Wine distributor converts to church; Scientologists buy into Harlem for third Manhattan spot; Blank Rome stays put.(Real Estate)

Crain's New York Business, April, 2003 by Croghan, Lore

Byline: lore croghan The church of scientology is heading for Harlem. It is building its third Manhattan church in a handsome brick loft building that it just bought at 220 E. 125th St. for $3.45 million. Its two other churches are located on West 46th Street and East 82nd Street. ``Our choice of Harlem as a place to expand grows out of the desire of our African-American members to have a service base in the neighborhood,'' says the Rev.

John Carmichael, president of the Church of Scientology of New York. The building can accommodate a church that holds Sunday services and gives pastoral counseling to its parishioners, and an exercise and sauna facility for a program called the Purification Rundown that helps people cleanse their bodies of drugs and other...