Con Cayas is a veteran of hospitality design, boasting over 20 years’ experience in the Queensland marketplace. He moved from director and partner at a mid-sized Brisbane practice and founded Cayas Architects back in 2009, and worked in projects throughout Australia in retail, residential, commercial and hospitality. Cayas wrote to PubTIC, offering his perspective on […]
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Locals in Hurlstone Park are complaining about a Canterbury Council decision to allow Iris Capital to construct a mixed use six-storey apartment complex on the site of the old Grumpy’s Hotel. Iris bought Grumpy’s in 2014 for $11 million, and in time submitted plans to demolish the pub to build the multi-level ‘Wattle Hill’ development.
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A 139-year-old pub in Port Melbourne has lost another battle in the attempt to save it from the wrecking ball. Plans by the freehold owner, a development company owned by Gary Busuttil, to demolish the pub to construct residential apartments have been fought by local residents, the Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society, and Council.
An old but ‘not heritage enough’ pub in Port Melbourne faces an uncertain future, as authorities quibble over whether or not to protect it from redevelopment. The London Hotel was built in 1861, and has had many embellishments to produce the art-deco styled building overlooking Port Phillip Bay at Port Melbourne. It recently came to
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Redcape Hotel Group and management of the Eastwood Hotel are taking Ryde Council to court over denied plans to build a new adjacent hotel. The Eastwood is a prominent corner landmark of the western Sydney suburb, and the Group submitted plans to construct a new $7 million venue to be known as the Red Lantern
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One of Australia’s most famous pubs is undergoing a major overhaul and the completed Phase 1 ushers in a “fresh new look and feel”. The historic Hotel Bondi was built in 1919, and stands vigil over the world famous Bondi Beach and its thriving Campbell Parade hospitality strip. After four decades under the expert hand
A troubled Victorian heritage pub is again under threat as local stakeholders refuse to compromise on making its restoration commercially viable. The Mentone Hotel – colloquially known as ‘The Edgy’ due to its former moniker of the Edgewater Hotel – closed in late 2014 when no new operator could be found. Built 1887, it is
ALH has announced the impending re-opening of its heritage-listed landmark pub, the Crows Nest Hotel. Stage one of the head-to-toe multi-million dollar overhaul of the pub is set to be revealed in a couple of weeks, bringing all-new food and drinks menus, and new spaces including a rooftop terrace. Considered one of the flagships of
The PAC will decide whether or not to approve the latest design of Packer’s $2 billion Barangaroo Casino, and heard stakeholders including the City of Sydney call for its rejection. Last Thursday the Planning Assessment Commission (PAC) was addressed by parties such as the Australian Institute of Architects, who largely criticised the current proposed design’s
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After five years’ negotiation the ‘biggest pub in Australia’ has begun plans to get much bigger. The Comiskey Group launched the magnificent Eatons Hill Hotel in 2011 to widespread acclaim. Occupying a large chunk of a six hectare block just north of Brisbane, the Hotel was focussed from the outset on an all-encompassing patron experience.
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