No plans yet for Bellemont

T. Joe Calloway says he hasn’t decided what to do with his newest purchase, the venerable Bellemont Hotel on Airline Highway. He says the hotel’s Great Hall conference center still is in good shape, but he’s unsure of the condition of the guest rooms, which have not been used in some time. Calloway, who says he owns four hotels in the Baton Rouge area, bought the property for $525,000, according to representatives of Stirling Properties and Coldwell Banker One. “It could be a good deal. I don’t know,” he says. “You never know how it turns out.”—David Jacobs