<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sunland-group">Sunland Group</a> has officially lodged plans for its first Gold Coast apartment project since the departure of the Abedian family from the company three years ago, unveiling a new high-rise proposal for a prominent Broadbeach corner site on Old Burleigh Road.

The application was submitted by an entity directed by Tom Jamieson, stepson of longtime Sunland leader Soheil Abedian, and Riaz Rezvanipour, brother-in-law of Sahba Abedian, Soheil’s son.

Sunland acquired the 1,283 sqm site on the corner of Old Burleigh Road and Armrick Avenue for $9.5 million late last year and is now seeking approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/99-101-old-burleigh-road-broadbeach-qld-4218">42-storey tower with 81 apartments</a>.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/contreras-earl-architecture">Contreras Earl Architecture</a>, the proposed tower at 99-101 Old Burleigh Road would deliver a predominantly larger-format apartment mix aimed at the owner-occupier market. Plans include 17 two-bedroom apartments, 55 three-bedroom apartments, and nine four-bedroom residences across 35 residential levels.

The development also incorporates three basement levels, four podium parking levels, two levels of communal recreation facilities, and rooftop plant and equipment. A total of 189 car spaces are proposed, significantly exceeding the 90 spaces required under the planning scheme.

The architecture adopts a sculpted, curvilinear form, with deep wraparound balconies and integrated landscaping intended to soften the tower’s vertical expression. The planning report states the building’s “slender footprint/form provides a complimentary yet varied built form within the local streetscape” and contributes to “a varied, yet ordered skyline.”

Contreras Earl noted in its Architectural Statement that from the early stages, the project addressed a fundamental challenge: how to accommodate the required residential yield while avoiding the conventional model of a tower sitting on a rigid, fully resolved parking podium.

“The most direct response would have been to consolidate parking into a singular, flat podium and extrude a repetitive tower above,” the statement said. “While efficient, this approach would result in a consolidated built form with limited engagement with the surrounding landscape and public realm.”

Instead, the conventional podium model was “deliberately rejected”. The architects described the base of the building as “a landscaped architectural condition where structure, planting and circulation are integrated”.

“Rather than presenting a continuous built mass, the base of the building is articulated through a series of concrete planter elements that organise the podium into a fragmented system,” the statement said. “This approach reduces the perceived bulk of the lower levels while establishing a more permeable interface with the streetscape and adjacent open space.”

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The site sits within the High Density Residential Zone and inside the City of Gold Coast’s unrestricted “HX” building height area, where the planning framework anticipates intensified residential development tied to the expanding light rail corridor. The planning report notes the area is undergoing “transition toward more intense development forms” given its proximity to Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, and high-frequency public transport infrastructure.

Positioned directly opposite Broadbeach Park and within walking distance of Florida Gardens light rail station, the development would sit among a rapidly evolving stretch of Old Burleigh Road that has become one of the Gold Coast’s most active apartment development corridors.

The application joins a growing pipeline of luxury residential projects reshaping Broadbeach, including nearby developments by 5Point Projects, Polycell, and Graya.

The planning report argues the project contributes toward the Gold Coast’s long-term housing targets under the South East Queensland Regional Plan, which forecasts the need for more than 100,000 additional high-rise dwellings across the city by 2046.

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The Abedian family departed Sunland Group in late 2023, ending a four-decade association with the company, and subsequently established the private development firm Abedian &amp; Co. The group is currently delivering <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/greenmount-residences-cnr-hill-street-and-marine-parade-coolangatta-qld-4225">Greenmount Residences</a> at Rainbow Bay and recently launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/18-mary-avenue-14-18-mary-avenue-broadbeach-qld-4218">18 Mary Avenue</a> in Broadbeach.
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First look: Sunland Group returns to Broadbeach new apartment market with new Old Burleigh Road tower plans

The Minns Labor Government has established the new Bays West Delivery Authority to lead the development&nbsp;of the Bays West Precinct and Blackwattle Bay Precinct.&nbsp;

The Authority is charged with creating Sydney’s newest precinct, a thriving, connected, sustainable hub with White Bay Power Station as its cultural heart. Its vision is to build on the area’s natural, cultural and industrial history to shape a vibrant new neighbourhood.

