SLY FOX DORE INTO ENMORE

The recently departed Sly Fox of Enmore will live and breathe again under the wing of acquisitive inner-west publican Ged Dore, who has quickly jumped to a hattrick in the district. After trading for more than 16 years as a

CESSNOCK’S ROYAL OAK IN RECEIVER SALE

The regal Royal Oak Hotel Cessnock is for sale under instruction by forensic accountants, following a stoush with the ATO and massive tax bill. Doctor-publican John Harvey purchased the prominent two-storey brick pub in 2011, sharing resources with his dental

UNIVERSAL HOTELS LAND THE NEW THE MILL

The Kospetas family’s Universal Hotels has won the race into the new pub below the latest high-end development in Bondi Junction, soon to be opening a new incarnation of The Mill. The former Mill Hill Hotel, on the corner of

FITZROY FGC GOES TO EXPANDING NEW LOCAL

Luke Ainscough has expanded his Windsor region collection, taking the re-stapled freehold going concern of the well-known Fitzroy Hotel. The Fitzroy was established around 1852 on a generous 1,319sqm site in the heart of Windsor’s retail and commercial zone. The

INVERELL’S IMPERIAL JOINS THE MARCH

The stately Imperial Hotel in the heart of Inverell is for sale, as long-time operator Michael Painko looks to move on. The two-storey Georgian Imperial was built on an expansive 2,063sqm lot on a major corner of Otho Street, which

O’DONNELLS EXIT WITH NORTH NOWRA ON OFFER

The O’Donnell family flags the end of its portfolio sell-down with the listing of its south coast landmark operation the North Nowra Hotel. The large-format pub is set on an underutilised block of 6,019sqm next to the North Nowra Shopping

ANGLERS REST UP AS VENDORS LOOK TO DO SAME

Geoff and Mal’s promise-offering Anglers Rest Hotel in Brooklyn has come firmly to market, as the gents decide it is finally time to call time. Following a kick of the tyres last year, with Geoff Watts pondering what came next,

O’DONNELLS DIVEST DUO

The Canberra-based O’Donnell Group has sold two more of its collection, in Bungendore, outside of Canberra, and this week the Australian in Cooma, snapped up pre-auction. Late 2019 the O’Donnell family put to market Goulburn’s Empire Hotel, being part of

RESTAPLED FITZROY STEPS UP

Windsor’s big, pink Fitzroy Hotel has been put to market as a freehold going concern, representing a strong trader with considerable upside potential in a Sydney growth corridor. Incumbent operators Michelle and Craig Thomson took on the lease in 2017,

COOREY MAKES ROYAL CONNECTION IN SHEARER’S ARMS

Hotelier of the Year Matt Coorey has formed a partnership with the Malouf’s Royal Hotels for acquisition of the Shearer’s Arms Tavern south-west of Brisbane. The big-ticket sale is the second in a week in the region, following HPI’s deal