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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.61

                                 LEASE AGREEMENT
                                     BETWEEN
                      SSC-BARBOURSVILLE, L.L.C. (LANDLORD)
                                       AND
                   VALUE CITY DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. (TENANT)
                          DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 2, 1997

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.   Certain Definitions...................................     1

2.   Demise of Premises....................................     9

3.   Term..................................................     9

4.   Rent..................................................     9

5.   Net Lease; True Lease.................................    10

6.   Title and Condition...................................    11

7.   Taxes; Insurance and Legal Requirements...............    12

8.   Use...................................................    13

9.   Maintenance and Repair................................    14

10.  Liens.................................................    15

11.  Alterations...........................................    15

12.  Condemnation..........................................    16

13.  Insurance.............................................    19

14.  Damage, Destruction...................................    21

15.  Restoration...........................................    22

16.  Subordination to Financing............................    23

17.  Assignment, Subleasing................................    24

18.  Permitted Contests....................................    26

19.  Default...............................................    26

20.  Landlord's Remedies...................................    27

21.  Notices...............................................    30

22.  Memorandum of Lease; Estoppel Certificates............    30
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23.  Surrender and Holding Over..............................  31

24.  No Merger of Title......................................  32

25.  Landlord Exculpation....................................  32

26.  Hazardous Materials.....................................  32

27.  Entry by Landlord.......................................  33

28.  Financial Statements: Additional Information............  33

29.  No Usury................................................  35

30.  Broker..................................................  35

31.  Waiver of Landlord's Lien...............................  36

32.  No Waiver...............................................  36

33.  Separability............................................  36

34.  Indemnification.........................................  36

35.  Tenant to Comply With Reciprocal Easement Agreement.....  37

36.  Headings................................................  38

37.  Modifications...........................................  38

38.  Successors. Assigns.....................................  38

39.  Counterparts............................................  39

40.  Governing Law...........................................  39

41.  Lender as Third Party Beneficiary.......................  39

42.  Exculpation of Trustee..................................  39

43.  Substitution of Premises................................  39

44.  Event Purchase Offer....................................  42

45.  Warranties..............................................  43
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                                LIST OF EXHIBITS

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Exhibit 1      Permitted Encumbrances

Exhibit 2      Leased Premises

Exhibit 3      Basic Rent

Exhibit 9      Repair Obligations

Exhibit 12-1   Purchase Price

Exhibit 12-2   Determination of Remainder Value and Leasehold Value

Exhibit 26     Environmental Obligations

Exhibit 43     Substitution Closing Requirements

Exhibit 45     Tenant's Warranties
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            THIS LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the___________________________
day of September, 1997, by and between SSC-Barboursville, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company, having an office at 1800 Moler Road, Columbus, Ohio
43207 ("Landlord"), and Value City Department Stores, Inc., an Ohio corporation,
having its principal office at 3241 Westerville Road, Columbus, Ohio 43224
("Original Tenant").

            In consideration of the rents and provisions herein stipulated to be
paid and performed, Landlord and Tenant hereby covenant and agree as follows:

            1. Certain Definitions.

            (a) "Additional Rent" shall mean all sums required to be paid by
Tenant hereunder other than Basic Rent, which sums shall constitute rental
hereunder.

            (b) "Additions to Purchase Price" shall mean Additions to Purchase
Price as defined in Paragraph 12(b).

            (c) "Adjoining Property" shall mean all real estate adjoining the
Leased Premises, including without limitation all sidewalks, curbs, gores and
vault spaces.

            (d) "Affiliate" means, with respect to any person or entity, a
person or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
common control with, such person or entity. For purposes of this definition,
"control" (including with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling",
"controlled by" and "under common control with") means the possession directly
or indirectly of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
and policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities or
by contract or otherwise.

            (e) "Alteration" or "Alterations" shall mean any or all changes,
additions, improvements, reconstructions or replacements of any of the
Improvements, both interior or exterior, and ordinary and extraordinary.

            (f) "Assignee Tenant" shall mean any Qualified Entity to which the
Original Tenant's interest in this Lease has been assigned pursuant to Paragraph
17 hereof.

            (g) "Basic Rent" shall mean Basic Rent as defined in Paragraph 4.

            (h) "Basic Rent Payment Date" shall mean Basic Rent Payment Date as
defined in Paragraph 4.

            (i) "Closing Date" shall mean Closing Date as defined in Paragraph
12(b).

            (j) "Commencement Date" shall mean September________, 1997.

            (k) "Condemnation" shall mean a Taking and/or a Requisition.

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            (l) "Corporate Creditworthiness Rating" shall mean a Corporate
Creditworthiness Rating issued by Standard & Poors Rating Services pursuant to a
Private Letter Rating which may be relied on by Landlord and Lender, or a
comparable private letter credit rating issued by Moody's Investors Services,
Inc., Duff & Phelps Credit Co., NAIC or Fitch Investors Service, which may be
relied on by Landlord and Lender.

            (m) "Default Purchase Offer" shall mean Default Purchase Offer as
defined in Paragraph 20(d).

            (n) "Default Rate" shall mean an annual rate of interest equal to
the greater of (i) two (2%) percent per annum above the therein current Prime
Rate and (ii) the rate of interest chargeable under any Note following the
occurrence of an event of default thereunder or under the Mortgage securing such
Note, provided that in no event shall the Default Rate exceed the rate of
interest chargeable under such Note prior to an event of default thereunder plus
five percent (5%) per annum.

            (O) "Discount Rate" shall mean as of the date of determination the
then yields (which shall be converted to monthly yields) on U.S. Treasury
securities maturing nearest the end of the Term (without regard to any Executory
Renewal Terms.)

            (p) "Easements" shall mean Easements as defined in Paragraph 35(a).

            (q) "Environmental Laws" shall mean all federal and state statutes
regulating dangerous, hazardous and toxic substances, including, without
limitation, the federal and state statutes referred to in the definition of
Hazardous Materials and all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto,
as the same may be from time to time amended.

            (r) "Event of Default" shall mean an Event of Default as defined in
Paragraph 19.

            (s) "Executory Renewal Term" shall mean any potential Renewal Term
as to which Tenant has not waived its right to cancel pursuant to Paragraph 3.

            (t) "Expiration Date" shall mean the last day of the Term as the
same may be extended pursuant to this Lease.

            (t.2) "Financial Event" shall mean Financial Event as defined in
Paragraph 44.

            (u) "Guaranties" shall mean Guaranties as defined in Paragraph 6(c).

            (v) "Hazardous Materials" shall mean and include, without
limitation, all chemicals, petroleum, crude oil or any fraction thereof,
hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), asbestos, asbestos-containing
materials and/or products, urea formaldehyde, or any substances which are
classified as "hazardous" or "toxic" under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.;
hazardous waste as defined under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended 42
U.S.C. Section 6901; air pollutants regulated under the Clean Air Act, as
amended

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42 U.S.C. Section 7401, et seq., any pesticide as defined by Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. Section 136,
et seq., any hazardous chemical substance or mixture or imminently hazardous
substance or mixture regulated by the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended,
15 U.S.C. Section 2601, et seq., any substance listed in the United States
Department of Transportation Table at 45 CFR 172.101; any chemicals included in
regulations promulgated under the above-listed statutes or any modifications
thereof or successor statutes thereto; any explosives, radioactive material, and
any chemical regulated by state statutes similar to the federal statutes listed
above and regulations promulgated under such state statutes.

            (w) "Improvements" shall mean the Improvements as defined in
Paragraph 2.

            (x) "Indemnified Parties" shall mean Indemnified Parties as defined
in Paragraph 26(b).

            (y) "Insurance Requirement" or "Insurance Requirements" shall mean,
as the case may be, any one or more of the terms of each insurance policy
required to be carried by Tenant pursuant to this Lease, including without
limitation insurance policies required to be maintained by Tenant or Tenant's
contractor while Tenant is engaged in making any Alteration, Restoration,
repairs or construction work of any kind (collectively, "Work").

            (z) "Insured Improvements" shall mean Insured Improvements as
defined in Paragraph 13(a).

            (aa) "Interim Term" shall mean the Interim Term as defined in
Paragraph 4.

            (bb) "Land" shall mean the Land as defined in Paragraph 2.

            (cc) "Landlord" shall mean the entity identified as such in the
first sentence of this Lease and any and all successors in interest thereto with
respect to any or all of the rights or interests of Landlord under this Lease.

            (dd) "Landlord's Interest" shall mean Landlord's Interest as defined
in Paragraph 42.

            (ee) "Late Charge" shall mean the Late Charge as defined in
Paragraph 4(b).

            (ff) "Law" shall mean any constitution, statute, ordinance,
regulation or rule of law.

            (gg) [Intentionally omitted]

            (hh) [Intentionally omitted]

            (ii) "Leased Premises" shall mean the Leased Premises as defined in
Paragraph 2.

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            (jj) "Legal Requirement" or "Legal Requirements" shall mean, as the
case may be, any one or more of (i) all present and future laws, codes,
ordinances, orders, judgments, decrees, injunctions, rules, regulations and
requirements, even if unforeseen or extraordinary, of every duly constituted
governmental authority or agency (but excluding those which by their terms are
not applicable to and do not impose any obligation on any of Tenant, Landlord or
the Leased Premises), including, without limitation, all zoning and building
ordinances, and (ii) all covenants, restrictions and conditions now or hereafter
of record which may be applicable to any of Tenant, Landlord or the Leased
Premises, or to the use, manner of use, occupancy, possession, operation or
maintenance of the Leased Premises even if any such matter (A) necessitates
structural changes or improvements (including changes required to comply with
the "Americans with Disabilities Act" as from time to time amended) or results
in interference with the use or enjoyment of any part or all of the Leased
Premises, or (B) requires Tenant to carry insurance other than as otherwise
required by the provisions of this Lease.

            (kk) "Lender" shall mean the entity identified to Tenant as such in
writing, which makes a Loan to Landlord, secured in whole or in part by a
Mortgage and evidenced by a Note, or which is the holder of a Mortgage and Note
as a result of an assignment thereof, or which is a trustee in any
securitization in which the Mortgage is included and, when a Mortgage secures
multiple Notes held by one or more noteholders, the trustee acting on behalf of
such holders, provided any such trustee has been identified as such in writing
to Tenant.

            (ll) "Loan" shall mean a loan made by a Lender to Landlord secured
in whole or in part by a Mortgage and evidenced by a Note or Notes.

            (mm) "Modifications" shall mean Modifications as defined in
Paragraph 35(a).

            (nn) "Monthly Fair Market Rent" shall mean the Monthly Fair Market
Rent as defined in Paragraph 12(b).

            (oo) "Mortgage" shall mean a first priority mortgage, deed of trust
or similar security instrument now or hereafter encumbering the Leased Premises
executed by Landlord in favor of Lender and, if delivered as additional security
for the Note secured by a Mortgage, any assignment of leases, rents, profits or
the like.

            (pp) "Net Award" shall mean the entire award payable to Landlord by
reason of a Condemnation, less any actual and reasonable expenses incurred by
Landlord or Lender in collecting such award.

            (qq) "Net Proceeds" shall mean the entire proceeds of any property
casualty insurance required under Paragraph 13(a), less any actual and
reasonable expenses incurred by Landlord or Lender in collecting such proceeds.

            (rr) "Note" or "Notes" shall mean a promissory note or notes now or
hereafter executed by Landlord in favor of Lender, which Note or Notes are or
will be secured in whole or in part by a Mortgage.

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            (ss) "Notice" or "Notices" shall mean Notice or Notices as defined
in Paragraph 21.

            (tt) "Original Tenant" shall mean Value City Department Stores,
Inc., an Ohio corporation, and any successor thereto by merger.

            (uu) "Permitted Encumbrances" shall mean those covenants,
restrictions, reservations, liens, conditions, encroachments, easements and
other matters of title that affect the Leased Premises as of the date hereof as
listed in Exhibit 1 hereto, excepting, however, any such matters arising from
the acts of Landlord (such as liens arising as a result of judgments against
Landlord).

            (vv) "Primary Term" shall mean the Primary Term as defined in
Paragraph 3.

            (ww) "Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest announced publicly
by Citibank, N.A. or its successor, from item to time, as Citibank, N.A.'s or
such successor's base rate, or if Citibank, N.A. or its successor discontinues
the announcement of a base rate or substantially alters the meaning thereof,
such comparable "base" or "prime" rate of a major national bank designated by
Landlord in a written notice to Tenant.

            (xx) "Purchase Price" shall mean Purchase Price as defined in
Paragraph 12(b).

            (yy) "Qualified Entity" shall mean an entity meeting the following
criteria:

                  (i) If the entity has at least one issue of long term,
            unsecured indebtedness outstanding which is the subject of a then
            applicable rating by one or more of Standard & Poor's Rating
            Services, Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or NAIC ("Rated Issue"),
            then no outstanding Rated Issue of the entity shall have a rating by
            any one of the following rating agencies of less than the following:

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                                                     Minimum Rated Issue
         Agency                                             Rating
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Standard & Poor's Rating                                     BBB-
Services
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.                              Baa3
NAIC                                                            2
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            The entity will fail to qualify if an issue of indebtedness is rated
            by one of the agencies at less than the applicable minimum rating
            even if that issue is rated by one or both of the other agencies at
            the applicable minimum rating or higher.

                  (ii) If the entity does not have a Rated Issue outstanding,
            (A) the entity must obtain a Corporate

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            Creditworthiness Rating, and (B) no Corporate Creditworthiness
            Rating by either of the following rating agencies may be less than
            the following;

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Standard & Poor's Rating                                     BBB-
Services
Moody's Investors Service, Inc.                              Baa3
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            The entity will fail to qualify if it has a Corporate
            Creditworthiness Rating by one of the agencies of less than the
            applicable minimum rating even if the entity has a Corporate
            Creditworthiness Rating by the other agency of the applicable
            minimum rating or higher.

                  (iii) In the case of either (i) or (ii), neither the entity
            nor any issue of its indebtedness has been placed on "credit watch"
            or the equivalent by Standard & Poor's Rating Services, Moody's
            Investors Service, Inc. or NAIC.

            (zz) "Rated Issue" shall mean a Rated Issue as defined in Paragraph
1(yy)(i).

            (aaa) "REA" shall mean an REA as defined in Paragraph 35(b).

            (bbb) "Renewal Terms" shall mean the Renewal Terms as defined in
Paragraph 3.

            (ccc) "Requisition" shall mean any temporary taking, condemnation or
confiscation of the use or occupancy of any part or all of the Leased Premises
by any governmental authority civil or military, whether pursuant to an
agreement with such governmental authority in settlement of or under threat of
any such temporary taking, requisition or confiscation, or otherwise.

            (ddd) "Restoration" shall mean the restoration of the Leased
Premises after any Condemnation or damage by casualty as nearly as possible to
their value, condition and character existing immediately prior to such
Condemnation or damage by casualty.

            (eee) "Restoration Fund" shall mean Restoration Fund as defined in
Paragraph 15.

            (fff) "SEC" shall mean SEC as defined in Paragraph 28(a).

            (ggg) "Shareholder's Equity" shall mean the Shareholder's Equity as
the same is then shown, or would be then shown, taking into account the relevant
transaction(s) and occurrences, on Tenant's balance sheet, applying generally
accepted

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accounting principles consistent (insofar as applicable) with those applied to
Tenant's balance sheet dated as of_______________________________________, as
certified by Coopers & Lybrand.

            (hhh) "State" shall mean the State or Commonwealth in which the
Leased Premises are situate.

            (iii) "Substitution Offer" shall mean a Substitution Offer as
defined in Paragraph 43.

            (jjj) "Substitute Premises" shall mean Substitute Premises as
defined in Paragraph 43.

            (kkk) "Substitution Closing Date" shall mean the Substitution
Closing Date as defined in Paragraph 43.

            (lll) "Substitution Deliveries" shall mean Substitution Deliveries
as defined in Paragraph 43.

            (mmm) "Survey" shall mean a current dated survey prepared by a
surveyor licensed in the State and certified to Landlord and Lender as having
been prepared in accordance with ALTA and State land survey standards.

            (nnn) "Taking" shall mean any taking (other than a Requisition) of
any part or all of the Leased Premises in or by condemnation or other eminent
domain proceedings pursuant to any Law, general or special, or by reason of any
agreement with any condemnor in settlement of or under threat of any such
condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings or by any other means, or any
de facto condemnation.

            (ooo) "Tangible Net Worth" of an entity shall mean the tangible net
worth of such entity as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and based upon the entity's most recent 10Q or 10K or, if
the entity is not required to file a 10Q or 10K, its most recent annual
certified financial statements or, if the tangible net worth shown in any
subsequent quarterly financial statement of such entity (which in the case of
Tenant shall be the quarterly financial statement delivered to Landlord pursuant
to Paragraph 28 of this Lease) is less, the lowest tangible net worth so shown.

            (ppp) "Taxes" shall mean taxes of every kind and nature (including
real, ad valorem and personal property, gross income, gross receipts, and rent
taxes), all charges and/or taxes for any easement or agreement maintained for
the benefit of any part or all of the Leased Premises, all general and special
assessments, levies, permits, inspection and license fees, all utility charges,
all ground rents, and all other public charges and/or taxes whether of a like or
different nature, even if unforeseen or extraordinary, imposed upon or assessed,
prior to, during or in respect of the Term, against Landlord, Tenant or any part
or all of the Leased Premises as a result of or arising in respect of the
ownership, occupancy, leasing, use, maintenance, operation, management, repair
or possession thereof, or any activity conducted on the Leased Premises, or the
Basic Rent or Additional Rent, including, without limitation, any gross income
or rent tax, sales tax, occupancy tax or excise tax levied by any governmental
body on or with respect to such Basic Rent or Additional Rent, provided that the
term "Taxes" shall exclude, federal, state or local (i)

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franchise, capital stock or similar taxes if any, of Landlord, (ii) income,
excess profits or other taxes, if any, of Landlord, determined on the basis of
or measured by its net income, or (iii) any estate, inheritance, succession,
gift, capital levy or similar taxes, except that "Taxes" shall not exclude any
taxes referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above if they are in lieu of or a
substitute for any other tax or assessment upon or with respect to any part or
all of the Leased Premises which, if such other tax or assessment is or would
have been in effect at the commencement of the Term, is or would be payable by
Tenant.

            (qqq) "Tenant" shall mean the Original Tenant at all times and, if
Tenant's interest under this Lease is assigned to a Qualified Entity, such
assignee, jointly and severally.

