While venues across the country languish under the weight of a pandemic, Arthur Laundy is busy building for a new era, announcing major plans for the reinvented former Log Cabin Hotel in Penrith. The revival of one of Penrith’s best-loved landmarks, which was destroyed in a fire in 2012, is a collaborative project between Laundy […]
As the hospitality industry reels from what is hoped to be a temporary downturn, news has emerged pub industry patriarch Arthur Laundy is building no less than three new pubs. A deal was recently secured to purchase the site of the former Log Cabin Hotel, overlooking the Nepean River at Penrith. The pub was ravaged
German supermarket giant Kaufland has begun showing the scale of its ambition, submitting plans for a ‘hypermarket’ and hotel in Queensland with Toowoomba Regional Council. Eyeing the Australian grocery and liquor markets, Kaufland has begun bold moves this year, including recently beginning construction at Mickleham, in Victoria, on what will be the largest distribution centre
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After considerable resistance, ALH will soon begin construction on its $45 million redevelopment of the Parkway Hotel, having cleared final hurdles. Back in 2015 the majority Woolworths-owned Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) submitted plans for a massive re-working of the Hotel site in Frenchs Forest, just 600 metres from the massive new Northern Beaches Hospital.
Momento Hospitality has taken first steps to a brand-new pub for the burgeoning Camden region, submitting plans for the impressive Oran Park Hotel. Around sixty kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, Oran Park was long known only for its racetrack, with the only residents being grazing cattle. In 2006 it didn’t appear on the Census,
Justin Hemmes has confirmed plans for his $1.5bn mega-development at the site of CBD hotel juggernaut ivy, due to come from an international design competition. The project, situated opposite the new $2bn Wynyard Station on re-worked George Street, is expected to be more than 50,000sqm, and include substantial office space, a five-star hotel, and a
Large-scale developer Stockland has announced construction of a $6.5 million tavern, to be located in the heart of its massive Aura community, on the Gold Coast. Aura is the largest master-planned community ever built in Australia under single ownership, projected to cost $5bn and cover 24 square kilometres, counting over 20,000 new homes, two business
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The massive restoration and development of Sorrento’s famous Continental Hotel has begun, with hotelier Julian Gerner and Stellar Group’s partnership flagging an $80 million project. The four-storey Continental – popularly known as The Conti – was built 1875 from local limestone. It remains the largest limestone structure in the southern hemisphere. It is a cultural
David Kingston’s proposed $96 million development above the Roxy Parramatta has hit a hurdle, with news the heritage council opposes the mix of a 30-storey tower above a Spanish mission-style landmark. The Roxy was built in 1930, on George Street in Parramatta’s CBD. It operated as an ornate cinema under both the Hoyts and Village
Melbourne City Council is fighting back against what it sees as the ongoing loss of the city’s historic pubs, pleading for heritage protection on the under-threat Metropolitan Hotel. Built 1854, the modest two-storey Victorian building on the corner of William and Little Lonsdale streets is a classic example of the corner pubs that used to
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