The forces behind developers Virtical and Core Asset Development have lost in their attempt to sue the prior owner of the historic Hotel Australasia over supposedly contracted works not completed. The heritage-listed Hotel was built 1904, located in the idyllic precinct of Eden, on the NSW south coast. After serving the community for more than […]
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An assault in a pub in north-west Adelaide earlier this month has seen a man die and his accused assailant’s charges escalated. According to police, 29-year-old Matthew Hawkins allegedly punched 35-year-old local Luke Sweetman in the head, shortly after midnight on 10 August at the Peninsula Hotel Motel in Taperoo. Emergency services were called and
The NSW Supreme Court has ruled Mark Toma, owner of pub-developer Virtical, to complete the troubled $61 million Taylor Square deal and pay costs to the vendor, MA Financial. The unlisted MA Taylor Square Fund acquired the prominent Courthouse Hotel on Oxford Street for $22 million late 2020, and the following month picked up the
The tenants and landlord of the Austral Hotel are in an ongoing legal dispute over whether or not the operators can continue at their investment, after disputes over an alleged renewal agreement. In 2020 Brettski Stewart and Ian Stewart, cousins, entered an agreement for the lease of one of Adelaide’s most popular pubs – the
AVC’s Middle Park Hotel is moving up, hurdling a protracted battle with locals in VCAT for expansion and a rooftop terrace in the ‘quaint’ central Melbourne precinct. National pub operator Australian Venue Co looked to undertake one of its signature refurbishments on the 134-year-old heritage-listed hotel. The redevelopment application looked to add bar and dining
A man faced Court this week over a violent armed robbery of a Lyneham pub on the weekend, using a knife to intimidate staff and making off with cash and alcohol. According to a police statement, around 9.40pm on Saturday (29 June) two men attended a pub on Mouat Street, the Old Canberra Inn, leaving
A septuagenarian hotelier and financial advisor has been found guilty of swindling nearly $3 million from the Yugunga-Nya trust, supposedly to prop up his pub. Thomas Graham Greenaway operated as trustee to the charitable fund, distributing mining royalties to the Aboriginal people who owned the land. Greenway is part-owner of the troubled Freemason’s Hotel,
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Two men have been arrested after a stolen car was used to hit a senior police officer attempting to stop a getaway, in the carpark of the Burvale Hotel in Melbourne’s east. According to investigators, the men stole a white Honda hatch around 1:50am Thursday in Ringwood East. They then drove it to ALH’s Burvale
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A guard at a Victorian pub is awaiting trial over a brutal assault on a patron that put the man in a coma. On the evening of 3 May the Grovedale Hotel security guard is alleged to have assaulted a man outside the venue. Witnesses reported the victim was knocked out before he fell, resulting
Port Adelaide’s Lord Exmouth Hotel, known locally as the Monkey House, celebrated a win this week as a noise complaint was thrown out of court. The hotel is one of South Australia’s oldest licensed premises, first opening its doors in the 1850s. The case, put forward by neighbour Sheena McCarthy, hoped to end the pub’s
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