Belmont Closes Doors

Downtown Belmont location closes its doors today for the last time-
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"The liquor retailer will close its downtown retail operation permanently today, as it moves out to make room for a potential downtown hotel.


“It was a good store for us, it was a very popular store for us,” said Gary Gardner, operations manager for the company. “I think it’s disappointing that downtown Fort Wayne is losing another retailer.”


Fort Wayne is negotiating with a developer to locate a Marriott hotel where the liquor retailer sits at Harrison Street and West Jefferson Boulevard. The city bought land for a hotel in the area for $2.2 million by using the power of eminent domain. Part of that land included the downtown Belmont Beverage, which the city bought for $1.45 million."