StamfordCT
March 14th, 2006, 05:48 PM
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-trump3mar14,0,2255897.story?coll=stam-news-local-headlines
STAMFORD -- The 37-story condominium tower that F.D. Rich Co. and partners have proposed in downtown Stamford may have a high-profile name -- Trump Tower Stamford.
F.D. Rich President Thomas Rich said yesterday that he and another partner in the project, Westchester County, N.Y., developer Louis Cappelli, are in discussions with real estate magnate and former Greenwich resident Donald Trump to develop a 425-foot high, 185-unit building next to the Target store.
We are extremely excited by the prospect of creating a partnership with one of the world's premier luxury housing developers," Rich said. "Donald Trump, together with Louis Cappelli, has recently completed a super high-quality project, the City Center at White Plains, N.Y., and are working together on a project in New Rochelle, N.Y., that is equally as impressive."
Trump mentioned the Stamford project yesterday on a TV and radio show hosted by Westport resident Don Imus.
According to a transcript of the "Imus in the Morning" show on MSNBC, Imus said to Trump, "you make a lot of deals out there (on the golf course.)"
"I made a deal with Lou Cappelli, who's a really good golfer. He's a fantastic golfer. And I made a deal with him to build a building in White Plains that turned out to be a tremendous success, Trump Tower," Trump said.
"And now we're doing another building up there. We're going to do another building in Stamford, Conn.," Trump said. "We've done basically three buildings because of the fact that I played a round of golf with Lou and they've been tremendous successes."
The City Center at White Plains includes the 35-story Trump Tower at City Center condominium building, movie theaters, restaurants, a Target and other stores in a 1.1 million square-foot complex aas well as a 11-story loft-style condo building.
Cappelli is head of Valhalla, N.Y.-based Cappelli Enterprises Inc., which developed City Center.
The Stamford tower, which needs approvals from Stamford land-use boards, would include luxury condominiums atop a five-story parking garage, with 3,300 square feet of retail space, at Washington Boulevard and Broad Street.
The top two floors would include six two-story penthouses. Another floor would hold the common spaces, including a party room, fitness room and swimming pool.
The proposed building, called Park Tower in its original application, would surpass Stamford's 22-story One Landmark Square by 105, making it the tallest building in the city and fifth-tallest in Connecticut.
The proposed Trump Tower would sit on a half-acre parcel that a small park now occupies.
Rich said the Stamford Zoning Board is scheduled to review the project in the next few weeks.
"We hope to get it going as soon as possible," Rich said. "A Trump Tower for downtown Stamford would be a further validation that after a 45-year urban renewal effort, our city continues to emerge as a 24 hour, seven-day a week, ... world-class destination."
"Trump would be in be involved in all aspects of the development of the project, including design, construction, marketing, and property management once the building is completed," Rich said.
Star of "The Apprentice" reality show on NBC TV, Trump might impress potential lenders for the Rich project, said Michael Freimuth, Stamford's economic development director for the city of Stamford.
"The Trump name will attract wider attention to the marketplace from both investors and financiers," Freimuth said.
Costas Kondylis, an architect who also designed the 70-story Trump World Tower and the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan, is working on the Stamford project.
With him in this that means its gonna get REAL expensive. But i dont understand the idea of a residential tower wit all these luxury apartments, i mean there aren't any movie stars gonna be in them. Why can't they jus have something for the common folk...
STAMFORD -- The 37-story condominium tower that F.D. Rich Co. and partners have proposed in downtown Stamford may have a high-profile name -- Trump Tower Stamford.
F.D. Rich President Thomas Rich said yesterday that he and another partner in the project, Westchester County, N.Y., developer Louis Cappelli, are in discussions with real estate magnate and former Greenwich resident Donald Trump to develop a 425-foot high, 185-unit building next to the Target store.
We are extremely excited by the prospect of creating a partnership with one of the world's premier luxury housing developers," Rich said. "Donald Trump, together with Louis Cappelli, has recently completed a super high-quality project, the City Center at White Plains, N.Y., and are working together on a project in New Rochelle, N.Y., that is equally as impressive."
Trump mentioned the Stamford project yesterday on a TV and radio show hosted by Westport resident Don Imus.
According to a transcript of the "Imus in the Morning" show on MSNBC, Imus said to Trump, "you make a lot of deals out there (on the golf course.)"
"I made a deal with Lou Cappelli, who's a really good golfer. He's a fantastic golfer. And I made a deal with him to build a building in White Plains that turned out to be a tremendous success, Trump Tower," Trump said.
"And now we're doing another building up there. We're going to do another building in Stamford, Conn.," Trump said. "We've done basically three buildings because of the fact that I played a round of golf with Lou and they've been tremendous successes."
The City Center at White Plains includes the 35-story Trump Tower at City Center condominium building, movie theaters, restaurants, a Target and other stores in a 1.1 million square-foot complex aas well as a 11-story loft-style condo building.
Cappelli is head of Valhalla, N.Y.-based Cappelli Enterprises Inc., which developed City Center.
The Stamford tower, which needs approvals from Stamford land-use boards, would include luxury condominiums atop a five-story parking garage, with 3,300 square feet of retail space, at Washington Boulevard and Broad Street.
The top two floors would include six two-story penthouses. Another floor would hold the common spaces, including a party room, fitness room and swimming pool.
The proposed building, called Park Tower in its original application, would surpass Stamford's 22-story One Landmark Square by 105, making it the tallest building in the city and fifth-tallest in Connecticut.
The proposed Trump Tower would sit on a half-acre parcel that a small park now occupies.
Rich said the Stamford Zoning Board is scheduled to review the project in the next few weeks.
"We hope to get it going as soon as possible," Rich said. "A Trump Tower for downtown Stamford would be a further validation that after a 45-year urban renewal effort, our city continues to emerge as a 24 hour, seven-day a week, ... world-class destination."
"Trump would be in be involved in all aspects of the development of the project, including design, construction, marketing, and property management once the building is completed," Rich said.
Star of "The Apprentice" reality show on NBC TV, Trump might impress potential lenders for the Rich project, said Michael Freimuth, Stamford's economic development director for the city of Stamford.
"The Trump name will attract wider attention to the marketplace from both investors and financiers," Freimuth said.
Costas Kondylis, an architect who also designed the 70-story Trump World Tower and the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan, is working on the Stamford project.
With him in this that means its gonna get REAL expensive. But i dont understand the idea of a residential tower wit all these luxury apartments, i mean there aren't any movie stars gonna be in them. Why can't they jus have something for the common folk...