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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	Sky Homes range from 282 sqm to 367 sqm and are priced from $3.65 million.
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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

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Australia has a new richest postcode, Palm Beach the pricey peninsula playground.
It the first time in seven years that the Sydney Northern Beaches location has dethroned the Point Piper, Edgecliff, Darling Point postcode, according to Australian Taxation Office statistics released late on Thursday.
The 1,279 tax filers in Palm Beach's 2108 postcode reported an average income of $230,330 for 2016/17, while the 6,089 tax filers in Edgecliff's 2027 postcode made an average of $187,769.
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<div class="advert" data-module="article.ad" data-ad-type="MEDIUM" data-loc="MOBILE" data-max-width="727" data-sticky-class="" data-sticky-offset="0">Postcode 2027 had ranked as Sydney's highest earning postcode since 2009/10.</div>
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<div class="advert" data-module="article.ad" data-ad-type="MEDIUM" data-loc="MOBILE" data-max-width="727" data-sticky-class="" data-sticky-offset="0">Although in 2016/17 it also ranked behind Melbourne's 3142, where the 10,044 filers in Toorak made an average of $193,904.</div>
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Palm Beach's 2108 postcode also includes Scotland Island, Coasters Retreat, Great Mackerel Beach and Currawong Beach.
The rankings reflects the trend in the past few years of owners turning Palm Beach holiday homes into principal residences.
It is not the first time a beach retreat location has ranked at the top of the ATO list as in 2008/09 the postcode 3944 - the Mornington Peninsula suburb of Portsea - was the top-earning postcode, with an average income of $197,987.
WA's 6011 was the richest postcode in Western Australia, with the 6,431 tax filers living in Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove on Perth's western suburbs made an average of $155,264.
In ACT, the 2603 was richest, with 6,650 tax-filers in Forrest, Griffith, Manuka and Red Hill earned an average of $110,394.
In Queensland, 4007 took the top spot, with 9,278 residents of Ascot, Hamilton and Hamilton Central in northeast Brisbane earning an average of $107,478.
South Australia's top postcode was 5061, where 6,587 residents of Hyde Park, Malvern and Unley in inner-southern Adelaide made an average of $93,871.
In the Northern Territory, 885 residents in the mining town of Alyangula - postcode 885 - made an average of $83,343.
Tasmania's top postcode was 7258, where the 571 residents of the Launceston suburbs of Breadalbane, Relbia and White Hills made an average of $68,621.
The lowest-earning postcode was 2308, covering Newcastle University and Callaghan, with an average taxable income of $20,589.
The second-lowest was 4611 in Queensland, where Marshlands and Mondure residents earned an average of $23,225.
Queensland had five of the bottom 10 postcodes, with 4611 recording the second lowest average income nationally of $23,225.
The report also showed that surgeons were once again the top-earning profession, making an average of $394,866.
Anaesthetists came second, earning $367,343 on average.
Out of 1,100 occupations recorded, there were 72 where women made more than men, including authors, future traders, magistrates, pro surfers and illustrators, the ATO statistics showed in 2016/17.
The Herald Sun reported female futures traders in Australia earn nearly 4 per cent more than their male counterparts, with an average income of $315,197.
This year’s stats present an overview of 16.5 million 2017 income tax returns for 13.9 million individuals, 970,000 companies, as well as super funds, partnerships and trusts. 
Australians reported donating $3.5 billion in charitable donations with an average gift size for those who did donate of $770.
The most generous state was Western Australia, with 30 per cent of residents claiming an average deduction of $1190. 
Northern Territory residents recorded the lowest charitable donations, with 34 per cent of residents claiming an average deduction of $405.
 
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Shift to residency sees Sydney's Palm Beach top ATO tax payers list

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The top sale of 2017 was the Double Bay harbourfront mansion Elaine (above), sold by the Fairfax family for $71 million through Ken Jacobs at Christies International.
It sold to the billionaire Rich Lister Scott Farquhar and his wife Kim Jackson, who'd been previously content in a Pyrmont apartment.
