PHILIP ELGHANIAN
(“LESSOR”)
DVA HEALTHCARE RENAL CARE, INC.
(“LESSEE”)
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8. TAXES, UTILITIES AND MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND
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38. LESSOR’S SALE OF THE
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40. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
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41. COOPERATION WITH LESSEE’S COST
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44. APPROVAL BY DAVITA INC. AS TO
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EXHIBIT A- LEGAL DESCRIPTION
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EXHIBIT C- FORM OF COMMENCEMENT DATE
MEMORANDUM
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EXHIBIT E-FORM OF ESTOPPEL
CERTIFICATE
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THIS LEASE AGREEMENT (the “Lease”), made and entered into
this
day of
, 200 _____ (the “Effective Date”), by and
between PHILIP ELGHANIAN (hereinafter called
“Lessor”), and DVA HEALTHCARE RENAL CARE, INC.
(hereinafter called the “Lessee”).
WHEREAS , Lessor desires to demise, lease and rent unto
Lessee, and the Lessee desires to rent and lease from Lessor that
certain real property located at 17590 Foothill Boulevard, Fontana,
California, as more particularly described on Exhibit A,
together with a building consisting of approximately Ten Thousand
Five Hundred Sixty-Eight (10,568) rentable square feet {NOTE: TO
BE CONFIRMED BY LESSEE} (the “Building”) and all
improvements thereon and appurtenant rights thereto including,
without limitation, parking areas, easements, declarations and
rights of way (collectively the “Premises”).
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual
covenants, promises and agreements herein contained and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, Lessor does hereby demise, lease and
rent unto the Lessee and Lessee does hereby rent and lease from
Lessor the Premises, under and pursuant to the following terms and
conditions:
1. Term . This Lease shall be
effective on the Effective Date. Lessor shall deliver possession of
the Premises upon the later to occur of: (i) Lessor’s
completion of the remediation and disposal of the Hazardous
Substances (as defined in Section 10) described in the Lessor
Environmental Report (as defined in Section 10) or
(ii) Lessor’s satisfaction of the Acquisition
Contingency (as defined in Section 21) (the “Possession
Date”). In the event the Possession Date does not occur
within one hundred fifty (150) days following the Effective
Date, Lessee may elect to terminate this Lease by written notice to
Lessor.
The term of the Lease shall commence upon the
earlier of: (i) the date that is eight (8) months
following the Possession Date; or (ii) the date in which the
Premises are open to the public for business for the Permitted Use
(as defined below) (and such date being referred to herein as the
“Commencement Date”) and shall expire one hundred
twenty (120) months following said Commencement Date (as the
same may be extended the “Termination Date”), unless
renewed as hereinafter provided (the “Term”). Each
twelve (12) month period beginning on the Commencement Date or
any anniversary thereof shall hereinafter be called a “Lease
Year.” Upon determination of the Commencement Date, Lessor
shall execute and forward a memorandum in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C to Lessee for Lessee’s approval and
execution.
2. Rent . Beginning on the
Commencement Date, Lessee agrees to pay as an initial annual base
rent (“Rent”) of Two Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand Nine
Hundred Seventy-Two and 80/100 Dollars ($259,972.80), based on a
$2.05 per rentable square foot per month amount. Beginning on the
Commencement Date, Lessee shall pay Rent in the amount of
$21,664.40 per month in advance on the first day of each calendar
month during the Term, such monthly installment to be prorated for
any partial calendar month in which the Commencement Date or
Termination Date shall occur. The Rent shall be adjusted in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3. All amounts
(unless otherwise provided herein) other than the Rent and the
adjustments thereto described in Section 3 hereof owed by
Lessee to Lessor hereunder including, without limitation, the
payment of: (i) Taxes (as defined below), (ii) the CAM
Expenses (as defined below), (iii) Premises Insurance
Reimbursements (as defined below), and (iv) interest due on
amounts not paid when due (with such past due amounts accruing
interest at the Default Interest Rate (as defined below)) shall be
deemed additional rent (“Additional Rent”). Any payment
of Rent or Additional Rent not paid by Lessee to Lessor when due
shall bear interest at lesser of: (i) twelve percent (12%) or
(ii) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law from the
date of when due until the date of payment by Lessee to Lessor (the
“Default Interest Rate”). Within thirty (30) days
following the Possession Date, Lessor shall complete and deliver to
Lessee a Form W-9 — Request for Taxpayer Identification
and Certification.
