there must be a lot of good reasons to not build a new one, and go through this much trouble to move a building instead

Next, a 7600 ton apartment building to create a boulevard in Alba Iulia, Romania, 1987

https://ritkanlathatotortenelem.blog.hu/2014/12/29/hazkoltoztetok_412
https://ritkanlathatotortenelem.blog.hu/2016/04/24/napi_erdekes_628
https://earthlymission.com/rarely-seen-enchanted-moments-of-world-history/