The precinct will deliver up to 8,500 well-located homes, including a minimum of 10 per cent affordable and essential worker homes. Combine new housing with public open space, opening public access to the waterfront for the first time in more than 100 years, while retaining important deep-water facilities to support Sydney’s working harbour.

Located just minutes from the Sydney CBD and connected to a world-class metro, ferry, walking and cycling links, the Bays West precinct will rebalance housing growth towards well-serviced inner-city locations and help tackle the state’s housing crisis.

The Bays West Delivery Authority,&nbsp;an agency of the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, will report to the NSW Minister for Lands and Property who already has oversight of major precinct renewal projects including at Blackwattle Bay and Barangaroo.

As part of the broader Bays West transformation, the Minns Government recently announced that a proposal from Lendlease to redevelop part of the Bays West Precinct has progressed to Stage 2 of the NSW Government’s unsolicited proposals process.

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The Minns Labor Government has also confirmed the Bays West precinct will have a new suburb name. This will be the first major suburb built in close proximity to Sydney’s CBD in decades and will encompass the area currently being referred to as Bays West, including Glebe Island and the White Bay Power Station. Served by a new Metro station just five minutes from the CBD, it will become one of the most populous suburbs in the Inner West and one of Sydney’s premier cultural destinations.

An early works program is taking shape, which&nbsp;includes the first stages of an international design competition.&nbsp;

The aim of the Bays West&nbsp;International&nbsp;Design Competition is to&nbsp;ensure design excellence is embedded in the project from the start. The competition will deliver an&nbsp;urban framework that defines the character, ambition and long-term identity of&nbsp;this&nbsp;former industrial precinct as it transitions to a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable residential&nbsp;neighbourhood.

The competition will be led by the Bays West Delivery Authority in partnership with Government Architect NSW.&nbsp;

It will launch with an invitation for a global Expressions of Interest, before moving to an invitation-only stage that will be assessed by a panel that&nbsp;will provide advice to Cabinet who will select a winner.

Premier of NSW, Chris Minns said the establishment of the new Authority is the first step in transforming the Bays West precinct into a vibrant, livable suburb minutes from the Sydney CBD and two stops from Hunter St Station on the Metro West line.

“The Authority will deliver well-located homes close to the heart of the city and integrate the new precinct with Blackwattle Bay and the new Sydney Fish Market.

“This is a generational opportunity to build a new suburb on the city’s edge and open the harbour foreshore to the public for the first time in a century.”&nbsp;

Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper said the new Bays West Delivery Authority established by the Minns Government will turbocharge the development of Sydney’s newest suburb.

“The Authority is working at a record pace to deliver an international design competition, planning pathways and a financial model so that this development benefits Sydney with well-designed homes in a central location, close to public transport, jobs, entertainment and essential services.

“If we want Sydney to stay liveable and affordable, we need to be bold about using underutilised government-owned land to deliver homes for the future while making sure essential working harbour functions can be accommodated.”

Bays West Delivery Authority established to "turbocharge" Sydney’s newest suburb

Around 400 additional homes could be built at Southwark Grounds on Port Road, lifting total site capacity from 1300 to around 1700 dwellings.

A recently approved code amendment would allow apartment towers of up to 14 storeys in some areas of Renewal SA’s redevelopment of the former West End Brewery.

Renewal SA Acting Chief Executive Shane Wingard said he welcomed the code amendment, with the increase in heights and homes making a positive impact on the supply of high-quality, well-connected housing close to the city.

“By going higher across some parts of Southwark Grounds, we are adding a substantial number of very well-located homes with little impact on project delivery time or planned open space,” Mr Wingard said.

Since the project officially launched in 2025, Mr Wingard said more than 12,000 enquiries had been received about living at Southwark Grounds.

“The very strong early interest we’ve seen since homes were first released in the precinct reinforces our plans to create more housing opportunities,” he said.

The Southwark Grounds code amendment was launched in December last year, with community engagement undertaken over five weeks from January.

It proposed increasing maximum building heights from eight to 14 storeys on the eastern section of Southwark Grounds, and to 12 storeys across the remainder of the site, with minimum building heights ranging from two to four storeys.

The code amendment was implemented through an Early Commencement policy in late January, allowing developers to quickly explore the viability of increased height and housing yield while other planning processes continue.

