NEW UNIVERSAL SEES NEWTOWN TO MARKET

Continuing its portfolio shake-up, Universal Hotels is selling the Newtown Hotel in Sydney’s inner west, meeting the surging market for high cashflow operations. Well located at the gateway to the famed and vibrant King Street retail and entertainment strip, the

FORMER KIRRIBILLI CLUB FOR SALE

The site of the failed, former Kirribilli Club is being offered for sale, presenting opportunity for a revised offering to capitalise on its north shore location and sweeping harbour views. Lot 1 at 11-23 Harbourview Crescent in Milsons Point spans

PARRAMATTA’S CROWN SEEKS A MONARCH

Receivers have listed high-profile pub development play the Crown Hotel in Parramatta, offering a suite of opportunities for the right player. Crown Hotel, at 295 Church Street, is on a large 1,075sqm site with 35 metres of frontage on Parramatta’s

COMMODORE MEETS ROADBLOCK IN DRIVING CHANGE

Glenn Piper has hit opposition to plans to reconfigure the Commodore Hotel in McMahons Point as part of the goal to become a live music venue, triggering the traditional pushback by locals plus a private school. The pub built on

SUPREME COURT FINDS FOR MA FINANCIAL

The NSW Supreme Court has ruled Mark Toma, owner of pub-developer Virtical, to complete the troubled $61 million Taylor Square deal and pay costs to the vendor, MA Financial. The unlisted MA Taylor Square Fund acquired the prominent Courthouse Hotel

AVC SECURES FUTURE IN AIRLIE BEACH

Australian Venue Co has doubled down on its investment in town with a partnership acquisition of the windswept and interesting Airlie Beach Hotel, in association with restorative owner-operator Mick McFie. Occupying a generous lot just metres from the destination Whitsundays

BAYSIDE BRIDGE TO MARKET

Prized waterfront icon the Bridge Hotel of Mordialloc has officially been listed for sale, offering a trophy asset in the southern capital. While the current two-storey structure was built 1870, a hotel has been on the site since circa 1851,

FORBES GOLF & SPORTSMANS ON PAR FOR HANDS-ON OPERATOR

The Forbes Golf & Sportsmans Hotel, overlooking the idyllic Forbes Golf Course, is for sale by private owners. Forbes is a vibrant town in NSW’s central west on the banks of the Lachlan River, about 380 kilometres west of Sydney, counting local

PUB KING TAKES ON THE LORD

One of Sydney’s oldest and most beloved pubs, home of the first pub-brewery, the Lord Nelson in The Rocks, has been bought by pub king and brewer of late, Arthur Laundy. Landmarking the corner of Kent and Argyle Streets, the

THREE DAYS OF INDUSTRY SEMINARS AT THE GAMING EXPO

The 2024 edition of the Australasian Gaming Expo (AGE) begins Tuesday at Sydney’s International Convention Centre, offering operators a one-stop line-up of 200 exhibitors, and 11 industry seminars. Taking place Tuesday 13 - Thursday 15 August, the AGE has grown