IRIS DIVESTS $34m CLOVELLY HOTEL

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has divested its freehold interest of the Clovelly Hotel for close to $34 million, ending the group’s long history with the beachside pub. Occupying a prominent 1,708sqm overlooking Clovelly Beach, the pub is a landmark of

TOP PUB BEACH HOTEL TOPS UP SALE PRICE RECORD

Byron Bay’s legendary Beach Hotel has broken its own sales record, fetching $70 million from sophisticated new investors. One of Australia’s richest families is backer to the Impact Investment Group, which has expanded slightly beyond its normal investment type with

GINTY LAYS DOWN GLASGOW ARMS

Steve Ginty has sold his Glasgow Arms Hotel in Sydney’s inner west, ushering in another up-and-coming veteran Adam Derwin. Ginty has been a career publican, beginning life in pubs as a barman at the Woolwich Pier Hotel. [caption id="attachment_11062" align="alignright"

SINGO LISTS BONDI’S ICEBERGS

John Singleton has listed his tenure in the iconic Icebergs bar in Bondi, continuing his run of hospitality sales while business is booming and prices are high. Perched on the top level of 1 Notts Ave, facing north-east across Bondi’s

PATONGA BEACH HOTEL SOLD TO BE LATEST BOATHOUSE

Jewel of the central coast the Patonga Beach Hotel has sold to a growing operator, the waterfront pub to become another addition to the acclaimed Boathouse port. Boasting 1540sqm of water frontage overlooking Patonga Beach, facing south-east across Pittwater to

LOCAL SNAPS UP MURPHYS’ BELMORE HOTEL MAITLAND

The Murphy family has parted with Maitland’s thriving Belmore Hotel, with a local businessman picking up the freehold going concern for $9 million. The Murphys have owned the Belmore since 2003, and citing increasing interests in other endeavours made the

PORT MACQUARIE’S FINNIAN’S HITS THE MARKET

Furthering the NSW coastal surge, popular Port Macquarie pub Finnian’s Irish Tavern has come to market. Finnian’s occupies a large 1,223sqm site on the same block as one of Port Macquarie’s largest shopping centres, between a Coles supermarket and a

ROGERS TAKE ON HETHERINGTONS’ GUNYAH

Campbell Rogers has grown his footprint of Central Coast pubs, purchasing the Gunyah Hotel from rugby league families the Hetheringtons and the Mullins’. League legend brothers Brett and Jason Hetherington and family have owned the Gunyah in Lake Macquarie with

ROZELLE’S RUBY HOTEL TO MARKET TO BUY OR LEASE

In a market short of metropolitan opportunities, the Ruby Hotel in Rozelle is for sale or lease following extensive refurbishment and operation by the investor owner. Michael Huang purchased the Ruby in 2015. Commonly known as Ruby L’otel, it enjoys

ABBOTSFORD’S PARK HOTEL HOT SALE BY AUCTION

Melbourne’s tightly-held freehold market has held to precedent, with the Park Hotel in Abbotsford selling at auction for more than 140 per cent of reserve, at a razor-sharp yield. Built in 1864, the Park sits on a big corner block