WAUGHS LIST BIG-SYDNEY FORBES WITH PLANS
The five-level Forbes Hotel on York Street has come to market looking to be the next entertainment and dining hot-spot in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. It was until late 2014 under lease to Iris Group, before Waugh Hotels took
EAST VILLAGE NOW OPEN AFTER WEST VILLAGE GOODTIME
Fresh from the quest at their West Village in Petersham, the Goodtime Hospitality boys have conquered their newly-acquired East Village in Darlinghurst. Located on Palmer Street, a thoroughfare between arterial roads William and Oxford Streets, the century-old East Village is
TOWN-SAVED PUB HONOURED AS PUB SAVES TOWN
12 local families that banded together to buy the pub and save their town have seen their work pay off as the Border Inn Hotel scoops the Wimmera Business Awards. Apsley is a tiny town of about three hundred souls,
GROVE HILL PUB TO CLOSE AS OCTOGENARIAN CUTS LOOSE
Outback icon the Grove Hill Hotel will soon close its doors for good, as its octogenarian owner looks to retire and follow the sun. Built in 1934 during the peak of the goldrush in the area, the Grove Hill is
CAMPION WINS RACE TO LANTERN’S COMMODORE
Lane Cove stalwart Graham Campion has emerged as the big-ticket buyer of Lantern’s Commodore Hotel, picking up his coveted second pub for a cool $14.5m. Listed pub group Lantern (ASX: LTN) put the McMahon’s Point beauty up for grabs last
LANTERN LISTING AS UNCLE BUCK’S AND AMBARVALE HEAD TO MARKET
Getting a jump on next week’s AGM, Lantern has listed two of its big assets as news breaks of the top-dollar sale price secured for the Commodore Hotel. Systematically executing a turn-around strategy to reverse the company’s fortunes has seen
OUTCRY AS HISTORIC MELBOURNE PUB ILLEGALLY KNOCKED DOWN
Suspicion has turned to scandal following the illegal demolition of the beloved and historic Corkman Irish Pub in Carlton. The pub was purchased for $4.76 million in October 2014 by an unnamed local developer, and when the lease expired shortly
FITZGERALD’S QUEST SEES WALKERS RETURN
Amid the flood of ultra-modern, ground-breaking boutique beers entering the market, Australian entrepreneur Toney Fitzgerald is reviving a long-forgotten brand from Australia’s colonial past. Boasting business savvy and grit but little or no knowledge of making beer, Fitzgerald enlisted acclaimed
KINGS CROSS OPERATORS BANNED FOR LIFE FOR ILLEGAL BAR AND DRUGS
Two men have been barred for life from operating a licensed NSW venue after running an illegal addition to a Kings Cross strip club, serving alcohol and drugs. On 10 and 17 December last year, police detected that level 1
GOING, GOING? GONE: CAIRNS PUBS COGNIZANCE
Amid massive local development, Cairns’ Grand Hotel has hit the market, the Courthouse is being courted by Council, and a new team sign for the Cape York. Occupying 2,035 m² on a prominent corner in the heart of town, the
