Belleayre’s long shadow
It’s the end of an era. Dean Gitter, the Don Quixote of the Catskills, the singular force of nature behind the decades-long effort to build the Belleayre Resort atop Highmount, has died.
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$9.1 million upgrade slated for Belleayre’s Discovery Lodge
Look for another busy summer of upgrade work at Belleayre Mountain next year as the New York State hands over a newly-approved $9.1 million to support the expansion and modernization of the Ski Resort’s aging Discovery Lodge by its managers at the Olympic Regional Development Authority based in the Adirondacks.
Court says OK to Belleayre Resort
The resort, with a reported construction budget in the $50 million range, was first proposed by Catskills developer Dean Gitter in the late 1990s.
Final court challenge to Belleayre Resort is denied
With today’s ruling, the proposed Belleayre Resort in Highmount can move forward after two decades.
Belleayre Resort opponents lose in court again
The state’s Appellate Division upheld a local ruling that would allow the construction of the long-planned Catskills resort.
Gitter retires, legal challenges to Resort persist
Developer Dean Gitter, 81, is retiring from his position as Managing Member of Crossroads Ventures, the company he founded to
Heritage Alliance sues Shandaken
On February 12, the Catskill Heritage Alliance (CHA) filed a legal action against developer Crossroads Ventures and the Town of
Belleayre Resort gets local approvals; lawsuit
The towns of Shandaken and Middletown have, on January 13 and 14, respectively, approved the Special Use Permit and Site
Belleayre Resort, Ski Center get State approvals
An announcement officially made by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo last week seems to have drawn the state’s role in the 16-year
Hugh Reynolds: Their day in court
Some predicted the 17-year running battle between developers of the Resort at Belleayre in Shandaken and regionally-based environmentalists might wind