AGREEMENT OF LEASE, made as of the 7th day of July, 1997, between 510
JOINT VENTURE, a New York joint venture, having its principal office at 14 Dubon
Court, Farmingdale, New York 11735 ("Landlord"), and COMMUNITY HOME MORTGAGE
CORPORATION, a New York corporation, having its principal office at 45 Executive
Drive, Plainview, New York 11803 ("Tenant").

                                   WITNESSETH:

         Landlord and Tenant hereby covenant and agree as follows:

                                      SPACE

         1. Landlord hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby leases from
Landlord Suite 100 in the building Commonly known as 510 Broadhollow Road,
Melville, New York (the "Building"), which Demised Premises the parties agree
contains 10,000 rentable square feet and constitutes 13.33% ("Tenant's Pro Rata
Share") of the Building.

                                      TERM

         2. The term of this lease shall commence on August 1, 1997 (the "Term
Commencement Date"), and shall terminate on August 31, 2002 (the "Expiration
Date"). If on the foregoing date specified for the Term Commencement Date the
Demised Premises shall not be "substantially completed" in accordance with
Schedule A annexed hereto, then the Term Commencement Date shall be postponed
until the date on which the Demised Premises shall be "substantially completed"
and the term of this lease (hereinafter referred to as the "Demised Term") shall
be extended so that the Expiration Date shall be five years after the last day
of the month in which the Term Commencement Date occurs. "Substantially
completed" as used herein is defined to mean when the only items to be completed
are those which do not interfere with the Tenant's occupancy and substantial Use
of the Demised Premises. Should the Term Commencement Date be a date other than
the first day of the month, the Tenant shall pay a pro rata portion of the
annual rent and additional rent from such date to the first day of the following
month.

                                      RENT

         3. The annual rental also "fixed rental" or "fixed annual rent" or
"basic rent" is as follows:

                  (A) For the period August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998,
inclusive, $202,500.00, per annum;

                  (B) For the period August 1, 1998 through July 31, 1999,
inclusive, $207,900.00, per annum;

                  (C) For the period August 1, 1999 through July 31, 2000,
inclusive, $213,462.00, per annum;

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                  (D) For the period August 1, 2000 through July 31, 2001,
inclusive, $220,145.67, per annum; and,

                  (E) For the period August 1, 2001 through August 31, 2002,
inclusive, $227,063.27, per annum;

which Tenant agrees to pay in lawful money of the U.S. which shall be legal
tender in payment of the debts and dues, public and private, at the time of
payment, without demand, in equal monthly installments in advance on the first
day of each calendar month during the Demised Term, at the Office of the
Landlord, except that Tenant shall pay the first monthly installment on the
execution hereof. Tenant shall pay the basic rent as above and as hereinafter
provided, without any set off or deduction of any nature or amount whatsoever
except as expressly set forth in this lease.

                         PARTIAL ABATEMENT OF FIXED RENT

         3. Provided Tenant is not at any time in default in the full, faithful
and timely performance, observance and compliance with the conditions,
covenants, obligations and terms of this lease, Tenant's obligation to pay fixed
rent for the first month of the demised term shall be limited to $1,875.00.

                                       USE

         4. The Tenant shall use and occupy the Demised Premises only for
executive and administrative and sales offices for mortgage banking and other
related financial services (except "financial services" shall not permit retail
or other securities brokerage), and for no other purpose.

                              LANDLORD'S ALTERATION

         5. Landlord, at its expense, will perform the work and make the
installations, as set forth in Schedule A annexed hereto which is sometimes
hereinafter referred to as the "Landlord's Construction."

                                    SERVICES

         6. As long as Tenant is not in default under any covenants of this
lease, Landlord, during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. on weekdays and on
Saturdays from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. ("Working Hours"), excluding legal
holidays, shall furnish the Demised Premises with heat and air-conditioning in
the respective seasons, furnish elevator service to the Demised Premises and
provide the Demised Premises with electricity for lighting and usual office
equipment. The provisions of Schedule C of this agreement are made a part hereof
and expressly incorporated herein by reference.

                               LANDLORD'S REPAIRS

         7. (A) Landlord, at its expense, will make all the repairs to and
provide the maintenance for the Demised Premises (excluding painting and
decorating) and for all public areas and facilities as set forth in Schedule B
(annexed hereto and made a part hereof), except such repairs and maintenance as
may be necessitated by the negligence, improper care or use of such premises and
facilities by Tenant, its agents, employees, licensees or invitees, which will
be

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made by Landlord at Tenant's expense at the rate of 110% of the amount charged
to Landlord, to be repaid to Landlord on demand as additional rent. Landlord
represents that as of the Term Commencement Date, all systems servicing the
Demised Premises shall be in working order, except Landlord makes no
representation concerning the computer or communications, cables, wiring or
equipment, if any, at the Demised Premises.

                  (B) Tenant shall not be required to make any structural
repairs unless the same shall be necessitated or occasioned, in whole or in part
by the acts, omissions, or negligence of Tenant or any person claiming through
or under Tenant or any of their servants, employees, contractors, agents,
visitors or licensees, or by the use or manner of use of Demised Premises by
Tenant, or any such person.

                                  WATER SUPPLY

         8. Landlord, at its expense, shall furnish hot and cold or tempered
water for lavatory purposes.

                                  PARKING FIELD

         9. Tenant shall have the right to use forty (40) parking spaces for the
parking of automobiles of the Tenant, its employees and invitees, in the parking
area reserved for tenants of the Building ("Building Parking Area") subject to
the Rules and Regulations now or hereafter adopted by Landlord. Tenant shall not
use nor permit any of its officers, agents or employees to use any parking
spaces in excess of Tenant's allotted number of spaces therein. Landlord shall
designate five spaces for Tenant's exclusive use near the main entrances to the
Building; provided, however, Landlord shall not be required to enforce the same
or take any action with regard to the use of said reserved parking spaces by any
other tenant or person.

                                    DIRECTORY

         10. Landlord will furnish in the lobby of the Building a directory
which will contain listings requested by Tenant, not to exceed five (5)
listings.


                             TAXES AND OTHER CHARGES

         11. (A) As used in and for the purposes of this Article 11, the
following definitions shall apply:

                           (i) "Taxes" shall be any amount of real estate taxes,
assessments, sewer rents, rates and charges, State, Town, County taxes, School
taxes, or any other Governmental charges and assessments, general, specific,
ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen levied on a calendar or fiscal
basis against the real property of which the Demised Premises are a part.

                           (ii) "Assessed Valuation" shall mean the full
assessed valuation attributable to the Building as shown on the records of the
Department of Assessment of the County of Suffolk.

                           (iii) "Base Year Taxes" shall be the average of the
Taxes payable for the 1996/1997 and 1997/1998 tax years as finally determined.

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                           (iv) "Escalation Year" shall mean each fiscal tax
year which shall include any part of the Demised Term.

                           (v) "Real Property" shall be the land upon which the
Building stands and any part or parts thereof utilized for parking, landscaping,
driveways or otherwise, and the Building and other facilities utilized for the
purposes required in the operation of the premises.

                  (B) The Tenant shall pay the Landlord increases in "Taxes"
levied against the "Real Property" as follows: If the Taxes which would be
assessable to the Landlord in any Escalation Year shall be increased above the
Base Year Taxes, then the Tenant shall pay to the Landlord, as additional rent
for such Escalation Year, a sum equal to Tenant's Pro Rata Share, as set forth
in Paragraph 1 of this Lease, multiplied by the amount of said increase.

                  (C) Tenant's obligations hereunder shall survive the
expiration of this agreement.

                                TENANT'S REPAIRS

         12. (A) Tenant shall take good care of the Demised Premises and,
subject to the provisions of Article 7 hereof, Landlord at the expense of Tenant
shall make as and when needed as a result of misuse or neglect by Tenant or
Tenant's servants, employees, agents or licensees, all repairs in and about
Demised Premises and the Building necessary to preserve them in good order and
condition. Except as provided in Article 24 hereof, there shall be no allowance
to Tenant for a diminution of rental value and no liability on the part of
Landlord by reason of inconvenience, annoyance or injury to business arising
from Landlord, Tenant or others making any repairs, alterations, additions or
improvements in or to any portion of the Building or of Demised Premises, or in
or to the fixtures, appurtenances or equipment thereof, and no liability upon
Landlord for failure of Landlord or others to make any alterations, additions or
improvements in or to any portion of the Building or of Demised premises, or in
or to the fixtures, appurtenances or equipment thereof.

