PATERSON PUTS UP BLACKTOWN PUB PROJECT

Local hotelier Simon Paterson is putting up the development opportunity of and around his high-performing pub, in booming Blacktown. The Town Tavern of Blacktown is a strong suburban business, listed in the Top100 of the Liquor & Gaming hierarchy of

GOLD COAST GOLD AT ONE-50

Hot Gold Coast property One50 Tavern has hit the market, boasting blue sky horizons and waterfront views. One50 was built in the 80s under a hotel licence. In the early noughties it became the Surfers Rowers Club site, which later

GERNER GONE FROM SORRENTO’S TROUBLED CONTINENTAL

Julian Gerner has found a good outcome with sale of his troubled Continental Hotel, with a buyer looking to resume restoration and development works immediately. Career hotelier Gerner bought into the Continental – aka the Conti – back in 2015.

CONTI UP FOR GRABS AS STELLAR GOES UNDER

The future of Sorrento’s majestic Continental Hotel is in the wind with the property reluctantly returning to market as developer Stellar winds up. Hotelier Julian Gerner moved to Sorrento, on the Mornington Peninsula, in 2013, with his wife, to start

DARWIN HOTSPOT RORKES SEEKS NEW OPERATOR

Popular Darwin hotel Rorkes is looking for a new operator, offering a new lease in a multi-million-dollar fit-out in Australia’s northern-most capital. The establishment at 22 Smith Street, in Darwin’s CBD, is a landmark heritage building that underwent a major

NEW HANDS ON MOLLY MALONES

Townsville icon Molly Malones has been bought by north Queensland group Zeller Investments. Built 1901 as the Tattersalls Hotel, the heritage-listed two-storey brick corner pub was reinvented as the Irish-themed Molly Malones back in 1999. It offers a craft beer

THE SAINT FOR SALE AS ST KILDA RESURRECTS

The freehold interest of St Kilda’s The Saint has come to market, leased to The Saint Brewing with strong opportunities in the bayside precinct. The handsome two-storey sandstone and steel hotel occupies a 496sqm block on Fitzroy Street St Kilda

ROYAL HOTEL CONDOBOLIN RELUCTANTLY TO MARKET

The Royal Hotel of Condobolin has come to market, after 20 years’ ownership by local legend Paul “Blue” Reardon. The Reardon family have occupied Condobolin for over 60 years and become pillars of the community, with business ventures in farming,

IRIS DIVESTS $34m CLOVELLY HOTEL

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has divested its freehold interest of the Clovelly Hotel for close to $34 million, ending the group’s long history with the beachside pub. Occupying a prominent 1,708sqm overlooking Clovelly Beach, the pub is a landmark of

IRIS PUTS CLOVELLY FREEHOLD TO MARKET

Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has listed the freehold of its iconic Clovelly Hotel, armed with a 20-year lease to Bruce Solomon & Matt Moran’s Morsol. Iris has held the Clovelly since 2008, and executed a huge redevelopment in 2012, bringing