Michael Cohen – Batumi Three Years Ago Versus Batumi Today – All I Can Say is Wow
A senior executive with The Trump Organization tells EurasiaNet.org that he has identified a potential site for a Trump Tower in Georgia.
‘I identified two projects - one more specifically than the other - that I think Mr. Trump will be interested in for a Trump Tower development,’ said Michael Cohen, an executive vice-president at The Trump Organization, the private company that handles American real estate mogul Donald Trump’s property development and management projects.
Cohen, a special counsel to Trump, is visiting 13 potential development sites in Tbilisi and the Black Sea port town of Batumi as part of a two-day tour arranged by Silk Road Group, a Georgian property development and transportation company.
Cohen, who described Georgia as ‘a fun country,’ said he was ‘exceptionally impressed’ with Batumi, where Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and senior officials gave him a personal tour of the town. Batumi, a popular regional resort spot with a population of about 121,000, has undergone extensive renovations over the past several years.
Drawing on comparisons with Europe, New Jersey and Las Vegas, Cohen applauded Saakashvili’s vision and development plans for the city. ‘I had seen photographs from three years ago. Batumi three years ago versus Batumi today -- all I can say is ‘Wow,’ he said.
‘President Saakashvili is a real visionary, as is Mr. Trump. And putting the two together, I think they can do great things in Georgia,’ Cohen forecast on July 12.
