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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The Crane family have sold their Darling Point home Yarranabbe after 52 years’ ownership. Offers above $14 million were being sought for the home with a history dating back to convict times.
It was last sold in 1966 by ­Rupert Murdoch, the then Daily Mirror publisher, for $100,000 to the mining company director David Crane, whose widow Sonia listed the home last month.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-darling+point-128344510" target="_blank">six-bedroom, five-bathroom property</a> with a pool was owned by the then newspaper publisher for five years, during which he launched the The Australian in 1964.
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It was the retailing family Sir John and Lady Walton who sold to Murdoch in early 1961 for £55,000.
The Waltons had subdivided the parcel, building a new home on what was the harbour-edge tennis court.
The three-level property was marketed as Victorian with a twist of Mediterranean.
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Yarranabbe, Darling Point sold after 52 years ownership

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<div>It was Luigi Rosselli Architects who redesigned a Queen Anne style residence in Darling Point set in Will Dangar landscaping.</div>
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<div>They opted for a “tummy tuck” for the original house when some of the 70s and 80s additions were removed.</div>
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<div>Dubbed the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property/9-eastbourne-rd-darling-point-nsw-2027" target="_blank">Twin Peaks House</a>, after the facade, not the revived television series, Elizabethan leadlight windows front the new gabled entry. Above: The stair atrium was achieved by infilling a courtyard.</div>
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<div>A three storey atrium with a Piranesi inspired stair runs from the lower living room level to the upper attic.</div>
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<div>Owner and food blogger, Stephanie Conley’s flair for design has lent the interiors an elegant and cosmopolitan air, executed with meticulous attention to detail by associate architect, Simon Hassall.  </div>
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<div>The Eastbourne Road home, set across four levels with six bedrooms, five bathrooms and an 800 bottle wine cellar, has been listed by Alison Coopes at Agency by Alison Coopes.</div>
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<div>Conley is the daughter of the late Broken Hill-raised aviation pioneer and property investor, John Conley who bought the home in 1977 for $155,000.</div>
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<div>Her sister the DJ Annie Conley was the $13 million buyer of the Tamarama home of pioneering fashion retailer Robbie Ingham and wife Sarah last year.</div>
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<div>Conley sold her O'Sullivan Road home, a refurbished 1930s Professor Lesley Wilkinson home in Will Dangar gardens for $5,775,000.</div>
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Julia Cooney, the youngest female sailor to win the Sydney to Hobart race, has bought two adjoining Darling Point apartments.
No doubt the $8.67 million purchase has been financed by her father, businessman and Comanche skipper Jim Cooney. 
<a href="http://ballardproperty.com.au/6771496/38-yarranabbe-road-darling-point" target="_blank">Both apartments</a> have three bedrooms and marble bathrooms. The higher apartment spans two levels with views across the harbour.
The apartments were bought quietly off-market after being listed last year for $3.63 million and $5.13 million.
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There's more than 700 sqm of living space on the Yarranabbe Road dress circle, a stroll to the nearby Cruising Yacht Club of Australia.
Comanche were second across the lane in last years race, but were promoted to first when Wild Oats XI was given a time penalty.
Jim, the boss of wind-farm builder and developer TCI Renewables, bought Comanche late last year. 
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Julia Cooney, the youngest female sailor to win the Sydney to Hobart race, buys two adjoining Darling Point apartments

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The HiLife Health and Beauty boss Peter Nicholas, and his partner Belinda Rudd are seeking $10 million in the expressions of interest campaign for their Darling Point apartment.
They paid $8.25 million in 2014 for the apartment that consists of more than 400sq m over one level.
It was bought from Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow.
The apartment has four bedrooms, a home office, home gym, cinema and a waterfront terrace.
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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.
The couple, now looking for a house with a backyard in Sydney's east, have its listed through LJ Hooker Double Bay agent David Malouf.
 
 
 
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New Zealand businessman Sir Ralph Norris is selling his luxury Darling Point garden duplex seeing as he's now spending more time in his home country.
The former CBA chief, who earlier this year stepped down as the boss at Fletcher Building, paid $5.15 million in 2006, the same year he was appointed a distinguished companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
He bought it from the rag trading Gazal family.
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The <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/%20https:/www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-nsw-darling+point-128467602" target="_blank">Darling Point duplex</a> has three bedrooms and three bathrooms.
It has views from Rushcutters Bay to the city skyline.
Every room opens to the wrap-around landscaped alfresco spaces. The entry level with second living area opens to a heated swimming pool.
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Ballard Property agents Mark Lowe and Amanda Cook have a June 23 auction.
They describe it as a first-class entertainer.
Norris took the top job at CBA in 2006.
 
 
 
