Maintenance of the Common Areas of the Building Clause Samples

The Maintenance of the Common Areas of the Building clause defines the responsibility for upkeep and repair of shared spaces within a property, such as lobbies, hallways, elevators, and exterior grounds. Typically, this clause specifies which party—often the landlord or property manager—is obligated to perform regular cleaning, repairs, and necessary improvements, and may outline how costs are allocated among tenants. Its core function is to ensure that common areas remain safe, functional, and presentable, thereby preventing disputes and maintaining the overall quality and value of the property.
Maintenance of the Common Areas of the Building. Landlord shall operate, manage and maintain the Common Areas of the Building. As Additional Rent and in accordance with Paragraph 4.D of this Lease, Tenant shall pay its Proportionate Share of the cost of operation (including common utilities), management, maintenance, and repair of the Building (including structural and common areas such as lobbies, restrooms, janitor’s closets, hallways, elevators, mechanical and telephone rooms, stairwells, entrances, spaces above the ceilings and janitorization of said common areas) in which the Premises are located. The maintenance items herein referred to include, but are not limited to, all windows, window frames, plate glass, glazing, truck doors, main plumbing systems of the Building (such as water drain lines, sinks, toilets, faucets, drains, showers and water fountains), main electrical systems (such as panels and conduits), heating and air-conditioning systems (such as compressors, fans, air handlers, ducts, boilers, heaters), structural elements and exterior surfaces of the Building; store fronts, roof, downspouts, Building common area interiors (such as wall coverings, window coverings, floor coverings and partitioning), ceilings, Building exterior doors, skylights (if any), automatic fire extinguishing systems, and elevators (if any); license, permit and inspection fees; security, supplies, materials, equipment and tools; salaries and employees benefits of personnel and payroll taxes applicable thereto; the cost of capital expenditures which have the effect of reducing operating expenses, provided, however, that in the event Landlord makes such capital improvements, Landlord may amortize its investment in said improvements together with interest at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum on the unamortized balance (“Amortized Cost”) as an operating expense in accordance with standard accounting practices, provided, that such amortization is not at a rate greater than the anticipated savings in the operating expenses. Tenant hereby waives all rights hereunder, and benefits of, subsection 1 of Section 1932 and Sections 1941 and 1942 of the California Civil Code and under any similar law, statute or ordinance now or hereafter in effect.
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Maintenance of the Common Areas of the Building. The end of the third sentence of Paragraph 11.B. of the Original Lease, starting with the words “provided, however,” and ending with the words “operating expenses” and including the definition of Amortized Cost, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: “provided, however, that in the event Landlord makes such capital improvements, such costs shall be amortized over the reasonable life of such expenditures in accordance with such reasonable life and amortization schedules as shall be determined by Landlord in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, with interest on the unamortized amount at one percent (1%) in excess of the Wall Street Journal prime lending rate announced from time to time.” Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Lease, any and all references to amortization of capital improvement costs set forth in Paragraph 11 of the Original Lease and Paragraph 19 of the Original Lease, shall be amortized in accordance with the foregoing formula, but only to the extent that such costs are required to be amortized pursuant to such Paragraphs of the Original Lease.
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Related to Maintenance of the Common Areas of the Building

  • Maintenance of Common Areas Landlord shall maintain the Common Areas in good order, condition and repair and shall operate the Project and Park, in Landlord’s reasonable discretion, as a first-class industrial/commercial real property development. Tenant shall pay, on a monthly basis, Tenant’s Pro-Rata Share (as determined below) of the costs specified below and incurred by Landlord for the operation and maintenance of the Common Areas in the manner stated in Section 4.05(e). Common Area costs include, but are not limited to, costs and expenses for the following: the emergency generator gardening and landscaping; utilities, water, storm water and sanitary sewage charges; maintenance of signs (other than tenants’ signs); premiums for liability, property damage, fire and other types of casualty insurance on the Common Areas and all Common Area improvements; all Real Property Taxes levied on or attributable to the Common Areas and all Common Area improvements; all personal property taxes levied on or attributable to personal property used in connection with the Common Areas; straight-line depreciation on personal property owned by Landlord which is consumed or used in the operation or maintenance of the Common Areas; rental or lease payments paid by Landlord for rented or leased personal property used in the operation or maintenance of the Common Areas; fees for required licenses and permits; repairing, resurfacing and repaying, striping or restriping, maintaining, painting, lighting, cleaning, refuse removal, security and similar items; sales taxes; business and occupations taxes; and a reasonable fee to Landlord for Landlord’s supervision of the Common Areas and Project management (not to exceed three percent (3%) of the Base Rents of the Project for the calendar year). Landlord may cause any or all of such services to be provided by third parties and the cost of such services shall be included in Common Area costs. Common Area costs shall not include depreciation of real property which forms part of the Common Areas. The parties acknowledge and agree that the costs for maintaining the emergency generator shall be divided pro-rata among the four buildings to which it is connected.