Farquhar, co-founder of software company Atlassian topped the BRW Young Rich List again this year, along with business partner Mike Cannon-Brookes. Their combined wealth was tallied at just over $6 billion.
The top echelon of Australia's prestige property this year has seen a national price record and three state records. But nothing seemed overly easy.
The cut off for inclusion in the Property Observer national top 25 list was $18 million, based on registered sales, plus those that have sold at undisclosed prices awaiting settlements.
There are sales across four capital cities, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane.
Jacobs suggested that the recently introduced government regulations alienating overseas investment in Australia, meant the trophy home market was needing to be supported by the domestic market.
Elaine had been in the Fairfax family dynasty for 120 years before its sale which took almost three years to secure.
It's initial press commentary - by the Fairfax press - damaged the initial campaign when a silly $100 million prospect price estimate was published based on calculating the foreshore price per square metre capability to the entire 7000 sqm parcel that runs between the premium Seven Shillings Beach and the so-so New South Head Road position.
The unrenovated home had previously traded when bought by Geoffrey Evan Fairfax in the 1890s.
Next door to Elaine is Fairwater, the other Fairfax family home, which is likely to come to market next year following the death of Lady Mary Fairfax.
Mike Cannon-Brookes would rank as a serious a prospect to secure the prized offering.
Elaine's sale topped the previous $70 million house record set in 2015 when Ken Jacobs sold the Vaucluse mansion, La Mer, (below) on behalf of James and Erica Packer to Chinese-Australian businessman Chau Chak Wing. It sold off market.
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A mid-December sale saw the Singaporean businessman CK Ow's luxury Vaucluse mansion sell at a reputed $67 million (below).
It had been listed with hopes of bettering Sydney's $71 million record price by the chairman of the hotel owner and developer Stamford Land Corporation.
Phoenix Acres, a 3731sq m site with six-bedroom, six-bathroom home, was last traded 22 years ago for $7,001,000 from the Braham family. Craig Pontey of Ray White sold it to Ow.
Despite the hoopla of attracting interest from potential buyers from as far away as New York, India and Beijing, the deal was struck with a local buyer on Sunday some eight weeks after it quietly hit the market.
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The price gain, before costs, reflected 10 percent annual price growth at around $18,000 per sqm.
Agents were hoping to better tycoon James Packer's 3300 sqm non-harbourfront mansion, also in Vaucluse which sold in 2015 for $70 million, and in April this year John B Fairfax family's Elaine estate on 7000 sqm in Double Bay that sold for its still standing $71 million record.
Had Phoenix Acres sold to a foreign buyer it would have incurred around a $700,000 fee to FIRB, plus an extra $10 million in purchase duty and premium property duty payable on foreign buyers, along with a likely annual land tax of around $2 million.
The Phoenix Acres site was originally a public park with a wharf ferry service to Circular Quay before the legendary publisher Ezra Norton built his mansion, then known as Albemere, in the mid-1960s.
It set a record $370,000 price when first sold in 1968, having also been the highest then build costing an estimated 250,000 pounds
The Melbourne and Brisbane markets have been equally buoyant record prices during 2017.The first was in Brisbane when a clifftop Kangaroo Point home sold for $18.48 million, easily eclipsing the prior $14 million record set in late 2014 when mining and farming magnate Gina Rinehart bought a Brisbane riverfront home.
The record-breaker (below), sold by City Motor Auctions Group boss Angelo Russo and wife Sandra, was a three-level Leopard Street home, the work of renowned designer Greg Harris, who created the vast 1445 sqm split level residence.
The home came with five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a home office with adjoining boardroom, a fully equipped gym and steam room, sound proof cinema and a wine cellar.
A heated infinity lap pool and spa spans the width of the 1,184 sqm parcel and runs along the cliffs edge, with gun barrel views of the Brisbane River.
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The marketing through Ray White New Farm agent Matt Lancashire suggested no expense had been spared by the owners, including heated Saint Lorraine marble flooring from Greece used across the living and entertaining area.
