Real Estate

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

NEW BEGINNINGS IN WALLSEND

Posted on August 1st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
A Newcastle publican is wrapping up business in Wallsend landmarks, divesting the Fire Station and offering up the Museum. The Fire Station Hotel resides atop a large commercial site on a corner of Nelson Street, in the east of town.

GRIFFITHS OFFERS GOULBURN’S TATTS

Posted on July 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The Griffiths family is divesting the large-format Tattersalls Hotel in Goulburn, in the NSW southern tablelands, leaving a balanced business as they head south. Widely considered the best pub in Goulburn, The Tatts boasts one of the largest trading footprints,

GOOGONG’S FIRST PUB UNDERWAY IN $25M PROJECT

Posted on July 28th, 2025 by Jane Louise
Construction has begun on the $25 million development of the all-new Googong Hotel, on the New South Wales side of the Australian Capital Territory border. The town, a new and developing area, lies around half an hour from the Canberra

NEWTOWN’S CARLISLE CASTLE ON OFFER

Posted on July 25th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
For the first time in more than 60 years, inner west sweetheart the Carlisle Castle Hotel in Newtown is being offered to market as a freehold going concern. Residing on a prominent 569sqm corner lot, the two-storey Carlisle Castle (CCH)

FIREHOUSE TO RAZE MARKET

Posted on July 23rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
For the first time in its history and first public offering in the precinct in over 40 years, the striking Firehouse Hotel in North Sydney is being sold as a freehold going concern. Constructed in 1895, the North Sydney fire

HARVEST RAMPS UP INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

Posted on July 21st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Hospitality investment entity and operator Harvest has unveiled its “evolution” from Hotels to Hospitality, plus a new investment strategy in a burgeoning asset class. Many operators and investors see hospitality assets as combining the stability of resilient revenue with the