Real Estate

FUTURE BRIGHT FOR PICTON’S SOGGY GEORGE IV

Posted on May 31st, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Almost a year to the day since Mother Nature rose up and engulfed the historic George IV Inn, it has sold at auction to an industry newcomer swept by a passion to revive it for the locality. Built in 1835

NEW LOCAL OWNERS FOR LOCAL TAPHOUSE DARLO – POST-GABS

Posted on May 29th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
As beer barons Guy Greenstone and Steve Jeffares sign off on another GABS, they also announce the passing of the baton at their beloved Local Taphouse Darlinghurst to the brothers Thorpe. Victorians Greenstone and Jeffares opened their northern instalment of

PELATHON PUTS NEWER ORANA TO MARKET

Posted on May 26th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Pelathon has listed its burgeoning Lake Macquarie Orana Hotel, as it deploys capital to its expansion in the Sunshine State. Jaz Mooney’s Pelathon Management Group (PMG) secured the coastal pub last year, via the estate settlement of long-time owner Malcolm

BALMAIN EXITS ERSKINEVILLE WITH SWANSON SALE

Posted on May 24th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Hot on the heels of the recent sale of Balmain’s Town Hall, and listing of North Sydney’s historic Greenwood, Balmain Pub Group announce the sale of its inner-west Swanson Hotel. Located on Swanson St, Erskineville, the former Kurrajong Hotel saw

RIVERSDALE’S KINSELAS – SALE WITH UNIVERSAL APPEAL

Posted on May 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels has secured Riversdale’s iconic Kinselas Hotel, stepping up its strategy around embedding modern hospitality in historic settings. Rumours the three-level landmark at Oxford Street’s Taylor Square was on the market began late last year, even

DLYDAM CLOSER TO MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENT AT BULL & BUSH HOTEL

Posted on May 22nd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Developer Dyldam has gotten one step closer to its plans for building over 300 new apartments around big-block western Sydney hotels. Two major development applications have passed with the Sydney West Planning Panel for mixed-use projects including residential at the

DUCK INN TO MAKE SPLASH WITH NEW OWNER

Posted on May 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
  As Sydney freeholds continue to sell like hotcakes, a private investor has landed the deeds to Chippendale’s Duck Inn. Tucked into Chippendale’s Rose St, a stone’s throw from Sydney University, the Duck Inn Pub & Kitchen is a popular

BILL & SAM BUY EXCELLENT ALFRED

Posted on May 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney stalwart publican Bill Smith has teamed up with Sam Smith to buy ‘locals pub’ the Alfred Hotel, in city-fringe Camperdown. Established in 1939, the Alfred was originally the Grose Farm Hotel, built in Art Deco style with curved walls

TAMWORTH LOCOMOTIVE TO HIT THE ROAD

Posted on May 15th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
One of Tamworth’s workman’s pubs has hit the market, as owner Matthew Zell seeks to free time for his other hotels and businesses. The large-format Locomotive Hotel occupies 2,500 m² just off the Oxley Highway in Tamworth, unsurprisingly, adjacent the

HISTORIC TABLELANDS’ TARALGA HOTEL TO AUCTION

Posted on May 15th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
After just 12 months and a partial renovation, the Norfords will soon part with their elegant Taralga Hotel via auction. Brad and Rob Norford purchased the pub with expectations of operating it for at least five years, but sadly ill