BBC News | Plans for Australia's first Trump Tower scrapped due to 'toxic' brand, developer says
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Plans for a A$1.5 billion Trump Tower on the Gold Coast—promised as Australia’s tallest building at 335 m with 285 hotel rooms, 272 luxury apartments, shops, restaurants and a beach club—have been abandoned after the developer Altus Property Group deemed the Trump brand “toxic” amid the Iran‑Ukraine war and other controversies; while the Trump Organization cited Altus’s failure to meet financial obligations and accused the developer of blaming world events to deflect from defaults, Altus insists the brand’s reputation in Australia had become untenable and that the project will continue under a different luxury brand, noting that local council had not received a formal development application, profit‑margin disputes persisted, and public opinion was split, with a petition against the tower gathering over 120 000 signatures and a pro‑development petition attracting only about 3 600.
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