READY TO EXPAND COMMONWEALTH ON OFFER

The stoic Commonwealth Hotel and opportunity are for sale, in Newcastle’s booming suburb of Cooks Hill. Affectionately known as “The Commy” the pub is situated in the popular Cooks Hill entertainment precinct of East Newcastle, just a block off major

DUCK INN BACK IN OPEN WATERS

The Sydney city-fringe Duck inn of Chippendale is for sale as a blank canvas, with gastro reputation, in an area renowned for dining options. An attractive wedge-shaped two storey building on a 392sqm corner of Rose Street and Cleveland Lane,

REGIONAL CENTRES ON FIRE AS HOT MARKET EYES THE BUSH

Investors and hoteliers are pushing top-dollar prices for strong assets in regional hot-spots, as hungry capital eyes the booming Australian hotel market. The freehold has been sold of the Grand Hotel in Armidale – a major locality in the New

UNIVERSAL CATCHES BAT & BALL

Universal Hotels has won its first bout for 2022, taking home the Bat and Ball Hotel of Surry Hills. Originally known as the Duke of Cleveland, the pub was built in 1929 on the corner of busy Cleveland and South

KELLY PORTFOLIO SELL-DOWN BEGINS

Following appointment of administrators to the Damian Kelly portfolio, sale of the four thriving pubs has begun.  Andrew McCabe and Joseph Hayes of insolvency and restructuring experts Wexted Advisory were appointed as Administrators and are buoyant on a strong campaign

ALH AND ENDEAVOUR BACK IN BUY MODE

Australia’s largest publican has completed its first Queensland transaction since its ASX listing with Endeavour, making a Commercial decision in another strategic region. Purchase of the Commercial Hotel Charters Towers is the first settled Sunshine State acquisition for Endeavour Group

SHORT GOES LONG IN WINDSOR

Fraser Short has burst into Windsor, picking up two pubs in quick succession with new partners. The first to arise was Windsor’s well-known Fitzroy Hotel, operated by 'Lion-heart Luke' Ainscough, which has sold to the newly-formed syndicate of Fraser Short

MOELIS CAPS 21 WITH A BANG IN BYRON’S HOTEL BRUNSWICK

Moelis Australia Hotel Management has book-ended the big buys of Byron, paying $68 million for Delvene Cornell and David Gyngell’s Hotel Brunswick of Brunswick Heads. The Hotel Brunswick is an icon of northern NSW, 20 minutes north of Byron Bay,

STANFORD HAT TRICK PASSES PUB @ RIVO TO NEW MONEY

The Stanford family have sold their third and final hotel, the Pub @ Rivo, to a new and growing consortium led by businessman Andrew Wheeler and publican Brendan Hood. Around three months ago the Stanfords began the process to navigate

FOOTY HERO BURKE FAMILY PASS NORTHSIDE TO HARVEST

Harvest Hotels have taken another big regional pub in the Northside Hotel, Albury, from the famous footballing Burke family. Patriarch Peter Burke and co. bought the Northside in 2005 and have operated it for the past 16 years. They also