Exhibit
10.16 


 


LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT


OF


IIP-IL
2 LLC


 


a
Delaware limited liability company


 


Effective
as of September 25, 2019


 






    


     


    

 


LIMITED
LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT


of


IIP-IL
2 LLC


 


This
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) of IIP-IL 2 LLC (the “Company”) is effective
as of the 25th day of September, 2019.


 


1.            Formation
of Limited Liability Company. IIP Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Member”), through its
attorney in fact, formed the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act (as such may be amended or succeeded from time to time, the “Act”). The rights and obligations of the Member and
the administration of the Company shall be governed by this Agreement and the Act. To the extent this Agreement is inconsistent in any
respect with the Act, this Agreement shall control.


 


2.            Member.
The Member is the sole member of the Company.


 


3.            Purpose.
The Company may engage in any and all businesses or activities in which a limited liability company may be engaged under applicable
law (including, without limitation, the Act).


 


4.            Name.
The name of the Company shall be “IIP-IL 2 LLC.”


 


5.            Principal
Place of Business; Other Places of Business. The principal place of business of the Company is 11440 West Bernardo Court, Suite 220,
San Diego, CA 92127. The Company may have such other offices as the Member may designate from time to time.


 


6.            Designated
Agent for Service of Process. The agent for service of process in Delaware as of the effective date of this Agreement is The Corporation
Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.


 


7.            Term
of Company. The Company commenced on the date the Certificate of Formation was properly filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware and shall exist in perpetuity or until its business and affairs are earlier wound up following proper dissolution.


 






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8.            Management
of Company. All decisions relating to the business, affairs, and properties of the Company shall be made by the Member. The Member
may appoint one or more managers and/or officers of the Company using any titles and may delegate all or some decision-making duties
and responsibilities to such persons. Any such managers and/or officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Member. To the extent delegated
by the Member, managers and/or officers shall have the authority to act on behalf of, bind, and execute and deliver documents in the
name and on behalf of the Company. In addition, unless otherwise determined by the Member, any officer(s) so appointed shall have such
authority and responsibility as is generally attributable to the holders of such offices in corporations incorporated under the laws
of the State of Delaware. No delegation of authority hereunder shall cause the Member to cease to be a Member. The following individuals
are hereby designated as the initial officers of the Company:


 





	Name	Title
	Alan Gold	Executive Chairman
	Paul Smithers	President and Chief Executive
    Officer
	Catherine Hastings	Chief Financial Officer,
    Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer
	Brian Wolfe	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


 


9.            Other
Activities. The Member and its agents, representatives and affiliates may engage or invest in, and devote their time to, any other
business venture or activity of any nature and description (independently or with others), whether or not such other activity may be
deemed or construed to be in competition with the Company. The Company shall not have any right by virtue of this Agreement or the relationship
created hereby in or to such other venture or activity (or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom), and the pursuit thereof, even
if competitive with the business of the Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper.


 


10.          Standards
of Conduct. Whenever the Member is required or permitted to make a decision, take or approve an action, or omit to do any of the
foregoing, then the Member shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors, including its own, as it desires, and shall
have no duty or obligation to consider any other interests or factors whatsoever. To the extent that the Member has, at law or in equity,
duties (including, without limitation, fiduciary duties) to the Company or other person bound by the terms of this Agreement, the Member
acting in accordance with this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or any such other person for its good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties of the Member otherwise existing
at law or in equity, replace such other duties to the greatest extent permitted under applicable law.


 


11.          Limited
Liability. Except as otherwise required by any non-waivable provision of the Act or other applicable law, the Member shall not be
personally liable in any manner whatsoever for any debt, liability, or other obligation of the Company, whether such debt, liability,
or other obligation arises in contract, tort, or otherwise.


 


12.          Contributions.
The capital contributions of the Member are reflected on the books and records of the Company.


 


13.          Distributions.
Each distribution of cash or other property by the Company shall be made 100% to the Member. Each item of income, gain, loss, deduction,
credit, and other tax items of the Company shall be allocated 100% to the Member.


 






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14.          Indemnification.
The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Member to the full extent permitted by law from and against any and all losses,
claims, demands, costs, damages, liabilities, expenses of any nature (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments,
fines, settlements, and other amounts (collectively, “Costs”) arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits,
or proceedings (civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative) (collectively, “Actions”) in which the Member may
be involved, or threatened to be involved as a party or otherwise, relating to the performance or nonperformance of any act concerning
the activities of the Company. In addition, to the extent permitted by law, the Member may cause the Company to indemnify and hold harmless
any managers and/or officers from and against any and all Costs arising from any or all actions arising in connection with the business
of the Company or by virtue of such person’s capacity as an agent of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all indemnification
obligations of the Company shall be satisfied only from the assets of the Company, and the Member shall have no liability or responsibility
therefor.


 


15.          Dissolution
and Winding Up. The Company shall dissolve and its business and affairs shall be wound up pursuant to a written instrument executed
by the Member. In such event, after satisfying creditors, all remaining assets shall be distributed to the Member.


 


16.          Amendments.
This Agreement may be amended or modified from time to time only by a written instrument executed by the Member.


 


17.          Governing
Law. The validity and enforceability of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Delaware
without regard to other principles of conflicts of law.


 


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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement effective as of the date first set forth above.


 


MEMBER


 


IIP
Operating Partnership, LP


a
Delaware limited partnership


 





	 	By:	Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.,	 
	 	 	its sole general partner	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: 	/s/ Brian Wolfe	 
	 	 	Name:	 Brian Wolfe	 
	 	 	Title: 	Vice President	 


 


COMPANY


 


IIP-IL
2 LLC,


a
Delaware limited liability company


 


	By:	 IIP Operating Partnership, LP,  	 
	 	its sole Member	 
	 	By:	Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.,	 
	 	 	its sole general partner	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Brian Wolfe	 
	 	 	Name:	 Brian Wolfe	 
	 	 	Title:	Vice President	 




 






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