One of the first developers delivering apartment sites have already finalised redesigns to increase the number of apartments following the code amendment.

Samaras’ development adjacent to the future Colonel Light Park is now planning to deliver 125 apartments across 11 storeys, significantly greater than original plans of around 50 apartments across four storeys.

The developer is also exploring the potential for additional affordable housing outcomes.

Most of the apartments at Southwark Grounds will be delivered within a master-planned precinct on a large parcel of land on the eastern portion of the site, covering around two-thirds of its 8.4 hectares.

Wingard said detailed precinct planning over the coming months may identify further opportunities to increase yield further that could see total apartment numbers at Southwark Grounds, exceed this number.

Affordable homes at Southwark Grounds will also see a net increase, with Renewal SA maintaining its commitment to a minimum of 20 per cent affordable housing across the development.

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Civil works have begun across the site, with construction under way on the first new roads surrounding a townhouse precinct in the south‑west corner of Southwark Grounds. This includes Renewal SA’s 17 Founder’s Row homes, which are on track for completion by Christmas.

“We expect to have people living at Southwark Grounds by the end of the year, so delivering roads and public spaces for those residents is among our highest priorities.”

Construction of 40 townhouses off Anderson Street, known as West Village and being delivered by Contour, is forecast to begin in mid‑2026. Kolabb’s Anderson Lane development will follow shortly after, delivering a further 26 townhouses.

Southwark Grounds is a state government‑led urban renewal project now set to deliver around 1,700 homes over the next decade.

Homes will be supported by a supermarket, a range of retail and hospitality offerings anchored by a revitalised Walkerville Brew Tower, a childcare centre, car parking and well‑connected public spaces.

400 new homes planned for Adelaide's former West End Brewery site

Brisbane developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/cavcorp">Cavcorp</a> has lodged plans for a new mixed-use residential development at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/55-wyandra-street-teneriffe-qld-4005">55 Wyandra Street</a>, Teneriffe, anchored by an 85-metre public laneway designed to reconnect the suburb’s riverfront with the Gasworks precinct.

The buildings, known as Teneriffe House and Teneriffe Lane, would replace the existing Queensland Cotton head office site with a 15-storey residential tower transitioning to eight storeys toward Helen Street. The project has been designed by Plazibat Architects and lodged as a code assessable development application for 93 apartments across a 3,401 sqm mixed-use site within the Newstead and Teneriffe Waterfront neighbourhood plan.

Central to the scheme is the transformation of an existing service easement into a publicly accessible cross-block connection linking Wyandra and Helen Streets. Cavcorp says the new laneway will act as both a pedestrian shortcut and a landscaped civic space between the Teneriffe Riverwalk, ferry terminal, and Gasworks precinct.

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“The revised proposal delivers a legacy public-realm cross-block link, permanently secured for community use, transforming an existing private easement into a safe, high-quality pedestrian connection between the Teneriffe heritage riverwalk and the Gasworks–Long Island precinct,” the planning report states.

The laneway will sit beneath a large subtropical loggia integrated into the podium levels of the development. The design incorporates deep landscaping, water gardens, lobby spaces, business lounges, and ground-floor apartments to create what Cavcorp describes as a climate-responsive “urban verandah.”

The tower itself has been designed as a slender form with recessed floorplates and curved translucent corners inspired by contemporary Japanese architecture. The building height aligns with the Commercial Road precinct controls, which permit towers up to 15 storeys within proximity to Longland Street.

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The project will comprise a mix of larger-format apartments aimed at owner-occupiers, downsizers, and families. The proposed apartment mix includes 11 loggia apartments across the lower levels, 50 four-bedroom Sky-Terrace apartments from levels three to seven, and 32 Sky-Pool Homes occupying the upper tower levels. The Sky-Pool Homes will feature private thermal plunge pools integrated into oversized balconies.

According to the application, the apartments are intended to reinterpret the scale and character of Teneriffe’s woolstore conversions and Queensland homes within a vertical residential format.

“The sky-pool homes build on Cavcorp’s previous projects and introduce a distinct apartment typology to Teneriffe, informed by both local and international precedent and responding to an identified market demand for enhanced safety, space and amenity,” the planning submission notes.

A major focus of the proposal is its five-level wellness and lifestyle offering, extending from the basement through to the rooftop.

