Local developer Harridan is seeking to turn its Woolloongabba apartment project into the first stage of a broader transformation of Burke Street, using a new 16-storey mixed-use building to establish a greener pedestrian connection toward the rapidly evolving Boggo Road transport and knowledge precinct.

The South East Queensland developer has filed plans for 154 apartments on the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/4-burke-street-woolloongabba-qld-4102">southern side of Burke Street</a>, where its proposal has been designed alongside a wider vision by LatStudios for the street.

That vision positions the southern side of Burke Street for buildings of 15 storeys and above, while envisaging lower-rise development of up to five storeys on the northern side to transition into Woolloongabba's existing character housing. It also proposes wider pedestrian verges, deep planting, new street trees and upgrades to the pedestrian approach to Boggo Road Station.

The Harridan development itself has been designed by Brisbane-based Arqus Design and will comprise 154 apartments across 16 storeys. The mix is weighted heavily toward two-bedroom apartments, with 121 proposed alongside 10 one-bedroom and 23 three-bedroom residences. There will typically be around 14 units per floor.

A lower-ground car park and three podium levels will accommodate 156 resident parking spaces, along with visitor and commercial parking. There will also be 154 resident bicycle spaces and 40 visitor bicycle parks.

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Harridan is a family-owned developer and part of the Holmwood Highgate Group, with more than three decades of development activity across South East Queensland. Its portfolio spans residential, commercial and industrial property, with current residential projects including Riverbank on Byron in Bulimba, Esperance Residences in Carina and The Precinct at Kinross Road in Thornlands.

Wooloongabba has been popular for apartment developers, particularly since the announcement of the 2032 Summer Olympics games in Brisbane.

While there have been a lot of development applications, it has failed to materialize into real supply.&nbsp;

Sarazin has been the major player in the area. They are under construction at Murcia Residences, on the fringe of East Brisbane and Woolloongabba. They have just launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-stanley-residences-woolloongabba-8-trafalgar-street-woolloongabba-qld-4102">The Stanley Residences</a>, in Woolloongabba on Trafalagar Street. They also have Nuage coming soon on the nearby <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nuage-woolloongabba-14-wellington-road-woolloongabba-qld-4102">Wellington Road</a>.

Joel Robinson

First look: Harridan plans Burke Street transformation beside Boggo Road transport hub

IN BRIEF

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	Just three double-storey Sky Homes sit at the top of The Waterline, each with its own private marina berth and rooftop terrace.
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	Construction on The Waterline is complete, with the first residents expected to move in from mid-October.
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Lewis Land has opened the first completed sky home for inspection at Harbour Shores, giving buyers their first opportunity to step inside one of just three double-storey residences crowning The Waterline.

Each sky home comes with its own private marina berth, rooftop terrace and Broadwater views, combining the scale of a larger home with direct access to the boating lifestyle that underpins the wider <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/harbour-shores-biggera-waters-564-oxley-drive-biggera-waters-qld-4216">Harbour Shores</a> masterplan.

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Lewis Land Head of Development Michael Long said the inclusion of a berth with every Sky Home had become increasingly valuable as marina access across the Gold Coast tightened.

“Marina berths are becoming increasingly difficult to secure across the Gold Coast, so including one with every Sky Home makes this a genuinely rare offering,” Long said.

“The private 70-berth marina will accommodate boats up to 12 metres in length and is positioned just 2.5 kilometres from the Broadwater, placing the open ocean only 15 minutes away.

“Being able to step out of your home onto your boat is a rare luxury, and it’s something residents here can look forward to when it opens later this year.”

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The display opening comes as construction completes on The Waterline, with the first residents expected to move in from mid-October.

The three Sky Homes range from 282 sqm to 367 sqm and each feature three bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones, expansive kitchens with butler's pantries and large balconies taking in the Broadwater outlook.

Each residence also has three secure basement car spaces and additional storage.

“This is the first opportunity the Gold Coast has had to step into Harbour Shores and see, touch and feel what we’re bringing to life here,” Long said.

“There are only three Sky Homes within The Waterline, ranging in size from 282sqm to 367sqm, with each residence featuring three large bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones, expansive custom-built kitchens with butler’s pantry, and large balconies capturing Broadwater views.”

