RESTAPLED FITZROY STEPS UP

Windsor’s big, pink Fitzroy Hotel has been put to market as a freehold going concern, representing a strong trader with considerable upside potential in a Sydney growth corridor. Incumbent operators Michelle and Craig Thomson took on the lease in 2017,

COOREY MAKES ROYAL CONNECTION IN SHEARER’S ARMS

Hotelier of the Year Matt Coorey has formed a partnership with the Malouf’s Royal Hotels for acquisition of the Shearer’s Arms Tavern south-west of Brisbane. The big-ticket sale is the second in a week in the region, following HPI’s deal

LAUNDY FINDS GOLD AT THE QUARRYMAN’S

Colin M. Parras is back on the ground, taking The Quarryman’s Hotel in Pyrmont from Arthur Laundy in the latest mid-market transaction. Laundy bought the Quarryman’s, located on the corner of Harris Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road, in 2011 for

WILLOW TREE FOR SALE IN THE HUNTER

The Willow Tree Hotel in the NSW Hunter region has hit the market, offering a well-presented local in one of the State’s booming regions. The two-storey Willow occupies a 1,556sqm site on the New England Highway (Kelly Street) through town,

DE ANGELIS LISTS BIG BLIGH PARK

The evolving De Angelis group has put up its very large-format Bligh Park Tavern site in south Windsor, offering a strong business and major development opportunity. The De Angelis family holds the titles to De Angelis Hotels & Investments (DHI),

LIVINGSTONE FINDS CAPTAIN COOK IN BOTANY

Fanatic hotelier Warren Livingstone has landed in Botany through acquisition of the strong-performing Captain Cook Hotel. The Captain is a heritage-listed pub built 1906 in the retail heart of Botany by Oscar Nielson, who went on to become local Mayor.

MANTLE PUTS UP TWO PIG n WHISTLES

The high-profile Mantle Group has listed another two of its flagship Pig N’ Whistle venues in Brisbane, as it faces media inquiry and a pivot to larger premises. Godfrey Mantle and wife Jenny oversee the large family-operated Queensland pub group,

SIGNATURE MOVE INTO DARLING HARBOUR BREWPUB

Melbourne-based pub group Signature Hospitality has burst into Sydney with purchase of All Hands brewpub in Darling Harbour from Red Rock Leisure. The site at 22 The Promenade was formerly the King St Brewhouse, built to showcase John Singleton’s Bluetongue

SINGLETON’S CRITERION JOINS HUNTER QUEST

Another Hunter Valley pub has ripened on the vine, finding itself sent to market by Geelong-based publican Zac O’Sullivan. The imposing, two-storey Criterion Hotel was established 1925, on a large block in the centre of the John Street retail precinct

DOYLES DIVEST FAMILY HOTEL AFTER 37 YEARS

The Doyle family are parting with their long-held and monikered Bridge Hotel in Mordialloc, as another stage of life unfolds. Career publican Peter Doyle leased and operated the Balaclava Hotel until its sale, whereupon he leased the Bridge from Carlton