Plan for Trump SoHo Tower Gains City Approval
By Special to the Sun | May 9, 2007
A plan to build a 45-story skyscraper, called Trump SoHo, gained approval from the city yesterday over the objections of some elected officials and neighbors.
The tower, which would be the tallest structure between downtown and Midtown, slipped through what some call a loophole in the city's zoning regulations that allows hotels to be built in manufacturing districts without the public review process applied to other large buildings.
While the owners call the building a "transient hotel," its residents can buy units and live in them for part of the year, an arrangement that has prompted critics to dub the planned building a condo tower in disguise.
