Trump Tower planned for Surfers Paradise will be Australia’s tallest building and ‘best resort’, local developer claims

Trump Tower planned for Surfers Paradise will be Australia’s tallest building and ‘best resort’, local developer claims Gold Coast mayor says he looks forward to considering a ‘formal development application’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Trump Organization has announced plans to build a tower on Australia’s Gold Coast – a project its local partner claims will be the tallest building and “the best” resort in the country. The US president’s business arm said the Trump International Hotel & Tower Gold Coast will be his brand’s first project in Australia, releasing a statement on Monday to announce the “landmark development” would “rise in the heart of Surfers Paradise … one of the world’s most iconic beachfront destinations”. The statement promised “additional details” would soon be unveiled. The acting Gold Coast mayor, Mark Hammel, said in a statement his council would “welcome investment in the city”. “A formal development application will be required, and we look forward to considering the application once it is received,” Hammel said. Sign up: AU Breaking News email Queensland property developer David Young posted a picture of himself shaking hands over signed documents with the president’s son, Eric Trump , in a white and gold gilded room in Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida base. The CEO of Altus Property Group wrote that the photo with Trump Organization’s executive vice-president marked the signing of hotel management and brand licensing agreements. Young noted the moment occurred on Valentine’s Day and claimed it was 19 years in the making, beginning with a cold call to Ivanka Trump. “The Trump International Hotel & Tower Gold Coast development I’ve been pursuing for almost 20 years is going to be Australia’s tallest building before the end of the decade,” Young wrote. “At 340 metres in height, and 91 stories , it will out-stretch the ‘Australia 108’ building in Melbourne by 15 metres and leave every other Australian resort prope...