A PUNT AND A WIN AT THE IMPERIAL

Industry up-and-comer Adam Drabarek is living the Australian dream of owning his own pub, having recently secured title to his thriving Imperial Hotel operation in Coonabarabran. After a couple of years renovating houses on the central coast, living in successive

CAMELIA GROVE TO SELL FIRST TIME IN 36 YEARS

After three and a half decades at the elegant Camelia Grove, industry stalwart Adella Wright Young is ‘calling time’ on the industry and divesting her picturesque Alexandria pub. The Camelia Grove Hotel stands resolutely at the corner of Henderson Road

VEGAS SELLS AS KINGS CROSS SMOULDERS

Former top gamer the Vegas Hotel has sold in in-transition Kings Cross for circa $25 million, as the precinct continues to evolve from high-life to high-end living. The Vegas is one of the stalwarts of the previously notorious party precinct,

MPK GROW IN MUDGEE AND ORANGE

MPK Hotels has significantly expanded its portfolio with the well-timed acquisitions of both the Royal Hotel in Orange and Federal Hotel in Mudgee. A quintessentially Australian pub, the striking Royal Hotel stands like an advertisement for Art Deco on Lords

RIVERSDALE SELLING UP IN SYDNEY

Singo’s Riversdale Pub Fund has signalled an end to its Sydney portfolio with the listing of the iconic Unity Hall Hotel in Balmain. The Fund was founded in 2010 by John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff Dixon, and at one

SOUTHERN BELLE HEADS TO MARKET

For the first time in 34 years, Goulburn’s handsome Southern Railway Hotel is on the market, offering a diverse business in one of the State’s thriving communities. Jude Bourne bought the title to the pub in 1985, and following the

A NEW ERA FOR THE EMPIRE

Goulburn’s Empire Hotel is a freehold going concern again, with a new publican buying the re-stapled freehold and operation. In August private owners of the title joined with long-time operator Allan Deeth to send the pub to market. The Empire

AIRLIE BEACH HOTEL CONQUERS DEBBIE

The windswept Airlie Beach Hotel is back down to earth and safely in new hands, after overcoming the ravages of Cyclone Debbie. Built 1968 on an 8,819sqm block just metres from the destination Whitsundays tourist beach, the Airlie Beach Hotel

BLUE SKY IN CROOKWELL COUNTRY

Hitting the market this week is the Crookwell Hotel outside of Goulburn, coming with textbook upside atop a strong mixed revenue business. Crookwell is a town in the NSW southern tablelands, north-west of Goulburn, around 200 kilometres inland of Wollongong.

CAIRNS CENTRAL OFFERS OPPORTUNITY

Amid major works and investment in the area, a vacant hotel operation has come to market at Cairns’ historic Central Hotel. The striking two-storey Queenslander was built on the corner of Lake and Spence Streets in the heart of the