In Arthur's past life when Franzen Electronics shut down, the owner was in debt. As such, he was looking to sell all assets, but unfortunately for him, most of the equipment in the factory was obsolete as well and only had scrap value.
But even after selling all things as scrap for recycling, the owner was still unable to pay off the debt. This only left him with the sale of the land, which was not an easy task either. There was no way the man was going to sell the land at any price other than the minimum he needed to repay his debt.
As such, whenever he got offers he denied them all as none of them matched his needs. Finally, it all worked out in his favor as Hypnotek bought the land from him for a price that was many times higher than what he had been asking for.
