RIVERSDALE’S AUSTRALIAN PUB FUND READY TO CASH OUT
The pub fund play to sell in a hot market has attracted another big name with Australian Pub Fund (APF) and Riversdale listing two of the best in time for Christmas. The dollar nous behind APF is comprised of business
VIOLENCE IN NSW VENUES AT LOWEST LEVEL EVER. MOSTLY
The ongoing push to reduce violence in venues has achieved a milestone, with no venues – except the casino – recording enough incidents to make the top tier. The NSW Government today released the news that the latest, Round 16
NEW LANEWAY PUB KIRK’S SET TO INSPIRE
The laneways of Melbourne have bred another trendy pub offering, as Kirk’s opens to complete the tripod picture in Hardware Lane. Inspired by the original salubrious Kim Bowie Kirk pub in the building – which itself reportedly founded the world’s
FINAL COUNTDOWN BEGINS AS WATERWORKS HOTEL LISTED
The Lantern pub flood continues as the listed entity puts its high-ranking Waterworks Hotel to market. While the procession of sales into a market short of supply have seen immense interest by operators eager to optimise the assets, few have
ROYAL CLOSURE MAKES NONE FOR GUNN GROUP
Roadworks for a bus tunnel has forced the closure of the Gunn Group’s Royal Hotel, after issues with access, noise and dust drove away 80 per cent of its trade. The $160 million O’Bahn project will cut an estimated seven
POLICE CHARGE MAN OVER STABBING OUTSIDE PETERSHAM PUB
An argument outside a Petersham pub on Monday turned nasty as one of two men involved pulled a knife and wounded the other. Police issued a notification early on Tuesday morning about the incident, which took place soon after 11pm
FIVE DOCK HOTEL HARVEST REAPED
Lantern has sold its best yet to former Wallaby Bill Young, in a swift campaign fetching another big premium at nearly $29 million. Coming to market less than two weeks ago, the ASX-listed Lantern (LTN) has announced the sale of
WHARF HOTEL STAFF SAVE DROWNING MAN OUTSIDE
A Melbourne man is lucky to be alive after the quick thinking and bravery of staff at the Wharf Hotel, who jumped in the Yarra River to save him. Four bartenders at the Hotel were closing and enjoying an after-hours
LEAGUE COACH IN SPOTLIGHT FOR ALTERCATION WITH OCTOGENARIAN MATE IN PUB
A bit of argy-bargy in the Pagewood has made the news, purely due to the involvement of famous 76-year-old rugby league coach Warren Ryan, and his 83-year-old mate. Ryan is a former Commonwealth Games athlete, and coach of both the
PARRAS SECURES LANTERN’S AMBARVALE GEM FOR $21m
As the Lantern sell-down reaches a crescendo, Colin Parras has emerged as buyer of the listed Group’s Ambarvale Hotel, in the Greater Macarthur Priority Growth boomtown. Occupying 7,200 m² in Ambarvale, within Campbelltown LGA, the Hotel is central to a
