Common use of Rent, Etc Clause in Contracts

Rent, Etc. (a) The annual Basic Rent for each year of the Extended Term shall be the Fair Market Rental Value of the Premises (exclusive of the cost of supplying Tenant electricity), to be established as of the commencement of the Extended Term (the “Determination Date”). The term “Fair Market Rental Value” shall mean the annual fixed rent that a willing tenant would pay and a willing landlord would accept, each acting in its own best interest and without duress, in an arms-length lease of the Premises as of the Determination Date. If Landlord and Tenant shall fail to agree upon the Fair Market Rental Value within six (6) months before the Determination Date, then Landlord and Tenant each shall give notice (the “Determination Notice”) to the other setting forth their respective determinations of the Fair Market Rental Value, and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) below, either party may apply to the then president of the Real Estate Finance Association of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, or any successor thereto, for the designation of an arbitrator satisfactory to both parties to render a final determination of the Fair Market Rental Value. That there shall be only one arbitrator, who shall have had at least ten (10) years’ experience as a real estate broker or appraiser in the greater Boston/Waltham office rental market. The arbitrator shall conduct such hearings and investigations as the arbitrator shall deem appropriate and shall, within thirty (30) days after having been appointed, choose one of the determinations set forth in either ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s or Tenant’s Determination Notice, and that choice by the arbitrator shall be binding upon Landlord and Tenant. Each party shall pay its own counsel fees and expenses, if any, in connection with any arbitration under this paragraph (a), and the parties shall share equally all other expenses and fees of any such arbitration. The determination rendered in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (a) shall be final and binding in fixing the Fair Market Rental Value. The arbitrator shall not have the power to add to, modify, or change any of the provisions of this Lease.