In 2004 the society began transferring its printing operations to its Wallkill factory complex.[89][90] The move triggered the sale of a number of Brooklyn factory and residential properties including:
- 360 Furman Street, sold in 2004 for $205 million;[91]
- 67 Livingston Street, (nicknamed the Sliver)[92]sold in 2006 for $18.6 million.[91]
- 89 Hicks Street, sold in 2006 for $14 million.[91]
- Standish Arms Hotel, 169 Columbia Heights, sold in 2007 for $50 million.[93]
- 183 Columbia Heights, bought in 1986, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in April 2012 for $6.6 million.[90][94][95]
- 161 Columbia Heights, bought in 1988, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in March 2012 for $3 million.[90][94]
- 165 Columbia Heights, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in January 2012 for $4.1 million.[90][96]
- 105 Willow Street, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in April 2012 for $3.3 million.[90][97]
- 34 Orange Street, offered for sale in 2007 and sold in November 2012 for $2,825,000.[90][98]
- Bossert Hotel, 98 Montague Street, bought in 1983,[69] offered for sale in 2008.[76] sold in 2012 to a hotel developer, Rosewood Realty Group, for $81 million.[99][100]
- 50 Orange Street, bought in 1988, renovated to sell 2006, and sold in December 2011 for $7.1 million.[101]
- 67 Remsen Street, offered for sale in July 2012,[102] and sold the same year for $3.25 million.[103]
- Three adjoining properties (173 Front Street, 177 Front Street and 200 Water Street) sold together for 30.6 million in April 2013 to Urban Realty Partners.[104][105]
- 55 Furman Street, 400,000 sq. ft., is for sale as of June 2013.[106]
- Five adjoining properties (175 Pearl Street, 55 Prospect Street, 81 Prospect Street, 117 Adams Street, and 77 Sands Street totaling 700,000 sq. ft.), offered for sale in September 2011,[107][108] under contract as of July 2013 to a three company buy-out. A sixth building (90 Sands Street, about 500,000 sq. ft., a 505 room, 30 story building) in this sale will be released in 2017, after the scheduled completion of the Jehovah's Witnesses' new headquarters in Warwick, NY. The properties are under contract for $375 million at completion of the sale.[106][109]
- Two private parking lots are for sale as of June 2013.[106]
In 2011 the Watch Tower Society was reported to still own 34 properties in Brooklyn;[4][110] a 2009 report calculated "a dozen or more" properties in the Brooklyn area.[76] In a 2010 news report the Watch Tower Society said it was "not actively promoting" the sale of eight Brooklyn properties still on the market.[79]Watch Tower Society's remaining sixteen occupied Brooklyn properties are 25, 30, 50, 58, 97, 107, 119, and 124 Columbia Heights; 55 and 67 Furman Street; 80 and 86 Willow Street; 21 Clark Street; parking lots at 1 York Street and 85 Jay Street; and 90 Sands Street already arranged to sell in 2017.[111] The Furman Street properties and parking lots are for sale currently as stated above.
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