Property

PILONS EXIT WITH PASTORAL OUT TO MARKET

Posted on July 22nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Veteran Dubbo publicans Greg and Kellie Pilon and partners are exiting the industry, listing their popular Pastoral Hotel, having sold their only other pub. The picturesque two-storey Pastoral is one of Dubbo’s most popular venues, built 1886, incorporating a large

ARUNDEL TAVERN SOLD TO SUN HOTELS

Posted on July 18th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Publican developer Bruce Donnachy has sold his bustling Arundel Tavern to Paul Xu’s Sun Hotels. Donnachy built the pub in 2000, on a large site in semi-rural West Arundel, around 10 kilometres north-west of Surfers Paradise. The Tavern provides a

MARLOW GETS ON WESTERN SYDNEY MILL

Posted on July 15th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The Feros brothers’ JDA has sold the sprawling Mill Hotel in Milperra to Jason Marlow’s Hotel Group. The Mill is a hospitality arena, spread across a 9,527sqm landholding. It incorporates an efficient tavern style operation, thriving foodservice offering, gaming room

TOMMY TAKES A LITTLE LAMBTON

Posted on July 13th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Long-time owner and designated pub matriarch of Lambton, Nancy Duggan, has sold her precious Northumberland Hotel to veteran hotelier Tom Adams as she plans retirement and her next projects. The two-storey brick Northumberland Hotel resides on a sizeable 727sqm corner

SHAMROCK TO TURN NEW LEAF UNDER GURR

Posted on July 13th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Toowoomba’s famous Shamrock Hotel has been sold by Wayne and Seona Lee to former AHA Vice-President Pat Gurr, bringing news of a major transformation. Located on the edge of the Toowoomba CBD for more than 130 years, the large-format Shamrock

LAUNDY FLOWER SALES TO THE POINT IN PORT MACQUARIE

Posted on July 11th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The Laundy-Flower North Coast Investments partnership has further expanded its Port Macquarie fleet, taking the family-sized Tacking Point Tavern for around $47 million. Industry cornerstones the Laundy family have teamed up again with Mr Port Macquarie Alistair Flower to buy

COLOSIMO ROPES IN DIXON’S NAG’S HEAD

Posted on July 11th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Marcello Colosimo has taken an inner west hattrick, picking up Dixon’s historic Nag’s Head Hotel in Glebe. Former Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon and business partners David Birkbeck and Russ Lowe’s vehicle DBL Pub Group bought the 1860s-built pub in 2015

ARNAOUT TAKES FIVE IN ALICE

Posted on July 8th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Iris has taken another big step in the red centre, acquiring three pubs and two accommodation hotels in Alice Springs. Sam Arnaout’s expansive group already owns the award-winning Lasseters Casino in Alice Springs, purchased early 2021. Iris’ portfolio in the

RETIRING PRENTICE PUTS UP HISTORIC CRITERION

Posted on July 6th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Master publican Tony Prentice has put up his historic Criterion Hotel of Warwick as he looks to an exit from the industry. The two-storey brick Criterion of today was built in 1917, for the Allman family, for an estimated price

JACK DUGGAN’S FUTURE LOOKING BRIGHT

Posted on July 6th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Award-winning local institution Jack Duggan’s Irish pub in Bathurst has been sold to a growing regional hotel group. A pub has been trading on the site since 1849. Originally named the Daniel O'Connell Inn, it later became the Commercial Hotel.