Property

COLLINS CONFIDENT ON THE SHAKY

Posted on September 4th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The beloved ‘Shaky’ Shakespeare Hotel of Surry Hills, operated by legend Margaret Hargreaves for nearly half a century, has sold to the proprietor of Balmain’s The London. The hotel was established in 1879, found on Devonshire Street just 300 meters

THE MILL COMPLETES UNIVERSAL SWAP

Posted on August 30th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The Kospetas family has bookended its portfolio swap-shuffle with Barham Hamarashid, completing the off-market sale of The Mill in Bondi Junction, following exchange on the Evening Star. What was the Mill Hill Hotel was a modest two-storey premise previously owned

ROYAL ON 99 MAKES 44 FOR THE RHINO

Posted on August 30th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Waratah Hotel Group has successfully divested its acclaimed hotel Royal on 99 to Dave Tomsic’s rampaging Black Rhino group. Located in the major regional Queensland town of Roma, the purpose-built pub opened in 2016, replacing the former Royal Hotel, which

RYANS DRINK IN THE TEA GARDENS

Posted on August 23rd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
John Purkis and family have passed the reins of the landmark Tea Gardens Hotel in Bondi Junction to Ryan hotel dynasty principals John and Sally Ryan. Purkis bought the big multi-storey Art Deco hotel mid-2014 from Aussie Leisure Group, but

AVC SECURES FUTURE IN AIRLIE BEACH

Posted on August 16th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Co has doubled down on its investment in town with a partnership acquisition of the windswept and interesting Airlie Beach Hotel, in association with restorative owner-operator Mick McFie. Occupying a generous lot just metres from the destination Whitsundays

PUB KING TAKES ON THE LORD

Posted on August 12th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
One of Sydney’s oldest and most beloved pubs, home of the first pub-brewery, the Lord Nelson in The Rocks, has been bought by pub king and brewer of late, Arthur Laundy. Landmarking the corner of Kent and Argyle Streets, the

UNIVERSAL CATCHES AN EVENING STAR

Posted on August 7th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Colourful stalwart of Surry Hills the Evening Star has been snatched by the Kospetas family’s cosmic Universal Hotels. The Evening Star holds history attendant with the precinct, once home to media and newspaper tycoons partaking of its liquid offerings. Located

TOMSIC TALKS ANOTHER GRAND IDEA

Posted on August 2nd, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Dave Tomic’s bellicose Black Rhino has chased down another prized local in Millicent, adding the Grand Hotel to the growing portfolio.
 The elegant two-storey Grand Hotel, built in 1900 in the Federation style from local sandstone, is the most recent

LIVINGTONE’S CAPTAIN COOK SALES TO WALKER

Posted on July 24th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The Fanatical Warren Livingstone has sold his booming Captain Cook of Botany to Kent Walker for twice the purchase price four years ago, as the south Sydney precinct’s ship comes in. Established as the Captain Cook Inn in 1880 on

EAST VILLAGE GOES FROM GOOD TO TIPPLE

Posted on July 19th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
Ben McBeath and new partners have taken on Darlinghurst’s storied East Village Hotel, as Locky Paech’s outfit looks to the next move. Located on the high-profile corner of Liverpool and Palmer Street in Darlinghurst, the former Tradesman’s Arms was built