KELLY & CO HIT PAYDIRT IN THE HUNTER

Ned Kelly and friends have struck again, swooping on the re-stapled Criterion Hotel in the wild Weston growth corridor of the Hunter Valley. The freehold has been owned by Sydney-based Peter Calligeros, owner-operator of Surry Hills’ Trinity Bar and both

HOTEL PROPERTY INVESTMENTS BOOK $63m IN NEW PUBS

ASX-listed pub landlord Hotel Property Investments has entered agreements to acquire three hotel properties, across Queensland and Victoria, for a combined $63.3 million. The hotels are Mango Hill Tavern and First Choice Liquor, 29 kilometres north of the Brisbane CBD,

NEW MOELIS FUND WINS BATTLE INTO COURTHOUSE

The post-pandemic purse strings have loosened, with Moelis Australia Hotel Management topping the bidder list for the prized Courthouse Hotel Darlinghurst, sold for the first time in 30 years, for $22 million.  The Courthouse is an icon of the Oxford

WALSH PASSES KEYS IN RIVERINA

Popular local the Riverina Hotel in Wagga Wagga has been sold to an acquisitive Sydney-based hotelier in an off-market post-pandemic transaction that points to the increasing desirability of strong regional assets. The freehold going concern pub offers a public bar,

NEW OFFER IN THE NEW HAMPTON

The premium leasehold interest in the New Hampton Hotel in Kings Cross is being marketed for sale through a public campaign. Located at the western end of Bayswater Road, a stone’s throw from the famous Coke sign, the New Hampton

BALMORAL LIST APPROVED FLAGSTONE TAVERN

Balmoral Hospitality Group has put its ready-to-build Flagstone Tavern site on the market, citing greater focus on further opportunities home in NSW. Joel Fisher and Andrew Denmeade’s Balmoral Hospitality Group (BHG) purchased the greenfield project in early 2019, shortly after

THORPE HAT TRICK TO REVIVE THE DUKE

The Duke of Enmore has a new master, with the leasehold interest sold to emerging Sydney operator James Thorpe. The Thorpe brothers took on Darlinghurst beer mecca The Taphouse in 2017. They took their next step into Petersham’s Oxford Tavern

CHARTER HALL INVEST IN ALH’S PARAP

Charter Hall’s Long WALE has secured the deeds to ALH’s popular Parap Tavern in Darwin, in a $19.7 million deal and continued show of confidence in the sector. Established in 1937, the Tavern is a community favourite, known for its

RISING NEWCOMER CATCHES MARVAN’S EVENING STAR

The ready to shine Evening Star Hotel in Surry Hills has been sold for $12 million by Marvan Hotels to up-and-coming hotelier Barham Hamarashid, who is looking to capitalise on the precinct’s resurgence. Marcus Levy’s Marvan Hotels listed the pub

DE ANGELIS SELLS OUT OF BLIGH PARK

The De Angelis family has completed sale of its Bligh Park Tavern to another prominent hotel dynasty. Peter De Angelis’ family have owned the hotel for nearly two decades, amid a growing pub portfolio throughout greater Sydney, counting Burwood’s Bath