REDCAPE COLLECTS THE ARTHOUSE

Ben McBeath’s colourful Arthouse Hotel operation in the Sydney CBD has been sold to MA Financial Group’s Redcape Hospitality. The handsome two-storey sandstone former gallery, set prominently in The Galleries retail precinct on Pitt Street, was redeveloped as a hospitality

MULPHA FLOATS THE COVE

Major developer Mulpha has offered to market the renowned Cove Tavern, within the prestigious Sanctuary Cove Marine Village on the picturesque Gold Coast waterway. Cove Tavern is the only commercial hotel-licensed venue within the premier lifestyle destination of Sanctuary Cove,

RECYCLED PUBLIC PUBS RESOLD

The unwinding of Jon Adgemis’ Public Hospitality group has further unfurled, with Annandale’s Empire and the South Bondi Hotel sold out of receivership again, along with Balmain’s shuttered Exchange. Mid-2025 Millinium Capital, led by Tom Wallace – a long-time friend

SONNEL TAKES THE PEAKHURST FROM JDA

In the latest sector-bumping transaction, the Feros’ JDA Collective has sold the large-format The Peakhurst to Simon Meers’ resurgent Sonnel Hospitality. JDA Collective is siblings John and Dean Feros and Alexandra Henderson, nee Feros, who hail from the Hurstville area.

REDCAPE HITS HARBOURSIDE IN THE FRISCO HOTEL

MA Financial’s Redcape has bought ornate, harbourside veteran the Frisco Hotel in Woolloomooloo from Queensland-based Sun Group. The iconic, heritage-listed Frisco occupies a neat 304sqm corner lot in Sydney’s historic wharf district. It was built in 1856, largely to serve

IMG BACK IN BATHURST WITH PADDY’S

IMG Hotels continues to invest in its powerhouse regional collection, buying another pub in Bathurst, the popular Paddy’s Hotel in Kelso. Paddy’s is a suburban tavern on a large 9,500sqm plot, with an expansive trading footprint and latent capacity for

NEW LEASE RELEASED ON MR B’s

A rare and brand-new lease and entitlements in the Sydney CBD are being sold, in the multi-level Mr B’s. Situated at the prime intersection of Pitt and Goulburn Streets, akin to Universal’s Civic Hotel and Maloney Group’s Maloney’s Hotel, for

SECOND SAPPHIRE COAST SALE: MORUYA WATERFRONT

Agnew Group has doubled down on the Sapphire Coast, adding Moruya Waterfront Hotel to its stable. Moruya is a coastal town of around 5k residents, roughly 300 kilometres south of Sydney or 200 south-east of Canberra, straddling the fertile Moruya

SOLOTEL’S PORTFOLIO MAKEOVER FAREWELLS KINGS CROSS

The Solotel shake-up continues, seeing a buy and lease-back in the inner west, construction in the west and the statuesque Kings Cross Hotel sold to the Gravanis brothers’ Oscars Group. Built 1914, the towering six-level Federation style Hotel stands at