DEVELOPMENT LOAN AGREEMENT
for a loan in the amount of
$8,800,000.00
MADE BY AND BETWEEN
GOLD PEAK AT PALOMINO PARK LLC, a Colorado limited liability
company c/o Wellsford Real Properties, Inc.
6700 Palomino Parkway
Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80130
AND
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
(Income Property Group)
a national banking association,
1675 Broadway, Suite 400
Denver, Colorado 80202
Dated as of April 6, 2005
DEVELOPMENT LOAN AGREEMENT
Project Commonly Known as
“Gold Peak at Palomino Park”
THIS
DEVELOPMENT LOAN AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is
made as of April 6, 2005, by and between GOLD PEAK AT PALOMINO PARK
LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“ Borrower
”), and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, its successors and assigns (“ Lender
”).
W
I T N E S S E
T H :
RECITALS
A. Borrower is the owner in fee simple
of land located in the City of Highlands Ranch, County of Douglas,
State of Colorado, and legally described in Exhibit A
attached hereto (the “ Land ”). Borrower
proposes to construct a condominium project to be known as
“Gold Peak at Palomino Park” on the Land consisting of
thirty-nine (39) two (2)-story buildings containing two hundred
fifty-nine (259) Units (as hereinafter defined) and approximately
seven hundred twenty-three (723) parking spaces consisting of two
hundred twenty (220) attached two-car garages, thirty-nine (39)
attached one-car garages, thirty-two (32) detached one-car garages
and two hundred twelve (212) surface parking spaces (the “
Project ”).
B. Borrower has applied to Lender for a
loan in the amount of up to Eight Million Eight Hundred Thousand
and 00/100 DOLLARS ($8,800,000.00) (the “ Loan
”) to reimburse Borrower for development costs incurred in
connection with the development of the Project, and Lender is
willing to make the Loan on the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Incorporation of Recitals and Exhibits . The
foregoing preambles and all other recitals set forth herein are
made a part hereof by this reference. Exhibits A through I, to this
Agreement are attached hereto are incorporated in this Agreement
and expressly made a part hereof by this reference.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Defined Terms . The following terms as used herein shall
have the following meanings:
Adjusted
Prime Rate : A rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the Prime
Rate Margin and (b) the greater of (i) the Prime Rate or (ii) one
percent (1%) in excess of the Federal Funds Rate. Any change in the
Adjusted Prime Rate shall be effective immediately from and after a
change in the Adjusted Prime Rate (or the Federal Funds Rate, as
applicable).
Affiliate : With respect to a specified person or entity,
any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated organization, association or other
entity which, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common
control with such person or entity, including, without limitation,
any general or limited partnership in which such person or entity
is a partner.
Agreement : This Development Loan Agreement.
Appraisal : An MAI certified appraisal of the Project
performed in accordance with FIRREA and Lender's appraisal
requirements by an appraiser selected and retained by
Lender.
Architect/Engineer : Harrington Architectural Partnership
LLC, a Colorado limited liability company.
Architect’s/Engineer’s Certificate : A
certificate in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto
executed by the Architect/Engineer in favor of Lender.
Assignment
of Condominium Documents : That certain Conditional Assignment
of Condominium Unit Sales Contracts, Condominium Documents and
Condominium Developer’s Rights executed of even date herewith
by Borrower in favor of Lender, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced and/or restated from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
Authorized
Representative : David M. Strong.
Bankruptcy
Code : Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy” as now or hereafter in effect, or any
successor thereto or any other present or future bankruptcy or
insolvency statute.
Budget
: The budget specifying all costs and expenses of every kind and
nature whatever to be incurred by Borrower in connection with the
development of the Project prior to the Maturity Date.
Budget Line
Item : As such term is defined in Section 7.2.
Business
Day : A day of the year on which banks are not required or
authorized to close in Cleveland, Ohio.
Change
Order : Any request for changes in the Plans and Specifications
(other than minor field changes).
Closing
Date : Means the date of this Agreement.
Commitment
Fee : As such term is defined in Section 5.1.
Completion
Date : September 1, 2006.
Completion
Guaranty : A guaranty of performance and completion in form and
substance acceptable to Lender, executed by Guarantor.
Condominium : The Gold Peak at Palomino Park Condominium, a
condominium to be established in accordance with the Condominium
Statute pursuant to the Condominium Documents.
Condominium
Building . Each residential condominium structure, containing
five (5) or seven (7) Units that the Borrower will construct on
each Condominium Building Site with proceeds of the Construction
Loan.
Condominium
Building Site . A Building Site upon which a Condominium
Building shall be constructed.
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Condominium
Documents: All of the documents required by the Condominium
Statute or otherwise, relating to the submission of the Project to
the provisions of the Condominium Statute or to the regulation,
operation, administration or sale thereof after such submission,
including, but not limited to Declaration, Map, Articles of
Incorporation, by-laws and rules and regulations of a condominium
association, management agreement, and the Contract of Sale and
deed forms to be used in connection with the sale of the Units or
Parking Spaces, all of which must be reasonably acceptable to
Lender in form and substance.
Condominium
Statute : C.R.S. 38-33.3-101 et seq., as the same may be
amended from time to time.
Construction or construction : The construction and
equipping of the Improvements in accordance with the Plans and
Specifications required to be performed by Borrower for the
development of the Project.
Construction Commencement Date : Not later than thirty (30)
days from the date of this Agreement.
Construction Loan . That certain revolving loan in the
amount of Twenty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($20,000,000.00) from
Lender to Borrower for construction of Condominium Buildings and
parking garages.
Construction Schedule : A schedule reasonably satisfactory
to Lender and Lender’s Consultant, establishing a timetable
for completion of the Construction, showing, on a monthly basis,
the anticipated progress of the Construction and also showing that
the Improvements can be completed on or before the Completion
Date.
Contingency
Fund : A Budget Line Item which shall represent an amount
necessary to provide reasonable assurances to Lender that
additional funds are available to be used if additional costs and
expenses are incurred or additional interest accrues on the Loan,
or unanticipated events or problems occur.
Contract
Deposits: All reservations, deposits, down payments, or the
like paid under Contracts of Sale or reservation receipts for Units
at the Project.
Contract of
Sale: A legally enforceable contract, in form and content
reasonably satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s counsel,
between Borrower and a bona fide third party purchaser for the sale
and purchase of an individual Unit with a Contract Deposit of not
less than $2,500.00, which Contract Deposit shall have been paid
and such deposit shall be in the form of cash or immediately
available funds and held by the Title Insurer in an account
established by such Title Insurer at Lender.
