WANLESS LISTS WESTSIDE TAVERN AND LAND BANK

Horseracing identity and hotelier Leigh Wanless has listed his Westside Tavern and Motel, boasting an approved DA and big potential at the gateway to the Fraser Coast. Wanless stems from one of Queensland’s most prominent racing families, and has been

BGH CAPITAL EYES AVC BUYOUT

Melbourne- based private equity company BGH Capital is running the ruler over Australian Venue Co’s business plan and venues around the country, looking to submit a speedy pre-Christmas takeover bid. Australian Venue Co (AVC) major shareholder KKR reportedly engaged investment

BLANK SLATE NORTHERN RIVERS PUB ON OFFER

The dormant Clarence Hotel of Maclean, in the NSW northern rivers, is being sold as a vacant freehold ready to be revived. The private current owners took on the country pub in 1990 and successfully operated it for decades, offering

BREAKING: SHORT PASSES TUDOR COMMUNITY BATON TO UNIVERSAL

Marty Short and co have sold their locals-driven The Tudor Hotel of Redfern to the Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels, in a new high water mark for the city-fringe precinct. The Short and Anderson families invested in the multi-level Tudor in

ENGADINE TAVERN AND SITES OPPORTUNITY ON OFFER

A revised Engadine Tavern and adjoining retail sites opportunity has been listed for sale, offering the large-format pub plus potential for a mixed-use redevelopment. The south Sydney suburban Tavern occupies a 2,325sqm site, surrounded by retailers such as Woolworths, Coles,

BARHAM BETS ON CASINO’S CECIL

After 45 Years operation under management plus an extended settlement, the Hotel Cecil of Casino has been sold. Vendor Nick Bulmer and family have owned the hotel as an asset for over four decades, and listed the pub in late

RIVERSDALE SELLING LAST PUB LAMBTON PARK

The former headlining Riversdale group is bowing out of pubs, with stakeholders opting to sell the prominent Lambton Park Hotel, in suburban Newcastle. The pub group representing high-flyers John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff Dixon bought the LPH mid-2018 for

BUGDENS SAY BYE TO BAGO

Long-timers Peter and Judy Bugden have passed the baton at their Bago Tavern on the mid-north coast to local Glenn Knight. The Bago is located in the historic town of Wauchope, inland from Port Mac, just shy of 400 kilometres

NEW OWNERS FOR TAPHOUSE’S NEW VIC

Taphouse has passed the baton on its pocket rocket New Victoria Tavern in the burgeoning Sydney industrial precinct and one pub suburb of Wetherill Park. The New Vic came to market late 2021, citing a lively sports bars and TAB

WHITTEN-PROUT SELL GUNNEDAH AND STAY

Whitten and Prout have sold the freehold going concern of Gunnedah Hotel for an undisclosed amount, but will be staying on for a spell to operate the classic country pub. Positioned on a 2,921sqm corner lot in the town’s high