Donald Trump Builds Across From Wynn on the Las Vegas Strip
Donald Trump has plans to begin the building of a $300
million tower on the Las Vegas Strip, in January 2005.
Trump announced his plans last summer, but in the meantime he's
got company, as just recently Steve Wynn had the Desert Inn
imploded to make room for his Encore, right across the
street.
The 64-story hotel entitled "Trump International Hotel
& Tower" - just like its peer in New York City - will be
situated near the intersection of Industrial Road and Fashion
Show Drive.
The tower will be 645 feet. high, and will be the
tallest hotel in Las Vegas, if you ignore the
1,149-foot-tall Stratosphere Tower, about which Trump has said
"that is not a building".
The tower is a 50-50 joint venture between Donald Trump
and Phill Ruffin, the man who owns [aid:thenewfrontier label:New
Frontier].
The building that will span over as little as 3.5 acres
of land, will feature 1,000 hotel-style units (size from
636 square feet to 1,057 square feet), 50 apartments (sizing
from 3,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet) a spa and
restaurants. It will not have a casino. The tower condos will be
sold and the owners able to lease space on a time-share basis
through a Trump's management company.
"My plan is to build a super-high-end residential tower in Las
Vegas that will be the talk of the town