Redevelopment

BLUE SKY FOR FIREHOUSE HOTEL UNDER HUGE TOWER PROJECT

Posted on June 25th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
North Sydney’s historic Firehouse Hotel will become the nucleus of a massive 35-storey tower through $121 million plans for its airspace. Publican Mark Barry has owned the pub since 2001, overseeing its conversion from a heritage-listed fire station, built in

IRIS PULLS KINGS CROSS DA OVER BACKLASH

Posted on April 23rd, 2018 by Jane Louise
Iris Capital has entered the next stage of its controversial Kings Cross development, by withdrawing the DA widely condemned by local interest groups and enlisting input. In January Sam Arnaout’s development company Piccadilly Freehold submitted plans for a $47 million

IRIS SEEKS HOTELIER FOR NEWCASTLE’S EAST END

Posted on March 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Iris has changed tack in its massive East End development, now considering a hotel operator for an alternative use in the former David Jones building. The four-stage development at Newcastle’s East End originally conceived 16 large apartments to occupy the

IVY COULD BE REDEVELOPED INTO ACCOMMODATION HOTEL

Posted on January 29th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has responded to implications the days of ivy are numbered, clarifying news to demolish the site in favour of an accommodation hotel are “still so far from final” and it is business as usual. Justin Hemmes’ bought the site

SYDNEY PUB ICONS CLOSING FOR DEVELOPMENT

Posted on January 24th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
As tourism-driven capex continues to flow into Australia’s cities, two Sydney institutions call time ahead of ambitious developments. Jacksons on George has stood at the gateway to The Rocks since 1986, at times considered a rite of passage of youth

IRIS NEARS KINGS CROSS $47m DEVELOPMENT AS WOWSERS HUDDLE

Posted on January 22nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Iris’ proposed $47m development in Kings Cross is under attack before it begins, with a local interest group fighting to scare Council into blocking the proposal. Kings Cross is back in the headlines, no longer for scandal or its infamous

IRIS’ MASSIVE KINGS CROSS DEVELOPMENT AT THE BOURBON

Posted on December 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sam Arnaout’s expansive Iris Capital has lodged plans for a massive residential and hospitality development in Kings Cross to replace The Bourbon and Empire Hotels and surrounds. Around the group’s 2015 purchase of The Bourbon from Chris Cheung, Arnaout orchestrated

THE FIDDLER GOES TO NEXT LEVEL WITH 78-ROOM ACCOMMODATION

Posted on December 8th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Lewis Hotel Group has landed approval to take The Fiddler to another level, with plans for a four-storey 78-room accommodation wing to the big Hills district pub. The large-format The Fiddler at the intersection of Commercial and Windsor Roads Rouse

NEW DIRECTION FOR $40m HIGHWAY HOTEL PROJECT

Posted on December 8th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Martin Palmer is seeking approval for revised development plans at his $40 million project at the award-winning Highway Hotel, Plympton. Palmer Hospitality operates the celebrated Highway and Warradale Hotels, and has been exploring plans for a large residential and retail

HUMBLE GREAT WESTERN TO GROW 26-STOREY TOWER

Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Council is expected to approve plans tomorrow for a $15m 26-storey tower atop the 153-year-old Great Western Hotel in Melbourne. Described as one of the most intact goldrush era pubs in Melbourne, the Great Western was built in 1864 on