BELLS RINGS FOR SAXON GROUP

A group led by ex-CUB CEO Peter Filipovic has broken the Victorian gaming drought, buying a rare freehold going concern in the institutional Bells Hotel of South Melbourne. Bells is a landmark pub on a commanding corner of the busy

PUBLIC SELL-DOWN CONTINUES AT CLIFTON

The elegant Clifton Hotel in Melbourne’s east is being sold by receivers out of Jon Adgemis’ floundering Public Hospitality portfolio, offering a rare property and hospitality play in the southern capital. Public Hospitality was formed in 2021 by the former

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE RENOVATION STRATEGY

In recent years the processes for pub renovation and development, particularly in New South Wales, have become conflated with consultants, besieged with bureaucracy, and laden with expensive and time-consuming traps for young gamers. This a story about pub development. Advancement.

HUNTERS CATCH GALLAGHER’S TERRIGAL

Gallagher and Co have consolidated back to the capital, passing their large-format Terrigal Hotel to locals the Hunter family’s Hunter Hotel Group. One of the most prominent venues on the Central Coast, it occupies a large site of roughly 4K

ASHMONT INN’S MARKET DEBUT

Wagga Wagga’s Ashmont Inn Hotel has been listed for the first time in its history in what is likely to be one of the most anticipated and keenly contested regional pub offerings of the year in NSW. The Inn was

PICK A BOX AN EASY CHOICE

Rural Queensland’s immaculate Sadlier’s Waterhole and Pickabox Motel (Sadlier’s) in Morven is for sale by vendor Allicam P/L, headed by commercial property developer Pat Dunne. The 3-acre property boasts a single-storey Queenslander-style hotel offering hearty pub meals alongside twenty-two well-maintained

REILLY LETS LOOSE THE COCKATOO

Ray Reilly has listed his inner west icon the White Cockatoo Hotel as the group progresses with portfolio rejuvenation. A 30-year industry veteran, Reilly bought the three level pub in 2017, then known as the West Village, continuing an expansion

GAME INN AT MELTON

A private investor is offering up the freehold or tenancy of the vacant Gamekeepers Inn in Bonnie Brook, north-west of Melbourne CBD. The Inn is an English-inspired tavern and function venue providing a large open plan ground floor, with indoor-outdoor

SYDNEY’S STONEWALL SOLD TO US-BASED PRIDE HOLDINGS

Gay icon the Stonewall Hotel, on Sydney’s Oxford Street, has recently been acquired for an undisclosed amount by US-based hospitality company Pride Holdings Group (PHG). The LGBTQIA+ multi-level venue has been running for twenty-eight years and is known worldwide for

REDCAPE LOOKS SKYWARD THROUGH ORION

Redcape has announced another big step in its expansion plans, with acquisition of the Orion Hotel in Springfield for around $30 million and another capital raise to fund further ambition. The Orion Hotel is within the Orion Springfield Central shopping