CROWN TOPS OFF LANTERN SELL-OFF

The feeding frenzy of Lantern’s pub sell-down has ended with the sale of the Crown Hotel to Damian Kelly’s Peak Investments for $26.1 million. The ASX-listed Lantern Hotel Group (LTN) has executed a well-publicised and highly strategic divestment program of

FINAL COUNTDOWN BEGINS AS WATERWORKS HOTEL LISTED

The Lantern pub flood continues as the listed entity puts its high-ranking Waterworks Hotel to market. While the procession of sales into a market short of supply have seen immense interest by operators eager to optimise the assets, few have

FIVE DOCK HITS MARKET AS LANTERN DOWN TO FOUR

Hot on the heels of highly profitable divestments, Lantern has listed its best pub onto the opportunity-starved market. After 12 months of shedding assets, in pursuit of a turnaround strategy that has transformed into a complete sell-down as market frenzy

LANTERN VOTES TO SELL THE LOT

Lantern Hotel Group’s AGM yesterday saw shareholders pass a resolution to sell down the remaining six properties in the portfolio, meaning more key assets to meet a starved market. Following successes divesting all its ‘non-core’ pubs in line with the

CAMPION WINS RACE TO LANTERN’S COMMODORE

Lane Cove stalwart Graham Campion has emerged as the big-ticket buyer of Lantern’s Commodore Hotel, picking up his coveted second pub for a cool $14.5m. Listed pub group Lantern (ASX: LTN) put the McMahon’s Point beauty up for grabs last

COMMODORE SETS SALE AS LANTERN PLOTS COURSE FOR EXIT

The compelling Lantern Hotel Group has put to market one of its final non-core hotels, as it asks shareholders to ponder selling up the lot. The 150-year-old Commodore Hotel – originally the First Old Commodore, and rumoured favourite haunt of

FIGURES SHOW LIGHT AT END OF TURNAROUND TUNNEL FOR LANTERN

The demonstrable turn-around of listed pub group Lantern has been seen in the company’s end of financial year report. Having announced plans to execute a formal ‘Transformation Plan’ (see below) at the end of 2015, the resulting changes to revenue

LANTERN SELLS LAWSON PARK HOTEL

The down-sizing ASX-listed Lantern Hotel Group has offloaded yet another pub, settling this week on the sale of Mudgee’s Lawson Park Hotel. Lantern (LTN) announced its intention to sell non-core assets and rebuild the company structure in November, 2015. Since

PELATHON PICKS UP LANTERN’S COURTHOUSE

Pelathon has continued its big plans for expansion, paying $6.25 million for Lantern’s Courthouse Hotel as it completes its exit from the Sunshine State. The Cairns’ Courthouse Hotel is an “institution” in north Queensland. It was the official Court building