            (rrr) "Tenant in Possession" shall mean the Assignee Tenant, if any,
in possession of the Leased Premises or if there is no Assignee Tenant in
possession of the Leased Premises, the Original Tenant.

            (sss) "Tenant's Insurance Payment" shall mean Tenant's Insurance
Payment as defined in Paragraph 14(c).

            (ttt) "Tenant's Offer to Purchase" shall mean Tenant's Offer to
Purchase as defined in Paragraph 12(b).

            (uuu) "Tenant's Termination Notice" shall mean Tenant's Termination
Notice as defined in Paragraph 12(b).

            (vvv) "Term" shall mean collectively the Interim Term, if any, the
Primary Term and any Renewal Terms.

            (www) "Termination Date" shall mean the Termination Date as defined
in Paragraph 12(b).

            (xxx) "Termination Notice" shall mean the Termination Notice as
defined in Paragraph 3.

            (yyy) "Trade Fixtures" shall mean all warehouse racking systems,
counters, cases, shelving and similar fixtures and items of personal property,
which are owned by Tenant and used in the operation of the business conducted on
the Leased Premises.

            (zzz) "Trustee" shall mean Trustee as defined in Paragraph 14(a).

            (aaaa) "Work" shall mean Work as defined in Paragraph 1 (y).

            (bbbb) "Yield Maintenance" shall mean all prepayment premiums,
penalties, yield maintenance, any amounts payable in connection with a
defeasance of the Note and other charges, fees and expenses (other than
principal and interest) required to be paid in order for Landlord to obtain a
release of any Mortgage then constituting a lien on the Leased Premises as a
result of Landlord's acceptance of an Event Purchase Offer or a Default Purchase
Offer.

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            2.    Demise of Premises.

            Landlord hereby demises and lets to Tenant and Tenant hereby takes
and leases from Landlord for the Term and upon the provisions hereinafter
specified the following described property (collectively, the "Leased
Premises"): (a) the premises described in Exhibit 2 attached hereto and made a
part hereof together with the easements, rights and appurtenances thereunto
belonging or appertaining (collectively, the "Land"); and (b) the buildings,
structures, fixtures and other improvements now or hereafter existing on the
Land, together with all additions and accessions thereto, substitutions therefor
and replacements thereof permitted by this Lease (collectively, the
"Improvements"), excepting therefrom Tenant's Trade Fixtures.

            3.    Term.

            Tenant shall have and hold the Leased Premises for the Interim Term
and a primary term (the "Primary Term") commencing on October 3,1997 and ending
on October 2,2017. Provided (i) this Lease shall not have been terminated
pursuant to the provisions hereof and (ii) no Event of Default shall exist at
anytime during the twelve (12) months prior to the Expiration Date of the then
current Term, this Lease and the term thereof shall be automatically extended
for four (4) renewal terms of five (5) years each ("Renewal Term" and
collectively "Renewal Terms") upon condition that Tenant may cancel any Renewal
Term by giving notice (the "Termination Notice"), in accordance with the
provisions of Paragraph 21, to Landlord at least twelve (12) months prior to the
expiration of the then current Term. Upon the giving of a Termination Notice,
this Lease and the Term thereof shall terminate and come to an end on the
Expiration Date of the then current Term. Any such extension or renewal of the
Term shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Lease, and all such
provisions shall continue in full force and effect, except that the Basic Rent
for each Renewal Term shall be the amounts determined in accordance with Exhibit
3 attached hereto and made a part hereof and except that Tenant shall have no
right to extend the Term beyond the fourth (4th) Renewal Term. In the event that
Tenant exercises its option to cancel any Renewal Term as hereinabove provided,
then Landlord shall have the rights granted in Paragraph 27 during the remainder
of the Term then in effect to (i) advertise the availability of the Leased
Premises for sale or for reletting, and (ii) show the Leased Premises to
prospective tenants at such reasonable times during normal business hours as
Landlord may select. If Tenant shall timely give a Termination Notice of its
election to cancel any renewal option, then all options with regard to
subsequent extensions or renewals of the Term shall expire and be null and void.

            4.    Rent.

            (a) Tenant shall pay to Landlord or Lender, if directed by Landlord,
as annual rent for the Leased Premises during the Term, the amounts determined
in accordance with Exhibit 3 attached hereto and made a part hereof ("Basic
Rent"), which rent shall be paid in equal monthly installments commencing on
October 3, 1997 and continuing on the third day of each month thereafter during
the Term (each a "Basic Rent Payment Date"), and shall pay the same at
Landlord's address set forth below, or at such other place or to such other
person or persons (not exceeding four (4) in number at any one time) and in such
proportions as Landlord from time to time may designate to Tenant

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in writing, in funds which at the time of such payment shall be legal tender for
the payment of public or private debts in the United States of America and if
required by Lender by wire transfer in immediately available federal funds to
such account in such bank as Lender shall designate from time to time. Pro rata
Basic Rent for the period from the Commencement Date to and including October 2,
1997 (the "Interim Term") shall be computed as set forth in Exhibit 3 and shall
be paid on the Commencement Date.

            (b) If any installment of Basic Rent is not paid on the date due,
Tenant shall pay Landlord on demand (i) interest on such overdue payment at the
Default Rate, accruing from the due date of such payment until the same is paid
except that, with respect to the first such default which occurs in any twelve
(12) month period, such interest shall be waived if the overdue payment and Late
Charge are paid within two (2) business days following receipt by Tenant of
written notice of such default, and (ii) a late payment fee equal to four (4)
percent of the amount of such installment ("Late Charge") to cover Landlord's
administrative expenses. It is understood and acknowledged by Tenant that the
Late Charge shall accrue on the next business day following the due date of any
such monthly installment without notice or grace of any kind. Tenant
acknowledges that Landlord's actual administrative expenses would be difficult
to ascertain and the parties agree that the Late Charge as calculated above is a
reasonable estimate thereof.

            (c) Tenant shall pay and discharge when due and, in any event,
before the imposition of any fine, lien, interest or penalty may be added
thereto for late payment thereof, as Additional Rent, all other amounts and
obligations which Tenant assumes or agrees to pay or discharge pursuant to this
Lease, together with every fine, penalty, interest and cost which may be added
by the party to whom such payment is due for nonpayment or late payment thereof.
In the event of any failure by Tenant to pay or discharge any of the foregoing,
Landlord shall have all rights, powers and remedies provided herein, by law or
otherwise, in the event of nonpayment of Basic Rent.

            5.    Net Lease: True Lease.

            (a) It is the intention of the parties hereto that the obligations
of Tenant hereunder shall be separate and independent covenants and agreements,
and that Basic Rent, Additional Rent and all other sums payable by Tenant
hereunder shall continue to be payable in all events, and that the obligations
of Tenant hereunder shall continue unaffected, unless the requirement to pay or
perform the same shall have been terminated pursuant to an express provision of
this Lease. This is a net lease and Basic Rent, Additional Rent and all other
sums payable hereunder by Tenant shall be paid without notice or demand, and
without setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, abatement, suspension, deferment,
diminution, deduction, reduction or defense of any nature. This Lease shall not
terminate and Tenant shall not have any right to terminate this Lease during the
Term (except as otherwise expressly provided herein). Tenant agrees that, except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, it shall not take any action to
terminate, rescind or avoid this Lease notwithstanding (i) the bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution,
winding-up or other proceeding affecting Landlord, (ii) the exercise of any
remedy, including foreclosure, under the Mortgage, (iii) any casualty or Taking
affecting the Leased Premises, (iv) the imposition of any current or future
Legal Requirement upon the Leased Premises, or (v) any action with respect to
this Lease

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(including the disaffirmance hereof) which may be taken by Landlord under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code or by any trustee, receiver or liquidator of Landlord or
by any court under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. Tenant waives all
rights which are not expressly stated herein but which may now or hereafter
otherwise be conferred by law to quit, terminate or surrender this Lease or any
part or all of the Leased Premises; to any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
abatement, suspension, deferment, diminution, deduction, reduction or defenses
of or to Basic Rent, Additional Rent or any other sums payable under this Lease,
except (1) as otherwise expressly provided herein; and (2) for any counterclaim
which must be interposed in any legal action involving this Lease which if not
interposed would be lost (i.e., a so-called compulsory counterclaim) provided
that any such compulsory counterclaim shall in no event give rise to a setoff
to or reduction or abatement of Basic Rent or Additional Rent.

            (b) It is the intent of Landlord and Tenant that this Lease be a
true lease and that the Lease does not represent a financing arrangement. Each
party shall reflect the transaction represented hereby in all applicable books,
records and reports (including income tax filings) in a manner consistent with
"true lease" treatment rather than "financing" treatment.

            (c) Tenant shall pay directly to the proper authorities charged with
the collection thereof all charges for water, sewer, gas, oil, electricity,
telephone and other utilities or services used or consumed on the Leased
Premises during or prior to the Term and all other charges costs imposed by any
Legal Requirement in respect of the Leased Premises, the use thereof or
activities conducted thereon, whether designated as a charge, tax, assessment,
fee or otherwise, including, without limitation, water and sewer use charges and
taxes, if any, all such charges to be paid as the same from time to time become
due. It is understood and agreed that Tenant shall make its own arrangements for
the installation or provision of all such utilities and that Landlord shall be
under no obligation to furnish any utilities to the Leased Premises and shall
not be liable for any interruption or failure in the supply of any such
utilities to the Leased Premises.

            6.    Title and Condition.

            (a) The Leased Premises are demised and let subject to the Permitted
Encumbrances and all present and future Legal Requirements, including any
existing violation of any thereof, without representation or warranty by
Landlord; it being understood and agreed, however, that the recital of the
Permitted Encumbrances herein shall not be construed as a revival of any thereof
which for any reason may have expired.

            (b) Without limiting the effect of Landlord's covenant set forth in
Paragraph 8(c), the Landlord makes no, and expressly hereby denies any,
representations or warranties regarding the condition or suitability of, or
title to, the Leased Premises. Tenant agrees that it takes the Leased Premises
"AS IS," without any such representation or warranty.

            (c) Landlord hereby conditionally assigns, without recourse or
warranty whatsoever, to Tenant, all warranties, guaranties and indemnities,
express or implied, and similar rights which Landlord may have against any
manufacturer, seller, engineer,

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contractor or builder in respect of any part or all of the Leased Premises,
including, but not limited to, and rights and remedies existing under contract
or pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code (collectively, the "Guaranties").
Such assignment shall remain in effect so long as no Event of Default exists
hereunder or until the termination of this Lease. Landlord shall also retain the
right to enforce any Guaranties so assigned in the name of Tenant upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default. Landlord hereby agrees to execute and deliver
at Tenant's sole cost and expense such further documents, including powers of
attorney, as Tenant may reasonably request (and which in the good faith judgment
of Landlord, do not adversely affect a substantial general interest of
Landlord), in order that Tenant may have the full benefit of the assignment
effected or intended to be effected by this Paragraph 6. Upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default or termination of this Lease, the Guaranties shall
automatically revert to Landlord. The foregoing provision of reversion shall be
self-operative and no further instrument of reassignment shall be required. In
confirmation of such reassignment Tenant shall execute and deliver promptly any
certificate or other instrument which Landlord may request at Tenant's sole cost
and expense. Any monies collected by Tenant under any of the Guaranties after
the occurrence of and during the continuation of an Event of Default or after
expiration or earlier termination of this Lease shall be held in trust by Tenant
and promptly paid over to Landlord. The provisions of this Paragraph 6 shall
survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

            (d) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this
Lease, Tenant acknowledges that the interest of Landlord in the Land, the
Improvements and the Leased Premises is not a fee simple title but the interest
of a ground lessee pursuant to a Ground Lease, dated September 12, 1985, a
memorandum of which lease was recorded January 2, 1986, in Bonds, Contracts and
Leases Book 261, Page 556 in the Office of the Clerk of the County Court of
Cabell County, West Virginia, and an Assumption, Assignment and Release
Agreement, dated January 31, 1989, which was recorded February 10, 1989, in
Assignment Book 40, Page 588 in the Office of the Clerk of the County Court of
Cabell County, West Virginia, as assigned to Landlord pursuant to an Assignment
and Assumption of Lease Agreement, dated as of September 2, 1997 by and between
Landlord and Schottenstein Stores Corporation. All references in this Lease to
Landlord's interest in the Land, the Improvements and the Leased Premises shall
be deemed to be with respect to the interest of Landlord therein as such ground
lessee under such ground lease.

            7.  Taxes: Insurance and Legal Requirements.

            (a) Tenant shall, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 18 hereof
relating to contests, before interest or penalties are due thereon, pay and
discharge all Taxes. Landlord shall promptly deliver to Tenant any bill or
invoice it receives with respect to any Tax. In the event that any assessment
against any part or all of the Leased Premises may be paid in installments,
Tenant shall have the option to pay such assessment in installments; and in such
event, Tenant shall be liable only for those installments (and all resulting
interest thereon) which become due and payable prior to, during or in respect of
the Term. Tenant shall prepare and file all tax reports required by governmental
authorities which relate to the Taxes. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, within
thirty (30) days of Landlord's request thereof, copies of all settlements and
notices pertaining to the Taxes which may be issued by governmental authority
and receipts for payments of all Taxes which may be issued by any governmental
authority and receipts for payments of all Taxes

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made during each calendar year of the Term, within thirty (30) days after
payment. In the event the Leased Premises do not constitute a separate tax
parcel as assessed by the local jurisdiction, Tenant shall diligently take such
action as is necessary to have the Leased premises so designated and, if
necessary to prevent the enforcement of a lien on the Leased Premises for
non-payment of Taxes, shall pay all Taxes assessed upon the tax parcel of which
the Leased Premises are a part.

            (b) Tenant shall promptly comply with and conform and cause the
Leased Premises to comply with and conform to all of the Legal Requirements and
Insurance Requirements as the same shall apply to Tenant, Landlord and/or the
Leased Premises, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 18 hereof.

            8.  Use.

            (a) Tenant may use the Leased Premises for any lawful purpose other
than any use that will (i) have a material adverse effect on the value of the
Leased Premises, (ii) materially increase the likelihood that Tenant, Landlord
or Lender would incur liability under any provisions of Environmental Laws, or
(iii) result or give rise to any material environmental deterioration or
degradation of the Leased Premises; provided, however, no sublessee or assignee
shall use the Leased Premises for a use other than retail or office use without
the prior written consent of Landlord and Lender, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed. In no event shall the Leased Premises be used
for heavy manufacturing. In no event shall the Leased Premises be used for any
purpose which shall violate any Legal Requirement. Tenant agrees that with
respect to any recorded covenants, restrictions or agreements, Tenant shall
observe, perform and comply with and carry out the provisions thereof required
therein to be observed and performed by or imposed upon Landlord.

            (b) Subject to Tenant's rights of contest under Paragraph 18 hereof,
Tenant shall not permit any unlawful occupation, business or trade to be
conducted on any part or all of the Leased Premises or any use to be made
thereof contrary to applicable Legal Requirements or Insurance Requirements.
Subject to Tenant's rights of contest under Paragraph 18 hereof, Tenant shall
not use, occupy or permit any part or all of the Leased Premises to be used or
occupied, nor do or permit anything to be done in or on any part or all of the
Leased Premises, in a manner which would (i) violate any certificate of
occupancy or equivalent certificate affecting any part or all of the Leased
Premises, (ii) make void or voidable any insurance which Tenant is required
hereunder to maintain with respect to any part or all of the Leased Premises,
(iii) affect in any manner the ability of Tenant to obtain any insurance which
Tenant is required to furnish hereunder, (iv) cause any injury or damage to any
of the Improvements unless pursuant to Alterations permitted under Paragraph 11
hereof, other than ordinary wear and tear, or (v) constitute a public or private
nuisance or waste.

            (c) Subject to all of the provisions of this Lease, so long as no
Event of Default exists hereunder, Landlord covenants that neither it nor any
party claiming by, through or under it, shall do any act to disturb the peaceful
and quiet occupation and enjoyment of the Leased Premises by Tenant. Landlord
may enter upon and examine any part or all of the Leased Premises at reasonable
times after reasonable notice and during

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business hours and exercise any rights and privileges granted to Landlord under
the provisions of this Lease.

            9.  Maintenance and Repair.

            (a) Except for any Alterations that Tenant is permitted to make
hereunder, Tenant shall at all times, including any Requisition period, put,
keep and maintain the Leased Premises, including, without limitation, the roof,
landscaping, parking areas, sidewalks, driveways, walls (interior and exterior),
footings, foundations and structural components of the Leased Premises and the
Adjoining Property, in good and safe repair and appearance and in conformity
with all Legal Requirements and Insurance Requirements, and shall promptly make
all repairs and replacements (substantially equivalent in quality and
workmanship to the original work) of every kind and nature, whether foreseen or
unforeseen, which may be required to be made upon or in connection with any part
or all of the Leased Premises in order to keep and maintain the Leased Premises
in good and safe repair and appearance and in conformity with all Legal
Requirements and Insurance Requirements. Tenant shall do or cause others to do
all shoring of the Leased Premises or Adjoining Property or of foundations and
walls of Improvements and every other act necessary or appropriate for
preservation and safety thereof, by reason of or in connection with any
excavation or other building operation upon any part or all of the Leased
Premises or Adjoining Property, whether or not Landlord shall, by reason of any
Legal Requirements or Insurance Requirements, be required to take such action or
be liable for failure to do so. Landlord shall not be required to make any
repair, whether foreseen or unforeseen, or to maintain any part or all of the
Leased Premises or Adjoining Property in any way, and Tenant hereby expressly
waives the right to make repairs at the expense of the Landlord, which right may
otherwise be provided for in any Law now or hereafter in effect. Nothing in the
preceding sentence shall be deemed to preclude Tenant from being entitled to the
use for Restoration of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards pursuant to the
terms of the Lease. Tenant shall, in all events, promptly make, and pay the cost
of as due, all repairs and replacements for which it is responsible hereunder
promptly, and all repairs and replacements shall be done in a good, proper and
workmanlike manner.

            (b) If Tenant shall be in default under any of the provisions of
this Paragraph 9, Landlord may (but shall have no obligation to), after thirty
(30) days notice to Tenant and failure of Tenant to commence to cure during said
period or to diligently prosecute such cure to completion once begun, but
immediately upon notice in the event of an emergency (that is, imminent danger
of injury to persons or property), do whatever is necessary to cure such default
as may be reasonable under the circumstances for the account of and at the
expense of Tenant. In the event of an emergency, before Landlord may avail
itself of its rights under this Paragraph 9(b), Landlord shall send notice to
Tenant of the situation by phone or other available communication. All actual or
reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses) so incurred by Landlord, together with interest
thereon at the Default Rate from the date of Payment or incurring the expense,
shall constitute Additional Rent payable by Tenant under this Lease and shall be
paid by Tenant to Landlord on demand. Landlord and Tenant agree that, in the
event of an emergency, expenditures which might otherwise be treasonable (such
as overtime) may nevertheless be reasonable under the

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circumstances.

