PELATHON PUTS UP $8.5m FOR GRAND PLANS

Jaz Mooney’s Pelathon Management Group has underscored its faith in high-performing Queensland regions with the $8.5 million acquisition of Cairns’ Grand Hotel. Built 1926, the stately two-storey pub offers the well-known Croc Bar – replete with its carved crocodile bar-top

BLUE SKY AND SNOWY FOR ROYAL OPPORTUNITY

The Royal Hotel on main street Tumut has come to market, offering guaranteed blue sky as the multi-billion-dollar Snowy 2.0 scheme continues to come into play. The Royal is a handsome two-storey brick structure with a full-length balcony overlooking Tumut

COUGHLAN LETS GO THE LORD

Paddy Coughlan has sold off his flagship Lord Gladstone for a reported $5.5 million to another local hotelier, to continue plans for growing Frank Strong’s hard lemonade. The former Riversdale CEO announced sale campaigns on the freehold going concerns of

NEW HANDS FOR PALM & PAWN

The Duncan family has sold its troubled Palm & Pawn Hotel in Wagga Wagga, ending their reluctant reinvolvement in the Riverina pub. Built on a generous 7,795sqm lot in the north of town, the Palm & Pawn offers bar, bistro

TAVERN @ THE ROCKS ON OFFER

The elegant ‘tavern @ the rocks’ has come to market, offering a large-format operation and opportunity in Perth’s growing northern corridor. The tavern is a family-owned and operated venue overlooking Two Rocks Marina, around an hour’s drive north of the

IVY TOWER SET TO BE MERIVALE MASTERPIECE

Justin Hemmes has confirmed plans for his $1.5bn mega-development at the site of CBD hotel juggernaut ivy, due to come from an international design competition. The project, situated opposite the new $2bn Wynyard Station on re-worked George Street, is expected

FLOWER TAKES HASTINGS IN LOCAL POWER PLAY

Alistair Flower has swooped on the elegant Hastings Hotel in Wauchope, celebrating rapid expansion and the birth of new entries to Flower Hotels. The former Redcape general manager, overseeing 40 venues, took his experience north and revived the Settler’s Inn

HAWTHORN’S BEEHIVE ON OFFER

Queensland-based operator Rick Munday is divesting the long lease on the Beehive Hotel in Hawthorn, to focus on business closer to home. Munday took on the operation at the Beehive three years ago, furthering his Melbourne interests beyond rooftop function

GILBERTS GIVING UP GOLDEN FLEECE

The Gilberts are looking to a swift divestment of their revived Golden Fleece Hotel in South Melbourne, switching focus to the new prize in Northcote. Andrew Gilbert and father Rick Gilbert bought the closed and run-down Golden Fleece in 2015,

SOUTH MELBOURNE PALACE LOOKS TO NEW MAJESTY

The Palace Hotel in South Melbourne is on offer, as Firewater Enterprises continue to stoke the possibilities at their newest success. Located at a junction of bustling City Road, less than five kilometres from the Melbourne CBD, the Palace is