Real Estate

DASH TO MARKET AS RAILWAY PICKS UP STEAM

Posted on December 13th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Dash family are looking to part with their Warragul stalwart, the reinvented Railway Hotel. The family has a history in pubs, previously owning Warragul’s O&H Hotel, and currently freehold of the Dava Hotel in Mount Martha. The family will

OXFORD HOTEL MEANS TAYLOR SQUARE HATTRICK FOR UNIVERSAL

Posted on December 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Universal Hotels has landed a trifecta in Taylor Square with acquisition of Pelathon’s Darlinghurst icon, the Oxford Hotel. The pub on the corner of the eponymous Oxford Street and Bourke Street went through several name changes and minor geographical repositioning

KERR LISTS THE BEAUFORT AT CLARE CASTLE

Posted on December 11th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After half a decade at the helm, Dave Kerr is passing the baton on his Carlton pub, The Beaufort. Kerr took on operation of the Clare Castle Hotel over five years’ ago, and brought it into the twenty-first century in

THE FIDDLER GOES TO NEXT LEVEL WITH 78-ROOM ACCOMMODATION

Posted on December 8th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Lewis Hotel Group has landed approval to take The Fiddler to another level, with plans for a four-storey 78-room accommodation wing to the big Hills district pub. The large-format The Fiddler at the intersection of Commercial and Windsor Roads Rouse

ALH AUCTION ON BRIGHTON HOTEL FETCHES $3.7m

Posted on December 8th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
ALH has divested the freehold going concern of its Brighton Hotel in Mandurah, a strong auction drawing $3.7m for the former Compass pub. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) bought up the entire 12-venue portfolio of the failed Compass Group for

NEW DIRECTION FOR $40m HIGHWAY HOTEL PROJECT

Posted on December 8th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Martin Palmer is seeking approval for revised development plans at his $40 million project at the award-winning Highway Hotel, Plympton. Palmer Hospitality operates the celebrated Highway and Warradale Hotels, and has been exploring plans for a large residential and retail

FEROS SELLS BIG ROCKSIA TO OSCARS

Posted on December 4th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The award-winning Feros Group has sold flagship the Rocksia Hotel to Hall of Famers Bill and Mario Gravanis’ Oscars Hotels for a quick $36 million. Both Chris Feros and the Gravanis brothers were central to the recent AHA NSW Awards

SHINING SHAMROCK SET TO SELL

Posted on November 29th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Lucky Toowoomba institution the Shamrock Hotel has hit the market following a big refurbishment, as the Lees look to other ventures. Seona and Wayne Lee bought the large-format pub four years ago and have chipped away at improvements since, unveiling

GERNER PARTNERS WITH STELLER FOR $35m RESCUE OF THE CONTI

Posted on November 27th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Hotelier Julian Gerner has secured partnership with expanding developer Steller for the $35 million restoration and expansion of Sorrento’s legendary Conti. Gerner purchased the historic four-storey limestone hotel popularly known as The Conti from long-time owners the Di Pietro family