Spouseanon says this quote is old.
Look at the date – November 2018.
He didn't "just switch".
Like the clip though. I had never seen it.
There was a restaurant at the top of 666, frequented by many /badguys/. Much eavesdropping could be done from that site. Also the building if in control of /badguys/ could have completed some kind of esoteric combination of nearby geographic sites. By controlling 666, this was able to be prevented.
I have zero movie awareness.