Brisbane, Australia —
A vacant block near the center of the Gold Coast’s once glitzy tourist strip is set to become the site of Australia’s tallest tower – and the first with the surname Trump emblazoned across the top.
Australia’s Altus Property Group plans to build a 91-story tower, featuring a 285-room luxury 6-star hotel, high-end retail plaza, Michelin-starred restaurants and residential apartments finished to Trump specifications.
Plans for Trump International Hotel & Tower Gold Coast are yet to be submitted to Gold Coast City Council for approval, but it’s already the talk of the seaside strip – and not everyone is on board.
A petition calling for the plan’s rejection had more than 26,000 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon, with many saying they did not want t
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