Property

KNOX SECURES THE TAMWORTH

Posted on May 27th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on May 22nd, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on May 18th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on May 15th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on May 13th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on May 11th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on May 1st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
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

UNIVERSAL ENTERS NEWTOWN’S CASTLE

Posted on April 29th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
After more than six decades holding the keys, the Hasset family has sold the iconic Carlisle Castle Hotel in Newtown to leading Sydney group Universal Hotels. Built 1876 and rich in heritage and character, the Castle is one of the

LAUNDY SNAPS UP HARVEST’S WOY WOY

Posted on April 22nd, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Two of the most active players in NSW pubs have done a deal, seeing Harvest Hospitality announce sale of the Woy Woy Hotel to the expansive Laundy Hotels. Harvest bought the pub at the end of 2021 for $32 million