GRAMERCY CAPITAL CORP. 2,500,000 Shares of Common Stock

Exhibit 1.1

GRAMERCY CAPITAL CORP.

2,500,000 Shares of Common Stock

Underwriting Agreement

Dated September 8, 2005

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

0 Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Gramercy Capital Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (the “Underwriter”), with respect to a total of 2,500,000 shares (the “Initial Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and the purchase by the Underwriter of the Initial Securities, and with respect to the grant by the Company to the Underwriter of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 375,000 additional shares of Common Stock to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriter to cover over-allotments, if any. The Initial Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter and all or any part of the 375,000 shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are hereinafter called, collectively, the “Securities.” Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 15 hereof.

The Company understands that the Underwriter proposes to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Underwriter deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

In addition to the Company, GKK Capital LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and GKK Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the manager of the Company and the Operating Partnership (together with its affiliates, the “Manager”), also confirm as follows their respective agreements with the Underwriter.

The registration statement of the Company on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-126938) as amended at the time it became effective, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” If it is contemplated, at the time this Agreement is executed, that a post-effective amendment to the registration statement must be declared effective before sale of the Securities may commence, the term “Registration Statement” as used in this Agreement means the registration statement as amended by such amendment. The term “Prospectus” as used in this Agreement means the Base Prospectus together with any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in the form filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b). Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, as of the date of the Registration Statement and the

Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the 1934 Act which, upon filing, are incorporated by reference therein, as required by paragraph (b) of Item 12 of Form S-3. As used herein, the term “Incorporated Documents” means the documents which at the time are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file with the Commission a prospectus in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430A and Rule 424(b) and the Company has previously advised you of all information (financial and other) that will be set forth therein. Such prospectus in the form first furnished to the Underwriter for use in connection with the offering of the Securities is herein called the “Prospectus.”

Section 1. Representations and Warranties.

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company and the Operating Partnership. The Company and the Operating Partnership each severally represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date referred to in Section 2(c) hereof, and as of each Option Closing Date (if any) referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(1) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Securities have been duly registered under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.

At the respective times the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became or become effective and at the Closing Date (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the applicable Option Closing Date), the Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto at the Closing Date (and, if any Option Securities are purchased, at the applicable Option Closing Date), and at any time when a prospectus is required by applicable law to be delivered in connection with sales of Securities, do not and will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus (the “Underwriter’s

Information”). The parties acknowledge and agree that the Underwriter’s Information consists solely of the material included in the fourth, fifth, ninth, tenth and eleventh paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting” in the Prospectus.

The Prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, complied when so filed, in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto will be, identical to the electronically transmitted copy thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(2) Company Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company.

(3) Operating Partnership Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein have been duly and validly authorized by the Operating Partnership and this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership.

(4) Authorization of Management Agreement and Origination Agreement. The management agreement (the “Management Agreement”), effective as of August 2, 2004, among the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles. The origination agreement (the “Origination Agreement”), effective as of August 2, 2004, among the Company, the Operating Partnership and XX Xxxxx Operating Partnership, L.P. has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.

(5) Distribution of Offering Material by the Company. The Company and its affiliates have not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the Option Closing Date (as defined below) and the completion of the Underwriter’s distribution of the Securities, any written offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than a Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the Registration Statement.

(6) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, the accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants as

required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(7) Financial Statements. The financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, together with the related schedules (if any) and notes (the “Company Financial Statements”), and any financial statements required by Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X (the “Acquisition Financial Statements”), included in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated, or with respect to the Acquisition Financial Statements, the respective property or tenant; and all such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and comply with all applicable accounting requirements under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. The supporting schedules, if any, included in the Registration Statement present fairly, in accordance with GAAP, the information required to be stated therein. There are no financial statements or schedules required to be included in the Prospectus which are not so included. The unaudited pro forma financial information (including the related notes) included in the Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus complies as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and management of the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the pro forma adjustments are reasonable. Such pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of the information and such information fairly presents with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries, the financial position, results of operations and other information purported to be shown therein at the respective dates and for the respective periods specified. No pro forma financial information is required to be included in the Prospectus which is not so included.