Then mid-year came Melbourne's record breaking sale in Toorak.
Reports emerged in July of a new $40 million record house price set by 18 St Georges Rd, Toorak.
The grand 1920s home, known as Mowbray, was bought off-market, with its selling agent yet to claim credit with settlement still to come. 
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Mowbray was sold by former Mirvac director Marina Darling and husband Anthony who acquired it from venture capitalist Roger Allen and his wife Dianne for $4.9 million in 1995, the highest sale in Melbourne of that year. It sold again in 1987 at $3.95 million.
The five-bedroom two-storey residence stretches across around 5000 square metres was built by noted architect Christoper Cowper, though not protected by heritage overlay.
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The sale of the Mowbray estate exceeded the prior record of $26.25 million paid by Netflow managing director Phil Dreaver last year for the modern 9 Towers Road mansion owned by the Besen family.
Mowbray's buyer will be hit with a $5 million stamp duty bill, including a 7 per cent surcharge for foreign buyers in Victoria, which came into effect in July last year.
The mooted FIRB application fee of $412,000 applies for a $40 million home. The buyer also faces the prospect of an annual land tax bill of about $370,000 if the Toorak mansion is not their principle place of residence and another $300,000 in annual taxes from January 1 next year should it remain empty for more than six months in any calendar year.
But Marcus Chiminello says "Melbourne has never experienced such demand in the $10 million to $40 million bracket."
Indeed Chiminello recently advertised his desire for a $50 million home for a local client who has yet to secure their dream home.
The agency launched an advertising campaign this month to find potential sellers. Chiminello estimated there were 50 properties in the leafy inner east that were worth more than $35 million, but all were tightly held.
There was a $19 million Myvore Court, Toorak auction sale, which would've warranted inclusion in the Property Observer top 25 list, but the deal fell over with the resale coming in at $16 million.
Perth secured its highest residential sale in six years with $21.5 million paid in Mosman Park during 2017. It was sold by the Creasy mining family to Alan Tribe.
The Chidley Way home on a 4045 sqm site was designed by architect Robert Cann.
Creasy’s former husband Mark, a mining prospector, had paid the highest price for a WA property when he bought the mansion for $8 million from the late Multiplex Construction boss John Roberts in 1995.
There's already been a good offer on the former Bond home in Dalkeith. 
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-dalkeith-127215174" target="_blank">It is being marketed</a> as among Perth's most expensive houses with $50 million plus hopes.
The Watkins Road mansion sits on the Swan River.
Real estate agent Willie Porteous suggests the four-storey home (below) has gained millions in value since it was bought in 2011 following its extensive renovations, including a complete make-over of the outdoor area.
It has been listed by mining entrepreneur Steve Wyatt and his wife, Sue.
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The property last traded for $39 million sale in 2011 when sold by businessman Barry Patterson, who was Sonic Healthcare chairman from 1999 to 2010 and previously held gold mining interests.
It last traded in 1999 for $9.5 million, which was to stand as Perth’s record until 2006.
The seven-bedroom riverfront mansion is set across six titles totalling 6,400 square metres.
Gold mining magnate Ross Atkins bought the property in 1993 from the Bond family trust company, Armoy Pty Ltd, for $7.3 million, selling it six years later to Patterson after extensive renovation.
Wyatt’s business associate Chris Ellison set the WA real estate record when he paid $57.5 million for iron ore heiress Angela Bennett's riverfront compound in Mosman Park in 2009.
In Canberra a Deakin home, with views of Parliament House, sold for $5.75 million recently through Luton Properties, the third highest sale in the nation's capital.
The house's 2010 construction to its designed by local architect Terry Ring on its 1710 sqm grounds saw extensive use of dry stack stone walls, marble, natural timber and sandstone.
In Tasmania's Hobart the Sandy Bay mansion Sentosa sold for a $6.5 million record.
The 100 year old home, which was bought by Sydney property developer Piers Dawson Damer and wife Kim, was designed by Marco Linardi. It sits in 2310 sqm of Paul Bangay-designed gardens on Blinking Billy Point.
