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Move to protect property owners stalling Trump scheme
Wednesday, 16 June, 2010 - 23:31

The councillor who rejected Donald Trump’s plans to build a £750million golf resort in Scotland has launched a fresh move to protect residents who refuse to make way for the development.

Martin Ford was sacked as chairman of Aberdeenshire Council’s infrastructure committee after using his casting vote to temporarily bunker the billionaire’s dream of building “the world’s greatest golf course” at the Menie Estate near Balmedie.

The planning application was later called in by the Scottish Government, and the US property tycoon...

Latest stage of Donald Trump's golf plans backed
Wednesday, 9 June, 2010 - 22:51

The latest stage of American tycoon Donald Trump's plans for the "world's greatest" golf course in Aberdeenshire have been approved by councillors.

Members of the Formartine area committee met in Ellon and approved plans for Menie by nine votes to two.

They were considering 30 conditions for the project laid down by the Scottish government, but more will have to be approved before work can begin.

The Trump Organisation welcomed the vote.

Mr Trump wants to create a championship course as well as a hotel and...

Actual Trump Soho Sales Numbers Way Lower Than Cryptically Hinted
Saturday, 5 June, 2010 - 21:05

One of the most enduring New York real estate mysteries of recent months has been the state of sales at Trump Soho, the recently-opened condo-hotel where condo buyers can occupy their units for 120 days per year. A few hazy numbers have been thrown around: 55 percent, for the amount of phase one that's been sold, and one-third, for the amount of the total 391-unit building in contract. So, uh, that's how many units? Happily, The Real Deal got ahold of some Trump Soho documents filed with the state attorney general's office before we had to...

Trump golf course in 18 months
Saturday, 5 June, 2010 - 21:03

Donald Trump, with his personal bagpipers in tow, has greeted press and VIP guests at Menie Estate, promising to open his new golf course in 18 months.
Opponents have vowed to continue to stave off potential attempts at compulsory purchase through collecting signatures on an online petition. The most high-profile landowner under threat is Michael Forbes. He has dogmatically refused to sell to Mr Trump, prompting the New York tycoon to call the property "a slum".

In other developments on Tuesday of this week, a Newburgh golf...

Councillors ready to back Trump's plans for golfing resort
Thursday, 3 June, 2010 - 20:06

Donald Trump's masterplan for his massive golf resort in Aberdeenshire is set to be approved by local councillors next week.

But should the Trump Organisation fail to reach agreement with homeowners on the additional land the organisation claims to need for the development, a revised masterplan will have to be submitted to the local authority, council planners warned.

Planning officials are recommending that the tycoon's key document for the controversial £750 million development on the Menie estate should be rubber-stamped at...

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