Property

KELLYS PASS THE BROOKIE TO IRVINS

Posted on January 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The Kelly family has capped a record year for the pub sector, selling its northern beaches institution the Brookvale Hotel to Irvin Hotel Group for a reported $42 million. The large suburban pub on 2,700sqm on arterial Pittwater Road provides

KELLY PLANS HISTORY AT HOPE AND ANCHOR

Posted on January 16th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The highly historic Hope and Anchor Hotel is back in local hands and set to be “rescued” by alderman and hero of Hobart, John Kelly. Built in 1807, the Hope and Anchor on the Hobart foreshore is thought to be

PUB COMMANDERS MATHIESON FAMILY LAND THE CAPTAIN

Posted on December 12th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The ink still drying at Woolloongabba, the Mathieson family has emerged as the buyer of Sydney’s famous and somewhat controversial Captain Cook Hotel, aka The Captain Paddington, from short-term pilots. The Captain occupies a 544sqm corner of Flinders Street and

MATHIESON GOES TO THE GABBA, AGAIN

Posted on December 9th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Bruce Mathieson Jr continues his own portfolio build, snagging the potential-laden Woolloongabba Hotel in Brisbane’s Olympics hot spot. The Woolloongabba has resided on its prominent corner site since 1868, now incorporated as a tenancy in the prime location of 803

CHARLIE GOES COASTAL IN COFFS

Posted on December 7th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Veteran publican Charlie Redmond has done the sea change, finding haven at the Coast Hotel in Coffs Harbour in a $2.8 million high water mark for the seaside precinct. The Coast resides on a generous 1,600sqm corner of Coffs Harbour’s

SALMONS SELL THUMPING WAREHOUSE BROWNFIELD RYDALMERE TAVERN

Posted on December 2nd, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The Salmon family has divested its unexpectedly successful Rydalmere Tavern in Sydney’s west to pub veteran Andrew Lazarus’ Zenith Hotels. Rod Salmon is the Port Stephens-based owner of development company Coho Property. Having purchased a warehouse on 3,000sqm of land

BREAKING: SHORT PASSES TUDOR COMMUNITY BATON TO UNIVERSAL

Posted on November 18th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Marty Short and co have sold their locals-driven The Tudor Hotel of Redfern to the Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels, in a new high water mark for the city-fringe precinct. The Short and Anderson families invested in the multi-level Tudor in

BARHAM BETS ON CASINO’S CECIL

Posted on November 16th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
After 45 Years operation under management plus an extended settlement, the Hotel Cecil of Casino has been sold. Vendor Nick Bulmer and family have owned the hotel as an asset for over four decades, and listed the pub in late

BUGDENS SAY BYE TO BAGO

Posted on November 11th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Long-timers Peter and Judy Bugden have passed the baton at their Bago Tavern on the mid-north coast to local Glenn Knight. The Bago is located in the historic town of Wauchope, inland from Port Mac, just shy of 400 kilometres

NEW OWNERS FOR TAPHOUSE’S NEW VIC

Posted on November 9th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Taphouse has passed the baton on its pocket rocket New Victoria Tavern in the burgeoning Sydney industrial precinct and one pub suburb of Wetherill Park. The New Vic came to market late 2021, citing a lively sports bars and TAB