DIXON’S NEW GROUP HEADS NORTH TO CENTRAL

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

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

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’

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

TATTS PENRITH SELLS TO OSCARS’ BMG

The Tattersalls Hotel and Commercial Centre in Penrith's CBD has sold to the Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels subsidiary BMG Developments. The Tatts is part of a 6,400sqm commercial building containing a mix of retail and commercial tenancies and 100 car

LION TAKEN BY ACQUISITIVE CONSORTIUM

The heritage-listed Lion Hotel in North Adelaide has sold for the first time in a generation, picked up as part of ongoing plans by the newly-formed Duxton Pubs Group. Outgoing owners Tim Gregg and Andrew Svencis bought the pub in

WAUGH DOUBLES UP IN TAMWORTH

Hotel veteran Ashton Waugh has expanded his cache of regional stalwarts with the purchase of Joe Maguire’s Tavern in Tamworth. The pub occupies a big 3,500sqm lot on main road Peel Street, incorporating a large bistro and commercial kitchen, beer

SLY FOX DORE INTO ENMORE

The recently departed Sly Fox of Enmore will live and breathe again under the wing of acquisitive inner-west publican Ged Dore, who has quickly jumped to a hattrick in the district. After trading for more than 16 years as a

UNIVERSAL HOTELS LAND THE NEW THE MILL

The Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels has won the race into the new pub below the latest high-end development in Bondi Junction, soon to be opening a new incarnation of The Mill. The former Mill Hill Hotel, on the corner of

FITZROY FGC GOES TO EXPANDING NEW LOCAL

Luke Ainscough has expanded his Windsor region collection, taking the re-stapled freehold going concern of the well-known Fitzroy Hotel. The Fitzroy was established around 1852 on a generous 1,319sqm site in the heart of Windsor’s retail and commercial zone. The