KULETO’S GOES TO NEW ENTRANT

Sydney inner west variant Kuleto’s has been sold for the first time in over four decades to a newcomer to the industry, amid continued strong demand and limited supply for city fringe hotels. Previously known as the Milton Hotel, the

BLACK RHINO BANKS CARDINIA PARK

Dave Tomsic’s Black Rhino Group has paid over $25 million for the Deegan family’s sprawling Cardinia Park Hotel at Beaconsfield. Established in 1926, the Cardinia Park Hotel occupies a commanding 48,976sqm (4.9ha) lot in Melbourne’s south-east. It features a fully

WALSH’S GOOD TIME LANDS STRADBROKE ISLAND

A partnership of Ben Walsh’s Good Time Group Holdings with the Anthony Moreton Group has purchased the idyllic Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel from long-time owner Bob Hill. The Beach resides on a generous 3,267sqm lot overlooking the picturesque Cylinder Beach,

KICKON SETS SIGHTS ON QLD’S OLDEST PUB

Craig Shearer’s Kickon Group has taken another new prize in the Grand Dame of Cleveland, bringing plans for a multi-million-dollar renovation, and a familiar face partner. Built 1851, the Grand View Hotel began life as Cleveland House, before being renamed

SAVIC SCORES ANOTHER GONG, WITH IMG

Veteran corporate hotelier Steve Savic has teamed up with the players behind IMG Hotels to purchase the tired Mittagong Hotel in the NSW southern highlands, with big plans. Built in the last few years of the 1800s, the three-storey Mittagong

LAUNDY NABS HUNTS HOTEL CASULA

Pub king Arthur Laundy has picked up the sprawling Hunts Hotel in Casula, less than six months after the record-setting sale in the precinct of the Crossroads Hotel. Hunts is located directly opposite the big Crossroads, which sold to Nelson

MATTHEWS EXPANSION CONTINUES, WITH SUSSEX

Matthews Hospitality, one of South Australia’s largest family-owned groups, has added the iconic Sussex Hotel at Walkerville to its portfolio. The Matthews group was established during World War II by Seymour and Doris (Dossie) Matthews, and today owned by third-generation

IRIS SEES OLD WISEMANS FROM YOUNG

Bill Young has continued the house shake-up, selling his long-held Wisemans Inn Hotel to Sam Arnaout's expanding Iris Capital empire. The large-format Hotel was built by British convict Solomon Wiseman, who after being pardoned received a grant of 200 acres,

ENDEAVOUR SETS COURSE FOR FIVE ISLANDS

Ludlow Hospitality and Paddy Coughlan have flipped popular Illawarra pub Five Islands to Mark Kennedy’s Endeavour Hotels. The former Cringila Hotel was built in 1956. The Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels bought the tired operation, promoting itself as a ‘daddy daycare’

CLATWORTHYS OUT OF THE ARMS

An historic Melbourne pub has changed hands for the first time in more than half a century, seeing the stalwart Clatworthy family move on. The Sawyers Arms Tavern of Newtown, on the fringe of Geelong, was built in 1850 by