Trump Tower Dallas & A bunch of other talk about anything to do with Trump and so on

[slfunk]

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/01/23/daily47.html?jst=b_ln_hl

Trump sets sights on Dallas
Glenn Hunter
Editor


Real estate tycoon Donald J. Trump says he's eying land in North Texas for a project called Trump Tower Dallas.

"We're literally looking at something right now, and if we do it we'll make it very, very successful," Trump told the Dallas Business Journal on Thursday.

While he declined to provide specifics, the wealthy entrepreneur said he'll visit the tower's proposed site next month when he speaks at the Learning Annex Real Estate Wealth Expo at the Dallas Convention Center.

"The speech is giving me the incentive to go out and look at the land," Trump said. "The land that we'll purchase will be terrific, if we decide to do this."

Asked to describe the site's location, Trump said: "I'd rather not. Because otherwise, it won't be available for purchase for very long."

Trump, president and chairman of the New York-based Trump Organization, developed the Trump Tower skyscraper and the Trump International Hotel & Tower, a luxury hotel and residential building, in New York.

Most recently he announced plans for Trump Tower Philadelphia, a 45-story, $190 million luxury condominium project along the Delaware River waterfront. It would be similar to other Trump buildings planned for Las Vegas, Chicago and Tampa, Fla.

Experts say Dallas has been a hot market for high-end condos. The most successful such projects have been the W Dallas Victory Hotel and Residences and the Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, said real estate consultant Ted Wilson, a principal at Dallas-based Residential Strategies Inc.

That's mainly because both the W and the Ritz have "national and even international brand appeal" and are associated with full-service hotels, Wilson said.

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[crescentboi]

How freakin' awesome! I can't wait to hear about where he is thinking of and what he's planning! Hopefully if he follows the pattern he's already done, it'll be a great, landmark tower! Hopefully as well it'll be taller than the BOA tower, but that's just my wish!

[Lakewooder]

He likes big ones/..

[ParkCitiesTexas]

I just passed out!!! :bounce:

[antoinekhuu]

I don't think we will get anything higher than 45 stories.
And for the location,I doubt that Trump tower will be in Victory, may be Uptown,Downtown or Turtle creek.

[drumguy8800]

Twilight Zone..?

[antoinekhuu]

Let's look at Trump tower under construction
Chicago 92 stories
Toronto 70 stories
Las Vegas 64 Stories
Finger cross that we could get anything about 60-70 stories.
Is Trump Tower New Orleans canceled yet?

[FoUTASportscaster]

Hopefully as well it'll be taller than the BOA tower, but that's just my wish!


Ultimately it will be in that part of DTD and can help fill the skyline in between that and Reunion tower.

[drumguy8800]

Ultimately it will be in that part of DTD and can help fill the skyline in between that and Reunion tower.I would much rather it be north and to the east of it.. between it and Fountain Place. Gaping hole there. Also a nice plot of land directly to the east of BoA Tower. If you place it south or southwest, you'll just make the skyline even more spread out. Reunion Tower can be its own little addition.. it doesnt need connecting. But maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves.

[antoinekhuu]

Somebody should follow Trump around when he get to Dallas so we could be the first to know about the location

[crescentboi]

He likes big ones/..

No need to state the obvious Lakewooder! :p

I would think he'd put in in/near the Arts District.

[CTroyMathis]

Wow, what an announcement.

[Columbus Civil]

Cool.

[Boredkid]

Really I hope he does not build here. Do we really want a 80 story ugly gold tower? but that is just my thoughts.

[Columbus Civil]

Here's Trump International - Chicago:

http://www.condohotelcenter.com/images/condos/trump_chicago.jpg

It doesn't appear to be gold.

[Boredkid]

here is what i was thinking of

[Columbus Civil]

I doubt that is gold. It's probably glass.

[Boredkid]

or this one is bronze.

[Boredkid]

or the best one....

