Real Estate

DORE’S SALISBURY OF STANMORE SOLD

Posted on October 9th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Ged Dore and partners have successfully sold their revived Salisbury Hotel in Stanmore to growing hotel operator Matthew Sweeney. A landmark of the inner west, on a prominent corner of the main retail strip 100 metres from Stanmore station, the

COMISKEYS MARCH INTO THE IMPERIAL

Posted on October 6th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Queensland juggernaut the Comiskey Group has announced the addition of the all-purpose Imperial Hotel of Eumundi to its collection of large-format Queensland pubs. Established in 1911, the Imperial is a classic two-storey Queenslander “with a modern touch” that provides multiple

PADDINGTON’S VILLAGE: IN AND OUT

Posted on October 6th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Paddington’s celebrated but under threat Village Inn is back in the news, after its fashionable new owner faces increasing push-back on a redevelopment and a neighbour has offered to buy it to save it as a pub. At the start

MATHIESON CLAIMS BOARD SINKING ENDEAVOUR

Posted on October 4th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A billion-dollar stoush has begun between the board of hotel and liquor retailing giant Endeavour and its largest shareholder, Bruce Mathieson, based in the mismanagement of the company. Endeavour holds a portfolio of over 350 pubs and clubs through its

SETTLERS ARMS TO WELCOME NEWCOMER AFTER 35 YEARS

Posted on September 29th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
After decades living the dream, the Burns-Woods are offering up one of Australia's most historic and picturesque pubs, the Settlers Arms Inn. The classic colonial Georgian-style Inn was established in 1836 on the banks of the Macdonald River in the

GALLAGHER DEPARTS MEADOWBROOK

Posted on September 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Patrick Gallagher and partners have found success in the sale of their large-format Meadowbrook Hotel, tempting a New South Welshman into a thriving gaming operation in the heart of Queensland’s south-east. Located roughly midway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast,

METROPOLITAN’S MASSIVE MAKEOVER

Posted on September 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The landmark Metropolitan Hotel of inner Melbourne has reopened following a multi-million-dollar refurbishment, transforming it into a three-storey ‘mega venue’. First established 170 years’ ago, the historic pub now standing on the corner of William and Little Lonsdale Street –

NORTHERN RIVERS BEAUTY STEPS UP

Posted on September 26th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A prize of the northern rivers has hit the market, with sale of the blank canvas Argyle Hotel in the popular and under-pubbed coastal community of Maclean. The two-storey sandstone hotel first opened in the centre of the town in

MA BACK OUT OF TAYLOR SQUARE

Posted on September 22nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Property developer Virtical has stepped up its hospitality footprint, exchanging contracts with MA Financial to acquire the high-profile Kinselas and Courthouse hotels, in Taylor Square. In November 2020, the unlisted MA Taylor Square Fund acquired the prominent Courthouse Hotel on

WHITE HORSE ON THE LOOSE

Posted on September 22nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The historic White Horse Hotel of St Peters is for sale, offering a new era for a tradition that has spanned more than 180 years in the area. There have been multiple pubs bearing the name White Horse in Sydney,