May 22, 2026 — 5:00amCapital gainMelbourne-based private investor Peak Equities is looking to sell a fully leased property in Sydney’s Green Square precinct in the inner south for more than $30 million.Led by chairman Trevor O’Hoy, who was chief executive of Fosters Group and managing director of Carlton & United Breweries until he retired in 2008, Peak Equities runs 12 syndicate funds with assets valued around $275 million.Trevor O’Hoy when he was CEO of Fosters Group in 2005.Louie DouvisIts first foray into Sydney was a three-level commercial building at 20-22 William Street in Beaconsfield. The property has 2167 square metres of net lettable space set on a 1233 sq m corner site with three street frontages.Peak is looking to offload the freehold which is anchored by Inventia Life Science, a government-backed biotechnology company, and the Green Elephant Early Learning childcare operator. The weighted average lease expiry is 11.3 years. Completed in 2019, the building was designed by SJB Architects with a distinctive green facade.The three-level commercial building at 20-22 William Street in Beaconsfield. The agents on the deal are Knight Frank’s Tim Holtsbaum, James Aroney and Andrew Harford. They said investor appetite for alternative assets such as life sciences and childcare “had never been stronger”.Surf’s upPrivate owners of a strategic holding at Bondi’s Seven Ways Village corner are testing the market with price expectations of about $30 million.The combined freehold properties at 106 Glenayr Avenue and 64 Glasgow Avenue have five ground-floor retail tenancies, including the Bakery on Glenayr and La Piadina, with 10 residential apartments above on an 875.8 sq m site with a substantial 45-metre frontage in the heart of Bondi’s cafe and retail precinct.One site is owned by the Levy family and Riva Haimovitch and the other by Isaac Solomon, Sara Cooper and Elizabeth Oxman. But they are being sold as one line and will no doubt suit a developer or other private investors.The properties are for sale through Miron Solomons, Matt Pontey and Ariel Balkin of Cushman & Wakefield. The agents maintain there is high demand for Bondi assets, with investors increasingly targeting defensive income-producing properties in lifestyle precincts where land supply remains heavily constrained.64 Glasgow Avenue in Bondi. The fresh Bondi listing follows developer Rafi Assouline of HSN Property Group reportedly having secured the largest-ever development site in the suburb for $200 million. That sale concluded a multi-decade effort to combine more than a dozen properties controlled by multiple neighbouring home owners, who banded together to get a massive payday.On the corner of Gould Street and Beach Road, their site spans about 4700 square metres and includes roughly 14 houses that will be demolished.Georgie the cockyPetersham’s popular pub, the White Cockatoo, has been sold to the Australian Venue Co and ASX-listed Charter Hall for about $17 million.The freehold pub and hotel, opposite the Petersham train station, was operated by Ray Reilly and family since 2017, during which time it generated weekly sales of over $125,000, excluding GST, across food, beverage and the 19 guest rooms.The pub’s famous Georgie the cockatoo has sat at the bar for many years, but he may go with the sale, along with a local cat that comes and goes at its leisure.Petersham’s popular pub, the White Cockatoo, has been sold. Under the deal, known as an “opco-propco partnership structure,” AVC and Charter Hall have bought the business and freehold interest together with AVC as the operator. Reilly said he was tweaking his portfolio to take advantage of the booming Sydney pub market.The venue’s success is driven by its local customers and the neighbourhood’s identity, Reilly said.JLL Hotel and Hospitality’s John Musca and Kate MacDonald advised on the sale.Orange de RussieThe local Cochrane family has snapped up the popular de Russie Boutique Hotel in Orange, in the Central West of regional NSW, from a private seller.The Cochrane family snapped up the popular de Russie Boutique Hotel in Orange. The 25-suite boutique hotel was sold on an 8.75 per cent yield to the Cochrane Hotel Group, who have other pub interests in bustling Orange.JLL Hotels & Hospitality’s Tim Mayoh and Chris Boyd said demand from both owner-operator and institutional investors continues to highlight the limited availability of quality assets in tightly held regional markets.More:Commercial real estateFor subscribersLeasingSalesHotelsPubsFrom our partners