The residential transformation of St Kilda Road is set to continue into with more new apartment plans for the sought-after boulevard.

Wing Tai Asia has lodged plans for a major residential tower at 464-466 St Kilda Road, replacing the former VACC House with an 18-storey mixed-use development designed around a retained heritage podium and a sculpted contemporary tower.

The proposal, prepared under Victoria’s Significant Residential Development with Affordable Housing pathway, would deliver 325 apartments and ground-floor retail across the prominent 4,653 sqm boulevard site in Melbourne’s St Kilda Road North Precinct.

The project centres on the adaptive reuse of the site’s heritage-listed VACC Building, an eight-storey office designed by Bernard Evans that has occupied the address for decades. Planning documents state the development would involve “carefully dismantling and conserving off-site the original metal fabric of the podium visible from St Kilda Road,” before reinstating it as the defining frontage of the new scheme.

Above the restored podium, Wing Tai is proposing a curvilinear residential tower. The scheme includes 172 one-bedroom apartments, 63 two-bedroom apartments, 66 three-bedroom apartments, and 24 four-bedroom apartments, alongside two ground-floor food and beverage tenancies fronting St Kilda Road.

The tower has been designed with substantial articulation and variable setbacks to minimise perceived bulk and maintain view corridors along the boulevard. Urbis, which prepared the planning report, said the design “has been significantly articulated through a curvilinear design” with “an interplay with materials, façade expression and depth” to create visual separation and visual interest.

The proposal also includes 254 basement car spaces, landscaped pedestrian links connecting St Kilda Road and Queens Lane, and a biophilic landscape strategy featuring canopy trees, raised planters, cascading greenery and a glass oculus pool overlooking the eastern frontage.

Planning documents confirm the $270.1 million development will contribute 3 per cent of project costs to the Social Housing Growth Fund as part of the application process.

Wing Tai acquired the St Kilda Road property in 2018 alongside Abacus Property Group for $95.38 million, before later consolidating ownership of the site. The property previously served as the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce headquarters for around 60 years.

The transformation of the St Kilda Rd boulevard is already beginning to materialise, with a number of high-profile projects recently completed, launched, or approaching launch as developers continue to back the long-term appeal of the precinct.

Among the most notable recent completions is Louise by Samuel Property Group, just off the strip on Queens Lane, the same pocket Hirsch &amp; Faigen recently launched The Queensbury. Mirvac is too on the same street with The Albertine, which is approaching completion.

Dexus recently secured approval for its slice of St Kilda Road, while Gurner also has approved plans for the precinct.

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Wing Tai unveils 325-apartment St Kilda Road tower on former VACC House site

Malaysian developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/s-p-setia">SP Setia</a> is the latest to jump into St Leonards booming Transport Oriented Development precinct.

The developer, which has previously delivered Sapphire by the Gardens apartment development in Melbourne, identified the Atchison Street site in 2023. It filed a Scoping Report around 12 months ago, and now has revealed the designs for the new&nbsp;40-storey mixed-use tower.

The State Significant Development Application covers <a href="https://next-portal.urban.com.au/projects/14650/summary">20-22 Atchison Street</a>, a 1,374 sqm site positioned between St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">COX Architecture</a>, the project would deliver 181 apartments, above a four-storey commercial podium, five basement levels, and new public domain works along Mitchell Street. The apartment mix comprises 35 one-bedroom apartments, 39 one-bedroom-plus-study apartments, 85 two-bedroom apartments, and 22 three-bedroom residences.

The proposal has been lodged as a shop-top housing development under the NSW Government’s TOD planning pathway, which allows increased density around key transport infrastructure. The site sits within the recently rezoned Crows Nest Accelerated TOD Precinct.

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SP Setia acquired the Atchison Street site as part of its continued expansion into the Australian apartment market. In comments made to City &amp; Country (The Edge Malaysia) in 2023, SP Setia President and CEO Datuk Choong Kai Wai described the acquisition as “a strategic move” aligned with the group’s post-pandemic market recovery strategy.

“Our target for this exceptional development is local and overseas buyers, including first-home buyers, downsizers and investors,” Choong said.

The tower has been designed as a slender vertical form rising from a mixed-use podium, with COX Architecture positioning the development as a response to the evolving St Leonards and Crows Nest skyline.

“The purpose of the project is to facilitate the delivery of high-quality housing at a strategically located site and deliver a built tower outcome that is consistent with the desired future character of St Leonards and aligns with the TOD controls,” the design report stated.