Knight Frank selling agent Matthew Chugg described Sentosa as one of Tasmania's finest homes.
Sentosa topped the previous $6.06 million record set in 2011 when Waimea House, a Federation Arts and Crafts style on hillside Sandy Bay sold.
Adelaide's record price hasn't budged since 2015 when Ivanhoe, the Gilberton home built in 1889, sold quietly for $7 million, with the top sale so far this year being $4 million.
Ken Jacobs has an unsold Rose Bay estate listed with record setting 2018 aspirations for the Sydney and Australian markets.
Straddling five land titles with a frontage to Rose Bay beach, the 4000 square metre property belongs to Adrienne Dan, the wife of eminent Sydney neurosurgeon Professor Noel Dan.
It comes with two houses, pool and a tennis court.
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The top 25 sales of 2017
1. $71 million: Elaine at Double Bay when local tech billionaire Scott Farquhar bought the prized beachfront from John B Fairfax.
2. $67 million*: Phoenix Acres at Vaucluse where CK Ow fell disappointingly short of taking the mantle as most expensive home ever sold.
3. $45 million*: Deauville, Longworth Avenue, Point Piper when car importer Neville Crichton secured a beachfront home subject to its construction completion.
4. $40 million*: Mowbray, 18 St Georges Road, Toorak when the grand 1920s home was bought off-market by Chinese buyers, with its selling agent yet to claim credit with settlement still to come.
5. $36 million: 110 Wolseley Road, Point Piper when Neville Crichton onsold to property investor Andrew Potter.
6. $33 million: 110 Wolseley Road, Point Piper when Neville Crichton bought from the Zamel family.
7. $30,263,400: Yarranabbe Road, Darling Point when John Roth and wife Jillian Segal bought.
8. $30 million*: Bayview Hill Road, Rose Bay when the home of the late Sonja Lyneham was bought by Samira Jeihooni, wife of property developer Arash Tavakoli.
9. $29 million*: The Boatshed, Wunulla Road, Point Piper which after three years on the market was offloaded by the O’Neil family.
11. $28 million: New Beach Road, Darling Point when the digital entrerepnuer Patrick Grove bought from the Meagher family.
12. $26.5 million: Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse when the media scion Alexander Ma bought the residence of businessman Yaron Remen and his wife Shauna.
13. $22.45 million: Bay Street, Mosman/Beauty Point when the property developer Bryan Rose bought the Pick a Box house.
14. $22.1 million: Vailele, The Point Road, Woolwich when the Salter family sold to the Wang family.
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15. $21.5 million: Chidley Way, Mosman Park. Perth saw its highest sale for six years. 
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16. $21 million+*: Belhaven, Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill when the Brambles chairman Stephen Johns sold Belhaven to Dominic Stevens.
17. $21 million: Coolawin Road, Northbridge when Primo Smallgoods heiress Kristie Ward bought the 3434sqm holding from the Salteri family.
18. $20 million+*: Bonnington, Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill when sold by the executors of the late businessman Neville Christie.
19. $20 million*: Wyuna Road, Point Piper when the LA entrepreneur Andrew Banks made a return to Point Piper.
20. $20 million*: Ashton, Elizabeth Bay Road, Elizabeth Bay when the travel industry entrerepenuer Ray Harris sold the historic Ashton on the loop
21. $20 million: Wunulla Road, Point Piper when the property investor Andrew Potter sold his waterfront to Sarah Mayo.
22. $19.18 million: Fernleigh Gardens, Rose Bay when the Horizon Media owners Semyon and Dina Pinchuk sold to Xia Danrui.
23. $18.48 million: Kangaroo Point, Brisbane. A new home sale set an all-time Brisbane report price through Ray White.
24. $18 million+*: Sundorne, Victoria Road, Bellevue Hill when Cranbrook School sold to the property developer Eduard Litver.
25. $18 million: Bulwarra, Hunters Hill when Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton sold after an earlier 2016 sale to Chinese buyers fell over.
