RED ROCK SELL PJ O’BRIEN’S ADELAIDE IN SA EXIT
The award-winning Red Rock Leisure has sold its Adelaide instalment of PJ O’Brien’s, citing a reluctant decision and reinvestment of capital into its other venues. The large-format PJ O'Brien's Adelaide on East Terrace has been part of the Red Rock
CONSUMER INSIGHT: 2017 CRAFT BEER SURVEY
The Beer Cartel has released the 2017 Australian Craft Beer Survey, offering insight into the motivations and factors influencing drinkers in the ever-growing category. The Survey is stated as the most comprehensive publicly available study ever undertaken with Australian craft
LAUNDY SELLS BIG BATEAU BAY
Laundy group has capitalised on the market for coastal freehold properties, divesting the big-format Bateau Bay Hotel for circa $13m to a growing local operator. The Laundy Hotel Group purchased the Bateau Bay Hotel (BBH) in early 2015 for around
SNEDDON GIVES AWAY PUB TOMORROW
Accountant-turned-publican James Sneddon is set to give away his pub tomorrow in an attempt to revolutionise the treatment of STIs. Following launch of a campaign earlier this year to give away his Das Hund Haus (The Dog House) German bier
BIG FORREST BEACH HOTEL & BUSINESSES LISTED
A Gold Coast syndicate has listed the under-management Forrest Beach Hotel, Motel and Caravan park on a massive block overlooking the beach outside of Townsville. High profile automotive dealer Brett Frizelle, lawyer Dwane Bugden, and publican Neil Haslam have owned
PUBLICAN COPS CORRECTIONS ORDERS FOR FIDDLING $22k FROM TAB
UPDATE: A publican that defrauded the TAB of more than $22,000 in order to pay wages and bills has been found guilty and sentenced to corrections orders. David Anthony Brace was manager at the Red Steer Hotel-Motel and Palm &
APF LISTS VIC ON THE PARK
Singo and Dixon’s Australian Pub Fund is one step closer to exit with the listing of Marrickville’s Vic on the Park in a freehold-starved Sydney market. Occupying a 1,247sqm block on a prominent corner opposite Enmore Park, the former The
HOGES SYNDICATE GRABS QUEENS ARMS FOR $21m
A syndicate of six investors including Paul Hogan has signed on to buy New Farm’s big Queens Arms Hotel for a reported $21 million. The syndicate is QAP Holdings, headed by Sydney publican Peter Ashelford and businessman Nick Politis –
DRAUGHT DROUGHT BROKEN IN VICTORIA
The drought has broken in Victoria, as the sleepy town of Woomelang celebrates the quiet yet triumphant return of its only pub. In 2014, Graham and Lisa Shore embarked from Brisbane on a long-awaited caravan expedition around Australia scheduled for
DE WITH LISTS PREMIER HOTEL
Rolly de With has listed his Premier Hotel, boasting plenty of upside and potential in the surging Central Coast market. The Premier was purchased by de With’s Castle Hotels in 2011, in a partnership between the AHA regional representative and
