One of North Sydney's best-known commercial buildings could become hundreds of new homes, with insurance giant Zurich Australia lodging a State Significant Development Application (SSDA) to transform 5 Blue Street into a mixed-use residential development above North Sydney Station.

Rather than demolishing the existing building and starting again, Zurich is proposing an adaptive reuse project that would convert the landmark office building into a 15-level residential development delivering 62 apartments, 86 affordable co-living dwellings, activated retail and significant upgrades to the Blue Street Plaza.

The proposal reflects a growing trend of commercial property owners repositioning ageing office assets into residential housing as Sydney grapples with housing supply shortages and changing workplace demand.

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Located directly above North Sydney Metro and train station, the 3,051 sqm site occupies one of the most strategically positioned parcels of land on Sydney's Lower North Shore.

Designed by fjcstudio, the proposal seeks to retain and adapt much of the existing structure while creating a contemporary residential address that better connects with the public domain surrounding North Sydney Station.

The application proposes two basement levels, ground floor retail, affordable co-living accommodation across the podium levels, and apartments above, while preserving and enhancing the publicly accessible Blue Street Plaza.

Rather than pursuing maximum apartment numbers, Zurich has opted for a housing mix heavily weighted towards larger owner-occupier residences.

The proposal includes 62 build-to-sell apartments comprising 12 one-bedroom, 19 two-bedroom, 29 three-bedroom apartments and two premium penthouses. It also incorporates 86 affordable co-living dwellings, which would be managed in perpetuity by a Community Housing Provider.

That balance between traditional apartments and affordable housing reflects the NSW Government's push to increase housing diversity around major transport infrastructure.

The proposal has been lodged concurrently with a rezoning application, with Zurich arguing the site is ideally positioned to support additional housing given its immediate proximity to public transport, employment and services.

"The proposal aims to respond to the housing challenges facing Sydney through the delivery of diverse housing types in a highly accessible location," the design report by fjcstudio states. It also seeks to improve pedestrian amenity through upgrades to Blue Street Plaza while creating a high-performing residential building that responds to the surrounding context.

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Rather than replacing the commercial building, fjcstudio has developed a design that works with the existing structural framework above the rail corridor, an approach that significantly reduces demolition while allowing the site to be repositioned as a mixed-use residential precinct.

The existing structural constraints have informed much of the building's design, including its relationship with Blue Street and surrounding public spaces.

The building has been designed as a slender tower rising above a clearly defined podium, with vertically expressed façades intended to reduce the perceived bulk while reinforcing North Sydney's emerging skyline.

According to fjcstudio, the architectural language responds directly to the surrounding commercial towers while maintaining a finer grain expression more closely aligned with the neighbouring Lavender Bay streetscape.

The tower incorporates articulated façade elements, landscaped podium edges and recessed upper levels to soften its appearance and improve pedestrian amenity below.

A significant component of the proposal is the revitalisation of Blue Street Plaza.

The existing public space has long served as one of the primary pedestrian connections between North Sydney Station, Greenwood Plaza and Blue Street, yet its role is expected to become even more important following the opening of Sydney Metro.

Zurich's proposal seeks to strengthen that role by improving landscaping, introducing new retail frontages, enhancing pedestrian permeability and creating more active edges throughout the day and evening.

Ground floor retail would wrap the plaza, while separate residential and co-living entries have been designed to improve wayfinding without reducing street activation.

Landscape design has been integrated throughout the podium and public realm, softening what is currently one of the most heavily urbanised parts of North Sydney.

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fjcstudio has carefully oriented apartments towards Sydney Harbour and the CBD while using privacy blades and articulated façades to minimise overlooking between neighbouring buildings.

Large framed openings along the western elevation maximise harbour outlooks, while the eastern apartments have been angled towards the south-east to improve privacy from neighbouring development.

The project forms part of the continuing transformation of North Sydney from a predominantly commercial CBD into a genuine mixed-use city centre.

Since the completion of Victoria Cross Metro Station, developers have increasingly shifted their attention towards residential projects capable of leveraging the area's unparalleled transport connectivity.

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FiveX recently lodged plans for a 61-storey, 490-apartment tower that would become one of the tallest residential buildings in North Sydney if approved.

