Real estate industry groups urge lawmakers not to raise Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac fees. New Union Square signs rejected as “too Midtown.” Joseph Robert, international real estate investor and philanthropist, is dead at 59. Huge demand for “estate-like” condos in Bergen County. And Trump may cancel GOP debate he was to moderate. Click here for these stories and more. [more]
Category: Donald Trump
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Trump’s new book[Updated 11:55 a.m. on Dec. 6, 2011] The Donald has a lot to say in his latest book, out today. In between moderating debates for Fox News, taking gold bars as a deposit at 40 Wall Street, mulling a run for office and meeting with Republican presidential nominee hopefuls (as he did today with Newt Gingrich), Trump penned another political book: “Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again.”In the latest advice volume, the developer of real estate from Israel to Florida, suggests that America’s problems are the result of President Barack Obama not loving America enough, that the only way to fix the deficit is to take Iraqi oil by force, and that Trump himself is worth a total of $7 billion, a disputed figure. [more]
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Trump breaks down net worth, says it’s more than $7 billion. The “Sex and the City” townhouse in the West Village sells for $9 million. Human Rights Watch renews and expands in Empire State Building, DG Fast Channel takes 90,000 square feet in 1633 Broadway and young designer Jen Kao takes almost 10,000 square feet of showroom space at 10 Hudson Square. Blackstone Group set to acquire 16 building U.S. portfolio for $800 million. Longtime Coney Island souvenir shop quietly closes. Finally, neighborhoods can now apply to become “slow zones” with 20 MPH speed limits. Click here for these stories and more. [more]
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Developer Donald Trump had some advice for the Occupy Wall Street protesters in an interview with Sean Hannity that appeared on Fox News last night (see video above).
“If I could speak to that group,” he said, jokingly admitting he’s probably not the person they’d want to hear from, “I’d say, ‘Folks, let’s go. Let’s hop on the train, let’s hop on the planes — we’re going down to Washington.’”
That answer was prompted in part by Hannity, who showed no restraint in expressing his dismay for the Obama administration’s policy towards the banks.
But earlier in the interview, Trump admitted banks “have not been treating people properly.” [more]
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Developer Donald Trump joined Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on a conference call with her supporters last night, though Bachmann made clear his participation was not an endorsement of her, the New York Times reported.
“He’s on the call because he’s admired,” she told what she said were 200,000 participants on the call.
In response to a question from a listener named Ralph from California on whether he would consider a Trump-Bachmann or Bachmann-Trump presidential ticket, The Donald did not answer directly. “I don’t think that’s why we’re here tonight,’’ he said, adding, “I’ve gotten to know Michele very well’’ and she is “a far cry from what we have in the White House.’’
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Donald Trump and the Doral Golf ResortDonald Trump’s company has signed a deal to buy the Doral Golf Resort for $170 million, according to sources familiar with the matter. It marks a shift for Trump, and would be the company’s largest real estate investment in the United States since the recession. While the deal isn’t finalized, it means Trump is the lead bidder on the project, which is being sold by a joint venture of Paulson & Co. and Wintrhop Realty Trust. The Donald’s strategy in recent years has been to avoid borrowing and derive income from licensing his name on other projects, like several in Miami. The company would spend $150 million on improvements if awarded the resort, according to sources. [WSJ]
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Donald Trump has apparently become a mandatory pit stop on Republican presidential candidates’ long drives to replace President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. And usually it makes for a great photo opportunity.
But MediaBistro reported that when Mitt Romney “went off to kiss the ring” of the Donald, he did so privately inside the Trump Tower, evading, and ultimately disappointing, a legion of press stationed outside the building.
“Well, pictures were snapped,” Trump later said to Fox News. “But they were snapped privately.” [more]
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Clockwise: The crowd that gathered adjacent to the Trump on the Ocean development site; Donald Trump speaking to the crowd as Assembly member Dean Murray (to the far right) looks on; two of the handful of protesters at the rally and the construction site as it looks nowWhen Donald Trump — introduced as “the person that’s going to save Long Island and save New York” –
stepped up to the microphones today before a group of about 200 admiring supporters of his Nassau County Trump on the Ocean project plans, he began
with an ironic story. In 2005, he reminded everyone, he was presented with the “Master Builder” award by
the Long Island State Parks Department.As the crowd standing in front of the flagpole on the Jones Beach boardwalk rallying for Trump’s Jones Beach 76,000-square-foot catering hall project was well aware, since then Trump has battled the
agency in court at least two separate times in order to obtain a permit and begin construction. Today, the Alliance to Revitalize Jones Beach, an activist group unaffiliated with Trump, staged a rally in support of the project and landed The Donald as its featured guest. [more] -
When Donald Trump’s newest tenant in his 70-story office tower at 40 Wall Street suggested an unconventional security deposit payment method, the former would-be presidential candidate took it as an opportunity to bash President Barack Obama. According to the Wall Street Journal, precious metal dealer Apmex will pay the $176,000 security deposit on its 10-year lease with three 32-ounce bars of gold, each about the size of a television remote.
“It’s a sad day when a large property owner starts accepting gold instead of the dollar,” Trump said. [more]
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[Updated at 6 p.m. with information from Trump]
As the race to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner in the 9th Congressional
District in parts of Brooklyn and Queens heats up, developer Donald Trump has now
inserted himself into the competition between the two candidates
running to take his seat, former state Assemblyman David Weprin, a Democrat,
and businessman Bob Turner, a Republican, in the special election next Tuesday. [more]
