OXFORD STREET ICON SALE FAREWELLS PUB FAMILY
Oxford Street landmark The Colombian Hotel has come to market for the first time, as the McHughs exit the pub game. The three-level former Westpac Bank building on the corner of Oxford and Crown Streets in Darlinghurst is both an
MELBOURNE PUB TEAM SET TO REVIVE GEELONG LOCAL
Melbourne pub operator APD Group is ‘trading up’ to undertake a big refurbishment and revival of Geelong’s Valley Inn. Currently operating the Barwon Heads Hotel (BHH), where they have been for ten years and will soon complete their lease, APD
VALE ALBURY HOTEL FATHER LEIGH JENNINGS
Wednesday saw a farewell to another legend of Oxford Street, as friends and celebrities mourned the passing of the Albury Hotel backbone, Leigh Jennings. The Albury Hotel reached its peak popularity during the most dramatic period in the gay community,
SPEED AND WALKER TO GET ‘HANDS-ON’ WITH OSCARS’ CAMPERDOWN HOTEL
Steven Speed and Peter Walker have snapped up Oscars Hotels’ Camperdown pub as the market spurs “opportunities” for leaseholds and specialist operators. Speed and Walker’s WDS Group already operates the Bellevue Hotel, where it has just completed an upstairs refurb,
PUB SET TO SHUT OVER FEAR OF COUNCIL WRATH
Battlers Peter and Jayne Fitzpatrick have become entangled in Council red tape around their community pub, in Rappville, near Casino. Just 16 months after purchasing the heritage-listed Rappville pub, the Fitzpatricks are on the verge of closing under weight of
NEW UPG BRAUHAUS USHERS UBER EXPANSION PLANS
Pursuing big expansion plans cited by its new owners, Urban Purveyor Group (UPG) has announced the pending opening of its latest instalment of the Munich Brauhaus brand of beer halls. UPG already operates a total of 28 venues and subsidiary
ELECTION FIASCO REVIVES ANTI-POKIES POLLIES
The turbulent election result has given new life to the old power-trippers again calling for sweeping restrictions to be placed on the nation’s poker machines. The ghosts of minority governments past are chuckling as the newly-elected Turnbull Government grapples with
ARMED ROBBERIES REEK OF DRUG DESPERATION
Pubs in NSW and Queensland were victims of armed robberies by amateurs over the weekend, shocking victims with firearms to secure small amounts of cash. Just before midnight on Saturday, two men entered Spirit Hotels’ Hotel HQ in Logan, in
PUBLICAN LOSES TWO VENUES AMID HARD TIMES
Two venues operated by John Hussey have fallen, with receivers taking possession and agreements “extinguished”. The Gold Coast Bulletin reported one of the glitter strip’s biggest nightclubs – Shooters – closed suddenly, with several dozen now-out-of-work employees said to be
BIG PILBARA PUB UP FOR GRABS
A large-format hotel in one of Australia’s largest mining regions has come onto the market via receivers, with re-focused opportunity. The freehold going concern of the recently refurbished Newman Hotel occupies a sprawling 2.6-hectare site in Newman – approximately 1200