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October 12, 1999 FILE NO.
6954/03
Mr. Richard J. Pierce, Court Administrator
Cumberland County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17103
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Re: Y-F Service Corp v Zamias Services Inc and PNC Bank, No. 99-5309
Dear Mr. Pierce:
Enclosed for filing please find an original and three copies of Brief of Defendant Zamias
Services, Inc. In Opposition to Plaintiffs Complaint to Enjoin Lease in the above-referenced
matter. Kindly time-stamp an extra copy and return it to me with the person making this delivery.
Thank you for your assistance.
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RHOADS & SINON LLP
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V-F SERVICE CORP., IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Plaintiff,
V. No. 99-5309
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC. Civil Term
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
BRIEF OF DEFENDANT ZAMIAS SERVICES. INC.
IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN LEASE
It is no secret that the M.J. Carlisle Mall (the "Mall") is in dire need of revitalization.
The Mall, which at one time was a vital component of the Carlisle shopping and economic
community, has fallen upon hard times. Zamias Services, Inc. (` Zamias") and Sun Life
Insurance Company of America ("Sun Life") have a plan in place to redevelop this property with
a Super Wal-Mart store which will infuse over $40,000,000 in yearly retail sales dollars to the
Carlisle area. This revitalization plan, however, requires the temporary relocation of PNC Bank
("PNC") from its current location inside the Mall, to a building located on the Mall's property
(the "Building") while the Mall is demolished. PNC will move inside the Wal-Mart once
construction is completed.
Y-F Services, Inc. ("Y-F") seeks to scuttle this project by requesting that an injunction
issue prohibiting PNC from making this temporary move. Y-F claims that this temporary
relocation violates a restrictive covenant contained in a lease in effect when Y-F operated a bank
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in the Building that PNC will occupy. However, because Y-F cannot demonstrate the essential
requirements for an injunction, its request for such relief must be denied.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On or about August 30, 1999, Y-F filed its Complaint to Enjoin Violation of Lease
against Defendants Zamias Services, Inc. ("Zamias") and PNC Bank. At that time, Y-F sought
an ex parte injunction enjoining PNC's proposed move. The Court denied that request and
scheduled a hearing.
Zamias filed its Answer with New Matter. PNC filed Preliminary Objections to Y-F's
Complaint and was subsequently dismissed from the lawsuit. Sun Life was added to this action
by amended complaint.
11. STATEMENT OF FACTS
The Mall is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and at one time was a vibrant shopping
center servicing Carlisle and the surrounding area. Like many other malls of this vintage, the
Mall now stands practically vacant and is losing significant amounts of money daily. One of the
only tenants remaining in the Mall is PNC, which has been located therein since the Mall opened
in 1965, well before Y-F moved into the Building.
Shuman-Carlisle Mall Associates ("Shuman") was the previous owner of the Mall. Sun
Life held the mortgage on the Mall and foreclosed on the mortgage. As a result, Sun Life
obtained title to the Mall at sheriffs sale on or about March 8. 1995 from Shuman.
Currently Zamias and Sun Life are in the process of adding a Super Wal-Mart ("Wal-
Mart") to the property, with the anchor tenants remaining. This redevelopment plan requires the
demolition of the Mall and construction of the Wal-Mart store. It is anticipated that the Wal-
Mart will employ up to 300 people and will have yearly sales in excess of $40,000,000. This, of
course, will have a ripple effect on the Carlisle regional economy since the Wal-Mart will
reverse the outflow of shoppers from the Carlisle area and actually attract shoppers from other
areas.
As part of the Wal-Mart revitalization, PNC is slated to establish an office inside the
Wal-Mart, once that project is completed. During the demolition of the Mall and construction of
the Wal-Mart, estimated to take approximately eight months, PNC needs to be temporarily
relocated to another location.
Sitting on the Mall property is the Building, that now sits vacant and once housed York
Federal, the banking arm of Y-F. It is anticipated that PNC will temporarily move into the
vacant Building, rent free, while the Wal-Mart is constructed. Due to the terms of the lease
between PNC and Sun Life, if a temporary location cannot be provided, the Wal-Mart will not be
built and the Mall will continue to lose money and remain in its current state.
Y-F entered into an Agreement of Lease (the "Lease") with Shuman dated July 17, 1989,
pursuant to which Y-F leased the now vacant Building on the Mall's property that PNC is to
move into. The lease, in addition to the usual terms and conditions, contained a restrictive
covenant that provides:
58.1 LEASE MODIFICATIONS:
This Lease is intended to be a land lease, with ownership of the
improvements thereon vested in Lessee during the original term of
this Lease and during the term or terms of any properly exercised
option(s). Upon the expiration of this Lease or the last of any
properly exercised option term, whichever comes last, title to said
improvements shall vest in Lessor except that Lessor may not sell,
lease or rent, said improvements for use as a savings and loan or
bank if Lessee at such time occupies a location for use as a
banking facility within a five mile radius of the Demised Premises.
Such restriction shall terminate at such time as Lessee fails to
occupy a location for use as a banking facility within a five mile
radius of the Demised Premises, or ten years after the premises are
vacated by Lessee, whichever comes first. In the event of Lessee's
default this restriction as to subsequent occupancies shall not
apply.
It is this provision that Y-F now seeks to enforce. The Lease also contained a subordination
clause that provides:
44. SUBORDINATION: Lessor and Lessee agree that this
Lease shall be and the same hereby is made subject and
subordinate at all times to all covenants, restrictions, easements
and encumbrances now or hereafter affecting all or any part of the
fee title of the Shopping Center and to all ground and underlying
leases and mortgages or any other method of financing or
refinancing covering the said fee title or any interest therein in any
amounts, and all advances thereon, which may now or hereafter be
placed against all or any part of the land and/or Buildings and
improvements now or hereafter constituting a part of the Shopping
Center, and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations,
participations, replacements and extensions thereof. The term
"mortgages" as used herein shall be deemed to include trust
indentures and deeds of trust. The aforesaid provisions shall be
self-operative and no further instrument of subordination shall be
necessary unless required by any such ground or underlying lessors
or mortgagees.
Following the sheriffs sale and Sun Life's acquisition of the Mall, Y-F and Sun entered
into a Shopping Center Lease Agreement (the "Agreement") dated March 8, 1995 that is
specifically separate and distinct from the Lease. Pursuant to the Agreement, the new lease was
to be month-to-month and incorporated certain provisions of the Lease provided that the Lease
was "in effect as of the date at which ownership of the Mall passed to Landlord at Foreclosure
Sale. . ." Provided that this condition was met, the Agreement specifically excluded from
incorporation any terms of the Lease "relating to the ... subject matters" of "Term, Termination,
Renewal or Extension, Option to Renew or Extend".
Sun Life subsequently terminated the Agreement with Y-F and Y-F vacated the Building
on or about June 13, 1997. The Building has sat vacant since that time.
III. STATEMENT OF QUESTION INVOLVED
SHOULD AN INJUNCTION BE DENIED WHERE THE MOVING PARTY
CANNOT DEMONSTRATE A CLEAR RIGHT TO RELIEF, AN IMMEDIATE
HARM, OR AN IRREPARABLE INJURY AND WHERE MORE HARM
WOULD RESULT FROM THE ISSUANCE OF AN INJUNCTION?
SUGGESTED ANSWER: Yes.
IV. LEGAL DISCUSSION
In order to obtain injunctive relief, "the plaintiffs right to relief must be clear, the need
for relief must be immediate, and the injury must be irreparable if the injunction is not granted."
Sovereign Bank v Harper, 449 Pa. Super. 578, 590, 674 A.2d 1085, 1091 (1996). Courts also
consider whether a "greater injury would result by refusing [an injunction] rather than by
granting it." Albee Homes Inc v. Caddie Homes Inc., 417 Pa. 177, 181, 207 A.2d 768, 769
(1965). As such, the burden is on the party seeking an injunction to establish both the right to
relief and the inequitable nature of the defendant's conduct. Burns v. Baumgardner, 303 Pa.
Super. 85, 96, 449 A.2d 590, 595 (1982); Plymouth Woods Corp v. Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539, 542,
181 A.2d 321, 323 (1962).
In the context of restrictive covenants, injunctive relief is considered a "harsh remedy"
that will be granted only "when the essential prerequisites are met." Lehi v. Ciccarone, 24 Ches.
Co. Rep. 61 (1976) (citing Credit Alliance Corp v Phila Minit-Man Car Wash Corp., 450 Pa.
367, 301 A.2d 816 (1973)). In addition, because such covenants place restrictions on the use of
land, they are strictly construed against the party seeking to enforce the restriction and courts are
reluctant to grant injunctions in this context. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Inc v Bailey,
421 Pa. 540, 220 A.2d 1 (1966); Plymouth Woods Corp v Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539,181 A.2d 321
(1962). Against this background, and as set forth below, it is clear that Y-F cannot satisfy or
demonstrate any, let alone all, of the prerequisites for obtaining injunctive relief.
A. Y-F LACKS A CLEAR RIGHT TO RELIEF
As outlined below, Y-F does not have a clear right to the relief it has requested. A such,
the injunction can not be entered.
1. The restrictive covenant is not a term of the Agreement and
thus is unenforceable.
As a preliminary matter, Y-F must prove that the restrictive covenant is a term of the
Agreement between it and Sun Life. Since the Lease was not in effect when Sun Life purchased
the Mall, did not incorporate the restrictive covenant and the restrictive covenant expired by its
own terms, an injunction is inappropriate because the restrictive covenant is not applicable.
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a. The restrictive covenant was not incorporated into the
Agreement because the Lease was not in effect when Sun Life
purchased the Mall.
The restrictive covenant is contained in the Lease between Y-F and Shuman. Since the
Lease contained a subordination clause, the Lease became null and void when Sun Life
foreclosed on the Mall and purchased it at sheriff s sale. See Albert J. Grosser v. Rosen, 436 Pa.
311, 259 A.2d 679 (1969); Unity Say. Assoc. v. American Urban Sciences Foundation Inc., 337
Pa. Super. 470, 487 A.2d 356 (1984). Thus, the restrictive covenant, to be effective, must have
been incorporated into the Agreement between Y-F and Sun Life.
Here, the Agreement specifically provides that certain terms of the Lease will be
incorporated into the Agreement only if the Lease was "in effect as of the date at which
ownership of the Mall passed to Landlord [Sun Life] at foreclosure sale." (Agreement, $ 4). As
a matter of law, when title passed to Sun Life at the sheriffs sale the Lease became null and void
and thus was not in effect as of that date. See Id. Accordingly, the restrictive covenant was not
incorporated into the Agreement and is of no effect.
b. The restrictive covenant was specifically excluded from
incorporation into the Agreement.
The Agreement specifically excludes from incorporation, the following "subject matters"
ofthe Lease:
Term
Termination
Renewal or Extension
Options to Renew or Extend
Since the restrictive covenant deals with the term of the Lease and termination of the Lease, it
was not incorporated into the Agreement.
The restrictive covenant, in its first sentence, deals with the nature of the Lease during the
term of the Lease. The second sentence of the Lease explains what happens if the Lease term
expires, i.e. the Lease terminates. More specifically, the restrictive covenant specifically deals
with a restriction that is only applicable if the Lease terminates. Likewise, the restrictive
covenant is Paragraph 58.1 and follows directly after Paragraph 58 captioned "Options to
Renew". To that end, the word term is used four times in the restrictive covenant, the word
option is used twice and the term expiration is used once. Thus, the restrictive covenant relates
to the subject matters of "term", "termination", "renewal and extension" or "options to renew or
extend" in that it sets forth what happens if the Lease terminates and is dependant upon the term
of the Lease and extensions and renewals thereof. As such, the restrictive covenant was not
incorporated into the Agreement.
C. The restrictive covenant expired by its own terms.
By its owa terms, the restrictive covenant applies only to the original term and to the term
of any properly exercised options. (Lease, ¶ 58.1). The Agreement specifically excluded the
Term provision of the Lease, instead establishing a month-to-month term. Thus, since the
Agreement did not incorporate the "original term" of the Lease, as the phrase is used in the
Lease, the restrictive covenant expired by its own terms and is of no effect.
2. The restrictive covenant, strictly construed, does not apply to the
instant situation.
Since restrictions on the use of land are generally disfavored in the law, restrictive
covenants are strictly construed against the party seeking to enforce the covenant. See Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Inc. v. Baile, 421 Pa. 540, 220 A.2d I (1966). Additionally, any
"ambiguity in a restrictive covenant must be construed against the one to be benefited by the
restriction." Id. at 545, 220 A.2d at I Accordingly, an injunction is not appropriate where, like
here, the restrictive covenant, when strictly construed, does not apply to the proposed land use.
Id.; 24 Ches.Co.Rep. at 69.
Here, assuming that the restrictive covenant is part of the Agreement, pursuant to the
terms of the restrictive covenant, Sun Life "may not sell, lease or rent" the building "for use as a
savings and loan or bank". Since Sun Life intends to place PNC into the building temporarily
rent free, the issue is whether pursuant to this arrangement Sun Life will "lease or rent" the
building to PNC.
Webster's New Riverside Dictionary defines the verb "lease" as "To grant occupation or
use under the terms of a lease." The noun "lease" is defined as "A contract granting occupation
or use of property during a certain period in exchange for a specified rent." The noun "rent" is
defined as "Payment, usually of an amount set by contract, made by a tenant at designated
intervals in return for the right to occupy or use another's property." Likewise, the verb "rent" is
defined as "To obtain occupancy or use of (another's property) in return for periodic payments."
Thus, strictly construing the restrictive covenant against Y-F, Sun Life will "lease" or "rent" the
building to PNC only if it is paid for use of the building. Since PNC will not be making any
payment for the building, the restrictive covenant is not implicated.
3. The characteristics of the property have changed, thus rendering the
restrictive covenant inoperable.
An injunction should be refused when changes involving the characteristics of the
property occur and make it impossible to achieve the result contemplated by the restrictive
covenant. Snyder v. Plankenhorn, 398 Pa. 540, 543, 159 A.2d 209, 210 (1960) (noting that
"[t]he changed character of the area should stay the hand of equity"); Daniels v. Notor, 389 Pa.
510, 133 A.2d 520 (1957). Because of the continued financial failure of the Mall, the
characteristics and nature of the Mall property have changed significantly since the time that the
covenant was entered into. As a result of these changes, it has become necessary to demolish the
Mall to ensure its future through the construction of the Wal-Mart. Therefore, these dramatic
changes to the property make the covenant inoperable, particularly where the enforcement of it
would not serve an equitable purpose but would instead serve to destroy a unique opportunity to
revitalize both the property and the region.
B. SINCE Y-F'S INJURY, IF ANY, CAN BE COMPENSATED BY MONEY
DAMAGES, Y-F LACKS AN IMMEDIATE AND IRREPARABLE
INJURY.
Assuming that Y-F has established its clear right to relief, it must also prove an
immediate and irreparable harm. To make this showing, it is well-settled that the plaintiff must
show its loss is not entirely ascertainable and compensable by money damages. New Castle
Orthopedics Assoc. v. Bums. 481 Pa. 460, 465, 392 A.2d 1383, 1385 (1978); Credit Alliance
Corp. v. Philadelphia Minit-Man Car Wash Coro, 450 Pa. 367, 371, 301 A.2d 816, 818 (1973);
Boehm v. Univ. of Penn. School of Veterinary Medicine, 392 Pa. Super. 502, 523, 573 A.2d 575,
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586 (1990); Lelii, 24 Chest. Co. Rep. at 64. In short, Y-F must prove that it cannot be
compensated by money damages and that damages, if any, would be difficult to prove. Id.
While Y-F has failed to allege any injury in its Complaint, Y-F's damages, if any, are
purely economic and thus, Y-F can be provided with a full, complete and adequate remedy at
law. Specifically, Y-F's damages, again if any, would be in the form of lost customers and
deposits, which an action for damages, if proven, can remedy.
Additionally, there is no real likelihood of damages to Y-F in this case. Currently, PNC
operates in the Mall and will merely be moving its operations a few feet on the same property.
Additionally, PNC has always been in the Mall, even before Y-F occupied the Building and
entered into the Lease. Thus, the Lease and the restrictive covenant were entered into with the
knowledge and express understanding that PNC would be a competitor at that location. This is
not the situation where a new competitor moves into the Building pursuant to a long term lease.
PNC is already there, and has always been there, competing against Y-F. Likewise, PNC's
occupancy of the Building is only temporary until the completion of the Wal-Mart.
C. SINCE IF THE INJUNCTION ISSUES, THE WAL-MART DEAL WILL
BE JEOPARDIZED. THE BALANCE OF EQUITIES FAVORS THE
DENIAL OF THE INJUNCTION.
While Y-F lacks a clear right to relief and irreparable injury, perhaps the most compelling
reason that the injunction should not issue is that the harm that would result from granting the
injunction is greater than any benefit which might accrue if an injunction is granted. In the
context of restrictive covenants involving real property, the goal must be to avoid more harm
being caused by the issuance of injunctive relief. Bums v. Baumgardner, 303 Pa. Super. 85, 96,
449 A.2d 590, 595 (1982); Plymouth Woods Corp. v. Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539, 542, 181 A.2d 321,
323 (1962).
The Mall is suffering from serious financial problems and loses money every day. If the
Wal-Mart is not constructed the Mall's future is uncertain and the property could end up sitting
vacant. The Wal-Mart, however, will revitalize this property and provide a significant economic
boast to the Carlisle region. As stated above, this project will provide up to 300 jobs and over
$40,000,000 in yearly sales to the region.
For the Wal-Mart to proceed, however, PNC must occupy the Building temporarily to
allow the Wal-Mart to be constructed in the Mall area where PNC currently operates its banking
facility. If PNC cannot relocate into the Building, it is unlikely that the project will proceed
because it will be too costly to relocate PNC or buy-out its lease.
The economic and social benefits to the community of building the Wal-Mart which,
taken together, far outweigh any benefit that may be gained by preventing PNC temporarily
occupying the Building due to some unarticulated and highly speculative injury imagined by Y-
F.
There would be significantly more harm created by granting the injunction and
preventing PNC from its temporary occupancy in the Building, which would in turn have the
effect of preventing a vital and job producing business from entering the area and revitalizing
the Mall property and the surrounding communities.
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VI. CONCLUSION
For all of the foregoing reasons, Y-F's Service Corp.'s request for an injunction must be
denied.
Respectfully Submitted,
RHOADS & SINON LLP
By: ` 1.e&4z
Timothy J. Nieman
Attorney I.D. 66024
Kevin M. Gold
Attorney I.D. 70265
One South Market Square
P. O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
(717) 233-5731
Attorneys for Defendant
Date: October 12, 1999 Zarnias Services, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 12'h day of October, 1999 the foregoing Brief of Defendant
Zamias Services, Inc. in Opposition to Plaintiffs Complaint to Enjoin Lease was served via first
class mail upon the persons listed below:
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esq.
Y-F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
(Attorney for Plaintiff)
Dara D. Boozel
A. I
OCT 1 2 19990
Y-F SERVICE CORP., IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Plaintiff,
V. No. 99-5309
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC. Civil Term
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
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BRIEF OF DEFENDANT ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN LEASE
It is no secret that the M.J. Carlisle Mall (the "Mall") is in dire need of revitalization.
The Mall, which at one time was a vital component of the Carlisle shopping and economic
community, has fallen upon hard times. Zamias Services, Inc. ("Zamias") and Sun Life
Insurance Company of America ("Sun Life") have a plan in place to redevelop this property with
a Super Wal-Mart store which will infuse over $40,000,000 in yearly retail sales dollars to the
Carlisle area. This revitalization plan, however, requires the temporary relocation of PNC Bank
("PNC") from its current location inside the Mall, to a building located on the Mall's property
(the "Building") while the Mall is demolished. PNC will move inside the Wal-Mart once
construction is completed.
Y-F Services, Inc. ("Y-F") seeks to scuttle this project by requesting that an injunction
issue prohibiting PNC from making this temporary move. Y-F claims that this temporary
relocation violates a restrictive covenant contained in a lease in effect when Y-F operated a bank
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in the Building that PNC will occupy. However, because Y-F cannot demonstrate the essential
requirements for an injunction, its request for such relief must be denied.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On or about August 30, 1999, Y-F filed its Complaint to Enjoin Violation of Lease
against Defendants Zamias Services, Inc. ("Zamias") and PNC Bank. At that time, Y-F sought
an ex pane injunction enjoining PNC's proposed move. The Court denied that request and
scheduled a hearing.
Zamias filed its Answer with New Matter. PNC filed Preliminary Objections to Y-F's
Complaint and was subsequently dismissed from the lawsuit. Sun Life was added to this action
by amended complaint.
If. STATEMENT OF FACTS
The Mall is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and at one time was a vibrant shopping
center servicing Carlisle and the surrounding area. Like many other malls of this vintage, the
Mall now stands practically vacant and is losing significant amounts of money daily. One of the
only tenants remaining in the Mall is PNC, which has been located therein since the Mall opened
in 1965, well before Y-F moved into the Building.
Shuman-Carlisle Mall Associates ("Shuman") was the previous owner of the Mall. Sun
Life held the mortgage on the Mall and foreclosed on the mortgage. As a result, Sun Life
obtained title to the Mall at sheriffs sale on or about March S, 1995 from Shuman.
Currently Zamias and Sun Life are in the process of adding a Super Wal-Mart ("Wal-
Mart") to the property, with the anchor tenants remaining. This redevelopment plan requires the
demolition of the Mall and construction of the Wal-Mart store. It is anticipated that the Wal-
Mart will employ up to 300 people and will have yearly sales in excess of $40,000,000. This, of
course, will have a ripple effect on the Carlisle regional economy since the Wal-Mart will
reverse the outflow of shoppers from the Carlisle area and actually attract shoppers from other
areas.
As part of the Wal-Mart revitalization, PNC is slated to establish an office inside the
Wal-Mart, once that project is completed. During the demolition of the Mall and construction of
the Wal-Mart, estimated to take approximately eight months, PNC needs to be temporarily
relocated to another location.
Sitting on the Mall property is the Building, that now sits vacant and once housed York
Federal, the banking arm of Y-F. It is anticipated that PNC will temporarily move into the
vacant Building, rent free, while the Wal-Mart is constructed. Due to the terms of the lease
between PNC and Sun Life, if a temporary location cannot be provided, the Wal-Mart will not be
built and the Mall will continue to lose money and remain in its current state.
Y-F entered into an Agreement of Lease (the "Lease") with Shuman dated July 17, 1989,
pursuant to which Y-F leased the now vacant Building on the Mall's property that PNC is to
move into. The Lease, in addition to the usual terms and conditions, contained a restrictive
covenant that provides:
58.1 LEASE MODIFICATIONS:
This Lease is intended to be a land lease, with ownership of the
improvements thereon vested in Lessee during the original term of
this Lease and during the term or terms of any properly exercised
option(s). Upon the expiration of this Lease or the last of any
properly exercised option term, whichever comes last, title to said
improvements shall vest in Lessor except that Lessor may not sell,
lease or rent, said improvements for use as a savings and loan or
bank if Lessee at such time occupies a location for use as a
banking facility within a five mile radius of the Demised Premises.
Such restriction shall terminate at such time as Lessee fails to
occupy a location for use as a banking facility within a five mile
radius of the Demised Premises, or ten years after the premises are
vacated by Lessee, whichever comes first. In the event of Lessee's
default this restriction as to subsequent occupancies shall not
apply.
It is this provision that Y-F now seeks to enforce. The Lease also contained a subordination
clause that provides:
44. SUBORDINATION: Lessor and Lessee agree that this
Lease shall be and the same hereby is made subject and
subordinate at all times to all covenants, restrictions, easements
and encumbrances now or hereafter affecting all or any part of the
fee title of the Shopping Center and to all ground and underlying
leases and mortgages or any other method of financing or
refinancing covering the said fee title or any interest therein in any
amounts, and all advances thereon, which may now or hereafter be
placed against all or any part of the land and/or Buildings and
improvements now or hereafter constituting a part of the Shopping
Center, and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations,
participations, replacements and extensions thereof. The term
,'mortgages" as used herein shall be deemed to include trust
indentures and deeds of trust. The aforesaid provisions shall be
self-operative and no further instrument of subordination shall be
necessary unless required by any such ground or underlying lessors
or mortgagees.
