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Last drinks for heritage-listed pub after 113 years
In the Commercial Hotel’s heyday, people would get off the train, have lunch and resume their journey. But without poker machines, it’s hard for the modern country pub to survive.
- Catherine Naylor
‘Huge win’ in battle over iconic eastern suburbs pub
A bid to transform a “much-loved” Sydney pub has been knocked back in court.
- Michaela Whitbourn
Development threat looms over historic Chapel Street pub
Another cherished old pub, South Yarra’s Imperial Hotel, could be in the hands of a developer next week.
- Nicole Lindsay
Boutique Adelphi Hotel sells at $6m discount after owner’s collapse
The Adelphi Hotel, known for a rooftop swimming pool that is partially suspended above Flinders Lane, has sold for $19 million.
- Simon Johanson
The $15m roundabout that ended a popular local brewery
The craft brewer is closing down after losing almost $1 million in trade during roadworks after failing to secure compensation from the state government.
- Catherine Naylor
Sydney pub sold for $70 million-plus in biggest sale of the year
Pub veteran John Ryan has splashed out more than $70 million for the Tea Gardens pub in Sydney’s east in what is the largest deal this year in the booming hotel sector.
- Carolyn Cummins
Australia’s oldest pub brewery sold for $20m
The iconic Lord Nelson in Sydney’s Rocks district has changed hands as the pub market stays frothy, with sales across the country close to $1 billion in 2024.
- Carolyn Cummins
Middle Park Hotel’s epic rooftop bar dispute was likened to ‘The Castle’. Finally, there’s a winner
The historic pub is set for a new rooftop redevelopment, with restrictions, after VCAT settled the long-running dispute. Opponents have vowed to keep fighting.
- Mathew Dunckley
Pub barons call for end to tax slug on drinkers
The Laundy family is plunging millions into Sydney’s ailing hospitality sector, defying the cost-of-living crisis.
- Andrew Taylor
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