Except as otherwise provided in this Lease, it
is the intention of the parties that Lessor shall receive Rent,
Additional Rent and all sums payable by Lessee under this Lease
free of all taxes, expenses, charges, damages and deductions of any
nature whatsoever (except as otherwise provided hereinafter) and
Lessee covenants and agrees to pay all sums (including rent taxes,
maintenance, repair and replacement costs as set forth in
Section 8, Taxes, CAM Expenses, and Premises Insurance
Reimbursements) which except for this Lease would have been
chargeable against the Premises and payable by Lessor. Lessee
shall, however, be under no obligation to pay principal or interest
on any mortgage on the fee of the Premises, penalties or interest
for late or partial payment nor any income, franchise, inheritance,
estate, transfer, excise, gift or capital gain taxes, that are or
may be payable by Lessor or that may be imposed against Lessor or
succession tax by reason of any present, future or retroactive law
which may be enacted during the Term of this Lease.
3. Rent Adjustments . Beginning on
the fifth (5 th )
anniversary of the Commencement Date, Rent shall increase 12.5%,
and Lessee shall pay Rent in the amount of $24,372.45 per month
(commencing on the fifth (5 th )
anniversary of the Commencement Date) and continuing until the
expiration of the tenth (10 th )
Lease Year, without delays in such adjustments due to any abatement
periods that may be applicable during such Lease Years.
4. Renewals . Lessee shall have the
right and option to renew this Lease for three (3) additional
periods of five (5) years each, next immediately ensuing after
the expiration of the initial Term of this Lease and the subsequent
renewal periods by notifying Lessor in writing not less than one
hundred eighty (180) days before the expiration of the
immediately preceding initial Term or subsequent renewal Term of
this Lease of Lessee’s intention to exercise its option to
renew, but Lessee shall have no option to extend this Lease beyond
three (3) renewal periods of five (5) years each after
the initial Term. In the event that Lessee so elects to extend this
Lease, then, for such extended period of the Term, all of the
terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease shall continue to be,
and shall be, in full force and effect during such extended period
of the Term hereof, except for the Rent. The Rent for any such
extended period shall be increased by 12.5% over the Rent for the
immediately preceding initial Term or subsequent renewal
term.
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5. Condition of Premises . Lessor
shall deliver the Premises in its “AS IS, WHERE IS”
condition.
6. Use of Premises . Lessee may
occupy and use the Premises during the Term for purposes of the
operation of an outpatient renal dialysis clinic, renal dialysis
home training, aphaeresis services and similar blood separation and
cell collection procedures, general medical offices, clinical
laboratory, including all incidental, related, and necessary
elements and functions of other recognized dialysis disciplines
which may be necessary or desirable to render a complete program of
treatment to patients of Lessee (the “Permitted Use”),
or for any other lawful purpose(s) that would not violate any
applicable laws with respect to the Premises (e.g., the types of
uses only permitted with respect to the zoning classification of
the Premises). Lessee may operate during such days and hours as
Lessee may determine, without the imposition of minimum or maximum
hours of operation by Lessor and Lessee shall have access to the
Premises, and may operate, up to 24 hours per day, seven
(7) days per week, 365 days per year.
After the Effective Date, and at all times in
which this Lease is in full force and effect, and so long as Lessee
is not in default of this Lease, Lessor shall not lease any
property owned, leased or controlled by Lessor within a radius of
five (5) miles from the Premises to be occupied or used by a
business that derives more than ten percent (10%) of its revenues
from renal dialysis, renal dialysis home training, any aphaeresis
service(s) or similar blood separation or cell collection
procedures, except services involving the collection of blood or
blood components from volunteer donors. This paragraph shall be of
no force or effect following the termination or expiration of this
Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the radius restriction set
forth in this paragraph shall not be applicable to: (i) any
existing lease for a renal dialysis operation located at any
property owned, leased or controlled by Lessor within the
above-referenced five (5) miles radius as of the Effective
Date, or (ii) any existing lease for a renal dialysis
operation which is in business and located at a property within
five (5) miles of the Premises which Lessor acquires or
obtains controls of after the Effective Date (‘Existing Renal
Facility Lease”).