                                  FLOOR LOADING

                  (B) The emplacement of any equipment which will impose an
evenly distributed floor load in excess of 50 pounds per square foot shall be
done only after written permission is received from the Landlord. Such
permission will be granted only after adequate proof is furnished by a
professional engineer that such floor loading will not endanger the Building's
structure or systems.

                            FIXTURES & INSTALLATIONS

         13. All appurtenances, fixtures, improvements, additions and other
property attached to or built into the Demised Premises, whether by Landlord or
Tenant or others, and whether at Landlord's expense, or Tenant's expense, or the
joint expense of Landlord and Tenant, shall be and remain the property of
Landlord, except that any such fixtures, improvements, additions and other
property installed at the sole expense of Tenant with respect to which Tenant
has not been granted any credit or allowance by Landlord, whether pursuant to
Schedule A or otherwise, and which are removable without material damage to the
said premises may be removed by Tenant on condition that Tenant shall repair at
its expense any damage to the Demised Premises or the

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Building resulting from such removal. All the outside walls of the Demised
Premises including corridor walls and the outside entrance doors to the Demised
Premises, any balconies, terraces or roofs adjacent to the Demised Premises, and
any space in the Demised Premises used for shafts, stacks, pipes, conduits,
ducts or other Building facilities, and the use thereof, as well as access
thereto in and through the Demised Premises for the purpose of operation,
maintenance, decoration and repair, are expressly reserved to Landlord, and
Landlord does not convey any rights to Tenant therein. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Tenant shall enjoy full right of access to the Demised Premises
through the public entrances, public corridors and public areas within the
Building.

                                   ALTERATIONS

         14. (A) After completion of the Demised Premises, Tenant shall make no
alterations, decorations, installations, additions or improvements in or to the
Demised Premises without Landlord's prior written consent (which consent,
provided Tenant is not in monetary default after any applicable grace period,
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and then only by contractors or
mechanics approved by Landlord and at such times and in such manner as Landlord
may from time to time designate.

                  (B) All installations or work done by Tenant shall at all
times comply with:

                           (1) Laws, rules, orders and regulations of
governmental authorities having jurisdiction thereof;

                           (2) Rules and regulations of the Landlord;

                           (3) Plans and specifications prepared by and at the
expense of Tenant theretofore submitted to Landlord for, and having received,
Landlord's prior written approval; no installations or work shall be undertaken,
started, or begun by Tenant, its agents, servants or employees, until Landlord
has approved such plans and specifications; and no amendments or additions to
such plans and specifications shall be made without the prior written consent of
Landlord. Tenant agrees that it will not, either directly or indirectly, use any
contractors and/or labor and/or materials if the use of such contractors and/or
labor and/or materials would or will create any difficulty with other
contractors and/or labor engaged by Tenant or Landlord or others in the
construction, maintenance and/or operation of the Building or any part thereof.

                           (4) The indemnity contained in Section 23(B) shall
apply to any claim arising out of the performance of said work. Prior to the
commencement of any such work, Tenant shall supply Landlord with workmen's
compensation certificates for all persons and/or contractors performing work for
Tenant at the Demised Premises, a public liability insurance policy with minimal
coverages per occurrence of $1,000,000.00/ $2,000,000.00 for personal injuries
and death claims and $1,000,000.00 for property damage.

                           (5) Within seven days after the completion of any
such work, Tenant shall provide Landlord with Waivers of Mechanics' Liens, in
recordable form, from all contractors and materialmen. In the event any
mechanics' lien shall be filed against the Building

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by any of Tenant's contractors, subcontractors or materialmen, Tenant shall
discharge the lien by bond, payment or otherwise, within ten (10) days of filing
thereof and upon Tenant's failure to so discharge any lien, Landlord may, at its
option, remove the lien by payment or bonding and charge the Tenant with the
cost thereof, together with attorneys' fees.

                  (C) If Tenant shall request any alterations to be made in the
Demised Premises, the same shall be performed by Landlord, unless Landlord shall
permit Tenant to perform the same, and Tenant shall repay to Landlord 110% of
Landlord's cost thereof on demand as additional rent.

                               REQUIREMENTS OF LAW

         15. (A) Tenant, at Tenant's sole cost and expense shall comply with all
laws, orders and regulations of Federal, State, County, Municipal, governmental
or quasi-governmental agency or authority, having or asserting jurisdiction, and
with all directions, pursuant to law, of all public officers, which shall impose
any duty upon Landlord or Tenant arising out of Tenant's manner of use of the
Demised Premises.

                  (B) Tenant shall not do anything, or permit anything to be
done, in or about the Demised Premises which shall (i) invalidate or be in
conflict with the provisions of any fire or other insurance policies covering
the Building or any property located therein, or (ii) result in a refusal by
fire insurance companies of good standing to insure the Building or any such
property in amounts reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, or (iii) subject
Landlord to any liability or responsibility for injury to any person or property
by reason of any business operation being conducted in the Demised Premises, or
(iv) cause any increase in the fire insurance rates applicable to the Building
or property located therein at the beginning of the Demised Term or at any time
thereafter. Tenant, at Tenant's expense, shall comply with all the rules,
orders, regulations or requirements of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters
and the New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization or any similar body.
Landlord represents that Tenant's use of the Demised Premises does not violate
the certificate of occupancy or existing policies of insurance.

                  (C) In any action or proceeding wherein Landlord and Tenant
are parties, a schedule or "make-up" of rates applicable to the Building or
property located therein issued by the New York Fire Insurance Rating
Organization or other similar body fixing such fire insurance rates, shall be
conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated and of the several items and
charges in the fire insurance rates then applicable to the Building or property
located therein.

                                   END OF TERM

         16. Upon the expiration or other termination of the term of this lease,
Tenant shall quit and surrender to Landlord the Demised Premises, broom clean,
in good order and condition, ordinary wear excepted, and Tenant shall remove all
of its property and shall repair all damage to the Demised Premises or the
Building occasioned by such removal. Any property not removed from the premises
shall be deemed abandoned by Tenant and may be disposed of in any manner deemed
appropriate by the Landlord and Landlord shall have no liability therefor.
Tenant expressly waives, for itself and for any person claiming through or under
Tenant, any rights which Tenant or any such person may have under the provisions
of Section 2201 of the New York civil Practice Law and Rules and of any
successor law of like import then in force, in connection with any holdover or
summary proceedings which Landlord may institute to enforce

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the foregoing provisions of this Article. Tenant's obligation to observe or
perform this covenant shall survive the expiration or other termination of the
term of this lease. If the last day of the term of this lease or any renewal
hereof falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, this lease shall expire on the
business day immediately preceding.

                                 QUIET ENJOYMENT

         17. Landlord covenants and agrees with Tenant that upon Tenant paying
the basic rent and additional rent and observing and performing all the terms,
covenants and conditions on Tenant's part to be observed and performed, Tenant
may peaceably and quietly enjoy the Demised Premises during the term of this
lease without hindrance or molestation by anyone claiming by or through
Landlord, subject, nevertheless, to the terms, covenants and conditions of this
lease including, but not limited to Article 22.

                                      SIGNS

         18. No signs or lettering of any nature may be put on or in any window,
wall or door nor on the exterior of the Building or elsewhere within the Demised
Premises such as will be visible from the street; provided, however, Tenant may
have a sign, subject to Landlord's consent not to be unreasonably withheld, in
the reception area of the Demised Premises such that its name is visible in the
public corridor through the double glass entry doors. No sign or lettering in
the public corridors or on the doors are permitted except Landlord's standard
name plaque provided by Landlord. Tenant shall have the right to install affix
its logo and name on the glass doors of the Demised Premises, subject to
Landlord's prior, written consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
the same shall be removed by Tenant at Tenant's cost at the expiration or
earlier termination of the demised term. Provided Tenant is not at any time in
default in the full, faithful and timely performance, observance and compliance
with the conditions, covenants, obligations and terms of this lease, Landlord
shall add Tenant's name to the outside building directory provided the same
shall exist.