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Residents of The Waterline will have access to a private pool, along with Harbour Shores' wider collection of amenity including a lagoon pool, social clubhouse, tennis court, gym, yoga facilities and sauna.

Lewis Land partnered with Studio Collective to furnish the completed display, with the interiors designed to demonstrate how the residences could function as permanent homes rather than simply as show apartments.

Studio Collective Director Melissa Park said the surrounding waterways informed the interiors, but in a more restrained way than a traditional coastal scheme.

“We drew inspiration from the canals and coastal surrounds, but our approach was to interpret that subtly through layered materials and a grounded palette of earthy tones, rather than literal coastal references,” Park said.

“We introduced hero moments of green and teal to reference the surrounding waterways, while mirrored elements help reflect natural light.

“The result is a residence that feels elevated yet comfortable, somewhere buyers can genuinely imagine themselves living, entertaining and unwinding.”

Sky Homes are priced from $3.65 million.

Lewis Land is also offering private marina berths with The Residences, its limited collection of three and four-bedroom villas positioned directly along the Harbour Shores waterfront boardwalk.

Three-bedroom villas are priced from $2.99 million, while four-bedroom residences start from $3.19 million.

Harbour Shores is being marketed by Colliers International.

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Lewis Land opens sky home display as The Waterline completes at Harbour Shores

St Vincent de Paul Society Housing Australia has filed plans for a major mixed-use housing precinct on the southern edge of the North Sydney CBD, adding another significant proposal to a pocket around North Sydn​ey Station that is quickly becoming one of the LGA's busiest development zones.

The State Significant Development Application covers a 5,990 sqm site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/1-19-mackenzie-street-lavender-bay-nsw-2060">1-19 MacKenzie Street and 211 Blues Point Road in Lavender Bay</a>, immediately south of Nor​th Sydney Station and between the commercial core and the lower-rise Lavender Bay Heritage Conservation Area.

Designed by Wardle, the proposal would deliver a new residential tower comprising 88 build-to-sell apartments and 19 affordable apartments, alongside a separate co-living building with 57 rooms and a building manager's studio.

It would also see the significant restoration and upgrade of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, the adaptive reuse of the former school building, new parish facilities, retail, a new public square and around 1,000 sqm of publicly accessible open space.

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The project is seeking a concurrent rezoning of the site to R4 High Density Residential and an increase in the maximum building height to allow a tower reaching RL120, or up to 20 storeys. The proposal was progressed through the NSW Government's Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

The build-to-sell component will be weighted toward larger apartments, with just six one-bedroom apartments compared with 31 two-beds, 43 three-beds and eight four-bedroom residences.

The 19 affordable apartments will comprise two studios, 15 one-bedroom apartments and two two-bedroom apartments, taking the total apartment component to 107 residences before the 58 co-living rooms are included.

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Wardle's design for the Vinnies site has sought to negotiate that emerging high-rise context while retaining the lower-scale character of MacKenzie Street and the adjoining heritage conservation area.

The main building adopts a three-storey podium and tower arrangement, with the podium aligned to the ridgeline and front setback of St Francis Xavier Church.&nbsp;Wardle has designed the podium with colonnades, seating, recessed entries and active ground-floor frontages, with sandstone-toned precast concrete and face brick referencing the materiality of the existing church.

The tower then steps back eight metres to the south and six metres to the north before rising in a sculpted form comprising four interlocking quadrants. Wardle has also introduced rounded forms and chamfered corners to reduce the tower's perceived bulk and improve view sharing with neighbouring development sites.

Resident facilities and outdoor areas are planned at the separation between the podium and tower at Level 3, oriented toward Sydney Harbour and the CBD skyline.

The tower itself will feature a glass reinforced concrete facade, with recessed balconies and deep reveals used both to provide shading and privacy and frame views toward the harbour and city. The lower levels take a different architectural approach, using brick and sandstone-toned finishes intended to establish a stronger relationship with St Francis Xavier Church. The Church itself will be conserved and upgraded for its continued use, while the former school building will be adaptively reused as part of the co-living component.

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The proposal adds to an increasingly concentrated pipeline of residential development around Blue Street, MacKenzie Street and Lavender Bay.

Just west of the site, Central Element lodged plans earlier this year for one of the most significant residential developments proposed in Lavender Bay in recent years.

