Geoffrey Harrison Palmer[1] (born May 11, 1950)[2][3] is an American billionaire real estate developer and major political donor to the Republican Party.
[7] Palmer attended Santa Monica College before transferring to the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he earned a degree in finance.
[12] Other buildings in the "Renaissance Collection" built by Palmer include the Orsini, Visconti, Piero, Da Vinci, and Lorenzo.
[11] In 2006, Palmer applied for the Piero II, a mixed-use project, and requested that the City waive the affordable housing requirements.
[17] Palmer, a strong opponent of mandatory affordable housing requirements for real estate development, appears in the Paradise Papers in connection with a Bermuda offshore company to hold the registration for his private jet, which is done for security and maintenance reasons, yet he still pays the required California assesses property taxes on aircraft, which Bermuda does not.
[19] In 1991, Palmer paid an administrative $30,000 fine after being accused of money-laundering campaign contributions in order to prevent the incorporation of Santa Clarita.
[24][25] In 2016, Palmer and his family were living in Burton E. Green's former residence in Beverly Hills, California, with another property in Saint-Tropez, France.