The residential transformation of St Kilda Road is set to continue into with more new apartment plans for the sought-after boulevard.

Wing Tai Asia has lodged plans for a major residential tower at 464-466 St Kilda Road, replacing the former VACC House with an 18-storey mixed-use development designed around a retained heritage podium and a sculpted contemporary tower.

The proposal, prepared under Victoria’s Significant Residential Development with Affordable Housing pathway, would deliver 325 apartments and ground-floor retail across the prominent 4,653 sqm boulevard site in Melbourne’s St Kilda Road North Precinct.

The project centres on the adaptive reuse of the site’s heritage-listed VACC Building, an eight-storey office designed by Bernard Evans that has occupied the address for decades. Planning documents state the development would involve “carefully dismantling and conserving off-site the original metal fabric of the podium visible from St Kilda Road,” before reinstating it as the defining frontage of the new scheme.

Above the restored podium, Wing Tai is proposing a curvilinear residential tower. The scheme includes 172 one-bedroom apartments, 63 two-bedroom apartments, 66 three-bedroom apartments, and 24 four-bedroom apartments, alongside two ground-floor food and beverage tenancies fronting St Kilda Road.

The tower has been designed with substantial articulation and variable setbacks to minimise perceived bulk and maintain view corridors along the boulevard. Urbis, which prepared the planning report, said the design “has been significantly articulated through a curvilinear design” with “an interplay with materials, façade expression and depth” to create visual separation and visual interest.

The proposal also includes 254 basement car spaces, landscaped pedestrian links connecting St Kilda Road and Queens Lane, and a biophilic landscape strategy featuring canopy trees, raised planters, cascading greenery and a glass oculus pool overlooking the eastern frontage.

Planning documents confirm the $270.1 million development will contribute 3 per cent of project costs to the Social Housing Growth Fund as part of the application process.

Wing Tai acquired the St Kilda Road property in 2018 alongside Abacus Property Group for $95.38 million, before later consolidating ownership of the site. The property previously served as the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce headquarters for around 60 years.

The transformation of the St Kilda Rd boulevard is already beginning to materialise, with a number of high-profile projects recently completed, launched, or approaching launch as developers continue to back the long-term appeal of the precinct.

Among the most notable recent completions is Louise by Samuel Property Group, just off the strip on Queens Lane, the same pocket Hirsch &amp; Faigen recently launched The Queensbury. Mirvac is too on the same street with The Albertine, which is approaching completion.

Dexus recently secured approval for its slice of St Kilda Road, while Gurner also has approved plans for the precinct.

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Wing Tai unveils 325-apartment St Kilda Road tower on former VACC House site

Malaysian developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/s-p-setia">SP Setia</a> is the latest to jump into St Leonards booming Transport Oriented Development precinct.

The developer, which has previously delivered Sapphire by the Gardens apartment development in Melbourne, identified the Atchison Street site in 2023. It filed a Scoping Report around 12 months ago, and now has revealed the designs for the new&nbsp;40-storey mixed-use tower.

The State Significant Development Application covers <a href="https://next-portal.urban.com.au/projects/14650/summary">20-22 Atchison Street</a>, a 1,374 sqm site positioned between St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">COX Architecture</a>, the project would deliver 181 apartments, above a four-storey commercial podium, five basement levels, and new public domain works along Mitchell Street. The apartment mix comprises 35 one-bedroom apartments, 39 one-bedroom-plus-study apartments, 85 two-bedroom apartments, and 22 three-bedroom residences.

The proposal has been lodged as a shop-top housing development under the NSW Government’s TOD planning pathway, which allows increased density around key transport infrastructure. The site sits within the recently rezoned Crows Nest Accelerated TOD Precinct.

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SP Setia acquired the Atchison Street site as part of its continued expansion into the Australian apartment market. In comments made to City &amp; Country (The Edge Malaysia) in 2023, SP Setia President and CEO Datuk Choong Kai Wai described the acquisition as “a strategic move” aligned with the group’s post-pandemic market recovery strategy.

“Our target for this exceptional development is local and overseas buyers, including first-home buyers, downsizers and investors,” Choong said.

The tower has been designed as a slender vertical form rising from a mixed-use podium, with COX Architecture positioning the development as a response to the evolving St Leonards and Crows Nest skyline.

“The purpose of the project is to facilitate the delivery of high-quality housing at a strategically located site and deliver a built tower outcome that is consistent with the desired future character of St Leonards and aligns with the TOD controls,” the design report stated.

