Redevelopment

METROPOLITAN’S MASSIVE MAKEOVER

Posted on September 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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 –

LOCALS VOCAL OVER PLANS TO MAKE VILLAGE INN A SHOP

Posted on August 4th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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

DRENNAN AND FLANAGHAN OPENING TWO MEGA-PUBS

Posted on July 28th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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’.

IRIS GEARS UP TO TAKE OUT THE KINGSWOOD

Posted on July 5th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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

ISAACS PROPOSE AUSTRAL HOTEL GREENFIELD

Posted on July 3rd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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

WAUGH’S ROYAL IN HOT SEAT OVER HERITAGE WORKS

Posted on May 22nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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

COMISKEY LANDS DAKABIN DREAM

Posted on October 26th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
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

IRIS GETS NOD TO BUILD ON THE STEYNE

Posted on September 26th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
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

DEBATE OVER LIFE OR DEATH FOR KILKENNY

Posted on September 23rd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
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