The New York Times reports:
The plan by Jared Kushner and his business partners to redevelop a prized location in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, echoes interest from Donald J. Trump a decade ago in pursuing a deal for the site and a similar proposal pushed during his White House term by a top aide now working with Mr. Kushner, a review of the project shows.
The tentative agreement between the Kushner team and the Serbian government would grant Mr. Kushner’s investment firm a 99-year lease, at no charge, and the right to build a luxury hotel and apartment complex and a museum on the site of the former headquarters of the Yugoslav Ministry of Defense in Belgrade, which was bombed by NATO in 1999.
In 2013, two years before he began running for president, Mr. Trump — Mr. Kushner’s father-in-law — told a top Serbian government official that he wanted to build a luxury hotel on the site. Associates of the Trump Organization traveled to Belgrade to inspect the location.
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ALSO: NYT obtained from a Serbian official a draft outline of the tentative Kushner deal. It’d grant Kushner a 99-year lease, at no charge, & the right to build a luxury hotel, apartments & museum on the historic Belgrade site. w @EricLiptonNYT @maggieNYT https://t.co/hpuB87Znua
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) March 17, 2024