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
ALH’S AUSTRAL HOTEL SELLS FOR $25m
Charter Hall has continued its confidence in the pub sector with another big acquisition, of the ALH-tenanted Austral Hotel in Mackay for a reported $25 million. Charter Hall began its investment in blue-chip pub assets in 2014, acquiring a $600
100 BURGERS GROUP SEEKS SOLUTION FOR BOWEN HILLS
Thumping food-based pub Welcome to Bowen Hills in Brisbane is testing the market, as its Melbourne-based owners tune their interstate business model. The curiously named Welcome to Bowen Hills (WBH) represents the second instalment of the concept by 100 Burgers
BRAITHWAITE HEADS NORTH TO TAME A RED LION
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,
FREEHOLD OF DT’S HOTEL RICHMOND LISTED
A private investor is offering to market the freehold interest of well-known Richmond pub DT’s. DT’s Hotel, formerly known as Citizen’s Park Hotel, is situated at the busy corner of Church and Highett Streets. It has been a colourful Richmond
HPI DIVEST COLES’ WICKHAM ON TIGHT RETURN
Hotel Property Investments has divested its freehold interest in the Coles-tenanted Wickham Hotel in Fortitude Valley on a sharp yield not seen in the state for a decade. The ASX-listed HPI holds in excess of 40 venues in Queensland and
ALH’S ROYAL SUNBURY SELLS ON RAZOR YIELD
The freehold interest of ALH’s Royal Hotel Sunbury has been sold on a tight return between two pub families. The Royal enjoys a prominent corner in the heart of Sunbury, around 45 minutes’ north-west of Melbourne’s CBD, in a significant
REDCAPE BUY INTO BREWING WITH COLOSIMO’S ROUSE HILL FLAGSHIP
Redcape has announced its acquisition of the Colosimos’ Australian Hotel and Brewery for around $50 million, heralding the group’s plans to invest in the “craft and localised beer market”. Marcello Colosimo and family opened the large-format Australian Hotel and Brewery
EATONS HOTEL UP FOR GRABS AS RYAN STEPS DOWN
Long-serving owner-operator Phil Ryan has listed his beloved Eatons Hotel, offering big potential for a fresh set of eyes. Ryan has been running the pub since buying it in 2003, working with his daughter to keep the Muswellbrook Hotel up
HILTON’S LONG-HELD QUAKERS INN SELLS
Local identity and horseracing enthusiast Bill Hilton has sold his twice-built and long-run Quakers Inn for $24 million. Hilton built the large-format Quakers Inn back in 1991, with then business partner Nick Peters. Peters was the face of Peters Meats,
