The Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels has consolidated its broadened appeal with a multi-million-dollar renovation of suburban landmark the Tempe Hotel. A hotel was first established on the Princes Highway site in 1856, and the current two-storey brick building was constructed in the 1890s, holding a block of nearly 1,200sqm. Keeping an enviable collection of hotels […]
The famous Tiger-tinted Mole Creek Hotel is being sold by long-time owner-operators, offering a tourist magnet in Mersey Valley. Built 1907, the two-storey hotel is a prominent figure on a 6,475sqm site on Pioneer Drive. Initially built as a hotel, it was unable to trade as such for decades due to a clause in
Newcastle icon The Camo may rock again, as the developers pull out of plans for a student tower and the historic hotel returns to the market. The pub was a virtual rite of passage for local and even international bands for more than five decades, hosting the likes of Tame Impala, The Black Keys, Silverchair
Sydney’s iconic Lansdowne Hotel returns, reviving its dedication to entertainment alongside a ‘fiesta of flavours’ by Melbourne outfit the Happy Mexican. Located on the corner of arterial drags Broadway and City Road, the Lansdowne has long been known as an institution of live music and pub rock, hosting thousands of bands over the years. But
The high-profile Evening Star Hotel on the edge of the Sydney CBD has come to market, amid multi-billion-dollar infrastructure investment on its doorstep. Located on Elizabeth Street, a 2-minute walk from Sydney’s Central Station and Light Rail, the Star features a spacious single-operation public bar, commercial kitchen, and gaming room with its own entrance, under
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Tommy Hall, in partnership with Irish icon Ray Reilly, has reopened the group’s vision for The Cricketers Balmain, welcoming the return of a ‘proper local’ to the precinct. The Cricketer’s Arms was established in 1872 and for many years served as host to the dockers and wharfies of Balmain and surrounds. Satisfying the goal – to
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South Bank’s latest Gastropub, The Rose & Crown, opened its doors to a hungry Brisbane populace at the end of February. The historic two-level Queenslander dates back to 1889 and has been a residence, police station, squatters’ den and most notably in recent history, Little Big House. The site that was to become Little Big
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Harvest Hotels has consummated its new investment fund with purchase of the big-ticket Jerrabomberra Hotel, in red-hot Queanbeyan. Known locally as ‘The Jerra” the pub occupies a generous 2,759sqm opposite the Jerrabomberra Village Shopping Mall, providing sports bar, bistro, gaming room with 30 machines, and drive-through bottleshop. As an asset, the A-grade regional venue possesses
Glenn Piper’s rebranded Epochal Hotels has announced its acquisition of the Scarborough Hotel from media tycoon Bruce Gordon. The heritage-listed hotel resides on 3,904sqm, on a cliff edge of the Illawarra escarpment, showcasing an expansive outdoor area with unparalleled views. It was built 1886, making it the oldest licensed premise in the City of Wollongong,
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Alice Springs is in the midst of a two-week curfew on its youth, after a spate of violence and unrest in the town saw an attack on the Todd Tavern. Located roughly 2k kilometres north-west of Sydney, Alice entered the spotlight last year over increasing crime and anti-social behaviour, which it’s thought have been exacerbated
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