HTL Property

IRVIN’S YOUNG AUSSIE SETS OFF

Posted on March 10th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Interstate hotelier Joe Irvin is divesting his under management Young Aussie Hotel in booming Gladstone, after nearly two decades. The single storey Aussie is strategically positioned on an expansive 4,776sqm corner of Perry Street, with three street frontages, in the

KELLY’S CRITERION BEGINS NEW CHAPTER

Posted on March 8th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Country celebutante Ned Kelly has exited the Weston local Criterion Hotel, handing the reins to coastal publican Adam Drabarek. Rodney ‘Ned’ Kelly bought the re-stapled Hotel with first-timer partner Corey Dunn in late 2020 from Peter Calligeros. Negotiating several crazy

TOWNSVILLE TROPHY GOES TO TRIO

Posted on March 6th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Jewel of south Townsville the Oonoonba Hotel has sold to a partnership including an interstate hotelier and two newcomers to pub ownership. The suburban stalwart was established in 1963, on a big 3,739sqm corner block with double street frontage, close

ALH HEADS TO THE BEACH

Posted on March 2nd, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The ACCC has ruled Australia’s largest publican is allowed to proceed with the acquisition of the Beachfront Hotel. News came in May 2022 that Endeavour Group (ASX:EDG) had signed to buy the popular hangout just north of Darwin. The deal

MARLOW MOVES ON ROBIN HOOD

Posted on February 27th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Jason Marlow’s group has on-sold the very large-format Robin Hood Hotel of Orange, for a new record country regional price for a New South Wales pub. Marlow Hotel Group (MHG) is entering a third generation of family operators, holding an

ANCIENT BRITON MARCHES ON

Posted on January 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Glebe's Ancient Briton is poised for new life, as the Seeto family relinquish the inner west pub in an appropriately animated January. Known as The AB, the multi-level pub occupies a 481sqm block on the corner of Glebe Point Road

HARRIGAN’S TROUPE FINDS GOOD KNIGHT

Posted on January 25th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Billionaire property doyens the Roche family have divested their ‘out of step’ Irish Tavern and Lodge in Harrington to a party of publicans led by Glenn Knight. Proprietor to the Laurieton Hotel Motel, a little south of Port Macquarie, last

WAUGH AND LAWLER GO COMMY

Posted on January 20th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on January 18th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
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

Posted on December 5th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
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