After Trump agreed to save the main house’s critical features noted above by donating control of them to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the opening of Mar-a-Lago as a private club in 1995 called for more work to accommodate heavier guest traffic flow and enable smaller dining parties. Trump would retain an apartment within the estate going forward.
Lead preservation architect Tamara Peacock, now based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, worked with Trump starting in 1997 to repurpose rooms into 10 hotel suites on the second floor, create a commercial kitchen for events, design a new space for parties, and make all the spaces ADA accessible, a process that took three years in total.