Following the sheriffs sale and Sun Life's acquisition of the Mall, Y-F and Sun entered
into a Shopping Center Lease Agreement (the "Agreement") dated March 8, 1995 that is
specifically separate and distinct from the Lease. Pursuant to the Agreement, the new lease was
to be month-to-month and incorporated certain provisions of the Lease provided that the Lease
was "in effect as of the date at which ownership of the Mall passed to Landlord at Foreclosure
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Sale ..." Provided that this condition was met, the Agreement specifically excluded from
incorporation any terms of the Lease "relating to the ... subject matters" of "Term, Termination,
Renewal or Extension, Option to Renew or Extend".
Sun Life subsequently terminated the Agreement with Y-F and Y-F vacated the Building
on or about June 13, 1997. The Building has sat vacant since that time.
III. STATEMENT OF QUESTION INVOLVED
SHOULD AN INJUNCTION BE DENIED WHERE THE MOVING PARTY
CANNOT DEMONSTRATE A CLEAR RIGHT TO RELIEF, AN IMMEDIATE
HARM, OR AN IRREPARABLE INJURY AND WHERE MORE HARM
WOULD RESULT FROM THE ISSUANCE OF AN INJUNCTION?
SUGGESTED ANSWER: Yes.
IV. LEGAL DISCUSSION
In order to obtain injunctive relief, "the plaintiffs right to relief must be clear, the need
for relief must be immediate, and the injury must be irreparable if the injunction is not granted."
Sovereign Bank v Hamer, 449 Pa. Super. 578, 590, 674 A.2d 1085, 1091 (1996). Courts also
consider whether a "greater injury would result by refusing [an injunction] rather than by
granting it." Albee Homes. Inc. v. Caddie Homes Inc-, 417 Pa. 177, 181, 207 A.2d 768, 769
(1965). As such, the burden is on the party seeking an injunction to establish both the right to
relief and the inequitable nature of the defendant's conduct. Bums v. Baumgardner, 303 Pa.
Super. 85, 96, 449 A.2d 590, 595 (1982); Plymouth Woods Com. v. Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539, 542,
181 A.2d 321, 323 (1962).
In the context of restrictive covenants, injunctive relief is considered a "harsh remedy-
that will be granted only "when the essential prerequisites are met." Lelii v. Ciccarone, 24 Ches.
Co. Rep. 61 (1976) (citing Credit Alliance Coro v Phila Minit-Man Car Wash Corn., 450 Pa.
367, 301 A.2d 816 (1973)). In addition, because such covenants place restrictions on the use of
land, they are strictly construed against the party seeking to enforce the restriction and courts are
reluctant to grant injunctions in this context. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Inc. v. Bailey,
421 Pa. 540, 220 A.2d 1 (1966); Plymouth Woods Corr). v. Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539,181 A.2d 321
(1962). Against this background, and as set forth below, it is clear that Y-F cannot satisfy or
demonstrate any, let alone all, of the prerequisites for obtaining injunctive relief.
A. Y-F LACKS A CLEAR RIGHT TO RELIEF
As outlined below, Y-F does not have a clear right to the relief it has requested. A such,
the injunction can not be entered.
1. The restrictive covenant is not a term of the Agreement and
thus is unenforceable.
As a preliminary matter, Y-F must prove that the restrictive covenant is a term of the
Agreement between it and Sun Life. Since the Lease was not in effect when Sun Life purchased
the Mall, did not incorporate the restrictive covenant and the restrictive covenant expired by its
own terns, an injunction is inappropriate because the restrictive covenant is not applicable.
a. The restrictive covenant was not incorporated into the
Agreement because the Lease was not in effect when Sun Life
Purchased the Mall.
The restrictive covenant is contained in the Lease between Y-F and Shuman. Since the
Lease contained a subordination clause, the Lease became null and void when Sun Life
foreclosed on the Mall and purchased it at sheriff s sale. See Albert I Grosser v Rosen, 436 Pa.
311, 259 A.2d 679 (1969); Un_ittySay. Assoc v American Urban Sciences Foundation Inc., 337
Pa. Super. 470, 487 A.2d 356 (1984). Thus, the restrictive covenant, to be effective, must have
been incorporated into the Agreement between Y-F and Sun Life.
Here, the Agreement specifically provides that certain terms of the Lease will be
incorporated into the Agreement only if the Lease was "in effect as of the date at which
ownership of the Mall passed to Landlord [Sun Life] at foreclosure sale." (Agreement, ¶ 4). As
a matter of law, when title passed to Sun Life at the sheriffs sale the Lease became null and void
and thus was not in effect as of that date. See Id. Accordingly, the restrictive covenant was not
incorporated into the Agreement and is of no effect.
b. The restrictive covenant was specifically excluded from
incorporation into the Agreement.
The Agreement specifically excludes from incorporation, the following "subject matters"
of the Lease:
Tenn
Termination
Renewal or Extension
Options to Renew or Extend
Since the restrictive covenant deals with the term of the Lease and termination of the Lease, it
was not incorporated into the Agreement.
The restrictive covenant, in its first sentence, deals with the nature of the Lease during the
term of the Lease. The second sentence of the Lease explains what happens if the Lease term
expires, i.e. the Lease terminates. More specifically, the restrictive covenant specifically deals
with a restriction that is only applicable if the Lease terminates. Likewise, the restrictive
covenant is Paragraph 58.1 and follows directly after Paragraph 58 captioned "Options to
Renew". To that end, the word term is used four times in the restrictive covenant, the word
option is used twice and the term expiration is used once. Thus, the restrictive covenant relates
to the subject matters of "term", "termination", "renewal and extension" or "options to renew or
extend" in that it sets forth what happens if the Lease terminates and is dependant upon the term
of the Lease and extensions and renewals thereof. As such, the restrictive covenant was not
incorporated into the Agreement.
C. The restrictive covenant expired by its own terms.
By its own terms, the restrictive covenant applies only to the original term and to the term
of any properly exercised options. (Lease, ¶ 58.1). The Agreement specifically excluded the
Term provision of the Lease, instead establishing a month-to-month term. Thus, since the
Agreement did not incorporate the "original term" of the Lease, as the phrase is used in the
Lease, the restrictive covenant expired by its own terms and is of no effect.
2. The restrictive covenant, strictly construed, does not apply to the
instant situation.
Since restrictions on the use of land are generally disfavored in the law, restrictive
covenants are strictly construed against the party seeking to enforce the covenant. See Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., Inc v Bailey, 421 Pa. 540, 220 A.2d 1 (1966). Additionally, any
"ambiguity in a restrictive covenant must be construed against the one to be benefited by the
restriction." Id. at 545, 220 A.2d at 3. Accordingly, an injunction is not appropriate where, like
here, the restrictive covenant, when strictly construed, does not apply to the proposed land use.
Id.; 24 Ches.Co.Rep. at 69.
Here, assuming that the restrictive covenant is part of the Agreement, pursuant to the
terms of the restrictive covenant, Sun Life "may not sell, lease or rent" the building "for use as a
savings and loan or bank". Since Sun Life intends to place PNC into the building temporarily
rent free, the issue is whether pursuant to this arrangement Sun Life will "lease or rent" the
building to PNC.
Webster's New Riverside Dictionary defines the verb "lease" as "To grant occupation or
use under the terms of a lease." The noun "lease" is defined as "A contract granting occupation
or use of property during a certain period in exchange for a specified rent." The noun "rent" is
defined as "Payment, usually of an amount set by contract, made by a tenant at designated
intervals in return for the right to occupy or use another's property." Likewise, the verb "rent" is
defined as "To obtain occupancy or use of (another's property) in return for periodic payments."
Thus, strictly construing the restrictive covenant against Y-F, Sun Life will "lease" or "rent" the
building to PNC only if it is paid for use of the building. Since PNC will not be making any
payment for the building, the restrictive covenant is not implicated.
3. The characteristics of the property have changed, thus rendering the
restrictive covenant inoperable.
An injunction should be refused when changes involving the characteristics of the
property occur and make it impossible to achieve the result contemplated by the restrictive
covenant. Snyder v. Plankenhom, 398 Pa. 540, 543, 159 A.2d 209, 210 (1960) (noting that
"[tjhe changed character of the area should stay the hand of equity"); Daniels v. Notor, 389 Pa.
510, 133 A.2d 520 (1957). Because of the continued financial failure of the Mall, the
characteristics and nature of the Mall property have changed significantly since the time that the
covenant was entered into. As a result of these changes, it has become necessary to demolish the
Mall to ensure its future through the construction of the Wal-Mart. Therefore, these dramatic
changes to the property make the covenant inoperable, particularly where the enforcement of it
would not serve an equitable purpose but would instead serve to destroy a unique opportunity to
revitalize both the property and the region.
B. SINCE Y-F'S INJURY, IF ANY, CAN BE COMPENSATED BY MONEY
DAMAGES. Y-F LACKS AN IMMEDIATE AND IRREPARABLE
INJURY.
Assuming that Y-F has established its clear right to relief, it must also prove an
immediate and irreparable harm. To make this showing, it is well-settled that the plaintiff must
show its loss is not entirely ascertainable and compensable by money damages. New Castle
Orthopedics Assoc v Burns 481 Pa. 460, 465, 392 A.2d 1383, 1385 (1978); Credit Alliance
Corp. v. Philadelphia Minit-Man Car Wash Corp., 450 Pa. 367, 371, 301 A.2d 816,818 (1973);
Boehm v. Univ. of Penn. School of Veterinary Medicine, 392 Pa. Super. 502, 523, 573 A.2d 575,
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586 (1990); L &W, 24 Chest. Co. Rep, at 64. In short, Y-F must prove that it cannot be
compensated by money damages and that damages, if any, would be difficult to prove. Id.
While Y-F has failed to allege any injury in its Complaint, Y-F's damages, if any, are
purely economic and thus, Y-F can be provided with a full, complete and adequate remedy at
law. Specifically, Y-F's damages, again if any, would be in the form of lost customers and
deposits, which an action for damages, if proven, can remedy.
Additionally, there is no real likelihood of damages to Y-F in this case. Currently, PNC
operates in the Mall and will merely be moving its operations a few feet on the same property.
Additionally, PNC has always been in the Mall, even before Y-F occupied the Building and
entered into the Lease. Thus, the Lease and the restrictive covenant were entered into with the
knowledge and express understanding that PNC would be a competitor at that location. This is
not the situation where a new competitor moves into the Building pursuant to a long term lease.
PNC is already there, and has always been there, competing against Y-F. Likewise, PNC's
occupancy of the Building is only temporary until the completion of the Wal-Mart.
C. SINCE IF THE INJUNCTION ISSUES, THE WAL-MART DEAL WILL
BE JEOPARDIZED. THE BALANCE OF EQUITIES FAVORS THE
DENIAL OF THE INJUNCTION.
While Y-F lacks a clear right to relief and irreparable injury, perhaps the most compelling
reason that the injunction should not issue is that the harm that would result from granting the
injunction is greater than any benefit which might accrue if an injunction is granted. In the
context of restrictive covenants involving real property, the goal must be to avoid more harm
being caused by the issuance of injunctive relief. Burns v. Baumgardner, 303 Pa. Super. 85, 96,
449 A.2d 590,595 (1982); Plymouth Woods Com v Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539, 542, 181 A.2d 321,
323 (1962).
The Mall is suffering from serious financial problems and loses money every day. If the
Wal-Mart is not constructed the Mall's future is uncertain and the property could end up sitting
vacant. The Wal-Mart, however, will revitalize this property and provide a significant economic
boast to the Carlisle region. As stated above, this project will provide up to 300 jobs and over
$40,000,000 in yearly sales to the region.
For the Wal-Mart to proceed, however, PNC must occupy the Building temporarily to
allow the Wal-Mart to be constructed in the Mall area where PNC currently operates its banking
facility. If PNC cannot relocate into the Building, it is unlikely that the project will proceed
because it will be too costly to relocate PNC or buy-out its lease.
The economic and social benefits to the community of building the Wal-Mart which,
taken together, far outweigh any benefit that may be gained by preventing PNC temporarily
occupying the Building due to some unarticulated and highly speculative injury imagined by Y-
F.
There would be significantly more harm created by granting the injunction and
preventing PNC from its temporary occupancy in the Building, which would in turn have the
effect of preventing a vital and job producing business from entering the area and revitalizing
the Mall property and the surrounding communities.
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VI. CONCLUSION
For all of the foregoing reasons, Y-F's Service Corp.'s request for an injunction must be
denied.
Respectfully Submitted,
RHOAAD.SS&& SI'JNOON LLP
By: "'"II'
Timothy J. Nieman
Attorney I.D. 66024
Kevin M. Gold
Attorney I.D. 70265
One South Market Square
P. 0. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
(717) 233-5731
Attorneys for Defendant
Date: October 12, 1999 Zamias Services, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 121h day of October, 1999 the foregoing Brief of Defendant
Zamias Services, Inc. in Opposition to Plaintiffs Complaint to Enjoin Lease was served via first
class mail upon the persons listed below:
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esq.
Y-F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
(Attorney for Plaintiff)
Dara D. Booze]
OCT 12 1999bb
Y-F SERVICE CORP.,
plaintiff,
v.
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
No. 99-5309
Civil Term
BRIEF OF DEFENDANT ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN LEASE
It is no secret that the M.J. Carlisle Mall (the "Mall") is in dire need of revitalization.
The Mall, which at one time was a vital component of the Carlisle shopping and economic
community, has fallen upon hard times. Zamias Services, Inc. ("Zamias") and Sun Life
Insurance Company of America ("Sun Life") have a plan in place to redevelop this property with
a Super Wal-Mart store which will infuse over $40,000,000 in yearly retail sales dollars to the
Carlisle area. This revitalization plan, however, requires the temporary relocation of PNC Bank
("PNC") from its current location inside the Mall, to a building located on the Mall's property
(the "Building") while the Mall is demolished. PNC will move inside the Wal-Mart once
construction is completed.
Y-F Services, Inc. ("Y-F") seeks to scuttle this project by requesting that an injunction
issue prohibiting PNC from making this temporary move. Y-F claims that this temporary
relocation violates a restrictive covenant contained in a lease in effect when Y-F operated a bank
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in the Building that PNC will occupy. However, because Y-F cannot demonstrate the essential
requirements for an injunction, its request for such relief must be denied.
I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On or about August 30, 1999, Y-F filed its Complaint to Enjoin Violation of Lease
against Defendants Zamias Services, Inc. ("Zamias") and PNC Bank. At that time, Y-F sought
an ex parte injunction enjoining PNC's proposed move. The Court denied that request and
scheduled a hearing.
Zamias filed its Answer with New Matter. PNC filed Preliminary Objections to Y-F's
Complaint and was subsequently dismissed from the lawsuit. Sun Life was added to this action
by amended complaint.
II. STATEMENT OF FACTS
The Mall is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and at one time was a vibrant shopping
center servicing Carlisle and the surrounding area. Like many other malls of this vintage, the
Mall now stands practically vacant and is losing significant amounts of [Honey daily. One of the
only tenants remaining in the Mall is PNC, which has been located therein since the Mall opened
in 1965, well before Y-F moved into the Building.
Shuman-Carlisle Mall Associates ("Shuman") was the previous owner of the Mall. Sun
Life held the mortgage on the Mall and foreclosed on the mortgage. As a result, Sun Life
obtained title to the Mall at sheriffs sale on or about March 8, 1995 from Shuman.
Currently Zamias and Sun Life are in the process of adding a Super Wal-Mart ("Wal-
Mart") to the property, with the anchor tenants remaining. This redevelopment plan requires the
demolition of the Mall and construction of the Wal-Mart store. It is anticipated that the Wal-
Mart will employ up to 300 people and will have yearly sales in excess of $40,000,000. This, of
course, will have a ripple effect on the Carlisle regional economy since the Wal-Mart will
reverse the outflow of shoppers from the Carlisle area and actually attract shoppers from other
areas.
As part of the Wal-Mart revitalization, PNC is slated to establish an office inside the
Wal-Mart, once that project is completed. During the demolition of the Mall and construction of
the Wal-Mart, estimated to take approximately eight months, PNC needs to be temporarily
relocated to another location.
Sitting on the Mall property is the Building, that now sits vacant and once housed York
Federal, the banking arm of Y-F. It is anticipated that PNC will temporarily move into the
vacant Building, rent free, while the Wal-Mart is constructed. Due to the terms of the lease
between PNC and Sun Life, if a temporary location cannot be provided, the Wal-Mart will not be
built and the Mall will continue to lose money and remain in its current state.
Y-F entered into an Agreement of Lease (the "Lease") with Shuman dated July 17, 1989,
pursuant to which Y-F leased the now vacant Building on the Mall's property that PNC is to
move into. The Lease, in addition to the usual terms and conditions, contained a restrictive
covenant that provides:
58.1 LEASE MODIFICATIONS:
This Lease is intended to be a land lease, with ownership of the
improvements thereon vested in Lessee during the original term of
this Lease and during the term or terms of any properly exercised
option(s). Upon the expiration of this Lease or the last of any
properly exercised option term, whichever comes last, title to said
improvements shall vest in Lessor except that Lessor may not sell,
lease or rent, said improvements for use as a savings and loan or
bank if Lessee at such time occupies a location for use as a
banking facility within a five mile radius of the Demised Premises.
Such restriction shall terminate at such time as Lessee fails to
occupy a location for use as a banking facility within a five mile
radius of the Demised Premises, or ten years after the premises are
vacated by Lessee, whichever comes first. In the event of Lessee's
default this restriction as to subsequent occupancies shall not
apply.
It is this provision that Y-F now seeks to enforce. The Lease also contained a subordination
clause that provides:
44. SUBORDINATION: Lessor and Lessee agree that this
Lease shall be and the same hereby is made subject and
subordinate at all times to all covenants, restrictions, easements
and encumbrances now or hereafter affecting all or any part of the
fee title of the Shopping Center and to all ground and underlying
leases and mortgages or any other method of financing or
refinancing covering the said fee title or any interest therein in any
amounts, and all advances thereon, which may now or hereafter be
placed against all or any part of the land and/or Buildings and
improvements now or hereafter constituting a part of the Shopping
Center, and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations,
participations, replacements and extensions thereof. The term
"mortgages" as used herein shall be deemed to include trust
indentures and deeds of trust. The aforesaid provisions shall be
self-operative and no further instrument of subordination shall be
necessary unless required by any such ground or underlying lessors
or mortgagees.
Following the sheriffs sale and Sun Life's acquisition of the Mall, Y-F and Sun entered
into a Shopping Center Lease Agreement (the "Agreement") dated March 8, 1995 that is
specifically separate and distinct from the Lease. Pursuant to the Agreement, the new lease was
to be month-to-month and incorporated certain provisions of the Lease provided that the Lease
was "in effect as of the date at which ownership of the Mall passed to Landlord at Foreclosure
Sale ..." Provided that this condition was met, the Agreement specifically excluded from
incorporation any terms of the Lease "relating to the ... subject matters" of "Term, Termination,
Renewal or Extension, Option to Renew or Extend".
Sun Life subsequently terminated the Agreement with Y-F and Y-F vacated the Building
on or about June 13, 1997. The Building has sat vacant since that time.
III. STATEMENT OF QUESTION INVOLVED
SHOULD AN INJUNCTION BE DENIED WHERE THE MOVING PARTY
CANNOT DEMONSTRATE A CLEAR RIGHT TO RELIEF, AN IMMEDIATE
HARM, OR AN IRREPARABLE INJURY AND WHERE MORE HARM
WOULD RESULT FROM THE ISSUANCE OF AN INJUNCTION?
SUGGESTED ANSWER: Yes.
IV. LEGAL DISCUSSION
In order to obtain injunctive relief, "the plaintiffs right to relief must be clear, the need
for relief must be immediate, and the injury must be irreparable if the injunction is not granted."
Sovereign Bank v. Hamer, 449 Pa. Super. 578, 590, 674 A.2d 1085, 1091 (1996). Courts also
consider whether a "greater injury would result by refusing [an injunction] rather than by
granting it." Albee Homes. Inc. v. Caddie Homes Inc., 417 Pa. 177, 181, 207 A.2d 768, 769
(1965). As such, the burden is on the party seeking an injunction to establish both the right to
relief and the inequitable nature of the defendant's conduct. Bums v. Baumgardner, 303 Pa.
Super. 85, 96, 449 A.2d 590, 595 (1982); Plymouth Woods Corr). v. Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539, 542,
181 A.2d 321, 323 (1962).
In the context of restrictive covenants, injunctive relief is considered a "harsh remedy"
that will be granted only "when the essential prerequisites are met." Lelii v. Ciccarone, 24 Ches.
Co. Rep. 61 (1976) (citing Credit Alliance Co . v. Phila. Minit-Man Car Wash Co ., 450 Pa.
367, 301 A.2d 816 (1973)). In addition, because such covenants place restrictions on the use of
land, they are strictly construed against the party seeking to enforce the restriction and courts are
reluctant to grant injunctions in this context. Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Inc. v. Bailey,
421 Pa. 540, 220 A.2d 1 (1966); Plymouth Woods Cori), v. Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539, 181 A.2d 321
(1962). Against this background, and as set forth below, it is clear that Y-F cannot satisfy or
demonstrate any, let alone all, of the prerequisites for obtaining injunctive relief.
A. Y-F LACKS A CLEAR RIGHT TO RELIEF
As outlined below, Y-F does not have a clear right to the relief it has requested. A such,
the injunction can not be entered.
1. The restrictive cc-, ena • is not a term of the Agreement and
thus is unenforceable.
As a preliminary matter, Y-F must prove that the restrictive covenant is a term of the
Agreement between it and Sun Life. Since the Lease was not in effect when Sun Life purchased
the Mall, did not incorporate the restrictive covenant and the restrictive covenant expired by its
own terms, an injunction is inappropriate because the restrictive covenant is not applicable.
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a. The restrictive covenant was not incorporated into the
Agreement because the Lease was not in effect when Sun Life
purchased the Mall.
The restrictive covenant is contained in the Lease between Y-F and Shuman. Since the
Lease contained a subordination clause, the Lease became null and void when Sun Life
foreclosed on the Mall and purchased it at sheriffs sale. See Albert J. Grosser v. Rosen, 436 Pa.
311, 259 A.2d 679 (1969); Unity Sav. Assoc. v. American Urban Sciences Foundation Inc., 337
Pa. Super. 470, 487 A.2d 356 (1984). Thus, the restrictive covenant, to be effective, must have
been incorporated into the Agreement between Y-F and Sun Life.
Here, the Agreement specifically provides that certain terms of the Lease will be
incorporated into the Agreement only if the Lease was "in effect as of the date at which
ownership of the Mall passed to Landlord [Sun Life] at foreclosure sale." (Agreement, $ 4). As
a matter of law, when title passed to Sun Life at the sheriffs sale the Lease became null and void
and thus was not in effect as of that date. See Id. Accordingly, the restrictive covenant was not
incorporated into the Agreement and is of no effect.
b. The restrictive covenant was specifically excluded from
incorporation into the Agreement.
The Agreement specifically excludes from incorporation, the following "subject matters"
of the Lease:
Term
Termination
Renewal or Extension
Options to Renew or Extend
Since the restrictive covenant deals with the term of the Lease and termination of the Lease, it
was not incorporated into the Agreement.
The restrictive covenant, in its first sentence, deals with the nature of the Lease during the
term of the Lease. The second sentence of the Lease explains what happens if the Lease term
expires, i.e. the Lease terminates. More specifically, the restrictive covenant specifically deals
with a restriction that is only applicable if the Lease terminates. Likewise, the restrictive
covenant is Paragraph 58.1 and follows directly after Paragraph 58 captioned "Options to
Renew". To that end, the word term is used four times in the restrictive covenant, the word
option is used twice and the term expiration is used once. Thus, the restrictive covenant relates
to the subject matters of "term", "termination", "renewal and extension" or "options to renew or
extend" in that it sets forth what happens if the Lease terminates and is dependant upon the tern
of the Lease and extensions and renewals thereof. As such, the restrictive covenant was not
incorporated into the Agreement.
C. The restrictive covenant expired by its own terms.
By its own terms, the restrictive covenant applies only to the original term and to the term
of any properly exercised options. (Lease, ¶ 58.1). The Agreement specifically excluded the
Term provision of the Lease, instead establishing a month-to-month term. Thus, since the
Agreement did not incorporate the "original term" of the Lease, as the phrase is used in the
Lease, the restrictive covenant expired by its own terms and is of no effect.
2. The restrictive covenant, strictly construed, does not apply to the
instant situation.
Since restrictions on the use of land are generally disfavored in the law, restrictive
covenants are strictly construed against the party seeking to enforce the covenant. See Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Inc v Bailey, 421 Pa. 540, 220 A.2d 1 (1966). Additionally, any
"ambiguity in a restrictive covenant must be construed against the one to be benefited by the
restriction." Id. at 545, 220 A.2d at 3. Accordingly, an injunction is not appropriate where, like
here, the restrictive covenant, when strictly construed, does not apply to the proposed land use.
