The landmark Metropolitan Hotel of inner Melbourne has reopened following a multi-million-dollar refurbishment, transforming it into a three-storey ‘mega venue’. First established 170 years’ ago, the historic pub now standing on the corner of William and Little Lonsdale Street – in the heart of Melbourne’s legal precinct – was built in 1937 and dons a […]
Paddington’s historic Village Inn is under threat of being turned into a retail space by its new owners, and locals are not impressed, exclaiming its “cultural significance”. Established 1850, near the corner of Glenmore Road and Oxford Street, the prominent three-level pub is between Paddington’s famous ‘Five Ways’ and The Intersection – the unofficial
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Cricketer teammates turned events operators turned publicans Ross Drennan and Drew Flanaghan are opening two mega-pubs in Perth’s urban growth corridors. The mates are the faces behind national events company Nokturnl, and once swore they would ‘never get into pubs’. More than a decade ago they hosted their debut Oktoberfest, in Supreme Court Gardens, and
Iris has achieved approval for big plans to transform the landmark Kingswood Hotel into a mixed-use site for a new iteration of the pub, and more than 100 apartments. Iris Capital purchased the former Milestone Hotel, built in 1953, in late 2018 from former ILG chief Neville Blair. Located directly opposite Kingswood Railway Station, at
The Isaac brothers have submitted a new plan for a major greenfield development in the Liverpool LGA, proposing a suburban pub with all the trimmings for a rapidly growing community. Isaac Property Developments P/L has entered the revised DA with Liverpool Council for the Austral Hotel, slated for 362 Bringelly Rd in Austral, in Sydney’s
Between projects in Cronulla and purchases in Engadine, Feros Group has submitted DA to build greenfield Bingara Gorge Country Club, in the massive Wilton master-planned community. The Country Club is set to be on 7,280sqm overlooking a golf course in the emerging residential community development by Metro Property Group, in Sydney’s south-west. Feros says it
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Mitchell Waugh’s PHMG is caught between a demolition and a heritage place and battling council over what it argues are necessary works at its heritage-listed Royal Hotel in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Built in 1888, the Royal Hotel is a three-storey pub on a corner of the famous Five Ways intersection in Paddington, and a proud
The team behind the acclaimed Sandstone Point and Eatons Hill hotels has released details of its latest community-shaping venture in the $50 million Dakabin Hotel, shopping centre, and boutique village. Slated for construction on a 3.75ha lot in the Moreton Bay suburb of Dakabin, the area will be transformed with a 2,500sqm shopping centre, a
Iris Capital has won a pivotal court battle to construct luxury apartments adjoining the Hotel Steyne in Manly. Sam Arnaout bought the iconic pub in 2019 for $65 million from hospitality and property veterans Arthur Laundy, John Singleton, Robert Whyte and Mark Carnegie. Initial plans were submitted in 2018 for alternate use of part of
An historic pub that has seen its darkest days since the onset of COVID is set to be revitalised – at least skin deep – with the massive development under fire as another tragic loss to ‘facadism’. Kilkenny Inn was built in 1915, on the corner of King and Lonsdale streets, occupying a 1,700sqm site.
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