$1.5 million facelift for Port Adelaide’s old Globe Hotel
Plans for a $1.5 million revamp of one of Port Adelaide’s best know landmarks have been released by the developers for the first time.
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Plans for a $1.5 million revamp of one of Port Adelaide’s best know landmarks — the former Globe Hotel — have been released by the developers for the first time.
The Ginos Group — which owns properties on city bar strips Peel and Leigh streets — exclusively told Messenger Community News it planned to begin work on revamping the abandoned St Vincent St pub early in the new year and have it open by next spring.
The refurbished hotel would include a large front bar, beer garden and dining room on the ground floor. The second floor would feature a rooftop bar and two private dining rooms available for hire.
It would involve extending the back of the pub, effectively doubling the size of the building.
The site was listed for sale late last year and bought by the Ginos Group for $1.6 million.
Company directors Zis and George Ginos expect to invest up to another $1.5 million in refurbishment and extensions.
Zis said the pub — most recently known as the Golden Port Tavern — would be aimed at 30 and 40-somethings.
He believed it was a “very opportune” time to invest in Port Adelaide, given upcoming residential developments.
The group had not yet chosen an operator for the pub when it opened.
“There is interest from various people to operate the hotel so we will see how it goes,” Mr Ginos said.
“We’ve got a saying — ‘build it and they will come’. You’re not going to get anything along here with the Golden Port Tavern if it wasn’t fixed. This is what we do. We take older places and fix them up for modern use.”
The group had also purchased a number of old woolstores in Port Adelaide and would look to purchase more property in the area “depending on what comes around”.
The first pub to be built on the site was the Carpenters’ Arms Tavern, which opened on December 18, 1850.
In 1865, it burnt down and was replaced by the current building.
It was called the Globe until 1981, when it became the Golden Port Tavern.
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