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<br />harmless from and against any loss or liability (including reasonable attorney's fees and <br />disbursements and court and litigation costs) incurred by the Escrow Agent as a result of any <br />dispute regarding the Escrow Funds or in any way arising from the performance of its <br />obligations under this Agreement or otherwise with respect to the Escrow Funds, except for the <br />gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent. The fact that the Escrow Agent is <br />acting as escrow holder under this Agreement shall not in any way prevent it from representing <br />Seller with respect to any litigation arising out of this Agreement or from representing Seller in <br />any other capacity. <br /> <br />4. Inspections. Buyer shall have until the Option Acceptance Date, but no later than <br />the Option Expiration Date (the "Inspection Period") to make any inspections it deems <br />necessary, all at Buyer's sole cost and expense. Buyer may in its sole discretion consider the <br />results of such inspections in deciding whether to exercise the Option, but the neither the results <br />of any such inspections (including, without limitation, any of investigations or determinations <br />specifically mentioned in this Section 4) nor any failure of Buyer to perform or obtain the results <br />of any such inspections shall be a condition to the performance of Buyer's obligations under this <br />Agreement nor entitle Buyer to receive a refund of all or any pOliion of the Option Fee, unless <br />expressly provided for in this Agreement. <br /> <br />4.1 Services and Compliance. During the Inspection Period, Buyer may <br />determine that the Property has adequate services available and that all federal, state, county and <br />local laws, rules and regulations have been and are currently being complied with relative to the <br />Property. <br /> <br />4.2 Environmental. During the Inspection Period, Buyer shall have access to <br />the Property for purposes of conducting any tests upon the Property, including but not limited to, <br />at its sole cost and expense, obtaining and accepting a satisfactory Phase I Environmental Audit, <br />engineering and topographical studies, as buyer in its sole discretion deems necessary so long as <br />it does not unduly interfere with Lessee's operations; provided, however, that Buyer may not <br />conduct any Phase II environmental assessment or other invasive tests of the Property without <br />the written consent of Seller in each instance. In the event that any inspections and any review <br />of documents conducted by the Buyer relative to the Property during the Inspection Period prove <br />unsatisfactory to the Buyer, Buyer in its sole discretion, shall be entitled to terminate this <br />Agreement by providing written notice to Seller, or elect to proceed to closing as set forth herein <br />prior to the expiration of the Inspection Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Buyer <br />shall not be entitled to receive a refund of the Option Fee or any other Escrow Funds as a result <br />of the environmental condition of the Property unless (a) Buyer timely exercises the Option in <br />the manner required under this Agreement, subject to Seller's cure and remediation of any <br />applicable Environmental Problem (as defined below), (b) on or prior to the end of the Inspection <br />Period, Buyer delivers to Seller a notice stating that an Environmental Problem (as defined <br />below) exists, together with a copy of a repOli prepared by an appropriately licensed independent <br />geologist or engineer which determines that Hazardous Materials are present or are likely to be <br />present on the Property which are required to be remediated under applicable Governmental <br />Requirements and/or that conditions exist on the Property which are in violation of an applicable <br />Goverrunental Requirement with respect to Hazardous Materials and that cost of completing <br />such remediation and curing any such violations equals or exceeds five percent (5%) of the total <br />Purchase Price (an "Environmental Problem"), and (c) Seller does not cure and remediate such <br /> <br />Crescent Heights XLIV, Inc. #2 <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />SlE <br />