MERIVALE GOES TO THE DOG

Justin Hemmes’ Merivale has emerged from the slowdown swinging, snapping up Good Beer Co’s the Duke of Gloucester Hotel for around $32 million. Dominating the intersection of Frenchmans and Clovelly roads in Randwick, the expansive two-level heritage pub is known

SOLOTEL SELLS GREEN PARK TO ST VINCENT’S

Sydney hospitality giant Solotel has announced completion of the sale of the iconic Green Park Hotel to precinct hero, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. Built 1893, the three-storey Darlinghurst institution and destination venue for Mardi Gras celebrations will soon be repurposed

HOTEL PROPERTY INVESTMENTS BOOK $63m IN NEW PUBS

ASX-listed pub landlord Hotel Property Investments has entered agreements to acquire three hotel properties, across Queensland and Victoria, for a combined $63.3 million. The hotels are Mango Hill Tavern and First Choice Liquor, 29 kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD,

HALLMARK TAKES THE HEART OF BRISBANE

Queensland-based Hallmark Group has added the iconic Lord Alfred Hotel in the literal and proverbial heart of Brisbane to its growing portfolio. Gracing the corner of legendary Caxton Street and Petrie Terrace, the historic Lord Alfred was established in 1868,

NEW MOELIS FUND WINS BATTLE INTO COURTHOUSE

The post-pandemic purse strings have loosened, with Moelis Australia Hotel Management topping the bidder list for the prized Courthouse Hotel Darlinghurst, sold for the first time in 30 years, for $22 million.  The Courthouse is an icon of the Oxford

REDCAPE TEMPTS COOTES OUT OF THE GLADDY

ASX-listed Redcape Hotel Group has acquired the freehold going concern of the Gladstone Hotel Dulwich Hill in one of the largest transactions of 2020. Redcape (ASX:RDC) advises it has exchanged contracts to acquire the Gladstone Hotel, which it says will

SYNDICATE SNAPS UP CRESCENT HEAD TAVERN

Popular local the Crescent Head Tavern has been sold to a consortium of eager local mates, as the Gunns of The Tav look to family matters to the south. The Crescent Head Tavern (CHT) is a large-format pub on Main

DAWES OPEN NEW ERA IN COMMERCIAL TOP PUB

The “Top Pub” Commercial Hotel of Kyogle has changed hands for the first time in nearly two decades, welcoming first time hoteliers the Dawes family into the game. Port Macquarie-based owners Deb and Scott Facey have held the Commercial of

WARATAH PUB FUND SNAPS UP ROYAL ROMA

The refreshed Waratah Hotel group has taken the deeds to the Royal on Ninety-Nine in Queensland cattle country Roma. The Royal Hotel at Roma was to be found on the corner of McDowell and Hawthorne streets in the heart of

COUNTRY CLUB DALBY SET TO SWING AGAIN

The landmark Country Club Hotel in Dalby has sold to a new consortium of owners from Brisbane and Sydney. Taking a large corner of Cunningham St and State Route 82, about 200 kilometres west of Brisbane, the two-story pub incorporates