PROMISSORY NOTE



 Exhibit 10.2 
 PROMISSORY NOTE 
  

			
	 $145,000,000.00
	 	 New York, New York
 July 28, 2011


 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SHC MICHIGAN AVENUE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having an
address at 200 West Madison Street, Suite 1700, Chicago, Illinois 60606 (“Owner”), NEW DTRS MICHIGAN AVENUE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having an address at 200 West Madison Street, Suite 1700, Chicago,
Illinois 60606 (“Lessee”; Owner and Lessee hereinafter referred to, individually and collectively, as the context may require, together with their successors and permitted assigns as “Borrower”), hereby unconditionally
promises to pay to the order of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a banking association chartered under the laws of the United States of America, as payee, having an address at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (together
with its successors and assigns, “Lender”), or at such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in writing, the principal sum of One Hundred Forty-Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($145,000,000.00), in lawful
money of the United States of America with interest thereon to be computed from the date of this Note at the Interest Rate, and to be paid in accordance with the terms of this Note and that certain Loan Agreement, dated the date hereof, between
Borrower and Lender (as the same may hereafter be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, renewed, extended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement. 
 ARTICLE 1: PAYMENT TERMS 

Borrower agrees to pay the principal sum of this Note and interest on the unpaid principal sum of this Note from time to time outstanding
at the rates and at the times specified in Article 2 of the Loan Agreement and the outstanding balance of the principal sum of this Note and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. 

ARTICLE 2: DEFAULT AND ACCELERATION 
 The Debt shall without notice become immediately due and payable at the option of Lender if any payment required in this Note is not paid on or prior to the date when due or if not paid on the Maturity
Date or on the happening of any other Event of Default. 
 ARTICLE 3: LOAN DOCUMENTS 

This Note is secured by the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents. All of the terms, covenants and conditions contained in the Loan
Agreement, the Mortgage and the other Loan Documents are hereby made part of this Note to the same extent and with the same force as if they were fully set forth herein. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Note and
the Loan Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement shall govern. 

  








 ARTICLE 4: SAVINGS CLAUSE 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, (a) all agreements and communications between Borrower and Lender are hereby and shall
automatically be limited so that, after taking into account all amounts deemed interest, the interest contracted for, charged or received by Lender shall never exceed the Maximum Legal Rate, (b) in calculating whether any interest exceeds the
Maximum Legal Rate, all such interest shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread over the full amount and term of all principal indebtedness of Borrower to Lender and (c) if through any contingency or event Lender receives or is deemed
to receive interest in excess of the Maximum Legal Rate, any such excess shall be deemed to have been applied toward payment of the principal of any and all then outstanding indebtedness of Borrower to Lender. 

ARTICLE 5: NO ORAL CHANGE 
 This Note may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Borrower or Lender, but only by an agreement in writing
signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought. 
 ARTICLE 6: WAIVERS 
 Borrower and all others who may become liable for the
payment of all or any part of the Debt do hereby severally waive presentment and demand for payment, notice of dishonor, notice of intention to accelerate, notice of acceleration, protest and notice of protest and non-payment and all other notices
of any kind. No release of any security for the Debt or extension of time for payment of this Note or any installment hereof, and no alteration, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents made
by agreement between Lender or any other Person shall release, modify, amend, waive, extend, change, discharge, terminate or affect the liability of Borrower, and any other Person who may become liable for the payment of all or any part of the Debt,
under this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents. No notice to or demand on Borrower shall be deemed to be a waiver of the obligation of Borrower or of the right of Lender to take further action without further notice or demand as
provided for in this Note, the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents. If Borrower is a partnership, the agreements herein contained shall remain in force and be applicable, notwithstanding any changes in the individuals or entities comprising
the partnership, and the term “Borrower,” as used herein, shall include any alternate or successor partnership, but any predecessor partnership and their partners shall not thereby be released from any liability. If Borrower is a
corporation, the agreements contained herein shall remain in full force and be applicable notwithstanding any changes in the shareholders comprising, or the officers and directors relating to, the corporation, and the term
“Borrower” as used herein, shall include any alternative or successor corporation, but any predecessor corporation shall not be relieved of liability hereunder. If any Borrower is a limited liability company, the agreements herein
contained shall remain in force and be applicable, notwithstanding any changes in the members comprising the limited liability company, and the term “Borrower” as used herein, shall include any alternate or successor limited
liability company, but any predecessor limited liability company and their members shall not thereby be released from any liability. (Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as a consent to, or a waiver of, any prohibition or
restriction on transfers of interests in such partnership, corporation or limited liability company which may be set forth in the Loan Agreement, the Mortgage or any other Loan Document.) 