                              RULES AND REGULATIONS

         19. Tenant and Tenant's agents, employees, visitors, and licensees
shall comply with the Rules and Regulations set forth on Schedule D annexed
hereto and made part hereof, and with such further reasonable Rules and
Regulations as Landlord at any time may make and communicate in writing to
Tenant which, in Landlord's judgment shall be necessary for the reputation,
safety, care and appearance of the Building and the land allocated to it or the
preservation of good order therein, or the operation or maintenance of the
Building, and such land, its equipment, or the more useful occupancy or the
comfort of the tenants or others in the Building. Landlord shall not be liable
to Tenant for the violation of any of said Rules and Regulations, or the breach
of any covenant or condition in any lease by any other tenant in the Building.

                            ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING

         20. (A) Tenant, for itself, its successors and assigns, expressly
covenants that it shall not assign, mortgage or encumber this agreement, nor
underlet the Demised Premises or any part thereof or license or permit the
Demised Premises or any part thereof to be used by others, without the prior
written consent of the Landlord in each instance and upon due compliance with
the provisions of this Article 20. Subject to Landlord's right of termination as

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set forth in subparagraph (B) hereof, provided Tenant is not in default after
any applicable grace period in the full, faithful and timely performance,
observance and compliance with the conditions, covenants, obligations and terms
of this lease, Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to
Tenant's proposed assignment of this lease or sublease of the Demised Premises.

                  (B) If Tenant requests Landlord's consent to the assignment of
all or any portion of the Demised Premises, it shall first submit to Landlord,
in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by overnight courier
or by hand delivery, the following information:

                           (1) The name of the proposed assignee;

                           (2) A true copy of the executed assignment and any
         side agreements relating thereto;

                           (3) Banking, financial and other credit information
         relating to the proposed assignee requested by Landlord to determine
         the financial responsibility of said proposed assignee; and

                           (4) Such other information and documents as Landlord
         shall require.

Upon  receipt  thereof  from  Tenant,  Landlord  shall  have the  option,  to be
exercised in writing within twenty (20) days thereafter,  to terminate the lease
effective on the date (the "Termination Date") set forth in Landlord's notice of
termination,  which  shall  not be less than  sixty  (60) days nor more than one
hundred twenty (120) days following the service upon Tenant of Landlord's notice
of  termination.  In the event  Landlord shall exercise such option to terminate
the lease,  this lease shall expire on the Termination  Date as if that date had
been  originally  fixed as the  expiration  date of the term herein  granted and
Tenant shall surrender  possession of the entire Demised Premises of this lease.
Landlord's failure to exercise such option to terminate this lease shall not, it
is expressly  understood and agreed, be deemed to constitute  Landlord's consent
to such proposed  assignment,  which consent may only be given  expressly and in
writing and as provided in this paragraph 20. If Landlord shall not exercise its
option to terminate this lease as aforesaid, Landlord shall not, provided Tenant
is not in  default,  unreasonably  withhold  or delay its  consent  to  Tenant's
proposed  assignment.  Notwithstanding the aforesaid,  provided Tenant is not in
default  after any  applicable  grace  period in the full,  faithful  and timely
performance,   observance  and  compliance  with  the   conditions,   covenants,
obligations  and  terms of this  lease,  Landlord  shall  not have the  right to
terminate  this  lease  hereunder  in the  event  of a  proposed  assignment  in
connection with a bone fide sale of Tenant's business.

                  (C) In the event of an approved  subletting  or  assignment of
all or any portion of the Demised  Premises,  any  consideration,  of whatsoever
nature,  received  by the  Tenant for or in  connection  with such  sublease  or
assignment  and any payment or  increase in the rental (in any form,  whether by
payment,  services, offset or other reimbursement) from assignee or subtenant to
Tenant the value of which shall exceed the fixed rent and additional rent herein
reserved shall be turned over to Landlord monthly; if Tenant receives a lump sum
payment, or if Tenant is to receive payments in installments, such sums shall be
paid  directly to  Landlord by Tenant  within five (5) days after the same shall
have been received by Tenant,  without  demand by Landlord;  provided,  further,
that all such sums and consideration received by Tenant and shall be due

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payable to Landlord as additional rent. Such overage is to be treated as
additional rent and is to be paid by Tenant in the same manner.

                  (D)  An  assignment  forbidden  within  the  meaning  of  this
agreement  shall  be  deemed  to  include  one or more  sales,  assignments,  or
transfers, by merger, consolidation,  operation of law or otherwise, or creation
of new  stock,  or any event  (except  the death of Ira  Silverman)  by which an
aggregate of fifty (50%) percent or more of Tenant's  stock shall be vested in a
party or parties who are non-stockholders as of the date hereof. For the purpose
of this  paragraph,  stock  ownership shall be determined in accordance with the
principles  set forth in Section  544 of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986 as
amended.  The aforesaid  provisions of this  subparagraph (D) shall not apply to
(i) a public  offering of Tenant's  shares on a recognized  national  securities
exchange or  over-the-counter-market,  (ii) a private placement under applicable
"blue sky" laws, or (iii)  transfers  from Ira Silverman to Daniel  Silverman or
other family members of Ira Silverman or a transfer from Ira Silverman resulting
from the death of Ira Silverman.

                  (E) Tenant shall not grant any license or  concession or enter
into any other  agreement  pursuant to which any person  other than Tenant shall
have the right to occupy,  possess or share any portion,  or all, of the Demised
Premises.

                  (F) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

                  (G) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

                  (H) No assignment of this lease or underletting of the Demised
Premises  shall  release  or  discharge  the  Tenant  hereunder  from any of its
obligations to be performed under this lease. If Landlord shall consent (or fail
to consent) to any proposed sublease or assignment,  Tenant shall be required to
comply with,  and shall be bound by, the  provisions of this paragraph 20 at all
times thereafter.

                          LANDLORD'S ACCESS TO PREMISES

         21. (A) Landlord and  Landlord's  agents shall have the right to enter,
inspect  and/or pass  through  the Demised  Premises at all times to examine the
same  upon  reasonable  prior  notice,  and to show them to  mortgagees,  ground
lessors, prospective purchasers or lessees or mortgagees of the Building, and to
make such repairs,  improvements  or additions as Landlord may deem necessary or
desirable  and  Landlord  shall be  allowed to take all  material  into and upon
and/or through said Demised Premises that may be required  therefor.  During the
year prior to the  expiration  of the term of this lease,  or any renewal  term,
Landlord may exhibit the Demised  Premises to prospective  tenants or purchasers
at all  reasonable  hours and without  unreasonably  interfering  with  Tenant's
business.  If Tenant shall not be personally present to open and permit an entry
into said  premises at any time,  when for any reason an entry  therein shall be
necessary or permissible,  Landlord or Landlord's agents may enter the same by a
master key,  without  rendering  Landlord or such agent liable therefor  (during
such entry  Landlord  or  Landlord's  agents  shall  accord  reasonable  care to
Tenant's property).

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                  (B) Landlord  shall also have the right at any time, to change
the arrangement and/or location of entrances or passageways, doors and doorways,
and  corridors,  elevators,  stairs,  toilets,  or  other  public  parts  of the
Building;  provided,  however,  that  Landlord  shall  make  no  change  in  the
arrangement and/or location of entrances or passageways or other public parts of
the Building which will adversely affect in any material manner Tenant's use and
enjoyment of the Demised  Premises.  Landlord shall also have the right,  at any
time and from time to time, to name the Building, including, but not limited to,
appropriate signs and/or lettering on any or all entrances to the Building,  and
to change the name,  number or  designation  by which the  Building  is commonly
known.

                  (C) Neither this lease nor any use by Tenant shall give Tenant
any right or easement to the use of any door or passage or concourse  connecting
with any other building or to any public conveniences, and the use of such doors
and passages and  concourse  and of such  conveniences  may be regulated  and/or
discontinued  at any time and from time to time by  Landlord  without  notice to
Tenant.  Landlord  makes  no  representation  whether  or not  there  will  be a
concourse.

                  (D) The  exercise  by  Landlord  or its  agents  of any  right
reserved  to  Landlord  in this  Article  shall  not  constitute  an  actual  or
constructive  eviction,  in whole or in part, or entitle Tenant to any abatement
or diminution of rent, or relieve Tenant from any of its obligations  under this
lease, or impose any liability upon Landlord,  or its agents, or upon any lessor
under any ground or underlying lease, by reason of inconvenience or annoyance to
Tenant, or injury to or interruption of Tenant's business, or otherwise.