[drumguy8800]

I doubt he'll do anything in gold. That died in the 70s.

<img src="http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/2001bry.jpg" alt="2001 Bryan from dallasarchitecture.info" title="2001 Bryan [dallasarchitecture.info]" style="border: 1px solid #000000; width: 200px;">

[Boredkid]

the last one i posted he just started to build

[Columbus Civil]

The Campbell Center might have something to say about it.

[Rob]

Gold or not, I can't imagine hoping that a real estate tycoon doesn't build a giant building right in our backyards.

[Columbus Civil]

If you don't like the design, you can always buy the land from him.

[Boredkid]

I just may do that.

[Boredkid]

thought it will be a bit hard, not knowing anything about where he is looking. Though if he builds across the street from me, I will have not a second thoughts of renting out my place and living at my place i was going to rent out in victory.

[noelamador]

I agree with Boredkid. other than Trump Chicago his other highrises are hideuous and tacky. here's to this happening with SOM as the architects(Trump Chicago).

[crescentboi]

I love the tower in Chicago, but I also do really like the Trump World Tower I believe it's called, the black one by the UN in New York. Now my dream would be if he could build a tower like the Burj Dubai tower in Dubai. Now that would be a landmark tower that would change Dallas, and be one of a kind for the US. Here's a website for it...www.burjdubai.com

[X Factor]

Drop Kick Me Jesus... This is the Best news of the Year.. Behind the coming for 500,000 sf news. Lets hope the Donald follows through and doesnt fire Dallas...

[Hunter Wadle]

haha, you know he's only saying all this to get into the press and ruffle Mark Cuban's feathers.....they have been going at it for a while with insults and such, he might just be trying to hit cuban at home..... i hope he is serious though, but I can also see this as another stab at Cuban even though Cuban had a huge loss with The Benefactor.......

[gc]

^ Perhaps then, this will inspire Cuban to become an investment partner in the greatest Condo Highrise Development ever that is tailored to the professional athelete......ever! :)

[Tnekster]

or the best one....

Just the fact that Trump is nosing around D these days tells you where we are now. Boredkid that pic looks like the Vegas tower. Is that what that is?

[Mballar]

"We're literally looking at something right now, and if we do it we'll make it very, very successful," Trump told the Dallas Business Journal on Thursday.

While he declined to provide specifics, the wealthy entrepreneur said he'll visit the tower's proposed site next month when he speaks at the Learning Annex Real Estate Wealth Expo at the Dallas Convention Center.

"The speech is giving me the incentive to go out and look at the land," Trump said. "The land that we'll purchase will be terrific, if we decide to do this."

I hate to sound "Insidetheloop-ish" on this one, but, I wouldn't get too excited about this one right now. If Trump hasn't even seen the site yet, I would think that his purchase, much less, development would be a long, long ways away. Yes, our real estate market is comparatively good with the rest of the country, and yes, we're a long way from the bubble. BUT, it appears that the Donald is just coming to that realization.

I want to see him build something here just as much as the next man. However, I think that his visit in February is more about motivational speaking than anything else. This article just fuels those ticket sales.

[dallastophoenix]

i belive (don't quote me on this) that the one or two PHoenix projects he's going to do will be greater than 50 stories. and dallas' land is MUCH cheaper!! here come the investors. buy your properties now!! ha!

[Aeneas515]

Could he be thinking about the 1.6 acre lot in the middle of the Arts Districit??

[AZDallasite]

HOLY SH!T!!!! The fact that Trump is even considering Dallas shows just how far Dallas has progresssed in becoming urbanized. I do think this project will happen but I just hope he doesn't wear a cowboy hat at groundbreaking.

[antoinekhuu]

i belive (don't quote me on this) that the one or two PHoenix projects he's going to do will be greater than 50 stories. and dallas' land is MUCH cheaper!! here come the investors. buy your properties now!! ha!
Trump Tower New Orleans if it was built would be 60 stories. And the land there certainly isn't more expensive than Dallas'.

