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Nov 30, 2010
Big names come bidding on Nicollet Mall — Star Tribune (Minnesota)
Type: Press
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Jennifer Bjorhus Source:
Star Tribune (Minnesota) In unrelated deals, Target Corp. bought a building and the Pohlads are vying for properties on the same block. Two of the biggest business names in the Twin Cities are moving to control some key real estate on Nicollet Mall. Target Corp. has paid the Church of Scientology $3 million for 1013 Nicollet Mall, an old two-story building across the street from Target's headquarters on the mall, according to documents filed recently in the Hennepin County assessor's office. Meanwhile, United Properties, ...
May 13, 2010
After an economic battering, St. Paul's development prospects brighten — St. Paul Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Type: Press
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Dave Orrick ,
Gita Sitaramiah Source:
St. Paul Twin Cities Pioneer Press [...] H. Church Of Scientology / In 2007, when the Church of Scientology purchased the old west building of the Minnesota Science Museum, church officials promised a $7 million makeover. According to plans filed with the city, the 82,000-square-foot building will undergo work estimated at $2.5 million. The building renovations include new finishes, walls, doors, ceilings, updated bathrooms and repairs to the exterior and roof. The city issued a building permit on March 29. [...]
Apr 7, 2010
From Science to Scientology: Church of Scientology transforming old museum into new headquarters — Politics in Minnesota
Type: Press
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Bill Clements Source:
Politics in Minnesota [Picture / Caption: In four to six months, the former Science Museum of Minnesota will be transformed into the regional headquarters for the Church of Scientology, which has ambitious plans for growth in the Twin Cities—part of a global effort to expand, which an official says has resulted in the Church doubling its worldwide size in the last five years. (Staff photo: Bill Klotz)] The Church of Scientology has ambitious plans for growing in the Twin Cities area, hoping to double ...
Apr 5, 2010
Church of Scientology renovation under way — Finance and Commerce Daily (Minnesota)
Type: Press
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Betsy Sundquist Source:
Finance and Commerce Daily (Minnesota) Workers are busily transforming the old Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown St. Paul into the new local headquarters for the Church of Scientology—thanks to a $3 million renovation. The Clearwater, Fla.-based denomination, which claims more than 8,000 churches and adherents in 165 countries, has been headquartered in the Twin Cities at 1011 Nicollet Ave. in Minneapolis since 1991. That will change when the renovated, three-story, 80,640-square-foot building at 505 N. Wabasha St. in St. Paul reopens as a Scientology “Ideal ...
Apr 1, 2010
Renovations begin on Scientology site in St. Paul — Star Tribune (Minnesota)
Type: Press
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Chris Havens Source:
Star Tribune (Minnesota) The former Science Museum of Minnesota is being transformed into the largest Church of Scientology in the Midwest. Renovations started this week on the vacant downtown St. Paul building that the church bought three years ago. It appears to be the church's first foray into St. Paul and its largest footprint in Minnesota. The building will serve followers from across the state, according to a video on the Scientology website. Church officials did not return a message seeking comment on Thursday. ...
Nov 28, 2009
Charter school fails and bondholders get bailout — Star Tribune (Minnesota)
Jun 25, 2007
St. Paul / Scientologists plan $7M makeover for new center — St. Paul Twin Cities Pioneer PressMore: rickross.com
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Gita Sitaramiah Source:
St. Paul Twin Cities Pioneer Press The former home of the Science Museum of Minnesota in downtown St. Paul will undergo a $7 million makeover and be unveiled next year as among the largest Church of Scientology centers in the world. Only the spiritual headquarters in Clearwater, Fla., and Los Angeles are bigger than the 80,000-square-foot building at Seventh and Exchange streets, said the Rev. Brian Fesler, the church's director of special affairs in the Twin Cities. "We didn't plan it that way, but I'm happy about ...
Jun 21, 2007
Scientologists find home at former science museum in St. Paul — Finance and Commerce Daily (Minnesota)
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Burl Gilyard Source:
Finance and Commerce Daily (Minnesota) The building at 505 N. Wabasha St. in downtown St. Paul isn't your average piece of property. Most buildings don't come complete with a 300-seat theater – the former Omni Theater, a forerunner of today's IMAX theaters. When it opened in 1977, the building was the new home of the Science Museum of Minnesota. After the Science Museum moved to its new home along Kellogg Boulevard in 1999, the Minnesota Business Academy took up residence in the building. The academy closed ...
Jun 14, 2007
Church of Scientology buys former science museum site — St. Paul Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Type: Press
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Gita Sitaramiah Source:
St. Paul Twin Cities Pioneer Press The Church of Scientology has purchased the former Science Museum of Minnesota building in downtown St. Paul Eric Rapp, a Welsh Cos. broker who marketed the space, said the church plans a major renovation of the building that once housed exhibits and has since been the home of the failed Minnesota Business Academy. Rapp wouldn't disclose the sale price of the 80,000-square-foot west building of the former museum complex. The sale closed Friday. A number of financial institutions had come to ...
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