MILESTONE BOUNTY FOR HARVEST

Hospitality investment manager and operator Harvest Hospitality has cashed in some capital, parting with both the Milestone Hotel in Dubbo and Aussie Inn in Adelaide. Located in the south Adelaide suburb of Hackham, the Aussie Inn was one of the

GREENSBOROUGH GOES TO MARKET: FIRST TIME IN 34 YEARS

A rare freehold going concern has hit the market in Melbourne, with long-term owners the Francis family listing the land and operation of the Greensborough Hotel for the first time in over 30 years. Originally known as the Farmers Arms

YOUNG GOES REGIONAL IN RECORD DEAL

Sydney-based Wallaby turned hotelier Bill Young has signed on for Jim Knox’s landmark Gem Hotel in Griffith, in what is said to be a record regional pub sale. The Gem is in the heart of the Griffith CBD, believed to

SALE AND LEASEBACK GROWTH PLANS FOR FRANCIS

Melbourne-based Francis Venues is executing a sale-and-leaseback on its recently acquired Kings Head Tavern in South Hurstville, offering a freehold for an investor and growth capacity for the group. Situated on a 1,334sqm corner of a major intersection of Kings

BELLS RINGS FOR SAXON GROUP

A group led by ex-CUB CEO Peter Filipovic has broken the Victorian gaming drought, buying a rare freehold going concern in the institutional Bells Hotel of South Melbourne. Bells is a landmark pub on a commanding corner of the busy

PUBLIC SELL-DOWN CONTINUES AT CLIFTON

The elegant Clifton Hotel in Melbourne’s east is being sold by receivers out of Jon Adgemis’ floundering Public Hospitality portfolio, offering a rare property and hospitality play in the southern capital. Public Hospitality was formed in 2021 by the former

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE RENOVATION STRATEGY

In recent years the processes for pub renovation and development, particularly in New South Wales, have become conflated with consultants, besieged with bureaucracy, and laden with expensive and time-consuming traps for young gamers. This a story about pub development. Advancement.

HUNTERS CATCH GALLAGHER’S TERRIGAL

Gallagher and Co have consolidated back to the capital, passing their large-format Terrigal Hotel to locals the Hunter family’s Hunter Hotel Group. One of the most prominent venues on the Central Coast, it occupies a large site of roughly 4K

ASHMONT INN’S MARKET DEBUT

Wagga Wagga’s Ashmont Inn Hotel has been listed for the first time in its history in what is likely to be one of the most anticipated and keenly contested regional pub offerings of the year in NSW. The Inn was

PICK A BOX AN EASY CHOICE

Rural Queensland’s immaculate Sadlier’s Waterhole and Pickabox Motel (Sadlier’s) in Morven is for sale by vendor Allicam P/L, headed by commercial property developer Pat Dunne. The 3-acre property boasts a single-storey Queenslander-style hotel offering hearty pub meals alongside twenty-two well-maintained