Doral City Council green-lights Trump Doral condo expansion

Doral City Council members approved the Trump Organization’s proposal to develop up to 1,500 luxury condos on the Trump National Doral Miami property. 

Mayor Christi Fraga and councilman Rafael Pineyro voted against the rezoning on first reading at a council meeting Wednesday evening. It passed 3-2. An affiliate of Donald Trump’s firm was seeking a zoning change for 56.4 acres of the property at 4400 Northwest 87th Avenue in Doral to the city’s downtown mixed-use zoning. Trump will return for approval on second reading. 

Trump plans to build 1,498 residential units and about 142,000 square feet of commercial space. The phased project would not be built on the golf course or resort portion of Trump National, but on the southeast portion of the property that’s made up of parking lots. The entire property spans more than 600 acres. 

The majority of the commercial space would be retail and high-end restaurants. 

The proposal marks fewer condos than the more than 2,200 proposed by the developer in 2022. Trump bought the property, home to the famed Blue Monster golf course, out of bankruptcy for $150 million in 2012. He said his firm spent $250 million in renovations.

Trump’s attorney, Felix Lasarte, said earlier this week that the project could be built in five phases, with about 300 luxury condos in each phase. The Trump-branded units would start at more than $2 million. About 20 three-story or four-story townhouses could be built on the golf course that would be more expensive than the condos, Lasarte said. 

Sales could launch next summer. 

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Doral council members voted immediately after Lasarte’s presentation on Wednesday evening, with few members of the public commenting on the plans. Lasarte said during his presentation that he expects the condos would be used by owners about 20 percent of the time, suggesting the traffic impact would be minimal. 

Trump has licensed its name to developers in South Florida, but the firm has not developed any branded residences in the tri-county region. In 2001, Trump inked a licensing deal with  developers Michael and Gil Dezer for the Trump Grande and Trump Towers in Sunny Isles.