BOOMING IRIS LISTS KEARSLEY HOTEL
Fresh from its recent record-breaking acquisition of Hotel Steyne, Iris Capital has listed for sale the Hunter Valley’s Kearsley Hotel. Beyond $60-plus million buys in one of Sydney’s highly prized precincts, Iris has been steadily building a formidable presence in
AVC + COLES EXPANSION BEGINS WITH RIVERLAND
The brand new joint venture between Australian Venue Company and Coles has kicked off further expansion plans with purchase of Open Arms Hospitality’s Brisbane hot-spot Riverland. This marks the first acquisition for the newly-formed Queensland Venue Company (QVC), which sees
BRITAIN’S SMALLEST, AND NAKEDEST, PUBS
Statistics show pubs continue to rapidly close all over the UK, but some forge on through economies of lack of scale, and innovation continues to thrive in the form of London’s first nudist pub. The great British pub owes much
SURREY CLUB SLEEPER SET TO WOW MARKET
Redfern diamond in the rough the Surrey ‘Club’ Hotel comes to market, representing a torrent of upside and rare opportunity on the city fringe. Located on a prominent 368sqm corner of Cleveland and Elizabeth Streets, the Surrey is a three-storey
FAMOUS ETTAMOGAH PUB ON OFFER
The original legend of Ettamogah has come to market, boasting a most unusual structure and madcap reputation, just north of the NSW-Victorian border. Ettamogah is an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of good drink'. Budding cartoonist Ken Maynard used to cycle
SLY FOX REOPENS WITH SLY NEW OUTLOOK
Publican Brett Strauss has teamed up with nightclub gurus Kerry Wallace and Benjamin Lepke to reinvent inner-west late-night stomping ground the Sly Fox. Located on the corner of Enmore and Edgeware Roads in Sydney’s inner west, the Fox has been
COMPETITIVE EDGE WITH MYSTERY MANAGEMENT
B2B customer services and mystery shopper company Girl Friday has rebranded to better reflect the work it does helping pubs and other businesses increase their competitive edge. Girl Friday has been operating for over 13 years and has evolved to
COBURG’S WOODLANDS HOTEL ON OFFER
The striking Woodlands Hotel in historic Coburg comes to market in a rare freehold going concern opportunity in Melbourne’s inner suburbs. Originally built as the Palm Avenue Hotel, a pub has traded on the site continuously for over 140 years,
SCHIAVELLO POSTS GPO HOTEL OPPORTUNITY
Fortitude Valley’s former post office building – the handsome GPO Hotel – comes to market boasting a long lease and favourable terms, and a prized pedigree. The GPO is central to Brisbane’s nightlife entertainment precinct, Fortitude Valley, around 1.5 kilometres
CARLTON TAPPING INTO SOFT DRINK MARKET
Carlton & United Breweries is building on the success of its first non-alcoholic beer – Carlton Zero – with a bold advertising campaign aiming to woo consumers over from sugary drinks. Carlton Zero was launched last September – the