HAWKESBURY HERO LIONHEART LUKE PARTS WITH CLARENDON

Luke ‘Lionheart’ Ainscough has sold his regional landmark in Sydney’s burgeoning northwest to the up-and-coming Endeavour, as the region dries out from subsiding floodwaters. The Clarendon resides on a 1,959sqm lot on Hawkesbury Valley Way – the main arterial road

BELLEVUE IN NEW HANDS AGAIN

The Calligeros clan has taken ownership from the Maloufs of Paddington’s much-loved and much-owned landmark, the Bellevue Hotel. The two-storey Bellevue has stood on the corner of Hargrave Street and Windsor Lane since 1880. Industry faithful Steven Speed and partner

JDA TAKES MOUNTBATTEN

The Feros’ JDA Hotels has secured the leasehold interest of the coveted Mountbatten Hotel in Haymarket for $7.5 million. The Mountbatten is one of the true ‘locals’ of Sydney’s major boulevard, George Street, with an office workers’ happy hour from

LAUNDY TINDALL SHORT SEE WISDOM IN EVANS HEAD

A Laundy-Tindall-Short partnership has furthered their NSW north coast footprint with acquisition of the re-stapled Illawong Hotel of Evans Head. Nick Tindall and wife Justine (nee Laundy), daughter to the pub king, had been actively eyeing traditional pub offerings outside

GALLAGHER BIDS FAREWELL TO THE UNION

Hot on the heels of his partnership sale of Ryde’s Royal Hotel, Patrick Gallagher has passed the title of his home base Union Hotel in North Sydney to John Azar and the Good Beer Co.  Located on a 784sqm lot

MERIVALE MOVES SOUTH ONTO QUARTERDECK

Justin Hemmes’ Merivale has acquired its first venue outside Sydney – the Quarterdeck, in “second home” Narooma. Perched on the shores of Forsters Bay, The Quarterdeck is an institution of the Eurobodalla community, as seen in its foreshore having been

OSCARS TAKE BEACHIE FROM KINGSTON

Former Rothschild MD turned hotelier David Kingston has sold his rejuvenated Beachcomber Hotel in Toukley to the Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels for a reported $20 million. The local institution ‘Beachie’ enjoys a generous 1.1-Ha (11,000sqm) site between two lakes and

YOUNG CATCHES GALLAGHER’S ROYAL RYDE

Industry doyen Patrick Gallagher has divested his Royal Hotel in Ryde to former Wallaby and growing Sydney hotelier Bill Young. Located on a prominent corner of arterial Blaxland Road, opposite the redeveloped Top Ryde shopping centre, the Royal counts a

HEDLEY GOES AGAIN WITH TOLGA HOTEL

Pub industry stalwart Tom Hedley has picked up the heritage Tolga Hotel in the Atherton Tablelands in his continued expansion in northern Queensland. The two-storey Tolga Hotel is reminiscent of classic Queensland-style architecture, and the only pub and central to

MARLOW CAPTURES FRESH FIELDS WITH ROBIN HOOD

The paladin Robin Hood Hotel has sold to Jason Marlow for what is thought to be a record sale for regional pubs. The large-format Robin Hood is on a sprawling 32,700sqm block in the heart of Orange, and known for