Property

SPOTTED COW FINDS HOME IN HALLMARK

Posted on September 18th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The historic Spotted Cow in Toowoomba has been sold for the first time in more than two decades to Brisbane-based Hallmark Group. Set on a commanding corner of main street Toowoomba, the two-storey Cow was built in 1892. Today it

FLOWER HOTELS GROW INTO BEECHWOOD

Posted on September 14th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Prominent publican Alistair Flower and his partners have further added to their portfolio in the Hastings LGA with the purchase of the Beechwood Hotel. Richard and Kirsty Bloomfield moved to the area in 2013 and almost four years ago purchased

DE ANGELIS SELLS OUT OF BLIGH PARK

Posted on September 9th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The De Angelis family has completed sale of its Bligh Park Tavern to another prominent hotel dynasty. Peter De Angelis’ family have owned the hotel for nearly two decades, amid a growing pub portfolio throughout greater Sydney, counting Burwood’s Bath

DE ANGELIS BACK IN LIVERPOOL FOR $43m

Posted on August 19th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The De Angelis family has picked up the Macquarie Hotel in the heart of the Liverpool CBD for $43 million, representing a return to beginnings and the end of an era for Monarch and its powerful backers. De Angelis Hotels

APPLEJACK BACK AND IN THE FORRESTERS

Posted on August 19th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Surry Hills stalwart the Forresters Hotel has been purchased by Ben Carroll and Hamish Watts’ specialty group Applejack, marking their first pub venture in four years. Carroll and Watts worked together in the late 2000s within National Leisure & Gaming

EXPANDING PUB GROUP’S GOOD INTENT

Posted on August 12th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Grafton’s generous Good Intent Hotel and adjacent retail shopping complex have been sold to a growing pub syndicate for a reported record price for the region. Hotelier Reg Hinch and builder Reg Want built the Good Intent in their home

DIXON’S NEW GROUP HEADS NORTH TO CENTRAL

Posted on August 5th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Former Dixon Hospitality stakeholder Michael Dixon has signed his first deal through his private vehicle Athena Hospitality, to acquire Queensland’s high-performing Central Tavern in Burpengary. Athena is understood to have lodged application with OLGR for the leasehold acquisition and transfer,

SINGLETON CRITERION SOLD

Posted on August 3rd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The stately Criterion Hotel in Singleton has sold for around $3 million as strong regional assets continue to attract the attentions of opportunity-starved operators further afield. The pub offers bar, bistro, large outdoor beer garden, gaming room with 14 EGMs

ROYAL SCONE JOINS THE KELLY GANG

Posted on July 27th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Kelly & Co is back on the horse, taking the reins to the “best pub” Royal Hotel-Motel in Scone, Australia’s preeminent equine arena. Rodney ‘Ned’ Kelly began his career as a publican in 1997 at the Belmore Hotel, established 1866

DAMIAN KELLY TAKES ‘THE TAV’

Posted on July 22nd, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The large format North Nowra Tavern has been sold by Mark Duggan and the O'Donnell family to Damian Kelly’s Pub Invest. The ‘Tav’ is a landmark of the NSW coastal town, enjoying an exclusive catchment of 6,000 local residents, and