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The dilapidated and condemned Uncle Billy’s hotel will have a perimeter fence constructed around the entire property beginning this month. The purpose of the fence is to physically secure the site from continued illegal occupation and to alleviate health and safety concerns. Demolition of the building could begin by the end of the year.
Chefs Simone Tong of Silver Apricot restaurant and Matthew Hyland of Emily and Emmy Squared pizzerias in New York are opening a new Austin restaurant, modern Chinese restaurant Zoe Tong on Barton Springs in the Zilker neighborhood in fall 2023.
Demolition of the former Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel is just one step to transforming the “Hilo Walk of Fame.” What did Big Island Now readers think should be done to revitalize Banyan Drive?
Because of recent actions by the Hawai’i County Council and Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green, there is a mandate to fast track demolition of the abandoned 148-bedroom structure that formerly was Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel along Banyan Drive.
In an effort to push the state to quickly demolish the dilapidated Uncle Billy's Hotel in Hilo, the Hawaii County Council passed an amended resolution on Wednesday, July 26.