REARDON CRIES EUREKA FOR SALE

The younger Pat Reardon is parting with his Hotel ‘goldmine’ in Richmond, as he sets off abroad. The Reardon family has operated pubs all around Melbourne, including previously the Yorkshire Stingo and Railway in Brunswick, and for 25 years now,

WHOPPING LICENCE FEE INCREASES TO BE DEBATED

The state-mandated review into liquor licensing could see South Australian venues paying licence fee increases up to 1,250 per cent. The review of SA’s liquor licensing scheme by former chief justice Tim Anderson QC began 1 October 2015. Anderson delivered

O’HARA ADDS TO HIS COLLECTOR HOTEL

Dan O’Hara and his gun chef(s) are about to revamp Parramatta’s Collector Hotel, after taking the keys this week. The Collector resides in a Western Sydney University building, in booming Parramatta. The leasehold business boasts the unusual benefit of retaining

BOB HAWKE’S BEER – NOW BREWING FOR PEOPLE, PUBS AND LANDCARE

A reverence for Australia and larrikinism enveloped upstairs at The Clock as former Prime Minister Bob Hawke pulled the first ever Hawke’s Brewing lager, officially launching the company. Media and camera crews packed The Clock’s function space, the backbar emblazoned

ANOTHER SPIRIT BLUE-CHIP TO MARKET IN HEART OF BRISBANE

Continuing the run of Spirit Hotels blue-chip Queensland freeholds, the big Waterloo Hotel and tower has come to market. The Waterloo Junction complex in Newstead comprises an historic pub and several retail tenancies, plus upmarket commercial office space. It represents

DESTINATION NSW LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR STATE’S BEST

All fans of NSW regional experiences are being invited to upload pictures and videos to promote the State’s diversity and hospitality, in a new initiative by Destination NSW. Domestic tourism within Australia continues to grow, aided by the unfavourable international

SPIRIT’S BARRIER REEF HOTEL ON OFFER IN HEART OF REEF

Hot on the heels of HPI’s listing of two Coles-leased blue-chip freeholds, another but soon-to-be-vacant Spirit Hotel has come to market, in booming Cairns. The Barrier Reef Hotel occupies 530 m² on the corner of Abbott and Wharf Streets, and

THE DOWNS FOR SALE AS TOOWOOMBA LOOKING UP

One of Toowoomba’s favourite watering holes has come to market as its Bundaberg-based owner looks to expand into bigger operations. Thomfield Property Holdings (TPH) owns the Downs Hotel, Drayton, around 130 kilometres west of Brisbane, and operates it remotely under

CHARTER HALL LONG WALE PUB REIT – LONGER AND STRONGER

Charter Hall’s pub REIT has stepped up expansion plans, retiring bank debt in favour of a A$200 million US Private Placement note as it chases “sustainable and growing returns” for its investors. The Long WALE Investment Partnership (LWIP), 45 per

SENATE REPORT INTO ALCOHOL INDUSTRY RED TAPE: KEY RESULTS

Global drinks company Diageo and the National branch of the AHA have weighed in on the results of the Federal Senate Committee’s red tape report, with positive signs for diminishing bureaucracy. Two of the alcohol industry’s biggest stakeholders have come