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Historic hotel added to endangered list

by debwire | June 3, 2005 at 04:17 am

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Belleview Biltmore supporters hope a national list will give them traction against demolition plans.

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at 14:48 on August 5th, 2005

Follow-up story:

BELLEAIR - Rory Hiller, a real estate developer backed by a local
preservation group, announced Wednesday that his attorneys are
completing a backup contract to purchase the Belleview Biltmore Resort
& Spa.

Hiller, who was recruited by Friends of the Biltmore supporter Rae
Claire Johnson, said his team has been talking with Urdang &
Associates, a Pennsylvania pension fund manager that makes all
management decisions regarding the property.

debwire

at 17:25 on September 8th, 2005

Effort to save Biltmore energized (St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)

Sep. 8--BELLEAIR -- Energized by the prospect that the Belleview
Biltmore's owners are still determined to tear down the landmark,
equally determined preservationists renewed their efforts to save it.

Outside
Town Hall before Wednesday's commission meeting, a few people sold
T-shirts and handed out signs urging preservation of the 19th century
hotel. Inside, others greeted attendees with similar pleas.