Each
contract must by the terms thereof (i) be expressly inferior and
subordinate to the lien of any deeds of trust now or hereafter
existing for the benefit of Lender which encumbers the Project,
(ii) be non-assignable without the Lender’s prior written
consent, and (iii) otherwise comply with all requirements of
Governmental Authorities so that the purchaser of such Unit shall
have no election or right to rescind such contract without the loss
of its Contract Deposit. A purchaser shall not be considered a bona
fide third party purchaser if it has contracted, directly or
indirectly, for the purchase of more than two (2) Units. In
addition, no more than two (2) Units may be purchased by purchasers
of multiple Units. Moreover, a bona fide third party purchaser
shall not include the Borrower, any member or manager of the
Borrower, any stockholder, director, officer, partner, member or
manager of any member or manager
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of Borrower,
or any partner, member, manager, stockholder, director or officer
of any constituent party of any member or manager of the Borrower,
or any member of the immediate family or affiliate (as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933) of any of the foregoing
parties.
Control
: As such term is used with respect to any person or entity,
including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”, shall mean
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management policies of such person or
entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
Daily LIBOR
Rate : The rate of interest calculated by Lender on a daily
basis equal to the one month rate of interest (rounded upward to
the next highest 1/16th of 1%) of the one month London interbank
offered rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the second preceding Business Day; as
determined and adjusted from time to time in Lender’s sole
discretion. For purposes of this Definition, “Business
Day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday on which
commercial banks are open for international business, including
dealings in U. S. Dollar deposits, in London, England.
Deed of
Trust : A Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents, Security
Agreement and Fixture Filing (Development Loan), executed by
Borrower for the benefit of Lender securing this Agreement, the
Note, and all obligations of Borrower in connection with the Loan,
granting a first priority lien on Borrower’s fee interest in
the Project, subject only to the Permitted Exceptions.
Default or
default : Any event, circumstance or condition, which, if it
were to continue uncured, would, with notice or lapse of time or
both, constitute an Event of Default hereunder.
Default
Rate : A rate per annum equal to three percentage points (300
basis points) in excess of the Interest Rate otherwise applicable
on each outstanding advance of the Loan, but shall not at any time
exceed the highest rate permitted by law.
Deficiency
Deposit : As such term is defined in Section 8.1.
Environmental Indemnity : An environmental indemnity from
the Borrower and Guarantor, jointly and severally, indemnifying
Lender with regard to all matters related to Hazardous Material and
other environmental matters.
Environmental Proceedings : Any environmental proceedings,
whether civil (including actions by private parties), criminal, or
administrative proceedings, relating to the Project.
Environmental Report : An environmental report prepared at
Borrower’s expense by a qualified environmental consultant
approved by Lender, dated not more than three (3) months prior to
the date of this Agreement and addressed to Lender (or subject to
separate letter agreement permitting Lender to relay on such
environmental report) and satisfactory to Lender in form and
substance, as determined by Lender in its sole
discretion.
ERISA :
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and the regulations promulgated thereunder from time to
time.
Event of
Default : As such term is defined in Article 13.
Extended
Maturity Date : As such term is defined in Section
3.6.
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Extension
Option : As such term is defined in Section 3.6.
Extention
Term : The period of time commencing on the day after the
Initial Maturity Date and ending on the Extended Maturity
Date.
Federal
Funds Rate : Shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum
(rounded upward to the nearest on one-hundredth of one percent
(1/100 of 1%)) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight
federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the
previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal
Reserve Bank in substantially the same manner as such Federal
Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers
to as the “Federal Funds Effective Rate.”
FIRREA
: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery And Enforcement Act
of 1989, as amended from time to time.
General
Contract : The contract between Borrower and General
Contractor, pertaining to the construction of all onsite and
offsite Improvements for the Project.
General
Contractor : Tri-Star Construction West, LLC, a Colorado
limited liability company.
Governmental Approvals : Collectively, all consents,
licenses, and permits and all other authorizations or approvals
required from any Governmental Authority for the Construction in
accordance with the Plans and Specifications.
Governmental Authority : Any federal, state, county or
municipal government, or political subdivision thereof, any
governmental or quasi-governmental agency, authority, board,
bureau, commission, department, instrumentality, or public body, or
any court, administrative tribunal, or public utility.
Guarantor : Wellsford Real Properties, Inc., a Maryland
corporation.
Hazardous
Material : Means and includes gasoline, petroleum, asbestos
containing materials, explosives, radioactive materials or any
hazardous or toxic material, substance or waste which is defined by
those or similar terms or is regulated as such under any Law of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Project or any
portion thereof or its use, including: (i) any
“hazardous substance” defined as such in (or for
purposes of) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601(14) as may be
amended from time to time, or any so-called “superfund”
or “superlien” Law, including the judicial
interpretation thereof; (ii) any “pollutant or
contaminant” as defined in 42 U.S.C.A.
§ 9601(33); (iii) any material now defined as
“hazardous waste” pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 260;
(iv) any petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction
thereof; (v) natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied
natural gas, or synthetic gas usable for fuel; (vi) any
“hazardous chemical” as defined pursuant to
29 C.F.R. Part 1910; and (vii) any other toxic substance
or contaminant that is subject to any other Law or other past or
present requirement of any Governmental Authority. Any reference
above to a Law, includes the same as it may be amended from time to
time, including the judicial interpretation thereof.
Improvements
. (A) All earthwork,
infrastructure and other improvements necessary for the development
on the Land of thirty-nine (39) Condominium Building Sites, and to
make each such Condominium Building Site suitable for the issuance
of a building permit for the construction of a Condominium Building
and Units therein, and (B) the construction of the amenities
identified in the
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Plans and
Specifications, without limitation, the clearing, filling to grade,
compacting and grading of the Land, the installation and paving of
roads, the installation of a drainage system, the installation of
water and sewer lines and other utilities to the Land and to each
individual Condominium Building Site and to the amenities,
landscaping and all other improvements needed to develop the Land,
both onsite and offsite which are necessary to permit construction,
use, occupancy and enjoyment of the Condominium Buildings and
Units, all in accordance with the Plans and
Specifications.
In Balance
or in balance : As such term is defined in Section
8.1.
Including
or including : Including but not limited to.
Initial
Maturity Date . November 1, 2006.
Interest
Rate Agreement . As such term is defined in Section
3.8.
Interest
Rate Protection Product . As such term is defined in Section
3.8.
Internal
Revenue Code : The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
Land :
As such term is defined in Recital A.
Laws :
Collectively, all federal, state and local laws, statutes, codes,
ordinances, orders, rules and regulations, including judicial
opinions or precedential authority in the applicable
jurisdiction.
Late
Charge : As such term is defined in Section 3.6.
