Victory Hotel returns from the dead

An article from the Brisbane Times reports that renovation of the Victory Hotel has been completed. The owners could have chosen to redevelop the building as boutique hotel after a fire gutted the landmark mid last year, but instead decided to renovate the iconic pub. I guess the economic climate probably put a freeze on the redevelopment plans. In any case this is a pretty good cultural and heritage outcome for Brisbane. The original wooden staircase and mosaic tiled floor, spared from the fire, are now looking like new.