IRIS LANDS ALH’S CAMBRIDGE TAVERN FOR $56m

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Group has snapped up another massive Sydney pub, securing the freehold operation of ALH’s high-performing Cambridge Hotel in Fairfield for $56 million. Still celebrating last month’s milestone acquisition of Manly’s The Steyne, Iris continues its rapid portfolio

OSCARS BUILDS ON INNER WEST EMPIRE

Oscars Hotels has snapped up another inner west landmark, taking title to the freehold going concern of Parramatta Road icon the Empire Hotel, in Annandale. Built circa 1890 for Tooth’s & Co, the three-storey Empire, particularly its façade, was refashioned

GOOD TIMES AS INGHAM-MYERS DIVEST NEW ENGLAND

Brett Nielson and Steve Forbes have taken their newly-formed Good Times Industries west to Armidale, picking up ‘The Newie’ as the Ingham-Myers' exit the region. Nielson is long-time owner of the Glengarry Castle Hotel in Redfern, where he used to

PENTAGON TAKES $30m EBC PORTFOLIO

The expanding Pentagon Group has fronted up over $30 million for EBC Leisure’s portfolio of three pubs in the blossoming apple isle. Unlisted pub vehicle EBC began moves last year to divest its pub interests, after more than a decade

SOLMAN TICKS BUCKET AS NEWCOMER ENTERS CLUB HOUSE

Brad Solman has executed his plan for early retirement, divesting the freehold going concern of Singleton’s grand old Club House Hotel. The two-level brick pub on main road John Street offers a welcoming public bar, bistro, beer garden, on-site parking

TOOMEY RETURNS TO THE GAME AT QUEENSPORT

Brisbane’s “country pub in the city” – the Queensport Tavern – has been sold by its colourful long-term owners to Michael Toomey, in a return to industry. Former horse racing identity Peter Chase and race car driver Warwick Brown have

AVC + COLES EXPANSION BEGINS WITH RIVERLAND

The brand new joint venture between Australian Venue Company and Coles has kicked off further expansion plans with purchase of Open Arms Hospitality’s Brisbane hot-spot Riverland. This marks the first acquisition for the newly-formed Queensland Venue Company (QVC), which sees

IRIS TAKES HOTEL STEYNE IN RECORD DEAL

High-flyers Arthur Laundy and John Singleton have sold their Manly institution The Steyne to booming Iris Capital in a record deal for a Sydney freehold going concern. Built 1859, the Hotel Steyne has stood sentry over the Manly Beach for

PELATHON NEW CUSTODIANS OF NORMANBY

Jaz Mooney’s Pelathon Group has taken on another big project in self-proclaimed "Brisbane’s Best Pub” – the noble and sometimes notorious, Normanby Hotel. A living hero of Brisbane’s history since 1890, the Normanby is found on a big 3,683sqm block

SINGO SWEEPS UP GOSFORD’S BIG ELANORA HOTEL

Real estate mogul ad-man John Singleton has backed his own overtures in Gosford with the big-ticket purchase of family legacy pub the Elanora Hotel. Large-format ‘The Elly’ enjoys a big 7,667sqm block on a corner of East Gosford main thoroughfare