IRVIN BUILDS IN SEQ WITH JDA’S GCT

The Feros’ JDA Collective has sold riverside local the Gold Coast Tavern at Benowa to Joe Irvin’s Irvin Hotels, as interest and capital gear up on the Brisbane Games. John Feros and siblings Dean and Alexandra Henderson (nee Feros) purchased

PIPER ON THE HOOK FOR ISLAND DREAM

Glenn Piper’s Epochal Hotels has cruised into the next stage of its massive Whitsundays project, strategically acquiring the Port of Airlie to access the new attractions at its Hook Island development. Queensland’s iconic Whitsundays Islands generate over $3.7 billion annually,

BEER BASTIAN THE FLODGE FLIPS

Inner west beer mecca The Flodge is in new hands, as veteran Matthew Sen steps back from his prized, awarded Forest Lodge Hotel. Built 1866, when its home of Arundel Street was the part of the main thoroughfare into Sydney

PUB GROUP POSES PLANS FOR RINGWOOD

A growing Melbourne-based group has acquired a vacant hospitality site in Ringwood, citing plans for “an exciting new venture”. The landmark three-level architectural freehold is a purpose-built structure with indoor and outdoor entertainment zones, an integrated lift, a spacious beer

TOWER MILL HOTEL SOLD IN OLYMPIC CITY

Samdoo Corporation has been revealed as the purchaser of the unique and historic Madison Tower Mill Hotel on the edge of the Olympics-fever Brisbane CBD. The landmark circular hotel opened in 1966 opposite the oldest surviving building in the city,

REDCAPE AND IRIS’ STRATEGIC SWAP

MA Financial’s Redcape Hotel Group has executed a major portfolio swap deal with Iris Capital, seeing Sydney assets exchanged for a clutch of pubs to the north and a cash settlement. Iris is offloading six established Hunter Region hotels, comprising

DIMATTINA PASSES YARCK TO LOCAL OPERATORS

Former Western Bulldogs player Paul Dimattina has sold his popular Yarck Hotel in Victoria’s popular north-east tourism corridor to a local and operator. Located on the Maroondah Highway in the state’s north-east, the Yarck Hotel is enroute to the renowned

SIGNATURE SIGNS FOR GREENSBOROUGH

Changing hands for the first time in over three decades, the Thomas family have sold the imposing Greensborough Hotel in Melbourne to nationally acclaimed Signature Hospitality Group. The large-format two-storey pub resides on a substantial 1,360sqm high-profile corner around 17

SWIFT SALE FOR ICONIC MALPASS HOTEL

An iconic North Queensland pub has changed hands just two weeks after hitting the market, with the Malpass Hotel snapped up by the owner-operators of Townsville Brewing Co, the Bredhauer family. Located on a prominent 4,292sqm corner site along the

MERIVALE MAKES MOVES ON THE BARRACKS

After a period of consolidation, trailblazing Merivale has won bidding for a former RSL site in the Sydney CBD set to complement existing ambitious plans. The multi-level property formerly known as The Barracks at 5-7 Barrack St, previously home to