The global real estate market is going from red to white hot, this is a result. I wouldn't be to surprised if Trump got in on this at some point!

He is one of the few people with the know how, means, and ego to build that tailest in the world. I hope he does to, I still think we should reach for the sky on the 9/11 sight.

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not to mention that fab 'do.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Trump won't build anything as tall as those buildings. The cost per square foot goes up exponentially above a certain height.........something around 900' or so.

Nothing over 1200' can be justified economically with rents. You need to build it without regard to ROI.........something that would be abhorrent to Trump.

i don't know.....he has his hair piled pretty high.

the SS in the picture appears to be built of reinforced concrete. a good choice. if the world trade towers had been such they would still be here and the repairs would have been finished a year or so ago.

i would love to peruse the plans of that building. one big probelm on tall buildings is the elevators. getting enough of them to service the tenants adequately without eating up the entire floor area.

and as for a mile high skyscraper, i don't know how you handle emergency exiting. anyone want to join me walking down a mile of steps along with a couple hundred thousand other occupants?

i think maybe i would prefer a parachute!

i was working in a 20 story office tower in Southfield Michigan (the detroit area) in 1974 when a big storm came along and forced an evacuation. i headed toward the fire stairs and when i got near the door i heard the sound of people tramping down them.....it sounded roughly a lot like a train going by. i considered the possibility of being trampled and went back to my office and crawled under a drawing table to wait til the sound died down. then exited at my leisure. while waiting i listened to the creaking of the steel structure as the wind moved the building back and forth. it was difficult to tell myself that the structural engineers MUST have designed it to withstand the 70 mph winds outside.

in the end? no problemo. and we all took the rest of the day off.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

If I get on my roof, I could probably see that building.

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True, Trump only builds what makes sense and makes him money. I just wouldn't count him out on such a project, just because of his ego. As he gets older I wouldn't be surprised if he did something like that.

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i wonder if he is broke.

why else would he have that pathetic tv show?

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

The ego..........yet again..........

The ego, Trump owns some extemly valuable RE. In the REI world he is an all star. Ego is huge, but very few people put together deals on his level. He has proved again and again that you can aquire $100m-$300m properties with none of your money.

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That's all what is left for pathetic people of his scale ...

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Because pathetic amercians watch it.

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i am sure glad i am not so pathetic.

instead of watching tv i hang out here.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I know he's doing pretty well, but could he really fund something like that. I've head he's been doing all this T.V. and public stuff because of a rapidly depleting budget to begin with. Whats the family worth these days? Or just him? I met him, and his brother Robert on a few occasions, at dinners, and parties, and a friend of mine, restored a 1950 Ford F-1 pick-up truck for him, as a gift to his brother Robert, for a birthday. It was like a $150,000.oo concourse resto, and took well over three years to complete. I went to Coney Island with my friend, for the presentation from Don, to Robert. Was kinda touching event, and one hell of a birthday gig at a private restaurant/hall.

I have heard $2B-$6B, don't know how accurite that is, as you know its possible to hide a lot. Anyone who can drum up $320M in a five minute phone call to buy a property....

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