Clyde Mooney

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REOPENED EMPIRE CLOSED AND FOR SALE

Posted on February 5th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Only two years since its long-awaited revival, the Empire Hotel in South Townsville has closed ‘for a break’, and offers are being sought on a sale or lease. Built on a prominent corner in 1901, the pub is a short

CARLTON CLUB AND WINSOR CASTLE IN THE AIR

Posted on February 5th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Well known Melbourne pubs the Carlton Club and Windsor Castle Hotel are in limbo after hotelier Tracey Lester was forced to call in administrators, and creditors are urgently seeking buyers. A former artist, emanating from New Zealand, Lester has held

CROSSROADS LOOKS TO NEW PATH

Posted on February 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Prominent Sydney developer Sonnel Hospitality has lodged plans for a massive $33 million demolition and upgrade of the chart-topping Crossroads Hotel. An ultra-large-format pub at the ‘crossroads’ of major Sydney arteries the Hume Hwy and Camden Valley Way, the multi-faceted

ROCHE CASHES IN AT CALYPSO BAY

Posted on February 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Roche Group has divested its waterside Harrigan’s, at Calypso Bay, to Queensland hotelier Rick Adams. Roche is the private developer of the entire $2 billion Calypso Bay master planned housing estate, which it has been creating on a 269-Ha former

TIGHTER RULES PROPOSED FOR ALCOHOLIC SOFT DRINKS

Posted on February 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Rumours of further rules and regulations on ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages in NSW have been quashed, with the Minns government ruling ‘enough is enough’. The state regulator, Liquor & Gaming (L&G) NSW, was understood to be considering new guidelines, specifically to

RAILWAY WINDSOR SOLD AFTER 27 YEARS

Posted on January 31st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The Railway Hotel in Sydney’s north-west growth corridor has transacted for the first time in decades, becoming the first metropolitan sale in the NSW capital for 2025. A classic corner pub in Windsor, the two-storey Railway is located at the

GABS HOTTEST 100 FOR 2025

Posted on January 31st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The annual GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers poll has been finalised, for the 17th year, finding familiar favourites and a flight of new additions. Australia’s yearly battle of the beers for 2025 proved a stand-off between nearly 400 of

HPI’S TAKEOVER TAKES HOLD

Posted on January 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Listed pub landlord Hotel Property Investments' shareholders have voted with their balance sheets to accept the protracted, $760 million attempted takeover by Charter Hall and Hostplus. HPI (ASX:HPI) holds a stable of pubs in multiple states, totalling around 60 sites.

LIGHTS BACK ON AT BEACONSFIELD

Posted on January 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Twenty years ago, St Kilda’s historic Beaconsfield Hotel closed following the shocking death of former star cricketer David Hookes, and the subsequent backlash from the public. Now, owner Geoffrey Ogden, who runs several Western Australia venues with his family, has