Real Estate

FLOWER EXPANDS IN PORT AND LAKE CATHIE

Posted on January 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Celebrated community publican Alistair Flower has further expanded a growing portfolio with the purchase of the Lake Cathie Tavern, near his Port Macquarie haven. Current AHA National titleholder for Community Service & Achievement and winner again in 2018 at the

STOCKLAND BUILDING NEW TAVERN IN AURA MEGA-DEVELOPMENT

Posted on December 21st, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Large-scale developer Stockland has announced construction of a $6.5 million tavern, to be located in the heart of its massive Aura community, on the Gold Coast. Aura is the largest master-planned community ever built in Australia under single ownership, projected

ELEPHANT & CASTLE CHARGES TO MARKET

Posted on December 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The amply proportioned Elephant & Castle Hotel in Bathurst has come to market, trumpeting plenty of blue sky in Australia’s oldest inland settlement. Bathurst is around 200 kilometres north-west of Sydney, and one of the State’s strong regional hubs, experiencing

McCOYS PASS HOTEL BENNETT TO TURNERS

Posted on December 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The McCoy family have ended a 33-year tenure at their Hotel Bennett in Hamilton, divesting to former locals the Turners in a return to home. The McCoy family have owned pubs in Redfern and around NSW. John and Betty McCoy

HUGE WA VENUES ON OFFER AS INVESTORS DOWNSIZE

Posted on December 14th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Offshore investors looking to downsize have listed two big WA assets, notably the Augusta Hotel, offering big opportunity for both hands-on operation and development. Built 1912, the Augusta is central to the town of the same name – where the

SUNKEN MONKEY SALES TO SYDNEY

Posted on December 12th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Following a good stretch on the market, the Roys have sold Erina’s Sunken Monkey Hotel to Sydney buyers on a tight yield. The former Woodport Inn was purchased by Brian Roy and family, who performed a major renovation, opening with

HIGHWAY HOTEL ON ROAD TO MARKET

Posted on December 10th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The striking Highway Hotel on the main road through historic Gin Gin has hit the market, offering an all-round business in the heart of sugar country. The handsome two-storey pub faces north-east over Gin Gin’s Mulgrave Road, with its manicured

BRAITHWAITE HEADS NORTH TO TAME A RED LION

Posted on December 7th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Back from his hiatus, Peter Braithwaite has taken the plunge into Queensland with purchase of the Willow Hotel turned Red Lion outside Brisbane from the Thompson family. Braithwaite sold the Commercial Hotel Boolaroo mid-2017 after almost a decade of operation,

SHAMROCK HOTEL LOOKING FOR LUCK

Posted on December 7th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
After more than half a century and several generations ownership, the Leary family has listed its Shamrock Hotel in Temora with plenty of western NSW sunshine. Temora is a town of around 5,000 souls, around 400 kilometres west of Sydney,

FIRST MOVE TO MELBOURNE IN SALE OF SAXON

Posted on December 5th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Thumping Richmond pub the Royal Saxon has been sold to an interstate group taking its first step into Melbourne. Billed as an “interpretation of a vibrant and modern Melbourne hospitality venue” the Saxon is an historic, unobtrusive two-storey Georgian building