Local developer Harridan is seeking to turn its Woolloongabba apartment project into the first stage of a broader transformation of Burke Street, using a new 16-storey mixed-use building to establish a greener pedestrian connection toward the rapidly evolving Boggo Road transport and knowledge precinct.

The South East Queensland developer has filed plans for 154 apartments on the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/4-burke-street-woolloongabba-qld-4102">southern side of Burke Street</a>, where its proposal has been designed alongside a wider vision by LatStudios for the street.

That vision positions the southern side of Burke Street for buildings of 15 storeys and above, while envisaging lower-rise development of up to five storeys on the northern side to transition into Woolloongabba's existing character housing. It also proposes wider pedestrian verges, deep planting, new street trees and upgrades to the pedestrian approach to Boggo Road Station.

The Harridan development itself has been designed by Brisbane-based Arqus Design and will comprise 154 apartments across 16 storeys. The mix is weighted heavily toward two-bedroom apartments, with 121 proposed alongside 10 one-bedroom and 23 three-bedroom residences. There will typically be around 14 units per floor.

A lower-ground car park and three podium levels will accommodate 156 resident parking spaces, along with visitor and commercial parking. There will also be 154 resident bicycle spaces and 40 visitor bicycle parks.

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Harridan is a family-owned developer and part of the Holmwood Highgate Group, with more than three decades of development activity across South East Queensland. Its portfolio spans residential, commercial and industrial property, with current residential projects including Riverbank on Byron in Bulimba, Esperance Residences in Carina and The Precinct at Kinross Road in Thornlands.

Wooloongabba has been popular for apartment developers, particularly since the announcement of the 2032 Summer Olympics games in Brisbane.

While there have been a lot of development applications, it has failed to materialize into real supply.&nbsp;

Sarazin has been the major player in the area. They are under construction at Murcia Residences, on the fringe of East Brisbane and Woolloongabba. They have just launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-stanley-residences-woolloongabba-8-trafalgar-street-woolloongabba-qld-4102">The Stanley Residences</a>, in Woolloongabba on Trafalagar Street. They also have Nuage coming soon on the nearby <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nuage-woolloongabba-14-wellington-road-woolloongabba-qld-4102">Wellington Road</a>.

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First look: Harridan plans Burke Street transformation beside Boggo Road transport hub

IN BRIEF

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	Just three double-storey Sky Homes sit at the top of The Waterline, each with its own private marina berth and rooftop terrace.
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	Construction on The Waterline is complete, with the first residents expected to move in from mid-October.
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Lewis Land has opened the first completed sky home for inspection at Harbour Shores, giving buyers their first opportunity to step inside one of just three double-storey residences crowning The Waterline.

Each sky home comes with its own private marina berth, rooftop terrace and Broadwater views, combining the scale of a larger home with direct access to the boating lifestyle that underpins the wider <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/harbour-shores-biggera-waters-564-oxley-drive-biggera-waters-qld-4216">Harbour Shores</a> masterplan.

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Lewis Land Head of Development Michael Long said the inclusion of a berth with every Sky Home had become increasingly valuable as marina access across the Gold Coast tightened.

“Marina berths are becoming increasingly difficult to secure across the Gold Coast, so including one with every Sky Home makes this a genuinely rare offering,” Long said.

“The private 70-berth marina will accommodate boats up to 12 metres in length and is positioned just 2.5 kilometres from the Broadwater, placing the open ocean only 15 minutes away.

“Being able to step out of your home onto your boat is a rare luxury, and it’s something residents here can look forward to when it opens later this year.”

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The display opening comes as construction completes on The Waterline, with the first residents expected to move in from mid-October.

The three Sky Homes range from 282 sqm to 367 sqm and each feature three bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones, expansive kitchens with butler's pantries and large balconies taking in the Broadwater outlook.

Each residence also has three secure basement car spaces and additional storage.

“This is the first opportunity the Gold Coast has had to step into Harbour Shores and see, touch and feel what we’re bringing to life here,” Long said.

“There are only three Sky Homes within The Waterline, ranging in size from 282sqm to 367sqm, with each residence featuring three large bedrooms, three bathrooms, multiple living zones, expansive custom-built kitchens with butler’s pantry, and large balconies capturing Broadwater views.”

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Residents of The Waterline will have access to a private pool, along with Harbour Shores' wider collection of amenity including a lagoon pool, social clubhouse, tennis court, gym, yoga facilities and sauna.

Lewis Land partnered with Studio Collective to furnish the completed display, with the interiors designed to demonstrate how the residences could function as permanent homes rather than simply as show apartments.

