CAPERTEE ROYAL UP FOR GRABS
The handsome Royal Hotel of Capertee is for sale, bringing plenty of blue sky for an entry level price in a growing region of the mountains west of Sydney. After being leased for five years, the pub operation was returned
WEBINARS: TOMORROW’S PATRON MEETS INDUSTRY CHANGE
Last week the second in a series of webinars brought together another panel of hospitality experts to discuss insights on the new breed of patron, ahead of this week’s final, on impacts to the industry landscape. The second Quantaco webinar
WALKER TRADES UP TO ADAM’S
Fresh from his divestment in Leichhardt, Peter Walker has upped the ante, purchasing Adam’s Tavern in Blacktown from long-term owner and creator, Bob McGhee. Walker sold Norton’s Irish Pub to Justin Hemmes’ Merivale mid-May for $24 million. He has now
POWER PUTS UP IRISH PUB DEVELOPMENT PLAY
Brisbane identity Mick Power has put to market his beloved D’Arcy Arms Irish pub in Surfers Paradise, with additional land and development opportunity. The D’Arcy and an adjoining property, currently used for parking, are on a 3154sqm site on the
GET BACK TO THE PUB: PUBLIC CRY RISING
Industry is gearing up for reopening, with a vaccination light at the end of the tunnel and public campaigns to ‘get back to the pub’. Furthering the fervent discussions on pragmatic solutions that will allow the public to return to
STANFORDS SELLING SUPERSIZE VINEYARD HOTEL
After more than four decades, the Stanford family has put up its extremely large-format Vineyard Hotel and operation, in Sydney's northwest growth corridor. The mixed-use hospitality operation is on 76,900sqm on a corner of Windsor Road, providing a traditional sports
PUBS PUSHING PASSPORTS FOR EARLIER REOPENING
The hotel industry is in talks with government on the pragmatic realities of reopening venues, based in vaccination rates rather than the seemingly uncontrollable case numbers. Hotels in NSW are reportedly considering supporting unvaccinated staff and patrons not being allowed
ROCHE MAKES ANOTHER EXCHANGE
Expanding hotelier Dominic Roche has swooped on the historic Exchange Hotel of Kyogle, in further demonstration of the strength of the regional market. Kyogle is within the northern rivers region, around 80 kilometres due west of Byron Bay. The Inter-war-style
WAUGH WINS BATTLE FOR WATERLOO
Ashton Waugh has topped a list of bidders competing for Waterloo’s Grosvenor, taking the city-fringe pub for circa $8.5 million. Having purchased it from Riversdale in 2010, former CCA executive Denis Hickey and business partner Warwick Negus sold it for
SORRENTO’S CONTI TO REOPEN AFTER MASSIVE RENO
Following its sale last year and a monumental $100 million renovation, Sorento’s exquisite Hotel Continental will return this year, with operations by publican Craig Shearer and team. Opened in 1875, the Hotel Continental is a heritage-listed landmark of the Mornington