  • Common Areas Tenant shall have the non-exclusive right to use in common with other tenants in the Project, and subject to the Rules and Regulations referred to in Article 5 of this Lease, those portions of the Project which are provided, from time to time, for use in common by Landlord, Tenant and any other tenants of the Project (such areas, together with such other portions of the Project designated by Landlord, in its discretion, including certain areas designated for the exclusive use of certain tenants, or to be shared by Landlord and certain tenants, are collectively referred to herein as the “Common Areas”). The Common Areas shall consist of the “Project Common Areas” and the “Building Common Areas.” The term “Project Common Areas,” as used in this Lease, shall mean the portion of the Project designated as such by Landlord or areas within the Project that the occupants of the Building are permitted to utilize pursuant to a recorded declaration and which areas shall be maintained in accordance with the declaration. The term “Building Common Areas,” as used in this Lease, shall mean the portions of the Common Areas located within the Building reasonably designated as such by Landlord. The manner in which the Common Areas are maintained and operated shall be at the reasonable discretion of Landlord and the use thereof shall be subject to the Rules and Regulations as Landlord may make from time to time. Landlord reserves the right to close temporarily, make alterations or additions to, or change the location of elements of the Project and the Common Areas, provided that, in connection therewith, Landlord shall perform such closures, alterations, additions or changes in a commercially reasonable manner and, in connection therewith, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any material interference with Tenant’s use of and access to the Premises.

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  • Common Area Maintenance Landlord will maintain or cause to be maintained the Common Areas and Tenant will reimburse Landlord for Tenant’s prorata share of the cost of such maintenance as hereinafter provided. (a) Common area maintenance costs and expenses shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and allocated to any particular calendar year on the accrual method of accounting. Such costs and expenses shall include, but shall not be limited to upkeep, exterior painting, repairs, replacements and improvements in the Common Areas, snow removal, sweeping and cleanup, depreciation allowance on any machinery and equipment owned by Landlord and used in connection therewith, utility services including fire line water service charges, premiums for public liability, property damage and fire insurance including the Common Areas, any real estate tax and/or tax consultant expense incurred for the purpose of maintaining equitable tax assessments on the Development, all property taxes or assessments levied or assessed against all Common Areas, which, if not separately assessed, shall be determined, for land, by the ratio of land area designated for Common Area use to the total land area in the Development and, for improvements, on a fair and equitable allocation among the various improvements in the Development, giving weight to the factors which determine the amount of the real property tax or assessment in question. In addition, such costs shall include administrative costs equal to ten percent (10%) of the total cost paid or incurred by Landlord under this paragraph. (b) Tenant shall pay as additional rent to Landlord, Tenant’s prorata share of such Common Area expenses in the following manner: (1) From and after the date the minimum rental provided for herein has commenced, but subject to adjustment as hereinafter in this subparagraph (1) provided, Tenant shall pay Landlord in advance on the first day of each calendar month during the term of this Lease an estimated and adjustable amount covering Tenant’s proportionate share of common area services and expenses, which amount may be adjusted by Landlord by notice to Tenant at the end of any calendar month on the basis of Landlord’s experience and reasonably anticipated costs. (See Lease Rider “A” Building Expenses attached hereto and incorporated herein.) (2) Within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar year, Landlord shall furnish Tenant a statement covering the calendar year just expired, showing the total operating costs, the amount of Tenant’s prorata share of such Common Area expenses for such calendar year and the payments made by Tenant with respect to such calendar year as set forth in subparagraph (b) I. If Tenant’s prorata share of such Common Area expenses exceeds Tenant’s payments so made, Tenant shall pay Landlord the deficiency within ten (10) days after receipt of such statement. If said payments exceed Tenant’s prorata share of such Common Area expenses, Tenant shall be entitled to offset the excess against payments next thereafter to become due Landlord as set forth in said subparagraph (b) I. Tenant’s pro-rata share of the total Common Area expenses for the previous calendar year shall be that portion of all such expenses which is equal to the proportion which the number of square feet of gross leasable area in the Demised Premises bears to the total number of square feet of gross leasable area of buildings in the entire Development which are from time to time completed and occupied as of the commencement of each calendar year.