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    Exhibit 10.1

    


    Fourth
Amendment To Revolving

    Credit
and Term Loan Agreement

    


    This
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”)
is entered into as of October 31, 2008, by and among:  Centerline
Holding Company and Centerline Capital Group Inc. (collectively, the
“Borrowers”); those Persons listed as Guarantors on Schedule 1 hereto
(each, a “Guarantor,” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”); and, pursuant to
Section 23.1 of
the Loan Agreement (as defined below), those Lenders constituting the Required
Lenders, including, pursuant to Section 23.1.1(c),
the Term Loan Lenders directly affected by the execution of this Amendment, each
as set forth on a counterpart signature page hereto, substantially in the form
of Schedule 2
hereto (the “Required Lenders”).

     

    RECITALS

     

    Reference
is made to the following facts that constitute the background of this
Amendment:

     

    A.        The
parties hereto, among others, have entered into that certain Revolving Credit
and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2007 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan
Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the same meanings herein as ascribed to them in the Loan
Agreement;

     

    B.        The
Borrowers and the Guarantors have requested that the scheduled amortization
payment of the Term Loan described in Section 4.2.1(iv) of
the Loan Agreement be extended until November 21, 2008;

     

    C.        The
Required Lenders are willing to grant such request on the terms and conditions
set forth in this Amendment.

     

    NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth herein and in
the Loan Agreement, and for other valuable consideration the receipt and
adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:

     

    Section
1.   Amendments.

     

    1.1        Section 4.2.1(iv) of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and
replacing it with the following: “(iv) no greater than $50,000,000 on or before
November 21, 2008.”

     

    1.2       
Section 10.1.16
of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended so as to exclude therefrom any Lien
otherwise permitted by Section 10.1.16 arising on or after the date hereof,
except if and to the extent Indebtedness secured by such Lien constitutes
Permitted Indebtedness permitted by Section 2 of this Amendment.

     

    1.3        Section 10.3.1(d) of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting in its entirety the
parenthetical clause set forth in the seventh through twelfth lines of such
Section and replacing it with the following: “(other than such Indebtedness
arising out of tax credit transactions as contemplated by Section 10.1.1 of the
Loan Agreement between or among one or more members of The Related Companies
Group, on the one hand, and the Centerline Group, on the other hand, entered
into in the ordinary course of business upon terms and conditions no less
advantageous to the Centerline Group than would be available on an arm’s length
basis with a Person who is not an Affiliate)”.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    Section
2.  Condition
Subsequent.

     

    2.1       Anything
in Section 10.3 of the Loan Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, from and
after the date hereof, the Borrowers and the Guarantors shall not, without the
prior written consent of Lenders (a) constituting Required Lenders, and (b)
including each Lender that is both a Revolving Credit Lender and a Term Loan
Lender on the date of this Amendment (“Lenders’ Consent”), incur, assume or
become obligated with respect to, or permit or suffer any Pledged Entity
incurring, assuming or becoming obligated with respect to, directly or
indirectly, any additional Permitted Indebtedness described in:

     

    (i)           Section
10.3.1(f) (provided, however, that Lenders’ Consent shall not be required if and
to the extent that such Permitted Indebtedness is incurred in connection with
the refinancing of the so-called Re-Remic repurchase agreement with Morgan
Stanley and gross proceeds in excess of $17,000,000 generated by such
refinancing are used to pay down principal of and other Obligations relating to
the Term Loan);

     

    (ii)          Sections
10.3.1(j) and 10.3.1(k);

     

    (iii)         Section
10.3.1(l) (provided, however, that Lenders’ Consent shall not be required if and
to the extent that such Permitted Indebtedness is incurred in connection with
the guaranty of equipment leases with respect to computers and other office
equipment entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices with an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $250,000);

     

    (iv)         Sections
10.3.1(m) and 10.3.1(n);

     

    (v)          Section
10.3.1(p) (provided, however, that Lenders’ Consent shall not be required if and
to the extent that such Permitted Indebtedness consists of obligations to make
severance payments and payments pursuant to consulting arrangements entered into
in connection with a reduction in force of a magnitude and scope consistent with
information provided by the Borrowers to the Lenders prior to the date hereof
and requiring payments not to exceed in the aggregate $2,600,000;

     

    (vi)         Section
10.3.1(q) (provided, however, that Lenders’ Consent shall not be required if and
to the extent that such Permitted Indebtedness results from circumstances or
events beyond the control of either Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries
causing Risk-Adjusted Contingent Liabilities arising under Bond Transactions
consummated prior to the date hereof to be re-characterized as GAAP
liabilities);

     

    (vii)         Section
10.3.1(r);

     

