Friday, 9 May 2014

All Along the Watchtower: Witnesses' former Bible-printing plants are morphing into techie-friendly complex

Tech tenants and non-techies alike are lining up for office space down the hill in DUMBO – in former Bible-printing plants that belonged until recently to the Jehovah's Witnesses. The Jehovah's Witnesses have been selling off their massive real estate holdings in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO in recent years as part of a plan to move their headquarters upstate. Properties they're continuing to hold onto – which have developers drooling – include prime residential buildings along the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights and a massive parking lot at 85 Jay St. in DUMBO that's zoned for residential development.

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Further reading on the proceeds made from the sell offs

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