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The Great Southern Hotel at the head of 25th Avenue, Gulfport, early 1900s
Project Milestones · September 14, 2026

The Channel Came First

In 1902 a man paid a sea captain a thousand dollars to sail into Gulfport and prove the water was deep enough. The district now rising at the head of 25th Avenue takes its name from that channel, and from the hotel that stood there for half a century.

The Cornerstone
In The Press · The Cornerstone

Episode 06: Anna Jane English, Bellamare Development

WXXV News 25
In The Press · WXXV News 25

Gulfport Mayor Hugh Keating gives update on Channel South project

Anna Jane English at Gulfport groundbreaking event
Voices · August 21, 2026

One Connection at a Time: 'Proximity is power'

Anna Jane English leads development at Bellamare and serves as President of Marée Creative. On activation as a development discipline, leading people twice her age, and the gap between building a place and giving it a reason to exist.

The Unstructured Podcast
In The Press · The Unstructured Podcast

Leadership and Business with Anna Jane English

Asian Hospitality
In The Press · Asian Hospitality

Bellamare taps manager for MS hotels

LODGING Magazine
In The Press · LODGING Magazine

Valor Hospitality announces partnership with Bellamare Development

Hotel Business
In The Press · Hotel Business

Valor Hospitality enters Mississippi with strategic partnership

Sun Herald
In The Press · Sun Herald

MS company exploring major hotel with flying taxis for Coast Coliseum property

WLBT
In The Press · WLBT

Madison's Gallery entertainment district set to break ground this summer

WLOX
In The Press · WLOX

Hotel Holden, Marriott Tribute hotel coming to Gulfport's town center Channel South

Mississippi Business Journal
In The Press · Mississippi Business Journal

Gulfport Town Center breaks ground, announces Channel South as official name

Mississippi Public Broadcasting
In The Press · Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Vertical construction plans advance across the state

Magnolia Tribune
In The Press · Magnolia Tribune

Channel South: $105 million mixed-use development aims to transform Gulfport's downtown

Madison County Journal
In The Press · Madison County Journal

Bellamare's $60M project moves forward as Madison OKs site plan

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