Real Estate

SONNEL TAKE THE FIRE HOUSE

Posted on August 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on August 27th, 2025 by Jane Louise
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

Posted on August 25th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on August 25th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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

MILESTONE BOUNTY FOR HARVEST

Posted on August 22nd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on August 22nd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on August 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on August 18th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on August 18th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on August 15th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
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