This gorgeous colonial mansion built in 1939 was acquired by Trump and his first wife Ivana for $4 million in the 1980s. Today it’s on the market for $45 million. When Ivana sold it in 1998, six years after their divorce, the new owners, financier Robert Steinberg and his wife Suzanne, paid $15 million for the palatial residence. Trump sure has a knack for scoring a deal on real estate! Needless to say, the new owners had to scale down the opulence, removing the gold-leafing and making it a more casual and livable abode.
The property is extravagant. It’s nearly 20,000-square-feet and built on six acres of manicured green into the end of the Long Island Sound peninsula. Docks dot the waterfront periphery of the property. It’s got an indoor pool, an outdoor pool, mini golf putting greens, a tennis court and a darling guest house. Set in the town of Greenwich, the 8-bedroom, 13-bath home is just 45 minutes from Manhattan. The best part? You can make it yours for $45 million.
Donald Trump Jr.’s Luxury Apartments At The Sovereign
Donald Trump Jr. grew up inside the glitzy Trump Tower penthouse. When he married Vanessa Hayden in 2005 at the fabulous Mar-a-Lago, just ten months after "Papa" Trump married Melania, they first lived in Trump Place, but then called their apartment on the Upper East Side at The Sovereign, home. He purchased the exclusive adjacent apartments in a posh district of Manhattan for $2.71 million.
To make room for their five children, they bought a third adjacent unit for $1.5 million, gradually expanded their home. The Sovereign is a unique and elegant co-op apartment building that gives the family fantastic views of Long Island from their expansive 6,000-square-feet, 12th-floor digs. It’s uncertain who will be living there in the future. The couple announced their divorce in March of 2018.
Eric Trump’s Westchester And Trump Parc East Homes
Eric Trump created a penthouse suite by combining three apartment units at the top of Trump Parc East. The elegant home cost him just over two million dollars in total. However, he snagged the third unit of the flat from building developer, Donald Trump, for $350,000—half its listed price! (Thanks, dad). Towering over Central Park in the heart of Manhattan, views are sweeping and spectacular. Its 1904 architecture is as graceful as it is distinguished. Originally constructed as a hotel and performance center, Trump purchased the building in the 1980s and turned the flagging property into profitable condominiums. Inside the classy condos, large windows, vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, and wood burning fireplaces add to the luxuriating sense of having escaped the city.
On weekends the family escapes the city in earnest. Eric, his wife Lara, and young son Luke head out to their lovely mansion in Briarcliff Manor, an exclusive village in Westchester County. Located nearby Eric’s favorite childhood home, and where he proposed to Lara, the Seven Springs estate, is the place they call home. Lara has said that it's their favorite place to be, and they head out to their mansion sanctuary every chance they get. She loves to go riding and hopes to get a horse of her own. It’s also in close proximity to Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor making it convenient for Eric Trump, as executive vice president of the Trump Organization, to keep an eye on the property. Eric also stops by his vineyard when he has time. Recently it won a Sweepstakes award from the 2019 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition for Trump Winery’s 2014 sparkling Monticello Blanc de Blanc. It’s doing well with Eric at the helm.
The Scotland and Ireland Golf Resorts – $78 Million
Trump has a true affinity for Scotland, it’s his homeland—at least on his mom’s side. His mom, Mary Anne Trump, was born in Stornoway and lived there until she immigrated to America when she was 17. His affection for Scotland led him to his dream of developing two golf courses in Aberdeenshire. He even wanted to name the second golf course development after her saying, “My mother loved Scotland and I wanted to create a lasting tribute to her.” It would be called, The McLeod Course if it ever gets built. There is, however, the McLeod House namesake, a magnificent Scottish mansion at which one may stay, accommodating Aberdeen golf guests. In 2005 Trump purchased a 1,400-acre piece of rugged, green Scottish coastline and white dunes for about $12.6 million. Out of it, he created a world-class golf resort by 2012 and has been busy trying to push through the rest of his development plans. His Aberdeenshire neighbors have been unsupportive, often protesting, and his arrogant attitude has earned him a lot of defiance from the Scots.
In 2014 he grabbed the existing Turnberry golf resort, now called Trump Turnberry, his most prestigious and prized world-class golf course located on the other side of Scotland’s coast, for $59 million. So far, the Scottish investments have not enjoyed Trump’s trademark exponential profiting, both of his Scotland golf resort ventures lost money for three years straight, from 2014 to 2016. But things may be turning around. In 2018 revenues for Trump International golf resorts, including his Ireland golf property, doubled at Trump Turnberry and posted a profit in the contested Aberdeen, increasing from $3.2 million in 2017 to $3.4 million in 2018. If Trump Organization’s real estate development plans go through, it’s possible that all those jobs he promised Alberdeen in 2005 will come through.
Trump Air – $32 Million
Trump Organization has two planes and three helicopters, but Trump Force One, or the private jet he affectionately calls “T-Bird” is his favorite. He even prefers it over Air Force One, notwithstanding that Air Force One is larger, faster, and higher capacity. Trump notably complained about the bed being too small on the presidential plane, preferring his own private jet’s accommodations. And they are plush. It’s got a cinema system, silk lined bedroom, a guest room, also lined in silk, and a lavish bath, including 24-karat gold, plated fixtures.
Trump purchased the Boeing 757 for $100 million in 2011 and precipitously installed the upgrades. His last name is emblazoned in large upper-case letters—TRUMP— across the outside of the plane, naturally. He used it for his campaign travel. It’s not cheap to fly, it costs about $10,800 per hour. His hopes to use his jet instead of the Air Force issued Boeing 747 fell through after necessary high-tech security systems couldn’t be replicated. In order to increase the size of the bed and update the color scheme of the presidential aircraft to more “American looking” colors, and more to his liking, Trump has ordered two new Air Force One planes which Boeing should complete manufacture of by 2021.