Real Estate

ALH ACQUISITION SHAKES UP LOCALS

Posted on August 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Australia’s largest pub group has gotten a little larger on its road to independence, looking to shake up Ingham with a big-budget revival of the troubled East Ingham Hotel. The two-storey pub holds a generous 4,046sqm block, with main public

QUEENSLANDER HEADS TO FRISCO

Posted on August 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
A Queensland-based hotel investor has secured Woolloomooloo’s heritage-listed Frisco Hotel from the Micola family. The Frisco occupies a tidy 304sqm corner lot in Sydney’s historic wharf district, built back in 1856 to serve the public house needs of the local

SORRENTO SALE AS BROO BREWS FUTURE

Posted on August 12th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Kent Grogan – owner of Broo Ltd – has put to market his Sorrento Brewhouse on the Mornington Peninsula, as recent expansion in the beer business consumes his focus. The Sorrento Brewhouse is a newly-refurbished limestone building, occupying a large

NORTHERN HOTEL TO COURT MARKET

Posted on August 9th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Court House Hotel in the NSW far north coast has been put to market, offering a diverse business with upside in the State’s arts and lifestyle precinct. Located in the middle of main street Murwillumbah, the two-storey Court House

KAUFLAND LOOKS TO PUBS WITH BIG DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL

Posted on August 9th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
German supermarket giant Kaufland has begun showing the scale of its ambition, submitting plans for a ‘hypermarket’ and hotel in Queensland with Toowoomba Regional Council. Eyeing the Australian grocery and liquor markets, Kaufland has begun bold moves this year, including

IRVIN TAKES COOLANGATTA GOLD

Posted on August 7th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Irvin Hotel Group has furthered its northern interests with the big-ticket buy of Taphouse Group’s striking Coolangatta Sands Hotel. Earlier this year Irvin sold the Belmont Hotel in Newcastle to Don Hodge Group, stating intentions to reinvest the capital. Irvin

LONG-TIME OWNERS LIST VICTORIA’S BRITANNIA

Posted on August 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
After 14 years slaving behind hot beer taps owner-operators Caroline Trudgeon and David Kovelas are eying retirement, listing the only pub in Carisbrook – their Britannia Hotel. Formerly a plumber, Kovelas became a publican with his wife in the mid-2000s,

SYNDICATE BAILS OUT SINKING BOATHOUSE GROUP

Posted on August 2nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The high-profile Boathouse Group has been rescued through sale to associate investors, bringing relief to employees and its eight venues pledged to “business as usual”. In late 2017 Andrew and Pippa Goldsmith took a significant step in the expansion of

GOOD BEER LANDS COMMODORE HOTEL

Posted on August 2nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Good Beer has found its way north of the Bridge, bringing Graham Campion’s Commodore Hotel into the fleet for close to $18 million. Campion and family have long owned high-performing north shore landmark the Longueville Hotel, but ventured a few

REDCAPE SNAPS UP PIG N’ WHISTLE LEASE

Posted on August 2nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The newly-llisted Redcape has snapped up the lease on Mantle Group’s Pig N’ Whistle operation at Redbank Plains for $11.5 million. Redbank Plains’ Pig N’ Whistle is one of five locations in a chain under Mantle Group Hospitality (MGH), along