OSCARS BUILDS ON INNER WEST EMPIRE

Oscars Hotels has snapped up another inner west landmark, taking title to the freehold going concern of Parramatta Road icon the Empire Hotel, in Annandale. Built circa 1890 for Tooth’s & Co, the three-storey Empire, particularly its façade, was refashioned

GOOD TIMES AS INGHAM-MYERS DIVEST NEW ENGLAND

Brett Nielson and Steve Forbes have taken their newly-formed Good Times Industries west to Armidale, picking up ‘The Newie’ as the Ingham-Myers' exit the region. Nielson is long-time owner of the Glengarry Castle Hotel in Redfern, where he used to

PENTAGON TAKES $30m EBC PORTFOLIO

The expanding Pentagon Group has fronted up over $30 million for EBC Leisure’s portfolio of three pubs in the blossoming apple isle. Unlisted pub vehicle EBC began moves last year to divest its pub interests, after more than a decade

HARRY BARRY LISTS MOONEE BEACH AND VILLAGE GREEN

North Coast Pub Group is consolidating in northern NSW, listing its thriving large-format Moonee Beach Tavern in northern Coffs and Village Green in Grafton. Harry Barry’s North Coast Pub Group (NCPG) operates the big Hoey Moey in coastal tourist town

HEMMES FORKS OUT $7.5m FOR 3 WEEDS

Justin Hemmes is keeping up his growth strategy, picking up Rozelle’s 3 Weeds in a strong result for the long-time owners and the evolution of the peninsula precinct. Set on an 880sqm lot around four kilometres west of the Sydney

GM HOTELS ON OFFER FOR $70m

GM Hotels is shaking up the market with the portfolio sale of six pubs in Adelaide, expected to fetch around $70 million. The package represents the crème of GM Hotels collection in South Australia, and destined to be the highest

GALLAGHER PUTS UP TWO

Irish pub king Patrick Gallagher is parting with two of his thriving leases to bolster his growing national portfolio of freeholds and leases. Built 1874, the multi-level Criterion Hotel sits majestically on the bustling corner of Pitt and Park Streets

FRISCO GOES BIG BACK TO MARKET

The handsome Frisco Hotel has returned to market for a bells and whistles campaign hoping to capitalise on confidence in the harbourside precinct of Woolloomooloo. Built 1856 on 304sqm in one of Sydney’s oldest precincts, the Frisco is a three-storey

RECORD SALES AS PUB SECTOR THRIVES

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

3 WEEDS TO MARKET

One of Sydney’s original gastro pubs – the 3 Weeds – comes to market as its private owners make the decision to retire. Located in the heart of formerly working-class Rozelle, around four kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, the