Property

HEART OF COLLIE SELLS TO INTERSTATE NEWCOMER

Posted on July 21st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Popular destination of central western NSW, the Collie Hotel, has sold to a Melbourne-based new entrant to the industry. Established circa 1862 as the Marthaguy Hotel – a simple, roadside half-way house for travellers – the pub morphed into the

UNIVERSAL SWAPS NEWTOWN FOR LORD BOB

Posted on July 16th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Universal Hotels has exchanged its thumping Newtown Hotel for the iconic Lord Roberts in Darlinghurst, in a deal valued at around $20 million. The Newtown Hotel resides on a high exposure 700+sqm corner of the bustling King Street retail and

PUBLIC’S PADDO PUB SOLD

Posted on July 16th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Another of the distressed Public Hospitality portfolio has sold, seeing Paddington’s long-standing ‘Three Weeds’ going to an unnamed “private investment syndicate”. The former Rose, Shamrock and Thistle, more commonly known as Three Weeds, is one of the precinct’s historic pubs,

TOWN HALL HOTEL BALMAIN SELLS AT AUCTION

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Balmain’s beleaguered Town Hall Hotel is back, after selling this week to a ‘restitutional’ investor as the Public Hospitality portfolio flounders. The Town Hall Hotel was built in 1888 on a corner of arterial Darling Street, opposite the suburb’s actual

AVC PICKS UP HERVEY BAY ICON

Posted on July 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Fraser Coast favourite the Bayswater Bar & Grill in Hervey Bay has been sold to national operator Australian Venue Co, bringing the buzz to one of Queensland’s less frequently transacted hot spots. Positioned right on the water, the BB&G is

DURAL’S DUKE HEADS TO GOOD BEER

Posted on July 2nd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Momento Hospitality has confirmed the sale of The Duke in Dural to John Azar’s Good Beer Company, for $25 million. The Duke was a brownfield site developed into a pub by Momento in 2020, during the time of COVID lockdowns,

O’HARAS FLIP IN FNQ

Posted on June 25th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The NSW-based O’Hara Group has capitalised on the thriving north Queensland market, flipping the large-format Parkhurst Tavern to Steven Shoobridge’s expansive Star Group. Located on a generous 6,700sqm cornet lot around nine kilometres from the Rockhampton CBD, adjacent to the

MOUNTAIN CULTURE JUMPS INTO THE FOX

Posted on June 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Pub brewer Mountain Culture has finalised the deal to acquire Fox Friday, adding three new venues to the stable as it looks to connect with fans of its chart-topping beers in person, at the pub.   After major financial challenges

WAGGA’S MILL HOTEL SELLS TO LOCAL

Posted on June 12th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Heritage-listed landmark of Wagga Wagga, the Flour Mill Hotel, has sold to a local publican developer with big plans to capitalise on its potential. Murrumbidgee Milling Company, commonly known as ‘The Mill’, opened in 1890. The historic Mill Hotel and

ALL IN THE FAMILY AT BATHURST

Posted on June 4th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Bathurst’s well-patronised Family Hotel has returned to old, with Ashton Waugh’s Watering Hole Hotels selling it back to the previous owner. The two-storey Family occupies a big corner lot on Bentinck Street, in the heart of town. It offers a