7. Assignment/Subletting . Lessee shall
not assign this Lease, or sublet the Premises, or any part thereof,
without Lessor’s prior written consent which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Prior to any
sublease or assignment (“Lease Transfer”), Lessee shall
first notify Lessor in writing of its election to sublease all or a
portion of the Premises or to assign this Lease or any interest
thereunder. At any time within thirty (30) days after service
of said notice, Lessor shall notify Lessee that it consents or
refuses to consent to the Lease Transfer. A failure by Lessor to
respond within such thirty (30) day period shall be deemed to
be a consent.
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Lessor shall not have the right to recapture any
sublease or assignment space. Any denial of such Lease Transfer by
Lessor as hereinabove provided must be predicated upon a
commercially reasonable basis for such denial. Any net profits paid
in connection with a Lease Transfer in excess of Lessee’s
Rent obligations hereunder (which net profits shall be calculated
after deducting all reasonable costs incurred by Lessee in
connection with the space subject to the Lease Transfer) shall be
divided by Lessor and Lessor on a fifty/fifty (50/50) basis (the
“Lease Transfer Net Profits”). The costs incurred by
Lessee in connection with such a Transfer shall include, but not be
limited to, legal fees, rental abatement, vacancy period,
allowances, lessee improvements, leasing commissions and the time
to sublease or assign and remodel the Premises (the “Total
Transfer Costs”). Lessor’s fifty percent (50%) share of
the Lease Transfer Net Profits shall be determined as follows:
(i) the dollar amount of the Total Transfer Costs shall be
divided by the number of months remaining in either the initial
Term or the applicable renewal period (after the month in which the
Lease Transfer occurs), and such amount shall be the “Monthly
Transfer Cost Amount”, (ii) the difference between the
new monthly Rent (as a result of the Lease Transfer) and the
monthly Rent (for the month prior to the month in which the Lease
Transfer occurs) shall be determined (the “Monthly Rent
Increase Amount”), and (iii) the difference between the
Monthly Rent Increase Amount and the Monthly Transfer Cost Amount
shall be determined (the “Monthly Transfer Profit
Amount”). Lessee shall pay to Lessor on a monthly basis fifty
percent (50%) of the Monthly Transfer Profit Amount commencing on
the first month after the Lease Transfer occurs.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent of
Lessor is required for Lessee to assign or otherwise transfer (by
operation of law or otherwise) this Lease or any of its rights
hereunder to: (a) any person, corporation, partnership or
other entity which acquires all or substantially all of the
business or assets of Lessee or stock in Lessee; (b) any
person, corporation, partnership or other entity which controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with Lessee; or
(c) any affiliate (within the meaning of such term as set
forth in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Federal
Securities Act of 1933) of Lessee.
No such assignment or other transfer, in whole
or in part, of any Lessee’s rights or obligations under this
Lease shall be or operate as a release of Lessee hereunder and
Lessee shall remain responsible for performing Lessee’s
obligations hereunder should Lessee’s assignee or transferee
fail to perform any such obligations, unless specifically provided
otherwise by Lessor in writing.
8. Taxes,
Utilities and CAM Expenses .
(a) Taxes . Lessee shall pay, at
its sole cost and expense, all Taxes, for the Premises. The term
“Taxes” shall mean all general, special, ordinary,
supplemental and extraordinary real and personal property taxes and
assessments, license fees and taxes, rental taxes, levies, charges,
penalties, sewer or water charges (hook-up or otherwise),
improvement bonds and other governmental levies imposed by any
authority having direct or indirect power to tax, including, but
not limited to, any city, county, state or federal government, or
any school, agricultural, sanitary, fire, street, lighting,
drainage or other improvement district, on, against, or with
respect to the Premises, Lessor’s right to rent and other
income therefrom or Lessor’s business of leasing the
Premises, together with any taxes or assessments imposed in
addition to, in substitution of or as a supplement to any taxes or
assessments previously included within the definition of Taxes.
