DAMIANAKIS OFFERS HIS WARREN VIEW

Inner west icon the Warren View Hotel is to be sold for the first time in nearly two decades as long-time owner-operators Theo and Tanya Damianakis look to an exit from the industry. For the past 17 years the couple

SMITHAM GROWS INTO QUEENSPORT

Smitham Hotel Group has taken on the prized Queensport Tavern near Brisbane, bringing plans to capitalise on both its attributes and history. Around 11 kilometres north-east of the Brisbane CBD, Hemmant is primarily an industrial suburb supporting Port of Brisbane

COLOSIMO’S SILVERWATER FOR SALE

Marcello Colosimo’s Momento has sent to market the sprawling Silverwater Hotel in Sydney’s west, less than three years after its rebirth from being a club. Building on a string of successful new developments in the recent years, including Mullane’s Hotel

DENNIS FAMILY DIVEST TO DENMEADE

The Dennises have divested their big suburban Aussie in Nowra to experienced local hotelier Andrew Denmeade. The Australian Hotel is a suburban stalwart, with public bar and gaming, bistro and bottleshop. It sits on a 2,665sqm site adjoining an ALDI

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