This reminds me of the State Theatre in Pretoria, South Africa, where the collapse of a pyramid scheme resulted in the theatre complex being rented out as office space.<BR>Well it's good to know that here in Canada we're following international trends! Sigh.<P>CP - Halifax Herald, 04/17/01:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><B>CBC eyes renting out office space to raise cash</B><P>The CBC is looking at a cost-cutting plan that would move staff from its Toronto Broadcast Centre and rent out part of the $380-million building it opened in 1993. <P>After a decade of funding cuts, the CBC is combing its Front Street headquarters - built as a state-of-the-art home to 3,000 employees - to find money for programming, spokeswoman Ruth-Ellen Soles said.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2001/04/17/f136.raw.html" TARGET=_blank><B>more...</B></A><P><BR><p>[This message has been edited by Stuart Sweeney (edited April 17, 2001).]