>The parcel on which Access Graphics was the most prominent
>tenant had been the subject of a long dispute with the City
>of Boulder. The Helgoth family had received very substantial
>offers for that parcel, far, far more than what they
>eventually received from the City. Such offers were
>conditoned upon Boulder granting certain development related
>rights. The City persistently refused to do so and
>eventually acquired the land for a very much lower sum than
>the family had been repeatedly offered by the major
>retailer.

I would say something but what you've just said, says it all.