Open & Closed

TIME HAS COME FOR HOURGLASS TOWER: IRIS GROUP

Posted on March 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Iris Group has gotten the go-ahead for stage one of the massive redevelopment of its Kings Cross landmark, the Mercure Hotel. [caption id="attachment_1663" align="alignright" width="361"] Mercure complex. Image: Google Maps[/caption] The Group purchased the mixed use property for $65 million

HISTORIC ILLAWARRA HOTEL SET TO RETURN

Posted on March 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Imperial Hotel at Clifton will be “restored to its former glory” after being boarded up for more than a decade. WIN Corporation has owned the hotel “breathtakingly perched high above the Pacific Ocean” on Grand Pacific Drive for

COMISKEYS SET TO REVEAL NEW MEGA-PUB

Posted on March 13th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The owners of ‘Australia’s largest pub’ are on the brink of opening the sister venue they describe as “a once in a lifetime opportunity”. Following development delays and some anti-noise noise from neighbours, the Comiskey Group is ready to unveil

STUMPS HOTEL PULLS STUMPS AND RELOCATES

Posted on March 11th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
A tenancy dispute has dislodged the Stumps Hotel from its grounds in Ipswich, with the business owners literally packing up and moving on. The long-running dispute centres on areas of the building that leaseholders Rajesh Sharma and his wife Prianka

Hi-Fi bars go quietly into administration

Posted on February 18th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
The music has stopped for prominent venues The Hi-Fi group, with a statement announcing voluntary administration due to a dispute with a single creditor. Owners of the three music venues, including former Carlton footballer Luke O’Sullivan, issued the statement last

Hawkesbury’s Jolly Frog will be saved!

Posted on February 16th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Sitting dormant and fire-torn at the entrance to Windsor township, the Jolly Frog looks set to come back to life as Hawkesbury Council takes it under its wing. Vacant for the past three years, the historic pub was gutted by

4Pines hoping to open beer-lovers pub within brewery

Posted on February 13th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Top Sydney brewer 4 Pines is hoping to open a crafty pub within its Brookvale brewery, to serve up tasty beverages, brewery tours, great meals, and the atmosphere that has become synonymous with the brand in Manly. 4 Pines opened

ALH’s 1968-built Burvale Hotel in heritage brouhaha

Posted on February 11th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
An ALH pub in outer Melbourne has become embroiled in a heritage debate that would appear to contradict the buildings own origins. Built less than 50 years ago in 1968, the Burvale Hotel/Motel is a largely unaltered example of work

Should we save the Jolly Frogs?

Posted on January 30th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
For the past few years, Windsor’s Jolly Frog has been a dormant eye-sore on the Hawkesbury landscape – its heydays of hosting the likes of AC/DC, Cold Chisel and INXS long quiet. After a couple of years it seems one