Id.; 24 Ches.Co.Rep. at 69.
Here, assuming that the restrictive covenant is part of the Agreement, pursuant to the
terms of the restrictive covenant, Sun Life "may not sell, lease or rent" the building "for use as a
savings and loan or bank". Since Sun Life intends to place PNC into the building temporarily
rent free, the issue is whether pursuant to this arrangement Sun Life will "lease or rent" the
building to PNC.
Webster's New Riverside Dictionary defines the verb "lease" as "To grant occupation or
use under the terms of a lease." The noun "lease" is defined as "A contract granting occupation
or use of property during a certain period in exchange for a specified rent." The noun "rent" is
defined as "Payment, usually of an amount set by contract, made by a tenant at designated
intervals in return for the right to occupy or use another's property." Likewise, the verb "rent" is
defined as "To obtain occupancy or use of (another's property) in return for periodic payments"
Thus, strictly construing the restrictive covenant against Y-F, Sun Life will "lease" or "rent" the
building to PNC only if it is paid for use of the building. Since PNC will not be making any
payment for the building, the restrictive covenant is not implicated.
3. The characteristics of the property have changed, thus rendering the
restrictive covenant inoperable.
An injunction should be refused when changes involving the characteristics of the
property occur and make it impossible to achieve the result contemplated by the restrictive
covenant. Snyder v. Plankenhorn, 398 Pa. 540, 543, 159 A.2d 209, 210 (1960) (noting that
"ft]he changed character of the area should stay the hand of equity"); Daniels v. Notor, 389 Pa.
510, 133 A.2d 520 (1957). Because of the continued financial failure of the Mall, the
characteristics and nature of the Mall property have changed significantly since the time that the
covenant was entered into. As a result of these changes, it has become necessary to demolish the
Mall to ensure its future through the construction of the Wal-Mart. Therefore, these dramatic
changes to the property make the covenant inoperable, particularly where the enforcement of it
would not serve an equitable purpose but would instead serve to destroy a unique opportunity to
revitalize both the property and the region.
B. SINCE Y-F'S INJURY IF ANY CAN BE COMPENSATED BY MONEY
DAMAGES. Y-F LACKS AN IMMEDIATE AND IRREPARABLE
INJURY.
Assuming that Y-F has established its clear right to relief, it must also prove an
immediate and irreparable harm. To make this showing, it is well-settled that the plaintiff must
show its loss is not entirely ascertainable and compensable by money damages. New Castle
Orthopedics Assoc. v. Burns 481 Pa. 460, 465, 392 A.2d 1383, 1385 (1978); Credit Alliance
Corp. v. Philadelphia Minit-Man Car Wash Corn., 450 Pa. 367, 371, 301 A.2d 816. 818 (1973);
Boehm v. Univ. of Penn School of Veterinary Medicine, 392 Pa. Super. 502, 523, 573 A.2d 575,
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586 (1990); Lelii, 24 Chest. Co. Rep. at 64. In short. Y-F must prove that it cannot be
compensated by money damages and that damages, if any, would be difficult to prove. Id.
While Y-F has failed to allege any injury in its Complaint, Y-F's damages, if any, are
purely economic and thus, Y-F can be provided with a full, complete and adequate remedy at
law. Specifically, Y-F's damages, again if any, would be in the form of lost customers and
deposits, which an action for damages, if proven, can remedy.
Additionally, there is no real likelihood of damages to Y-F in this case. Currently, PNC
operates in the Mall and will merely be moving its operations a few feet on the same property.
Additionally, PNC has always been in the Mall, even before Y-F occupied the Building and
entered into the Lease. Thus, the Lease and the restrictive covenant were entered into with the
knowledge and express understanding that PNC would be a competitor at that location. This is
not the situation where a new competitor moves into the Building pursuant to a long term lease.
PNC is already there, and has always been there, competing against Y-F. Likewise, PNC's
occupancy of the Building is only temporary until the completion of the Wal-Mart.
C. SINCE IF THE INJUNCTION ISSUES THE WAL-MART DEAL WILL
BE JEOPARDIZED. THE BALANCE OF EQUITIES FAVORS THE
DENIAL OF THE INJUNCTION.
While Y-F lacks a clear right to relief and irreparable injury, perhaps the most compelling
reason that the injunction should not issue is that the harm that would result from granting the
injunction is greater than any benefit which might accrue if an injunction is granted. In the
context of restrictive covenants involving real property, the goal must be to avoid more harm
being caused by the issuance of injunctive relief. Bums v. Baumgardner, 303 Pa. Super. 85, 96,
449 A.2d 590,595 (1982); Plymouth Woods Corp. v. Maxwell, 407 Pa. 539, 542, 181 A.2d 321.
323 (1962).
The Mall is suffering from serious financial problems and loses money every day. If the
Wal-Mart is not constructed the Mall's future is uncertain and the property could end up sitting
vacant. The Wal-Mart, however, will revitalize this property and provide a significant economic
boast to the Carlisle region. As stated above, this project will provide up to 300 jobs and over
$40,000,000 in yearly sales to the region.
For the Wal-Mart to proceed, however, PNC must occupy the Building temporarily to
allow the Wal-Mart to be constructed in the Mall area where PNC currently operates its banking
facility. If PNC cannot relocate into the Building, it is unlikely that the project will proceed
because it will be too costly to relocate PNC or buy-out its lease.
The economic and social benefits to the community of building the Wal-Mart which,
taken together, far outweigh any benefit that may be gained by preventing PNC temporarily
occupying the Building due to some unarticulated and highly speculative injury imagined by Y-
F.
There would be significantly more harm created by granting the injunction and
preventing PNC from its temporary occupancy in the Building, which would in turn have the
effect of preventing a vital and job producing business from entering the area and revitalizing
the Mall property and the surrounding communities.
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V1. CONCLUSION
For all of the foregoing reasons, Y-F's Service Corp.'s request for an injunction must be
denied.
Respectfully Submitted,
RHOADSSf & SINON LLP
By: ` t ""??'I' et-`?
Timothy J. Nieman
Attorney I.D. 66024
Kevin M. Gold
Attorney I.D. 70265
One South Market Square
P. 0. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
(717) 233-5731
Attorneys for Defendant
Date: October 12, 1999 Zamias Services, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 12`h day of October, 1999 the foregoing Brief of Defendant
Zamias Services, Inc, in Opposition to Plaintiffs Complaint to Enjoin Lease was served via first
class mail upon the persons listed below:
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esq.
Y-F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
(Attorney for Plaintiff)
_ ?'-
Dara D. Boozel
Y- F SERVICE CORP.
VS.
Plaintiff
No. 99-5309-Civil Term
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
SUN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA
Defendants
NOTICE
You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the
following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this complaint and notice are
served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the
court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you
fail to do so, the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by
the court without further notice for any money claimed in the amended complaint or for any
other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights
important to you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE
OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WI [ERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Telephone: (717) 249-3166
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y- F SERVICE CORP.
VS.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
SUN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA
Defendants
No. 99-5309-Civil Term
AVISO
USTED HA SIDO DEMANDADO EN LA CORTE. Si usted desea defenderse de las
quejas expuestas en las paginas siguientes, debe tomar accion dentro de veinte (20) dias a partir
de la fecha en que recibio la demanda y el aviso. Usted debe presentar comparecencia escrita en
persona o por abogado y presentar en la Corte por escrito sus defensas o sus objeciones a las
demandas en su contra.
Se le avisa que si no se defiende, el caso puede proceder sin usted y la Corte puede
decidir en su contra sin mas aviso o notificacion por cualquier dinero reclamado en la demanda o
por cualquier otra queja o compensacion reclamados por el Demandante. USTED PUEDE
PERDER DINERO, O PROPIEDADES U OTROS DERECHOS IMPORTANTES PARA
USTED.
LLEVE ESTA DEMANDA A UN ABOGADO INMEDIATAMENTE.
SI USTED NO TIENE O NO CONOCE UN ABOGADO, VAYA O LLAME A LA
OFICINA EN LA DIRECCION ESCRITA ABAJO PARA AVERIGUAR DONDE
PUEDE OBTENER ASISTENCIA LEGAL.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Plaintiff
Telephone: (717) 249-3166
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y- F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
VS.
No. 99-5309-Civil 'term
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
SUN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA
Defendants
AMENDED COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN VIOLATION OF LEASE
AND NOW, comes Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp., by and through its attorney, Benjamin F.
Riggs, Jr., and complains of Defendants Zamias Services Inc., Sun Life Insurance Company of
America and PNC Bank National Association, and states as follows:
PARTIES
The Plaintiff is Y-F Service Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation, with principal
offices located at 101 South George Street, York, Pennsylvania 17401 and an affilated company
of York Financial Corporation. York Financial Corporation is the bank holding company of
York Federal Savings and Loan Assocation.
2. One of the Defendants is Zamias Services Inc., ("Zamias") a Pennsylvania
corporation, with principal offices located at 300 Market Street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15901.
3. One of the Defendants is PNC Bank Corp. National Association, ("PNC") a
Pennsylvania banking corporation, with principal offices located at USX Tower, 600 Grant
Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219.
4. One of the Defendants is Sun Life Insurance Company of America, a California
corporation with principal offices located at I Sun-America Center, Century City, Los Angeles,
California 90067-6022.
LEASE
5. On or about March 8, 1995, Y-F Service Corp. and Sun Life Insurance Company
of America, ("Sun Life") entered into a Shopping Center Lease Agreement, ("Agreement')
which modified a lease dated July 17, 1989, by and between Shuman-Carlisle Mall Associates
"(Shuman") and Y-F Service Corp ("Lease"). True and correct copies of the Agreement and
Lease are attached hereto, made a part hereof, incorporated herein by reference and marked
Exhibits A and B, respectively. The Lease dealt with an outparcel in the MJ Carlisle Mall
containing a York Federal bank branch ("Property"). Sun Life, lender to Shuman, foreclosed on
Shuman and obtained title to the Property in question through a Sheriffs Sale. The Agreement
between Sun Life and Y-F Service Corp. amended the Lease relating to the term, termination,
renewal or extension, and options to renew or extend. The Agreement incorporated all of the
remaining terms of the Lease.
6. The pertinent part of the Lease which was incorporated into the Agreement
contained Paragraph 58.1 which states as follows:
" .. Lessor may not sell, lease or rent, said improvements for use as a savings and
loan or bank if Lessee at such time occupies a location for use as a banking
facility within a five mile radius of the Demised Premises. Such restriction shall
terminate at such time as Lessee fails to occupy a location for use as a banking
facility within a five mile radius of the Demised Premises, or ten years after the
premises are vacated by Lessee, whichever comes first."
7. Zamias, agent and property manager for Sun Life, has informed Y-F Service
Corp. that it intends to allow PNC to occupy the Property.
8. Zamias and Sun Life are in violation of the terms of Paragraph 58.1 of the Lease
as that paragraph dealt with the prohibition of other banks or savings and loans using the
Property if York Federal had a banking facility within a five mile radius and ten years has not
passed since the Agreement terminated. (Termination date - May 31, 1997)
9. Y-F Service Corp. is informed, believes and avers that Zamias and Sun Life have
every intention of leasing the Property to PNC in violation of the spirit of the lease contained in
Paragraph 58.1.
10. The Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp. avers that the acts of the Defendants constitute a
violation of the Lease terns and will result in manifest and irreparable damage to Y-F Service
Corp.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp. is in need of equitable relief and asks this
Honorable Court to (a) issue an injunction, preliminary until hearing, and perpetual thereafter,
enjoining and restraining the Defendants Zamias Services Inc., and Sun Life Insurance Company
of America, its servants and agents, from allowing Defendant PNC Bank Corp. to use the
property; (b) and such other and further relief as the equities of the case may require and that this
Court may deem proper.
L -0 L-J
Benjamin U. Riggs, Jr
Attorney for Plaintif
Y- F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
Telephone: (717) 849-2748
Attorney I.D. No. 72030
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF YORK COUNTY, PFNNSYL.VANIA
Y- F SERVICE CORP.
VS.
Plaintiff
No. 99-5309-Civil Term
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
SUN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA
Defendants
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Plaintiffs
Amended Complaint was served upon the following persons on this date of depositing copies of
same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed as lollows:
Dino A. Ross, Esquire
Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, LLP
213 Market Street
9a' Floor
P.O. Box 11844
Harrisburg, PA 17108
Attorney for PNC Bank
National Association
Timothy J. Nieman, Esquire
Rhoads & Sinon, LLP
Dauphin Bank Building
12°i Floor
One South Market Square
P.O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
Attorney for Zamias Services, Inc.
and Sun Lil'e Insurance Company
of America
I certify that under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esquire
Attorney for the Plaintiff
Y-F Service Corp.
101 S. George Street
York. PA 17401
(717) 849-2748
Date: I013h 1
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Y- F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
VS. No. 4q• 5309 L'ili `iJ,-
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
NOTICI
You have been sued in court. If you wish to defend against the claims set lbrilt in the
following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days after this complaint and notice are
served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the
court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that it* you
fail to do so, the case may proceed without you and a judgment may he entered against you by
the court without further notice for any money claimed in the complaint or for tiny other claim or
relief requested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to
you.
YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYFIt AI' ONCF, IF YOU DO
NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONF, OO '11) (M '1'1:1,114IONI: '1111:
OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN O VI I.F.(iAl. I1FIT.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Telephone: (717) 24')-3166
sr . IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 4.
Y- F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
VS.
• No.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
AVISO
USTED HA SIDO DEMANDADO EN LA CORTE. Si usted desea defenderse de ]as
quejas expuestas en las paginas siguientes, debe tomar accion dentro de veinte (20) dias a partir
de la fecha en que recibio la demanda y el aviso. Usted debe presentar comparecencia escrita en
persona o por abogado y presentar en la Corte por escrito sus defensas o sus objeciones a las
demandas en su contra.
Se le avisa que si no se defiende, el caso puede proceder sin usted y la Corte puede
decidir en su contra sin mas aviso o notificacion por cualquier dinero reclamado en la demanda o
por cualquier otra queja o compensacion reclamados por el Demandante. USTED PUEDE
PERDER DINERO, O PROPIEDADES U OTROS DERECHOS IMPORTANTES PARA
USTED.
LLEVE ESTA DEMANDA A UN ABOGADO INMEDIATAMENTE.
SI USTED NO TIENE 0 NO CONOCE UN ABOGADO, VAYA O LLAME A LA
OFICINA EN LA DIRECCION ESCRITA ABAJO PARA AVERIGUAR DONDE
PUEDE OBTENER ASISTENCIA LEGAL.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
2 Liberty Avenue
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
Telephone: (717) 249-3166
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA .?
Y- F SERVICE CORP.
vs.
Plaintiff
No. 29 - 5309L" T,.._
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN VIOLATION OF LEASE
AND NOW, comes Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp., by and through its attorney, Benjamin F.
Riggs, Jr., and complains of Defendants Zamias Services Inc. and PNC Bank, and states as
follows:
PARTIES
1. The Plaintiff is Y-F Service Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation, with principal
offices located at 101 South George Street, York, Pennsylvania 17401 and an affilated company
of York Financial Corporation. York Financial Corporation is the bank holding company of
York Federal Savings and Loan Assocation.
2. One of the Defendants is Zamias Services Inc., ("Zamias") a Pennsylvania
corporation, with principal offices located at 300 Market Street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15901.
3. One of the Defendants is PNC Bank Corp., ("PNC") a Pennsylvania banking
corporation, with principal offices located at USX Tower, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15219.
LEASE
4. On or about March 8, 1995, Y-F Service Corp. and Sun Life Insurance Company
of America, ("Sun Life") entered into a Shopping Center Lease Agreement, ("Agreement")
which modified a lease dated July 17, 1989, by and between Shuman-Carlisle Mall Associates
"(Shuman") and Y-F Service Corp ("Lease"). True and correct copies of the Agreement and
Lease are attached hereto, made a part hereof, incorporated herein by reference and marked
Exhibits A and l3, respectively. The Lease dealt with an outparcel in the MJ Carlisle Mall
containing a York Federal bank branch ("Property"). Sun Life, lender to Shuman, foreclosed on
Shuman and obtained title to the Property in question through a Sheriffs Sale. The Agreement
between Sun Life and Y-F Service Corp. amended the Lease relating to the term, termination,
renewal or extension, and options to renew or extend. The Agreement incorporated all of the
remaining terms of the Lease.
5. The pertinent part of the Lease which was incorporated into the Agreement
contained Paragraph 58.1 which states as follows:
.. Lessor may not sell, lease or rent, said improvements for use as a savings and
loan or bank if Lessee at such time occupies a location for use as a banking
facility within a five mile radius of the Demised Premises. Such restriction shall
terminate at such time as Lessee fails to occupy a location for use as a banking
facility within a five mile radius of the Demised Premises, or ten years after the
premises are vacated by Lessee, whichever comes first."
6. Zamias has informed Y-F Service Corp. that it intends to allow PNC to occupy
the Property.
7. Zamias is in violation of the terms of Paragraph 58.1 of the Lease as that
paragraph dealt with the prohibition of other banks or savings and loans using the Property if
• York Federal had a banking facility within a five mile radius and ten years has not passed since
the Agreement terminated. (Termination date - May 31, 1997)
8. Y-F Service Corp. is informed, believes and avers that Zamias has every intention
of leasing the Property to PNC in violation of the spirit of the lease contained in Paragraph 58.1.
9. The Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp. avers that the acts of the Defendants constitute a
violation of the Lease tems and will result in manifest and irreparable damage to Y-F Service
Corp.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp. is in need of equitable relief and asks this
Honorable Court to (a) issue an injunction, preliminary until hearing, and perpetual thereafter,
enjoining and restraining the Defendant Zamias Services Inc., its servants and agents, from
allowing Defendant PNC Bank Corp. to use the property; (b) and such other and further relief as
the equities of the case may require and that this Court may deem proper.
1-'? L./I
Benjamin F. iggs, Jr.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Y- F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
Telephone: (717) 849-2748
Attorney I.D. No. 72030
SHOPPING CENTER LEASE AGREEMENT
This Lease is ode and entered into this , /N day of
rvn-k _, 19_K, by and between SUN LIFE INSU ARar1CE COMPANY
OF AMERICA, its successors and assigns ("Landlord") and
NAME Y-F Service Corporation
ADDRESS 101 South George Street
P.O. Box 15068
York, PA 17405-7068 "
(hereinafter referred to as "Tenant").
1. Letting. In consideration of the rents agreed to be
paid and of the covenants and agreements made by the respective
parties hereto, Landlord hereby demises and leases to Tenant, and
Tenant hereby leases from Landlord, that portion of the property
known as the °M.J. Carlisle Mall," Carlisle, Pennsylvania (th--
"Mall"), occupied by Tenant as of the date hereof.
2. Term. The term of this Lease shall be one month,
thereafter month-to-month unless earlier terminated in accordance
herewith.
3. Termination in the Absence of Default. Either
Landlord or Tenant may terminate this Lease on not less than 30
days' notice. Any such notice shall be effective as of the end of
the calendar month in which notice is given (the "Termination
Date"). On or before the Termination Date, Tenant must surrender
possession of the Premises to Landlord. Rent shall be payable
through the Termination Date. Nothing herein shall limit either
partyfs rights and remedies in the event of default.
4. Incorporation by Reference. The-parties acknowledge
that prior to the date hereof, certain tenants of the Mall were
parties to written lease agreements with Shuman Carlisle Mall
Associates, L.P., prior owner of the Mall. To the extent, and only
to the extent, that the party seeking to enforce said lease can
demonstrate
(i) the existence of such a written lease, in effect as
of the date at which ownership of the Mall passed
to Landlord at foreclosure sale, and
(ii) in the event of an attempt to enforce said lease by
Tenant, that Tenant was not in material default of
said lease on such date,
then the terms of said lease (the "Prior Lease"), with the
exceptions noted hereinbelow in this Section 4, are incorporated
herein by reference. Any and all
Prior Lease shall remain in effect to
by law. Anything to the co
notwithstanding, any parts of the
following subject matters shall form
Term
Termination
Renewal or Extension
options to Renew or Extend
collateral guaranties of the
the fullest extent permitted
ntrary in this Section 4
Prior Lease relating to the
no part of this Lease:
5. New Agreement. Anything in the preceding Section-to
the contrary notwithstanding, this Lease is a new and independent
agreement, and is not intended, nor shall it be construed, as a
renewal, amendment or modification of any other or earlier lease
agreement among either party or their respective privies.
6. Termination by Landlord in the Event of Default. In
the event that Tenant is in default of any material term of this
Lease, and in the event that Tenant fails to cure such default upon
ten days' notice thereof from Landlord (delivery to Tenant at
Tenant's location at the Mall shall be deemed proper notice),
Landlord shall have, at the conclusion of such ten day period, a
right to immediate possession of the demised premises.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and
delivered this Lease as of the day and year first written above.
LANDLORD: TENANT:
SUN LIFE INSURANCE CCMPANY Y_F Service Corporation
OF AMERICA /
By:
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Title: Title:
ATTEST: ATTEST:
Title: Title: J -Sec re,4tl- I/
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A New Jersey Limited Partnership, as LESSOR
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A Pennsylvania Corporation, as L E
ARTICL
1. TABLE OF CONT NT^-
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Demise of Premises
1
2. Term 1
3. Fixed Minimum Rent 1
4. Failure to Do Business 2
5. Delivery of Possession 2
6. Use of Premises 2
7. Percentage Rent 3
8. Definition of Gross Sales 3
9. Lessee's Records 4
10. Lessee's Reports 4
11. Audits 5
12. Additional Rent 5
13. Past Due Rents 5
14. Place of Payments and Statements 6
15. Security Deposit 6
16. Financing 7
17. Lessee's Work 7
18. Lessor's Work 8
19. Lessee's Improvements and 8
Installations
20. Condition of Premises 8
21. Operation of Business 9
22. Laws, waste or Nuisance 10
23. Competition 10
24. Concessionaire and Licensees 11
25. Signs, Awnings and Canopies 11
26. Assignment, Subletting, Etc. 12
27. Repairs, Maintenance and 13
Alterations
28. Lessee's Failure to Repair 13
29. Covenant Against Liens 13
30. Utilities and Equipment 13
31. Taxes 14
32. Common Areas 16
33. Common Area Maintenance Charge 17
1
s
34. Indemnity
19
35. Insurance
20
36. Insureds, Waiver, Notice 21
37. Increase in Insurance Premiums 21
38. Destruction
22
39. Condemnation
23
40. Lessee's Default 25
41, Lessee'. Normal Percentage Share 27
42, Access to Premises 20
43, Excavation
28
44. Subordination
28
45. Estoppel Certificate 29
46. Attornment
29
47. Attorney-In-Fact
29
48. Quiet Enjoyment
29
49. Merchants Association 30
50. Force Majeure 30
51, Surrender of Premises 30
52. Holding Over 30
53. No Waiver
31
54. Notices
31
55. Recording
31
56. Partial Invalidity 31
57. Broker's Commissions 31
58. Options to Renew 32
58.1 Lease Modifications 33
59 Provisions Binding 34
60 Entire Agreement, Etc. 34
61 Waiver of Liability 35
62 Rules and Regulation. 35
63
EXHIBITS Corporate Lessee 37
A Shopping Center
a Demised Premises
C Shopping Mall
a
TTHI§? LEASE, dated the 7 day
of 'Z. xX_, 1949, by and between Shuman-Carlisle
Mall Associates, A New Jersey Limited Partnership having
an address c/o Don Shuman, 130 Main Street, Fleminggton
New Jersey (Lessor) and Y-F Service Corp., a Pennsylvania
corporation having an address of 101 South George Street,
York, Pennsylvania 17405
N I T N I A a A T III
1. DEMISE OF PREMISES. Lessor hereby demises and
leases to the Leeeee end the Lessee hereby hires and
taken from the Lessor for the term and upon the rentals
specified in this Lease the premises (the Demised
Premises) described as followst
A certain ewes premises in a Shopping Center known
as M. J. Carlisle Mall end located near the intersection
of Interstate 81 and Hanover Street in the City of
Carlisle, County of Cumberland and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania on land more particularly described in
Exhibit A. The Demised Premises consists of 21,875
square feet and are outlined in red on Exhibit
S. Exhibit B also sets forth the general layout of
the Shopping Center, but shall not be
deemed a representation, warranty or agreement on
the part of Lessor that the Shopping Center or any
other of its present occupants will be or will
continue to be as indicated on Exhibit B. Lessor
reserves the right (1) to increase, reduce or change
the number, size, height, layout or locations of the
buildings, walks, parking and/or other common areas
in any manner whatsoever as Lessor may from time to
time deem proper provided Lessor shall at all times
provide adequate means of ingress and agrees to the
Shopping Center and to the Demfeed Premises; (2) to
make alterations or additions to and to build
additional storage on the buildings; and (3) to
enlarge the Shopping Center by including additional land
and building. Lessee's right to use and occupy the
Demised Premises during the term hereof shall include
the use, in common with others, to the common areas as
hereinafter defined and more fully set forth.
