Property

K2 CONQUERS BLUE MOUNTAIN

Posted on April 8th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Lawson’s picturesque Blue Mountain Hotel has sold to new capital from Sydney, seeing K2 Property Development Group partnering with Locky Paech’s Goodtime Group. Built 1848 as the Blue Mountains Inn, the venue is perched on a high-profile 965sqm corner block,

TOMSIC TAKES OVER ANOTHER TOWN

Posted on April 8th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The indomitable Black Rhino group has stampeded into another town, taking two in legendary Coober Pedy to rack up 11 pubs in 11 months. Approximately 900 kilometres north of Adelaide – halfway to Alice Springs – Coober Pedy is one

BIG SINGLETON SALE FOR MURPHY BROTHERS

Posted on April 6th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
An expanding Sydney hotelier has paid a booming market price of around $18.5 million for the Imperial Hotel in Singleton, bought only a few years ago by the Murphy brothers. Situated amongst a growing residential population in the upper Hunter

HERBERT PASSES BATON ON BOOMING BERESFIELD

Posted on April 4th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The big Beresfield Tavern and bottle barn have been sold by ‘accidental publican’ Craig Herbert to local business owners and fellow first-timers Sam and Pierre Patel. In 2021, the Tavern and bottleshop were put to market by Herbert, who had

MELBOURNE’S BIGGEST PRIVATE GAMING OPERATOR BUYS AGAIN IN SA

Posted on April 1st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Dave Tomsic’s Black Rhino continues its run into South Australia, announcing settlement of the Kadina Hotel, in the ‘Little Cornwall’ region. A handsome, Federation-style two-storey stone pub on the corner of Taylor and Hallett Streets, the Kadina boasts a classic front

AVC ON THE GREAT ROAD TO APOLLO

Posted on March 28th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Co has announced its acquisition of the newly-sold Apollo Bay Hotel, on Victoria’s famous Great Ocean Road. Following the $10.5 million sale last week to an unnamed Victorian publican, AVC has entered an exclusivity agreement with the freeholder

ARK ARE NEW KEEPERS OF THE PADDO

Posted on March 28th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
ARK Hospitality Group has announced it is the new owner of the celebrated Paddington Ale House. The sale represents the first time the Mount Hawthorn community landmark has changed hands in four decades. ARK is an award-winning, family-owned group that

SYDNEY FREEHOLDER TIM FALLON GOES AGAIN IN GUNDAGAI

Posted on March 25th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Tim Fallon’s newly-formed Lancer Group has fended off the competition to expand locally with acquisition of Gundagai’s Criterion Hotel. Gundagai is an iconic regional town, around halfway between Melbourne and Sydney, and home to the famous ‘Dog on the Tuckerbox’

LAUNDYS GROW COASTAL ACCOM AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH FLOWER AND PORT

Posted on March 23rd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The Laundy family have furthered their coastal acquisitions and partnership model, buying the Mercure Centro Hotel with Mr Port Macquarie, Alistair Flower, for around $25 million. Rated 4.5-star, the five-level 72-room Hotel is in the heart of Port Macquarie’s commercial,

HIGH-FLYING APOLLO BAY SALE SURPASSES TARGET

Posted on March 23rd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The appetite for coastal pubs continues unabated with sale of Victoria’s iconic Apollo Bay Hotel, south-west of Melbourne. The picturesque property came to market for the first time in over 30 years in February, offering the freehold title and a