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a judge in miami A complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate to the president has been dismissed. donald trumpThe prospective presidential library is paving the way for the real estate developer turned president to build a massive memorial to his political rise in a prestigious part of the city.
A local activist filed a lawsuit against Miami Dade College, arguing that the school board did not provide adequate public notice and violated the state’s open government law when board members voted in September to turn nearly 3 acres (1.2 ha) of the property over to the city of Miami.
The site is a developer’s dream and is worth more than $67 million, according to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s 2025 assessment. One real estate expert bet that the parcel — one of the last undeveloped lots on a palm tree-lined stretch of Biscayne Boulevard — could sell for hundreds of millions of dollars more.
Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz initially sided with retired professor and local historian Marvin Dunn Black The history that filed the case. In October, Ruiz temporarily blocked the college from formally transferring the land while the challenge unfolded, setting a trial for the following August.
But Ruiz ruled in favor of the college on Thursday and dismissed Dunn’s complaint without prejudice, as the board reenacted the vote on the land distribution in a more than four-hour-long public meeting earlier this month that included fiery testimony on the issue.
Lawyers for the college say the board did not violate state law, but argue that any alleged violations have been “fully corrected” after the re-vote.
In September the college voted to transfer the assets to a fund controlled by the Republican government. Ron DeSantis And Florida Cabinet, GOP officials voted to transfer the land again, effectively bringing the property back under the control of the Trump family when they deeded it to the Foundation for Trump’s library. That foundation is led by three trustees: Eric Trump; Tiffany Trump’s husband, Michael Boulos; and the President’s lawyer, James Kiley.
eric trump promised that the future library would be “one of the most beautiful buildings ever built” and “an icon on the Miami skyline.” Under local zoning rules, the best use of the property would be a massive condo building, according to a Miami real estate expert, who described the site as a potential “cash cow.”
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Kate Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.