            (c) Tenant shall from time to time replace with other operational
equipment or parts (in good and safe operating condition) any of the mechanical
systems or other equipment included in the Improvements which shall have become
worn out, obsolete or unusable for the purpose for which it is intended, been
taken by a Condemnation, or been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed. Tenant
shall repair at its sole cost and expense all damage to the Leased Premises
caused by the removal of equipment or any other personal property of Tenant at
any time, including upon expiration or termination of the Lease.

            (d) Tenant shall comply with the requirements set forth in Exhibit 9
attached hereto.

            10. Liens.

            Tenant shall not, directly or indirectly, create or permit to be
created or to remain, and shall promptly discharge, any lien on any part or all
of the Leased Premises, Basic Rent, Additional Rent or any other sums payable by
Tenant under this Lease, other than the Mortgage, the Permitted Encumbrances and
any mortgage, lien, encumbrance or other charge created by or resulting from any
affirmative act by Landlord or those claiming by, through or under Landlord
(except Tenant and its sublessees and assignees).

            11. Alterations.

            Tenant shall not make any Alterations which would result, after
giving consideration to the completed alteration, in a diminution in the value
of the Leased Premises, without Landlord's prior written consent; provided,
however, no sublessee or assignee may make any Alterations which would change
the use of the Leased Premises from retail or office use without the prior
written consent of Landlord and Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Tenant may make any other Alterations without the prior written
consent of the Landlord provided such Alterations comply with all of the
provisions of the following sentence. In the event that Landlord gives its prior
written consent to any Alterations, or if such consent is not required, Tenant
agrees that in connection with any Alteration (i) all such Alterations shall be
performed in a good and workmanlike manner, and shall be safely and
expeditiously completed in compliance with all Legal Requirements and shall be
done only within the Land, (ii) all work done in connection with any such
Alterations shall comply with all Insurance Requirements, (iii) Tenant shall
promptly pay all costs and expenses of any such Alteration, and shall discharge
all liens filed against any part or all of the Leased Premises arising out of
the same, (iv) Tenant shall procure and pay for all permits and licenses
required in connection with any such Alteration, (v) all such Alterations shall
be the property of Landlord and shall be subject to this Lease, and (vi) any
Alteration the estimated cost of which in any one instance or series of related
instances exceeds Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) shall be made under
the supervision of a licensed architect or engineer in accordance with detailed
plans and specifications which shall be submitted to Landlord at least ten (10)
days prior to the commencement of the Alterations. Submission of the plans and
specifications to Landlord shall be for Landlord's information only and Landlord
shall

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not have-the right to approve the same except that Landlord may use the plans
and specifications to determine whether Tenant has complied with this Paragraph
11 in going forward with such Alterations. Upon completion of any Alteration or
series of related Alterations in excess of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000). Tenant will provide to Landlord and Lender as-built plans and
specifications or final working plans and specifications with the general
contractor's field notes of changes made thereto. Upon completion of any
Alteration which alters the footprint of any building, alters any driveway,
parking area or other exterior improvement or adds any physical structure to the
Land, Tenant shall provide to Landlord a revised Survey showing all such
matters.

            12. Condemnation.

            (a) Immediately upon obtaining knowledge of the institution of any
proceeding for Condemnation, Tenant shall notify Landlord and Lender thereof and
Landlord or Lender or both shall be entitled to participate in any Condemnation
proceeding at Tenant's expense. Landlord, immediately upon obtaining knowledge
of the institution of any proceeding for Condemnation, shall notify Tenant
thereof and Tenant shall have the right to participate in such proceedings at
its own expense. Subject to the provisions of this Paragraph 12 and Paragraph
15, Tenant hereby irrevocably assigns to Lender or to Landlord, in that order,
any award or payment in respect of any Condemnation of the Leased Premises,
except that nothing in this Lease shall be deemed to require the assignment to
Landlord or Lender of any award or payment on account of Tenant's Trade Fixtures
or other tangible personal property, and moving expenses, if available, to the
extent Tenant shall have a right to make a separate claim therefor against the
condemnor or have the same included in a single award to be separately allocated
between Landlord and Tenant, and such claim or allocation does not reduce the
award to which Landlord is or would be entitled for Condemnation of the Leased
Premises.

            (b) If (i) the entire Leased Premises or (ii) at least ten percent
(10%) of the Land or the Improvements, the loss of which even after Restoration
of the remainder of the Leased Premises would, in Tenant's reasonable business
judgment, be substantially and materially adverse to the business operations of
Tenant, shall be subject of a Taking by a duly constituted authority or agency
having jurisdiction, then Tenant shall, not later than sixty (60) days after
such Taking has occurred, serve notice upon Landlord ("Tenant's Termination
Notice") of its intention to terminate this Lease on any Basic Rent Payment Date
specified in such notice, which date (the "Termination Date") shall be no sooner
than the first Basic Rent Payment Date occurring at least one hundred fifty
(150) days after the date of Tenant's Termination Notice. In the event that the
Termination Date is on or prior to the Expiration Date of the Primary Term,
Tenant shall, as part of such notice, offer (which offer may be rejected by
Landlord as set forth below) to purchase the Leased Premises and the award, or
if no part of the Leased Premises shall remain, the entire award ("Tenant's
Offer to Purchase") for the applicable price computed in accordance with the
schedule annexed hereto and marked Exhibit 12-1 (the "Purchase Price") plus all
other amounts which may be or become due and owing to the Lender or Landlord by
reason of any default by Tenant in complying with its obligations under this
Lease (the "Additions to Purchase Price"). If Landlord and Lender shall not
elect to accept Tenant's Offer to Purchase, Landlord and Lender shall give
written notice rejecting such offer to Tenant within ninety (90) days after the
giving of Tenant's Termination Notice, in which case this

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Lease shall be terminated as above provided. If this Lease shall be terminated
during the primary Term and Landlord and Lender do not elect to accept Tenant's
Offer to Purchase or if this Lease is terminated pursuant to this paragraph
12(b) during a Renewal Term, the entire award made in the Condemnation
proceeding for the Leased Premises shall be paid as follows:

            (1) First to Lender, or if there is no Lender, to Landlord, an
      amount equal to the Purchase Price;

            (2) Then, to Landlord and Tenant in the proportion as the Remainder
      Value bears to the Leasehold Value.

For purposes of the foregoing, (A) Remainder Value shall mean the fair market
value of the Leased Premises on the day preceding the Condemnation unencumbered
by this Lease, and (B) the Leasehold Value shall mean the excess, if any, of (I)
the Monthly Fair Market Rent of the Leased Premises for each month remaining in
the Term (excluding any Executory Renewal Terms) discounted to present value at
a discount rate equal to the Discount Rate over (II) the monthly Basic Rent for
each such month discounted to present value at a discount rate equal to the
Discount Rate. As used herein, "Monthly Fair Market Rent" shall mean an amount
of monthly rent for the Leased Premises equal to the then current fair market
rate of monthly net rentals received in the general market area in which the
Leased Premises are located pursuant to lease provisions comparable to this
Lease for a similar lease term with respect to buildings having similar
characteristics, including but not limited to age, condition and classification
and for tenants having financial condition similar to the then financial
condition of Original Tenant. The rental rate or other terms of any then
existing subleases of the Premises shall not be considered in establishing
Monthly Fair Market Rent. Unless the parties otherwise agree, Remainder Value
and Leasehold Value shall be determined pursuant to Exhibit 12-2.
Notwithstanding, the foregoing provisions, if any subtenant of the Premises
shall assert a claim to a portion of the Condemnation award, (x) Landlord shall
give Tenant a reasonable opportunity to participate in the defense and
settlement of such claim and (y) Tenant shall pay to Lender or Landlord or both
on demand an amount equal to the excess of (a) the portion of the Condemnation
award which would have been payable to Lender or Landlord, as applicable,
pursuant to this Paragraph 12(b) in the absence of any such subtenant claim over
(b) the portion of the Condemnation award actually paid to Lender and Landlord,
as applicable, after payment to such subtenant of the amount required to satisfy
its claim. Landlord's notice to reject Tenant's Offer to Purchase shall be void
and of no effect unless accompanied by the written notice of Lender to the
effect that Lender also rejects Tenant's Offer to Purchase. Should said notices
of Landlord and Lender rejecting Tenant's Offer to Purchase not be served within
said period of ninety (90) days, then and in that event, the said offer shall be
deemed accepted. In the event that Landlord and Lender shall accept or be deemed
to have accepted Tenant's Offer to Purchase, transfer of title shall close and
the Purchase Price and Additions to Purchase Price shall be paid as hereinafter
provided and in such event Tenant shall be entitled to and shall receive any and
all awards then or thereafter made in the Condemnation proceeding and Landlord
shall assign or, in case of any award Previously made, deliver to Tenant on the
Closing Date such award as may have been received and retained by Landlord in
respect of such proceedings.

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            In the event Landlord and Lender shall accept or be deemed to have
accepted Tenant's Offer to Purchase, payment of the purchase price and transfer
of title shall close on the Termination Date hereinbefore defined (the "Closing
Date"), at noon at the office of Landlord's counsel in the State, or at such
other time and place as the parties hereto may agree upon, the Term shall be
automatically extended to and including the Closing Date (or, if applicable, the
extended Closing Date hereinafter described) and Tenant shall pay the Purchase
Price and Additions to Purchase Price by transferring immediately available
federal funds to such account or accounts and in such bank or banks as Lender or
Landlord in that order, shall designate, upon delivery of a covenant deed
conveying the Leased Premises and all other required documents including an
assignment of any award in connection with such Taking. The deed shall convey
marketable fee title, including all of Landlord's right, title and interest in
the Leased Premises, free from encumbrances (including free and clear of the
Mortgage), other than (i) Permitted Encumbrances (other than the Mortgage), (ii)
liens or encumbrances created or suffered through or by Tenant (or its
sublessees or assignees) or by Landlord at the request or with the consent of
Tenant, (iii) any Taxes not theretofore paid, (iv) this Lease, and (v) all Legal
Requirements. Landlord may by written notice to Tenant extend the Closing Date
for a period of up to thirty-five (35) days. Such deed shall contain an
agreement by grantee to observe and perform all of the covenants, conditions and
restrictions contained in any instruments of record which were assumed by
Landlord or deemed to have been assumed by Landlord on its acquisition of title
or subsequently entered into by Landlord at the request or with the consent of
Tenant. The acceptance of a deed by Tenant shall be deemed to be the full
performance and discharge of every agreement and obligation on the part of
Landlord to be performed pursuant to the provisions of this Lease. Tenant shall
pay all conveyance, transfer, sales and like taxes, recording charges and fees,
escrow charges and title charges for any policy of title insurance required by
Tenant, required in connection with the purchase. If on the Closing Date, there
may be any liens or encumbrances which Landlord is obligated to remove, the
Closing Date shall be extended for a reasonable period to permit Landlord to
discharge such liens or encumbrances. Landlord shall not be obligated to
discharge any such lien or encumbrance if Tenant's title insurance company shall
issue, at no cost to Tenant, affirmative insurance (including a commitment to
issue future policies including such affirmative insurance) to the effect that
the same shall not be collected from or enforced against the Leased Premises. If
there be any liens or encumbrances against the Leased Premises which Landlord is
obligated to remove, upon request made a reasonable time before the Closing
Date, Landlord shall provide at the closing separate funds for the foregoing,
payable to the holder of such lien or encumbrances or Landlord may use the funds
payable at Closing by Tenant to remove the same. If the Closing Date is extended
pursuant to this grammatical paragraph, the Termination Date shall be likewise
extended.

            (c) In the event of any other Condemnation of part of the Leased
Premises which does not result in a Termination of this Lease, subject to the
requirements of Paragraph 15, the Net Award of such Condemnation shall be
delivered to Lender or Landlord, in that order, and, promptly after such
Condemnation, Tenant shall commence and diligently continue to perform the
Restoration (whether or not the Net Award shall be sufficient to pay the
entire cost thereof). Landlord and Lender shall, to the extent received, make
the Net Award available to Tenant for such purpose subject to conditions to

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disbursement comparable to disbursement of Net Proceeds pursuant to Paragraph 15
below, and all Rent shall continue unabated. Any balance of the Net Award
remaining after completion of the Restoration shall be retained by Landlord. In
the event of a Requisition of any part or all of the Leased Premises, the Net
Award of such Requisition shall be retained by Tenant and all Rent shall
continue unabated, provided that if the Requisition affects the Leased Premises
for any period after the Term, the Net Award shall be equitably divided between
Landlord and Tenant.

            (d) Except with respect to an award or payment to which Tenant is
entitled pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 12, no agreement
with any condemnor in settlement of or under threat of any Condemnation shall be
made by either Landlord or Tenant without the written consent of the other, and
of Lender, if the Leased Premises are then subject to a Mortgage, which consent
of Landlord, Tenant and Lender shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed
provided such award or payment is applied in accordance with this Lease.

            (e) In the event of a Condemnation of any part or all of the Leased
Premises, Tenant shall continue to pay Base Rent and Additional Rent without
abatement, reduction or offset by reason of such Condemnation or otherwise
through and including the last day of the Term provided that, if this Lease is
terminated pursuant to Paragraph 12(a) above and whether or not Landlord and
Lender shall accept or be deemed to have accepted any Tenant's Offer to
Purchase, Tenant shall continue to pay Base Rent and Additional Rent through and
including the Termination Date.

            13. Insurance.

            (a) Tenant shall maintain or cause to be maintained at its sole cost
and expense the following insurance on the Leased Premises:

                  (i) Insurance against loss or damage to the Improvements under
            an All Risk Policy, which shall include flood insurance (federal
            flood program may be used when necessary) and earthquake insurance,
            each to the extent applicable and obtainable and which may contain
            such exclusions as are standard in the industry. Such insurance
            shall be written on a replacement cost basis with an agreed upon
            value equal to the full insurable replacement values of the
            Improvements excluding footings and foundations and areas not within
            any structure (the portion of the Improvements not so excluded being
            referred to as the "Insured Improvements"), with a deductible not to
            exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) and in all
            events in amounts sufficient to prevent Landlord or Tenant from
            becoming a co-insurer under the applicable policies.

                  (ii) Contractual and commercial general liability insurance
            against claims for bodily injury, death or property damage occurring
            on, in or about any part or all of the Leased Premises, which
            insurance shall be written on a so-called "occurrence basis," and
            shall provide minimum protection with a combined single limit in an

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            amount not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) (or in such
            increased limits from time to time to reflect declines in the
            purchasing power of the dollar as Landlord may reasonably request)
            with umbrella coverage of not less than Five Million Dollars
            ($5,000,000).

                  (iii) Worker's compensation insurance covering all persons
            employed by Tenant on the Leased Premises in connection with any
            Work done on or about any part or all of the Leased Premises.

                  (iv) When the completed estimated cost of any Work exceeds
            Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), a completed value
            Builder's Risk policy, with a deductible not to exceed Two Hundred
            Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000).

            (b) The insurance required by Paragraph 13(a) shall be written by
companies having either (i) an insurance company claims paying rating equal to
or greater than A as ascribed by Standard & Poor's Rating Services. All
companies providing insurance required by Paragraph 13(a) shall be authorized to
engage in the insurance business in the State. The insurance policies shall be
for a term of not less than one year. Property damage policies shall name Tenant
as named insured and Landlord and Lender as loss payees. Liability policies
shall name Tenant as named insured and Landlord and Lender as additional
insureds as their interests may appear. If said insurance or any part thereof
shall expire, be withdrawn, become void by breach of any condition thereof by
Tenant or become void, Tenant shall immediately obtain new or additional
insurance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and Lender.

            (c) Each insurance policy referred to above shall, to the extent
applicable, contain standard non-contributory mortgagee clauses in favor of any
Lender. Each policy required to be carried by Tenant shall also provide that any
loss otherwise payable thereunder shall be payable notwithstanding (i) any act
or omission of Landlord or Tenant which might, absent such provision, result in
a forfeiture of all or a part of such insurance payment, (ii) the occupation or
use of any part or all of the Leased Premises for purposes more hazardous than
permitted by the provisions of such policy, (iii) any foreclosure or other
action or proceeding taken by any Lender pursuant to any provision of the
Mortgage upon the happening of an event of default therein, or (iv) any change
in title or ownership of any part or all of the Leased Premises.

            (d) Tenant shall pay as they become due all premiums for the
insurance required by this Paragraph 13, shall renew or replace each policy, and
shall deliver to Landlord and Lender, a certificate or other evidence
(reasonably satisfactory to Lender and Landlord) of the existing policy and such
renewal or replacement policy no later than ten (10) days prior to such renewal
or replacement. In the event of Tenant's failure to comply with any of the
foregoing requirements of this Paragraph 13 within five (5) days of written
notice from Landlord, Landlord shall be entitled to procure such insurance. Any
sums expended by Landlord in procuring such insurance shall be Additional Rent
and shall be repaid by Tenant upon written demand by Landlord, together with
interest thereon at the Default Rate, from the time of payment by Landlord until
fully paid by Tenant immediately

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upon written demand therefor by Landlord.

            (e) Anything in this Paragraph 13 to the contrary notwithstanding,
any insurance which Tenant is required to obtain pursuant to Paragraph 13(a)(i)
may be carried under a "blanket" policy or policies covering other properties or
liabilities of Tenant, provided that such "blanket" policy or policies otherwise
comply with the provisions of this Paragraph 13. In the event any such insurance
is carried under a blanket policy, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord and Lender a
certified copy of those provisions of the blanket policy that pertain to the
Leased Premises, if any, to evidence the issuance and effectiveness of the
policy, the amount and character of the coverage with respect to the Leased
Premises and the presence in the policy of provisions of the character required
in the above sections of this Paragraph 13.