                                  SUBORDINATION

         22. (A) This lease is subject and  subordinate  in all  respects to all
ground leases  and/or  underlying  leases and to all mortgages  which may now or
hereafter be placed on or affect such leases  and/or the real  property of which
the Demised  Premises form a part,  or any part or parts of such real  property,
and/or  Landlord's  interest or estate therein,  and to each advance made and/or
hereafter  to  be  made  under  any  such   mortgage,   and  to  all   renewals,
modifications,  consolidations,  replacements  and  extensions  thereof  and all
substitutions  therefor. This paragraph A shall be self-operative and no further
instrument  of  subordination  shall  be  required.   In  confirmation  of  such
subordination,   Tenant  shall  promptly   execute  and  deliver   promptly  any
certificate  that  Landlord  and/or any  mortgagee  and/or the lessor  under any
ground or underlying  lease and/or their  respective  successors in interest may
request.  Landlord shall request a non-disturbance and attornment agreement from
any present and future mortgagee; Tenant shall pay any fees of such mortgagee in
connection therewith.

                  (B) Without limitation of any of the provisions of this lease,
in the event that any  mortgagee or its assigns shall succeed to the interest of
Landlord or of any successor-  Landlord  and/or shall have become lessee under a
new ground or  underlying  lease,  then, at the option of such  mortgagee,  this
lease shall nevertheless  continue in full force and effect and Tenant shall and
does hereby  agree to attorn to such  mortgagee  or its assigns and to recognize
such mortgagee or its respective assigns as its Landlord.

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                  (C) Tenant  shall,  at any time and from time to time upon not
less than five days' prior notice by Landlord, execute,  acknowledge and deliver
to Landlord a statement in writing  certifying that this lease is unmodified and
in full force and effect (or if there have been modifications,  that the same is
in full force and effect as  modified  arid  stating the  modification)  and the
dates to which the basic rent,  additional rent and other charges have been paid
in advance,  if any,  and stating  whether or not to the best  knowledge  of the
Tenant Landlord is in default in performance of any covenant,  agreement,  term,
provisions or condition contained in this lease, and if so, specifying each such
default of which the Tenant may have knowledge,  it being intended that any such
statement  delivered  pursuant  hereto  may be  relied  upon by any  prospective
purchaser or lessee of said real property or any interest or estate therein, any
mortgagee or prospective  mortgagee  thereof or any prospective  assignee of any
mortgage thereof. If in connection with obtaining financing for the Building and
the land allocated to it, a banking, insurance or other recognized institutional
lender shall request  reasonable  modifications  in this lease as a condition to
such  financing,  Tenant  will not  unreasonably  withhold,  delay or defer  its
consent  thereof,   provided  that  such   modifications  do  not  increase  the
obligations  of Tenant  hereunder or materially  adversely  affect the leasehold
interest hereby created.

                       PROPERTY LOSS, DAMAGE REIMBURSEMENT

         23. (A)  Landlord  or its agents  shall not be liable for any damage to
property of Tenant or of others entrusted to employees of the Building,  nor for
the loss of or damage to any property of Tenant by theft or otherwise.  Landlord
or its  agents  shall not be liable  for any  injury  or  damage to  persons  or
property  resulting  from  fire,   explosion,   falling  plaster,   steam,  gas,
electricity,  electrical disturbance, water, rain or snow or leaks from any part
of the  Building or from the pipes,  appliances  or  plumbing  works or from the
roof,  street or  subsurface  or from any other  place or by  dampness or by any
other cause of whatsoever  nature,  unless caused by or due to the negligence of
Landlord, its agents, servants or employees; nor shall Landlord or its agents be
liable for any such damage caused by other tenants or persons in the Building or
caused by  operations in  construction  of any private,  public or  quasi-public
work; nor shall Landlord be liable for any latent defect in the Demised Premises
or in the  Building.  If at any time any  windows of the  Demised  Premises  are
temporarily  closed or  darkened  incident  to or for the  purpose  of  repairs,
replacements,  maintenance  and/or  cleaning in, on, to or about the Building or
any part or parts  thereof,  Landlord  shall not be liable for any damage Tenant
may  sustain  thereby  and  Tenant  shall not be  entitled  to any  compensation
therefor  nor  abatement  of rent nor shall  the same  release  Tenant  from its
obligations  hereunder nor  constitute an eviction.  Tenant shall  reimburse and
compensate  Landlord as additional rent for all expenditures made by, or damages
or  fines  sustained  or  incurred  by  Landlord  due  to   non-performance   or
non-compliance  with or breach or  failure  to  observe  any term,  covenant  or
condition of this lease upon  Tenant's part to be kept,  observed,  performed or
complied with. Tenant shall give immediate notice to Landlord in case of fire or
accidents in the Demised Premises or in the Building or of defects therein or in
any fixtures or equipment.

                               TENANT'S INDEMNITY

                  (B) Tenant shall indemnify and save harmless  Landlord against
and from any and all claims by or on behalf of any person,  firm, or corporation
arising from the conduct or management  of or from any work or thing  whatsoever
done (other than by Landlord or its  contractors  or the agents or  employees of
either) in and on the Demised  Premises during the term

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of this lease and during the period of time, if any prior to the specified
commencement date that Tenant may have been given access to the Demised Premises
for the purpose making installations, and will further indemnify and save
harmless Landlord against and from any and all claims arising from any condition
of the Demised Premises due to or arising from any act or omissions or
negligence of Tenant or any of its agents, contractors, servants, employees,
licensees or invitees and against and from all costs, expenses, and liabilities
incurred in connection with any such claim or claims or action or proceeding
brought thereon; and in case any action or proceeding be brought against
Landlord by reason of any such claim, Tenant, upon notice from Landlord, agrees
that Tenant, at Tenant's expense, will resist or defend such action or
proceeding and will employ counsel therefor reasonably satisfactory to Landlord.

                      DESTRUCTION -- FIRE OR OTHER CASUALTY

         24. If the Demised Premises shall be damaged by fire or other casualty
and if Tenant shall give prompt notice to Landlord of such damage, Landlord, at
Landlord's expense, shall repair such damage within six months of such damage or
casualty; provided, however, that if such damage is caused by Tenant (or its
agents, employees, contractors or invitees),  Landlord shall repair such damage
at Tenant's cost and Tenant shall pay Landlord therefor on demand as additional
rent. However, Landlord, shall have no obligation to repair, nor any liability
for, any damage to, or obligation to replace, Tenant's personal property or any
other property or effects of Tenant. If the entire Demised Premises shall be
rendered untenantable by reason of any such damage, other than that caused by
Tenant (or its agents, employees, contractors or invitees) the rent shall abate
for the period from the date of such damage to the date when such damage shall
have been repaired, and if only a part of the Demised Premises shall be so
rendered untenantable, the rent shall abate for such period in the proportion
which the area of the part of the Demised Premises so rendered untenantable bear
to the total area of the Demised Premises. However, if, prior to the date when
all of such damage shall have been repaired any substantial part of the Demised
Premises so damaged shall be rendered tenantable and may be used or occupied by
Tenant or any person or persons claiming through or under Tenant, then the
amount by which the rent shall abate shall be equitably apportioned for the
period from the date of any such use or occupancy to the date when all such
damage shall have been repaired. Tenant hereby expressly waives the provisions
of section 227 of the New York Real Property Law and of any successor law of
like import then in force, and Tenant agrees that the provisions of this Article
shall govern and control in lieu thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Article, if, prior to or during the Demised Term (i) the
Demised Premises shall be totally damaged or rendered wholly untenantable by
fire or other casualty, and if Landlord shall decide not to restore the Demised
Premises, or (ii) the Building shall be so damaged by fire or other casualty
that in Landlord's opinion, substantial alteration, demolition, or
reconstruction of the Building shall be required (whether or not the Demised
Premises shall be damaged or rendered untenantable), then, in any of such
events, Landlord, at Landlord's option, may give to Tenant within forty-five
(45) days after such fire or other casualty, a thirty (30) days' notice of
termination of this lease and, in the event such notice is given, this lease and
the Demised Term shall come to an end and expire (whether or not said term shall
have commenced) upon the expiration of said thirty (30) days with the same
effect as if the date of expiration of said thirty (30) days were the Expiration
Date, the rent shall be apportioned as of such date and any prepaid portion of
rent for any period after such date shall be refunded by Landlord to Tenant.

