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This file contains the complete text of the Waikiki Banyan Condominium Master Lease.
The Master Lease between the landowners (Liliuokalani Trust and Kawaiahao Trust) and the developer (Banyan One, Inc.) of the Waikiki Banyan sets the legal foundation for the development of Waikiki Banyan Condominium. Of particular interest to members of the Association of Apartment Owners Waikiki Banyan is the section that contains the basic terms of the lease.
THIS INDENTURE OF LEASE, made this 22nd day of February, 1978, effective as of December 1. 1977, by and between the TRUSTEES OF THE LILIUOKALANI TRUST, whose place of business and post office address is 161 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, and KAWAIAHAO CHURCH, a Hawaii eleemosynary corporation, hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Lessor”, and BANYAN ONE, INC., a Hawaii corporation, the principal place of business and post office address of which is 2513 Kuhio Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii, hereinafter called the “Lessee”,
WHEREAS, the Trustees are the owners in fee simple of the real property described in Exhibit “A”, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, Kawaiahao is the owner of the real property described in Exhibit “B”, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Lessor, in consideration of the rent hereinafter reserved and of the covenants contained herein on the part of the Lessee to be observed and performed, does hereby demise and lease unto the Lessee and the Lessee does hereby accept and hire from the Lessor the premises described in Exhibits “A” and “B” attached hereto and by reference made a part hereof.
RESERVING, HOWEVER, unto the Lessor the right at its expense to delineate and grant perpetual easements and rights of way to appropriate governmental authorities or utility companies over, under, across and through the demised premises for sewer, water, electrical power, telephone, gas, drainage and flowage and other similar public service purposes, including the right to enter the demised premises for the construction. reconstruction, installation, maintenance and operation of facilities and equipment in connection with such easements; provided, however, that such easements and rights of way shall not unreasonably interfere with the use of the premises by the Lessee; and provided further, if such grants of easements or rights of way shall not be for the use and benefit of the demised premises they shall not materially detract from the value of the premises. The Lessee agrees to join in such grants upon the request of the Lessor.
All such rent shall be net above taxes, assessments and charges of any kind, payable in equal quarterly installments, each in advance, on the first day of January, April, July and October in every year during said term; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the first such payment shall be prorated to the next rental due date and paid upon execution hereof.
The Lessor hereby covenants with the Lessee that upon payment of the rent as aforesaid and upon the observance and performance of all the covenants and conditions herein contained and on the part of the Lessee to be observed and performed, the Lessee shall peaceably hold and enjoy the premises for the term demised without hindrance or interruption by the Lessor or any other person lawfully claiming by, through or under the Lessor, except as expressly provided otherwise herein.
The Lessee, in consideration of this demise and the covenants of the Lessor, hereby covenants and agrees with the Lessor as follows:
The Lessor shall approve or disapprove all of the same within fifteen (15) days after receipt thereof. The Lessor shall specify in reasonable detail items of which it does not approve and the Lessee shall promptly revise and re-submit those items in accordance with all reasonable requirements of the Lessor. Upon approval, these items and applicable covenants and conditions of the lease shall constitute the "Master Development Plan", and shall be binding on the parties in the development of the properties, subject to modification by written agreement. Any submissions made to, and approved by the Lessor pursuant to the unrecorded option agreement between the Lessor and Lessee shall, if required herein, be deemed in compliance with this paragraph (b) and in any event shall constitute a part of the Master Development Plan of the demised premises.
The Lessee shall have the right to change or modify any mortgage commitment in accordance with the terms hereof or substitute another commitment for the same purpose;
IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED by and between Lessor and Lessee that:
the Lessor may, in any such event, at once re-enter the demised premises, or any part in the name of the whole, and upon or without physical entry at its option terminate this lease by giving notice to the Lessee, and thereupon take possession of the demised premises and become wholly vested with all rights, title and interest of the Lessee and may expel and remove from the premises the Lessee or those claiming under Lessee and their effects, all without service of notice or resort to any legal process, and without being deemed guilty of any trespass or becoming liable for any loss or damage which may thereby be occasioned and without prejudice to any other remedy or right of action which the Lessor may have for collection of arrears of rent or for the same or any preceding or breach of covenant by the Lessee.
Upon the request of the Lessee at any time and from time to time hereafter, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Lessor will join with Lessee and/or its designee to lease and sublease apartments comprising the condominium project created by the Declaration as aforesaid, to qualified purchasers; or if the Lessee should so request to join with the Lessee and/or its designees in executing Condominium Conveyance Documents, thereby conveying fee simple interests in each of the apartments comprising the project, together with an undivided interest in the common elements of the buildings of the project and a lease and sublease of an undivided interest in the land demised hereby. Such apartment leases or Condominium Conveyance Documents, as the case say be, shall be substantially in the form therefor heretofore agreed upon by and between the parties hereto pursuant to the letter agreement hereinbefore referred to, subject to appropriate revision by mutual agreement of the parties hereto and such further amendments as may be reasonably required by any lending institution and/or agency such as the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or the Government National Mortgage Association, from whom Lessee obtains a commitment for construction and/or permanent financing for the project contemplated hereby, or to comply with any requirements now or hereafter imposed upon Horizontal Property Regimes by law, the Real Estate Commission of the State of Hawaii, or any governmental agency of the Province of Alberta, Canada.
Lessor hereby agrees to execute each of said apartment leases or Condominium Conveyance Documents, as the case may be, upon presentment by Lessee and/or its designee, thereby ratifying, approving and confirming said apartment leases, or Condominium Conveyance Documents, as the case may be, and thereby undertaking and agreeing to and with Lessee and its designee that said apartment leases shall bind and demise all of the right, title, interest and estate of each of them in and to the premises and upon and in the event of a termination of the leasehold interest of the Lessee hereunder, each of said apartment leases and Condominium Conveyance Documents, as the case may be, shall remain and continue in full force and effect in accordance with and subject to the terms, conditions and covenants hereof.
The Lessor agrees that In the event that and so long as the property is registered pursuant to Chapter 501, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as amended., it will deposit all Transfer Certificates of Title covering the demised promises or any part thereof in the Office of the Assistant Registrar of the Land Court of the State of Hawaii.
THE LESSOR AND THE LESSEE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS LEASE RESTATES AND SUPERSEDES IN ALL RESPECTS THAT CERTAIN INDENTURE OF LEASE, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1977, HERETOFORE EXECUTED BY THE PARTIES.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this instrument as of the day and year first above written.
Beginning at a pipe at the North corner of this parcel of land, being also the North corner of Block F of Land Court Application 1865 (Pending), the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station “WAIKIKI” being 3,246.39 feet South and 2,786.85 feet East, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from True South:
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO:
Beginning at the North corner of this parcel of land and on the Southeast side of Ohua Street, the coordinates of said point of beginning referred to Government Survey Triangulation Station "WAIKIKI" being 3,426.01 feet South and 2,620.82 feet East, thence running by azimuths measured clockwise from True South:
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO:
1. The reservation in favor of the State of Hawaii of all mineral and metallic mines.
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