Laserfiche WebLink
the Term of the Lease with regard to all or any portion of the Building on the same terms, <br />conditions and provisions as contained herein, except as otherwise provided herein, (the <br />"Extension Options", or individually, an "Extension Option") for two (2) consecutive periods <br />of five (5) years each (collectively, the "Extension Periods", or individually, an "Extension <br />Period"). Tenant shall be under no obligation to extend the Term on all or any portion of the <br />Premises for any of the Extension Periods, The Term may not be extended for all or any portion <br />of the Premises for any Extension Period unless the Term had been so extended for the <br />immediately preceding Extension Period, if any. The first Extension Period shall commence on <br />the first day following the Expiration Date of the initial Term, and each subsequent Extension <br />Period shall commence on the first day following the Expiration Date of the previous Extension <br />Period. <br />25.2 Monthly Rent During: Extension Period. <br />(a) The Monthly Rent to be paid by Tenant during each Extension Period shall be <br />"Market Monthly Rent" (as defined below). Payment of all Additional Rent and other charges <br />required to be made by Tenant as provided in this Lease shall continue to be made during each <br />Extension Period. As used in this Lease, the term "Market Monthly Rent" means the greater of <br />either: (i) the Monthly Rent payable pursuant to this Lease for the last month of the original ten <br />(10) year Term, or the last month of the First Extension Period (as applicable); or (ii) annual net <br />rental rate per rentable square foot of the Premises that a willing tenant would pay, and a willing <br />landlord would accept in arms -length bona fide negotiations, for similar lease renewal space in <br />the Building or in comparable buildings located in the greater northwest Minneapolis, Minnesota <br />market area, if the same were leased to a single tenant for such Extension Period, taking into <br />account all pertinent factors. <br />(b) If Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree upon the Market Monthly Rent within <br />thirty (30) days following Tenant's Extension Notice, then the dispute shall proceed to <br />arbitration. The arbitration procedure shall commence when either party notifies the other party <br />of its election to submit the matter to arbitration. Not later than ten (10) days after the arbitration <br />procedure has commenced, each party shall submit to the other party a written statement of its <br />final position on the Market Monthly Rent for such Extension Period (the "Final Offers"). <br />Within ten (10) days after the submission of the Final Offers, the parties shall jointly select as an <br />arbitrator a licensed real estate broker, who is an individual of substantial experience with <br />respect to office building ownership, leasing, management and marketing in the greater <br />northwest Minneapolis market area, which person shall not be regularly employed or have been <br />retained during the last two (2) years as a consultant by either party. If the parties cannot agree <br />on the arbitrator, the chief judge of the Sherburne County District Court shall, upon application <br />by either party, select an arbitrator having the above qualifications. Both parties shall have the <br />right to submit proposed names and criteria for the arbitrator to the chief judge. Neither party <br />may consult directly or indirectly with any arbitrator regarding the Market Monthly Rent prior to <br />appointment, or after appointment, outside the presence of the other party. The arbitrator <br />selected shall determine Market Monthly Rent pursuant to the criteria contained in this paragraph <br />and all relevant market factors. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the <br />parties and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The party whose Final Offer <br />was not selected by the arbitrator shall pay all costs of the arbitration. <br />40 <br />