You are obviously hypervigilant, likely based on your personal...

You are obviously hypervigilant, likely based on your personal experiences of underhanded actions in the corporate world which make you expect such actions every time.

What I have to say to you:
1. Most of your comments are speculation on what is behind the announcement.
2. We all speculate, but it helps to keep speculation in check and not to overthink sometimes.
3. Say the seller did a valuation in preparation for sale. How likely do you think the valuer would say this "A unique facility for a production of goods in hot demand around the world. If you sell it to property developer you get 2mln, so try and market it to CCO, who are clearly looking to expand and dominate the supply chain. Based on market data they would have access to resources to pay at least double." Say CCO did a valuation in preparation for purchase. "Replaceable value 2mln but it's a great facility which fits into your long-term vision. If you scoop it up now you may be able to get it for $4mln without the headaches of building one. If you wait until you have free cashflow, the seller would know you have free cash flow and won't let it go for less than $10mln."

Moral of the story - Not as easy for a public entity to bargain hunt for one-of-a-kind facility on a remote island.
Sometimes you gotta take a leap of faith, and many times you do that you fall down on your face.