Question: A builder agreed to construct two commercial buildings on one large plot of land for a landowner for a price of $50,000 each. The landowner

A builder agreed to construct two commercial buildings on one large plot of land for a landowner for a price of $50,000 each. The landowner provided the plans for each building based on the specifications required by the landowner's two commercial tenants. The builder finished construction on the first building, but when construction on the second building was only three-fourths completed, it was destroyed by fire through the fault of neither the builder nor the landowner. The builder refuses to rebuild the destroyed building. Can the builder still recover on the contract for the first building?

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Yes, because of the doctrine of impossibility of performance.

No, because the builder has an obligation to rebuild the destroyed building.

Yes, because the contract is divisible.

No, unless the landowner waives the breach of the contract for the destroyed building.

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