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Scientology buys prime parcel in Clearwater

Title: Scientology buys prime parcel in Clearwater
Date: Thursday, 7 August 2008
Publisher: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Author: Robert Farley
Main source: tampabay.com

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CLEARWATER — In one of its biggest purchases in years, the Church of Scientology has added 5 acres to its already defining downtown presence. The $10-million cash purchase signals the demise of an ambitious waterfront condominium project proposed by a group of Scientology parishioners who assembled parcels immediately north of downtown four years ago and shared visions of turning downtown Clearwater into another Naples. Despite having no experience in condo development, Triangle Development partners Ben Kugler and Ron Pollack hoped to ... [Read the rest at tampabay.com]