Aqualand continues to expand its Lower North Shore presence following the completion of AURA on Walker Street and its recent St Leonards and Roseville proposals.

Developers are also progressing projects throughout Walker Street, Miller Street and the Victoria Cross precinct as demand for well-located owner-occupier apartments continues to strengthen.

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First look: Zurich targets North Sydney office conversion with 148-unit proposal above Metro station

Busy developer Aqualand Prestige has formally taken the next step in its expansion across Sydney's Lower North Shore, lodging a State Significant Development Application (SSDA) for its long-held Archer Street site in Chatswood.

The application covers <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/51-55-archer-street-chatswood-nsw-2067">51-55 Archer Street</a>, a 1,767 sqm amalgamated site on the eastern edge of the Chatswood CBD, where the developer is seeking approval for a 45-level mixed-use tower delivering 114 apartments, including a significant affordable housing component, alongside retail, commercial space and six basement levels of parking.

The SSDA marks the latest milestone for a project Aqualand has been quietly progressing over the past two years. The developer first secured the site for its Aqualand Prestige platform before undertaking an alternative design excellence process with PTW Architects, ultimately avoiding a formal design competition through the Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

The proposal has evolved considerably from Aqualand's original concept. The revised scheme has been designed around larger owner-occupier product, with an unusually high proportion of three and four-bedroom apartments, targeting the more affluent buyer profile, and downsizer, emerging across the North Shore.

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The 114-apartment mix comprises six studios, 27 one-bedroom apartments, 18 two-bedroom apartments, 50 three-bedroom residences and 13 four-bedroom homes. A quarter of the building will be dedicated to affordable housing, well above the mandated 15 per cent&nbsp;

PTW has structured the building vertically, with affordable housing across levels one to six, premium apartments through levels seven to 31, duplex skyhomes on klevels 32 to 43, a penthouse on level 44, and a rooftop plant level above. Six basement levels will provide resident parking and servicing.

The tower is proposed to reach approximately 154 metres, placing it among a growing collection of residential high-rises transforming Chatswood's skyline.

Rather than competing purely on height, PTW says the design has been driven by creating a slimmer tower capable of delivering significantly larger apartments.

"The primary objective of this project was to create a distinctive building that stands out from the recently approved or built structures in the Chatswood area," the design report states, noting the structural efficiency allows greater investment into apartment quality and resident amenity.

Residents would have access to more than 450 sqm of communal open space including landscaped gardens, swimming pool, rooftop entertaining areas, fitness spaces, community gardens, children's play areas and barbecue facilities.

A major focus of the design has been the public domain.

The ground plane has been opened up through landscaped terraces inspired by Willoughby's sandstone ridges, with native planting, public seating, artwork, retail activation and a series of gathering spaces intended to soften what has traditionally been a hard commercial streetscape.

The landscape strategy references Blue Gum forests once common throughout the area, while incorporating Indigenous storytelling, public art and lighting installations to strengthen the connection to Country.

Chatswood has been one of Sydney's busiest apartment markets over the past 12 months, with a steady pipeline of both new project launches and fresh development applications.

Hyecorp recently launched Celine, a 122-apartment development just along Archer Street, while Changfa and Huirong Group are progressing The Anderson, an 84-apartment project on Anderson Street.

Develotek recently secured approval for a 101-apartment tower on Pacific Highway, while Tian An LFD received the green light for Hammond Greens, its apartment development on the edge of the Chatswood Bowling Club.

Commercial property developer FiveX is also making its move into the residential market. Last month it lodged plans for a 61-storey tower with 490 apartments, which, if approved, would become one of the tallest residential buildings in Chatswood.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-fivex-targets-chatswood-skyline-with-61-storey-tower-after-north-sydney-plans">First look: FiveX targets Chatswood skyline with 61-storey tower after North Sydney plans</a>

Aqualand is also expanding its development pipeline following the launch of its luxury residential brand, Aqualand Prestige. The developer has delivered a string of high-end apartment projects across Sydney's affluent suburbs over the past decade, most recently AURA by Aqualand on Walker Street in North Sydney.

