Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas. This is where Trump’s brand of glitterati extravagance thrives. The Trump International Hotel also accommodates over a thousand ultra-luxury condominiums, including 50 penthouse suites, where tenets live like VIP guests amongst an ambiance of glamour, glitter, and gold with views of the strip and the high-rolling excitement bustling around the epicenter of the entertainment hub of the world. Jutting into the sky, the golden glass tower, reflecting its view, topped in a sleek stainless strip with bold light gold letters just as high—TRUMP—his name headlines the view atop the city’s tallest residential building. Rising 64 stories, making its elegant mark on the city’s skyline, the property is not exactly on the strip, but you can take a shuttle or lavish in white-gloved doormen valeting your car.
According to The Trump Organization’s website, amenities are “beyond world class.” The 640-foot tower opened in 2008. A matching tower was in the works, but the recession and the financial implications coming out of the 2008 market crash slowed the rental and real estate market. The plans are officially on hold. The point, in fact, Trump International Hotel Las Vegas is one of Trump’s most profitable investments since becoming president began to ding his trademark name value. At Trump International, Las Vegas, units are selling. Not only that, they’ve sold for 11 percent higher than asking price!
Ivana’s Upper East Side Townhouse
Marrying the ostentatious real estate mogul, Donald Trump, in 1977, Ivana was raised in opulence and cultivated for extravagance. The Czech-born diva took to the lifestyle like a fish to water, flamboyantly treasuring her lifestyle as Trump’s wife—model, socialite, fashionista. That ended when a Washington Post columnist approached Ivana Trump and informed her of her husband’s unfaithfulness. With the $25 million settlement, she picked up a swank Upper East Side townhouse that has twelve, or fifteen, bedrooms, she’s not sure. . . One of her favorite rooms is the leopard print room where she takes in some lounging time before heading off to the office, a few flights down.
She has a leopard print room in all over her abodes but splits her time predominately between N.Y.C., Miami and her place in the South of France. She likes to stay local because she’s digging her new “Glam-ma” lifestyle, as her nine grandkids call her. She and President Trump are still in contact, speaking once a month. Truth is, Ivana was the one who broke the news to him last year about Vanessa, wife of Don Jr.’s five children, filing for divorce due to an extra-marital affair. She said he was not happy about it, and she’s sad about it herself. However, wondering if Vanessa couldn’t forgive Don Jr., she told People, in classic Ivana vernacular, “[... .] I honestly don’t know that many men who can keep their zippers up.” As for her opinion on politics and family, she thinks Trump shouldn’t run for a second term and says politics are a “dirty” business.
Trump Bay Street, Jersey City, NJ
Trump Bay Street is an upscale, 50-story residential tower erected across the Hudson River with views of Lower Manhattan. It’s related to Trump in name only, only under license does it represent Trump, neither does The Trump Organization have any stake in Trump Bay Street. This did not prevent peeved protesters from loitering in front of the tower with the president’s name on it in 2017. Meanwhile, Jared Kushner Companies, who hold a 12.5 percent share in Trump Bay Street, helped fund the project by hooking up their foreign investors with a $50 million subsidized federal loan-rate, ironically citing the property’s close proximity to the area’s low-income poverty district.
Kushner Cos. also procured a five-year tax break from the city for their investors. The luxury apartment building which opened its doors to wealthy renters in the fall of 2016, is located adjacent to its twin, the Trump Plaza apartment tower, in name mostly, which was completed in 2008. Jared, Ivanka’s husband, is now a senior adviser to Trump. Due to this new role, Kushner has divested himself of many Kushner properties, but remains involved with Trump Bay Street, holding a two percent stake.
Trump Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Here’s another real estate investment that went sour for Trump but yet boasts his name. In 2010 the property was foreclosed on his, and his partner’s, investment. Barely 15 percent of its units sold that year, and it knocked him out of the super-luxury, seaside condominium building deal. The building, built in 2012 by Related Group, has a prime destination and residences sprawling from 2,000 to 5,000 square feet of indoor space.
Views and modern amenities are top notch. Tennis courts, oceanfront cabanas, 24-hour concierge services top the list. Today, Related Group owns the building.
Ivanka’s and Jared’s D.C. Digs
Moving closer to the action, as the two have become a power couple from inside the White House, Ivanka and Jared left their N.Y.C. penthouse and moved into this beautiful colonial 1923 Waddy Wood designed the mansion in the Kalorama section of Washington, D.C. in 2017. Looking like a Beautiful Homes and Gardens pinup, the property underwent indoor modernization filling the 7,000-square-foot home with sleek and contemporary, light and airy ambiance.
The upgrades were finished in 2014 by renowned architect Christian Zapatka. He renovated the six bedrooms, six (and a half) baths, five fireplaces, and the outdoor entertaining terraces. Rumor has it the Kushner’s are crammed into the place and are looking for a larger spread.