<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.

A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.

Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.

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“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.

From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.

The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.

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Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.

A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.

Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.

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Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.

“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.

Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.

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Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.

The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.

“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”

The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.

The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.

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The Eveleigh brings house-like apartments to Broadbeach

A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.

The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.

Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.

The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.

The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.

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Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.

Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.

The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."

The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.

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Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.

The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.

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First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.

The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.

The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.

The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.

The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.

MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.

Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.

The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.

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MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.

"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.

"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."

The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.

Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.

Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.

"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.

"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."

MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.

"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.

"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."

Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.

"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."

The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.

MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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One of Perth’s oldest hotel venues - The Vic Hotel in Subiaco – has been offered for sale with vacant possession.
CBRE Hotels’ Ryan McGinnity and Aaron Desange have been appointed to sell the hotel, which was first opened in 1898.   
After taking over the hotel operations in mid-2019, the freehold owners updated equipment, revitalised the premises and created renewed interest in the venue with the addition of Rocky Ridge Brewing - all with the medium-term goal of selling the venue.
The venue, which is located on approximately 2,000sqm of land and includes 54 onsite car parking bays, last underwent substantial renovations in the 1980s and has since been operated by the likes of Black Toms and the ALH Group.
CBRE’s Ryan McGinnity said Subiaco was earmarked for a major transformation over the coming years, which would significantly benefit local businesses.
“As part of the Subi east development, the demolition of Subiaco Oval has been completed, Bob Hawke Highschool is already planning a student expansion and the demolition on PMH is underway.   Once completed Subi East along with One Subiaco will be home to residential, commercial and retail activity which will transform Subiaco” Mr McGinnity said.
“The Vic Hotel has been part of the fabric of Subiaco for more than 120 years and we expect the opportunity of a ‘blank canvas’ hotel will appeal to many.
"This is the chance to reposition this hotel for the next 20 years and capitalise on the many new residents of Subiaco in coming months and years.”
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The Harbord Beach Hotel in Freshwater on Sydney's Northern Beaches has changed hands for the first time in 42 years.
It was bought by Northern Beaches local Glenn Piper, who said it is undoubtedly one of Sydney's greatest pubs.
"I’m so proud to be part of the Northern Beaches community and honoured to help usher this incredible venue into the next phase of its rich and colourful history," Piper said.
“Harbord Beach Hotel has always been a haven that encapsulates Freshwater’s soul and spirit”. 
“It is so much more than a pub; it is an extension of the community, informed by the surf culture that has long been embedded within the name, and we are committed to taking our time and doing it justice”. 
Piper (pictured right), who spent his career in the property industry, has teamed up with a local syndicate of local investors and fellow Northern Beaches resident Lachlan Cottee (pictured left) to buy the hotel, which is set to be refurbished once plans are in place.
They're set to refurbish the kitchen and courtyard area. The building and its facade is heritage-listed.
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The venue was built in 1928 and sits just 100 metres from Freshwater Beach.
Leading hotelier John Thorpe and Trish King bought the property in 1978.
Sean King, son of John and Trish, who has been the general manager of the hotel for the past two decades, he is looking forward to enjoying the pub as a regular.
"My brothers, sister and I were raised in this pub and I have lived opposite for the past 25 years; it is a very special property that means so much to my family and the local community", King said.
"After meeting Glenn, we recognised that he not only has the energy and enthusiasm to bring new life to the venue, but importantly a genuine love for the area that will ensure this local pub remains a local.
"I am very much looking forward to enjoying it as a regular and watch it evolve under Glenn's care and ownership". 
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Freshwater's Harbord Beach Hotel sells for first time in over four decades

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The Southern Railway Hotel in Goulburn has sold for $3.6 million to the same syndicate that recently bought the nearby Empire Hotel.
There two recent transactions account for a third of the six pubs in Goulburn which has a population of nearly 30,000.
The Southern Railway Hotel at <a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/sold/property-southern-railway-hotel-188-sloane-street-goulburn-nsw-2580-503355490" target="_blank">118 Sloane Street</a>, across the road from Goulburn train station, was established in 1872 as Clifford's Hotel and was renamed the Railway Hotel in 1876.
It later was known as the Great Southern Railway Hotel before becoming the Coolavin Hotel which is still etched on the top of the building's facade.
The hotel has an annual revenue of $2.37 million from its 18 accomodation rooms and downstairs bar and bistro.
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There's nine EGM's, including three outdoor machines.
It was the first time the property sold in 34 years.
It had been owner operated by Jude Bourne since 2003. She bought it in 1985.
HTL Property’s Sam Handy and Blake Edwards handled the marketing.
 
