Brisbane development veteran Kevin Seymour's Seymour Group is set to deepen its presence on one of Brisbane's most tightly held riverfront addresses, lodging revised plans for a luxury apartment development on Oxlade, just a few doors down from The Oxlade, which it completed in 2024.

The <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/70-72-oxlade-drive-new-farm-qld-4005">new project at 70-72 Oxlade Drive</a>, directly north of The Oxlade, will have 27 apartments across a seven-storey building&nbsp;overlooking the Brisbane River and Merthyr Park. It's a revision from a 2021-approved design.

Designed by bureau^proberts, the project has evolved from the previously approved 26-apartment scheme, introducing an additional penthouse level while maintaining a low-density, boutique character. The development will comprise 26 three-bedroom apartments and a single four-bedroom penthouse, supported by two basement levels with 86 car spaces and 34 bicycle spaces.

The architectural response is centred around two distinct building forms separated by a landscaped open-air atrium.&nbsp;"This dual composition captures and embraces Brisbane’s subtropical environment whilst breaking down built form and scale," the submission to the Brisbane City Council noted.

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A defining feature of the design is a deep landscaped void running through the centre of the building, creating what bureau^proberts describes as a "natural ravine" that enhances airflow, daylight penetration and resident amenity. The design report notes that the separation of the two building volumes is intended to maximise natural light, cross-ventilation and outlook while strengthening connections to the surrounding riverfront setting.

Curved balcony edges, integrated planting and extensive landscaping throughout the façade reinforce the subtropical design approach. The building's façade is softened by elevated gardens and planter beds, creating a green edge that complements the established landscape character of Oxlade Drive and neighbouring Merthyr Park.

New Farm has become one of Brisbane's most sought-after suburbs for developers delivering premium downsizer-focused apartments.

GRAYA has been particularly active in the precinct, completing both Chalk and York in recent years, while construction of Moray House, being delivered for Spyre, is now nearing completion. Architect-turned-developer Joe Adsett recently launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/arcilla-new-farm-by-joe-adsett-28-maxwell-street-new-farm-qld-4005">Arcilla on Maxwell Street</a>, an exclusive collection of just nine apartments.

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First look: Seymour Group returns to New Farm's Oxlade Drive with riverfront apartment plans

A new residential tower will be the first piece of a broader mixed-use precinct set to reshape a prominent Newcastle West site, with local developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/gwh">GWH</a> bringing its <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/cambridge-quarter-newcastle-west-12-denison-street-newcastle-west-nsw-2302">Cambridge Quarter</a> vision to market.

The first release, Tempo, will introduce 87 apartments across a 24-storey tower, marking Stage 1 of the residential component of a larger urban regeneration project planned for the western end of Newcastle's city centre, encompassing the former Cambridge Hotel site.

Positioned on Denison Street, Tempo has been designed as the inaugural building within Cambridge Quarter, a precinct that will ultimately combine apartments, retail activation and revitalised public spaces including the revamping of the Cambridge Hotel.

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The tower will comprise a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments, including layouts with multipurpose rooms, catering to a broad cross-section of owner-occupiers. Apartment sizes range from around 60 sqm to 192 sqm, with a number of residences oriented to capture views across Newcastle Harbour, the city skyline and coastline.

GWH has emphasised liveability in the design, with open-plan layouts extending to generous balconies and terraces. Residents will have a choice of two interior palettes, while specifications include engineered stone benchtops, SMEG appliances, full-height bathroom tiling and secure building access. Premium upgrade packages will also be available

Multiple rooftop resident retreats will provide communal outdoor space overlooking the harbour and city, offering an elevated amenity layer above the activity of the precinct below.

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The broader Cambridge Quarter vision extends beyond the residential tower itself. Ground-level retail activation and landscaped public areas are planned throughout the precinct, creating a walkable neighbourhood environment connected to the surrounding renewal of Newcastle West. The Cambridge Hotel is also earmarked for future redevelopment into a family-friendly hospitality venue integrated with the new precinct.

The project is strategically positioned within walking distance of Newcastle Interchange, providing access to light rail, regional rail services and direct connections to Sydney. Residents will also be close to Honeysuckle, Newcastle Harbour and the city's beaches and coastal walkways.

