 
Billk
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Username: Billk
Post Number: 175
Registered: 09-2005
| | Posted on Monday, December 03, 2007 - 1:20 pm: |    |
Did someone buy the 'Raymond James' Building on Jefferson? The 'For Sale' sign on the building is gone. |
Spiritofdetroit
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Username: Spiritofdetroit
Post Number: 760
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 03, 2007 - 1:28 pm: | |
I've noticed a few lights on in the building, but I am not sure what is going on.... |
Drm
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Username: Drm
Post Number: 1160
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 2:28 pm: | |
Looks like the scientologists are moving in. |
Bobj
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Username: Bobj
Post Number: 3295
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 2:37 pm: | |
I heard Raymond's brother Jesse was moving in |
Craig
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Username: Craig
Post Number: 578
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 2:56 pm: | |
Lights on? More than usual, you mean? It's an abandoned, dusty hulk, but a few interior lights almost always seem to be left on.
Remember Superbowl? Some civic boosters got into a number of the empty buildings and floors and switched on lights. |
Drm
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Username: Drm
Post Number: 1161
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 3:50 pm: | |
I was serious about the scientologists. Walk by and see for yourself. |
Rax
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Username: Rax
Post Number: 58
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 4:08 pm: | |
Maybe they're from L. Ron Hubbard Farms? LMAO! |
Jjaba
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Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5720
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 4:19 pm: | |
Raymond's sister Etta moved in. Cousin Reuben moved in too. Uncle Harry plays music in the basement. James Jamerson stops by after gigs.
jjaba, LOL. |
Lefty2
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Username: Lefty2
Post Number: 761
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 5:51 pm: | |
Yes it sold |
Douglasm
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Username: Douglasm
Post Number: 985
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 5:54 pm: | |
Who knows? Could be the new offices of Author Services, Bridge Publications. Galaxy Press and The Church Of Spiritual Technology...... |
Jjaba
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Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5722
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:21 pm: | |
Detroit should be so lucky. Look what the LDS Church did for the growth of Salt Lake City. No Mormons, no city, really. Alls jjaba knows from LDS is Lox, Danish, and Salami.
jjaba, Westside Bar Mitzvah Bukkor. |
Lefty2
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Username: Lefty2
Post Number: 762
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:28 pm: | |
Scientologists have a ton of cash, they bought a bunch of buildings in Hollywood.
-They can singlehandedly turn Detroit around 
Their scheme is to lure people in with free psychological exams and then they will say you flunked (or something and then will use high pressure to get you to buy a book. If you cave in and buy one then they know you are weak and may be a potential member for their brainwashing. |
Jjaba
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Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 5724
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 6:31 pm: | |
Are they still doing the psycchological tests? That's so 70s. Tom Cruise could invent something new for crissakes. (pun intended.)
jjaba. |
Fordaspiregv
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Username: Fordaspiregv
Post Number: 17
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 8:43 pm: | |
That new LDS church near I-75 and Rosa Parks was a surprise. Its nice to see new construction in that area. |
Kslice
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Username: Kslice
Post Number: 234
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - 9:40 pm: | |
funny Lefty2, been hitting the South Park a little hard?!
"The Company recently relocated its Detroit, Michigan
operations to a newly renovated 84,000 square foot building on 14 acres in
Southfield, Michigan. The Company owns that real estate as well as a 45,000
square foot building in Detroit that previously housed those operations. The
Company intends to sell the Detroit building."
Sounds like they're going against the grain. While more and more companies are getting out of the burbs, they are moving in. |
Lefty2
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Username: Lefty2
Post Number: 768
Registered: 07-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 2:30 pm: | |
Date of sale - 10/19/2007 price around 3.5 mill.
Grantor Name RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC SBM
Grantee Name CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF MICHIGAN
Funny but true, It is amazing how many recruits they get from walking the streets in Hollywood. (like runaway homeless and prostitutes) All the souls trying to get an acting job in LA usually walk around Hollywood at some point and the see all the Scientology buildings and they know the big actors that belong so they might think it would be a good 'IN' to get an acting job. They even have a hotel there to keep recruits inside so they can further brainwash them and keep them from friends. |
The_ed
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Username: The_ed
Post Number: 1522
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 2:47 pm: | |
DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH...DIANETICS IS TRUTH... |
Paulc
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Username: Paulc
Post Number: 160
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 3:35 pm: | |
I'm Raymond James...b**ch! |
Bobj
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Username: Bobj
Post Number: 3330
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 3:47 pm: | |
I am really surprised that the Scientologists bought that building - what the heck will they do with a building that size |
Carptrash
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Username: Carptrash
Post Number: 1493
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 4:05 pm: | |
AS I tell the story (stop me if you've already heard it) this building is a George D Mason event and features some subtle Parducci detailing on the exterior and some amazing bronze grillwork inside. I say, check it out while you still can. eeeeeeek |
Downtown_dave
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Username: Downtown_dave
Post Number: 227
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 4:08 pm: | |
They own plenty of real estate in downtown Clearwater, Fla. Their growth is dependent on "recruiting" new followers - which I'm sure is the plan here. Not opposed - but also not interested in joining.
Detroit may soon see a lot of white shirt/khaki pants new students on the street. Might a Tom Cruise appearance be next? |
Kslice
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Username: Kslice
Post Number: 235
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 7:51 pm: | |
wait, where is this building? I must not be thinking of the right one. |
Carptrash
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Username: Carptrash
Post Number: 1496
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 8:59 pm: | |
As I am picturing it, it is located at Griswold & Jefferson. OR do I have the wrong one? And to make it worse, I can't find pictures anywhere. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek |
Craig
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Username: Craig
Post Number: 591
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 9:10 pm: | |
You got it, Carp. Grey stone and maybe seven or eight stories high. Across the street from One Woodward/"Gas Building." |
Scs100
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Username: Scs100
Post Number: 1515
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 10:03 pm: | |
Just remember what Scientology did for Tom Cruise...
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Raptor56
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Username: Raptor56
Post Number: 218
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 11:38 pm: | |
Aren't the Scientologists turning Clearwater, FL into their version of Salt Lake City? I saw a tv special on it once. They invested a ton of money into the town. Only issue the city was having was their tax status. The church of scientology was buying up a bunch of prime land, fixing it up real nice, but since the buildings were all for "religious" use, the property was no longer on the tax rolls. |
Mikeydbn
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Username: Mikeydbn
Post Number: 354
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 6:55 am: | |
Best picture I have:
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Mikeydbn
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Username: Mikeydbn
Post Number: 355
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 6:59 am: | |
Here is a Google-Street View:
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Kslice
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Username: Kslice
Post Number: 236
Registered: 04-2007
| | Posted on Friday, December 14, 2007 - 8:35 am: | |
Thanks for the pics. |
Locano
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Username: Locano
Post Number: 11
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, December 16, 2007 - 2:52 pm: | |
Jjaba, speaking of Etta James, she's going to be at the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts on April 11!
I'm really excited to see her, even though I'm getting charged up the ass for tickets. |