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LAKE ILLAWARRA LEGACY SALE

Posted on September 22nd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
After nearly four decades behind the wheel, the Hampton family has handed its Lake Illawarra Hotel in Windang to a growing hotelier. Once a Tooth’s brewery, the Lake Illawarra occupies a 6,038sqm site a stone’s throw from its namesake, around

COLLECTIVE HEADS TO KICKON WITH NEW VENUES AND LOOK

Posted on September 15th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Craig Shearer and crew’s Collective Heads has relaunched as Kickon Group, along with new appointments and two new venues in the portfolio. The Kickon Group portfolio began with Fitzroy North’s The Terminus, Brisbane’s historic Plough Inn, and The Collective, on

BARRY ADDS GRAFTON CROWN JEWEL TO THE PORT

Posted on September 15th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
North coast publican Harry Barry has taken the title to the idyllic Crown Hotel of Grafton, in the NSW northern rivers region. The Crown Hotel Motel is situated on 6,000sqm of riverfront land in the heart of historic Grafton. The

PENINSULA PLAYERS LEAP ON BALMAIN’S DRY DOCK

Posted on September 10th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney’s white-hot pub market continues despite closures with sale of the languishing Dry Dock Hotel to new specialist entity Peninsula Hospitality Group. Recognised as one of Balmain’s oldest pubs, established 1857, the Dry Dock is adjacent to the Balmain Ferry

GOODFOLK GO ALL IN IN THE FAMILY

Posted on September 10th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Goodfolk Group has expanded its Hunter portfolio with purchase of the restapled Family Hotel in Maitland. Set on a large land holding of 2,136sqm, offering public bar and TAB, bistro, open and covered outdoor areas, function room and first floor

MOONEY HEDGES BETS WITH STRONGHOLD STAKE

Posted on September 8th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Jaz Mooney’s Oxford Hotels has executed a sale-and-leaseback at its Grand Hotel, making hay in a hot market ahead of lingering uncertainty. Stronghold Investment Management, based in Brisbane, has paid a reported $13 million for the freehold of the landmark

WALKER TRADES UP TO ADAM’S

Posted on September 3rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Fresh from his divestment in Leichhardt, Peter Walker has upped the ante, purchasing Adam’s Tavern in Blacktown from long-term owner and creator, Bob McGhee. Walker sold Norton’s Irish Pub to Justin Hemmes’ Merivale mid-May for $24 million. He has now

ROCHE MAKES ANOTHER EXCHANGE

Posted on September 1st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Expanding hotelier Dominic Roche has swooped on the historic Exchange Hotel of Kyogle, in further demonstration of the strength of the regional market. Kyogle is within the northern rivers region, around 80 kilometres due west of Byron Bay. The Inter-war-style

WAUGH WINS BATTLE FOR WATERLOO

Posted on August 30th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Ashton Waugh has topped a list of bidders competing for Waterloo’s Grosvenor, taking the city-fringe pub for circa $8.5 million. Having purchased it from Riversdale in 2010, former CCA executive Denis Hickey and business partner Warwick Negus sold it for

HUNT GOES LOCAL AT THE IMPERIAL

Posted on August 27th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Hunt Hospitality has a little more Hunter with acquisition of the Imperial Hotel at Maitland, in time for a local get-together. Built 1851, a block from the Hunter River, the Imperial Hotel was established back when goods were still delivered