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For GWH, Cambridge Quarter represents one of its most significant Newcastle developments to date. The locally based developer, which has operated in the Hunter region since 1995, describes the project as a new chapter in the ongoing transformation of Newcastle West.

GWH Executive Director Jonathan Craig said the project had been shaped by a focus on creating lasting community connections.

"We take pride in creating places that last. Spaces where people feel connected, comfortable and a genuine sense of belonging," Craig said.

"Cambridge Quarter is something we are truly proud of, a place shaped by local knowledge, built with care and designed to be part of Newcastle's next chapter."

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GWH unveils first release at landmark Cambridge Quarter precinct in Newcastle West

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/ss-projects">S&amp;S Projects</a>,&nbsp;Rainbow Bay's busiest developer,&nbsp;has officially lodged plans for the largest development in its booming local portfolio, seeking approval for a further 88 apartments on Boundary Street.

The proposal&nbsp;at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/209-213-boundary-street-coolangatta-qld-4225">209–213 Boundary Street, Coolangatta</a>,&nbsp;marks the next chapter in the developer's transformation of the southern Gold Coast beachside precinct. It will be its fifth in the area, having already delivered Flow, Awaken and Esprit, while construction continues on the 38-apartment Radia. The new project would rise 57 metres above a consolidated 1,518 sqm site, on the same street as Radia and Esprit.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cottee-parker-architects">Cottee Parker</a>, the proposed development comprises 88 two and three-bedroom apartments across a contemporary podium-and-tower form that integrates extensive landscaping from street level through to the rooftop.

The tower would be delivered above a basement and multi-level podium accommodating resident and visitor parking, with the residential component commencing from level three. The design incorporates cascading planting throughout the façade, landscaped podium edges, and deep planting zones along the Boundary Street frontage.

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A key feature of the development is its expansive rooftop wellness and recreation precinct. Plans reveal a resort-style pool deck, gymnasium, sauna, steam room, hot and cold plunge pools, rooftop terraces, barbecue areas and landscaped relaxation spaces positioned to capture views across the southern Gold Coast coastline.

The rooftop wellness focus builds on the vision S&amp;S Projects first outlined when it acquired the site for $20.25 million last year.

"We are taking every advantage to create a truly unique rooftop wellness experience with a natural feel for residents, offering stone features throughout and an underlying theme that emulates a botanical garden," S&amp;S Projects founder and director Paul Gedoun said at the time.

The proposal seeks a 57-metre building height, representing a 50 per cent uplift on the site's mapped 38-metre height limit. Planning documents argue the additional height is consistent with recently approved and emerging towers in the immediate Boundary Street and Rainbow Bay precinct.

Urbis, acting as planning consultant, said the development would provide "88 dwellings, comprising a mix of two and three-bedroom apartments, contributing to housing choice and supply within an established medium to high-rise coastal urban neighbourhood."

The scheme has undergone extensive pre-lodgement consultation with the City of Gold Coast, with the design refined following feedback relating to architectural expression, landscaping, traffic access and podium treatment.

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The architectural team is led by Brisbane-based Cottee Parker, one of Australia's most active residential design studios, with landscape architecture by Dunn + Moran. The consultant team also includes ADG Engineers, Windtech and Acoustic Works.

S&amp;S Projects has become one of the most influential private developers operating on the southern Gold Coast. Since entering Rainbow Bay in 2022, the company has assembled a portfolio exceeding $1 billion in end value, establishing itself as a key player in the area's evolution into a premium apartment destination. Pezet Matheson will again handle the sales for S&amp;S.

Coolangatta is entering another wave of apartment development, following the delivery of several prominent residential projects in recent years.

John Kearney's Immerse Projects will launch&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/kaiya-kirra-beach-5-haig-street-coolangatta-qld-4225">Kaiya on Haig Street</a>&nbsp;soon, meanwhile, Palm Beach-based Sherpa Property Group is preparing to bring its debut Coolangatta development, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/flourish-viver-87-griffith-street-coolangatta-qld-4225">Flourish Viveré</a>, to market later this year, subject to approvals.

