THE OXFORD FREEHOLD GOING CONCERN LISTED

The freehold concern of the thumping Oxford at Bathurst has come to market, with every angle and upside on a main road of the western capital of racing. The original Oxford is a two-storey brick and timber tin roof classic

O’KEEFES HOTEL: LEGEND IN A LOCAL

Classic Launceston local O’Keefes Hotel has come to market, offering a classic country pub operation with an eponymous local reputation. Stalwart of the Launceston pub game Mike O’Keefe enjoyed many a year and many a beer with locals and tourists

HOTEL ORANGE TO MARKET ON THE REBOUND

The defrocked and maligned Hotel Orange is in search of a knight, on the rebound from troubled times and more pub than its owners can manage. The large-format two-storey Victorian-style Hotel was established in 1890, built on a generous 614sqm

REDCAPE BUY INTO BREWING WITH COLOSIMO’S ROUSE HILL FLAGSHIP

Redcape has announced its acquisition of the Colosimos’ Australian Hotel and Brewery for around $50 million, heralding the group’s plans to invest in the “craft and localised beer market”. Marcello Colosimo and family opened the large-format Australian Hotel and Brewery

BAM OFFLOADS BIG GAMER VAUXHALL INN TO REDCAPE

Redcape has let loose the chequebook again, acquiring Bondi Asset Management’s Vauxhall Inn for around $40 million. Bondi Asset Management (BAM) was formed in 2015, counting Sydney hotelier Andrew Lazarus and former Citibank director Stuart King as stakeholders. BAM kicked

SWEET PROSPECTS FOR KALAMIA HOTEL SALE

The booming Kalamia Hotel has come to market, in the hearts of 1,000 local backpackers working year-round in the precinct. Ayr is around 90 kilometres south of Townsville, and known as the sugarcane capital of Australia. The Kalamia Hotel occupies

FOUR IN HAND TO STAY PUB WITH SALE TO GOOD BEER CO

PHMG has sold its highly speculated Four in Hand to the Good Beer Company, marking its continued future as a pub. Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Group purchased the Paddington icon in 2015, clinching a hattrick of pubs in the precinct

HAYWARD EXITS AS PRENDIVILLES TAKE BRISBANE

Well-known publican Geoff Hayward is bowing out of the game, having sold his final piece, the Brisbane Hotel, to the growing Prendiville family. Hayward’s Capital Management WA has owned and operated the Boulevard Hotel in Floreat, and the Brisbane Hotel,

TOWER PROJECT OR ROXY RETURNS: KINGSTON

David Kingston’s proposed $96 million development above the Roxy Parramatta has hit a hurdle, with news the heritage council opposes the mix of a 30-storey tower above a Spanish mission-style landmark. The Roxy was built in 1930, on George Street