Report: Historic Belleview Biltmore is being demolished by neglect
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, April 26, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters BELLEAIR The owners of...
View ArticlePartnership plans restoration of Belleview Biltmore
A group of Miami investors has a contract to purchase the historic, 115-year-old Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Bellair and plans a complete restoration of the structure and construction of a 153-room...
View ArticleSave 'magical' Belleview BiltmoreLetter to the Editor
The demolition permit has been filed, but it needs to be approved first. I wonder how the National Register of Historic Places will react when it realizes one of its protected sites is planned to be...
View ArticleMiami investor group to buy Belleview Biltmore property
Tampa Bay Business Journal by Margaret Cashill, Staff Writer Date: Monday, April 2, 2012, 2:34pm EDT - Last Modified: Monday, April 2, 2012, 2:41pm EDT Related: , , , Kathleen Cabble Belleview...
View ArticleBelleair demands Biltmore owners do more to protect it, or risk going to court
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, May 3, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters BELLEAIR - If the owners of...
View ArticleBelleair to consider tax break for Belleview Biltmore restoration
By Terri Bryce Reeves, Times Correspondent Terri Bryce ReevesTampa Bay Times ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters BELLEAIR...
View ArticleBiltmore owners deny demolition by neglect
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters BELLEAIR - The firm that...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore buyers say tax break needed to make deal work
Belleair Beach city commissioners on Tuesday put off a discussion to offer a property tax break for developers who are planning to purchase and renovate the landmark Belleview Biltmore hotel. Hector...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore buyers: Tax break needed to make deal work
Belleair Beach commissioners Tuesday put off a discussion to offer a property tax break for developers planning to purchase and renovate the landmark Belleview Biltmore hotel. Hector Torres, a...
View ArticleBelleair poised to buy Belleview Biltmore golf course for $3.5 million
By Terri Bryce Reeves, Times Correspondent Terri Bryce ReevesTampa Bay Times ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters BELLEAIR...
View ArticleCommissioners approve extension of plan to restore Belleview Biltmore
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters...
View ArticleBelleair Town Commissioners approve extension of plan to restore Belleview...
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View ArticleFuture of Belleview Biltmore becomes murkier
By Terri Bryce Reeves, Times Correspondent Terri Bryce ReevesTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, October 4, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the...
View ArticleBelleair commission implored to save Belleview Biltmore
BELLEAIR -- Citizens hoping to save the Belleview Biltmore Hotel implored city commissioners Tuesday night to help keep the historic structure away the wrecking ball. The hotel's owner, Miami-based...
View ArticleTo help would-be owners, Belleair declares Belleview Biltmore hotel property...
Demorris A. LeeTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, May 31, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters BELLEAIR - It's...
View ArticleEmotional crowd wants historic Belleview Biltmore saved
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, January 19, 2012 BELLEAIR - A wave of supporters swept into Town Hall Tuesday, urging town leaders to protect the "White Queen of the Gulf." The tide...
View Article2 offers made on historic Biltmore
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Friday, March 9, 2012 BELLEAIR - Two potential buyers are vying to purchase the historic Belleview Biltmore. And at least one of the offers is pretty serious,...
View ArticleBiltmore purchaser wants officials to support 2008 restoration plan
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Friday, April 13, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters BELLEAIR - A prospective...
View ArticleNational group, preservationists defend endangered Belleview Biltmore
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Saturday, January 14, 2012 BELLEAIR - Five days after the owners of the Belleview Biltmore filed a request to raze most of the 115-year-old hotel, a national...
View ArticleNational ally steps in to defend endangered Belleview Biltmore
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times BELLEAIR - Five days after the owners of the Belleview Biltmore filed a request to raze most of the 115-year-old hotel, a national nonprofit is urging town leaders to deny...
View ArticleProspective owners share their vision for the Belleview Biltmore
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, April 19, 2012 ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters BELLEAIR - A no-nonsense...
View ArticleTampa businessman is exploring purchase of Belleview Biltmore
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, March 29, 2012 BELLEAIR - For weeks, the owners of the Belleview Biltmore have remained quiet about the identity of potential buyers they said were...
View ArticleCrowd at town hall meeting discusses future of Belleview Biltmore
LORRI HELFAND, Times Staff Writer LORRI HELFANDTampa Bay Times BELLEAIR - No decision on the fate of the historic Belleview Biltmore was made Tuesday night, though about 175 people showed up at a town...
View ArticleArchitect who wants to save Belleview Biltmore announces contract on...
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times BELLEAIR - Richard Heisenbottle, a Coral Gables architect who has pitched plans to restore the historic Belleview Biltmore to its former grandeur, has a contract to...
View ArticleArchitect who wants to save Belleview Biltmore announces contract to buy...
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times Related Multimedia BELLEAIR - Three months after the owner of the historic Belleview Biltmore filed a request to raze most of the 115-year-old hotel, Richard Heisenbottle,...
View ArticleOwners' plans for Belleview Biltmore are taking shape
By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff WriterTampa Bay Times In Print: Friday, December 30, 2011 BELLEAIR - The owners' plans for the Belleview Biltmore are taking shape. And, while many details are still up...
