TEAM BEHIND MARQUIS OF LORNE CLIMB MT ERICA

After closing suddenly at the end of 2016, Prahran’s Victorian-era Mt Erica Hotel will soon be reopened with a new fit-out and old soul. Furthering and following on from their successes at Fitzroy’s Marquis of Lorne, Will Benjamin, Matt Vero

IRIS PUTS CLOVELLY FREEHOLD TO MARKET

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has listed the freehold of its iconic Clovelly Hotel, armed with a 20-year lease to Bruce Solomon & Matt Moran’s Morsol. Iris has held the Clovelly since 2008, and executed a huge redevelopment in 2012, bringing

BRAS & KNICKERS OUTBACK ICON DALY WATERS SOLD

Icon of the outback the Daly Waters Hotel, has been sold for an undisclosed amount that included the untold number of women’s bras and undies adorning the walls. The Daly Waters pub – as profiled in PubTIC magazine – is

NEW OWNER SOUGHT FOR CROSSROADS HOTEL

Narrabri’s Crossroads Hotel has come to market, boasting a big operation, two-dozen 4-star rooms and its very own bowling alley. On the stretch of the Newall Highway where it crosses the Kamilaroi Highway, the Crossroads Hotel occupies a generous 1,677m²

REGIONAL STAR MULGILDIE PUB UP FOR GRABS

After 14 years, the owners of one of Queensland’s most colourful country pubs have called time, listing their self-made landmark in the sleepy town of Mulgildie. Artist-publican Julie South and husband Tony Davenport were nearly not the owners of postcard

HETHERINGTON-MULLINS LIST BIG-FORMAT GUNYAH HOTEL

Three league legends have called time and listed their long-held Gunyah Hotel in Lake Macquarie – still building on a recent big renovation. Hetherington brothers Brett and Jason and family have owned the Gunyah with Canberra Raiders’ Brett Mullins and

HISTORIC WELDBOROUGH HOTEL TO RIDE AGAIN

The tiny and historic Weldborough Hotel is on the path to a big revival courtesy of some local entrepreneurs, good use of its ancestry, and a whole lot of mountain bikes. The Hotel is the sole pub in the modest

THESPIANS SCORE CARLTON’S TRENDY ASTOR HOTEL, AKA PERCY’S

A couple boasting background in the performance arts, education and several Victorian pubs have quietly secured trendy Carlton local the Astor Hotel. Ilona Phyland and Darran Smith have been operating the Astor, the business reflecting Smith’s influence as a professional

MEADOWBROOK TO MARKET AS JAZ GOES NORTH

One of Queensland’s Top20 gaming pubs has come to market, as Jaz Mooney’s Middle Head Ventures divests to further big projects in the State’s north. Meadowbrook is a suburb of Logan City, on the M1 mid-way between Brisbane and the

LAKEVIEW HOTEL LOOKS GOOD TO SYDNEY PUBLICAN

Sydney hotelier Garry Macdougall has expanded on his capital operations, grabbing a coastal change with acquisition of the Lakeview Hotel in Merimbula. Boasting a waterfront site and unique opportunity as the only hotel in town, the Lakeview sits on 4,646m²