The Estonian House's demise is not the fault of the structure but the failure of the management to drive up service quality levels.
First, by not protecting and building market share and dominating community activity, they did not capitalize on the single greatest source of revenue growth today.
Secondly, they missed out on substantial cost savings and efficiencies that high service quality carries with it. They could have taken those savings and revenue gains straight to the bottom line. (How much did those consultants cost ?)
Third, by failing to improve service quality, they decided to erode their customer base. In time, the customers found someone else (Tartu College) who coddled them better. 90% of your unhappy customers don't complain to you. They simply disappear and then get even. Most companies concluded that it costs five times more to get new clients than to delight and retain their existing ones.
Good luck with the new Estonian Business Centre, you will need it.

well done Eda

just happy the message is getting out

"All is flux, nothing stays still." (Heraclitus-Greek philospher)
""Look abroad through Nature's range, Nature's mighty law is change." (Robert Burns- Scottish poet)
"He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils" (Francis Bacon- English Philosopher and Lord Chancellor)
"Yesterday's home runs won't win tomorrow's ballgames." (Babe Ruth- US Baseball Legend)
"Forecasting is very difficult-especially if its about the future. He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass." (Edgar Fiedler- US Economist)
"The only certainty is nothing is certain." (Pliny the Elder- Roman author and philosopher)
"It costs a lot to build bad products." (Norman R. Augustine- US Businessman)
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." (Sören Kierkegaard- Danish philosopher)
"Too many people who know all about financial values know nothing about human values." (Roy. L. Smith -American Clergyman)
"Auditors go in after the war and bayonet the wounded." (Unknown)
"Reporting the facts is the refuge of those who have no imagination."( Luc de Clappiers- French writer)
"Where there is no vision the people perish." (Proverbs 20:18)
"The heart has reasons that reason does not understand." (Jacques Benigne Bossuet- French Theologian)
"It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance." (Thomas Huxley-English Biologist)
"You must expect to be treated by others as you yourself have treated them." (Seneca-Roman philosopher)
"When all think alike, no one thinks very much" (Walter Lippman- US writer)
"Historic continuity with the past is not a duty, it is ... a necessity." (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. US Jurist)
"No amount of travelling on the wrong road will bring you to the right destination." (Ben Gaye III- US Salesman)

The Estonian House is just bricks and mortar. It's a nice thing to have to preserve and promote "eesti keel ja meel". Without that, a gathering place like Eesti Maja loses it value.

This song recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956 really hits home.

I don't want your lonely mansion with a tear in every room
I just want the love you promised beneath the halo'd moon
But you think I should be happy with your money and your name
And pretend that I don't notice while you play your cheatin' games

Silver threads and golden needles can't patch up this heart of mine
And I'll never drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles can't patch up this heart of mine

I grew up in in faded gingham where love is a sacred thing
You grew up in silk and satin where love is a passin' game
I know now you never loved me and I know I was a fool
To think your pride would let you live by the golden rule

Silver threads and golden needles can't patch up this heart of mine
And I'll never drown my sorrow in the warm glow of your wine
You can't buy my love with money for I never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles can't patch up this heart of mine