ANGLERS REST UP AS VENDORS LOOK TO DO SAME

Geoff and Mal’s promise-offering Anglers Rest Hotel in Brooklyn has come firmly to market, as the gents decide it is finally time to call time. Following a kick of the tyres last year, with Geoff Watts pondering what came next,

VALLEY PUB FINED OVER RSA BREACHES

The licensee of Brisbane’s GPO Hotel has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Queensland Liquor Act 1992. The Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR) began an investigation into the GPO in Fortitude Valley after

O’DONNELLS DIVEST DUO

The Canberra-based O’Donnell Group has sold two more of its collection, in Bungendore, outside of Canberra, and this week the Australian in Cooma, snapped up pre-auction. Late 2019 the O’Donnell family put to market Goulburn’s Empire Hotel, being part of

ALL-NEW LONDON HOTEL FOR PORT MELBOURNE

TAB Developments has put to market the leasehold operation of its revised London Hotel waterfront project, on the site of the former pub demolished in 2017. Despite significant local outcry and efforts by Council and the Port Melbourne Historical Society

FAMOUS CARINDA HOTEL SEEKS NEW OWNER

The outback NSW pub made famous in David Bowie’s Let’s Dance video has been listed on Gumtree. Carinda is a town of less than 200 people, located 635 kilometres north-west of Sydney, at roughly the same latitude as Coffs Harbour.

AUS VENUE CO TAKES PRIZED SAND HILL ROAD

Australian Venue Company has furthered its strategic expansion with the nine-digit acquisition of eight venues held by Melbourne trailblazers Sand Hill Road. Amid speculation, The Australian published a story in January suggesting KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts), majority stakeholder of Australian

NEW ERA FOR THE TERMINUS

The Terminus Hotel lives on under new ownership, with a local investor taking the title to Marulan’s only watering hole. The Terminus is a classic corner pub in the heart of town, set on a 4,713sqm with ample parking. It

HALLMARK REVIVES THE LEFTY’S LEGEND

Brisbane good-time venue Lefty’s is back, Hallmark Group reviving its systemic Americana and swinging the doors open again last week.   Lefty’s Music Hall is a honkey-tonk style venue with rockabilly flair on Caxton Street, in the heart of the

RESTAPLED FITZROY STEPS UP

Windsor’s big, pink Fitzroy Hotel has been put to market as a freehold going concern, representing a strong trader with considerable upside potential in a Sydney growth corridor. Incumbent operators Michelle and Craig Thomson took on the lease in 2017,

COOREY MAKES ROYAL CONNECTION IN SHEARER’S ARMS

Hotelier of the Year Matt Coorey has formed a partnership with the Malouf’s Royal Hotels for acquisition of the Shearer’s Arms Tavern south-west of Brisbane. The big-ticket sale is the second in a week in the region, following HPI’s deal