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                                   SUBROGATION

         25. Each of the parties hereto and their successors or assigns hereby
waives any and all rights of action for negligence against the other party
hereto which may hereafter arise for damage to the Demised Premises or to
property therein resulting from any fire or other casualty of the kind covered
by standard fire insurance policies with extended coverage, regardless of
whether or not or in what amounts, such insurance is now or hereafter carried by
the parties hereto, or either of them. Both parties agree to use their best
efforts to obtain and maintain a waiver of subrogation from their respective
carriers if, they are insured.

                                 EMINENT DOMAIN

         26. (A) In the event that the whole of the Demised Premises shall be
lawfully condemned or taken in any manner for public or quasi-public use, this
lease and the term and estate hereby granted shall forthwith cease and terminate
as of the date Landlord or Tenant is required to vacate the Demised Premises. In
the event that only a part of the Demised Premises shall be so condemned or
taken, then effective as of the date of vesting of title, the rent hereunder
shall be abated in an amount thereof apportioned according to the area of the
Demised Premises so condemned or taken. In the event that (a) only a part of the
Building shall be so condemned or taken, then Landlord (whether or not the
Demised Premises be affected) may, at its option, terminate this lease and the
term and estate hereby granted as of either the date of such vesting of title or
the date Landlord or Tenant is required to vacate the Demised Premises, by
notifying Tenant in writing of such termination within sixty (60) days following
the date on which Landlord shall have received notice of vesting of title, or
(b) if such condemnation or taking shall be of a substantial part of the Demised
Premises or a substantial part of the means of access thereof so that Tenant is
not capable of conducting its business in the remainder of the Demised Premises,
Tenant shall have the right, by delivery of notice in writing to Landlord within
forty (40) days following the date on which Tenant shall have received notice of
such taking, to terminate this lease and the term and estate hereby granted on
the earlier of (x) the date Landlord or Tenant is required to vacate the Demised
Premises or (y) thirty (30) days from the date of such notice from Tenant, or
(c) if neither Landlord nor Tenant elects to terminate this lease as aforesaid,
this lease shall be and remain unaffected by such condemnation or taking, except
that the rent shall be abated to the extent, if any, hereinabove provided in
this Article 26. In the event that only a part of the Demised Premises shall be
so condemned or taken and this lease and the term and estate hereby granted are
not terminated as hereinbefore provided, Landlord will, at its expense, restore
the remaining portion of the Demised Premises as nearly as practicable to the
same condition as it was in prior to such condemnation or taking.

                  (B) In the event of a termination in any of the cases
hereinabove provided, this lease and the term and estate granted shall expire as
of the date of such termination with the same effect as if that were the date
hereinbefore set for the expiration of the term of this lease, and the rent
hereunder shall be apportioned as of such date.

                  (C) In the event of any condemnation or taking hereinabove
mentioned of all or a part of the Building, Landlord shall be entitled to
receive the entire award in the condemnation proceeding, including any award
made for the value of the estate vested by this lease in Tenant, and Tenant
hereby assigns to Landlord any and all right, title and interest of Tenant now
or hereafter arising in or to any such award or any part thereof, and Tenant
shall be

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entitled to receive no part of such award, except that the Tenant may file a
separate claim for any taking of removable fixtures owned by Tenant and for
moving expenses incurred by Tenant. It is expressly understood and agreed that
the provisions of this Article 26 shall not be applicable to any condemnation or
taking for governmental occupancy for a limited period.

                            CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY

         27. Tenant will not at any time use or occupy the Demised Premises in
violation of the certificate of occupancy (temporary or permanent) issued for
the Building or portion thereof of which the Demised Premises form a part.
Landlord represents the use contemplated in paragraph 4 does not violate the
same.

                                     DEFAULT

         28. (A) Upon the occurrence, at any time prior to or during the Demised
Term, of anyone or more of the following events (referred to as "Events of
Default"):

                  (i) If Tenant shall default in the payment when due, and such
default shall continue for five (5) days, of any installment of basic rent or in
the payment when due of any additional rent; or,

                  (ii) If Tenant shall default in the observance or performance
of any term, covenant or condition of this lease on Tenant's part to be observed
or performed (other than the covenants for the payment of basic rent and
additional rent) and Tenant shall fail to remedy such default within ten (10)
business days after notice by Landlord to Tenant of such default, or if such
default is of such a nature that it cannot be completely remedied within said
period of ten (10) business days and Tenant shall not commence within said
period of ten (10) business days and shall not thereafter diligently prosecute
to completion all steps necessary to remedy such default; or

                  (iii) If Tenant shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
or insolvency, or shall be adjudicated a bankrupt or become insolvent, or shall
file any petition or answer seeking any reorganization, arrangement,
composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the
present or any future federal bankruptcy act or any other present or future
applicable federal, state or other statute of law, or shall make an assignment
for the benefit or creditors or shall seek or consent to or acquiesce in the
appointment of any trustee, receiver or liquidator of Tenant of all or any part
or Tenant's property; or

                  (iv) If, within thirty (30) days after the commencement of any
proceeding against Tenant, whether by the filing of a petition of otherwise
seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution or similar relief under the present or any future federal bankruptcy
act or any other present or future applicable federal, state or other statute or
law, such proceedings shall not have been dismissed, or if, within thirty (30)
days after the appointment or any trustee, receiver or liquidator of Tenant, or
of all or any part of Tenant's property, without the consent or acquiescence or
Tenant, such appointment shall not have been vacated or otherwise discharged, or
if any execution or attachment shall be issued against Tenant or any of Tenant's
pursuant to which the Demised Premises shall be taken or occupied or attempted
to be taken or occupied; or

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                  (v) If Tenant shall default in the observance or performance
of any term, covenants or condition on Tenant's part to be observed or performed
under any other lease with Landlord of space in the Building and such default
shall continue beyond any grace period set forth in such other lease for the
remedying of such default; or

                  (vi) If the Demised Premises shall become vacant, deserted or
abandoned; or

                  (vii) If Tenant's interest in this lease devolve upon or pass
to any person, whether by operation of law or otherwise, except as expressly
permitted under Article 20; then, upon the occurrence, at any time prior to or
during the Demised Term, of anyone or more of such Events of Default, Landlord,
at any time thereafter, at Landlord's option, may (a) seek possession of the
Demised Premises together with all basic rent and/or additional rent then due
either by commencement of a summary proceeding, or by any other applicable legal
action or proceeding, or otherwise (without being liable to indictment,
prosecution or damages therefor), and may repossess the Demised Premises and
dispossess Tenant and any other persons from the Demised Premises and remove any
and all of their property and effects from the Demised Premises, all at Tenant's
expense; and/or (b) give to Tenant a written three (3) days' notice of
termination of this lease and, in the event such notice is given, this lease and
the Demised Term shall come to an end and expire (whether or not said term shall
have commenced) upon the expiration of said three (3) days with the same effect
as if the date of expiration of said three days were the Expiration Date, but
Tenant shall remain liable for damages as provided in Article 30.

         (B) If, at any time (i) Tenant shall be comprised of two (2) or more
persons, or (ii) Tenant's obligations under this lease shall have been
guaranteed by any person other than Tenant, or (iii) Tenant's interest in this
lease shall have been assigned, the word "Tenant", as used in subsection (iii)
and (iv) of Section 28(A), shall be deemed to mean anyone or more of the persons
primarily or secondarily liable for Tenant's obligations under this lease. Any
monies received by Landlord from or on behalf of Tenants during the pendency of
any proceeding of the types referred to in said subsections (iii) and (iv) shall
be deemed paid as compensation for the use and occupation of the Demised
Premises and the acceptance of any such compensation by Landlord shall not be
deemed an acceptance of rent or a waiver on the part of Landlord of any rights
under Section 28(A).

