On June 13 2022, in the middle of all this uncertainty about the company's future, the new office opened.
People still could not believe this happened. Even the people opening it were almost doing so ironically, embarrassed grins glued on their faces.
It seemed like such a bizarre corporate failing - that the decision had been made to build it and the penalties for backing out were severe enough that they just kept on plowing ahead for 2 years, even though the space was going to be empty.