Trump Tower Tampa has lost its biggest asset: the Trump name itself.
New York tycoon Donald Trump has terminated his contract with SimDag, the Tampa development team behind the proposed $300-million condo tower long touted as west Florida’s tallest and most luxurious.
Trump’s defection could be fatal to a project launched with fanfare in February 2005 but pelted with construction liens and lawsuits as the housing market soured.
Trump-branded towers are under construction or already built in cities ranging from Chicago and New York to Miami and Las Vegas, but in the end Tampa apparently didn’t have the right stuff.