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Investment giant Moelis have entered in to an exclusivity agreement to buy The Beach Hotel in Byron Bay.
They're set to pay just over $100 million.
Moelis Australia, headed by the Sydney Swans chairman Andrew Pridham, will establish a single asset fund following the agreement, with investors to be given the opportunity to invest in the business.
If the transaction proceeds, the Beach Hotel will be managed by Moelis Australia Hotel Management, with the intention to retain the majority of the existing management operations and venue staff.
Moelis Australia Hotel Management CEO Dan Brady called The Beach Hotel Byron Bay an "iconic Australian establishment located on irreplaceable real estate."
"The acquisition of both freehold and operating interests will enable the required capital investment to further enhance what has made the hotel iconic - that is, a great community gathering place with a fun, sociable, friendly and safe hospitality offering delivered by an engage and passionate team of local hospitality professionals," Brady said.
Moelis already own several hotels, but The Beach Hotel Byron Bay will be operated separately. 
Moelis manages ASX listed Redcape Hotel Group and a single asset fund which owns the Grand Hotel in Rockdale.
It was just the second time The ‘Beachie’, as it is often referred to, was offered to the market since it was built in the 1990s by long-time local John 'Strop' Cornell.
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The business was sold by the Melbourne-based Impact Investment Group, a joint venture between the Liberman and van Haandel families.
The oceanside pub was sold by Impact Investment Group, which owned the freehold, and Melbourne restaurateurs and hospitality figures John and Lisa van Haandel, who owned the business side.
Melbourne restauranteurs and hospitality figures John and Lisa van Haandel have operated the property since 2007. 
It was offloaded by Cornell for $44 million. It last traded for $68.2 million just last year.
Located with over 100 metres frontage overlooking Byron’s Main Beach, the hotel spans a 4,585 sqm area and includes 25 newly-appointed luxury boutique hotel rooms and swimming pool.
It also features a large pub with extensive beer gardens, restaurant, function spaces and bottle shop.
JLL’s national director John Musca, boutique accommodation specialist Tom Gibson secured the sale and JLL's Queensland Vice-President Tom Gleeson secured the sale.
 
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Billionaire hotelier Justin Hemmes is further diversifying his portfolio.
Quiet in the local Sydney pub scene for a while, Hemmes has acquired the Allawah Hotel, one of Sydney's biggest gaming pubs near Hurstville.
The Australian reports he has paid around $34 million.
The hotel was first listed this time two years ago by the White family, with price expectations of more than $30 million.
The Feros family's JDA Hotels arm bought The Allawah Hotel in 2007 before selling it to the White's for $28 million.
Hemmes, who offloaded the <a href="/expert-insights/investing/justin-hemmes-sells-longtime-potts-point-retail-building-pre-auction">family's oldest asset in Potts Point earlier this year,</a> only has two other reported purchases in 2019.
Last month he quietly paid $4,872,500 for Rozelle's 3 Weeds pub.
He plans to open a new Totti's Italian restaurant in part of the property, according to The Australian.
In April he spent <a href="/news/billionaire-hotelier-justin-hemmes-buys-7-5-million-dover-heights-home-for-ex-partner">$7.5 million on a home in Dover Heights</a> for his ex-partner Kate Fowler.
Late last year Hemmes bought <a href="/news/hotelier-justin-hemmes-buys-office-block-redevelopment-next-to-his-ivy-nightclub">the office block next to his Ivy nightclub</a> with grand $1.5 billion redevelopment plans in the pipeline.
 
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Manly’s Hotel Steyne has been sold.
Sydney's popular northern beaches pub has been bought by Iris Capital founder Sam Arnaout whose said he was "delighted" to have bought the pub.
"We intend to get a good feel for the asset and work with the locals to return their pub to its former glory," Mr Arnaout said.
It was listed for sale in February.
Arnaout said the Steyne positioned Iris Capital as a "genuine hospitality leader in this part of the world, and complements our macro coastal investment strategy in respect of similar landmark projects such as Newcastle's $700 million East End development".
The Steyne will boost Iris Capital's portfolio to 20 pubs across Sydney, including the Grand Hotel, Bondi Junction; Golden Tiger, Hurstville; Gaslight Inn, Darlinghurst and Peden's Hotel in Cessnock.
Iris Capital beat out other contenders by paying between $60 and $80 million for the iconic pub.
Nine Entertainment suggest it was $65 million.
HTL Property would not be drawn on the sale price, however described it as a “record price” in their official statement.
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It was reduced to a final two.  
The landmark and multi-level beachfront hotel, spread across approximately 2000sqm, was offered by a consortium that comprised businessman John Singleton, hotelier Arthur Laundy and investors Robert Whyte and Mark Carnegie.
They paid about $30 million for the property in 2010, and have reportedly spent about $5 million.
Speaking to the Manly Daily, Mr Laundy said that he was happy with the outcome, both from a sale price perspective and the new buyer.
He said he had bought and sold more than 90 hotels in his almost 60 years as a publican, and Hotel Steyne would easily be in his top 10.
 
