Commitments and Contingencies | 9. Commitments and contingencies Leases The Company has the following operating leases for its corporate offices and lab space located in Cambridge, Massachusetts . 325 Vassar Street In 2017, the Company entered a noncancelable operating lease agreement to lease its office space at 325 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, which will expire in September 2024 . The Company is required to pay property taxes, insurance, and normal maintenance costs. The operating lease contains predetermined fixed escalations of minimum rentals during the lease term. During 2018, the Company received $ 1.1 million of landlord-funded leasehold improvements related to the leased office space. The landlord-funded leasehold improvements were recorded as property and equipment, net and deferred rent in the balance sheets and are being amortized as a reduction to rent expense over the life of the lease. In 2019 and 2020, the Company entered into sublease agreements with two related parties to sublease this office and laboratory space. Refer to Note 17, Related party transactions , for further details. 20 Acorn Park Drive On July 13, 2020, the Company entered into a Shared Space Arrangement (“the Arrangement”) with Senda Biosciences, Inc. (“Senda”, also formerly known as Kintai Therapeutics, Inc.) to share one-third of Senda’s 69,867 square feet of leased space at 20 Acorn Park Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Senda is a related party as it is an affiliate of Flagship Pioneering (“Flagship”). The Arrangement commenced on August 1, 2020, and continues through July 31, 2022 with two options to extend the term of the Arrangement for a period of 24 months each. The operating lease contains predetermined fixed escalations of minimum rentals during the lease term, and the Company is required to pay property taxes, insurance, and normal maintenance costs. In January 2022, the Company entered into an amendment to the Arrangement with Senda to exercise the option to renew the lease term for another 12 months . The lease term will now expire in July 2023 . The Company also modified certain provisions related to the extension term. In connection with the modifications in the amendment, the Company made an upfront payment of $ 2.9 million, which will cover the rent payment for the extended lease term. Additionally, upon the expiration of the lease term, the Company will receive $ 0.7 million from Senda for all furniture, fixtures and equipment owned by the Company that will remain at the lease property . One Charles Park On November 4, 2021, the Company entered into a lease with ARE-MA Region No. 94, LLC to lease an aggregate of approximately 89,246 rentable square feet of office and laboratory space located at One Charles Park, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142. The term of the lease is estimated to begin in the first quarter of 2023 and end on January 1, 2037 , subject to certain extension rights. The base rent for the leased space will be $ 115.00 per square foot, subject to an annual upward adjustment of 3 % of the then current rental rate, starting on the first anniversary of the first payment of rent under the lease, and other potential adjustments based on the Company’s utilization of certain tenant improvement allowances. In accordance with the lease agreement, the Company paid $ 0.8 million upon the execution of the lease, which will offset the first month's rent. Since the lease has not yet commenced, no right-of-use assets or lease liabilities were recognized on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2022. Furthermore, the lease is excluded from the Disclosures under Topic 842 below. Disclosures under Topic 842 As of June 30, 2022, the right-of-use assets associated with the Company’s operating leases were $ 5.5 million, which were recorded separately on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. The corresponding operating lease liabilities were $ 3.5 million as of June 30, 2022, of which $ 1.7 million were recorded in current liabilities and $ 1.8 million were recorded in long-term liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. The right-of-use assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset during the lease term and the related lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Both the right-of-use assets and the corresponding liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease based upon the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company estimated the incremental borrowing rate based on the interest rate from the amended Term Loan, which was fully collateralized. The following table summarizes the components of lease expense for the six months ended June 30, 2022 (in thousands). Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 Operating lease expense $ 1,882 Variable lease expense 901 Total lease expense $ 2,783 The variable lease expenses generally include common area maintenance, utilities and property taxes. Of the total lease expense, $ 2.0 million was recorded within research and development expenses and $ 0.7 million was recorded within general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 . There were no short-term lease costs incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2022. The weighted average remaining lease term and discount rate related to the Company's leases were as follows: As of June 30, 2022 Weighted average remaining lease term (years) 2.2 Weighted average discount rate 5.5 % Supplemental cash flow information relating to the Company's leases for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were as follows (in thousands): Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities $ 1,712 Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities $ 4,393 As of June 30, 2022, the estimated minimum lease payments for 325 Vassar and 20 Acorn Park for each of the years ending December 31 were as follows (in thousands): 2022 (remaining 6 months) $ 925 2023 1,563 2024 1,205 Total minimum lease payments 3,693 Less: Imputed interest ( 204 ) Present value of operating lease liabilities $ 3,489 Since the lease for One Charles Park had not yet commenced as of June 30, 2022 , the estimated minimum lease payments are not included in the table above. Estimated minimum lease payments for One Charles Park are $ 0.4 million, $ 9.1 million, $ 10.6 million, $ 10.9 million, $ 11.2 million and $ 148.3 million for the remainder of 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 and thereafter, respectively. Th e Company intends to sublease a portion of this facility to supplement its growth plan. Disclosures related to periods prior to Topic 842 As of December 31, 2021, the future minimum lease payments for the Company’s facility operating leases for each of the years ending December 31 were as follows (in thousands): 2022 (remaining 6 months) $ 1,301 2023 10,711 2024 11,766 2025 10,879 2026 11,205 Thereafter 148,290 Total minimum lease payments $ 194,152 |