HTL Property

MAY LANDS MEREWETHER SURFHOUSE

Posted on August 31st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Newcastle beachfront trophy the Merewether Surfhouse is in new hands for the first time, as waterfront guru Ben May adds it to the May Hospitality collection. The historic art deco bathing pavilion on Merewether beach built around 1937 was one

SALE OR LEASE ON THE HIGH-PROFILE CLIFTON

Posted on August 28th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne’s landmark Clifton Hotel is for sale or lease through receivers and managers FTI Consulting, in the fallout from Jon Adgemis’ collapsed Public Hospitality Group. Built 1868, the Clifton is a hospitality institution, dominating a high-profile corner of Kew Junction

ARANGIO AND GURR LIST WYONG’S ROYAL

Posted on August 26th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Business partner publicans Frank Arangio and Pat Gurr have listed their expanded Royal Hotel in Wyong – one of the key regional centres on the central coast north of Sydney. The Royal overlooks arterial road the Pacific Highway, on a

CALLIGEROS CALLS TIME AT THE BELLEVUE

Posted on August 24th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
Calligeros Hotel Group has listed an icon of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, the Bellevue Hotel, on the boundary of the affluent suburbs of Paddington and Woollahra. The thumping two-storey pub – known locally as ‘The Bellie’ – has been on the

PORT KEMBLA’S COMMERCIAL SETS SALE

Posted on August 19th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The Despotovski family are calling time on the game, listing their large-format Commercial Hotel in the middle of the commercial and burgeoning harbourside precinct of Port Kembla. For the past 38 years the hotel, positioned on a 1,818sqm landholding on

SHOALHAVEN STAR STAYS LOCAL

Posted on August 19th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The Star Hotel of Milton has kept it local, as long-term owners the Stone family pass the keys to experienced Shoalhaven residents the Kapetanos family. Fronting the Princes Highway on a 923sqm plot in the heart of the coastal town,

IRVIN BUILDS IN SEQ WITH JDA’S GCT

Posted on July 31st, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The Feros’ JDA Collective has sold riverside local the Gold Coast Tavern at Benowa to Joe Irvin’s Irvin Hotels, as interest and capital gear up on the Brisbane Games. John Feros and siblings Dean and Alexandra Henderson (nee Feros) purchased

SURFHOUSE UP AT MEREWETHER

Posted on July 24th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The Merewether Surfhouse in Newcastle – one of the city’s most celebrated waterside venues – is available for the first time since its inception. In the last days of 1989 an earthquake registering 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the

PUB GROUP POSES PLANS FOR RINGWOOD

Posted on July 22nd, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
A growing Melbourne-based group has acquired a vacant hospitality site in Ringwood, citing plans for “an exciting new venture”. The landmark three-level architectural freehold is a purpose-built structure with indoor and outdoor entertainment zones, an integrated lift, a spacious beer

ST ANDREWS DESTINATION PUB ON OFFER

Posted on July 20th, 2026 by Clyde Mooney
The business and freehold of historic landmark the St Andrews Hotel are being sold, in the scenic Kinglake foothills. Built 1856, when St Andrews was known as ‘Queenstown’, the hotel has become renowned for its cozy country pub vibe. It