Belleview Inn – Belleair FL

Last updated on July 29, 2021

Belleair began as a resort tourist town. After Henry B. Plant, founder of the Plant System of railroads and Steamboats constructed the Tampa Bay Hotel. In 1896 the Belleair Bellevue Hotel launched the beginning of Tampa’s and Pinellas’s history as a tourist destination.

Mr. Plant selected the Belleair Country Club site to construct a winter golf resort in 1897. The state’s oldest golf course. As a result, Belleair originated as a theatrical tourist town. But as the Bellevue increased tourist interest in the area. It also created demand for a residential neighborhood.

Belleair has become a tony town of beautiful homes and world-class golf courses. Located in Pinellas County, Florida. Offering a genuine small-town warmth. Choosing to be a separate entity from the neighboring City of Clearwater was incorporated in 1925.

• Males: 1,949 (47.7%) Females: 2,139 (52.3%)
• Median resident age: 53.7 years Florida median age: 42.0 year
• Estimated median household income in 2017: $87,818 (it was $63,267 in 2000
• Belleair: $87,818 FL: $52,594

There’s about 35,000 cities and towns in the United States 88 named Washington and only one named Belleair. Belleair covers 1.7 square miles. Has 5 miles of coastline. It also has 21 miles of roads and 24 acres of parks. The population of Belleair is 4,088, and that is split evenly between males and females.

• Belleair collects $4.6 million in property tax annually. The average price of a condo in
• Belleair is $250,000, and the average cost of a single-family home is $750,000.
• The total value of the homes in Belleair is just over $1 billion.
• Belleair has approximately 1152 acres of dirt – land.
• Belleair has 385 private acres of courses
• Pelican Golf Club LLC. consisted of 153 acres
• Belleview Biltmore Country Club is 231 acres
• Belleair purchased the Belleview Biltmore in 2013 for 3.5 million. and sold it five years later for $3.8 million. —$300,000 profit for Belleair (Need to verify)
• Pelican Golf Club LLC. 153 acres – about 24K per acre

The Town of Belleair has a Council-Manager form of government. The current mayor is Gary H. Katica, Deputy Mayor Karla Rettstatt, and three commissioners Tom Shelly, Tom Kurey, and Michael Wilkinson. JP Murphy is the Town Manager.

Town Manager and mayor are two of the most prestigious positions in local government. City and town managers are hired by a city or town council. To implement and oversee day-to-day operations.

Belleview Biltmore Country Club Corp, a nonprofit and Pelican Golf Club LLC. Actual own ¼ of Belleair.

 

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