Property

ANCIENT BRITON MARCHES ON

Posted on January 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Glebe's Ancient Briton is poised for new life, as the Seeto family relinquish the inner west pub in an appropriately animated January. Known as The AB, the multi-level pub occupies a 481sqm block on the corner of Glebe Point Road

HORSE AND JOCKEY FIND NEW STABLE

Posted on January 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s largest publican is amongst those finding continued appetite for regional hotels in the post-COVID environment, as the Horse and Jockey of Warwick joins the stable. Well known to both locals and tourists to the region, the Horse and Jockey

HARRIGAN’S TROUPE FINDS GOOD KNIGHT

Posted on January 25th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Billionaire property doyens the Roche family have divested their ‘out of step’ Irish Tavern and Lodge in Harrington to a party of publicans led by Glenn Knight. Proprietor to the Laurieton Hotel Motel, a little south of Port Macquarie, last

INGHAM MYERS TAKE NORMANBY

Posted on January 25th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The Ingham Myers family has boosted their pub portfolio with the addition of Jaz Mooney’s classic Normanby Hotel, in boomtown Brisbane. Sam and Nick Ingham Myers and their Hotels group hold a spread of properties, notably including the Karalee Tavern

WAUGH AND LAWLER GO COMMY

Posted on January 20th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The new year has already found Sydney hoteliers drawn north to Newcastle, as a partnership with Ashton Waugh and Ben Lawler take the deeds to The Commo of Cooks Hill. A classic red brick two-storey corner pub, the Commonwealth is

VILLAGE IN NEW AMBITIOUS HANDS

Posted on January 18th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Brody Peterson has divested his handsome Village Inn of upmarket Paddington to an interstate investor, as capital holders push to leverage the pub sector. Established 1850, the pub is a prominent three-level building on a 171sqm site in the inner-city

KELLYS PASS THE BROOKIE TO IRVINS

Posted on January 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The Kelly family has capped a record year for the pub sector, selling its northern beaches institution the Brookvale Hotel to Irvin Hotel Group for a reported $42 million. The large suburban pub on 2,700sqm on arterial Pittwater Road provides

KELLY PLANS HISTORY AT HOPE AND ANCHOR

Posted on January 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The highly historic Hope and Anchor Hotel is back in local hands and set to be “rescued” by alderman and hero of Hobart, John Kelly. Built in 1807, the Hope and Anchor on the Hobart foreshore is thought to be

PUB COMMANDERS MATHIESON FAMILY LAND THE CAPTAIN

Posted on December 12th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The ink still drying at Woolloongabba, the Mathieson family has emerged as the buyer of Sydney’s famous and somewhat controversial Captain Cook Hotel, aka The Captain Paddington, from short-term pilots. The Captain occupies a 544sqm corner of Flinders Street and

MATHIESON GOES TO THE GABBA, AGAIN

Posted on December 9th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Bruce Mathieson Jr continues his own portfolio build, snagging the potential-laden Woolloongabba Hotel in Brisbane’s Olympics hot spot. The Woolloongabba has resided on its prominent corner site since 1868, now incorporated as a tenancy in the prime location of 803