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

TOP-END PROPERTY RUNNING INNOT HOT

In a “booming” FNQ tourism market, the Hot Springs Hotel and leisure park are for sale in Cairns hinterland haven Innot Hot Springs. Situated in the Atherton Tablelands township, southwest of Cairns, the property and business are on two separate

CALEDONIAN HOTEL HITS THE FREE MARKET

The high-profile Caledonian Hotel of Singleton has been put to market by husband and wife team Helen and John Hill. Singleton is in the upper Hunter Valley, approximately 70 kilometres from Newcastle, and benefiting from strong economic and tourism activity

PUBLICANS STILL POTTY OVER NORTHERN NSW

The NSW north coast continues to run red hot, in the form of the Pottsville Tavern of Pottsville, snapped up by a prominent and growing hotelier. Opening in 1999, on an 8,000sqm lot near Pottsville Beach and Moobal Creek, on

BROKEN HILL GOLD AT THE ASTRA

The big, bold Astra Hotel of Broken Hill has hit the market as a long-time owner focuses on the west. The two-storey Astra Hotel is one of Broken Hill's best-known venues, on a prime CBD corner site of 1,012sqm with

KICKON HIT THE MARK IN TOWNSVILLE

Craig Shearer’s Kickon Group has announced its expansion into northern Queensland and new partner Bart Furst, in acquisition of Townsville’s The Watermark. The Watermark, in the heart of Townsville tourist hotspot The Strand, features a relaxed sports bar and contemporary

LORD ROBERTS UP FOR GRABS

Darlinghurst icon the Lord Roberts Hotel is for sale as a freehold going concern, for the first time in close to a century. A ‘Public House’ first appeared on the Stanley Street site in 1871, named the Shannon Hotel. In