Amenities proposed include a rooftop Swim &amp; Racquet Club with a 25-metre Olympic lap pool and tennis court, coworking spaces and libraries, golf simulators, wine storage, concierge facilities, business lounges, pet wash areas, and rooftop longevity-focused wellness spaces with spas, outdoor fitness zones, and landscaped terraces.

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All parking will be concealed within basement levels accessed from Wyandra and Helen Streets. Cavcorp says the deep-basement engineering approach allows the entire ground plane to prioritise landscaping, pedestrian movement, and active frontage rather than vehicle infrastructure.

The development continues Cavcorp’s concentration in Newstead and Teneriffe, where the Brisbane developer has delivered a number of apartment projects including Lucent, Le Bain, and Luminare, as well as the Long Island Wellness Precinct nearby. Several of those projects have received national design and architecture awards, including recognition under Brisbane’s “Buildings that Breathe” program.

Cavcorp unveils wellness-focused Teneriffe House and Teneriffe Lane apartment buildings

Focus Group Investments has lodged plans for a new apartment development at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/64-70-hanover-street-fitzroy-vic-3065">64–70 Hanover Street</a> in Fitzroy, seeking to utilise the Victorian Government’s recently introduced Great Design Fast Track pathway to accelerate approvals for the project.

The proposal is among the latest developments to emerge through the state-led initiative, which was established to fast-track well-designed residential projects in activity centres and transport-connected inner-city locations. The pathway allows qualifying developments that meet elevated design and housing benchmarks to bypass traditional council planning timeframes and instead be assessed directly by the Department of Transport and Planning.

Designed by SJB, the development will comprise a mix of apartments above activated lower levels, with a strong focus on architectural articulation, landscaping, and communal amenity. The design response seeks to balance the industrial character of Richmond’s former warehouse precincts with a more contemporary residential form.

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Proposed are 63 new dwellings, a wide ranging mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, and townhouses and duplexes. They will be spread across a part-three, part-eight storey building.

The Planning and Urban Context Report by Tract says the development is of an "exemplary architectural standard" and has been carefully crafted by SJB Architects.

"Dwellings&nbsp;will benefit from excellent access to natural light, cross-ventilation opportunities and extensive communal space," the report noted.

The architectural material highlights the project’s integration of landscaped elements and communal spaces throughout the building. The proposal also incorporates sustainability initiatives aligned with the Victorian Government’s push for higher-performing apartment developments under the fast-track program.

The Great Design Fast Track was unveiled by the Victorian Government in 2024 as part of a broader housing supply strategy aimed at accelerating the delivery of new homes. Projects assessed through the pathway must demonstrate high-quality architecture, sustainability outcomes, and housing diversity while being located close to public transport and existing infrastructure.

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Focus Group, founder and led by Paul De Lutiis, is increasingly active across Melbourne’s inner suburbs, targeting well-connected urban renewal locations suited to medium and higher-density residential development. The Fitzroy proposal continues that strategy, leveraging the area’s strong transport links, established retail amenity, and proximity to the CBD.

Fitzroy has been one of the most popular spots for developers and buyers in recent years. The likes of PACE Development Group, SMA Projects, Crema Group and Chapter Group, currently selling projects in the suburb.

First look: Focus Group Investments taps Victoria’s Great Design Fast Track for Fitzroy apartments

