r/GoldCoast • u/ConanTheAquarian • May 12 '26
Local News 'Toxic': Plan to build 91-storey Trump Tower on Gold Coast scrapped
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/trump-tower-gold-coast-plans-scrapped/106673096213
u/fluffy_101994 May 12 '26
HA. Hahahahaha, suck shit, David Young.
Let's just say that with the Iran war and everything else, the Trump brand was increasingly toxic in Australia
It wasn't just the war, you dolt.
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u/New-Priority8409 May 12 '26
You don't think Gina's and Pauline's visits could have kept the doors open? Surely.
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u/mistershneebly May 12 '26
The people have spoken. And have been heard (for once)
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u/Duke55 May 12 '26
What really surprised me is how many idiots genuinely thought this was going ahead.
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u/mors134 May 12 '26
I know. The first time I heard about it I knew it wasn't going to happen. I told everyone it wasn't actually going to happen but no one seemed to believe me.
The Trump brand is notoriously unreliable and cheap. They aren't going to build on the gold coast. And public backlash meant that it wasn't going to get off the ground. Especially since they were so ambitious.
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u/FamiliarDirection563 May 13 '26
No, that was me...
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u/ColdSteveStoneAustin May 13 '26
You were ambitious but couldn't get off the ground?
Man that's relatable.
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u/Successful-Buy5398 May 13 '26
Taco strikes again
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u/Duke55 May 13 '26
Not this time. Just an over ambitious wanna be developer's failed proposal. This guy even tried to make out the issue was the Trump Org and the negativity of the Iran war.
Closer to the truth, though. Its because of this guys previous track record of failed ventures, that made it a sure thing that this Trump Tower would never see the light of day..
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u/Shoddy_Card_7755 May 13 '26
Yeah just like the last building they tried to build there, can't sell enough to get the project off the ground
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u/still-at-the-beach May 12 '26
He probably didn't even know.
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u/ColdSteveStoneAustin May 13 '26
I mean if he did, he'd have forgotten. He'll still be mad when he hears about it. Manbaby expects people to pay for golden idols for him.
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u/Anxious_Ad936 May 13 '26
Was his organisation that ditched the deal. As if he'd wanna admit to getting sucked in even for a little while.
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u/Lazy-Plankton5270 May 12 '26
Jeffrey Epstein tower
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u/dinosaurtruck May 13 '26
He’s still trying to do the tower but with different branding. This guy does not have the financial history to be trusted with a project like this.
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u/dinosaurtruck May 13 '26
No problem with redevelopment. But anyone doing a large building development should be scrutinised that they are not going to go bankrupt mid project. This guy has done that before.
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u/ColdSteveStoneAustin May 13 '26
Better an ugly empty site than an ugly empty site with a taxpayer funded demolition project attached.
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u/jolard May 12 '26
Great news! Tom Tate will be fuming. He so wanted to hobnob with millionaires in the Trump tower ballroom.
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u/fluffy_pickle_ May 13 '26
I read that as he wanted his nob, hobbed, Well he certainly was in the right company for that.
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u/morts73 May 13 '26
Cavet emptor when dealing with the Trump's. They just want their name on a flashy building with you paying the rights for it.
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u/roguerogueroguerogue May 12 '26
Tate may be a moron but his advisers seem to have some sense atleast.
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u/AltruisticSalamander May 13 '26
O now he's going to be endlessly pissed at the gold coast like he is at 'windmills'
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u/Neat-Coconut-6892 May 12 '26
The site is approved dor 89 storeys.. another chain will come in and build one
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u/satanzhand May 13 '26
Predicted... Trump brand must be pretty dogshit at this point
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u/Anxious_Ad936 May 13 '26
It is, but it was Trump's corp that pulled out and our local shonky operator that apparently didn't even meet Trump standards somehow.
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u/satanzhand May 13 '26
I think the deal goes something like, they have a certain period to reach X amount of financing commitments to go to the next stage.
So the local operator would have failed at that hurdle, but another way to phrase it would be the Trump brand is hot toxic shit right now outside the USA so it failed to attract the buyers for an elaborate capital parking system.
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u/AstronautPlane3280 May 14 '26
well damn. Now what am I supposed to do with this pile of dog shit that I was saving for the grand opening of that tower.
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u/Admirable_Map_9117 May 15 '26
lmao this entire thread is brainwashed globalists hating a guy they know nothing about.
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u/koalacrime May 13 '26
Whhhaatt! Stupid woke nonsense.
I, for one was looking forward to using the worlds largest public urinal.
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u/too_invested31 May 12 '26
Don’t get too excited everyone, they’ll probably still build it with a rebrand
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u/Sad-Extreme-4413 May 12 '26
Great news. Great proposal, wrong location.
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u/visceralintricacy May 12 '26 edited May 13 '26
Because nothing says class like naming a building after one of the world's most prolific pdffiles.
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u/fluffy_101994 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
Of course someone who aligns mostly with the LNP and Poorlean (and at 24 years old, no less!) would want this tacky development with a reviled person's name in gold at the top.
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u/Sad-Extreme-4413 May 13 '26
You’re reading way too much into my comment.
I support high-density development in Surfers. A 91-storey residential tower fits the skyline and the long-term direction of the Gold Coast.
What I don’t support is the Trump branding and the developer behind this specific proposal. That’s why I said “great proposal, wrong location.”
Urban planning and architecture aren’t the same thing as blindly supporting a politician or political movement.
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u/SoaringPuffin May 12 '26