FIRST AMENDMENT TO OFFICE LEASE
AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST
AMENDMENT TO OFFICE LEASE AGREEMENT (“First Amendment”)
is made this 10th day of May, 2002, by and between CHASE TOWER
ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
(“Landlord”), and CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“Tenant”).
WHEREAS, by that
certain Office Lease Agreement dated December 8, 2000 (the
“Lease”), Landlord leased to Tenant, and Tenant leased
from Landlord, approximately 16,799 square feet of rentable area on
the twelfth (12th) floor, known as Suite 1200 (the
“Original Premises”), in the building located at 4445
Willard Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland (the “Building”),
upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Lease;
WHEREAS, Tenant
desires to lease from Landlord, and Landlord desires to lease to
Tenant, an additional 7,463 rentable square feet of space located
on the eleventh (11th) floor of the Building and known as
Suite 1130 (the “Expansion Space”), and the
parties desire to extend the term of the Lease with respect to the
Original Premises upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth;
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WHEREAS, the
Original Premises and the Expansion Space are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Premises”;
and
WHEREAS, Landlord
and Tenant desire to amend the Lease to reflect their understanding
and agreement with regard to the lease of such additional space,
and to otherwise amend the Lease, as more particularly set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE,
for and in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained,
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
mutually agree as follows:
1. Any
capitalized terms used in this First Amendment and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Lease.
2. The Term of the
Lease is hereby extended for the period (such period being
hereinafter referred to as the “Extension Period”)
commencing on November 1, 2011 (the “Extension Period
Commencement Date”) and continuing through and including
August 14, 2012 (the “Extension Period Expiration
Date”), as hereinafter defined, unless earlier terminated
pursuant to the provisions of the Lease as modified by the
provisions of this First Amendment, or pursuant to law.
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3. The
definition of “Premises” in Section 1.2 of the
Lease is hereby amended with respect to all periods beginning on
and after the Expansion Space Commencement Date (as hereinafter
defined) by inserting the following language at the end
thereof:
“Notwithstanding
the foregoing, commencing on the Expansion Space Commencement Date,
as hereinafter defined, the Expansion Space shall be deemed a part
of the Premises, and thereafter the Premises shall consist of
approximately 24,262 square feet of rentable
space.”
4. The
definition of “Operating Charges Base Year” in
Section 1.7 of the Lease is hereby amended by inserting the
following language at the end thereof:
“Notwithstanding
the foregoing, commencing on the Expansion Space Commencement Date,
as hereinafter defined, the Operating Charges Base Year shall be
Calendar year 2003.”
5. The
definition of “Real Estate Taxes Base Year” in
Section 1.8 of the Lease is hereby amended by inserting the
following language at the end thereof:
“Notwithstanding
the foregoing, commencing on the Expansion Space Commencement Date,
as hereinafter defined, the Real Estate Taxes Base Year shall be
Calendar year 2003.”
6. The
definition of “Parking Permits” in Section 1.17 of
the Lease is hereby amended with respect to all periods beginning
on and after the Expansion Space Commencement Date (as hereinafter
defined) by inserting the following language at the end
thereof:
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“Notwithstanding
the foregoing, commencing on the Expansion Space Commencement Date,
as hereinafter defined, Tenant shall have the right to use
forty-three (43) Parking Permits as provided in
Article XXIV of this Lease.”
7. As if the
Expansion Space Commencement Date, as hereinafter defined,
“Premises” as used in Article V of the Lease
(captioned “Increase in Operating Expenses and Real Estate
Taxes”) shall mean the Original Premises and the Expansion
Space. Article V of the Lease is hereby amended as
follows:
(i) Section 5.2
is amended by deleting therefrom the language: “Commencing on
the first anniversary of the Lease Commencement Date” and
inserting in lieu thereof the language:
“Commencing on the first anniversary of
the Expansion Space Commencement Date”.
(ii) Section 5.2(b)
is hereby amended by deleting all of the language therefrom and
inserting in lieu thereof the following language:
“(b) If
the average occupancy rate for the Building during any calendar
year (including the Operating Charges Base Year and the Real Estate
Taxes Base Year) is less than one hundred percent (100%) or, solely
with respect to Operating Expenses, if any tenant is separately
paying for (or does not require) electricity or janitorial services
to be furnished to its premises, then (i) Operating Expenses
for such year shall be deemed to include all additional expenses,
as reasonably estimated by Landlord, which would have been incurred
during such year if such average occupancy rate had been one
hundred percent (100%) and if Landlord paid for electricity
and
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janitorial
services furnished to such premises, and (ii) Real Estate
Taxes for such year shall be deemed to include all additional Real
Estate Taxes, as reasonably estimated by Landlord, which would have
been incurred during such year if such average occupancy rate had
been one hundred percent (100%). In no event shall the provisions
of this paragraph be used to enable Landlord to collect from the
tenants of the Building more than one hundred percent (100%) of the
costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in owning, managing,
maintaining, repairing, operating and cleaning the Building and the
Land or more than one hundred percent (100%) of the Real
Estate Taxes.”
(iii) Section 5.3
is amended by deleting therefrom the language
“Commencin
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