(8) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (in each case exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change in the operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership, considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) since the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, which are material to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, except for liabilities or obligations which are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its stock.

(9) Good Standing of the Company and the Operating Partnership. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus

and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in the State of New York and in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except (solely in the case of jurisdictions other than the State of New York) where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(10) The Partnership Agreement. The Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership (the “Partnership Agreement”) has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles. The Partnership Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the other parties thereto and, to the Company’s knowledge, is a valid and binding agreement enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.

(11) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary of the Company listed on Exhibit A hereto has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited or general partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has power and authority to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited or general partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding stock of each such subsidiary that is a corporation, all of the issued and outstanding partnership interests of each such subsidiary that is a limited or general partnership and all of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests, membership interests or other similar interests of each such subsidiary that is a limited liability company have been duly authorized and validly issued, and, in the case of each subsidiary that is a corporation, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or the Operating Partnership, directly or indirectly, free and clear of any Lien; and none of the outstanding shares of stock, partnership interests or limited liability company interests, membership interests or other similar interests of any such subsidiary was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights of any securityholder of such subsidiary or any other person. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit A hereto and Exhibit A accurately sets forth whether each

such subsidiary is a corporation, limited or general partnership or limited liability company and the jurisdiction of organization of each such subsidiary and, in the case of any subsidiary which is a partnership or limited liability company, its general partners and managing members, respectively. Any subsidiaries of the Company which are “significant subsidiaries” as defined by Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X are listed on Exhibit A hereto under the caption “Significant Subsidiaries.”

(12) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding stock of the Company is as set forth under the caption “Capitalization” in the Prospectus. The issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and none of the outstanding shares of stock of the Company was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company or any other person. The authorized, issued and outstanding units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership, including the Class B Limited Partner interests (the “OP Units”), have been duly authorized and validly issued; and all of such OP Units have been sold in compliance with applicable laws (including, without limitation, federal and state securities laws).

(13) Authorization of Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; no holder of the Securities is or will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to any preemptive right, right of first refusal or other similar right of any securityholder of the Company or any other person, except for the rights of XX Xxxxx Realty Corp. (“XX Xxxxx”) pursuant to the Origination Agreement, as described in the Prospectus.

(14) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their respective subsidiaries is in violation of its Organizational Documents or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any Company Document, except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership with its obligations under this Agreement do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to any Company Documents, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic

or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, properties or operations.

(15) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or which has as a subject thereof, any officer or director of the Company in their capacity as such or as would otherwise be required to be disclosed in the Prospectus. To the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, threatened, against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect or which has as a subject thereof, any officer or director of the Company in their capacity as such or as would otherwise be required to be disclosed in the Prospectus.

(16) Accuracy of Descriptions and Exhibits. The information in the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Common Stock,” “Description of Preferred Stock,” “Description of Depositary Shares,” “Description of Warrants,” “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws,” “The Operating Partnership Agreement” and “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” is correct in all material respects; all descriptions in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus of any Company Documents are accurate in all material respects; and there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan or credit agreements, bonds, notes, debentures, evidences of indebtedness, leases or other instruments or agreements required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required. The statistical and market-related data included in the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources which the Company and the Operating Partnership believe to be reliable and accurate.

(17) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries own or possess or have the right to use on reasonable terms all patents, patent rights, patent applications, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names and other intellectual property (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to carry on their respective businesses as described in the Prospectus and as proposed to be conducted; and neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their respective subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(18) Absence of Further Requirements. (A) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, (B) no authorization, approval, vote or other consent of any stockholder or creditor of the Company or the Operating Partnership, (C) no waiver or consent under any Company Document, and (D) no authorization, approval, vote or other consent of any other person or entity, is necessary or required for the performance by the Company or the Operating Partnership of their respective obligations under this Agreement, for the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities hereunder, or for the consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each case on the terms contemplated by the Prospectus, except such as have been already obtained under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or such as may be required under state securities laws.

(19) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) as are necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of their respective subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(20) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the 1940 Act.

