Public Hospitality Group

RECAST KURRAJONG HOTEL HITS THE MARKET

Posted on May 9th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Inner west sweetheart the Kurrajong Hotel of Erskineville is being sold, after repossession and a bare-bones renovation, for an ‘all-new’ offering on Sydney’s fringe. Built in the 1930s, the big, three-storey corner pub is an Art Deco classic, featuring ornate

PUBLIC HOSPITALITY CREDITORS TAKE FIVE

Posted on September 18th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The party is winding down for Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group (PHG), as a major lender calls in receivers and managers on five venues in the collection. Last week FTI Consulting’s Vaughan Strawbridge and Joseph Hansell stepped in, under security

PUBLIC HOSPITALITY PUBS JOIN WAVE OF INSOLVENCIES

Posted on June 21st, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The Adgemis Public Hospitality empire is in flux again, threatening its refinancing efforts, as two pubs in the portfolio enter administration alongside a record-breaking number of Aussie businesses. Public Hospitality Group (PHG) is scrambling to retain its collection of over

SYDNEY’S FIRST SUSTAINABLE BAR FINDS NEW HOME

Posted on March 15th, 2024 by Jane Louise
A new collaboration has ensured one-of-a-kind Sydney venue Re will continue its pioneering efforts in sustainability. Re, which was established in 2021 in South Eveleigh, Sydney, announced its closure in February this year. Re is known for its strong commitment

THE LADY MAKES A NOISY RETURN

Posted on March 17th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Camperdown’s Old Lady is back, under the Public Hospitality Group banner, championing its newfound dedication to live music. For decades the pub on Parramatta Road at Camperdown was known as the Old Hampshire Hotel, until Paddy Coughlan and co took

PUBLIC HOSPITALITY HITS BONDI WITH PLANS FOR NOAH’S

Posted on June 8th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group has beat major developers to buy the well-known Noah’s Backpackers on Bondi Beach for $68 million. Noah’s occupies a prominent 1,087sqm site at the world-famous Beach, comprising two corner buildings configured for 260 beds and

PHG UNVEIL NEW OLD-SCHOOL THE STRAND

Posted on May 11th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Ninety-nine-year-old Darlinghurst icon The Strand is welcoming a new era inspired by the roaring twenties, as Public Hospitality Group transform it into a four-level dining and hotel precinct. The extensive refurbishment is taking place in two distinct phases. Open now

PUBLIC HOSPITALITY GROUP PICKS UP CAMPERDOWN’S LADY

Posted on March 21st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group has taken the hand of the Lady Hampshire of Camperdown, for around $11 million. The Lady is a well-known landmark of the inner west, passed by thousands of cars each day on bustling Parramatta Road.

OSCARS PART WITH THE EMPIRE

Posted on October 15th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Oscars Hotels has sold the freehold going concern of Annandale’s Empire Hotel to Jon Adgemis’ new Public Hospitality Group. The Gravanis brothers’ group bought the pub mid-2019 from Sam D'agostino for around $10 million. It was being operated by Eric