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ALH’S BURVALE HOTEL DODGES PROTECTION ORDER

Posted on July 24th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A hotel built in 1968 is finally free to be redeveloped after a bizarre battle to protect it under a heritage order. Languishing on an enormous 45,000 square metre block on the outskirts of Melbourne, the hotel was designed by

OVERHAULED BELLEVUE LOOKING MORE BEAUTIFUL

Posted on July 22nd, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

One of the best-loved pubs in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs has re-opened following an unexpectedly comprehensive overhaul. Seven months ago the new owners of Paddington’s Bellevue Hotel, WDS Group, fronted by industry veteran Steven Speed, began a timely make-over of the

PUB LANDMARK TO OVERHAUL IN “VERY COMPETITIVE” PERTH

Posted on July 13th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

West Australian hotel industry stalwart Neil Randall is overhauling his beloved pub to “keep up with the trend” in the dynamic Perth hospitality market. The Paddo Ale House is a Perth institution and has been operated since 1987 by AHA

PLANS FOR LIVING IN THE EDGY

Posted on July 10th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

One of Victoria’s beloved pubs will become modern apartments – but the building will remain intact largely courtesy of the ground roots movement to save it. Mentone’s Mentone Hotel – formerly the Edgewater Hotel and popularly known as ‘The Edgy’

HISTORIC SYDNEY PUB TO FALL AS RESI WINS PRICE WAR

Posted on July 8th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A landmark pub on the outskirts of the Sydney CBD will soon close as its residential value has overtaken that of it remaining a pub. The Alexandria Hotel was built in the 1920s by Tooth and Co, but the location

‘FATTENED’ STAG HOTEL TO REOPEN SOON

Posted on July 6th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

A group of four businessmen have banded together to revive Adelaide’s heritage-listed and recently closed Stag Hotel. The hotel’s leasehold fell to the liquidators in April and the new operators, headed by Adelaide businessman Philip Speakman, hope to reopen it

LOCKOUT CLOSES DOORS ON DARLING HARBOUR BAR

Posted on July 1st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney

Well-known Darling Harbour bar La Cita has closed citing the “radical” drop in business due to the Sydney CBD ‘lockout’ laws. CRS Insolvency Services has been appointed, after approximately $580,000 of debt was accumulated before the owners determined to file

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