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The podium would incorporate retail uses fronting Atchison Street, commercial tenancies, landscaped communal areas, and pedestrian improvements along Mitchell Street. Vehicle access and loading would be consolidated via Atchison Lane.

Residents would have access to more than 665 sqm of communal indoor and outdoor spaces, while the development proposes 96 parking spaces across five basement levels.

The proposal also includes a commitment for 10 per cent of residential floor space to be allocated toward affordable housing through a monetary contribution.

COX said the tower form responds directly to the emerging high-density character of the precinct while seeking to maximise solar access, cross ventilation, and outlook from apartments.

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“The building is orientated towards north,” the Apartment Design Guide compliance report noted, adding that the tower’s slim form was driven by the constrained inner-urban site dimensions.

The design also incorporates landscaped setbacks and communal open space at podium level, intended to soften the interface with surrounding streets and improve pedestrian amenity.

The project adds to a growing wave of redevelopment proposals reshaping St Leonards and Crows Nest following the opening of the Sydney Metro City line and the NSW Government’s push for higher-density housing around major transport nodes.

Last week Stockland filed plans just down the road. They want to build a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/601-pacific-highway-st-leonards-nsw-2065">52-storey tower on Pacific Highway</a>.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">First look: Stockland plans 52-storey, 538-apartment St Leonards tower&nbsp;</a>

First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> has revealed plans for a new mixed-use tower at 10 Dangar Street, Wickham, advancing a proposal that would reshape the southern gateway to Newcastle’s city centre with one of the city’s tallest residential buildings.

The State Significant Development proposal, now on exhibition, seeks approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/bowline-10-dangar-street-wickham-nsw-2293">43-storey tower</a> immediately adjacent to the Newcastle Interchange. The project would deliver around 200 apartments, including 42 affordable housing dwellings, alongside 99 co-living units, a 171-room hotel, retail space, and new public domain integrated through the site.

The scheme marks a significant escalation of plans previously approved for the site. Urban Property Group took over the prominent 2,904 sqm parcel, where excavation and demolition had already commenced under an earlier consent for a 14-storey mixed-use development.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/sjb-architects">SJB</a>, the tower has been conceived as a landmark transit-oriented development anchored to the Newcastle Interchange precinct. The proposal includes 245 build-to-sell apartments across a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom residences, as well as two penthouses. Fifteen apartments and one operational unit are earmarked for NDIS housing. The co-living component would add a further 99 units, while the podium would accommodate retail uses and hotel facilities.

SJB said the site presents “a valuable opportunity to anchor the precinct by setting the standard for design, active ground planes and character at the key southern gateway.”

The architecture responds directly to the site’s position beside major transport infrastructure and within one of Newcastle’s fastest-evolving urban renewal precincts. The tower form sits above a sculpted podium designed to frame new public spaces, including a through-site pedestrian link connecting Station Street to Hannell Street, landscaped plazas, and activated retail edges.

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The design report describes the project as part of the broader transition of Wickham into “a vibrant, high-quality mixed-use urban precinct” that leverages proximity to the station, open space, and regional connectivity.

A detailed public art strategy has also been prepared for the development. The strategy positions the project as “a transit-oriented development of state significance at the gateway to Newcastle’s city centre” and outlines a series of integrated artworks responding to Newcastle’s industrial and transport heritage.

Creative Road’s curatorial framework for the project, titled Unveil, draws on “stratified surfaces, carved volumes, and light-filled apertures” while referencing Newcastle’s transformation from an industrial city into a contemporary education and technology hub.

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The proposal is being advanced through the NSW Housing Delivery Authority pathway after being declared State Significant Development in June 2025. The accompanying scoping report states the development aims to “maximise the site’s proximity to the Newcastle Interchange by delivering transit-oriented development” while increasing housing supply and affordable housing provision within the Newcastle LGA.

Urban Property Group’s plans align with the long-term strategic vision established under the Wickham Master Plan, which identified the interchange precinct as suitable for substantial uplift in height and density. The current proposal would significantly intensify that vision, positioning the tower among the tallest developments proposed for Newcastle.

The site sits immediately north of the Newcastle Interchange, bounded by Dangar Street, Hannell Street, and Charles Street. It is surrounded by a rapidly growing cluster of residential towers and mixed-use projects that have emerged following the completion of the light rail and transport interchange.

