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REDCAPE LOOKS SKYWARD THROUGH ORION

Posted on August 8th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Redcape has announced another big step in its expansion plans, with acquisition of the Orion Hotel in Springfield for around $30 million and another capital raise to fund further ambition. The Orion Hotel is within the Orion Springfield Central shopping

REDCAPE PASSES BEACHY BATON

Posted on May 30th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Byron Bay’s ‘Top Pub’ the Beach Hotel has been sold by Moelis Hospitality to stakeholders the Didier family, in one of the largest pub sales in Australian history. The landmark pub was built in the 90s by Paul Hogan’s off-sider

REDCAPE FLYING IN SOUTH-EAST QLD

Posted on April 4th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Redcape has boosted its exposure in the Sunshine Coast with the acquisition of Maeva Hospitality’s four pubs for circa $80 million. Maeva Hospitality – formerly Sunshine Coast Hotels – is a venture by veteran Queensland hoteliers Scott Armstrong and Richard

REDCAPE PICKS UP THE FLAGSTONE

Posted on March 7th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Redcape continues its plunge into SEQ, purchasing the newly built Flagstone Tavern in Brisbane from pub developers Balmoral Hospitality Group. Set on a 3,975sqm site in the city’s bustling south-west development corridor, adjacent to a new Coles Shopping Centre, the

TWO MORE IN THE TROUPE FOR REDCAPE

Posted on February 19th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

Redcape continues the portfolio build, signing for two more freehold assets in SEQ, for a combined $66 million. These acquisitions follow the recent purchase of three other venues in the Sunshine State by MA Redcape Hotel Fund, now joined by

REDCAPE REVERSES WITH MULTIPLE ACQUISITIONS

Posted on January 22nd, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

MA Redcape Hotel Fund has reversed its run of divestments with purchase of three hotels in coveted southeast Queensland, to further its portfolio refresh and optimisation. The prior calendar year continued a shake-up of the Redcape stable that saw multiple

IRIS TAKES TWO FROM REDCAPE

Posted on January 20th, 2025 by Clyde Mooney

The Redcape reshuffle peaked in December with sale of two of its big-ticket gaming hotels to Sam Arnaout’s Iris Capital. Transaction of the Cabramatta Hotel in Cabramatta and El Cortez in Canley Heights is reported at more than $180 million.

FRANCIS GROWS WITH REDCAPE’S WATTLE GROVE

Posted on September 13th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

The Redcape reshuffle rolls on with the group’s twice-owned Wattle Grove Hotel becoming the next step in the northward expansion of Melbourne-based Francis Group. This is the second Redcape Hotel Group (RHG) acquisition by the southerners, headed up by Tom

REDCAPE OFFLOAD VAUXHALL TO ORION

Posted on September 11th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney

Redcape has continued the portfolio hygiene with divestment of the Vauxhall Inn at Granville to the growing Orion Hotels. Established in 1852 on a corner of Parramatta Road, the two-storey heritage-listed hotel was rebuilt in the 1930s in the distinctive