DE ANGELIS DIVESTS BATH ARMS

The De Angelis family has divested their big, brassy Bath Arms Hotel in Burwood, in the latest high-profile Sydney sale in an effervescent market. Joining the roadside inns established along Parramatta Road to service the coaches on the Sydney-Parramatta run,

OSCARS HEADS TO PARADISE

The Gravanisbrothers have taken another big step into South Australia, securing Greg Maitland’s sprawling Paradise Hotel and potential in Adelaide. The veteran hotelier’s GM Hotels group has held the Paradise since 2009, forming part of a portfolio that has historically

NEW HANDS FOR BILLY BARRY’S

The operation of high-performing North Sydney watering hole Billy Barry’s Hotel has been sold, heralding the retirement of its long-time owner-operator, Kieren Barry. The two-level sports bar-styled pub is located across from bustling North Sydney train station, one of Sydney’s

ALH’S NEW PLAN FOR FOREST HOTEL

ALH has submitted revised plans for a 146-room hotel adjoining its Forest Hotel at Frenchs Forest, providing a new option in budget accommodation for the Northern Beaches. Australian Leisure & Hospitality (ALH) has been aiming to redevelop the Frenchs Forest

PIPER LEADS LOCALS INTO TUMBY PUB

Glenn Piper’s Epochal Hotels has thrown in with a local syndicate to buy and rescue the beloved Tumbulgum Tavern, in the Tweed Valley, north of Byron Bay. Built in 1887 on the banks of the Tweed River, enjoying a view

WAYMARK MOVE ON MILLMERRAN

The Volz family have sold both their Mill Inn Tavern and Sundowner Hotel in Millmerran in a package deal to growing Queensland outfit Waymark Hotels. A town of the Southern Downs, in the Toowoomba Region, roughly 200 kilometres west of

SONNEL TAKE THE FIRE HOUSE

Sonnel Hospitality has taken the next step in its ambitious plans, purchasing the freehold going concern of the striking Fire House Hotel, marking the first in the North Sydney CBD in more than 40 years. Vendor Mark Barry has owned

NEWCOMER SNAPS UP SEQ’S OLDEST PUB

This month Queensland’s historic Inglewood Hotel has found a buyer, in a newcomer to the pubs industry. The purchaser, a Toowoomba ophthalmologist who heads up Tyson Acquisitions, was looking to diversify interests in the area when he saw the 94-year-old

INVESTOR SELLING RESTAPLED LAWSON PARK

The combined business and freehold of Mudgee’s landmark Lawson Park Hotel are being offered for the first time in years, along with adjacent properties, hinting at major development potential.   The two-storey LPH was built in 1860 and occupies a

NEW NAME INTO NAPIER

One of Fitzroy's favourites has been sold for the first time in nearly three decades, as Guy Lawson passes the title of the Napier Hotel to a new entrant to pubs. Established in 1866 under the same moniker on the