Clyde Mooney, Author at PubTIC

GREENSBOROUGH GOES TO MARKET: FIRST TIME IN 34 YEARS

Posted on August 22nd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

A rare freehold going concern has hit the market in Melbourne, with long-term owners the Francis family listing the land and operation of the Greensborough Hotel for the first time in over 30 years. Originally known as the Farmers Arms

YOUNG GOES REGIONAL IN RECORD DEAL

Posted on August 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Sydney-based Wallaby turned hotelier Bill Young has signed on for Jim Knox’s landmark Gem Hotel in Griffith, in what is said to be a record regional pub sale. The Gem is in the heart of the Griffith CBD, believed to

GANGLAND SHOOTING AT SYDNEY PUB

Posted on August 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Sydney has been rocked by a “brazen” gangland-style shooting at the Harold Park Hotel that left one man dead and another fighting serious gunshot wounds. Around 6.40pm on Sunday emergency services were called to the pub in Forest Lodge, to

SALE AND LEASEBACK GROWTH PLANS FOR FRANCIS

Posted on August 18th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Melbourne-based Francis Venues is executing a sale-and-leaseback on its recently acquired Kings Head Tavern in South Hurstville, offering a freehold for an investor and growth capacity for the group. Situated on a 1,334sqm corner of a major intersection of Kings

BELLS RINGS FOR SAXON GROUP

Posted on August 18th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

A group led by ex-CUB CEO Peter Filipovic has broken the Victorian gaming drought, buying a rare freehold going concern in the institutional Bells Hotel of South Melbourne. Bells is a landmark pub on a commanding corner of the busy

PUBLIC SELL-DOWN CONTINUES AT CLIFTON

Posted on August 15th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The elegant Clifton Hotel in Melbourne’s east is being sold by receivers out of Jon Adgemis’ floundering Public Hospitality portfolio, offering a rare property and hospitality play in the southern capital. Public Hospitality was formed in 2021 by the former

LANSDOWNE PUTS IT ONLINE

Posted on August 15th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Sydney live music legend the Lansdowne Hotel is taking it to the people, broadcasting talented acts over the world wide web. Having recently celebrated 100 years entertaining Sydney-siders, The Lansdowne has partnered with Music Australia to begin Lansdowne TV to

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE RENOVATION STRATEGY

Posted on August 15th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

In recent years the processes for pub renovation and development, particularly in New South Wales, have become conflated with consultants, besieged with bureaucracy, and laden with expensive and time-consuming traps for young gamers. This a story about pub development. Advancement.

HUNTERS CATCH GALLAGHER’S TERRIGAL

Posted on August 13th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Gallagher and Co have consolidated back to the capital, passing their large-format Terrigal Hotel to locals the Hunter family’s Hunter Hotel Group. One of the most prominent venues on the Central Coast, it occupies a large site of roughly 4K

ASHMONT INN’S MARKET DEBUT

Posted on August 13th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Wagga Wagga’s Ashmont Inn Hotel has been listed for the first time in its history in what is likely to be one of the most anticipated and keenly contested regional pub offerings of the year in NSW. The Inn was