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Jun 30, 2008
Historic nature of Fall School justifies $6 million price tag, Scientologists say — Nashville Business Journal
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Nashville Business Journal Representatives of the Church of Scientology say they paid a premium for the Fall School Business Center because of the historic nature of the 19th century building. The Church of Scientology Religious Trust purchased the executive suit building at 1130 Eighth Ave. S. along with adjacent properties at 1112 and 1114 Eighth Ave. S. for $6 million from Fall School Associates June 26, according to records and the Davidson County Register of Deeds. "The building's integrity has been maintained by the ...
Jun 27, 2008
Church of Scientology buys Falls School Business Center — Nashville Business Journal
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Turner Hutchens Source:
Nashville Business Journal The Church of Scientology Religious Trust has bought the Fall School Business Center on 8th Avenue. The Scientology trust purchased the executive suit building at 1130 8th Ave. S. along with adjacent properties at 1112 and 1114 8th Ave. S. for $6 million from Fall School Associates June 26, according to records and the Davidson County Register of Deeds. "It was just a persistence of the part of the buyer to continue to purse and be interested in a historic building," ...
Jun 27, 2008
Rehab center selling lake site for $3.69M — Battle Creek EnquirerMore: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
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Elizabeth Huff Source:
Battle Creek Enquirer PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP — A Scientology-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation center has listed its St. Mary's Lake property for sale for $3.69 million. Realtor Roger Molenaar of Prudential Preferred Realtors said Narconon Stone Hawk, at 216 and 218 St. Mary's Lake Road, has been listed online for a couple weeks. On Thursday, he said no prospective buyers have inquired yet about the buildings. "We're just getting the marketing out to different corporations because it would be ideal for corporation or church retreats," ...
Jun 26, 2008
Church of Scientology deal funds blow — Birmingham Mail
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Edward Chadwick Source:
Birmingham Mail THE Church of Scientology today admitted it has not yet done a deal to buy the Grade II listed Birmingham building which it plans to turn in to its Midlands headquarters. The organisation hopes to part with £4.25 million to snap up Moseley’s plush Pitmaston building on leafy Moor Green Lane, but says it must raise more funds before moving in. The news may come as a surprise to neighbours who say they have seen followers turn up for a string ...
Jun 13, 2008
Scientologists planning move to larger quarters — San Diego Business Journal
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Ned Randolph Source:
San Diego Business Journal The local chapter of the Church of Scientology is selling its downtown headquarters at 1330 Fourth Ave. and moving operations to La Mesa, where the organization recently purchased a site for $9.3 million, according to the chapter president. The new location off Interstate 8, the former site of La Mesa Bowl and a private college campus, features two buildings totaling more than 64,400 square feet of space and 410 parking spaces for the chapter's 18,000 members, says President David Meyer. It ...
Jun 13, 2008
Scientology hires Staubach Co. to shepherd $45M revival — Tampa Bay Business Journal
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Janet Leiser Source:
Tampa Bay Business Journal CLEARWATER — The Church of Scientology — the largest downtown property owner — expects to begin work on the interior of its world spiritual headquarters almost 10 years after it first began construction of the building. The organization has hired Staubach Co., an international construction management firm founded by former NFL star Roger Staubach, to oversee the $45 million interior design of the six-story Mediterranean Revival building. The church hasn't yet hired a general contractor, but work on the 380,000-square-foot building, ...
Jun 11, 2008
Scientology Mission in new home - Church moves from Central Avenue dwelling to Collierville — Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Lindsay Melvin Source:
Memphis Commercial Appeal The Church of Scientology Mission of Memphis has moved from its Central Avenue mansion to Collierville. Most of the church's parishioners live in the suburbs and the church needed to be closer to them, said David Slaughter, who holds the local charter issued by the Los Angeles headquarters of the Church of Scientology. No longer located in the canary yellow house in Central Gardens, the church is now leasing former office space at 346 New Byhalia. Scientology, which means "the study ...
Jun 10, 2008
Church Appeals to Panel — Albuquerque Journal
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Sean Olson Source:
Albuquerque Journal The Church of Scientology of New Mexico was back for another city zoning hearing Monday as part of its attempt to relocate its church to Downtown Albuquerque. The church wants to move to the Gizmo building at Fourth and Central but has faced some community opposition and zoning challenges, delaying the building's proposed remodeling. "We're not arguing with the city; we just want to sort all this out," church community affairs director Sandy Block said Monday. Monday's hearing took up the ...
Jun 9, 2008
Appeal heard for Downtown church — New Mexico Business Weekly
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Tom O'Connell Source:
New Mexico Business Weekly Albuquerque's land use hearing officer has 10 days to present his recommendation to the City Council for the special zoning of a church for the Church of Scientology in Downtown. In a public appeal of a code compliance official's declaratory ruling on churches in the City Council Committee room this morning, Church of Scientology of New Mexico attorney David Campbell told Land Use Hearing Officer Steven Chavez that the Downtown 2010 Sector Plan is not allowed, per state and federal law, ...
