![]() ![]() That decision came just a month after a New York Times analysis found that Trump-branded tourist sites were seeing a decline in revenues and attendance. A new replacement mall entrance at this corner recently opened.First, Trump Soho was rebranded the Dominick Hotel, and last October, condo owners in the Upper West Side won a legal fight to remove the “Trump Place” sign from their building. The new two-storey CF Pacific Centre retail pavilion building next to the former Four Seasons hotel tower, right at the corner of the intersection of West Georgia Street and Howe Street, is expected to reach completion and open in Spring 2022 as Vancouver’s flagship Apple store, replacing the existing interior mall store location. There has been some speculation that the Ritz-Carlton will be the hotel brand and operator of the tower at CF Pacific Centre. In January 2020, just prior to the closure of Four Seasons’ operations, Cadillac Fairview announced an unnamed “world-leading, luxury lifestyle hotel brand” would be the tenant of the rebuilt hotel tower. This was essentially a licence agreement with the Trump family-owned entity contrary to some beliefs, the former US president did not own this tower.Īlong with the reopening of the hotel in the former Trump-branded tower, the extensive renovation of the 30-storey tower that was the longtime location of the former Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver is expected to reach completion in 2022 as well - just in time for an expected rebound in tourism.Īfter years of a shaky relationship, Four Seasons announced in May 2018 it would not renew its lease at the Cadillac Fairview-owned tower, and instead reestablish its brand at another downtown Vancouver property at some point in the future. ![]() In 2013, Holborn reached an agreement with the Trump Organization to use their hotel brand and management for the development. When the tower was first proposed well over a decade ago, the developer had partnered with the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain, but that partnership ended after the 2008 financial crisis put the project on hold. The Mott 32 upscale Chinese restaurant in this high-profile space closed its doors last year when the hotel ceased operations.Įxterior sign at the West Georgia Street of Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver. The future of the 6,300 sq ft restaurant space next to the hotel’s main entrance is still unknown at this time. The former Trump Hotel’s Drai’s Vancouver, a pool nightclub, was also short-lived, closing in September 2018. The new replacement hotel brand was not specified in the minutes. A meeting with parties associated with the hotel are expected in fall as rebranding and reopening of the closed hotel and related facilities are expected to occur in the new year.”įollowing an in-camera (not recorded) portion of this meeting, it was noted that Holborn would “provide timely updates and information to the residents generally on hotel branding and reopening plans, including news about new and/or returning tenants,” as well as updates on the progress of removing the remaining branding and signage associated with the former Trump Hotel operations, and various maintenance matters. ![]() “A meeting with parties associated with the Hotel are expected in fall as rebranding and reopening of the closed hotel and related facilities are expected to occur in the new year. “The current bankruptcy remains in place and some of the TRUMP related branding, at the West Georgia Street level has begun to be removed namely the Spa by Ivanka signage at the front of the hotel doors,” reads the minutes. The property will undergo a rebranding for a new operator that will reopen the hotel next year. (Kenneth Chan/Daily Hive)īased on the minutes obtained by Daily Hive Urbanized of the strata council meeting held on September 9, 2021, which was attended by Holborn CEO Joo Kim Tiah and other representatives with the company, the removal of any remaining signage and branding after the former US president will be removed sometime in 2022. Signage at the main entrance of the former Trump International Hotel & Tower Vancouver. ![]()
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