Judge Blocks Miami Land Transfer for Trump Presidential Library [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Oct 15, 2025 at 03:43 AM EDT


A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily froze the transfer of a multi-million dollar plot of prime downtown Miami land for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

Why It Matters

The plot of nearly three acres of prime downtown Miami property is valued at more than $67 million, and could be worth much more, The Associated Press reported. Florida media reported that there could be plans for a hotel on the plot, as well as the presidential library.

What To Know

Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz put a block on the transfer after an activist said that officials at the state-run Miami Dade College, which owned the land, violated Florida's open government law when they gifted it to the state, which then voted to transfer it to a foundation for the planned library.

“This is not an easy decision,” Mavel said from the bench, on her finding that the college did not give the public reasonable notice ahead of a September 23 vote by its board to give up the plot. “This is not a case, at least for this court, rooted in politics,” Mavel said. Activist Marvin Dunn filed a lawsuit this month against the Board of Trustees for the college, arguing that it violated Florida law by not providing sufficient notice for its special meeting on September 23, when it voted to give up the land.

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