Florida officials approve the Miami Prime site for the Trump presidential library

Florida officials opened the way on Tuesday for the construction of the presidential library of President Donald Trump to be built in a privileged location in downtown Miami next to the emblematic tour of the city’s freedom.

Republican governor Ron Desantis and Florida’s office voted to offer a 2.63 acres plot on Biscayne Boulevard to the Presidential Library Foundation Trump provided that construction begins within five years, which would be about a year after the end of his second term.

Trump’s son Eric, who is the president and one of the three administrators of the Foundation, praised the announcement.

The aerial view shows that the Miami freedom tower and the adjacent parking lot reserved for the Trump presidential library after a vote by Governor Ron Desantis and the Florida cabinet. (Photo / marta Lavandier)

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“No monument can fully capture the ladder of my father’s inheritance, but this library will be a tribute to the leader who reshaped history and restored the strength of America,” said Eric Trump in a statement.

No architectural plan has been published, but Eric Trump said that he would not look like the presidential center of former President Barack Obama, who slowly increases in Chicago.

“In accordance with the DNA of our family, it will be one of the most beautiful buildings ever built, an icon on the horizon of Miami – rest assured, it will not look like the` `structure of the prison ” of President Obama” “, wrote Eric Trump on X, referring to the museum of 235 feet high from the center of Obama 235 feet high on the site. Obama presidential center is on a site more than seven times larger than Trump’s.

The Miami site is currently used as parking of employees for the Wolfson campus of Miami Dade College and is adjacent to the tower of historic freedom, which served as a resource center for hundreds of thousands of Cubans who fled communism in the 1960s and 1970s and looked for asylum in the United States. The 100 -year -old structure is considered a symbol of the heritage of vibrant immigrants in the city.

The site is surrounded by buildings of luxury high height apartments and has a view of the seafront, directly opposite the Kaseya Center, which houses the Miami Heat of the NBA, as well as Dodge Island, where many of the largest cruising comrades in the world.

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House dining room on Monday, September 29, 2025, in Washington. Florida officials paved the way for the construction of the presidential library of President Donald Trump in downtown Miami next to the City Freedom tower. (AP photo / Alex Brandon)

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The package was estimated at more than $ 66 million, according to media reports, but it could sell at least $ 360 million, the New York Times reported, quoting a real estate consultant.

Presidential libraries are part of a system administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which preserves documents, files and other historical documents from the American presidents after their departure.

According to the NARA website, the Trump administration archives will remain in the capital region, which probably means that the Miami site will work more like a museum and an exhibition center at the Obama presidential center in Chicago. Fox News Digital has asked for clarification from the Trump Presidential Library Foundation.

The selection of the site comes only a few months after Trump won the Miami-Dade county by 13 points, the first Republican to wear it since 1988.

Desantis officially presented the plan and supported it publicly, declaring before the vote that Florida “would be honored” to host Trump’s presidential library and argue that it would provide “greater advantage to the public” and “increase economic development activities”.

Under the Constitution of the State, the gifts of certain properties of the State require the approval of a collective decision -making body composed of the Attorney General, the Financial Officer and the Commissioner of Agriculture as well as the Governor.

The 2.63 acres car park in downtown Miami, seen next to the Freedom Tower, was appointed as the future Trump presidential library. (Photo / marta Lavandier)

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The locations associated with Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and the Florida International University in the suburbs of Miami had already been launched as potential library sites. Desantis has signed a bill this year by premaking local governments to block the development of a presidential library, aimed at canceling the potential opposition in the counties or municipalities of the Liberation.

The other administrators of the Presidential Library Foundation Trump are the husband of Tiffany Trump Michael Boulos and the lawyer for Trump James Kiley.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.