SPIRIT’S BARRIER REEF HOTEL ON OFFER IN HEART OF REEF
Hot on the heels of HPI’s listing of two Coles-leased blue-chip freeholds, another but soon-to-be-vacant Spirit Hotel has come to market, in booming Cairns. The Barrier Reef Hotel occupies 530 m² on the corner of Abbott and Wharf Streets, and
THE DOWNS FOR SALE AS TOOWOOMBA LOOKING UP
One of Toowoomba’s favourite watering holes has come to market as its Bundaberg-based owner looks to expand into bigger operations. Thomfield Property Holdings (TPH) owns the Downs Hotel, Drayton, around 130 kilometres west of Brisbane, and operates it remotely under
CHARTER HALL LONG WALE PUB REIT – LONGER AND STRONGER
Charter Hall’s pub REIT has stepped up expansion plans, retiring bank debt in favour of a A$200 million US Private Placement note as it chases “sustainable and growing returns” for its investors. The Long WALE Investment Partnership (LWIP), 45 per
SENATE REPORT INTO ALCOHOL INDUSTRY RED TAPE: KEY RESULTS
Global drinks company Diageo and the National branch of the AHA have weighed in on the results of the Federal Senate Committee’s red tape report, with positive signs for diminishing bureaucracy. Two of the alcohol industry’s biggest stakeholders have come
ALL QUALITY, AS REDCAPE DIVESTS
As speculation around its own fate continues, Redcape Hotel Group has listed the freehold of one of Australia’s largest accommodation pub assets. The very large-format All Seasons Quality Hotel occupies 3.56 hectares (35,570 m²) on McIvor Highway in Bendigo, around
TEEN BEATEN OUTSIDE COFFS PUB NOW CHARGED
UPDATE: The teenager seen in a video being assaulted by a security guard outside a Coffs hotel has been charged by police with multiple offenses. Video emerged on social media and 7News showing an 18-year-old man being struck by a
$20K AWARDED TO MAN FALSELY ARRESTED AT ALBION HOTEL
A Liverpool man has been awarded $20,000, after a four-year battle following his removal from and arrest outside of Parramatta’s Albion Hotel, in mid-2012. Johnny and Ann Raad are said to have arrived at the Albion shortly after midnight, in
HOTEL BARKLY SOLD – FOR SECOND TIME IN SIX MONTHS
St Kilda’s famous Hotel Barkly has been sold – for the second time in six months – to new publicans, the owners of the backpacker business upstairs. The popular Hotel Barkly came to market mid-2016, with long-standing operator Simon Lennox
MIDNIGHT OIL COMES FULL CIRCLE TO LAUNCH WORLD TOUR IN CHEUNG’S COOGEE BAY HOTEL
Australian rock icons Midnight Oil have announced their re-formation and Great Circle 2017 world tour will kick off at one of their original homes, the Coogee Bay Hotel. Famous around the world throughout the 80s and 90s for their hard-hitting
BRISBANE’S WHOPPING ROYAL GEORGE – RG’s – TO WOO MARKET
The Pullos family is offering to market one of Brisbane’s most iconic pubs, The RG’s, for the first time in over 20 years. Occupying 1,537 m² and two prime corners of the Brunswick Mall in bustling Fortitude Valley, the Royal
