PIPER LANDS MEREWETHER’S BEACH

Property guru Glenn Piper has sealed the deal on Andrew Lazarus’ magnificent Beach Hotel at Merewether, in another new record for the Newcastle region. The large-format heritage-listed pub occupies a 1,850sqm site just three kilometres from the Newcastle CBD, with

PENDLE INN HOTEL THE LATEST BIG WESTERN SYDNEY SALE

Another big western Sydney pub has sold, with a private family the latest riding the gravy train on skyrocketing values through sale of their rail-side Pendle Inn Hotel. Established in the 1950s by the vendors, the pub’s sale now represents

UNIONS VOW TO BLOCK JOHN CURTIN REDEVELOPMENT

Union heartland the John Curtin Hotel has been sold to an unnamed developer, but the city is fighting its demise and unions have vowed to make hell for any proposed project. Built in the 1870s, across from the Victorian Trades Hall

PUBLICAN SAYS HOWLONG, AMID RED-HOT REGIONAL COMPETITION

Growing regional publican Adam Drabarek has bought the Howlong Hotel, in the NSW border town of Howlong. Established in 1858, the single level brick Hotel occupies a prominent 2,023sqm corner site, with single bar operation, bistro, and gaming room with

GRAND HOTEL OF BUNDABERG IN NEW HANDS

Bundaberg’s landmark Grand Hotel has been sold, amid strong ongoing demand for pub investment opportunities in regional Queensland. Situated on a large 2,024sqm lot in Bundaberg’s CBD, the mighty Grand offers a large main bar area, restaurant, function facilities, beer

NED KELLY SCORES ANOTHER IN SCONE

Ned Kelly’s burgeoning pub group has taken the deeds to the Belmore Hotel in Scone, in a return to where it all began for the industry veteran.  Built 1866 in the upper Hunter Valley as the Railway Hotel, the pub

ORION SEES BLUE SKY IN KENT WALKER’S EARLWOOD

Kent Walker’s high-performing Earlwood Hotel has been snapped up by the newly-formed Orion Hotel Group, in a continuation of industry behaviour driving escalating values. Earlwood is a one-pub suburb virtually surrounded by suburbs with no pub, and benefitting from the

KELLY PORTFOLIO SELL-DOWN FINALISED

Sale of the last of Damian Kelly’s portfolio has been finalised, finding new keepers for the large-format North Nowra Tavern and Crown Hotel of Surry Hills. These sales follow those of the Rose & Crown Hotel in Parramatta and the

OSCARS SHAKE-UP SNARES MALOUFS’ BIG CAVES BEACH

Representing a portfolio shake-up and region record, the Maloufs' Royal Hotels group has sold the oceanfront Caves Beach Hotel to the Gravanis’ expanding Oscars Hotels. Royal Hotels has expanded on operations at the seaside resort-style venue, and after the better

HARVEST WELCOME MORE WAGGA IN THE VIC

The acquisitive Harvest Hospitality has snapped up another Wagga Wagga institution, in the form of the hugely popular Victoria Hotel, for a new regional record price of $29 million. Occupying an imposing 1,311 sqm landholding in the heart of town,