It's the brainchild of Richard Caring, whose previous investments include the Caprice and Soho House groups, Bill's, and Côte.
The building had been auctioned off by the city in 1998 with a deed restriction specifying that it house groups that serve the community.
The authors note that the growth of evangelical Christianity has brought with it a change in the nature of religious expression, with institutionalised forms of belief giving way to everything from small house groups to megachurches.
The jury found unanimously that the owner, Gregg Singer, could not evict Charas because he did not intend to use the building in accordance with a deed restriction requiring that it house groups that serve the community.
These assemblages of multiple house groups at winter village sites are often called "tribes," but it must be noted that such units were not politically integrated, for each of the component houses retained its economic and political autonomy.
For instance, from Tlingit country in the north to at least as far south as Puget Sound and perhaps farther, several house groups would typically pass the winter together at a site in a sheltered cove that was protected from winter winds.