Central Element's SJB-designed scheme at 64-66 Lavender Street and 3-7 Middlemiss Street would deliver 163 apartments across two towers rising 23 and 32 storeys, replacing five existing apartment buildings containing 32 homes. The project also forms part of the Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-central-element-reveals-lavender-bay-apartment-plans?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">First look: Central Element reveals Lavender Bay apartment plans</a>

Immediately around North Sy​dney Station, another two significant proposals have emerged at 5 and 15 Blue Street.

Zurich Australian Insurance Properties is seeking to adaptively reuse its longstanding commercial building at 5 Blue Street, directly above North Sydney Station, rather than demolishing the structure.

Its SSDA proposes converting the building into a 14-storey mixed-use development with 62 apartments and 86 co-living rooms, together with ground-floor retail and a major refurbishment of Blue Street Plaza. The application is currently at the Response to Submissions stage.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-zurich-targets-north-sydney-office-conversion-with-148-unit-proposal-above-metro-station">First look: Zurich targets North Sydney office conversion with 148-unit proposal above Metro station</a>

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First look: Vinnies files for 20-storey Lavender Bay apartment tower as North Sydney housing pocket heats up

When the opportunity arose for South Australian developer Palumbo to return to Kent Town, where it had previously delivered East Park Apartments and the East 
Rundle Apartments, it wasn't one the longstanding developer-builder was going to pass up.

The decision was quickly vindicated, with more than 30 apartments sold within the first month of launching <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/royal-apartments-kent-town-2-8-north-terrace-kent-town-sa-5067">Royal Apartments</a> to the market.

The 206-apartment development, which will bring significant new supply to Adelaide's tightly held eastern city fringe, also gives <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/palumbo">Palumbo</a> the opportunity to bring new life to one of Kent Town's most recognisable watering holes.

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Royal Apartments incorporates the historic Royal Hotel, a venue Palumbo Managing Director Daniel Palumbo said has a longstanding connection with the local community.

"Everyone in the area has history with the Royal Hotel," Palumbo told Apartments.com.au.

"It was quite an active pub and social gathering place for locals. We want to bring it back to its former glory."

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The wider development will comprise two residential towers alongside the restored hotel, sitting on North Terrace opposite the Adelaide Park Lands.

For Palumbo, the project also marks a return to familiar territory.

The developer completed East Park Apartments next door more than a decade ago and jumped at the opportunity to develop in Kent Town again when the Royal Hotel site became available.

"The opportunity emerged, and we moved to secure the site," Palumbo said.

"We were approached by the previous landowner, who said they had extensive commitments in Sydney and weren't in a position to deliver the project.

"We took over the site and within six months recut the design scheme to be more in keeping with the type of development we want to bring to Adelaide.

"Now we're on the market and those changes have really resonated with local buyers."

That has translated into a strong start to sales, with 33 apartments transacting in the project's first 35 days.

Palumbo said the early purchaser profile had been consistent with the group's traditional focus on owner-occupiers rather than investor-led apartment stock.

"Local owner-occupiers have always been our market," he said.

"There are always some investors, but we've never developed what would be called traditional development stock. Owner-occupiers are very much our market."

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The buyer mix has been diverse so far, with downsizers and younger professionals both accounting for a significant portion of early sales.

South Australia's current stamp duty settings, which allow&nbsp;eligible homeowners in South Australia aged 60 savings of up to $103,830 on stamp duty when they downsize to a new property valued at up to $2 million,&nbsp;have helped encourage downsizer activity, while younger buyers in their late 20s and early 30s have been attracted to the opportunity to live immediately outside the CBD while still being able to walk into the city.



Location has been a major part of the proposition for both buyer cohorts.

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Royal Apartments sits on North Terrace directly opposite the Adelaide Park Lands, with residents able to walk through the parklands toward the East End, Rundle Street and Rundle Mall.

Apartments have been positioned to capture views across the parklands, Adelaide skyline, Botanic Gardens and Adelaide Hills.

Palumbo believes the scarcity of developable land along this section of the Park Lands makes the site particularly difficult to replicate.

"There's very few allotments on that side that can be developed," he said.

"If this location was in New York and you were sitting on Central Park, you'd be talking about a $60 million apartments."

