Thread regarding IBM layoffs

IRG Finalizes Purchase of IBM's Rochester Campus

The site includes 34 existing buildings, including office, manufacturing, warehouse, data center and

laboratory space. IBM will lease back eight of these buildings on the eastern portion of the campus,

affirming its continued commitment to the Rochester area by signing a long-term lease agreement.

Anyone have a generally accepted time range for what qualifies as "long-term lease" on commercial/industrial property? Internet search gave some results which were in general agreement that anything 5+ years would typically be considered "long-term," but if anyone has any more specific details and can provide them, it'd be appreciated. Or even better, if anyone has any insider details on the actual lease itself?

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/irg-finalizes-purchase-of-ibms-rochester-campus-300603670.html

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Rochester was the development and manufacturing site for IBM's midrange computers, a business that

peaked in the 1990s when the company had 8,100 employees at the site. As those machines were

supplanted in businesses by personal computer-based servers and networks, the company scaled back

its presence in Rochester. Today, it employs about 2,700, according to federal safety data cited by the

Rochester Post-Bulletin.

So ~2700 employees currently, to be officed across 8 buildings equates to ~337 people per building on average. Does that still seem like a lot of unused office space?

http://www.startribune.com/rehabber-of-old-industrial-sites-buys-giant-ibm-complex-in-rochester/475339283/

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