First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s latest tower at Wickham interchange

Bottega House has completed settlement of a landmark riverfront site in Macquarie Street, St Lucia, representing its first major Brisbane development.&nbsp;

Positioned on the banks of the Brisbane River, the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/180-macquarie-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">premium site at 180 Macquarie Street</a> features uninterrupted river frontage in one of Brisbane’s most tightly held residential precincts.&nbsp;

The proposed development, currently under assessment with Brisbane City Council, has been designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/plus-studio">Plus Studio</a> with interiors by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/interior-designers/mim-design">Mim Design</a> and will deliver a boutique collection of premium residences positioned specifically for owner occupiers and downsizers.&nbsp;

The residences are set to redefine luxury apartment living in the area, with a focus on architectural quality, refined finishes, landscape integration and elevated amenities including curated wellness facilities, resort-style pools and recreation spaces rarely seen in the local market.&nbsp;

Exclusive sales for the project will be led by Keenan &amp; Byrne, ahead of an anticipated launch later this year.&nbsp;

Bottega House Managing Director Nick Malloch said the project reflects the group’s ambition to deliver a highly curated residential offering within one of Brisbane’s most tightly held precincts.&nbsp;

“This is an incredibly rare riverfront opportunity and one we have approached with a long-term perspective,” Malloch said.&nbsp;

“Our vision from the outset was to create a boutique collection of residences that feel more like private homes than traditional apartments, with generous proportions, refined finishes and exceptional amenity throughout."

Malloch says there is a&nbsp;lack of premium owner-occupier stock of this quality in the market, particularly for downsizers wanting space, privacy and a true lifestyle offering without compromise.&nbsp;

"Demand is expected to be strong given the scarcity of premium riverfront opportunities of this nature within Brisbane’s inner-west."&nbsp;

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The arrival of the first piling rig officially marks the commencement of construction at SIERA’s new beachside apartment development, Exhale, in Northcliffe.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/exhale-surfers-paradise-8-enderley-avenue-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Exhale</a>, a glass-encased tower featuring 54 large-scale apartments at 8 Enderley Avenue, is SIERA’s third Gold Coast development. It follows the recently completed PIPIS Bilinga beachfront project, which achieved suburb-record prices, and the soon-to-be-completed Chevron Island development, Tapestry.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/siera">SIERA</a> Founder and Managing Director Brent Thompson said the arrival of the piling rig represented a significant milestone for the development, which is scheduled for completion in late 2028.

Over the next month, around 260 piles are expected to be installed as work progresses on the basement structure. The building is anticipated to rise above ground level early next year, before unveiling its sculptural glass curtain wall, developed in collaboration with specialist façade engineers.

“The façade was designed to maximise panoramic coastal views while creating a distinctive architectural identity,” Thompson said.

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Designed by BDA Architecture, Exhale will comprise just 54 two- and three-bedroom residences across 26 levels, a level of low-density living rarely delivered in this beachside pocket between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.

The project has been conceived as a resident-only building, with no short-stay accommodation permitted. SIERA says the model is intended to appeal to long-term owner-occupiers rather than transient holiday demand.

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Residences have been designed with large-format layouts and expansive glazing, with most apartments featuring more than 30 metres of glass frontage to maximise natural light and ocean views.

The amenity offering spans two levels and centres on wellness and lifestyle, including a heated magnesium pool, sauna, yoga and Pilates studio, gymnasium, private dining facilities, cinema lounge, and dedicated surfcraft storage.

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More than half of the apartments have already sold. SIERA has also opened a sales gallery for Exhale at its Chevron Island commercial premises, near its Tapestry tower and the site of its second Chevron Island apartment development, which is slated to launch in early 2027.
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A Beachfront Soldiers Point estate with an international award winning multi zoned pool has been sold for $3.05 million.
The homes seven bedrooms and five bathrooms are spread across three levels.
Situated at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-soldiers+point-132433054" target="_blank">21 Soldiers Point Road</a>, Bonnie Roosendaal and Sherry Christian of Raine And Horne marketed the abode.
Built in 2006 for $1.5 million, the trophy home holds panoramic ocean views.
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It features its own home theatre and gymnasium.
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Beachfront Soldiers Point estate sold for $3 million

