'Mysterious' 85 Jay Street Activity?

An email tip came in with the above photo of the parking lot at 85 Jay Street owned by the Watchtower Society in Dumbo. The email says:

“Mysterious doings this morning on the northwest corner of the huge lot bordered by Jay, Front, Bridge, and York, said to be the largest undeveloped city lot in all five boroughs. Are the JW’s prepping to build? Survey? Sell?”

Past Curbed posts indicate that this 3 acre plot of land is the largest plot of undeveloped land in the city. There are no jobs/filings for 85 Jay on the NYC Department of Buildings website. Does anyone have any information on this “mysterious activity”?


 85 Jay Street block

Previously:
{No Truth to Rumor that Witnesses Will Not Develop 85 Jay, 03May2007, Brooklyn Daily Eagle}
{Jehovah’s Abandon Dumbo, 24Apr2007, Curbed}
{85 Jay Watchtower Complex, skyscraperpage.com}
{Jehovah’s Witnesses On Track to Colonize Dumbo, 04Dec2004, Curbed}

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