Original Commentary

This has been the happiest I've been with my work on this arc thus far (well, even since last week).

The building being the most expensive thing the company owns has been a point Terrence has been mentioning a lot to me since we started talking about this arc. I personally don't think that $20,000 is enough, I asked Terrence if he could make it more, but he won't budge. Come on, Kimberly- hold out! We both know you can do better. -Isabel

Well, she owns 5%, so that's make the total valuation around $400,000. That seems more-or-less right. We're limited by the amount of money Ms. Taylor can draw upon. If they were liquidating the company, that'd be different. But they aren't. And the fact that she's her mother's sole heir is something of a factor too.

Or, as importantly, the amount is "you can do a lot of things" money, not "you can retire" or "you're rich" money. I could've had the company be worth twenty times as much, but Kimberly would've reacted very differently to being offered a half a million dollars - Terrence

Modern Commentary
I'm glad past-Isabel and current-Terrence agree that the amount is low.

But that doesn't mean Ms. Taylor wouldn't offer that much...

Also, it's a plot point later that they don't actually own the building; they've got a very long-term lease - Terrence