2. TERM. The term of this Lease shall be five
(5) years.
3. FIXED MINIMOM RENT. (a) Lessee agrees to pa
to Lessor, without any prior demand and without any
deduction, setoff or abatement whatsoever, except as may
be otherwise expressly set forth in this Lease, the
Fixed Minimum Rent set forth in subparagraph (c).
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(b) The Fixed Minimum Rent as increased and
as adjusted as provided in this Lease shall be payable
by Lessee in equal monthly installments on or before the
first day of each calenim month in advance,
commencing November 1,
If Leneor, in its Bole discretion, permits Lessee to
occupy the Demised Premises prior to the Commencement
Date, such occupancy shall be subject to all the terms
of this Lease and said early possession will not advance
the Termination Date; if the Commencement Date occurs on
a day other than the first day of the month, the monthly
installment of Fixed Minimum rent is to be prorated and
paid on the Commencement Date.
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(c) The Fixed Minimum Rent for the Demised
Premises during the term of this Lease shall be ninety-
seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($97,500.00)
payable in consecutive monthly installments of sixteen
hundred twenty-five dollars ($1,625.00)
payable on the first day of each and every month
beginning on the Commencement Date.
Demised Premises are untenantable by reason of e,
ceualty or ceases beyond Lessee's control not r Ling
from the negligent acts, tortioue acts or o lions to
act of Lessee, its servants agent employees,
invitees, licensees and concessionair and subtenants
if Lessee (a) fails to take posses n and to open for
business fully fixtured, etoc and staffed within 10
days after the Commenceme Date or, (b) vacates,
abandons or deserts the ised Promisee or (c) ceases
operating its store, esor shall have, in addition to
all other remedies ovided in this Lease, the right to
collect not gAry the Fixed Minimum Rent, but also
additional nt equal to twice the daily Fixed Minimum
Rent fop-each and every day the Lessee fails to do
burin ; and such additional rental shall be deemed to
be in lieu of any Percentage Rent that might have been
5. DELIVERY OF POSSESSION$ (a) Lessor shall
deliver possession of the Demleed Premises to Lessee on
the Commencement Date.
possession of the Demised Premises on the Comma nt
Date for any reason beyond Lessor's control, ud Sng
but not limited to any tenant or tenants ng over,
then the rent, herein reserved end nanted to be
paid, shall not commence until pot ion of the Demised
Premises is given or is avails , and Lessee agrees to
accept such allowance abatement of rent, as
liquidated damages, in 1 satisfaction for the failure
of Lessor to dolly ossession of said Demised Premises
on the said da , and to the exclusion of all claims and
rights wh Leeeee might otherwise have by reason of
possess of said entire premises not being given on
the said date, and no such failure to give possession
6. USE OF PREMISESS Lessee agrees to use the
Demised Promisee solely for the purpose of conducting
the business of operation of a banking facility.
Lessee agrees not to use or permit or suffer the use of
the Demised Premises for any other business or
purpose. Lessee agrees during the term of this lease
to conduct Lessee's business in the Demised Premises
under Lessee's Trade Name.
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payment of the Fixed Minimum Rent, Lessee shall
Lessor during each Lease Year during the term o
Lease as annual Percentage Rents
The Percentage Rent shall be payable at t office of
the Lessor or such other place as Lessor ay designate,
without any prior demand therefore an without any
deductions, setoff or abatement wh tsoever. The
Percentage Rent shall be paid in mont ly Installments
computed on all gross sales during as monthly period
of the term hereof in excess of o -twelfth of the
annual Minimum Grose Sales. Such m thly installments
shall be payable within fifteen 5) days after the
expiration of each month of each L see Year. If the
total of the monthly installments of Percentage Rentals
for any Lease Year does not aqua the annual Percentage
Rentals computed on the total am at of gross sales for
such Lease Year, then Lessee, a the time it submits the
annual statement of gross a as required under this
Lease shall pay Lessor any d iclency or Lessor shall
credit any overpayments to the next installment of
Percentage Rent due from Lee as as the case may be. In
no event, however, shall t e rents to be paid by Lessee
and retained by Leeeor fo any Lease Year be less than
the Fixed Minimum Rent. he term Lease Year as used in
thin Lease shall be def ed to mean a period of twelve
(12) consecutive cale or months beginning with the
first day of the month oincident with the Commencement
Date or within which th Commencement Date falls.
8. "r "o "I The phrase,
the "Grosss of mean sold
and the charges r ell services performed by•Lessee or
otherwise from a business conducted on, in, at or from
the Demised Pre see, whether made for cash, by check,
on credit or of erwiseI without reserve or deduction or
inability or f ilure to collect for the same, including
but not limit to, such sales and services (i) where
the orders herefor originate at and are accepted by
Lessee in he Demised Premises, but delivery or
performance thereof is made from or at any other
place; ( i) pursuant to mail, telegraph, telephone
or othe similar order received or billed at or from
the De load Premises; (iii) by means of mechanical or
other v ding devices; and (b) all moneys or other
things f value received by Looses from its
operas no which are neither included in nor excluded
from Grose Sales by the other provisions of this
defln tion. (c) "Gross Sales" shall not includes
(i) the exchange of merchandise between stores of
Lee ea where ouch exchanges are made solely for the
:o enient operation of Lessee's business; cr (ii)
r urns to shippers or manufacturers; or (111) sales of
xtures after use thereof; or (iv) cash or credit
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returned by the purchaser end accepted by Lessee)
Iv) the amount of any city, county, state or fede 1
allas, luxury or excise tax on such sales, whic Is
andh 1 od paid tto Price or the in,
provided, however, that no franchise or capital L stock
tax and no income or similar tax based ,
d ncome
profits or Grose Sales ee such, shall be d e d upon uct from
Grose Sales in any event whatsoever. (d) Each er a or
sale upon installment or credit shall be tre ted ee a
sale for the full price in the month during ich such
charge or sale shall be made, irreepactiva f the time
when Lessee shall receive payment therefore.
9• LESSEE?R RarnR?a1 Leeeee a 11 prepare and
keep, for a period of not lose than t a
following the end of each Lease Year, eqe ua (te3) books years,
and
records Including but not limits to inventories
purchases
end other transacteeeee a shell record
, and re'/a e, nd all seise
et the time of sam seise or other
ereneactione, whe[dit, in a sealed
cash register ing a cumulative
total. Lessee at least three
(3) years followand each Leese Year
all ,
Pertinent ords , which records
shell include, s
? (c) s(b) telephone
orderntransactions wisheets of
licensees nceeeioneiree and
returned Jby cuetomthat merchandise
ouch cuetomers?
(e) receipts or otndise taken out
on approval; (f) ords which would
normally be examino be kept by an
independent accounccepted auditing
standards in perfLosses's Grose
Sales and (g) all ireturns.
Leee10. 8 Lessee shall submit to
e the P
da the
end of eah during the t
erm
yOfolthis Lease
(including day of the month following
or on 7Ge
the end oerm) a written statement signed by
Leeeee (or e is a corporation by an officer) and
certified o be true and correct, showing the
Z o e Sales during the preceding
8068 Shall submit to Lessor on or before the
ay following the end o£ each lease year a written
nt signed by Leeeee and certid by it to be
nd correct showing the amount of Gross Sales
the preceding lease year. The etntemente
d to herein shall be in such form and style and
Such details end breakdowns as Leeeor may
bly request. The acceptance by Leeeor of
e of Percentage Rent or reports thereon shall be
prejudice end Shall not constitute a waiver
essor's right to examine Lessees booke and
of its Grose sales and inventories of
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notice to Lessee, Lessor shall have the right to caul a
complete audit to be made of all business a ire
involving Gross Sales conducted at, upon or f the
Demised Promisee by Lessee (and all cones onairea,
licensees or subtenants of Leanne, ae may permitted
under the terms of this lease) and of books and
records pertaining thereto, including t e specified in
Articles B, 9 and 10 hereof, and L see will make all
such books end records available, cause the same to
be made available, for such ex nation at the Demised
Premises. If the results of h audit shall show that
Lessee's statement of Grose as for any Lease Year has
been understated by three 31) percent or more, then
Lessee agrees to pay to Door the cost of such audit in
addition to any de lency payment required. The
furnishing by Leese of any grossly inaccurate statement
shall constitute n Event of Default. Any information
obtained by Le or as a result of such audit shall be
held in at t confidence by Lessor, except in any
action or roceeding to recover such deficiency or the
cost of ch audit, or in connection with any existing
financin or any prospective sale, lease or leaseback or
financ g of all or any part of the Shopping Center or
any interest therein, or in connection with any
r titration or filing with any governmental authority
12. ADDITIONAL RFNTt In addition to the Fixed
Minimum Rent and Percentage Rent, all other payments to
be made by Lessee to Lessor hereunder shall be deemed
for the purpose of securing the collection thereof, to
be Additional Rent hereunder and shall be due and
payable on installment of em Fixed or Mitogether with the next nimum Rent, whichever shall efirst
occur; Lessor shall have the same rights and remedies
upon Lessee's failure to pay Additional Rent an for the
nonpayment of the Fixed Minimum Rent. Lessor, at its
election, shall have the right (but not the obligation)
to pay for or perform any act which requires the
expenditure of any sums of money by reason of the
failure or neglect of Lessee to perform any of the
provisions of this Lease within the grace period, if
any, applicable thereto, and if Lessor shall, at its
election, pay such sums or perform such acts requiring
the expenditures of monies, Lessee agrees to reimburse
and pay Leeeor, upon demand, all such sums, which shall
be deemed to be additional rent hereunder and be payable
by Lessee as such.
13. PAST DUE RENTS, (a) If Lessee shall fall to
pay any rents or other charges characterized herein as
Additional Rent when the payment was due and in addition
to all other remedies under this Lease, such unpaid
amounts shall bear interest from the due date thereof to
the date of payment at the highest legal rate of
interest chargeable in the State of Pennsylvania, or
twenty-four (24%) percent per annum, whichever is lower.
(b) If any payment of Fixed Minimum Rent -or.
41?--Rewt due from Lessee to Lessor is not paid on
or before the fifth day following the date on which the
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payment was due, then Lessee shall pay to Lessor without
notice or demand and in addition to all other remedies
under this Lease, a late charge of ten (10%) percent of
the payment for each month or part thereof for which
payment is late.
14. PLACE OP PAYM em wn amam¢ 0=1 All
eyments required to be paid by Lessee to Lessor shell
made payable to the order of Lessor or its designee
and
d all such payments and all statements and reports
required to be rendered by Lessee to Lessor shall be
delivered to Lessor, moiling address, or at such other
place as Lessor may from time to time designate in
writing, without the necessity of any prior demand for
the same.
15. SECU41T_ y DEPOT i (a) Lessee has deposited
with Leeeor a Security Deposit of _D_ of
the by check subject to collection, iehichereby
withoutedliability i fordepointeressit ty for the
full and faithful performance by Lasses of each and
e
part of Lessee very term, covenant and condition of this Lease on the
security deposit t shall be not be edmoand rtgaged, Performed. Such
transferred or encumbered by Lessee without the
written consent of Lessor and any such act on the
part of Lessee shall be without force and effect and
shall not be binding upon Lessor. (b) If any of the
rents or any other sum payable by Lessee to Lessor
shall be overdue and unpaid or if Lessor makes payments
o
any of the n behalf of Lessee, or if Lessee fails to perform
option, and twithout prejudice to then
other rremmay, edy awhich
Lessor may have, appropriate and apply said entire
deposit or so much thereof as may be necessary to
compensate Lessor toward the payment of the rents or
other sums due from Lessee, or for any lose, damage or
expense sustained by Lessor resulting from such default;
and in each event Lea see shall forthwith upon demand
restore said security to the original num deposited. If
Lessee shall fully and faithfully comply with all of the
terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease and
promptly pay all of the rentals as they fall due and all
other sums payable by Lessee to Lessor, said deposit
shall be returned in full to Lessee following the date
of the expiration of the term hereof and the surrender
of the Demised Premises by Lessee in compliance with the
provisions of this Lease. (c) If any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other creditor/debtor
proceedings shall be instituted by or against Lessee, or
its successors or assigns, or any guarantor of Lessee
hereunder, such security doposit shall be deemed to be
applied first to the payment of any rents and/or other
charges due Lessor for all periods prior to the
institution of such proceedings and the balance, if any,
of such security deposit may be retained by Lessor in
partial liquidation of Lessor's damages. (d) Lessor may
deliver the security deposited by Lessee hereunder
to the purchaser of Lessor's interest in the
Demised Premises if such interest is sold or
transferred and thereupon Lessor shall be discharged
and released from
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all further liability with respect to such deposit or
the return thereof to Lessee, and Lessee agrees to look
solely to the new lessor for the return of said security
deposit, and this provision shall also apply to any
subsequent transferees. No holder of a mortgage or deed
of trust or lessor under a ground or underlying lease to
which this Lease is or may be subordinate shall be
responsible in connection with the security deposited
hereunder, unless such mortgagee or holder of such deed
of trust shall have actually received the security
deposited hereunder.
16. PINANCINGi If a lender with which Lessor has
negotiated or may negotiate interim or long term
financing (including, without limitation, in the form of
a sale-leaseback, or mortgage transaction) shall require
or request a change or changes in thin Lease and if
within thirty (30) days after notice from Lessor, Lessee
fails or refuses to execute an amendment or amendments
to this Lease incorporating the change or changes which
Lessor certifies are required by such lender to secure
such lender's approval of this Lease, then Lessor may
give Lessee ten (10) days' notice of its intention to
terminate this Lease and at the expiration of the ten
(10)-day period this Lease shall automatically be null
and void and of no further force and effect, and any
money or security deposited hereunder :hall be returned
to Lessee and thereafter neither party shall have any
further liability to the other, either for damages or
otherwise, by reason of such cancellation as though this
Lease had not been executed in the first instance. In
no event, however, may any such change or changes modify
the Fixed Minimum Rent or other rents and charges
payable by Lessee hereunder, the Permitted Uses, the
term of this Lease or the size or location of the
Demised Premises.
submit to Leeeor, forapproval, within ten (10) d
after the execution and delivery of this Lease by L or
to Lessee, two (2) sets of complete architectur and
engineering plane and specifications for the Demised
Premises, prepared by architects and engines licensed
in the State of Pennsylvania, describing work which
under this Lease is to be performed by essee. Such
plans and specifications shall show in ufficient detail
the locations of all utilities and rtitions the store
front and any other matters w ch may affect the
construction work to be perfo ed by Lessee in the
Demised Premises. In the ent Lessee's plane and
specifications, in the e e judgment of Lessor or
Lessor's architect or engineer, are incomplete,
inadequate or inconsis t with the terms of this Lease
and/or do not confo o the standards of design, motif,
decor and qualit established or adopted by Lessor,
and/or would t d to create an imbalance with or be
incompatible th adjoining premises, and/or would
provide for require any installation or work which is
or might a unlawful or create an unsound or dangerous
conditio or adversely affect the structural soundness
of th Demised Premises and/or interfere with or abridge
the use and enjoyment of any adjoining apace in the
S-__ping Center, Lessor may deny approval of Lessee's
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to submit revised and/or corrected plena nd
specifications to Lessor remedying the Objections
plane (b) Followin Lessor's
Lesseeeagree 1 o employ ,a
contractor and subcontractors, sstis tory to Lessor,
to perform Lessee's work In accord ce with the said
approved plane and specifications llowing the delivery
of possession of the Demised Pre ea to Lessee.
(c) Lessee a ee to perform and cause
Lessee's contractor d subcontractors to perform
Leeeee's work in a m er so as not to damage, delay or
interfere with th roeecution or completion of any work
being performs by Lessor or its contractors in the
Demised Preml or in or about any other portion of the
Shopping nter or in any other way interfere with the
activity of the Shopping Center and to provide Lessor
with ritten verification of workmen's compensation
insu,v nce coverage, performance bonds, casualty and
1 ility insurance coverage in amounts eetlefactory to
18. LESSOR'S WORE,
NONE
19. LESSEE'S IMPROVRMRNTC awp INamalrem n a
Lessee shall fully equip the Demised Premises with ,
all
trade fixtures and equipment, lighting fixtures,
furniture, furnishings, and floor coverings, and any
other fixtures and equipment necessary for the proper
operation of Lessee's business. Lessee shall not
assign, lien, encumber, chattel mortgage or create a
security interest in end to or upon any of the foregoing
or other personal property attached or affixed to the
walla, ceiling, floors or pipes in the Demised Premises
without Lessee's first obtaining in each and every
instance the prior written consent of Lessor.
20. CONDITION OF PREMI Ect Lessee has examined and
knows the condition of the Demised Premises and the
appurtenances thereto and has received the same in their
existing condition and state of repair without any
representation by or on behalf of Lessor.
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21. QPERATION OF g1a INE a1 Lessee agrees except
as herein otherwise provided, (a) to continuously and
uninterruptedly occupy and use the entire Demised
Premises for the Permitted Uses, and to conduct Lessee's
business therein in a reputable manner; (b) to remain
open for business during all such days, nights and hours
as may be designated by Lessor from time to time on ten
(10) days' prior written notice to Lessee, but in no
event shall Lessee be obligated to open for business
prior to 10100 AM or close after 4100 PM on Mondays
t
on Saturdays of hrough Fridays or before 10100 AM and after 12100 noon
each e
acknowledges, consents and agrees and that Lessee any and/or
all services, facilities and access by the public
to the Demised Premises and/or to the Shopping Center
may be suspended in whole or in part on legal
holidays, on such other days as may be declared by
local, state, or federal authorities as days of
observance, or during any periods of actual or
threatened civil commotion, insurrection or other
circumstances beyond Lessor's control, when
Lessor, suspension Lof such essor's reasonable judgment, shall deem the
necessary for the protection and/or itpreservationcb of
persons end/or property;
store with sufficient employees le
business and carry sufficient mal
merchandise oY such siz °£ eeeeonal
accomplish the 'acter and quality to
permit to keep the diepley windows and
_ t gne, if any, in an orderly and attractive
and Lessees to keep
thereon end the exterior and interior portions of all
windows, doors and all other plate glass in a neat,
clean, sanitary and safe condition; g.)?
store or stock In the Demised P e La&M4 8=
wares and m F o ae lieseee 1te.,_e to '
.,
offer for
(g)+to apply for, secure, maintain and
comply with all licensee or permits which may be
required for the conduct by Lessee of the business
permitted to be conducted in the Demised Promisee and to
pay, if, as and when due all license and permit fees and
charges of a similar nature in connection therewith; (h)
if the Demised Premises contains a mezzanine, to
restrictforhmezzaninerepeceorlofany, to usbrfor only; or
other noneelling purposes only such a as is
reasonably required for the conduct of eee'e business
in the Demised Premises, and of Ylce or other
noneelling space shall n e used to perform any
functions for any oth ore or business conducted by
Lessee or by an er person or firm; (j) neither to
solicit buss nor to distribute advertising matter in
the par or other common areas; (k) not to place any
we upon the floor which shall exceed the permitted
name of the( businessooperatedtin thedDemiseddvPremises
without Lessor's prior written consent;wsaaa.?ypp
insignia or other identifying mark of a•.-s; ping
Center designated by Lessor
advertising, whetha? ea ny, in Lessee's
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or fictitious) or any fi
sale; (o) to participate
that may be established b
of the other retail s
Shopping Center or in the
Lessor's prior written co,
suffer, permit, instal]]]..
Premises any coin-clorbte,
toilets, ec
machines for
itious going out
n any window ales
Lessor for ello
ran and bmdne?
uildlaor-and (p) except with
a n n each ch instance, not to
or operate in the Demised
vending machine or similar or
of goods, wares, merchandise,
ing, but not limited to, pay
ales, amusement devices and
the sale of beverages, food,
22. LAWS WASTE OR NUISAwCR, (a) Lessee agrees,
at Lessee's own coat and expenses (i) to comply with the
Certificate or occupancy issued for the Demised Premises
and to comply with all present and future governmental
laws, ordinances, orders and regulations affecting the
Demised Premises or the use thereof; and (ii) to comply
with all present and future rules and regulations of the
Board of Fire Underwriters, Lessor's insurance carriers
and other organizations establishing insurance rates;
but the foregoing shall not be construed to require
Lessee to comply with any such laws, ordinances, rules
or regulations which require structural changes in the
Demised Premises or the Building unless the same are
made necessary by any act or work performed by Lessee or
by the nature of Lessee's business or by the manner of
Lessee's use of the Demised Premises.
(b) Lessee further agrees not to
suffer, permit or commit any waste, nor to allow, suffer
or permit any adore, vapors, steam, water, vibrational
noises or other undersirable effects to emanate from the
Demised Premises or any equipment or installation
therein into other portions of the Building, or
otherwise to allow, suffer or permit the Demised
Premises or any use thereof to constitute a nuisance or
unreasonably to interfere with the safety, comfort, or
enjoyment of the Shopping Center by Lessor or any other
occupants of the Shpping Center or their customers,
invitees or any others lawfully in or upon the Shopping
Center. Upon written notice by Lessor to Lessee that
any of the aforesaid is occurring, Lessee agrees
forthwith to cease and discontinue the same and within
ten (10) days thereafter to make such changes in the
Demised Premises and/or install or remove such apparatus
or equipment therein or therefrom as may be required by
Lessor for the purpose of obviating any such condition.
after the Commencement Date of this Lease and d and
throughout the term hereof, Lessee (end esee is a
coproration, any parent, sub y or affiliated
company of Lessee) will cquire, open or operate,
directly or indire , within a radius of two (2) miles
from the o e boundary of the Shopping Center, any
addLtIonsr _ stores (rot so owned or operated as of the
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r
conducted by Lessee in the Demised Premises. he
event of a breach of the foregoing covenan essor, in
addition to any other remedy avalleb o Leeeor, may
require that the Grose Sales f ny such other store
be included in the cost on of the percentage rent
hereunder, as thou d sales had actually been made
from the Demi remisee. If Lessor so elects, all of
the prow a of Articles 9, 10 and 11 hereof shall be
ap a to ell the books and records pertaining to
not without the prior written consent of Lessor, w h
consent may be withheld by Lessor for any or no eon,
grant any concessions or licensee for the op tlon in
the Demised Promisee of one or more depart a of the
business permitted to be conducted by Lee pursuant to
the provisions of Article 6 hereof; p ided, however,
that if Lessor shell consent theret such consent shall
be subject to the following condlyfones (a) each such
concession or license 'hell deubject to all of the
terms and provisions of thi ease; (b) the Grose Sales
(as hereinbefore define from the operation of each
such concession or lic ee shall be deemed to be part of
the Grose Sales of ease for the purpose of deteeming
the percentage r payable to Lessor hereunder; (c) all
of the prov one hereof applying to the business of
Leeeee, in uding the provisions concerning statements,
reports a audits, shall apply to each such concession
of 1 nee; (d) the business to be operated by such
conce one res or licensees shall occupy, in the
a agate, no more than ten (106) percent of the sales
25. SIGNS,.._AWNINGS AND CANOPIES Lessee agrees to
maintain . an identification sign for the
front of the Demised Premises;
subject to Lessor's written a 0"Wr an meneione,
material, c content and to be installed
ex revel Except as heretofore essee shall
not ain
any sign, pawningd orLcanopy in, uponporCeoutsidentthe
Demised Premises or in the Shopping Center, nor shall
Lessee place in or on the display windows any sign,
lettering or advertising matter of any kind without
first obtaining Lessor's written consent in each
instance. Lessee agrees to maintain such signs, or
other installations as may be consented to, in good
conditions and repair, at Lessee's own cost and expense.
