall any adjustment of any payments payable by Tenants in accordance
with the provisions of this Lease result in a decrease in Fixed Annual Rent, nor
shall any adjustment of any Additional Rent payable by Tenants pursuant to any
provision of this Lease result in a decrease in any other Additional Rent
payable by Tenants pursuant to any provisions of this Lease, it being agreed and
understood that the payment of Additional Rent under this Lease is an obligation
supplemental to Tenants’s obligations to pay Fixed Annual Rent and any
Additional Rent pursuant to any other provision of
this Lease.
(3) A
lease year shall end after the expiration or termination of this
Lease. The Additional Rent payable by Tenants in respect thereof
shall be prorated to correspond to that portion of such Year occurring within
the term of this Lease.
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60. If
there now is, or shall be installed in the building a “sprinkler system” and
said system or any of its appliances shall be damaged or injured or not in
proper working order by reason of any act or omission of Tenants, Tenants’s
agents, servants, employees, licensees, or visitors, Tenants shall forthwith
restore the same to working condition at its own expense, and if the New York
Board of Fire Underwriters or the New York Fire Exchange or any bureau,
department or official of the State or City government requires or recommends
that any changes, modifications, alterations or additional sprinkler heads, or
other equipment be made or supplied by reason of Tenants’s business, the
location of partitions, trade fixtures or other contents of the demised premises
or for any other reason or if any such changes, modifications, alterations,
additional sprinkler heads or other equipment became necessary to prevent the
imposition of a penalty or charge against the full allowance for a sprinkler
system in the Fire insurance rate so fixed by said exchange or by any fire
insurance company, Tenants shall, at its own expense, promptly make and supply
such changes, modifications, alterations, additional sprinkler heads, or other
equipment.
61. (a)
If the demised
premises, or any part thereof, are partially damaged by fire or other casualty,
rent, until such damage is repaired, shall be apportioned as described in
Article 9 of this Lease only to the extent that the demised premises are
rendered untenable.
(b)
In addition to the events described in Article 9(d) of the Lease, if
the repair of any damage to the building would, in Landlord’s judgment, require
an expenditure of more than forty (40%) percent of the full insurable value of
the building immediately prior to the fire or other casualty, Landlord will have
the options given to it pursuant to Paragraph 9, subsection (d) of the
Lease.
62. (a)
If Tenants are in arrears in payment of rent
or Additional Rent, Tenants waive Tenants’s right, if any, to designate the
items against which any payments made by Tenants are to be credited, and Tenants
agrees that Landlord may apply any payments made by Tenants to any items
Landlord see fit, irrespective of and notwithstanding any designation or request
by Tenants as to the items against which any such payments shall be
credited.
(b) In
case Tenants shall default in payment of any fixed rent, percentage rent,
Additional Rent or any other charge payable hereunder by Tenants to Landlord on
any date upon which the same becomes due, and such default shall continue for
five (5) days after Landlord shall have given to Tenants a written notice
specifying such default, then Tenants shall have ten (10) days from such notice
in which to notify Landlord that it disputes the charges. Landlord
shall have ten (10) days to respond. In the event the issue is not
resolved or joined within thirty (30) days, Landlord may give to Tenants a
notice of intention to end the term of this Lease at the expiration of three (3)
days from the date of the giving of such notice, and, in the event such notice
is given, this lease and the term stated hereby granted (whether or not the term
shall have commenced) shall expire and terminate upon the expiration of said
three (3) days with the same effect as if that day were the date hereinbefore
set for the expiration of the term of this Lease, but Tenants shall remain
liable for damages as provided in paragraph 18 of this Lease.
63. In
the event any payment under this Lease shall be made in the form of a check from
any other person, firm or corporation other than the person, firm or corporation
named in this Lease, the acceptance of same by Landlord shall not, under any
circumstances, be deemed recognition of a subletting or any assignment of this
Lease, regardless of the number of times that such payment shall be made by such
other person, firm or corporation.
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64. (a)
If Tenants shall
fail to pay all or any part of any installment of Fixed Annual Rent for more
than ten (10) days after the same shall become due and payable, Tenants shall
pay as Additional Rent hereunder to Landlord a late charge of three (3) cents
for each dollar of the amount of such Fixed Annual Rent or Additional Rent which
shall not have been paid to Landlord within five (5) days after becoming due and
payable.