Leases
: The collective reference to all leases, subleases and occupancy
agreements affecting the Project or any part thereof now existing
or hereafter executed and all amendments, modifications or
supplements thereto approved in writing by Lender.
Lender
: As defined in the opening paragraph of this Agreement.
Lender's
Consultant : An independent consulting architect, inspector,
and/or engineer designated by Lender in Lender's sole
discretion.
LIBOR
Business Day : A Business Day on which dealings in U.S. dollars
are carried on in the London Interbank Market.
LIBOR Rate
Margin : 1.65 percent (one hundred sixty-five (165) basis
points) per annum.
Loan :
As defined in Recital B.
Loan
Amount : The maximum amount of the Loan as set forth in Section
3.1(b) as reduced by principal payments made from time to
time.
Loan
Documents : The collective reference to this Agreement, the
documents and instruments listed in Section 3.2, and all the other
documents and instruments entered into from time to time,
evidencing or securing the Loan or any obligation of payment
thereof or performance of Borrower’s or Guarantor’s
obligations in connection with the transaction contemplated
hereunder, and any Interest Rate Agreement, each as
amended.
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Major
Subcontractor : Any subcontractor under a Major
Subcontract.
Major
Subcontracts : All subcontracts between Borrower or General
Contractor and any subcontractors and materials suppliers which
provide for an aggregate contract price equal to or greater than
$100,000.00.
Material
Adverse Change or material adverse change : If, in
Lender’s reasonable discretion, the business prospects,
operations or financial condition of a person, entity or property
has changed in a manner which could impair the value of
Lender’s security for the Loan, prevent timely repayment of
the Loan or otherwise prevent the applicable person or entity from
timely performing any of its material obligations under the Loan
Documents.
Maturity
Date : The Initial Maturity Date, provided, if Borrower timely
satisfies the conditions to extend the term of the Loan pursuant to
Section 3.7, then the Maturity Date shall be extended to the
Extended Maturity Date.
Net Sales
Proceeds : Shall mean the purchase price for each Unit and
garage or parking space, including all amounts paid for extras and
the like (excluding, however, amounts for extras and the like paid
for from sources other than Loan proceeds), less a third party
brokerage fee not to exceed six percent (6%) of such purchase price
to the extent due from Borrower and customary closing costs and
adjustments paid by the Borrower for deed stamps, recording fees,
taxes, title insurance premiums and a $575.00 fee paid to a
third-party warranty management company not to exceed three percent
(3%) of such purchase price.
Note :
A promissory note, in the Loan Amount, executed by Borrower and
payable to the order of Lender, evidencing the Loan.
Operating
Account : A deposit account opened and maintained by Borrower
with Lender, to be utilized in the manner set forth in Section
3.1(c).
Payment
Guaranty : A guaranty of payment executed by Guarantor and
pursuant to which the Guarantor guarantees payment of principal,
interest and other amounts due under the Loan Documents.
Permitted
Exceptions : Those matters listed on Schedule B to the Title
Policy to which title to the Project may be subject on the date of
the initial Loan disbursement and thereafter such other title
exceptions as Lender may reasonably approve in writing.
Plans and
Specifications : Detailed plans and specifications for the
Improvements, as approved by Lender, as modified hereafter with
Lender’s prior written approval or as otherwise expressly
permitted by this Agreement.
Prime
Rate : That interest rate established from time to time by
Lender as Lender’s prime rate, whether or not such rate is
publicly announced; the Prime Rate may not be the lowest interest
rate charged by Lender for commercial or other extensions of
credit;
Prime Rate
Margin : 0% (zero basis points) per annum.
Proceeding : As such term is defined in Section
16.15.
Project
: As set forth in Recital A .
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Required
Permits : Each building permit, environmental permit, utility
permit, land use permit, wetland permit and any other permits,
approvals or licenses issued by any Governmental authority which
are required in connection with Construction.
Soil
Report : A soil test report prepared by a licensed engineer
satisfactory to Lender indicating to the satisfaction of Lender
that the soil and subsurface conditions underlying the Project will
support the Improvements.
State :
The state of Colorado.
Subcontracts : Subcontracts for labor or materials to be
furnished to the Project.
Tenant
: The tenant under a Lease.
Title
Insurer : Land Title Guarantee Company as agent for Chicago
Title Insurance Company, or such other title insurance company
licensed in the State as may be approved in writing by
Lender.
Title
Policy : An ALTA Mortgagee’s Loan Title Insurance Policy
acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion with extended coverage
issued by the Title Insurer insuring the lien of the Deed of Trust
as a valid first, prior and paramount lien upon the Project and all
appurtenant easements, and subject to no other exceptions other
than the Permitted Exceptions.
Transfer : Any sale, transfer, lease (other than a Lease
approved by Lender), conveyance, alienation, pledge, assignment,
mortgage, encumbrance hypothecation or other disposition of (a) all
or any portion of the Project or any portion of any other security
for the Loan, (b) all or any portion of the Borrower’s right,
title and interest (legal or equitable) in and to the Project or
any portion of any other security for the Loan, or (c) any interest
in Borrower or any interest in any entity which directly or
indirectly holds an interest in, or directly or indirectly
controls, Borrower.
Unavoidable
Delay : Any delay in the construction of the Project, caused by
natural disaster, fire, earthquake, floods, explosion,
extraordinary adverse weather conditions, inability to procure or a
general shortage of labor, equipment, facilities, energy, materials
or supplies in the open market, failure of transportation, strikes
or lockouts for which Borrower has notified Lender in
writing.
Unit.
Each residential
condominium unit located within a Condominium Building which is
constructed on the Land.
1.2
Other Definitional Provisions . All terms defined in
this Agreement shall have the same meanings when used in the Note,
Deed of Trust, any other Loan Documents, or any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto. The words
“hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
BORROWER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
2.1
Representations and Warranties . To induce Lender to
execute this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder,
Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender as
follows:
(a) Borrower has good and marketable
fee simple title to the Project, subject only to the Permitted
Exceptions.
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(b) No litigation or proceedings are
pending, or to the best of Borrower’s knowledge threatened,
against Borrower or Guarantor, which could, if adversely
determined, cause a Material Adverse Change with respect to
Borrower, Guarantor or the Project. There are no pending
Environmental Proceedings and Borrower has no knowledge of any
threatened Environmental Proceedings or any facts or circumstances
which may give rise to any future Environmental
Proceedings.
(c) Borrower is a duly organized and
validly existing limited liability company and has full power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform all Loan Documents to
which Borrower is a party, and such execution, delivery and
performance have been duly authorized by all requisite action on
the part of Borrower.
(d) No consent, approval or
authorization of or declaration, registration or filing with any
Governmental Authority or nongovernmental person or entity,
including any creditor, partner, or member of Borrower or
Guarantor, is required in connection with the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement or any of the Loan
Documents.
