Summary
[...] the sale of the property to the ICHCOC shifts the focus of questions from 'can the temple be sold?' to 'what will happen to it now that's been sold?' The transaction also makes the church a major player in the effort to redevelop the corridor; the ICHCOC purchased the former Civic Tower, just a few blocks west of the lodge property, in 2003, and has contracted with a hotel group to convert the eight-story former office building - another landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places - into a 112-room hotel.
See the full content of this document
Extract
Landmark Decision
By the time the Archbishop Timothy Paul had finished his first grand tour of the Springfield Masonic Temple on State Street two years ago, he was already sold on it as the new home for the headquarters of the International Communion of the Holy Christian Ortho...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
