Property

CHINATOWN GATEWAY COVENT GARDEN HOTEL SOLD

Posted on May 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Ending a decades-long reign, the Luey family has sold its Chinatown gateway pub, the Covent Garden Hotel. The three-storey dual-fronted Covent Garden Hotel was opened by Tooths & Co in 1911. The imposing building stands sentry at the gateway to

DY’S DECK FINDS A NEW HOUSE

Posted on May 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
After coming to market in February, Dee Why’s only ‘pub’ on the beach has sold to Ben McBeath. Deck is a bar-restaurant overlooking Dee Why beach, with a primary service authorisation allowing it to serve drinks without a meal. The

DON HODGE PICKS UP WARNERS AT THE BAY

Posted on May 4th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The growing Don Hodge Group has snapped up the large-format Warners at the Bay, bringing another hotel opportunity to its enterprising portfolio. Warners at the Bay was established in 1999 on a sprawling 10,790sqm block in the Central Coast community

OSCARS WIN TRIPLE 8 FROM GALLAGHERS

Posted on May 4th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Gallagher Hotels has offloaded the gaming-focused Triple 8 Hotel in Chinatown to the ever-active Oscars Hotels. Patrick Gallagher bought the operation with a seven-year lease in 2015 from Iris Group for circa $7.25 million, representing the two businesses’ fifth asset

GARRY OWEN MOVES TO MEN’S GALLERY

Posted on April 30th, 2018 by Jane Louise
The team behind the Men’s Gallery venues has bought Rozelle’s Garry Owen with plans to capitalise on the potential of the 1920 community pub. The Garry Owen occupies a sizeable 358sqm site on a prominent corner of Darling Street, just

GALLAGHER TAKES SOLOTEL’S CHELSEA CHATSWOOD

Posted on April 27th, 2018 by Jane Louise
Gallagher Hotel Group has welcomed another Sydney north shore pub into the fold, picking up title to Chatswood’s Chelsea Hotel from Solotel for circa $20 million. The Chelsea is a modest local pub on the western side of Chatswood station,

BALD FACED HOTEL SALE: LEVY SELLS AND STAYS

Posted on April 20th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Marcus Levy’s Marvan Hotels has executed a reversal of fortune, with the sale and leaseback of its Leichhardt pub the Bald Faced Stag. Marvan bought the pub a few years’ ago for circa $4.5 million, with a few potential outcomes

CHAPPELL TAKES BET ON TATTS

Posted on April 13th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Narrabri’s Tattersalls has sold to first-time freeholders, ushering a new era for a veteran publican and closing a door for another. Ian Negline and family reside and own pubs and caravan parks in the Central Coast, as well as they

MARVAN TAKES KEYS AND BIG PLANS TO HOTEL DELANY

Posted on April 11th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Marcus Levy’s Marvan Hotels has taken the keys to the legendary Hotel Delany – The Del – tipped to be Newcastle’s next best pub. The 1924-built Delany came to market last November following years of unsolicited offers, agents predicting its

HUNT NOTCHES UP NUMBER SIX AT PORT MAC

Posted on April 6th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Stephen Hunt is channelling the luck of the Irish, taking on his sixth pub with Port Macquarie’s Finnians Tavern. Eight months after a vacation that saw him snap up the Ocean View Hotel in Urunga, near Coffs Harbour, the Hunt