Jehovah’s Witnesses sell DUMBO buildings to Kushner
New Owner Vows To Make Them 'Epicenter' of Tech Triangle
The Jehovah’s Witnesses finalized the sale of five sought-after DUMBO buildings on Oct. 2 – and their new owner vows to make them the “epicenter” of the nascent Brooklyn Tech Triangle.
“If we can activate these properties in the right way, they have the ability to really be the heart of that Triangle and to connect Downtown with DUMBO with what’s happening in the Navy Yards [sic] and really be the epicenter for all of the change that is occurring in Brooklyn,” Jared Kushner, the Kushner Cos. CEO, said in a video news clip on the religious group’s website.
The Kushner Cos. bought the buildings with RFR, a high-powered real estate firm founded by Aby Rosen and Michael Fuchs that owns iconic Manhattan skyscrapers including the Seagram Building. Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, is the publisher of the New York Observer.