PILONS EXIT WITH PASTORAL OUT TO MARKET

Veteran Dubbo publicans Greg and Kellie Pilon and partners are exiting the industry, listing their popular Pastoral Hotel, having sold their only other pub. The picturesque two-storey Pastoral is one of Dubbo’s most popular venues, built 1886, incorporating a large

PASSIVE OWNERS CALL LIGHTS OUT FOR SUNSET TAVERN

Tourist mecca the Sunset Tavern overlooking the Gulf of Carpentaria has hit the market, offering a new era for an established publican.  The Sunset is one of just two pubs in seaside Karumba, residing on a large corner 3,037sqm site

PADDINGTON’S VILLAGE INN SEEKS NEW KEEPER

Brody Peterson is offering up his corner local the Village Inn of Paddington as he heads to the Hills’ Hollywood. A prominent three level building on Glenmore Road, the pub was established in 1850, and was previously known as Durty

ARUNDEL TAVERN SOLD TO SUN HOTELS

Publican developer Bruce Donnachy has sold his bustling Arundel Tavern to Paul Xu’s Sun Hotels. Donnachy built the pub in 2000, on a large site in semi-rural West Arundel, around 10 kilometres north-west of Surfers Paradise. The Tavern provides a

MARLOW GETS ON WESTERN SYDNEY MILL

The Feros brothers’ JDA has sold the sprawling Mill Hotel in Milperra to Jason Marlow’s Hotel Group. The Mill is a hospitality arena, spread across a 9,527sqm landholding. It incorporates an efficient tavern style operation, thriving foodservice offering, gaming room

TOMMY TAKES A LITTLE LAMBTON

Long-time owner and designated pub matriarch of Lambton, Nancy Duggan, has sold her precious Northumberland Hotel to veteran hotelier Tom Adams as she plans retirement and her next projects. The two-storey brick Northumberland Hotel resides on a sizeable 727sqm corner

AQUIS GAZUMPS OSCARS FOR IRIS

Aquis Entertainment has announced a new agreement to sell its Casino Canberra to Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital after receiving a greater bid than previously proposed by rival pub group Oscars Hotels. News emerged mid-May that Oscars had formed an agreement

SHAMROCK TO TURN NEW LEAF UNDER GURR

Toowoomba’s famous Shamrock Hotel has been sold by Wayne and Seona Lee to former AHA Vice-President Pat Gurr, bringing news of a major transformation. Located on the edge of the Toowoomba CBD for more than 130 years, the large-format Shamrock

LAUNDY FLOWER SALES TO THE POINT IN PORT MACQUARIE

The Laundy-Flower North Coast Investments partnership has further expanded its Port Macquarie fleet, taking the family-sized Tacking Point Tavern for around $47 million. Industry cornerstones the Laundy family have teamed up again with Mr Port Macquarie Alistair Flower to buy

COLOSIMO ROPES IN DIXON’S NAG’S HEAD

Marcello Colosimo has taken an inner west hattrick, picking up Dixon’s historic Nag’s Head Hotel in Glebe. Former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon and business partners David Birkbeck and Russ Lowe’s vehicle DBL Pub Group bought the 1860s-built pub in 2015