Are you evicting people who have been loyal tenants for years?
We are serving remaining tenants with eviction notices as required by law.  This is for the benefit of the tenants as well.  Several tenants have told us there has been so much speculation about a sale that an eviction notice will serve as a welcome indicator of intent.

Is this, then, the first real notice tenants are getting about the offering?
No – we are a church and a social service organization. It is in our mission to treat people fairly and with respect. We have been communicating about this plan and doing our best to help tenants and employees through this transition for over a year…and we will continue to do so.

You’re saying you want to redeploy these assets for needier people.  Aren’t many of these residents needy? There are a wide range of residents.  We have placed and or helped almost 450 of the 600 residents find other housing in other Salvation Army facilities and or other housing locations of their choosing. We have had case workers helping these residents for over a year now. We have provided furnishings, moving costs and other matters of support to people who needed help to make the moves.

As the programs have never been need-based, many residents have moderate means. A very few are truly “needy” and a few are elderly.  We continue to help those who are elderly or needy to find suitable housing.

Weren’t you given these buildings expressly for affordable housing programs?
No. These residences were bought by The Salvation Army in 1954 and 1963. We renovated them and have invested and have worked very hard to maintain them over the years. They are, however, extremely costly to maintain and more so because they are in Manhattan. 

How much will The Salvation Army gain from the sale?
We don’t know yet, as there has been no sale.

What is the asking price?
For all details of the offering, contact Jonathan Plotkin at GVA Williams.

Aren’t you being greedy?  Didn’t Joan Kroc give you enough money to do whatever you want? No. Mrs. Kroc gave the Salvation Army in the United States a huge and very specifically allocated gift. Our proposal for one of 30 national Kroc centers has been accepted.  We will develop a plan and hopefully, build a Kroc center, but:

• We are not guaranteed any money at this stage.
• The Kroc gift requires that we raise additional monies to develop and sustain the center.

Will funds from the sale be used exclusively for the Kroc center?

• No. Funds from the sale will be used exclusively to support programs in Greater New York (the five boroughs of New York City and the nine surrounding counties.) We intend to begin programs in needy areas that are currently without services and to expand programs that are bursting at the seams. Additionally, we plan to build affordable housing for seniors in conjunction with the Kroc center.