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The podium would incorporate retail uses fronting Atchison Street, commercial tenancies, landscaped communal areas, and pedestrian improvements along Mitchell Street. Vehicle access and loading would be consolidated via Atchison Lane.

Residents would have access to more than 665 sqm of communal indoor and outdoor spaces, while the development proposes 96 parking spaces across five basement levels.

The proposal also includes a commitment for 10 per cent of residential floor space to be allocated toward affordable housing through a monetary contribution.

COX said the tower form responds directly to the emerging high-density character of the precinct while seeking to maximise solar access, cross ventilation, and outlook from apartments.

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“The building is orientated towards north,” the Apartment Design Guide compliance report noted, adding that the tower’s slim form was driven by the constrained inner-urban site dimensions.

The design also incorporates landscaped setbacks and communal open space at podium level, intended to soften the interface with surrounding streets and improve pedestrian amenity.

The project adds to a growing wave of redevelopment proposals reshaping St Leonards and Crows Nest following the opening of the Sydney Metro City line and the NSW Government’s push for higher-density housing around major transport nodes.

Last week Stockland filed plans just down the road. They want to build a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/601-pacific-highway-st-leonards-nsw-2065">52-storey tower on Pacific Highway</a>.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">First look: Stockland plans 52-storey, 538-apartment St Leonards tower&nbsp;</a>

First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> has revealed plans for a new mixed-use tower at 10 Dangar Street, Wickham, advancing a proposal that would reshape the southern gateway to Newcastle’s city centre with one of the city’s tallest residential buildings.

The State Significant Development proposal, now on exhibition, seeks approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/bowline-10-dangar-street-wickham-nsw-2293">43-storey tower</a> immediately adjacent to the Newcastle Interchange. The project would deliver around 200 apartments, including 42 affordable housing dwellings, alongside 99 co-living units, a 171-room hotel, retail space, and new public domain integrated through the site.

The scheme marks a significant escalation of plans previously approved for the site. Urban Property Group took over the prominent 2,904 sqm parcel, where excavation and demolition had already commenced under an earlier consent for a 14-storey mixed-use development.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/sjb-architects">SJB</a>, the tower has been conceived as a landmark transit-oriented development anchored to the Newcastle Interchange precinct. The proposal includes 245 build-to-sell apartments across a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom residences, as well as two penthouses. Fifteen apartments and one operational unit are earmarked for NDIS housing. The co-living component would add a further 99 units, while the podium would accommodate retail uses and hotel facilities.

SJB said the site presents “a valuable opportunity to anchor the precinct by setting the standard for design, active ground planes and character at the key southern gateway.”

The architecture responds directly to the site’s position beside major transport infrastructure and within one of Newcastle’s fastest-evolving urban renewal precincts. The tower form sits above a sculpted podium designed to frame new public spaces, including a through-site pedestrian link connecting Station Street to Hannell Street, landscaped plazas, and activated retail edges.

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The design report describes the project as part of the broader transition of Wickham into “a vibrant, high-quality mixed-use urban precinct” that leverages proximity to the station, open space, and regional connectivity.

A detailed public art strategy has also been prepared for the development. The strategy positions the project as “a transit-oriented development of state significance at the gateway to Newcastle’s city centre” and outlines a series of integrated artworks responding to Newcastle’s industrial and transport heritage.

Creative Road’s curatorial framework for the project, titled Unveil, draws on “stratified surfaces, carved volumes, and light-filled apertures” while referencing Newcastle’s transformation from an industrial city into a contemporary education and technology hub.

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The proposal is being advanced through the NSW Housing Delivery Authority pathway after being declared State Significant Development in June 2025. The accompanying scoping report states the development aims to “maximise the site’s proximity to the Newcastle Interchange by delivering transit-oriented development” while increasing housing supply and affordable housing provision within the Newcastle LGA.

Urban Property Group’s plans align with the long-term strategic vision established under the Wickham Master Plan, which identified the interchange precinct as suitable for substantial uplift in height and density. The current proposal would significantly intensify that vision, positioning the tower among the tallest developments proposed for Newcastle.

The site sits immediately north of the Newcastle Interchange, bounded by Dangar Street, Hannell Street, and Charles Street. It is surrounded by a rapidly growing cluster of residential towers and mixed-use projects that have emerged following the completion of the light rail and transport interchange.

