Hi folks
I apologize if this is old news to some, but it's news to me.
I stumbled on a comprehensive list of all the sold properties on Wikipedia on this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watch_Tower_Bible_and_Tract_Society_of_Pennsylvania#Brooklyn_property_sales
The list, which I have re-organized chronologically according to actual sales, reads as follows...
- 2004 – 360 Furman Street – sold for $205 million
- 2006 – 67 Livingston Street – sold for $18.6 million
- 2006 – 89 Hicks Street – sold for $14 million
- 2007 – 169 Columbia Heights – sold for $50 million
- 2011 – 50 Orange Street – sold for $7.1 million
- 2012 – 165 Columbia Heights – sold for $4.1 million
- 2012 – 161 Columbia Heights – sold for $3 million
- 2012 – 183 Columbia Heights – sold for $6.6 million
- 2012 – 105 Willow Street – sold for $3.3 million
- 2012 – 34 Orange Street – sold for $2.825 million
- 2012 – Bossert Hotel – sold for $81 million
- 2012 – 67 Remsen Street – sold for $3.25 million
- 2013 – 173 Front Street, 177 Front Street & 200 Water Street – sold for $30.6 million
- 2013 – 55 Prospect Street, 81 Prospect Street, 117 Adams Street, 77 Sands Street, 90 Sands Street & 175 Pearl Street – sold for $375 million
TOTAL (so far) – $804,375,000
It's just a mind-boggling amount of money, and useful information to have handy when talking to Witness relatives. I have updated my latest article on the $375 million "windfall" sell-off accordingly.
The wikipedia link should also be relatively easy to share with JWs, because many will regard Wikipedia as a "neutral" site (even though it's a little more complicated than that).
Once the remaining properties are sold (including the Columbia Heights headquarters buildings), I can easily see the final figure surpassing the billion mark.
Cedars