Eamon Sullivan builds beachside restaurant

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Olympic swimming star Eamon Sullivan is building a restaurant above the new surf life saving club at Leighton Beach in North Fremantle.

Sullivan already owns Louis Baxters Cafe in Subiaco.

Sullivan is rebuilding his body after a shoulder operation in November and planned to be on the starting blocks for Australia at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

“I’m taking a year off from competitive swimming,” he said. “But I might do a few local meets.”