CONNELLS TAKE ON PUB WITH NO BEER

By Emma Castle Lisa and Glenn Connell from Western Australia have crossed the Nullarbor to buy the iconic Pub with No Beer in Ingham, Queensland. The heritage-listed Lees Hotel was made famous by Slim Dusty’s country music homage, The Pub

OLD FITZROY IN NEW HANDS

Jaime Wirth and associates have taken on a third operation – picking up the lease on the Old Fitzroy in the active waterside precinct of Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy is a century-old corner local in the narrow backstreets of Woolloomooloo.

BROOME BRINGS BEST OF WEST TO DY

Western Sydney pub stalwart Michael Broome is bringing some of the best of the west to the northern beaches, taking on Dee Why’s beachside Deck Bar. Broome’s Western Pub Holdings (WPH) operates several venues in Sydney’s greater west, including the

EMERALD IRISH UP FOR GRABS

The authentically Emerald-Isle Irish Village Hotel in Queensland’s rich Bowen Basin has come to market, offering owner-operator upside in a strong primary industry precinct. Emerald is the inland hub servicing the Queensland Central Highlands region, just south of the Tropic

FRISCO GOES BIG BACK TO MARKET

The handsome Frisco Hotel has returned to market for a bells and whistles campaign hoping to capitalise on confidence in the harbourside precinct of Woolloomooloo. Built 1856 on 304sqm in one of Sydney’s oldest precincts, the Frisco is a three-storey

RECORD SALES AS PUB SECTOR THRIVES

News of the sale of two massive inner western pubs has emerged to herald a strong start to the year, with the Lidcombe Hotel and Royal Exchange Hotel Marrickville fetching a combined $80+ million. The off-market sale of the Lidcombe

FIRST RESULTS FOR ASX-LISTED REDCAPE

Redcape has announced its first results since its listing in November, showing strong outcomes on the back of a string of acquisitions. Redcape Hotel Group Management Ltd – responsible entity for publicly listed Redcape Hotel Group (ASX:RDC) – announced results

3 WEEDS TO MARKET

One of Sydney’s original gastro pubs – the 3 Weeds – comes to market as its private owners make the decision to retire. Located in the heart of formerly working-class Rozelle, around four kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, the

WAYSIDE SOUTH MELBOURNE OFFERS NEW LEASE

South Melbourne beauty the Wayside Inn has come to market, looking to a new long-term leaseholder in the newly refurbished pub, less than three kilometres from the CBD. Built 1915 on the corner of arterial City Road and Ferrars Street,

PADDINGTON ALE HOUSE SEEKS NEW FUTURE

Perth icon the Paddington Ale House has hit the market, as long-time operator Neil Randall enters a new phase of life. The handsome two-storey Mount Hawthorn pub was built 1932 on a large corner block on Scarborough Beach Road, with