Along with the private rooms, there are public areas, including Spring & Varick restaurant and Mr. Jones, the hotel's cocktail lounge.

The external walls of each room are made completely of double sided mirrors, giving its tenants a panoramic view.

[11] Partners on the project included Soviet-born businessmen Felix Sater and Tevfik Arif, who ran the Bayrock Group real estate development firm.

[13] Excavation and foundation work for the new building began in November 2006,[14] though full city approval for the project was not granted until May 2007.

[17] Archaeologists determined that the remains were from 19th-century burial vaults built under the former Spring Street Presbyterian Church,[18] which stood at the site until 1966.

Yuriy Vanchytskyy, an immigrant from Ukraine employed by DiFama Concrete, fell from the 42nd floor and was decapitated; three other workers were injured.

The Department of Buildings halted work on the project and the contractor, Bovis Lend Lease, was issued four violations.

[24] On November 2, 2011, Adam Leitman Bailey, represented a group of buyers who were in contract with approximately 30 apartments in Trump Soho, including French soccer player Olivier Dacourt, suing the condominium for fraud.

[25] The plaintiffs had claimed that they were tricked into buying the condos by "deceptive" sales figures from the developers and that the number of apartments sold at Trump Soho had been "fraudulently misrepresented."

[31] In May 2017, WNYC reported that business at the Trump SoHo had fallen off, and that the hotel had plans to lay off some staff.