Taxes shall not include (except as set forth below) any penalties
or interest for late or partial payment nor any income, franchise,
inheritance, estate, excise, gift or capital gain taxes that are or
may be payable by Lessor or that may be imposed against Lessor. The
term “Taxes” shall also include any tax, fee, levy,
assessment or charge: (i) the nature of which was hereinbefore
included within the definition of Taxes, (ii) which was
imposed
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for a service
or right not charged prior to June 1, 1978, or, if previously
charged, has been increased since June 1, 1978, (iii) which is
imposed or assessed as a result of any and all changes in ownership
(as that term is used in Article 13A of the California
Constitution and/or California Revenue and Taxation Code Sections
60, et seq.) of the Premises, or any portion thereof, or which is
added to a tax or charge hereinbefore included within the
definition of Taxes by reason of such transfer(s), (iv) which
is imposed or assessed as a result of any and all alterations,
additions or improvements to the Premises or any portion thereof,
or (v) which is imposed by reason of this transaction, any
modifications or changes hereto or any transfers hereof. Should
Lessor choose not to contest any Taxes, Lessee shall have the right
to contest the Taxes in Lessor’s name and with Lessor’s
reasonable cooperation, at no expense to Lessor. Lessor, at
Lessee’s sole expense, shall join in any such contestation
proceedings if any Law shall so require. Lessee shall pay to Lessor
the Taxes on a semi-annual basis as follows: (i) Lessor shall
submit to Lessee semi-annually a copy of the tax bill for the
Premises setting forth the semi-annual installment amount due (the
“Semi-Annual Tax Statement”), and (ii) within
fifteen (15) days of Lessee’s receipt of each
Semi-Annual Tax Statement, Lessee shall provide to Lessor a payment
in the dollar amount set forth on the Semi-Annual Tax Statement
(“Lessee’s Semi-Annual Tax Payment”). In the
event Lessee fails to provide Lessee’s Semi-Annual Tax
Payment to Lessor within the above referenced fifteen (15) day
period, Lessee shall pay to Lessor, in addition to the Semi-Annual
Tax Payment, interest accruing on the Semi-Annual Tax Payment (at
the Default Interest Rate), and any penalties or interest incurred
by Lessor for any late payment of Taxes.
(b) Utilities . Lessee shall pay,
at its sole cost and expense, for all utilities and other services
necessary in the operation of the Premises, including, but not
limited to, gas, fuel, oil, electrical, telephone and other utility
charges, and any “tap fees” or any sewer or water
connection fees in connection with the Premises.
(c) CAM Expenses . Lessee shall pay
all common area maintenance charges for the Premises (“CAM
Expenses”). As set forth below, Lessee shall pay to Lessor as
Additional Rent, all of the CAM Expenses. Beginning on the
Commencement Date and thereafter in advance on the first day of
each calendar month during the Term, Lessee shall pay to Lessor one
twelfth (1/12) of Lessor’s estimated CAM Expenses for each
twelve (12) month period selected by Lessor (the “Yearly
CAM Period”), including a commercially reasonably management
or administrative fee for Lessor (the “Lessee Monthly CAM
Payment”). Lessor may cause any services such as sweeping and
landscaping work to be performed by independent contractors. Lessor
shall provide Lessee with an estimate of the CAM Expenses on or
before the commencement of each Yearly CAM Period occurring during
the Term of this Lease. After the end of each Yearly CAM Period,
Lessor shall provide to Lessee a statement of the actual CAM
Expenses for the Yearly CAM Period (“Yearly CAM
Statement”). If the Yearly CAM Statement shows that the
aggregate of all of the Lessee Monthly CAM Payments made during the
Yearly CAM Period was less than the actual amount of the CAM
Expenses (as set forth on the Yearly CAM Statement), Lessee shall
pay the balance due to Lessor within ten (10) days after
receipt of the statement; and if the Yearly CAM Statement shows
that the aggregate paid exceeded the actual CAM Expenses, Lessor
shall either refund the excess or credit Lessee’s next
accruing Lessee Monthly CAM Payment.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
