TIME HAS COME FOR HOURGLASS TOWER: IRIS GROUP
Iris Group has gotten the go-ahead for stage one of the massive redevelopment of its Kings Cross landmark, the Mercure Hotel. [caption id="attachment_1663" align="alignright" width="361"] Mercure complex. Image: Google Maps[/caption] The Group purchased the mixed use property for $65 million
COUGHLAN’S PUB WILL BE A ‘NEW’ LORD FOR A DAY
Paddy Coughlan and Ned Kelly’s new pub is changing name – for one day. Having announced the acquisition in recent weeks, in a new venture with old partner Rodney ‘Ned’ Kelly, Paddy’s Lord Gladstone Hotel will be re-named the Lord
SKY’S THOROUGHBRED CENTRAL CHANNEL SET TO RACE
Sky Racing’s new thoroughbred-only channel will be launched this Saturday, bringing new technology and “a new era for Australian race broadcasting”. Sky Thoroughbred Central replaces the existing Sky Racing World, and will be supported with innovations such as boutique camera
HISTORIC ILLAWARRA HOTEL SET TO RETURN
The historic Imperial Hotel at Clifton will be “restored to its former glory” after being boarded up for more than a decade. WIN Corporation has owned the hotel “breathtakingly perched high above the Pacific Ocean” on Grand Pacific Drive for
HOUSE PARTY SEES MAN SET ON FIRE
[caption id="attachment_1629" align="alignright" width="239"] Johno Holten. Image: Facebook[/caption] A Sydney teenager is recovering from serious burns after a classic case of stupidity under the influence of alcohol. Sydney Northern beaches 18-year-old Johno Holten is in a stable condition in Royal
NOT TAKING THE PISS: TALK OF PEE REPELLENTS
A stain on most licensed venues, Queensland is clamping down on public urination, fighting back with the Offenses Act and talk of pee-repellent paint. The issue of people relieving themselves in public has long been associated with the night-time drinking
BOUNCER CRITICAL AFTER BEATING IN NIGHTCLUB
A Darwin nightclub has seen a security guard sustain “life-threatening injuries” at the hands of three men. A fight reportedly broke out at infamous party venue Shenannigans Pub on Saturday night, with security guards becoming involved. A 33-year-old bouncer on
DEVELOPERS ENTICE A-GRADE VICTORIAN PUBS ONTO MARKET
Victoria’s booming developer market has enticed two more A-grade pub assets onto the market, each boasting “development potential”. The magnificent ‘essence’ of Sorrento, the Continental Hotel, is the only four-storey limestone structure in the Southern Hemisphere, and boasts over 3,500
PUB STAFF CHARGED OVER PATRON DEATH
In a sound warning to operators, three staff members of the Penneshaw Hotel are being charged after a patron nearly six times the legal limit died driving home. Local Kangaroo Island resident Anthony Read crashed his ute driving from the
ONE-PUNCH KILLER PLEADS GUILTY
A Sydney man has pleaded guilty to the one-punch killing of a Brazilian man outside a Haymarket pub in late 2013. An altercation between Nicholas Lambaditis, 34, and Eric Heward resulted in Heward’s friend, Brazilian national Lucio Rodrigues, also 34,
