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The Trump International Hotel and Tower is a skyscraper condo hotel under construction at 401 N. Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois, named for famed real estate developer Donald Trump. It is located in the River North Gallery District of the Near North Side community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The Trump International Hotel and Tower is expected to be 1,362 feet (415 m) tall w/spire – 1,170 feet (360 m) w/o spire – and contain 92 floors for various uses. Despite ongoing difficulties, construction is proceeding. It is located on a jog of the main branch of the Chicago River with an unobstructed view of the entry to Lake Michigan beyond a series of bridges that cross the river. It is notable for the publicity it received in association with the first season of the The Apprentice when the winner, Bill Rancic, selected its construction as his job choice. The building was designed by Adrian Smith, who worked for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill during the building's planning and design stages, and is being constructed by Bovis Lend Lease.