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A six-bedroom trophy home, for sale on the Pelican Waters waterfront, is expected to set a new suburb record of more than $4 million.
Lucas Jeffries, of Henzells Agency, is marketing the property at 6 Rainbow Lane, which he says epitomises the “finest in palatial, resort-style living”.
“This HIA Sunshine Coast Home of the Year occupies a prime 1180 square metre site on prestigious Rainbow Lane including 67 metres of absolute canal frontage and large private pontoon for boating access to Pumicestone Passage and Caloundra Heads,” he said.
“Combining Balinese influences with contemporary coastal sophistication, the home features rich natural timbers and beautiful stonework creating a relaxed, resort-style oasis in one of South East Queensland’s premier water-based communities.”
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Mr Jeffries said offers over $4 million were being sought, which would eclipse the previous residential sales record of $3 million paid for a four-bedroom home on Pelican Waters Boulevard in November.
With 6 Rainbow Lane, Tim Christopher from Christopher Design Group and interior designer, Mark Gacesa of UltraSpace, collaborated to meet the client’s brief of creating the feeling of being on a permanent holiday.
The home features a boardwalk entry, stepping stones and designer pavilion framing a private beach. A network of paths and bridges over pools and ponds enhance the resort-like stylisation of the property.
Highlights include a home theatre, executive office, gymnasium, and 1000 litre marine aquarium.
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It also offers a 12-person spa, daybed and garden islands, bar with beer on tap, teppanyaki cooking and dining area, terrace, outdoor lounge and the 14 metre ocean-access pontoon.
The address is located minutes from the Caloundra CBD, and a one-hour commute from Brisbane.
The future Pelican Waters Town Centre and Marina, Greg Norman-designed Golf Course, pristine beaches, University Hospital precinct and a range of quality primary and secondary schools are all within walking distance.
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Waterfront Pelican Waters home set to sell for suburb record

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The Armadale trophy Moorak, that had been held by the Salter family for nearly six decades, has sold to a local buyer in a hotly contested private auction.
The property last traded for £20,000 in 1961. 
Abercromby's agents Jock Langley and Emma Pierson sold the property that was constructed in 1888 for warehouseman William Walker.
The Italianate style home with squat entry tower has four bedrooms and two bathrooms.
A swimming pool and a coach house are set amid the 1,925 square metre grounds.
The garden features soaring trees, flowers and fruit gardens.
"The house represents the affluent and turbulent settlement of these boom era estates," the Victorian Heritage Register reads.
"Every city has them – those handful of homes in those handful of streets that evoke a sense of yearning from just about everyone who passes by," Langley said.
“Moral oozes heritage, provenance, nostalgia and an understanding that they simply don’t, and can’t, make them like this anymore."
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian.
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Armadale trophy home Moorak sold after nearly six-decade ownership

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Glen Mahr, the late 1800s Hunters Hill trophy home, has sold for an undisclose price.
When the home sold its price was has been cut to $6.88 million.
It initially had a $7.3 million guide.
The Margaret Street house, located on the border of Woolwich, was built by Christopher McClure, a contractor, in the 1890s.
The Sands Directory listed him living in the home.
The Victorian sandstone residence, set on over 2,015 sqm with established gardens, sits at the end of a circular drive. There's a pool in the grounds.
Last traded for $2.9 million in 2001, Glen Mahr has five bedrooms, grand formal living and dining rooms and expansive wrap around verandahs with views of the water to the bridge.
BresicWhitney Hunters Hill agents Nicholas McEvoy and Narelle Scott had a scheduled October 26 auction.
 
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Hunters Hill trophy Glen Mahr sold after price cut

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Westpac board member Steve Harker has sold his waterfront Point Piper home for about $40 million.
The unconfirmed off market price is nearly double the year’s next high-end sale result in Rose Bay.
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<div id="adspot-1x1_300x250-pos-2" class="ad">The buyer, start-up investor Alexandra Jakob and her entrepreneur partner, Gabriel Jakob live nearby.</div>
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<div class="ad">It has been reported the agents were Christie's International and LJH. </div>
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<div class="ad">The property last traded in 1993 for $2.01 million.</div>
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<div class="ad">It is on the same bay where expat lawyer Sarah Cooke, who resides in London’s Holland Park with her hedge fund husband Dominic Redfern, <a href="/news/aussie-john-symond-set-for-new-point-piper-neighbours--44294">was thought to be set to seek $40 million buyer</a>s.</div>
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<div class="ad">Cooke actually wants $60 million according to the local paper, The Wentworth Courier at its November 23 auction.</div>
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<div class="ad">A $23.5 million Rose Bay harbourfront sale had been in top spot having sold to lawyer Amanda Banton through Ben Collier of The Agency.</div>
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$40 million Point Piper sale breaks prestige sales famine

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Google Asia-Pacific head of travel Hermione Joye and her partner, the fintech wealth management director Tim Neville, have emerged as the buyers of the redundant Palm Beach weekender of fund manager Rob Luciano.
They paid $4.4 million for the hillside Florida Road retreat, which they will use to holiday in when away from their Singapore base.
The four-bedroom home took around a year to sell, during which Luciano’s price hopes fell.
For many years Joye holidayed at Kalua, the family’s plantation-style Palm Beach home, which was sold for $22 million in 2012 to car dealer Laurie Sutton.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
 
