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Farmland In, Chapels Out: The Mormon Church’s Two-Front Real Estate Play Across Washington

September 23, 20263 Mins read389
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While the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plants capital for generations in the Columbia Basin, where it outbid Bill Gates for $210 million of farmland, its real estate arm is quietly cashing out of aging Seattle-area meetinghouses to bankroll a temple-building push.

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