            14. Damage, Destruction.

            (a) In the event of any casualty loss exceeding Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000), Tenant shall give Landlord and Lender immediate
notice thereof. Tenant shall adjust, collect and compromise any and all such
claims, with the consent of Lender and Landlord, not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed, and Landlord and Lender shall have the right to join with Tenant
therein. If the estimated cost of Restoration or repair shall be Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) or less, all proceeds of any insurance
required under Paragraph 13(a) shall be payable to Tenant, provided that
Original Tenant and any Assignee Tenant at such time shall each have a Tangible
Net Worth of not less than Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000), and in
all other events to a Trustee which shall be a federally insured bank or other
financial institution, selected by Landlord and approved by Tenant and Lender,
such approval by Tenant and Lender not to be unreasonably withheld (the
"Trustee"); provided, however, if the Leased Premises shall be covered by a
Mortgage, Lender, if it so desires, shall be the Trustee. Each insurer is hereby
authorized and directed to make payment under said policies directly to such
Trustee instead of to Landlord and Tenant jointly; and Tenant hereby irrevocably
appoints such Trustee as Tenant's attomey-in-fact to endorse any draft therefor
for the purposes set forth in this Lease after approval by Tenant of such
Trustee, if Trustee is other than Lender.

            (b) In the event of any casualty (whether or not insured against)
resulting in damage to the Leased Premises or any part thereof, the Term shall
nevertheless continue and there shall be no abatement or reduction of Basic
Rent, Additional Rent or any other sums payable by Tenant hereunder. Promptly
after such casualty, Tenant shall commence and diligently continue to perform
the Restoration to the Leased Premises. Upon payment to the Trustee of the Net
Proceeds, the Trustee shall make the Net Proceeds available to Tenant for
Restoration, in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 15. Tenant shall,
whether or not the Net Proceeds are sufficient for the purpose, promptly
commence the Restoration and diligently continue the same until final completion
in accordance with all Insurance Requirements and Legal Requirements and the
provisions of this Lease (including Tenant's making any desired Alterations
allowed hereunder).

            (c) Tenant shall pay to the Trustee within fifteen (15) days
following any

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damage or destruction, the amount of any deductible applicable to the Insured
Improvements (the amount payable by Tenant pursuant to this Paragraph 14(c)
being referred to as "Tenant's Insurance Payment").

            15. Restoration.

            The Net Proceeds and the Tenant Insurance Payment (together being
herein defined as the "Restoration Fund") held by the Trustee shall be disbursed
by the Trustee to pay the cost of Restoration subject to satisfaction of the
following conditions:

            (a) At the time of any disbursement, Tenant shall have deposited
with the Trustee all amounts which the Tenant is required to deposit pursuant to
this Lease, no Event of Default shall exist and no mechanics' or materialmen's
liens shall have been filed and remain undischarged and unbonded.

            (b) If the estimated cost of Restoration exceeds Two Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($250,000), prior to commencement of the Restoration, the
architects, contracts, contractors, plans and specifications for the Restoration
shall have been approved by Landlord and Lender, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.

            (c) Each request for disbursement shall be accompanied by a
certificate of the Tenant in Possession, signed by the President, Treasurer or
any Vice President of the Tenant in Possession, describing the completed work
for which payment is requested, stating the cost incurred in connection
therewith and stating that Tenant has not previously received payment for such
work; and the certificate to be delivered by the Tenant in Possession upon
completion of the work shall, in addition, state that the work has been
completed and complies with the applicable requirements of this Lease and all
Legal Requirements and Insurance Requirements.

            (d) Disbursements shall be made from time to time in an amount not
exceeding the cost of the work completed since the last disbursement less
customary retentions upon receipt of (1) satisfactory evidence, including
architects' and general contractors' certificates, of the stage of completion,
of the estimated cost of completion and of performance of the work to date in a
good and workmanlike manner in accordance with the contracts, plans and
specifications approved by Landlord, (2) waivers of liens from the general
contractor and such other waivers of lien as are required by the title insurer,
(3) a satisfactory bring down of title insurance, and (4) other evidence of cost
and payment so that Landlord can verify that the amounts disbursed from time to
time are represented by work that is completed in place and free and clear of
mechanics' lien claims.

            (e) At the direction of Landlord or Lender, the Trustee shall retain
ten percent from each disbursement of the Restoration Fund until the Restoration
is fully completed and the Leased Premises are available for their intended use,
in the reasonable judgment of the Landlord and Lender, including the issuance of
any necessary certificate of occupancy.

            (f) The Restoration Fund shall be kept by the Trustee in a separate
interest-bearing account or investment issued, guaranteed or insured by the
United States

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of America.

            Prior to commencement of Restoration and at any time during
Restoration, if the estimated cost of Restoration, as reasonably determined by
Landlord or Lender, exceeds the amount of the Restoration Fund, the amount of
such excess shall be paid by Tenant to the Trustee to be added to the
Restoration Fund prior to any further disbursement or Tenant shall fund at its
own expense the costs of such Restoration until the remaining Restoration Fund
is sufficient for the completion of the Restoration. Provided no Event of
Default then exists, any sum in the Restoration Fund which remains in the
Restoration Fund upon the final completion of Restoration shall be paid to
Tenant.

            16. Subordination to Financing

            (a) Subject to the following provisions of this Paragraph 16(a),
Tenant agrees that this Lease shall at all times be subject and subordinate to
the lien of any Mortgage. So long as no Event of Default shall be outstanding,
Tenant's tenancy and right of possession shall not be disturbed by Landlord or
Lender or any party claiming by, through or under Landlord or Lender, nor shall
this Lease be affected by any default under such Mortgage, and in the event of a
foreclosure or other enforcement of any such Mortgage, or sale or deed in lieu
thereof, the purchaser at such foreclosure sale or by any person claiming by,
through or under Lender shall be bound to Tenant for the Term of this Lease and
any extensions thereof, the rights of Tenant hereunder shall expressly survive,
and this Lease shall in all respects continue in full force and effect so long
as no Event of Default by Tenant has occurred and is continuing. So long as no
Event of Default by Tenant has occurred and is continuing, Tenant shall not be
named as a party defendant in any such foreclosure suit or other suit brought by
Lender seeking to realize upon its collateral, except as may be required by law,
but, so long as no Event of Default by Tenant has occurred and is continuing, in
no event shall any such foreclosure or other suit seek or result in termination
of Tenant's tenancy or rights of possession under this Lease. Any Mortgage to
which this Lease is now or hereafter subordinate shall provide, in effect, that
during the time this Lease is in force all Net Proceeds, Tenant's Insurance
Payments and Net Awards shall be permitted to be used for Restoration in
accordance with the provisions of this Lease. Upon any foreclosure, or the
delivery of a deed in lieu thereof or any other enforcement of the Mortgage,
neither Lender, its successor nor any purchaser at foreclosure or otherwise
shall disturb the tenancy or possession of any Qualified Entity referred to in
Paragraph 17(c) below that is entitled to nondisturbance as set forth in such
Paragraph (and for whom nondisturbance has been requested at any time before the
occurrence of an Event of Default); provided, however, that the nondisturbance
of such Qualified Entity shall be subject in all cases to the conditions and
limitations set forth in Paragraph 17(c) below.

            (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 16(a) above, the
holder of the Mortgage to which this Lease is subject and subordinate, as
provided in said Paragraph, shall have the right, at its sole option, at any
time, to subordinate and subject the Mortgage, in whole or in part, to this
Lease by recording a unilateral declaration to such effect.

            (c) At any time prior to the expiration of the Term, Tenant agrees,
at the

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election and upon demand of any owner of the Leased Premises, or of Lender who
has granted non-disturbance to Tenant pursuant to Paragraph 16(a) above, to
attorn, from time to time, to any such owner or Lender, upon the then executory
terms and conditions of this Lease, for the remainder of the Term originally
demised in this Lease and for any Renewal Terms, provided that such owner or
Lender shall then be entitled to possession of the Leased Premises subject to
the provisions of this Lease. The provisions of this Paragraph 16(c) shall inure
to the benefit of any such owner or Lender, shall apply notwithstanding that, as
a matter of Law, this Lease may terminate upon the foreclosure of the Mortgage,
shall be self-operative upon any such demand, and no further instrument shall be
required to give effect to said provisions.

            (d) Each of Tenant, Landlord and Lender agrees that, if requested by
any of the others, each shall, without charge, enter into a Subordination,
Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement reasonably acceptable to Tenant,
Landlord and Lender, provided such agreement contains provisions relating to
non-disturbance and attornment in accordance with the provisions of this
Paragraph 16. Tenant hereby agrees for the benefit of Lender that Tenant will
not, without in each case the prior written consent of Lender, in its sole
discretion, (a) amend or modify the Lease, or enter into any agreement with
Landlord so to do, (b) cancel or surrender or seek to cancel or surrender the
Term hereof, or enter into any agreement with Landlord to do so (the parties
agreeing that the foregoing shall not be construed to affect the rights or
obligations of Tenant, Landlord or Lender with respect to any termination
pursuant to the express terms hereof in connection with an offer to purchase the
Leased Premises following certain events as provided in Paragraphs 12 and 20, or
(c) pay any installment of Basic Rent more than one (1) month in advance of the
due date thereof or otherwise than in the manner provided for in this Lease.

            17. Assignment, Subleasing.

            (a) Tenant is currently in occupancy and is operating its business
at the Leased Premises. Landlord acknowledges that the cessation of business
operations at the Leased Premises by Original Tenant or any permitted sublessee
or assignee shall not, in and of itself, constitute an Event of Default under
this Lease. Tenant may assign its interest in this Lease or sublease the Leased
Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord provided Tenant complies
with all applicable provisions of this Paragraph 17. Tenant shall, however, give
Landlord and Lender prior written notice of Tenant's intent to assign its
interest in this Lease or sublease any portion of the Leased Premises promptly
upon electing to do so. No sublease under, or assignment of, this Lease (or any
rejection in bankruptcy or other default by any assignee or sublessee hereunder)
shall relieve the Original Tenant hereunder of any of its obligations hereunder,
for which it shall remain primarily liable, and upon any assignment or sublease
hereunder, the Original Tenant shall acknowledge in writing in favor of Landlord
and Lender that such obligations are not affected by such assignment, sublease
or rejection.

            (b) Each sublease of the Leased Premises or any part thereof shall
be subject and subordinate to the provisions of this Lease. No sublease term
shall extend beyond the Term of this Lease (excluding Executory Renewal Terms).
Tenant agrees that in the case of an assignment or sublease, Tenant shall,
within fifteen (15) days after the execution and delivery of any such assignment
or sublease, deliver to Landlord and Lender

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a duplicate original of such assignment or sublease wherein the assignee or
sublessee agrees to observe and perform the provisions of Paragraph 13(a)(ii)
and related provisions of Paragraph 13(c), (d) and (e) insofar as Paragraph
13(a)(ii), (c), (d) and (e) relate to the use and occupancy by the assignee of
the entire Leased Premises in the case of any assignment and by the sublessee of
the subleased premises in the case of a sublease. In the case of a sublease,
Tenant shall, within fifteen (15) days after the execution and delivery of such
sublease, deliver to Landlord and Lender a duplicate original of such sublease.

            (c) Upon written request of Tenant, Landlord and Lender will enter
into a Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement with any proposed assignee or
sublessee, provided:

                  (i) the Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement is in a form
            reasonably acceptable to Landlord and Lender;

                  (ii) Landlord is not required to assume any additional
            operating, financing or other obligations in respect of the Leased
            Premises beyond Landlord's obligations contained in this Lease;

                  (iii) The proposed assignee or sublessee is a Qualified
            Entity;

                  (iv) In the case of an assignment, the assignee assumes all of
            the obligations of the Original Tenant under this Lease and in the
            case of a sublease, the sublessee assumes all of the obligations of
            the Original Tenant under this Lease to the extent applicable to the
            subleased space; and

                  (v) The per square foot net rent payable by the assignee or
            sublessee is not less than the per square foot rent payable by the
            Original Tenant as Basic Rent under this Lease or, if such net rent
            is less, Tenant has provided Landlord with security in a form and
            issued by an entity acceptable to Landlord and Lender securing
            Tenant's obligation to pay such deficiency throughout the full
            remaining potential Term of this Lease, including any Executory
            Renewal Terms.

            (d) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under this Lease,
Landlord shall have the right to collect and enjoy all rents and other sums of
money payable under any sublease of any part or all of the Leased Premises, and
Tenant hereby irrevocably and unconditionally assigns, and grants a security
interest in, all such subleases and all such rents and money to Landlord, which
assignment may be exercised, and security interest enforced, upon and after (but
not before) the occurrence of an Event of Default. Tenant shall execute such
financing statements as Landlord may reasonably request to perfect the foregoing
assignment as a security interest. Upon Landlord's written request, from time to
time, Tenant shall provide to Landlord and Lender copies of all subleases then
in effect and a schedule of subleases showing, with respect to each sublease,
name of subtenant, size of subleased space, term of sublease and net subrent.

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            18. Permitted Contests.

            Notwithstanding any provision of this Lease to the contrary, after
prior written notice to Landlord and Lender, Tenant shall not be required to (i)
pay any Tax, (ii) comply with any Legal Requirement, or (iii) discharge or
remove any lien, so long as Tenant shall contest, in good faith and at its
expense, the existence, the amount or the validity thereof, the amount of the
damages caused thereby, or the extent of its or Landlord's liability therefor,
by appropriate proceedings which shall operate during the pendency thereof to
prevent (u) the collection of, or other realization upon, the Tax or lien so
contested, (v) the collection of any penalty for failure to comply with the
Legal Requirement being contested, (w) the sale, forfeiture or loss of any part
or all of the Leased Premises, any Basic Rent or any Additional Rent to satisfy
the same or to pay any damages caused by the violation of the same, (x) any
interference with the use of, occupancy, sale or financing of any part or all of
the Leased Premises, (y) any interference with the payment of any Basic Rent or
any Additional Rent, and (z) the cancellation of any fire or other insurance
policy or violation of any Insurance Requirement. In no event shall Tenant
pursue a contest with respect to any Tax, Legal Requirement, or lien referred to
above in such manner that exposes Landlord to any criminal or civil liability,
penalty or sanction for which Tenant has not made provisions reasonably
acceptable to Landlord and Lender. Tenant shall be deemed to have made
provisions reasonably acceptable to Landlord and Lender (except with respect to
exposure for criminal liability) if Tenant shall have provided Lender or
Landlord in that order as security for such contest, an amount of cash or bond
equal to, if Original Tenant or a Qualified Entity is the Tenant in Possession,
100%, and otherwise 125%, of the amount being contested, or other security
satisfactory in the reasonable opinion of Lender or Landlord in that order, in
assuring the payment, compliance, discharge, removal or other action, including
all costs, attorneys' fees, interest and penalties, in the event that the
contest is unsuccessful. No such security shall be required if the amount
involved in the contest shall not exceed one tenth (1/10th) of one percent (1 %)
of the Tangible Net Worth of the Tenant in Possession as reasonably evidenced to
Landlord. While any such proceedings are pending and the required security is
held by Lender or Landlord, in that order, Lender or Landlord, as the case may
be, shall not have the right to pay, remove or cause to be discharged the Tax,
Legal Requirement or lien thereby being contested unless Landlord or Lender
reasonably believes that any one or more of the conditions in clauses (v)
through (z) above shall not be prevented during the pendency of the contest.
Tenant further agrees that such contest shall be promptly and diligently
prosecuted to a final conclusion, except that Tenant shall, so long as all of
the conditions of the first sentence of this Paragraph 18 are at all times
complied with, have the right to attempt to settle or compromise such contest
through negotiations. Tenant shall pay any and all judgments, decrees and costs
(including all attorneys' fees and expenses) in connection with any such contest
and shall, promptly after the final determination of such contest, fully pay and
discharge the amounts which shall be levied, assessed, charged or imposed to be
determined to be payable therein or in connection therewith, together with all
penalties, fines, interest, costs and expenses thereof or in connection
therewith, and perform all acts of the performance of which shall be ordered or
decreed as a result thereof.

            19. Default.

            The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an

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"Event of Default" under this Lease:

            (a) Tenant's failure to make any payment of Basic Rent when due
which continues unremedied for a period of three (3) business days after notice
thereof from Landlord or Lender.

            (b) Tenant's failure to make payment of Additional Rent or other sum
herein required to be paid by Tenant and such default shall continue for a
period of fifteen (15) days after notice by Landlord or Lender to Tenant.

            (c) Tenant's failure to duly perform and observe, or Tenant's
violation or breach of, any other provision hereof if such failure shall
continue for a period of thirty (30) days after notice thereof from Landlord to
Lender, or if such failure cannot be cured within such period of thirty (30)
days, such period shall be extended for such longer time, not exceeding an
additional ninety (90) days, as reasonably necessary provided that Tenant has
commenced to cure such default within said period of thirty (30) days and is
actively, diligently and in good faith proceeding with continuity to remedy such
failure.

            (d) Original Tenant shall (i) voluntarily be adjudicated a bankrupt
or insolvent, or (ii) consent to the appointment of a receiver or trustee for
itself or for any part or all of the Leased Premises, (iii) file a petition
seeking relief under the bankruptcy or other similar laws of the United States,
any state or any jurisdiction, or (iv) make a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors.

            (e) By the order of a court of competent jurisdiction, a receiver or
liquidator of (i) Original Tenant, (ii) all or substantially all of the assets
of Original Tenant or (iii) the interest of Original Tenant in the Leased
Premises shall be appointed and not be dismissed as to the Leased Premises
within sixty (60) days after such appointment, or if by decree of such court,
Original Tenant shall be adjudicated a debtor or insolvent or the Leased
Premises or any of Original Tenant's property shall have been sequestered, and
such decree shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for sixty (60)
consecutive days after such filing, or if Original Tenant shall institute any
such proceeding or shall consent to the institution of any such proceeding
against it under any such law.

            (f) Original Tenant shall in any insolvency proceedings be
liquidated or dissolved or shall begin proceedings towards its liquidation or
dissolution.

            (g) The estate or interest of Original Tenant in any part or all of
the Leased Premises shall be levied upon or attached in any proceeding and such
estate or interest is about to be sold or transferred or such process shall not
be vacated or discharged within sixty (60) days after such levy or attachment.