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It has since quietly assembled its next wave of projects.

Earlier this year Aqualand launched Boronia in Roseville, a boutique 111-apartment development on Larkin Street. The project is one of the first significant apartment developments to launch in the suburb ahead of what is expected to become one of Sydney's most active new housing precincts under the NSW Government's Low and Mid-Rise Housing reforms, which allow greater density around train stations.

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The developer has also lodged plans for a two-tower, 413-apartment development on Herbert Street in nearby St Leonards, further strengthening its presence across the Lower North Shore.

Beyond that, Aqualand remains behind the final stage of Barangaroo, where plans will deliver a five-hectare mixed-use precinct comprising new homes, retail, hospitality and community facilities, alongside a new Metro entrance and more than two hectares of public open space, completing the Barangaroo precinct.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/central-barangaroo-development-takes-big-step-with-concept-proposal-approval">Central Barangaroo development takes big step with concept proposal approval</a>

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-aqualand-joins-st-leonards-apartment-party">First look: Aqualand joins St Leonards apartment party</a> 
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First look: Aqualand pushes ahead with Chatswood apartment tower as SSDA lodged for Archer Street

Mass timber is becoming an increasingly popular construction material in apartment developments, but Adelaide developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/otello">Otello</a> is taking the approach a step further.

At its new <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/flowe-bowden-18-gibson-street-bowden-sa-5007">Flowe Bowden</a> development, the exposed cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure isn't just about reducing the building's environmental footprint. It also forms the foundation of a broader wellness strategy, influencing everything from indoor air quality and natural materials to the way residents move through and experience the building.

The 115-apartment mixed-use development, designed by Melbourne-based architecture practice Fieldwork, will occupy a prominent island site opposite Bowden Village Reserve, combining one, two and three-bedroom apartments with retail and a dedicated wellness destination.

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Wellness isn't confined to a gym or shared resident facility at Flowe. Instead, Fieldwork embedded the concept into the building itself.

The development has been split into two residential wings connected by a naturally ventilated central breezeway, replacing traditional enclosed corridors with open-air walkways that improve natural light, encourage cross ventilation and create more opportunities for neighbourly interaction.

"Rather than treating wellness as something that only happens on the ground floor, our response integrates it throughout the building, which led us to ask what it really means to design a healthy building," Fieldwork Director Quino Holland said.

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The building's architecture also reflects Bowden's industrial heritage. The lower podium references the area's historic brick and sandstone buildings, while the upper levels transition to exposed CLT, allowing the timber structure to become a defining feature throughout the apartments and shared spaces.

The use of mass timber sits alongside a range of sustainability initiatives, including a fully electric, gas-free design, rooftop solar and a targeted 5 Star Green Star rating.

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Inside the residences, the focus remains on natural, durable materials. Blackbutt engineered timber flooring, exposed CLT ceilings, porcelain surfaces and warm timber joinery create a calming interior palette, while low-VOC finishes and responsibly sourced materials have been selected to improve indoor air quality.

Kitchens have been designed as the centrepiece of each apartment, featuring porcelain island benchtops, timber-look cabinetry and brushed steel tapware, with layouts that maximise natural light and ventilation.

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The more traditional interpretation of wellness comes in the form of Level Eleven, a two-storey wellness club spanning the ground floor, mezzanine and first floor.

The facility will include a gym, yoga and reformer Pilates studios, Finnish and infrared saunas, magnesium hot and cold plunge pools, and dedicated recovery spaces. Unlike many residential wellness facilities, Level Eleven will also operate commercially, allowing the broader Bowden community to access the venue while giving residents exclusive membership benefits.

The ground floor has also been designed around everyday living. A café overlooking Bowden Village Reserve will activate the street frontage, while a bike workshop with tool storage, co-working space and dog wash has been incorporated to support daily routines and encourage interaction between residents.

"Flowe brings together my two biggest passions, creating places and creating healthier lives," Otello founder Daniel Harris said.

"We wanted to create something Adelaide hasn't seen before, a genuinely healthy building, where the way you live is lifted without even trying."

Flowe is positioned directly opposite Bowden Village Reserve and within walking distance of Bowden Railway Station and the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, placing future residents just minutes from the Adelaide CBD while remaining connected to one of the city's most established urban renewal precincts.

