Three sought in property damage to Cavalier Hotel
VIRGINIA BEACH Three people broke into the Cavalier Hotel, which has been undergoing renovations, and are suspected of causing more than $7,000 in unspecified damage, police said Thursday. It happened...
View ArticleFBI opens investigation of Uhrin's vote on Cavalier
VIRGINIA BEACH The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into Councilman John Uhrin's vote that approved millions in taxpayer incentives to renovate The Cavalier Hotel and allow a luxury housing...
View ArticleIn the Cavalier Hotel's shadow, homes take shape
Brick paver sidewalks and serpentine hedges. Two-car garages and gaslights on porches. The accoutrements of the Cavalier Residences in Virginia Beach keep adding up, but are sales? Developers scooped...
View ArticleRomantic memories of Cavalier could earn free stay
VIRGINIA BEACH Did you tie the knot on the lawn? Maybe you honeymooned by the saltwater pool? If the Cavalier Hotel is connected to a romantic memory in your life, its new operators want to know. Gold...
View ArticleCavalier Oceanfront hotel to be demolished
VIRGINIA BEACH A demolition crew is scheduled to begin razing the 11-story Cavalier Oceanfront Hotel on Monday. The work at 4201 Atlantic Ave. will continue for several weeks, according to Michael...
View ArticleWrecking ball whacks Cavalier Oceanfront Hotel
VIRGINIA BEACH Smack! Crunch! Crumble! The pear-shaped, 4,000-pound wrecking ball knocked down the letters of The Cavalier Oceanfront Hotel's sign first, shortly after 9 a.m. Monday. "It's selective...
View ArticleFBI, state police conducting joint interviews in inquiries of Uhrin, Sessoms
VIRGINIA BEACH The FBI and Virginia State Police are conducting joint interviews in their separate criminal investigations of votes taken by Councilman John Uhrin and Mayor Will Sessoms, and the city...
View ArticleVa. Beach to consider distillery in Cavalier Hotel
VIRGINIA BEACH Bourbon got their wheels turning. Now they're almost in for the long haul. Joshua Canada, 33, and Andrew Yancey, 34, were sipping bourbon at a North End restaurant when the idea to open...
View ArticleCavalier distillery in Va. Beach clears hurdle
VIRGINIA BEACH Plans for a bourbon distillery inside the historic Cavalier Hotel moved smoothly through a Planning Commission hearing Wednesday. The commission recommended approval of a conditional-use...
View ArticleIn wake of probes, Va. Beach beefs up disclosure form
VIRGINIA BEACH In an effort to better avoid conflicts of interest, the city has revamped a disclosure form used to shed light on transactions involving developers, bankers and contractors. It's twice...
View ArticleRestoration work on Cavalier Hotel is moving indoors
VIRGINIA BEACH This is the grand dame of restoration projects. The Cavalier Hotel - from bell tower above to Hunt Room below - is just a shell of her old self, but the historic gem at the north end of...
View ArticlePartner in Cavalier Hotel project faces gun charge
VIRGINIA BEACH A partner in the development group restoring the landmark Cavalier Hotel has been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.read more
View ArticleDeveloper wants to reroute Atlantic Ave. for Cavalier lawn
VIRGINIA BEACH Developer Bruce Thompson wants to modify a section of Atlantic Avenue so that he can re-create The Cavalier Hotel's grand lawn, which once stretched from the hotel on the hill to the...
View ArticlePartner in group renovating The Cavalier indicted on gun charge
VIRGINIA BEACH A federal grand jury has indicted a partner in the group renovating The Cavalier Hotel on a charge he possessed a cache of semi-automatic weapons despite a previous conviction on federal...
View ArticleVirginia Beach aided developer in Cavalier bid process
VIRGINIA BEACH The email exchanges and financial discussions had kept some city staffers busy for days. A court-ordered auction for the historic Cavalier Hotel was 48 hours away, leaving little time to...
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