HTL Property

SINGO SWEEPS UP GOSFORD’S BIG ELANORA HOTEL

Posted on April 26th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Real estate mogul ad-man John Singleton has backed his own overtures in Gosford with the big-ticket purchase of family legacy pub the Elanora Hotel. Large-format ‘The Elly’ enjoys a big 7,667sqm block on a corner of East Gosford main thoroughfare

FORMER FANNY’S FREEHOLD OFF TO AUCTION

Posted on April 17th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Argyle House Hotel in Newcastle – formerly the famed Fanny’s nightclub – is headed to auction as a revival or development play on the heritage building and lot. The single-storey structure on the corner of Wharf and Centenary Roads in

KNOX LOCKS UP GRIFFITH AREA HOTEL

Posted on April 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Griffiths’ Area Hotel has been snapped up by local publican Jim Knox, fending off metro rivals for the strong regional pub. After 15 years’ ownership, a private syndicate determined in March to divest its Griffith hotel, which it has operated

COUGHLAN LETS GO THE LORD

Posted on April 10th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Paddy Coughlan has sold off his flagship Lord Gladstone for a reported $5.5 million to another local hotelier, to continue plans for growing Frank Strong’s hard lemonade. The former Riversdale CEO announced sale campaigns on the freehold going concerns of

FLOWER TAKES HASTINGS IN LOCAL POWER PLAY

Posted on April 3rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Alistair Flower has swooped on the elegant Hastings Hotel in Wauchope, celebrating rapid expansion and the birth of new entries to Flower Hotels. The former Redcape general manager, overseeing 40 venues, took his experience north and revived the Settler’s Inn

‘TOP TOWN’ QUEENSLAND HOTEL FOR SALE BOTH WAYS

Posted on March 22nd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The collective owners of the Queensland Hotel in downtown Goondiwindi have joined forces to offer the freehold going concern – or lease – in the ‘surprise package’ south-east Queensland community. Straddling the border with New South Wales, on the banks

OSCARS PARTING WITH STRAND DARLINGHURST

Posted on March 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Rare vendors Bill and Mario Gravanis have decided to list their freehold going concern of the Strand Hotel Darlinghurst, to focus on recent acquisitions. Oscars Hotels operates 26 venues, making it one of the country’s largest privately-held groups, and one

COWANS SURRENDER LEGEND WILLIAM WALLACE

Posted on March 13th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The indomitable William Wallace Hotel in Birchgrove has charged to market today, as the Cowan family step down from the fame-kissed inner west pub. Known locally as the ‘Willy Wally’ the pub is named in honour of the 13th century

AUSTRALIA HITS THE MARKET

Posted on March 8th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Trudie and Lee Hilliar are looking to a change, listing their thriving Australia Hotel in hot property Cessnock, 50 kilometres west of Newcastle. The Hilliars have held three pubs in Cessnock, buying the Aussie from Alan and Helen Moyles in

BROOKLYN’S ANGLERS REST AS MATES RETIRE

Posted on March 6th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Old mates Geoff Watts and Mal McKellar are leaving the game, putting up their Anglers Rest Hotel in Brooklyn, north of Sydney. The Anglers Rest occupies a large 1,221sqm block on the beachfront of picturesque Brooklyn, on the idyllic Hawkesbury