Studio Collective Director Melissa Park said the surrounding waterways informed the interiors, but in a more restrained way than a traditional coastal scheme.

“We drew inspiration from the canals and coastal surrounds, but our approach was to interpret that subtly through layered materials and a grounded palette of earthy tones, rather than literal coastal references,” Park said.

“We introduced hero moments of green and teal to reference the surrounding waterways, while mirrored elements help reflect natural light.

“The result is a residence that feels elevated yet comfortable, somewhere buyers can genuinely imagine themselves living, entertaining and unwinding.”

Sky Homes are priced from $3.65 million.

Lewis Land is also offering private marina berths with The Residences, its limited collection of three and four-bedroom villas positioned directly along the Harbour Shores waterfront boardwalk.

Three-bedroom villas are priced from $2.99 million, while four-bedroom residences start from $3.19 million.

Harbour Shores is being marketed by Colliers International.

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Lewis Land opens sky home display as The Waterline completes at Harbour Shores

St Vincent de Paul Society Housing Australia has filed plans for a major mixed-use housing precinct on the southern edge of the North Sydney CBD, adding another significant proposal to a pocket around North Sydn​ey Station that is quickly becoming one of the LGA's busiest development zones.

The State Significant Development Application covers a 5,990 sqm site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/1-19-mackenzie-street-lavender-bay-nsw-2060">1-19 MacKenzie Street and 211 Blues Point Road in Lavender Bay</a>, immediately south of Nor​th Sydney Station and between the commercial core and the lower-rise Lavender Bay Heritage Conservation Area.

Designed by Wardle, the proposal would deliver a new residential tower comprising 88 build-to-sell apartments and 19 affordable apartments, alongside a separate co-living building with 57 rooms and a building manager's studio.

It would also see the significant restoration and upgrade of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, the adaptive reuse of the former school building, new parish facilities, retail, a new public square and around 1,000 sqm of publicly accessible open space.

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The project is seeking a concurrent rezoning of the site to R4 High Density Residential and an increase in the maximum building height to allow a tower reaching RL120, or up to 20 storeys. The proposal was progressed through the NSW Government's Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

The build-to-sell component will be weighted toward larger apartments, with just six one-bedroom apartments compared with 31 two-beds, 43 three-beds and eight four-bedroom residences.

The 19 affordable apartments will comprise two studios, 15 one-bedroom apartments and two two-bedroom apartments, taking the total apartment component to 107 residences before the 58 co-living rooms are included.

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Wardle's design for the Vinnies site has sought to negotiate that emerging high-rise context while retaining the lower-scale character of MacKenzie Street and the adjoining heritage conservation area.

The main building adopts a three-storey podium and tower arrangement, with the podium aligned to the ridgeline and front setback of St Francis Xavier Church.&nbsp;Wardle has designed the podium with colonnades, seating, recessed entries and active ground-floor frontages, with sandstone-toned precast concrete and face brick referencing the materiality of the existing church.

The tower then steps back eight metres to the south and six metres to the north before rising in a sculpted form comprising four interlocking quadrants. Wardle has also introduced rounded forms and chamfered corners to reduce the tower's perceived bulk and improve view sharing with neighbouring development sites.

Resident facilities and outdoor areas are planned at the separation between the podium and tower at Level 3, oriented toward Sydney Harbour and the CBD skyline.

The tower itself will feature a glass reinforced concrete facade, with recessed balconies and deep reveals used both to provide shading and privacy and frame views toward the harbour and city. The lower levels take a different architectural approach, using brick and sandstone-toned finishes intended to establish a stronger relationship with St Francis Xavier Church. The Church itself will be conserved and upgraded for its continued use, while the former school building will be adaptively reused as part of the co-living component.

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The proposal adds to an increasingly concentrated pipeline of residential development around Blue Street, MacKenzie Street and Lavender Bay.

Just west of the site, Central Element lodged plans earlier this year for one of the most significant residential developments proposed in Lavender Bay in recent years.

Central Element's SJB-designed scheme at 64-66 Lavender Street and 3-7 Middlemiss Street would deliver 163 apartments across two towers rising 23 and 32 storeys, replacing five existing apartment buildings containing 32 homes. The project also forms part of the Housing Delivery Authority pathway.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-central-element-reveals-lavender-bay-apartment-plans?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">First look: Central Element reveals Lavender Bay apartment plans</a>

Immediately around North Sy​dney Station, another two significant proposals have emerged at 5 and 15 Blue Street.