Royal Apartments will offer a broad mix of residences, ranging from one-bedroom apartments through to four-bedroom sub-penthouses and penthouses.

Current listings include one-bedroom apartments from $680,000, while larger three and four-bedroom residences are priced around $2.5 million.

Residents will have access to a swimming pool, gym, barbecue and recreation areas, residents' lounge and dining space, and a communal deck.

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The apartments will feature generous balconies, while secure parking, bicycle storage and storage cages will also be provided.

A porte-cochère-style arrival and drop-off area has also resonated with buyers, particularly those attracted to being able to walk into the CBD during the day while retaining secure vehicle access at home.

Palumbo is acting as developer, architect and builder on Royal Apartments, continuing the vertically integrated model it has used across its South Australian portfolio.

The group was also behind the $150 million Sofitel Adelaide, the 251-room five-star hotel and residential tower which opened in 2021.

Palumbo said Royal's launch had come at an interesting time for the broader Adelaide apartment market.

Buyer confidence had initially been impacted by uncertainty surrounding the Federal Budget and broader economic conditions, but Palumbo believes sentiment is beginning to improve against a backdrop of significant investment flowing into South Australia.

He pointed to increased activity across defence and resources, including Olympic Dam, as potential long-term drivers of the state's economy and housing market.

"Money is starting to flow into Adeliade, significant amounts as Adelaide bucks the trend of the rest of the country.," Palumbo said.

"There's a lot of activity in the economy over the next decade. I think more investment will come into this market."

Early works on Royal Apartments are expected to commence this year, with major construction activity and cranes anticipated on site from early next year.

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Palumbo's return to Kent Town strikes early chord with buyers

Go-to builder-developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/graya">GRAYA</a> is continuing to bulk out its already impressive and diverse apartment portfolio across South East Queensland. Their latest milestone is securing development approval for Silk, its boutique riverfront apartment development in St Lucia.

The approval clears&nbsp;the way for the team to begin construction planning for the 22-residence project.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/silk-st-lucia-16-18-sandford-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">Silk</a> will rise 15 levels from an 810 sqm site at 16-18 Sandford Street, occupying a prominent bend of the Brisbane River with a prized northern aspect across Orleigh Park toward the Brisbane CBD.

The approved scheme will comprise 16 split-floor and six full-floor residences, continuing GRAYA's move into larger-format apartment developments targeting Brisbane's prestige owner-occupier market.

The project has been designed around the site's broad river frontage and dual-direction views, with GRAYA prioritising larger residences, privacy and outlook over apartment yield.

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GRAYA Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Rob Gray said the project had been shaped around local homeowners wanting to remain in St Lucia without maintaining a traditional family home.

"St Lucia is one of those suburbs people do not want to leave," Gray said.

"They know the river, the trees, UQ, the golf course, Toowong and Indooroopilly, and that familiarity is hard to replace.

"True riverfront opportunities here are exceptionally scarce. What we have designed at Silk is a way to stay in the suburb people love, with the scale and privacy of a private home and far less to maintain.

"This is not typical apartment product. It is a proper home on the river, and that is exactly what this market has been missing."

The approval comes as new apartment development continues to increase across the St Lucia and neighbouring Toowong corridor, although direct riverfront sites remain considerably more tightly held.

GRAYA Co-founder and Managing Director Andrew Gray said securing the approval had removed a significant element of development risk from Silk.

"Genuine riverfront sites of this quality in St Lucia are not something that comes up regularly," Gray said.

"The approval removes a substantial layer of execution risk, and the location underwrites demand in a way very few inner-city sites can.

"The fundamentals here are as strong as anything we have assessed in Brisbane."

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Silk will see GRAYA return to a stretch of the Brisbane River where it already has recent construction experience. The vertically integrated group recently completed ARC in neighbouring Toowong as builder for developer Spyre, delivering the riverfront project on a constrained site.

GRAYA will take a different role at Silk, controlling the project from design and development through construction and aftercare under its vertically integrated model.

The development will include a gym and resident leisure areas at ground level, integrated with the river's edge.

Silk joins a growing pipeline for GRAYA across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, which includes Enclave, The Gallery, Coral and Ripple.

The developer-builder has also recently lodged plans for its largest project to date, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-silo-19-chester-street-newstead-qld-4006">The Silo</a>, a proposed <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/qld/graya-buys-frasers-newstead-site-plans-the-silo-between-james-street-and-gasworks-precincts">$700 million mixed-use development</a> in Brisbane's James Street precinct.