(21) Absence of Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities (debt or equity) (A) registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement or (B) otherwise registered by the Company under the 1933 Act. There are no persons with tag-along rights or other similar rights to have any securities (debt or equity) included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement or sold in connection with the sale of Securities by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.

(22) Joint Ventures. All of the joint ventures in which the Company or any subsidiary owns any interest (the “Joint Ventures”) are listed in Exhibit B hereto.

The Company’s or subsidiary’s ownership interest in such Joint Venture is set forth in Exhibit B.

(23) Parties to Lock-Up Agreements. Each of the Manager, XX Xxxxx and the Company’s directors and officers have executed and delivered to the Underwriter a lock-up agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto. Exhibit C hereto contains a true, complete and correct list of all directors and officers of the Company. During such 45 day period, the Company will not cause or permit any waiver, release, modification or amendment of any such restriction on transfer without the prior written consent of the Underwriter.

(24) 1934 Act Registration; New York Stock Exchange. The Common Stock has been registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act. The outstanding shares of Common Stock and the Securities being sold hereunder will have been approved for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance, on the NYSE.

(25) NASD Matters. All of the information (including, but not limited to, information regarding affiliations, security ownership and trading activity) provided to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter by the Company, its officers and directors and the holders of any securities (debt or equity) or options to acquire any securities of the Company in connection with letters, filings or other supplemental information provided to NASD Regulation Inc. pursuant to NASD Conduct Rule 2710 or 2720 is true, complete and correct.

(26) Insurance. The Company, the Operating Partnership and each of their respective subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and any fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; there are no claims by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any such subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any such subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(27) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company and the Operating Partnership have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that (i) are designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated

to the Company’s management, including the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, particularly during the preparation of the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act; and (ii) are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.

(28) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal control over financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that financial reporting is reliable and financial statements for external purposes are prepared in accordance with GAAP and includes policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(29) Absence of Manipulation. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(30) ERISA. Except as set forth in the Company’s financial statements, each of the Company and the Operating Partnership does not have any material liabilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

(31) REIT Status. Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2004, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, the “Code”), and the Company’s current and proposed method of operations as described in the Prospectus will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2005 and in future taxable years. No transaction or other event has occurred which could cause the Company to not be able to qualify as a REIT for its taxable year ending December 31, 2005 or future taxable years.

(32) Tax Returns. All tax returns required to be filed as of the date hereof by the Company and each of is subsidiaries have been timely filed (or valid extensions to such filings have been obtained), all such tax returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and all material taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest,

additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such entities have been paid, other than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided.

(33) Related Party Transactions. There are no business relationships or related-party transactions involving the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager required to be described in the Prospectus which have not been so described as required.

(34) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any subsidiary nor, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any subsidiary, has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law or of the character required to be disclosed in the Prospectus.

(35) Brokers and Finders. Neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any subsidiary has incurred any liability for a fee, commission or other compensation on account of the employment of a broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement other than as contemplated hereby.

(36) No Prohibition on Subsidiaries from Paying Dividends or Making Other Distributions. No subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or other equity interests, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary.

(37) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, have (or in the case of a Joint Venture, such limited partnership, limited liability company or other joint venture entity has) good and marketable title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, any real property currently leased or owned or controlled by them, or to be leased or owned or to be controlled by them (collectively, the “Real Property”) and good and marketable title to any and all personal property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is material to the business of the Company or the Operating Partnership, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects, except as described in the Prospectus or such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property, buildings and equipment held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases (the “Leases”) with such exceptions as are disclosed in the Prospectus or such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of any claim that has been or may be asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary with respect to any such Real Properties, personal property or Leases or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company to the continued ownership, lease, possession or occupancy of such Real Properties, personal property or Leases, except for such claims that would not,

individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) no person or entity, including, without limitation, any tenant under the leases, if any, for the Real Properties has an option or right of first refusal or any other right to purchase any of such Real Properties, except as disclosed in the Prospectus; (iv) all of the Leases are in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in full force or effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in default in the payment of any amounts due under any such Leases or in any other default thereunder and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries knows or an event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a default under any such Lease, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (v) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or its subsidiaries, threatened condemnation, zoning change, or other proceeding or action that would in any manner affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on or access to any Real Property, except such proceedings or actions that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(38) Title Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries or as applicable, a Joint Venture, has either (i) an owner’s or leasehold title insurance policy, from a title insurance company licensed to issue such policy, on any Real Property, that insures the fee or leasehold interest, as the case may be, which policies include only commercially reasonable exceptions, and with coverages in amounts at least equal to amounts that the Company believes are generally commercially reasonable in the markets where the Real Properties are located or (ii) with respect to mortgage loans extended by the Company and its subsidiaries, the Company or its subsidiary has one or more lender’s title insurance policies insuring the lien of the mortgages encumbering the real property underlying such loans with coverages, in the aggregate, equal to at least the maximum aggregate principal amount of such loan.

(39) Compliance with Environmental Laws. Except to an extent that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus: (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other owners of the Real Property at any time, or to the knowledge of the Company, any other party has at any time, handled, stored, treated, transported, manufactured, spilled, leaked, or discharged, dumped, transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt with, Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) on, to or from any Real Property, other than by any such action taken in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Statutes (as hereinafter defined) or by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any other party in connection with the ordinary use of residential, retail or commercial properties owned by the Company or any subsidiary; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries do not intend to use the Real Property or any subsequently acquired properties for the purpose of handling, storing, treating, transporting, manufacturing, spilling, leaking, discharging, dumping, transferring or otherwise disposing of or dealing with Hazardous Materials other than by any such action taken in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Statues or by the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any

other party in connection with the ordinary use of residential, retail or commercial properties owned by the Company or any subsidiary; (iii) the Company and the Operating Partnership do not know of any seepage, leak, discharge, release, emission, spill, or dumping of Hazardous Materials from the Real Property into waters on or adjacent to the Real Property or from the Real Property onto any real property owned or occupied by any other party, or onto lands from which Hazardous Materials might seep, flow or drain into such waters other than in material compliance with Environmental Statutes; (iv) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of, or has knowledge of, any occurrence or circumstance which, with notice or passage of time or both, would give rise to a claim under or pursuant to any U.S. federal, state or local environmental statute or regulation or under common law, pertaining to Hazardous Materials on or originating from any of the Real Property or arising out of the conduct of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including without limitation a claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Statute (as hereinafter defined); and (v) neither the Real Property is included nor, to the Company’s or the Operating Partnership’s knowledge, is proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as hereinafter defined) by United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) or, to the Company’s or to the Operating Partnership’s knowledge, proposed for inclusion on any similar list or inventory issued pursuant to any other Environmental Statute or issued by any other governmental authority.

As used herein, “Hazardous Materials” shall include, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, toxic substances, or related materials, asbestos or any hazardous material as defined by any U.S. federal, state or local environmental law, ordinance, rule or regulation including without limitation the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 9601-9675 (“CERCLA”), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. Sections 1801-1819, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Sections 6901-6992K, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. Sections 11001-11050, the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 2601-2671, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Sections 136-136y, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 7401-7642, the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act), 33 U.S.C. Sections 1251-1387, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 300f-330j-26, and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. Sections 651-678, as any of the above statutes may be amended from time to time, and in the regulations promulgated pursuant to each of the foregoing (individually, an “Environmental Statute”) or by any governmental authority.

(40) Compliance with ADA. The Company and its subsidiaries and each Real Property are currently in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, except for any such non-compliance that would not, individually or in aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(41) No Breach or Default under Loans. To the Company’s knowledge, there is no breach of, or default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time, or both would

constitute a breach of, or default under), the loan documents relating to the debt instruments acquired or originated by the Company as described in the Incorporated Documents (collectively, the “Loans”) which breach or default, if incurred, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company’s knowledge, there is no breach or default under (nor has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a breach of, or default under) the loan documents relating to any loans senior to the Loans, which breach or default, if incurred, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(42) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Company and each of the Company’s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, are in full compliance with all applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(43) Documents Incorporated by Reference. Each Incorporated Document, as of the date such Incorporated Document became effective with or was filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, and when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, as of the date of execution of this agreement and on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such documents become effective with or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and when read together with the other information in the Prospectus, as of date of execution of this agreement and on the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, as applicable, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(44) S-3 Eligibility. The conditions for the use by the Company of a registration statement on Form S-3 have been satisfied and the Company is entitled to use such form for the transactions contemplated herein.

