BYRON PUB PLAN LOOKING FOR PUBLICAN

Developer Adam Hammond is offering up a lease at his new Byron Bay project, next door to the famous Beach Hotel. Wielding plans to demolish the existing Bay Motel, at 12 Bay Street, a new multi-level structure will encompass a

ARK ARE NEW KEEPERS OF THE PADDO

ARK Hospitality Group has announced it is the new owner of the celebrated Paddington Ale House. The sale represents the first time the Mount Hawthorn community landmark has changed hands in four decades. ARK is an award-winning, family-owned group that

INTERSTATE OWNERS OFFER GRACEMERE HOTEL

A Melbourne-based company has listed its under-management Gracemere Hotel, in Sunshine State regional hotspot Rockhampton. The pub is set on 3,970sqm in a fast-growing urban area 10 kilometres from Rockhampton’s CBD, opposite the Woolworths-anchored Gracemere Shopping World shopping centre. It

SYDNEY FREEHOLDER TIM FALLON GOES AGAIN IN GUNDAGAI

Tim Fallon’s newly-formed Lancer Group has fended off the competition to expand locally with acquisition of Gundagai’s Criterion Hotel. Gundagai is an iconic regional town, around halfway between Melbourne and Sydney, and home to the famous ‘Dog on the Tuckerbox’

HURLEYS TO BUILD PANORAMA GREENFIELD

Hurley Hotel Group has announced plans to build the new $30 million Panorama Hotel, to replace its nearby, soon-to-be-acquired Tonsley Hotel.  The greenfield Panorama pub is the plan to supersede the Tonsley, which is being taken by the South Australian

LAUNDYS GROW COASTAL ACCOM AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH FLOWER AND PORT

The Laundy family have furthered their coastal acquisitions and partnership model, buying the Mercure Centro Hotel with Mr Port Macquarie, Alistair Flower, for around $25 million. Rated 4.5-star, the five-level 72-room Hotel is in the heart of Port Macquarie’s commercial,

HIGH-FLYING APOLLO BAY SALE SURPASSES TARGET

The appetite for coastal pubs continues unabated with sale of Victoria’s iconic Apollo Bay Hotel, south-west of Melbourne. The picturesque property came to market for the first time in over 30 years in February, offering the freehold title and a

PATERSON PUTS UP BLACKTOWN PUB PROJECT

Local hotelier Simon Paterson is putting up the development opportunity of and around his high-performing pub, in booming Blacktown. The Town Tavern of Blacktown is a strong suburban business, listed in the Top100 of the Liquor & Gaming hierarchy of

PUBLIC HOSPITALITY GROUP PICKS UP CAMPERDOWN’S LADY

Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group has taken the hand of the Lady Hampshire of Camperdown, for around $11 million. The Lady is a well-known landmark of the inner west, passed by thousands of cars each day on bustling Parramatta Road.

BLACK RHINO CONQUERS COPPER TOWN

Melbourne-based Black Rhino Group has taken another run at South Australian potential, buying all three pubs in the Copper Coast town of Moonta. Found around 160 kilometres north-west of Adelaide, Moonta is a community of over 4,000 people and one