SPIRIT’S BARRIER REEF HOTEL ON OFFER IN HEART OF REEF

Hot on the heels of HPI’s listing of two Coles-leased blue-chip freeholds, another but soon-to-be-vacant Spirit Hotel has come to market, in booming Cairns. The Barrier Reef Hotel occupies 530 m² on the corner of Abbott and Wharf Streets, and

THE DOWNS FOR SALE AS TOOWOOMBA LOOKING UP

One of Toowoomba’s favourite watering holes has come to market as its Bundaberg-based owner looks to expand into bigger operations. Thomfield Property Holdings (TPH) owns the Downs Hotel, Drayton, around 130 kilometres west of Brisbane, and operates it remotely under

CHARTER HALL LONG WALE PUB REIT – LONGER AND STRONGER

Charter Hall’s pub REIT has stepped up expansion plans, retiring bank debt in favour of a A$200 million US Private Placement note as it chases “sustainable and growing returns” for its investors. The Long WALE Investment Partnership (LWIP), 45 per

SENATE REPORT INTO ALCOHOL INDUSTRY RED TAPE: KEY RESULTS

Global drinks company Diageo and the National branch of the AHA have weighed in on the results of the Federal Senate Committee’s red tape report, with positive signs for diminishing bureaucracy. Two of the alcohol industry’s biggest stakeholders have come

ALL QUALITY, AS REDCAPE DIVESTS

As speculation around its own fate continues, Redcape Hotel Group has listed the freehold of one of Australia’s largest accommodation pub assets. The very large-format All Seasons Quality Hotel occupies 3.56 hectares (35,570 m²) on McIvor Highway in Bendigo, around

TEEN BEATEN OUTSIDE COFFS PUB NOW CHARGED

UPDATE: The teenager seen in a video being assaulted by a security guard outside a Coffs hotel has been charged by police with multiple offenses. Video emerged on social media and 7News showing an 18-year-old man being struck by a

$20K AWARDED TO MAN FALSELY ARRESTED AT ALBION HOTEL

A Liverpool man has been awarded $20,000, after a four-year battle following his removal from and arrest outside of Parramatta’s Albion Hotel, in mid-2012. Johnny and Ann Raad are said to have arrived at the Albion shortly after midnight, in

HOTEL BARKLY SOLD – FOR SECOND TIME IN SIX MONTHS

St Kilda’s famous Hotel Barkly has been sold – for the second time in six months – to new publicans, the owners of the backpacker business upstairs. The popular Hotel Barkly came to market mid-2016, with long-standing operator Simon Lennox