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Trump's Chicago real estate flop

Posted August 21, 2016 11:00 pm

Chicago Sun-Times

A central premise of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's pitch to voters is that his business success qualifies him for the Oval Office - but his yearslong effort to rent retail space at the base of Trump's namesake tower in Chicago has been a total failure.

The billionaire businessman and reality show star, the son of a builder, highlights his real estate development expertise as a selling point. Indeed, a selection of Trump's construction projects - mostly in New York - were elements in two biographical videos about Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Trump International Hotel and Tower is a gleaming 92-story glass building at 401 N. Wabash Ave. along the Chicago River and just west of Michigan Avenue. Giant letters spell out Trump's name on the riverfront side of the building. Some dozen stories below the Trump sign is a testament to Trump's Chicago flop.

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