First look: S&S Projects proposes 88-apartment wellness tower at Coolangatta's Boundary Street

A landmark former orphanage site in Surrey Hills could be transformed into a new residential community under plans lodged by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/antipodean-land-developments">Antipodean Land Developments</a> that would deliver 76 apartments and townhouses while restoring some of the suburb's most significant heritage buildings.

The burgeoninng Melbourne-based developer has submitted plans for the 9,158 sqm site at 1 Kent Road and 24 Durham Road, home to the former St Joseph's Home for Destitute Children, a historic institutional complex dating back to the late 19th century. The proposal seeks to adaptively reuse several heritage buildings while introducing two new four-storey residential buildings set within extensive landscaped grounds.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/woods-bagot">Woods Bagot</a> and Kerstin Thompson Architects, the project has been conceived as a contemporary residential village embedded within a restored heritage precinct. The development team describes the design approach as "The Village in the Garden," with new buildings positioned among mature landscaping by OCULUS and significant heritage structures.

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The proposal would deliver 76 dwellings comprising a mix of apartments and duplex-style residences, significantly increasing housing supply on one of the largest privately held residential landholdings in Surrey Hills. The development includes 127 car spaces, 24 bicycle spaces and more than 1,000 sqm of communal amenity, with the existing chapel building earmarked for conversion into resident facilities.

According to the planning submission, the project centres on the restoration and adaptive reuse of the site's most significant heritage assets, including the original c.1889 St Joseph's building, the chapel designed by architect Augustus Andrew Fritsch, and the historic brick perimeter walls and entry gates. The proposal also incorporates the retention of other contributory buildings including the former infirmary and school building.

Tract Consultants, in the planning report accompanying the application, said the scheme had been shaped through extensive heritage analysis and design development.

"The shared vision for the Site by the project team has culminated in a scheme which successfully breathes life back into a historic site while delivering upon the objectives of Victoria's Housing Statement in a carefully curated and contextually responsive manner."

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The proposal is being assessed under Victoria's Significant Residential Development with Affordable Housing pathway. As part of the application, three per cent of the project's residential development cost would be contributed to the Social Housing Growth Fund. The development would also provide a diverse mix of one, two and three-bedroom residences targeting a broader range of buyers than typically found in Surrey Hills' detached housing market.

Sustainability initiatives include an anticipated 66 per cent BESS score, natural cross-ventilation to 80 per cent of apartments, 28 per cent deep soil landscaping and a canopy cover outcome exceeding local planning requirements. The proposal also sets aside more than 1,083 sqm for communal indoor and outdoor resident amenity spaces.

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Planning documents describe the property as one of the largest underutilised residential sites in Surrey Hills, arguing it presents a rare opportunity to introduce "missing middle" housing in an established inner-eastern suburb while preserving and revitalising a significant heritage precinct.

Antipodean Land Developments has built a reputation for design-focused residential projects across Melbourne, particularly in the medium-density sector. Previous developments include Neighbourhood in Brunswick East, delivered with Breathe Architecture, and Balfe Park Lane, designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects.

They've been very active in site acquisition as they build out their future development pipeline. They recently launched Thornubury House, 45 apartments above a mix of commercial, retail, and food and beverage tenancies, and have plans for a boutique project in Fitzroy and another <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/vic/antipodean-plan-apartments-for-deepdenes-missing-middle-on-whitehorse-road">"missing middle" project</a> on Deepdene's Whitehorse Road.

First look: Antipodean Land Developments plans heritage-led apartment community in Surrey Hills

Developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/auyin-property-development">Auyin</a> is the latest to turn to the Victorian Government's Development Facilitation Program in an effort to secure approval for its long-planned, mixed-use project in Elsternwick.

In 2018, Auyin lodged plans with Glen Eira City Council for a 14-storey building, however Council approved a reduced eight-storey scheme. A subsequent VCAT appeal in 2019 upheld the eight-storey height limit.