(b) In
every case in which Tenants are required by the terms of this Lease to pay to
Landlord a sum of money (including, without limitation, payment of Fixed Annual
Rent and Additional Rent) and payment is not made within fifteen (15) days after
the same shall become due, Tenants shall pay as Additional Rent hereunder,
interest on such sum or so much thereof as shall be unpaid from the date it
becomes due until it is paid. Such interest shall be computed at a
rate which shall be one (1%) percent per month; provided, however, in no event
shall such interest be in excess of the highest rate of interest which shall
from time to time be permitted under the laws of the State of New York to be
charged on late payments of sums of money due pursuant to the terms of a
Lease.
(c) The
late charge payable pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) above and the interest payable
pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) above shall be (1) payable on demand and
(ii) without prejudice to any of Landlord’s rights and remedies hereunder,
at law or in equity for nonpayment or late payment of rent or other sum and in
addition to any such rights and remedies. No failure by Landlord to
insist upon the strict performance by Tenants of Tenants’s obligations to pay
late charges and interest as provided in this paragraph shall constitute a
waiver by Landlord of its right to enforce the provisions of this paragraph in
any instance thereafter occurring. The provisions of this paragraph
shall not be construed in any way to extend the grace periods or notice periods
provided for in paragraph 17 of this Lease.
65. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Lease, any monies due Landlord other
than the annual rent are deemed to be Additional Rent, and any default in the
payment of Additional Rent shall give to Landlord the same remedies as it has
with respect to a default in the payment of rent.
66. In
the event the rent or Additional Rent or any part hereof provided to be paid by
Tenants under the provisions of this Lease shall become uncollectible or shall
be reduced or required to be reduced or refunded by virtue of any Federal,
State, County or City law, order, or regulation, or by any direction of a public
officer or body pursuant to law, or the orders, rules, codes or regulations of
any organization or entity formed pursuant to law, whether such organization or
entity be public or private, then Landlord, at its option, may at any time
thereafter terminate this Lease, by not less than thirty (30) days’ written
notice to Tenants, on a date set forth in said notice, in which event this Lease
and the term hereof shall terminate and come to an end on the date fixed in said
notice as if the said date were the date originally fixed herein for the
termination of this Lease. Landlord shall not have the right to
terminate this Lease if Tenants within such period of, thirty (30) days shall,
in writing, lawfully agrees that the rental and Additional Rental herein
reserved is a reasonable rental and additional rental, and agrees to continue to
pay such rental and additional rental and if such agreement by Tenants shall
then be legally enforceable by Landlord.
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67. If,
in connection with obtaining financing for the building, a bank, insurance
company or other lending institution shall request reasonable modifications in
this Lease as a condition to such financing, Tenants will not unreasonably
withhold, delay, or defer its consent thereto, provided that such modifications
do not increase the obligations of Tenants hereunder or materially adversely
affect the leasehold interest hereby created.
68. Intentionally
Omitted.
69. (a) Tenants
agree it shall indemnify and save Landlord harmless against all costs, claims,
loss or liability, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, resulting
from delay by Tenants in surrendering the demised premises upon the expiration
or earlier termination of this Lease, including, without limitation, any claims
by any succeeding Tenants founded on such delay.
(b) The
parties recognize and agree that the damage to Landlord resulting from any
failure by Tenants’s timely surrender of the demised premises will be
substantial, will exceed the amount of monthly rent theretofore payable
hereunder, and will be impossible of accurate measurement. Tenants
therefore agree that if possession of the demised premises is not surrendered to
Landlord within thirty (30) days after the date of the expiration or earlier
termination of the terms of this Lease, then Tenants will pay Landlord, as
liquidated damages, for each month and for each portion of any month during
which Tenants hold over in the demised premises after expiration or termination
of the term of this Lease, a sum equal to one point five (1.5) times the average
rent and Additional Rent which was payable per month under this Lease during the
last six (6) months of the term hereof.
(c) The
provisions of sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above are independent of one another
and Tenants agree that payments made pursuant to sub-paragraph (b) shall not in
any way reduce Tenant’s obligation to indemnify Landlord pursuant to
subparagraph (a). The payments required to be made by Tenants
pursuant to subparagraphs (a) and (b) above shall be (i) payable on demand, and
(ii) without prejudice to any of Landlord’s rights and remedies hereunder at law
or in equity for Tenants’s delay in surrendering the demised premises in
accordance with the terms of this Lease upon the expiration or earlier
termination of this Lease.
70. Notwithstanding
paragraph 28 of the printed portion of this Lease, all notices by either party
to the other shall be given by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested. A refusal to accept delivery shall be deemed
notification.
