16.3 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and, as to permitted or accepted successors, transferees and assigns, inure to the benefit of Manager and Owner and their respective heirs, successors, transferees and assigns, in all cases whether by the laws of descent and distribution, merger, reverse merger, consolidation, sale of assets, other sale, operation of law or otherwise. Nothing contained in this Section 16.3 shall be construed to modify the provisions of Article 13 of this Agreement.
16.4 No Waiver. No failure by any Party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or any such covenant, duty, agreement or condition. No obligation, covenant, agreement, term or conditions of this Agreement, and no breach of this Agreement shall be waived, altered or modified, except by written instrument. No waiver of any breach shall affect or alter this Agreement, but each and every obligation, covenant, agreement, term and condition of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect with respect to any other then-existing or subsequent breach of this Agreement. Time is of the essence in connection with each and every provision of this Agreement.
16.5 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or in any respect, then the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired, and the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to amend or substitute such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision with enforceable and valid provisions which would produce as nearly as possible the rights and obligations previously intended by the parties without renegotiation of any material terms and conditions stipulated herein.
16.6 No Third-Party Beneficiary. Subject to the terms of Section 11.1 (and the rights of any Person thereunder), (a) no entity other than Owner and Manager is or shall be entitled to bring any action to enforce any provision of this Agreement, and (b) the provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of and shall be enforceable only by Owner and Manager and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder.
16.7 Unavoidable Delays. Each Party shall be excused from performing its obligations under this Agreement for so long as and to the extent that performance is prevented or delayed by Unavoidable Delay; provided, however, that (a) such Party shall, within thirty (30) days after the beginning of any such Unavoidable Delay, have first notified the other Party in writing of the cause(s) thereof and requested an extension, (b) such Party must diligently seek removal or avoidance of the hindrance, and (c) even though the time for performance may be extended as provided in this Section 16.7, the parties shall remain bound by the other terms, covenants, and agreements of this Agreement.
16.8 Subordination. This Agreement, the rights of Manager hereunder, including the right for Manager to receive any fees hereunder, shall be subordinated to any financing on any Property and to all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the loan documents thereof, and to any renewal, substitution, extension, modification, or replacement thereof. In the event of the foreclosure (or deed in lieu of foreclosure) of any mortgage or deed of trust on any Property, the purchaser of such Property at any such foreclosure sale or grantee under any deed in lieu of such
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