Property

OSCARS DIVEST COFFS’ PLANTATION

Posted on December 16th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Oscars Hotels has sold the once infamous Plantation Hotel for around $10 million to a Sydney publican and new entrant to the industry. The large-format Plantation occupies a prominent 3,000sqm lot in Coffs Harbour, providing an oversized bar with multiple

LAUNDY TOPS BIDDERS FOR BIDWILL

Posted on December 14th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Pub king Arthur Laundy has snapped up another Top100 pub, paying long-time owner Martin Secheny $35 million for the Bidwill Hotel – the latest addition to the Laundy local area. Occupying a generous 4,300sqm block in the north-western Sydney suburb,

MALOUFS GET SHEARER’S ARMS OVER THE LINE

Posted on December 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Recognising the industry is back up and running, the new Malouf partnership has cemented the deal on their first Queensland operation in John Murphy and John Cornish’s Shearer’s Arms Hotel. The newly-formed North South Pub Co (NSPC) is Matthew Coorey

MOELIS TAKES TAYLOR SQUARE WITH KINSELAS

Posted on December 9th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Moelis Australia has announced another big-ticket acquisition in Kinselas Hotel Darlinghurst – unlocking plans to create a consolidated hospitality precinct at Sydney’s iconic Taylor Square. Moelis Australia Limited (MOE:ASX) has exchanged contracts with the Kospetas family to buy Kinselas for

REDCAPE TAKE TWO MORE AS DELAWARE BOWS OUT

Posted on December 9th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
ASX-listed hotel giant Redcape has announced acquisition of both the Shafston Hotel at Kangaroo Point and Aspley Hotel in Aspley from Delaware North for $27.5 million. Delaware North is a US hospitality giant founded in 1915 that operates hundreds of

IRIS NABS BIGGEST BUY NARWEE HOTEL

Posted on December 7th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Iris has executed the biggest sale of the year in the final weeks of 2020, taking the Ryan family’s long-held Narwee Hotel in Sydney’s south. The Narwee Hotel is a multi-storey suburban local on a big 3,370sqm block immediately opposite

BAROOGA SALE BODES REGIONAL APPETITE

Posted on December 7th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Barooga Hotel in the popular holiday resort town of Barooga has been sold to the Ratcliffs, continuing the market strength for quality regional operations. Stephen and Elizabeth Ratcliff are the proud new owners of the sole hotel in Barooga,

FOUR IN HAND WORTH THE PRICE FOR PARRAS

Posted on November 30th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Paddington’s famed and once-hatted Four in Hand has been sold again, for $8.25 million, this time to well-known hotelier Colin M Parras. Previously the domain of celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge, under the ownership of Joe Saleh, the pub acclaimed for

KELLY & CO HIT PAYDIRT IN THE HUNTER

Posted on November 27th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Ned Kelly and friends have struck again, swooping on the re-stapled Criterion Hotel in the wild Weston growth corridor of the Hunter Valley. The freehold has been owned by Sydney-based Peter Calligeros, owner-operator of Surry Hills’ Trinity Bar and both

LAMBERT LEAPS INTO THE OLYMPIC

Posted on November 27th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The stoic Olympic Hotel in Sydney’s Paddington has been sold to former Newcastle publican Wayne Lambert, with plans for glory. Dominating the corner of Regent Street and bustling Moore Park Road, the three-storey Georgian pub occupies a 533sqm lot, offering