View ArticleBiltmore rep's historic preservation ability questioned
BELLEAIR - Matthew Cummings said he had hoped to be the "guy on the white horse" who saved the 115-year-old Belleview Biltmore. But the affable representative for the landmark's owners, touting his...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore owners want lien lifted in return for what they've done...
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, March 22, 2012 BELLEAIR - One of the Belleview Biltmore's owners came to town to ask for a "goodwill gesture." The city has a lien against all of the...
View ArticleTwo buyers vying for Belleview Biltmore, owner's representative says
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times In Print: Friday, March 9, 2012 BELLEAIR - Two potential buyers are vying to purchase the historic Belleview Biltmore. And at least one of the offers is pretty serious,...
View ArticleApplication to tear down Belleview Biltmore lacks required details, on hold
Lorri HelfandTampa Bay Times BELLEAIR - The owner's request to raze most of the historic Belleview Biltmore is in limbo. The demolition permit application, filed on Jan. 6, lacks nearly 30 required...
View ArticleHistoric Belleview Biltmore's owners seek to demolish it
By Lorri Helfand, Times Staff WriterTampa Bay Times BELLEAIR - Owners of the Belleview Biltmore hotel have applied for a permit to raze most of the historic hotel. The application filed Friday...
View ArticleTreasured past may not save the historic Belleview Biltmore hotel
BELLEAIR - Admirers of the 114-year-old Belleview Biltmore see beyond the former hotel's decaying roof, peeling walls and barren floors. Some people know the Biltmore, nicknamed the White Queen of the...
View ArticleArchitect believes Belleview Biltmore can be saved
BELLEAIR Dreams of restoring the Belleview Biltmore are not dead despite sweeping statements by a representative of the group that owns the 114-year-old hotel. This month, consultant Matthew Cummings...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore owners want to build townhomes on site
BELLEAIR - The owners of the Belleview Biltmore are keen on building an 80-unit luxury townhome community on the 22-acre site where the Belleview Biltmore now sits. Such a community is one of few...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore's owners want to build townhomes on site
BELLEAIR - The owners of the Belleview Biltmore are keen on building an 80-unit luxury townhome community on the 22-acre site where the Belleview Biltmore now sits. Such a community is one of few...
View ArticleOwners plan to demolish Belleview Biltmore
Staff Tampa Bay Business Journal The owners of the Belleview Biltmore hotel in Belleair are pursuing a plan to tear down the historic structure and replace it with townhomes and condominiums. The...
View ArticleIs the Biltmore in its final days?
BELLEAIR — If the Belleview Biltmore were still open, this would be its time to shine. Rows of elaborate gingerbread houses would line common areas. A massive Christmas tree with Victorian...
View ArticleDifferent approaches hope to save Belleview Biltmore, Fenway Hotel
DUNEDIN — Many of its windows are boarded or broken and its interior walls are covered in graffiti, but the beauty of the Fenway Hotel’s Mediterranean-style architecture still shines through to...
View ArticlePossible residential development on Belleview Biltmore horizon
Kathleen Cabble The Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Pinellas County is in disrepair. Staff Writer- Tampa Bay Business Journal | Residential development at the site of the withering hotel has moved closer...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore gets another lease on life
BELLEAIR — The Belleview Biltmore just got another life extension. About 200 people packed town hall Tuesday night to weigh in a proposed change to development rules that could pave the way for the...
View ArticleFinal hearing on Belleview Biltmore hotel on Tuesday
The second and final public hearing on the fate of the Belleview Biltmore hotel is scheduled for Tuesday evening. The group Save the Biltmore is urging people to come out and make their voices heard...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore’s fate rests with tonight’s rezoning vote
The Belleair Town Commission will decide the fate of the historic Belleview Biltmore Hotel tonight when it votes on a zoning change that would pave the way for a new development. In...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore’s future: Restoration or demolition?
BELLEAIR — Every time it rains, water drips into the empty rooms and hallways of what was once referred to as the White Queen of the Gulf, the Belleview Biltmore. The water warps the wood floor and...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore’s fate rests with tonight’s rezoning vote
Related Links Different approaches hope to save Belleview Biltmore, Fenway Hotel Is the Biltmore in its final days? Photos: Historic Belleview Biltmore The Belleair Town Commission will decide the...
View ArticleBelleview Biltmore group claims support to save hotel
A group that has for years sought funding to restore the dormant Belleview Biltmore hotel property said it finally has the money. The announcement comes at the 11th hour, as the town is poised to move...
View ArticleVote tonight could decide Belleview Biltmore’s fate
BELLEAIR — Stepping lightly around an activist’s lawsuit, town officials took another step to jostle the Belleview Biltmore out of limbo Tuesday night. Town commissioners voted 4-1 to approve a...
View ArticleFunding secured to renovate Belleview Biltmore
Plans to restore Belleair's Belleview Biltmore Resort are one step closer to becoming a reality. Belleview Biltmore Partners announced on Monday that it has secured a funding commitment to purchase and...
View ArticleBelleair Commission vote paves way for parking at Belleview Biltmore site
Kathleen Cabble Belleair Mayor Gary Katica stands inside the grand ballroom at the Belleview Biltmore hotel. Staff Writer- Tampa Bay Business Journal | | A vote of the Belleair Commission Tuesday night...
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