REDCAPE GOES ORANGE WITH BIG CANOBOLAS

High hanging fruit has been plucked in Orange’s landmark Hotel Canobolas, sold by the Point Group consortium to Redcape Hospitality, as the MA Financial-backed entity expands in regional hotspots. Built 1939, the very large-scale three-storey Hotel Canobolas occupies a 4,116sqm

EAST SYDNEY FIRST TIME TO MARKET IN 50 YEARS

The landmark East Sydney Hotel in Woolloomooloo is being sold as a freehold going concern, making its first appearance on the open market in nearly 50 years. The handsome three-storey pub was built in the Victorian Georgian style, in 1856,

GOULBURN HOTELS IN THE HOT SEAT

NSW hub Goulburn is feeling the pinch, with three of its seven pubs suddenly closing and another one a crime scene after a man was killed. Former western Sydney hotelier Simon Paterson established Goulburn Pub Group in 2024 and went

STRAWBERRY HILLS FOR LAUNDY CLAN

Surry Hills institution the Strawberry Hills Hotel has been sold by legacy hoteliers the Hargreaves family to the pilots of the Laundy Hotels empire, Danielle and Shane Richardson. Almost a decade after purchasing the nearby Shakespeare Hotel, in 1975, matriarch

EVEN REMOTE ICONIC PUBS BATTLE COUNCIL

Representative of the plight of pubs everywhere, the stoic Betoota Hotel in outback Queensland has failed in its bid to get works done through council to allow patrons access to a local watering hole. The Betoota – a famously outback

THE LADY GETS LUCKY

After suddenly closing “indefinitely” last month citing storm damage, facing an uncertain future, it’s been revealed the Lady Hampshire will return as a pub. Previously known as the Old Hampshire Hotel, the old-school watering hole was established on bustling Parramatta

YARRA GOLD IN HEALESVILLE

The stately Grand Hotel in the heart of Victoria’s prized Yarra Valley is being offered to market by a private family. Occupying a highly visible 1,510sqm corner zoned Commercial 1, the hotel property incorporates a front bar with TAB, cocktail

NEW GLORY FOR HISTORIC ST ANDREWS

Historic landmark the St Andrews Hotel in the Kinglake foothills has been sold and is destined for significant investment, to better service growing demand from the surrounding lifestyle catchments. St Andrew was a first-century Christian Apostle, and is a community

SWEENEYS SNAP UP THE OXFORD

Family-owned Sweeney Pub Group is entering its next phase of expansion, signing and settling on inner west institution the Oxford Tavern in Petersham.   The dormant pub came to market in June through receivers and managers Cameron Gray and Adam

KNOX STEAMS HOME ON THE RAILWAY

The Roche family’s pub group has sold and settled Armidale landmark the Railway Hotel to the growing New England collection of Jim Knox. The Victorian-style pub was built in 1879, featuring a crested parapet and extensive iron lacework, with a