Property

STAR GROUP SEES BLUE SKY IN TOWNSVILLE

Posted on August 4th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Star Hotels’ expansion and diversification continues with purchase of the Central Hotel in Townsville. Steven Shoobridge’s Star Group lays claim to being Queensland’s largest independently owned and operated pub and liquor retail chain. The company moved into hospitality in 1996

FEROS AND CO TAKE ONE50 FOR $12M

Posted on August 2nd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The Gold Coast’s dormant One50 Public House has been bought by the Feros’ JDA Hotels for $12 million, in partnership with Queensland hotelier Nick Kalaf, as market heat cooks prices. Nestled in the heart of the main commercial precinct of

AVC’S STRATEGIC PLAY ON THE SKI SLOPES

Posted on August 2nd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Co. continues its expansion into domestic tourism hubs with acquisition of the Hotham Hotel in Mount Hotham Previously known as Swindlers Bar, the venue is the heartbeat of the Hotham ski fields and a staple for food and

SYNDICATE TAKES NEWCASTLE’S OLD GRAND

Posted on July 30th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The handsome Grand Hotel of Newcastle East has been sold, bringing an exit by Mike Angus and re-entry by some former hoteliers. Grand Hotel, Newcastle. Images: website The Grand is one of just three pubs in Newcastle East, built 1891,

ZAGAMES DIVEST FOUR PUBS FOR $99M

Posted on July 28th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A growing Melbourne group has scooped four pubs from the highly awarded Zagame family for $99 million, in demonstration of the strength of the Victorian market despite lockdowns. The institutional Zagame Group has sold lease interests in its self-branded venues

GURRS PASS THE WHITEBULL REINS TO KNOX’

Posted on July 26th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The stalwart Gurr family of Armidale have sold their local institution, the Whitebull Hotel, to the family operation of hotelier Jim Knox. Located in the heart of Armidale’s retail precinct, the Whitebull Hotel is a prize of the New England

AVC HEED THE CALL FOR THE TELEGRAPH

Posted on July 23rd, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Co (AVC) has jumped the Strait, taking its first pub in Tasmania in Hobart’s historic Telegraph Hotel. Built 1858 as the Electric Telegraph Hotel, on a prime waterfront site, the shortened name was adopted in 1877. It has

TILLEY & WILLS LATEST INN, ON RICHMOND

Posted on July 21st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The growing partnership of Simon Tilley and Nick Wills is the latest to get a foothold in Sydney’s burgeoning north-west growth corridor, buying the Richmond Inn Hotel. Set on a 3,007sqm corner site, the large-format suburban hotel is located in

LAUNDY AND NEW PARTNERS BACK THE WOOLPACK

Posted on July 19th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Arthur Laundy and new partners have teamed up to buy city-fringe local, the Woolpack Hotel, in Redfern. The Laundy family has joined with new operators, specifically Aaron Crinis, proprietor of acclaimed North Sydney restaurant Glorietta. The three-storey Federation Free Style