Replacement of Developer. FC, FC Member and ING acknowledge and agree that, pursuant to the Operating Agreement, the right to exercise any and all rights and remedies against Developer, including without limitation, termination of the Development Agreement, on account of a default by Developer under the Development Agreement is vested solely in the NYTC Member. If the NYTC Member, in its sole and absolute discretion, elects to terminate the Development Agreement by reason of a default by Developer thereunder prior to Substantial Completion of the Core and Shell (as such terms are defined in the Development Agreement), then NYTC Member shall hire or cause Property Owner to hire (and FC, ING and FC Member hereby consent to any such hiring by NYTC Member or Property Owner) a replacement developer for the Core and Shell (“Replacement Developer”) which Replacement Developer shall be selected by NYTC Member in NYTC Member’s sole and absolute determination, provided that such Replacement Developer shall, in NYTC Member’s reasonable discretion, have constructed or developed (or have as a principal or principals one or more persons who have, as principal(s) of other companies, constructed or developed) at least 5,000,000 square feet of space at least 2,000,000 square feet of which consists of Class A high-rise office building space in New York City. The Replacement Developer shall not be NYTC Member or an Affiliate (as defined in the Operating Agreement) of NYTC. In addition to the other requirements and limitations set forth in this Paragraph 3(a), (A) if such replacement occurs prior to commencement of construction of the Core and Shell and a commitment for construction financing for the Project has been executed by Property Owner and a construction lender, such Replacement Developer shall be an entity which is approved by such construction lender and such Replacement Developer shall agree and shall be required to provide the construction completion guarantee to such construction lender required pursuant to Section 5.09 of the Operating Agreement, and (B) if such replacement occurs prior to commencement of construction of the Core and Shell and a commitment for construction financing for the Project has not then been executed by Property Owner and a construction lender, such Replacement Developer shall be an entity which has previously been approved by one or more construction lenders as a developer of Class A high rise office buildings in New York City (“Comparable Projects”) and as the guarantor of completion of Comparable Projects and such Replacement Developer shall agree and shall be required to provide the construction completion guarantee to such construction lender required pursuant to Section 5.09 of the Operating Agreement. The Replacement Developer shall be required to perform the remaining obligations of Developer under the Development Agreement, subject to such modifications thereto as NYTC Member may agree to in its commercially reasonable discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, NYTC, NYTC Member and Property Owner shall not have the right to appoint a replacement of the Developer if such appointment shall result in a default under Project Documents or the documents governing the Construction Loan (as defined in the Operating Agreement).
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Sources: Operating Agreement (New York Times Co), Operating Agreement (New York Times Co)