LOYAL LOCAL TAKES THE OAKS
Australian pub institution The Oaks has been sold by the Thomas family to loyal locals for more than $120 million. Set on a 2,188sqm corner of bustling Military Road in Neutral Bay, there has been a pub on the site
SNOWLINE SET FOR NEW HEIGHTS UNDER NEWCOMER
The Snowline Hotel of the Victorian highlands has sold to a bold new entrant to the industry, as prime regional precincts continue to thrive. Located in Harrietville, between the Mt Hotham ski fields and Bright, which is no longer reliant
INVESTORS DRAWN TO MAGNETIC PICNIC BAY HOTEL
Island hot spot the Picnic Bay Hotel has sold to Kim Bredhauer and partners, bringing a mindset of social change to the Townsville paradise. Poised a short ferry ride off the coast of Townsville, Magnetic Island counts less than 2,500
QUINN LOOKS NORTH TO BEER ARCHIVE
AusHotels has divested its long-held and revolutionary Archive Beer Boutique to an acquisitive Quinn Hotels, as Jackson Quinn heads north. Archive Beer Boutique (ABB) is a multi-level watering hole in Brisbane’s West End that has become renowned as a craft
CHARTER HALL STILL PUSHING PUB INVESTMENT
Charter Hall has demonstrated its continued penchant for ALH pubs, paying $57 million for the Highbury Hotel and Village Tavern in Adelaide. The hotels are centred in the capital’s northern suburbs, Highbury about 14 kilometres north-east of the CBD, the
ANCIENT BRITON MARCHES ON
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
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
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
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
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