First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s latest tower at Wickham interchange

Bottega House has completed settlement of a landmark riverfront site in Macquarie Street, St Lucia, representing its first major Brisbane development.&nbsp;

Positioned on the banks of the Brisbane River, the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/180-macquarie-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">premium site at 180 Macquarie Street</a> features uninterrupted river frontage in one of Brisbane’s most tightly held residential precincts.&nbsp;

The proposed development, currently under assessment with Brisbane City Council, has been designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/plus-studio">Plus Studio</a> with interiors by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/interior-designers/mim-design">Mim Design</a> and will deliver a boutique collection of premium residences positioned specifically for owner occupiers and downsizers.&nbsp;

The residences are set to redefine luxury apartment living in the area, with a focus on architectural quality, refined finishes, landscape integration and elevated amenities including curated wellness facilities, resort-style pools and recreation spaces rarely seen in the local market.&nbsp;

Exclusive sales for the project will be led by Keenan &amp; Byrne, ahead of an anticipated launch later this year.&nbsp;

Bottega House Managing Director Nick Malloch said the project reflects the group’s ambition to deliver a highly curated residential offering within one of Brisbane’s most tightly held precincts.&nbsp;

“This is an incredibly rare riverfront opportunity and one we have approached with a long-term perspective,” Malloch said.&nbsp;

“Our vision from the outset was to create a boutique collection of residences that feel more like private homes than traditional apartments, with generous proportions, refined finishes and exceptional amenity throughout."

Malloch says there is a&nbsp;lack of premium owner-occupier stock of this quality in the market, particularly for downsizers wanting space, privacy and a true lifestyle offering without compromise.&nbsp;

"Demand is expected to be strong given the scarcity of premium riverfront opportunities of this nature within Brisbane’s inner-west."&nbsp;

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The arrival of the first piling rig officially marks the commencement of construction at SIERA’s new beachside apartment development, Exhale, in Northcliffe.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/exhale-surfers-paradise-8-enderley-avenue-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Exhale</a>, a glass-encased tower featuring 54 large-scale apartments at 8 Enderley Avenue, is SIERA’s third Gold Coast development. It follows the recently completed PIPIS Bilinga beachfront project, which achieved suburb-record prices, and the soon-to-be-completed Chevron Island development, Tapestry.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/siera">SIERA</a> Founder and Managing Director Brent Thompson said the arrival of the piling rig represented a significant milestone for the development, which is scheduled for completion in late 2028.

Over the next month, around 260 piles are expected to be installed as work progresses on the basement structure. The building is anticipated to rise above ground level early next year, before unveiling its sculptural glass curtain wall, developed in collaboration with specialist façade engineers.

“The façade was designed to maximise panoramic coastal views while creating a distinctive architectural identity,” Thompson said.

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Designed by BDA Architecture, Exhale will comprise just 54 two- and three-bedroom residences across 26 levels, a level of low-density living rarely delivered in this beachside pocket between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.

The project has been conceived as a resident-only building, with no short-stay accommodation permitted. SIERA says the model is intended to appeal to long-term owner-occupiers rather than transient holiday demand.

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Residences have been designed with large-format layouts and expansive glazing, with most apartments featuring more than 30 metres of glass frontage to maximise natural light and ocean views.

The amenity offering spans two levels and centres on wellness and lifestyle, including a heated magnesium pool, sauna, yoga and Pilates studio, gymnasium, private dining facilities, cinema lounge, and dedicated surfcraft storage.

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More than half of the apartments have already sold. SIERA has also opened a sales gallery for Exhale at its Chevron Island commercial premises, near its Tapestry tower and the site of its second Chevron Island apartment development, which is slated to launch in early 2027.
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A lover of Bondi Beach apartments, fund manager Will Vicars couldn't help himself when the Pacific Bondi development was completed.
He made headlines in 2013 when he broke the Australia apartment record, having bought two adjoining two-storey "lighthouse" penthouses off-the-plan for a combined $21.9 million.
And now he's extended on his purchases, spending another $11 million on another recently completed apartment on the top floor of the Campbell Parade complex. 
The well-connected Vicars - who also owns property on Seven Shillings Beach, Point Piper, Queen Street, Woollahra and Horderns Road, Bowral - is the chief investment officer of boutique fund manager Caledonia Investments. 
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Will Vicars takes his Pacific Bondi lighthouse apartment purchases to $33 million

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The Victorian era jewel of Mirvac’s 190-dwelling Moreton development, historic Moreton Manor, has been sold for around $9 million.
Scarba House, as the the Victorian Italianate mansion was once known, had been originally built as a four-room cottage in the 1850s, but extended in the 1880s.
The Benevolent Society ran it as a children’s welfare home from 1920 until 1986, before it sold to Mirvac in 2013.
Architects Tina Engelen and William Fung, co-directors of CO-AP, were commissioned with heritage firm Design 5 Architects to undertake the restoration.
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Scarba House, Bondi trophy home sold

