During the first two months of 2014 a group of
Brazilian English teachers (I was one of them) had the opportunity of taking a
course at St. John´s University in Manhattan, NYC. It was a great, spectacular,
unforgettable experience for all of us because besides learning new teaching
strategies and technologies we could interact a lot with native and foreign
teachers, people on the streets and classmates, changing experiences and
learning new things as well.
The university:
The university:
St. John´s is a private Roman Catholic University
founded in 1870 with campuses in Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island (New York
City), a graduate center in Oakdale (New York) and also abroad, one in Rome and
another in Paris.
The building where we studied in Manhattan was sold for
$223 million to a partnership between Fisher Brothers and The Whitkoff Group;
The
transaction represents the largest sale in Lower Manhattan, a record price for
the area, according to Cushman & Wakefield, which
represented St. John’s.
Located
on the northeast corner of Murray and West streets, the campus has a 31,028
square-foot footprint and allows for the development of a residential building
totaling 310,028 square feet.
Fisher
Brothers and Witkoff Group said they plan to demolish the property at 101
Murray Street and replace it with a new mixed-use building incorporating
residential and commercial spaces.
"Lower
Manhattan continues to evolve at a record-setting pace and we are proud to be a
part of it, along with The Witkoff Group,”Winston Fisher, partner
at Fisher Brothers, said in a statement.
“The
university takes great pride in our presence in New York City, and the
overwhelming success of this transaction allows us to ensure the strength of
that presence for generations of St. John’s students to come,” Martha Hirst,
executive vice president, chief operating officer and treasurer at St. John’s University,
said.
Queens Campus:
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