The march of Merivale continues with another prominent acquisition, the group picking up Halcyon’s Hotel Centennial on Oxford Street, Woollahra. The Centennial is a landmark two-storey pub built in 1888 on a 780sqm block, opposite Centennial Park, making it proximate to race-goers from Randwick, and visitors to Sydney Cricket Ground and Football Stadium. It was […]
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After some speculation, Merivale has confirmed its acquisition of the famed Royal Hotel at Bondi. The Royal is a Bondi Road institution, and part of local folklore. It saw the founding meeting of the historic Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club in 1907, and in 1966 hosted a scene from the kitsch Australian cinema classic
Merivale has furthered its inner-west presence with the $22+ million purchase of APF’s Vic on the Park in Marrickville. John Singleton, Geoff Dixon and Mark Carnegie’s Australian Pub Fund (APF), backer to Riversdale, has been selling down its high-value portfolio, Vic on the Park representing the seventh sale, leaving just Balmain’s Unity Hall, and The
Last week saw Australian Bartender Magazine’s celebrated Bar Awards for 2017, with a strong showing from the pub community in the ever-shifting cauldron of cocktails and bar culture. 2017 marked the 17th Bar Awards, held at Pyrmont’s Doltone House with over 600 industry professionals from around Australia attending. Dubbed the Oscars of the bar scene,
Justin Hemmes says Merivale has strengthened its northern beaches “destination” portfolio with the $21m purchase of Mitchell Waugh and PHMG’s The Collaroy. Speaking with PubTIC, Hemmes explained how The Collaroy feels like an opportunity he has had before. “I think Collaroy itself is a community that has needs, so the immediate goal is to create
Justin Hemmes’ Merivale has today launched the Group’s much-anticipated first venue in Sydney’s west, transforming the Queen Victoria into the quirky and bedecked Queens Hotel. Merivale purchased the pub in April 2015, with Hemmes citing his passion for creating world-class venues designed for the local community and his eagerness to become “part of Sydney’s thriving
Plenty of big names were amongst the crowd that overflowed the auction room of Ray White yesterday for sale of the top-billing Tennyson Hotel and regional stronghold the Figtree Hotel. The auction began with Wollongong’s Figtree, possessing a huge 9,300 m² site and development potential including recent rezoning to Band 3. Currently operated by the
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Just as the gastro pub is drawing dining custom from restaurants, plenty of pubs have tapped into the all-day allure of fine coffee and the café atmosphere. The $6 billion annual coffee service industry has been in strong growth for the past decade, and is expected to see annualised growth over the next five years
One of Australia’s most profitable and populous pub ‘burbs continues to set the bar, with Solotel’s commemorative relaunch of Paddington Inn coinciding with two new Hats for the area. Solotel formed 30 years ago when Bruce Solomon purchased landmark corner pub the Paddington Inn, on Oxford Street. Over the next decade it largely led a
After more than a year of outrage, inner-west residents are celebrating the news Merivale has bought and will reopen the landmark Alexandria Hotel. Development company Centennial Property Group purchased the hotel a couple of years ago, and in the first half of 2015 lodged an application to demolish the popular local to make way for
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