         29. (A) If Tenant shall be in default beyond any applicable grace
period in the payment when due of any installment of basic rent or additional
rent, or if this lease and the Demised Term shall expire and come to an end as
provided in Article 28:

                  (i) Landlord and its agents and servants may immediately, or
at any time after such default or after the date upon which this lease and the
Demised Term shall expire and come to an end, re-enter the Demised Premises or
any part thereof, without notice, either by summary proceedings or by any other
applicable legal action or proceeding, or otherwise (without being liable to
indictment, prosecution or damages therefor), and may repossess the Demised
Premises and dispossess Tenant and any other persons from the Demised Premises
and

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remove any and all of their property and effects from the Demised Premises, all
at Tenant's expense; and

                  (ii) Landlord, at Landlord's option, may relet the whole or
any part or parts of the Demised Premises from time to time, either in the name
of Landlord or otherwise, to such tenant or tenants, for such term or terms
ending before, on or after the Expiration Date, at such rental or rentals and
upon such other conditions, which may include concessions and free rent periods,
as Landlord, in its sole discretion, may determine. Landlord shall have no
obligation to relet the Demised Premises or any part thereof and shall in no
event be liable for refusal or failure to relet the Demised Premises or any part
thereof, or, in the event of any such reletting, for refusal or failure to
collect any rent due upon any such reletting, and no such refusal or failure
shall operate to relieve Tenant of any liability under this lease or otherwise
to affect any such liability; Landlord, at Landlord's option, may make such
repairs, replacements, alterations, additions, improvements, decorations and
other physical changes in and to the Demised Premises as Landlord, in its sole
discretion, considers advisable or necessary in connection with any such
reletting or proposed reletting, all at Tenant's expense without relieving
Tenant of any liability under this lease or otherwise affecting any such
liability.

         (B) Tenant, on its own behalf and on the behalf of all persons claiming
through or under Tenant, including all creditors, does hereby waive any and all
rights which Tenant and all such persons might otherwise have under any present
or future law to redeem the Demised Premises, or to re-enter or repossess the
Demised Premises, or to restore the operation of this lease, after (i) the
issuance of a warrant of eviction by any court of competent jurisdiction, or
(ii) any re-entry by Landlord, or (iii) any expiration or termination of this
lease and the Demised Term, whether such dispossess, re-entry, expiration or
termination shall be by operation of law or pursuant to the provisions of this
lease. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by Tenant or any persons
claiming through or under Tenant, of any term, covenant or condition of this
lease on Tenant's part to be observed or performed, Landlord shall have the
right to enjoin such breach and the right to invoke any other remedy allowed by
law or in equity as if re-entry, summary proceedings and other special remedies
were not provided in this lease for such breach. The rights to invoke the
remedies hereinbefore set forth are cumulative and shall not preclude Landlord
from invoking any other remedy allowed at law or in equity.

                                     DAMAGES

         30. (A) If this lease and the Demised Term shall expire and come to an
end as provided in Article 28 or by or under any summary proceeding, or any
other action or proceeding or if Landlord shall re-enter the Demised Premises as
provided in Article 29 or by or under any summary proceeding or any other action
or proceeding, then, in any of said events:

                  (i) Tenant shall pay to Landlord all basic rent, additional
rent and other charges payable under this lease by Tenant to Landlord to the
date upon which this lease and the Demised Term shall have expired and come to
an end or to the date of re-entry upon the Demised Premises by Landlord, as the
case may be; and,

                  (ii) Tenant shall also be liable for and shall pay the
Landlord, as damages, any deficiency (referred to as "Deficiency") between the
basic rent and additional rent

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reserved in this lease for the period which otherwise would have constituted the
unexpired portion of the Demised Term and the net amount, if any, of rents
collected under any reletting effected pursuant to the provisions of Section
29(A) for any part of such period (first deducting from the rents collected
under any such reletting all of Landlord's expenses in connection with the
termination of this lease or Landlord's re-entry upon the Demised Premises and
with such reletting including, but not limited to, all repossession costs,
brokerage commissions, legal expenses, attorneys' fees, alteration costs and
other expenses of preparing the Demised Premises for such reletting). Any such
Deficiency shall be paid in monthly installments by Tenant on the days specified
in this lease for payment of installments of basic rent. Landlord shall be
entitled to recover from Tenant each monthly Deficiency as the same shall arise,
and no suit to collect the amount of the Deficiency for any month shall
prejudice Landlord's right to collect the Deficiency for any subsequent month by
a similar proceeding.

         (B) If the Demised Premises, or any part thereof, shall be relet
together with other space in the Building, the rents collected or reserved under
any such reletting and the expenses of any such reletting shall be equitably
apportioned for the purposes of this Article, the term "rent" as used in Section
30(A) shall mean the rent in effect immediately prior to the date upon which
this lease and the Demised Term shall have expired and come to an end, or the
date of re-entry upon the Demised Premises by Landlord, as the case may be, plus
any additional rent payable pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of the
Escalation Year (As defined in Article 11) immediately preceding such event.
Nothing contained in Article 28 and 29 of this Article shall be deemed to limit
or preclude the recovery by Landlord from Tenant of the maximum amount allowed
to be obtained as damages by any statute or rule of law, or of any sums or
damages to which Landlord may be entitled in addition to the damages set forth
in Section 30(A).

                                SUMS DUE LANDLORD

         31. If Tenant shall default in the performance of any covenants on
Tenant's part to be performed in this lease contained, whether prior, during or
after the Demised Term, Landlord may immediately, or at any time thereafter,
without notice, perform the same for the account of Tenant. If Landlord, at any
time before, during or after the Demised Term, is compelled to pay or elects to
pay any sum of money, or do any act which will require the payment of any sum of
money, by reason of the failure of Tenant to comply with any provision hereof,
or, if Landlord is compelled to or does incur any expense including reasonable
attorneys' fees, instituting, prosecuting and/or defending any action or
proceeding instituted by reason of any default of Tenant hereunder, the sum or
sums so paid by Landlord with all interest, costs, and damages, shall be deemed
to be additional rent hereunder and shall be due from Tenant to Landlord on the
first day of the month following the incurring of such respective expenses, or
at Landlord's option on the first day of any subsequent month. Any sum of money
(other than fixed rent) accruing from Tenant to Landlord pursuant to any
provision of this lease including but not limited to, the provisions of Schedule
C, whether prior to or after the Term Commencement Date, shall be additional
rent payable within five days after demand therefor by Landlord, and Landlord
shall have the same remedies for Tenant's failure to pay additional rent as for
Tenant's failure to pay any installment of fixed rent when due. Tenant's
obligations under this Article shall survive the expiration or sooner
termination of the Demised Term. In any case in which the basic rent or
additional rent is not paid within five (5) days of the day when same is due,
Tenant shall pay a late charge equal to three (3) cents ($0.03) for each dollar
so due.

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                                    NO WAIVER

         32. (A) No act or thing done by Landlord or Landlord's agent during the
term hereby demised shall be deemed an acceptance of a surrender" of said
Demised Premises, and no agreement to accept such surrender shall be valid
unless in writing signed by Landlord. No employee of Landlord or of Landlord's
agents shall have any power to accept the keys of said Demised Premises prior to
the termination of this lease. The delivery of keys to any employee of Landlord
or of Landlord's agents shall not operate as a termination of this lease or a
surrender of the Demised Premises. In the event of Tenant at any time desiring
to have Landlord underlet the Demised Premises for Tenant's account, Landlord or
Landlord's agents are authorized to receive said keys for such purposes without
releasing Tenant from any of the obligations under this lease, and Tenant hereby
relieves Landlord of any liability for loss of or damage to any of Tenant's
effects in connection with such underletting. The failure of Landlord to seek
redress for violation of, or to insist upon the strict performance of, any
covenants or conditions of this lease, or any of the Rules and Regulations
annexed hereto and made a part hereof or hereafter adopted by Landlord, shall
not prevent a subsequent act, which would have originally constituted a
violation, from having all the force and effect of an original violation. The
receipt by Landlord of rent with knowledge of the breach of any covenant of this
lease shall not be deemed a waiver of such breach. The failure of Landlord to
enforce any of the Rules and Regulations annexed hereto and made a part hereof,
or hereafter adopted, against Tenant and/or any other tenant in the Building
shall not be deemed a waiver of any such Rules and Regulations. No provision of
this lease shall be deemed to have been waived by Landlord, either orally or by
a course of conduct, unless such waiver be in writing signed by Landlord. No
payment by Tenant or receipt by Landlord of a lesser amount than the rent herein
stipulated shall be deemed to be other than on account of the earliest
stipulated rent nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or any
letter of accompanying any check or payment as rent be deemed an accord and
satisfaction, and Landlord may accept such check or payment without prejudice to
Landlord's right to recover the balance of such rent or pursue any other remedy
in this lease provided.

