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

QUINN & CO GRAB HUNT’S LAKESIDE

The dynamic Hunt Hospitality has agreed to sale of its large-format Lakeside Village Tavern at Raymond Terrace, to the growing stable under Nicholas Quinn. Stephen Hunt’s pub group has been refreshing the books since the new financial year, to optimise

METCALFS LEAVING THE STATION

Long-term owner-operators Billy and Di Metcalf have listed their elegant Station Hotel Motel in Kurri Kurri, as they look to retirement. The large-format two-storey pub resides on the corner of Coronation Street and main drag Victoria Street. It offers public

LOCALS BAND TOGETHER FOR SINGO’S UNITY HALL

Singo’s Australian Pub Fund and Riversdale Group have sold off their last Sydney operation to a band of Balmain brothers, welcoming the Roddys back to prime Peninsula hospitality. Formed in 2010 by business identities John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Geoff

WAUGH GOES LONG IN RICHMOND

RG McGees in growing Richmond has sold to prominent Sydney hotelier Ashton Waugh’s pub group Watering Hole Hotels, furthering the region’s surge of pub investment. The well-known Hotel came to market in August, as a cooperative arrangement between tenant Jason

SOUTHERN HIGH AS MYSTERY BUYER TAKES TWO

Goulburn’s elegant Southern Railway Hotel has sold to an unnamed, up-and-coming hotelier – just weeks after they secured the freehold and lease of the town’s Empire Hotel. The Southern Railway was built 1872 on sizeable 1,531sqm lot as the Coolavin

RECEIVERS LIST FORMER McLAREN’S LANDING SITES

The former, somewhat notorious McLaren’s Landing sites have come to market through receivers, offering over a hectare of beachfront hospitality on South Stradbroke Island. The once-thriving day resort features two jetties, bars, seating area and facilities for functions. McLaren’s Landing

DE ANGELIS SNAPS UP ‘ENHANCED’ RABY TAVERN

Industry heavyweight Peter De Angelis has swooped on the Raby Tavern and shopping centre, beating stiff competition to take the prize early for $35 million.  Raby Tavern is a single-storey premise forming part of a small retail shopping centre on

ALBURY’S ALBION AND ASTOR AWAY

Thriving border city Albury has seen two recent pub transactions, with sale of both the Astor Hotel and Albion Hotel. Hugging the Murray River and NSW-Victorian border, Albury LGA boasts populace of almost 80,000 residents, counting a diverse mix of