(e) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the execution and payment of the
Note and the granting of the Deed of Trust and other security
interests under the other Loan Documents have not constituted and
will not constitute, upon the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, a breach or default under any other agreement to which
Borrower or Guarantor is a party or may be bound or affected, or a
violation of any law or court order which may affect the Project,
any part thereof, any interest therein, or the use
thereof.
(f) There is no default under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, nor any condition
which, after notice or the passage of time or both, would
constitute a default or an Event of Default under said
documents.
(g) No condemnation of any portion of
the Project, (ii) no condemnation or relocation of any
roadways abutting the Project, and (iii) no proceeding to deny
access to the Project from any point or planned point of access to
the Project, has commenced or, to the best of Borrower’s
knowledge, is contemplated by any Governmental
Authority.
(h) The amounts set forth in the Budget
present a full and complete itemization by category of all costs,
expenses and fees which Borrower reasonably expects to pay or
reasonably anticipates becoming obligated to pay to complete the
Construction of the Improvements.
(i) Neither the Construction of the
Improvements nor the use of the Project when completed and the
contemplated accessory uses will, to the best of Borrower’s
knowledge, violate (i) any Laws (including subdivision,
zoning, building, environmental protection and wetland protection
Laws), or (ii) any building permits, restrictions of record,
or agreements affecting the Project or any part thereof. Neither
the zoning authorizations, approvals or variances nor any other
right to construct or to use the Project is to any extent dependent
upon or related to any real estate other than the Land. All
Government Approvals required for the Construction in accordance
with the Plans and Specifications have been or will be obtained
prior to the initial disbursement, all Laws relating to the
Construction of the Improvements have been complied with, and all
permits and licenses required for the operation of the Project
which cannot be obtained until the Construction is completed can be
obtained if the Improvements are completed in accordance with the
Plans and Specifications.
(j) The Project will have adequate
water, gas and electrical supply, storm and sanitary sewerage
facilities, other required public utilities, fire and police
protection, and means of access
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between the
Project and public highways; none of the foregoing will be
foreseeably delayed or impeded by virtue of any requirements under
any applicable Laws.
(k) No brokerage fees or commissions
are payable by or to any person in connection with this Agreement
or the Loan to be disbursed hereunder.
(l) All financial statements and other
information previously furnished by Borrower or Guarantor to Lender
in connection with the Loan are true, complete and correct in all
material respects and fairly present the financial conditions of
the subjects thereof as of the respective dates thereof and do not
fail to state any material fact necessary to make such statements
or information not misleading, and no Material Adverse Change with
respect to Borrower or Guarantor has occurred since the respective
dates of such statements and information. Neither Borrower nor
Guarantor has any material liability, contingent or otherwise, not
disclosed in such financial statements.
(m) Except as disclosed in that certain
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment – Gold Peak at Palomino
Park report prepared by Terracon Consulting Engineers and
Scientists – Project No. 25047934 and dated January 11, 2005,
to Borrower’s actual knowledge, (i) the Project is in a
clean, safe and healthful condition, and, except for materials used
in the ordinary course of the Construction of the Improvements, is
free of all Hazardous Material and is in compliance with all
applicable Laws; (ii) neither Borrower nor, to the best knowledge
of Borrower, any other person or entity, has ever caused or
permitted any Hazardous Material to be placed, held, located or
disposed of on, under, at or in a manner to affect the Project, or
any part thereof, and the Project has never been used (whether by
Borrower or, to the best knowledge of Borrower, by any other person
or entity) for any activities involving, directly or indirectly,
the use, generation, treatment, storage, transportation, or
disposal of any Hazardous Material; (iii) neither the Project nor
Borrower is subject to any existing, pending, or, to the best of
Borrower’s knowledge, threatened investigation or inquiry by
any Governmental Authority, and the Project is not subject to any
remedial obligations under any applicable Laws pertaining to health
or the environment; and (iv) there are no underground tanks,
vessels, or similar facilities for the storage, containment or
accumulation of Hazardous Materials of any sort on, under or
affecting the Project.
(n) The Project is taxed separately
without regard to any other property and for all purposes the
Project may be mortgaged, encumbered, conveyed and otherwise dealt
with as an independent parcel.
(o) The Loan is not being made for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying “margin stock” within
the meaning of Regulation G, T, U or X issued by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Borrower agrees to
execute all instruments necessary to comply with all the
requirements of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve
System.
(p) Borrower is not a party in interest
to any plan defined or regulated under ERISA, and the assets of
Borrower are not “plan assets” of any employee benefit
plan covered by ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
(q) Borrower is not a “foreign
person” within the meaning of Section 1445 or 7701 of the
Internal Revenue Code. Borrower uses no trade name other than its
actual name set forth herein.
(r) The principal place of business of
Borrower is 6700 Palomino Parkway, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80130.
Borrower’s place of formation or organization is the State of
Colorado.
(s) Neither Borrower nor Guarantor is
(or will be) a person with whom Lender is restricted from doing
business under regulations of the Office of Foreign Asset Control
(“OFAC”) of the
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Department
of the Treasury of the United States of America (including, those
Persons named on OFAC’s Specially Designated and Blocked
Persons list) or under any statute, executive order (including, the
September 24, 2001 Executive Order Blocking Property and
Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to
Commit, or Support Terrorism), or other governmental action and is
not and shall not engage in any dealings or transactions or
otherwise be associated with such persons. In addition, Borrower
hereby agrees to provide to the Lender with any additional
information that the Lender deems necessary from time to time in
order to ensure compliance with all applicable Laws concerning
money laundering and similar activities.
(t) Contracts of Sale . To the
best of Borrower’s knowledge, all of the Contracts of Sale
when entered into will be valid and enforceable. The Borrower will
not commit or suffer any act or omission which would or could
constitute a default on its part entitling any purchaser to
damages, rights of set-off or right to terminate any Contract of
Sale. All Contract Deposits shall be held pursuant to the Contract
of Sale by the Title Insurer.
(u) Condominium Documents . To
the extent such approval is required, the Condominium Documents
will be approved by all applicable federal, state or local
governmental agencies or entities with approval authority over such
documents, and Borrower agrees to maintain such approvals in good
standing throughout the term of the Loan.
