Property

SECOND SAPPHIRE COAST SALE: MORUYA WATERFRONT

Posted on May 13th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Agnew Group has doubled down on the Sapphire Coast, adding Moruya Waterfront Hotel to its stable. Moruya is a coastal town of around 5k residents, roughly 300 kilometres south of Sydney or 200 south-east of Canberra, straddling the fertile Moruya

SOLOTEL’S PORTFOLIO MAKEOVER FAREWELLS KINGS CROSS

Posted on May 11th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The Solotel shake-up continues, seeing a buy and lease-back in the inner west, construction in the west and the statuesque Kings Cross Hotel sold to the Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Group. Built 1914, the towering six-level Federation style Hotel stands at

POLITIS PEAKS QLD PUB SALES WITH TREETOPS

Posted on May 1st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Billionaire Roosters chairman Nick Politis and partners have sold the Treetops Tavern to an Australian-Chinese Queensland-based pub group for the highest price paid in the state. Set on a prominent 7,000sqm site in the Gold Coast’s Burleigh Waters, the Treetops

UNIVERSAL ENTERS NEWTOWN’S CASTLE

Posted on April 29th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
After more than six decades holding the keys, the Hasset family has sold the iconic Carlisle Castle Hotel in Newtown to leading Sydney group Universal Hotels. Built 1876 and rich in heritage and character, the Castle is one of the

LAUNDY SNAPS UP HARVEST’S WOY WOY

Posted on April 22nd, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Two of the most active players in NSW pubs have done a deal, seeing Harvest Hospitality announce sale of the Woy Woy Hotel to the expansive Laundy Hotels. Harvest bought the pub at the end of 2021 for $32 million

BOWEN GETS A NEW LARRIKIN

Posted on April 20th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The hard-working Hedditchs have stepped down after more than two decades, passing the keys to the iconic Larrikin Hotel in coastal northern Queensland to an industry newcomer with plans. Bruce and Halina Hedditch came to the area in 2012 to operate the

CHANGING TIMES FOR THE CLOCKTOWER

Posted on April 17th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Clocktower Hotel in Grafton has been sold by the Dougherty family, who bought a shell, built a pub and operated it for 18 years. In 1860 the Commercial Hotel was established on the 1,221sqm site now held by

PARRAS TAKES THE KINGS HEAD

Posted on April 15th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne-based Francis Venues has divested Sydney’s Kings Head Tavern to local powerhouse Parras Hospitality, less than two years after purchasing the big corner pub. The two-level Kings Head Tavern (KHT) resides on a prominent 1,334sqm site on the major intersection

LAUNDY SYNDICATE INTO SINGLETON’S IMPERIAL

Posted on April 10th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
A Laundy-backed syndicate has snapped up the large-format opportunity that is the Imperial Hotel in Singleton, in another significant regional transaction. The Imperial came to market in February on behalf of a private Sydney-based property investor, who had acquired it