OXFORD STREET ICON SALE FAREWELLS PUB FAMILY

Oxford Street landmark The Colombian Hotel has come to market for the first time, as the McHughs exit the pub game. The three-level former Westpac Bank building on the corner of Oxford and Crown Streets in Darlinghurst is both an

MELBOURNE PUB TEAM SET TO REVIVE GEELONG LOCAL

Melbourne pub operator APD Group is ‘trading up’ to undertake a big refurbishment and revival of Geelong’s Valley Inn. Currently operating the Barwon Heads Hotel (BHH), where they have been for ten years and will soon complete their lease, APD

PUB SET TO SHUT OVER FEAR OF COUNCIL WRATH

Battlers Peter and Jayne Fitzpatrick have become entangled in Council red tape around their community pub, in Rappville, near Casino. Just 16 months after purchasing the heritage-listed Rappville pub, the Fitzpatricks are on the verge of closing under weight of

BIG PILBARA PUB UP FOR GRABS

A large-format hotel in one of Australia’s largest mining regions has come onto the market via receivers, with re-focused opportunity. The freehold going concern of the recently refurbished Newman Hotel occupies a sprawling 2.6-hectare site in Newman – approximately 1200

DOVE & OLIVE LISTED AMID GOOD BEER PLANS FOR THE DOG

The dynamic Good Beer Company has listed its Surry Hills rocket, the Dove & Olive, ahead of “redefining” its large-format DOG. After developing the Surry Hills pub it purchased mid-2012 into one of Sydney’s most awarded and thriving food &

COLONIAL MOVES INTO ANOTHER STATE WITH PURCHASE OF THE FOX

Colonial Leisure Group (CLG) has jumped into another State, bringing Brisbane’s big-trading Fox Hotel into its premium portfolio. Continuing the expansion plans that saw it quietly acquire Keystone’s Newtown Hotel in February, CLG has bought its first Queensland pub –

HUGE COASTAL PUB GOES TO MARKET

Arguably the largest pub on the SA coast has hit the market, with an enormous trading area and price expectations exceeding $13 million. The Glenelg Pier Hotel (GPH) is located on 2,338 m² in the top trading zone of the