Real Estate

SHORT-LEACH’S IMPERIAL FLAUNTS SALE

Posted on June 9th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
LGBTQ icon the Imperial Hotel of Erskineville is being sold by industry icons Fraser Short and AHA President Scott Leach. The Imperial came to fame after appearing in Australian drag movie legend The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

PIPER’S HARBORD HOTEL BEATS OBJECTIONS FOR DA

Posted on June 9th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Glenn Piper has won a battle to further expand the beachside Harbord Hotel, after three levels of assessment and scores of objections by locals. Piper took the keys to the famous pub commonly known as the ‘Harbord Hilton” from industry

LITTLE CREATURES FOUNDERS SET FORTH ON P&O HOTEL

Posted on June 9th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Handsome Freemantle landmark the P&O Hotel has been sold to the expanding partnership of Adrian Fini and Nic Trimboli. A hotel was originally built on the corner site in the 1830s, named the Crown and Thistle. In the 1870s this

ROYAL ARMIDALE SEEKS NEW KING

Posted on June 7th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Rich-lister hoteliers the Roche Group have opted to divest their stately Royal Hotel at Armidale to focus on massive projects closer to home.   The striking, two-storey Art Deco brick pub occupies a large 1,836sqm site, with over 86 metres

IMPERIAL ON THE MARCH IN INVERELL

Posted on June 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Expanding hotelier Jim Knox has listed his Imperial of Inverell with immediate upside, as he pivots to focus on larger core investments. The two-storey Georgian Imperial occupies a sizeable 2,063sqm corner in the epicentre of Inverell CBD’s commercial core, providing

VERO AND CONNOLLY FIXING FOR REVIVAL IN HEALESVILLE

Posted on June 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Victorian hoteliers Matt Vero and Scott Connolly have bought the historic Healesville Hotel, bringing plans to emulate their community-focused success in Armadale. Healesville’s Hotel was constructed in the 1890s, comprising a public bar, bistro, generous beer garden and seven pub-style

HURLEYS HUGE $100m OVERHAUL

Posted on May 31st, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Southern belle the Hurley Hotel Group is investing a whopping $100 million into upgrades of its award-winning portfolio of South Aussie hotels. The family-owned business has been operating in South Australia for over 40 years, currently holding in the stable

COASTAL GRANDEUR READY TO GROW

Posted on May 26th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A private family are offering their Grand Hotel in a rare opportunity in coastal Kiama – recently voted Australia’s best town.  Built 1891, the three-storey Victorian Grand occupies 486sqm on a prominent corner of Manning Street, just a few blocks

FENELEYS FINALLY BOW OUT OF THE BULL

Posted on May 24th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The steadfast Feneley family have passed the baton on their big Bull ‘n’ Bush in the Port Stephens region to the growing local hotel syndicate led by Nick Quinn. For the past 36 years the Feneleys have captained the large-format