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(Flashback: 2008) Deutsche Bank sues Trump over hotel loan
Chicago Tribune ^ | December 01, 2008 | Mary Ellen Podmolik

Posted on 01/17/2016 10:46:44 AM PST by justlittleoleme

Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas ratcheted up its battle with Donald Trump, claiming the hard-charging developer personally owes it $40 million after defaulting on a $640 million construction loan for Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago.

On Friday, Deutsche, the main lender on Trump's development alongside the Chicago River, filed suit against Trump in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

It is the second suit filed within a month over the high-profile project under way at 401 N. Wabash Ave., which at 92 stories has already become a dominant figure on Chicago's skyline.

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Steven Molo, an attorney representing Deutsche, declined to comment on the latest suit or the financial discussions between Deutsche and Trump. Without continued funding, Deutsche could eventually find itself in the unenviable role of developer.

Last month, Trump filed suit against Deutsche Bank in New York State Supreme Court in Queens, seeking to excuse a repayment of more than $330 million due Nov. 7 and extend the construction loan for an unknown period of time because the global economic crisis was a "once-in-a-lifetime credit tsunami." Trump also seeks $3 billion in damages. On Wednesday, Deutsche moved to have that case dismissed.

This latest suit, filed by Deutsche, calls for Trump to make good on the personal payment guarantee he signed in February 2005 for the building if he didn't make the loan payments on time. The suit alleges that Trump did not pay the more than $330 million due Nov. 7, a date that already had been extended, and that on Nov. 10, Deutsche made written demands for the outstanding loan payment and the $40 million guarantee.

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1 posted on 01/17/2016 10:46:44 AM PST by justlittleoleme
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To: justlittleoleme

This story is seven years old. How did it turn out?


2 posted on 01/17/2016 10:49:12 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Islam is the greened eyed monster that doth mock the meat it feeds upon.)
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To: justlittleoleme

2008???


3 posted on 01/17/2016 10:53:38 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (As a representative of Earth, I officially welcome Global Warming to our planet)
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To: justlittleoleme

This will be an endorsement of Trump to his followers. Add this to the fact that his wife didn’t work at Goldman Sachs and we have a winner!


4 posted on 01/17/2016 10:53:42 AM PST by Rusty0604 (1)
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To: justlittleoleme

Here comes the NWO.


5 posted on 01/17/2016 10:55:39 AM PST by KGeorge
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To: Rusty0604

LOL!


6 posted on 01/17/2016 10:56:06 AM PST by FerociousRabbit
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Trump sued them. They called a truce.


7 posted on 01/17/2016 10:58:55 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (I like Trump and Cruz. Leave me the heck alone.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

More here (from 2009):

“Donald Trump, Deutsche Bank reach truce over Chicago skyscraper’s finances”

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-03-04/news/0903030537_1_donald-trump-trump-international-hotel-skyscraper


8 posted on 01/17/2016 11:00:50 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: justlittleoleme

That’s it. I’m done with Trump.


9 posted on 01/17/2016 11:01:52 AM PST by lodi90
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To: TornadoAlley3
Trump sued them. They called a truce.

Trump wins again. LoL.

10 posted on 01/17/2016 11:07:05 AM PST by Red Steel
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To: lodi90; justlittleoleme

Just another successful negotiation for Donald Trump. :-)


11 posted on 01/17/2016 11:08:14 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: Red Steel

Trump filed suit against Deutsche Bank in New York State Supreme Court in Queens, seeking to excuse a repayment of more than $330 million due Nov. 7 and extend the construction loan for an unknown period of time because the global economic crisis was a “once-in-a-lifetime credit tsunami.”

So.... Trump is going to default on a loan and then sues the bank who loaned it to him?
Very Presidential.


12 posted on 01/17/2016 11:09:27 AM PST by justlittleoleme (Cruz or Lose. Trump is a progressive populist liberal.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Trump isn’t owned by the big banks. He just defaults on loans. New York values.


13 posted on 01/17/2016 11:10:50 AM PST by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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To: Fresh Wind
Trump first sued Deutsche and other lenders in New York State Supreme Court in Queens, seeking to excuse a repayment of more than $330 million due Nov. 7 and extend the $640 million construction loan for an unspecified amount of time. In the suit, Trump claimed that the global economic crisis was a "once-in-a-lifetime credit tsunami" affecting his ability to sell units at the Tower and repay the loan. He also sought $3 billion in damages.

Deutsche then filed its lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, claiming Trump personally owed the bank $40 million after defaulting on the loan.

OK guys, we are adults around here. This was to forestall a foreclosure when because the economy went south, Trump was left with a building to complete and sell. The lenders, Deutsche Bank, are big boys and knew that they were accepting a market risk when they made the loan.

At the end of the day I presume the building was completed, the units sold, and the lender repaid.

14 posted on 01/17/2016 11:11:04 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: kik5150
He just defaults on loans. New York values.

Any information that the loan was not eventually paid?

15 posted on 01/17/2016 11:12:39 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: justlittleoleme

This story is old. You forgot the rule that anything Trump said or did more than a week ago is irrelevant.


16 posted on 01/17/2016 11:15:11 AM PST by kik5150 (Cruz argued 9 times before Supreme Court judges. Trump argues with beauty pageant judges.)
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To: justlittleoleme

Eight years ago;really?


17 posted on 01/17/2016 11:17:09 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: justlittleoleme

By Trump logic, Trump is owned by Duetsche Bank.


18 posted on 01/17/2016 11:17:10 AM PST by CrosscutSaw
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To: justlittleoleme

Dude, like, this story is so old, it's like, got mold on it!

19 posted on 01/17/2016 11:21:12 AM PST by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: AndyJackson
The building in question was indeed completed, and is the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago.


20 posted on 01/17/2016 11:21:26 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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