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Socialite Heidi Onisforou pulled her Potts Point ­penthouse from midweek auction­, signalling that the post-election property market­ optimism isn’t yielding sale outcomes for everyone. It had been pulled from its March auction too.
The luxury apartment was heading to auction this time with a $6 million price guide through Ray White agent Gavin Rubinstein.
The fourth-floor Macleay St offering had been initially marketed with ambitious $9 million hopes last September­ with another agent.
Styled into something resembling a New York-style warehouse, Onisforou­ had paid $4.4 million in 2016 when she was downsizing, following­ her then-record $13 million terrace sale on nearby Challis Ave.
She bought the apartment from late kitchen fit-out king Barry Griffin in a pricey off-market acquisition.
It had been traded just the once prior at $1.7 million in 2001 after the building’s conversion from office space by plumber John Keith.
After Onisforou modernised the 270sq m space above Zinc cafe, she then embarked on a Victoria St, Potts Point, terrace renovation.
The terrace has now been listed for a June 1 auction with some confusion in its price guidance, with published reports varying from $5.45 million to $6.5 million-plus.
Officially BresicWhitney agent Maclay Longhurst says $6 million.
Onisforou paid $4.1 million for the unrenovated 1880s Victorian Italianate terrace in 2017, when it was bought from lawyer Ezekiel Solomon.
Victoria St’s highest terrace sale was $5.75 million in 2016 when Emma Van Haandel, the owner of boutique PR agency EVH, and her husband Joel Williams bought historic Hordern House from rare-book ­dealers Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell.
The latest sale in the neighbourhood was the $13 million-plus deal by hotelier Justin Hemmes of the tightly held Challis Ave commercial corner premises. Tony Benjamin, whose family make their fortune in Queensland bulky goods outlets, has been much more of a regular diner at Fish Shop since his mystery purchase.
The landmark building, Wirrara, features four large apartments and two retail shopfronts.
Hemmes’ late father, John, had bought the property for $1.428 million in 1988. The property is part of the Santa Fe row of 1905 Queen Anne-style terraces­, which includes the Holiday Lodge Hotel building, also owned by Benjamin.
Richardson and Wrench Elizabeth Bay selling agent Jason Boon said that the historic Wirrara sold at a premium­ as Benjamin “just wanted a trophy building”.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 
 
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Heidi Onisforou withdraws Potts Point apartment from auction again

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Ray White sales agent Gavin Rubinstein, the number one agent with the real estate giant, has bought a Potts Point investment apartment.
He's gone off-market to pay $1.88 million for a 120 sqm apartment in the Rockwall building on the Macleay Street dress circle.
He has been a resident on nearby Wylde Street in what has been a $2200 a week rental.
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The contemporary apartment, last traded for $1,275,000 in 2014, has two bedrooms, a marble kitchen and a balcony off the open plan living and dining area.
Rubinstein is seeking a tenant at $1,350 a week, which would reflect a 3.7 percent yield.
Socialite Heidi Onisforou has owned the building's penthouse since 2016 when she paid $4.4 million. She snapped up the apartment just one day in to its marketing.
It was the last sale in the tightly held block.
Last month Rubinstein, who has previously used the publicity firm of Roxy Jacenko to publicise his achievements, was named Ray White's number one agent for the <a href="/news/ray-white-remuera-beats-out-double-bay-again-but-gavin-rubinstein-takes-the-top-residential-spot-for-sixth-time">sixth consecutive year.</a>
This time last year Rubinstein sold $50 million worth of properties in <a href="/news/ray-whites-gavin-rubinstein-sells-50-million-worth-of-properties-in-19-days">just 19 days.</a>
None took to ratemyagent, with Rubinstein having no favourable reviews for two years now.
Earlier this week the Ray White Double Bay business was <a href="/news/ray-white-double-bay-founders-craig-pontey-and-michael-finger-sell-out-to-elliott-placks">sold to his colleague Elliott Placks</a>.
The agency sold $930 million of property in the last year.
The dynamic salesman likes the international highlife, regularly taking off for short stays at the Beverly Hills Hotel in LA.
His mates call it his second home.
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Rubinstein sold TV personality Larry Emdur his and wife Sylvie's <a href="/news/larry-emdur-secures-apartment-in-the-rocks">Sydney CBD bolthole late last year.</a>
They paid $3 million for the designer apartment in a converted factory building in The Rocks.
 
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Ray White number one agent Gavin Rubinstein splashes out in Potts Point

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A Potts Point one bedroom apartment with Harbour bridge views was recently sold for a stellar $2.15 million.
It was sold by Luke McDonnell from Richardson &amp; Wrench Elizabeth Bay / Potts Point late this July.
The 80 sqm property last sold for $575,000 in 2007.
This new sale price represents an annual increase of 12.5 per cent.
It originally sold in 2002 for $615,000 before selling at a loss in 2005 for $565,000
The apartment experienced minimal rent growth from 2006 to 2017, just $600 to $900.
Situated in the Ikon building,<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-potts+point-128886158" target="_blank"> 301/81 Macleay St </a>comes with one King size main bedroom, large eat-in kitchen, generous dining area, lounge area with plush carpet and large entertaining terrace with scant Harbour bridge and city views. 
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Additional extras include European laundry, air conditioning throughout, study nook and secure parking.
The secure building features lift, concierge service and facilities including gym, pool and steam room.
It located close to cafes, restaurants, Woolworths and all amenities of Potts Point.
The suburb's median unit price sits at <a href="/developments/potts-point-nsw-2011">$640,000</a>, according to CoreLogic. 
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Potts Point one bedder fetches $2.15 million

