That's because for contractors and unions, the LAUSD is a
cash cow, and electing the right people can be highly lucrative.
It's a lousy business unless, of course, you have a
cash cow metalcasting business that is so lucrative you'll invest in a marginal business to protect it.
And with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the wings to take the space at rents in the $80s per s/f, Broadway Partners was able to convert the block of uncertainty into a likely
cash cow and vault itself over competing bidders who all undoubtedly discounted their bids to compensate for the building's vacancy.