         (B) Landlord's failure to render a Landlord's Statement with respect to
any Escalation Year per Article 11 shall not prejudice Landlord's right to
render a Landlord's Statement with respect to any Escalation Year. The
obligation of Landlord and Tenant under the provisions of Article II with
respect to any additional rent for Escalation Year shall survive the expiration
or any sooner termination of the Demised Term.

                             WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY

         33. (A) To the extent such waiver is permitted by law, Landlord and
Tenant hereby waive trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim
brought by Landlord or Tenant against the other on any matter whatsoever arising
out of or in any way connected with this lease, the relationship of landlord and
tenant, the use or occupancy of the Demised Premises by Tenant or any person
claiming through or under Tenant, any claim of injury or damage, and any
emergency or other statutory remedy. The provisions of the foregoing sentence
shall survive the expiration or sooner termination of the Demised Term. If
Landlord commences any summary proceeding for nonpayment of basic rent or
additional rent, or commences any action or proceeding one or all of the causes
of action in which alleges the nonpayment of basic rent or additional rent,
Tenant shall not interpose any counterclaim of whatever nature or description in
such proceeding or action.

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         (B) Tenant hereby expressly waives any and all rights of redemption
granted by or under any present or future laws in the event of Tenant being
evicted or dispossessed for any cause, or in the event or Landlord's obtaining
possession of the Demised Premises, by reason of the violation by Tenant or any
of the covenants and conditions of this Lease or otherwise.

                                BILLS AND NOTICES

         34. (A) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this lease, any
notices, demands, requests or other communications (other than bills or
statements) given or required to be given under this lease shall be effective
only if in writing and either personally delivered or given in writing, sent by
registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), or recognized
overnight delivery service (such as Federal Express, U.P.S., DHL, Express Mail,
etc.), addressed (A) to Tenant (i) at Tenant's address set forth in this Lease
if given prior to Tenant's taking possession of the Demised Premises, or (ii) at
the Building if given subsequent to Tenant's taking possession of the Demised
Premises, or (iii) at the Demised Premises unless Tenant shall have given
Landlord written notice of its new address, or at any place where Tenant or any
agent or employee or Tenant may be found if given subsequent to Tenant's
vacating, deserting, abandoning or surrendering the Demised Premises, or (B) to
Landlord at Landlord's address set forth in this lease, with a copy to New Court
Realty Inc., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, or (C)
addressed to such other address as either Landlord or Tenant may designate as
its new address for such purpose by notice given to the other in accordance with
the provisions of this Article. Any such bills, statements, notices, demands,
requests or other communications shall be deemed to have been rendered or given
on the 'date when personally delivered or on the date when delivery shall have
first been attempted. Either party may designate a different address for the
giving of notices, etc., but such notice shall not be deemed given until the
date received.

         (B) Every notice, bill, statement, invoice or request or demand for the
payment of moneys given by Landlord shall be conclusive and binding upon Tenant,
unless, within ten (10) business days after Landlord's giving of such notice,
Tenant shall notify Landlord in writing that Tenant disputes the correctness of
the notice; provided, however, that if the dispute relates to the payment of
money, Tenant may pay the same in accordance with such notice and such payment
or acceptance shall be without prejudice to Tenant's position; provided,
further, that Tenant's written objection shall specify the particular respects
in which the Tenant claims the notice is incorrect, and, if applicable, the
amount which Tenant believes to be due and the method of such calculation, which
Tenant may pay without prejudice.

                              INABILITY TO PERFORM

         35. (A) If, by reason of strikes or labor disputes, fire or other
casualty (or delays in adjustment of insurance), accidents, orders or
regulations of any Federal, State, County or Municipal authority, or any other
cause beyond Landlord's control, whether or not such other cause shall be
similar in nature to those hereinbefore enumerated, Landlord is unable to
furnish or is delayed in furnishing any utility or service required to be
furnished by Landlord under the provisions of this lease or any collateral
instrument, or is unable to perform or make or is delayed in performing or
making any installations, decorations, repairs, alterations, additions or
improvements, whether or not required to be performed or made under this lease,
or under any collateral instrument, no such inability or delay shall constitute
an actual or constructive eviction, in whole or in part, or entitle Tenant to
any abatement or diminution of rent, or relieve Tenant

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from any of its obligations under this lease, or impose any liability upon
Landlord or its agents by reason of inconvenience or annoyance to Tenant, or
injury to or interruption of Tenant's business, or otherwise.

                            INTERRUPTION OF SERVICES

         (B) Landlord reserves the right to stop the services of the air
conditioning, elevator, escalator, plumbing, electrical or other mechanical
systems or facilities in the Building when necessary by reason of accident or
emergency, or for repairs, alterations, replacements or improvements, which, in
the judgement of Landlord are desirable or necessary, until said repairs,
alterations, replacements or improvements shall be completed; Landlord will act
diligently in performing such work. The exercise of such rights by Landlord
shall not constitute an actual or constructive eviction, in whole or in part, or
entitle Tenant to any abatement or diminution of rent, or relieve Tenant from
any of its obligations under this lease, or impose any liability upon Landlord
or its agents by reason of inconvenience or annoyance to Tenant, or injury to or
interruption of Tenant's business or otherwise.

                       CONDITIONS OF LANDLORD'S LIABILITY

         (C) (i) Tenant shall not be entitled to claim a constructive eviction
from the Demised Premises unless Tenant shall first have notified Landlord of
the conditions giving rise thereto and the complaints thereto be justified, and
unless Landlord shall have failed to remedy such conditions within a reasonable
time after receipt of such notice.

                  (ii) If Landlord shall be unable to give possession of the
Demised Premises on the date specified for the commencement of the term by
reason of the fact that the Demised Premises have not been sufficiently
completed to make the Demised Premises ready for occupancy, or for any other
reason, Landlord shall not be subject to any liability for the failure to give
possession on said date, nor shall such failure in any way affect the validity
of this lease or the obligations of Tenant hereunder.

                           TENANT'S TAKING POSSESSION

         (D) (i) Tenant by entering into occupancy of the premises shall be
conclusively deemed to have agreed that Landlord up to the time of such
occupancy has performed all of its obligations hereunder and that the Demised
Premises were in satisfactory condition as of the date of such occupancy, unless
within thirty (30) days after such date Tenant shall have given written notice
to Landlord specifying the respects in which the same were not in such
condition.

                  (ii) If Tenant shall use or occupy all or any part of the
Demised Premises for the conduct of business prior to the Term Commencement
Date, such use or occupancy shall be deemed to be under all of the terms,
covenants and conditions of this lease, including the covenant to pay rent for
the period from the commencement of said use or occupancy to the Term
Commencement Date.

                                ENTIRE AGREEMENT

         36. This lease contains the entire agreement between the parties and
all prior negotiations and agreements are merged herein. Neither Landlord nor
Landlord's agent or representative has made any representations, statements or
promises, upon which Tenant has

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relied regarding any matter or thing relating to the Building, the land
allocated to it (including without limitation the parking area) or the Demised
Premises, or any other matter whatsoever, except as is expressly set forth in
this lease, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
statement, representation or promise as to the fitness of the Demised Premises
for any particular use, the services to be rendered to the Demised Premises or
the prospective amount of any item of additional rent. No oral or written
statement, representation or promise whatsoever with respect to the foregoing or
any other matter made by Landlord, its agents or any broker, whether contained
in an affidavit, brochure, information circular, or otherwise shall be binding
upon the Landlord unless expressly set forth in this lease. No rights, easements
or licenses are or shall be acquired by Tenant by implication or otherwise
unless expressly set forth in this lease. This lease may not be changed,
modified or discharged, in whole or part, orally and no executory agreement
shall be effective to change, modify or discharge, in whole or in part, this
lease or any obligations under this lease, unless such agreement is set forth in
a written instrument executed by the party against whom enforcement of the
change, modification or discharge is sought. All references in this lease to the
consent or approval of Landlord shall be deemed to mean the written consent of
Landlord, or the written approval of Landlord, as the case may be, and no
consent or approval of Landlord shall be effective for any purpose unless such
consent or approval is set forth in a written instrument executed by Landlord.

