Owners of Courthouse Hotel in Southport looking for tenants to take on iconic Southport pub

It’s an iconic Gold Coast pub that’s been empty since 2015. Now there’s fresh hope the Courthouse Hotel at Southport could be set to re-open its doors.

The Court House Hotel in Southport has been closed since 2015.

THE new owners of Southport’s Courthouse Hotel have embarked on a leasing campaign, marketing the well-known CBD pub as being suited to a range of uses.

The 51-53A Nerang St property, which occupies a prominent position on the corner of Nerang and Davenport streets, was sold last year for $4.07 million by an entity linked to Hot Tomato radio station chief Hans Torv.

Before being renamed the Court House, the popular local watering hole used to be called Queens and in the 1970s South Sydney rugby league legend John Sattler was publican.

Mr Hans Torv pictured at the Courthouse Hotel in Southport before he sold it. Picture Mike Batterham

Not much is known about the new owners other than that they are understood to be from Sydney with connections to Korea.

The pub has remained empty for more than two years after closing in 2015.

It consists of two kitchen, three bars, and has a gross floor area of 1395sq m over two levels.

The 1631sq m block contains 22 car parks.

The Court House Hotel which is shut until further notice, Southport, Gold Coast.

Colliers International’s James Crawford, who is handling the leasing for the building along with colleague Kelly Buxton, said the property lends itself to a wide range of industries including medical, retail and education.

“It is still ideally suited to becoming a pub but if someone wanted to open a medical suite or training room, the zoning is flexible,” he said.

“The building can be broken into smaller chunks. We may piece someone of the different users together or lease it in one line.”

Space in the building, opposite a light rail station and China Town, is being marketed through an expressions of interest campaign that closes on March 8 at 4pm.