2.2
Survival of Representations and Warranties . Borrower
agrees that all of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2.1 and elsewhere in this Agreement are true as of the date
hereof, and, except for matters which have been disclosed by
Borrower and approved by Lender in writing, at all times
thereafter. Each request for a disbursement under the Loan
Documents shall constitute a reaffirmation of such representations
and warranties, as deemed modified in accordance with the
disclosures made and approved as aforesaid, as of the date of such
request. It shall be a condition precedent to each disbursement of
the Loan that each of said representations and warranties is true
and correct as of the date of such requested disbursement. Each
disbursement of Loan proceeds shall be deemed to be a reaffirmation
by Borrower that each of the representations and warranties is true
and correct as of the date of such disbursement. In addition, at
Lender’s request, Borrower shall reaffirm such
representations and warranties in writing prior to each
disbursement hereunder.
ARTICLE 3
LOAN AND LOAN DOCUMENTS
3.1
Agreement to Borrow and Lend; Lender’s Obligation to
Disburse .
(a) Subject to the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
Borrower agrees to borrow from Lender and Lender agrees to lend to
Borrower the Loan, for the purposes and subject to all of the
terms, provisions and conditions contained in this Agreement.
Lender agrees, upon Borrower’s compliance with and
satisfaction of all conditions precedent and provided the Loan is
In Balance, no Material Adverse Change has occurred with respect to
Borrower, Guarantor, or the Project and no default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder, to disburse Loan
proceeds to reimburse Borrower for a portion of the costs incurred
by Borrower in connection with the development of the Project and
the Construction of the Improvements, to the extent provided for in
the Budget.
(b) The maximum aggregate amount of the
Loan shall not exceed Eight Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
($8,800,000.00).
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(c) Borrower shall open an Operating
Account. Borrower authorizes Lender to disburse Loan proceeds by
crediting the Operating Account; provided , however ,
that Lender shall not be obligated to use such method. Lender is
further authorized to pay and principal or interest due upon the
Note when and as same shall become due by debiting funds on deposit
in the Operating Account.
3.2
Loan Documents . Borrower agrees that it will, on the
date of this Agreement execute and deliver or cause to be executed
and delivered to Lender the following documents in form and
substance acceptable to Lender:
(a) The Note.
(b) The Deed of Trust.
(c) The Completion Guaranty.
(d) The Payment Guaranty.
(e) The Environmental
Indemnity.
(f) A collateral assignment of
construction documents, including, without limitation, the General
Contract, all architecture and engineering contracts, Plans and
Specifications, permits, licenses, approvals and development
rights, together with consents to the assignment and continuation
agreements from the General Contractor, the architect and other
parties reasonably specified by Lender.
(g) Such UCC financing statements as
Lender determines are advisable or necessary to perfect or notify
third parties of the security interests intended to be created by
the Loan Documents.
(h) An Assignment of Declarant’s
Rights.
(i) An Assignment of Rights under
Contracts of Sale.
(j) Such other documents, instruments
or certificates as Lender and its counsel may reasonably require,
including such documents as Lender in its sole discretion deems
necessary or appropriate to effectuate the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and to comply with the laws
of the State.
3.3
Term of the Loan . All principal, interest and other
sums due under the Loan Documents shall be due and payable in full
on the Maturity Date without relief from valuation and appraisement
laws.
3.4
Principal Repayment . The principal amount of the
Loan shall be repaid as follows: Upon the initial advance of the
proceeds of the Construction Loan, Borrower shall pay to Lender, on
principal, a sum equal to $159,133.00 if a Condominium Building
contains five (5) Units, or $240,190.00 if such Condominium
Building contains seven (7) Units.
3.5
Prepayments . Borrower shall have the right to make
prepayments of the Loan, in whole or in part, without prepayment
penalty, upon one (1) day’s prior written notice to
Lender.
3.6
Late Charge . Any and all amounts due hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents, except principal and accrued
interest due on the Maturity Date, which remain unpaid more than
five (5)
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days after
the date said amount was due and payable shall incur a fee (the
“Late Charge”) of five percent (5%) per annum of said
amount, or $25.00, whichever is greater, which payment shall be in
addition to all of Lender’s other rights and remedies under
the Loan Documents, provided that no Late Charge shall apply to the
final payment of principal on the Maturity Date.
3.7
Extension of Loan .
(a) All principal, interest and other
sums due under the Loan Documents shall be due and payable in full
on the Maturity Date. All references herein to the Maturity Date
shall mean the Initial Maturity Date, provided that Borrower shall
have the right to extend the Maturity Date for one (1) additional
period of six (6) months (“Extension Option 1”), and a
second additional period of nine (9) months (“Extension
Option 2”), thereby extending the Maturity Date to May 1,
2007 with respect to Extension Option 1 (the “First Extended
Maturity Date”) and February 1, 2008 with respect to
Extension Option 2 (the “Second Extended Maturity
Date”).
(b)
Borrower may only exercise each of
Extension Option 1 and Extension Option 2 upon satisfying the
following conditions:
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(i) |
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender written notice of such
election no earlier than sixty (60) days and no later than thirty
(30) prior to the Initial Maturity Date or the First Extended
Maturity Date, as applicable; |
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(ii) |
Such notice with respect to Extension Option 2 is accompanied
by an extension fee in the amount of one-tenth of one percent of
the outstanding principal balance of the Loan. No extension fee
shall be required with respect to Extension Option 1; |
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(iii) |
Lender shall have received Borrower’s and
Guarantor’s current financial statements, certified as
correct by Borrower and Guarantor. There must be no material
adverse change in Borrower’s or Guarantor’s financial
condition; |
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(iv) |
Construction of the Improvements has been completed in
accordance with all requirements of this Loan
Agreement; |
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(v) |
With respect to Extension Option 1, Borrower shall have repaid
on the principal amount of the Loan the sum of $4,500,000.00. With
respect to Extension Option 2, Borrower shall have repaid on the
principal amount of the Loan the sum of $6,000,000.00;
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(vi) |
No Event of Default exists under the Loan Documents, nor any
event which would be an Event of Default if not cured within the
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3.8 Interest
Rate Agreements .
(a) If Borrower purchases an interest
rate swap, cap, collar or other interest rate protection product
(“Interest Rate Protection Product”) from Lender,
Borrower shall enter into such party’s customary form of
agreement (“Interest Rate Agreement”) relating to such
Interest Rate
Protection
Product. Any indebtedness incurred pursuant to an Interest Rate
Agreement entered into by Borrower and Lender shall constitute
indebtedness evidenced by the Note and secured by the Deed of Trust
and the other Loan Documents to the same extent and effect as if
the terms and provisions of such Interest Rate
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were set forth herein, whether or not the aggregate of such
indebtedness, together with the disbursements made by Lender of the
proceeds of the Loan, shall exceed the face amount of the
Note.
