In February 1999 Miami-Dade County initiated an eminent domain lawsuit against developer Brickell Pointe Ltd. in order to preserve the Miami Circle feature. The county ultimately won the right to take the property. The Governor and Cabinet agreed to contribute to the final acquisition cost, ultimately providing 15 million dollars toward the purchase price of 26.7 million dollars. The State of Florida was granted title to the Miami Circle late in 1999. Other organizations that contributed to the purchase of the Miami Circle include the Trust for Public Land, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Metropolitan Planning Organization, Miami-Dade County’s Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond, and many private contributors.
The Division of Historical Resources and Miami-Dade County have worked together since the acquisition of the property to care for the site and prepare the property for development as a park. In order to protect the site from damage the Miami Circle was reburied using filter cloth, gravel, and clean fill sand.
In 2004 the Division of Historical Resources signed an agreement with the National Park Service to begin a Special Resource Study to investigate the possibility of making the Miami Circle at Brickell Point a unit of nearby Biscayne National Park. To participate in the study visit: