Exhibit 10(u)
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF
LEASE
AND CONSENT OF
LANDLORD
This Assignment
and Assumption of Lease and Consent of Landlord (this “
Assignment ”) is made and entered into as of November
[14], 2008 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and
among Westgroup Grove Isle Associates, Ltd. (“
Assignor ”), and Grove Hotel Partners LLC (“
Assignee ”), and is joined by Grove Isle Associates,
LLLP [f/k/a Grove Isle Associates, Ltd.] (“ Landlord
”) for the purposes herein expressed, in reference to the
following:
RECITALS
A. Landlord and
Assignor previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated
Lease Agreement dated as of November 19, 1996, between Assignor as
Lessee and Grove Isle Associates, Ltd. as Landlord (the “
Base Lease ”), which Base Lease was amended by that
certain Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated
December 10, 1999 (the " First Amendment ") and that certain
Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement dated
September 15, 2004 (the " Second Amendment ," and together
with the First Amendment and the Base Lease, the " Lease "),
with respect to certain real property and improvements located at 4
Grove Isle Drive, Miami, Coconut Grove, Florida, as more
particularly described in the Lease (the “ Leased
Premises ”). True and complete copies of the
Base Lease and the First Amendment and the Second Amendment are
attached hereto as composite Exhibit
“A.”
B.
Landlord, Grove Isle Club, Inc. and Grove Isle Investments,
Inc. entered in to that certain Master Agreement with Assignor
dated November 19, 1996 (the “ Master Agreement,
” and together with the Lease, the “ Lease
Documents ”), a true and complete copy of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit “B.”
C. Landlord and
Assignee also entered in to that certain Agreement Regarding
Deferred Maintenance dated November 7, 2008 (the “
Deferred Maintenance Agreement ”).
D. Assignor now
desires to assign and transfer to Assignee, and Assignee now
desires to assume from Assignor, all of Assignor’s right,
title, interest and obligations in, to and under the Lease
Documents.
E. Pursuant to the
terms of the Lease, Assignor and Assignee desire that Landlord
consent to such assignment of the Lease Documents and Landlord is
willing to provide its consent to such assignment, on and subject
to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as
follows:
1. ASSIGNMENT
. Assignor hereby assigns, transfers, grants and conveys
to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in
and to the Lease Documents (the “ Lease Assignment
”).
2. ASSUMPTION
. Assignee hereby accepts the Lease Assignment, and (i)
assumes all of the duties, obligations and liabilities of Assignor
arising under or in connection with the Lease Documents that first
arise on and after the Effective Date; and (ii) agrees to perform
and comply with, as if Assignee were the original lessee
thereunder, all of the terms, provisions, covenants and promises
which are to be performed and complied with by such lessee under
the Lease Documents which first arise on and after the Effective
Date.
A. Assignor
hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Assignee, its
affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, members, partners,
employees, and agents, and their respective heirs, personal
representatives, successors and assigns, from and against any and
all liabilities, losses, damages and claims, and all related costs
and expenses, including without limitation reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements, in connection with the
obligations of Assignor or any of its affiliates under the Lease
Documents arising prior to the Effective Date, or otherwise arising
with respect to the Lease Documents prior to the Effective
Date.
B. Assignee
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Assignor, its
affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors, partners, employees,
agents, and their respective heirs, personal representatives,
successors and assigns, from and against any and all liabilities,
losses, damages and claims, and all related costs and expenses,
including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements, in connection with the obligations of the Assignee
or any of its affiliates under the Lease Documents arising after
the Effective Date, or otherwise arising with respect to Lease
Documents on or after the Effective Date.
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ASSIGNOR AND
ASSIGNEE.
A. Assignor
hereby represents and warrants to Assignee that (a) the signatory
executing on behalf of Assignor is duly authorized and has the
power and authority to bind Assignor, (b) the Lease attached hereto
as Exhibit “A,” the Master Agreement attached
hereto as Exhibit “B,” and the Deferred
Maintenance Agreement) are the entire agreement between Landlord
and Assignor with respect to the Leased Premises, (c) the Lease and
Master Agreement are in full force and effect and have not been
modified or amended except as described and set forth in this
Assignment, and (d) Landlord is not in default under the Lease or
Master Agreement, nor has any event occurred or failed to have
occurred which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time,
or both, would result in Landlord being in default.
B. Assignee
hereby represents and warrants to Assignor that the signatory
executing on behalf of Assignee is duly authorized and has the
power and authority to bind the Assignee.
5.
COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
A. Assignee
acknowledges to Assignor and to Landlord that Assignee claims no
rights or interest in the Grove Isle Marina located contiguous to
the Leased Premises owned and operated by an affiliate of Landlord,
except for rights specifically granted under the terms and
conditions contained in the Lease Documents.
B. Contemporaneously
with the execution of this Assignment, Assignee (in its capacity as
successor Lessee) and Landlord are entering into a Third Amendment
to Amended and Restated Lease Agreement (“ Third
Amendment ”) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
“C,” which shall be eff
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