other trivia ... IBM had bought complex that had been originally built in Purchase for new Nestle hdqtrs (before Nestle ever moved in). In the 90s, during the IBM troubles ... the new CEO was looking to raise cash and was selling off real estate (even at well below market and sometimes even below originally paid) ... and sold the Purchase bldg to MasterCard for its new hdqtrs. We had a meeting there (to discuss online banking) shortly after MasterCard moved in, they said that they paid more to have all the door hardware handles to be replaced ... than they paid IBM for the complex (something like 1% of the original Nestle building cost).
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