LION LONG-TIMER BUYS INTO GAME AT ROYAL HOTEL

After decades selling drinks to them, former Lion director Frank Arangio has slipped onto the other side of the bar, buying Wyong’s Royal Hotel for nearly $7 million. Continuing the flow of sales of NSW coastal hotels, Arangio bought the

GALLAGHER BUYS BIG-BONES TERRIGAL PUB FOR $28m

Irish pub king Patrick Gallagher has bought his biggest pub yet – paying $28 million for the Terrigal Hotel and a ‘return to his youth’. Gallagher describes the area around his latest purchase as ‘special’ and recalls family visits “just

BYRON ‘TOP PUB’ HAS ANOTHER CRACK IN HOT MARKET

Byron Bay’s Beach Hotel is rumoured to be still on the market, with price expectations of $75 million. The massive beachside operation, known locally as the ‘Top Pub’, occupies 4,585 m² overlooking picturesque Main Beach. It was built in 1990

BALMAIN PUB GROUP LISTS GREENWOOD HOTEL

As North Sydney pushes ahead with massive expansion, the Balmain Pub Group has listed its hallowed heart of the precinct, the striking Greenwood Hotel. Built as a church in 1878, the historic sandstone structure has been a hotel for just

ROZELLE’S GARRY OWEN TO MARKET AS SLOANS GO SOUTH

The Sloan family has put to market Rozelle’s Garry Owen Hotel, as they head south to family and new enterprises. The two-storey Federation-style pub occupies 358 m² on the corner of bustling Darling Street and Matilda in Rozelle, just five

SUNSHINE COAST HOTEL & NIGHTCLUB TO MARKET

Sunshine Coast hotel the Riverside Bar, with Level 2 nightclub, has hit the market as the owners look to leave hospitality. The late-licence hotel is located within Sunshine Plaza, overlooking the Paynter River in Maroochydore, on the Sunshine Coast. The

MURRAY-SIDE MILDURA HOTEL GRAND TO MARKET

The magnificent former coffee palace that is the Hotel Mildura Grand is on offer for $2.9 million. Built in 1891 as the Mildura Coffee Palace, the imposing structure was intended to serve a planned Temperance colony in Mildura, on the

SOLOTEL WINS ON RIVERSDALE’S MARLBOROUGH SUPER-PUB

The six-week all-star campaign for the Marlborough Hotel has culminated with Bruce Solomon and celebrity chef partner Matt Moran taking the keys for $33 million. John Singleton, Geoff Dixon and Mark Carnegie’s $300m Australian Pub Fund (APF) began offering its