71. Tenants
shall give notice to Landlord, in writing, promptly after Tenants learns of any
accident in or about the demised premises. This notification shall
not be deemed to imply or impose any liability upon Landlord relating to such
accident.
72. Tenants
agree, at any time and from time to time, as requested by Landlord, upon not
less than ten (10) days prior notice, to execute and deliver a statement
certifying that this Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (or if
there have been modifications that the same is in full force as modified and
stating the modifications), certifying the dates to which the rent and
Additional Rent have been paid, and stating whether or not, to the best
knowledge of Tenants, Landlord is in default in performance
of any of its obligations under this Lease, and, if so, specifying each such
default of which Tenants may have knowledge, and stating whether or not, to the
best knowledge of Tenants, any event has occurred which the giving of notice or
passage of time, or both, would constitute such a default, and if so, specifying
each such event, it being intended that any such statement delivered pursuant
hereto shall be deemed a representation and warranty to be relied upon by
Landlord and by others with whom Landlord may be dealing, regardless of
independent investigation.
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73. Tenants
shall look only to Landlord’s estate and property in the building for the
satisfaction of Tenants’s remedies for the collection of a judgment (or other
judicial process) requiring the payment of money by Landlord in the event of any
default or breach of Landlord hereunder, and no other property or assets of
Landlord or its partners or principals, disclosed or undisclosed, shall be
subject to lien, levy, execution or other enforcement procedure for the
satisfaction of Tenants’s remedies under or with respect to this Lease, the
relationship of Landlord and Tenants hereunder or Tenants’s use or occupancy of
the demised premises; and if Tenants shall acquire a lien on such other property
or assets by judgment or otherwise, Tenants shall promptly release such lien by
executing and delivering to Landlord an instrument to that effect prepared by
Landlord.
74. If
Tenants shall request Landlord’s approval or consent and Landlord shall fail or
refuse to give such approval or consent, Tenants shall not be entitled to any
damages for any withholding or delay of such approval or consent by Landlord, it
being intended that Tenants’s sole remedy shall be an action for injunction or
specific performance (the rights to money damages or other injunction being
hereby specifically waived), and that such remedy shall be available only in
those cases where Landlord shall have expressly agreed in writing not to
unreasonably withhold its consent or approval or where as matter of law Landlord
may not unreasonably withhold its consent or approval.
75. Tenants
shall and hereby does waive its right and agrees not to interpose any
counterclaim or offset, of whatever nature and description, in any proceeding or
action which may be instituted by Landlord against Tenants to recover rent,
Additional Rent, other charges, or for damages, or in connection with any
matters or claims whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with this
Lease, or any renewal, extension, holdover, or modification thereof, the
relationship of Landlord and Tenants, or Tenants’s use or occupancy of said
premises. This clause, as well as the “waiver of jury trial”
provision of this Lease, shall survive the expiration, early termination, or
cancellation of this Lease or the terms thereof. Nothing herein
contained, however, shall be construed as a waiver of Tenants’s right to
commence a separate action on a bona fide claim against Landlord.
76. Tenants
expressly acknowledge and agree that Landlord has not made and is not making,
and Tenants, in executing and delivering this Lease, is not relying upon any
warranties, representations, promises, or statements, except to the extent that
the same are expressly set forth in this Lease.
77. If
any conflict shall arise between any of the provisions of this Rider and any of
the terms, printed or typewritten, of the printed portion of the Lease to which
this Rider is attached, all such conflicts shall be resolved in favor of the
provisions of this Rider.
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78. This
Lease shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York. If any provisions of this Lease or the application
thereto to any person or circumstances for any reason and to any extent, be invalid
or unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease and the application of the
provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected but rather
shall be enforced to the extent permitted by law. This Lease shall be
construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction
against the party causing this Lease or any part thereof to be
drafted. Each covenant, agreement, obligation, or other provision of
this Lease on Tenants’s part to be performed shall be deemed and construed as a
separate and independent covenant of Tenants, not dependent on any other
provisions of this Lease. All terms and words used in this Lease,
regardless of the number or gender in which they are used, shall be deemed to
include any other number and any other gender as the content may
require.
79. Definitions
and captions. The captions, numbers and definitions herein are
inserted only as a matter of convenience and are not intended to define, limit,
construe or describe the scope or intent of any paragraph, nor in any way affect
this Lease. In conjunction therewith, the defined term “Landlord” as
used in this Rider shall be deemed to be one and the same as the defined term
“Owner” as used in the printed portion of this Lease.