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other installations in order to point, redecorate o
make any repairs, alterations or improvemen• n or to
the Demised Premises or any pert of the ping Center
to which Lessee's signs or other ellations may be
affixed, Lessor shall have th ght to do so, provided
the same be removed and aced at Leaaor'e coat and
expense, unless th cessity therefor shall have been
occasioned by a ct, omission or negligence of Leeeee
of any sub nt, licensees or concessionaire of Lessee
or t respective employees, agents, invitees or
cc ctors, in which event Leeeee agrees to remove and
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26. ASSIGNggll, SUBLETTING, ET C.$ If Lessee
requests Leeeor's coneent to an assignment of this Lease
or subletting of all or any part of the Demised
Promisee, Leases shall submit to Lessor in writing, at
least sixty (60) days before the effective date of the
proposed sublease or assignment, the name of the
proposed assignee or subtenants, and the nature and
character of its business. Lessor shall have the option
(to be exercised within forty-five (45) days from the
submission of Lessee's written request) to cancel this
Lease as of the Commencement Date stated in the
above-mentioned sublet or assignment. If Lessor
elects to cancel this Lease, then the term, tenancy
and occupancy of the Demised Premises, under this Lease
or otherwise, shall crminate, expire, and come
to an end as if the ,::::1l:: ion date was the original
termination date of the Lease.
If Lessor shall not exercise its option within the
time set forth above, its consent to any such proposed
assignment or subletting shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Lessor's consent shall be subject to the
following,
(a) Lessee is not then in default under any of
the terms, covenants, conditions, provisions or
agreements of this Lease;
(b) Neither such sublease or assignment nor
Lessor's consent thereto, shall release or discharge
Lessee of or from any liability, whether past, present,
or future, under this Lease;
(c) Lessee shall continue to be fully liable
under this Lease without notice being required from the
Lessor of default under or in respect of any of the
terms, covenants, conditions, provisions, or agreements
of this Lease;
(d) Any assignee shall agree to perform
faithfully and be bound by all of the terms, conditions,
covenants, provisions, and agreements of this Lease for
the period covered by the assignment, and a duly
executed copy of the assignment and assumption shell be
submitted to Lessor for approval prior to execution;
Premises ahalI be fortthe esame usesublet
defined the Article
six (6) of this Lease;
(f) If a proposed assignee or subleases is a
corporation the proposed assignee or subleases shall be
a corporation of the State of Pennsylvania or a
corporation existing under the laws of one of the United
States and authorized to do business in the State of
Pennsylvania;
(q) The proposed assignee or subleases shall
submit written financial documents evidencing financial
responsibility; and
makingh)such a blease sublease subject to shall
the terms land provision
of this Lease.
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n„aaa at its own coat and expense, take
good care of and make necessary eeesyeueyeee_} repairs to
the Demised Promisee, and the fixtures
and equipment therein and appurtenances thereto,
including the exterior and interior windows, doors and
entrances, store fronts, signs, showcases, floor
coverings, plumbing and sewerage facilities, sprinkler
system and sprinkler heads, and air conditioning and
heating equipment. Any repairs to the air conditioning
unit shall be done by a contractor
approved and bonded to Lessor's satisfaction. All parts
of the interior of the Demised Promisee shall be painted
or otherwise decorated by Lessee periodically as
determined by Lessor. Lessee agrees to keep and
maintain in good condition the electrical equipment and
heating equipment In the Demised Promisee and keep in
force a standard maintenance agreement on all heating
and air conditioning equipment in the Demised Premises
a
Lessor. "Repairs" as used nd provide a copy of said maintenance agreement to
repairs, replecemental renewals,1e alterations, additions
and betterments. ??• --
others for installations, maintenanc==e
alterations involvin° ?ba-1 utyn n t in the Demieed
Premises ng ?meintenance agreements, shall be
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28. LEBSEE'S FAIr nnv m? ?- If Lessee (a)
refuses or neglects to make repairs to the exterior of
the demised premises, or (b) if Lessor is required to
make structural repairs by reason of Lessee's
negligent acts, omieeione or tortious acts, Lessor
suchl have
repairs right,
and no for blthe taccount make of
Lessee. In such event, such work shall. be paid for by
Lessee as Additional Rent promptly upon receipt of a
bill therefor.
29.
or other liens bewfiledlagainstw the Should Demised any Premises icor
any part thereof for any reason whatsoever by reasons of
Lessee'e acts or omissions or because of a claim against
Leases, Lessee shall cause the same to be cancelled and
discharged of record by bond or otherwise within ten
(10) days after notice by Lessor. Lessee's failure to
cancel or discharge such lien or liens shall constitute
an Event of Default.
30. UTILITI c AND QUIIPMENT& Leases shall pay
promptly directly to the authority, company, or entity
supplying same, as and when the same become due and
payable, all water charges or sewer tax if based on use
or consumption of water, gas, electricity, fuel and like
utilities used or consumed in or upon the Demieed
Premises, including the operation and maintenance of the
heating, air conditioning and sprinkler systems for the
Demised Promisee. Lessor reserves the right to
interrupt the supply of water, gas, electric and also
sewer service and any other similar utilities for the
Demised Premises, when required by reason of accident or
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27. REPAIRa M_aINTENaN v r, r x nmrn 1 Lessor
shall not be required to make any repairs or
improvements of env klna «.._ _
of repairs, alterations or improvements, until such
repairs, alterations or improvements shall have been
completed. Lessee shall be responsible for the payment
of any deposits or similar charges required to be paid
In connection with utilities and for the payment of any
newer or other utility assessment, charge or connection
fee required to be paid as a result of a change in the
nature of a utility service to the Demieed Presmises
after the Commencement Date of this Lease. Lessor shall
not be liable for damages or otherwise for any failure
to furnish or interruption of the services of water,
gas, electricity or sewer or any other utility or the
equipment required or utilized in connection with the
consumption or distribution of same.
31. fig, (a) Lessee agrees throughout the term
of this Lease to pay as Additional Rent, Lessee's Normal
Percentage Share of all Land Taxes, after deducting
free standing buildings cifl such dbuifrom ldings eareeincluded
in the same tax bill and are assessed directly for
taxes. The term "Taxes" shall include all
real estate land taxes, assessments,
s, of every other governmental
whatsoever,
charge and special, extraordinary as well as ordinary,
foreseen and unforeseen, and each and every installment
thereof, which shall or may during the term of this
lease be levied, assessed, imposed, become due and
payable, or liena upon, or arise in connection with
the use, occupancy or possession of, or grow due and
payable out of, or for, the Shopping Center, or any
part thereof or any land, -bsi4 knge- or other
improvements now or at any time during the term of this
lease constituting a part of the Shopping Center,
including interest on installment payments and all coats
and fees (including attorneys' fees) incurred by Lessor
in contesting the same and/or negotiating with the
public authorities as to the game. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed to include as Taxes any
inheritance, estate, succession, transfer, gift,
franchise, corporation, income or profit tax or capital
levy that is or may be imposed upon Lessor; provided,
however, that if any time during the term of this Lease
the methods of taxation prevailing at the date of this
Lease shall be altered eo that in addition to or in lieu
of or as a substitute for the whole or any part of the
Taxes now levied, assessed or imposed on real estate
there shall be levied, assessed or imposeds (i) a tax
on the rents received from such real estate; or (11) a
license fee measured by the rents receivable by Lessor
from the Shopping Center or any portion thereof; or
(iii) a tax or fee imposed upon Lessor which is
otherwise measured by or based in whole or in part upon
the Shopping Center or any portion thereof; then the
same shall be included in the computation of Taxes,
computed as if the amount of such tax or fee so payable
were that part due if the Shopping Center was the only
property of Lessor subject thereto. Lessee's Normal
Percentage Share of Taxes shall be equitably prorated
during the first and last years of the term of this
Lease. Lessee's obligation shall survive the expiration
of the term hereof.
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Percentage (bS) to see's Normal
harea OfnTaxes shallrbeomadeewithin twenty
(20) days after Lessor's written demand therefor or, at
Lessor's option and without thereby waiving Lessee's
liability for the entire amount of Lessee's Normal
Percentage Share of Taxes then due, Lessee agrees to pay
to Lessor Lessee's Normal Percentage Share of Taxes
in equal monthly installments on the first day of each
month, in advance. The amount of such monthly
installments shall be computed by Lessor on the basis of
the then preceding fiscal tax year or years. If the
amount of said monthly payments paid by Lessee exceeds
the actual amount thereafter due, the overpayment shall
be credited on Lessee's next succeeding payment to be
made on account of Lessee's Normal Percentage Share of
Taxes. If the amount of said monthly payments paid by
Lessee shall be lees than the actual amount due, Lessee
shall pay to Lessor the difference between the amount
paid by Lessee and the actual amount due, within twenty
therefore. dayLessorft shall Lessor's
the right, but not demand
obligation, if permitted by law, to make installment
payments of any Taxes levied against the Shopping
Center, and in such event, Lessee's Normal Percentage
Share of Taxes shall be computed upon the installments
and interest thereon payable by Lessor, in each
calendar year.
delin uenc (c) Lessee agrees to pay, prior to
, any assessed yduring athea term taxes hereof and
upon assessments or against levied
improvements, furniture, fixtures, equipment and any
other personal property installed by or on behalf of
Lessee or anyone holding all or any part of the Demised
Promisee through or under Lessee. Shoul that any t(ax)or otherdchargeo(o hertthan Taxestybe quire
by Lessee, but collected by Lessor, for and on)behalfaof
said governmental authority, and from time to time
forwarded by Lessor to said governmental authority, the
some shall be paid by Lessee to Lessor, and payment
thereof may be enforced in the same manner as is
provided for the enforcement of payment of rent
hereunder; and for the purpose of enforcing payment
thereof shall be deemed additional rent hereunder.
payment on account of after Lessee's Normal shall Percentage ma Share
of Taxes, Lessor shall receive a refund of any portion
of Taxes on which such payment shall have been based,
Lessor's statement rendered pursuant to subdivision (f)
of this Paragraph next following ouch refund shall
include an adjustment reflecting Lee see's Normal
Percentage Share of the net refund (i.e., after
deducting all costa and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' and appraisers' fees, incurred by Lessor in
connection with securing such refund) which shall be
computod in the same ratio as Lessee's Normal Percentage
Share of Taxes bears to the total Taxes after giving pro
rata credit to any other lessee in a free standing
building whose contribution for Taxes is deducted from
the Total Taxes before the balance is apportioned among
the balance of the lessees. Lessee shall not institute
any proceedings with respect to the assessed valuation
of the Shopping Center or any part thereof or the Taxes
thereon except for the improvements occupied by Lessee.
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) An amount b Lessee to Lessor
under thisfParagraph shall b ypaid by Lessee to Lessor
within twenty (20) days after receipt by Lessee from
Lessor of a bill or statement setting forth such amount.
In the event of any dispute, Lessee shall pay the amount
of Taxes In accordance with the applicable bill or
statement, and such payment shall be without prejudice
to Lessee's position. If the dispute shall be
determined in Lessee's favor, by agreement or otherwise,
Lessor shall pay to Lessee the amount of Lessee's
overpayment resulting from compliance with such bill or
statement. Any such bill or statement shall be deemed
binding and conclusive if Lessee fails to object thereto
within twenty (20) days after receipt thereof.
32. COMMON AREAS, All common areas from time to
time made available by Lessor in or about the Shopping
Canter are subject to the control and management of
Lessor, and Lessor expressly reserves the right, without
limitation, to erect and install within the Mall and
parking areas, kiosks, planters, pools, sculptures or
other improvements and such free standing buildings as
may be permitted by the Town of Carlisle. The phrase
"common areas" shall mean all areas, apace, facilities,
equipment, signs and special services from time to time
made available by Lessor for the common and joint use
and benefit of Lessor, Lessee and other lessees and
occupants of the Shopping Center, and their respective
employees, agents, subtenants, concessionaires,
licensees, customers and other invitees, which may
include (but shall not be deemed a representation as to
their availability), the enclosed Mall, sidewalks,
parking areas, access roads, driveways, ramps,
corridors, stairs and balconies therein, roof, storm and
sanitary sewers, common underground utility lines,
landscaped and planted areas, and other areas not
developed or landscaped, directory signs and equipment,
public rest rooms, lockers and locker rooms, wash rooms,
comfort rooms, drinking fountains and other like public
facilties, bus stands, taxi stands and the like and
areas and equipment used by Lessor for the operation,
maintenance and management of the Shoping Center, am
Lessor shall deem appropriate (as initially constructed
or as the same may at any time thereafter be enlarged or
reduced), and Lessor hereby expressly reserves the
right, from time to times to construct, maintain and
operate lighting and other facilities, equipment and
signs and any part(s) or all of said common areas; to
police the same; to change the area, level, location and
arrangement of the parking areas and other facilities
forming a part of said common areas; to build multistory
parking facilities; to expand the land area of the
Shopping Center and to erect additional buildings
thereon or on such additional land or add to any
building now or hereafter located in the Shopping
Center, as the same may be expanded, as long as Lessor
receives the necessary approvals of the Town of
Carlisle; to restrict parking by lessees and other
occupants of the Shopping Center and their employees,
agents subtenants, concessionaires and licensees; to
enforce parking charges (by operation of meters or
otherwise); and to establish, modify and enforce
reasonable rules and regulations with respect to the
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common areas and the use to be made thereof. Lessor
shall operate, manage, equip, police, light and maintain
the common areas in such manner as Lessor may from time
to time determine, and Lessor shall have the sole right
and exclusive authority to employ and discharge all
personnel with respect thereto. Lessor may, however,
cause any or all of the foregoing to be provided by an
independent contractor or contractors. Leeeee le hereby
given a license (in common with all others to whom
Lessor has or may hereafter grant rights) to use, during
the term of this lease, the common areas as they may now
or at any time during the term of this Lease exist;
provided, however, that if the size, location or
arrangement of the common areas or the type of
facilities at any time forming a part thereof be changed
or diminished, Lessor shall not be eubj ect to any
liability therefor, nor shall Lessee be entitled to any
compensation or diminution or abatement of the Fixed
Minimum Rent, additional rent or other charges payable
by Leeeee hereunder, nor shall such change or diminution
of such areas be deemed a constructive or actual
eviction. Lessor may, at any time and from time to
time, close any common area to make repair: or changes
therein or to effect construction, repairs or changes
within the Shopping Center, to prevent the acquisition
of public rights In such area, or to discourage
non-customer Parking, and may do such other acts in
and to the common areas as in its judgment may be
desirable to improve the convenience thereof.
33. rOMMON AREA AINT N N I1aR F: (a) In each
"Calendar Year" and "Partial Calendar Year", Lessee
shall pay to Lessor its Normal Percentage Share of the
"Operating Cost" (as defined in Article 41 of the
Exterior Common Areas, computed as set out in
paragraph (b) of this Section (the "Common Area
Maintenance Charge"). The term "Partial Lease Year"
shall be the period from the date of delivery of the
Demised Premises through the next succeeding December
31, or, as the case may be, the period during the lest
year of the Lease from January 1, to the date of the
expiration of the term.
(b) The term "Operating Cost" shall mean the
total cost (other than the coat properly chargeable to
capital account, except as herein specifically provided)
and expense incurred in operating, maintaining,
equipping, inspecting, insuring, protecting, and
repairing the Common Areas in and on the Shopping Center
including, without limitation, the coot or expense of or
incurred in connection with or reasonably attributable
to: lighting of parking areas and other Common Areas;
gardening and landscaping (including plantipg,
replanting and replacing flowers and shrubs); cleaning;
public liability, ftre•, csene}ti
worker's compensation,
property damage, hazard, property insurance and other
insurance premiums and costs relating to the
Exterior Common Areas in the ShoPPinc Center: ---'
reasonanie management or supervisory fee paid or
incurred by Lessor to any person; -fire-preteelte+r
fees for
required licensee; personal property taxes; line
painting; sanitary control; wartay shaggesf
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(including costs and expenses incurred
in connection with sanitary and storm sewer systems
servicing the Shopping Center; removal of ice, snow,
r7 -- -9V ?M-Da tie --- an abber gal"Gal
maintenance of those public roads in the vicinity of the
Shopping Center which are required to be maintained by
Leeeor; maintaining security and directing traffic;
depreciation on machinery and equipment used in such
maintenance; deprecie tion on parking lot paving and
lighting; personnel to provide and supervise such
services (including wages, unemployment and social
security taxes); plus an amount equal to 15% of the
total of all the foregoing as an agreed upon
reimbursement covering the administrative costa to be
incurred by Lessor in connection with the operation of
the Common Areas.
(
exterior areae The apaterm "Common ce, equipment rand special m services
o h Shopping provided for
the common or joint useandbenefitenofr Lessor, the
occupants of the building and their employees, agents,
servants, customers and other invitees,
including, without limitations all open pedestrian
areas; customer and employee parking areas end parking
lot improvements; access and ring roads; -knterter
stairs, driveways, retaining walls; exterior boundary
wells and fences; water, sanitary, storm newer, gag,
electric, telephone and other utility lines, systems,
conduits and facilities to the perimeter walls of any
building (even though intended for the use of only one
or a limited number of occupants)
•?w=?--
y-..y-wa:ea-serve--sse-sosmmaw-ASaas}- plantings;
landscaped areas, truck serviceways or tunnels; loading
dock areas and facilities; courts; ramps; sidewalks;
Wbshwoemst--pa? and pylon sign on the
Shopping Center; dsungeai-dr?nk?,ne-€euntwina,-,.ez.
and the facilit
all of the foregoing. ies appurtenant to ea a
by Lessee( under this Section Maintenance
paid C in Cost payable
installments on the first day of each calendar month in
advance, in an amount estimated by Lessor. Within 120
days after the and of each Calendar Year (or Partial
Calendar Year), Lessor shall furnish Lessee a statement
summarizing the actual Operating Cost for the preceding
Calendar Year (or Partial Calendar Year) and setting
forth the method by which the Common Facilities
Contribution payable by Lessee was arrived at as herein
provided. To the extent the aggregate of the monthly
Common Facilities Contribution paid by Lessee during
such Calendar Year (or Partial Calendar Year) is lees
thanthe actual amount due, Lessee shall pay Lessor the
difference between the amount paid by Lessee and the
actual amount due, within 10 days of demand therefor by
Lessor. Any claim by Lessee for revision of any
statement submitted by Lessor hereunder for any Calendar
Year (or Partial Calendar Year), which claim is not made
within 12 months after the and of such Calendar Year (or
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Partial Calendar Year), shall be deemed waived and
discharged. For the Calendar Year (or Partial Calendar
Year) in which this Lease commences or terminates,
Lessee's Common 'Area Maintenance Charge shall be
prorated, if applicable.
34. INDEMNITYs
(e TPNANT'R INDEMNIFICATION Tenant will indemnify
and hod Landlord harmless from any claim or in any
litigation arising out of occurrences in or at the leased
space or as occasioned or suffered by Tenant or any of
its employees, agents, or persona in attendance in or at
such space, including for damages awarded for claims, or
for coats or attorney's fees.
(b) LANDLORD'S INDEMNIFICATIO){i Landlord likewise
agrees to indemnify and hold Tenant harmless from any
claim or in any litigation arising out of occurrences
emanating from the structures of the shopping center
other than the demised premises or occurring in the
common areas or parking areas, and not attributable to
Tenant's use of such facilities, nor to the use of any
other tenant of the shopping center directly or from any
claim or litigation as occasioned by Landlord or any of
its employees, agents or persons frequenting the common
or parking facilities, including for damages awarded for
such claims or for coats or attorney's fees; proving
that Landlord's expenses for such matters which are
normally attributable to general maintenance costs and
apportioned among Tenants may continue to be so treated,
including as to Tenant's portion.
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35. INSURANCES (e) Lessor agrees to purchase and
maintain in full force end effect throughout the term of
this Lease with or without deductibleei (i) public
liability insurance insuring against bodily injury and
property damage covering common areas of the Shopping
Center of at least $3,000,000.00 and $250,000.00
-?keeejy (iv) workers compensation insurance; (v) and
ouch other coverages and in such amounts and as Lessor
or any of its Mortgagees may reasonably require. Lessee
agrees to reimburse Leeeor for its Normal Percentage
Share of the premiums on liability policies maintained
by Lessor in accordance with this Article 35.
(b) Lessee will, at its Dole cant and
expense, during the terms hereof, maintain and deliver
to Lessor evidence of public liability insurance
coverage with respect to the Demised Premises, the same
having a limit of not lees then $3,000,000.00 for bodily
injury and property, damage.
Plebe
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36. INSUREDS. WAIVER. NOTICES All insurance
policies to be procured by Lessee in compliance with the
requirements of Article 35(b) hereof shall be issued in
the name and for the benefit of Lessee, and shall name
Lessor and its designees as additional insureds, by one
or more responsible insurance companies satisfactory to
Lessor and licensed to do business in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania; and, at Lessee's option, such insurance
may be carried under a blanket policy covering the
Demised Premises and any other of Lessee's stores. Each
of such policies shall contain the following
endorsemantes (a) that such policy may not be cancelled
or amended with respect to Lessor or any of its
designees, except upon thirty (30) days' prior written
notice to Lessor and ouch designees sent by certified or
registered mail; (b) that Lessee shall be solely
responsible for the payment of all premiums under such
policy end that Lessor and its designees shall have no
obligation for the payment thereof; (c) neither Lessor
nor Lessee shall be liable to the other or any insurance
company (by way of subrogation or otherwise) insuring the
other party for any lose or damage to any building,
structure or other tangible property, or any resulting
lose of income or losses under worker's compensation }awe
and benefits, even though such lose or damage might have
been occasioned by the negligence of ouch party, its
agents or employees if any such lose or damage is covered
by insurance benefitting the party suffering such lose or
damage or was required to be covered by insurance
pursuant to this Lease; end (d) an express waiver of
any right of subrogation by the insurance company
against Lessor, Lessee hereby expressly waiving any
such right of subrogation for any reason or
occurrence whatsoever. Lessee agrees to deliver to
Lessor Certificates or Memoranda of Insurance of all
such policies of insurance to be procured by Lessee
within fifteen (15) days of inception of such policies
and, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the expiration
of any such policy, Lessee shall deliver to Lessor
Certificates or Memoranda of Insurance evidencing the
renewal thereof. The minimum limits of any insurance
coverage to be maintained by Lessee hereunder shall
not limit Lessee's liability under Article 34 hereof.
37. INCREASE IN INSURANCE PREMIUMSs Lessee shall
not stock, use or sell or permit to be stocked, used or
sold any article or do anything in or about the Demised
Premise: which may be prohibited by, or violate any of,
Lessor's insurance policies or the rules and regulations
of the Fire Insurance Rating Organization having
jurisdiction or any similar body, or which will increase
any insurance rates and premiums on the Demleed
Premises, the Building and/or any other buildings or
improvements in the Shopping Center. If as a result of:
(i) any failure of Lessee, or anyone claiming by,
through or under Lessee, to comply with the foregoing
sentence of this subdivision, or (ii) the use and
occupancy of the Demised Premises by Lee see or anyone
claiming by, through or under Lessee, whether or not
Lessor has consented to the same, or (iii) Lessee's
failure to use and/or continuously to occupy and operate
Lessee's business in the Demised Premises in the manner
provided for in this lease, or (iv) Lessee's abandonment
of the Demised Premises, the insurance rates applicable
to any policies of insurance carried by Lessor covering
the Shopping Center or the rental income to be derived
therefrom shall be increased, Lessee agrees to pay
Lessor within ten (10) days after Lessor's written
demand therefor, as additional rent, the entire portion
of the premiums for said insurance which shall
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be attributable to such higher rates. In determining
whether any increase in such rates is the result of any
of the aforementioned acts or omissions of Lessee or
anyone claiming by, through or under Lessee, a schedule
or rule book issued by the applicable rating
organization or the rating procedures or rules of
Lessor's insurance companies shall be conclusive
evidence of the several items and charges which make up
the insurance rates and premiums on the Demised Premises
and the Shopping Center. If any such insurance carried
by Lessor shall be cancelled by the insurance carrier as
a result of any of the aforementioned acts or omiaelons
of Lessee or anyone claiming by, through or under
Lessee, Lessee agrees to indemnify and hold Lessor
harmless from all damages, costs and expenses which
Lessor may suatain by reason thereof.
38. DESTRUCTIONt If the building on the Demised
Premises shall be damaged or destroyed, Lessee shall
repair and restore the Demised Premises (exclusive of
Lessee's trade fixtures, decorations, signs and
contents) substantially to the condition thereof
immediately prior to such damage or destruction. If by
reason of such occurrence the building on the Demised
Premises is rendered wholly untenantable, then Lessee
may elect either to repair the damage as aforesaid, or
to cancel this Lease by written notice of cancellation
given to Lessor within one hundred eighty (180) days
after the date of such occurrence and thereupon this
Lease shall cease and terminate with the same force and
effect as though the date set forth in Lessee's notice
were the date fixed for the expiration of the term
hereof, and Lessee shall vacate and surrender the
Demised Premises to Lessor. Upon the termination of
this Lease, Lessee's liability for rents shall cease as
of the effective date of the termination of this Lease
subject, however, to Lessee's responsibility at Lessee's
cost and expense to reconstruct the building on the
Demised Premises as hereinabove set forth. In such
event the Lessor shall have the option of accepting from
Lessee a mutually agreed upon cash sum in lieu of said
reconstruction, but Lessee shall have the responsibility
of removing the, remains of the building on the Demised
Premises, whereupon the restrictive covenant dealing
with the use of said building after vacation by the
Lessee will be void and of no effect.
