By KATE PAYNE
A trial has been set for August 2026 in a lawsuit searching for to dam the switch of a parcel of prime Miami actual property for use for President Donald Trump’s presidential library.
The choice Monday by Circuit Decide Mavel Ruiz in Miami will additional delay Miami Dade Faculty’s plans to formally switch the sizable plot of land to the state of Florida, which intends to present it to the muse for the deliberate library.
Miami activist Marvin Dunn, a retired professor and chronicler of native Black historical past, filed the lawsuit arguing that the faculty board violated Florida’s Authorities within the Sunshine legislation by not offering adequate discover for its particular assembly on Sept. 23, when it voted to surrender the practically 3-acre (1.2-hectare) property.
Final month, Ruiz sided with Dunn and granted a brief injunction that bars the switch of the property, not less than for now.
Attorneys for the faculty had requested the decide to remain the trial proceedings pending an appellate courtroom’s overview. As a substitute, Ruiz scheduled the trial to start Aug. 3, although she acknowledged that would change, relying on how the appeals courtroom proceeds.
The property is a developer’s dream and is valued at greater than $67 million, in keeping with a 2025 evaluation by the Miami-Dade County property appraiser. One actual property knowledgeable wagered that the parcel — one of many final undeveloped tons on an iconic stretch of palm tree-lined Biscayne Boulevard — might promote for tons of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} extra.
Kate Payne is a corps member for The Related Press/Report for America Statehouse Information Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit nationwide service program that locations journalists in native newsrooms to report on undercovered points.
