Australian Venue Company

AVC HALTS DEAL TO BUY SAND HILL ROAD PORTFOLIO

Posted on April 15th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The nine-digit deal for KKR’s Australian Venue Company to buy the Sand Hill Road portfolio has been put on hold as both groups share in the national pain of pub closures. News emerged early March of the agreement, understood to

AVC STRATEGY TAKES EUROPEAN BIER CAFÉ

Posted on September 16th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Continuing its portfolio tuning, Australian Venue Company has announced acquisition of a Melbourne bier, sport and comedy institution – the European Bier Café. The multi-level venue on Exhibition Street features a bar and function space, Aer rooftop bar, and a

AUS. VENUE CO. UNVEILS NEW SMITH ST SOCIAL

Posted on July 19th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Company (AVC) has pounced on another new venue, remodelling and rebranding the retired Rorkes to become the sophisticated, all-occasion Smith St Social.  AVC continues its strategic acquisitions, eyeing long-term prospects for the growing portfolio, backed by New York-based

AVC STEPS UP FOR SACRED HEART

Posted on June 5th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Australian Venue Company (AVC) has put money where its mouth is, donating monies from meals and Dine with Heart cocktails throughout May at all its Victorian venues, in support of Sacred Heart Mission. Amongst its charitable works, Sacred Heart Mission

COLES & AVC LODGE JV FOR SPIRIT FLEET

Posted on October 26th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The long-awaited joint venture between Coles’ Spirit Hotels and KKR’s Australian Venue Company is one step closer, with lodgement of the paperwork this week to Queensland’s Office of Liquor & Gaming Regulation. Rumours have circled for much of this year

DIXON & KKR’S AVC LOOKING TO LEAP WITH COLES JV

Posted on June 6th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The much-rumoured joint venture between Coles’ pub arm and a big operator is close to a deal with KKR’s Australian Venue Company, with the major hurdle fast approaching. Speculation has emerged about a broad change to the fleet of Spirit

WESFARMERS’ WOES COULD BE AUS VENUE CO BOON

Posted on March 19th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
The battle of the supermarket pub groups has taken another twist with Wesfarmers’ mooted plans to shed Coles from its portfolio, as Aus Venue Co looks to step up the value of its operations. Eleven years after buying and reviving

AVC CONTINUES GROWTH VIA O’BRIENS AND PRINCE ALFRED HOTEL

Posted on March 5th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
[caption id="attachment_12584" align="alignright" width="178"] Prince Alfred Hotel[/caption] The acquisitive Australian Venue Company is extending its working relationship with the O’Brien family, taking on the lease at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Richmond’s bustling Church Street. Australian Venue Company (AVC) –