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Social Betterment Properties International (SBPI) is a California-based corporation associated with the Church of Scientology, for which it operates as a real estate arm.. The organisation states that its purpose is to "develop and maintain buildings and other real estate utilized by social betterment organizations carrying out programs that utilize technology and methods developed by L. Ron ...
In total, the church owns seven historic Hollywood properties worth about $300 million, part of a Hollywood real estate empire of 26 properties, according to real estate experts." [1] Professor of religious studies Hugh Urban believes COS has purchased so many historic properties to "imbue itself with historical significance". Other issues ...
Catholic Church in Germany: 47.24 to 265.62 Germany: Catholicism: Some sources suggest a value as high as $265.62 billion, while others put it closer to $47.24 billion due to limited public data on the Church's finances. Former totals the value of land, real estate, investments and holdings of the Catholic Church and its institutions. [2] [3]
The Jim Henson Company is not selling its historic studio lot, located on La Brea Avenue in Hollywood, to the Church of Scientology. Reports began circulating this week that the Church of ...
As of 2018, the Church of Scientology claims it had purchased 70 buildings and opened 60 Ideal Orgs around the globe. [128] [129] With its membership numbers dwindling, Scientology's ideal org campaign has been called "a real estate scam", a "money-making scam", and "Scientology's principle cash cow".
In 1988, the Church of Scientology purchased the building for $5.1 million, [5] to be used as management organizations for the Scientology network of corporations. It is the official corporate office for Church of Scientology International and Religious Technology Center. On the ground floor is the L. Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition.
The church disputes everything Gude and his group say, and alleges the "hate group" is not made up of protesters but agitators and bigoted harassers of religious people. "Scientologists have been ...
The church also owns historic buildings, including the 1927 hotel Château Élysée, remodeled as the Celebrity Center International, the 1923 Christie Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard which is now the Church of Scientology Information Center, a community center in South L.A., (a 1930s art deco building), and the Braley building in Pasadena, now a ...