Real Estate

LAUNDY REVEALS NEW GREENFIELD SITES

Posted on March 20th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
As the hospitality industry reels from what is hoped to be a temporary downturn, news has emerged pub industry patriarch Arthur Laundy is building no less than three new pubs. A deal was recently secured to purchase the site of

INVERELL’S IMPERIAL JOINS THE MARCH

Posted on March 16th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The stately Imperial Hotel in the heart of Inverell is for sale, as long-time operator Michael Painko looks to move on. The two-storey Georgian Imperial was built on an expansive 2,063sqm lot on a major corner of Otho Street, which

SARACENS HEAD KEYS AND TITLE ON OFFER

Posted on March 16th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Adelaide’s elegant Saracens Head Hotel is for sale as a long-term lease or freehold going concern. Commonly known as ‘Sarries’, the two-storey stone and iron lacework pub was built 1873 on a prominent corner of Carrington Street, amid universities and

O’DONNELLS EXIT WITH NORTH NOWRA ON OFFER

Posted on March 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The O’Donnell family flags the end of its portfolio sell-down with the listing of its south coast landmark operation the North Nowra Hotel. The large-format pub is set on an underutilised block of 6,019sqm next to the North Nowra Shopping

BLACK RHINO TAKES CRAIG’S ROYAL HOTEL

Posted on March 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Ballarat’s biggest-ever sale has transacted, seeing the long-serving Finnings family pass the baton of Craig’s Royal Hotel to the growing Black Rhino Group. The heritage-listed pub was built 1853, as the Ballarat Hotel, celebrating the first licensed premise in town.

ALH SNAPS UP TWO NEW PUBS

Posted on March 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s biggest publican is back on the acquisition trail, picking up two more Queenslanders in a week. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) has been in flux for much of FY20 following the announcement of a plan by parent company Woolworths

LINGA LONGA LOOKS FOR NEW OWNER

Posted on March 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The breezily named Linga Longa Hotel in Gundy is for sale, offering a popular Hunter region local with plenty of upside. Built on a big 1-acre (around 4,000sqm) block in the heart of town, the pub offers a large public

LEICHHARDT HOTEL HITS THE LIST

Posted on March 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
As ALH puts a spotlight on Sunshine State pubs, the family-owned Leichhardt Hotel in Taroom has been put to market as a lease or freehold. Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs region, around

ANGLERS REST UP AS VENDORS LOOK TO DO SAME

Posted on March 9th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Geoff and Mal’s promise-offering Anglers Rest Hotel in Brooklyn has come firmly to market, as the gents decide it is finally time to call time. Following a kick of the tyres last year, with Geoff Watts pondering what came next,

O’DONNELLS DIVEST DUO

Posted on March 6th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Canberra-based O’Donnell Group has sold two more of its collection, in Bungendore, outside of Canberra, and this week the Australian in Cooma, snapped up pre-auction. Late 2019 the O’Donnell family put to market Goulburn’s Empire Hotel, being part of