IRIS PASSES TWO REGIONAL PUBS TO KEEN LOCALS

Iris Capital has sold off two regional pubs, putting enthusiastic local operators into promising local watering holes. The Kearsley Hotel at Kearsley and Condobolin’s Royal Hotel are both two-storey venues with impressive street presences on major regional thoroughfares, providing food

FAIRFIELD UNICORN NEW VICTORIA TAVERN FOR SALE

Rare bird and Top100 Fairfield LGA pub the New Victoria Tavern has been offered up to a red-hot market by Matsal Investments. Located in Wetherill Park, the New Vic hosts a lively sports bars and TAB facilities, with Punters Paradise

IRVIN PUSHES NORTH, INTO GIBSONS’ BUNGALOW

Joe Irvin has furthered his push into Queensland hotspots, taking over the Bungalow Hotel in Cairns from long-timers the Gibson family. The original Bungalow Hotel was built in the early 1970s, and in 1989 its name was changed to the

SOLOTEL JUMPS ON BIG-TICKET CAROUSEL

The Stanford family has continued its divestment run with another massive transaction, selling the Carousel Inn of Rooty Hill to Bruce Solomon’s Solotel Group. After sale of Little Big House in May and of Green Park Hotel last November, purchase

RARE FLYING DUCK SALE TAKES OFF

A rare opportunity has come to the Victorian market, with sale by the Inge Group of the freehold and business interest of popular Melbourne city-fringe pub the Flying Duck. Located on Bendigo Street in Prahran, the two-level Duck sits on

KICKON WELCOMES A NEW VENUE AND STAKEHOLDER

The fast-growing Kickon Group has taken its next step into Queensland, and kick-started its progressive new Pub Partner Program. Kickon has now settled on the iconic Osbourne Hotel in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, which is its first official acquisition since rebranding

LORD NELSON SET TO SALE

For the first time in 35 years the iconic Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel in Sydney’s historic The Rocks is for sale, along with its famed beer brand, Lord Nelson Brewery. Standing statuesquely on the corner of Kent and Argyle Streets

BLUE MOUNTAINS BEAUTY BACK TO MARKET

Blue Mountains icon, Lawson’s Blue Mountain Hotel, has come to market sporting a major renovation. The Phillips family acquired the pub in the mid-80s, and in 2006 began a major reconstruction based on a photograph taken c.1900. In 2019 they

JIM SECURES FORT KNOX

Hotelier Jim Knox has completed his play for a monopoly in Moree with acquisition of the last piece of the puzzle, the Amaroo Tavern, from Waratah Hotel Group. The Amaroo incorporates a public bar, commercial kitchen and bistro, gaming room