UNIVERSAL CATCHES BAT & BALL
Universal Hotels has won its first bout for 2022, taking home the Bat and Ball Hotel of Surry Hills. Originally known as the Duke of Cleveland, the pub was built in 1929 on the corner of busy Cleveland and South
THE CHANNON TAVERN NEAR BYRON FOR SALE
The picturesque The Channon Tavern near Byron is being sold as a vacant possession, with asking price of $3.6 million. Built on a 7,120sqm block in the Byron hinterland, 19 kilometres north of Lismore and proximate to Byron Bay and
IRIS BUILDING BIG ON BASES
Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital is building on successes for the new year, chasing plans for a $70 million development on the site of the Kingswood Hotel and a brand-new pub for Sydney’s upper north shore. Plans for 180 Great Western
PLENTY OF PROSPECTS FOR NHILL’S UNION
The historic Rintoule’s Union Hotel of Nhill is being sold by long-time devotee owner Mick Jesic. Beginning life in 1879 as a wooden structure in Kiata, 20 kilometres south-east, the pub was transported to Nhill in 1881, where it was
KELLY PORTFOLIO SELL-DOWN BEGINS
Following appointment of administrators to the Damian Kelly portfolio, sale of the four thriving pubs has begun. Andrew McCabe and Joseph Hayes of insolvency and restructuring experts Wexted Advisory were appointed as Administrators and are buoyant on a strong campaign
AVC LANDS ANGLERS IN ANOTHER EG DEAL
Australian Venue Co. has continued its investment in Victorian pubs, taking the freehold going concern of the Anglers Tavern with another investment partner, EG Private Wealth. Maribyrnong’s Anglers Tavern is the largest food and beverage venue north of the Melbourne
SYDNEY RESTAURANT GROUP KICKS OFF PUB PLANS AT THE COAST HOTEL
Bill Drakopoulos’ Sydney Restaurant Group (SRG) has pulled the trigger on its plan for pubs, picking up the large-format Coast Hotel in Budgewoi. Well known as a restaurateur, Drakopoulos has paid $15 million for the Central Coast freehold, on a
ALH AND ENDEAVOUR BACK IN BUY MODE
Australia’s largest publican has completed its first Queensland transaction since its ASX listing with Endeavour, making a Commercial decision in another strategic region. Purchase of the Commercial Hotel Charters Towers is the first settled Sunshine State acquisition for Endeavour Group
SHORT GOES LONG IN WINDSOR
Fraser Short has burst into Windsor, picking up two pubs in quick succession with new partners. The first to arise was Windsor’s well-known Fitzroy Hotel, operated by 'Lion-heart Luke' Ainscough, which has sold to the newly-formed syndicate of Fraser Short
DAMIAN KELLY’S PUB PORTFOLIO ON THE BLOCK
The hotel empire of Damian Kelly is on the chopping block, after a feud between major investors brought legal action and administrators were appointed. The portfolio comprises four large hotels, being Parramatta’s Rose & Crown, the Corrimal Hotel in Wollongong,