80. This
Lease shall not be binding upon Landlord unless and until it has been duly
executed by Landlord arid delivered by Landlord to Tenants.
81. Except
as otherwise specifically stated in this Lease, ail rent due under this Lease,
whether base rent or additional rent, is due on the first of each month, in
advance.
82. If
Landlord shall incur any expense (whether paid or not) arising from either
(a) its performance of any act which Tenants are required to perform
hereunder; or (b) enforcement of any of its legal rights or remedies
against Tenants, whether related to a default by Tenants hereunder or otherwise,
and whether or not formal legal action or proceedings be commenced; or (c) its
successful defense of any action or proceeding brought by Tenants whether such
action be related to a provision of this Lease or otherwise; or (d) its
successful prosecution of any counterclaim or third party claim in the context
of an action or third party action brought against it by tenants, such expense,
context of action or third party action brought against it by Tenants, such
expense, including attorney’s fees and disbursements, shall be paid by the
tenant to the Landlord on demand as Additional Rent. The terms
“successful defense” and “successful prosecution” as used herein shall mean any
determination on the merits by a Court of competent jurisdiction in favor of the
Landlord or, in the event of default by Tenants, the entry of default judgment
against him, her or it.
83. Tenants
covenant, represent and warrant that Tenants has had no dealings or negotiations
with any broker or agent in connection with the negotiation or consummation of
this Lease, and Tenants covenants and agrees to pay, hold harmless and indemnify
Landlord from and against any and all cost, expense (including, without
limitation, attorney’s fees and expenses) or liability for compensation with
respect to this Lease or the negotiation thereof.
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84. Tenants
agree that the demised premises are to be used solely as stated in paragraph 2,
and for no other purpose. Tenants may conduct accessory activities
such as repair or restoration of furniture and inventory, and the packing or
assembling of boxes. Such accessory activities shall be conducted in
such a manner, at such times, and to such an extent so as not to create fumes,
odors, noise, dirt or dust, damage to the building or its equipment, or
disturbance or annoyance to other Tenants and occupants of the
building. Further to the foregoing, it is strictly understood and
agreed that Tenants will not cut or saw lumber or engage in hammering; nor will
Tenants store utilize packing materials (including but not limited to excelsior)
in such a manner or in such quantities that dirt, dusk or risk of fire is
created; and only hand tools will be utilized in the repair or restoration of
inventory. All of the foregoing shall be conditioned on Tenants’s
compliance with a) existing or future laws, b) existing or future codes, rules,
and regulations of any governmental agency having jurisdiction thereon, and c)
with the requirements of Landlord’s insurance carrier and applicable insurance
regulations.
85. The
Tenants hereunder are the tenants of a lease for the fourth (4th) floor
in the Building dated December 18, 1998 made with Landlord’s predecessor in
interest 000 Xxxx 00 Corp., as Landlord (4th Floor
Lease). Tenants acknowledges that the 4th Floor
Lease was terminated as of August 31, 2001 by notice duly and timely given
Tenants under Paragraph 65 (“Termination Notice”) of the 4th Floor
Lease. In consideration of Landlord extending the termination date
under the Termination Notice through and including November 30, 2001 (“4th Floor
Vacate Date”), Tenants agree that the base rent under the 4th Floor
Lease from September 1, 2001 shall be $9,375.00 per month. Provided
that no later than the 4th Floor
Vacate Date Tenants a) vacates and surrenders possession of the fourth floor in
accordance with the terms of the Fourth Floor Lease, b) has paid all rent and
additional rent due under the Fourth Floor Lease through the 4th Floor
Vacate Date and, c) is not otherwise in material default of the Fourth Floor
Lease beyond applicable notice and cure dates, then all of Tenants’s obligations
under the Fourth Floor Lease, with the exception of any rights of
indemnification to Landlord arising from the claims of third parties, shall
cease and terminate as of 4th Floor
Vacate Date and Landlord shall credit any security on deposit under the Fourth
Floor Lease to the security due under this Lease. Any unfulfilled
obligations of Tenants under the Fourth Floor Lease shall become an obligation
of this Lease, and any unpaid rent under the Fourth Floor Lease as of the 4th Floor
Vacate Date may be collectible under this Lease as additional rent.
