Real Estate

SEGERSTROM GOES EX-BARGO

Posted on October 13th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
There’s a changing of the guard in Macarthur as veteran Lloyd Segerstrom hands over the keys to his Hotel Bargo, to exit the game. Set on an expansive block, with lawns for events and functions, the pub comprises public bar,

WYNNE PUTTING DOWN CAT & FIDDLE

Posted on October 11th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Balmain’s melodious feline the Cat & Fiddle Hotel is for sale, as veteran Richard Wynne wraps up the portfolio. Located on a corner of arterial Darling Street, the Cat & Fiddle is a two-storey brick interwar pub that oozes charm.

DORE’S SALISBURY OF STANMORE SOLD

Posted on October 9th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Ged Dore and partners have successfully sold their revived Salisbury Hotel in Stanmore to growing hotel operator Matthew Sweeney. A landmark of the inner west, on a prominent corner of the main retail strip 100 metres from Stanmore station, the

COMISKEYS MARCH INTO THE IMPERIAL

Posted on October 6th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Queensland juggernaut the Comiskey Group has announced the addition of the all-purpose Imperial Hotel of Eumundi to its collection of large-format Queensland pubs. Established in 1911, the Imperial is a classic two-storey Queenslander “with a modern touch” that provides multiple

PADDINGTON’S VILLAGE: IN AND OUT

Posted on October 6th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Paddington’s celebrated but under threat Village Inn is back in the news, after its fashionable new owner faces increasing push-back on a redevelopment and a neighbour has offered to buy it to save it as a pub. At the start

MATHIESON CLAIMS BOARD SINKING ENDEAVOUR

Posted on October 4th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A billion-dollar stoush has begun between the board of hotel and liquor retailing giant Endeavour and its largest shareholder, Bruce Mathieson, based in the mismanagement of the company. Endeavour holds a portfolio of over 350 pubs and clubs through its

SETTLERS ARMS TO WELCOME NEWCOMER AFTER 35 YEARS

Posted on September 29th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
After decades living the dream, the Burns-Woods are offering up one of Australia's most historic and picturesque pubs, the Settlers Arms Inn. The classic colonial Georgian-style Inn was established in 1836 on the banks of the Macdonald River in the

GALLAGHER DEPARTS MEADOWBROOK

Posted on September 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Patrick Gallagher and partners have found success in the sale of their large-format Meadowbrook Hotel, tempting a New South Welshman into a thriving gaming operation in the heart of Queensland’s south-east. Located roughly midway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast,

METROPOLITAN’S MASSIVE MAKEOVER

Posted on September 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The landmark Metropolitan Hotel of inner Melbourne has reopened following a multi-million-dollar refurbishment, transforming it into a three-storey ‘mega venue’. First established 170 years’ ago, the historic pub now standing on the corner of William and Little Lonsdale Street –

NORTHERN RIVERS BEAUTY STEPS UP

Posted on September 26th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
A prize of the northern rivers has hit the market, with sale of the blank canvas Argyle Hotel in the popular and under-pubbed coastal community of Maclean. The two-storey sandstone hotel first opened in the centre of the town in