COLLINGWOOD’S LEINSTER ARMS TO AUCTION

A private Melbourne family has listed the vacant freehold of one of Collingwood’s landmark pubs – the Leinster Arms Hotel – for the first time in 27 years. The historic pub is a single-storey red brick structure built in the

RECEIVERS INTO EAST INGHAM HOTEL AS FAMILIES FEUD

Receivers have been appointed at the East Ingham Hotel, as a breakdown in the partnership sees the formerly big-performing pub languish. A collaboration between the Wynne and Allen families acquired the Hotel in 2008, but disputes over the operation meant

NEWCASTLE’S SHAFT TAVERN SEEKS NEW PROSPECT

Industry veterans Reg Mawhinney and Geoff Byrne have listed their big mining town pub, the Shaft Tavern, with plenty of blue sky in thriving Newcastle. The large-format Shaft occupies a generous 6,720sqm block, adjacent to the IGA-anchored Elermore Vale Shopping

INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY HITS BRISBANE MARKET

The freehold going concern of the International Hotel in Brisbane has come to market, boding a future development project on the city’s outskirts. The modest structure on the corner of Boundary and Torrington Streets in Spring Hill occupies a 1,745sqm

HISTORIC HOTEL MITCHELL SET TO CLOSE

The century-old Hotel Mitchell west of Brisbane has issued a ‘hail Mary’ for a new owner, with trustees looking for a bare-bones offer on the historic two-storey pub. Mitchell is a town of 800 souls an hour west of Roma,

TWO BIG QUEENSLANDERS HEAD TO MARKET

Private investors have offered up a portfolio of two big-trading Queensland pubs likely to be some of the last offered in the northern state for 2018. The Commercial Hotel in Redbank and Oonoonba Hotel Townsville are run under management by

MILES FAMILY CALL TIME ON BELLS INSTITUTION

The picturesque institution Bells Hotel in Woolloomooloo has hit the market, after almost 50 years’ owner-operation by the Miles family. The proud “Country pub in the City” stands at #1 Bourke St, on the corner of Cowper Wharf Road, opposite

PULLOS GROUP LIST SAMFORD & WOODFORD TO KEEP ROYAL GEORGE

Les Pullos and family have listed their big-trading south-east Queensland pubs the Samford and Woodford Hotels, to focus on the roaring RG’s. Pullos has been a veteran of the Queensland pub game for decades, leaving a string of successful country

HOT LEASE ON COOKIES LOUNGE IN BAKEHOUSE QUARTER

A rare leasehold interest in North Strathfield’s burgeoning Bakehouse Quarter has come to market, offering retail-style rent and ownership of the liquor licence and PMEs. Cookies Bar & Lounge is within the Bakehouse Quarter – a mixed-used development covering six

IRVIN OFFERS UP BARKLY AS MT ISA BITES

Sydney-based Paul Irvin Hotel Group has listed the high-performing Barkly Hotel in rebounding Mount Isa, as he looks to reinvest in other projects. The multifaceted Barkly Hotel Motel occupies a generous 1.35Ha (13,500sqm) plot beside the Barkly Highway mine, six