86. Landlord
shall return to Tenants the sum of $31,500.00 of the total of $63,000.00
security deposit held by Landlord under Paragraph 32 of this Lease provided that
a) for twelve consecutive months the Landlord has received the base rent on or
before the fifth day of each month, as well as additional rent paid in a timely
manner as specifically set forth in the Lease, from Tenants by a good check on,
time being of the essence, and b) Tenants have delivered to Landlord a certified
search from a reputable title, abstract or search company establishing that as
of the day that Tenants shall be entitled to the return of the foregoing sum as
a result of its timely payment of rent and additional rent as provided in this
Paragraph there are no recorded unsatisfied judgments or liens filed against Xxx
Xxxxxx, the guarantor of this Lease.
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URBAN
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS (61), LLC
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Landlord
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Managing Member
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XXX XXXXXX ANTIQUES,
INC., Tenant
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By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx,
President
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Xxx Xxxxxx, President
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WILTSHIRE-XXXX, LTD.,
Tenant
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By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx,
President
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Xxx Xxxxxx, President
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STATE
OF NEW YORK
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ss.:
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COUNTY
OF NEW YORK
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On the
19th
day of October in the year 2001 before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in
and for said State, personally appeared XXX XXXXXX, personally known to me or
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose
name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that
he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by
his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person
upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the
instrument.
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Notary
Public
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EXHIBIT
A
1
EXHIBIT B
2
AMENDMENT
TO LEASE
Amendment
to Lease (this “Amendment”) dated as of June 26, 2002 by and between Urban
Development Partners (61), LLC (“Landlord”), having an address c/o Urban
Management Partners, LLC, The Urban Center, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx 00000, and AP Antiques Corp. (“Tenant”), having an address of 000 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Whereas,
Landlord and Tenant entered into a lease dated March 14, 2002 (the “Lease”) with
respect to premises described therein on the fourth floor of the building
located at and known as 000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx (the “Building”);
Whereas,
Tenant desires to lease from Landlord certain premises in the basement of the
Building and Landlord is willing to lease to Tenant such space.
Now,
therefore, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
All
capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall be deemed to have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Lease.
2. The Lease
is hereby amended by adding new paragraph 88, as follows;
88. Effective
as of July 1, 2002 and throughout the term of the Lease, Landlord hereby leases
to Tenant and Tenant hereby hires from Landlord approximately 449 usable square
feet of storage space in the basement of the Building, as shown on Exhibit A
attached hereto (the “Storage Space”) upon all of the terms and conditions set
forth in the Lease, except that Landlord shall not be required to provide to the
Storage Space any cleaning, heating, ventilation or air conditioning or other
service other than to maintain the lighting existing on the date hereof and to
provide electricity therefor. Tenant shall use the Storage Space for
the dry storage of Tenant’s business inventory and for no other
purpose. Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall at all times (a)
keep the Storage Space clean and free of all pests and vermin and in a neat
condition; (b) keep all of Tenant’s personal property in the Storage Space
insured against water damage, provided same is available at commercially
reasonable rates; and (c) replace light bulbs and/or ballasts as required in the
Storage Space. Tenant shall pay to Landlord for the Storage Space a
monthly rent as follows: (i) from July 1, 2002 through and including
June 30 2007, $922.70; and (ii) from July 1, 2007 through and including the
expiration date of the term of the Lease, $1,038.31. Tenant shall
have access to the Storage Space during regular business hours. Prior
to the effective date of this Amendment, Landlord shall construct demising walls
by encaging the Storage Space. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, Tenant accepts the Storage Space “as is” in its existing condition and
state of repair and acknowledges that Landlord is not required to perform any
work or furish any materials in order to prepare the Storage Space for Tenant’s
occupancy. Tenant shall have the option of terminating this Lease
with respect to the Storage Space as of October 31, 2006
by giving notice of such termination to Landlord no later than July 31,
2006. Upon such timely notice by Tenant, this Lease shall expire with
respect to the Storage Space only as of 11:59 p.m. on October 31,
2006. Tenant shall remove all of its property from the Storage Space,
this paragraph 88 shall be of no further force and effect and neither Landlord
nor Tenant shall have any further rights or obligations under this paragraph
88.
3. As
amended hereby, the Lease is ratified, approved
and confirmed and
shall remain in full force and effect.
4. This
Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
In
witness whereof, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the
dare first above written.
Landlord:
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Urban
Development Partners (61), LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Managing Member
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Tenant:
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AP
Antiques Corp.
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By:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx, President
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Xxx Xxxxxx,
President
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Exhibit
“A”
[Storage
Space]
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