Allowance (a) Landlord will provide Tenant an allowance (the “Tenant Allowance�) equal to Fifteen and No/100 ($15.00) Dollars per square foot of Rentable Area in each Phase of the Premises, which equals a, total amount of Four Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Five and No/100 ($485,235.00) Dollars for Phase 1, and Four Hundred Fourteen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety and No/100 ($414,990.00) Dollars for Phase 2 (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 1 of the Lease). To the extent that the total cost of the construction of the Tenant Improvements to the Premises exceeds the Tenant Improvement Allowance based on the Construction Budget, Tenant shall pay the full amount of such excess (“Tenant’s Costs�) as follows:
(i) Prior to commencement of construction of the Tenant Improvements, Tenant shall pay Landlord an amount equal to twenty-five (25%) percent of the Tenant’s Costs, as such amount is then determined by reference to the Construction Budget. Such twenty-five (25%) percent shall be maintained in an interest-bearing escrow account non-commingled with the Landlord’s other funds until such time as Tenant has paid to Landlord the remaining seventy-five (75%) percent of the Tenant’s Costs, at which time Landlord; will utilize such twenty-five (25%) percent (plus accrued interest) for the monthly payments of Tenant’s Costs, as described below.
(ii) The remaining seventy-five (75%) percent of Tenant’s Costs shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord in monthly installments, based upon requests for payment submitted by Landlord not more than monthly. Each request for payment shall be accompanied by a copy of the documentation submitted or to be submitted by Landlord to its construction lender as an application for draws under Landlord’s construction loan (including, without limitation, a certification by the Architect that all work up to the date of the request for payment has been substantially completed, along with any partial releases of lien and/or contractor affidavits based on partial payment). Tenant shall pay to Landlord, within ten (10) days after submission of such items, an amount equal to Tenant’s pro-rata share of the cost of the Tenant Improvements. In the event Tenant disputes any payment required to be made, the approval of a draw request by Landlord’s construction lender shall be evidence that the payment is properly due from Tenant; provided, however, that if Tenant has a bona fide, good faith dispute as to whether a payment is properly due, Tenant may elect to pay such amount “under protest,� so that Tenant may reserve its rights with respect to such payments.
(iii) After Substantial Completion of each Phase, Landlord shall submit to Tenant a final accounting of Tenant’s Costs together with reasonable supporting documentation (including, without limitation, invoices from those to whom remaining amounts are due, to the extent available). Within thirty (30) days thereafter, Tenant shall pay Landlord the then remaining balance of Tenant’s Costs, or Landlord shall reimburse Tenant as to any excess amounts previously paid, as the case may be. Tenant’s Costs represent a reimbursement of monies expended by Landlord on Tenant’s behalf. Payment when due shall be a condition to Landlord’s continued performance under this Workletter. Any delay in construction of the Tenant Improvements or in Tenant taking occupancy of the Premises resulting from Tenant’s failure to make any Tenant’s Costs payments when due shall be Tenant’s responsibility. Tenant’s failure to pay any portion of Tenant’s Costs when due shall constitute a default under the Lease (subject to any applicable notice requirements or grace periods), entitling Landlord to all of its remedies thereunder.
(b) The Tenant Allowance shall be used for the cost of the construction of the Tenant Improvements (including, without limitation, reasonable architectural and engineering fees (subject to the limitation in Section 3(d), above) and permitting fees to the extent applicable to the Tenant Improvements only). Tenant shall receive a credit against the Base Rent to become due under the Lease for any unused portion of the Tenant Allowance, but in no event shall such credit exceed $50,000.00.
(c) In addition to the Tenant Allowance, Landlord will make available to Tenant an additional allowance of up to One Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 ($150,000.00) Dollars for each of Phase 1 and Phase 2 to be used to fund the increased capacity of the HVAC system over the HVAC system being provided as part of the Shell Improvements, as described in Exhibit D (the “Additional Allowance�). Tenant shall repay the Additional Allowance (plus simple interest at the rate of nine (9%) percent per annum), plus sales tax, to Landlord as follows: Commencing on the Commencement Date of each Phase and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter throughout the fifteen (15) year Term of each Phase, Tenant shall pay to Landlord (along with Tenant’s regular monthly payments of Base Rent, with the same provisions for late charges and defaults as applicable to Base Rent payments) an amount sufficient to fully amortize the Additional Allowance (plus interest as set forth above), over such period, plus sales tax. Any default by Tenant with respect to the Additional Allowance shall also be deemed to be a default under the Lease. Any costs for such increased HVAC capacity as described in Exhibit D in excess of the Additional Allowance shall be paid to Landlord as part of Tenant’s Costs.
Tenant Improvement Allowance Items Except as otherwise set forth in this Tenant Work Letter, the Tenant Improvement Allowance shall be disbursed by Landlord only for the following items and costs (collectively, the “Tenant Improvement Allowance Items�):
2.2.1.1 Payment of the fees of the “Architect� and the “Engineers,� as those terms are defined in Section 3.1 of this Tenant Work Letter, the costs of Tenant’s project manager (if any) and payment of the fees incurred by, and the cost of documents and materials supplied by, Landlord and Landlord’s consultants in connection with the preparation and review of the “Construction Drawings,� as that term is defined in Section 3.1 of this Tenant Work Letter;
2.2.1.2 The payment of plan check, permit and license fees relating to construction of the Tenant Improvements;
2.2.1.3 The cost of construction of the Tenant Improvements, including, without limitation, contractors� fees and general conditions, testing and inspection costs, costs of utilities, trash removal, parking and hoists, and the costs of after-hours freight elevator usage.
2.2.1.4 The cost of any changes in the Base, Shell and Core work when such changes are required by the Construction Drawings (including if such changes are due to the fact that such work is prepared on an unoccupied basis), such cost to include all direct architectural and/or engineering fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith;
2.2.1.5 The cost of any changes to the Construction Drawings or Tenant Improvements required by applicable laws and building codes (collectively, “Code�);
2.2.1.6 Sales and use taxes;
2.2.1.7 The “Coordination Fee,� as that term is defined in Section 4.2.2.2 of this Tenant Work Letter; and
2.2.1.8 All other costs to be expended by Landlord in connection with the construction of the Tenant Improvements.