Prominent Sydney developer Sonnel Hospitality has lodged plans for a massive $33 million demolition and upgrade of the chart-topping Crossroads Hotel. An ultra-large-format pub at the ‘crossroads’ of major Sydney arteries the Hume Hwy and Camden Valley Way, the multi-faceted pub last saw a major renovation and redirection in 2017 at the hands of Marlow […]
Roche Group has divested its waterside Harrigan’s, at Calypso Bay, to Queensland hotelier Rick Adams. Roche is the private developer of the entire $2 billion Calypso Bay master planned housing estate, which it has been creating on a 269-Ha former cane farm for nearly two decades. It built and has held Harrigan’s since 2008. Found
The Railway Hotel in Sydney’s north-west growth corridor has transacted for the first time in decades, becoming the first metropolitan sale in the NSW capital for 2025. A classic corner pub in Windsor, the two-storey Railway is located at the gateway to the precinct’s retail and commercial areas, beside the train station and council parking.
Newcastle icon Finnegan’s Hotel has been sold for the first time in decades, with the Hunter family handing over to established locals. Positioned prominently at the intersection of busy King and Darby Streets, opposite Newcastle Civic Park and City Hall, Finnegan’s is a handsome two-storey Art Deco hotel brimming with street appeal. It incorporates public
Listed pub landlord Hotel Property Investments’ shareholders have voted with their balance sheets to accept the protracted, $760 million attempted takeover by Charter Hall and Hostplus. HPI (ASX:HPI) holds a stable of pubs in multiple states, totalling around 60 sites. The majority are leased to AVC and its partnership with Coles, QVC (Queensland Venue Co).
The sun has set on pub operator Virtical’s portfolio, with a successful sale of Hotel Australasia to another hospitality developer. The picturesque heritage-listed Hotel is a landmark of Eden, on the NSW south coast, built in 1904, with 38 metres of frontage on a 2,886sqm lot. It was the first pub bought by hospitality investor
MA Redcape Hotel Fund has reversed its run of divestments with purchase of three hotels in coveted southeast Queensland, to further its portfolio refresh and optimisation. The prior calendar year continued a shake-up of the Redcape stable that saw multiple assets divested. In April the group sold its Crescent Hotel in gaming heartland Fairfield to
Last year the Inner West Council (IWC) of Sydney restirred a heritage hornet’s nest, furthering its attempt to preserve urban culture by forcing protections on old pubs under its purview. The Council’s proposal has now successfully amended planning controls, such that a total of 22 pubs have been added to the State Heritage register. These
The Redcape reshuffle peaked in December with sale of two of its big-ticket gaming hotels to Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital. Transaction of the Cabramatta Hotel in Cabramatta and El Cortez in Canley Heights is reported at more than $180 million. The two pubs hold a combined 17K sqm and boast approved development upside. The Cabramatta
Leading Sydney operator Solotel has emerged as the new operator of the majority of the Public Hospitality portfolio recently into receivership, adding three inner west pubs to the collection. Formerly high-flying dealmaker for tax advisor KPMG, Jon Adgemis, came unstuck during a rapid rise to two-dozen hotels, as construction costs and interest rates rose following
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