“CAM Expenses” does not include the following: (i)
depreciation of the Building, and all equipment, fixtures,
improvements and facilities used in connection therewith;
(ii) payments of principal, interest, loan fees, penalties,
attorney’s fees or amortization relating to any debt Lessor
may have incurred or will incur in the future relating to the
ownership, operating and maintenance of the Building;
(iii) Reserved; (iv) Reserved; (v) except as otherwise
provided for in this Lease, expenses or costs incurred by Lessor
relating to any violation by Lessor of the terms and conditions of
any law or any lease covering the Building; (vi) the cost of
any repair or replacement which would be required to be capitalized
under generally accepted accounting principles; (vii) the
costs and expenses of any item included in CAM Expenses to the
extent that Lessor is actually reimbursed for such cost by an
insurance company, a condemning authority, another lessee or any
other party; (viii) payments of ground rents and related sums
pursuant to a ground lease in favor of a ground lessor;
(ix) Reserved;(x) any costs representing an amount paid to an
entity related to Lessor which is in excess of the commercially
reasonable amount which would have been paid absent such
relationship; (xi) any entertainment, dining, or travel
expenses of Lessor for any purpose; (xii) costs related to
maintaining Lessor’s existence, either as a corporation,
partnership, or other entity; (xiii) any expenses for repairs
or maintenance to the extent covered by warranties or service
contracts; (xiv) Reserved; (xv) the cost of any
environmental remediation for which Lessor is responsible under
Section 10 of this Lease; (xvi) all ad valorem taxes paid
or payable by Lessee or other lessees in the Building for
(A) personal property and (B) on the value of the
leasehold improvements in the Premises, or the Building of other
lessees in the Building (in this connection it is agreed that
Lessee shall be responsible for the payment of ad valorem taxes on
Lessee’s own leasehold improvements); (xvii) Reserved; and
(xviii) any item which is included in CAM Expenses which, but
for this provision, would be included twice.
(d) Lessor appoints Lessee the
attorney-in-fact of Lessor for the purpose of making all payments
to be made by Lessee pursuant to any of the provisions of this
Lease to persons other than Lessor. In case any person to whom any
sum is directly payable by Lessee under any of the provisions of
this Lease shall refuse to accept payment of such sum from Lessee,
Lessee shall thereupon give written notice of such fact to Lessor
and shall pay such sum directly to Lessor, who shall thereupon pay
such sum to such person.
9. Alterations/Signage . Lessee
shall not make any alterations, or additions or leasehold
improvements to the Premises following the Commencement Date
(“Alterations”) without Lessor’s prior written
consent in each and every instance, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Lessee shall have the right to make non-structural Alterations to
the Premises which do not exceed in cost Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000.00) in the aggregate during each Lease Year without
Lessor’s consent. All Alterations which may be made by Lessee
shall be the property of Lessee and Lessee shall be entitled to
remove from the leased Premises during the Term all Alterations,
tenant improvements and any and all furniture, removable trade
fixtures, equipment and personal property (“Fixtures”)
installed or located on or in the Premises provided that Lessee
repair any and all damages done by the removal of the foregoing.
All Alterations and tenant improvements which Lessee does not elect
to remove at the expiration of the Term shall be surrendered with
the Premises at the termination of this Lease.
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To the maximum extent permitted by applicable
Laws, Lessor hereby waives any rights which Lessor may have, as to
any of Lessee’s furniture, fixtures, equipment, personal
property, tenant improvements and Alterations, in the nature of a
Lessor’s lien, security interest or otherwise and further
waives the right to enforce any such lien or security
interest.
