development firm. The company's present day divisions, operated by more than 140 employees, focus on hotels, commercial real estate, home building, and master planned communities. The company's first foray into real estate development began after Pet, Inc. vacated the dairy processing plant just outside the Biltmore Estate gates. Adaptive reuse transformed the building into a full-service hotel operation, now branded as The Doubletree Biltmore Hotel, a member of the Hilton Hotels Family. The hotel features a museum of the company's agricultural legacy, and the adjacent T.G.I. Friday's restaurant was the original location of the Asheville Dairy Bar. Current Business John F. A. V. “Jack” Cecil was promoted to company president in 1992 and has focused its ventures on his five tenets of community development: healthcare, education, economic development, quality of life and the environment, and the arts and crafts of the region. Business includes: Biltmore Farms Communities Biltmore Lake' - a community surrounding a 62-acre lake in Western North Carolina. Biltmore Park - a community located in south Asheville, North Carolina. 550 homes surrounds the Urban Village, Biltmore Park Town Square. Biltmore Farms Homes - the company's homebuilding subsidiary builds in several Asheville and Hendersonville, North Carolina, area communities including Biltmore Lake, Southcliff, and Fox Run Preserve. Biltmore Farms Hotels Biltmore Farms Commercial - the company has a variety of commercial real estate interests, including leasing and property management. Among the commercial group's largest focus is Biltmore Park Town Square, Asheville, North Carolina. References External links Biltmore Farms Vanderbilt family Companies based in Asheville, North Carolina