The project was later amended to nine storeys, but Auyin is now seeking to revive something closer to its original vision. The developer argues that the planning context has evolved significantly over the past decade, particularly within the Elsternwick Activity Centre, where higher-density development has increasingly been encouraged along Glen Huntly Road.

The proposal would transform the 1,239 sqm site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/7-12-horne-street-elsternwick-vic-3185">7-15 Horne Street</a>, opposite Elsternwick Railway Station, into a 13-storey residential and retail development designed by CBG Architects, with 40 apartments

The site currently comprises three commercial properties.

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The proposed apartment mix comprises 25 two-bedroom and 15 three-bedroom residences above 200 sqm of retail space at ground level. Residents would have access to a 90 sqm wellness facility, a 351 sqm communal indoor and outdoor terrace on the third level, and extensive landscaped areas throughout the development. A publicly accessible 135 sqm plaza would be created on the north-east corner of the site, providing seating, landscaping, and a new gathering space adjoining Horne Street.

The design adopts a four-storey podium that references the finer-grain character of the surrounding streetscape, with the upper tower recessed behind generous setbacks on all boundaries.

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A key element of the proposal is the reconfiguration and widening of the surrounding laneways. Vehicle access would be retained from Lois Lane, with upgraded pedestrian connections linking Ross Street and Horne Street. The development would provide 58 residential car spaces, two retail car spaces, and 52 bicycle spaces across two basement levels and ground-floor facilities.

Architecturally, the building draws inspiration from the established character of Elsternwick Village. The façade combines dark charcoal brickwork, textured concrete, bronze-toned metal detailing, and extensive planting integrated into podium and tower levels. The design also incorporates a chamfered corner treatment and publicly accessible plaza intended to strengthen pedestrian activity around the station precinct.

Elsternwick's last new development completion was&nbsp;EVA Elsternwick by Pitard late last year. <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/milieu-property">Milieu</a> is working away on its nature-led neighbourhood, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/elsternwick-gardens-by-milieu-8-gordon-street-elsternwick-vic-3185">Elsternwick Gardens</a>, on Gordon Street, with its first stage expected to complete next year.

First look: Auyin seeks mixed-use apartment project in growing Elsternwick Activity Centre

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The property at<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-wa-mount+pleasant-122015062" target="_blank"> </a>84 Bateman Road, Mount Pleasant has been sold for $5.5 million by Mont Property agents Matthew Podesta and Peter Zambotti. 
The house on the 1,040 square metre block received a multimillion dollar renovation before being sold. 
The luxurious house has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a carport with six parking spaces. 
The median house price in Mount Pleasant is $1.12 million according to CoreLogic. 
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The highly credentialed APRA chairman Wayne Byres has upsized homes.
He sold his four bedroom, two bathroom Pymble family home after just ten days on the market having paid $2.9 million just across the road for a five bedroom, three bathroom 2000-built home.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority boss bought the property with wife, Rachel for $1.075 million in 2005, when the median price was approaching $1 million. The banking industry cop took a credit union mortgage in both purchases.
Jane Colyer of Chadwick Real Estate secured $2,225,000 with the suburb median now exceeding $2 million.
They added a solar heated chlorine swimming pool to the 670 sqm block.
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APRA chairman Wayne Byres upsizes homes