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Dy reason of such fire or other casualty the Demis
Premises is rendered wholly untenantable the F1 d
Minimum Rent shall be fully abated, or if only parti ly
damaged, the Fixed Minimum Rent shall be a ted
proportionately as to that portion of the D mised
Premises rendered untenantable, in either event unless
Lessor shall elect to terminate this Leas until
fifteen (15) days after notice by Lessor to Le me that
the Demised Premises have been eubstantiall repaired
and restored or until Lessee's business ope ations are
restored in the entire Demieed Premises, wh chever shall
occur sooner. Lessee shall continue th operation of
Lessee's business in the Demised Premis or any part
thereof not so damaged during any suc period to the
extent reasonably practicable from t standpoint of
prudent business management. and, except for much
abatement of the Fixed Minimum nt nothing herein
contained shall be construed o abate Lessee's
obligations for the payment of t Percentage Rent or
any other rents and charges res ad hereunder, except
that the computation of such p rcentage rent shall be
based upon the revised Fixe Minimum Rent as the same
may be abated. If such dam a or other casualty shall
be caused by the negligent of Lessee or any subtenant,
licensee or concessionaire f Lessee or their respective
employees, agents, invit as or contractors, there shall
be no abatement of rent Except for the abatement of
the Fixed Minimum Ren hereinabove set forth, Lessee
shall not be entitl to and hereby waives all claims
against Lessor for y compensation or damage for lose
of use of the whole or any part of the Demised Premises
and/or £or any in onvenience or annoyance occasioned by
any such damage, destruction, repair or restorat*on.
The provieione f any statute or other law which may be
in effect at .he time of the occurrence of any such
damage or destruction, under which a lease is
automatically terminated or a lessee is given the right
to termin a a lease upon the occurrence of any such
damage o destruction, are hereby expressly waived by
Lessee.
ything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
Lessor shall have the option to cancel this lease and
shall have no obligation to restore damage to the
Shop ng center and/or the Demised Premises unless the
hol re of all mortgages encumbering the Shopping
Ce ter, or any part thereof, turn over to Lessor the
tiret_ lose proceeds and such lose proceeds are
39. CONDEMNATIONS (a) If the shopping center is
taken by any authority under eminent domain, in either of
the forme described below, the lease will be terminated
at that time, and all adjustments in rent will be made
pro rata to that time and payable then. "Taken" under
such proceedings refers to the time when either the
provisions of an agreement by Landlord with the
condemning authority or order of a court of competent
jurisdiction, the right to immediate physical possession
is given to such authority. The following kinds of
taking are covered by the terms of this leases (i) the
entirety of the leased space; (ii) ten (109) percent or
more of the leased apace and in such a fashion to
substantially prevent the conduct of Tenant's business in
the normal manner; (iii) apace of fifty (509) percent or
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more of the tenants in the shopping center; (iv) parking
area to the extent where the number of square feet of
parking area for each square foot of leasable area in the
shopping center falls below two (2).
(b) p08TPONEMBNT OF TR MINATION MD RESUMPTION OF
LEASHo However, to the extent Landlord, by written
notice to Tenant, by time of such taking an defined
above, offers to, and reasonably can at its own expense,
provide for reasonable substitution of similarly improved
space, the lease will not terminate and Tenant will
continue on in business operation under this lease as
soon as Landlord can arrange it. During any such period
as Tenant is not able to conduct its business, the rent
will be suspended until resumption of such business, and
will be adjusted pro rate for such period of time.
(c) ENTITLEMENT TO AWARD OR DAM?? Landlord and
Tenant will sbare any condemnatlon award to the extent of
their respective interest in the demised promisee.
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40. LESSEE'S p FA nmt If any failure of the
Lessee hereunder in the payment of Fixed Minimum Rent or
Additional Rent for five (5) days after notice thereof
from Leeeor, or any failure of the Lessee to perform any
of its covenants and agreements hereunder, other than
the payment of Fixed Minimum Rent and Additional Rent,
shall continue uncorrected for thirty (30) days after
notice thereof from the Lessor, the Lessor may, by
giving notice to the Lessee at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such default, either: (i)
terminate the Lease; or (ii) re-enter the Demised
Premises by summary proceedings or otherwise, including
forced re-entry, expel the Lessee and other occupants
and remove all property therefor and repossess and enjoy
said premises together with all additions, alterations
and improvements thereto.
(b) in case of such termination, re-entry, or
dispossession or removal by summary proceedings or
otherwise, the annual rent and all other charges
required to be paid by the Lessee hereunder shall
thereupon become due and be paid up to the time of such
termination, re-entry, or dispossession or removal, and
the Lessee shall also pay to the Lessor, in whole or in
part, either in its own name or ae agent of the Lessee,
for a term or terms which, at the Lessor's option, may
be for the remainder of the then current term of this
Lease, or for any longer or shorter period, and (unless
the statute or rule of law which governs the proceeding
in which such damages are to be proved limits or shall
limit the amount of ouch claim capable of being so
proved and allowed, in whole or in part, either in
its own name or as agent of the Lessee, for a term or
terms which, at the Lessor's option, may be for the
remainder of the then current term of this Lease,
or for any longer or shorter period, and (unless
the statute or rule of law which governs the
proceeding in which such damages are to be proved
limits or shall limit the amount of such claim
capable of being so proved and allowed, in which
came the Lessor shall be entitled to prove as and for
liquidated damages and have allowed an amount equal'to
the maximum allowed by or under any such statute or
rule of law) the Lessee shall be obligated to, and
shall pay to the Lessor as damages, upon demand, and the
Lessor shall be entitled to recover of and from the
Lessee, at the election of the Lessor, either:
(1) Liquidated damages, in an amount which,
at the time of such termination, re-entry or
dispossession removal by the Lessor, an the case may be,
is equal to the excess, if any, of the then present
value of the installments of annual rent reserved
hereunder, for the period which would otherwise have
constituted the unexpired portion of the then current
term of this Lease, over the then present value of the
Demised Premises for such unexpired portion of the than
current term of this Lease, discounted at the rate of
ten (10%) percent per annum; or
(2) Damages (payable in monthly
installments, In advance, on the first day of each
calendar month following such termination, re-entry or
dispossession, and continuing until the date originally
fixed herein for the expiration of the then currant term
of this Lease) in any amount or amounts equal to the
excess, if any, of the sums of the aggregate expenses
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paid by the Lessor during the month immediately
preceding such calendar month for all such items as, by
the terms of this Lease, are required to be paid by the
Lessee, plus an amount equal to the amount of the
installment of annual rent which would have been payable
by the Lessee hereunder in respect to such calendar
month, had this Lease and the Demised term not been so
terminated, and the Lessor not so re-entered, over the
sum of rents, if any collected by or accruing to the
Lessor in respect to such calendar month pursuant to
such re-lotting or any holding over by any subtenants of
the Lessee, plus the amount of the rental value of any
portion of the Demised Premises occupied by the Lessor
or any agent of the Lessor. Any suit for any month
shall not prejudice in any way the rights of the Lessor
to collect the deficiency for any subsequent month by a
similar proceeding. The Lessor, at its option and at
its expense, may make such alterations, repairs and/or
decorations in the Demised Premises as in its reasonable
judgment the Lessor considers advisable and necessary,
and the making of such alterations, repairs and/or
decorations shall not operate or be construed to release
the Lessee from liability hereunder. The Lessor shall
in no event be liable in any way whatsoever for failure
to re-let the Demised Premises or in the event the
Demised Promisee are re-let, for failure to collect rent
therefor under such re-letting, provided Lessor uses its
beet efforts to lease the Demised Premises and to
collect rent and in no event shall the Lessee be
entitled to receive any excess of such annual rents over
the sums payable by the Lessee to the Lessor hereunder
but such excess shall be credited to the unpaid rentals
due hereunder, and to the expenses of re-letting and
preparing for re-letting as provided in (1) hereof.
Suit or suits for the recovery of such damages, or any
installments thereof, may be brought by the Lessor from
time to time at its election, and nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to require the Lessor to
postpone suit until the date when the term of this Lease
would have expired if it has not been terminated under
the provisions of this Lease, or under any provision of
law, or had the Lessor not re-entered into or upon the
Demised Premises.
(c) Lessee hereby expressly waives any other
notices which may be required by law to cancel this
Lease. If any default by Lessee cannot reasonably be
remedied within such thirty (30) day period after
notice of default (except rent and other monetary
payments) then Lessee shall have the additional time
reasonably necessary to remedy the condition before the
Lease can be terminated or other remedy enforced by the
Lessor, provided that Lessee makes and continues to make
a good faith and diligent effort to remedy same.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this lease to the
contrary in the event of any default by the Lessee after
due notice to Lessee, the Lessee hereby empowers any
Prothonotary or attorney of any court of record in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to appear for the
Lessee in any and all actions which may be brought as a
result of such default, to confess judgment against the
Leeeee for all or any amounts due as specified in this
Lease and then unpaid, including, at Lessee's option,
the annual rental and for the entire unexpired balance
of the term of this Lease and for interest and costa,
together with an attorney's commission of five (59)
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percent. Such authority shall not be exhausted by one
exercise thereof, but judgment may be confessed as
aforesaid from time to time, as often es said rent or
"additional rent" shall fall due or be in arrears.
(a) In the event of any default by the
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for essee, after due notice to Lessee, it shall be lawful
any agreement aforr entering tin any cfor Lessee to ompetent court fine the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania an amicable action and
judgment in ejectment against the Lessee and all persona
claiming under the Lessee for the recovery by Lessor of
possession of the herein Demised Premises, for which
this Leese shall be his sufficient warrant, whereuppon,
if Lessor no desires, a writ of habere fabiee
possessionem may issue forthwith, without any prior writ
or proceedings whatsoever, and provided that if for any
reason after such action shall have been commenced the
same, shall be determined and the possession of the
promisee hereby demised remain in or be restored to
Lessee, Lessor shall have the right upon any subsequent
default or defaults, or upon the termination of this
Lease, to bring one or more amicable action or actions
to recover possession of the said premises.
41. LESSEE'S NDRMar PER xwTAG9 SHARE
Lessee's Normal Percentage Share shall be determined by
dividing the total number of square feet of lend area in
the Demised Premises by the total number of square feet
of lend area in the property.
areas which are part of the property comprisig t
Shopping Center and Shopping Mall. it is Lnees •s
intent to lease any building located on such adds onal
areas on a basis providing for the lessee or e6
thereof to pay for all expenses for texas, i urapcaee,e
maintenance and operating expenses affecting aid each
additional areas so that the coats ther f are not
included in the costa paid by other le see of the
Shopping Center or Shopping Mall, as app cable. In the
event any such coat or expense aff tang said such
additional areas cannot be separatel obtained, Lessor
shall equitably apportion to such dditional areas
proportionate share thereof end t at of such coat
shall be paid by the Cassese o he 6hopping Center or
Shopping Mall, as applicable It is understood that
Lessor shall pay the // ormal Percentage Share
attributable to all unl Q(ed leasable apace in the
Shopping Center or Shopp4 Mall, as applicable. After
completion of conetrqu6ption, Lessors architect shall
space determine
the e s of
such xact oareaseand in ethe fDemieed
Premises.
Premises' shoe belmeasured from center of partitionieto
center of ertition, except that in the event the
Demised emiaee or any part thereof is an end apace,
said in eurement shell include the full width of and
walls; and depth of the Demised Premises shall be
measur from the exterior faces of the walls (outside
dime ions) or if the Demised Premises or any part
the of are not surrounded by walla then the apace
w hin and up to the lease lines of the Demised Premises
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made from areas'or space otherryy?j,,ae?emp-y???uta?6y eeeo?rt of
interior tione,ines, or other interior
right to piece, maintain and -re peir yell util y
equipment of any kind in, upon end under the De sed
Premises as may be necessary for the servicing o the
Demised Premises and other portions of the Hoping
Center. Lessor shall also have the right to liter the
Demised Premises at all times to inspect or exhibit
the same to prosepctive purchasers, mortgggees, leaseea
and tenants and to make such repel d, additions,
alterations or improvements as L"" or may deem
desirable. Lessor shall be allowed tp -store and to take
all material in, to, through and upo said premises that
may be required therefor or en lfere else within the
Shopping Center or any addition orate without the some
constituting an eviction of ease in whole or in part
and the rents reserved shall not abate while said work
is in progress by reaso of loss or interruption of
Lessee's business or oth lea and
Lessee shall have no
claim for damages. I Lessee shall not be personally
present to permit an/entry into said premises when for
any reason an entry/therein shall be permissible, Lessor
may enter the Game by a master key or by the use of
force without? endering Lessor liable therefore and
without in fiY manner affecting obligations of this
Lease. Th provisions of this Paragraph shall not be
conotrued to impose upon Lessor any obligation
whateoev for the maintenance or repair of the Shopping
Center or any part thereof except as otherwise herein
spec cally provided. During the six (6) months prior
to the expiration of this Lease or any renewal term,
L eor may place upon the said premises "To Let" signs
43. EBCAVATIONs If any excavation shall be made
upon lend adjacent to the Demised Premises, Lessee shall
permit the party authorized to cause such excavation to
be made to enter upon the Demised Premises for the
purpose of doing such work as such party may deem
necessary to preserve the walls of the Shopping Center
from damage and to support the same by proper
foundations and shoring, and Lessee hereby waives all
claims for inconvenience, disturbance, lose of business
or other damages against Lessor therefore and without in
any manner afecting Lessee's obligations under this
Lease, not shall the same constitute any ground for an
abatement of any rents hereunder.
44. SUBOADINATIONs Lessor and Lee see agree that
this Lease be and the same hereby is mode subject and
subordinate at all times to all covenants, restrictions,
easements and encumbrances now or hereafter affecting
all or any part of the fee title of the Shopping Center
and to all ground and underlying leases and mortgages or
any other method of financing or refinancing covering
the said fee title or any interest therein in any
amounts, and all advances thereon, which may now or
hereafter be placed against all or any part of the lend
and/or the Buildings and improvements now or hereafter
erected thereon, and now or hereafter constituting a
part of the Shopping Center, and to all renewals,
modifications, consolidations, participations,
replacements and extensions thereof. The term
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"mortgages as used herein shall be deemed to include
trust indentures and deeds of trust. The aforesaid
provisions shall be self-operative and no further
instrument of subordination shall be necessary unless
required by any such ground or underlying lessors or
mortgagees.
45. FSTOPPEL• RTIFI ATEs Lessee agrees at any
time and from time to time, ten (10) days of Lessor's
request, to execute, acknowledge and deliver to Lessor a
statement in writing; addressed to Lessor or its
designee, certifying that this Lease is unmodified and
in full force and effect (of if there have been
modifications, that the Lease is in full force and
effect as modified, and stating the modifications);
stating the dates to which the rent and other degrees
have been paid and stating whether or not there exists
any default in the performance of any covenant,
agreement, term, provision or and condition contained In
this Lease; and if so, specifying each such default of
which the signer may have knowledge, it being in ended
that any such statement delivered may be relied upon by
any purchaser of the Demised Premises, by Lessor and by
any mortgages or prospective mortgagee of any mortgage
affecting the Demised Premises, and by any Lessor under
a ground or underlying lease affecting the land or
Building or both.
46. ATTORNMENTi Lessee agrees that in the event
of a sale, transfer or assignment of Lessor's interest
in the Shopping Center or any part thereof, including
the Demised Premises, or in the event any proceedings
are brought for the foreclosure of, or for the exercise
of any power of sale under, any mortgage covering the
Shopping Center or any part thereof, including the
Demised premises, or in the event of a cancellation or
termination of any ground or underlying lease covering
the Shopping Center or any part therof, including the
Demised Premises, to attorn to and to recognize such
transferee, purchaser, mortgagee or ground or underlying
lessor, as lessor under this Lease, the same on the
express condition that any lender, trustee or mortgagee
shall enter into an agreement with Lessee, providing
that the occupancy by Lessee of the Demised Premises
shall not be disturbed so long as Lessee is not in
default hereunder.
47. ATTORNEY-IN-FACT: In the event Lessee shall
fail or refuse to execute and deliver to Lessor the
documents that may be required to evidence the intent of
Articles 39, 44, 45, and 46 hereof within ten (10) days
after Lessor's written request therefor, Lessee hereby
irrevocably appoints Lessor as attorney-in-fact for
Lessee with full power and authority to execute and
deliver such instruments for and in the name of Lessee,
or Lessor may treat such failure on the part of ;:eases
as an Event of Default with the meaning ofArticle 40 of
this Lease.
48. QUIET ENJOYMENT, Lessee, upon paying the
rents herein reserved and performing and observing all
of the other terms, covenants and conditions of this
Lease on Lessee's part to be performed and observed
hereunder, shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and
enjoy the Demised Premises during the term hereof,
subject, nevertheless, to the terms of this Lease and to
any mortgagee, ground or underlying leases, agreements
and encumbrances to which this Lease is, or may
hereafter be, subordinated.
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and part
abide by
pay to th
for each
assoclatic
with its
agrees to
Associati es of
rte such other amount as the
a to time approve in accordance
rules and regulations. Lessee
f a copy of the By-laws of M. J.
50. FORCE Lessor shall be excused for
the period or periods of delay in the performance of any
of Lessor's oblggations hereunder when delayed, hindered
or prevented from so doing by any cause or causes beyond
Lessor's reasonable control, which shall include,
without limitation, all delays caused by Lessee, labor
disputes, riote,civil commotion or insurrection, war or
warlike operations, invasion, rebellion, military or
usurped power, sabotage, governmental restrictions,
regulations or controls, inability to obtain any
materials, services or financing, fire or other
casualties, or acts of God.
51. SURRENDER OF PR-MIS Q, Upon the expiration or
sooner termination of the term of this Lease, Lessee
agrees to quit and surrender the Demised Premises, broom
clean, in good condition and repair, reasonable wear and
tear excepted, together with all keys and combinations
to locks, safes and vaults and all improvements,
alterations, additions, fixtures and equipment at any
time made or installed in, upon or to the interior or
exterior of the Demised Premises, (except personal
property and other moveable trade fixtures put in at
Lessee's expense) all of which become the property of
Lessor without any claim by Lessor therefor, but the
surrender of such property to Lessor shall not be deemed
to be a payment of rent or in lieu of any rent reserved
hereunder. Unless directed in writing by Landlord not
to do ac not later than thirty (30) days prior to the
Termination Date, before surrendering the Demised
Premises, Lessee shall remove all of Lessee's said
personal property and movable trade fixtures and, at
Lessor's option, Lessee shall also remove any
improvements, alterations, additions, fixtures,
equipment and decorations at any time made or installed
by Lessee in, upon or to the interior or exterior of the
Demised Premises, and Lessee further agrees to repair
any damage caused thereby. If Lessee shall fail to
remove any of its personal property and trade, fixtures,
said property shall, at the option of Leeeor, either be
deemed abandoned and become the exclusive property of
Lessor, or Lessor shall have the right to remove and
store said property, at the expense of Lessee, without
further notice to or demand upon Lessee and hold Lessee
responsible for any and all charges and expenses
incurred by Lessor. If the Demised Premises are not
surrendered as required, Lessee shall indemnify Lessor
against all loss or liability resulting from the delay
by Lessee in so surrendering the same, including,
without limitation, any claims made by any succeeding
occupant founded on such delay. Lessee's obligations
under this Article shall survive the expiration or
sooner termination of the term of this Lease.
52 HOLDING OVERT Any holding over after the
expiration of this term or any renewal term shall be
construed to be a tenancy at will, a month to month
its ruled and
Merchants
calendar aua
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tenancy, or a one year tenancy at Landlord\s sole
discretion at the rent equal to twice the rentals herein
specified (prorated on a monthly basis) and shall
otherwise be on the terms herein specified so far as
applicable.
53. NO wAIVERt The failure of Lessor to insist
upon the strict Performance of this Lease, or the
failure of Lessor to exercise any right, option or
remedy hereby reserved shall not be construed as a
waiver of any ouch provision, right, option or remedy or
as a waiver of a subsequent breach thereof. The consent
or approval by Lessor of any act by Leases requiring
Lessor's consent or approval shall not be construed to
waive or render unneces eery the requirement for Lessor's
consent or approval of any subsequent similar act by
Lessee. The receipt by Lessor of Fixed Minimum Rent or
other rents and charges payable by Lessee, with
knowledge of a breach of any provision of this Lease,
shall not be deemed a waiver unless such waiver shall be
in writing signed by Lessor. No payment by Lessee or
receipt by Lessor of a lesser amount than the Fixed
Minimum Rent or other rents shall be deemed to be other
than on account of the earliest Fixed Minimum Rent or
other rents and charges then unpaid, nor shall any
endorsement or statement on any check or any letter
accompanying any check or payment by Lessee be deemed an
accord and satisfaction and Lessor may accept and
negotiate such check or payment without prejudice to
Lessor's right to recover the balance at such Fixed
Minimum Rent or other rents and charges due or Lessor
may pursue any other remedy in this Lease provided, and
no waiver by Lessor in favor of any other lessee or
occupant of the Shopping Center shall constitute a
waiver in favor of Lessee.
54. NOTICESs Every notice, demand, request,
consent, approval or other communication which may be or
is required to be given under this lease or by law shall
be sent by United States Certified or Registered mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, and shall be
addressed; (a) if to Lessor, to Leeeor's Mailing
Address, and (b) if to Lessee, to the Demised Premises
or to Lessee's Mailing Address. Either party may
designate, by similar notice to the other party, any
other address for such purposes. Upon written notice
from Lessor, Lessee will also send notices to Lessor's
mortgagee or mortgagees.
55. RECORDINGi Lessee shall not record this
Lease or any memorandum thereof without the prior
written consent of Lessor.
56. PARTIA., INVALIDITYz If any provision of this
lease or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances shall to any extent be held invalid, then
the remainder of this Lease or the application of such
provision to persons or circumstances other than those
as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected
thereby, and each provision of this Lease shall be valid
and enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law.
57. BROKER'S COMMI SIMI I Lessee covenants,
warrants and represents to Lessor that there was no
broker instrumental in consummating this lease and that
no conversations or prior negotiations were had by
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Lee see with any broker concerning the renting of the
Demised Premises. Lessee agrees to indemnify and hold
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including attorneys, essor harmless against and from all liabilities,
brokerage commissions for finders fees r reeulting from any
conversation or negotiations had by Leeeee with any
broker or any other person.
58. OPTIONS TO RRNRWI
Lessee shall have the right, at its option, to
renew the term of this Lease for three consecutive
additional terms of five years each (the -Renewal
Terms-), the first such Renewal Term to commence on the
fifth anniversary of the Commencement Date, on all the
same terms and conditions as are in force immediately
prior to expiration of the initial term hereof, except
that the minimum annual rent for such Renewal Term,
shall be increased in accordance with Paragraph 8
hereof, provided (i) that Lessee, at the time of the
exercise of each such option, and at the and of the
then-current term, is not in default under the terms
hereof, (ii) that Lessee shall have exercised all
previous options for Renewal Terms, and (iii) that the
Association shall have theretofore exercised an option
to renew the Sublease for an additional term expiring
not later than the Renewal Term with respect to which
Lessee desires to exercise its option to renew. Lessee
shall exercise its option for each such Renewal Term by
giving Lessor written notice of such exercise in
accordance with the notice provision of this Lease at
any time at least six months prior to expiration of the
then current term. If Lessee fails to exercise within
the time prescribed any option which it is entitled to
exercise, Lessor shall serve written notice upon Lessee
of such failure, whereupon Lessee shall have fifteen
(15) days from the date of receipt of such notice in
which to exercise as though such act had taken place at
least six months prior to expiration of the then current
term.
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58.1 LEABE MODIPI M MS,
This Lease is intended to be a land lease, with
ownership of the improvements thereon vested in Lessee
during the original term of this Lease and during the
term or terms of any properly exercised option(s).