(b) Representations and Warranties by the Manager. The Manager represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Closing Date and as of each Option Closing Date (if any), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(1) Accurate Disclosure. The information regarding the Manager in the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects.

(2) Good Standing of the Manager. The Manager has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Management Agreement, the asset servicing agreement between the Manager and SLG Management Services LLC effective as of August 2, 2004 (the “Asset Servicing Agreement”) and the outsource agreement

between the Manager and XX Xxxxx Operating Partnership, L.P. effective as of August 2, 2004 (the “Outsource Agreement”); and the Manager is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(3) Authorization of Management Agreement, Asset Servicing Agreement and Outsource Agreement. Each of this Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Asset Servicing Agreement and the Outsource Agreement (collectively, the “Manager Agreements”) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Manager and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Manager enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general equitable principles.

(4) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Manager is not in violation of its Organizational Documents or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any Company Document, Manager Agreement or otherwise, except for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Manager Agreements and compliance by the Manager with its obligations under this Agreement do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Manager, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Manager or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Manager or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, properties or operations.

(5) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Manager, threatened, against or affecting the Manager.

(6) Absence of Further Requirements. (A) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, (B) no authorization, approval, vote or other consent of any stockholder or creditor of the Manager, (C) no waiver or consent under any Company Document, and (D) no authorization, approval, vote or other consent of any other person or entity, is necessary or required for the performance by the Manager of its obligations under this Agreement or the Manager Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby, in each case on the terms contemplated by the Prospectus, except such as have been already obtained.

(7) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Manager possesses such Governmental Licenses issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; the Manager is in material compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Manager has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(8) Investment Advisers Act. The Manager is not prohibited by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), or the rules and regulations thereunder, from performing under the Management Agreement as contemplated by the Management Agreement and as described in the Prospectus.

Section 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriter; Closing.

(a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Company, at a price of $25.61 per share (the “Purchase Price”), the Initial Securities.

(b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriter to purchase up to 375,000 shares of Common Stock at a price per share equal to the Purchase Price referred to in Section 2(a) above; provided that the price per share for any Option Securities shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on such Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire at the close of business on the 30th day after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering over-allotments which may be made in connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial Securities upon notice by the Underwriter to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the Underwriter is then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (an “Option Closing Date”) shall be determined by the Underwriter, and may be the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Date.

(c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, 00 Xxxx 00^xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company, at 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on September 14, 2005 (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than ten

business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Date”).

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriter, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company, on each Option Closing Date as specified in the notice from the Underwriter to the Company.

(d) Denominations; Registration. Certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriter may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Date or the relevant Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the Underwriter in The City of New York not later than noon (Eastern time) on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the relevant Option Closing Date, as the case may be.

Section 3. Covenants of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager.

(a) Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, severally, covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(1) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430A and will notify the Underwriter immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, and (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the document transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such document. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

(2) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give the Underwriter notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment, supplement or revision to either the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act or otherwise, will furnish the Underwriter with copies of any such documents within a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document without the consent of the Underwriter.

(3) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriter are identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(4) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(5) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(a)(2) hereof, such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriter such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriter may reasonably request.

(6) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriter, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Underwriter may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any

jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year from the date of this Agreement.

(7) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(8) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”

(9) Listing. The Company will use its best efforts to effect the listing of the Securities on the NYSE.