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E! Australia host Ksenija Lukich and her lawyer husband Dan Bragg have bought their first home ­together.
It is an apartment in Potts Point costing around $1,075,000.
It sits over the tree top ­canopy of Victoria St, with harbour glimpses to the north.
The former model-turned-entertainment reporter has refurnished the apartment in the 1980s block.
Posting to Instagram accompanying a stylish sofa with contemporary Vicki Lee art handing behind, she captioned “cozy (sic) spots at home”. Bragg has been on Instagram too, popping a picture of the red winter sunset.
Their apartment was architecturally redesigned before its last sale when it fetched $765,000 in 2012.
It has sliding wall panels for flexibility between the open-plan living and dining room and the bedroom.
The 85sqm apartment has two bedrooms, one with an adjoining study, a chic marble bathroom and a car space. Laing Real Estate agent Tony Dowling sold the apartment off-market. It first sold in 1985 at $129,000.
The 28-year-old model grew up on the northern beaches and won a contest to become the host of E! Australia in 2014. Lukich and Bragg, who specialises in financial matters at King &amp; Wood Mallesons, last week celebrated their 10-year anniversary ­together.
The couple met at a bar in Cremorne. Lukich went up to him, gave him her number and he called first thing the next morning. He proposed over a Manly sunset after they had fish and chips on the beach.
They wed in 2016 in a traditional Serbian Orthodox Church service in Ingleside, the first Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia which her grandfather helped establish. Her uncle performed the ceremony.
Lukich wore a Steven Khalil-­designed dress, while Bragg’s suit came from the now Tamarama-based tailor Patrick Johnson.
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E! Australia host Ksenija Lukich and lawyer husband Dan Bragg buy first home

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Sydney lord mayoral aspirant Christine Forster and her partner Virginia Edwards have forked out $1.51 million on a Potts Point ­apartment.
They’ve bought it from the Maple-Brown rich-lister family, who had financial journalist Joe Aston as their tenant.
It was where he filmed his app­earances on the now defunct Financial Review Sunday television show.
On vacating the two-bedroom flat, Aston recently wrote of his displeasure at “turgid strangers with morbid delight” coming through the open for inspections held by Richardson &amp; Wrench agent Greg McKinley.
He wrote “homelessness was preferable to the indignity”.
It sits in the 1951 Aaron M. Bolot-designed block on Wylde Street.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-potts+point-127732338" target="_blank">The fourth level, two bedroom apartment</a> became available at $1,095 a week.
The Surry Hills couple quickly secured new tenants last month for the renovated apartment.
If Forster does make the move into the neighbourhood she’ll be crossing paths with Councillor Kerryn Phelps, who lives just up the street.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Sydney mayoral candidate Christine Forster splashes out on Potts Point apartment

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Potts Point has seen its third highest apartment sale, with an second floor harbourside apartment in Pomeroy selling off market for $10.05 million.
It was sold by Macquarie executive John Wilson.
It was sold an exisiting owner in the Macleay Street building who wanted more bedrooms and the elusive four car spaces.
The 340 sqm apartment has four terraces, two master wings, four bedrooms and five bathrooms, reflecting around $30,000 a square metre. 
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It comes with 48 sq m in its terraces with water glimpses overlooking Rushcutters Bay from its second floor location.
It was consolidated off-the-plan during the 2003 construction of the Winten-built block. 
It last traded for $6 million when it was sold in 2010 by Di Jagelman who had consolidated the two apartments.
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It was sold by R&amp;W agent Jason Boon who Instagrammed his success this afternoon.
The top sale apartment price in Potts Point remains $15 million for the ninth floor Pomeroy penthouse which was sold by property developer Bob Ell to John Piven-Large in 2013.
Ell consolidated the penthouse offering with his initial $9.75 million purchase in 2005 from the Rothwell developer and added the lower floor apartment at $3.5 million which was bought from the late interior designer Garth Barnett. 
The penthouse came with 370sqm of internal space plus 200sqm of balcony space, four car spaces and dual harbour views. Designed by architect Susan Rothwell, the 34-unit Macleay Street block won the 2004 UDIA high density award after Mirvac's Chateau Hotel was demolished following its closure after the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Other than the Pomeroy penthouse, there's only been other sale above $10 million on the Macleay Street dress circle, which came in 2014 when philanthropic Americans John Alchin and Hal Marryatt paid $10.95 million for a three storey penthouse in the Georgian which was then gutted in a renovation.
There was a reported off the plan $11 million sale of a penthouse in the hourglass-shaped Omnia tower redevelopment of the Crest Hotel in November 2015 which will be coming up for settlement later this year.
It was sold by Greenland as having an early 2018 completion date.
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Second floor Pomeroy, Potts Point apartment fetches $10.05 million