(b) Borrower hereby collaterally
assigns to Lender any and all Interest Rate Protection Products
purchased or to be purchased by Borrower in connection with the
Loan, as additional security for the Loan, and agrees to provide
Lender with any additional documentation requested by Lender in
order to confirm or perfect such security interest during the term
of the Loan. If Borrower obtains an Interest Rate Protection
Product from a party other than Lender, Borrower shall deliver to
Lender such third party’s consent to such collateral
assignment. No Interest Rate Protection Product purchased from a
third party may be secured by an interest in Borrower or the
Project.
ARTICLE 4
INTEREST
4.1
Interest Rate .
(a) Provided that no Event of Default
exists, the Loan will bear interest at the sum of (a) the Daily
LIBOR Rate plus (b) the LIBOR Rate Margin. Borrower shall pay
interest in arrears on the first (1 st ) Business Day of
each calendar month in the amount of all interest accrued during
the immediately preceding calendar month. The rate of interest
shall change immediately and contemporaneously with any change in
the Daily LIBOR Rate.
(b) If the introduction of or any
change in any Law, regulation or treaty, or in the interpretation
thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the
administration or interpretation thereof, shall make it unlawful
for Lender to maintain a Daily LIBOR Rate with respect to the Loan
or any portion thereof, or to fund the Loan or any portion thereof
in Dollars in the London interbank market, or to give effect to its
obligations to charge interest, then (1) Lender shall notify
Borrower that Lender is no longer able to maintain the Daily LIBOR
Rate, and (2) the interest rate of the Loan shall automatically be
converted to the Adjusted Prime Rate.
(c) Interest on the Loan shall be
calculated for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a
360-day year, including the first date of the applicable period to,
but not including, the date of repayment.
ARTICLE 5
FEES AND LOAN EXPENSES
5.1
Fees . The Borrower shall pay the following fees to
Lender:
Borrower shall
pay to Lender on or before the date of this Agreement a commitment
fee in the amount of $44,000.00 [(1/2% of the Loan amount] (the
“Commitment Fee”). Such Commitment Fee is fully earned
and non-refundable as of closing.
5.2
Loan and Administration Expenses . Borrower
unconditionally agrees to pay all expenses of the Loan, including
all amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.1 and any and all
other fees owing to Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents, and also
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, all recording,
filing and registration fees and charges, documentary taxes, all
insurance premiums, title insurance premiums and other charges of
the Title Insurer, survey fees and charges, cost of certified
copies of instruments, cost of premiums on surety
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bonds and the Title Policy, charges of the Title Insurer or other
escrowee for administering disbursements, all fees and
disbursements of Lender’s Consultant, all appraisal fees,
insurance consultant’s fees, environmental consultant’s
fees, and other expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the
determination of whether or not Borrower has performed the
obligations undertaken by Borrower hereunder or has satisfied any
conditions precedent to the obligations of Lender hereunder. If any
default or Event of Default occurs hereunder or under any of the
Loan Documents or if the Loan or Note or any portion thereof is not
paid in full when and as due, Borrower shall pay all costs and
expenses of Lender (including, without limitation, court costs and
counsel’s fees and disbursements and fees and costs of
paralegals) incurred in attempting to enforce payment of the Loan
and expenses of Lender incurred (including court costs and
counsel’s fees and disbursements and fees and costs of
paralegals) in attempting to realize, while a default or Event of
Default exists, on any security or incurred in connection with the
sale or disposition (or preparation for sale or disposition) of any
security for the Loan. Borrower agrees to pay all brokerage, finder
or similar fees or commissions payable in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and shall indemnify and hold
Lender harmless against all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses
(including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in relation
to any claim by broker, finder or similar person.
5.3
Time of Payment of Fees and Expenses . Lender may
require the payment of outstanding fees and expenses as a condition
to any disbursement of the Loan. Lender is hereby authorized,
without any specific request or direction by Borrower, to make
disbursements from time to time in payment of or to reimburse
Lender for all Loan expenses and fees (whether or not, at such
time, there may be any undisbursed amounts of the Loan allocated in
the Budget for the same).
5.4
Expenses and Advances Secured by Loan Documents . Any
and all advances or payments made by Lender under this Article 5
from time to time shall, as and when advanced or incurred,
constitute additional indebtedness evidenced by the Note and
secured by the Deed of Trust and the other Loan
Documents.
5.5
Right of Lender to Make Advances to Cure Borrower’s
Defaults . In the event that Borrower fails to perform any
of Borrower’s covenants, agreements or obligations contained
in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (after the
expiration of applicable grace periods, except in the event of an
emergency or other exigent circumstances), Lender may (but shall
not be required to) perform any of such covenants, agreements and
obligations, and any amounts expended by Lender in so doing and
shall constitute additional indebtedness evidenced by the Note and
secured by the Deed of Trust and the other Loan Documents and shall
bear interest at the Default Rate.
ARTICLE 6
REQUIREMENTS PRECEDENT
TO THE INITIAL DISBURSEMENT OF THE LOAN
6.1
Non-Construction Conditions Precedent . Borrower
agrees that Lender’s obligation to make the initial
disbursement of the Loan and each subsequent disbursement is
conditioned upon Borrower’s delivery, performance and
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent in form and
substance satisfactory to Lender:
(a) Equity : Borrower shall have
provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to Lender that
Borrower’s equity invested in the Project, including the
appraised value of the Land, is not less than the difference
between the total Project cost as set forth in the Budget and the
maximum Loan Amount; provided , however , in no event
shall Borrower’s equity in the Project be less than
$10,000,000.00;
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(b) Title and Other Documents :
Borrower shall have furnished to Lender the Title Policy together
with legible copies of all title exception documents cited in the
Title Policy and all other legal documents affecting the Project or
the use thereof;
(c) Survey : Borrower shall have
furnished to Lender an ALTA/ACSM “Class A” Land Title
Survey of the Project. Said survey shall be dated no earlier than
ninety (90) days prior to the date of this Agreement and shall be
made (and certified to have been made) form reasonably satisfactory
to Lender in its sole discretion. Such survey shall be sufficient
to permit issuance of the Title Policy in the form required by this
Agreement. Such survey shall include the legal description of the
Land;
(d) Insurance Policies :
Borrower shall have furnished to Lender not less than ten (10) days
prior to the date of this Agreement policies or binders evidencing
that insurance coverages are in effect with respect to the Project
and Borrower, in accordance with the Insurance Requirements
attached hereto as Exhibit D , for which the premiums have
been fully prepaid with endorsements satisfactory to
Lender;
(e) No Litigation : Borrower
shall have furnished evidence that no litigation or proceedings
shall be pending or threatened which could or might cause a
Material Adverse Change with respect to Borrower, Guarantor, or the
Project;
(f) Utilities : Borrower shall
have furnished to Lender (by way of utility letters or otherwise)
evidence establishing to the satisfaction of Lender that the
Project when constructed will have adequate water supply, storm and
sanitary sewerage facilities, telephone, gas, electricity, fire and
police protection, means of ingress and egress to and from the
Project and public highways and any other required public utilities
