LAKE CATHIE LEASE ON OFFER

The leasehold interest at the Lake Cathie Tavern has come to market, offering 12 years in the coastal precinct. Built 1999, the Tavern is a large-format single-storey operation providing a central service public bar with TAB, commercial kitchen and bistro,

MURPHY BROTHERS TAKE IMPERIAL SINGLETON

Two years after selling in Maitland, the Murphy brothers are back in the Hunter, buying the freehold going concern of the Imperial Hotel at Singleton from Walker Douglas and Callen Hotels. Walker Douglas Group (WDG) has held title on a

LONG-TIME OWNERS FAREWELL COMMERCIAL CURLEWIS

After more than three decades the Edmonds and Schofields have called time on the partnership running the Commercial Hotel in Curlewis, finding a new owner from Newcastle. In 1987 Gwenda and Kevin Edmonds, and Robert and Margaret Schofield, went into

HUNTER GROUP SCORES KINNY PUB

Central Coast favourite the Kincumber Hotel has sold for circa $15 million, but remains in local hands by way of Hunter Hotel Group. Known locally as ‘Kinny Pub’, the Kincumber Hotel has been an institution in the coastal precinct since

WHITE LION HOTEL TO MARKET

The White Lion Hotel Motel in the Riverina region is on the market for the first time in 36 years, as the Strongmans look to retire. Peter and Maria Strongman have owned the Deniliquin pub since 1983. For 12 years

QUINN & CO GRAB HUNT’S LAKESIDE

The dynamic Hunt Hospitality has agreed to sale of its large-format Lakeside Village Tavern at Raymond Terrace, to the growing stable under Nicholas Quinn. Stephen Hunt’s pub group has been refreshing the books since the new financial year, to optimise

LAZARUS GOES TO THE BEACH

Merewether’s magnificent Beach Hotel has sold for the first time in its 120-year history as a freehold going concern to industry veteran Andrew Lazarus. The Beach Hotel is found on a large hilltop block with panoramic views of Merewether Beach,

METCALFS LEAVING THE STATION

Long-term owner-operators Billy and Di Metcalf have listed their elegant Station Hotel Motel in Kurri Kurri, as they look to retirement. The large-format two-storey pub resides on the corner of Coronation Street and main drag Victoria Street. It offers public

LOCALS BAND TOGETHER FOR SINGO’S UNITY HALL

Singo’s Australian Pub Fund and Riversdale Group have sold off their last Sydney operation to a band of Balmain brothers, welcoming the Roddys back to prime Peninsula hospitality. Formed in 2010 by business identities John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff

WAUGH GOES LONG IN RICHMOND

RG McGees in growing Richmond has sold to prominent Sydney hotelier Ashton Waugh’s pub group Watering Hole Hotels, furthering the region’s surge of pub investment. The well-known Hotel came to market in August, as a cooperative arrangement between tenant Jason