Overview

• Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted unanimously to convey state control of a 2.63-acre Miami Dade College parcel for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library.
• The downtown lot, adjacent to the Freedom Tower and used as an employee parking area, is appraised at roughly $66–67 million.
• The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation formally named Miami as the location and touted a skyline-defining design; if completed, it would be Florida’s first presidential library.
• The conveyance includes a requirement to move the project forward within five years, after which the state can revoke the grant if progress is lacking.
• Protests and a planned lawsuit challenge the deal’s transparency and scope, with critics questioning financing, National Archives involvement, and reports of a potential hotel component.