SOLOTEL SELLS GREEN PARK TO ST VINCENT’S
Sydney hospitality giant Solotel has announced completion of the sale of the iconic Green Park Hotel to precinct hero, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney. Built 1893, the three-storey Darlinghurst institution and destination venue for Mardi Gras celebrations will soon be repurposed
SODEN’S GETS SMASHED BY A CAR
Albury’s oldest pub, Soden’s Hotel, is looking at a massive repair bill after a reckless driver crashed into the 163-year-old heritage building, bringing down its awning. Around 3am on Saturday a 24-year-old driver, allegedly seen driving erratically and doing burnouts,
RIVERSDALE CLOSING THE STOCK EXCHANGE
Australian Pub Fund operator Riversdale Group has announced it will soon close the iconic Stock Exchange Hotel in inner-city Brisbane for good. The announcement came via social media late last week that the “Stockie” would cease trading Sunday 13 December,
HOTEL PROPERTY INVESTMENTS BOOK $63m IN NEW PUBS
ASX-listed pub landlord Hotel Property Investments has entered agreements to acquire three hotel properties, across Queensland and Victoria, for a combined $63.3 million. The hotels are Mango Hill Tavern and First Choice Liquor, 29 kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD,
HALLMARK TAKES THE HEART OF BRISBANE
Queensland-based Hallmark Group has added the iconic Lord Alfred Hotel in the literal and proverbial heart of Brisbane to its growing portfolio. Gracing the corner of legendary Caxton Street and Petrie Terrace, the historic Lord Alfred was established in 1868,
NEW MOELIS FUND WINS BATTLE INTO COURTHOUSE
The post-pandemic purse strings have loosened, with Moelis Australia Hotel Management topping the bidder list for the prized Courthouse Hotel Darlinghurst, sold for the first time in 30 years, for $22 million. The Courthouse is an icon of the Oxford
REDCAPE TEMPTS COOTES OUT OF THE GLADDY
ASX-listed Redcape Hotel Group has acquired the freehold going concern of the Gladstone Hotel Dulwich Hill in one of the largest transactions of 2020. Redcape (ASX:RDC) advises it has exchanged contracts to acquire the Gladstone Hotel, which it says will
SA HUNKERS DOWN TO QUASH OUTBREAK
Jumping to put the lid on an outbreak of coronavirus in Adelaide, on Wednesday the South Australian Government initiated a second and hopefully short-term lockdown of the State. Premier Steven Marshall described the proposed six-day measure as a “circuit breaker”
MERIVALE SERVES UP SUPER SCHOONERS
Some of the greatest minds in Australian drinking have combined to solve the problem of having to carry too many schooners at once, with the Super Schooner. Merivale has partnered with Lion, along with marketing company Ogilvy, to produce
NSW BUDGET TO SHOUT EVERYONE FOOD AND FUN
The NSW budget announced yesterday has flagged $100 in hospitality vouchers for every adult in the State in a $500 million bid to help re-start the sector. The budget has earmarked four $25 'Out & About vouchers', to be spent
