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Trump Towers Atlanta (the United States)
General information
StatusNever built
Town or city Midtown Atlanta, Georgia
Country United States
Coordinates 33°47′19″N84°23′18″W / 33.788530°N 84.388230°W / 33.788530; -84.388230
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Trump Towers Atlanta was a proposed high-rise project that was to be built in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Located at the intersection of 15th Street and West Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta, [1] the project was unveiled in 2006 and promoted by Donald Trump in a 2007 season finale of The Apprentice. The project ultimately faltered, and the property was foreclosed upon in 2010.

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The project began in March 2006, when Atlanta-based firm Wood Partners purchased the property at the intersection of West Peachtree Street and 15th Street (adjacent to the High Museum of Art) for $21 million. [2] The firm partnered with Dezer Properties and planned it as a project under the Trump brand, with Donald Trump confirming his attachment to the project in August 2006. [3] The Trump Organization claimed that Trump was neither the site owner nor the project's developer, [3] and in their 2016 book Trump Revealed , authors Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher claim that Trump's involvement with the project was limited primarily to licensing his name for the project. [4] The project would involve the creation of two curved glass towers, one 47 stories tall and one 38 stories tall, housing over 560 condominium units. A large sign bearing Trump's name was to be displayed over the lobby, and a design firm partially owned by Kenny Rogers was hired to design the interiors. In total, the project was expected to cost approximately $300 million. [3] Phase I would have seen the construction of the taller of the two buildings at a cost of $260 million. [5] [6]

On the season finale of the sixth season of The Apprentice, [4] which aired April 22, 2007, the Atlanta project was presented as one of two projects that season's winner could choose from, alongside a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic, [4] with the winner ultimately choosing the Dominican project. [7] In the months following the announcement, advertisements were purchased in several publications, such as Atlanta, which highlighted Trump's involvement in the project. [8] [9] [10] A September 2007 issue of Atlanta claimed that the project would near completion by 2010. [11] However, by 2010, the site was in foreclosure, [3] and it was sold at auction in 2012. [1] [2] In 2015, permits were filed to build a new apartment building on the site, [12] which was completed in 2017. [13]

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  2. 1 2 "Trump Towers project site in foreclosure". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Cox Enterprises. August 11, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bluestein, Greg (September 23, 2016). "Trump's return to Atlanta a reminder of Midtown misfire". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Cox Enterprises . Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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  5. ↑ Green, Josh (November 13, 2013). "Could Apartments Rise On Long-Dead Trump Site?". Curbed Atlanta . Vox Media . Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Josh (April 16, 2019). "Mapped: Remembering Atlanta's top 11 skyscrapers that never happened". Curbed Atlanta . Vox Media . Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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  12. ↑ Kahn, Michael (September 29, 2015). "With Permits in Motion, 2 Midtown High-Rises Aim for Sky". Curbed Atlanta . Vox Media. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ Kahn, Michael (March 21, 2017). "Photos: AMLI tops out 30-story Midtown apartment tower near MARTA". Curbed Atlanta . Vox Media . Retrieved September 15, 2020.
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