President Trump announced plans to build a White House ballroom in July marking the first significant renovation to "the People's House" in decades.

The president is slated to spend $250 million on the project, which he says will ease the burden of hosting large state dinners and other events that have a limited capacity due to available space. Some larger events are hosted outside the White House in temporary structures.

Site demolition began Monday to create space for the ballroom, despite the lack of approval from the National Capital Planning Commission, according to NPR.

The president has hired Clark Construction to build the new ballroom addition, with design renderings from McCrery Architects, the White House said.

The new ballroom is set to be developed as an extension of the E

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