ALL-NEW LEASE AT ECHUCA HOTEL

A long lease at the Echuca Hotel has come to market, as the long-time owner-operators look to take a step back from the bar. The private family has run the large High Street pub since 2003, providing a large public

ALFRED & CONSTANCE SELLS TO EMERGING BRISBANE GROUP

Fortitude Valley’s famed Alfred & Constance has been sold off through receivers to up-and-coming Brisbane-based outfit RMS group. Alfred & Constance is within two retro-fitted ‘Queenslander’-style buildings, covering 473sqm. It incorporates a gastro-pub, beer garden, café, restaurant and Fever nightclub.

LAUNDY SNATCHES BELLS PRE-AUCTION

Tightening his command on the seaside precinct, Arthur Laundy has snatched Bells Hotel ahead of its pending auction, long-timers the Miles family bidding farewell after more than four decades. Built 1922, Bells Hotel is an institution of Woolloomooloo, standing proudly

COMMERCIAL CROOKWELL SET TO RETURN VIA AUCTION

The near-forgotten Commercial Hotel of Crookwell has come to market, as vendor Peter Griffiths looks to other projects. Built 1871, the two-storey brick pub occupies a generous 1,141sqm block on a prominent corner on the main street of Crookwell, two

POACHERS PARADISE SELLS ON TIGHT RETURN

Yields in Victoria continue to be amongst the sharpest in the country, as Rutherglen’s Poachers Paradise Hotel-Motel pushes the bar a little lower. Rutherglen is one of Victoria’s ultimate food and wine destination towns, around 30-minutes’ drive from regional city

MANLY WHARF ‘STAYS CURRENT’ WITH STRATEGIC REVAMP

By Emma Castle May Hotels has unveiled its latest brand refreshment of Manly Wharf Hotel in time for the summer season. The iconic Manly Wharf Hotel is located within the historic wharf at Manly where the ferry docks, literally above

OUTBACK ICON SILVERTON HOTEL TO MARKET

One of the true icons of the outback has rocketed to the market like the Interceptor – the reigning bush pub of NSW and setting for Mad Max 2, the Silverton Hotel. Silverton is classic red earth country, over 12

SANDSTONE POINT HOTEL LAUNCHES HOLIDAY RESORT

The Comiskey group has officially opened for business its Holiday Resort extension to the whopping Sandstone Point Hotel, and already reports breaking more records. The $20-million Big4 Sandstone Point Holiday Resort began taking in guests this month, after a huge

COLLINGWOOD’S LEINSTER ARMS TO AUCTION

A private Melbourne family has listed the vacant freehold of one of Collingwood’s landmark pubs – the Leinster Arms Hotel – for the first time in 27 years. The historic pub is a single-storey red brick structure built in the