    (viii)        Section
10.3.1(s)(ii) (provided, however, that Lenders’ Consent shall not be required if
and to the extent that such Permitted Indebtedness results from circumstances or
events beyond the control of either Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries
causing Risk-Adjusted Contingent Liabilities existing prior to the date hereof
to be re-characterized so as to cause such Risk-Adjusted Contingent Liabilities
to be included in the full face amount thereof in the definition of Funded
Debt);

     

    (ix)          Sections
10.3.1(t) and 10.3.1(u);

     

    (x)           Section
10.3.2(a);

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

     

    (xi)          Section
10.3.3;

     

    (xii)         Section
10.3.4(a);

     

    (xiii)        Section
10.3.4(b) (provided, however, that Lenders’ Consent shall not be required if and
to the extent that such Permitted Indebtedness (“New Permitted Indebtedness”) is
incurred in order to mitigate against or prevent direct liabilities becoming due
and payable pursuant to any Risk-Adjusted Contingent Liabilities included in
Permitted Indebtedness prior to the date hereof with respect to
counterparty-type exposure relating to guaranteed tax credit funds where the
aggregate of such New Permitted Indebtedness arising under Section 10.3.4(b) and
related payments does not exceed $3,900,000); and

     

    (xiv)        Sections
10.3.5 and 10.3.6.

     

    2.2       Notwithstanding
the terms of Section 10.4.2(c) of the Loan Agreement, the Borrowers and the
Guarantors shall not permit or suffer SPV I selling, transferring, assigning or
conveying any of its right or title to or interest in the B Bonds without
Lenders’ Consent (except as previously pledged to Freddie Mac as contemplated by
the Loan Documents).

     

    Section
3.   Representations and
Warranties.  The Borrowers and Guarantors, jointly and
severally, represent and warrant to the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, the
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent as of the date of this Amendment that:
(a) no Default is in existence on the date hereof, or will result from the
execution and delivery of this Amendment or the consummation of any transactions
contemplated hereby (other than Defaults or potential Defaults arising under
Sections 8.17(i), 10.6, and 10.14 through 10.16) arising out of events and
circumstances disclosed by the Borrowers to the Lenders prior to the date
hereof); (b) each of the representations and warranties of the Borrowers and the
Guarantors in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents is true and
correct in all material respects on the effective date of this Amendment (except
for representations and warranties: (i) limited as to time or with respect to a
specific event, which representations and warranties shall continue to be
limited to such time or event; and (ii) set forth in Section 8.2 with respect to
shareholder litigation disclosed to the Lenders prior to the date hereof); and
(c) this Amendment and the Loan Agreement are legal, valid and binding
agreements of the Borrowers and the Guarantors and are enforceable against them
in accordance with their terms.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in
furtherance of the terms of Section 4 of this Amendment, the Borrowers and
the Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders reserve all of their rights and remedies with respect to,
and the execution of this Amendment shall in no way be deemed to be a waiver of,
any Default.

     

    Section
4.    Ratification.  Except
as hereby amended, the Loan Agreement, all other Loan Documents and each
provision thereof are hereby ratified and confirmed in every respect and shall
continue in full force and effect, and this Amendment shall not be, and shall
not be deemed to be, a waiver of any Default or of any covenant, term or
provision of the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents.  In
furtherance of the foregoing ratification, by executing this Amendment in the
spaces provided below, each of the Guarantors, on a joint and several basis,
hereby absolutely and unconditionally (a) reaffirms its obligations under the
Guaranties, and (b) absolutely and unconditionally consents to (i) the execution
and delivery by the Borrowers of this Amendment, (ii) the continued
implementation and consummation of arrangements and transactions contemplated by
the Loan Agreement (including, without limitation, as amended or waived hereby)
and the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the performance and observance by each
Borrower and each Guarantor of all of its respective agreements, covenants,
duties and obligations under the Loan Agreement (including, without limitation,
as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    Section
5.    Conditions
Precedent.  The agreements set forth in this Amendment are
conditional and this Amendment shall not be effective until receipt by the
Administrative Agent of a fully-executed counterpart of this
Amendment.

     

    Section
6.    Counterparts.  This
Amendment may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts with the
same effect as if the signatures on each counterpart were upon the same
instrument.  Any counterpart delivered by facsimile or by other
electronic method of transmission shall be deemed an original signature
thereto.

     

    Section
7.   Amendment as Loan
Document.  Each party hereto agrees and acknowledges that this
Amendment constitutes a “Loan Document” under and as defined in the Loan
Agreement.

     

    Section
8.   GOVERNING
LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT
MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING ARTICLE 5 OF THE UCC,
AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW
RULES).

     

    Section
9.    Successors and
Assigns.  This Amendment shall be binding upon each of the
Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Bank,
the Administrative Agent, the Agents and their respective successors and
assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each such Person and their permitted
successors and assigns.

