I know they done a very similar thing in a major city in this country. Virtually all the the halls were sold on the north and southern sides of the city, and we're amalgamated into duplexes. Although I cannot verify if any congregations were amalgamated when this happened. It wouldn't surprise me if it did. Interestingly one of the stand alone halls, that has survived, is in the central part of the city. It would have to be worth at least a couple of million and I'm sure the only reason it has survived is because of its value. This idea of selling halls and combining congregations for future growth is just rubbish. I remember reading a comment in a news paper about a quickly built Hall been required for future growth in this country. This was just absolute total BS, as the new Hall was smaller than the one it replaced. Interestingly a complete full refurbishment was carried out on the old Hall before someone realise there was a building defect, so a new Hall had to be built. It makes me wonder if this excuse was also also BS as well. As I never saw any physical evidence of this building defect. I also remember at the time thinking how such a gearing obvious fault could be over looked, after such a massive renovation project, and why did the Hall sell so quickly. Surly a building inspection would of picked it up. Of course now I know why.