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Public House Management Group (PHMG), CEO and founder Mitchell Waugh has sold the Woollahra Hotel and Bistro Moncur.
It has been bought by other members of the Waugh hotelier family headed by his brother Ashton.
An Australian Financial Review report that the Ryan family had paid $50 million was not the case 
Mitchell Waugh and wife Harriet will be stepping away from the Woollahra venues next month to focus on the rest of their portfolio.
Mitchell Waugh has been at the helm of Bistro Moncur and the Woollahra Hotel since the Waugh family purchased the venues in 2015.
Waugh will retain his position at the head of PHMG, owning in entirety the Royal Hotel Paddington, the Marrickville Ritz and The Toxteth.
The reopening of the Toxteth Hotel in Glebe last August followed an extensive six-month refurbishment of the interiors, exterior and an overhaul of the food and beverage offering.
Affectionately known as ‘The Tocky,’ the venue was purchased by PHMG for $22 million-dollars in February 2017 from Geoff Dixon and John Singleton’s Riversdale Group.
“Saying goodbye to Bistro Moncur is bitter-sweet for us, this was our first venture in the restaurant business, and we have thoroughly enjoyed growing in this space," Mitchell said.
"We took some great learnings from restaurant ambassadors Guillaume Brahimi and Damien Pignolet and there is a vision to increase the food offering of the group in the near future."
The Woollahra Hotel, one of the eastern suburbs' iconic celebratory watering holes, has been regarded as one the jewels of the Sydney pub market, having been associated over past decades with the likes of Alan Bond and even Abe Saffron.
It was a depressed market back in 2011 when the White family sold the hotel with rival interest reportedly came from Leon Fink and John Singleton.
On its purchase from the White family, its co-owner Damien Pignolet's services were briefly retained as executive chef at Bistro Moncur.
The rumoured $30 million acquisition in 2015 of The Woollahra by Public House Management Group - fronted by brothers Mitchell &amp; Ashton Waugh - followed other recent acquisitions.
PHMG is now focused on a complete renovation of The Royal Paddington, which Micthell says will involve a “complete overhaul.
Waugh sat down with the Wentworth Courier to reveal he had offloaded his share to two other investors who were part of the original purchase. 
“It feels like a new chapter for me.
"All family companies have problems when they go generational, they come to a point where different personalities, kids, might be the second or third generation, they have to go their own way so I’m very proud that we’ve been able to find a way to do it amicably and move on.
"But now I have my two daughters, who are very stubborn, very strong willed and I need to start thinking about them and establishing.”
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CBRE Hotels has sold Travelodge Rockhampton to a private Chinese investment group.
The acquisition is the group's first foray into the Queensland hotel market.
The 4-star Rockhampton CBD hotel at 86 Victoria Parade features 74 rooms, as well as four conference and meeting rooms, two food and beverage venues, a swimming pool, gymnasium and parking.
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The asset received multiple offers in the first week of the campaign.
CBRE Hotels said a stock shortage is helping to draw buyer attention to Queensland opportunities as investors are priced out of southern markets. Investors are seeking to capitalise on the Sunshine State’s strong tourism fundamentals and more transactions are expected to take place along the Queensland coast throughout 2019, they noted.
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A syndicate of five former students from St Joseph's, Hunters Hill has bought the Lady Hampshire Hotel at Camperdown.
The buyers are cellar master, Greg Parker, Chris Traill, former chief concierge of Sydney’s Park Hyatt, Matthew Comensoli, Andrew Rigney and David Vaughan.
They were at the school in the early to mid 1990s.
“From boarding school to the boardroom this group of mates has enjoyed consistent results, with the Lady Hampshire the next chapter to be written in this success story," Parker told the pub website, pubtic.com.au.
The Parramatta Road hotel was sold by hotelier Paddy Coughlan.
Coughlan intends concentrating on his new beverage enterprise, Frank Strongs.
Coughlan retains the Lord Gladstone and Botany View Hotel.
Camperdown’s Hampshire Hotel was reopened in 2016 by Coughlan’s Bourke St group, then rebranded the Lady Hampshire to complement nearby sister venue the Lord Gladstone.
Manenti Quinlan’s Nick Butler brokered the introduction of The Lady to the former St Joseph’s students.
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Paddy Coughlan sells the Lady Hampshire Hotel, Camperdown to Joey's syndicate

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The Bellevue Hotel in Paddington has been bought by Royal Hotels, which is owned and operated by the highly regarded Malouf family.
Vendors for the sale of the Bellevue Hotel, WDS Hotels, had conducted an extensive renovation shortly following its acquisition of the popular hotel in 2014.
“We’ve enjoyed a successful four years of ownership at this great hotel, and following complete renovation and repositioning, formed a decision to focus on our existing portfolio which includes the Fortune of War Hotel, and in doing so to recycle the capital into another opportunity we’re considering,” commented WDS director Steven Speed to The Hotel Conversation.
Paddington, as a hospitality precinct, has proven popular with investors.
Andrew Jolliffe of HTL Property would not confirm the sale price paid.
The Pubtic website suggested around $6.5 million.
Built 1880, the elegant two-storey Bellevue sits on the corner of Hargrave Street and Windsor Lane.
It has gone through a succession of name owners, including John Singleton and Geoff Dixon’s Australian Pub Fund, with operations by Riversdale.
They subsequently sold it to Speed, and partner Peter Walker, in early 2014.
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