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ARTICLE VIII Prohibitions Against Assignment and Transfer; Indemnification Section 8.1. Representation as to Development. The Developer represents and agrees that its purchase of the Development Property, and its other undertakings pursuant to the Agreement, are, and will be used, for the purpose of development of the Development Property and not for speculation in land holding. Section 8.2. Prohibition Against Developer's Transfer of Property and Assignment of Agreement. The Developer represents and agrees that prior to issuance of the Certificate of Completion for the Minimum Improvements: (a) Except only by way of security for, and only for, the purpose of obtaining financing necessary to enable the Developer or any successor in interest to the Development Property, or any part thereof, to perform its obligations with respect to making the Minimum Improvements under this Agreement, and any other purpose authorized by this Agreement, the Developer has not made or created and will not make or create or suffer to be made or created any total or partial sale, assignment, conveyance, or lease, or any trust or power, or transfer in any other mode or form of or with respect to the Agreement or the Development Property or any part thereof or any interest therein, or any contract or agreement to do any of the same, without the prior written approval of the Authority unless the Developer remains liable and bound by this Development Agreement in which event the Authority's approval is not required. Any such transfer shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement. The parties acknowledge that Developer intends to lease the Minimum Improvements to the Tenant, which lease is hereby approved, provided that the Developer remains obligated under this Agreement. (b) In the event the Developer, upon transfer or assignment of the Development Property or any portion thereof, seeks to be released from its obligations under this Development Agreement as to the portions of the Development Property that is transferred or assigned, the Authority shall be entitled to require, except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, as conditions to any such release that: (i) Any proposed transferee shall have the qualifications and financial responsibility, in the reasonable judgment of the Authority, necessary and adequate to fulfill the obligations undertaken in this Agreement by the Developer as to the portion of the Development Property to be transferred. (ii) Any proposed transferee, by instrument in writing satisfactory to the Authority and in form recordable among the land records, shall, for itself and its successors and assigns, and expressly for the benefit of the Authority, have expressly assumed all of the obligations of the Developer under this Agreement as to the portion of the Development Property to be transferred and agreed to be subject to all the conditions and restrictions to which the Developer is subject as to such portion; provided, however, that the fact that any transferee of, or any other successor in interest whatsoever to, the Development Property, or any part thereof, shall not, for whatever reason, have assumed such obligations or so agreed, and shall not (unless and only to the extent otherwise specifically provided in this SJB-237079v2 LN 140-81 19