BizBriefs

Council has received a DA for use of the former St Andrew's Uniting Church, at 2 Phillip Street, as a restaurant and bar; the site includes La Porchetta restaurant and Echo Lounge which has ceased trading ... The former Telecom Business Centre, at 211-213 Church Street, is expected to open soon as The Corporate nightclub, bar, restaurant ... The upmarket Open Kitchen, at 55 Phillip Street, has opened for business ... Council has received a DA for a Thai restaurant on the corner of George and Horwood Place ... Port Bar Restaurant, at the Charles Street RiverCat wharf, has approval for a boutique brewery on site ... The application has been approved for the former St Peter's Uniting Church, on the corner of Church and Palmer streets, to be used as a restaurant and bar.