You may be right, but apparently this doesn't extend to mosques. In Boston (a city with already astronomical and still rising real estate prices, in case you hadn't heard), there was some noise a month or two ago about a new Muslim center in the works. The deal stinks (like so much of Mayor Menino's sweetheart deals) in that they got the land from the city at significantly below market. Nothing has actually broken yet, but I certainly hope someone's investigating.
I hope someone is investigating too. I wonder if Mayor Menino has worked out a behind the scenes deal with Saudi monied interests. This move is tooo blatant, IMHO. Nope, hadn't heard about it. Thanks for posting.