RAYS USHER IN GUEST AS NEW IVY CUSTODIAN

Blue Mountains landmark the New Ivanhoe Hotel in Blackheath has sold for the first time in nearly five decades, the Ray family passing the baton to Ray Reilly and business partner Adrian Guest. The Ray family have been running the

TOURIST FINDS NEW HOME

Nick Quinn and partners have made up for lost assets, buying the Tourist Hotel in Queanbeyan, representing the first hotel sold in the precinct in a decade. Established in 1932, the handsome Art Deco pub occupies a 1,928sqm lot on

HARVEST PUT UP RECORD PRICE FOR QUINN’S CASTLE

Quinn & Co have agreed to sell their thumping Windsor Castle Hotel in East Maitland for $51 million to the acquisitive Harvest Hotels, smashing the group’s own record for an inland regional pub. Around two hours’ drive north of Sydney,

GLENQUARIE TAVERN SETS LEASEHOLD RECORD

Leasehold interest in the Glenquarie Tavern of Macquarie Fields, in Sydney’s booming south-west, has sold for a record-breaking $28 million, marking the first time it has ever changed hands. Located on 5,574sqm in the retail heart of Macquarie Fields, adjacent

BREAKING: AVC BUYS SAND HILL ROAD COLLECTION – AGAIN

More than two years after the pandemic halted everything in pubs, Australian Venue Co has again entered an acquisition agreement to purchase the urbane Melbourne collection of Sand Hill Road. In a rehash of the deal that almost transpired in

PORTER TEMPTS SYDNEY PUBLICAN TO MOSS VALE

Southern Highlands identity Tom Porter has been sold his Moss Vale Hotel to a Sydney-based hotelier looking to relocate his family to the region. After three and a half decades on the job, Porter listed the pub last month, citing

ROMAN GETS SOCIAL IN NEWCASTLE

Sydney hotel manager Roman Nalywajko is stepping up and into Steel City, acquiring Newcastle’s Honeysuckle Social. The venue, on 450sqm, began life just a decade ago, as a James Squire brew bar. In early 2020 it underwent a makeover and

LORD ROBERTS FINDS NEW MASTER

Veteran Sue Cameron has sold her long-held landmark the Lord Roberts Hotel in Darlinghurst to an industry newcomer for $22.5 million. Popularly known today as the ‘Lord Bob’, a public house named the Shannon Hotel was first established on the

PILONS EXIT WITH PASTORAL OUT TO MARKET

Veteran Dubbo publicans Greg and Kellie Pilon and partners are exiting the industry, listing their popular Pastoral Hotel, having sold their only other pub. The picturesque two-storey Pastoral is one of Dubbo’s most popular venues, built 1886, incorporating a large

ARUNDEL TAVERN SOLD TO SUN HOTELS

Publican developer Bruce Donnachy has sold his bustling Arundel Tavern to Paul Xu’s Sun Hotels. Donnachy built the pub in 2000, on a large site in semi-rural West Arundel, around 10 kilometres north-west of Surfers Paradise. The Tavern provides a