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Otello launches wellness-focused Flowe Bowden with Adelaide-first mass timber apartment design

Not all apartment amenities are immediately visible.

Swimming pools, gyms, rooftop terraces and residents' lounges have long featured on buyers' wishlists, but as the way Australians live has changed, so too have the features that make apartment living more convenient.

Increasingly, buyers are placing value on the practical aspects of day-to-day life. Fast internet, EV charging, secure bike storage, flexible workspaces and parcel management are becoming just as relevant as lifestyle amenities, reflecting changing habits and expectations.

Online shopping has been one of the biggest drivers of that shift.

Australians spent a record $82.6 billion shopping online in 2025, with almost one in every four retail dollars now spent digitally, making parcel deliveries a routine part of everyday life rather than an occasional convenience.

For apartment residents, however, receiving those deliveries isn't always straightforward.

Without someone home to accept a parcel, deliveries can be redirected to a nearby Post Office, left in building foyers or common areas, or require building management to temporarily store packages. As apartment living continues to grow across Australia's cities, parcel management has become an increasingly important consideration for both residents and developers.

Australia Post's Parcel Locker network is one response to that shift.

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Rather than relying on home delivery, eligible parcels can be directed to a nominated Parcel Locker, where they're securely stored until collected. Once a parcel arrives, residents receive a notification through the AusPost app or SMS and can retrieve it using a one-time code or QR code at a time that suits them.

The network has expanded to more than 1,500 locations nationwide, with Parcel Lockers positioned at Post Offices, shopping centres, supermarkets, transport hubs and, increasingly, within or alongside residential developments.

That growing presence reflects a broader change in how apartment buildings are being planned.

Developers are increasingly considering the operational side of apartment living alongside traditional lifestyle amenities. Just as secure mailrooms, bicycle storage and EV charging have become more common inclusions, parcel management is emerging as another feature that supports everyday convenience.

It also helps preserve the arrival experience within a building. Carefully designed lobbies and communal spaces can quickly become cluttered when deliveries accumulate, while secure parcel solutions reduce the likelihood of missed deliveries or parcels being left unattended.

For buyers comparing apartments, these everyday details are becoming part of the decision-making process.

Location, floorplans and finishes remain fundamental, but the features that simplify daily life are carrying greater weight than they once did. As online shopping continues to shape consumer behaviour, secure parcel delivery is increasingly becoming another amenity worth looking for.

Parcel delivery is joining the apartment amenity checklist

Inca Property Group has lodged a State Significant Development Application (SSDA) for Dawn, a 53-apartment oceanfront development overlooking Mona Vale Beach.

The proposal, at 35-39 Darley Street East, would replace an existing 18-apartment strata building with a new owner-occupier-focused development comprising 53 two and three-bedroom apartments, including nine affordable built-to-rent residences delivered under the State's infill affordable housing scheme.

Positioned on a 2,679 sqm elevated site around 280 metres from Mona Vale Beach, the development has been designed to maximise panoramic ocean views while responding to the site's sloping topography.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/inca-property-group">Inca Property Group</a> Managing Director Josh Thompson said the State Significant pathway provided greater certainty for projects of this scale.

"This State Significant pathway gives the team real certainty to progress <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/dawn-35-39-darley-street-east-mona-vale-nsw-2103">Dawn</a> through to completion," Thompson said.

"It allows us to acquire a one-off site, design it carefully and deliver the right offering for the suburb, assessed by the NSW Government's planning department."

The project is one of the first developments in the area to be assessed under the NSW Government's Low and Mid-Rise Housing policy, with the site sitting on the edge of the policy's designated inner area.

The proposal includes three basement levels providing 124 car spaces, alongside a range of resident amenities including a swimming pool, gym, sauna, wellness facilities and private plunge pools for selected ground-floor and penthouse apartments.

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Thompson said Dawn had been designed specifically for owner-occupiers and downsizers, a buyer profile that has driven demand across Inca's recent Upper North Shore developments.

