HPI DIVEST COLES’ WICKHAM ON TIGHT RETURN

Hotel Property Investments has divested its freehold interest in the Coles-tenanted Wickham Hotel in Fortitude Valley on a sharp yield not seen in the state for a decade. The ASX-listed HPI holds in excess of 40 venues in Queensland and

HUNT HANDS RUTHERFORD BATON TO O’HARA-MALLOY

Hunt Hospitality is executing a strategic sell-down to capitalise on the high level of interest in the Hunter Region, kicking off with sale of the award-winning Rutherford Hotel to the growing O’Hara-Malloy collection. The pub is a large-format broad business

NULLARBOR HOLDINGS LET LOOSE $30m OUTBACK PORTFOLIO

A rare collection of three outback mixed-use hospitality assets has come to market, boasting $20 million revenue and a $30 million price tag. Private Brisbane company Nullarbor Holdings has listed its portfolio, comprising Erldunda Roadhouse in the Northern Territory, and

PALACE STARS IN BROKEN HEEL FESTIVAL SUCCESS

The red centre has been set ablaze again with the fourth annual Broken Heel Festival booming and breaking records over the weekend. The four-day festival is a celebration of the appearance of Broken Hill – aka the ‘Silver City’ –

BALLARAT’S BLUESTONE HITS VICTORIAN BEDROCK MARKET

The freehold Investment of Ballarat Central’s ‘The Bluestone’ has come up for sale, offering an historic ‘blue-chip’ asset in Victoria’s tight market. The Bluestone is a three-level structure on 728sqm that has seen significant capital expenditure, bringing state-of-the-art facilities. Holding

BIG ROCHDALE GREENFIELD SITE ON OFFER

Private developers are offering a greenfield tavern opportunity on a full hectare, on Queensland’s golden promenade, between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The future tavern and or accommodation hotel at 345 Miles Platting Rd Rochedale will occupy a 10,117sqm block

BIG DAY AT NATIONAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2018

Around 500 industry VIPs and guests gathered this afternoon in the Gold Coast to witness the crowning of the winners of the Australian Hotels Association’s 2018 Awards for Excellence. Austere winners of state titles congregated with invitees and a strong

CORKMAN COWBOYS FACE MULTIPLE CHARGES, HIT WITH EPA FINES

The ‘cowboy developers’ that demolished Carlton’s Corkman Irish Pub have faced sentencing for the first of many charges against them, with the Magistrate voicing that he wished he could send them to prison. Developers Raman Shaqiri and Stefce Kutlesovski used

IRIS UNVEILS NEW BUT HERITAGE PUB AT CAMPSIE STATION

Iris Group has quietly opened a brand new heritage pub in western Sydney heartland, restoring and converting a prime three-storey structure opposite Campsie Station. Sam Arnaout’s Iris bought the site on the prominent corner of Campsie thoroughfares Beamish Street and

CHARTER HALL REIT SNATCH COLES FREEHOLD FOR TOP-DOLLAR $22m

Charter Hall’s ASX-listed Long WALE REIT has emerged as the buyer of the prominent Coles-tenanted Club Hotel Waterford for a record-setting $22 million. The Club Hotel is around 27 kilometres south of the Brisbane CBD, set on a prominent 11,000sqm