CLERMONT GRANDEUR ON OFFER

A Grand Hotel in the heart of bustling Clermont has come to market, presenting opportunity for the gamut of buyer types. Clermont is a rural hub, around 290 kilometres south-west of Mackay, and central to the industrious Isaac region, with

OSCARS TO FLIP HAROLD PARK HOTEL

Hot on the heels of another big acquisition, the Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels is divesting famed comedy house and inner west secret the Harold Park Hotel. What was once the Little Bridge Hotel in 1903 was destroyed by fire in

DENILIQUIN’S SPORTSMANS ARMS FOR SALE

The big Sportsman’s Arms in downtown Deniliquin is being sold as a freehold vacant possession, currently operated under management, in the heart of the Riverina. Deniliquin – aka “Deni” – is a pastoral region producing beef, wool, lamb and assorted

ROYAL SCONE JOINS THE KELLY GANG

Kelly & Co is back on the horse, taking the reins to the “best pub” Royal Hotel-Motel in Scone, Australia’s preeminent equine arena. Rodney ‘Ned’ Kelly began his career as a publican in 1997 at the Belmore Hotel, established 1866

MATTHEWS HOTELS DIVIDES TO CONQUER

One of largest and most successful family-owned hotel groups in South Australia has finalised a succession plan it says will “strengthen the future of its hotels for the next generations”. Matthews Hospitality was established during World War II by Seymour

DAMIAN KELLY TAKES ‘THE TAV’

The large format North Nowra Tavern has been sold by Mark Duggan and the O'Donnell family to Damian Kelly’s Pub Invest. The ‘Tav’ is a landmark of the NSW coastal town, enjoying an exclusive catchment of 6,000 local residents, and

TATTS PENRITH SELLS TO OSCARS’ BMG

The Tattersalls Hotel and Commercial Centre in Penrith's CBD has sold to the Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Hotels subsidiary BMG Developments. The Tatts is part of a 6,400sqm commercial building containing a mix of retail and commercial tenancies and 100 car

LION TAKEN BY ACQUISITIVE CONSORTIUM

The heritage-listed Lion Hotel in North Adelaide has sold for the first time in a generation, picked up as part of ongoing plans by the newly-formed Duxton Pubs Group. Outgoing owners Tim Gregg and Andrew Svencis bought the pub in

WAUGH DOUBLES UP IN TAMWORTH

Hotel veteran Ashton Waugh has expanded his cache of regional stalwarts with the purchase of Joe Maguire’s Tavern in Tamworth. The pub occupies a big 3,500sqm lot on main road Peel Street, incorporating a large bistro and commercial kitchen, beer

NEW-LOOK KENT ST HOTEL TIPPED TO ATTRACT

Sydney publican Brett Strauss has taken on the new-opportunity Kent Street Hotel, beginning a fresh redesign and pitch to shifting markets beneath a host of changes above. Strauss is the proprietor of the Chippendale Hotel in the southern fringes of