NY CREATES IBM Board Packet
NY CREATES IBM Board Packet
NY CREATES IBM Board Packet
1) Description of Property: 562 Main St. a/k/a 40 Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY; office
space
2) Tenant: IBM currently leases 103,099 square feet of office space in condominiums
owned by FSMC in an office building at 562 Main Street in Buffalo, NY. The lease
commenced in 2015, the term expired on September 15, 2021 and, thus pursuant to the
lease, IBM is currently a month-to-month tenant.
3) Lease Terms: IBM seeks to amend the lease to extend the term and decrease the space
leased. As amended, the lease will (i) include 43,027 square feet of space for a term
expiring on September 15, 2023, with an option to extend for two years; and (ii) require
tenant to pay annual rent of $1,875,000. The new rental rate includes operating expenses,
utilities, taxes, condominium fees and related costs, and landlord’s insurance. The lease
also includes a reconciliation of certain charges and payments as follows: (1) the tenant
will pay $156,250 per month for the period from September 16, 2021 to the effective date
of the amendment, and (2) the tenant will receive credits in the amount of (i) $276,662.11
as a reconciliation of additional rent already paid by tenant for calendar year 2020, and
(ii) $49,104.24 as a result of tenant’s overpayment of additional rent for the period of
July 1, 2021 through September 15, 2021.
4) Fair Market Value: The proposed lease represents a small fraction of the total building;
therefor an appraisal of the fair market value of the asset is not practical. Staff has
determined that the lease meets fair market value based on other existing leases in the
area.
7) Finance Committee: The Finance Committee approved a resolution (1) approving and
authorizing the Corporation to enter into a lease amendment with IBM on the terms stated
above; (2) approving and authorizing the President, Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer, each of them without the other, on behalf of the Corporation, (i) to execute,
acknowledge and deliver the aforesaid lease amendment with such changes, variations,
omissions and insertions as the officer of the Corporation signing the same shall approve,
the execution thereof by such officer to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval,
and (ii) to take such actions as are necessary or appropriate to implement and carry out
the purposes and intent of this resolution, including without limitation the execution,
acknowledgement and delivery of other documents and agreements; and (3)
recommending that the Board approve the same actions.
8) Action Requested: Approve a resolution (1) approving and authorizing the Corporation
to enter into a lease amendment with IBM on the terms stated above; and (2) approving
and authorizing the President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, each of them
without the other, on behalf of the Corporation, (i) to execute, acknowledge and deliver
the aforesaid lease amendment with such changes, variations, omissions and insertions as
the officer of the Corporation signing the same shall approve, the execution thereof by
such officer to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval, and (ii) to take such
actions as are necessary or appropriate to implement and carry out the purposes and intent
of this resolution, including without limitation the execution, acknowledgement and
delivery of other documents and agreements.