Property

GBAH TAVERN SOLD IN MAJOR REGIONAL DEAL

Posted on November 5th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
A NSW newcomer has picked up the Goonellabah Tavern in the northern rivers region, in one of the largest regional sales of the year. Goonellabah is part of Lismore, west of Byron Bay, with local resident population of around 14k

POLITIS TAKES SPIRIT OF QLD CAXTON

Posted on November 3rd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney-based Queenslander billionaire Nick Politis has secured acquisition of the Sunshine State’s most iconic pub, the Caxton Hotel, from long-time veterans the Farquhar family. The Caxton first opened in 1864, but in 1873 the original pub burned down and a

HARVEST PASSES THE NORTHSIDE TO JDA HOTELS

Posted on October 31st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Harvest Hospitality has passed another milestone with the sale of the Northside Hotel in Albury to the Feros’ JDA Hotels for $27 million. The group acquired the Hotel in late 2021 from the Burke family for $16.2 million with a goal to build value, crucially

GRACIE SEES O’HARAS EXIT QUEENSLAND

Posted on October 31st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The O’Hara Group has exited Queensland with the sale of Rockhampton’s legendary Gracemere Hotel to Anthony Fargas’ Central Queensland Hotel Group (CQHG). ‘The Gracie’ is a classic Queenslander established in 1885, expanded to make more of its generous 3,970sqm corner

RICHARD’S ON THE PARK SOLD AFTER 43 YEARS

Posted on October 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
High performing western Sydney pub Richard’s on the Park has been sold by Vicki Webster and family to industry stalwart the late Phil Webster, in the biggest Sydney sale of 2025 to date. The Webster family’s foray into pubs began

LYONS MAKES A MOVE IN MUDGEE

Posted on October 27th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Veteran Bathurst publican Ash Lyons has ventured south, adding to the portfolio Mudgee’s handsome Lawson Park Hotel and adjoining residence. When the previously listed Lantern Hotel Group carried out its portfolio sell-down in 2016, sale of the LPH put it

REDCAPE SCOOPS UP BRISBANE’S HISTORIC PLOUGH INN

Posted on October 24th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Redcape has announced more new ground in south-east Queensland, taking the deeds of Brisbane landmark the Plough Inn. An historic, heritage-listed pub on the bank of the Brisbane River, The Plough was established in 1864. The title was held by

ANOTHER NEW HORIZON FOR UNIVERSAL AT ENFIELD

Posted on October 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Just weeks after expanding west into Eastwood, the family-owned Universal Hotels has picked up thriving inner west pub the Enfield Hotel from the De Angelis family. Gallagher Hotel Management (GHM) relaunched the hotel as the Irish-themed PJ’s Enfield in 2013.

DAWES TAKES GATEWAY INTO BALLINA WITH HENRY ROUS

Posted on October 17th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Nathan Dawes’ growing Gateway Hotel Group has notched up another, taking the stoic Henry Rous Tavern in northern NSW. Ballina is an attractive coastal town of around 47k residents that is geographically the gateway to the popular Byron Bay lifestyle

STANTON’S GRAND VIEW IN THE MOUNTAINS

Posted on October 10th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The statuesque Hotel Grand View at Wentworth Falls has sold to growing hotelier Trevor Stanton, with plans to make it more approachable to more people. Built 1883, the two-storey Georgian-style Hotel commands an elevated 4,074sqm corner site overlooking and landmarking