(10) Restriction on Sale of Securities. Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager will not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, offer, sell, agree to offer or sell, solicit offers to purchase, grant any call option or purchase any put option with respect to, pledge, borrow or otherwise dispose of, or establish or increase a “put equivalent position” or liquidate or decrease a “call equivalent position” within the meaning of Section 16 of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, or otherwise enter into any swap, derivative or other transaction or arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership, whether or not such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, other securities, cash or other consideration with respect to, the Company’s Common Stock, Preferred Stock, OP Units or other stock of the Company or any other equity securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, shares of the Company’s Common Stock, Preferred Stock or other stock, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period beginning on and including the date of this Agreement through and including the date which is 45 days after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that (A) the Company may issue and sell Securities pursuant to this Agreement, (B) the Company may issue and sell Common Stock and options to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any employee or director stock option or stock purchase plans in effect on the date of this Agreement (so long as each such plan and issuance is described in the Prospectus) provided that the holders of such Common Stock or options to purchase Common Stock agree in writing to the foregoing restrictions set forth in this Section 3(a)(10) and (C) the Operating Partnership may issue OP Units in consideration for acquisitions of assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that either (x) during the last 17 days of the 45-day period referred to above, the Company issues an earnings release or (y) prior to the expiration of such 45-day period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 17-day period beginning on the last day of such 45-day period, the restrictions described above shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 17-day period beginning on the date of the earnings release.

(11) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to, and in accordance with, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Regulations within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(12) Preparation of Prospectus. Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will, subject to Section 3(a)(2) hereof, prepare the Prospectus containing the Rule 430A Information and other selling terms of the Securities, the plan of distribution thereof and such other information as may be required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or as the Underwriter and the Company may deem appropriate, and will file or transmit for filing with the Commission, in accordance with Rule 424(b), copies of the Prospectus.

(13) REIT Qualification. The Company will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to continue to meet the requirements to qualify as a “real estate investment trust” under the Code.

(14) Transfer Agent. The Company shall maintain, at its expense, a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.

(15) Company Not an “Investment Company.” The Company is familiar with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and will in the future conduct its and the Operating Partnership’s affairs, in such a manner and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Company and the Operating Partnership will not be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(16) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. The Company will not, and will use its best efforts to cause its officers, directors and affiliates not to, prior to the termination of the underwriting syndicate contemplated by this Agreement, (i) take, directly or indirectly any action designed to stabilize or manipulate the price of any security of the Company, or which may cause or result in, or which might in the future reasonably be expected to cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company, to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (ii) sell, bid for, purchase or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Securities or (iii) pay or agree to pay to any person (other than the Underwriter) any compensation for soliciting any order to purchase any other securities of the Company.

(b) The Manager covenants with each Underwriter and with the Company that, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, it shall notify you and the Company of the occurrence of any material events respecting its activities, affairs or condition, financial or otherwise, and the Manager will forthwith supply such information to the Company as shall be necessary in the opinion of Counsel to the Company and the Underwriter for the Company to prepare any necessary amendment or supplement to the Prospectus so that, as so amended or supplemented, the

Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading.

Section 4. Payment of Expenses.

(a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the word processing, printing and delivery to the Underwriter of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriter and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriter, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable, if any, upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriter, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the counsel, accountants and other advisors to the Company, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a)(6) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplements thereto not to exceed $5,000, (vi) all travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expense of the Company incurred in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Securities, (vii) the printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (viii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplements thereto, (ix) the fees and expenses of the transfer agent and registrar for the Securities, (x) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriter in connection with, the review by the NASD of the terms of the sale of the Securities and (xi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the NYSE.

(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriter in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i), the Company shall reimburse the Underwriter for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter.

Section 5. Conditions of Underwriter’s Obligations. The obligations of the several Underwriter hereunder is subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager contained in this Agreement or in certificates of any executive officer of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager or any of their respective subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have become effective and at the Closing Date (or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or, to the knowledge of the

Company, threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriter. The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed by such Rule, and prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have provided evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter of such timely filing and such number of copies of the Prospectus as the Underwriter shall have reasonably requested.

(b) No Material Adverse Change. At the Closing Date or the applicable Option Closing Date, as the case may be, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), any material adverse change in the operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership, considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.

(c) Opinions of Counsel for Company. At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received an opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of (i) Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, counsel for the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager, and (ii) Shearman & Sterling LLP, special counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for the Underwriter, to the effect set forth in Exhibits E and F hereto, respectively, and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriter may reasonably request.

