Who would have thunk it but the New York real estate developer and shameless promoter, Donald Trump, aka “The Donald”, has got the green light from the Scottish Government to proceed with his plans for a $1 and a half billion golf resort at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Trump’s plans for the 1,400 acre beachside site include two championship golf resorts, a five star hotel, 950 luxury timeshare properties and 450 houses.
Of course, Trump will still have to deal with local landowner Michael Forbes, a fisherman and quarry worker who has refused all lucrative offers from the American billionaire to sell his ancestral home, which sits in the middle of the property slated for the development. He has become even more stubborn as Trump has ratcheted up the pressure on him.
Trump has said that he can build around the Forbes property, but conservation groups say there may be access requirements that would impinge on such plans. Conservationists are outraged saying that Trump’s development would destroy the fragile dune system forever.
Trump’s response was that not only would he stabilize the dunes but he would also create 6000 jobs.
Maybe we can we expect to see a Trump timehshare listed in Interval International in the next few years. “The Donald” still has a long way to go, especially in this economy.
More on this in the next post
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