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The flamboyant former adman John Singleton has expanded his Mount White holdings on the NSW Central Coast with plans to become a gardening entreprenuer.
He's spent $1.5 million on a 10 hectare nursery property with very scenic dam.
Offered for the first time since 1973, the private bushy block has been operating as Princeton Nurseries, a long established wholesale plant nursery producing tube stock and landscape lines.
There's a two bedroom log cabin and also a mud brick office building.
There are two shades houses and two glass houses.
The sale by the Miles family was secured by Garth and Brett Hunter of Raine &amp; Horne Terrigal-Avoca Beach.
Singo initially bought into Mount White in 1994 when he spent $760,000 on a nine hectare plot.
He further expanded his holding by purchasing a 20 hectare parcel down the road for $615,000 in 2000.
Mt White is where he has his Glenn Murcutt-designed Strawberry Hill Stud, one of Australia's most successful boutique breeding facilities. The horse heaven is a 75-minute drive from Sydney.
The Macquarie Radio shareholder remains one of the key advocates for the Central Coast, expressing concerns recently that it was brimming with new housing estates, but too few jobs.
I suspect he will turn the nursery into something of an retail attraction with restaurant so travellers are tempted to take the turnoff from the M1.
Singo recently ended his decade-long ownership of Killcare's boutique hotel Bells selling to his business partners, Brian and Karina Barry
The adman also secured a $4.5 million sale of his little used Killcare beach house last year, the second most expensive home in the suburb, but continues to own at nearby Pretty Beach.
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The top sale for the week ending 3 July was a four bedroom, three bathroom home in the New South Wales suburb of Henley according to CoreLogic.
The property, 27 Dick Street, sold for $5,900,000 through Ward Partners.
Top Ten
27 Dick Street,Henley, NSW 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car house $5,900,000 Ward Partners 
12 Newton Road, Strathfield, NSW 6 bed, 6 bath, 2 car house $4,290,000 Devine Real Estate Strathfield 
54 Seaview Terrace, Sunshine Beach, Qld 5 bed, 4 bath, 3 car house $3,900,000 Tom Offermann Noosa Heads 
3 Elvina Street, Dover Heights, NSW 4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car house $3,650,000 LJ Levi Real Estate Rose Bay 
22 Bromley Avenue, Pymble, NSW 5 bed, 4 bath, 3 car house $3,460,000 Chadwick Real Estate Pymble 
141 Jefferson Lane, Palm Beach, Qld 4 bed, 4 bath, 2 car house $3,300,000 McGrath Estate Agents 
92 Daley Avenue, Daleys Point, NSW 5 bed, 7 bath, 4 car house $2,800,000 Domain Property Group 
30 Kardella Avenue, Killara, NSW 4 bed, 2 bath, 3 car house $2,770,000 McConnell Bourn Lindfield 
31 Waterline Crescent, Bulimba, QlD 4 bed, 2 bath, 2 car house $2,750,000 Adcock Prestige Brisbane 
1/23 Addison Road, Manly, NSW 3 bed, 2 bath, 2 car unit $2,695,000 Cunninghams Property Balgowlah 
 
 
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Francesca Packer Barham, fashion curator and daughter of heiress Gretel Packer and English financier Nicholas Barham, has bought a highrise Elizabeth Bay apartment.
Her $2.1 million was an off market purchase in the pet friendly, Encore.
It was sold by the investment company of the Odillo Maher family, with major shareholders being the financier Tim Odillo Maher and his fashionista wife, Victoria Montano.
It is expected Barham Packer will spruce the apartment up given she is competing an interior design course which sees her follow in the footsteps of her mother who was into interior design when she co-ran Barham and Bragg Design.
Rising 15 levels above Elizabeth Bay Road, Encore comprises 78 luxury apartments in the 2003 Mirvac development. The Packer purchase is a two bedroom 155 sqm apartment with views over Rushcutters Bay.
It was once the site of the Sebel hotel, the former haunt of early celebrity with the likes of Elton John staying there. The complex was named after the hotel's restaurant.
Initial off the plan prices in 2001 ranged from $500,000 for a one-bedroom unit to $4 million-plus for a penthouse. The Packer apartment first sold at $980,000, then at $1,625,000 in 2012.
When last marketed it was billed as flooded with north-east sunshine with floor-to-ceiling glass framing views of "parklands, bobbing boats and the glittering harbour."
"A short walk to cafes, shops, parks, transport and lifestyle, this cosmopolitan apartment is big on quality and style," the sales spiel said.
She has recently broken up with her Melbourne beau, so Melbourne estate agents are wondering what she'll being doing with her recent South Yarra purchase.
The Sydney Confidential reported she'd quit Melbourne having split with property developer Kelli Holland earlier this year. 
Her purchase was a rather pricey Fawkner Park, South Yarra house that cost around $6 million last October.
Her financier was a company directed by her mum, Gretel. 
Set in a cluster of some of Melbourne's finest homes, the prominent freestanding Victorian residence hadn't traded since 1990 when it sold for $1.2 million.
Continuing the era behind its Victorian facade are two grand reception rooms, an arched hallway, tall ceilings, marble fireplaces mantles and raw timber doors.
The stately four bedroom home - one with Juliet balcony - also has a home office.
Francesca is the eldest grandchild of the late media tycoon Kerry Packer and his widow, Ros. Packer Barham, who has been studying psychology at the University of Sydney, has been living at Double Bay with her three dogs - Louis, Elizabeth Taylor and Minnie Mouse.
Prior to that was the Bellevue Hill mini compound of her mother, next to Gretel's 1919 home, Wiston.
It was a $4 million purchase of an adjoining house which the Packer's bought from the Fairfax family in 2013.
Her grandmother Ros lives at nearby Cairnton, the huge compound whose ownership dates back to 1935 when Sir Frank Packer started to buy up some hillside property.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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The former radio presenter Brigette Duclos sold her 1900 Melbourne home at auction earlier this month for $3.63 million.
She bought the five bedroom Edwardian home in Middle Park for $2,012,500 when she was the Triple M breakfast show host.
Her most recent stint was as Brig &amp; Lehmo on Gold 104.3 for three years until late 2015. 
Her media career started as a reporter for Channel Ten in the 1980s, then as newsreader at Triple M. The property on 300 sqm sold through Greg Hocking and John Holdsworth of Greg Hocking Holdsworth.
This article was first published in the Weekend Australian Mansion Australia property section.
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Brigitte Duclos sells in Middle Park 

