This is true--except that once MCL purchased the project--they truly were the sole owners from that day forward. MCL in turn hired Churchill's marketing company and gave them the listing agreement to sell the units, therefore keeping the same sales team in place. So, yes they partnered up--but ONLY to market and sell. Churchill and Westminster (the financial backers) were paid out and no longer had any stake in the company. Once MCL's construction loan finally closed they terminated the listing agreement with Churchill (mainly to get rid of the old developer) and brought on a new brokerage company. They tried to keep most of the sales team by having the new brokerage company make them offers. Didn't work--the sales team turned them down.