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Tenant shall be responsible for all architectural fees, drawings, permits, and construction costs for Tenant's upfits. Tenant may select <br />its own design professionals and general contractor for Tenant's upfits, subject to Landlord's approval, which shall not unreasonably <br />be withheld. Landlord recognizes that Tenant maybe subject to public bidding laws and shall not withhold its consent for Tenant's <br />selection of any contractor that is made in accordance with the applicable public bidding laws. Tenant shall ensure that any <br />construction work associated with Tenant's upfits shall be covered by general liability insurance as described in paragraph 10 of this <br />Lease. Tenant shall also ensure that any construction work associated with Tenant's upfit shall be covered by worker's compensation <br />insurance as required by statute. Landlord shall give Tenant access to the Premises and shall permit Tenant to begin making upfits as <br />soon as is reasonably practicable, but in no event later than the date Landlord is issued a certificate of occupancy for the Premises. <br />Landlord shall notify Tenant that a certificate of occupancy has been issued and shall provide Tenant with a copy of such certificate <br />within twenty-four (24) hours of its issuance to Landlord. <br />TERM <br />2. 2. The term of this Lease shall commence on the earliest of the following dates("Lease Commencement Date"): <br />a. December 1, 2012, provided Landlord has given Tenant the notice described in paragraph 1(c) at least sixty (60) days <br />before that date; <br />b. March 1, 2013, provided Landlord has given Tenant the notice described in paragraph 1(c) at least sixty (60) days before <br />that date; <br />c. June 1, 2013, provided Landlord has given Tenant the notice described in pazagraph 1(c) at least sixty (60) days before <br />that date; <br />d. July 1, 2013, provided Landlord has given Tenant the notice described in paragraph 1(c) at least sixty (60) days before <br />that date; <br />e. August 1, 2013, provided Landlord has given Tenant the notice described in paragraph 1(c) at least sixty (60) days before <br />that date; or <br />f. Any such other date as Landlord and Tenant may agree to in a writing signed by authorized representatives of both parties. <br />This Lease shall expire exactly seven (7) calendar years after the Lease Commencement Date unless sooner terminated or renewed as <br />herein provided. The first Lease Year Anniversary shall be the date twelve (12) calendar months after the first day of the first full <br />month immediately following the Lease Commencement Date and successive Lease Year Anniversaries shall be the date twelve (12) <br />calendaz months from the previous Lease Year Anniversary. <br />Tenant shall have the option of renewing this Lease, upon written notice given to Landlord at least one hundred and twenty (120) days <br />prior to the end of the then expiring term of this Lease, for two (2) additional term(s) of two (2) years each. <br />RENTAL <br />3. Tenant agrees to pay Landlord (or its Agent as directed by Landlord), without notice, demand, deduction or set off, an annual rental <br />of seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents ($17.25) dollars per gross square foot of the Premises. Tenant may, at is sole discretion, <br />pay this rent annually in annual lump sums or in equal monthly installments of one and seven sixteenths of a dollar ($1.4375) per <br />gross square foot of the Premises, exact square footage to be determined after a certificate of occupancy for the building has been <br />issued. As of October 26, 2011, non-finalized plans show a gross footage of 7,382 square feet If Tenant opts to pay rent monthly, <br />then (a) the first rental payment shall be made on or by the Lease Commencement Date, and subsequent rental payments shall be on <br />the fast calendar day of each month, and (b) rental for any period during the term hereof which is less than one month shall be the <br />pro-rated portion of the monthly installment of rental due, based upon a 30 day month. If Tenant opts to pay rent annually, then (a~ <br />rental payments shall be made monthly for the period of occupancy between the Lease Commencement Date and the fifteenth (15 ) <br />day of the following August, and subsequent rental payments shall be made on the fifteenth (15'x) day of that and each subsequent <br />August, and (b) rental for any period during the term hereof which is less than one month or one year shall be the pro-rated portion of <br />the monthly or annual installment of rental due, based upon a 30-day month and a 365-day year. Tenant shall have the option of <br />switching from month-to-month to annual rental payments and vice versa at is sole discretion provided rental payments are timely <br />made and there are no periods of occupancy for which Tenant has not made an advance monthly or annual rental payment. <br />