By Jill Nagy
The Bonnie View Resort on Lake George was sold in December for $4.4 million.
The buyer is a limited liability company (LLC) created for the sole purpose of holding the property. It was purchased by an investor from Rhode Island.
The resort, at 4654 Lakeshore Drive, on a six-acre lakefront property in Huddle Bay, had been in the Lauro family for 50 years. It has 386 feet of lake frontage.
The resort included 60 motel rooms and cabins, a heated pool, tennis court, and six steel docks. Recently, the buyers’ real estate agent, Jim Casaccio of Bolton Landing, said he drove by the property and saw someone at work cleaning out the buildings.
He said it is assumed that they will all be torn down, but beyond that, the fate of the property is not known. For now, it appears that the new owners are interested in the property as an investment.
Both Cosaccio and the listing agent, Rich Blake, were adamant that family members do not want to be contacted. The buyers were also “very, very tight-lipped,” Cosaccio said.
He only met them twice, he recalled.
They were briefly represented by an unidentified Albany attorney, the real estate agent said.
“It was one of the easiest transactions I have ever had,” Cosaccio said.
In a Facebook post, previous operator Larry DiMauro noted the sale and said, “It is unlikely that it will be a resort again, but stay tuned.”