Trump International Hotel and Tower (SoHo)

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building_name = Trump International Hotel
and Tower (SoHo)


caption = Building under construction, as seen from 6th Ave.
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location = 246 Spring Street, New York, New York, USA
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status = Under Construction
groundbreaking = 2006
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est-completion = 2009
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use = Hotel Condominium
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roof = 454 ft (138 m)
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floor_count = 46
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cost = $450 million
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architect = Handel Architects, Rockwell Group
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contractor = Bovis Lend Lease
developer = Trump Organization, Bayrock Group LLC, The Sapir Organization, FL Group [citation | title=Main Investments - Bayrock Group | publisher=FL Group | url=http://www.flgroup.is/investments/main-investments/ | accessdate=2008-03-26 ]
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Announced in 2006 [citation | last=Kaysen | first=Ronda | title=Trump fires up new plan for Hudson Square hotel | newspaper=The Villager | year=2006 | date=2006-06-06 | url=http://www.thevillager.com/villager_162/trumpfiresupnew.html] , the Trump International Hotel and Tower SoHo will be a $450 million dollar, 46 story, 400 unit hotel condominium.

Overview

Located at 246 Spring Street, between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue, the building will feature a spa, a high-end restaurant and over 12,000 square feet of conference and banquet facilities.

As a hotel condominium, 400 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."citation | last=Idov | first=Michael | title=Trump Soho Is Not an Oxymoron | publisher=New York Magazine | year=2008 | date=2008-03-30 | url=http://nymag.com/news/features/45591/ | accessdate=2008-04-01 ] 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.

Amenities

The 386,000-square-foot 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 lounge, library and bar. There will be a business center with conference and meeting rooms.

The pool deck will be equipped with spa, and gym facilities, heated pool, and spa treatments.

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 furnished with Fendi Casa, and Egyptian cotton bedding.

The 46th floor will hold a private membership club with a full New York skyline view. Only "Sohi" members will have access to these facilities. [http://www.trumpsoho.com/html/amenities.html]

Construction

Excavation and foundation work for the new building began in November 2006 [citation | last=Anderson | first=Lincoln | title=City to Trump: Yes to hole, no to building | newspaper=Downtown Express | year=2006 | date=2006-11-03 | url=http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_182/citytotrump.html] , though full city approval for the project was not granted until May 2007. [citation | last=Engquist | first=Eric | title=Trump SoHo approved over objections | newspaper=Crain's New York Business | year=2007 | date=2007-05-08 | url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070508/FREE/70508013/1050 ]

Construction was temporarily halted in December 2006 after workers discovered human bones. [citation | last=Lombino | first=David | title=Trump SoHo Project Is on Hold After Discovery of Human Remains | newspaper=New York Sun | year=2006 | date=2006-12-13 | url=http://www.nysun.com/article/45102] Archaeologists determined that the remains were from 19th-century burial vaults built under the former Spring Street Presbyterian Church [citation | last=Anderson | first=Lincoln | title=Tales from the crypt: ‘Trump bones’shed light on abolitionist believers | newspaper=The Villager | year=2007 | date=2007-01-17 | url=http://thevillager.com/villager_194/talesfromthecrypt.html] , which stood at the site until 1966. [citation | title=Abandoned Church On Spring Street Destroyed by Fire | newspaper=The New York Times | year=1966 | date=1966-11-07 | url=http://thevillager.com/villager_194/talesfromthecrypt.html]

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. [citation | last=Lueck | first=Thomas J. | title=Construction Worker Dies in 42-Story Fall in SoHo | newspaper=The New York Times | year=2008 | date=2008-01-15 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/nyregion/15scaffold.html ] [citation | last=Burke | first=Kerry | last2=Sandoval | first2=Edgar | last3=Moore | first3=Tina | title=Substandard construction at Trump Soho led to fatal collapse - city sources | newspaper=New York Daily News | year=2008 | date=2008-01-16 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/01/16/2008-01-16_substandard_construction_at_trump_soho_l.html ] [citation | last=Bagli | first=Charles V. | last2=Rashbaum | first2=William K. | title=Many Violations for Employer of Worker Who Died in a Fall | newspaper=New York Times | year=2008 | date=2008-01-16 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/nyregion/16building.html ] The stop-work order, which only applied to the building's upper floors, was later lifted on August 22. [citation | last=Hedlund | first=Patrick | title=Trump back to work | newspaper=Downtown Express | year=2008 | date=2008-09-05 | url=http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_279/mixeduse.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.trumpsoho.com/ Official Trump Organization TrumpSoHo Website]
* [http://www.trump.com/main.htm Trump Organization]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=268003 Emporis.com Page]