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On one level I can appreciate that the easiest thing for MLLC to do if it wants to centralize its offices down the road would be to just lease out a few floors in a downtown office building. But on another level, why is it such a bad idea for MLLC to own its own building? Their chair seemed to suggest that doing so is the equivalent of playing amateur wannabe developer... so what does that say about all the other successful companies that own their own head office buildings?

As drew suggested in the Construction thread, it's telling that the MLLC board didn't have any actual numbers to provide, just vague concerns over the possibility of cost overruns.