FRANCIS GROWS WITH REDCAPE’S WATTLE GROVE

The Redcape reshuffle rolls on with the group’s twice-owned Wattle Grove Hotel becoming the next step in the northward expansion of Melbourne-based Francis Group. This is the second Redcape Hotel Group (RHG) acquisition by the southerners, headed up by Tom

REDCAPE OFFLOAD VAUXHALL TO ORION

Redcape has continued the portfolio hygiene with divestment of the Vauxhall Inn at Granville to the growing Orion Hotels. Established in 1852 on a corner of Parramatta Road, the two-storey heritage-listed hotel was rebuilt in the 1930s in the distinctive

THE SALMONS’ SHIFTING TIDES AT CHATSWOOD

Rod Salmon has passed his newly rebranded Chatswood Hotel on Sydney’s north shore to a growing local operator. The two-level pub, previously known as the Chelsea, occupies a 765sqm strata site surrounded by residential and commercial buildings and opposite the

COLLINS CONFIDENT ON THE SHAKY

The beloved ‘Shaky’ Shakespeare Hotel of Surry Hills, operated by legend Margaret Hargreaves for nearly half a century, has sold to the proprietor of Balmain’s The London. The hotel was established in 1879, found on Devonshire Street just 300 meters

THE MILL COMPLETES UNIVERSAL SWAP

The Kospetas family has bookended its portfolio swap-shuffle with Barham Hamarashid, completing the off-market sale of The Mill in Bondi Junction, following exchange on the Evening Star. What was the Mill Hill Hotel was a modest two-storey premise previously owned

LAUNDY PACKING UP IN REDFERN

Arthur Laundy and his Redfern partners have offered to market their refurbished, undercooked local, on the fringe of the Sydney CBD. In 2021 the pub king collaborated with new operators Aaron Crinis and Justin Tynan to buy the three-storey suburban

NEW UNIVERSAL SEES NEWTOWN TO MARKET

Continuing its portfolio shake-up, Universal Hotels is selling the Newtown Hotel in Sydney’s inner west, meeting the surging market for high cashflow operations. Well located at the gateway to the famed and vibrant King Street retail and entertainment strip, the

FORMER KIRRIBILLI CLUB FOR SALE

The site of the failed, former Kirribilli Club is being offered for sale, presenting opportunity for a revised offering to capitalise on its north shore location and sweeping harbour views. Lot 1 at 11-23 Harbourview Crescent in Milsons Point spans

BAYSIDE BRIDGE TO MARKET

Prized waterfront icon the Bridge Hotel of Mordialloc has officially been listed for sale, offering a trophy asset in the southern capital. While the current two-storey structure was built 1870, a hotel has been on the site since circa 1851,

PUB KING TAKES ON THE LORD

One of Sydney’s oldest and most beloved pubs, home of the first pub-brewery, the Lord Nelson in The Rocks, has been bought by pub king and brewer of late, Arthur Laundy. Landmarking the corner of Kent and Argyle Streets, the