Jun 8, 2008
Beleaguered building - Church-owned Old Pas site vacant and in need of repairs — Pasadena Star-NewsMore: pasadenastarnews.com
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Janette Williams Source:
Pasadena Star-News PASADENA - Exactly two years after the Church of Scientology bought the historic Braley Building in Old Pasadena - and went into high gear to get all 22 small-business tenants out - not a single plan for the promised fast-track conversion has been submitted to the city. The deterioration in the historic 1906 building's appearance - and the inability of city staff to contact the owners about it - has been a source of "frustration," said Eric Duyshart, Pasadena's director of ...
Jun 1, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 7: The Land Base
May 27, 2008
Church of Scientology Buys 64,000 Square Feet in La Mesa for $9.3M — San Diego Business JournalMore: rickross.com
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Author(s):
Ned Randolph Source:
San Diego Business Journal The San Diego chapter of the controversial Church of Scientology is moving its focus to La Mesa with the May 21 purchase of a Coleman College campus at 7380 Parkway Drive. The Church of Scientology’s San Diego offices are located at 1330 Fourth Ave. between A and Ash streets. The church purchased the new site for $9.3 million. The two buildings, which are 53,400 square feet and 11,000 square feet, will be used as an educational campus, said the broker on ...
May 23, 2008
Church of Scientology sold, will be converted to home — Memphis Daily News
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Eric Smith Source:
Memphis Daily News The Midtown property housing the Church of Scientology Mission of Memphis at 1440 Central Ave. has sold for $635,487 to David Slaughter, the church’s trustee or “mission holder,” and Bennetta Slaughter, according to The Daily News Online, www.memphisdailynews.com. The sale closed Tuesday, and Slaughter said he will renovate the 10,500-square-foot building into a residence. He said he will live in the home temporarily and eventually put it on the market once the renovations are complete. Meanwhile, the church will stay in ...
May 16, 2008
Rocks and accusations fly as church prepares appeal — New Mexico Business Weekly
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Tom O'Connell Source:
New Mexico Business Weekly The black paint on the rock is indistinct, but Church of Scientology of New Mexico representative Sanford Block said it looks like someone tried to spray paint the letter "A." It was tossed in March through an office window at the group's Albuquerque headquarters, cracking a glass-framed portrait of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, Block said. No one has claimed responsibility. Block said the "A" would stand for Anonymous, a shadowy Internet organization that in January began holding protests outside Scientology ...
May 6, 2008
Faut-il réhabiliter la Scientologie ? (with unofficial English subtitles) — Canal M6
May 5, 2008
Sect spends $7m on new home — Herald Sun (Australia)
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Mark Dunn Source:
Herald Sun (Australia) THE Church of Scientology has spent more than $7 million on a new Victorian headquarters and prayer facility in northern Melbourne. The controversial church has also quietly put out the feelers on selling its landmark five-storey Russell St building, which is expected to fetch about $7.5 million. Scientology officials would not comment on claims that James Packer - who allegedly has links to the church through his friendship with movie star and Scientologist Tom Cruise - had helped finance the new ...
May 3, 2008
Scientology's upgrades to boost taxes in Pinellas — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
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Robert Farley Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) CLEARWATER — Marble floors with patterned inlay. Plush carpeting. Mahogany paneling. Decorated crown moldings. Marble sinks. Hi-def TVs. A 32-station fitness center. An elegant restaurant. Luxury touches abound inside downtown Clearwater's newest waterfront hotel, the gleaming 240-room Oak Cove. But don't rush to pack your bags. Oak Cove is just for Scientologists. Recently opened after a $26-million renovation, the hotel is Scientology's newest lodging option in Clearwater, the church's international spiritual headquarters. Oak Cove also is the first in a series ...
Apr 22, 2008
Variance clears way for scientology church on Dublin Road — ThisWeek Community Newspaper
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Gary Seman Jr. Source:
ThisWeek Community Newspaper The Church of Scientology has been given the go-ahead to build a new facility on Dublin Road. Columbus City Council on Monday night voted 7-0 on a variance that will allow the organization to construct a 50,000-square-foot church in the old Time-Warner headquarters, 1266 Dublin Road, just outside of Grandview Heights. No one spoke against the request. "The new quarters will permit us to serve our parishioners and the community better," said Rev. John Carmichael, president of the Church of Scientology ...
Apr 19, 2008
Future of rehab center unknown — Battle Creek EnquirerMore: rickross.com
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Elizabeth Huff Source:
Battle Creek Enquirer Narconon Stone Hawk's drug rehabilitation clients at the Pennfield Township inpatient treatment facility will be relocated by May. The center's approximately 75 patients will be moved to Albion's Narconon Stone Hawk East facility, President Per Wickstrom and Executive Director Eric Tenorio said. Narconon Stone Hawk is a private-pay drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Clients shell out about $29,000 for typically three to six months' worth of treatment. Treatment includes classroom lessons, a vitamin regime, exercise and two to three weeks' detoxification ...
Mar 29, 2008
Church of Scientology needs bigger building / Officials want city to rezone former Time Warner site — Columbus Dispatch
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Meredith Heagney Source:
Columbus Dispatch The Church of Scientology plans to move into a former Time Warner building on Dublin Road on the Northwest Side, near Grandview Heights. The church has to move out of its Downtown headquarters, 30 N. High St., because there isn't enough room, said the Rev. John Carmichael, president of the Church of Scientology of New York. The new church will be used for Sunday services, classes and counseling, Carmichael said. Plans call for an opening by mid-2009. The church asked the ...
Mar 26, 2008
Scientology adds African castle to property list — Scopical
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Scopical The Church of Scientology has added an African castle to that of it's property portfolio, confirming this week it had bought up Kyalami Castle near to Johannesburg in South Africa. The addition of the castle adds to the Church's growing property list - the 66th global acquisition - and is also said to mark a clear strategy of entry to the African continent. Scientology leaders in Africa said that it was a "dream" for the Church to finally have a base ...
Mar 24, 2008
Church of Scientology buys castle in Jo'burg — Afrik.com
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Afrik.com The Church of Scientology has acquired the famous Johannesburg landmark, the Kyalami Castle, to be the home of its new advanced spiritual retreat.
This marks a significant step for the Scientologists who until now had to travel all the way to the US, Australia or England for their higher spiritual progress, said Paul Sondergaard, National Director of the Church’s Public Affairs Office .
"For all African Scientologists, this is a dream finally come true," Sondergaard said, adding "It means a lot ...
Mar 17, 2008
Cult Friction — Radar Online
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John Cook Source:
Radar Online Cult Friction
After an embarrassing string of high-profile defection and leaked videos, Scientology is under attack from a faceless cabal of online activists. Has America's most controversial religion finally met its match?
By John Cook
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Masked hackers have declared war on Scientology. Could the celebrity-friendly religion be in its final days? (Photo: Sam Comen)
This article is from the April issue of Radar Magazine. For a risk-free issue, click here
Clearwater is prepared for its enemies. It's a warm, if ...
Mar 1, 2008
Scientology comes to Harlem — Brownstone
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Kristen V. Brown Source:
Brownstone New York’s Church of Scientology is hoping its newest acquisitions — three buildings on 125th Street in Harlem — will become more than just another quiet storefront on the block. The new buildings will mark a major move into Harlem for the church, and will replace its small 5,000-square-foot location around the corner on Third Avenue with a fully functional church and community center.
“People at the Harlem church are hoping to create a second Harlem Renaissance, and to do so ...
Feb 21, 2008
The House That Wasn't There — Portland Mercury (Oregon)
Feb 15, 2008
The faith business: Scientology in NZ — Sunday Star-Times
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Sunday Star-Times Accountant Andrew Yong was near his office in the Panmure shops in east Auckland when he met a man who would change his life. Andrew Wenborn was from the Church of Scientology, headquartered a few hundred metres away. An Australian on secondment from Sydney, Wenborn persuaded Yong to take a Scientology "stress test", using an electrical device called an "e-meter". Sure enough, Yong was stressed and his health poor, Wenborn told him, and Scientology could help. What's more, said Wenborn, he ...
Feb 2, 2008
New life for a landmark — Winnipeg Free Press
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Murray McNeill Source:
Winnipeg Free Press The Church of Scientology plans to spend up to $10 million to convert a landmark building in the Exchange District into a church and community outreach centre.
Rev. Yvette Shank, president of the church's Canadian office in Toronto, said the church plans to undertake a major refurbishing of the 115-year-old Peck Building, which it quietly acquired last March for a previously unheard of price for the Exchange of $2.2 million.
"We love it," Shank said of the six-storey, brick-and-stone building at ...
Jan 30, 2008
Church of Scientology buys historic CBD building in PE — AVUSA Media
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AVUSA Media One of the historic landmarks in Port Elizabeth's central business district - the United Building on the corner of St Mary's Terrace and Govan Mbeki Avenue - is soon to have a R6-million facelift, adding a new look to the inner city.
The building has been bought by the Church of Scientology, which wants to turn it into its regional headquarters, for about R8-million.
Recently approved by the commissioner of revenue as a public benefit organisation, and also tax- exempted, the ...
Jan 30, 2008
New role awaits a historic eyesore // Church of Scientology buys former Alexandra Hotel — Boston GlobeMore: boston.com
Type: Press
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Thomas C. Palmer Jr. Source:
Boston Globe The Church of Scientology of Boston Inc. has bought the historic Alexandra Hotel building at Washington Street and Massachusetts Avenue in the South End and plans to relocate its local headquarters from the Back Bay, following extensive renovations. The sales price of the Alexandra - ravaged by fire in the 1993, decayed, empty, and recently eluding City Hall's hopes that it would become residences - was not disclosed by the Rev. Gerard Renna, the top Scientology representative in Boston. The church, ...
Jan 18, 2008
Scientologists' tall new home — The Oregonian (Portland)
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