Not sure why the city manager leaked this visit and interest. Politics? Give the impression growth is in the works under their watch? Regardless.

This is not the first company to be interested in that building (half or whole), and it probably won't be the last. Even the Oregon State Police took a look once. Here are some of the reasons Silicon Valley and other tech players don't make the move:

Housing is a challenge here. 
Shopping, restaurant, and entertainment is mediocre....but locals don't know that.
The only district that offers a concentrated area of 2/3 of the above is a pestilence of rift-raft, lacks parking, and isn't very friendly.

Sure, there is growth in tech here locally. Small fry. Just ask Matt Sayre below (who BTW snuck in a non-disclosed shill for TAO of which he is the Executive Director) But that building is for the big boys. Google laid out several hundred million and are still expanding in The Dalles. Yeah, The Dalles....why not here?

Ha, why do you think?