“He is still interested in an international research center. It would be a national research center with a lot of national funding. He's had some connections with the Homeland Security Department, by which he will end up with some real major federal grants for homeland security research.”
“It's a similar block of land like what you have here with some private houses on it, and that was a stumbling block for him. We would probably need to get control of the houses [in order for a deal with Sharma to take place]. We would probably need to purchase the houses.”
“We are happy to have an extra six weeks to put more things together and make our offer more exciting. I don't know that anyone's going to be able to come up with $25 million.”