“He really kept the character and historic parts intact and just polished and lit it up for the building’s next chapter of life,” Peacock said on her website. Further, West Palm Beach—based REG Architects has served as master planner and architect for Mar-a-Lago since 1995 and has worked on additions to the property, including a spa and salon, tennis club and beach club, an addition to the original Post ballroom, owner’s quarters, guest house, helipad, and boat dock.
The firm received an award from the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation for its restoration, rehabilitation and conversion of this project in 1998. Throughout renovations and additions, Trump has certainly kept the gold theme of the estate going strong. “It’s just gold. It’s gold, gold, gold,” Laurence Lerner, author of Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump’s Presidential Palace, told CNN regarding the building in 2022.
