RESTAPLED FITZROY STEPS UP
Windsor’s big, pink Fitzroy Hotel has been put to market as a freehold going concern, representing a strong trader with considerable upside potential in a Sydney growth corridor. Incumbent operators Michelle and Craig Thomson took on the lease in 2017,
COOREY MAKES ROYAL CONNECTION IN SHEARER’S ARMS
Hotelier of the Year Matt Coorey has formed a partnership with the Malouf’s Royal Hotels for acquisition of the Shearer’s Arms Tavern south-west of Brisbane. The big-ticket sale is the second in a week in the region, following HPI’s deal
HUNT SPONSORS SHOOT YOUR LOCAL
Pub commandant Stephen Hunt has tempted Newcastle region locals to Shoot Your Local, offering $5,000 cash for capturing the heart of Hunter pubs. The competition welcomed both amateur and professional contenders residing in the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Port Stephens
ALH’S WESTMEADOWS TAVERN UNDER SIEGE
The Westmeadows Tavern saw squads of heavily-armed tactical police swarm the site in the early hours this morning, as two armed bandits were believed to be inside. Police were called to the ALH pub in northern Melbourne around 5am, receiving
ILGA TRADING HOURS DECISION OVERRULED FOR IRIS
A landmark ruling has been handed down by NCAT, overruling an ILGA decision to prevent late-trading at Iris Group’s Station House Hotel in Campsie. In 2015 Canterbury Council granted development approval for what was to become the Station House, on
LAUNDY FINDS GOLD AT THE QUARRYMAN’S
Colin M. Parras is back on the ground, taking The Quarryman’s Hotel in Pyrmont from Arthur Laundy in the latest mid-market transaction. Laundy bought the Quarryman’s, located on the corner of Harris Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road, in 2011 for
WILLOW TREE FOR SALE IN THE HUNTER
The Willow Tree Hotel in the NSW Hunter region has hit the market, offering a well-presented local in one of the State’s booming regions. The two-storey Willow occupies a 1,556sqm site on the New England Highway (Kelly Street) through town,
BRITAIN’S WORST PUBLICAN
Steve Cotton, proprietor of the Poltimore Arms, is the self-confessed least interested publican in Britain, making patrons serve themselves and having eyes only for his feral rescue cat named Hitler. The 59-year-old former engineer encountered opportunity to take over the
DE ANGELIS LISTS BIG BLIGH PARK
The evolving De Angelis group has put up its very large-format Bligh Park Tavern site in south Windsor, offering a strong business and major development opportunity. The De Angelis family holds the titles to De Angelis Hotels & Investments (DHI),
ROYAL OAK CLOSED AS HARVEY BATTLES ATO
Doctor-publican John Harvey has unleashed a David and Goliath battle against the ATO, which has already seen the closure of his Royal Oak Hotel at Cessnock. John Harvey operates the Hunter Valley Dental Practice, and in 2011 bought the nearby
