Carolyn Cummins
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Last drinks: Owners sell North Sydney landmark for $28m (opens the original)
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Pub owners Athol and Lee Davis have called last drinks at their Miller Street landmark, the popular North Sydney hotel, after close to three decades of ownership. The couple have sold the venue to hoteliers Kent and Desley Walker who paid about $28 million for the 1201 square metre corner site opposite North Sydney oval. “The North Sydney Hotel has been such a central part of mine, and my wife Lee’s life over the past three decades, and whilst reluctant to let it go, we do so knowing it is in fi
Australia’s oldest lending library lists historic CBD tower for $40m (opens the original)
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The Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, Australia’s oldest continuously operating lending library and one of the nation’s oldest educational institutions, is selling its building at 280 Pitt Street. The School is chasing a price tag of around $40 million from any new custodian who snaps up the historic Sydney CBD tower. Established in 1833, the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts has occupied the site at 280 Pitt Street for nearly two centuries. It moved into the current tower at No. 280, originally
Stone the crows! Popular north shore watering hole to close (opens the original)
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Crows Nest’s The Stoned Crow, one of the lower north shore’s best-known watering holes, is closing its doors on October 4, the bar’s current tenant, Arik Shifroni, has announced on social media. “After 15 incredible years, our lease is coming to an end, and we’ve got one last month to celebrate The Stoned Crow – and what a 15 years it’s been,” Shifroni said in a post. The venue at 39 Willoughby Road, once owned by pub baron Warwick Short in the 1980s, was a popular nightclub and bar before it so
Fancy a Sydney ferry for $2.5m? Floating harbour restaurant for sale (opens the original)
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A heritage-listed ferry converted into a floating restaurant and docked at Berrys Bay near McMahons Point is for sale with a reported price tag of around $2.5 million. The SS South Steyne completed more than 100,000 trips across Sydney Harbour from Manly to Circular Quay, carrying about 92 million passengers before it was decommissioned as an operating ferry in 1974. Now, its 30-year owner Bruce McDermott is selling up. No price was disclosed but it’s reputed to be worth around $2.5 million. Bui
Billionaire pub owner downsizes in Darlinghurst (opens the original)
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Sydney billionaire pub owner Sam Arnaout is downsizing in Darlinghurst, offloading two prominent pubs – the Colombian Hotel and Gaslight Inn – as part of an asset sales program. Dubbed the man with the Midas touch, the former panel beater has turned a string of suburban pokie pubs into some of NSW’s highest-earning and most valuable hotels, giving him an estimated fortune of more than $3 billion. Arnaout bought his first pub 25 years ago. His hospitality group, Iris Capital, now owns more than 5
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