Merivale

HEMMES FORKS OUT $7.5m FOR 3 WEEDS

Posted on April 24th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Justin Hemmes is keeping up his growth strategy, picking up Rozelle’s 3 Weeds in a strong result for the long-time owners and the evolution of the peninsula precinct. Set on an 880sqm lot around four kilometres west of the Sydney

IVY TOWER SET TO BE MERIVALE MASTERPIECE

Posted on April 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
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

MERIVALE ATTACKS CHEF CRISIS

Posted on January 30th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale is launching an innovative apprenticeship program for chefs, in direct response to the ongoing industry shortage and changes to the 457 visa laws. The Merivale Apprenticeship School is a first-of-its-kind chef training programme, led by celebrated Australian chef Peter

MERIVALE DODGES DAGGERS OVER END OF EBA

Posted on January 23rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Immensely successful and popular hospitality group Merivale is being lampooned for the decision to end its out-dated WorkChoices employment contract for staff, adding insult to irony. High-flying 40-something bar tsar Justin Hemmes has built his family operation to count over

MERIVALE UNVEIL TOTTI’S AT THE ROYAL

Posted on December 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has taken its next step into the hearts of Bondi’s culture with Hemmes unveiling “that sort of place” – Totti’s, doing great Italian in the Royal Hotel. Justin Hemmes’ secured the iconic and notably undercooked Royal Hotel late 2017,

MERIVALE UNVEILS THE APARTMENT

Posted on November 30th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Following its acquisition late 2017, Merivale has launched an upstairs private event space at Woollahra’s Hotel Centennial. Justin Hemmes ended 2017 with a run of acquisitions, including the $14m purchase of Hotel Centennial from the Medich family. Dubbed The Apartment

MERIVALE OPENS ROYAL BONDI WITH BOTTOMS UP

Posted on September 24th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has reopened its new Bondi icon, the Royal Hotel, ushering a preserved past, pop-up dining concept on the way, and half-price drinks throughout October. Justin Hemmes’ pioneering group snatched the iconic Royal Hotel on Bondi Road in late 2017,

MERIVALE BRINGS THE QUEEN TO THE BEACHES

Posted on July 16th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale has opened the reinvention of its former Papi Chulo in Manly Wharf, unveiling Cantonese concept Queen Chow. The venue is headed up by the duo behind Queen Chow Enmore, Patrick Friesen and Eric Koh, offering a classic neighbourhood Cantonese

HEMMES LATEST HOTELIER ON ‘RICH LIST’

Posted on May 28th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The latest Rich List has been announced, featuring a dozen debutants including pub king Justin Hemmes. BRW first published its Top 200 Richest People in Australia in 1984, and counted (the late) John Hemmes and Merivale Hemmes, parents to Justin

HEMMES REOPENS LATEST MERIVALE MECCA, THE COLLAROY

Posted on May 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Merivale’s much-anticipated The Collaroy has swung open its new doors over the weekend, bringing some Pavilion magic to the Northern Beaches, and gratitude from Mr Hemmes. The Waugh’s Public House Management Group listed the beachside pub mid-2017, and buoyed by