HPI DIVEST COLES’ WICKHAM ON TIGHT RETURN

Hotel Property Investments has divested its freehold interest in the Coles-tenanted Wickham Hotel in Fortitude Valley on a sharp yield not seen in the state for a decade. The ASX-listed HPI holds in excess of 40 venues in Queensland and

HUNT HANDS RUTHERFORD BATON TO O’HARA-MALLOY

Hunt Hospitality is executing a strategic sell-down to capitalise on the high level of interest in the Hunter Region, kicking off with sale of the award-winning Rutherford Hotel to the growing O’Hara-Malloy collection. The pub is a large-format broad business

CHARTER HALL REIT SNATCH COLES FREEHOLD FOR TOP-DOLLAR $22m

Charter Hall’s ASX-listed Long WALE REIT has emerged as the buyer of the prominent Coles-tenanted Club Hotel Waterford for a record-setting $22 million. The Club Hotel is around 27 kilometres south of the Brisbane CBD, set on a prominent 11,000sqm

IRIS SEES WAY INTO HUNTER LEGEND PEDEN’S HOTEL

Sam Arnaout has invested further in the Hunter, picking up Cessnock’s famous Peden’s Hotel in the biggest transaction for the region. Peden’s Hotel is a two-storey corner pub built on 1600sqm in the heart of town, adjacent to the entertainment

ALH’S ROYAL SUNBURY SELLS ON RAZOR YIELD

The freehold interest of ALH’s Royal Hotel Sunbury has been sold on a tight return between two pub families. The Royal enjoys a prominent corner in the heart of Sunbury, around 45 minutes’ north-west of Melbourne’s CBD, in a significant

GALLAGHER GOES NORTH FOR MOONEY’S MEADOWBROOK

Patrick Gallagher has joined the ranks of the banana-benders, buying Jaz Mooney’s thumping Meadowbrook Hotel in the Queensland golden mile. The Hotel is a large-format pub built in the late 90s on a 5,934sqm site in Meadowbrook, in Logan City,

LEVY SELLS SEABREEZE NELSON BAY TO HUNT

Following an extensive renovation, Marcus Levy has sold his sea-change Seabreeze Hotel business to Coast king Steven Hunt, as Marvan keeps moving. The Seabreeze is a broad offering pub on a generous block intended as the perfect setting in which

MARY ELLEN SOLD

Newcastle’s Mary Ellen Hotel has been sold by its newcomer local owner to private hotel investors. Merewether resident Adam Sherman purchased the Mary Ellen off-market late 2016, bringing extensive hospitality and business experience including decades owning and operating multiple McDonalds

LOCAL NEWCOMER BUYS HAWKESBURY’S CLARENDON TAVERN

Adam Derwin has sold his large-format Clarendon Hotel freehold going concern to an industry newcomer for $6 million. The heart of Clarendon resides on the corner of Hawkesbury Valley Way and Racecourse Road, which leads into Hawkesbury Race Club. The

REDCAPE SELL BELROSE BACK TO THE BAYFIELDS

Redcape has continued its portfolio reshuffle, selling the big Belrose Hotel back to the Bayfields. A classic suburban pub in the heartland of the northern beaches peninsula, the Belrose Hotel has seen generations of locals passing time on its generous