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It's taken two weeks after its auction, but the Bondi Beach apartment block in which the former Silverchair front man Daniel Johns owns has sold.
It sold after the bidding went no higher than their $12 million vendor bid earlier this month.
There has been no sale price disclosure. 
The seven apartments of the 1960s, four level Campbell Parade block were offered in one line.
The seven apartments include six two bedroom units and one one bedroom apartment.
They had attracted two developer bidders at the auction when offered through Seaton Jones of Ray White TaylorJones.
It was marketed as a duplex project or for the buyer to create their own home.
Johns owns two of the higher level apartments which cost him a combined $1.6 million in 2001.
He lived in the building for a short time before leasing the properties. He stands to secure around 33 percent of any eventual sale proceeds. 
 
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Daniel Johns' syndicate sells Bondi Beach apartment block

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The Auckland-based Cook Property Group has emerged as the buyer of the Beach House Lane retail centre on Sydney's Bondi Beach.
It sold for $31.3 million, on a passing yield of 5.9 percent.
The 1166-square-metre fully-leased retail arcade runs from Campbell Parade to Curlewis Street, adjacent to Hotel Bondi.
It was reported as sold last month by Property Observer.
Cook Property, founded by commercial property investor Ben Cook, was also the buyer of the 14,760-square-metre Bunnings warehouse in Sydney's Eastgardens for $56 million last year.
Last year, Mr Cook bought one of Auckland's most expensive homes, when he paid $NZ24 million ($22.4 million) for a three-level, six-bedroom house in Herne Bay.
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Kiwis buy Bondi Beach retail

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The business woman, Lynne Tietzel, who was inducted into the Guild Internationale Des Fromagers, has sold her home in North Bondi.
Tietzel, founder of Australia on a Plate which brought European cheese to Australia, and husband Paul secured a $2.6 million sale through Sandy Kogan of Richardson &amp; Wrench Bondi Beach.
The couple have owned the home, with swimming pool and cabana, since they paid $702,500 in 2001.
They will be spending more time at Coorabell, where they secured a $1.25 million retreat in February.
Formed in 1995, Australian on a Plate was awarded the Vogue Magazine Excellence Award in 2008 and Outstanding Food Supplier Award in 2009.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Business woman Lynne Tietzel has sold her North Bondi home

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The Beach House Lane retail strip on Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach has understood to have been sold.
It was listed last month with expectations of more than $30 million by the Melbourne-based investor GLG.
GLG, which manages $200 million in assets, appointed Stonebridge Property Group to sell <a href="https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/178-campbell-parade-bondi-beach-nsw-2026-2012772074" target="_blank">the property at 178 Campbell Parade</a>.
The centre is 100 per cent leased to 14 retailers, including premium fashion and restaurant operators.
No sale details have been revealed but it is understood that terms have been agreed at $32 million.
Its annual income was given as $1.836 million.
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Bondi's $32 million laneway strata shop sale

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With so many people thinking that property is getting too expensive for everyone to afford, in our Purchase or Pass segment this week with Century 21's Charles Tarbey I thought we would see if $500k can still get you into a blue chip suburb close to the city. And to make it as hard as possible I chose our most famous beach, Bondi Beach.
Location: 6.5 kms from CBD
Beds: Studio
Bath: 1
SQM: 31m
Parking: 1
Price: $435k
Rent: $400/wk
It’s a studio unit with lock up garage, 6.5kms from the CBD and just 1.3km to the sand. It’s located on the first floor of a small security block of 15 units and is half way in between the shops and transport hub of Bondi Junction and the lifestyle and leisure of Bondi Beach. The property is currently in good condition, but judging from the photos could do with an upgrade. The property sold 2 months ago for $435k and the expected rent is around $400/wk, the size is 31sm.
Charles: 31sm and $400 per week, let’s just assume for a moment you’ve borrowed the entire $435k, how often can you find a property where your rental return is not much lower than the repayments in a suburb like Bondi, it’s almost a steal. You might even buy it just for the car parking space because that’s pretty hard to get. The only thing that concerns me is 31sm is below the value of where most banks will look at, so it has to be specialised lending. You might end up having to pay a little bit more in interest to get it, but 31sm Bondi beach, one carpark, $400 per week rent, $435k that’s a pretty good price.
Chris: I mean, we’ll start on the negatives because it’s by no means perfect. So from those photos, it’s on the main road and there were traffic lights there. So traffic lights, I mean Bondi road is buses, cabs all the hoons on Saturday and Friday night. Traffic lights is obviously a nightmare because people are constantly stopping and starting and it’s small, so it’s limited funding. It isn’t perfect but for $435k what do expect? Because you’re paying for what you get.
Charles: If you were a businessman and you’re travelling to that area a lot it would cost you more in hotels. So, you could probably get it spruced up a little bit and you could have an investment property. 
Chris: That was the other positive. Obviously the pictures are not perfect and anything you did to it would be an improvement and, again, there’s double glazing these days, it’s pretty good stuff. You spend some good money on that and you probably aren’t going to hear the traffic.
Charles: I would be a purchaser at that price, given that I know it’s incredibly hard to find something.
Chris: Probably the debate I’ll quickly give you is if you had a chance in this time of the market your only other chance of $435k is probably to go to regional NSW or QLD or something like that. If you’re say like me and you’ve got no idea because you’ve never been outside the city walls, would you take a punt on going somewhere regional, which may be a 50 50 punt, or would you go for something say in the city that’s not perfect but… 
Charles: I would go with something like this, and I must say, and I mean no disrespect to you Chris, but I’ve heard that you think the western suburbs start at Centennial Park but I think it’s a little bit further ahead than that.
Chris: So purchase or pass on that?
Charles: Purchase for sure.
Chris: I don’t think it’s the best unit in the world but you get what you pay for. As an armchair investor, I would much rather a small unit in the heart of one of the best suburbs in the country, than to play the roulette wheel and take a punt on something bigger in the middle of nowhere where I probably don’t have any local knowledge. So, I’m going to go for a purchase as well.
 