25. $18 million: Nee Morna, Sorrento when one of Victoria's most historic coastal estates was bought by BRW Rich Lister and property developer Andrew Buxton. Not to far away on the peninsula, and just off the top 25 list was the Good Guys whitegoods boss Andrew Muir purchase of Miramar, the stunning Flinders home built by entrepreneur Daniel Besen and wife Danielle. It just fell shy of inclusion. Settlement records show Muir paid $17 million for the Wood Marsh-designed home that was described as 'land art by the sea' by its selling agent, Peninsula Sotheby's International Realty agent Rob Curtain.
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The 25 most expensive house sales of 2017 across Australia

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A six bedroom, four bathroom home in Bellevue Hill topped this weeks most expensive sales with $7.25 million, according to CoreLogic RP Data.
Sold through Ballard Properties Clint Ballard and James Ball, the home features a swimming pool, a home cinema and a wine cellar.
The second most expensive house was in Collaroy where Brendan Pomponio and Kirsten Bertram of Belle Property sold a five bedroom, four bathroom home for $5.65 million.
The designer sandstone and timber designer home belonged to Fairfax CFO David Housego and features an open fire place beside the swimming pool.
 
Top ten sales of the week
25 Suttie Road, Bellevue Hill, NSW: 6 bed, 4 bath, 4 car house - $7.25 million - Ballard Property Group Woollahra
14 Seaview Parade, Collaroy, NSW: 5 bed, 4 bath, 2 car house - $5.65 million - Belle Property Dee Why
7 Cheyne Walk, Castlecrag, NSW: 5 bed, 4 bath, 3 car house - $4.72 million - McGrath Estate Agents
1/6 Wulworra Avenue, Cremorne Point, NSW: 3 bed, 2 bath, 3 car unit - $4.06 million - McGrath Estate Agents
25a/171 Gloucester Street, The Rocks, NSW: 3 bed, 2 bath, 3 car unit - $3.75 million - Colliers International Sydney
32 Lower Almora Street, Mosman, NSW: 2 bed, 2 bath, 1 car house - $3.7 million - Belle Property Mosman
9 Oxley Avenue, St Ives, NSW: 5 bed, 4 bath, 2 car house - $3.37 million - Savills Cordeau Marshall St Ives
59 Station Street, Pymble, NSW: 5 bed, 3 bath, 2 car house - $3.2 million - LJ Hooker Wahroonga
27 Ruskin Rowe, Avalon Beach, NSW: 4 bed, 4 bath, 5 car house - $3.15 million - LJ Hooker Avalon Beach
8e/171 Gloucester Street, The Rocks, NSW: 3 bed, 3 bath, 2 car unit - $3.12 million - McGrath Estate Agents.
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Fairfax CFO David Housego misses out on the most expensive sale of the week

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Sydney has unsurprisingly dominated the latest most expensive housing suburbs.
The figures, correct as of December, show Centennial Park topping the list with a median value of $6.29 million per house.
Point Piper edges Darling Point after it's $39 million sale of Villa del Mare, $39.9 million of Mandalay and two more on Wunulla Road which sold for $28 million and $18 million.
Peppermint Grove in Perth is the only non-New South Wales suburb.
Vaucluse's surprisingly misses out on the top three despite Jamie Packers $70 million sale of La Mer in August. 
Whale Beach comes in at 10th place. It's latest sales see Google Australia boss Maile Carnegie and her executive consultant husband Charles outlay $3.52 million <a href="https://www.domain.com.au/7-malo-road-whale-beach-nsw-2107-2012010652" target="_blank">on a Whale Beach weekender. </a>
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Maile Carnegie was appointed to head Google in mid-2013, moving across from her role as managing director at Procter &amp; Gamble.
Charles Carnegie heads The Waypoint Group corporate advisory firm. The Malo Road property last traded when bought by the Hatty family for $180,000 around 36 years ago. It was listed through LJ Hooker Palm Beach’s David Edwards.
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