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DALLAS-Locally based JMJ Holdings has wed Ivana Trump and aDubai-based developer for the first condo building in a brandedluxury line. The $150-million, 27-story tower is expected to breakground in a few months in Beirut's city center.

The award-winning Damac Properties has inked a deal to raise the"la Residence by Ivana Trump" flag throughout the Middle East,according to Christopher Knable, president and managing director ofJMJ Hospitality, the New York City-based affiliate of JMJ Holdingsthat will be crafting the condo branding. "Where we go from there,"Knable tells GlobeSt.com, "the sky's the limit." He says the highrise is still on the drawing board, but the preliminary plan callsfor five condos per floor with views of the Mediterranean Sea in alandmark design for the Solidere district.