In 1911, the early foundation of the complex was established in the Miramar suburb of Playa, Havana, Cuba.

The main clubhouse of the complex was developed in the mid-to-late 1920s and established as the Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club by American hotelier John Bowman.

The country club was a hub for amateur sports and was frequented by wealthy Americans and Havana's elite.

[5] Following the winter of 1957, Miami-based company Polevitzky, Johnson and Associates was commissioned to redesign the original 1920s-era structure but the Cuban Revolution prevented it from ever being constructed.

[6] Due to errors in the land's original title, the Biltmore was confiscated on March 19, 1960, in the wake of the Cuban Revolution.