REDCAPE SECURE BIG SOUTH COAST TRIO

Redcape is three steps closer to its mooted IPO with the big-ticket acquisition of Joel Fisher and Andrew Denmeade’s trio of pubs south of Sydney. Denfish Hotels is a long-term partnership of Denmeade and Fisher that has bought, built and

GRAND VIEW SEES HUNGRY INVESTOR INTO MOUNTAINS

Ben Tufrey is free to pursue retirement, having sold his long-held Grand View Hotel in the Mountains to a Chinese investor. Tufrey has owned and operated the Grand View for 16 years, virtually “going through the motions” in the past

UPDATE: SALE OF THE HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL

PubTIC wishes to clarify a recently published article PHOENIX RISING: PATERSON TAKES HARBOUR VIEW It has now become known to us that Phoenix Hotel Group has not purchased the Harbour View Hotel yet. We would like to extend apologies to

SOLOTEL LEAVE CLOVELLY TO NEW TEAM

Solotel has announced it has divested its leasehold interest in the beachside Clovelly Hotel. The group took on a lease in 2016 with Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital, which had owned and operated and renovated it extensively over the past decade,

GUEST DEPARTS ICONIC ROBERTSON INN

Adrian Guest and family have divested the iconic Robertson Inn in the picturesque Southern Highlands, as he shifts focus and looks to his other pub. Robertson is a township around two hours’ drive south-west of Sydney, inland from Shellharbour, counting

PELATHON FLIP QUEENS HOTEL FOR ROYAL RETURN

Pelathon has flipped another big-trading Queensland pub, demonstrating its buy and sell strategy as the tide begins to shift in the coastal resources town. Jaz Mooney’s Pelathon Pub Fund acquired the somewhat tired Queens Hotel late 2017, and in keeping

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