HTL Property

NEW HANDS FOR BILLY BARRY’S

Posted on September 1st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The operation of high-performing North Sydney watering hole Billy Barry’s Hotel has been sold, heralding the retirement of its long-time owner-operator, Kieren Barry. The two-level sports bar-styled pub is located across from bustling North Sydney train station, one of Sydney’s

SONNEL TAKE THE FIRE HOUSE

Posted on August 29th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Sonnel Hospitality has taken the next step in its ambitious plans, purchasing the freehold going concern of the striking Fire House Hotel, marking the first in the North Sydney CBD in more than 40 years. Vendor Mark Barry has owned

YOUNG GOES REGIONAL IN RECORD DEAL

Posted on August 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney-based Wallaby turned hotelier Bill Young has signed on for Jim Knox’s landmark Gem Hotel in Griffith, in what is said to be a record regional pub sale. The Gem is in the heart of the Griffith CBD, believed to

SALE AND LEASEBACK GROWTH PLANS FOR FRANCIS

Posted on August 18th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Melbourne-based Francis Venues is executing a sale-and-leaseback on its recently acquired Kings Head Tavern in South Hurstville, offering a freehold for an investor and growth capacity for the group. Situated on a 1,334sqm corner of a major intersection of Kings

PUBLIC SELL-DOWN CONTINUES AT CLIFTON

Posted on August 15th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The elegant Clifton Hotel in Melbourne’s east is being sold by receivers out of Jon Adgemis’ floundering Public Hospitality portfolio, offering a rare property and hospitality play in the southern capital. Public Hospitality was formed in 2021 by the former

ASHMONT INN’S MARKET DEBUT

Posted on August 13th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Wagga Wagga’s Ashmont Inn Hotel has been listed for the first time in its history in what is likely to be one of the most anticipated and keenly contested regional pub offerings of the year in NSW. The Inn was

REILLY LETS LOOSE THE COCKATOO

Posted on August 11th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Ray Reilly has listed his inner west icon the White Cockatoo Hotel as the group progresses with portfolio rejuvenation. A 30-year industry veteran, Reilly bought the three level pub in 2017, then known as the West Village, continuing an expansion

MARLOW TAKES A WALKER DOONSIDE

Posted on August 1st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Western Sydney all-rounder the Doonside Hotel has been sold by Peter Walker to Jason Marlow, as he looks to bolster and further expand the family’s holdings. Built 1962, on a sprawling 7,278sqm plot within the Doonside retail and transport precinct,

NEW BEGINNINGS IN WALLSEND

Posted on August 1st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
A Newcastle publican is wrapping up business in Wallsend landmarks, divesting the Fire Station and offering up the Museum. The Fire Station Hotel resides atop a large commercial site on a corner of Nelson Street, in the east of town.

GRIFFITHS OFFERS GOULBURN’S TATTS

Posted on July 28th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The Griffiths family is divesting the large-format Tattersalls Hotel in Goulburn, in the NSW southern tablelands, leaving a balanced business as they head south. Widely considered the best pub in Goulburn, The Tatts boasts one of the largest trading footprints,