US Secret Service being advertised as 'new amenity' in apartment sales at Trump Tower

[dixiegrrrrl]

The U.S. Secret Service is the hot, new "amenity" in the Trump Tower, where desperate brokers are trying to lure well-heeled clients into the building on Fifth Avenue that has served as President-elect Donald Trump’s home as well as his campaign and transition headquarters.

Less than a week after Trump was elected, prominent New York real estate agency Douglas Elliman blasted out an e-mail with the subject: “Fifth Avenue Buyers Interested in Secret Service Protection?” to advertise a $2.1 million, 1,052-square-foot condo in the tower on 721 Fifth Avenue.

"The New Aminity [sic] – The United States Secret Service," screamed the flier sent in an e-mail on Nov. 13 for a one-bedroom apartment on the 31st floor, represented by brokers Ariel Sassoon and Devin Leahy.

As hard as Trump works to distance himself from his businesses, there may be no way of getting around other business associates using his brand for their own opportunity.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-tower-secret-service-amenities-232216

the article explains that most of the building are condos owned by private parties, and this newest advert is not from Trump himself.

[SaschaHM]

1. Might as well advertise the new NSA/FBI scrutiny that comes with living in Trump Tower as well.

Everyone that moves to that building is going to be looked at intensely.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. ohh...right. Forgot about that..

Bet that will crimp sales.
shops in the area are bitterly complaining already that customers are staying away., but Mr. "pro-Business" does not appear to care.

[Else You Are Mad]

2. You have got to be kidding me...

What person would want to be under 24/7 surveillance, absolutely no privacy, monitored phone calls and mail?!? If I were paying 2.1 million a year for an apartment or condo in that building I would be very interested in breaking my lease or just move out.

[HassleCat]

3. Nice amenity

Come home with your groceries, get tackled and handcuffed. Fun stuff.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Pay no attention to the daily cavity searches

Just think of them as free preventive heath screenings.

[Vinca]

5. The new amenity might be offset by the idea of a new skyscraper target for terrorists.

[Glassunion]

8. On a technicality, it is surrounded by taller buildings.

[scscholar]

7. Why add the last line?

That makes the truth have much less impact.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. The last line is the truth

Most people are not aware that Trump does not own the tower that has his name
and in fact, does not own a lot of the hotels, He gets paid for naming rights.

And the truth is that realtors are using his name and Secret service status as a selling point..altho it may backfire.

[Bradical79]

9. Looks like a giant bullseye to me

Living there just means you're another body some terrorist will try to go through to get to Trump :-P

[MADem]

11. Who's to stop Osama Bin Terrist from buying that apartment?

There's no way to truly secure that space, or the spaces surrounding it.