Real Estate

THE 1880 NEW-TIMERS RACING IN BATHURST

Posted on February 7th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The 1880 Hotel in Bathurst is in eager new hands, as the team of White and Saxby look to bring the love back to the regional landmark. The two-storey pub resides on a prominent 1,233sqm lot opposite the Bathurst Council

FEROS VOWS TO REBOUND IN BERRY

Posted on February 5th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Chris Feros’ growing outfit has hit a speedhump with plans for a major redevelopment at Berry shot down – again – but the challenge is not over. Established 1863, the Berry Hotel has long been servicing the Shoalhaven town, today

REOPENED EMPIRE CLOSED AND FOR SALE

Posted on February 5th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Only two years since its long-awaited revival, the Empire Hotel in South Townsville has closed ‘for a break’, and offers are being sought on a sale or lease. Built on a prominent corner in 1901, the pub is a short

CARLTON CLUB AND WINSOR CASTLE IN THE AIR

Posted on February 5th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Well known Melbourne pubs the Carlton Club and Windsor Castle Hotel are in limbo after hotelier Tracey Lester was forced to call in administrators, and creditors are urgently seeking buyers. A former artist, emanating from New Zealand, Lester has held

CROSSROADS LOOKS TO NEW PATH

Posted on February 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Prominent Sydney developer Sonnel Hospitality has lodged plans for a massive $33 million demolition and upgrade of the chart-topping Crossroads Hotel. An ultra-large-format pub at the ‘crossroads’ of major Sydney arteries the Hume Hwy and Camden Valley Way, the multi-faceted

ROCHE CASHES IN AT CALYPSO BAY

Posted on February 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Roche Group has divested its waterside Harrigan’s, at Calypso Bay, to Queensland hotelier Rick Adams. Roche is the private developer of the entire $2 billion Calypso Bay master planned housing estate, which it has been creating on a 269-Ha former

RAILWAY WINDSOR SOLD AFTER 27 YEARS

Posted on January 31st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The Railway Hotel in Sydney’s north-west growth corridor has transacted for the first time in decades, becoming the first metropolitan sale in the NSW capital for 2025. A classic corner pub in Windsor, the two-storey Railway is located at the

VETERAN NOVOCASTRIANS SNAP UP FINNEGAN’S

Posted on January 29th, 2025 by Jane Louise
Newcastle icon Finnegan's Hotel has been sold for the first time in decades, with the Hunter family handing over to established locals. Positioned prominently at the intersection of busy King and Darby Streets, opposite Newcastle Civic Park and City Hall,

HPI’S TAKEOVER TAKES HOLD

Posted on January 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Listed pub landlord Hotel Property Investments' shareholders have voted with their balance sheets to accept the protracted, $760 million attempted takeover by Charter Hall and Hostplus. HPI (ASX:HPI) holds a stable of pubs in multiple states, totalling around 60 sites.

VIRTICAL’S LAST PUB SOLD

Posted on January 24th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The sun has set on pub operator Virtical’s portfolio, with a successful sale of Hotel Australasia to another hospitality developer. The picturesque heritage-listed Hotel is a landmark of Eden, on the NSW south coast, built in 1904, with 38 metres