Blind Item #6 - Let It Burn - Reader Blind

What do you do when one of the largest buildings in the world stands in the way of what you want? I wrote a while back about the shady practices of this agricultural-turned-real-estate empire. Time for another history lesson:

Right after WWII broke out, they were pressured into selling their most valuable piece of farmland. It sat on a former swamp and the water table was very high there. A couple decades ago the land became available again, and they have wanted it back ever since. There was a problem, however: two giant buildings with massive footprints, that are registered historic landmarks, sat on top of a large segment of it. In the meantime, the company bought back what they could and built right up to the edge of it.

The building they wanted gone was damaged, but doing anything with it would have involved endless red tape. If you are this company, torching the building in the middle of the night would not be out of the question, and that’s apparently what they did.