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Potts Point's Sydney Central Backpackers has sold at auction for $7 million.
The <a href="https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/14-16-orwell-st-potts-point-nsw-2011-2014355770" target="_blank">14-16 Orwell Street property</a>, that last traded for $5.75 million in 2015, brought in over $865,000 gross revenue in 2017.
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The purple block spans four levels and has 36 rooms, a mixture of dorms and private rooms.
There's common facilities and a rooftop terrace with skyline views and a kitchen.
Metro Commercial agent Allan Levy sold the property.
 
 
 
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Sydney Central Backpackers at Potts Point fetches $7 milliion

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Michael and Prue Williams, founders of Sydney based property development and investment company W Property, have sold in Potts Point
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-potts+point-128484126" target="_blank">Wylde Street apartment</a> sold in just one day. It cost $5,525,000 in 2015 and has been renovated since.
The two level unit in a Victorian Italianate villa-style mansion once belonged to local restaurateur Paolo Toppi and her husband Neil Cunningham.
Spanning 510 sqm, the apartment has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a private garden courtyard.
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A grand tiled balcony with wrought iron lacework has harbour views.
The sale comes after the couple flipped a Bondi Beach penthouse they only owned for eight months.
They paid $4.1 million for the three bedroom apartment with wrap around balcony last November. The sale price has not yet emerged.
It once belonged to Powerbox Australia managing director Marc Rutty and wife Helen.
In 2015 the couple sold their Northwood waterfront for a suburb record $10,375,000.
They established W Property in 1983.
  
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Property developers Michael and Prue Williams sell at Potts Point

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The redundant Potts Point apartment of printing magnate Michael Hannan has sold for a building record $6,025,000.
The fourth level 2000 built block cost Hannan $4.85 million in 2015, reflecting over seven percent annual price growth.
Spanning 280 sqm, the apartment has has three bedrooms and three bathrooms, plus a loggia style space adjoining the outdoor terracing.
Hannan, a non executive director at PMP, has recently upgraded to the $8,325,000 duplex penthouse crowning the Ikon building up the street.
The three bedroom apartment spans 340 sqm of living space with 95 sqm of terraces. It was bought from New York-based private equity boss Leonard Harlan and wife Fleur.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 
 
 
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Printer Michael Hannan upgrades in Potts Point

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Printing magnate Michael Hannan has listed his Potts Point apartment following his upgrade in the village.
It comes after he spent $8,325,000 on a duplex penthouse atop the Ikon just up the street.
Spanning 340 sqm of living space with 95 sqm of terraces, it was bought it from Leonard Harlan, New York-based private equity boss and wife Fleur.
They paid $4,806,225 off the plan in 2003.
He's now listed a 280 sqm Wylde Street apartment on the fourth floor of the 2000 Winten-built block.
Hannan, a non executive director at PMP, paid $4.85 million for the three bedroom, three bathroom apartment in 2015.
It sits in the block where Dolores Lavin, the founder of the Luxe Studios photograph business who was recently discharged from bankruptcy, recently sold her three bedroom, two bathroom apartment for $4.25 million, having paid $3.3 million in 2007.
There were several caveats and court orders on the title of the apartment with Mark Cavanagh-designed interiors which sold through Jason Boon and Geoff Cox at Richardson &amp; Wrench.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
 
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