"The majority of buyers in our recent North Shore projects have been downsizers, and we are learning exactly what this market is looking for. Beyond the location itself, we have included resort-style amenities to deliver a genuine lifestyle offering," Thompson said.

Located within walking distance of Mona Vale Beach, the town centre, Mona Vale Golf Club and the Royal Motor Yacht Club, Dawn represents Inca's first Northern Beaches project following the sell-out of Tara on Park in Waitara and Ellis Residences, currently under construction in St Ives.

Construction will be undertaken by Inca's in-house construction arm, GOP Constructions.

Dawn is the latest major apartment proposal for Mona Vale, with the suburb emerging as one of the key beneficiaries of the NSW Government's new Low and Mid-Rise Housing policy.

New developer One Living, led by industry veteran Joseph Scuderi, recently secured a site on Mona Vale Road, on the border of Mona Vale and Pymble, where it is planning around 140 apartments.

IPM is also planning its third project in Mona Vale, significantly increasing the scale of its previous developments with an 82-apartment proposal at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/159-167-darley-street-west-mona-vale-nsw-2103">159-167 Darley Street West</a>, opposite Bayview Golf Course and less than 800 metres from Mona Vale town centre.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/one-living-enters-sydneys-new-apartment-market-with-northern-beaches-site-acquisition">One Living enters Sydney's new apartment market with Northern Beaches site acquisition</a>

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-ipm-plans-third-mona-vale-project">First look: IPM plans third Mona Vale project</a>

First look: Inca eyes Mona Vale with State Significant DA for Dawn apartments

Point Piper

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Former swimwear model Jodhi Meares is selling her Point Piper apartment.
The model turned luxury athletic wear entrepreneur paid $1.23 million for the apartment in 2004, shortly after her brief marriage to casino tycoon James Packer.
Buyers are being sold there is a $2.2 million price guide through Raine &amp; Horne Double Bay agents Ric and Christophe Serrao.
The two bedroom, two bathroom apartment in the iconic Danmark building had a guide of just over $2 million when briefly listed in 2013.
The apartment sits in the Danmark, the Edwardian 1900s built Wolseley Road mansion. It was converted to a suite of individual apartments in the 1930s. 
It comes with separate living and dining rooms a sunroom and a wide terrace with views over the harbour.
The Tigerlily label founder moved her stuff out of the apartment early last year having married photographer Nick Tsindos. 
It then became a $1,600 a week rental.
The couple headed to a terrace in Paddington which Meares sold last month for around $2.5 million.
She co-owned the two bedroom Underwood Street property with her mother Denise Macpherson.
The two-storey, Victorian-style terrace on 113 sqm cost them $900,000 in 2004.
It was reported Meares and Nick split earlier in the year.
 
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Jodhi Meares selling Point Piper apartment

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Akuna, the Point Piper harbour front with historic Chinese boat shed, has been listed for sale.
It is offered for the first time offered in 20 years.
It has quietly slipped onto the market by Karen Daly, the successful author of the Fats &amp; Figures range of books, and wife of Warren Daly, the big band performer.
The couple paid $7.75 million in 1997.
The Wolseley Road house was designed by Richard Christian and Walter Barda for retailing businessman John David, with interiors by Michael Love and Thomas Hamel.
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There is inclinator access from the street garaging.
It is being offered with a French Riviera style three bedroom garden apartment in the Danmark, which has failed to find a buyer in recent weeks.
Set on Seven Shillings Beach, it comes with a Pagoda boathouse, a rare Chinese-style timber boatshed, one of only two on Sydney Harbour influenced by the late Victorian fashion for the East and oriental design.
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The boatshed was part of the property once owned by W. G. "Knockout" Smith, a millionaire industrialist and horse owner-breeder whose mansion Danmark was at the top of the ridge, but Knockout preferred to spend most of his time in his one-room shed, allegedly because he couldn't stand his wife.
The founder of the glassmaking giant Australian Consolidated Industries was noted for having a glass of champagne for breakfast, on doctor's orders, and swimming daily, summer and winter, in the harbour. Smith made a reputation selling upper Hunter horses to Hollywood bigwigs including the movie mogul, Louis Mayer, of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The horse Shannon left Smith's stable after being bought in 1947 for $54,600, an then Australian record. Smith raced him briefly before selling him for $62,500 to US owners who when racing him as a  seven-year-old - won the San Francisco County Handicap, in a time of 1m:55.6s for the nine-and-a-half furlongs (1,900m) which was 0.2s faster than the record established by US legend Sea Biscuit in 1936.
Apparently Knockout Smith he was easy to spot swimming because of his bather's cap. It last sold when the spritely John David secured $7.75 million in 1997 when bought by Daly's wife, Karen Alice Peerless.
No price guidance is offered by Sotheby's on <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-point+piper-125224890" target="_blank">realestate.com.au</a>, but around $50 million could be expected.
 