and that the Project is benefited by insured easements as may be
required for any of the foregoing;
(g) Attorney Opinions : Borrower
shall have furnished to Lender an opinion from counsel for Borrower
and Guarantor covering due authorization, execution and delivery
and enforceability of the Loan Documents and also containing such
other legal opinions as Lender shall reasonably require;
(h) Appraisal : Lender shall
have obtained an Appraisal, the appraised value of which shall
provide for a loan-to-cost ratio and loan-to-value ratio not to
exceed forty percent (40%), which Appraisal is satisfactory to
Lender in all respects;
(i) Searches : Borrower shall
have furnished to Lender current bankruptcy, federal tax lien and
judgment searches and searches of all Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements filed in the State demonstrating the absence
of adverse claims;
(j) Financial Statements :
Borrower shall have furnished to Lender current annual financial
statements of Borrower, the Guarantor, the General Contractor and
such other persons or entities connected with the Loan as Lender
may reasonably request, each in form and substance and certified by
such individual as acceptable to Lender. Borrower and the Guarantor
shall provide such other additional financial information Lender
reasonably requires;
(k) Management Agreements :
Borrower shall have delivered to Lender executed copies of any
management and development agreements entered into by Borrower in
connection with the Construction of the Improvements within the
Project;
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(l) Flood Hazard : Lender has
received evidence that the Project is not located in an area
designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as a
special flood hazard area, or flood hazard insurance acceptable to
Lender in its sole discretion;
(m) Zoning : If the Title Policy
does not include a zoning endorsement, Borrower shall have
furnished to Lender a zoning letter in form reasonably acceptable
to Lender as to compliance of the Project with zoning and similar
laws;
(n) Organizational Documents :
Borrower shall have furnished to Lender proof satisfactory to
Lender of Borrower’s and Guarantor’s authority,
formation, organization and good standing in their respective state
of incorporation or formation and, if applicable, qualification as
a foreign entity in good standing in the State, of all corporate,
partnership, trust and limited liability company entities
(including Borrower and Guarantor) executing any Loan Documents,
whether in their own name or on behalf of another entity. Borrower
and Guarantor shall also provide certified resolutions in form and
content satisfactory to Lender, authorizing execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents to be executed by each of them,
and such other documentation as Lender may reasonably require to
evidence the authority of the persons executing the Loan
Documents;
(o) Easements : Borrower shall
have furnished Lender all easements reasonably required for the
Construction, maintenance or operation of and access to the Project
and such easements shall be insured by the Title Policy;
(p) No Defaults : There shall be
no uncured Default or Event of Default by Borrower
hereunder;
(q) Additional Documents :
Borrower shall have furnished to Lender such other materials,
documents, papers or requirements regarding the Project, Borrower
and Guarantor as Lender shall reasonably request.
6.2
Required Construction Documents . On or before the
date of this Agreement, Borrower shall cause to be furnished to
Lender the following, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender
and Lender’s Consultant in all respects, for Lender’s
approval:
(a) Fully executed copies of the
following, each satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s
Consultant in all respects: (i) a General Contract with the
General Contractor; (ii) Major Subcontracts; and (iii) all
contracts with architects and engineers;
(b) A schedule of values, including a
trade payment breakdown, setting forth a description of all
contracts let by Borrower and/or the General Contractor for the
design, engineering, construction and equipping of the
Improvements;
(c) An initial sworn statement of the
General Contractor, approved by Borrower, Architect/Engineer and
Lender’s Consultant covering all work done and to be done,
together with lien waivers covering all work and materials for
which payments have heretofore been made by Borrower;
(d) Copies of each of the Required
Permits, except for those Required Permits which cannot yet be
issued, in which event such Required Permits will be obtained by
Borrower on a timely basis in accordance with all applicable
building, land use, zoning and environmental codes, statutes and
regulations and will be delivered to Lender at the earliest
possible date. In all events the Required
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Permits
required to be delivered prior to the initial disbursement of Loan
proceeds shall include permits necessary to commence development of
the Improvements;
(e) Full and complete detailed Plans
and Specifications for the Improvements in duplicate, prepared by
the Architect/Engineer;
(f) The Construction
Schedule;
(g) The Soil Report;
(h) The Environmental
Report;
(i) A report from Lender’s
Consultant which contains an analysis of the Plans and
Specifications, the Budget, the Construction Schedule, the General
Contract, all subcontracts then existing and the Soil Report. Such
report shall be solely for the benefit of Lender and contain
(i) an analysis satisfactory to Lender demonstrating the
adequacy of the Budget to complete the Improvements and (ii) a
confirmation that the Construction Schedule is realistic.
Lender’s Consultant shall monitor construction of the
Improvements and shall visit the Project at least one (1) time each
month, and shall certify as to amounts of construction costs for
all requested fundings;
(j) The
Architect’s/Engineer’s Certificate;
(k) Certification from an engineer or
other professional reasonably acceptable to Lender in a form
acceptable to Lender confirming that any wetlands located on the
Land will not preclude the development of the Project;
(l) A Notice of Commencement, if
required under applicable state or local law; and
(m) Such other reports, materials and
documents as Lender may reasonably require with respect to the
Construction.
ARTICLE 7
BUDGET AND CONTINGENCY FUND
7.1
Budget . Disbursement of the Loan shall be governed
by the Budget, in form and substance acceptable to Lender in
Lender’s reasonable discretion. The Budget shall specify the
amount of equity invested in the Project, and all costs and
expenses of every kind and nature whatever to be incurred by
Borrower in connection with Construction of Improvements. The
Budget shall include, in addition to the Budget Line Items
described in Section 7.2 below, the Contingency Fund described
in Section 7.3 below, and amounts satisfactory to Lender for
soft costs and other reserves acceptable to Lender. The initial
Budget is attached hereto as Exhibit F and made a part hereof.
Once the Budget is approved by Lender all changes to the Budget
shall in all respects be subject to the prior written approval of
Lender.
7.2
Budget Line Items . The Budget shall include as line
items (“Budget Line Items”), to the extent determined
to be applicable by Lender in its reasonable discretion, the cost
of all labor, materials, equipment and fixtures needed for the
completion of the Construction of the Improvements, and all other
costs, fees and expenses relating in any way whatsoever to the
Construction of the Improvements, real estate taxes, and all other
sums due in connection with Construction of the Improvements and
the ownership of the Land, the Loan, and this Agreement. Borrower
agrees that all
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proceeds disbursed by Lender shall be used only for the Budget Line
Items for which such proceeds were disbursed. Subject to the
provisions of Section 11.1(b) hereof, Borrower shall have the right
to reallocate cost savings effected by final Change Order or other
appropriate final documentation to other Budget Line Items subject
to Lender’s prior written consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. Lender shall not be obligated to
disburse any amount for any category of costs set forth as a Budget
Line Item which is greater than the amount set forth for such
category in the applicable Budget Line Item. Borrower shall pay as
they become due all amounts set forth in the Budget with respect to
costs to be paid for by Borrower.