            20. Landlord's Remedies.

            After the occurrence of an Event of Default by Tenant, Landlord
shall have the right to exercise the following remedies:

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            (a) Landlord may, at its option, continue this Lease in full force
and effect, without terminating Tenant's right to possession of the Leased
Premises, in which event Landlord shall have the right to collect Basic Rent and
all Additional Rent and other charges when due. In the alternative, Landlord
shall have the right to peaceably re-enter the Leased Premises on the terms set
forth in subparagraph (b) below, but without such re-entry being deemed a
termination of the Lease or an acceptance by Landlord of a surrender thereof.
Landlord shall also have the right, at its option, from time to time, without
terminating this Lease, to relet the Leased Premises, or any part thereof, with
or without legal process, as the agent, and for the account, of Tenant, upon
such terms and conditions as Landlord may deem advisable (which terms may be
materially different from the terms of this Lease), in which event the rents
received on such reletting shall be applied (i) first to the reasonable and
actual expenses of such reletting and collection, including without limitation
necessary renovation and alterations of the Leased Premises, reasonable and
actual attorneys' fees and any reasonable and actual real estate commissions
paid, and (ii) thereafter toward payment of all sums due or to become due
Landlord hereunder. If a sufficient amount to pay such expenses and sums shall
not be realized or secured, then Tenant shall pay Landlord any such deficiency
on demand as the same shall arise. Landlord shall not, in any event, be required
to pay Tenant any sums received by Landlord on a reletting of the Leased
Premises in excess of the rent provided in this Lease, but such excess shall,
notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 5, reduce any accrued present or
future obligations of Tenant hereunder. Landlord's re-entry and reletting of the
Leased Premises without termination of this Lease shall not preclude Landlord
from subsequently terminating this Lease as set forth below.

            (b) Landlord may terminate this Lease by written notice to Tenant
specifying a date therefor, which shall be no sooner than twenty (20) days
following notice to Tenant, and this Lease shall then terminate on the date so
specified as if such date had been originally fixed as the expiration date of
the Term. In the event of such termination, Tenant shall pay the following to
Landlord on such date:

                  (i) Any obligation which has accrued prior to the date of
            termination.

                  (ii) The amount by which the unpaid Basic Rent and all other
            charges which would have accrued for the balance of the Term
            (excluding any Executory Renewal Terms or portions thereof) exceeds
            the amount of the fair and reasonable rental value of the Leased
            Premises in respect of such period, in each case, after discounting
            same to present value at a discount rate equal to the Discount Rate.

            Except to the extent required by Law, Landlord shall not have any
duty to mitigate its damages hereunder (including, but not limited to, any duty
to relet or re-lease the Leased Premises). The amount of rent reserved by
Landlord in any reletting of the Leased Premises, or any portion thereof, shall
be considered in ascertaining the "fair and reasonable rental value" of the
Leased Premises, or such portion thereof, as the case may be. Following the date
of termination, interest shall accrue on the sums payable by Tenant at the
Default Rate.

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            In the event this Lease shall be terminated as provided above, by
summary proceedings or otherwise, Landlord, its agents, servants or
representatives may immediately or at any time thereafter peaceably re-enter and
resume possession of the Leased Premises and remove all persons and property
therefrom, by summary dispossession proceedings.

            (c) Landlord may recover from Tenant, and Tenant shall pay to
Landlord upon demand, as Additional Rent such reasonable and actual expenses as
Landlord may incur in recovering possession of the Leases Premises, placing the
same in good order and condition and preparing the same for reletting, and all
other reasonable and actual expenses, commissions and charges incurred by
Landlord in exercising any remedy provided herein or as a result of any Event of
Default by Tenant hereunder (including without limitation attorneys' fees),
provided that in no event shall Tenant be obligated to compensate Landlord for
any speculative damages caused by Tenant's failure to perform its obligations
under this Lease.

            (d) Landlord may accept Tenant's irrevocable purchase offer which
Tenant shall be conclusively presumed to have made at the applicable price
specified in Exhibit 12-1 attached hereto plus Yield Maintenance and any
Additions to the Purchase Price (the "Default Purchase Offer"), upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default. Landlord shall be deemed to have accepted the
Default Purchase Offer unless Landlord and Lender shall have delivered a joint
rejection thereof within sixty (60) days after the occurrence of the Event of
Default. If Landlord accepts or is deemed to have accepted the Default Purchase
Offer, (i) payment of the purchase price and transfer of title to the Leased
Premises shall occur on a date specified by Lender which is no more than
thirty-five (35) days following the next Base Rent Payment Date which occurs no
less than one hundred twenty (120) days after the Event of Default and otherwise
in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in Paragraph 12 above (as
though the Leased Premises were being sold to Tenant thereunder), (ii) Tenant
shall pay to Landlord Yield Maintenance, if any, and (iii) this Lease shall
continue in full force and effect without any abatement of Rent until such
transfer of title, provided that if such Base Rent Payment Date will occur prior
to the third anniversary of the Commencement Date, Landlord may, prior to the
expiration of such one hundred twenty (120) days, upon written notice to Tenant,
defer such closing until a date which is no later than such third anniversary,
If Landlord rejects the Default Purchase Offer, this Lease shall continue in
full force and effect without any abatement of Rent unless and until terminated
by Landlord pursuant to Paragraph 20(b) or otherwise as permitted by Law.

            (e) The various rights and remedies reserved to Landlord herein are
cumulative. The rights and remedies described in Paragraphs 20(a)-(c) shall
survive termination of this Lease and Landlord may pursue any and all such
rights and remedies and any others available to Landlord under applicable law or
equity, whether at the same time or otherwise (to the extent not inconsistent
with specific provisions of this Lease); provided that no remedy of termination
of this Lease shall be available until after the occurrence of an Event of
Default. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Landlord expressly
waives its right to forcibly dispossess Tenant from the Leased Premises, whether
peaceably or otherwise, without judicial process, such that Landlord shall not
be entitled to any "commercial lockout" or any other provisions of applicable
law which permit landlords to dispossess tenants from commercial properties
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benefit of judicial review.

            21. Notices.

            All notices, demands, requests, consents, approvals, offers,
statements and other instruments or communications required or permitted to be
given pursuant to the provisions of this Lease (collectively "Notice" or
"Notices") shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given for all
purposes upon receipt or refusal after having been sent by United States mail,
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed to the other party at its address as stated below, or upon receipt or
refusal after having been sent by FedEx or other nationally recognized air
courier service, to the addresses stated below or upon receipt by telephonic
facsimile transmission (fax) at the telephone numbers specified below:

            (a) If to Landlord, at the address set forth on the first page of
this Lease (Fax No. (614) 443-0972), with a copy to:

                  Schottenstein Stores Corporation
                  1800 Moler Road
                  Columbus, Ohio 43207
                  Attention: Legal Department
                  Fax No.: (614) 443-0972

            (b) If to Tenant, at the address set forth on the first page of this
Lease (Attention: Vice President, Finance, Fax No. (614) 337-4681), with a copy
to:

                  Schottenstein Stores Corporation
                  1800 Moler Road
                  Columbus, Ohio 43207
                  Attention: Legal Department
                  Fax No.: (614) 443-0972

In the case of fax notice, a hard copy of the faxed notice shall be promptly
given by registered or certified mail or air courier service as herein provided
but, as to notices given by fax, the date of receipt of the fax notice shall
control. If any Lender shall have advised Tenant by Notice in the manner
aforesaid that it is the holder of a Mortgage and stating in said Notice its
address for the receipt of Notices, then simultaneously with the giving of any
Notice by Tenant to Landlord, Tenant shall serve a copy of such Notice upon
Lender in the manner aforesaid. For the purposes of this Paragraph, any party
may substitute its address or designate up to two additional addressees for
copies of notices by giving fifteen days' notice to the other party in the
manner provided above.

            22. Memorandum of Lease; Estoppel Certificates.

            (a) Tenant shall execute, deliver and record, file or register at
Tenant's expense from time to time all such instruments as may be required by
any present or future law in order to evidence the respective interests of
Landlord and Tenant in any part or all of the Leased Premises, and Tenant and
Landlord shall cause a memorandum of this Lease, and any supplement hereto or to
such other instrument, if any, as may be

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appropriate, to be recorded, filed or registered and re-recorded, refiled or
re-registered at Tenant's expense in such manner and in such places as may be
required by any present or future law in order to give public notice and protect
the validity of the Lease. In the event of any discrepancy between the
provisions of said recorded memorandum of this Lease or any other recorded
instrument referring to this Lease and the provisions of this Lease, the
provisions of this Lease shall prevail. Upon or following the expiration or
earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall, promptly following the request
of Landlord or Lender, execute and deliver to Landlord in recordable form a
memorandum or other document in form reasonably acceptable to Tenant and
Landlord evidencing the termination of this Lease.

            (b) Landlord and Tenant shall, at any time and from time to time,
upon not less than ten days prior written request by the other, execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the other a statement in writing, executed by
Landlord or Tenant or, if other than an individual, by a President, Vice
President or authorized general partner, managing member, principal officer or
agent certifying (i) that this Lease is unmodified and in full effect (or, if
there have been modifications, that this Lease is in full effect as modified,
setting forth such modifications), (ii) the dates to which Basic Rent payable
hereunder has been paid, (iii) that to the knowledge of the party executing such
certificate no default by either Landlord or Tenant exists hereunder or
specifying each such default of which such party may have knowledge; (iv) the
remaining Term hereof; and (v) with respect to a certificate signed by Tenant,
(A) that to the knowledge of the party executing such certificate, there are no
proceedings pending or threatened against Tenant before or by any court or
administrative agency which if adversely decided would materially and adversely
affect the financial condition and operations of Tenant or if such proceedings
are pending or threatened to said party's knowledge, specifying and describing
the same, and (B) certifying such additional factually correct statements as may
be reasonably requested. It is intended that any such statements may be relied
upon by Lender, the recipient of such statements or their assignees or by any
prospective mortgagee, purchaser, assignee or subtenant of the Leased Premises.

            23. Surrender and Holding Over.

            Upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant
shall peaceably leave and surrender the Leased Premises to Landlord in the same
condition in which the Leased Premises were originally received from Landlord at
the commencement of this Lease, except as to any repair or Alteration as
permitted or required by any provision of this Lease, and except for ordinary
wear and tear and damage by casualty or Condemnation which Tenant is not
required to repair or restore hereunder. Tenant may remove at Tenant's sole cost
and expense from the Leased Premises on or prior to such expiration or earlier
termination Tenant's Trade Fixtures and personal property which are owned by
Tenant or third parties other than Landlord, and Tenant at is expense shall, on
or prior to such expiration or earlier termination, repair any damage caused by
such removal. Tenant's Trade Fixtures and personal property not so removed at
the expiration of the Term or within thirty days after the earlier termination
of the Term for any reason whatsoever shall become the property of the Landlord,
and Landlord may thereafter cause such property to be removed from the Leased
Premises at Tenant's expense. Landlord shall not in any manner or to any extent
be obligated to reimburse Tenant for any property which becomes the property
of Landlord as a result of such expiration or earlier termination.

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            Any holding over by Tenant of the Leased Premises after the
expiration or earlier termination of the Term of this Lease, including
extensions thereof, with the consent of Landlord, shall operate and be construed
as a tenancy from month to month only, at one hundred fifty percent (150%) of
the Basic Rent reserved herein and otherwise upon the same terms and conditions
as contained in this Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any holding over
without Landlord's consent shall entitle Landlord, in addition to collecting
Basic Rent at a rate of one hundred fifty percent (150%) thereof, to exercise
all rights and remedies provided by law or in equity, including the remedies of
Paragraph 20.

            24. No Merger of Title.

            There shall be no merger of this Lease nor of the leasehold estate
created by this Lease with the fee estate in or ownership of any part or all of
the Leased Premises by reason of the fact that the same person, corporation,
firm or other entity may acquire or hold or own, directly or indirectly, (i)
this Lease of the leasehold estate created by this Lease or any interest in this
Lease or in such leasehold estate and (ii) the fee estate or ownership of any
part or all of the Leased Premises or any interest in such fee estate or
ownership. No such merger shall occur unless and until all persons,
corporations, firms and other entities having any interest in (x) this Lease or
the leasehold estate created by this Lease and (y) the fee estate in or
ownership of the Leased Premises including, without limitation, Lender's
interest therein, or any part thereof sought to be merged shall join in a
written instrument effecting such merger and shall duly record the same.

            25. Landlord Exculpation.

            Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any claim
based on or in respect of any liability of Landlord under this Lease shall be
enforced only against the Landlord's interest in Leased Premises and shall not
be enforced against the Landlord individually personally or against any
shareholder, member, partner or beneficiary of Landlord, or against any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or agents.

            26. Hazardous Materials.

            (a) Tenant represents, warrants and covenants that it has not and
will not, and that it has not permitted and will not permit any person or entity
to make, store, release, treat or dispose of any Hazardous Materials from, on,
about or under the Leased Premises, but the foregoing shall not prevent the use
to the extent necessary and customary in connection with any use permitted under
this Lease of any such substances in accordance with applicable Laws and
regulations. Tenant represents, warrants and covenants that it will at all times
comply (and prohibit non-compliance by others) with all Environmental Laws.

            (b) To the extent required by the Environmental Laws, Tenant shall
remove any Hazardous Materials whether now or hereafter existing on the Leased
Premises and whether or not arising out of or in any manner connected with
Tenant's occupancy of the Leased Premises during the Term, and repair all damage
to the Leased Premises caused thereby. Tenant shall and hereby does agree to
defend (with counsel satisfactory to Lender and Landlord), indemnify and hold
Lender and Landlord, their

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respective successors, assigns, heirs, members, beneficiaries, shareholders and
partners, and all of their respective directors, officers, agents and employees
(collectively, the "Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against any and all
causes of actions, suits, demands or judgments of any nature whatsoever, losses,
damages, penalties, expenses, fees, claims, costs (including response and
remedial costs), and liabilities, including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees
and costs of litigation, arising out of or in any manner connected with (i) the
violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Leased premises; (ii) the
"release" or "threatened release" of, presence of or failure to remove, as
required by this Paragraph 26, Hazardous Materials onto, on, under or from the
Leased Premises or any portion or portions thereof, now or hereafter existing
whether or not arising out of or in any manner connected with Tenants' occupancy
of the Leased Premises during the Term. All obligations of Tenant under this
Paragraph 26 shall survive expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

            (c) The Tenant represents, warrants and covenants that it will not
install any underground storage tank without specific, prior written approval
from the Landlord and Lender, which may be withheld in the sole discretion of
either. The Tenant will not store combustible or flammable materials on the
Leased Premises in violation of Environmental Laws.

            (d) Tenant shall comply with the requirements set forth in Exhibit
26 attached hereto.

            27. Entry by Landlord.

            Landlord and its authorized representatives shall have the right
upon reasonable notice (which shall be not less than forty eight (48) hours
except in the case of emergency) to enter the Leased Premises at all reasonable
business hours (and at all other times in the event of any emergency), for (i)
the purpose of inspecting the same or for the purpose of doing any work under
Paragraph 9, and may take all such action thereon as may be necessary or
appropriate for any such purpose (but nothing contained in this Lease or
otherwise shall create or imply any duty upon the part of Landlord to make any
such inspection or do any such work), provided further that if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, such inspections and work shall be at
Tenant's sole cost and expense, and (ii) the purpose of showing the Leased
Premises to prospective purchasers and mortgagees and, at any time within twelve
(12) months prior to the expiration of the Term for the purpose of showing the
same to prospective tenants. No such entry shall constitute an eviction of
Tenant but any such entry shall be done by Landlord in such reasonable manner as
to minimize any disruption of Tenant's business operation.

            28. Financial Statements; Additional Information.

            (a) Tenant will deliver to Landlord and Lender copies of all
financial statements and any documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") by Tenant (including without limitation all 8-K, 10-K and
10-Q reports, and notices and proxy statements sent by Tenant and its
stockholders) in each case within fifteen (15) days following delivery to the
SEC or Tenant's stockholders, as the case may be; provided, however, that if
Tenant does not file such statements and reports with the SEC, Tenant will

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deliver to Landlord and each Lender the following:

                  (i) Quarterly Statements. Within sixty (60) days after the end
            of each quarterly fiscal period (except the last) in each fiscal
            year of Tenant, duplicate copies of:

                        (A) a consolidated balance sheet of Tenant and its
                  consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter,

                        (B) a consolidated statement of profits and losses of
                  Tenant and its consolidated subsidiaries for the current
                  quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ending with such
                  quarter, and

                        (C) a consolidated statement of cash flows of Tenant and
                  its consolidated subsidiaries for the portion of the fiscal
                  year ending with the current quarter;

            setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
            corresponding periods a year earlier, all in reasonable detail and
            certified as having been prepared in accordance with generally
            accepted accounting principles consistently applied and certified as
            complete and correct by a senior financial officer of Tenant;

                  (ii) Annual Statements. Within ninety (90) days after the end
            of each fiscal year of Tenant, duplicate copies of:

                        (A) a consolidated balance sheet of Tenant and its
                  consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such year,

                        (B) consolidated statements of profits and losses and
                  cash flows of Tenant and its consolidated subsidiaries for
                  such year, and

                        (C) a consolidated statement of cash flows of Tenant and
                  its consolidated subsidiaries for such year;

            setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
            previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and accompanied by
            the report thereon, containing an opinion unqualified as to
            limitations imposed by Tenant on the scope of the audit, of a firm
            of independent certified public accountants of recognized national
            standing selected by Tenant which opinion shall state that the
            consolidated financial statements of Tenant and its consolidated
            subsidiaries fairly present the financial condition of the companies
            (including the results of their operations and changes in financial
            position) being reported upon, have been prepared in accordance with
            generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and
            that the examination of such accounts in connection with such
            financial statements has been made in accordance with generally
            accepted auditing standards, and

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            accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such
            other auditing procedures as were considered necessary in the
            circumstances.

            (b) Each set of annual and quarterly financial statements delivered
to Landlord pursuant to Paragraph 28(a) shall be accompanied by a certificate of
a senior financial officer of Tenant stating whether or not a Financial Event
has occurred since the later of the date of this Lease or the date of the last
such statement submitted to Landlord pursuant to this sentence. With reasonable
promptness, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord and Lender such additional
financial statements and information regarding the business affairs and
financial condition of Tenant as Landlord and any Lender may reasonably request.
In addition, Tenant shall submit to Landlord and Lender copies of all financial
information submitted by Tenant to its institutional lenders, bondholders and
other institutional investors as and when such information is delivered to such
other parties. Upon the prior written request of Landlord or Lender, Tenant
shall cause a senior financial officer of Tenant to meet with representatives of
Landlord and/or Lender to discuss the business and financial affairs of Tenant
and the financial statements and other information submitted by Tenant to
Landlord pursuant to this Lease. Tenant shall also supply to Landlord no later
than ninety (90) days after each fiscal year, a statement certified by a senior
financial officer of Tenant, of the amount of gross sales from the Leased
Premises for the preceding fiscal year.

            (c) Original Tenant shall obtain and maintain a Corporate
Creditworthiness Rating during all periods of time when Tenant does not have at
least one issue of Rated Debt outstanding.

