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facility). Mr. Cantrell testified that the Litton building was
originally built as a special manufacturing facility by Litton--
it was used to assemble electronics. In addition, Mr. Cantrell
based his determination on the fact that the Litton building was
fully heated and air-conditioned and had suspended ceilings,
heavy-duty fluorescent lights, a Muzak system, and sprinklers.
Additionally, Mr. Cantrell testified that, during the period
in which Mr. Talkington and Mr. Sessions owned the Litton
property, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considered buying or
leasing the Litton building for use as a "hospital-type
environment". In his report, however, Mr. Cantrell wrote that
the expense to convert the Litton building to the use that the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers desired was considerable and, in all
likelihood, was the reason this use never came to pass.
Mr. Cantrell's report also states that research and
development style industrial buildings were relatively scarce in
the Lubbock market, demand for research and development buildings
was somewhat weak, once vacant these properties stay vacant for
several years, research and development buildings tend to be
built to the owner/occupant's specifications, and conversion to
other uses for other occupants could be an expensive process.
Furthermore, Mr. Cantrell's report states that some other
possible uses of the Litton building were warehouse use and
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