THE AUSSIE TO AUCTION AS HUSBAND & WIFE RETIRE

Historic Queenslander The Australian at Gympie is up for sale, as husband and wife owners call time on their “old-style” pub. The first Australian Hotel built on the corner of Apollonian Vale and Lady Mary Tce was in 1873, with

CALLIGEROS & CO. TO SELL TOP-10 ACACIA RIDGE HOTEL

Peter Calligeros and Stephen Farley are releasing the massive Acacia Ridge Hotel to a hot Sunshine State market. After landing the trophy asset in mid-2014, business partners Calligeros and Farley have executed a calculated makeover and refresh of the business

COMMODORE SETS SALE AS LANTERN PLOTS COURSE FOR EXIT

The compelling Lantern Hotel Group has put to market one of its final non-core hotels, as it asks shareholders to ponder selling up the lot. The 150-year-old Commodore Hotel – originally the First Old Commodore, and rumoured favourite haunt of

POPULAR ST KILDA CORNER PUB TO MARKET

St Kilda’s popular Elephant & Wheelbarrow has come to market, as long-term owners take the opportunity to concentrate on other pubs. [caption id="attachment_7268" align="alignright" width="371"] Elephant & Wheelbarrow[/caption] Located near the St Kilda foreshore, the Elephant & Wheelbarrow is a

BRISBANE ‘TROPHY’ PUB LATEST TO HIT MARKET

Real estate market mania continues to see hot property sent to market, now including operator and developer target, North Brisbane’s large-format Homestead Tavern. Located on a generous 7,550 m² block in beachside Boondall, the vendors have executed regular renovation to

HOT WATERLOO PUB ON OFFER

Owners of Waterloo’s Grosvenor Hotel have put it to market, citing what happens to all good things for the popular corner pub. Two business partners, former Coca-Cola Amatil executive Denis Hickey and corporate identity Warwick Negus, have listed the freehold

McPHEES RIDE WAVE OF COASTAL PUB LISTINGS

Continuing the 2016 run on coastal pub properties, the County Club Hotel is for sale, with pundits expecting another example of sea-change investment by a savvy metro operator. After nearly 30 years’ ownership, the family company of logistic magnate Jay

SURRY HILLS CRAFT BEER ROYALTY COMES TO MARKET

As strong market conditions continue to drive sales and purchases of prized pubs, craft beer mecca the Royal Albert is up for grabs. Located in the heart of Sydney fringe Surry Hills, near Central Station, the hotel embodies the beer

PINK PANTHER PUB (AND ZOO) FOR SALE

A landmark Stuart Highway pub is on the market – complete with giant stubby of NT Draught, pensive Pink Panther and its own zoo. Barry Sharpe is the 74-year-old publican of the Larrimah Wayside Inn, around 500 kilometres south-east of

PATONGA BEACH HOTEL NEXT BIG-TICKET WATERFRONT SALE

Just 18 months after being bought by a local construction company, the idyllic seaside Patonga Beach Hotel is on offer to aspirational operators. Occupying a commanding 1540 m² of water frontage overlooking Patonga Beach, the hotel is just north of