SALE AND LEASEBACK GROWTH PLANS FOR FRANCIS
Melbourne-based Francis Venues is executing a sale-and-leaseback on its recently acquired Kings Head Tavern in South Hurstville, offering a freehold for an investor and growth capacity for the group. Situated on a 1,334sqm corner of a major intersection of Kings
BELLS RINGS FOR SAXON GROUP
A group led by ex-CUB CEO Peter Filipovic has broken the Victorian gaming drought, buying a rare freehold going concern in the institutional Bells Hotel of South Melbourne. Bells is a landmark pub on a commanding corner of the busy
STEAKHOUSE GIANT NORMAN HEADS TO THE NORTHSIDE
Iconic Queensland steakhouse the Norman Hotel in Woolloongabba, proudly known as “Brisbane’s worst vegetarian restaurant”, has just announced the arrival of its twin, Norman Northside, due to open mid next year. Leasehold owner of the 136-year-old pub, James Power represents
PUBLIC SELL-DOWN CONTINUES AT CLIFTON
The elegant Clifton Hotel in Melbourne’s east is being sold by receivers out of Jon Adgemis’ floundering Public Hospitality portfolio, offering a rare property and hospitality play in the southern capital. Public Hospitality was formed in 2021 by the former
ROCKY WELCOMES BACK ITS BELOVED LEICHHARDT
Rockhampton welcomed back its beloved Leichhardt Hotel last Wednesday when it reopened after a complete rebuild. Operated by QVC, a joint venture between Australian Venue Co and Coles’ former Spirit Hotels, the hotel has now put a contemporary twist on
LANSDOWNE PUTS IT ONLINE
Sydney live music legend the Lansdowne Hotel is taking it to the people, broadcasting talented acts over the world wide web. Having recently celebrated 100 years entertaining Sydney-siders, The Lansdowne has partnered with Music Australia to begin Lansdowne TV to
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE RENOVATION STRATEGY
In recent years the processes for pub renovation and development, particularly in New South Wales, have become conflated with consultants, besieged with bureaucracy, and laden with expensive and time-consuming traps for young gamers. This a story about pub development. Advancement.
HUNTERS CATCH GALLAGHER’S TERRIGAL
Gallagher and Co have consolidated back to the capital, passing their large-format Terrigal Hotel to locals the Hunter family’s Hunter Hotel Group. One of the most prominent venues on the Central Coast, it occupies a large site of roughly 4K
ASHMONT INN’S MARKET DEBUT
Wagga Wagga’s Ashmont Inn Hotel has been listed for the first time in its history in what is likely to be one of the most anticipated and keenly contested regional pub offerings of the year in NSW. The Inn was
PICK A BOX AN EASY CHOICE
Rural Queensland’s immaculate Sadlier’s Waterhole and Pickabox Motel (Sadlier’s) in Morven is for sale by vendor Allicam P/L, headed by commercial property developer Pat Dunne. The 3-acre property boasts a single-storey Queenslander-style hotel offering hearty pub meals alongside twenty-two well-maintained