Lessee shall have the right to affix
Lessee’s standard signage, in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Premises, including a sign on the exterior of
the Premises and a monument sign located at the Premises. All such
signs shall comply with all Laws and codes applicable to the
Premises and Lessor’s prior approval, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
10. Environmental . Lessee shall
not cause or permit any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or
waste, including, without limitation, medical waste and asbestos
(“Hazardous Substances”) to be used, generated, stored
or disposed of in, on or under, or transported to or from the
Premises unless such Hazardous Substances are reasonably necessary
for Lessee’s business conducted in the Premises; provided,
however, Lessee shall at all times and in all material respects
comply with all local, state, and federal laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations and orders, whether now in existence or hereafter
adopted relating to Hazardous Substances or otherwise pertaining to
the environment (the “Environmental Laws”) and further
provided that Lessee shall periodically cause to be removed from
the Premises such Hazardous Substances placed thereon by Lessee or
Lessee’s agents, servants, employees, guests, invitees and/or
independent contractors in accordance with good business practices,
such removal to be performed by persons or entities duly qualified
to handle and dispose of Hazardous Substances. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Lessor acknowledges that the following
Hazardous Substances, among others, are required for Lessee’s
business operations: bleach, cidex, hibiclena, metrocide, hydrogen
peroxide, and formaldehyde. Upon the expiration or earlier
termination of this Lease, Lessee shall cause all Hazardous
Substances placed on the Premises by Lessee to be removed, at
Lessee’s cost and expense, from the Premises and disposed of
in strict accordance with the Environmental Laws.
Lessee shall indemnify, defend (by counsel
reasonably acceptable to Lessor), protect, and hold Lessor
harmless, from and against any and all claims, liabilities,
penalties, fines, judgment, forfeitures, losses, costs (including
clean-up costs) or expenses (including attorney’s fees,
consultant’s fees and expert’s fees) for the death of
or injury to any person or damage to any property whatsoever,
arising from or caused in whole or in part, directly or indirectly,
by (a) the presence after the Possession Date in, on, under,
or about the Premises of any Hazardous Substances caused by Lessee
or its agents, servants, employees, guests, invitees and/or
independent contractors; (b) any discharge or release by
Lessee or its agents, servants, employees, guests, invitees and/or
independent contractors after the Possession Date in or from the
Premises of any Hazardous Substances; (c) Lessee’s use,
storage, transportation, generation, disposal, release or discharge
after the Effective Date of Hazardous Substances, to, in, on,
under, about or from the Premises; or (d) Lessee’s
failure after the Possession Date to comply with any Environmental
Law.
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Lessor shall indemnify, defend (by counsel
reasonably accepted to Lessee), protect, and hold Lessee harmless,
from and against any and all claims, liabilities, penalties, fines,
judgment, forfeitures, losses, costs (including clean-up costs) or
expenses (including attorney’s fees, consultant’s fees
and expert’s fees) for the death of or injury to any person
or damage to any property whatsoever, arising from or caused in
whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by (a) the presence
prior to the Possession Date in, on, under, or about the Premises
of any Hazardous Substances; (b) any discharge or release
prior to the Possession Date in or from the Premises of any noxious
or Hazardous Substances; (c) the use, storage, transportation,
generation, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Substances
by Lessor to, in, on, under, about or from the Premises; or
(d) Lessor’s failure to comply with any Environmental
Law. Lessor agrees to encapsulate and/or remediate and dispose of
such Hazardous Substances to the extent required by governmental
laws and regulations (e.g. Lessor has no obligations with respect
to non-friable asbestos which became friable as a result of
Alterations or Lessee Improvements (as defined below) made to the
Premises, or Lessee’s use or occupancy thereof).
Lessor represents and warrants to Lessee that as
of the Effective Date and to the best of Lessor’s knowledge,
and without any duty of investigation or inquiry of any kind
whatsoever, except for the Hazardous Substances as may be disclosed
in Environment Site Assessment Report of the Premises dated
October 13, 2008 and prepared by Environmental Solutions (the
“Lessor Environmental Report”), a copy of which Lessor
Environmental Report, was provided by Lessor to Lessee prior to the
Effective Date and which Lessee acknowledges receipt, there are no
Hazardous Substances on the Premises not in compliance with
applicable Laws. Except for the Lessor Environmental Report,
Lessor, as a party to a contract to acquire the Premises, has
received no notice from any governmental or private entity relating
to Hazardous Substances on the Premises. Lessee shall promptly
deliver to Lessor copies of all notices made by Lessee to, or
received by Lessee from, any state, county, municipal or other
agency having authority to enforce any environmental law
(“Enforcement Agency”) or from the United States
Occupational Safety and Health Administration concerning
environmental matters or Hazardous Substances at the Premises.