[940]

HOLY SH!T!!!! The fact that Trump is even considering Dallas shows just how far Dallas has progresssed in becoming urbanized. I do think this project will happen but I just hope he doesn't wear a cowboy hat at groundbreaking.


I agree..this is great..if this tower does come to fruition, I do believe it will be the start of many other high end developers coming to Dallas just on Trump's name alone.

[rjlevins]

My boyfriend was talking about a conference Trump was going to speak at in Dallas. My response was, "I bet when Trump sees what's going on in Downtown Dallas, he will want to build a tower."

I think this is great and could be a great signal for the rest of the real estate investors across the nation.

[honestruerealman]

I agree with Boredkid. other than Trump Chicago his other highrises are hideuous and tacky. here's to this happening with SOM as the architects(Trump Chicago).

Perhaps he will build a huge one hundred story building shaped like a large capital D? Not only would this unique shape not be the typical square one, but it would have the benefit of lots of corner windows. People driving to Dallas would be able to see the building from hundreds of miles away and say to each other cheerfully, "Hey! There is Big D!" Also confused terrorists would have a difficult time aiming their aircraft at it and this would cause most of them to fly right through the middle of it.

[rantanamo]

Wouldn't mind seeing him kick off the Trinity boom that I think we'll see.

[drumguy8800]

A Big D? It would be like living on Sesame Street.

[DFW]

[QUOTE=rjlevins]My boyfriend was talking about a conference Trump was going to speak at in Dallas. My response was, "I bet when Trump sees what's going on in Downtown Dallas, he will want to build a tower."

I was thinking the same thing a few days ago when I heard on the radio he was coming here to the convention center. I was going to post it but I decided not to.
I do know a rumor was going around about five years ago that Trump was eyeing at a prime vacant lot at the corner of Turtle Creek & Cedar Springs.

Anyway this is fantastic news, I hope it will happen for Dallas.

[frankchitown]

Take a look at this thread (http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/showthread.php?t=2885) from a few years back..could it be possible that the Trump org actually listened to some of your emails? I'm praying that he's eyeing the arts dist. or anywhere downtown. The worst news would be something like a Galleria tower.

I just hope he puts Bill Rancik in charge.

[1999McKinneyAve]

Trump's daughter, Ivanka, used to come down to Dallas quite often while she was in MBA school. She had a friend that lived here at 1999 McKinney. (Great girl...HOT...smart...not pretentious..loved to walk up and down McKinney Ave..Ivanka, not her friend). Anyway, I digress. Me being the idiot, one day I asked her what her plans where after she left Wharton. "Going to work for my Dad," was her reply. Where I'm going with this is that she seemed to really like Dallas and may have had some influence with her Dad. My guess is that he's serious.

[crocodile_hunt_er]

People driving to Dallas would be able to see the building from hundreds of miles away and say to each other cheerfully, "Hey! There is Big D!"

This post was super funny. But also in all seriousness, this is the best idea ever!! How sweet would that be!

[crocodile_hunt_er]

with all the talk of trump making gold towers, someone posted this trump building in another thread the other day. It aint gold:

http://www.trumpgrande.com/home.htm

[mikedsjr]

I hope he tries to match the feel of DTD. I would hope it has a futuristic type feel and one of the tallest. Other than that, It is alway good to see another tall building.

[clipper]

I wouldn't get out the groundbreaking shovels. Trump does that routine where ever he travels around the county. He made the same kind of statements here on visits in the 90s and 80s. It gets him a lot of attention and opens doors for him. Also, he's promoting this seminar he's giving here next month - one of those "how to get rich in real estate" classes. What better way to get folks fired up than to talk about some "mystery" project here. I don't buy it.

[DalMac]

I'm very skeptical, but the fact that we have the opportunity to speculate about it is exciting to me.