ARTHUR AND STU TEAM UP FOR WOY WOY LANDMARK

Pub dynasty Arthur and Stuart Laundy have teamed up for the first time, to buy the Bayview Hotel in Woy Woy in a new record for the region. The large-scale Bayview overlooks Brisbane Water, around an hour by car or

CAROUSEL INN ONTO MARKET MERRY-GO-ROUND

The Stanford family continues its big-ticket divestment, listing its prized Carousel Inn, in north-western Sydney. Listing of the Carousel follows the family’s 2021 record sale last week of the Vineyard Hotel for $70 million. The Stanfords also still hold the

ENORMOUS VINEYARD HOTEL SELLS FOR ENORMOUS SUM

Ending a hotly-contested campaign conducted entirely during COVID closure, the Stanfords have achieved a national record sale for 2021 of circa $70 million for their monolithic Vineyard Hotel. The extremely large-format Vineyard is a mixed-use hospitality operation on 76,900sqm on

PUB SALES FOR ALH AND THE LOADED DOG

Pub sales continue unabated across the east coast, and if freehold going concerns and operations aren’t transacting investors are finding the deeds on investment freeholds. Listed funds manager Charter Hall has secured ALH’s Imperial Hotel for $6.618 million, representing a

BIG BELMORE RACES TO MARKET

The Brownlee family have put to market their monarchical Belmore Hotel, in the NSW equine capital. Built 1866, the two-storey Belmore of Scone was originally named the Railway Hotel, before being renamed the Belmore in 1871, following a visit by

LAKE ILLAWARRA LEGACY SALE

After nearly four decades behind the wheel, the Hampton family has handed its Lake Illawarra Hotel in Windang to a growing hotelier. Once a Tooth’s brewery, the Lake Illawarra occupies a 6,038sqm site a stone’s throw from its namesake, around

PENINSULA PLAYERS LEAP ON BALMAIN’S DRY DOCK

Sydney’s white-hot pub market continues despite closures with sale of the languishing Dry Dock Hotel to new specialist entity Peninsula Hospitality Group. Recognised as one of Balmain’s oldest pubs, established 1857, the Dry Dock is adjacent to the Balmain Ferry

STANFORDS SELLING SUPERSIZE VINEYARD HOTEL

After more than four decades, the Stanford family has put up its extremely large-format Vineyard Hotel and operation, in Sydney's northwest growth corridor. The mixed-use hospitality operation is on 76,900sqm on a corner of Windsor Road, providing a traditional sports

ROCHE MAKES ANOTHER EXCHANGE

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

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