7.3
Contingency Fund . The Budget shall contain a Budget
Line Item designated for the Contingency Fund. Borrower may from
time to time request that the Contingency Fund be reallocated to
pay needed costs of Construction. Such requests shall be subject to
Lender’s written approval in its reasonable discretion.
Borrower agrees that the decision with respect to utilizing
portions of the Contingency Fund in order to keep the Loan In
Balance shall be made by Lender in its reasonable discretion, and
that Lender may require Borrower to make a Deficiency Deposit even
if funds remain in the Contingency Fund.
7.4
Optional Method for Payment of Interest . For
Borrower’s benefit, the Budget includes a Budget Line Item
for interest payments on the Loan. Borrower hereby authorizes
Lender from time to time, for the mutual convenience of Lender and
Borrower, to disburse Loan proceeds to pay all the then accrued
interest on the Note regardless of whether Borrower shall have
specifically requested a disbursement of such amount. Any such
disbursement, if made, shall be added to the outstanding principal
balance of the Note and shall, when disbursed, bear interest at the
Daily LIBOR Rate plus the LIBOR Rate Margin, or Default Rate, as
applicable. The authorization hereby granted, however, shall not
obligate Lender to make disbursements of the Loan for interest
payments (except upon Borrower’s qualifying for and
requesting disbursement of that portion of the proceeds of the Loan
allocated for such purposes in the Budget) nor prevent Borrower
from paying accrued interest from its own funds.
ARTICLE 8
SUFFICIENCY OF LOAN
8.1
Loan In Balance . Anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, it is expressly
understood and agreed that the Loan shall at all times be “In
Balance”, on a Budget Line Item and an aggregate basis. A
Budget Line Item shall be deemed to be “In Balance”
only if Lender determines that the amount of such Budget Line Item
is sufficient for its intended purpose. The Loan shall be deemed to
be “In Balance” in the aggregate only when the total of
the undisbursed portion of the Loan less the Contingency Fund
(subject to Borrower’s reallocation rights under Section 7.2)
equals or exceeds the aggregate of (a) the costs required to
complete the Construction of the Improvements in accordance with
the Plans and Specifications and the Budget; (b) the amounts to be
paid as retainages to persons who have supplied labor or materials
to the Project; and (c) all other hard and soft costs not yet paid
for in connection with the Project, as such costs and amounts
described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) may be estimated and/or
approved in writing by Lender from time to time. Borrower agrees
that if for any reason, in Lender’s reasonable discretion,
the amount of such undistributed Loan proceeds shall at any time be
or become insufficient for such purpose regardless of how such
condition may be caused, Borrower will, within ten (10) days after
written request by Lender, deposit the deficiency with Lender
(“Deficiency Deposit”). The Deficiency Deposit shall
first be exhausted before any further disbursement of Loan proceeds
shall be made. Lender shall not be obligated to make any Loan
disbursements if and for as long as the Loan is not In
Balance.
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ARTICLE 9
CONSTRUCTION PAYOUT REQUIREMENTS
9.1
Monthly Payouts . After the initial disbursement of
Loan proceeds, further disbursements shall be made during
Construction from time to time as the Construction progresses, but
no more frequently than once in each calendar month. At
Lender’s option, disbursements may be made by Lender into an
escrow and subsequently disbursed to Borrower or its General
Contractor, Subcontractors and materials suppliers by the Title
Insurer or by Lender directly. If such option is exercised, those
Loan proceeds shall be deemed to be disbursed to Borrower from the
date of deposit into that escrow or the date of disbursement by
Lender and interest shall accrue on those proceeds from that date,
regardless of the date such proceeds are released by the Title
Insurer if disbursed to such Title Insurer.
9.2
Additional Documents to be Furnished for Each
Disbursement . As a condition precedent to each
disbursement of the Loan proceeds (including the initial
disbursement), Borrower shall furnish or cause to be furnished to
Lender the following documents covering each disbursement, in form
and substance satisfactory to Lender:
(a) A completed Borrower’s
Certificate in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto and
made a part hereof and a completed Soft and Hard Cost Requisition
Form in the form of Exhibit H attached hereto and made a
part hereof, each executed by the Authorized Representative of
Borrower;
(b) A completed standard AIA Form G702
and Form G703 signed by the General Contractor, subcontractors, and
the Project Architect/Engineer, together with General
Contractor’s sworn statements and unconditional waivers of
lien, and all subcontractors’, material suppliers’ and
laborers’ sworn statements and conditional waivers of lien,
covering all work, paid with the proceeds of the prior draw
requests, together with such invoices, contracts or other
supporting data as Lender may require to evidence that all costs
for which disbursement is sought have been incurred;
(c) Paid invoices or other evidence
satisfactory to Lender that fixtures and equipment, if any, have
been paid for and are free of any lien or security interest
therein, and paid soft cost invoices in excess of $10,000.00,
together with an accounts payable listing with respect to soft cost
invoices below such amount;
(d) An endorsement to the Title Policy
issued to Lender covering the date of disbursement and showing the
Deed of Trust as a first, prior and paramount lien on the Project
subject only to the Permitted Exceptions and real estate taxes that
have accrued but are not yet due and payable and particularly that
nothing has intervened to affect the validity or priority of the
Deed of Trust;
(e) Copies of any proposed or executed
Change Orders on standard AIA G701 form which have not been
previously furnished to Lender and which require and are not valid
without the signatures of the General Contractor, Borrower and
Architect/Engineer, together with a copy of the pending change
order log;
(f) Copies of all construction
contracts (including Major Subcontracts and other Subcontracts, if
required by Lender) which have been executed since the last
disbursement, together with any Bonds obtained or required to be
obtained with respect thereto;
(g) All Required Permits and other
Government Approvals then needed in connection with the Project;
and
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(h) Such other instruments, documents
and information as Lender or the Title Insurer may reasonably
request.
Disbursements shall be made approximately ten (10) days after
receipt of all information required by Lender to approve the
requested disbursements.
9.3
Retainages . At the time of each disbursement of Loan
proceeds, five percent (5%) of the total amount then due the
General Contractor and the various contractors, subcontractors and
material suppliers for costs of the Construction shall be
withheld
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