I made a post earlier today that I think is pertinent to this WTS NY property sale.
I posted it on my long winded "Lorenz Reibling Real Estate" thread and I don't blame anyone for not wanting to wade through that one!
From that thread, we know that Lorenz Reibling (and his bro Guenther) are owners of Taurus Global Investments and that both are JWs. Extremely wealthy ones.
So...I hope you don't mind if I paste my post here...it's not that long.
I found an interesting website.
LittleSis* is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.
* opposite of Big Brother
We're a grassroots watchdog network connecting the dots between the world's most powerful people and organizations.
A little bit of poking around turned up this information:
I found an interesting website.
LittleSis* is a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.
* opposite of Big Brother
We're a grassroots watchdog network connecting the dots between the world's most powerful people and organizations.A little bit of poking around turned up this information:
http://littlesis.org/org/52635/Taurus_Capital_Partners_LLC
And that Howard Zemsky is a Managing Partner at Taurus Capital partners LLC.
http://littlesis.org/relationship/view/id/248745
A little bit more poking around and I found this article published in August 2015:
The deadline for the public to comment to the Empire State Development Corp. (ESD) on the proposed Pier 6 development in Brooklyn Bridge Park is Monday, Aug. 31, at 5 p.m.
The board of the ESD will have a major decision on their hands. While the city says two high-rise towers at the park’s Atlantic Avenue entrance are financially necessary and provide a spot for affordable housing, opponents – including neighborhood organizations, officials and local residents -- have presented a nearly solid wall of opposition.At the end of the article, we find out a little bit more about the Managing Partner of Taurus Capital LLC, a Reibling company.
Board of Directors of the Empire State Development Corp.
Howard Zemsky, (Ex Officio Director); Empire State Development, President and CEO; NYS Department of Economic Development, CommissionerAh...I knew there was a connection between a Taurus (Reibling) man being on the Board of Directors for the Empire State Development Corp and why he would be concerned with influencing the developments around the Brooklyn Bridge.
http://lasvegassun.com/news/2015/dec/13/jehovahs-witnesses-could-get-1-billion-for-nyc-pro/
Jehovah’s Witnesses could get $1 billion for NYC properties
The Witnesses' move to the town of Warwick will remove their red neon Watchtower sign from the skyline but free up hundreds of thousands of square feet in the trendy neighborhood at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge.
And that, I guess, is how real estate business is done...
And just a little bit more about that park development that was such a big concern for Mr. Zemsky - Taurus Capital Partners - Managing Partner:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/jehovahs-witnesses-billion-nyc-properties-35743030
But both Sica and Reed said that before they leave the Witnesses should follow through on a promise to redevelop a neighborhood park, which they agreed to do in exchange for a zoning change.
Devine said the Witnesses will fulfill the commitment to build the park "either through our efforts or through the efforts of the new owner. We won't walk away from it."