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Dual international Craig Wing has quickly sold his former Centennial Park home.
Just back from playing rugby union for five years in Japan, along with the recent World Cup, Wing figured the 1900 terrace was too big for him.
Spread over <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.ourestates.com.au/15599085" target="_blank">two levels on a 210 sqm parcel</a>, the home has four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
Adam Regan and Dean Emerson of Our Estates had an asking price of $2.85 million for the terrace that cost $1.3 million in 2003 when he was playing in the NRL for the Sydney Rooster.
Wing, who has done some media work since being back in Sydney, retains his Bondi apartment which cost $666,000 in 2004.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Dual international Craig Wing sells Centennial Park home

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A newly built Pakington Street, St Kilda residence fetched $1.678 million at its weekend auction.
A couple with a two-year-old outlasted four other bidders to buy the new three-bedroom home, according to The Herald Sun.
The contemporary three-storey house easily eclipsed its $1.4 million reserve.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-st+kilda-122791430" target="_blank">The 35 Pakington Street offering</a> came with double garaging with turntable.
St Kilda's median house price is $941,000, according to CoreLogic.
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There was a $1.87 million sale at auction last weekend when arts festival veteran Josephine Ridge sold her Edgecliff apartment.
The top floor walkup in the tightly held Art Deco block, Mount Stewart had been listed through Phillip Pantzer Donnelley agents Debbie Donnelley and Nick Quigley with $1.7 million price guidance.
Ridge, who recently completed a three year term as artistic director of the Melbourne arts festival, is off to Toronto, Canada to run the Luminato festival. 
Ridge has three decades working in the arts world, best known for her 10 years at the Sydney Festival, following jobs at Melbourne's Playbox theatre, the Australian Opera, Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Ballet.
The house size Edgecliff Rd apartment has three bedrooms and two living rooms.
Reminiscent of a New York brownstone, the eight eight apartment Mount Stewart complex was built in 1916 resplendent with Queensland maple panelling.
It was designed by architects Halligan and Wilton.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Arts festival veteran Josephine Ridge sells Edgecliff apartment

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The couple behind The Film Company, Richard and Lisa Keddie secured $760,500 when 3 Park Place in South Melbourne sold earlier this month.
The one-bedroom loft apartment, with study, had been auctioned with a price guide of $580,000-plus.
The Keddies’ company has produced films including Oddball, starring Shane Jacobson, and Little Fish, with Cate Blanchett.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-south+melbourne-122646638" target="_blank">The apartment</a>, positioned atop a shop, is dual-zoned for a home/office setup.
Its kitchen flows on to an outdoor deck.
Matthew Grima and Sam Friend of Marshall White One, Armadale, are handling the listing.
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