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LORD BOB FOR SALE – BIT BY BIT

Posted on June 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Darlinghurst darling the Lord Roberts is selling-off bits – offering punters the chance to be a part-owner in a Sydney institution. Veteran Sue Cameron, who secured her first hotel licence taking over in 1975, later buying the freehold, sold the

PIPER’S HARBORD HOTEL BEATS OBJECTIONS FOR DA

Posted on June 9th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Glenn Piper has won a battle to further expand the beachside Harbord Hotel, after three levels of assessment and scores of objections by locals. Piper took the keys to the famous pub commonly known as the ‘Harbord Hilton” from industry

HURLEYS HUGE $100m OVERHAUL

Posted on May 31st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Southern belle the Hurley Hotel Group is investing a whopping $100 million into upgrades of its award-winning portfolio of South Aussie hotels. The family-owned business has been operating in South Australia for over 40 years, currently holding in the stable

HURLEYS ROCKING THE ARK

Posted on April 24th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The Hurley Group’s prized Arkaba Hotel has begun a massive multi-million-dollar refurb and redesign, for the first time in six decades. The Fullarton pub, which opened in 1964, is one of Adelaide’s biggest and most iconic venues, hosting around 300

CHEUNG’S NEW PLANS FOR CBH REDEVELOPMENT

Posted on April 3rd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Chris Cheung has unveiled his revised plans for a $112 million redevelopment of the iconic Coogee Bay Hotel, adding residential apartments, an accommodation wing and a first class ‘eat street’. Cheung’s C!nc first lodged plans with Randwick Council in 2021

TIME’S UP AT THE TAV

Posted on March 31st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
After four years and multiple challenges, James Thorpe’s Odd Culture Group has regrettably announced the end of its tenure at the Oxford Tavern in Petersham. OCG issued a statement Thursday, prior to publishing on social media. “This pub has always

GREEN LIGHT FOR FEROS’ NEW CRONULLA PUB

Posted on March 15th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The enterprising Feros Group is full steam ahead on a brand-new pub for Cronulla, having received licensing and final approvals for the future landmark Parc Pavilion. Family-owned Feros Group formed a partnership with long-time friends and business associates, high-profile local

SHORT TALKS SELLING UP TO LAUNDY

Posted on February 6th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Fraser Short has inked a deal with partner and pub legend Arthur Laundy for Laundy Hotels to buy out Short’s interest in their jointly owned portfolio of award-winning hotels. The deal is around the partnership venues of Watsons Bay Boutique

DUXTON PUBS SEE UPLIFT IN LITTLE BANG

Posted on June 29th, 2022 by Jane Louise
There’s been a big boom in Adelaide’s craft brewery scene, with Little Bang bought up by the aspirational Duxton Pubs Group. One of Adelaide’s first local brewers, Little Bang Brewing Co has been acquired by South Australia’s fast-growing and ambitious

NEW SYDNEY PUB FOR THE NEW GAMING PATRONS

Posted on April 6th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Plans have emerged for a next-generation pub, on Sydney’s Broadway, tapping the booming potential of the video gaming market. Fortress Esports has submitted plans around what will be one of the largest ‘esports’ and video gaming venues in the southern