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Some More Trump Properties

Trump oversees a vast real-estate empire with gleaming outposts around the globe, as well as lucrative business ties to key geopolitical allies and adversaries. Based on the financial disclosure report he filed in 2016, Trump owns or controls more than 500 businesses in some two-dozen countries around the world.

I have included a few:

Link: Trump Towers

Trump Parc East

Trump purchased the Barbizon Plaza Hotel and 100 Central Park South from Banque Lambert in 1981 for $65 million, financed by a $50 million loan from Chase Manhattan Bank.

As to the apartment building, Trump stated that "they practically gave it to me, because it was losing so much money under rent control." He also claimed to have paid only $13 million for the two buildings. By 1985, 60 of the building's 80 units were occupied, with about half being rent-controlled and the rest being rent-stabilized. Trump's intention was to replace the two buildings with a new one, which would be "one of the finest pieces of real estate in New York."

Grand Hyatt Hotel

In one of the most famous real estate deals in history, in 1976, Donald J. Trump and the Hyatt Corporation partnered to buy the Commodore Hotel, now known as the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Since many of the buildings near the hotel were in or on the verge of foreclosure, and New York City was facing bankruptcy, Mr. Trump was able to negotiate an unprecedented contract in which the city provided a 40-year tax abatement, the first ever granted to a commercial property.

Trump SoHo Hotel

Trump SoHo, a $450 million, 46-story, 391-room hotel opened in 2010 and is by run y Trump's children Donald Jr. and Ivanka.

As of 2016, this is the latest building project constructed by Trump with his name on it.

It is a four-and-a-half-star hotel with amazing amenities such as an outdoor pool deck complete with a waterfall, cabanas, and drinks from the Bar D’Eau. Standard rooms go from ‎$317 to $671.

The Trump Building

This 71-story commercial skyscraper, completed in 1930 after 11 months of construction, is probably the most historic of all of Trump's buildings.

Originally known as the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building as well as the Manhattan Company Building, it was renamed the Chase Manhattan Bank building then bought by Donald Trump and renamed The Trump Building.

Trump stated he paid $10 million for 40 Wall Street and that it was worth $400 million in 1995.

Trump Palace

200 East 69th Street

Rising to 623 ft. (190 m.), this 54-story luxury tower is the tallest building on the Upper East Side, and it was designed to resemble classic art deco architecture of the 1920s and 30s.

Trump purchased it in 1985 and it was completed in 1991. The average purchase prices of a condo here are:

Studio $625,000

1 bedroom $920,000

2 bedrooms $2,600,000

3 bedrooms $4,750,000

4 bedrooms $10,000,000

Trump International Hotel and Tower

1 Central Park West

Construction of this 44-story residential & hotel building began in 1968 and was completed in 1970.

Originally an office building, this 583 ft tower was renovated from 1995 to 1997.

Trump bought it in 1994 with the intention of making it a part condo part hotel. In April 1996, Trump said that he would move into the building's penthouse.

He also said the address would be changed from 7 Columbus Circle to 1 Central Park West.

Out front, as an homage to the Unisphere located in Trump's home borough of Queens, is a 30-foot-wide silver globe, titled “Trump International".

The 2011 film Tower Heist was filmed here.

Riverside South & Trump Place

Along the Hudson River between 59th and 72nd Sts.

In the 1970's Trump partnered with six civic associations to build this 3.5 billion dollar, 57-acre urban development.

Built on the former New York Central Railroad yard, it includes Trump Place and Riverside Center. Trump sold it to investors from Hong Kong and China in 1997.

Trump parlayed his sale of Riverside South into two premier office buildings: 1290 Avenue of the Americas and 555 California Street in San Francisco. 

This is considered the most lucrative deal of Trump's career, accounting for the largest percentage of his net worth, approximately $3.5 billion, according to Fortune Magazine.

Wollman Rink

Inside Central Park closer to 5th Avenue between 63rd and 64th Sts

Wollman Ice Rink

This public ice-skating rink that operates from October-April is in the southern area of Central Park.

It opened in 1949 with funds donated by Kate Wollman.

The rink was closed in 1980 for a two-year renovation plan at a cost of $9.1 million.

In 1986, when the project was still not complete and the budget had grown to $13 million, Donald Trump persuaded Mayor Ed Koch to let him take over the project.

Trump said it would be completed in four months for an additional $2.5 million.

The rink reopened to the public on November 13, 1986, under budget at $2.25 million and two months ahead of schedule.

Donald Trump operated the rink from 1987 to 1991.  Since 2001, Wollman Rink has been operated by The Trump Organization and Rink Management Services of Mechanicsville, Virginia.

The two organizations also run the Lasker Rink, located on the north edge of Central Park. The rink has been featured in several movies, including Love Story and Serendipity.

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