REDCAPE HITS HARBOURSIDE IN THE FRISCO HOTEL

MA Financial’s Redcape has bought ornate, harbourside veteran the Frisco Hotel in Woolloomooloo from Queensland-based Sun Group. The iconic, heritage-listed Frisco occupies a neat 304sqm corner lot in Sydney’s historic wharf district. It was built in 1856, largely to serve

IMG BACK IN BATHURST WITH PADDY’S

IMG Hotels continues to invest in its powerhouse regional collection, buying another pub in Bathurst, the popular Paddy’s Hotel in Kelso. Paddy’s is a suburban tavern on a large 9,500sqm plot, with an expansive trading footprint and latent capacity for

KNOX SECURES THE TAMWORTH

Powerhouse regional publican Jim Knox has bought the large-format Tamworth Hotel from Sydney-based pub investor Daniel Whitten. Representing the first hotel to be offered for public sale in the LGA for more than a decade, The Tamworth came to market

THOMAS TAKES SOLOTEL’S REGENT

The Thomas family’s Thomas Hotels has secured the Regent Hotel in Kingsford from operators Solotel and freeholders Amalgamated Hotels, which have held the asset for the past 27 years. In February the parties came together to offer up the combined

REILLY SELLS WHITE COCKATOO TO AVC

Australian Venue Co has partnered again with Charter Hall to buy the freehold and operation of the White Cockatoo Hotel from Ray Reilly, as he looks to further endeavours. Reilly group acquired the three level pub in 2017, then known

SOUTHERN SONS JDA TAKE BEXLEY NORTH

After 40 years on the job, the multi-generational Yang family has passed their beloved Bexley North Hotel to the Feros brothers’ JDA Collective. The Hotel, found directly opposite Bexley North train station, provides public bar, bistro, gaming room with 30

SECOND SAPPHIRE COAST SALE: MORUYA WATERFRONT

Agnew Group has doubled down on the Sapphire Coast, adding Moruya Waterfront Hotel to its stable. Moruya is a coastal town of around 5k residents, roughly 300 kilometres south of Sydney or 200 south-east of Canberra, straddling the fertile Moruya

SOLOTEL’S PORTFOLIO MAKEOVER FAREWELLS KINGS CROSS

The Solotel shake-up continues, seeing a buy and lease-back in the inner west, construction in the west and the statuesque Kings Cross Hotel sold to the Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Group. Built 1914, the towering six-level Federation style Hotel stands at

POLITIS PEAKS QLD PUB SALES WITH TREETOPS

Billionaire Roosters chairman Nick Politis and partners have sold the Treetops Tavern to an Australian-Chinese Queensland-based pub group for the highest price paid in the state. Set on a prominent 7,000sqm site in the Gold Coast’s Burleigh Waters, the Treetops