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Belleview Biltmore application filed
| Article published on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007 |
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| An architect’s rendering depicts the planned look of the redeveloped Belleview Biltmore Resort. |
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BELLEAIR – Legg Mason Real Estate Investors, Inc. filed a formal application with the town of Belleair for the redevelopment of the historic Belleview Biltmore Hotel site.
Joseph Penner, the managing director of Legg Mason, said that he is extremely pleased that the formal process for final approval of the redevelopment is now under way.
“We have had literally dozens of meetings with our neighbors and other members of the community, as well as our state and local government officials, and have to the fullest extent possible incorporated their recommendations. This plan is truly a community effort and product,” said Penner in a press release.
He further commented that an extraordinary amount of thought and effort had gone into the plans, and that the project is one of which the community will be proud.
“We look forward to working with the town of Belleair and the local residents to restore a truly magnificent historic treasure,” said Richard J. Heisenbottle, FAIA, the project architect.
The following proposed improvements to the Belleview Biltmore Hotel site are included in the plans submitted to Belleair:
• A new landscaped grand entrance to the main hotel
• A fully restored 256 room main hotel structure with five ballrooms, meeting rooms, restaurants and retail shops
• A new, but architecturally consistent, 174-room annex hotel adjacent to the main hotel structure
• Three restored Victorian cottages
• A new 1-story spa facility with underground parking
• Elegantly landscaped grounds and the elimination of surface parking through the construction of underground parking garages
• Removal of the existing pagoda structure at the current front entrance to the main hotel
• A refurbished clubhouse and improved landscaping and parking at the Pelican Golf Club.
The project will be LEED certified.
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Article published on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007
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