SINGLETON CRITERION SOLD

The stately Criterion Hotel in Singleton has sold for around $3 million as strong regional assets continue to attract the attentions of opportunity-starved operators further afield. The pub offers bar, bistro, large outdoor beer garden, gaming room with 14 EGMs

DAMIAN KELLY TAKES ‘THE TAV’

The large format North Nowra Tavern has been sold by Mark Duggan and the O'Donnell family to Damian Kelly’s Pub Invest. The ‘Tav’ is a landmark of the NSW coastal town, enjoying an exclusive catchment of 6,000 local residents, and

WAUGH DOUBLES UP IN TAMWORTH

Hotel veteran Ashton Waugh has expanded his cache of regional stalwarts with the purchase of Joe Maguire’s Tavern in Tamworth. The pub occupies a big 3,500sqm lot on main road Peel Street, incorporating a large bistro and commercial kitchen, beer

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,