The federal government has sold the former Old Post Office building in Washington, D.C., which was previously the Trump International Hotel, to BDT & MSD Partners for $80 million. The building was under a nearly 100-year lease as a hotel, and this sale grants full ownership of the property and the land to the purchasing firm.

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Government Sells Trump’s Former Washington, D.C., Hotel

Former Old Post Office building, now a Waldorf Astoria hotel, sells for $80 million

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The Waldorf Astoria hotel, formerly the Trump International Hotel, in Washington D.C. The Waldorf Astoria, formerly the Trump International Hotel, at the Old Post Office building, in 2022.Andrew Harnik/AP

The federal government sold Washington, D.C.’s former Old Post Office building, now a Waldorf Astoria hotel, to the firm that holds the long-term lease on the property.

The stately, historic building had been under a nearly centurylong lease agreement to be operated as a hotel. On Wednesday it was sold outright, giving full ownership of the building and the land beneath it to merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners.

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Government Sells Trump’s Former Washington, D.C., Hotel

Former Old Post Office building, now a Waldorf Astoria hotel, sells for $80 million

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