Colourful hotelier Ben May has partnered with his Manly Wharf landlord Robert Magid to buy iconic beachside property The Burleigh Pavilion. One of Australia’s only absolute beachfront premises, the Burleigh Heads building currently houses the Rick Shores bar-restaurant, Oskar’s Restaurant, and Nook Espresso Bar, and last year underwent a substantial facelift that updated the façade, […]
The Charter Hall and Hostplus alliance has struck again, snapping up Bobby Zagame’s portfolio of ALH freeholds for $75 million. Continuing the goal of the companys’ current vehicle – the second round of the Long WALE Investment Partnership (LWIP2) – the high-value assets enjoy long leases to the Woolworths-backed blue-chip tenant, Australian Leisure & Hospitality
Australia’s pub baron has pulled a trifecta, snapping up his third Central Coast hotel this month for nearly $60 million. The Crowne Plaza Terrigal is the biggest hotel on the Central Coast, occupying over 9,000 m² of beach frontage. It offers multiple bars and dining services, a gaming room with 21 EGMs and 199 four-star
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The Laundy Group continues its growth into growth areas, buying yet another Central Coast hotel to fit into its “jigsaw”. The Settler’s Tavern is close to the West Gosford commercial hub, central to the town’s 13,000 business and 65,000 employees. Gosford itself is home to around 170,000 people. Previously owned by well-known former AHA President
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Chris Morris’ Colonial Leisure Group has made its much-anticipated entry into NSW, grabbing Keystone’s Newtown Hotel amid a “natural evolution” of the pub market. Reshuffling its portfolio in recent years, Colonial Leisure Group (CLG) has sold a number of pubs, acquired a Townsville Casino, and divested freeholds to focus on hospitality business opportunities. It currently
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Further staking its claim to being the Balmain Pub Group, Nick Wills’ company has bought Balmain’s Town Hall. Still mourning parting with his beloved Riverview Hotel, Wills told PubTIC the Town Hall Hotel fits perfectly with their plans for conquest. “Two down, 22 to go,” said the head of Balmain Pub Group, which now counts
In a further display of market diversity, Laundy Group has purchased an idyllic and “real value” hotel on the NSW Central Coast. Growing its existing regional portfolio, which already includes pubs in Wagga Wagga, Dubbo, Orange and most recently Long Jetty, the Laundys have purchased the only hotel in Tea Gardens – the Tea Gardens
Iris Group has kicked off 2016, purchasing a Parramatta hotel “as a development” for $38 million. Located a stone’s throw from Rosehill Racecourse, the Mercure Parramatta boasts 165 rooms atop a bar, recreation and function spaces. The Australian implied Iris paid too much for intentions to continue operation in its current form, and reported “sources”
One of the most acquisitive pub groups of 2015 has burst into NSW with the purchase of the Drink’n’Dine portfolio. After rapid expansion including the lump purchase of all 17 pubs and head office operations of Open Door Pub Co (ODPC) in September, Dixon Hospitality Group (DHG) has made good on its plans to move
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Pub baron Mazen Tabat has continued his quest to become Colonial Leisure Group’s landlord, buying the Portsea Hotel freehold for $17.1 million. The Herald Sun reported the sale yesterday, which transacted in the first half of 2015 and settled in November. The hotel adds to Tabat’s portfolio of CLG pubs, and the sharp yield bricks
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