STANTON’S GRAND VIEW IN THE MOUNTAINS

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

SHORT PASSES ON THE REDFERN

Marty Short’s Welcome Hospitality has divested the reinvented Redfern Hotel on the fringe of the Sydney CBD to a growing local group. Previously known as the Courthouse Hotel, it holds a prime city site on the corner of George and

PARKVIEW SEES DAWES’ GATEWAY INTO SYDNEY

Nathan Dawes’ Gateway Hotel Group has charged into Sydney, snapping up the Parkview Hotel ahead of its scheduled auction date. Image: Australian National University, Noel Butlin Archives Located in Sydney's burgeoning Alexandria corridor just south of the CBD, the hotel

UNIVERSAL GO MOKO FOR EXPANSION WEST

Universal Hotels has taken another step in its expansion plans with acquisition of the top-performing Moko Hotel in Eastwood, from veteran hotelier Paul Dirou. Opening late 2014 as a modern Korean restaurant with a hotel licence, Moko has evolved into

LIVINGSTONE PASSES HIS AUSSIE ON THE HILL

Warren ‘The Fanatic’ Livingstone has sold his reinvented Australian in Sydney’s rapidly expanding north-west growth corridor, McGraths Hill. An institution in the burgeoning precinct, the original pub was built on the corner of Pitt Town and Windsor roads by the

BURNETTS CALL TIME AT ST LORDS AFTER 45 YEARS

After an impressive 45 years of ownership, Geelong hospitality stalwarts the Burnett family have completed the sale process on their treasured St Lords Hotel. Former President of AHA Vic, Peter Burnett, established the pub on a high-profile corner in Newtown

VACANT KURRAJONG SELLS TO NEW GROUP

The Kurrajong Hotel at Erskineville, repossessed out of Jon Adgemis’ fading Public Hospitality fund, has sold as a vacant freehold for $20 million to a new hotel investor assembling a growing portfolio. The big corner pub is an Art Deco

SMITHAM GROWS INTO QUEENSPORT

Smitham Hotel Group has taken on the prized Queensport Tavern near Brisbane, bringing plans to capitalise on both its attributes and history. Around 11 kilometres north-east of the Brisbane CBD, Hemmant is primarily an industrial suburb supporting Port of Brisbane

DENNIS FAMILY DIVEST TO DENMEADE

The Dennises have divested their big suburban Aussie in Nowra to experienced local hotelier Andrew Denmeade. The Australian Hotel is a suburban stalwart, with public bar and gaming, bistro and bottleshop. It sits on a 2,665sqm site adjoining an ALDI

DE ANGELIS DIVESTS BATH ARMS

The De Angelis family has divested their big, brassy Bath Arms Hotel in Burwood, in the latest high-profile Sydney sale in an effervescent market. Joining the roadside inns established along Parramatta Road to service the coaches on the Sydney-Parramatta run,