HTL Property

ROCHE MAKES ANOTHER EXCHANGE

Posted on September 1st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Expanding hotelier Dominic Roche has swooped on the historic Exchange Hotel of Kyogle, in further demonstration of the strength of the regional market. Kyogle is within the northern rivers region, around 80 kilometres due west of Byron Bay. The Inter-war-style

WAUGH WINS BATTLE FOR WATERLOO

Posted on August 30th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Ashton Waugh has topped a list of bidders competing for Waterloo’s Grosvenor, taking the city-fringe pub for circa $8.5 million. Having purchased it from Riversdale in 2010, former CCA executive Denis Hickey and business partner Warwick Negus sold it for

NED KELLY TAKES CASINO

Posted on August 25th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Ned Kelly has grown his posse of regional hotels with acquisition of the freehold going concern of the Tattersalls Hotel in Casino. Local publican Craig Lusby bought the pub in 2011, and after nearly a decade and eyeing retirement he

ROCHE FAMILY CATCHES THUNDER IN NEW ENGLAND

Posted on August 20th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The acquisitive Roche Group has struck again, taking Uralla’s Thunderbolt Inn from the Moore family. Established 1909, the Thunderbolt – aka The Bottom Pub – is a stately, two-storey Federation structure with ornate lacework adorning verandas on two street fronts.

YOUNG PUTS UP A FRIEND

Posted on August 18th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Wallaby hotelier Bill Young has listed his twice-loved Friend in Hand of Glebe, to focus on the family’s growing stable of large-format pubs. Built 1858, the two-storey Friend is a vestige of Glebe’s blue collar past. It is close to

BLUE-CHIP SALES TIGHTENING YIELDS

Posted on August 13th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Sale frenzy continues around hotels as blue-chip assets, seeing an ALH pub in Brisbane set a new benchmark, as Melbourne’s Zagame family cash in more chips. Culminating its coming to market in July, the Royal Exchange Hotel in Brisbane has

KNOX GOES MORE IN MOREE

Posted on August 6th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Growing local hotelier Jim Knox has expanded his collection with purchase of the Royal Hotel in Moree from long-term owners Deb and Tim Evans. The Royal of Moree is a large, two-storey brick pub with a generous Federation-style parapet, on

ROCHE RICH-LISTERS CONTINUE EXPANSION INTO PUBS

Posted on August 4th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
A new generation of hotel royalty is stepping up its footprint in pubs, with rich-listers the Roche family consolidating their pivot with purchase of Armidale’s Royal Hotel. The Royal is the latest acquisition by the Roche Group, headed by Bill

DRY DOCK HITS BUOYANT MARKET

Posted on July 28th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
Continuing the city fringe frenzy, the Dry Dock Hotel in Balmain has been listed for sale. Claiming a title of Balmain’s oldest licensed hotel, built 1857, the Dry Dock is adjacent to the Balmain Ferry terminal and Mort Bray Park,

GURRS PASS THE WHITEBULL REINS TO KNOX’

Posted on July 26th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The stalwart Gurr family of Armidale have sold their local institution, the Whitebull Hotel, to the family operation of hotelier Jim Knox. Located in the heart of Armidale’s retail precinct, the Whitebull Hotel is a prize of the New England