Exhibit 10.23

FIRST AMENDMENT TO  AGREEMENT OF SALE AND PURCHASE  (9060 Via Linda Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona)

ThisFIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT OF SALE AND PURCHASE(this
"Amendment") is dated as of August 15, 2002, by and betweenMACK-CALI REALTY
9060, L.L.C.,a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Arizona ("Seller"), having an address
at c/o Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, 11 Commerce Drive, Cranford, New Jersey 07016 andSUMMIT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, INC., a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of California ("Purchaser"), having an address at c/o Summit Commercial, 1970 East Grand Avenue,
Suite 300, El Segundo, California 90245.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser have entered into a certain Agreement of Sale and Purchase dated as of
July 2, 2002 (the "Agreement") pursuant to which Agreement Seller agreed to sell and Purchaser agreed to purchase certain Property located at
9060 Via Linda Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona; and

WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser have agreed to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.    The
first sentence of the defined term "Closing Date" as set forth in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following ""Closing Date" means October 2, 2002". The second sentence of such defined term is hereby modified to replace the phrase "sixty
(60) days" with the phrase "thirty (30) days".

2.    The
"Evaluation Period" as defined in Section 5.1 of the Agreement is hereby extended to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on September 6, 2002.

3.    The
defined term "Portfolio Sale and Purchase Agreement" as set forth in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following definition: "Portfolio Sale and Purchase Agreement" means each of (i) that certain Agreement of Sale and Purchase dated as of July 2, 2002 by and between Mack-Cali
Beardsley Limited Partnership, as seller, and Purchaser, as purchaser, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Agreement of Sale and Purchase dated August 15, 2002, and (ii) that
certain Agreement of Sale and Purchase dated as of July 2, 2002 by and between Mack-Cali Glendale Limited Partnership, as seller and Purchaser, as purchaser, as amended by that
certain First Amendment to Agreement of Sale and Purchase dated August 15, 2002, for the sale and purchase of each Portfolio Property defined therein, as such agreements may hereinafter be
amended from time to time."

4.    All
other terms, conditions and provisions of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and unmodified, except to the extent expressly modified hereby.

5.    Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Agreement.

6.    This
Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors, legal representatives, heirs and assigns of the parties hereto.

7.    This
Amendment may be executed by facsimile signatures in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which when considered together
shall be one and the same document.

8.    In
the event of any conflict between the terms of this Amendment and the terms of the Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

| |  | SELLER:                           
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| |  | MACK-CALI REALTY 9060, L.L.C.     
| |  | By:                               
| |  | By:                               
| |  | By:                               
| |  | Name:                             
| |  | Title:                            
| |  | PURCHASER:                        
| |  | SUMMIT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, INC.
| |  | By:                               
| |  | Name:                             
| |  | Title:                            

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