Announced in 2006, Trump SoHo New York or just Trump SoHo will be a $450 million, 46 story, 391 unit hotel condominium.
Overview
The building is located at 246 Spring Street, between Varick Street and Sixth Avenue, a few blocks west of the SoHo neighborhood in New York City. The building will feature a spa, a high-end restaurant and over 12,000 square feet (1,100 m 2 ) of conference and banquet facilities.
As a hotel condominium, 391 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." 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.
Columbia architecture professor Mitchell Joachim judged Trump Soho "one of the ugliest buildings in New York". The Trumps are marketing the Trump Soho hotel-condo to buyers from the United Arab Emirates. http://therealdeal.com/newyork/articles/trump-soho-marketed-to-uae-buyers
In November, 2009, the SoHo Alliance filed a legal Objection at the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals that the project is overbuilt by some 5,000 square feet. The Board will hear further arguments in January, 2010.
Amenities
The 386,000-square-foot (35,900 m 2 ) condo-hotel was designed to contribute to the neighborhood as well as the skyline. Along with the private rooms, there will be public areas, including the Quattro Gastronomia Italiana restaurant, and a public garden, two story guest lobby, Library and Bazaar, the hotel's cocktail lounge. There will also be a business center with conference and meeting rooms.
The hotel will feature an outdoor, seasonal pool deck with a boccie court. Located on the same level will be the 11,000 square feet (1,000 m 2 ) The Spa at Trump, fitness facilities and the seasonal bar Bar d’Eau.
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 the only New York City hotel furnished by Fendi Casa .
The 46th floor will be home to "SoHi," an event space offering New York skyline views.
Construction
Excavation and foundation work for the new building began in November 2006, though full city approval for the project was not granted until May 2007.
Construction was temporarily halted in December 2006 after workers discovered human bones. Archaeologists determined that the remains were from 19th-century burial vaults built under the former Spring Street Presbyterian Church, which stood at the site until 1966.
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. The stop-work order, which only applied to the building's upper floors, was later lifted on August 22.
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