NELSON MEERS AT CROSSROADS FOR $160m
The Nelson Meers group has set a new record for an Australian pub sale, putting up a reported $160 million for the massive Crossroads Hotel of Casula. Occupying a 1.28-Ha site at the junction of the Hume Highway and Camden
DON HODGE GROUP TAKE LAKE MACQUARIE
The Don Hodge Group Inc has been announced as purchaser of the coveted Lake Macquarie Tavern in Mount Hutton, for a hot market $33 million. Mount Hutton is around 140 kilometres north of Sydney, and only 14 from Newcastle CBD,
GLYNN AND BARRET LIST COBBLERS TAVERN
After four decades on the job, publicans Kieran Glynn and Arthur Barret have listed for sale Mandurah’s iconic Cobblers Tavern. Cobblers is on a 1,334 sqm lot in Falcon, adjoining a First Choice liquor store and numerous specialty shops. It
NEARLY HALF OF VENUES STILL USING PEN AND PAPER BOOKINGS
In the digital era, and the wake of the Federal budget incentivising technology, research into the hospitality sector finds nearly half of venues are still using pen and paper booking systems. The Federal Budget news at the end of March
K2 CONQUERS BLUE MOUNTAIN
Lawson’s picturesque Blue Mountain Hotel has sold to new capital from Sydney, seeing K2 Property Development Group partnering with Locky Paech’s Goodtime Group. Built 1848 as the Blue Mountains Inn, the venue is perched on a high-profile 965sqm corner block,
TOMSIC TAKES OVER ANOTHER TOWN
The indomitable Black Rhino group has stampeded into another town, taking two in legendary Coober Pedy to rack up 11 pubs in 11 months. Approximately 900 kilometres north of Adelaide – halfway to Alice Springs – Coober Pedy is one
BELL CALLS TIME ON TYALGUM
Long-time publican Peter Bell has put to market his Tyalgum Hotel in the northern rivers region, looking to capitalise on hot market conditions. Occupying a large 4,326sqm corner block, the two-storey local pub is a community meeting place, sporting an
MARINE HOTEL SETS SALE IN CARDWELL
Continuing the campaigns to capitalise on robust investor interest in regional hotels, the Marine Hotel Motel comes to market. Occupying a site of 3,329sqm with triple street frontage, Cardwell’s Marine Hotel has a rich history dating back to 1864. Facing
BIG SINGLETON SALE FOR MURPHY BROTHERS
An expanding Sydney hotelier has paid a booming market price of around $18.5 million for the Imperial Hotel in Singleton, bought only a few years ago by the Murphy brothers. Situated amongst a growing residential population in the upper Hunter
NEW SYDNEY PUB FOR THE NEW GAMING PATRONS
Plans have emerged for a next-generation pub, on Sydney’s Broadway, tapping the booming potential of the video gaming market. Fortress Esports has submitted plans around what will be one of the largest ‘esports’ and video gaming venues in the southern