To watch the episode in full, <a href="https://youtu.be/I6--hAAg7VE" target="_blank">click here</a>.
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Chris Gray's Purchase or Pass: Can $500k get you into a blue chip suburb close to the city?

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South Sydney Rabbitoh's star Sam Burgess has pulled his Bondi Beach apartment from the market.
He's decided to hang on to the Bondi Pacific property and lease it.
"We had some great offers but Sam has decided to hang on to it and lease it," McGrath agent Edward Reid advised.
Burgess, who returned to the NRL at the start of this season, listed the off-the-plan apartment which he bought during his first stint with the Sydney club.
Following his return from England, the second-rower and wife Phoebe Hooke have instead upgraded to a $3.8 million, four bedroom home with large home theatre and pool in Maroubra.
He paid $2.065 million in 2011 and then listed for quietly in mid-March, for an undisclosed price of around $2.95 million.
The furnished second floor apartment has two bedrooms, an outdoor terrace and even a small lawn. The asking rent fully furnished through McGrath was $2500 a week. It was $1950 unfurnished.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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NRL star Sam Burgess pulls Bondi pad from market

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Actors Simon Baker and wife Rebecca Rigg have quickly offloaded their North Bondi bolthole now that they reside at their $6.5 million Bronte home.
Their rooftop apartment was up for sale with $3.5 million hopes through <a href="https://bencollierteam.com.au/property/8206-hastings-parade-north-bondi-nsw-2026/" target="_blank">McGrath agent Ben Collier</a> who didn't reveal the sale price.
Its been bought by e-commence entreprenuer Simon Hill.
Their 250 sqm art deco penthouse on the Ben Buckler headland had been purchased in 2014 for $2.63 million.
The listing was taken down from websites Monday morning after just 10 days on market.
They had a Will Dangar-designed garden installed onto the 125 sqm rooftop terrace.
The couple who first met in 1992 on the set of popular soap E Street were no shows when the apartment next door went to recent auction.
Baker is spending time increasingly in Australia making his directorial debut on Breath, the feature film adaptation of the 2008 Tim Winton novel.
Raine &amp; Horne Double Bay selling agent Hannah Bouskali confirmed the buyers as a young married Australian couple who are living overseas who paid $2,016,037 for the two bedder with roof access too. 
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Simon Baker's snappy North Bondi bolthole sale

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Fitness First founder Tony de Leede was among the off the plan buyers in Bondi's latest residential complex, the Bondi Pacific.
He bought a fourth floor, 220 sqm apartment with curved balcony in 2012 for $3.85 million.
De Leede isn't having to move very far however, now that settlement has occurred.
But he his yet to sell his nearby redundant Campbell Parade beachfront in The Bondi complex which went to December auction.
The apartment bought for $2,725,000 in 2010 has a price guide of in the very high $3 millions <a href="https://www.century21.com.au/property/359497/" target="_blank">through Nicholas Armstrong-Smith at Century 21 Armstrong-Smith</a>.
The fitness industry veteran co-owns Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat and the Fit N' Fast gyms.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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