Donald Trump's last big New York project was a gleaming tower in the heart of SoHo. His next could be wedged between two terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
A Trump company was among those that have visited the empty Eero Saarinen-designed TWA Flight Center that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is trying to turn into the centerpiece of a boutique hotel.
Any developer on the site will have to deal with a thicket of red tape. Space for new construction is limited to a small area between the Saarinen terminal and a JetBlue Airways terminal. The building, which opened in 1962, is a city landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Federal Aviation Administration gets final say over the building's height. And the Port Authority wants to recoup the $20 million it has spent on restoring the terminal.
"Please know that it is too early to determine whether Mr. Trump is interested or not," a spokeswoman for the real-estate mogul said in an email.
