REDCAPE LOOKS SKYWARD THROUGH ORION

Redcape has announced another big step in its expansion plans, with acquisition of the Orion Hotel in Springfield for around $30 million and another capital raise to fund further ambition. The Orion Hotel is within the Orion Springfield Central shopping

OPERATOR WANTED FOR NEW GASTROPUB

The call is out for hospitality operators to register interest in being part of the $450 million Geelong convention centre, as its developers look to tenant multiple spaces including a new gastropub. Construction began in 2023 on the all-new Nyaal

AVC PICK UP INCLUSIVE HOTSPOT THE COURT

Australian Venue Co is in The Court, announcing a conditional acquisition agreement to purchase the loud and proud venue in Perth’s entertainment precinct. Established in 1888, The Court’s long in the city includes its long association with the LGBTQIA+ community,

BRIGHTON IN NEW HANDS AGAIN

The Brighton Hotel in Mandurah has kick-started real estate transactions again in Western Australia, selling to a local syndicate and operators as the State’s pubs reopen this week. Mandurah is WA’s largest regional city, found around 70 kilometres south of

RIVERSDALE’S THE ELEPHANT TAKES TILLEY & WILLS TO QUEENSLAND

The Riversdale operated APF has completed its freehold “disposal strategy” in Brisbane, selling the voluminous The Elephant for over $20 million to Sydneysiders Simon Tilley and Nick Wills. Singleton, Dixon and Carnegie’s Australian Pub Fund (APF) has been strategically selling

MURPHY BROTHERS TAKE IMPERIAL SINGLETON

Two years after selling in Maitland, the Murphy brothers are back in the Hunter, buying the freehold going concern of the Imperial Hotel at Singleton from Walker Douglas and Callen Hotels. Walker Douglas Group (WDG) has held title on a

INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY HITS BRISBANE MARKET

The freehold going concern of the International Hotel in Brisbane has come to market, boding a future development project on the city’s outskirts. The modest structure on the corner of Boundary and Torrington Streets in Spring Hill occupies a 1,745sqm

APF LISTS VIC ON THE PARK

Singo and Dixon’s Australian Pub Fund is one step closer to exit with the listing of Marrickville’s Vic on the Park in a freehold-starved Sydney market. Occupying a 1,247sqm block on a prominent corner opposite Enmore Park, the former The

THE AUSSIE TO AUCTION AS HUSBAND & WIFE RETIRE

Historic Queenslander The Australian at Gympie is up for sale, as husband and wife owners call time on their “old-style” pub. The first Australian Hotel built on the corner of Apollonian Vale and Lady Mary Tce was in 1873, with