WAUGH AND LAWLER GO COMMY

The new year has already found Sydney hoteliers drawn north to Newcastle, as a partnership with Ashton Waugh and Ben Lawler take the deeds to The Commo of Cooks Hill. A classic red brick two-storey corner pub, the Commonwealth is

VILLAGE IN NEW AMBITIOUS HANDS

Brody Peterson has divested his handsome Village Inn of upmarket Paddington to an interstate investor, as capital holders push to leverage the pub sector. Established 1850, the pub is a prominent three-level building on a 171sqm site in the inner-city

FRISCO ON THE LOOSE

The stately Frisco Hotel in Woolloomooloo has been listed for sale by interstate owners, in what should be a keenly contested prize to round out 2023. Built in 1856, the Frisco is a three-level building on a commanding 304sqm corner

BREAKING: SHORT PASSES TUDOR COMMUNITY BATON TO UNIVERSAL

Marty Short and co have sold their locals-driven The Tudor Hotel of Redfern to the Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels, in a new high water mark for the city-fringe precinct. The Short and Anderson families invested in the multi-level Tudor in

ENGADINE TAVERN AND SITES OPPORTUNITY ON OFFER

A revised Engadine Tavern and adjoining retail sites opportunity has been listed for sale, offering the large-format pub plus potential for a mixed-use redevelopment. The south Sydney suburban Tavern occupies a 2,325sqm site, surrounded by retailers such as Woolworths, Coles,

RIVERSDALE SELLING LAST PUB LAMBTON PARK

The former headlining Riversdale group is bowing out of pubs, with stakeholders opting to sell the prominent Lambton Park Hotel, in suburban Newcastle. The pub group representing high-flyers John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff Dixon bought the LPH mid-2018 for

NEW OWNERS FOR TAPHOUSE’S NEW VIC

Taphouse has passed the baton on its pocket rocket New Victoria Tavern in the burgeoning Sydney industrial precinct and one pub suburb of Wetherill Park. The New Vic came to market late 2021, citing a lively sports bars and TAB

FRASER FLIPS FITZROY

Fraser Short’s Sydney Collective has sold Windsor’s Fitzroy Hotel to the growing Don Hodge Group, after owning the well-known pub for only about a year.  Short teamed up late 2021 with Todd Jacques, keeper of the Sunnyside Hotel in Broadmeadow,

SISTERS OUT OF TAHMOOR INN BEHEMOTH

A Sydney syndicate has won the bid for the massive, big-potential Tahmoor Inn Hotel, owned by the extended Ryan family for more than three decades. Located in south-western Sydney's Macarthur Region, the single level, tavern style operation occupies an impressive

KULETO’S GOES TO NEW ENTRANT

Sydney inner west variant Kuleto’s has been sold for the first time in over four decades to a newcomer to the industry, amid continued strong demand and limited supply for city fringe hotels. Previously known as the Milton Hotel, the