            (d) In the event that Tenant fails to provide to Landlord or its
designee any of the financial statements, certificates, reports or information
(the "Required Records") required by this Paragraph 28 within thirty (30) days
after the date upon which such Required Record is due, Tenant shall pay to
Landlord, at Landlord's option and in its sole discretion, an amount equal to
$5,000 for each Required Record that is not delivered; provided that Landlord
has given at least ten (10) days prior written notice to Tenant of such failure
by Tenant to timely submit the applicable Required Record and provided that
Lender has imposed such cost on Landlord pursuant to the Mortgage by reason of
Landlord's failure to deliver such Required Record to Lender.

            29. No Usury.

            The intention of the parties being to conform strictly to the usury
laws now in force in the State, whenever any provision herein provides for
payment by Tenant to Landlord of interest at a rate in excess of the legal rate
permitted to be charged, such rate herein provided to be paid shall be deemed
reduced to such legal rate.

            30. Broker.

            Landlord and Tenant represent and warrant to each other that, except
for W. Lyman Case & Co. (whose fee shall be paid by Tenant), neither party
negotiated with any broker in connection with this Lease and that this Lease was
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Landlord and Tenant. Each party hereby agrees to indemnify the other against all
claims, damages, costs and expenses incurred by the indemnified party as a
result of the breach of the foregoing representation or warranty by the
indemnifying party.

            31. Waiver of Landlord's Lien.

            Landlord hereby waives any right to distrain Tenant's Trade Fixtures
or any personal property of Tenant and any Landlord's lien or similar lien upon
Tenant's Trade Fixtures and any other personal property of Tenant regardless of
whether such lien is created or otherwise. Landlord agrees, at the request of
Tenant, to execute a waiver of any Landlord's or similar lien for the benefit of
any present or future holder of a security interest in or lessor of any of
Tenant's Trade Fixtures or any other personal property of Tenant. Landlord
acknowledges and agrees in the future to acknowledge (in a written form
reasonably satisfactory to Tenant) to such persons and entities at such times
and for such purposes as Tenant may reasonably request that Tenant's Trade
Fixtures are Tenant's personal property and not part of the Improvements
(regardless of whether or to what extent such Trade Fixtures are affixed to the
Improvements) or otherwise subject to the terms of this Lease.

            32. No Waiver.

            No delay or failure by either party to enforce its rights hereunder
shall be construed as a waiver, modification or relinquishment thereof.

            33. Separability.

            If any term or provision of this Lease or the application thereof to
any provision of this Lease or the application thereof to any person or
circumstances shall to any extent be invalid and unenforceable, the remainder of
this Lease, or the application of such term or provision to person or
circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall
not be affected thereby, and each term and provision of this Lease shall be
valid and shall be enforced to the extent permitted by Law.

            34. Indemnification.

            Tenant agrees to defend (with counsel acceptable to Landlord and
Lender), pay, protect, indemnify, save and hold harmless Landlord, Lender and
each of the other Indemnified Parties, from and against any and all liabilities,
losses, damages, penalties, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys'
fees and expenses), causes of action, suits, claims, demands or judgments of any
nature whatsoever, howsoever caused, arising (a) from a default by Tenant under
this Lease, (b) under any REA or any Legal Requirements pertaining to this Lease
or the Leased Premises, or (c) from any part or all of the Leased Premises or
Adjoining Property or the existence, use, non-use, occupancy, condition, design,
construction, maintenance, repair or rebuilding of any of or otherwise relating
to, the Leased Premises or Adjoining Property, and any injury to or death of any
person or persons or any loss of or damage to any property, real or personal, in
any manner arising therefrom connected therewith or occurring thereon, whether
or not Landlord has or should have knowledge or notice of the defect or
conditions, if any, causing or contributing to said Loss. In case any action or
proceeding is brought against Landlord,

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Lender or any of the other Indemnified Parties by reason of any such Loss,
Tenant covenants upon notice from Landlord or Lender to defend (with counsel
acceptable to Landlord and Lender) Landlord or Lender and such other Indemnified
Parties in such action, with the expenses of such defense paid by Tenant, and
Landlord or Lender will cooperate and assist in the defense of such action or
proceeding if reasonably requested so to do by Tenant. All obligations of Tenant
under this Paragraph 34 shall survive the expiration or any termination of this
Lease. All indemnities and obligations of Tenant to defend contained in this
Paragraph 34 and elsewhere in this Lease (including without limitation,
Paragraph 26) shall continue to run in favor of and be enforceable by, each
person or entity that shall be a Landlord, Lender or any other Indemnified Party
from time to time notwithstanding the assignment of this Lease by any such
Landlord and the release of such Landlord hereunder or the assignment or release
of any Mortgage or the payment of any debt owed to a Lender.

            35. Tenant to Comply With Reciprocal Easement Agreement.

            (a) Landlord agrees to enter into with Tenant, at Tenant's expense,
such easements, covenants, waivers, approvals or restrictions for utilities,
parking or other matters as desirable for operation of the Leased Premises or
Adjoining Property (collectively, "Easements") and any amendment or modification
(collectively, "Modifications") to any REA (as defined below), each as requested
by Tenant, subject to Lender's and Landlord's approval of the form and substance
thereof which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided (i) that
such Easement or Modification shall not result in any diminution in the value or
utility of the Leased Premises for use as a retail or office facility and
further provided that Tenant reasonably believes that it is in the best
interests of the operator(s) of the Leased Premises that such Easement be
granted or Modification be entered into, as the case may be; (ii) Tenant
provides Landlord and Lender with a Survey and title endorsement evidencing that
no violation or encroachments will exist as a result of the establishment of any
Easement or REA (and, with respect to any Modification pursuant to which any
easements are created or relocated, any such Modification); (iii) Tenant assumes
all obligations under such Easement or Modification during the Term (to the
extent obligations are imposed upon the owner of the Leased Premises); (iv) no
such Easement or Modification shall render the use of the Leased Premises
dependent upon any other property or condition the use of the Leased Premises
upon the use of any other property, each of which Tenant shall certify to
Landlord and Lender in writing delivered with Tenant's request with respect to
such Easement or Modification, as the case may be; and (v) Tenant shall pay the
reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, and expenses, incurred
by Lender and Landlord in connection with the review of the Modifications.
Tenant's request shall also include Tenant's written undertaking acknowledging
that Tenant shall remain liable hereunder as a principal and not merely as a
surety or guarantor notwithstanding the establishment of any Easement or
entering into of any Modification. If either Landlord or Lender shall fail to
approve or disapprove the form and substance of any such Easement or
Modification within a period of thirty (30) days from their respective receipt
of same, which disapproval shall be in writing delivered to both Tenant and any
single third party that is a prospective party to such Easement and whose name
and address have been delivered to Landlord and Lender, then either or both of
Landlord or Lender, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have approved the
form, scope and substance of any such Easement or

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Modification.

            (b) Tenant agrees that Tenant is obligated to and shall perform all
obligations of the owner of the Leased Premises and pay all expenses which the
owner of the Leased Premises may be required to pay in accordance with any
Easements, Modifications or other reciprocal easement agreement or any other
agreement or document of record now affecting the Leased Premises or hereafter
becoming effective pursuant to Paragraph 35(a) or otherwise (such Easements,
Modifications, other reciprocal easements and other agreements and documents
being referred to collectively as "REA"), and that Tenant shall comply with all
of the terms and conditions of the REA during the term of this Lease. Tenant
shall be deemed the "Owner" of the Leased Premises for purposes of granting
consents and approvals under the REA and Tenant shall have the right to grant
consents and approval under the REA as from time to time it deems necessary,
subject in each case to the prior written approval of Landlord and Lender which
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Landlord and Lender shall be
deemed to have approved any action proposed by Tenant under this Paragraph 35(b)
in a written notice to Landlord and Lender if both Lender and Landlord shall
have failed to object in writing, specifying the nature of their objections,
within ten (10) days following receipt of such notice. Tenant further covenants
and agrees to indemnify, defend (with counsel acceptable to Landlord and Lender)
and hold harmless Landlord and Lender against any claim, loss or damage suffered
by Landlord or Lender by reason of (i) any action under this Paragraph 35(b)
which results in a diminution in value of Landlord's reversionary interest in
the Leased Premises or (ii) Tenant's failure to perform any obligations or pay
any expenses as required hereunder or under any REA or comply with the terms and
conditions of any REA as hereinabove provided during the term of this Lease.

            36. Headings.

            The paragraph headings in this Lease are used only for convenience
in finding the subject matters and are not part of this Lease or to be used in
determining the intent of the parties or otherwise interpreting this Lease.

            37. Modifications.

            This Lease may be modified, amended, discharged or waived only by an
agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such
modification, amendment, discharge or waiver is sought and consented to by the
Lender in writing.

            38. Successors, Assigns.

            The covenants of this Lease shall run with the Land and bind
Landlord and Tenant, their respective heirs, distributees, personal
representatives, successors and permitted assigns and all present and subsequent
subtenants of any part or all of the Leased Premises, and shall inure to the
benefit of Landlord and Tenant and their respective successors and assigns. In
the event there is more than one Tenant, the obligation of each shall be joint
and several. The term "Landlord" as used in this Lease, so far as covenants or
obligations on the part of Landlord are concerned, shall be limited to mean and
include

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only the owner or owners of the Leased Premises and shall Include Lender only if
and then only following Lender's acquisition of fee title to the Leased
Premises. In the event of any transfer or transfers of the title of the Leased
Premises, the Landlord herein named (and in case of any subsequent transfers or
conveyances, the then grantor) shall be automatically freed and relieved from
and after the date of such transfer and conveyance of all liability as respects
the performance of any covenants or obligations on the part of Landlord
contained in this Lease thereafter to be performed.

            39. Counterparts.

            This Lease may be executed in several counterparts, which together
shall be deemed one and the same instrument.

            40. Governing Law.

            This Lease shall be governed by and construed according to the Laws
of the State.

            41. Lender as Third Party Beneficiary.

            Lender shall be deemed a third party beneficiary with respect to all
provisions of this Lease that purports to confer benefits upon Lender or impose
obligations upon Tenant or Landlord in order to protect the interests of Lender.

            42. Exculpation of Trustee.

            It is expressly understood and agreed by and between the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, that, if the Landlord
hereunder executes this Lease in the capacity of a trustee under a Delaware
Business Trust, each and all of the representations, warranties, covenants,
undertakings and agreements herein made on the part of the Landlord, while in
form purporting to be the representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings
and agreements of Landlord, are nevertheless each and every one of them made and
intended, not as representations, warranties, covenants, undertakings and
agreements by Landlord in its individual capacity (as opposed to its capacity as
trustee) or for the purpose or with the intention of binding Landlord in its
individual capacity (as opposed to its capacity as trustee), but are made and
intended for the purpose only of subjecting Landlord's interest in the Leased
Premises and any other assets title to which is held by Landlord as trustee
under the trust described in the introductory paragraph of this Lease (such
interest and assets being hereafter referred to as "Landlord's Interest") to the
terms of this Lease and for no other purpose whatsoever, and in case of default
hereunder by Landlord, Tenant shall not look to any other assets of Landlord
other than Landlord's Interests.

            43. Substitution of Premises.

            If, at any time after thirtieth (30th) month of the Primary Term,
Original Tenant determines in its good faith judgment that the Leased Premises
have become economically obsolete, Original Tenant may offer to substitute for
the Leased Premises a parcel of land and improvements thereon owned by Original
Tenant (or its affiliate) and containing a retail

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or office facility then being operated by Original Tenant ("Substitute
Premises"). In order to make such an offer, Original Tenant shall deliver to
Landlord a written notice (a "Substitution Offer") of its offer (i) to convey to
Landlord the Substitute Premises in consideration for the conveyance to Tenant
by Landlord of the Leased Premises and (ii) after such conveyance, to amend this
Lease so as to substitute the Substitute Premises for the Leased Premises.
Within ten (10) business days of its delivery to Landlord of the Substitution
Offer, Original Tenant shall also deliver to Landlord and Lender a Phase 1
environmental report, an owner's title commitment, a Survey, an MAI appraisal
and the plans and specifications for the Substitute Premises and such other
information as Landlord or Lender may request (collectively, the "Substitution
Deliveries") conforming to the requirements set forth below.

            Landlord shall have until the close of business on the sixtieth
(60th) day following its receipt of the last of the Substitution Deliveries to
accept or reject the Substitution Offer, provided Landlord shall not
unreasonably reject or fail to accept the Substitution Offer. If Landlord fails
to notify Original Tenant as to its acceptance or rejection of the Substitution
Offer, the Substitution Offer shall be deemed to have been rejected. Such offer
shall be contingent upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions:

            (a)   If a Mortgage encumbers the Leased Premises, the Substitution
      Offer shall be contingent upon Landlord obtaining from Lender the consent
      of such Lender to the substitution of the Substitute Premises for the
      Leased Premises as security for the Loan, which consent shall not be
      unreasonably withheld. Without limitation of the foregoing, Lender's
      consent may be withheld if Lender does not receive the written
      confirmation from any rating agency rating any pool of mortgage loans of
      which the Mortgage is a part that such substitution would not cause a
      downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the ratings then assigned to
      such pool.

            (b)   Landlord and Lender determine in their sole and absolute
      discretion that the Substitute Premises are of at least equal value to the
      Leased Premises and will be of comparable value to the Leased Premises as
      of the last day of the Term (without regard to any diminution in value by
      reason of any applicable casualty or Condemnation). Landlord's
      determination of value shall be based on Landlord's assessment of the
      comparability of the Substitute Premises to the Leased Premises, taking
      into account all relevant factors including but not limited to size of
      market area, demographics, age and physical condition of the Improvements
      on the Substitute Premises and the location of the Substitute Premises.

            (c)   Original Tenant furnishes to Landlord a current Phase 1
      environmental report with respect to the Substitute Premises and Landlord
      is reasonably satisfied that the same was prepared by a competent
      environmental consultant and that the Substitute Premises, on the basis
      thereof, are free of Hazardous Materials or violations of the Act or any
      other Laws pertaining to safety, health or the environment.

            (d)   Landlord obtains the opinion of local counsel designated by it

                                      -40-
<PAGE>

      that the Lease as amended will be enforceable under the laws of the
      locality in which the Substitute Premises is located and, if any
      amendments are, in such attorney's opinion, required or desirable by
      reason of requirements of local law, Original Tenant agrees to such
      amendments.

            (e)   Original Tenant agrees in writing, at its sole cost and
      expense, to furnish to Landlord (i) a title insurance policy insuring fee
      simple title to the Substitute Premises in Landlord (and if applicable,
      insuring Lender as well as to its Mortgage), free and clear of any and ail
      liens and encumbrances which are not acceptable to Landlord, and
      containing all endorsements (or the reasonable equivalent thereof) as
      Landlord then has on the title insurance policy covering the Leased
      Premises and such additional endorsements as are reasonably required by
      Lender or Landlord; (ii) a current Survey of the Substitute Premises,
      prepared in accordance with the same standards as the Survey of the
      Premises then in Landlord's possession, showing no encroachments or other
      survey defects which are unacceptable to Landlord; (iii) an opinion of
      counsel to Tenant, in form reasonably acceptable to Landlord, with respect
      to the such matters as were opined upon by Tenant's counsel at the time of
      acquisition of the Leased Premises by Landlord; and (iv) such other
      matters as Landlord shall reasonably require so as to assure Landlord that
      the exercise of the Substitution Option will not adversely affect
      Landlord's investment in the Leased Premises.

            (f)   Original Tenant executes an amendment of this lease reasonably
      acceptable to Landlord and Lender substituting the Substitute Premises for
      the Leased Premises and making such conforming changes as Landlord
      reasonably deems necessary.

            (g)   Original Tenant pays to Landlord on the Substitution Closing
      Date (as defined below), an amount equal to all reasonable attorneys' fees
      and other reasonable expenses incurred by Landlord and Lender in
      connection with the effectuation of the Substitution Offer, including but
      not limited to the travel expenses of Landlord and Lender and their
      representatives in inspecting the Substitute Premises and mortgage,
      intangible, documentary and other recording fees and taxes and all
      transfer and sales taxes. It is hereby agreed that it is the intention of
      the parties that the exercise of the Substitution Offer by Original Tenant
      hereunder shall result in no costs or expenses of any kind or nature
      whatsoever being imposed on Landlord and Lender unless reimbursed in full
      by Original Tenant, including but not limited to any costs or expenses
      incurred in evaluating the Substitute Premises, and that in addition such
      costs and expenses will be promptly reimbursed even if Landlord rejects
      the Substitute Premises or otherwise fails to consummate the acquisition
      of the Substitute Premises.

            If Landlord accepts the Substitution Offer, the closing shall take
place on the later of the third anniversary of the Commencement Date or sixty
(60) days after Landlord notifies Original Tenant of its acceptance (such later
date being the "Substitution Closing

                                      -41-
<PAGE>

Date") in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit 43
attached hereto. In the event a substitution is effectuated pursuant to this
Paragraph 43, Tenant agrees that it shall, within one hundred eighty (180) days,
close its facility on the original Leased Premises and not re-open the facility
during the Term. Original Tenant agrees on the Substitution Closing Date to
deliver to Landlord an irrevocable undertaking, in recordable form, from
Original Tenant obligating it to refrain from using, and to cause all Affiliates
of Original Tenant to refrain from using, the Leased Premises as a retail store,
warehouse or office building for the remainder of the Term as such Term is in
effect on the Substitution Closing Date (without regard to any Executory Renewal
Terms and without regard to any early termination of the Term as it pertains to
the Substitute Premises) and providing for the payment by Tenant to Landlord of
(a) liquidated damages in the event of a violation of such covenant in the
amount of twenty-five (25%) of the Basic Rent which would have accrued during
that portion of the Term during which such covenant is violated and (b) the
costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys' fees. The provisions of
this grammatical paragraph shall survive the expiration or earlier termination
of this Lease.