  
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 ARTICLE 7: TRANSFER 

Upon the transfer of this Note, Borrower hereby waiving notice of any such transfer, Lender may deliver all the collateral mortgaged,
granted, pledged or assigned pursuant to the Loan Documents, or any part thereof, to the transferee who shall thereupon become vested with all the rights herein or under applicable law given to Lender with respect thereto, and Lender shall
thereafter forever be relieved and fully discharged from any liability or responsibility in the matter; but Lender shall retain all rights hereby given to it with respect to any liabilities and the collateral not so transferred. 

ARTICLE 8: EXCULPATION 
 The provisions of Section 9.3 of the Loan Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference into this Note to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein. 

ARTICLE 9: GOVERNING LAW 
 (A) THIS NOTE WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND MADE BY BORROWER AND ACCEPTED BY LENDER IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE PROCEEDS OF THIS NOTE WERE DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND
PERFORMANCE, THIS NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT
LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS NOTE AND THIS NOTE
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW. 
 (B) ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST LENDER OR BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE MAY AT LENDER’S OPTION BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW
YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND BORROWER WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR
PROCEEDING, AND BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. BORROWER DOES HEREBY DESIGNATE AND APPOINT: 

  
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 CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY 

1180 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SUITE 210 
 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 
 AS ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON ITS
BEHALF SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON SAID AGENT AT SAID ADDRESS AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF SAID
SERVICE MAILED OR DELIVERED TO BORROWER IN THE MANNER PROVIDED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON BORROWER IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BORROWER (I) SHALL GIVE PROMPT
NOTICE TO LENDER OF ANY CHANGED ADDRESS OF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT HEREUNDER, (II) MAY AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME DESIGNATE A SUBSTITUTE AUTHORIZED AGENT WITH AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK (WHICH SUBSTITUTE AGENT AND OFFICE SHALL BE
DESIGNATED AS THE PERSON AND ADDRESS FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS), AND (III) SHALL PROMPTLY DESIGNATE SUCH A SUBSTITUTE IF ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT CEASES TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR IS DISSOLVED WITHOUT LEAVING A SUCCESSOR.

 ARTICLE 10: NOTICES 
 All notices or other written communications hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with Section 10.6 of the Loan Agreement. 

ARTICLE 11: JOINT AND SEVERAL 
 If more than one Person has executed this Note as “Borrower”, the obligations of all such Persons hereunder shall be joint and several to the extent provided under Section 10.23 of the Loan
Agreement, which such provisions are hereby incorporated by reference into this Note to the same extent and with the same force as if fully set forth herein. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has duly executed this Note as of the day and year first above
written. 
  

			
	BORROWER:
	
	SHC MICHIGAN AVENUE, LLC,
	a Delaware limited liability company
		
	By:	 	/s/    Jonathan P. Stanner        
		 	Name: Jonathan P. Stanner
		 	Title: Vice President, Capital Markets & Treasurer
	
	NEW DTRS MICHIGAN AVENUE, LLC,
	a Delaware limited liability company
		
	By:	 	/s/    Jonathan P. Stanner        
		 	Name: Jonathan P. Stanner
		 	Title: Vice President, Capital Markets & Treasurer


  

			
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