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REOPENED EMPIRE CLOSED AND FOR SALE

Posted on February 5th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
Only two years since its long-awaited revival, the Empire Hotel in South Townsville has closed ‘for a break’, and offers are being sought on a sale or lease. Built on a prominent corner in 1901, the pub is a short

HOME OF THE TIGER TALE, MOLE CREEK, FOR SALE

Posted on April 12th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The famous Tiger-tinted Mole Creek Hotel is being sold by long-time owner-operators, offering a tourist magnet in Mersey Valley.   Built 1907, the two-storey hotel is a prominent figure on a 6,475sqm site on Pioneer Drive. Initially built as a

INVESTORS DRAWN TO MAGNETIC PICNIC BAY HOTEL

Posted on February 10th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
Island hot spot the Picnic Bay Hotel has sold to Kim Bredhauer and partners, bringing a mindset of social change to the Townsville paradise. Poised a short ferry ride off the coast of Townsville, Magnetic Island counts less than 2,500

SHEFFIELD FOR SALE AND READY TO SHINE

Posted on January 18th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
The picturesque Sheffield Hotel is for sale for the first time in more than four decades, as owners and operators retire and offer up the idyllic country town pub. The Sheffield Hotel is said to be “one of the best

CANBERRA’S BIG KAMBAH INN FOR SALE

Posted on November 30th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The large-format Kambah Inn tavern in suburban Canberra is being offered for sale for the first time in nearly 40 years. The standalone venue is set on 943sqm at the entrance to the Kambah Group Centre, enjoying vehicle or pedestrian

NO-FRIEND YOUNG BUYS BAR BROADWAY

Posted on August 12th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Wallaby publican Bill Young has scored again, beating off competition to take the prominent Bar Broadway in Chippendale for a reported circa $36 million. The re-stapled freehold going concern, first known as the Westminster Hotel, then the Guys & Dolls

RAYS USHER IN GUEST AS NEW IVY CUSTODIAN

Posted on August 10th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Blue Mountains landmark the New Ivanhoe Hotel in Blackheath has sold for the first time in nearly five decades, the Ray family passing the baton to Ray Reilly and business partner Adrian Guest. The Ray family have been running the

HUNTINGTON TAVERN SEEKS OWNER-OPERATOR

Posted on July 11th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The handsome Huntington Tavern of Kempton, on the Tassy tourist trail, has been put to market by a private vendor. Kempton is a colonial town around 50 kilometres north of Hobart that was settled in the 1820s. It features historic

BAR BROADWAY HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL

Posted on May 30th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
The re-stapled freehold going concern of the landmark Bar Broadway, aka Sutherlands Hotel, has come to market for the first time in 20 years. One of only five surviving examples of Sydney CBD hotels built in an interwar Functionalist style,

RAY FAMILY DEPARTING THE IVY AFTER FIVE DECADES

Posted on April 20th, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
After nearly five decades in the same hands, the handsome New Ivanhoe Hotel of Blackheath is for sale by the Ray family. Found on a large site of around 1,500 sqm on the Great Western Highway in Blackheath, in the