THE PRINCE OF THE PORT PUT UP

Suburban local the Prince Alfred Hotel is being offered by a private owner as an operational opportunity in Melbourne’s south. The pub sits on a prominent 305sqm corner of popular thoroughfare Bay Street, on State Route 30, across from Port

DEVELOPER GETS TO THE GREENWELL POINT

Peter Dobb has sold his long-held Greenwell Point Hotel in Shoalhaven to an industry newcomer with a plan, as he looks closer to home. The Hotel is on a generous 5,261sqm lot mere metres from Crookhaven River and the only

COCK & BULL PLANS TO FLY THE COUP

Cairns’ popular Cock & Bull Tavern is looking to move house, into a shopping complex, as the state government pushes its $1 billion expansion of the city’s primary hospital. The Queensland government is executing a multi-stage upgrade of Cairns Hospital

MAY LANDS MEREWETHER SURFHOUSE

Newcastle beachfront trophy the Merewether Surfhouse is in new hands for the first time, as waterfront guru Ben May adds it to the May Hospitality collection. The historic art deco bathing pavilion on Merewether beach built around 1937 was one

DEVELOPER DEAL FOR HISTORIC GRIFFINS HOTEL

Adelaide property developer George Kambitsis has expanded his CBD holdings with the $8.55 million acquisition of the historic Griffins Hotel on Hindmarsh Square. The Victorian-era pub sits on a 680sqm site in the heart of Adelaide’s commercial, accommodation and retail

SALE OR LEASE ON THE HIGH-PROFILE CLIFTON

Melbourne’s landmark Clifton Hotel is for sale or lease through receivers and managers FTI Consulting, in the fallout from Jon Adgemis’ collapsed Public Hospitality Group. Built 1868, the Clifton is a hospitality institution, dominating a high-profile corner of Kew Junction

ALH MAJOR CAPEX AS ENDEAVOUR FIGHTS BACK

Australia’s biggest pub group will undergo a major, accelerated refurbishment program on 75 of its hotels as parent company Endeavour looks to rebound from a changing market and poor results. ASX-listed Endeavour (ASX:EDV) broke from majority Woolworths ownership in 2021,

HARVEST DELIVERS A STAY FOR COURTHOUSE

Harvest Hospitality Group has pulled the Courthouse Hotel from market after failing to find the right buyer through an Expression of Interest campaign earlier this year. The Tamworth pub has been part of Harvest since 2016 when the group acquired

ARANGIO AND GURR LIST WYONG’S ROYAL

Business partner publicans Frank Arangio and Pat Gurr have listed their expanded Royal Hotel in Wyong – one of the key regional centres on the central coast north of Sydney. The Royal overlooks arterial road the Pacific Highway, on a

CALLIGEROS CALLS TIME AT THE BELLEVUE

Calligeros Hotel Group has listed an icon of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the Bellevue Hotel, on the boundary of the affluent suburbs of Paddington and Woollahra. The thumping two-storey pub – known locally as ‘The Bellie’ – has been on the