(d) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriter. At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received an opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and such other related matters as the Underwriter may reasonably request. In giving such opinion, Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP may rely without investigation, as to all matters arising under or governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, on the opinion of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP referred to in Section 5(c) above.

(e) Officers’ Certificate. At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) there has been no material adverse change as described in Section 5(b) hereof, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date, (iii) the obligations of the Company and the Operating Partnership to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date under or pursuant to this Agreement have been duly performed, (iv) he has reviewed the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and when the Registration Statement became effective and at all times subsequent thereto up to the delivery of such certificate, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto contained all statements and information required to be included therein and neither the Registration Statement, the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements

therein not misleading (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances in which they were made), and, since the effective date of the Registration Statement, there has occurred no event required to be set forth in an amended or supplemented Prospectus that has not been so set forth and (v) the Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to his knowledge, are contemplated by the Commission.

(f) Manager’s Certificate. At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received a certificate of each of the Managing Directors of the Manager, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of the Manager in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) the obligations of the Manager to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date under or pursuant to this Agreement have been duly performed.

(g) Accountant’s Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, a letter, dated the date of this Agreement and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of the Company contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

(h) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, a letter, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section 5, except that the specified date referred to for the carrying out of procedures shall be a date not more than two business days prior to the Closing Date.

(i) Approval of Listing. At the Closing Date and each Option Closing Date, if any, the Securities to be purchased by the Underwriter at such time shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to official notice of issuance.

(j) Lock-up Agreements. Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto signed by each director and officer of the Company and by XX Xxxxx and the Manager.

(k) No Objection. Prior to the date of this Agreement, NASD Regulation Inc. shall have confirmed in writing that it has no objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

(l) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriter exercises its option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities on any Option Closing Date that is after the Closing Date, the obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the applicable Option Securities shall be subject to the conditions specified in the introductory paragraph of this Section 5 and to the further condition that, at the applicable Option Closing Date, the Underwriter shall have received:

(1) Officers’ Certificate. A certificate, dated such Option Closing Date, to the effect set forth in, and signed by the Executive Officers specified in, Section 5(e) hereof, except that the references in such certificate to the Closing Date shall be changed to refer to such Option Closing Date.

(2) Manager’s Certificate. A certificate, dated such Option Closing Date, to the effect set forth in, and signed by the Executive Officers specified in, Section 5(f) hereof, except that the references in such certificate to the Closing Date shall be changed to refer to such Option Closing Date.

(3) Opinions of Counsel for Company. The opinions of (i) Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP and (ii) Shearman & Sterling LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriter, dated such Option Closing Date, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Option Closing Date and otherwise to the same effect as the opinions required by Section 5(c) hereof.

(4) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriter. The opinion of Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriter, dated such Option Closing Date, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Option Closing Date and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.

(5) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Ernst & Young LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and dated such Option Closing Date, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Underwriter pursuant to Section 5(h) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than two business days prior to such Option Closing Date.

(m) Additional Documents. At the Closing Date and at each Option Closing Date, counsel for the Underwriter shall have been furnished with such other documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, contained in this Agreement; and all proceedings taken by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and in connection with the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the Underwriter.

(n) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on an Option Closing Date which is after the Closing Date, the obligations of the Underwriter to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Underwriter by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date or such Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof and except that Sections 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8 hereof shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

Section 6. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification by the Company and the Operating Partnership. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising in whole or in part out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, or arising out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any of (i) above; provided that (subject to Section 6(e) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company; and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Company), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any of (i) above, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above,

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or in any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), which information is set forth in Section 1(a)(1) hereof; and provided, further, that this indemnity agreement with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person asserting any such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses purchased Securities, or any person controlling such Underwriter, if a copy of the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any such amendments or supplements thereto) was timely delivered to such Underwriter pursuant to Section 3(a)(4) hereof and such Prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if applicable) was not sent or given by or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person, if such is required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person and if the Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented, if applicable) would have corrected the defect giving rise to such loss, liability, claim, damage or

expense. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 6(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Indemnification by the Manager. The Manager agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 6, as incurred, but only with respect to (i) any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the Manager contained herein and (ii) any failure of the Manager to perform its obligations hereunder. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 6(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Manager may otherwise have.

