IRIS PULLS KINGS CROSS DA OVER BACKLASH
Iris Capital has entered the next stage of its controversial Kings Cross development, by withdrawing the DA widely condemned by local interest groups and enlisting input. In January Sam Arnaout’s development company Piccadilly Freehold submitted plans for a $47 million
INCREASED RSA AND ATM RESTRICTIONS FOR TASSY PUBS
Following the people’s referendum on pokies in March, the Tasmanian government has responded to critics’ pressure by putting further restrictions on operators. On 1 May a review of the Responsible Gambling Mandatory Code of Practice for Tasmania comes into effect.
BALD FACED HOTEL SALE: LEVY SELLS AND STAYS
Marcus Levy’s Marvan Hotels has executed a reversal of fortune, with the sale and leaseback of its Leichhardt pub the Bald Faced Stag. Marvan bought the pub a few years’ ago for circa $4.5 million, with a few potential outcomes
HOTEL FORMERLY KNOWN AS O’SULLIVAN’S HITS MARKET
After 20 years creating a local icon, the O’Sullivans are calling time on the pub game, listing their pub long known as the O’Sullivan Hotel. The site of 914 Mt Alexander Rd Essendon has served the community in a variety
CROSS ROADS HOTEL OFFERS NEW DIRECTIONS
The big-trading Cross Roads Hotel in the tiny truck-stop town of Tomingley has come to market, offering option of a thriving leased freehold or blank slate opportunity. Tomingley is a town of just 306 souls, that happens to be mid-point
UK’S BIGGEST PUB GROUP SHUNS SOCIAL MEDIA
By Kylie Kennedy Love it or hate it, Facebook seems to be hanging around (unlike My Space). What started out as a social networking tool amongst students at Harvard University has expanded into one of the biggest websites worldwide, with
BOOGIE MOUNTAIN TO BRING NEW HIGHS FOR KINGS CROSS
Inspired by hedonistic hippies and the changing face of Kings Cross, Boogie Mountain will open Friday above the Potts Point Hotel for all your listening and dancing pleasure. Leading the metamorphosis from bawdy gin-joints to gentrified brasseries in the former
NEW ERA FOR OLD BALLARAT PUB
After languishing for three years, a Ballarat pub has now reopened under the artful curation of Yuge and David Bromley. The imposing Victorian brick building on the corner of Mair and Doveton Streets was originally known as the Royal Highlander,
STATELY BRITANNIA COMES TO MARKET
Long-serving publicans David Kolevas and Carolyn Trudgeon have put their beloved Britannia up for sale as they ease from pub life into retirement. The couple bought the handsome Britannia more than a decade ago, in the Maryborough suburb of Carisbrook,
BALMAIN TOWN HALL FLIPPED – AND NO LONGER A PUB
Less than a year after selling as a freehold going concern, the former Town Hall Hotel in Balmain has come to market as a mixed-use passive freehold. Developer John Adgemis and associates bought both the Town Hall and the Swanson
