KANIVA’S COMMERCIAL TURNS CURIOSITY CENTRAL
An aviator walked into a bar, bought it, and installed a new lived-in look to accompany the kitsch community of Kaniva. Lurking around 420 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in a Victorian border town, the Commercial Hotel in Kaniva is a
VILLAGE IN NEW AMBITIOUS HANDS
Brody Peterson has divested his handsome Village Inn of upmarket Paddington to an interstate investor, as capital holders push to leverage the pub sector. Established 1850, the pub is a prominent three-level building on a 171sqm site in the inner-city
SHEFFIELD FOR SALE AND READY TO SHINE
The picturesque Sheffield Hotel is for sale for the first time in more than four decades, as owners and operators retire and offer up the idyllic country town pub. The Sheffield Hotel is said to be “one of the best
HISTORIC CLAREMONT UNVEILS MASSIVE REINVENTION RENOVATION
Australian Venue Co has reopened the iconic Claremont Hotel, after nearly three years dark and an amazing $12 million makeover. A hotel first opened on the site in 1886, but it was demolished and in 1902 the current structure was
LABOR’S POKIE POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT ASSURES MAJOR REFORM IN MARCH
Politicking over pokies has burst into 2023, as the NSW opposition Labor Party announces its alternative action regarding the momentum to force cashless gaming into Australia’s biggest state of pubs and clubs. In the wake of Premier Dominic Perrottet’s pronouncement
KELLYS PASS THE BROOKIE TO IRVINS
The Kelly family has capped a record year for the pub sector, selling its northern beaches institution the Brookvale Hotel to Irvin Hotel Group for a reported $42 million. The large suburban pub on 2,700sqm on arterial Pittwater Road provides
KELLY PLANS HISTORY AT HOPE AND ANCHOR
The highly historic Hope and Anchor Hotel is back in local hands and set to be “rescued” by alderman and hero of Hobart, John Kelly. Built in 1807, the Hope and Anchor on the Hobart foreshore is thought to be
PUB COMMANDERS MATHIESON FAMILY LAND THE CAPTAIN
The ink still drying at Woolloongabba, the Mathieson family has emerged as the buyer of Sydney’s famous and somewhat controversial Captain Cook Hotel, aka The Captain Paddington, from short-term pilots. The Captain occupies a 544sqm corner of Flinders Street and
AUSTRALIA’S BEST PUB UNVEILS IN-HOUSE DISTILLERY
Never willing to rest on their laurels, Queensland’s Comiskey Group has followed its big wins at the national awards with a new addition to its prized Eatons Hill Hotel, unveiling Comiskey Distillery. Located next door to the massive Hotel, the
MATHIESON GOES TO THE GABBA, AGAIN
Bruce Mathieson Jr continues his own portfolio build, snagging the potential-laden Woolloongabba Hotel in Brisbane’s Olympics hot spot. The Woolloongabba has resided on its prominent corner site since 1868, now incorporated as a tenancy in the prime location of 803
