BIG NEWCASTLE SALES AS MIGRATION CONTINUES

Newcastle region continues its run of hot sales, with two transactions totalling a reported $20 million in the Belmont Hotel and Salamander Tavern. The Belmont is a large-format hotel on a 3,753sqm prominent corner of the Pacific Highway and Hitchcock

VANDENBERG BEAUTY HEADS TO MARKET

Forbes’ historic Vandenberg Hotel in central western NSW has come to market, as its long-time owners look to exit the game. The pub is the oldest in the proud town of Forbes, which is around 400-kilometres’ west of Sydney, and

COUGHLAN LOOKS TO EXIT WITH PUB SALES

High-profile publican Paddy Coughlan has put his portfolio of two pubs to market, looking to focus on his push into producing Frank Strong’s alcoholic lemonade. Coughlan has enjoyed a rise to prominence in the industry, largely through his role creating

PALACE OF PRISCILLA – UP FOR GRABS

The iconic Palace Hotel of Broken Hill has come to market, boasting more sass and success than ever and Australia’s only full-time 2-up licence. The Palace is cultural centrepiece to the outback legend of Broken Hill, a leisurely 1,144 kilometres

COOPERS HOTEL SELLS TO NEWCOMER

Newtown stalwart the Coopers Hotel has sold to new entrants to the sector, with Matt Williams’ King Tide group taking on their first pub for around $13.5 million. Strategically located at the northern end of King Street, just a few

AUSSIE NOMAD SEEKS NEW MASTER

The sprawling Aussie Nomads hotel facility in thriving Bowen has come to market, offering a diverse business in a region bursting with tourism, agriculture and mining. Bowen is situated in the north of the Whitsundays – gateway to the Great

ROYAL HOTEL ENTERS RELUCTANT SALE

The high-performing Royal Hotel in Inverell has hit the market, as its owner-operator looks to exit the industry for health reasons. Inverell is a thriving agricultural town of over 16,000 people around seven hours’ north of Sydney, slightly off the

100 BURGERS GROUP SEEKS SOLUTION FOR BOWEN HILLS

Thumping food-based pub Welcome to Bowen Hills in Brisbane is testing the market, as its Melbourne-based owners tune their interstate business model. The curiously named Welcome to Bowen Hills (WBH) represents the second instalment of the concept by 100 Burgers

THE TAPHOUSE BROTHERS TAKE ON AVC’S THE OXFORD

The brothers Thorpe are leveraging their boutique beverage brains trust with expansion into and of AVC’s former Drink n’ Dine pub, The Oxford, at Petersham. The hyper-expansive Dixon Group snapped up the collection of three venues owner-operated by Jaime Wirth

BUSH PUB OF THE YEAR ON OFFER

The reigning Best Bush Pub of NSW has come to market, as proud publicans Ash and Libby Walker look to consider their next challenge. The Armatree Hotel is in the heart of Orana district, around six hours’ drive north-west of