Manenti Quinlan

PATONGA BEACH HOTEL SOLD TO BE LATEST BOATHOUSE

Posted on September 15th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Jewel of the central coast the Patonga Beach Hotel has sold to a growing operator, the waterfront pub to become another addition to the acclaimed Boathouse port. Boasting 1540sqm of water frontage overlooking Patonga Beach, facing south-east across Pittwater to

‘BLANK CANVAS’ GATEWAY LOOKS TO NEW DIRECTION

Posted on August 7th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
One of Newcastle’s most colourful and full of promise pubs has hit the market, offering “untapped potential” to a serious operator. Sitting resplendent on a prominent corner of Maitland Road in Islington, the Gateway has been operated by a local

LAKEVIEW HOTEL LOOKS GOOD TO SYDNEY PUBLICAN

Posted on July 14th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney hotelier Garry Macdougall has expanded on his capital operations, grabbing a coastal change with acquisition of the Lakeview Hotel in Merimbula. Boasting a waterfront site and unique opportunity as the only hotel in town, the Lakeview sits on 4,646m²

BILL & SAM BUY EXCELLENT ALFRED

Posted on May 19th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Sydney stalwart publican Bill Smith has teamed up with Sam Smith to buy ‘locals pub’ the Alfred Hotel, in city-fringe Camperdown. Established in 1939, the Alfred was originally the Grose Farm Hotel, built in Art Deco style with curved walls

O’HARA ADDS TO HIS COLLECTOR HOTEL

Posted on April 7th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Dan O’Hara and his gun chef(s) are about to revamp Parramatta’s Collector Hotel, after taking the keys this week. The Collector resides in a Western Sydney University building, in booming Parramatta. The leasehold business boasts the unusual benefit of retaining

LANTERN – FALL FROM GLORY AND A 147% WINDFALL

Posted on March 29th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The ASX-listed Lantern Hotel Group recently completed a very public exit from the hotel game. PubTIC spoke with CEO John Osborne about the Group’s problems, the subsequent solution, and those jaw-dropping premiums to book value. Emerging from a failed pub

GREENWELL POINT HOTEL AND LAND OPP FOR GREENFIELD SITE

Posted on March 10th, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
The Greenwell Point Hotel and land package have hit the market, amid big local development in the Shoalhaven ‘gateway to the south coast’. Greenwell Point is an idyllic fishing village on the banks of the Crookhaven River, about two hours

LOCALS’ SHENANIGANS AS THOMAS FAMILY EXITS PUB GAME

Posted on January 23rd, 2017 by Clyde Mooney
Two brothers and three mates have taken the plunge with their first pub, beating hungry Sydney operators to buy the Thomas family’s long-held Shenanigans at The Imperial. Mike Thomas has been a staple of the NSW hotel industry for over

COLLECTOR HOTEL & BENEFITS ON SALE IN BOOM TOWN

Posted on November 7th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The Collector Hotel in Parramatta has come to market boasting lessee assets in the town of opportunity. Parramatta is alive with development activity, hosting the lion’s share of building sites that have seen Sydney leading the record-breaking crane count across

COUGHLAN ARRIVES IN BOTANY BAY

Posted on October 12th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Paddy Coughlan’s pub group has relaunched the historic Botany Bay Hotel after an ownership juggle and “tweaked” refurb. In August 2015 the Hotel’s freehold and leasehold were sold off by its long-term owner through agents Manenti Quinlan, to a market