                                   DEFINITIONS

         37. The term "Landlord" as used in this lease means only the owner,
lessor or ground lessor or the mortgagee in possession, for the time being of
the land and Building or of the land and Building) of which the Demised Premises
form a part, so that in the event of any sale or sales of said land and
Building, and said Landlord shall be and hereby is entirely freed and released
of all covenants and obligations of Landlord hereunder, and it shall be deemed
and construed as a covenant running with the land without further agreement
between the parties or their successors in interest, or between the parties and
the purchaser, at any sale, or the said lessee of the Building, or of the land
and Building, that the purchaser or the lessee of the Building assumes and
agrees to carry out any and all covenants and obligations of Landlord hereunder.
The words "re-enter", and "re-entered" as used in this lease are not restricted
to their technical legal meanings. The term "business days" as used in this
lease shall exclude Saturdays (except such portion thereof as is covered by
specific hours in Article 6 hereof), Sundays and all days observed by the State
or Federal Government as legal holidays. The term "person" and "persons" as used
in this lease shall be deemed to include natural persons, firms, corporations,
associations and any other private or public entities, whether any of the
foregoing are acting on their own behalf or in a representative capacity.

                               PARTNERSHIP TENANT

         38. (A) If Tenant is a partnership (or is comprised of two (2) or more
persons, individually or as co-partners of a partnership) or if Tenant's
interest in this lease shall be assigned to a partnership (or to two (2) or more
persons, individually or as co-partners of a partnership) pursuant to Article 20
(any such partnership and such persons are referred to in this Article as the
"Partnership Tenant"), the following provisions of this Article shall apply to
such Partnership Tenant: (i) the liability of each of the partners comprising
the Partnership Tenant shall be joint and several, and (ii) each of the parties
comprising the Partnership Tenant hereby consents in advance to, and agrees to
be bound by, any modifications of this lease which may

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hereafter be made and by any notices, demands, requests or other communications
which may hereafter be given by the Partnership Tenant or by any of the parties
comprising Partnership Tenant, and (iii) any bills, statements, notices,
demands, requests and other communicates given or rendered to Partnership Tenant
or to any of the parties comprising Partnership Tenant shall be deemed given or
rendered to Partnership Tenant and to all such parties and shall be binding upon
Partnership Tenant and all such parties, and (iv) if Partnership Tenant shall
admit new partners, all of such new partners shall, by their admission to
Partnership Tenant be deemed to have assumed performance of all of the terms,
covenants and conditions of this lease on Tenant's part to be observed and
performed, and (v) Partnership Tenant shall give prompt notice to Landlord of
the admission of any such new partners, and upon demand of Landlord shall cause
each such new partner to execute and deliver to Landlord an agreement in form
and substance satisfactory to Landlord, wherein each such new partner shall
assume performance of all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this lease
on Tenant's part to be observed and performed (but neither Landlord's failure to
request any such agreement nor the failure of any such new partner to execute or
deliver any such agreement to Landlord shall vitiate the provisions of this
paragraph 38.

                            SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, ETC.

         39. The covenants, conditions and agreements contained in this lease
shall bind and inure to the benefit of Landlord and Tenant and their respective
heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, legal representatives,
successors, and permitted assigns.

            APPLICATION OF INSURANCE PROCEEDS, WAIVER OF SUBROGATION

         40. (A) In any case in which Tenant shall be obligated under any
provisions of this lease to pay to Landlord any loss, cost, damage, liability or
expense suffered or incurred by Landlord, Landlord shall allow to Tenant as an
offset against the amount thereof the net proceeds of any insurance collected by
Landlord for or on account of such loss, cost, damage, liability or expense,
provided that the allowance of such offset does not invalidate or prejudice the
policy or policies under which such proceeds were payable.

                  (B) In any case in which Landlord shall be obligated under any
provisions of this lease to pay to Tenant any loss, cost, damage, liability, or
expense suffered or incurred by Tenant, Tenant shall allow to Landlord as an
offset against the amount thereof the net proceeds of any insurance collected by
Tenant for or on account of such loss, cost, damage, liability or expense,
provided that the allowance of such offset does not invalidate or prejudice the
policy or policies under which such proceeds were payable.

                                     BROKER

         41. Tenant represents and warrants to Landlord that Steven Fine
Associates, Inc. is the sole broker who brought the Demised Premises to the
Tenant's attention and with whom Tenant has negotiated in bringing about this
Lease. Tenant agrees to indemnify, defend (with counsel of Tenant's reasonable
choice) and hold Landlord harmless from and against any cost, claim, liability,
cause of action, judgment, expense or loss (including attorneys fees) arising
out of the claim of any other broker, realtor or consultant for commission,
compensation or expenses arising out of this transaction.

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                                    CAPTIONS

         42. The captions are included only as a matter of convenience and for
reference, and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of this lease nor
the intent of any provisions thereof.

                            NONLIABILITY OF LANDLORD

         43. (A) If Landlord or a successor in interest is an individual (which
term as used herein includes aggregates of individuals, such as joint ventures,
general or limited partnerships or associations) such individual shall be under
no personal liability with respect to any of the provisions of this Lease, and
if Landlord is in breach or default with respect to its obligations under this
Lease, Tenant shall look solely to the equity of such individual in the land and
Building of which the Demised Premises form a part for the satisfaction of
Tenant's remedies and in no event shall Tenant attempt to secure any personal
judgement against any partner, employee or agent of Landlord by reason of such
default by Landlord.

                  (B) The word "Landlord" as used herein means only the owner in
fee, lessor or ground lessor for the time being of the Demised Premises, and in
the event of any sale of the Demised Premises, Landlord shall be and hereby is
entirely freed and relieved of all covenants and obligations of Landlord
hereunder and it shall be deemed and construed without further agreement between
the parties or between the parties and the purchaser of the Premises, that such
purchaser has assumed and agreed to carry out any and all covenants and
obligations of Landlord hereunder.

         44. INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.

                                    SECURITY

         45. Simultaneously with the execution of this lease, Tenant has, or
shall have, deposited with Landlord the sum of $37,843,88, subject to
collection, as security for the faithful performance and observance by Tenant of
the terms, provisions and conditions of this Lease. At all times during this
lease, Tenant shall have on deposit with Landlord pursuant to this paragraph 45
not less than two months' fixed rent as security. It is agreed that in the event
Tenant defaults in respect o any of the terms, covenants, obligations,
provisions and conditions of this Lease, including, but not limited to, the
payment of basic rent and additional rent, Landlord may use, apply or retain the
whole or any part of the security so deposited to the extent required for the
payment of any basic rent and additional rent or any other sum as to which
Tenant is in default or for any sum which Landlord may expend or may be required
to expend by reason of Tenant's default in respect of any of the terms,
covenants and conditions of this Lease, including but not limited to, any
damages or deficiency accrued before or after summary proceedings, or other
judicial or quasi-judicial action or proceeding, or re-entry by Landlord. In the
event that Tenant shall fully and faithfully comply with all of the terms,
provisions, covenants and conditions of this Lease, the security shall be
returned to Tenant after the date fixed as the end of the lease and after
delivery of entire possession of the Demised Premises to the Landlord in their
condition existing as of the Commencement Date, reasonable wear and tear
excepted. In the event of sale of the land and Building or leasing of the
Building, of which the Demised Premises form a part, Landlord shall have the
right to transfer the security to the vendee or lessee and Landlord shall
thereupon be released from all liability for the return of such security; and it
is agreed that the provisions hereof shall apply to every transfer or assignment
made of the security to a new Landlord. Tenant further covenants that it will
not assign or encumber or attempt to assign or

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encumber the monies deposited herein as security and that neither Landlord nor
its successors or assigns shall be bound by any such assignment, encumbrance,
attempted assignment or attempted encumbrance. Landlord shall maintain such
security deposit in an interest-bearing account for Tenant's account; however,
Landlord shall be entitled to retain one percent thereof to offset Landlord's
costs in administering the same. In lieu of providing the aforesaid cash
deposit, Tenant shall have the right to substitute a clean irrevocable letter of
credit in form and substance acceptable to Landlord drawn on a bank acceptable
to Landlord.

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         46. Tenant's obligations under this agreement shall survive the
expiration or earlier termination of this agreement.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have respectively signed and
sealed this lease as of the day and year first above written.

                                           510 JOINT VENTURE
                                           By: Five Ten Realty Associates

                                                /s/ Howard Katz by Alan B. Katz,
                                           By:  his attorney-in-fact
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Partner

                                           COMMUNITY HOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                                            By:  /s/ Ira Silverman, President
                                                 ----------------------------
                                                 President

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