DE ANGELIS SNAPS UP ‘ENHANCED’ RABY TAVERN

Industry heavyweight Peter De Angelis has swooped on the Raby Tavern and shopping centre, beating stiff competition to take the prize early for $35 million.  Raby Tavern is a single-storey premise forming part of a small retail shopping centre on

HEDLEY LEAPS TALL IN FAR NORTH

Former pub game high-flyer Tom Hedley is working his way back to prominence, cornering the market in the north Queensland precinct of Gordonvale, south of Cairns. After years building a sizeable empire, Hedley sold his Hedley Hotel Group to Coles

BRIGHTON HOTEL RETURNS TO MARKET

The Brighton Hotel in thriving Mandurah has returned to market two years after Australia’s biggest publican sold it at auction. In 2011 Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) took the titles to the entire 12-venue portfolio of the failed Compass Group

BLUE MOUNTAINS AWAY AGAIN

The storied Blue Mountains Hotel is safely in the hands of new and energetic owners and gearing up to thrive again, following a protracted sale process. The first Blue Mountains Inn was built 1848 in what is now the town

READY TO RACE AUSSIE RELUCTANT SALE

The very Australian Hotel icon in sunny Gympie has reluctantly come to market as the passive owners head back to the Sunshine Coast. The original Australian Hotel was built 1873 after a licence was granted to Mary Jane Catherwood, who

REDCAPE PARTS WITH TOP50 ST GEORGE

Hotelier couple Michael Wiggins and Joanne Cassar have exchanged contracts to purchase Redcape’s Top50 south Sydney venue, the St George Hotel. Built 1893 by one Aaron Brown, the two-storey St George Hotel casts an imposing figure on Canterbury Road in

FINNINGS OFFER UP CRAIG’S ROYAL HOTEL

The very regal Craig’s Royal Hotel at Ballarat is on the market for the first time in two decades. Built 1853, the heritage-listed three-storey Georgian-style Hotel was the city’s first licensed premise, known as the Ballarat Hotel. The following year

LION HOTEL & OFFICE BLOCK HITS MARKET

Pride of Adelaide, the acclaimed Lion Hotel, has come to market along with an adjoining office block. The heritage-listed pub was built in North Adelaide in 1871, originally trading as a brewery and malt house. SA hoteliers Tim Gregg and

TARA TWINS ON OFFER

The twin titles of Tara’s two hotels in southern Queensland have come to market as a package deal, as the Brauer family looks to exit the game. Tara township is found in the Western Downs, 300 kilometres due west of

ALH TAKES TWO ROCKS

The Woolworths-backed ALH has emerged as buyer for the elegant ‘Tavern @ The Rocks’ in a major growth corridor out of Perth. The Tavern overlooks Two Rocks Marina, at the northern edge of the Perth metropolitan area, offering a large-format