LAUNDY ADDS TO COAST COLLECTION WITH SWANSEA

The Laundys have acquired the large-format Swansea Hotel in Lake Macquarie for an A-grade price of $13 million from the Bernie family. The two-storey Hotel sits on 3,235 m² on the main street of Swansea – the gateway to NSW

FOOTY LEGEND TO TAKE OVER CREMORNE HOTEL

Geelong star Billy Brownless has bought the Cremorne Hotel in his old team’s heartland from long-time owner Grant Ryan. Located at 336 Pakington St, Newtown, the Cremorne boasts a large bar, beer garden, TAB and Keno, lounge and function areas

LAUNDY DOUBTFUL OF REDCAPE PURCHASE

Pub giant and active transactor Arthur Laundy has quashed rumours he is close to buying the $700 million Redcape portfolio. As the Australian pub industry waits with bated breath the fate of the New York hedge-fund-owned collection of big-performance gaming

COLES LANDLORD HPI SELLS

Listed landlord to ALH and Coles pubs HPI has divested the Payneham Tavern to an unnamed Sydney investor. The Payneham Tavern and Liquorland drive-thru bottleshop are tenanted by Coles on a 20-year lease plus two ten-year options, with built-in annual

COMMODORE SETS SALE AS LANTERN PLOTS COURSE FOR EXIT

The compelling Lantern Hotel Group has put to market one of its final non-core hotels, as it asks shareholders to ponder selling up the lot. The 150-year-old Commodore Hotel – originally the First Old Commodore, and rumoured favourite haunt of

UPDATE: LONDON HOTEL FAILS HERITAGE APPLICATION

[caption id="attachment_6178" align="alignright" width="374"] London Hotel, Port Melbourne. Image courtesy State Library of Victoria[/caption] A 139-year-old pub in Port Melbourne has lost another battle in the attempt to save it from the wrecking ball. Plans by the freehold owner, a

IRIS GROUP PICK UP THE COLOMBIAN

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has bought former Westpac Bank now Oxford Street landmark The Colombian Hotel for an undisclosed sum. The three-level building on the prominent corner of Oxford and Crown Streets in Darlinghurst is an institution of the Oxford

POPULAR ST KILDA CORNER PUB TO MARKET

St Kilda’s popular Elephant & Wheelbarrow has come to market, as long-term owners take the opportunity to concentrate on other pubs. [caption id="attachment_7268" align="alignright" width="371"] Elephant & Wheelbarrow[/caption] Located near the St Kilda foreshore, the Elephant & Wheelbarrow is a

LAUNDY TO BUILD FIRST PUB – AND BREWERY

Pub king Arthur Laundy is planning to build his first pub from scratch, with a craft brewery for the people of the western suburbs. Set to be located on Fulton Rd, Marsden Park, the pub-brewery is expected to cost around