WALKERS STEP INTO NORTH SYDNEY LEGACY

North Shore landmark the North Sydney Hotel, aka Percy’s, has been sold by long-time owners the Davis’ to Kent Walker’s Lesday as the precinct approaches re-entry into the rugby league rodeo. Situated on upper Miller Street, across from North Sydney

AVC TAKES TWO IN THE SUNSHINE

Australian Venue Co has further consolidated its outlook in the Sunshine State, acquiring two prominent licensed venues from the same private operator. Both considered local landmarks, AVC is taking over operations at Bartlett’s Tavern in Rockhampton and the Black Nugget

RYAN LISTS BANKSIA IN BLOOM

Energised by the recent high-profile purchase of the Royal Oak in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, veteran hotelier Patrick Ryan has listed Top150 performer the Banksia Hotel, in Sydney’s south. The big Hotel occupies a prominent 1,037sqm corner on the arterial Princes

RYANS SECURE MALOUF ROYALTY

Industry stalwarts the Ryan family have tempted the Malouf family with an offer they couldn’t refuse for the landmark Royal Oak Hotel in roaring Double Bay. Since 1873 the Royal Oak has held a strategic position at the epicentre of

FEROS’ JDA TAKES HEARTTHROB HEADLANDS

The Feros’ JDA Collective has secured stunning “trophy asset” the Headlands Hotel in seaside Austinmer from owner-operator developers Stevens Group. Located around an hour south of the Sydney CBD, the sprawling pub literally resides on its own headland, on a

THE PRINCE OF THE PORT PUT UP

Suburban local the Prince Alfred Hotel is being offered by a private owner as an operational opportunity in Melbourne’s south. The pub sits on a prominent 305sqm corner of popular thoroughfare Bay Street, on State Route 30, across from Port

DEVELOPER GETS TO THE GREENWELL POINT

Peter Dobb has sold his long-held Greenwell Point Hotel in Shoalhaven to an industry newcomer with a plan, as he looks closer to home. The Hotel is on a generous 5,261sqm lot mere metres from Crookhaven River and the only

MAY LANDS MEREWETHER SURFHOUSE

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

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

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