Property

UNIVERSAL CATCHES AN EVENING STAR

Posted on August 7th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Colourful stalwart of Surry Hills the Evening Star has been snatched by the Kospetas family’s cosmic Universal Hotels. The Evening Star holds history attendant with the precinct, once home to media and newspaper tycoons partaking of its liquid offerings. Located

TOMSIC TALKS ANOTHER GRAND IDEA

Posted on August 2nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Dave Tomic’s bellicose Black Rhino has chased down another prized local in Millicent, adding the Grand Hotel to the growing portfolio.
 The elegant two-storey Grand Hotel, built in 1900 in the Federation style from local sandstone, is the most recent

LIVINGTONE’S CAPTAIN COOK SALES TO WALKER

Posted on July 24th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The Fanatical Warren Livingstone has sold his booming Captain Cook of Botany to Kent Walker for twice the purchase price four years ago, as the south Sydney precinct’s ship comes in. Established as the Captain Cook Inn in 1880 on

EAST VILLAGE GOES FROM GOOD TO TIPPLE

Posted on July 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Ben McBeath and new partners have taken on Darlinghurst’s storied East Village Hotel, as Locky Paech’s outfit looks to the next move. Located on the high-profile corner of Liverpool and Palmer Street in Darlinghurst, the former Tradesman’s Arms was built

MATHIESON SELLS FLOUNDERING CAPTAIN

Posted on July 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Bruce Mathieson has sold the intrepid Captain Cook Hotel for around half what he paid two years ago, recycling the gaming credentials as the prominent Paddington pub goes into drydock. The four-storey Federation-style Captain Cook was built in 1914, overseeing

LOCAL VISION FOR OCEAN VIEW HOTEL

Posted on July 10th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The run of Victorian regional pub sales has continued with new locals taking over the picturesque Ocean View Hotel in Kilcunda. Found in the heart of Victoria’s picturesque Gippsland coastline, the ‘Killy Pub’ is the flagship of the seaside town

REDCAPE TRIFECTA TO FRANCIS AND SONNEL

Posted on July 8th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Redcape has given a fresh boost to the portfolio reshuffle, selling three more of its A-grade pubs to two different buyers, for a total value of over $136 million. The latest three hotels to exit the Redcape stable are the

NEW TEAM TAKING THE HUNTER TO KHARTOUM

Posted on July 5th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Kitchener’s handsome Khartoum Hotel has been sold by veteran Ray Prescott, ushering in a trio of new operators to optimise its opportunity in the Hunter. The historic two-storey pub was constructed in 1926, on a commanding 2023sqm site on what

KNOX DROPS AREA IN A HOT REGION

Posted on July 3rd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
There’s a new rising star of the region as Jim Knox divests his big Area Hotel in Griffith to a local operator. Knox bought the pub in 2019 for around $8 million from a private syndicate who had operated it

THE SPORTING GLOBE TAKE BENDIGO’S BELOVED METRO

Posted on July 3rd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The Signature Group has been unveiled as the buyer of the historic Metropolitan Hotel of Bendigo, with a new instalment of The Sporting Globe heralding a new era for sports enthusiasts in the regional hub. Popularly known as The Metro,