Trump Towers Pune

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'''Trump Towers Pune''' are two 23-story towers of condominiums in the city of [[Pune]], [[India]].<ref>Ayesha Venkataraman, Ellen Barry & Eric Lipton, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us/politics/donald-trump-india-business.html?_r=0 Indian Business Partners Hope to Exploit Their Ties to Donald Trump], ''New York Times'' (20 November 2016).</ref> The building has one apartment on each floor.<ref name="Sharma">Ravi Teja Sharma, [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/personal-finance-news/rishi-kapoor-ranbir-kapoor-buy-apartments-in-punes-trump-towers/articleshow/49397988.cms Rishi Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor buy apartments in pune's Trump Towers], ''[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]]'' (16 October 2015).</ref>

==Overview==
Despite its name, the Trump Towers Pune property is not owned by or developed by [[The Trump Organization]], and it has not invested any money in the project. The project has received the rights to use the name 'Trump' under a real estate [[Donald Trump#Branding and licensing|licensing deal with Trump]]. The exact terms of the deal are not public.<ref name="Doshi">Vidhi Doshi, [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/23/donald-trump-towers-pune-india-investigations Trump Towers Pune: project in sleepy Indian city faces investigation], ''The Guardian'' (23 August 2016).</ref>

The 'Trump Towers Pune' project "is the subject of two investigations by the Pune state government and local police, after discrepancies were found in documents related to the land on which the luxury apartment block is being built."<ref name="Doshi"/>

In November 2016, the then [[President-elect of the United States]] Trump met with three Indian property developers, Narendra Modi and Atul Chordia (his business partners on the Trump Towers Pune project) and Kalpesh Mehta (another Indian businessman), at [[Trump Tower]] in New York, raising concerns about potential [[Conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]] arising from his dual roles as a businessman and president.<ref>Rishi Iyengar, [https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/21/news/india/donald-trump-indian-business-real-estate/ Here are the Indian businessmen Donald Trump met last week], CNN Money (22 November 2016).</ref><ref>Annie Gowen, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trumps-extensive-deals-in-india-raise-conflict-of-interest-concerns/2016/11/21/3313319e-3f04-44fa-a28a-c297d891465c_story.html Trump's extensive deals in India raise conflict-of-interest concerns], ''Washington Post'' (21 November 2016).</ref>

On 30 November 2016, [[Politico]] reported that an individual working for the building's developer told [[BuzzFeed]] that the building is taking precautionary measures since the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-overseas-security-231948|title=Trump's overseas properties spark security fears|date=30 November 2016|work=Politico|first=Michael|last=Crowley|access-date=25 October 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[The Park (residential project)]] — includes Trump Tower Mumbai

==References==
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==External links==
*https://www.trumptowerspune.com/pune/apartments-in-kalyani-nagar {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119021333/http://www.trumptowerspune.com/pune/apartments-in-kalyani-nagar |date=19 November 2016 }}
*https://www.trump.com/real-estate-portfolio/india/trump-towers-pune/
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Pune]]
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