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The newly appointed NSW Governor Margaret Beazley has sold her Lavender Bay family home.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-lavender+bay-131565610" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bay View Street</a> property had a price guide of $11.5 million.
Beazley bought it in 1989 for $1.3 million.
There were 45 inspections in the first week.
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The elevated family home comes with panoramic views of the waters, Harbour Bridge and Opera House.
It comprises five bedrooms, modern gas kitchen, lounge, dining room, library, and court gardens.
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It's just a stroll to McMahons Point Village with boutiques, restaurants and bars, Lavender Bay Ferry, buses, and North Sydney Station. 
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Seabell, one of the earliest homes ever built in Palm Beach, has been listed for sale for the first time in 100 years.
The Pacific Road estate was home to the late insurance industry veteran Laurie Seaman.
Seaman's grandfather built the sandstone home in 1918 when there were only four other houses on the hill overlooking Palm Beach and Pittwater.
Seaman died in a skiing accident in Charlotte’s Pass in 1928, along with his friend, Evan Hayes. It was the first skiing fatality in the history of the Australian Alps.
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Built with stone quarried on site, the striking three level classic sandstone cottage on 2,070 sqm still features its large sandstone fireplaces, original hardwood floors and beamed ceilings.
There are five bedrooms, a home office and a freestanding artists' studio.
A number of dining terraces capture the views.  
The gardens, which featured on Burke's Backyard, have been expanded over the years.
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Laurie opened the gardens for groups of senior sand disabled people who couldn't visit parks and reserves.
He would walk them through the meandering paths and over the drawbridge that he installed.  
Ray White Palm Beach agent Noel Nicholson has a guide of $5 million for its August 29 auction. 
 
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Seabell, one of Palm Beach's earliest homes, listed for $5 million

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Although there’s plenty of stock on market, it has been a busy winter for prestige hobby farm sales in the NSW Southern Highlands.
Topping the list of whisper quiet sales has been Widgee Waa, which was offered by the retired merchant banker turned green finance advocate Mark Burrows.
He’s retained Sugarloaf Farm, with its acclaimed garden with Wollemi pine, but reputedly ­secured a very bullish $14.5 million for Widgee Waa. The price just falls short of the $15 million Southern Highlands record.
Widgee Waa, set on 150ha at East Kangaloon, is an aggregation built up over 31 years, since around the time when Burrows was head of investment bank advisory Baring Brothers Burrows.
The property has cattle farming infrastructure, a manager’s cottage plus stable facilities for a significant brood mare and thoroughbred horse operation.
It was listed by Christies International agent Ken Jacobs in conjunction with Meares &amp; Co agent Chris Meares.
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The 200ha property Comfort Hill at Sutton Forest that sold to the late international television show veteran Reg Grundy in 2007 retains the record of $15 million in the Highlands. Last month Pepper Tree Creek Estate, one of Kangaloon’s oldest properties, sold for $6.7 million to the Sartorel family through Di Jones agent Kate McCullagh.
The 30ha property was established in 1862, around the time the early settlers of Kangaloon and Robertson areas started purchasing land.
Its stone cottage, plus out buildings and dry stones walls, including a quaint dairy, were built during that time. A team of landscapers, builders, horticulturalists and green keepers recreated the estate.
There are 40-plus offerings priced at $3 million or over on­ ­realestate.com.au.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Finance veteran Mark Burrows sells Widgee Waa for around $14.5 million

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Rob Luciano, the most talked about hedge fund manager in Sydney, has finally sold his spare weekender at Palm Beach.
Luciano’s hillside Florida Rd retreat, which he purchased for $3.3 million in 2015, took a year to sell at around $4.4 million.
It was redundant after he bought on the Ocean Road dress circle, spending $18 million last July for the townhouse style project of Hardie Grant chairman John Gerahty and wife Patricia.
It was part of the Deaton family’s now subdivided Tropique estate.
Luciano scrapped plans for an upgrade of Mosman homes after his big acquisition.
His VGI Partners has done nicely after its ASX debut last month, trading on Friday at $12.10 per share, more than double its $5.50-per-share price in the initial public offering.
Luciano, the son of a hotel pianist and a schoolteacher who founded VGI in 2008 after a stint at Caledonia Investments, holds shares worth $492 million.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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