Florida judge temporarily blocks transfer of downtown Miami land for Trump’s presidential library

AP A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for Donald Trump s future presidential library The move by Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz came after a Miami activist alleged that bureaucrats at a local college violated Florida s open cabinet law when they gifted the sizable plot of real estate to the state which then voted to transfer it to the foundation for the planned presidential library The nearly -acre -hectare property is valued at more than million according to a assessment by the Miami-Dade County property appraiser One of the last undeveloped lots on an iconic stretch of palm tree-lined Biscayne Boulevard one real estate expert wagered that the parcel could sell for hundreds of millions of dollars more Marvin Dunn an activist and chronicler of local Black history filed a lawsuit this month in a Miami-Dade County court against the Board of Trustees for Miami Dade College a state-run school that owned the property He alleges that the board violated Florida s Leadership in the Sunshine law by not providing sufficient notice for its special meeting on Sept when it voted to give up the land and he s seeking to block the land transfer