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Trump Hollywood Project Foreclosed

Wednesday, 1 December, 2010 - 18:28

It's time for me to eat my words. Back in March I referred to the Trump Hollywood project in Hollywood, Florida as the "only Trump project thriving in South Florida." I was wrong on two counts: the first being that it was yet another Trump-licensed project rather than a direct Donald Trump build and the second, on the building's overall health. Bloomberg reports this week that lenders foreclosed on Trump Hollywood ending a protracted restructuring battle by developer Jorge Perez's Related Group of Florida.

The project opened in 2009...

Donald Trump's plea to homeowners on the Menie Estate

Sunday, 14 November, 2010 - 19:45

DONALD Trump has urged homeowners who have refused to move off the estate where the business tycoon is currently developing a £750 million golf resort to sacrifice their homes so that it doesn't hurt his "great project".
In a new documentary, Trump voices his frustrations at homeowners such as crofter Michael Forbes and neighbour David Milne, both of whom have steadfastly refused to sell their land to the American billionaire since he first bought the estate in 2005, despite the threat of compulsory purchase orders.

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Donald Trump's star greenkeeper 'sacked over wall of earth'

Thursday, 4 November, 2010 - 20:12

THE star greenkeeper headhunted by tycoon Donald Trump to create a world-class golf course in Scotland has parted company with his boss.
However, the reason why Paul O'Connor, 43, has left the Trump Organisation, which is developing a controversial £750 million golf resort at Menie, near Balmedie, remained unclear last night.

Trump's spokeswoman said Mr O'Connor had departed "for personal reasons".

But, sources claim that Mr O'Connor - who previously spent 18 years at Carnoustie Golf Club in Angus, helping to attract the...

Trump demands thousands in legal costs from elderly widow

Thursday, 4 November, 2010 - 20:04

The US billionaire Donald Trump is demanding tens of thousands of pounds in legal costs from an 86-year-old Aberdeenshire pensioner who has been trying to protect her home from his luxury golf development.

Molly Forbes, who is worried about paying her next electricity bill, is being pursued in court this week by the New York property tycoon in an effort to recover his legal bills.

“It’s very unfair,” she told the Sunday Herald. “If he’s a billionaire, what does he need money for from little people like me? He’s unbelievable...

Protesters march against Trump golf plans

Saturday, 16 October, 2010 - 13:17

Campaigners took to the dunes in Balmedie for a protest walk against tycoon Donald Trump’s golf course.

Around 250 walkers from the Tripping Up Trump group snaked across the sands from the Visitor Centre to the Bunker site on Saturday.

The group wants to stop Aberdeenshire Council from serving compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) on four homes.

The four sites have been included in a masterplan for the resort, but any decision to use CPOs would need to be backed by Aberdeenshire councillors.

More than 5,000...

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