Five Star Cinemas owners buy Roseville Theatre for A$8.23m

Why it matters

The deal would keep a 1912 cinema building in operation. Real Estate Source says the buyers plan to run the site as an independent picture theatre and to refurbish it.

The outlet notes the heritage-listed facade had been marketed as an investment with potential for repositioning or redevelopment. On the reported plans, the new owners intend to keep the cinema rather than redevelop it. For Sydney developers and agents, that takes a heritage-fronted E1 centre site off the redevelopment list.

The numbers

The land area is 1,077 sqm and is zoned E1 Local Centre, opposite Roseville train station, per Real Estate Source. Roseville is about 10 kilometres north-west of the Sydney CBD, the outlet says.

The sale covers the two-screen cinema and the neighbouring 110 Pacific Highway. That building has ground-floor retail, an upstairs office and a two-bedroom apartment. The outlet puts the total floor area, including the shop, office and residence, at 900 sqm.

The price is the headline number. The land area is the other figure in our stat tiles, so it is not repeated as a separate item here.

Real Estate Source reports that the listing followed a Supreme Court of NSW order in June. It says the order dealt with a dispute between shareholders, along with amounts owed to ANZ Bank and a testamentary trust. The outlet reports the court appointed a trustee from William Buck Australia to oversee the disposal. We have not seen the court documents, and the article does not say how the dispute was resolved.

The outlet names Knight Frank and McGrath Lindfield as the selling agents.

The outlet says the building dates from 1912, when it was Roseville Hall. It reports the hall served as a military recruitment centre during World War I and opened as Traynor’s Picture Palace in 1919.

What’s next

The outlet reports the new owners intend to refurbish the cinema and keep it independent. The article gives no timeline, budget or reopening date.

Earlier coverage: Wolseley Road, Lindfield heritage.

Source: Real Estate Source, “Five Star brothers buy historic Sydney cinema”, published 4 November 2026. Figures above are the outlet’s own.