     

    Section
10.  Headings.  Section
headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only
and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other
purpose.

     

    Section
11.   Expenses.  Each
Borrower jointly and severally agrees to promptly reimburse the Administrative
Agent for all expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable fees and
expenses of outside legal counsel, such Person has heretofore or hereafter
incurred or incurs in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution
of this Amendment and all other instruments, documents and agreements executed
and delivered in connection with this Amendment.

     

    Section
12.   Integration.  This
Amendment contains the entire understanding of the parties hereto and with any
other Lenders and parties to the Loan Agreement with regard to the subject
matter contained herein.  This Amendment supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous negotiations, promises, covenants, agreements and
representations of every nature whatsoever with respect to the matters referred
to in this Amendment, all of which have become merged and finally integrated
into this Amendment.  Each of the parties hereto understands that in
the event of any subsequent litigation, controversy or dispute concerning any of
the terms, conditions or provisions of this Amendment, no party shall be
entitled to offer or introduce into evidence any oral promises or oral
agreements between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Amendment
not included or referred to herein and not reflected by a writing included or
referred to herein.

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    Section
13.   Jury Trial
Waiver.  THE BORROWERS, GUARANTORS, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND
LENDERS BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AMENDMENT MUTUALLY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY
AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION BASED HEREON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS FIRST
AMENDMENT, THE LOAN AGREEMENT, OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED TO BE
EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS,
STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS OR
ACTIONS OF ANY AGENT OR ANY LENDER RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LOAN OR
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, ARISING OUT OF TORT, STRICT LIABILITY,
CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER LAW, AND AGREE THAT NO PARTY WILL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY
SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE OR HAS NOT
BEEN WAIVED.

     

     

     

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    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by
their duly authorized officers or representatives, all as of the date first
above written.

    


    


    
      	
              BORROWERS:

            	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      HOLDING COMPANY

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Marc D.
      Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Marc
      D. Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              President
      & Chief Executive Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      CAPITAL GROUP INC.

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Marc D.
      Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Marc
      D. Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      


    

    


     

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              GUARANTORS:

            	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      CAPITAL COMPANY  LLC

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Marc D.
      Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Marc
      D. Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              President

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORS LLC

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Marc D.
      Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Marc
      D. Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE/AC
      INVESTORS LLC

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Marc D.
      Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Marc
      D. Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      HOLDING TRUST

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Marc D.
      Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Marc
      D. Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      INVESTORS I LLC

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Marc D.
      Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Marc
      D. Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer

            


    

     

     

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              GUARANTORS
      (CONT.):

            	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      REIT INC.

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Bryan
      Carr

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Bryan
      Carr

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Financial Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      SERVICING INC.

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Bryan
      Carr

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Bryan
      Carr

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Financial Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      FINANCE CORPORATION

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Bryan
      Carr

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Bryan
      Carr

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Financial Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      INVESTOR LP LLC

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Andrew J.
      Weil

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Andrew
      J. Weil

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      INVESTOR LP II LLC

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Andrew J.
      Weil

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Andrew
      J. Weil

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CENTERLINE
      CREDIT MANAGEMENT LLC

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Nicholas A. C.
      Mumford

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Nicholas
      A. C. Mumford

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Executive
      Managing Director

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              CM
      INVESTOR LLC

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	 
      	 
      	
              By:

            	
              /s/ Marc D.
      Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Name:

            	
              Marc
      D. Schnitzer

            
	 
      	 
      	 
      	
              Title:

            	
              Chief
      Executive Officer

            


    

    


     

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    Schedule
1

    


    Guarantors

     

    1.           Centerline
Investor LP,

    2.           Centerline
Investor LP II,

    3.           CCC,

    4.           CAHA,

    5.           Centerline/AC,

    6.           Holding
Trust,

    7.           Centerline
Investors,

    8.           Centerline
REIT Inc.,

    9.           Centerline
Servicing Inc.,

    10.         Centerline
Finance Corporation,

    11.         Credit
Management, and

    12.         CM
Investor LLC.

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    


    Schedule
2

    


    Form of Signature Page for
Lenders included in Required Lenders for purposes of approving FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT:

    


    


    The
undersigned hereby evidences its agreement to the terms of the FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby, amending that certain Revolving Credit and
Term Loan Agreement dated as of December 27, 2007 by and among Centerline
Holding Company and Centerline Capital Group Inc. as the Borrowers, the
Guarantors described therein, the Lenders described therein, and Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank, as
such agreement is amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.

    


    


    [Name
of Lender]

    


    


    By:
________________________________

    Name:

    Title:

    


    


    Representing
_____% of all Term Loans outstanding, all Revolving Exposure, unused Revolving
Loan Commitments and unused Term Loan Commitments

    


    
      	
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