            44.   Event Purchase Offer

            In the event any transaction or series or related transactions
involving the substantial sale of substantial assets or substantial
distributions of substantial cash, securities or property to Original Tenant's
shareholders reduces Original Tenant's Shareholders Equity below One Hundred
Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000) (any such event bring referred to as
a "Financial Event"), Original Tenant shall be conclusively presumed to have
made to Landlord an irrevocable offer to purchase the Leased Premises at the
applicable price specified in Exhibit 12 attached hereto plus Yield Maintenance
and any Additions to Purchase Price (the "Event Purchase Offer") which offer
shall be deemed to have been made as of the first to occur of (a) receipt by
Landlord and Lender of written notice from Original Tenant stating that a
Financial Event has occurred and that Original Tenant is accordingly making an
Event Purchase Offer and (b) delivery by Landlord or Lender of a written notice
to Original Tenant, that a Financial Event has occurred (the "Event Purchase
Offer Date") and shall be deemed to be remade every January 1st, April 1st, July
1st and October 1st which occurs at least thirty-five (35) days after the Event
Purchase Offer Date until Original Tenant's Shareholder's Equity becomes equal
to or greater than One Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000) (each
a "Quarterly Purchase Offer Date"). Each such remade Event Purchaser Offer shall
be a "Quarterly Purchase Offer." The Event Purchase Offer shall be deemed
accepted unless rejected in writing by Landlord and Lender jointly within thirty
(30) days after the Event Purchase Offer Date. Each Quarterly Purchase Offer
shall be deemed accepted unless rejected by Landlord and Lender in writing
within thirty (30) days after the Quarterly Offer Purchase Date. If the Event
Purchase Offer or a Quarterly Purchase Offer is accepted or deemed accepted, (a)
payment of the purchase price and transfer of title to the Leased Premises shall
occur on a closing dated specified by Landlord in a written notice to Tenant
which is not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred (100) days
after the Event Purchase Offer Date or such Quarterly Purchase Offer Date, as
applicable, in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in Paragraph
12 above (as though the Leased Premises were being sold to Original Tenant
thereunder), and (b) this Lease shall continue in full force and effect without
any abatement of Rent until such transfer of title, provided that Landlord may
by written notice to Tenant defer such closing date to a date not later

                                      -42-
<PAGE>

than the third anniversary of the Commencement Date. Until the closing of such
sale, this Lease shall continue in full force and effect without any abatement
of Rent.

            45.   Warranties.

            To induce Landlord to enter into this Lease, any transferee to
become Landlord hereunder and any Lender to make a loan secured by a Mortgage,
Tenant makes the warranties set forth in Exhibit 45 attached hereto.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have caused this instrument
to be executed under seal as of the day and year first above written.

                                    LANDLORD:

Signed and acknowledged in the      SSC-BARBOURSVILLE, L.L.C.,a Delaware
presence of:                        limited liability company

                                    By: Schottenstein Stores Corporation, a
                                    Delaware corporation, its member

____________________________        By: /s/ Thomas R. Hetteler
                                        ----------------------------------------
Print name: ________________
                                    Its: VP
____________________________

Print name: ________________

                                    TENANT:

                                    VALUE CITY DEPARTMENT STORES,
                                    INC., an Ohio corporation

____________________________        By: /s/ Robert M. Wysinski
                                        ----------------------------------------
Print name: ________________
                                    Its: Sr. V.P./CFO
____________________________

Print name: ________________

                                      -43-
<PAGE>

COUNTY OF ___________________

STATE OF ____________________

      The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 9th day of
September, 1997, by ___________________, _____________________ of Schottenstein
Stores Corporation, a Delaware corporation, member of SSC-Barboursville, L.L.C.,
a Delaware limited liability company, for and on behalf of the limited liability
company.

                                          /s/ Debbie Maze
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Notary Public

                                          My Commission Expires: 7/15/99

STATE OF ____________________

COUNTY OF ___________________

      The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 9th day of
September, 1997, by ______________________, ______________________ of Value City
Department Stores, Inc., an Ohio corporation, for and on behalf of the
corporation.

                                          /s/ Debbie Maze
                                          -------------------------------------
                                          Notary Public

                                          My Commission Expires: 7/15/99

                                      -44-
<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT 1

                             PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT 2

                                LEASED PREMISES

<PAGE>

All that certain piece or parcel of real estate containing 4.61 acres, more or
less, together with a non-exclusive assement or right of way for ingress and
egress to the leased premises near the intereection of Mall Road and Interstate
64, in and near the Town of Barboursville, County of Cabell, State of West
Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a 1 inch steel reinforcing bar set in the northerly right of way
line of Interstate Route 64, said point of beginning being located 344.13 feet
left of Interstate Route 64 centerline Station 693+24.62;

Thence with the northerly right of way line of Interstate Route 64 S. 83 degrees
55' 06" W. a distance of 154.67 feet to a 1 inch steel reinforcing bar;

Thence N. 19 degrees 58' 32" W. a distance of 455.61 feet to a 1 inch
reinforcing bar set in the southerly right of way line of Access Road;

Thence with the southerly right of way line of Access Road along a curve to the
left whose radius is 548.22 an arc distance of 136.20 feet, said curve also
described by a chord whose bearing is N. 60 degrees 45' 58" E. a distance of
135.85 feet to a point, said point being located S. 60 degrees 05' E. a distance
of 0.82 feet from a concrete West Virginia Department of Highways right of way
monument;

Thence with the southerly right of way line of Access Road N. 53 degrees 38' 56"
E. a distance of 83.69 feet to a 1 inch steel reinforcing bar;

Thence N. 87 degrees 10' 51" E. a distance of 249.74 feet to a 1 inch steel
reinforcing bar;

Thence S. 04 degrees 13' 36" E. a distance of 542.90 feet to a 1 inch steel
reinforcing bar set in the northerly right of way line of Interstate Route 64;

Thence with the northerly right of way line of Interstate Route 64 N. 89 degrees
32' W. a distance of 166.17 feet to the point of beginning;

And containing 4.61 acres more or less, as surveyed in August, 1985, by Stephen
DeBarr, P.E. #8875, St. Albans, WV.

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT 3

                                   BASIC RENT

            1. Interim Term. The Basic Rent for the Interim Term, if any, shall
be the monthly Basic Rent for the Primary Term, calculated on a per diem basis.

            2. Primary Term. The Basic Rent for the Primary Term shall be as
follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Annual Basic Rent   Monthly Basic Rent
-----------------   ------------------
<S>                 <C>
   $ 285,000.00        $23,750.00
</TABLE>

            3. Renewal Terms. Basic Rent for each Renewal Term shall be
determined as provided herein. For each Renewal Term, annual Basic Rent shall be
equal to the greater of the annual Basic Rent for the final year of the Term
ending prior to such Renewal Term, and the Fair Market Rent. "Fair Market Rent"
as used herein shall mean an amount of annual rent for the Leased Premises for
the subject Renewal Term equivalent to the then-current fair market rate of
annual net rentals received in the general market area in which the Leased
Premises are located pursuant to lease provisions comparable to this Lease for a
similar lease term with respect to buildings having comparable characteristics,
including, but not limited to, age, condition and classification, and for
tenants with a financial condition similar to the then financial condition of
Original Tenant. The rental rate or other terms of any then existing subleases
of the Premises shall not be considered in establishing Fair Market Rent. The
Fair Market Rent for the subject Renewal Term shall be determined mutually by
Landlord and Tenant at least eleven (11) months prior to the commencement of the
subject Renewal Term, or if no mutual determination is made, by the following
procedure. The parties shall attempt to agree upon an appraiser. If the parties
agree upon an appraiser, the appraiser so selected shall determine the Fair
Market Rent within thirty (30) days after selection. If the parties fail to so
agree upon the selection of one such appraiser within ten (10) days after said
eleven (11) month-period commences, Tenant and Landlord shall each designate in
a written notice to the other, within fifteen (15) business days from the end of
such ten (10) day period, one appraiser to determine such Fair Market Rent. In
the event either party fails to so select its own appraiser, the appraiser
selected by the other party shall determine Fair Market Rent. If two appraisers
are so selected, each appraiser shall independently determine the Fair Market
Rent for the Leased Premises and complete and forward to Landlord and Tenant its
separate appraisal reports within thirty (30) days after the expiration of such
fifteen (15) business day period. Any appraisal report not so forwarded within
such time period shall be excluded. If only one such report is timely forwarded,
then the appraisal set forth therein shall be the Fair Market Rent. In the event
the two reports are both timely forwarded and the lower appraisal is not less
than ninety percent (90%) of the higher appraisal, then the arithmetic mean of
the two appraisals shall be the Fair Market Rent. In the event the lower
appraisal is less than ninety percent (90%) of the higher appraisal then, within
ten (10) days after the second appraisal is delivered to Landlord and Tenant,
the two appraisers shall meet and select a third appraiser. In the event the two
appraisers fail to so select a third

                                     Ex 3-1

<PAGE>

appraiser, either party may obtain court appointment of such third appraiser.
The third appraiser shall independently determine the Fair Market Rent for the
Leased Premises and promptly complete and forward its report to Landlord and
Tenant. The arithmetic mean of the two appraisals which are closest in amount in
terms of absolute dollars shall be the Fair Market Rent. All appraisers shall be
members in good standing of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers or
any organization succeeding thereto and shall have had not less than ten (10)
years experience with commercial real estate of the type of the Leased Premises
in the location where the Leased Premises are located. Each party shall pay the
fees and expenses of the appraiser it selected, and each party shall pay
one-half of the fees and expenses of the third appraiser (if any), and the
costs, if any, of choosing such third appraiser (if not chosen by agreement of
the first two appraisers). If for any reason the Basic Rent for a Renewal Term
is not determined pursuant to the foregoing procedures prior to the commencement
of such Renewal Term, then Tenant shall temporarily pay Basic Rent for such
Renewal Term at the same rate as the Basic Rent for the last year of the Term
preceding such Renewal Term, until Basic Rent for such Renewal Term is so
determined; and when the Basic Rent is determined as provided above, a payment
will be made between Landlord and Tenant within twenty (20) days thereof so that
Tenant shall have paid the Basic Rent for the Renewal Term as so determined.

                                     Ex 3-2

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT 9

                               REPAIR OBLIGATIONS

<PAGE>

                                    EXHIBIT 9

                               REPAIR OBLIGATIONS

                          BARBOURSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA

Tenant shall complete the following work in accordance with the terms and
conditions of Paragraphs 9 and 11 of the Lease in the ordinary course on or
before December 31, 1997.

1.    Asphalt repair to open joints, alligatored surface, and catch basin rims.

2.    Patch end of loading dock wall.

3.    Paint rusted metals with rust inhibitive paint. (Pipe guards, hollow
      metals, gutters, flashing, Piping)

4.    Replace gutter at rear Entry Feature.

5.    Repair sagging EPDM parapet flashing at Entry Feature.

6.    Install trapped PVC condensate drains on HVAC units; drain away from

7.    Remove debris from roof structure.

8.    Install insulation on bathroom drain piping.

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT 12-1

                                 PURCHASE PRICE

<PAGE>

                         Exhibit 12 - SSC Barboursville
                           Termination Value Schedule

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                        % of
        Termination   Purchase
Month      Value       Price
-----   -----------   --------
<S>     <C>           <C>
  1      3,327,285    115.21%
  2      3,330,168    115.31%
  3      3,327,716    115.23%
  4      3,325,252    115.14%
  5      3,322,776    115.06%
  6      3,320,289    114.97%
  7      3,317,790    114.88%
  8      3,315,278    114.80%
  9      3,312,755    114.71%
 10      3,310,220    114.62%
 11      3,307,673    114.53%
 12      3,305,114    114.45%
 13      3,302,543    114.36%
 14      3,299,959    114.27%
 15      3,297,364    114.18%
 16      3,294,756    114.09%
 17      3,292,135    114.00%
 18      3,289,503    113.91%
 19      3,286,858    113.81%
 20      3,284,201    113.72%
 21      3,281,531    113.63%
 22      3,278,848    113.54%
 23      3,276,153    113.44%
 24      3,273,446    113.35%
 25      3,270,726    113.26%
 26      3,267,993    113.16%
 27      3,265,247    113.07%
 28      3,262,488    112.97%
 29      3,259,717    112.87%
 30      3,256,933    112.78%
 31      3,254,135    112.68%
 32      3,251,325    112.58%
 33      3,248,502    112.49%
 34      3,245,665    112.39%
 35      3,242,816    112.29%
 36      3,239,953    112.19%
 37      3,237,077    112.09%
 38      3,234,187    111.99%
 39      3,231,285    111.89%
 40      3,228,369    111.79%
 41      3,225,439    111.69%
 42      3,222,496    111.59%
 43      3,219,539    111.48%
 44      3,216,569    111.38%
 45      3,213,586    111.28%
 46      3,210,588    111.17%
 47      3,207,577    111.07%
 48      3,204,552    110.96%
 49      3,201,513    110.86%
 50      3,198,461    110.75%
 51      3,195,394    110.65%
 52      3,192,314    110.54%
 53      3,189,219    110.43%
 54      3,186,111    110.33%
 55      3,182,988    110.22%
 56      3,179,851    110.11%
 57      3,176,700    110.00%
 58      3,173,535    109.89%
 59      3,170,355    109.78%
 60      3,167,161    109.67%
 61      3,163,953    109.56%
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                         Exhibit 12 - SSC Barboursville
                           Termination Value Schedule

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                        % of
        Termination   Purchase
Month      Value       Price
-----   -----------   --------
<S>     <C>           <C>
  62     3,160,730    109.45%
  63     3,157,492    109.33%
  64     3,154,240    109.22%
  65     3,150,974    109.11%
  66     3,147,693    108.99%
  67     3,144,397    108.88%
  68     3,141,086    108.77%
  69     3,137,761    108.65%
  70     3,134,421    108.54%
  71     3,131,066    108.42%
  72     3,127,696    108.30%
  73     3,124,311    108.19%
  74     3,120,911    108.07%
  75     3,117,496    107.95%
  76     3,114,065    107.83%
  77     3,110,620    107.71%
  78     3,107,159    107.59%
  79     3,103,683    107.47%
  80     3,100,192    107.35%
  81     3,096,686    107.23%
  82     3,093,164    107.11%
  83     3,089,626    106.98%
  84     3,086,073    106.86%
  85     3,082,505    106.74%
  86     3,078,921    106.61%
  87     3,075,321    106.49%
  88     3,071,706    106.36%
  89     3,068,074    106.24%
  90     3,064,427    106.11%
  91     3,060,765    105.98%
  92     3,057,086    105.86%
  93     3,053,391    105.73%
  94     3,049,681    105.60%
  95     3,045,954    105.47%
  96     3,042,211    105.34%
  97     3,038,452    105.21%
  98     3,034,677    105.08%
  99     3,030,886    104.95%
 100     3,027,079    104.82%
 101     3,023,255    104.69%
 102     3,019,415    104.55%
 103     3,015,558    104.42%
 104     3,011,686    104.29%
 105     3,007,796    104.15%
 106     3,003,890    104.02%
 107     2,999,968    103.88%
 108     2,996,029    103.74%
 109     2,992,073    103.61%
 110     2,988,100    103.47%
 111     2,984,111    103.33%
 112     2,980,105    103.19%
 113     2,976,082    103.05%
 114     2,972,042    102.91%
 115     2,967,986    102.77%
 116     2,963,912    102.63%
 117     2,959,821    102.49%
 118     2,955,714    102.35%
 119     2,951,589    102.20%
 120     2,947,447    102.06%
 121     2,943,288    101.92%
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

                         Exhibit 12 - SSC Barboursville
                           Termination Value Schedule

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                        %of
        Termination   Purchase
Month      Value       Price
-----   -----------   --------
<S>     <C>           <C>
 122     2,939,111    101.77%
 123     2,934,918    101.63%
 124     2,930,707    101.48%
 125     2,926,479    101.33%
 126     2,922,233    101.19%
 127     2,917,970    101.04%
 128     2,913,689    100.89%
 129     2,909,391    100.74%
 130     2,905,076    100.59%
 131     2,900,742    100.44%
 132     2,896,391    100.29%
 133     2,892,023    100.14%
 134     2,887,637     99.99%
 135     2,883,233     99.84%
 136     2,878,811     99.68%
 137     2,874,371     99.53%
 138     2,869,914     99.38%
 139     2,865,438     99.22%
 140     2,860,945     99.07%
 141     2,856,434     98.91%
 142     2,851,904     98.75%
 143     2,847,357     98.60%
 144     2,842,792     98.44%
 145     2,838,208     98.28%
 146     2,833,606     98.12%
 147     2,828,987     97.96%
 148     2,824,348     97.80%
 149     2,819,692     97.64%
 150     2,815,017     97.48%
 151     2,810,324     97.31%
 152     2,805,613     97.15%
 153     2,800,883     96.99%
 154     2,796,135     96.82%
 155     2,791,368     96.66%
 156     2,786,583     96.49%
 157     2,781,780     96.32%
 158     2,776,958     96.16%
 159     2,772,117     95.99%
 160     2,767,257     95.82%
 161     2,762,379     95.65%
 162     2,757,483     95.48%
 163     2,752,567     95.31%
 164     2,747,633     95.14%
 165     2,742,681     94.97%
 166     2,737,709     94.80%
 167     2,732,719     94.63%
 168     2,727,709     94.45%
 169     2,722,681     94.28%
 170     2,717,635     94.10%
 171     2,712,569     93.93%
 172     2,707,484     93.75%
 173     2,702,380     93.58%
 174     2,697,258     93.40%
 175     2,692,116     93.22%
 176     2,686,955     93.04%
 177     2,681,776     92.86%
 178     2,676,577     92.68%
 179     2,671,359     92.50%
 180     2,666,123     92.32%
 181     2,660,867     92.14%
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

                         EXHIBIT 12 - SSC BARBOURSVILLE
                           TERMINATION VALUE SCHEDULE

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                % OF
          TERMINATION         PURCHASE
MONTH        VALUE             PRICE
-----     -----------         --------
<S>       <C>                 <C>
182        2,655,592           91.95%
183        2,650,297           91.77%
184        2,644,984           91.59%
185        2,639,651           91.40%
186        2,634,300           91.22%
187        2,628,929           91.03%
188        2,623,539           90.84%
189        2,618,129           90.66%
190        2,612,701           90.47%
191        2,607,253           90.28%
192        2,601,786           90.09%
193        2,596,300           89.90%
194        2,590,794           89.71%
195        2,585,269           89.52%
196        2,579,725           89.33%
197        2,574,162           89.14%
198        2,568,579           88.94%
199        2,562,977           88.75%
200        2,557,356           88.55%
201        2,551,715           88.36%
202        2,546,055           88.16%
203        2,540,376           87.97%
204        2,534,677           87.77%
205        2,528,959           87.57%
206        2,523,222           87.37%
207        2,517,466           87.17%
208        2,511,690           86.97%
209        2,505,895           86.77%
210        2,500,080           86.57%
211        2,494,247           86.37%
212        2,488,394           86.17%
213        2,482,521           85.96%
214        2,476,630           85.76%
215        2,470,719           85.55%
216        2,464,789           85.35%
217        2,458,840           85.14%
218        2,452,872           84.94%
219        2,446,884           84.73%
220        2,440,877           84.52%
221        2,434,851           84.31%
222        2,428,806           84.10%
223        2,422,742           83.89%
224        2,416,658           83.68%
225        2,410,556           83.47%
226        2,404,434           83.26%
227        2,398,294           83.05%
228        2,392,134           82.83%
229        2,385,956           82.62%
230        2,379,758           82.40%
231        2,373,542           82.19%
232        2,367,306           81.97%
233        2,361,052           81.76%
234        2,354,779           81.54%
235        2,348,487           81.32%
236        2,342,177           81.10%
237        2,335,847           80.88%
238        2,329,499           80.66%
239        2,323,132           80.44%
240        2,316,747           80.22%
</TABLE>

