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24 Years Later, St. Georges Hotel Gets License To Be Rebuilt
From a touristic landmark bursting with life to a deserted building that has been bare and abandoned for years, such is the story of Beirut’s St. Georges Hotel.
After 24 long years of vicious real estate battles and a legal deadlock with Solidere, the St. Georges hotel has finally been granted a license to renovate from Beirut’s Municipality.
The iconic hotel was originally destroyed, looted, and occupied during the Lebanese civil war, then destroyed once again by the blast that killed late Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in 2005.
Ever since, the hotel had been fighting for reconstruction rights, but to no avail.
St. Georges was built in the late 1920s, and has hosted Hollywood stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, as well as royalty such as the Shah of Iran, and Egyptian icon Oum Kalthoum!
We are looking forward to see what happens next for this Beirut landmark.
After 24 long years of vicious real estate battles and a legal deadlock with Solidere, the St. Georges hotel has finally been granted a license to renovate from Beirut’s Municipality.
The iconic hotel was originally destroyed, looted, and occupied during the Lebanese civil war, then destroyed once again by the blast that killed late Prime Minister Rafic Hariri in 2005.
Ever since, the hotel had been fighting for reconstruction rights, but to no avail.
St. Georges was built in the late 1920s, and has hosted Hollywood stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, as well as royalty such as the Shah of Iran, and Egyptian icon Oum Kalthoum!
We are looking forward to see what happens next for this Beirut landmark.
