FUNDS MANAGER BRYAM JOHNSTON RACES INTO TARANA HOTEL

Corporate high flyer Bryam Johnston and his wife Deborah are the latest high net worth-ers to take a stake in the on-flavour pub market, buying Lithgow’s popular Tarana Hotel. Known by locals as ‘The Na’ the Tarana was built in

OSCARS DIVE INTO WESTWATERS RECORD DEAL

AFL legends the Hawthorn Football Club have executed sale of their massive WestWaters Hotel & Entertainment Complex to Oscars Hotels, in a new record deal for the state. The WestWaters Hotel & Entertainment Complex was built around Lake Caroline, occupying

THE CAPTAIN SAILS INTO SYDNEY MARKET

The famous Captain Cook Hotel of Paddington is for sale as a freehold going concern accommodation pub, at one of Sydney’s busiest intersections, within walking distance of the CBD. Commanding a 544sqm corner of Flinders Street and Moore Park Road,

RED STEER WAGGA JOINS FEROS PORTFOLIO

Acclaimed Sydney operator the Feros Group is the latest to stake a claim in regional centres and into Wagga Wagga, snapping up the Red Steer Hotel and Motel. The relaxed country Hotel offers multiple bars, gaming room with nine machines,

ROYAL ALBERT MEETS MOMENTO’S MOVE

Marcello Colosimo’s Momento Hospitality has continued its march into inner-city prospects with purchase of the famed Royal Albert Hotel of Surry Hills. On the southern edge of the Sydney CBD, the Surry Hills boozer is well known as one of

ORANGE GOLD PARKVIEW HOTEL FOR SALE

For the first time in more than two decades, the privately-owned Parkview Hotel in Orange is for sale. The handsome two-storey pub is the highlight of a prominent corner of main drag Summer Street, in the heart of Orange. Set

OSCARS ROLL INTO CASINO CANBERRA

The Gravanis brothers have expanded the Oscars empire further, securing agreement from Aquis Entertainment to purchase Casino Canberra for $52 million. Casino Canberra is the largest asset of ASX-listed Aquis Entertainment, controlled by Hong Kong billionaire mogul Tony Fung, who

WAUGH PICKS UP REDCAPE’S MINSKYS

Redcape has divested its lower north shore party venue Minskys Hotel to a partnership between Mitchell Waugh and the Karellas family. Situated on major thoroughfare Military Road in Cremorne Plaza, the freehold going concern Hotel offers bar areas, with 24-hour

NED KELLY HEADS NORTH TO AMBLE INN

Ned Kelly has charged into the Amble Inn, bolstering the gang with a massive coastal lot at Corindi Beach, near Coffs Harbour. The Amble Inn was built by the family operators in 1985, on a huge 1.6-Ha (16,000sqm) property around