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Developer Goldfields acquires Sorrento Beach resort for $30M
Real Estate 2025-08-11 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Developer Goldfields Group has purchased the Quality Resort in Western Australia’s Sorrento Beach in a $31 million off-market sale.

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Park Hyatt Melbourne sold to KS Hotels in largest hotel deal this year
Real Estate 2025-08-05 11:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

Melbourne’s Park Hyatt Hotel has been sold to Thai group KS Hotels for a reported $200 million, in Australia’s biggest hotel deal of the year so far.

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Company of pub baron Jon Adgemis can’t set aside $5M judgment
Hospitality 2025-07-30 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A company owned by pub baron and former KPMG partner Jon Adgemis has lost its bid to set aside a $5 million default judgment over a 2020 loan agreement.

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Fight over Machiavelli restaurant matriarch’s will leads to ‘outrageous’ legal costs
Estates 2025-07-11 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Following the death of the 85-year old founder of famed Machiavelli Ristorante in Sydney, siblings Paola Toppi and Walter Toppi have racked up almost $1 million in legal costs fighting over the $2 million estate.

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Parkhurst Tavern picked up by Queensland pub group
Hospitality 2025-06-23 11:12 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Pub owner O’Hara Hotel Group has sold the Parkurst Tavern in Rockhampton to a privately owned Queensland pub group for a reported price of $24 million.

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EVT puts Sydney CBD entertainment complex up for sale
Real Estate 2025-06-11 11:58 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Entertainment giant EVT has put its landmark Sydney CBD Event Cinemas complex on the market.

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Mayne Pharma to challenge termination of $672M takeover in court
M&A 2025-06-04 11:37 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Mayne Pharma has said it will file a court challenge to the validity of US drug maker Cosette Pharmaceuticals’ purported termination of a $672 million takeover offer.

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Byron Bay’s The Beach Hotel sells for near record $140M
Hospitality 2025-05-28 11:14 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Beach Hotel in Byron Bay has reportedly changed hands for $140 million — the second highest price paid for an Australian pub.

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Owners of Seasons of Perth hotel lose round in fight with builder over security
Construction 2025-04-14 11:03 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hotel construction company Reward Group has secured a win in a dispute with the owners of the Seasons of Perth Hotel over progress payment claims, with a judge finding an adjudicator did not err in ordering the release of performance bonds, but more questions over the release of the bonds remain on foot.

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Contractor loses round in spat over $100M Club Moolia development
Construction 2025-03-05 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

A contractor for a proposed $100 million country club near Perth has lost a round in a legal battle that has stalled the project, losing a bid for a freezing order against the landowner.

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