Silk is expected to predominantly target local owner-occupiers and prestige buyers seeking a permanent riverfront home in Brisbane's inner west.

Registrations of interest are now open, with further details on the project and construction program to be released as it progresses.

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<h2>SILK PROJECT FACTS</h2>

Developer-builder: GRAYA

Project: Silk

Location: 16-18 Sandford Street, St Lucia

Apartments: 22

Built form: 15 levels

Site: 810 sqm riverfront holding

Mix: 16 split-floor and six full-floor residences

Status: Development approved

Next step: Construction planning underway

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GRAYA greenlit for riverfront St Lucia apartment development, Silk

Darling Point, Sydney

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Queen of the track Angela Belle McSweeney downsized in late 2018 having sold the family Rose Bay home at the start of the 2018.
McSweeney, the director of the Australian Turf Club, has stayed close to the harbour, opting for an apartment in Darling Point.
She's spent $2.35 million on a three bedroom apartment in the 1970s built complex of just nine apartments.
Spanning 160 square metres, the apartment was marketed as a blank canvas by Bradfield Cleary Double Bay agent Brenton Gadsby.
It sits on the top level of the block with views across the harbour to the bridge from its open plan living space which opens to a balcony.
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McSweeney had previously been based at Belle Vue, the nearby Rose Bay home which had been owned by the McSweeney racing family for five decades.
The Tivoli Avenue home, which fetched $7 million through Gavin Rubinstein at Ray White Double Bay, was bought by Angela’s late father Tony, the prominent horse owner and former chair of Tattersalls Club, for £29,000 in 1965.  
It sold to veteran estate agent Michael Marano.
McSweeney helped to introduce fashions on the field in NSW in the early 1980s.
She's been a part-owner and manager of more than 60 thoroughbred horses through the decades, including the Magic Millions winner Our Horizon in 1990.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Angela Belle McSweeney downsizes to Darling Point

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Gruzman House, the Darling Point home designed by Neville Gruzman in the late 1950s, has been sold to the Qvist family for $6,025,000.
The facade of Gruzman House emulates Lloyd Wright's famous Falling Water, the 1935 Pennsylvania icon.
Gruzman's original 1958 family home on Oswald Street was extended five years later, and then again in the early 1990s.
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The home, filled with wooden ceilings and glossy, wide timber panelled walls, has been restored by its current vendors, who, when purchasing eight years ago, promised the Gruzmanfamily they would maintain their father's legacy.
The interconnected rooms all open on to decks and outlooks of the surrounding garden, overlooked by gum trees.
While now common for rooms to open to the outdoor, it was a rarity in the 1950s, until architects such as Gruzman implemented the style. 
Featuring Japanese Edo influences, the living room, naturally lit by rows of timber windows and glass doors, was described by Sydney Opera House architect Jørn Utzon as being "the best living room in Australia."
A pink neon installation by 1960s artist Michael Kitching remains. 
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The four bedroom, three bathroom home, featured by Vogue in 1968.
Before his 2005 death, Gruzman endeavoured to leave the home to the nation, however, it never came to pass.
Sydney Sotheby's agents Deborah Travers and Tom Jamieson sold the home that included four adjoining apartments.
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Gruzman House in Darling Point fetches over $6 million

