The Espy

SAND HILL ROAD UNVEIL REBUILT WATERSIDE

Posted on September 24th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
After eight years of investment, Victorian trailblazers Sand Hill Road will reopen the all-new The Waterside Hotel, revealing its transformation into a seven-level worldclass hospitality destination. Located in midtown, on the corner of Flinders and King streets, a pub was

FAMILIES LIST FITZROY FREEHOLD

Posted on September 23rd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne families have listed Fitzroy’s multi-level Hotel Fitzroy, tipped to attract investors and owner-occupiers. Located minutes from the Melbourne CBD, opposite the Atherton Gardens estate, the pub is surrounded by entertainment precinct bars, restaurants and shops, seeing high pedestrian traffic

BREAKING: AVC BUYS SAND HILL ROAD COLLECTION – AGAIN

Posted on August 3rd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
More than two years after the pandemic halted everything in pubs, Australian Venue Co has again entered an acquisition agreement to purchase the urbane Melbourne collection of Sand Hill Road. In a rehash of the deal that almost transpired in

AUS VENUE CO TAKES PRIZED SAND HILL ROAD

Posted on March 4th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Company has furthered its strategic expansion with the nine-digit acquisition of eight venues held by Melbourne trailblazers Sand Hill Road. Amid speculation, The Australian published a story in January suggesting KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts), majority stakeholder of Australian

THE ESPY: THE LEGEND RE-EMERGES

Posted on November 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne trail-blazers Sand Hill Road have announced the reopening and reveal this Friday of St Kilda’s epic seaside icon – the amazing, multi-faceted The Espy. On 23 November the public will once again be able to enjoy and now explore

SAND HILL RD UNVEIL PLANS FOR THE ESPY

Posted on July 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Sand Hill Road has announced its pending revival of the iconic Hotel Esplanade – The Espy – eyeing a “new cultural destination” for Melbourne and magnificent sunsets over Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne-based pub group Sand Hill Road (SHR) ‘secured’ the

SAND HILL RD OPENS WATERSIDE

Posted on October 4th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sand Hill Rd has thrown open its reinvigorated Waterside Hotel in Melbourne’s ‘edgy’ King St, prophesying new life for the old Hotel and district. Built on the prominent corner of Flinders and King Streets, in the late 1800s the Waterside

THE ESPY ROCKS ST KILDA AGAIN

Posted on September 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The famous and too-long dormant Esplanade Hotel reopened last weekend for the first time in over two years, in homage to St Kilda Art Crawl and the pub’s indelible link to live music. One of Melbourne’s cultural institutions, the Esplanade

SAND HILL ROAD SECURE MELBOURNE ICON THE ESPY

Posted on May 10th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After weeks of speculation, Sand Hill Rd have finally confirmed their purchase of the iconic Esplanade Hotel – The Espy – taking on the challenge of reviving one of Melbourne’s cultural institutions. The five-level building graces The Esplanade, St Kilda,