 
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Point Piper harbourfront with Chinese pagoda boathouse listed without any big bang

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Aussie John Symond has secured around $13.3 million for his Point Piper penthouse, and likely to be closer to $13.5 million
The sale by Bill Malouf, of LJ Hooker Double Bay was secured on Monday morning.
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The two-storey penthouse is in a block of four apartments near his unsold Point Piper mansion which has now been withdrawn from sale despite securing $100 million plus buyer interest.
There have been renovations at the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-point+piper-123855782" target="_blank">Point Piper penthouse</a> since Symond bought the apartment in 2010 for $8.16 million from jailed fraudster Nati Stoliar.
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Aussie John sells Point Piper penthouse for more than $13.3 million

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It might be a struggle to sell a Wentworth Avenue property now a sinkhole has emerged overnight at the front of the home.
Listed with $11.5 million hopes, the home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-point+piper-122978562" target="_blank">11A Wentworth Street</a> was listed as having two lap pools at the back of the property.
However due to the turbulent weather a third lap pool has appeared in front of the home.
This could result in the property's value to be reduced by half, according to Sotheby’s International agent Michael Pallier.
It was built by Greg Fisher, who ran the collapsed $400 million Satellite property development company and then sold in 2002 by Mr Pallier.
Dentist Neil Tanudisastro and wife Yani Sutaniman then bought the property before being sold to Hong Kong businessman Ke Gui for $10.2 million.
Currently it is offered through Black Diamondz Property Concierge.
The home first sold for $8 million in 2008 and last traded for $10.2 million in 2014.
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Point Piper sinkhole trophy home for sale

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The Ingham family have bought the Finger Wharf apartment of digital media entrepreneur Mark Dalgleish for $6.06 million.

<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-woolloomooloo-123625274">The three-bedroom Woolloomooloo apartment</a> was listed last year by Ray White Double Bay agents Elliott Placks and Richard Faludi.

 This luxurious residence is one of only eight apartments at the exclusive northern end of the Finger Wharf, placed within a stroll of galleries and celebrated waterfront eateries.

The purchase is through a company with the shareholding held by Susan Ingham, widow of the late chicken and horse racing tycoon Jack Ingham.

The Point Piper-based Dalgleish bought the apartment in the Lang Walker development as an investment in 2010 for $4.5 million from Port Macquarie’s former Liberal branch president Ken Dodds.

The Port Macquarie property developer had spent $6 million to upgrade into Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf apartment in 2007 when the unit was bought from the executors of the late car dealer Peter Warren, who had paid $2.5 million in 1999. The three-bedroom apartment with two car spaces sold in 2010 through Elliott Placks of Ray White Double Bay in conjunction with Bill Bridges.

