As they said in the Godfather, "this is just business".
To me, there are no winners and losers. As much as everyone here loves to shit on the COA, they have appeared to have done some homework, and told Arte, "if you don't like it here, find somewhere else. And we will use that property for our own use".
I haven't seen any other municipality beating down Arte's door yet. And if someone makes him a great offer, then good for him.