Subject: Trump Tampa Bullets
From: "Sarge, Matthew" <[email-masked]>
To: "Crystal, Andy" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Roberts, Kelly" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 15:17:44 -0700

Some additional Trump Tampa stuff that may not have been in the book. May be of interest

TRUMP TOWER TAMPA

Donald Trump Joined A Partnership To Build "Trump Tower Tampa" A Proposed Building That Would Be The Tallest In Tampa. "Developer and reality TV star Donald Trump said Monday he has stuck a partnership deal with a local development group to build Trump Tower Tampa, a 52-story, 190-unit condominium building at the southwest corner of Whiting Street and Ashley Drive in downtown. ... At 593 feet, Trump Tower Tampa will be downtown's tallest building. Currently, the tallest building is 100 North Tampa, a 42-story office building also known as the AmSouth building, at 579 feet. Its neighbor, the 42-story Bank of America Plaza, is 2 feet shorter." [Tampa Tribune, 1/11/05]

Donald Trump's Involvement In The Trump Tower Tampa Project Was "More Than Just A Licensing Deal." "Trump Tower Tampa will be billed as a Donald J. Trump Signature Property, built as a partnership between the Trump Organization and SimDag/RoBEL. Terms of the partnership were not disclosed, but both Trump and the SimDag/RoBEL managing partners said Trump's involvement is more than just a licensing deal." [Tampa Tribune, 1/11/05]

A Day After He Announced His Involvement In Trump Tower Tampa, Donald Trump Said The Building's Condos Were 70 Percent Sold. "It was only a day after confirming he would co-develop the biggest high-rise condo complex on Florida's west coast, Trump Tower Tampa, and real estate magnate Donald Trump and his associates were already thinking 'sellout.' 'They've really been selling incredibly well. I think they're 70 percent sold out already,' Trump said in an interview from his New York headquarters Tuesday." [St. Petersburg Times, 1/12/05]

Donald Trump's Spokeswoman Jill Cremer "Cringed" After Trump Announced Trump Tower Tampa Had Been 70 Percent Sold. "Trump Organization spokeswoman Jill Cremer cringed after her boss let slip the 70 percent reservations figure, as developers had been keeping a lid on releasing numbers. 'But it's not false; let's just say that,' Cremer said. 'There has been amazing interest in this project since they secretly let out the reservations agreement in December.'" [St. Petersburg Times, 1/12/05]

A Year After Donald Trump Announced Trump Tower Tampa, Construction Still Had Not Started And The Project Appeared To Be Indefinitely Delayed. "A year ago, billionaire developer Donald Trump swept into downtown Tampa touting a $220-million condo tower that at 52 stories would outstretch any skyscraper in the region. ... Today, to the casual eye, the 1 1/2-acre lot at 111 S. Ashley Drive looks no more likely to sprout a luxury high-rise than it was a year ago. It's cleared, flattened, shrouded in construction fencing. Promises for a formal groundbreaking have been shoved back since early fall, along with the projected completion date, while the skyscraper's cost and price per condo have jumped. Some buyers, while captivated by the Trump mystique, hanker for explanations as delay succeeds delay." [Chicago Tribune, 2/5/06]

Frustrated With The Slow Pace Of Trump Tower Tampa, Donald Trump Revealed That He Had Little Involvement With The Project Beyond Licensing His Name. "As long as his name's on it, he wants the estimated $220 million Trump Tower Tampa to be a success.  'This is the only job I have in the world that isn't going up quickly,' Trump said in a telephone interview with The Tampa Tribune. 'I could build that [tower] out of my back pocket. This isn't a big job for me.' Calls to the developer, SimDag LLC, were not returned. Questions about the project were e-mailed to the project's spokesman David Hooks. By late Tuesday night, questions about the project were answered. Hooks confirmed by e-mail that two firms are bidding to finance the project. Trump revealed for the first time Tuesday that his deal with SimDag is a licensing agreement and that he has had little involvement with details of the project." [Tampa Tribune, 8/23/06]

Following The Announcement Of Trump Tower Tampa In January 2005, Construction Prices Increased, Two Contractors Were Fired And A Lien Was Filed Against The Project For Unpaid Bills. "Since the Tampa project was announced in January 2005, at least two contractors have been dismissed. Groundbreaking deadlines and completion dates have been pushed back several times, and at least $40 million in construction increases were passed on to buyers with reservations to buy units. On June 14, the general contractor who was let go in April filed a $1.6 million lien on the property with Hillsborough County. Dallas-based Turner Construction Co. said it had not been paid for "furnished labor materials, equipment, tools, supervision and related services" for Trump Tower." [Tampa Tribune, 8/23/06]