LIVINGSTONE FINDS CAPTAIN COOK IN BOTANY

Fanatic hotelier Warren Livingstone has landed in Botany through acquisition of the strong-performing Captain Cook Hotel. The Captain is a heritage-listed pub built 1906 in the retail heart of Botany by Oscar Nielson, who went on to become local Mayor.

GRAFTON FAMILY HOTEL ON OFFER

Continuing the run of northern NSW pubs looking for a new home, the Camptons have put up their handsome Roches Family Hotel in Grafton. The Roches is a two-storey sandstone and timber Federation-style structure on 988sqm at the corner of

RECEIVERS TAKE THE ALLIANCE

The freehold of inner-Brisbane landmark pub the Alliance Hotel has come to market through receivers. Located on the corner of Boundary and Leichhardt Streets in Spring Hill, minutes from the CBD, Central Station and Fortitude Valley, the Alliance is a

GOODTIME OFFERS UP THE EAST VILLAGE

The team behind Goodtime Hospitality have listed their historic Darlinghurst pub, the East Village Hotel. The former Tradesman’s Arms was built 1918 on Palmer Street, between major thoroughfares William and Oxford Streets. In the 20s it was renowned for patronage

COOMA’S AUSTRALIAN OFF TO AUCTION

The Australian Hotel in snow country Cooma has come to market, representing the next stage in the vendor’s strategic sell-down. The prominent full-format Aussie features public bar, bistro, gaming room with 15 machines, and 16 pub-style accommodation rooms, with the

BILL YOUNG TAKES ILLINOIS FIVE DOCK

Former Wallaby great and pub stalwart Bill Young has jumped on a rare opportunity, picking up the Hardin’s Illinois Hotel Five Dock for circa $15 million. The large pub is situated on the corner of bustling Parramatta Road and Arlington

REILLY GOES SOUTH

Pioneering Sydney publican Ray Reilly has stepped out of his inner west sanctum, buying the freehold going concern of the pastoral Sutton Forest Inn. Established 1936, the two-storey hotel is nestled among the rolling green hills of the Southern Highlands, on

GOLD COAST GOLD AT ONE-50

Hot Gold Coast property One50 Tavern has hit the market, boasting blue sky horizons and waterfront views. One50 was built in the 80s under a hotel licence. In the early noughties it became the Surfers Rowers Club site, which later

MASENS OFFER UP GOOD INTENT

After a half-century of original ownership, the Masen family is reluctantly parting with its big suburban hotel of Good Intent in Grafton. In 1957 two Grafton locals, hotelier Reg Hinch and builder Reg Want, built the “Ultra-Modern” Good Intent Hotel

HUNTER GROUP SCORES KINNY PUB

Central Coast favourite the Kincumber Hotel has sold for circa $15 million, but remains in local hands by way of Hunter Hotel Group. Known locally as ‘Kinny Pub’, the Kincumber Hotel has been an institution in the coastal precinct since