The Trump Plaza Palm Beach condominium board unanimously agreed to change the legal name of the 32-story building, which is only a few miles away from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago private club and estate. The residents have a month to choose a new name for the building, which was called The Plaza before Trump bought it in the late 1980s.
The Palm Beach Post. “Most of us are relieved that the name will finally be off the buildings.”
The process of removing the Trump brand from the building has been in the works for four years, according to the report, starting with Trump’s name being removed from the roof during a 2017 renovation. When the renovation wrapped up in February 2020, the residents voted not to bring the name back. After George Floyd’s death in May, the building removed Trump’s name from the front entrance following a series of protests.
Trump, who once tried his hand at selling units in this Intracoastal Waterway complex, now is in residence at his Mar-a-Lago mansion at the private club on Palm Beach following his loss to Joe Biden in the November 2020 election.
The vote by Trump Plaza board members is the third move in the past year by this luxury community to distance itself from Trump.
In February of last year, residents voted not to replace Trump Plaza signs once atop the buildings at 525 and 529 Flagler Drive. The signs previously had been removed for building repairs.
Then in June, Trump Plaza signs at the base of the complex were yanked as the building sought to go incognito in the wake of protests following the death of George Floyd.