Exhibit 10.4
PREPARED BY AND UPON
RECORDATION RETURN TO:
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
Two World Financial Center
New York, New York 10281
Attn: Donald F. Simone, Esq.
INSTRUCTIONS TO RECORDER:
INDEX THIS DOCUMENT AS AN ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND
RENTS
BEHRINGER HARVARD 101 SOUTH TRYON
LP , as assignor
(Assignor)
To
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY
CORP. , as assignee
(Assignee)
ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND
RENTS
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Dated:
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As of October 26, 2006
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Location:
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101 South Tryon Street
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Charlotte, North Carolina 28280
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File No.:
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20655-00010
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THIS ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND
RENTS (this “
Assignment ”) dated and effective as of the
26 th day of October, 2006 made by BEHRINGER
HARVARD 101 SOUTH TRYON LP , a Delaware limited partnership,
having an office at 15601 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600, Addison, Texas
75001 (“ Assignor ”) to CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY CORP. , a New York corporation, having an
address at 388 Greenwich Street, Floor 11, New York, New York 10013
(together with its successors and assigns, hereinafter referred to
as “ Assignee ”).
W
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E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, Assignor is the (i) owner
of a leasehold and fee simple title to that certain parcel of real
property (the “ Premises ”) described in
Exhibit A attached hereto, together with the buildings,
structures, fixtures, additions, enlargements, extensions,
modifications, repairs, replacements and other improvements now or
hereafter located thereon (collectively, the “
Property ”);
WHEREAS, Assignor and Assignee have
entered into a certain Loan Agreement dated as of the date hereof
(as amended, modified, restated, consolidated or supplemented from
time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”)
pursuant to which Assignee has agreed to make a secured loan to
Assignor in the maximum principal amount of up to ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY-MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($150,000,000.00) (the “
Loan ”);
WHEREAS, Assignor has executed a
note in such principal amount (as the same may be amended,
modified, restated, severed, consolidated, renewed, replaced, or
supplemented from time to time, the “ Note
”), which is secured by, inter alia ,
that certain deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents and
security agreement (as amended from time to time, the “
Security Instrument ”, the Security Instrument,
the Note, this Assignment and the Loan Agreement and such other
documents, as any of the same may, from time to time, be modified,
amended or supplemented, being hereinafter collectively referred to
as the “ Loan Documents ” which Loan
Documents are incorporated herein by reference for all purposes) on
the Property;
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the
obligation of Assignee to make the Loan to Assignor pursuant to the
Loan Agreement that Assignor execute and deliver this Assignment;
and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in
this Assignment without definition have the respective meanings
assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement or the Security
Instrument, as the case may be, the terms of each of which are
specifically incorporated by reference herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, receipt of which by the parties hereto is
hereby acknowledged, and additionally for the purpose of
additionally securing the Debt, Assignor hereby assigns, transfers,
conveys and sets over unto Assignee, all right, title and interest
of Assignor in and to all Leases and all Rents;
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto
Assignee, and its successors and assigns forever, upon the terms
and conditions and for the uses hereinafter set forth.
And Assignor hereby further agrees
as follows:
1.
Certain Representations, Warranties and Covenants .
Subject to the terms of the Loan Agreement, Assignor represents,
warrants and covenants to Assignee that:
(a)
The payment of the Rents to accrue under any Lease will not be
waived, released, reduced, discounted or otherwise discharged or
compromised by Assignor;
(b)
Assignor has not performed, and will not perform, any acts, and has
not executed, and will not execute, any instrument that would
prevent Assignee from exercising its rights under this Assignment;
and
(c)
Assignor hereby authorizes and directs any tenant under any of the
Leases and any successor to all or any part of the interests of any
such tenant to pay directly to the Clearing Account, in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Agreement, the Rents due and to become
due under such tenant’s Lease, and such authorization and
direction shall be sufficient warrant to the tenant to make future
payments of Rents directly to the Clearing Account in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Agreement without the necessity for
further consent by Assignor.
2.
Assignment; Deferred Exercise of Rights .
(a)
As part of the consideration for the Debt, Assignor does hereby
absolutely and unconditionally assign to Assignee all right, title
and interest of Assignor in and to all present and future Leases
and Rents, and this Assignment constitutes a present and absolute
assignment and is intended to be unconditional and not as an
assignment for additional security only. It is further
intended that it not be necessary for Assignee to institute legal
proceedings, absent any requirements of law or regulation to the
contrary, to enforce the provisions hereof. Assignor hereby
authorizes Assignee or its agents to collect the Rents; provided,
however, that prior to an Event of Default, and subject at all
times to the requirement that payments and deposits of Rents be
made directly to the Clearing Account, Assignor shall have a
revocable license, but limited as provided in this Assignment and
in any of the other Loan Documents, to otherwise deal with, and
enjoy the rights of the lessor under, the Leases.
(b)
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, and without the necessity of Assignee entering upon and
taking and maintaining full control of the Property in person, by
agent or by court-appointed receiver, the license referred to in
paragraph (a) above shall immediately be revoked and Assignee shall
have the right at its option, to exercise all rights and remedies
contained in the Loan Documents, or otherwise available at law or
in equity.
3.
Rents Held in Trust by Assignor . Rents held or
received by Assignor shall be held or received by Assignor as
trustee for the benefit of Assignee only and shall immediately be
deposited directly to the Clearing Account in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Agreement.
4.
Effect on Rights Under Other Documents . Nothing
contained in this Assignment and no act done or omitted by Assignee
pursuant to the powers and rights granted it
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hereunder shall
be deemed to be a waiver by Assignee of its rights and remedies
under any of the other Loan Documents, and this Assignment is made
and accepted without prejudice to any of the rights and remedies
possessed by Assignee under the terms of the other Loan
Documents. The rights of Assignee under the other Loan
Documents may be exercised by Assignee either prior to,
simultaneously with, or subsequent to any action taken by it
hereunder. This Assignment is intended to be supplementary to
and not in substitution for or in derogation of any assignment of
rents or grant of a security interest contained in any of the other
Loan Documents.
5.
Event of Default . Upon or at any time after the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, then in addition
to and without limiting any of Assignee’s rights and remedies
hereunder and under the