Real Estate

BLACK RHINO TAKES CRAIG’S ROYAL HOTEL

Posted on March 13th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Ballarat’s biggest-ever sale has transacted, seeing the long-serving Finnings family pass the baton of Craig’s Royal Hotel to the growing Black Rhino Group. The heritage-listed pub was built 1853, as the Ballarat Hotel, celebrating the first licensed premise in town.

ALH SNAPS UP TWO NEW PUBS

Posted on March 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s biggest publican is back on the acquisition trail, picking up two more Queenslanders in a week. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) has been in flux for much of FY20 following the announcement of a plan by parent company Woolworths

LINGA LONGA LOOKS FOR NEW OWNER

Posted on March 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The breezily named Linga Longa Hotel in Gundy is for sale, offering a popular Hunter region local with plenty of upside. Built on a big 1-acre (around 4,000sqm) block in the heart of town, the pub offers a large public

LEICHHARDT HOTEL HITS THE LIST

Posted on March 11th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
As ALH puts a spotlight on Sunshine State pubs, the family-owned Leichhardt Hotel in Taroom has been put to market as a lease or freehold. Taroom is a town in the Shire of Banana and the Western Downs region, around

ANGLERS REST UP AS VENDORS LOOK TO DO SAME

Posted on March 9th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Geoff and Mal’s promise-offering Anglers Rest Hotel in Brooklyn has come firmly to market, as the gents decide it is finally time to call time. Following a kick of the tyres last year, with Geoff Watts pondering what came next,

O’DONNELLS DIVEST DUO

Posted on March 6th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Canberra-based O’Donnell Group has sold two more of its collection, in Bungendore, outside of Canberra, and this week the Australian in Cooma, snapped up pre-auction. Late 2019 the O’Donnell family put to market Goulburn’s Empire Hotel, being part of

ALL-NEW LONDON HOTEL FOR PORT MELBOURNE

Posted on March 6th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
TAB Developments has put to market the leasehold operation of its revised London Hotel waterfront project, on the site of the former pub demolished in 2017. Despite significant local outcry and efforts by Council and the Port Melbourne Historical Society

FAMOUS CARINDA HOTEL SEEKS NEW OWNER

Posted on March 6th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The outback NSW pub made famous in David Bowie’s Let’s Dance video has been listed on Gumtree. Carinda is a town of less than 200 people, located 635 kilometres north-west of Sydney, at roughly the same latitude as Coffs Harbour.

AUS VENUE CO TAKES PRIZED SAND HILL ROAD

Posted on March 4th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Company has furthered its strategic expansion with the nine-digit acquisition of eight venues held by Melbourne trailblazers Sand Hill Road. Amid speculation, The Australian published a story in January suggesting KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts), majority stakeholder of Australian

NEW ERA FOR THE TERMINUS

Posted on March 4th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The Terminus Hotel lives on under new ownership, with a local investor taking the title to Marulan’s only watering hole. The Terminus is a classic corner pub in the heart of town, set on a 4,713sqm with ample parking. It