Newcastle Council staff assists in refurbishing Andrew Lazarus beach hotel in Merewether | Newcastle Herald — Sydney News Today

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2 min readJun 14, 2021

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Newcastle Council staff recommended approving a $ 3 million refurbishment of the beach hotel, despite opposition from hundreds of Merewether residents. Famous Sydney hotel owner Andrew Lazaro, who owns the Shoal Bay Country Club and Hamilton Exchange, purchased the landmark Frederick Street Pub in 2019 and has a new upstairs terrace overlooking the beach and live music venue upstairs. Started planning. The hotel is allowed to operate from Monday to Saturday at 3 am under the terms of a liquor license, but traditionally closed much earlier. Lazarus intends to keep the hotel open until 3 am, raising public concerns about the venue turning into a “nightclub.” The development application has collected 145 public submissions, including letters of concern from the nearby Holy Family Catholic Elementary School and the Merewether Community Group. This development was also the subject of a public voice session of the Council in April 2020. Newcastle City staff will present the Council with a report recommending approval of the project at a meeting of the Development Application Committee on Tuesday night. According to the report, the pub’s capacity under existing development approval will be 1500 and the upstairs capacity will increase from 180 to 440, while the new proposal will increase it to 1230. Police and council-approved facility reference groups do not object. Capacity and licensed trading hours have not increased, so add them to your development application. Our journalists are working hard to bring the latest local news to the community. To continue to access trusted content:

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Newcastle Council staff assists in refurbishing Andrew Lazarus beach hotel in Merewether | Newcastle Herald

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Originally published at https://sydneynewstoday.com on June 14, 2021.

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Andrew Lazarus
Andrew Lazarus

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Andrew Lazarus is a Prominent Sydney-based Hospitality Identity as well as a philanthropist.