CBS News (Associated Press), “Jehovah's Witnesses could make $1 billion from NYC properties”
“36 separate Brooklyn properties; headquarters bought from Squibb for $3 million in 1969; expected to fetch '$1 billion or more'; Tucker Reed (Downtown Brooklyn Partnership) called $1 billion 'a conservative estimate' (as summarised by the fetch tool)”
Spokesman Richard Devine: the organisation bought 'scattered properties wherever we could find them' as it grew; move to Warwick allows more efficient operation.
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