London Developer Closes In On Deal To Create Florida Club To Rival Trump’s Mar-a-lago In Palm Beach

The proprietor of a London backstage members’ nine is reportedly nearing a woody for a Palm Beach venue, wherever he whitethorn activity to create a rival to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Robin Birley, 68, whose London clubs person hosted nan likes of Prince William, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Hugh Grant, is adjacent to securing a spot for his adjacent venture, which will beryllium partially financed by nan billionaire Reuben brothers, The Guardian reported.

Oswald’s and 5 Hertford Street, Birley’s London clubs, are known for being celebrated among members of Britain’s right-wing governmental establishment.

Birley is speaking pinch apical interior designers to springiness nan creation a distinctly American flavour, sources told nan outlet. Plans besides presently see an outdoor swimming pool, making nan spot his astir lavish nine yet.

Birley’s caller spot is intended to beryllium much discreet successful style than nan president’s expansive estate, and it will invited those who ain rank to Birley’s London venues. The mogul besides owns Maxime's, a marque caller nine connected New York’s Madison Avenue.

The move comes arsenic flocks of able and right-wing figures caput for Florida, successful peculiar Palm Beach, wherever Trump’s Mar-a-Lago edifice is situated.

Since December 2025, location person been astatine slightest 20 ample location income to British buyers, according to Senada Adzem astatine Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

She said: “I personally grip a batch of British clients who are buying successful Palm Beach. I person seen an uptick successful very able Brits who are not conscionable buying vacation homes, but who are relocating. A batch of them consciousness for illustration wealthiness preservation is simply a bully logic to person a superior residence successful nan area.”

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss notably travelled to meet Trump astatine Mar-a-Lago. She described Palm Beach arsenic nan “epicentre of nan counter-elite”, taking connected a New York and Los Angeles-based wide elite which is “destroying nan west.”

While nan UK’s far-right leader Nigel Farage besides travelled to nan area this month, and earlier this twelvemonth attended a gala astatine nan edifice pinch British socialite Lady Victoria Harvey, nan erstwhile woman of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.