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by SilasX 995 days ago
I get that in theory, but this seems like a special case where they'd want to apply some judgment, especially since it requires a massive commitment of upfront capital that FB could almost certainly deploy more efficiently somewhere else.

Like, maybe I'd understand if the payments were due in a slow trickle over time, but article says that FB has already paid the full amount. This would compare to say, taking a small loss each month on the difference between the rent due and what a leasing manager could net from subleases.

(Though I guess 149m is a rounding error to FB.)