Redevelopment

LAUNDY REVIVING PENRITH’S LOG CABIN

Posted on April 29th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
While venues across the country languish under the weight of a pandemic, Arthur Laundy is busy building for a new era, announcing major plans for the reinvented former Log Cabin Hotel in Penrith. The revival of one of Penrith’s best-loved

LAUNDY REVEALS NEW GREENFIELD SITES

Posted on March 20th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
As the hospitality industry reels from what is hoped to be a temporary downturn, news has emerged pub industry patriarch Arthur Laundy is building no less than three new pubs. A deal was recently secured to purchase the site of

KAUFLAND LOOKS TO PUBS WITH BIG DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

Posted on August 9th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
German supermarket giant Kaufland has begun showing the scale of its ambition, submitting plans for a ‘hypermarket’ and hotel in Queensland with Toowoomba Regional Council. Eyeing the Australian grocery and liquor markets, Kaufland has begun bold moves this year, including

ALH’S $45m REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PARKWAY

Posted on June 28th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
After considerable resistance, ALH will soon begin construction on its $45 million redevelopment of the Parkway Hotel, having cleared final hurdles. Back in 2015 the majority Woolworths-owned Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) submitted plans for a massive re-working of the

MOMENTO PRESENTS ALL-NEW ORAN PARK HOTEL

Posted on May 27th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Momento Hospitality has taken first steps to a brand-new pub for the burgeoning Camden region, submitting plans for the impressive Oran Park Hotel. Around sixty kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, Oran Park was long known only for its racetrack,

IVY TOWER SET TO BE MERIVALE MASTERPIECE

Posted on April 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Justin Hemmes has confirmed plans for his $1.5bn mega-development at the site of CBD hotel juggernaut ivy, due to come from an international design competition. The project, situated opposite the new $2bn Wynyard Station on re-worked George Street, is expected

STOCKLAND BUILDING NEW TAVERN IN AURA MEGA-DEVELOPMENT

Posted on December 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Large-scale developer Stockland has announced construction of a $6.5 million tavern, to be located in the heart of its massive Aura community, on the Gold Coast. Aura is the largest master-planned community ever built in Australia under single ownership, projected

$80m DEVELOPMENT OF SORRENTO’S THE CONTI BEGINS

Posted on October 12th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The massive restoration and development of Sorrento’s famous Continental Hotel has begun, with hotelier Julian Gerner and Stellar Group’s partnership flagging an $80 million project. The four-storey Continental – popularly known as The Conti – was built 1875 from local

TOWER PROJECT OR ROXY RETURNS: KINGSTON

Posted on July 2nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
David Kingston’s proposed $96 million development above the Roxy Parramatta has hit a hurdle, with news the heritage council opposes the mix of a 30-storey tower above a Spanish mission-style landmark. The Roxy was built in 1930, on George Street

MELBOURNE FIGHTING TO SAVE METROPOLITAN

Posted on June 29th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne City Council is fighting back against what it sees as the ongoing loss of the city’s historic pubs, pleading for heritage protection on the under-threat Metropolitan Hotel. Built 1854, the modest two-storey Victorian building on the corner of William