Upon the expiration of this Lease or the last of any
properly exercised option term, whichever comes last,
title to said improvements shall vest in Lessor except
that Lessor may not sell, lease or rent, said
improvements for use as a savings and loan or bank if
Lessee at such time occupies a location for use as a
banking facility within a five mile radius of the
Demised Premises. Such restriction shall terminate at
ouch time an Lessee fails to occupy a location for use
as a banking facility within a five mile radius of the
Demised Promisee, or ten years after the premises are
vacated by Lessee, whichever comes first. In the event
of Lessee's default this restriction as to subsequent
occupancies shall not apply.
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59. PROVISIONS BINDING' Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Lease, all convenants,
conditions and provisions of this Lease shell be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective heirs, legal
representatives, successors and assigns. Each provision
of this Lease to be performed by Lessee shall be
construed to be both a covenant and a condition, and if
there shall be more than one lessee, they shall all be
bound, jointly and severally, by the provisions of this
Lease.
60. ENTIRE A•R VMgNT RTC .$ This Lease, including
the Exhibits, Riders and/or Addenda, if any, attached
hereto, sets forth the entire agreement between xhe
parties. All prior conversation or writings between the
parties hereto or their representatives are merged
herein and extinguished. This Lease shall not be
modified except by a writing subscribed to by all
parties, nor may this Lease be cancelled by Lessee or
the Demised Premises surrendered except with the written
consint of Lessor, unless otherwise specifically in.
The thisdeLeaseLein draft form shall by Lessor
submitted
solely for Lessee's consideration and not for acceptance
and execution. Such submission shall have no binding
force or effect, shell not constitute an option for the
leasing of the premises herein described, nor confer any
rights or impose any obligations upon either party. The
submission by Lessor of this Lease for execution by
Lessee and the actual execution and delivery thereof by
Lessee to Lessor shall similarly have no binding force
and effect unless and until Lessor shall have executed
this Lease and a duplicate original thereof shall have
been delivered to Lessee. If any provision contained in
any Rider and/or Addenda hereto is inconsistent with any
of the printed provisions of this Lease, the provisions
contained in such Rider and/or Addenda, as the case may
be, shall supersede said provision of this
Lease. Lessee hereby acknowledges that' (i) this Lease
contains no restrictive covenants or exclusives in
favor of Lessee; (ii) this Lease not be deemed or
interpreted to contain, by implication or otherwise,
any warranty, representation or agreement on the part
of Leeeor that any department store or regional or
national chain store or any other merchant shall open
or remain open for business or occupy or continue to
occupy any premises in or adjoining the Shopping Center
during the term of this Lease or any part thereof and
Lessee hereby expressly waives all claims with respect
thereto and acknowledges that Lessee is not
relying on any such warranty, representation or
agreement by Lessor either as a matter of inducement
in entering into this Leese or as a condition of
this Leese or as a covenant by Lessor unless such
warranty, representation or agreement is expressly
herein set forth. Should Lessee at any time claim
rights under any restrictive covenant, exclusive
covenant, covenant of key tenants, or covenant
of continued occupancy, if herein expressly set
forth, Lessee hereby expressly waives any such
claim with respect to department stores, regional or
national chain stores whose leases do not contain a use
clause or who may use their premises (or may assign
their leases or sublet their premises) for any lawful
purposes, or any other lessees of the Shopping
Center with whom leases have been entered into prior to
the date of this Lease.
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The captions and table of contents appearing herein
are inserted only as a matter of convenience and are not
intended to define, limit, construe or describe the
scope or intent of any paragraph, nor in any way affect
this Lease.
61. WAIVER OF LIABILITY, Anything contained in
thin Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, Lessee
agrees that Lessee shall look solely to the estate and
property of Lessor in the land and Buildings comprising
the Shopping Center of which the Demised Premises forma
a part for the collection of any judgment (or other
judicial process) requiring the payment of money by
Lessor in the event of any default or breach by Lessor
with respect to any of the terms and provisions of this
Lease to be observed and/or performed by Lessor,
subject, however, to the prior rights of any ground or
underlying lessors or the holder of any mortgage
covering the Shopping Center or any interest therein and
no other assets of Lessor or any Partner in Lessor shall
be subject to levy, execution or other judicial process
for the satisfaction of Lessee's claim. Lessee shall
not commence suit for damages or any other remedy or
institute any other form of civil litigation against any
Partner of Lessor whether or not such partner is a
General Partner or limited partner. In the event Lessor
conveys or transfers its interest in the Shopping Center
or in this Lease, except as collateral security for a
loan, upon such conveyance or transfer, Lessor (and in
the case of any subsequent conveyances or transfers, the
then grantor or transferor) shall be entirely released
and relieved from all liability with respect to the
performance of any covenants and obligations on the part
of Lessor to be performed hereunder from and after the
date of such conveyance or transfer, provided that any
amounts then due and payable to Lessee by Lessor (or by
the then grantor or transferor) or any other obligation
then to be performed by Lessor (or by the then grantor
or transferor) for Lessee under any provisions of this
Lease, shall either be paid or performed by Lessor (or
by the then grantor or transferor) or such payment or
performance assumed by the grantee or transferee; it
being intended hereby that the covenants and obligations
on the part of Lessor to be performed hereunder shall,
subject as aforesaid, be binding on Lessor, its
successors and assigns, only during and in respect of
their respective periods of ownership of an interest in
the Shopping Center or in this Lease. This provision
shall not be deemed, construed or interpreted to be or
constitute an agreement, express or implied, between
Lessor and Lessee that Lessor's interest hereunder and
in the Shopping Center shall be subject to impressment
of any equitable lien or otherwise.
62. RULES AND REGULATIONS9 Lessee agrees than
(a) all deliveries or shipments of any kind to and from
the Demised Premises, including loading and unloading of
goods, shall be made only by way of locations designated
by Lessor, and only at such times designated for such
purpose by Lessors trailers and/or trucks servicing the
Demised Premises shall remain parked in the Shopping
Center only during those periods necessary to service
Lessee's operations, but in no event shall such trailers
or trucks remain parked in the Shopping Center overnight
or beyond the closing hour of the Shopping Center; (b)
all garbage and refuse shall be stored in the type of
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container Specified by Lessor and shall be placed at the
location within the Demised Premises designated by
Lessor, for collection (at times specified by Lessor) by
contractors, an may from time to time, be designated by
Lessor; Lessee Shall pay for the cost of removal of such
garbage and refuse. In lieu and instead of the
foregoing provisions of this subdivision (b), Lessor, at
its option, may purchase or lease a garbage compactor
for the use of leeeees end occupants of the Shopping
Center. If Lessor makes available rubbish and garbage
facilities or purchases or leases such garbage compactor
for the use of lose eee in the Shopping Center, then
Lessee agrees to use the same for the disposal of its
garbage and refuse to the exclusion of all other garbage
collection companies, Lessee shall pay monthly, in
advance, as additional rent, the charges therefor, based
upon Lessor's estimate of the amount of the refuse and
garbage generated and the frequency of use by
Lessee. Leeeee shall cause its garbage and refuse to be
taken to such garbage compactor within the Shopping
Center) and it is understood and agreed that Lessee's
monthly charge as aforementioned will not include pickup
service. The aforementioned monthly charge as
estimated by Lessor shall be adjusted on an
annual basis after the expiration of each lease
year. Lessee she].1 store soiled or dirty linen
in approved fire rating organization metal
containers with self-closing fusible link coverer (c)
no radio, television, phonograph or other similar
devices, or aerial attached thereto (inside or
outside the Demised Promisee) shall be installed
without first obtaining, in each instance, Lessor's
written consent, and if such consent be given, no
such device shall be used in a manner so as to be
heard or seen outside of the Demised Premises; (d)
Lessee shall keep the areas immediately adjoining the
Demised Premises clean and free from dirt and rubbish,
and Leases shall not place, suffer or permit any
obstructions or merchandise in such areas; (e) Lessee
Shall not use the common areas for business or
promotional purposes; (f) Lessee and Lessee's employees
shall park their care only in those portions of the
parking areas, if any, designated for that purpose by
Lessor; ouch parking areas may, at Lessor's discretion,
be adjacent to the Shopping Center or separated
therefrom by intervening streets. Lessee shall furnish
Lessor with the automobile license numbers of the
automobiles used by Lessee and Lessee's employees within
five (5) days after Leeeee opens for business in the
Demised Premises and Lessee shall thereafter notify
Lessor of any changes within (5) days after such changes
occur. If Lessee or Lessee's employees shall fail to
park their care in such designated parking areas, then
Lessor may charge Lessee, as and for liquidated damages,
Ten ($10.00) Doll era per day for each day or partial day
for each car parked in any areas other than those
designated; and Leases hereby authorizes Lessor to
remove from the Shopping Center any of Lessee's care or
care belonging to Lessee's employees and/or to attach
violation stickers or notices to such care, and Lessee
hereby waives and releases Lessor and hereby indemnifies
and agrees to hold Lessor harmless from all claims,
liabilities, costa and expenses which may result or
arise therefrom; (g) the plumbing facilities within or
serving the Demised Premises shall not be used for any
purposes other than for which they were constructed, and
no foreign substances of any kind shall be thrown
SCMA Lease - Page 36
therein; (h) Lessee shall employ, at Lesese's expense, a
peat extermination contractor to service the Demised
Premises at such intervals as Lessor may require; (L)
Lessee shall not burn trash or garbage in or about the
Demised Premises or the Shopping Center; (j) Lessee
shall not
an suffer
the sidewalks in sfront , of decorations the
rear of the Demised Premises or on or upon any of the
parking or other common areas; (k) Lessee shall not use,
permit or suffer the use of any portion of the Demised
Premises as living, sleeping or lodging quarters; (1)
all mechanical equipment and machinery will be kept free
of noise and vibrations which may be transmitted to any
part of the walls of the Building In which the Demised
Premises are located or beyond the confines of the
Demised Premises are located or beyond the confines of
the Demised Premises; (m) no odors or vapors will be
permitted or caused to emanate from the Demised
Premises; (n) no live animals other than in a pet shop
will be kept on or within the Destined Premises; (o)
Lessee will not display, paint or place or cause to be
displayed, painted or placed any handbills, bumper
e tickers or other advertising or promotional materials
or devices on any vehicles parked in the parking areas
of the Shopping Center, whether belonging to Lessee or
to Leeeee's agent or to any other person; (p) Lessor may
reasonably amend or add new rules and regulations for
the use and care of the Demised Premises, the Building
and the common areas; provided, however, that all such
new rules and regulations shall be uniformly enforced
against all occupants of the Shopping Center. Notice of
such amendments or new rules and regulations will be
given to Lessee.
63. CORPO T- ..c .I If Lessee in a corporation,
the persons executing this Lease on behalf of Lessee
hereby warrant and represent that lessee is a duly
incorporated or duly qualified (if foreign) corporation
and is authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania; and that the person(s) executing this
Lease an behalf of Lessee is an officer or are officers
of such Lessee, and that he or they as such officers are
duly authorized to sign and execute this Lease for and
on behalf of such corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
respectively signed and sealed this Lease as of the day
and year set forth in Article 1 hereof.
LESSORt7 Shuman-Carlisle Mall Associates
u By,?', Witness Don Shuman, General Partner
LESSEE
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EXHIBIT "A•
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All that certain tract or parcel of land together with
improvements thereon, situate in the City of Carlisle,
County of Cumberland, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows to wits
Beginning at a point, said point being the southwest
corner of South Hanover Street and Noble Boulevard;
Thence along the western line
South of South Hanover street
:long 40' Neat a distance of 339.34 feet to a
point ;
Thence along the right of way line of Ramp ^I" (State
Highway L.R. 1799-4) North 70 degrees 20' West a
distance of 16.0 feet to a point;
Thence by a curve to the right having a radius of 120.0
feet for an arc length of 162.66 feet to a point;
Thence along same South 88 degrees 20' West a distance
of 164.47 feet to a point;
Thence along same by a curve to the left having a radius
of 304.5 feet for an are length of 171.13 feet to a
point;
Thence along same South 56 degrees 08' West a distance
of 611.55 feet to a point;
Thence along same by a curve to the right having a
radius of 460.0 feet for an arc length of 283.67 feet to
a point;
Thence along same South 01 degrees 28' West a distance
of 16.0 feet to a point;
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Thence along the northern right of way line of State
Highway L.R. 1799-4 North 88 degrees 32' Welt distance
a
of 562.37 feet to a point;
Thence along lands of Elwood Company, Inc., North O1
degrees 28' East 353.18 feet to a point;
Thence along lands of the Elwood Company, Inc., North 22
degrees 42' East 469.09 feet continuing to a point,
thence along lands of the Elwood Company, Inc., North 10
degrees 53' East 428.54 feet to a point along the
southern line of Noble Boulevard.
Thence along the southern line of Noble Boulevard South
79 degrees 07' East 170.02 feet to a point;
Thence along the southern line of Noble Boulevard South
79 degrees 11' East 29.98 feet to a point;
Thence along the southern line of Noble Boulevard South
79 degrees 11' East 1414.35 feet to the place of
beginning.
CONTAINING 33.66 Acres, more or lose.
PARCEL IIt
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of the East
side of Ridge Street and the South aide of Noble
Boulevard;
Thence by the South aide of Noble Boulevard South 79
degrees 07 minutes East a distance of 160.0 feet to a
point at lands now or formerly Jenks, Inc.;
Thence by same South 10 degrees 53 minutes West a
distance of 428.54 feet to a point;
Thence by same South 22 degrees 42 minutes West a
distance of 469.09 feet to a point;
Thence by same South 01 degree 28 minutes want a
distance of 353.18 feet to a point on the right-of-way
line of I-81;
Thence by same North 88 degrees 32 minutes West a
distance of 160 feet to a point on the East side of
Ridge Street;
Thence by same North 01 degree 28 minutes East a
distance of 269.34 feet to a point;
Thence by same and a curve to the right having a radius
of 607.27 feet an arc length of 225.05 feet to a point;
Thence by same North 22 degrees 42 minutes East a
distance of 279.69 feet to a point;
Thence by same and a curve to the left having a radius
of 860 feet an arc length of 177.37 feet to a point;
Thence by same North 10 degrees 53 minutes East a
distance of 322.98 feet to a point on the South side of
Noble Boulevard, the place of beginning.
CONTAINING 4.63 acres.
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Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
VS.
No.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
AFFIDAVIT IN ACTION FOR INJUNCTION TO PREVENT
VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF A LEASE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF YORK
Robert W. Pullo, being duly sworn and according to law, deposes and says:
1. I am the Chief Executive Officer of Y-F Service Corp.
2. 1 have read the Complaint signed by Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr. in the above-titled action, and
that the facts therein contained are to my knowledge true and correct.
3. The excerpts from the Lease in question contained in the Complaint are true and correct.
4. Defendants Zamias Services Inc.'s intends to allow Defendant PNC Bank Corp. to
occupy the former branch location of York Federal Savings and Loan Association located
at M.J. Mall, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013, and is in violation of Paragraph 58.1 of the
Lease between the parties and will cause irreparable loss and damage to Y-F Service
Corp., as York Federal's new branch location is located within sev I hundred yards of
its former branch location and Defendant PN?B s presence will cause
irreparable business damage to Y- F Servicq,2?orp. 1_`112
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Plaintiff
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC DANK
Defendants
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Upon consideration of Plaintiffs Petition for Preliminary Injunction and the Complaint;
and it appearing from the Complaint that the Plaintiff will suffer immediate, substantial and
irreparable harm before a hearing may be held; it is this day of August, 1999,
ORDERED that a Preliminary Injunction be and hereby is issued, against Defendants
Zamias Services, Inc. and PNC Dank, restraining and enjoining them and anyone acting on their
behalf, from entering or using the former York Federal branch located at the M.J. Carlisle Mall.
Judge
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Zamias Services, Inc.
PNC Bank
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
VS.
Plaintiff
No. 99 5 ?T
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
PETITION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
AND NOW, comes Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp., by and through its attorney, Benjamin F.
Riggs, Jr., and petitions this Court for a Preliminary Injunction. The grounds for this petition are
more particularly set forth in the accompanying Complaint.
WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff requests this Honorable Court for a
Preliminary Injunction in its favor to preserve the status quo pending resolution of the matters
stated in its Complaint.
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Benjamin F. iggs, Jr.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Y-F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
Telephone: (717) 849-2748
Attorney I.D. No. 72030
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Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
VS.
No.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
PETITION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
AND NOW, comes Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp., by and through its attorney, Benjamin F.
Riggs, Jr., and petitions this Court for a Preliminary Injunction. The grounds for this petition are
more particularly set forth in the accompanying Complaint.
WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff requests this Honorable Court for a
Preliminary Injunction in its favor to preserve the status quo pending resolution of the matters
stated in its Complaint.
I.D. ,/
Benjamin F. 'ggs, Jr
Attorney for Plaintiff
Y-F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
Telephone: (717) 849-2748
Attomev I.D. No. 72030
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
Vs. No.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Upon consideration of Plaintiffs Petition for Preliminary Injunction and the Complaint;
and it appearing from the Complaint that the Plaintiff will suffer immediate, substantial and
irreparable harm before a hearing may be held; it is this day of August, 1999,
ORDERED that a Preliminary Injunction be and hereby is issued, against Defendants
Zamias Services, Inc. and PNC Bank, restraining and enjoining them and anyone acting on their
behalf, from entering or using the former York Federal branch located at the M.J. Carlisle Mall.
Judge
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Zamias Services, Inc.
PNC Bank
Plaintiff No. 99-5309-Civil
VS.
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
ORDER
In consideration of Movant York Federal Savings and Loan Association's Motion
for Continuance, and any opposition thereto, if any, it is this 9* day of
September, 1999, ORDERED that the hearing scheduled for September 8, 1999 at
a C;?4aabf2
10:00 a.m. in the above-captioned case is hereby continued to the date of 6ep1eF"Ner
13 , 1999 at OZ : ad /P.M.
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Attorney for Movant
York Federal Savings
and Loan Association
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
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Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff No. 99-5309-Civil
VS.
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE
Y-F Service Corp., by and through its attorney, Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr.,
moves this Court for continuance in the above-captioned case and states as
follows:
1. Per this Court's Order dated September 2, 1999, this Court
scheduled a hearing to consider Plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Injunction and
Complaint before this Court in the above-captioned proceeding.
2. The Court has scheduled a hearing for September 8, 1999 at 10:00
a.m.
3. Robert W. Pullo, Chief Executive Officer of Y-F Service Corp., is
unavailable to testify at the hearing scheduled for September 8, 1999 at 10:00
a.m.
4. The undersigned counsel requests this Court to reschedule the
hearing in this matter subsequent to September 8, 1999, the date upon which Mr.
Pullo will be able to attend a hearing on this matter.
WHEREFORE, Y-F Service Corp. requests this Honorable Court to
continue the hearing in the above-captioned matter to a date certain subsequent
to September 8, 1999; and such other and further relief that this Court deems
appropriate.
Respectfully submitted,
Benja . iggs, Jr.
Attorney for Plaintiff
York Federal Savings and
Loan Association
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
No. 99-5309-Civil
Va.
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Counsel for York Federal Savings and Loan
Association, 101 S. George Street, York, Pennsylvania 17401, certify that I am and
at all times hereinafter mentioned was more than 18 years of age; and that on the
_2A day of September, 1999, 1 served a copy of the within Motion for Continuance
and Proposed Order by first class mail on:
Zamias Services, Inc. PNC Bank
Attn: Sam Zamias, Chairman Attn: Thomas O'Brien
300 Market Street USX Tower
Johnstown, PA 15901 600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
I certify that under penalty of perjury that the foregoin true and correct.
Executed on: September 1999
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr.
Attorney for Creditor
York Federal Savings and Loan
Association
101 S. George Street
York, PA 17401
Telephone: (717) 849-2748
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V.
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC. : NO. 99-5309 CIVIL TERM
and
PNC BANK
AND NOW, this 2"d day of SEPTEMBER, 1999, a hearing on Plaintiffs Petition
for a Preliminary Injunction is scheduled for Wednesday, September 8, 1999, at 10:00
a.m. in Courtroom # 5 of the Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle, Pa. 17013.
Plaintiffs request for an exparte preliminary injunction is DENIED.
By the
Edward E. Guido, J.
Benjamin F. Rigg, Jr., Esquire
101 South George Street
York, Pa. 17401
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ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Plaintiff
Defendants
No. -29. 7-
ORDER
In consideration of Plaintiffs Complaint in Proceeding to Enjoin the Terms of a Lease, it
is this day of
1999, ORDERED that Defendant Zamias Services
Inc. is enjoined and restrained from allowing Defendant PNC Bank Corp. from occupying or in
any way using the former bank facilities of Y- F Service Corp. located at the M.J. Mall in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013.
Judge
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
vs. No. 94. 53o9 ? T_?.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
ORDER
In consideration of Plaintiff's Complaint in Proceeding to Enjoin the Terms of a Lease, it
is this day of 1999, ORDERED that Defendant Zamias Services
Inc. is enjoined and restrained from allowing Defendant PNC Bank Corp. from occupying or in
any way using the former bank facilities of Y- F Service Corp. located at the M.J. Mall in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013.
Judge
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
VS. No. 99-S34)g n' l
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ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
ORDER
In consideration of Plaintiffs Complaint in Proceeding to Enjoin the Terms of a Lease, it
is this day of
1999, ORDERED that Defendant Zamias Services
Inc. is enjoined and restrained from allowing Defendant PNC Bank Corp. from occupying or in
any way using the former bank facilities of Y- F Service Corp. located at the M.J. Mall in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013.
Judge
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
vs. No. 99-r309 ,- 1 T
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
ORDER
In consideration of Plaintiffs Complaint in Proceeding to Enjoin the Terms of a Lease, it
is this day of 1999, ORDERED that Defendant Zamias Services
Inc. is enjoined and restrained from allowing Defendant PNC Bank Corp. from occupying or in
any way using the former bank facilities of Y- F Service Corp. located at the M.J. Mall in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013.
Judge
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Vs.
Plaintiff
No. 49. 5,309 e ;,? T-1"
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
ORDER
In consideration of Plaintiff's Complaint in Proceeding to Enjoin the Terms of a Lease, it
is this day of
1999, ORDERED that Defendant Zamias Services
Inc. is enjoined and restrained from allowing Defendant PNC Bank Corp. from occupying or in
any way using the former bank facilities of Y- F Service Corp. located at the M.J. Mall in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013.
Defendants
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Vs.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
No. 9H 5" 09
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Upon consideration of Plaintiffs Petition for Preliminary Injunction and the Complaint;
and it appearing from the Complaint that the Plaintiff will suffer immediate, substantial and
irreparable harm before a hearing may be held; it is this day of August, 1999,
ORDERED that a Preliminary Injunction be and hereby is issued, against Defendants
Zamias Services, Inc. and PNC Bank, restraining and enjoining them and anyone acting on their
behalf, from entering or using the former York Federal branch located at the M.J. Carlisle Mall.
Judge
Plaintiff
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Zamias Services, Inc.
PNC Bank
AUG 3 0 199P
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
vs.
Plaintiff
No. 99- 5-- b
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Upon consideration of Plaintiffs Petition for Preliminary Injunction and the Complaint;
and it appearing from the Complaint that the Plaintiff will suffer immediate, substantial and
irreparable harm before a hearing may be held; it is this day of August, 1999,
ORDERED that a Preliminary Injunction be and hereby is issued, against Defendants
Zamias Services, Inc. and PNC Bank, restraining and enjoining them and anyone acting on their
behalf, from entering or using the former York Federal branch located at the M.J. Carlisle Mall.
Judge
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Zamias Services, Inc.
PNC Bank
AUG 3 0 1991
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Vs.
Plaintiff
No. 99- 63o9 11;,,( IA'
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Upon consideration of Plaintiff's Petition for Preliminary Injunction and the Complaint;
and it appearing from the Complaint that the Plaintiff will suffer immediate, substantial and
irreparable harm before a hearing may be held; it is this day of August, 1999,
ORDERED that a Preliminary Injunction be and hereby is issued, against Defendants
Zamias Services, Inc. and PNC Bank, restraining and enjoining them and anyone acting on their
behalf, from entering or using the former York Federal branch located at the M.J. Carlisle Mall.
Judge
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Zamias Services, Inc.
PNC Bank
AUG 3 0
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Vs.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Plaintiff
No.
Defendants
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Upon consideration of Plaintiffs Petition for Preliminary Injunction and the Complaint;
and it appearing from the Complaint that the Plaintiff will suffer immediate, substantial and
irreparable harm before a hearing may be held; it is this day of August, 1999,
ORDERED that a Preliminary Injunction be and hereby is issued, against Defendants
Zamias Services, Inc. and PNC Bank, restraining and enjoining them and anyone acting on their
behalf, from entering or using the former York Federal branch located at the M.J. Carlisle Mall.