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Food blogger Stephanie Conley-Buhre and entrepreneur husband Oskar Buhre - who rank among Sydney's most stylish couples - have listed their Darling Point home.
The couple had Luigi Rosselli redesign the home on Eastbourne Road which sits in Will Danger gardens.
In 2008 Stephanie moved from fashion to food, and her food and entertaining blog 'The Hostess', where she shares her favourite recipes and entertaining tips.
Her first book, At Home With The Hostess, is being published in June.
Balancing Queen Anne period grace with contemporary style, the home across four levels has six bedrooms, five bathrooms.
There's also an 800 bottle wine cellar.
A solar heated swimming pool overlooks the level lawn.
Its grand foyer includes a glass ceiling feature and a sculptural Piranesi inspired stair winding and unwinding from the lower living room level to the upper attic.
There's also a quaint black and white marble-floored piano room.
It was the cover story in Belle's last edition given its lively fabric wallpapers, textured carpets, decorative matte wood floors, wall dado panels. Conley’s flair for design has lent the interiors an elegant and cosmopolitan air, and a Lacanche double oven from France takes pride of place in the kitchen.
It has been listed by Alison Copes at Agency by Alison Coopes.
Conely's eponymous fashion label was worn by the likes of Kim Cattrall, Naomi Campbell and Naomi Watts after its 2005 launch with her signature empire-line dresses, high-neck blouses, sailor pants, wool jackets and boleros. 
Critics said Conley fused old-style glamour with elegant femininity.
Conley is the daughter of the late Broken Hill-raised aviation pioneer and property investor, John Conley who bought the home in 1977 for $155,000.
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Her younger husband Oskar Buhre is the CEO of E-Nome, which is developing a software solution to empower consumers with better access to their health records. He also runs his private advisory business Buhre Capital, which had dabbled in an institutional grade bitcoin exchange for spot and futures contracts.
Her sister the DJ Annie Conley was the $13 million buyer of the Tamarama home of pioneering fashion retailer Robbie Ingham and wife Sarah last year.
Conley sold her O'Sullivan Road home, a refurbished 1930s Prof Lesley Wilkinson home in Will Dangar gardens for $5,775,000.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph.
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Stylish Sydney couple list Darling Point home

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Darling Point had a great year. Its 12 sales triggered a $5.6 million best median price place on CoreLogic top list of 2017.
Dawes Point topped the apartments list.
Point Piper was excluded from calculations as it did not see the sale of 10 or more houses, but it did rank third with apartments.
Darling Point house sales included a four bedroom at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-darling+point-124922942" target="_blank">14 Thornton Street</a> that fetched $7.06 million.
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NSW Darling Point Woollahra 12 $5,682,520        
NSW Vaucluse Woollahra 86 $5,471,853               
NSW Bellevue Hill Woollahra 68 $5,316,587             
Vic Toorak Stonnington 124 $4,761,631                   
NSW Longueville Lane Cove 37 $4,259,644             
NSW Tamarama Waverley 14 $4,254,666                 
NSW Dover Heights Waverley 36 $4,133,440           
NSW Mosman Mosman 259 $4,041,599                    
NSW Double Bay Woollahra 12 $3,994,114               
NSW Mcmahons Point North Sydney 20 $3,980,169  
Units 
NSW Dawes Point Sydney 13 $3,176,621
NSW Barangaroo Sydney 12 $3,119,329
NSW Point Piper Woollahra 25 $2,989,216
NSW Darling Point Woollahra 85 $2,292,686
NSW The Rocks Sydney 30 $2,025,499
NSW Millers Point Sydney 41 $1,810,199
NSW Cabarita Canada Bay 15 $1,766,719
NSW Seaforth Manly 18 $1,672,213
NSW Palm Beach Pittwater 11 $1,626,911
NSW Milsons Point North Sydney 42 $1,620,837
 
 
 
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Darling Point had highest median value in CoreLogic's best list in 2017

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Prominent art collector John Schaeffer is selling the whole-floor Darling Point apartment he bought only last year.
It is full of his 19th-century Pre-Raphaelite works of art which will follow him to his next home.
The apartment in the Manor development on Darling Point Road cost Schaeffer $4.25 million in March 2016.
Offering harbour views, the 322sqm apartment is described as house-size in its marketing.
It has three bedrooms, three balconies, a glass-enclosed sunroom and a new kitchen. The master suite comes with a balcony, walk-in wardrobe and marble ensuite.
Paul Biller and Ronan Chastain at Biller Property Double Bay have the listing.
Schaeffer is known in the east for his passion for prize property, having once owned the Bellevue Hill trophy home, Rona, before selling it for $20.5 million in 2005 to developer Terry Agnew and wife Kyril.
Collector John Schaeffer with a statue by Frederic Leighton from Schaeffer’s collection of Victorian art, on show at the Art Gallery of NSW.
He also sold the Spanish Mission trophy home Boomerang in Elizabeth Bay the same year for $20 million to the Fox trucking family. It was the first property in Australia to crack $20 million.
Schaeffer sold in Dover Heights in 2015, selling his 1958 Harry Seidler designed Lyons Street home, but then spent $4.85 million on his soon-to-be home.
The former contract cleaning entrepreneur owns at Bondi Beach in the Bondi Pacific.
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Art collector John Schaeffer selling whole-floor Darling Point apartment

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A Darling Point home that has been in the same family for 44 years has sold for around $26 million.
It was sold by Anne Meagher, the wife of the late businessman Alan Meagher.
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Set on a 664 sqm waterfront parcel on the exclusive New Beach Road, the P&amp;O style home offers postcard views of the harbour from its rooftop garden.
In 2016 it was advertised as a two level penthouse with four bedrooms, a sitting room and its own lift.
 
 
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Meagher family sell Darling Point home for around $26 million

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Now dividing his time between South Yarra and Shoreham, the Rabo Bank chairman Bill Gurry sold his Sydney bolthole last week for $5.35 million.
It was called on the market at $4.05 million.
The Darling Point apartment has acted as Gurry's Sydney base for 12 years having paid $2.15 million in 2005 when he joined the bank board.
Set in the 1940s Storington building, the 173 sqm Harbour Bridge view apartment has four bedrooms.
Gurry, who was previously chairman at USB, has owned at South Yarra home since paying $970,000 in 2001.
He owns a $3.2 million seven hectare estate in Shoreham on the Mornington Peninsula, having sold his former country property Larnoo, a 1643ha farm running a 900-cow herd of Angus and Stablizer-cross cattle, to a Brighton syndicate in 2015.
Gurry has been the Rabo Bank chairman since 2009. 
He has previously held senior positions at Potter Warburg, National Mutual Royal Bank and Capel Court Corporation.
Gurry sits on the boards of the Melbourne University Law School Foundations and Financial Markets Foundation for Children.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian Mansion Australia section.
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