The added capacity will enable the company to launch new product lines and expand its Sydney bar presence.
The taproom at the White Bay Brewery, 26C Mansfield St, Rozelle, NSW.
Under the plan, the White Bay Brewery will consolidate its brewing operations at its large-scale brewery in Reservoir, Melbourne.
Schwartz will then rebrand the White Bay Brewhouse and taproom as the Sydney Brewery Rozelle from October 1, 2025. The brewery operates within a 150-year-old former steel mill on the edge of Sydney Harbour, near to the new Sydney Fish Market building.
Sydney Brewery’s new venue follows the takeover earlier this year of the Rocks Brewery and Brewhouse in Alexandria, which has been rebranded as Sydney Brewery Alexandria.
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Sydney Brewery also operates a Brewhouse in Surry Hills and a large-scale brewing facility in the Hunter Valley.
The Rozelle brewery will add 25 per cent extra capacity for Sydney Brewery, and that will enable the latter to launch its first low-carb and non-alcoholic beers.
Schwartz said the acquisition of the White Bay brewing assets and public tap room at 26C Mansfield Street, Rozelle, “fitted perfectly with Sydney Brewery’s DNA and expansion strategy”.
“Taking over the lease of the Rozelle brewery was a no-brainer for us,” Schwartz said.
Chanel store
Chanel has opened its very first domestic travel retail boutique in Australia at Sydney Domestic Airport, Terminal 2 – the country’s busiest domestic terminal. More than 17 million travellers passing through it every year.
Chanel at Sydney’s domestic airport.
The luxury brand, which has its new flagship store in Westfield Sydney, has partnered with airport retail operator Heinemann to open the 100-square-metre boutique. With a five-metre-high “neo-Paris” facade, it will bring a touch of Parisian glamour to Mascot.
It comes as new Ray White research reveals that Sydney is the country’s luxury fashion capital and Melbourne has the food sector wrapped up.
According to Ray White’s head of research, Vanessa Rader, Sydney maintains its position as the nation’s retail fashion capital, with clothing and soft goods representing 31.1 per cent of all tenancies, coupled with substantial retailing in the jewellery space at 25.8 per cent.
Tourism recovery is supporting retail performance across major markets, with hotel occupancy data showing strong results across all cities.
Frothy pub sales
More pubs have been sold as investors seemingly cannot get enough of the sector.
One of the latest is the Kurrajong Hotel at Erskineville, at 108 Swanson Street, which was sold by the receivers and managers of Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality fund, as a vacant freehold for $20 million to a new hotel investor, the Millinium Capital Managers, led by Tom Wallace.
The Kurrajong Hotel.
Wallace has also been revealed as the recent buyer of two more Public pubs, being Balmain’s Town Hall Hotel and Paddington’s Rose, Shamrock and Thistle – aka Three Weeds – both in July.
Warren View Hotel, 2 Stanmore Road, Enmore, NSW.
HTL Property’s Andrew Jolliffe and Dan Dragicevich sold the Kurrajong Hotel.
Another inner west institution, the Warren View Hotel, at 2 Stanmore Road, Enmore, has been listed for sale with a price guide of $18 million. The hotel has been owned and operated by Theo and Tanya Damianakis for 17 years, who are considering exiting the industry after four decades.
HTL Property’s Sam Handy, Dan Dragicevich and Blake Edwards are the sales agents.
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