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Caleb Wang, the teenage son of the billionaire owner of Bishopscourt, the 1840s grand sandstone Darling Point mansion, has been handed over its title.
It was transferred at $17.5 million, with the recent official paperwork noting it was now owned by a minor, Caleb Ao Wang.
Little is know about the 17 year son of Chinese billionaire Wang Qinghui.
The landmark Gothic Revival house was transferred at less than its prior $18 million purchase in 2016, taking advantage of the property dip to make the transfer at a marginally reduced stamp duty.
The transfer showed transfer duty with $14,500,000 of the purchase price at the premium rate.
It was not clear if the transfer was to a resident citizen as otherwise it would incur a total $2.5 million transfer duty.
Wang senior, the president of Bonanza Investment, debuted on the Forbes Rich List of China in 2014 arising from his investment in Beijing Telecom.
His net worth was put at $10.5 billion on the 2015 Forbes Billionaires List.
Qinghui Wang was born in ordinary peasant family, after a hard work, he became a real estate owner in Shenzhen. 
In December 1999, he became a shareholder of Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Group which was founded in 1995. 
According to Reuters, Beijing Xinwei is designated by five central government ministries to be a key software enterprise for state planning.
Chinese billionaire Wang Qinghui's purchase ended 105 years of Anglican Church ownership having been the official residence of its Sydney Archbishop.
Still on the market across <a href="/news/greenoaks-cottage-darling-point-listed-with-20-million-hopes">the road is Greenoaks Cottage</a>, which was listed late last year with $20 million hopes.
It's the home of K2 Recruitment boss Phil Kerry and wife Ann-Maree, a former Olympic gymnast.
The couple have recently spent $6.25 million on a<a href="/expert-insights/investing/recruiter-phil-kerry-buys-woollahra-shoptop-conversion"> shoptop a project in Woollahra</a>, the home of Gant menswear.
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17 year old buys $17 million Sydney trophy home, Bishopscourt at Darling Point

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Sydney Harbour's skinniest waterfront at Darling Point has been listed for sale.
The four-level home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-darling+point-129777698" target="_blank">3A Carthona Av</a><a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-darling+point-129777698" target="_blank">enue</a> has its own sandy beach.
Set on a 207 sqm block, the home was built by property developer Bill Shipton in the 1980s.
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The four-bedroom, four-bathroom property was bought by the current owner, the Dicker Data co-founder Fiona Brown, for $6.34 million in 2014.
It was best known when owned by Lady Susan Renouf. She bought in 1994, and sold in 1997 for $2.9 million to Melbourne socialite Dianne Allen for $2.9 million in 1997.
In 2009, it sold to the Melbourne-based landscaper Jack Merlo for $6.15 million.
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Sydney Harbour's skinniest harbour front listed in Darling Point

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The Darling Point home of retired investment banker and yachtie Matt Allen has officially hit the market, some eight months after it was being shopped around privately.
The Lindsay Avenue mansion cost Allen $32 million in 2013, well down from its $50 million hopes when listed two years earlier.
He bought it from the late industrialist William Tyree, who commissioned architect Bruce Robertston to design the home which took four years to build.
Following his purchase, Allen quickly submitted $722,000 plans to extend the floor plate, reconfigure internal walls and replace the smaller windows with bigger ones to open the home office up to the water views.
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Recently renovated, the five bedroom, four bathroom residence wrapped in limestone terraces has a home gym, office, study and wine cellar.
On the waters edge of the near 2,400 sqm parcel is an infinity swimming pool and spa which adjoin the boat house, complete with two jetties.
There's also a self-contained one bedroom guest house in the grounds.
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Ray White Double Bay agent Elliott Placks is marketing the property, now in conjunction with Richardson &amp; Wrench agent Michael Dunn. It was reported in March Placks was quietly showing prospective buyers through the home with a $70 million guide whispered.
The home is just one of four homes on the exclusive Lindsay Avenue on the tip of Darling Point.
Retired car dealer Laurie Sutton paid $18 million for his five bedroom home, while Caroline Howard, widow of Stan Howard, the late brother former Prime Minister John Howard, is another owner.
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It's been Allen's highest profile neighbour, media tycoon Kerry Stokes, that has been the most publicised over recent years.
Stokes, who is completely rebuilding his Dalkeith mansion, has been seeking to extend Glanworth, which he's owned since paying $9.5 million in 1998.
Allen has protested over the years and submitted a number of objections that the extension would "cause unreasonable loss of views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge."
In August Stokes got approval for the $544,000, Heather Buttrose Associates-designed extension.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Yachtie Matt Allen's Darling Point trophy officially listed

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Gruzman House, the Darling Point home designed by the late architect Neville Gruzman to emulate Lloyd Wright's famous Falling Water, has been sold.
Filled with wooden ceilings and glossy timber-panelled walls, it has been restored by its current owners, Clean Energy Derivatives Corp chief Ashleigh Antflick and his wife, Suzanna Helia, who, when they purchased it eight years ago, promised the Gruzman family they would maintain the architect's legacy.
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The home's living room was once described by Sydney Opera House architect Jorn Utzon as "the best living room in Australia". Before his death in 2005 Gruzman endeavoured to leave the home to the nation, without success.
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The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-darling+point-129297090" target="_blank">Oswald Street home</a> was listed with $7.75 million hopes. Just a week after its sale the neighbour, spa entrepreneur Barry Wain has listed his home through Alison Coopes at Agency by Alison Coopes who is seeking offers by November 28.
This article was first published in The Sunday Telegraph.
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Gruzman House at Darling Point sells

