★ Government Action
Florida Cabinet transfers $66M Miami parcel to Trump library foundation
Filed September 2025$66,000,000
★ The Brief
What happened
The three-acre parcel adjacent to Miami's Freedom Tower had been a Miami Dade College employee parking lot. The Trump Presidential Library Foundation is led by trustees Eric Trump, Michael Boulos, and James Kiley.
Who enabled it
Who benefits
Deal or steal?
The transfer followed DeSantis's 2025 law preempting local governments from blocking presidential library development, conveying state real estate to a foundation whose trustees include two Trump family members.
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On September 30, 2025, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet — comprising the attorney general, chief financial officer, and commissioner of agriculture — voted to convey a nearly three-acre parcel of state-owned real estate in downtown Miami to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation, Inc. The property, appraised at more than $66 million and located adjacent to the historic Freedom Tower on Biscayne Boulevard, had been used as an employee parking lot by Miami Dade College. The state justified the transfer on grounds that the site would provide greater public benefit and increased economic development as a presidential library. The foundation is led by three trustees: Eric Trump, Michael Boulos (Tiffany Trump's husband), and Trump attorney James Kiley.
Further reading
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