Property

MERIVALE MOVES INTO MELBOURNE

Posted on April 28th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Hospitality juggernaut Merivale has announced it will soon join Melbourne’s world-class hospitality industry in the beating heart of the city’s CBD, Flinders Lane. Justin Hemmes’ outfit has purchased the freehold of Tomasetti House at 277 Flinders Lane, for close to

MELBOURNE’S BLACK RHINO CHARGES INTO ADELAIDE

Posted on April 28th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Leading Victorian pub group Black Rhino is seizing opportunity, snapping up a collection of gaming hotels in metro and regional South Australia, starting with the Newmarket in Port Adelaide. David Tomsic – owner and managing director of the Black Rhino

ANOTHER WIN IN WAGGA FOR O’HARA AND CO

Posted on April 26th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A syndicate led by Sam Cruikshank and Sean O'Hara has furthered the faith in the land of many crows, snapping up the Sportsmens Club Hotel. Known locally as ‘Sporties’ the pub features public bar, bistro, gaming room with 14 machines,

IRIS HITS NEW HORIZONS IN LASSETERS

Posted on April 23rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital empire has taken another big step with the $105 million purchase of the iconic Lasseters Hotel Casino in Alice Springs. Formerly known as the Diamond Springs Casino, the property opened in 1981. Known as an oasis

ROYAL OAK GROWS LOCAL GROUP

Posted on April 23rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The troubled Royal Oak Hotel of Cessnock has been sold through receivers to a growing local hotelier.  Built 1922, the pub enjoys a prominent corner in Cessnock – known as the gateway to tourism hotspot the Hunter Valley.  The large

UNIVERSAL SECURES FAMILY TIES IN TEMPE

Posted on April 21st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels has picked up the unsung Tempe Hotel for north of $10 million, with big hopes for the changing pub landscape. A hotel was first established on the site, on the Princes Highway, in 1856. In

BIG GUNS TAKE UP THE SUN IN BOOMING BYRON

Posted on April 16th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The Winchester Group has soaked up The Sun Hotel in Bryon Bay from the Flannery family’s KTQ Group for an undisclosed price. The rich-listed Flannery family built The Sun on a generous 7,653sqm freehold landholding near Byron Bay’s North Beach,

ROYAL FLUSH FOR QUINN & CO

Posted on April 14th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A posse of publicans led by Newcastle-based Nicholas Quinn have purchased both the freehold going concern of Taree’s Royal Hotel and passive freehold of the nearby Australian Hotel in Wingham. The Royal Taree is a classic regional watering hole, offering

ANOTHER WIN IN BATHURST

Posted on April 12th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
There’s more fresh blood into Bathurst courtesy of the second sale in a week, in the freehold going concern of the big Elephant & Castle Hotel. The Elephant sprawls across its generous 1,067sqm corner block, providing a public bar, commercial

NEW INVESTMENT GROUP TAKES MPK PORT IN MASSIVE DEAL

Posted on April 9th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The whole freehold going concern portfolio of MPK Hotels’ NSW pubs has sold to newly-formed syndicate Investment Management Group Hotels in the biggest deal of 2021 to date.  MPK has divested the Royal Hotel at Orange, Dudley Hotel at Bathurst,