Judge
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Zamias Services, Inc.
PNC Bank
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
vs. No.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
PETITION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
AND NOW, comes Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp., by and through its attorney, Benjamin F.
Riggs, Jr., and petitions this Court for a Preliminary Injunction. The grounds for this petition are
more particularly set forth in the accompanying Complaint.
WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Plaintiff requests this Honorable Court for a
Preliminary Injunction in its favor to preserve the sm quo pending resolution of the matters
stated in its Complaint.
A.jLj
Benjamin F. 'ggs, Jr.
Attorney for Plaintiff
Y-F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
Telephone: (717) 849-2748
Attorney I.D. No. 72030
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.
Plaintiff
VS. No.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
Upon consideration of Plaintiffs Petition for Preliminary Injunction and the Complaint;
and it appearing from the Complaint that the Plaintiff will suffer immediate, substantial and
irreparable harm before a hearing may be held; it is this day of August, 1999,
ORDERED that a Preliminary Injunction be and hereby is issued, against Defendants
Zamias Services, Inc. and PNC Bank, restraining and enjoining them and anyone acting on their
behalf, from entering or using the former York Federal branch located at the M.J. Carlisle Mall.
Judge
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Zamias Services, Inc.
PNC Bank
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.,
Plaintiff
V. No. 99-5309
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC. Civil Term
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
Please enter the appearance of the undersigned as counsel for Defendant "PNC
Bank" in the above-captioned action.
Respectfully submitted,
oz,
Dss, / Esquire
I.D. No.: 47466
REED SMITH SHAW & McCLAY I.LP
213 Market Street, 9th Floo.
P.O. Box 11844
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108
(717)257-3047
Counsel for Defendant "PNC Bank"
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I hereby certify that on this 9th day of September, 1999, the attached Entry of
Appearance was served by first-class United States Mail, postage prepaid, upon the following:
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esquire
York Federal Savings and Loan Association
202 South George Street
York, PA 17401
Zamias Services, Inc.
ATTN. Sam Zamias
300 Market Street
Johnstown, PA 15901
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ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
No. 99-5309
Civil Term
PRAECIPE FOR ENTRY OF APPEARANCE
TO THE PROTHONOTARY:
Kindly enter the appearance of the undersigned as counsel for Defendant Zamias Services, Inc.
in the above-captioned action.
Respectfully Submitted,
RHOADS & 1SINON LLP
By:
Timothy J. Nieman
Attorney I.D. 66024
Kevin M. Gold
Attorney I.D. 70265
One South Market Square
P. O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
(717) 233-5731
Attorneys for Defendant
Zamias Services, Inc.
Date: September 23, 1999
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
1 hereby certify that on this 17_day of ?? ???? 1999, the foregoing Praecipe for
Entry of Appearance was served via first class mail upon the persons listed below:
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esq.
Y-F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
(Attorney for Plaintiff)
Dino A. Ross, Esq.
Reed Smith Shaw & McClay LLP
213 Market Street, 9' Floor
P.O. Box 11844
Harrisburg, PA 17108
(Attorney for Defendant PNC Bank)
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Y-F SERVICE CORP., IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. CIVIL ACTION - LAW
ZAMIS SERVICES, INC., :
and PNC BANK,
Defendants NO. 99-5309 CIVIL TERM
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 1st day of October, 1999, upon consideration of Movant York
Federal Savings and Loan Association's Motion for Continuance, the hearing previously
scheduled in this matter for October 13, 1999, at 2:00 p.m., is rescheduled to 3:00 p.m. on
the same date, in Courtroom No. I, Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle,
Pennsylvania.
BY THE COURT,
J? esley Oler,_ .
Banjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esq.
101 south George Street
York, PA 17401
Attorney for Movant
York Federal Savings
and Loan Association
Dino A. Ross, Esq.
213 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
Timothy J. Nieman, Esq.
I South Market Square
Harrisburg, PA 17101
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORR,
Plaintiff
V. No. 99-5309
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC. Civil Term
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS TO
COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN VIOLATION OF LEASE
Defendant PNC Bank, National Association (incorrectly identified by Plaintiff as
"PNC Bank") (hereinafter ?NC!"), by and through its undersigned counsel, files the following
Preliminary Objections To Complaint To Enjoin Violation Of Lease.
I. Failure To Join A Necessary Party
1. Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp. ("Plaintiff') alleges that on or about March 8,
1995, it entered into a Shopping Center Lease Agreement with Sun Life Insurance Company of
America ("Sun Life"), which modified a lease dated July 17, 1989, by and between Shuman-
Carlisle Mall Associates and Plaintiff (hereinafter the "Lease"). So Complaint, 14.
2. Plaintiff further alleges that the Lease dealt with an outparcel in the MJ
Carlisle Mall containing a York Federal Bank branch (the "Property"). See Complaint, ¶ 4.
3. Plaintiff alleges that Sun Life is the owner of the Property. $gg Complaint,
¶4.
4. The basis for Plaintiffs request for injunctive relief is an alleged violation of
paragraph 58.1 of the Lease. Specifically, Plaintiff contends that Zamias intends to lease the
Property to PNC in violation of paragraph 58.1 of the Lease. S= Complaint, ¶¶ 7,8.
5. The only parties to the Lease are Plaintiff and Sun Life. Neither Defendants
Zamias Services, Inc. nor PNC are parties to the Lease.
6. Because Plaintiff seeks the enforcement of a provision contained in the Lease
between it and Sun Life, it is entirely improper for this Court to adjudicate the merits of
Plaintiffs claims without Sun Life's participation.
7. Sun Life is not a party to this action.
8. Because Plaintiff failed to join Sun Life, a necessary party to this action,
Plaintiffs Complaint should be dismissed.
Wherefore, PNC respectfully requests that its Preliminary Objections be sustained
and that Plaintiffs Complaint be dismissed with prejudice.
H. Failure To State A Legally Sufficient Claim
9. The averments of paragraphs 1 through 8 above are incorporated by this
reference as if set forth in full.
10. Plaintiff is seeking to enjoin the alleged violation of the Lease between it and
Sun Life.
11. Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that in violation of paragraph 58.1 of the Lease,
Zamias intends to allow PNC to occupy the Property.
12. It is clear from the face of the Lease that PNC is not a party to the Lease.
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13. Plaintiff has not alleged that PNC is a party to the Lease or has entered into a
contract or agreement to lease the Property.
14. The only factual allegations against PNC are that Zamias "intends to allow
PNC to occupy the Property" and "Zamias has every intention of leasing the Property to PNC."
5= Complaint, IT 7-8. Significantly, Plaintiff has requested only that Zamias be enjoined from
violating the Lease. Plaintiff has not requested any injunctive relief against PNC.
15. PNC cannot violate the terms of the Lease to which it is not a party nor can
PNC be enjoined from violating a Lease to which it is not a party.
16. Plaintiff has failed to state any cognizable cause of action against PNC.
WHEREFORE, it is respectfully requested that Plaintiffs Complaint against PNC
be dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a legally sufficient claim.
Respectfully submitted,
Di Ross, Esquire
I.D. No.: 47466
REED SMITH SHAW & McCLAY LLP
213 Market Street, 9th Floor
P.O. Box 11844
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108
(717)257-3047
Counsel for Defendant
PNC Bank, National Association
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I hereby certify that on this 5th day of October, 1999, the foregoing was served by
first-class United States Mail, postage prepaid, upon the following:
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esquire
York Federal Savings and Loan Association
202 South George Street
York, PA 17401
Timothy J. Niemann, Esquire
Rhoads & Sinon LLP
One South Market Square, 12`h Floor
P.O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
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'LAMIAS SERVICES, INC.
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
No. 99-5309
Civil Term
ANSWER TO COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN VIOLATION OF LEASE
NOW COMES, Defendant, %antias Services, Inc. by and through its attorneys Rhoads &
Sinon, LLP and tiles the within Answer to Complaint to Enjoin Violation of Lease as follows:
I. Admitted upon information and belief.
2. Admitted.
3. Admitted upon information and beliel'.
4. Denied. The Agreement and Lease are written documents and, as such, they
speak for themselves. After reasonable investigation, 7..amias is without knowledge or
information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the remaining averments and they are
therefore denied.
5. Denied. The Lease and Agreement are written documents and, as such, they
speak for themselves.
6. Admitted in part and denied in part. It is admitted that Y-F Services, Inc. has
learned that I'NC may occupy the Property. If is denied, however, that Zamias intends to sell.
lease or rent the Property to PNC, as those terms are used in the Lease.
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7. Denied. The averments contained in this paragraph constitute conclusions of law
to which no responsive pleading is required. To the extent the averments are deemed factual in
nature, it is specifically denied that Zamias is in violation of the terms of the Lease.
8. Denied. The averments contained in this paragraph constitute conclusions of law
to which no responsive pleading is required. To the extent the averments are deemed factual in
nature, it is specifically denied that Zamias has every intention of leasing the Property to PNC in
violation of the spirit of the Lease. To the contrary, Zamias does not intend to sell, lease or rent
the Property to PNC.
9. Denied. The averments contained in this paragraph constitute conclusions of law
to which no responsive pleading is required. To the extent the averments are deemed factual in
nature, it is specifically denied that Zamias is in violation of the terms of the Lease and that
Plaintiff will suffer manifest and irreparable damage. To the contrary, Zamias is not in violation
of the Lease and Plaintiffs will suffer no harm or damage.
WHEREFORE, Answering Defendant Zamias Services, Inc. respectfully requests that
this Honorable Court deny Plaintiffs request for an injunction and dismiss the Complaint to
Enjoin Violation of Lease in its entirety with prejudice and without cost to Answering
Defendant.
NEW MATTER
10. Zamias incorporates by reference the foregoing responses to paragraphs 1-9 as if
set forth in full.
I l . Plaintiff s claims are barred by the doctrines of waiver, estoppel and laches.
12. Zamias, as the management company for the outparcel which is the subject of the
instant Complaint to Enjoin Violation of Lease, is not the real party in interest. Additionally,
Zamias is not a party to the Lease.
13. The restrictive covenant that Zamias is alleged to be in violation of is not effective
and has lapsed by its own terms.
14. The conditions for which the restrictive covenant apply, assuming the covenant is
operative, have not been met.
15. Answering Defendant is not selling, leasing or renting the outparcel to PNC.
16. Plaintiff's have failed to establish, nor does it possess, a clear right to relief, an
immediate need for relief and an irreparable injury which are each required for injunctive relief.
IT Plaintiffs injury, if any, is compensable at law through money damages.
18. Plaintiff fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
WHEREFORE, Zamias Services, Inc. respectfully requests that this Honorable Court
deny Plaintiffs request for an injunction and dismiss the Complaint to Enjoin Violation of Lease
in its entirety with prejudice and without cost to Zamias Services, Inc.
RHOADS & SINON LLP
By. lei 1.4,--
Timothy J. Nieman
Kevin M. Gold
One South Market Square
P. 0. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
(717) 233-5731
Attorneys for Defendant
Zamias Services, Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 7°i day of October, the foregoing Answer to Complaint to
Enjoin Violation of Lease was served via first class mail upon the persons listed below:
Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esq.
Y-F Service Corp.
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
(Attorney for Plaintiff)
Dino A. Ross, Esq.
Reed Smith Shaw & McClay LLP
213 Market Street, 9'h Floor
P.O. Box 11844
Harrisburg, PA 17108
(Attorney for Defendant PNC Bank)
VERIFICATION
Sam Zamias, deposes and says, subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §
4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities, that the facts set forth in
the foregoing Answer to Complaint to Enjoin Violation of Lease are true and
correct to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
Date: 9'd 9 99 ?(? C-V
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Y-F SERVICE CORP.,
Plaintiff
V. No. 99-5309
ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC. Civil Term
and
PNC BANK
Defendants
Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp., Defendant Zamias Services, Inc. and Defendant PNC
Bank, National Association (incorrectly identified and designated by Plaintiff as "PNC Bank"),
by and through their respective undersigned counsel, and pursuant to Pa.R.Civ.P. No. 229(b),
hereby agree and stipulate that the above-captioned action is discontinued with prejudice as to
Defendant PNC Bank, National Association (incorrectly identified and designated by Plaintiff as
"PNC Bank"). This Stipulation may be executed by the parties in counterparts.
A. Ross, Esquire
I.D. No.: 47466
REED SMITH SHAW & McCLAY LLP
213 Market Street, 9th Floor
P.O. Box 11844
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108
Counsel for Defendant
PNC Bank, National Association
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Benjamin F Riggs, r., squire
York Federal Savings and Loan Association
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
Counsel for Plaintiff Y-F Service Corp.
Timothy J. Niemann, Esquire
Rhoads & Sinon LLP
One South Market Square, 12`h Floor
P.O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
Counsel for Defendant Zamias Services, Inc.
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Y-F SERVICE CORP.,
Plaintiff
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ZAMIAS SERVICES, INC.,
and SUN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF AMERICA,
Defendants
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
No. 99-5309 CIVIL TERM
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this 13th day of October, 1999,
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upon consideration of the Petition for Preliminary
Injunction filed by Y-F Service Corporation, Plaintiff, and
upon consideration of the Complaint in the above-captioned
matter filed by Y-F Service Corporation, and pursuant to an
agreement reached in open court between the Plaintiff and
Defendant Zamias Services, Inc., and Defendant Sun Life
Insurance Company of America, and the parties having
resolved both the issues raised in the Petition for
Preliminary Injunction and in the Complaint, which
agreement has been described in general terms on the record
in open court on today's date and will be formalized and
submitted to the Court with a proposed order for signature,
the record is declared closed, and the matter is taken
under advisement.
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J Wesley O1 J
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Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esquire
101 South George Street
York, PA 17401
For the Plaintiff
Kevin M. Gold, Esquire
Timothy J. Niehman, Esquire
One South Market Square
P.O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
For Defendants Zamias Services and Sun Life
Joseph A. Anthony, Esquire
300 Market Street
Johnstown, PA 15901
For Defendant Zamias Services, Inc.
Dino A. Ross, Esquire
213 Market Street
P.O. Box 11844
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1844
For Defendant PNC Bank
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SHERIFF'S RETURN - OUT OF COUNTY
CASE NO: 1999-05309 P
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
Y - F SERVCE CORPORATION
VS.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC
R. Thomas Kline Sheriff, who being duly sworn according
to law, says, that he made a diligent search and inquiry for the within
named defendant, to wit: ZAMIAS SERVICES INC
ATTN: SAM ZAMIAS
but was unable to locate Them in his bailiwick. He therefore
deputized the sheriff of CAMBRIA County, Pennsylvania.
to serve the within COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN
On October 4th, 1999 , this office was in receipt of
the attached return from CAMBRIA County, Pennsylvania.
Sheriff's Costs:
Docketing 18.00
Out of County 9.00
Surcharge 8.00
Dep. Cambria Cc 35.26
Sworn and subscribed to before me
this ,104= day of u'C CGf ..?
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SHERIFF'S RETURN - OUT OF COUNTY
CASE NO: 1999-05309 P
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
Y - F SERVCE CORPORATION
VS.
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC
R. Thomas Kline , Sheriff, who being duly sworn according
to law, says, that he made a diligent search and inquiry for the within
named defendant, to wit: PNC BANK CORPORATION
ATTN: THOMAS O'BRIEN
but was unable to locate Them in his bailiwick. He therefore
deputized the sheriff of ALLEGHENY County, Pennsylvania.
to serve the within COMPLAINT TO ENJOIN
On October 4th, 1999 , this office was in receipt of
the attached return from ALGHENY Count , Pennsylvania.
Sheriff's Costs: o a e s:
Docketing 6.00
Out of County 9.00
Surcharge 8.00 as line, eri
Dep. Allegheny Cc 31.00 ZK;/EDE uu 1L SAVINGS & LOAN
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Sworn and subscribed to before me
this ,]e day of QJI-?
19qlct A.D.
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In The Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Y-F Service Corpp
VS.
Zamias Services, Inc., at
Serve: Zamias Service, Inc.
Now, 9/7/99
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No. 99-5309 Civil
19_, 1, SHERIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA, do
hereby deputize the Sheriff of Cambria County to execute this Writ, this
deputation being made at the request and risk of the Plaintiff.
Sheriff of Cumberland County, PA
Affidavit of Service
Now, Sept 15 , 19 99 at 11:00 o'clock_ A M. served the
within Complaint
upon Zamias Services Inc.
at 300 Market St. Johnstown, Cambria
by handing to Paul Kiever, Staff atto
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and made known to him
My costs paid by Cumberland Co. Sheriff.
Sworn and subscribed before
me this /R-day of (L11 (6, 1919
Pa.
copy of the original complaint
the contents thereof.
So answers,
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Sh riff of Carabria County, PA
COSTS
SERVICE $ 18.00
MILEAGE 14.26
AFFIDAVIT 3.00
S35.26
NOW
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In The Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland
Y-F Service, Corp.
VS.
Zamias Services, I
Now,'
County, Pennsylvania
RIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA, do
hereby deputize the Sheriff of Allegheny County to execute this Writ, this
deputation being made at the request and risk of the Plaintiff.
Sheriff of Cumberland County, PA
Affidavit of Service
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within
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and made known to
COSTS
Sworn and subscribed before SERVICE , 00
me this _ day of 19 MILEAGE 3,00
Q I A AFFIDAVIT 3,00
Notarial
Seal
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Shetla R. O'Brien. Nof otary Public
Plltsburgh, Allcoheny County
My Conimisvon Exnims June 19, 2000
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Y-F SERVICE CORP., IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
Plaintiff CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
V. CIVIL ACTION - LAW
ZAMIS SERVICES, INC., :
and SUN LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY:
OF NORTH AMERICA, :
Defendants NO. 99-5309 CIVIL TERM
ORDER OF COURT
AND NOW, this `{ day of April, 2000, upon consideration of Plaintiff's Petition
for Preliminary injunction, and counsel having apparently not succeeded in drafting a
proposed order for signature in accordance with the order of court dated October 13,
1999, but no request having been received by the court for intervention, the court will
regard the matter as requiring no further disposition, pending any request by counsel for
further action.
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Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr., Esq.
101 south George Street
York, PA 17401
Attorney for Plaintiff
Timothy J. Niehman, Esq.
One South Market Square
P.O. Box 1146
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146
Attorney for Defendants
Zamias Services and Sun Life
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BY THE COURT,
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Joseph A. Anthony, Esq.
300 Market Street
Johnstown, PA 15901
Attorney for Defendant
Zamias Services, Inc.
Dino A. Ross, Esq.
213 Market Street
P.O. Box 11844
Harrisburg, PA 17108-1844
Attorney for Defendant
PNC Bank
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Plaintiff
VS. No. 99.5309-Civil Term
ZAMIAS SERVICES INC.
and
SUN AMERICA LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
Defendants
STIPULATION AND CONSENT ORDER
WHEREAS, on August 30, 1999, Y-F Service Corp, (the "Plaintiff') filed a
Complaint to Enjoin Violation of Lease and Petition for Preliminary Injunction with
this Court; and
WHEREAS, on October 13, 1999, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint to
Enjoin a Violation of Lease adding Sun America Life Insurance Company ("Sun
Life") as an additional Defendant; and
WHEREAS, on October 13, 1999, the Plaintiff, Defendant Zamias
Services, Inc. ("Zamias") and Defendant PNC Bank, National Association ("PNC
Bank"), stipulated that PNC Bank would be discontinued from the above-
captioned action; and,
WHEREAS, this Court scheduled a hearing on October 13, 1999,
regarding Plaintiffs Petition for Preliminary Injunction; and,
WHEREAS, the Plaintiff, Zamias and Sun Life desire to resolve the
Plaintiffs Petition for a Preliminary Injunction and its Amended Complaint to
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Enjoin Violation of the Lease by the terms of this Stipulation and Consent Order
(the "Stipulation and Consent Order").
WHEREFORE, the Plaintiff, Zamlas and Sun Life and each parties
respective successors and assigns do hereby agree, stipulate and consent as
follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are deemed an
essential part of this Stipulation and Consent Order; all parties agree to be
bound by such recitals as admissions of fact, the same as if each recital was fully
restated in this paragraph;
2. Defendants Zamias or Sun Life shall pay the Plaintiff the sum of
$42,500.00 in certified funds no later than the close of business of the 15t
business day that PNC Bank conducts business in the former branch of York
Federal Savings and Loan Association located at the MJ Carlisle Mall ("Mall').
The former branch location of York Federal Savings and Loan Association is
designated by the No. 2 on the Plan which is attached hereto, made a part hereof
and incorporated as Exhibit A. Payment shall be made to Benjamin F. Riggs, Jr.,
Esquire, Counsel for Y-F Service Corp. and sent to the address of: Attn: Legal
Department, 101 South George Street, York, Pennsylvania 17401.
3. Plaintiff and Sun Life shall enter into a mutually agreeable ten year
Land Lease ("Land Lease"), regarding Plaintiffs use of an existing building
located on an outparcel in the Mall designated as "No. 1" on Exhibit A
('Building"). The Land Lease between the Plaintiff and Sun Life will be rent free
for the entire ten year term and the term of the Land Lease shall begin on the first
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day that the Wal-Mart store location that will be constructed at the Mall opens for
business. The Plaintiff, however, shall be responsible for all costs associated
with the upkeep, monthly utility charges, signage and maintenance of the ATM
and Zamias and Sun Life shall be responsible for all costs associated with the
upkeep and maintenance of the Building as well as all costs associated with
providing electrical service to the Building. Additionally, the Plaintiff shall not
extend the Building beyond its existing footprint, nor shall it be used for any other
purpose than as an automated teller machine. The Plaintiff has the right to begin
the operation of the automated teller machine on the date that PNC first conducts
business at the Branch and will be provided reasonable access prior thereto to
install said machine.
4. The entrance located in the immediate vicinity to the Building,
which is designated as No. 3 on Exhibit A, shall never be closed or modified as
an entrance to the Mall during the term of the Land Lease, without the permission
of the Plaintiff.
5. The area known and designated as No. 2 on Exhibit A, which
delineates the former branch location of York Federal Savings and Loan
Association ("Branch"), may be used without the imposition of Liquidated
Damages (See Paragraph 6) by PNC Bank as a branch location for a period of
twelve (12) months ("Original Term"). That twelve month period shall begin to
run on the date that PNC Bank first conducts business at the Branch. Once PNC
Bank's period of use has expired Spursuant to this paragraph or paragraph 6),
the Branch shall be completely razed by Sun Life, its successors and assigns.
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6. If PNC Bank shall continue to occupy or conduct business in any
regard at the Branch, subsequent to the twelve month period as described in
paragraph 5, then Sun Life, its successors or assigns, shall be required to pay
liquidated damages to the Plaintiff in the amounts set forth in this paragraph 6.
Liquidated damages for the first ninety (90) days ('90 Day Period") after the
Original Term shall be $500.00 per day. If PNC Bank shall continue to occupy
or conduct business in any regard subsequent to the 90 Day Period, then Sun
Life, its successors and assigns, shall be required to pay liquidated damages in
the amount of $700.00 per day until PNC Bank ceases conducting business at
the Branch. The parties hereto have fully negotiated the provisions of this
paragraph 6 with respect to the liquidated damages free from duress or other
undue influence. Having agreed that it would be difficult, if not impossible, to
determine or ascertain the actual amount of any losses which Plaintiff would
incur as a result of any delay in PNC Bank ceasing the operation of its business
at the Branch, the parties hereto have, independently and in good faith,
determined that the foregoing liquidated damages are a fair and reasonable
estimation of and basis for any such losses. Accordingly, in the event of any
such delay, subject to the conditions above, and anything in this Stipulation and
Consent Order to the contrary notwithstanding, the foregoing liquidated damages
shall be the sole obligation of Sun Life, its successors or assigns and shall be in
lieu of any other rights or remedies, at law or equity, which Plaintiff would
otherwise have against Sun Life or any other party hereto. Except for the
liquidated damages provided for above, Plaintiff hereby waives any other right or
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remedy Plaintiff may have against any other party hereto as a result of such
delay.
Having reviewed the terms and conditions of this Stipulation and Consent
Order and finding the terms and conditions contained herein to be reasonable, it
is this 10 4 day of S 2000 by the Court of Common Pleas of
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, so ORDERED.
By the Court:
J Wesley Ole ,J , J: ?,?p?'? `00
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Reviewed and consented to this day of , 2000, by Y-F
Service Corp., Zamias Services, Inc. and Sun Life Insurance Company of
America.
Zamias Services, Inc.
Sun America Life Insurance
Company of America
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