Real Estate

REILLY LETS LOOSE THE COCKATOO

Posted on August 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Ray Reilly has listed his inner west icon the White Cockatoo Hotel as the group progresses with portfolio rejuvenation. A 30-year industry veteran, Reilly bought the three level pub in 2017, then known as the West Village, continuing an expansion

GAME INN AT MELTON

Posted on August 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
A private investor is offering up the freehold or tenancy of the vacant Gamekeepers Inn in Bonnie Brook, north-west of Melbourne CBD. The Inn is an English-inspired tavern and function venue providing a large open plan ground floor, with indoor-outdoor

SYDNEY’S STONEWALL SOLD TO US-BASED PRIDE HOLDINGS

Posted on August 11th, 2025 by Jane Louise
Gay icon the Stonewall Hotel, on Sydney’s Oxford Street, has recently been acquired for an undisclosed amount by US-based hospitality company Pride Holdings Group (PHG). The LGBTQIA+ multi-level venue has been running for twenty-eight years and is known worldwide for

REDCAPE LOOKS SKYWARD THROUGH ORION

Posted on August 8th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Redcape has announced another big step in its expansion plans, with acquisition of the Orion Hotel in Springfield for around $30 million and another capital raise to fund further ambition. The Orion Hotel is within the Orion Springfield Central shopping

HARRIS NARVO VIEW EXPANSION WITH PANORAMA

Posted on August 8th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The Gibbons family has divested their well-rounded Panorama Hotel Motel in Bathurst to the ‘famed’ and acclaimed partnership of Harris and Narvo. The Panorama is set on a high-profile bend in main drag Durham Street, adjacent to the Bathurst Showground.

COMISKEY GROUP UNVEILS AMBITIOUS $250M SANDSTONE POINT EXPANSION

Posted on August 8th, 2025 by Jane Louise
The Comiskey Group has revealed plans for a $250 million expansion of its Sandstone Point Hotel and neighbouring Holiday Resort in Queensland’s Moreton Bay, promising to become the state’s next premier tourism hub. Sandstone Point Hotel and its accommodation resort

BLACK RHINO BACK IN THE SUNSHINE

Posted on August 6th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Dave Tomsic’s Black Rhino Group has swooped on its fifth Queensland pub, snaring the large-format Hotel Hinchinbrook in Ingham. Around 100 kilometres north of Townsville, Ingham is a town on the Bruce Highway servicing local population approaching 5K residents, plus

AVC WELCOMES NEW MAJOR INVESTOR

Posted on August 4th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Co has engineered its next phase of industry-leading growth, taking CVC Capital in as a new private equity partner. Australian Venue Co (AVC) is one of the country’s largest operators, currently keeping 243 licensed venues, primarily pubs, across

MARLOW TAKES A WALKER DOONSIDE

Posted on August 1st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Western Sydney all-rounder the Doonside Hotel has been sold by Peter Walker to Jason Marlow, as he looks to bolster and further expand the family’s holdings. Built 1962, on a sprawling 7,278sqm plot within the Doonside retail and transport precinct,

GASO CLASH: LANDLORD-TENANT FEUD ERUPTS AFTER LEASE SALE

Posted on August 1st, 2025 by Jane Louise
Collingwood’s Gasometer Hotel (‘the Gaso’) has hit the headlines again, only months after closing. Former lessee James Martelletti has lashed out at landlord Jim Kurtulus, claiming he lost $250K in sale of the lease to the new tenant – restauranteur