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                                  EXHIBIT 12-2

              DETERMINATION OF REMAINDER VALUE AND LEASEHOLD VALUE

            If Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree on either or both of
Remainder Value and Leasehold Value, either one may at anytime following the
commencement of a Condemnation elect, by written notice (the "Exhibit 12
Notice") to determine the contested item or items pursuant to the procedures set
forth in this Exhibit 12. The parties shall then attempt to agree upon an
appraiser. If the parties agree upon an appraiser, the appraiser so selected
shall determine the contested item or items within thirty (30) days after
selection. If the parties fail to so agree upon the selection of one such
appraiser within ten (10) days after the giving of the Exhibit 12 Notice, Tenant
and Landlord shall each designate in a written notice to the other, within
fifteen (15) business days from the end of such ten (10) day period, one
appraiser to determine the contested item or items. In the event either party
fails to so select its own appraiser, the appraiser selected by the other party
shall determine the contested item or items. If two appraisers are so selected,
each appraiser shall independently determine such items and complete and forward
to Landlord and Tenant its separate appraisal reports within thirty (30) days
after the expiration of such fifteen (15) business day period. Any appraisal
report not so forwarded within such time period shall be excluded. If only one
such report is timely forwarded, then the determination of the contested item or
items set forth therein shall be binding on the parties. In the event the two
reports are both timely forwarded and, as to the contested item or items, the
lower appraisal is not less than ninety percent (90%) of the higher appraisal,
then the arithmetic mean of the two appraisals shall be the Remainder Value or
the Leasehold Value or both, as applicable. In the event the lower appraisal is
less than ninety percent (90%) of the higher appraisal as to the contested item
or items, then, within ten (10) days after the second appraisal is delivered to
Landlord and Tenant, the two appraisers shall meet and select a third appraiser.
In the event the two appraisers fail to so select a third appraiser, either
party may obtain court appointment of such third appraiser. The third appraiser
shall independently determine the contested item or items and promptly complete
and forward its report to Landlord and Tenant. The arithmetic mean of the two
appraisals of the contested item or items which are closest in amount in terms
of absolute dollars shall be the Remainder Value or the Leasehold Value or both,
as applicable. All appraisers shall be members in good standing of the American
Institute of Real Estate Appraisers or any organization succeeding thereto and
shall have had not less than ten (10) years experience with commercial real
estate of the type of the Leased Premises in the location where the Leased
Premises are located. Each party shall pay the fees and expenses of the
appraiser it selected, and each party shall pay one-half of the fees and
expenses of the third appraiser (if any), and the costs, if any, of choosing
such third appraiser (if not chosen by agreement of the first two appraisers).
If for any reason the Remainder Value or Leasehold Value or both are not
determined pursuant to the foregoing procedures or otherwise prior to the
distribution of Condemnation award, then the balance of the award in excess of
the Purchase Price shall be paid to and held by a mutually acceptable escrowee
and held in an interest bearing account pending such determination.

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                                   EXHIBIT 26

                           ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS

<PAGE>

                                                            Barboursville L.L.C.

                                   EXHIBIT 26

                           Environmental Obligations

      Within three (3) months from the Commencement Date, Tenant shall develop,
establish and implement an operations and maintenance program addressing
asbestos (friable, non-friable, and roofing materials), ballasts, radon, and
transformers.

      Tenant shall make inquiry as to the ownership and maintenance
responsibilities of on-site electrical transformers. In the event that it is
determined that such transformers are not owned by the relevant utility company
and further that any are not labeled "non-PCB" or the like, Tenant shall, within
three (3) months from the Commencement Date, test such non-labeled
transformer(s) and, in conformance with Environmental Laws, shall remove and
replace any oil to endure that they do not contain PCB materials.

      Tenant shall also cause an evaluation of the potential impact on the
Leased Premises of the possible leaking underground storage tanks at Exxon #
26678 - US 60 & I-64, Barboursville, within three (3) months from the
Commencement Date. If such evaluation does not provide a conclusion reasonably
acceptable to Landlord and Lender to the effect that there is limited potential
for a materially adverse environmental impact on the Leased Premises from such
site, Tenant shall, within six (6) months from the Commencement Date, undertake
such further evaluation and/or testing that may be necessary to ascertain the
impact from such site and, further, undertake such acts of remediation in
compliance with all Environmental Laws as may be necessary to evidence to
Landlord's and Lender's reasonable satisfaction that there shall be limited
potential for a materially adverse environmental impact on the Leased Premises
from such site.

      The foregoing notwithstanding, all dates for performance of Environmental
Obligations hereinabove set forth by Tenant shall be extended by the number of
days equal to the number of days that the Tenant was delayed in performing such
environmental obligations due to labor strikes, shortages of materials, acts or
omissions of third parties, casualties, or other causes or conditions beyond
Tenant's control.

      Upon Landlord's or Lender's written request, Tenant shall provide evidence
to Landlord and Lender of Tenant's compliance with the terms of this Exhibit 26.

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                                   EXHIBIT 43

                        SUBSTITUTION CLOSING REQUIREMENTS

            The following terms shall apply to the substitution of the
Substitute Premises for the Leased Premises pursuant to Section 43 of the Lease:

            A. The Leased Premises shall be conveyed to Tenant by Landlord in
its then existing condition, without warranty of any kind. Landlord need not
transfer and convey to Tenant or its designee any better title thereto than
existed as of the Commencement Date. Tenant shall accept such title, subject to
such liens, encumbrances, charges, exceptions and restrictions on, against or
relating to the Premises (including those arising pursuant to the terms of this
Lease), all matters arising by reason of the acts of Tenant (and Tenant's
sublessees and assignees) and all Legal Requirements, but free of any mortgages,
liens, encumbrances, charges, exceptions and restrictions which have been
granted by Landlord, except for those granted at the request of and with the
consent of Tenant.

            B. On the Substitution Closing Date, Landlord shall deliver to
Tenant at Tenant's expense:

                  1. A quitclaim deed conveying title to the Leased Premises,
            together with such instruments as shall be necessary to transfer to
            Tenant or its designee any other property then required to be
            transferred by Landlord pursuant to this Lease.

                  2. An affidavit stating that there is no foreign ownership of
            Landlord as described in Section 1445(b) of the Internal Revenue
            Code.

                  3. Applicable transfer declarations.

                  4. An ALTA title policy insuring title to the Substitute
            Premises in Landlord, subject to such liens, encumbrances, charges,
            exceptions and restrictions on, against or relating to the
            Substitute Premises (including those arising pursuant to the terms
            of this Lease) permitted hereunder, all matters arising by reason of
            the acts of Tenant (and Tenant's sublessees and assignees) and all
            Legal Requirements.

            C. On the Substitution Closing Date, Tenant shall deliver to
Landlord at Tenant's expense:

                        1. A general warranty deed conveying title to

                                    Ex 43-1

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                        the Substitute Premises, together with such instruments
                        as shall be necessary to transfer to Landlord any other
                        property then required to be transferred by Tenant
                        pursuant to this Lease.

                        2. An affidavit stating that there is no foreign
                  ownership of Tenant as described in Section 1445(b) of the
                  Internal Revenue Code.

                        3. Applicable transfer declarations.

                        4. An ALTA title policy insuring title to the Leased
                  Premises in Tenant, subject to such liens, encumbrances,
                  charges, exceptions and restrictions on, against or relating
                  to the Leased Premises (including those arising pursuant to
                  the terms of this Lease) permitted hereunder, all matters
                  arising by reason of the acts of Landlord and otherwise in
                  accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 43 of the Lease.

                        5. Opinion letter of counsel to Tenant in accordance
                  with the provisions of Paragraph 43 of the Lease.

                        6. An amendment of this Lease in accordance with the
                  provision of Paragraph 43 of the Lease.

                                    Ex 43-2

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                                   EXHIBIT 45

                               TENANT'S WARRANTIES

            Tenant represents and warrants to Landlord the following matters,
each as of the date hereof except as specifically provided otherwise in this
Exhibit 45:

            (a) Tenant is a corporation existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has the corporate power and
authority, without the consent of any party, and all necessary licenses and
permits to enter into and perform its obligations under this Lease.

            (b) This Lease has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
Tenant and constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Tenant enforceable
against Tenant in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar laws affecting creditors' and landlord's rights generally, and
general principles of equity (regardless of whether the application of such
principles is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

            (c) The execution and delivery of this Lease and compliance by
Tenant with all of its provisions will not (i) contravene any law or any order
of any court or governmental authority or agency applicable to or binding on
Tenant or (ii) contravene the provisions of, or constitutes a default under, its
certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws or any indenture, mortgage,
contract or other agreement or instrument to which Tenant is a party or by which
it or any of its property may be bound or affected or result in the creation of
any lien or encumbrance upon the property of Tenant.

            (d) There are no proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Tenant,
threatened and, to the knowledge of Tenant, there is no existing basis for any
such proceedings, against or affecting Tenant in any court or before any
governmental authority or arbitration board or tribunal which, if adversely
determined, could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
Tenant, the Leased Premises or Landlord's interest in this Lease or materially
impair the ability of Tenant to perform its obligations under this Lease. Tenant
is not in default with respect to any order of any court or governmental
authority or arbitration board or tribunal which default could reasonably be
expected to materially adversely affect Tenant, the Leased Premises or
Landlord's interest in this Lease or materially impair the ability of Tenant to
perform its obligations under this Lease.

            (e) No attachments, execution proceedings, assignments for the
benefit of creditors, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other
proceedings are pending or, to the best of Tenant's knowledge, threatened
against Tenant nor are any of such proceedings contemplated by Tenant.

            (f) The written statements, information and other deliveries
furnished to Landlord or any Mortgagee or prospective Mortgagee or equity owner
of Landlord or prospective equity owner of Landlord by Tenant in connection with
the acquisition of the

                                     Ex 45-1

<PAGE>

Leased Premises by Landlord, to the best of Tenant's knowledge, do not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein or herein not misleading.

            (g) To the best of Tenant's knowledge, the execution and delivery of
this Lease and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not
require the consent, approval or authorization of, or filing, registration or
qualification with, any governmental authority or any other person or entity,
except for such of the foregoing that have been made or obtained.

            (h) Tenant has not received any written notice from any insurance
carrier of, nor is Tenant aware of, defects or inadequacies in the Leased
Premises which if not corrected would result in termination of insurance
coverage or increase in the cost thereof.

            (i) No event which would constitute a default or an Event of Default
under this Lease has occurred and is continuing. Tenant is not in violation in
any material respect of any term of any charter instrument, by-law or other
material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be
bound. Tenant is in compliance with all laws, ordinances, governmental rules and
regulations to which it is subject, failure to comply with which would
materially adversely affect Tenant or impair the ability of Tenant to perform
its obligations under this Lease, and Tenant has obtained all licenses, permits,
franchises and other governmental authorizations material to the leasing and
operation of the Leased Premises.

            (j) To the best of Tenant's knowledge, all tax returns and reports
required by law have been filed by Tenant have been duly filed or are subject to
existing extensions, and no material taxes, assessments, contributions, fees or
other governmental charges upon it or any of its assets or income which are due
and payable thereon are delinquent, except to the extent that such taxes,
assessments, contributions, fees or charges are being contested in good faith
and by proper proceedings and against which appropriate reserves are being
maintained. There are no unpaid or outstanding real estate or other taxes or
assessments on or against the Leased Premises, or any part thereof, except only
general real estate taxes not yet due or payable. Copies of the general real
estate tax bills for the year ended December 31, 1996 with respect to the Leased
Premises and all subsequent assessment notices have been delivered to Landlord.
Said bills cover the whole of the Leased Premises and do not cover or apply to
any other property. To the best of Tenant's knowledge, other than the Permitted
Encumbrances, there are no standby fees or special assessments against the
Leased Premises and there is no pending or contemplated action pursuant to which
any standby fee or special assessment may be levied against the Leased Premises.

            (k) To the best of Tenant's knowledge, (i) the Leased Premises have
been constructed in a good and workmanlike manner in conformity with good
construction and engineering practice at the time of construction, (ii) the
Leased Premises conform in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in this Lease and (iii) such construction has been in accordance with
all Legal Requirements. To the best of Tenant's

                                     Ex 45-2

<PAGE>

knowledge, there are no material defects in the Improvements, the structural
elements thereof, the mechanical systems (including without limitation all
heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, plumbing, electrical, elevator,
security, utility and sprinkler systems) therein, or the roofs, and all of the
foregoing are in good operating condition. The mechanical systems in the
Improvements are independent systems and do not depend on any other property or
source of power or materials for operation except customary utility services.

            (l) To the best of Tenant's knowledge, all water, sewer, gas,
electric, telephone, drainage and other utility equipment, facilities and
services required by law or necessary for the operation of the Leased Premises
as they are now being operated are installed and connected pursuant to valid
permits, are adequate to service the Leased Premises and are in good operating
condition, and all fees and other charges therefor have been paid in full,
including, but not limited to, tap-in and connection fees for public water and
sanitary sewerage facilities. To the best of Tenant's knowledge no fact or
condition exists which would result in the termination, reduction or impairment
of the furnishing of service to the Leased Premises of water, sewer, gas,
electric, telephone, drainage and other such utility services.

            (m) To the best of Tenant's knowledge, the Leased Premises, the
facilities servicing the Leased Premises and the use and operation thereof are
(except as may disclosed in the Environmental Reports) in compliance in all
material respects with and are permitted, conforming structures under all Legal
Requirements and there are presently in effect all licenses, permits and other
authorizations necessary for the use, occupancy and operation of the Leased
Premises as they are presently being operated. To the best of Tenant's
knowledge, (i) there are no unrecorded agreements with any municipality or
governmental authority regarding zoning, off-site improvements or the nature of
improvements on the Leased Premises or the use thereof; (ii) access to and from
the Leased Premises (and every part thereof) to and from public roads is
sufficient to comply with all presently existing Legal Requirements affecting
the Leased Premises and for the present use of the Leased Premises; and (iii)
the streets, roads and avenues adjoining the Leased Premises have been dedicated
to and accepted for maintenance and public use by the public authority having
jurisdiction thereover. To the best of Tenant's knowledge, there are no pending
or threatened requests, applications or proceedings to alter or restrict the
zoning or other use restrictions applicable to the Leased Premises or any
portion thereof, including without limitation proceedings involving eminent
domain, building code, environmental or zoning. Tenant has not received any
written notice of zoning, building, fire, water, use, health, environmental or
other statute, ordinance, code or regulatory violations issued in respect of the
Leased Premises. There are no off-site facilities necessary to ensure compliance
with Legal Requirements. To the best of Tenant's knowledge, the Leased Premises
comply in all material respects with all Legal Requirements.

            (n) To the best of Tenant's knowledge, except as may be shown on the
Survey delivered to Landlord, no wetlands now exist or previously existed on the
Leased Premises. To the best of Tenant's knowledge no portion of the Leased
Premises have appeared on the National Wetlands Inventory of the United States
Fish and Wildlife

                                     Ex 45-3

<PAGE>

Service.

            (o) To the best of Tenant's knowledge, except as may be shown on the
Survey delivered to Landlord, all storm water flowing from the Leased Premises
drain directly into a public way in compliance with all legal requirements.

            (p) To the best of Tenant's knowledge, the soil condition of the
Leased premises is such that it will support all of the Improvements for the
foreseeable life thereof without the need for unusual or new sub-surface
excavations, fill, footings, caissons or other installations.

            (q) Except as indicated in Schedule 1 attached hereto, Tenant is the
only tenant or occupant of the Leased Premises, and to Tenant's knowledge, there
are no leases, occupancy agreements or other agreements, understandings or
commitments with prospective tenants or other occupants relating to the Leased
Premises.

            (r) No brokerage commissions are due or shall become due with
respect to any of the Existing Subleases.

            It is intended that Landlord and each Indemnified Party may rely on
the foregoing representations and warranties, as if such representations and
warranties had been made in a separate instrument addressed and delivered to
each Indemnified Party, in consummating this Lease or, from time to time, making
an investment in Landlord, making any loan to Landlord or to owners of equity
interests in Landlord or purchasing any interest in the Leased Premises, any
Mortgage or any direct or indirect equity interest in Landlord. Tenant will,
upon request of Landlord from time to time, furnish to any prospective
Mortgagee, purchaser, investor or other person with a financial interest in the
continued or updated accuracy of the foregoing representations and warranties, a
certificate bringing the status of same forward (revised as necessary to reflect
changes which have occurred to the date of the certificate) to such date or
dates requested by Landlord.

                                    Ex 45-4EXHIBIT 10.62

[RETAIL VENTURES INC LOGO]

Date:

To:

From:       Dick Belter, Compensation Director, Human Resources

Subject:    STOCK OPTION GRANT APPROVAL

================================================================================

Congratulations! This is to advise you that the Compensation Committee of the
Board of Directors met and has awarded you the following:

# OPTIONS
STOCK OPTION GRANT:                        Shares
RESTRICTED STOCK:                          Shares

OPTION GRANT DATE:
OPTION GRANT PRICE:                        $ (the ending price on)
OPTION GRANT LIFE:                         10 years
OPTION GRANT VESTING PERIOD:               5 years @ 20% per year

Attached are the following documents with which you should become familiar:

1.    VCDS STOCK OPTION BROCHURE.

2.    PROSPECTUS COVERING SECURITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.

3.    NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTION.

Please review these materials. If you have any questions, please call Dick
Belter at 614-238-5484. Once you have reviewed the documents, please sign the
form below and return to:

            RETAIL VENTURES, INC.
            4150 E. 5TH AVENUE
            COLUMBUS, OH 43219
            ATTN.: DICK BELTER

Optionee hereby accepts these options subject to all of the terms and conditions
on the plan. Optionee also hereby agrees as binding, conclusive and final all
decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions arising under
the plan. Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, as in effect on
the date of the Grant.

ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED

__________________________________          __________________________________
           (Print Name)                                 (Signed)

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