Iconic Treasure Island resort sells

Thunderbird Beach Resort and an adjacent motel sell for $32.5 million to Hollywood firm. Sale marks an end to decades of family ownership at the beachfront property.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 12:00 p.m. July 22, 2021
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COURTESY PHOTO — After decades of family ownership, the Thunderbird Beach Resort on Treasure Island has sold, along with an adjacent motel, to a group of Hollywood investors.
COURTESY PHOTO — After decades of family ownership, the Thunderbird Beach Resort on Treasure Island has sold, along with an adjacent motel, to a group of Hollywood investors.
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The Thunderbird Beach Resort, an iconic waterfront hotel on Treasure Island, has sold for $25.5 million, according to Pinellas County property records.

The adjacent Best Western Sea Castle Suites, a 42-room motel at 10750 Gulf Blvd. that opened in 1956, also sold for $7 million.

 

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