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The Point Piper trophy home of luxury car importer Neville Crichton has sold for around $62 million.
It was sold subject to approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board. 
The home (waterfront centre) broke the headlines in 2011 after Title Tattle revealed Microsoft boss Bill Gates was set to rent the home during his Sydney sojourn.
Crichton's Tuscan-style residence, Portofino, made headlines in 2011 when it was briefly rented by the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda at $25,000 a week.
It is next to the mega-mansion of Aussie John Symond which is for sale at $100 million plus.
The result puts it in the top two residential house sales nationally, topped by the $70 million record set by the Vaucluse hillside mansion, La Mer that was sold by James and Erica Packer in 2015.
The nearby waterfront mansion Altona ranks as the third highest house sale following its sale late last year for $61.8 million.
The three-level Portofino has six bedrooms, a gym, private jetty and is set on 1500 square metres at the end of Wingadal Place cul-de-sac in a sheltered inlet with gun-barrel Harbour Bridge views.
Crichton built after he bought the property from Bruce Rose and his wife Pam.
He recently joked if a burglar broke into his house “they’d look around and say, ‘you need a bit of help, here’s some money’.”
Crichton engaged Auckland-based designers Swan Railley Clapham to build a new residence on the Point Piper site he bought for $5.9 million from the Rose family in 1994.
The Roses bought in the early 1960s from the Hordern family for 18,000 pounds. The Rose family property held a private helipad licence.
Crichton and his girlfriend Nadi Hasandedic were spotted missing out at a downsizer Darling Point penthouse last year.
They reputedly also made an early offer of more than $20 million for the Finger Wharf penthouse of Russell Crowe at Woolloomooloo.
They are set to get married this year. 
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Car dealer Neville Crichton's FIRB-stamped $62 million Point Piper sale

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The eastern Sydney suburb of Point Piper topped the country in median value for houses in 2016, says CoreLogic in its list of Top Performing National Suburbs.
The suburb’s median value was $6,629,180 and there were 10 sales recorded.
Darling Point, another eastern suburb in the city, followed close behind with a median house value of $6,628,801, according to CoreLogic.
The Point Piper median came without the formal inclusion of the Altona sale as its price has emerged as $61.8 million, having previously been understood to be $60 million plus.
But as an example of the median, Property Observer found a five-bedroom house at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-point+piper-121754986" target="_blank">2 Wunulla Road, Point Piper</a> (above) which was sold in March this year for $6,450,000 under the hammer.
The deal was brokered by The Agency.
Sydney dominated the top 10 list of suburbs with the highest median value with five of the top 6 spots. The only outsider was Melbourne’s Toorak.
The high median price was consistent with recent CoreLogic data, which showed dwelling values in Sydney and Melbourne are rising at more than 10 percent per annum.
The increase in home values has taken the total value of residential property nationally to $6.7 trillion at the end of October 2016, according to CoreLogic.
The most expensive house sale Property Observer found on RP Data was at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property/158-wolseley-rd-point-piper-nsw-2027" target="_blank">158 Wolseley Road</a>. This seven-bedroom waterfront house from the 1890s sold in May 2016 for $21 million through LJ Hooker.
It was on the market for more than 300 days. To put things into perspective, the house last changed hands for just $3,500 in 1998, according to RP Data. 
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Another high-value sale in 2016 was a five-bedroom house at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-point+piper-123795770" target="_blank">8 Wentworth Place, Point Piper</a> (below) that changed hands in November for $9,100,000.
The selling agent was Brad Pillinger of Pillinger. It last changed hands in November 1996 for $1.9 million. 
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The cheapest, still above $4.5 million, was a four-bed house at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-point+piper-122621298" target="_blank">4 Wolseley Road, Point Piper </a>that sold for $4,550,000 through BradfieldCleary in May.
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Sydney's Point Piper tops median value for houses in 2016

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One of Point Piper’s rare breed of original old homes, the 1890s Anaconda, has been sold for $21 million.
The beachfront property came with an initial asking price of $28 million with suggestions there might have been a $25 million sale.
It has been owned by the Page family since 1960 when the late legal luminary Brian Page of Freehill Hollingdale and Page bought it for 20,600 pounds for his three sons Michael, Charles and Roderick.
Set on about 1000 square metres of absolute beachfront with a north-facing aspect, the property was bought by David Shein who recently sold in Vaucluse.
The Shein family had been looking at the Wolseley Road house for some time after entrepreneur David Shein and his wife Colleen sold their two Vaucluse waterfront properties for around $60 million to the co-founder of Menulog Leon Kamenev.
Mr Shein is a former board member of the ailing Fairfax Media group and was the founder and former managing director of Dimension Data Australia before he became non-executive chairman of Montech Holdings.
Charles Page has bought in Double Bay, where he has bought a free-standing house for $3,675,000 from Bambini Imports director Rebecca Cohen.
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David Shein secures Point Pipers's Anaconda for $21 million 

