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,

REDCAPE ‘STRATEGY’ DIVESTS DOONSIDE HOTEL

Redcape has bucked recent trends and sold its suburban heartland pub, the Doonside Hotel. The Doonside occupies a big 7,278sqm town centre site in the western Sydney suburb, around 50 kilometres out of the Sydney CBD. Features include public and

OSCARS WIN TRIPLE 8 FROM GALLAGHERS

Gallagher Hotels has offloaded the gaming-focused Triple 8 Hotel in Chinatown to the ever-active Oscars Hotels. Patrick Gallagher bought the operation with a seven-year lease in 2015 from Iris Group for circa $7.25 million, representing the two businesses’ fifth asset

GALLAGHER TAKES SOLOTEL’S CHELSEA CHATSWOOD

Gallagher Hotel Group has welcomed another Sydney north shore pub into the fold, picking up title to Chatswood’s Chelsea Hotel from Solotel for circa $20 million. The Chelsea is a modest local pub on the western side of Chatswood station,

RICHMOND’S RG MCGEES TO MARKET

Jason Teague and partner have listed their pub in Sydney’s north, weighing investment or divestment on the main street long lease. Teague is a career publican who grew up in Sydney’s inner-west, starting behind the bar at the Summer Hill

THOMPSON SETS RED LION ON MARKET

The Thompson family has listed its newly refurbished Moorooka pub, the Red Lion, in Brisbane’s booming south. The Red Lion occupies a prominent corner block on bustling Beaudesert Road, around nine kilometres from the Brisbane CBD. Simon Thompson and partners

REDCAPE’S $25m RETURN FLIGHT TO WATTLE GROVE

Australia’s most prominent gaming group has taken another step toward IPO aspirations with a return to Wattle Grove and acquisition from the Malouf family. In 2010 Hedley Leisure – the ancestral base of Redcape Hotel Group – sold the western

OZ PUB GROUP GROW WITH THE BOUNDARY

One of Brisbane’s oldest and most iconic pubs has sold for the first time in 95 years to Colin Macleod’s expanding Oz Pub Group. The Boundary Hotel has stood on the corner of Boundary Rd and Jane St in Brisbane’s

MOELIS GROW REDCAPE WITH 3 BUYS FOR $100m

This week Moelis – new owner of Redcape Hotel Group – announced nearly $100 million in acquisitions into the portfolio ahead of a big capital raising and its potential re-listing. Redcape Hotel Group (RHG) already operates top gaming pub the

MERIVALE MOVES INTO BONDI AT THE ROYAL

After some speculation, Merivale has confirmed its acquisition of the famed Royal Hotel at Bondi. The Royal is a Bondi Road institution, and part of local folklore. It saw the founding meeting of the historic Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving