HTL Property

GOOD BEER TAKES DOG TO MARKET

Posted on February 27th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Good Beer Company has put to market its thumping Duke of Gloucester – The DOG, in Randwick – to focus on its city projects undergoing redevelopment. John Azar’s Good Beer Company (GBC) developed a reputation for classy establishments built

RECORD SALES AS PUB SECTOR THRIVES

Posted on February 20th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
News of the sale of two massive inner western pubs has emerged to herald a strong start to the year, with the Lidcombe Hotel and Royal Exchange Hotel Marrickville fetching a combined $80+ million. The off-market sale of the Lidcombe

TAPHOUSE LIST COOLANGATTA SANDS HOTEL

Posted on February 15th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The south-east Queensland-based Taphouse Group has listed its big Coolangatta Sands Hotel in the Gold Coast. The two-level Sands holds a generous corner lot, surrounded by tourism magnets such as Kirra Beach and Snapper Rocks, adjacent the bustling 33,000sqm Strand

SINGO & LAUNDY LIST HOTEL STEYNE

Posted on February 13th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Business titans Arthur Laundy, John Singleton, Mark Carnegie and Robert Whyte have put to market their iconic Manly beachside pub, The Steyne. The one-off partnership banded together to buy the big landmark hotel in 2010, working to revise its image

LAWLESS LISTS THE LOT IN THE NORTH

Posted on February 11th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Career publican Brendan Lawless has put to market his NSW north coast portfolio, comprising the popular Commercial Hotel ‘Middle Pub’ Mullumbimby and Ivory Tavern in Tweed Heads. Lawless took root in the extremely tightly-held region when he bought the Commercial

BIG NEWCASTLE SALES AS MIGRATION CONTINUES

Posted on February 6th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Newcastle region continues its run of hot sales, with two transactions totalling a reported $20 million in the Belmont Hotel and Salamander Tavern. The Belmont is a large-format hotel on a 3,753sqm prominent corner of the Pacific Highway and Hitchcock

ROYAL HOTEL ENTERS RELUCTANT SALE

Posted on January 23rd, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The high-performing Royal Hotel in Inverell has hit the market, as its owner-operator looks to exit the industry for health reasons. Inverell is a thriving agricultural town of over 16,000 people around seven hours’ north of Sydney, slightly off the

THE TAPHOUSE BROTHERS TAKE ON AVC’S THE OXFORD

Posted on January 21st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The brothers Thorpe are leveraging their boutique beverage brains trust with expansion into and of AVC’s former Drink n’ Dine pub, The Oxford, at Petersham. The hyper-expansive Dixon Group snapped up the collection of three venues owner-operated by Jaime Wirth

FLOWER EXPANDS IN PORT AND LAKE CATHIE

Posted on January 14th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Celebrated community publican Alistair Flower has further expanded a growing portfolio with the purchase of the Lake Cathie Tavern, near his Port Macquarie haven. Current AHA National titleholder for Community Service & Achievement and winner again in 2018 at the

BRAITHWAITE HEADS NORTH TO TAME A RED LION

Posted on December 7th, 2018 by Clyde Mooney
Back from his hiatus, Peter Braithwaite has taken the plunge into Queensland with purchase of the Willow Hotel turned Red Lion outside Brisbane from the Thompson family. Braithwaite sold the Commercial Hotel Boolaroo mid-2017 after almost a decade of operation,