Based on advanced negotiations, Jared Kushner will be granted a 99-year right to use the remains of the former Department of Defense and surrounding property, on which he plans to build a luxury hotel, upscale residential buildings and a museum.
The Ministry of Defence, along with other facilities, was bombed by NATO in 1999, preventing further bloodshed in Kosovo.
Under the draft agreement, 22 percent of the income from real estate development in Belgrade will return to the Serbian state.
It is as if the Taliban are rebuilding the World Trade Center towers, which were destroyed by the collision of two hijacked airliners in 2001. Many people in Serbia are very angry.
According to plans drawn up in Belgrade, the remains of the bombed-out building will be completely removed, as a reminder – if only of the suffering of the Serbs. In and around it is a Trump Tower-style complex that includes luxury apartments, shops, a hotel, and a memorial museum. A new quarter will be built.
Mohammed Al Abbar, whose name is the tallest building in the world, Dubai, with a height of 828 metres Burj KhalifaIt is linked to Burj Khalifa, which, according to Gulf Business, began negotiating with Kushner as early as March.
I have a positive outlook on cooperation
– He said “I'm excited to see the high-end developments,” Alabbar told Reuters, adding. He did not provide details about the elements of the potential partnership, nor did he consider it impossible for cooperation to falter.
By the way, the Emirati businessman is in full swing Belgrade waterfrontthe waterfront area of Belgrade – this will also be the case with the Maxi Dubai Hotel in Krakow, but at the same time, according to signs, it will also be a partner with Donald Trump's son-in-law.
Excited anticipation
Real estate development around the Ministry of Defense has great resonance in Serbia. They don't applaud him.
Has anyone heard of a place that was bombed and people died and then they built jacuzzis and casinos in its place?
– Disparage an opposition politician, who was one of the first to leak the construction plan in February, with a truly vivid example.
According to the documents that reached Aleksandar Jovanovic Ota, negotiations have been ongoing since 2022 and significant progress has been made since then. Last year, Kushner created two companies in Delaware that will benefit from the nearly century-old lease.
After the leaked plans appeared, Trump's son-in-law did not hide his goals, and shared on the X website some designs of his ideas for real estate development on the Albanian coast and in the heart of the Serbian capital.
We are excited to share some early design images of the development projects we have created for the Albanian Coast and downtown Belgrade. @nettimes @a job pic.twitter.com/o0HIYLkZWV
– Jared Kushner (@jaredkushner) March 15, 2024
“I'm excited to share some details about the initial plans,” Kushner wrote.
Petition
The building, colloquially referred to only as the “Commander's Arm”, was once a military intelligence center for the now-defunct Yugoslavia. For many Serbs, these monuments are a reminder of NATO's bombing of military and political targets in Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo aimed at stopping President Slobodan Milosevic's ethnic cleansing, or bloodbath, in Kosovo.
The remains of the multi-storey building can be found at an important crossroads in the city centre.
The collapsed concrete structure has remained untouched for decades, despite being located in the immediate vicinity of the Serbian government and Foreign Ministry.
In 2013, Donald Trump – then still a real estate mogul – had his sights set on the ruins where he was interested in building a luxury hotel.
The idea was heated four years ago by Richard Grenell, who was an envoy to Serbia and Kosovo during the Trump presidency.
But the idea was not well received by the Serbs. So far, twenty-two thousand have signed the petition demanding the project be stopped.
(Cover Photo: Yugoslav Ministry of Defense building. picture: Medin Halilovic/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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