Exhibit 10.1
John Hancock Tower
200 Clarendon
Street
Boston, Massachusetts
02117
Seventeenth Amendment to Office
Lease
This Seventeenth Amendment to Office
Lease (this “ Amendment ”) is made as of
February 6, 2008 (the “ Effective Date ”),
by and between (i) 100 & 200 Clarendon LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“ Landlord
”), and (ii) CRA International, Inc., a
Massachusetts corporation, formerly known as Charles River
Associates Incorporated (“ Tenant ”).
RECITALS
A.
Landlord and Tenant are parties to
that that certain Lease dated as of March 1, 1978 (the “
Original Lease ”) as amended by that certain First
Amendment of Lease dated as of December 16, 1981 (the “
First Amendment ”), as further amended by that certain
Second Amendment of Lease dated as of February 24, 1984 (the
“ Second Amendment ”), as further amended by
that certain Third Amendment of Lease dated as of February 28,
1985 (the “ Third Amendment ”), as further
amended by that certain Fourth Amendment of Lease dated as of
February 7, 1986 (the “ Fourth Amendment
”), as further amended by that certain Fifth Amendment of
Lease dated as of February 13, 1987 (the “ Fifth
Amendment ”), as further amended by that certain Sixth
Amendment of Lease dated as of August 24, 1987 (the “
Sixth Amendment ”), as further amended by that certain
Seventh Amendment of Lease dated as of January 31, 1990 (the
“ Seventh Amendment ”), as further amended by
that certain Eighth Amendment of Lease dated as of
December 31, 1991 (the “ Eighth Amendmen
t”), as further amended by that certain Ninth Amendment of
Lease dated as of September 2, 1992 (“ Ninth
Amendment ”), as further amended by that certain Tenth
Amendment of Lease dated as of August 24, 1995 (the “
Tenth Amendment ”), as further amended by that certain
Eleventh Amendment of Lease dated as of November 25, 1996 (the
“ Eleventh Amendment ”), as further amended by
that certain Twelfth Amendment of Lease dated as of March 19,
1998 (the “ Twelfth Amendment ”), as further
amended by that certain Thirteenth Amendment of Lease dated as of
August 13, 1999 (the “ Thirteenth Amendment
”), as further amended by that certain Fourteenth Amendment
of Lease dated as of April 20, 2000 (the “ Fourteenth
Amendment ”), as further amended by that certain
Fifteenth Amendment of Lease dated as of June 7, 2002 (the
“ Fifteenth Amendment ”), and as further amended
by that certain Sixteenth Amendment of Lease dated as of
April 23, 2004 (the “ Sixteenth Amendment
”) (together with the Original Lease, the First Amendment,
Second Amendment Third Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth
Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Seventh Amendment, Eighth Amendment,
Ninth Amendment, Tenth Amendment, Eleventh Amendment, Twelfth
Amendment, Thirteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Fifteenth
Amendment, and Sixteenth Amendment, the “ Existing
Lease ”), pursuant to which Tenant leases approximately
19,073 rentable square feet of space located on the twenty-sixth
(26 th ) floor, 6,000 rentable square feet of space
located on the thirty-first (31 st ) floor, 28,803
rentable square feet of space located on the thirty-second (32
nd ) floor, and 28,492 rentable square feet of space
located on the thirty-third (33 rd ) floor (the “
Existing Premises ”) of that certain
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office building located at 200 Clarendon Street,
Boston, Massachusetts 02117 (the “ Building
”). Any capitalized terms used herein not otherwise
defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the
Existing Lease.
B.
Tenant is currently subleasing
approximately 9,056 rentable square feet of space (“
Subleased Premises ”) located on a portion of the
twenty-sixth (26 th ) floor of the Building from John
Hancock Financial Services, Inc. under an Agreement of
Sublease dated June, 2004, for a sublease term which expired
December 15, 2004. Subsequent to said date, Tenant has
been subleasing the Subleased Premises on a month-to-month
basis. Tenant desires to lease the Subleased Premises
directly from Landlord from and after April 1,
2008.
C.
Landlord and Tenant hereby desire to
amend the Existing Lease on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Amendment. The Existing Lease, as amended by this
Amendment, shall be referred to herein as the
“Lease”.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged,
Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows:
1.
Expansion
Premises .
Effective as of April 1, 2008 (the “ Expansion
Commencement Date ”), the Existing P
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