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Related: About this forumTrump's company to sell D.C. hotel lease for $375 million, report says
{edited to add the link to the article in The Wall Street Journal.}
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Trumps company to sell D.C. hotel lease for $375 million, report says
The Trump Organization has been in discussions to sell the lease to Miami investment firm CGI Merchant
By Jonathan O'Connell
Yesterday at 6:23 p.m. EST
Former president Donald Trumps real estate company plans to sell the federal lease to its luxury D.C. hotel to Miami-based CGI Merchant Group, according to a report Sunday in the Wall Street Journal.
The Trump Organization, which leased the Old Post Office property beginning in 2013, has been in discussions with CGI Merchant about selling the lease, according to two people who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the discussions. CGI Merchant signed a contract to buy the lease for $375 million, according to the Journal, citing anonymous sources.
Representatives for the Trump Organization and the General Services Administration, which manages the lease, did not immediately return requests for comment. The Post could not immediately confirm that the companies had signed a contract.
{snip}
Shayna Jacobs and David A. Fahrenthold contributed to this report.
By Jonathan O'Connell
Jonathan O'Connell is a reporter focused on business investigations and corporate accountability. He has covered economic development, commercial real estate and President Donald Trump's business. He joined The Post in 2010. Twitter https://twitter.com/jocwapo
Trumps company to sell D.C. hotel lease for $375 million, report says
The Trump Organization has been in discussions to sell the lease to Miami investment firm CGI Merchant
By Jonathan O'Connell
Yesterday at 6:23 p.m. EST
Former president Donald Trumps real estate company plans to sell the federal lease to its luxury D.C. hotel to Miami-based CGI Merchant Group, according to a report Sunday in the Wall Street Journal.
The Trump Organization, which leased the Old Post Office property beginning in 2013, has been in discussions with CGI Merchant about selling the lease, according to two people who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because of the private nature of the discussions. CGI Merchant signed a contract to buy the lease for $375 million, according to the Journal, citing anonymous sources.
Representatives for the Trump Organization and the General Services Administration, which manages the lease, did not immediately return requests for comment. The Post could not immediately confirm that the companies had signed a contract.
{snip}
Shayna Jacobs and David A. Fahrenthold contributed to this report.
By Jonathan O'Connell
Jonathan O'Connell is a reporter focused on business investigations and corporate accountability. He has covered economic development, commercial real estate and President Donald Trump's business. He joined The Post in 2010. Twitter https://twitter.com/jocwapo
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Trump's company to sell D.C. hotel lease for $375 million, report says (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2021
OP
I didn't notice that the article referred to an earlier article in TWSJ.
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2021
#5
Do you think the chumps are finally going to realize that he's not going to be president again?
Walleye
Nov 2021
#7
$375 million is more than enough to cover what he owes Deutsche Bank.
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2021
#8
Historic NY
(37,810 posts)1. Interesting where is the Federal Government on this lease...
crickets.
gab13by13
(24,934 posts)4. Doing due diligence so as to not appear partisan.
gab13by13
(24,934 posts)2. I thought he was selling it to Hilton?
Is that who CGI Merchant group is, or is it a group of American oligarchs, or foreign affiliated?
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,742 posts)5. I didn't notice that the article referred to an earlier article in TWSJ.
Here is an excerpt from that.
I know; it's the lease he's selling, not the hotel. Take it up with TWSJ.
WSJ scoop: Donald Trumps family has reached an agreement to sell the rights to its Washington, D.C., hotel for $375 million. New owner will take down TRUMP name and rebrand the luxury property as Waldorf Astoria https://wsj.com/articles/trumps-selling-prized-washington-d-c-hotel-for-375-million-11636923944?st=j8e112czb6mf3sh&reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter via
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WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE | REAL ESTATE
Trumps Selling Prized Washington, D.C., Hotel for $375 Million
CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel
By Craig Karmin
https://twitter.com/CraigKarmin
Craig.Karmin@wsj.com
Updated Nov. 14, 2021 8:43 pm ET
Donald Trumps family hotel company has reached an agreement to sell the rights to its Washington, D.C., hotel for $375 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel, which is located a short walk down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. CGI intends to remove the Trump name, and it has reached a deal with Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. to have the property branded and managed by Hiltons Waldorf Astoria group, these people said.
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Trumps Selling Prized Washington, D.C., Hotel for $375 Million
CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel
By Craig Karmin
https://twitter.com/CraigKarmin
Craig.Karmin@wsj.com
Updated Nov. 14, 2021 8:43 pm ET
Donald Trumps family hotel company has reached an agreement to sell the rights to its Washington, D.C., hotel for $375 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
CGI Merchant Group, a Miami-based investment firm, is in contract to acquire the hotel lease for the Trump International Hotel, which is located a short walk down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House. CGI intends to remove the Trump name, and it has reached a deal with Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. to have the property branded and managed by Hiltons Waldorf Astoria group, these people said.
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Botany
(72,385 posts)3. Trump's company to sell D.C. hotel lease for $375 million, report says
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aka Trump will not run for POTUS in 2024
either that or some crooks are finding a way to get TFG some money.
I wonder of that 375 million how much does TFG owe to the banks?
viva la
(3,763 posts)6. I used to have some of my IRA
In their CGM realty fund. I guess now they are into bailing out corrupt trumps.
Walleye
(35,186 posts)7. Do you think the chumps are finally going to realize that he's not going to be president again?
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,742 posts)8. $375 million is more than enough to cover what he owes Deutsche Bank.
David Fahrenthold Retweeted
Trump selling prized DC hotel for $375 million more than enough to cover what he owes
@DeutscheBank
on the building.
@DeutscheBank
on the building.
Link to tweet