The Bourbon

IRIS’ BOURBON EMPIRE APPROVED

Posted on July 23rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
More than six years after purchasing the iconic The Bourbon in Kings Cross, Iris Group has secured approval on its $65 million redevelopment of the landmark site. Ten months after submitting the latest proposal, Iris found unanimous approval through the

IRIS’ $65m PLANS FOR THE BOURBON EMPIRE

Posted on October 16th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Iris has put out its $65 million proposal for the redevelopment of four adjacent Potts Point sites, between the iconic The Bourbon and the Empire Hotel. Piccadilly Hotel Operations Trust P/L, connected to Iris Capital, has worked through an extensive

THE BOURBON ROCKS THE CROSS ALL DAY

Posted on December 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The Bourbon is sustaining its reputation as one of Sydney’s hubs for music, launching a regular all-day dance party on its new rooftop bar. Toward the end of 2017, uber-after hours nightclub Afters opened in Darlinghurst’s Club 77, offering a

IRIS PULLS KINGS CROSS DA OVER BACKLASH

Posted on April 23rd, 2018 by Jane Louise
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

IRIS NEARS KINGS CROSS $47m DEVELOPMENT AS WOWSERS HUDDLE

Posted on January 22nd, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Iris’ proposed $47m development in Kings Cross is under attack before it begins, with a local interest group fighting to scare Council into blocking the proposal. Kings Cross is back in the headlines, no longer for scandal or its infamous

IRIS’ MASSIVE KINGS CROSS DEVELOPMENT AT THE BOURBON

Posted on December 20th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sam Arnaout’s expansive Iris Capital has lodged plans for a massive residential and hospitality development in Kings Cross to replace The Bourbon and Empire Hotels and surrounds. Around the group’s 2015 purchase of The Bourbon from Chris Cheung, Arnaout orchestrated

HOTEL SPECIALTY CHEF SEEKS VENUES FOR ‘SOCIAL SERIES’

Posted on May 31st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Continuing his legacy to the pub kitchen, international chef James Metcalfe will soon be rolling out the JRM Social Series of fine-dining pop-ups at pubs. [caption id="attachment_9857" align="alignright" width="278"] James Metcalfe[/caption] UK-born Metcalfe has worked in Michelin Star and Hatted

IRIS’ ‘EMPIRE’ BUILDING KINGS CROSS OPPORTUNITY

Posted on August 31st, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Making the most of Kings Cross’ reluctant transformation to residential, cashed-up Iris Capital Group has acquired three adjacent blocks on Darlinghurst Road. It has been revealed Sam Arnaout’s Iris Group has completed the purchase of the Empire Hotel – adjacent

THE SOUL OF R&R WILL GO ON AT THE BOURBON

Posted on April 17th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
There are likely those that have almost tired of me banging on about Kings Cross and The Bourbon, but the subject deserves at least one more hit. [caption id="attachment_2013" align="alignright" width="460"] Darlinghurst Rd 1.30am, April 2015[/caption] It was with mixed

EXCLUSIVE: CHEUNG AND IRIS GROUP TALK ‘THE BOURBON’

Posted on April 15th, 2015 by Clyde Mooney
Bourbon “vision” quashed as Chris Cheung sells Kings Cross icon The Bourbon to Iris Group amid trading collapse in the precinct. [caption id="attachment_1974" align="alignright" width="314"] Chris Cheung[/caption] “It is with a heavy heart that we made the decision to put