Jehovah's Witnesses buy Fishkill apartments

[trottigy]

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/money/economy/2014/12/22/jehovahs-witnesses-buy-fishkill-rivercrest-apartments/20788311/

Quote:

It's not clear what the religious group plans, but research by the Poughkeepsie Journal shows other real estate deals and a need for housing of members in connection with the current construction of a new world headquarters in Warwick, Orange County.

[CHecker]

They make mention of property taxes a lot.  

[Chijwas]

Just have Coumo hand over NY to us like Jehovah did to the lands in this weeks Joshua reading, except the violence......

Edited December 25, 2014 by Chijwas

[Brother_Bliss]

 

 

He said neighbors who have leases expiring this month have to work fast to find new homes. "I think it's pretty upsetting that at this time of year, families are told, we have to vacate the premises," he said.

 

 

There's a difference between "your lease won't be renewed" and "you have to vacate". Vacating is only necessary when notice has been served.

[DW]

That's a lot of money.

 

 -Dave

[trottigy]

The small towns are always worried about taxes - especially for commercial properties. We are good neighbors and will work something out. We might even sell it after the project is finished. It only has 2 more years to go.

[Qapla]

It is a very nice looking facility

 

http://www.rivercrestonthehudson.com/

 

[Qapla]

Inside the apartments:

 

[Qapla]

A really nice clubhouse:

 

Edited December 25, 2014 by Qapla

[Qapla]

Impressive site plan:

 

[SUNRAY]

What popped into my mind..maybe these will be used to house the righteous who may be resurrected first..Abraham..Isaac..Moses..Abel.........just a thought..we don't know yet for certain the resurrection details..Wow would that be a new environment!

[DW]

What popped into my mind..maybe these will be used to house the righteous who may be resurrected first..Abraham..Isaac..Moses..Abel.........just a thought..we don't know yet for certain the resurrection details..Wow would that be a new environment!.

 

 

Beth-Sarim?

 

 -Dave

[rbrown1205]

Beth-Sarim was not used for the (apparently) original purpose for which it was purchased through a donation, true enough, but it was used - for a theocratic purpose.  Jehovah always works things out for us.

 

*** yb75 p. 193 Part 3—United States of America ***

*** jv chap. 7 p. 76 Advertise the King and the Kingdom! (1919-1941) ***


 

Edited December 26, 2014 by rbrown1205

[SUNRAY]

Sometimes my imagination does get the best of me also! (BTW..it just came to mind..a few bearded dragons could hasten the eviction of some of the smaller residents!)

[SUNRAY]

Smaller residents!!

Edited December 26, 2014 by SUNRAY

[boodles]

This just reminded me I was dreaming about huge cockroaches last night!

[4th Generation]

Wow that is a lot of money! I was hoping my donations would be used for something else besides a tennis court and swimming pool.

Don't mind me, I'll crawl back into my one roomed flat I share with two others

[Stavro]

Wow that is a lot of money! I was hoping my donations would be used for something else besides a tennis court and swimming pool.

 

For short-term housing, it's cheaper to buy than it is to build, and when the new branch construction is finished they'll be able to sell the upgraded and repaired apartment complex for more than they paid in the first place.

[Doug]

Stavro, your idea makes sense from a practical point of view;  Buy it  - Use it  -  Sell it.  However, the WB&T Society is a non-profit organization.  If they were to engage in buying, improving and selling for a profit, would that not jeopardize their tax exempt status?

 

The brothers need to handle these purchases carefully for another reason - rest assured in the local area the word is out - Watchtower is BUYING.  I can imagine the asking price for a multi-family property is going up for that reason alone.

[cricket246]

I am beginning to think these will be housing not only those helping to build warwick, but perhaps these will be the beginnings of where we will all live after Armageddon!!! Maybe these will be our communities?

[Stavro]

Stavro, your idea makes sense from a practical point of view;  Buy it  - Use it  -  Sell it.  However, the WB&T Society is a non-profit organization.  If they were to engage in buying, improving and selling for a profit, would that not jeopardize their tax exempt status?

 

Non-profit does not mean they cannot earn money, it means there can be no income-earning shareholders.

 

The corporation itself can earn as much money as it wants, by donations or by business transactions, as it has with the ongoing sales of the Brooklyn buildings, worth over a Billion dollars in total.

[timpin]

I am beginning to think these will be housing not only those helping to build warwick, but perhaps these will be the beginnings of where we will all live after Armageddon!!! Maybe these will be our communities?

 

well that would only be if there was selective destruction   ...   btw, there's a really nice house house at the foot of a mountain next to a lake that I wouldn't mind moving into after Army.    

[trottigy]

They already heard about our looking for rooming and sadly prices are already up.

[SUNRAY]

It will mean "selective destruction" for Jehovah to preserve all of the Branches, Assembly Halls, Printeries,Resident facilities, Kingdom Halls, etc. that are considered Watchtower buildings..if it is Jehovah's will to do so..

[Julsey]

I am beginning to think these will be housing not only those helping to build warwick, but perhaps these will be the beginnings of where we will all live after Armageddon!!! Maybe these will be our communities?

I think we may be jumping the gun just a bit. There are millions upon millions of nice places in which to live throughout the world, whether they are houses, condos, apartments, etc. We just don't know what the angels will be directed to save or destroy when it comes to buildings outside of the Jehovah's organisation.