SALE & LEASEBACK FOR COOKE-BEAUMONT AT BLAZING STUMP
Cooke-Beaumont & Partners is executing a sale and leaseback of its big-format hot property the Blazing Stump Hotel. The Blazing Stump is a free-standing single level pub built 1880 in the heart of Wodonga, on the Victoria-NSW border. It is
BIG IMPERIAL ON OFFER AS NOBLE EXITS
Luke Noble is selling the family’s three-storey pub outside Narrabri, mixed fortunes heralding changes to come for the Imperial. Noble bought the Hotel with his parents 12 years ago, and has sustained an owner-operator position at the big pub ever
WHATHAMS’ AGI HOTEL SOLD TO CHINESE INVESTORS
Singleton’s Agricultural Hotel has sold to a Chinese investor, as long-time owners the Whathams exit the pub game. The ‘Agi’, as it is known locally, has been owned by Allen and Sue Whatham for more than two decades, at times
HIRD LISTS COVETED HOTEL DELANY
Newcastle’s future Best Pub has finally come to market, as its overseas owner succumbs to pressure to sell. Hotel Delany was built in 1924 in the Inter-War Georgian style, and sits in the middle of Newcastle’s eat street precinct, between
REGULATORS ANNOUNCE SPECIAL LATE-TRADING FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE
The Victorian and Queensland licensing regulators have announced favourable late-trading conditions for New Year’s Eve for pubs. The November VCGLR bulletin heralded automatic trading extension for willing venues, in recognition of the special circumstances of NYE. This involves an extension
FIGHT TO KEEP SYDNEY OPEN HEADS TO PARLIAMENT
After years fighting for Sydney’s right to party, Keep Sydney Open is garnering support for a push to take the plight of the global city into parliament. The controversial 1:30 lockout and 3am closure laws were introduced in February 2014,
ICE FLAGGED AS STAFF ASSAULTS DOUBLE
The alarming increase in assaults in venues, particularly on staff, is evidence of the prevalence of ice in Australia, says AHA SA general manager Ian Horne. Figures out of SA’s Consumer Business Services show pub and club operators in South
CELEBRATED SUNKEN MONKEY SET TO FLY
The Roys have renovated and kick-started their big Erina pub, earning accolades before putting it to market as they look to more opportunities. Brian Roy and son purchased the former Woodport Inn and went about reviving the large-format country pub
CENTRAL CLUB HOTEL VACANT FREEHOLD TO MARKET
A landmark corner pub in North Melbourne comes to market as a freehold vacant possession, the long-serving Aidone family ready to pass the reins for its next historic leg. The two-storey Central Club Hotel sits at the intersection of
DIXON REOPENS BUNGALOW 8 AS BEACHSIDE VILLA
A year after announcement of the purchase from the in-receivership Keystone Group, new owner Dixon Hospitality Group has relaunched Darling Harbour’s Bungalow 8 as a beachside villa. Dixon (DHG) bought Bungalow as part of a package of former Keystone venues,