HUGE GALLAGHER IRIS HUNTERS HILL TIGER PUB SALE BUY SWAP

Iris and Gallagher Hotels have furthered their history, speaking exclusively of selling each other the Hunters Hill Hotel and Tiger Bar in the biggest pub transaction in years, sources say tops $64 million. Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital has been behind

LONG WALE GETS LONGER WITH ALH

Charter Hall and Hostplus’ Long WALE REIT has extended its relationship with Australia’s biggest publican, buying three hotels in a sale and leaseback deal worth $23.2 million. Long WALE (Weighted Average Lease Expiry)(ASX: CLW) is managed by Charter Hall Group

NEW DESIGN GUIDELINES LOOK TO AID COMMUNITY AND PUBS

The VCGLR has just released a revised edition of its Design Guidelines, intended to help pub operators design and maintain safe and profitable venues. The second edition of the Guidelines are not part of any formal process, but are the

KX MASSIVE ‘MEET ME IN THE CROSS’ DEFIANCE PARTY

Key Kings Cross venues will join Keep Sydney Open for the massive MEET ME IN THE CROSS party on 1 July – sustaining the fight against the lockouts and showcasing late-night culture. Solotel’s Kings Cross Hotel, Potts Point Hotel (formerly

OXFORD OXFORD SCHOLAR FAILS TO SURVIVE

Popular Melbourne pub the Oxford Scholar will soon close for good, suffering devastating loss of business while the city builds a tunnel under the building. As reported in May, the Oxford Scholar on Swanston St, located in and owned by

MEN ARRESTED FOR THREE-ON-ONE PUB BASHING

Three men have been arrested and charged regarding a brutal assault in an east Melbourne pub on Saturday night. Victorian Police responded to calls around 8:30pm to a hotel in Doncaster, around 20 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD. The

MARKET SEES GLASSHOUSE HOTEL FGC ON OFFER

Furthering the opportunity in Sydney’s south-east, Bob Tate and partners have listed the striking Glasshouse Hotel in Maroubra. Joining the elegant and historic Botany Bay Hotel in Banksmeadow, further south on the peninsula, the Glasshouse Hotel prides itself as a

BRIGHTON’S MARINE HOTEL SHARPENS YIELDS FURTHER

Investment money keeps pouring into the pub sector, with the Marine Hotel Brighton setting another low yield benchmark in Victoria. The freehold interest of the Marine Hotel was sold early 2016 by automotive entrepreneur Bobby Zagame for $13 million, showing

PHMG RUGBY LUNCH ANOTHER BIG WIN FOR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Mitchell Waugh’s Public House Management Group has served up another spectacular rugby and philanthropy-filled lunch at the Woollahra Hotel, raising over $200,000 for Sydney Children’s Hospital. 2017 marks the second instalment of the PHMG Rugby Lunch charity event, backed by