Lessor shall promptly deliver to Lessee copies of all notices
received by Lessor from any Enforcement Agency or from the United
States Occupational Safety and Health Administration concerning
environmental matters or Hazardous Substances at the Premises.
Prior to the Possession Date, Lessor or the Lessor’s Assignee
(as defined in Section 21), at its cost, shall remediate and
dispose of the Hazardous Substances disclosed in the Lessor
Environmental Report in accordance with all applicable
Laws.
11. Damage to Premises by Fire or
Casualty . In the event the Premises shall be damaged by fire
or other casualty during the Term of this Lease, whereby the same
shall be rendered untenantable, then:
(a) Lessor shall have its contractor (the
“Lessor Contractor”) estimate when the repair of the
Premises, excluding Lessee’s Fixtures, the Alterations, and
the Lessee Improvements (“Lessor’s Casualty
Work”) will be completed, within thirty (30) days
following such casualty, and Lessor shall give Lessee written
notice thereof promptly following Lessor’s receipt of the
Lessor Contractor’s estimate of the completion date (the
“Contractor’s Estimate”). If the
Contractor’s Estimate provides that such damage will not be
completed within six (6) months following such casualty, then
Lessee may elect to terminate this Lease by giving written notice
to Lessor not later than fifteen (15) days after the date of
Lessee’s receipt of the Contractor’s Estimate. The
Lessor Contractor shall be subject to Lessee’s reasonable
approval provided Lessee shall accept the qualifications of the
Lessor Contractor in a commercially reasonable manner;
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(b) if the damage to the Premises is so
substantial that (i) the estimated repair costs exceed
$100,000.00 and such damage has occurred within the last one
hundred eighty (180) days of the then current term and Lessee
does not exercise its next available renewal option, if any,
(ii) the Premises is damaged to the extent of fifty percent
(50%) or more of the monetary value thereof, or (iii) the
Contractor’s Estimate provides that the damage to the
Premises will not be completed within eight (8) months
following such casualty, then Lessor may elect to terminate this
Lease by giving written notice to Lessee within thirty
(30) days of the date of such fire or casualty; or
(c) if not so terminated, Lessor shall
proceed with all due diligence to perform and complete the
Lessor’s Casualty Work, to substantially the former condition
of the Premises immediately prior to such damage or destruction, at
Lessor’s expense, in which latter event this Lease shall not
terminate (and after completion of Lessor’s Casualty Work,
Lessee shall forthwith, at its sole cost and expense, repair,
restore or rehabilitate Lessee’s Fixtures, the Alterations,
and the Lessee Improvements).
If the Premises are rendered untenantable by
fire or other casualty, there shall be an abatement of Rent due
Lessor by Lessee for the period of time during which the Premises
are untenantable in proportion to the untenantability of the
Premises. Subject to Force Majeure, if the Lessor’s Casualty
Work is not substantially completed within two hundred and ten
(210) days of such damage (the “Lessor’s Casualty
Work Outside Date”), then Lessee may not later than fifteen
(15) days after the Lessor’s Casualty Work Outside Date,
terminate this Lease by written notice to Lessor (the
“Lessee’s Casualty Termination Notice”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event Lessor substantially
completes Lessor’s Casualty Work within thirty (30) days
after Lessor’s receipt of Lessee’s Casualty Termination
Notice (provided within the above referenced fifteen (15) day
period), then Lessee’s Casualty Termination Notice shall be
of no force or effect, and this Lease shall not terminate. In the
event of any termination of this Lease as a result of damaged by
fire or other casualty, Rent shall be paid only to the date of such
fire or casualty.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 11, in the event that insurance proceeds applicable to
the Fixtures, the Alterations, and the Lessee Improvements
constructed by Lessee at its expense are made available to Lessee,
Lessee shall be responsible for restoring such Fixtures,
Alterations and the Lessee Improvements; provided, however ,
that the Rent abatement provided for shall continue during such
period of restoration so long as Lessee is diligently pursuing the
completion of such restoration. In the event that Lessor does not
restore the Premises, Lessee may retain all insurance proceeds
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