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The 1850s home, Darling Point’s Greenoaks Cottage has been listed with a $20 million price guide.
The five-bedroom home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-darling+point-129646298">2E Greenoaks Avenue has been listed by the </a>K2 Recruitment owner Phil Kerry and his wife, Ann-Maree, the 1984 Olympic Games gymnast.
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Greenoaks Cottage is currently featured in Belle magazine.
It has been restored with its works a recent winner at the International Design and Architecture Awards in London.
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The home, on 1300sq m, comes with a 12.5 metre heated pool and spa and a garage for four cars.
The couple paid $6,525,000 for the property in 2015.
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Greenoaks Cottage, Darling Point listed with $20 million hopes

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The Darling Point home of Steve Duchen, of the rich lister pharmaceutical family, and wife Polly, remains listed for sale after its mid-September auction.
There were $8 million hopes for the three level home that the couple bought in 2013.
They paid $4.55 million when buying from former Racing NSW and Sydney Turf Club chairman Alan Brown and wife Belinda.
Set on a 415 square metre Darling Point Road parcel, the home features grand interiors, with dark oak floors and high ornate ceilings.
It has six bedrooms, a Boffi kitchen with Italian marble and landscaped terraces.
Ben Collier at The Agency was marketing the home which attracted no bids from the one registered bidder.
He passed in the Darling Road, Darling Point on a vendor bid of $7.9 million.
In 1996 Duchen purchased an 111-hectare property at Seven Mile Beach, outside Byron Bay on the far north coast, and with architect Phil McMaster developed it into the sustainable Linnaeus Estate.
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Rich lister Steve Duchen still waiting for buyer on Darling Point listing

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Investment banker Paul Espie and his librarian wife, Roslyn have their Victorian Gothic-style trophy home, Callooa in Darling Point listed for sale.
There are no price indications just so-called industry expectations to speculate a very, very wide range of between $25 million and $30 million.
<a href="https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/HeritageItemImage.aspx?ID=2710095#ad-image-0" target="_blank">The 1850s-built home</a> was designed by architect Francis Clarke.
Its notable owners have included the first mayor of Sydney, John Hosking.
It was politician and barrister Harold Mason who changed the name to Callooa in the 1920s.
The property developer Rod Petricevic owned it in the mid-1980s.
Espie, the founder of Pacific Road Capital, bought it in late 1988 for $5.25 million.
Now forgotten or overlooked, there was high drama when a retaining wall was washed away in a landslide in 1998, followed by a dispute which was documented by the then independent local paper, the SMH.
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Its Sauce columnist Kate McClymont called it a spat of "stupendous proportions erupting in the normally sedate Darling Point after his garden fence collapsed in the Great Darling Point Landslide of '98." 
Craigholme, another 1850s home on the Darling Point ridge line, failed to give price guidance when it didn't sell a few years back.
It was listed by the Allianz Australia chairman John Curtis who has since renovated again.
One of Darling Point's most beautiful homes, the Victorian Gothic Craigholme residence was designed by colonial architect Edmund Blacket seemingly for the family of then NSW Surveyor General, Sir Thomas Mitchell.
It last traded in 1993 for $1,615,000 when bought by the Curtis family from the Punch family.
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Paul Espie's Darling Point trophy home, Callooa listed

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HiLife Health and Beauty founder Peter Nicholas is selling in Darling Point.
It was four years ago when Nicholas paid $8.25 million for the apartment from Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow after just one day of it being marketed.
Nicholas has renovated the fourth level apartment.
Nicholas, and his TV presenter partner, Belinda Rudd, are now expecting $10 million.
Nicholas had previously created Skin Doctors, which was sold in over 48 countries, before he divested the company.
In 2009, Nicholas made model Jacinta Campbell the face of his number 1 selling make-up brand, Nude By Nature.
 
 
 
 
 
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