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Announced in 2006, Trump SoHo New York will be a $450 million, 46 story, 400 unit hotel condominium.

Overview

The building is located at 246 Spring Street, between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue, a few blocks west of the SoHo neighborhood in New York City. The building will feature a spa, a high-end restaurant and over 12,000 square feet (1,100 m) of conference and banquet facilities.

As a hotel condominium, 391 dwelling units within the building will be privately owned, but no unit may "be occupied by the same person for more than 29 days in any 36-day period, or for more than 120 days a year." When not occupied by the owner, an empty unit may be rented out as a hotel suite.

The project is a collaboration between Trump, the Bayrock Group and Tamir Sapir. The building is being overseen by Donald Trump, his children Donald Trump, Jr. and Ivanka Trump, and The Apprentice season 5 winner Sean Yazbeck, who chose this project over the Trump International Hotel and Tower (Honolulu) project on the June 5, 2006 Apprentice season finale.

Design architects for the building are Handel Architects based in New York. The interior designer is David Rockwell of the Rockwell Group.

Donald Trump's partners in this project include wealthy Russian businessmen, specifically one Tamir Sapir, who was involved in a pump-and-dump stock scheme and was an unindicted co-conspirator. Trump Soho lender iStar Financial has placed the mortgage loan up for sale.

Amenities

The 386,000-square-foot (35,900 m) condo-hotel was designed to contribute to the neighborhood as well as the skyline. In addition to the private rooms, there will be public areas, including the Quattro Gastronomia Italiana restaurant, and a public garden, two story guest lobby, Library and Bazaar, the hotel's cocktail lounge. There will also be a business center with conference and meeting rooms.

The hotel will feature an outdoor, seasonal pool deck with a boccie court. Located on the same level will be the 11,000 square feet (1,000 m) The Spa at Trump, fitness facilities and the seasonal bar Bar d’Eau.

The external walls of each room with be made completely of double sided mirrors, giving its tenants a panoramic view of the Statue of Liberty, Hudson River, and the Manhattan skyline. The rooms are the only New York City hotel furnished by Fendi Casa .

The 46th floor will be home to "SoHi," an event space offering New York skyline views.

AM NY Newspaper selected Trump SoHo as #1 in the "Ten To Lose: Ugly Buildings NY would be Better without". The Trump SoHo is "oblivious to scale" and "totally bland" according to Columbia architectural professor, Mitchell Joachim.

Construction

Excavation and foundation work for the new building began in November 2006, though full city approval for the project was not granted until May 2007.

Construction was temporarily halted in December 2006 after workers discovered human bones. Archaeologists determined that the remains were from 19th-century burial vaults built under the former Spring Street Presbyterian Church, which stood at the site until 1966.

On January 14, 2008, formwork collapsed during a concrete pour, killing one worker. Yuriy Vanchytskyy, an immigrant from the Ukraine employed by DiFama Concrete, fell from the 42nd floor and was decapitated; three other workers were injured. The Department of Buildings halted work on the project and the contractor, Bovis Lend Lease, was issued four violations. Investigators subsequently determined that the wooden formwork did not meet industry standards. The stop-work order, which only applied to the building's upper floors, was later lifted on August 22.

The SoHo Alliance has filed with the NYS Appellate Division to revoke the building permit, claiming that it is illegal. Also, the group has filed a Letter of Objection with the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals claiming that the building is overbuilt the allowable footage.

References

1. Main Investments - Bayrock Group ( – ), FL Group, retrieved 2008-03-26 {{citation}}: External link in |format= (help)
2. Kaysen, Ronda (2006-06-06), "Trump fires up new plan for Hudson Square hotel", The Villager {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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11. Lombino, David (2006-12-13), "Trump SoHo Project Is on Hold After Discovery of Human Remains", New York Sun {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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15. Burke, Kerry; Sandoval, Edgar; Moore, Tina (2008-01-16), "Substandard construction at Trump Soho led to fatal collapse - city sources", New York Daily News {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
16. Bagli, Charles V.; Rashbaum, William K. (2008-01-16), "Many Violations for Employer of Worker Who Died in a Fall", New York Times {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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18. "Soho Alliance continues to fight Trump Soho". The Real Deal. 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-03-14.

External links

• Official Trump SoHo Website
• Trump SoHo Hotel Website
• Trump Organization
• Emporis.com Page
• Trump SoHo Virtual Tour on YouTube

• Condo-hotels in the United States
• Condominiums in New York City
• Hotels in New York City
• Skyscrapers in New York City