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It's not just Aussie John Symond's Point Piper home that's available to buy.
His neighbour, the luxury car dealer Neville “Croaky” Crichton is mulling over unsolicited offers for his trophy home.
The latest offer is reputedly at $60 million. 
Compared with the Symond mansion, Crichton's pad on Wingadal Place looks like a Tuscan version of a dower house. It's a three-storey, six bedroom home, with a gym, cellar and workshop, in the Tuscan style. 
He recently joked if a burglar broke into his house “they’d look around and say, ‘you need a bit of help, here’s some money’.”
Crichton has engaged Auckland-based designers Swan Railley Clapham to build a new residence on the Point Piper site he bought for $5.9 million from the Rose family in 1994.
Crichton was spotted recently spotted sitting in the back row of an auction, with his partner, when <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-darling+point-123228050" target="_blank">a Darling Point apartment sold for $6.3 million to a local buyer from China</a>.
But he never raised his bidding card for the Thornton Street 1970s timewarp (above) - which was offered through Michael Dunn, of Richardson &amp; Wrench Double Bay.
It looked like something from an Austin Powers movie set complete with garish blue living room with built-in fish tank, green dining capsule room, and orange themed living space.
Born in 1945 on a farm on New Zealand’s South Island, Crichton began buying cheap bicycles, tarting them up and selling them for enough profit to buy his first sailing boat at 12 year old. 
Crichton, whose Alfa Romeo won the 2009 Sydney-Hobart, hit the headlines in 2011 when his Point Piper harbourfront was rented by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates who flew into Sydney with his family for some Christmas holiday downtime.
Sources said the family paid about $25,000 a week to stay at the home.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Neville Crichton mulls $60 million plus offer in Point Piper

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An original 1960s time capsule in Point Piper that was at the centre of a 2012 will dispute has fetched more than $13 million selling at the weekend pre-auction.
The John Suttor-designed Wyuna Road residence was the former home of Betty Harris and her late racing identity husband Keith Harris.
They bought the land for £15,000 in 1962. 
She had no children. She had had three sisters and a brother: Lorna, Melva, Florence (Flo) and Fletcher. She survived them all. Her closest relatives were two nieces and two nephews. Mrs Harris' niece, Coralie Anne Hart, is the daughter of her sister, Lorna. Her nephews, Warwick and Philip Mertell, are the sons of her sister, Melva. Her niece, Anne Elizabeth Nickolls, is the daughter of her sister, Flo. Her brother, Fletcher, was killed in the Second World War.
Mrs Harris was not close to any of her nieces or nephews.
Followed Betty Harris’ death in 2009 members of the family contested her will, claiming she lacked the mental capacity to leave her estate to her neighbour and friend, Beatrice Gray. Gray's late husband, Robert had assisted Mrs Harris with the garbage tin duties for years. 
The distant relatives of wealthy Point Piper women Betty Harris were chopped from her will.
Her $10 million estate went to Beatrice Gray after Betty Harris died childless aged 95 in September 2009. 
Judge Richard White rejected evidence that Betty had dementia and wasn't up to making a revised will in 2005. 
Her closest living relative was her niece, Coralie Hart of Coffs Harbour, who was a beneficiary of an earlier will.
In February 2005 the Guardianship Tribunal appointed Mrs Hart and other relatives as Betty's guardians. 
Swindells was then appointed as the financial manager of her affairs. 
In the 2012 judgement Gray v Hart &amp; Ors, it was alleged that Swindells had not properly performed his duties as financial manager: 
"For some months he left Mrs Harris without adequate funds. He prevented her from being able to write cheques as she was accustomed to do. Further, it was submitted that Mrs Harris' suspicion that Mrs Hart and her son-in-law were after her money was well-founded." 
Betty Harris' late husband was the colourful Sydney racing identity Keith Harris, vice-chairman of the Sydney Turf Club. 
He served prison time after delivering a bribe to prisons' minister Rex (Buckets) Jackson as part of the "early release scheme" for various criminals, including clients of the former Sydney solicitor Howard Hilton.
After the court case Mrs Gray told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph that she was ‘extremely grateful to Betty Harris,’ but declined to comment further.
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