Arthur Laundy has struck dirt in Olympic Park, yesterday celebrating the start of another greenfield build of a brand new four-level local for his home precinct. Last month Laundy Group celebrated a ‘topping out’ ceremony at the big Marsden Hotel & Brewery at Marsden Park, with the Mayor of Blacktown Stephen Bali attending the large-scale […]
Rockpool Group has burst into Oktober, celebrating the month of beer with two new venues, beginning with The Bavarian in Westfield Coomera. Opening Thursday (11 October) the new location will unleash a no-holds-barred extra long weekend of Bavarian hospitality, rolling out oompah bands, singing, dancing, competitions and prizes, amid a steady flow of official Oktoberfest
After much speculation, Universal Hotels is tonight opening its tweaked Midnight Shift, launching a three-day party under a new moniker. The group operated by the Kospetas family acquired the legendary Shift – reputed to have been the first gay bar in the State – in June for around $12 million, following a long negotiation with
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The historic Sussex Hotel in Walkerville has unveiled the first of several stages of renovation, bringing reinvigoration and new ideas to the classic structure and its retail surrounds. The pub concerned was originally established as the Sussex Arms in 1843. In 1905 the squat two-storey brick pub was relocated several hundred metres down the road,
Merivale has reopened its new Bondi icon, the Royal Hotel, ushering a preserved past, pop-up dining concept on the way, and half-price drinks throughout October. Justin Hemmes’ pioneering group snatched the iconic Royal Hotel on Bondi Road in late 2017, paying the long-standing Moulding family an opportunity-based $30 million for the tired old local in
Iris has loosed the purse-strings again in the name of optimising its big-format Wentworth Hotel, striking a prominent and handsome pose on Parramatta Road in Homebush. Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital bought the two-storey brick heritage pub beside one of Sydney’s busiest roads in 2014 from Rod Salmon. It had been languishing in the 200s on
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Iris Group has quietly opened a brand new heritage pub in western Sydney heartland, restoring and converting a prime three-storey structure opposite Campsie Station. Sam Arnaout’s Iris bought the site on the prominent corner of Campsie thoroughfares Beamish Street and South Parade, proximate to two of the State’s best-performing gaming pubs, the Campsie Hotel and
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Michael Thiele and Craig Ellison are back, with the grand unveiling of their rebuilt Hardiman’s Hotel in Kensington, turning a new page for the duo. Thiele and Ellison were the drive behind the former Open Door Pub Co, which grew to 17 operations before selling its complete portfolio to Dixon Hospitality, now Aus Venue Co,
After selling at auction late last year for $4.4 million, the iconic East Brunswick Hotel is back with a new look for another encore. The pub is a three-storey corner structure on a compact 380sqm block that was operated for decades by CUB, and has long held a reputation for lots of live music, with
Queensland regional pubs are doing it tough amid rising costs for transport and utilities, with two stories of planned revival resulting in recent closure. Wendy and Bruce McFarlane own and operate the Royal Hotel at Rubyvale in Queensland’s gem fields, around 900 km north-west of Brisbane. They also own the Anakie Gemfields Hotel Motel, 16
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