(c) Indemnification by the Underwriter. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and the Operating Partnership and each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Operating Partnership within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 6, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), which information is described in Section 1(a)(1) hereof. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 6(c) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Underwriter may otherwise have.

(d) Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under such subsection except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or

judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(e) Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after delivery to such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

Section 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and of the Underwriter on the other hand in connection with the inaccuracies, statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Operating Partnership and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriter, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities as set forth on such cover.

The relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager or by the Underwriter and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager and the Underwriter agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities,

claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, the Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, the Operating Partnership, the Manager and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

Section 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of Executive Officers of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager or any of their subsidiaries, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager, and shall survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriter.

Section 9. Termination of Agreement.

(a) Termination; General. The Underwriter may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time on or prior to the Closing Date (and, if any Option Securities are to be purchased on an Option Closing Date which occurs after the Closing Date, the Underwriter may terminate its option to purchase such Option Securities by notice to the Company, at any time on or prior to such Option Closing Date) (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership, considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political,

financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriter, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the NYSE, or if trading generally on the American Stock Exchange or the NYSE or in the Nasdaq National Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission, the NASD or any other governmental authority, or a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States, or (iv) if a banking moratorium has been declared by Federal, Maryland or New York authorities.

(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 9, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 4, 6, 7 and 8 hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

Section 10. [Intentionally Omitted.]

Section 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriter shall be directed to the Underwriter c/o Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 0 Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, with a copy to Hunton & Xxxxxxxx, LLP, 000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx; notices to the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager shall be directed to them c/o Gramercy Capital Corp., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, 00 Xxxx 00^xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx.

Section 12. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriter, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriter, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

Section 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK. SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

Section 14. Effect of Headings. The Section and Exhibit headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 15. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship.

The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager acknowledge and agree that:

(a) the Underwriter has been retained solely to act as underwriter in connection with the sale of the Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager and the Underwriter has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Underwriter has advised or is advising the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager on other matters;

(b) the price of the Shares set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company and the Underwriter following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriter and the Company, and the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(c) they have been advised that the Underwriter and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager and that the Underwriter have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and

(d) they waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Underwriter, for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Underwriter shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager in respect of such a fiduciary claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Manager.

Section 16. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Company Documents” means any contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan or credit agreements, bonds, notes, debentures, evidences of indebtedness, leases or other instruments or agreements to which the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership, the Manager or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject.

“XXXXX” means the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.

“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles.

“Lien” means any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.

“NASD” means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

“Organizational Documents” means (a) in the case of a corporation, its charter and by-laws; (b) in the case of a limited or general partnership, its partnership certificate, certificate of formation or similar organizational document and its partnership agreement; (c) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles of organization, certificate of formation or similar organizational documents and its operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, membership agreement or other similar agreement; (d) in the case of a trust, its certificate of trust, certificate of formation or similar organizational document and its trust agreement or other similar agreement; and (e) in the case of any other entity, the organizational and governing documents of such entity.

“Preferred Stock” means the Company’s preferred stock, par value $.001 per share.

“Rule 424(b)” and “Rule 430A” refer to such rules under the 1933 Act.

“Rule 430A Information” means the information included in the Prospectus that was omitted from the Registration Statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430A.

“1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“1933 Act Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act.

“1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“1934 Act Regulations” means the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act.

“1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

All references to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to XXXXX.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriter, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Manager in accordance with its terms.

	Very truly yours,

	GRAMERCY CAPITAL CORP.


	By:
	Name:
	Title:


	GKK CAPITAL LP

	By:	Gramercy Capital Corp., its General Partner

	By:
	Name:
	Title:


	GKK MANAGER LLC

	By:
	Name:
	Title:

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the
date first above written:

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC

By:
	Xxxx Xxxxxx
	Director

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