Zurich Australian Insurance Properties is seeking to adaptively reuse its longstanding commercial building at 5 Blue Street, directly above North Sydney Station, rather than demolishing the structure.

Its SSDA proposes converting the building into a 14-storey mixed-use development with 62 apartments and 86 co-living rooms, together with ground-floor retail and a major refurbishment of Blue Street Plaza. The application is currently at the Response to Submissions stage.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-zurich-targets-north-sydney-office-conversion-with-148-unit-proposal-above-metro-station">First look: Zurich targets North Sydney office conversion with 148-unit proposal above Metro station</a>

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First look: Vinnies files for 20-storey Lavender Bay apartment tower as North Sydney housing pocket heats up

When the opportunity arose for South Australian developer Palumbo to return to Kent Town, where it had previously delivered East Park Apartments and the East 
Rundle Apartments, it wasn't one the longstanding developer-builder was going to pass up.

The decision was quickly vindicated, with more than 30 apartments sold within the first month of launching <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/royal-apartments-kent-town-2-8-north-terrace-kent-town-sa-5067">Royal Apartments</a> to the market.

The 206-apartment development, which will bring significant new supply to Adelaide's tightly held eastern city fringe, also gives <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/palumbo">Palumbo</a> the opportunity to bring new life to one of Kent Town's most recognisable watering holes.

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Royal Apartments incorporates the historic Royal Hotel, a venue Palumbo Managing Director Daniel Palumbo said has a longstanding connection with the local community.

"Everyone in the area has history with the Royal Hotel," Palumbo told Apartments.com.au.

"It was quite an active pub and social gathering place for locals. We want to bring it back to its former glory."

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The wider development will comprise two residential towers alongside the restored hotel, sitting on North Terrace opposite the Adelaide Park Lands.

For Palumbo, the project also marks a return to familiar territory.

The developer completed East Park Apartments next door more than a decade ago and jumped at the opportunity to develop in Kent Town again when the Royal Hotel site became available.

"The opportunity emerged, and we moved to secure the site," Palumbo said.

"We were approached by the previous landowner, who said they had extensive commitments in Sydney and weren't in a position to deliver the project.

"We took over the site and within six months recut the design scheme to be more in keeping with the type of development we want to bring to Adelaide.

"Now we're on the market and those changes have really resonated with local buyers."

That has translated into a strong start to sales, with 33 apartments transacting in the project's first 35 days.

Palumbo said the early purchaser profile had been consistent with the group's traditional focus on owner-occupiers rather than investor-led apartment stock.

"Local owner-occupiers have always been our market," he said.

"There are always some investors, but we've never developed what would be called traditional development stock. Owner-occupiers are very much our market."

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The buyer mix has been diverse so far, with downsizers and younger professionals both accounting for a significant portion of early sales.

South Australia's current stamp duty settings, which allow&nbsp;eligible homeowners in South Australia aged 60 savings of up to $103,830 on stamp duty when they downsize to a new property valued at up to $2 million,&nbsp;have helped encourage downsizer activity, while younger buyers in their late 20s and early 30s have been attracted to the opportunity to live immediately outside the CBD while still being able to walk into the city.



Location has been a major part of the proposition for both buyer cohorts.

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Royal Apartments sits on North Terrace directly opposite the Adelaide Park Lands, with residents able to walk through the parklands toward the East End, Rundle Street and Rundle Mall.

Apartments have been positioned to capture views across the parklands, Adelaide skyline, Botanic Gardens and Adelaide Hills.

Palumbo believes the scarcity of developable land along this section of the Park Lands makes the site particularly difficult to replicate.

"There's very few allotments on that side that can be developed," he said.

"If this location was in New York and you were sitting on Central Park, you'd be talking about a $60 million apartments."

Royal Apartments will offer a broad mix of residences, ranging from one-bedroom apartments through to four-bedroom sub-penthouses and penthouses.

Current listings include one-bedroom apartments from $680,000, while larger three and four-bedroom residences are priced around $2.5 million.

Residents will have access to a swimming pool, gym, barbecue and recreation areas, residents' lounge and dining space, and a communal deck.

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The apartments will feature generous balconies, while secure parking, bicycle storage and storage cages will also be provided.

A porte-cochère-style arrival and drop-off area has also resonated with buyers, particularly those attracted to being able to walk into the CBD during the day while retaining secure vehicle access at home.

Palumbo is acting as developer, architect and builder on Royal Apartments, continuing the vertically integrated model it has used across its South Australian portfolio.

The group was also behind the $150 million Sofitel Adelaide, the 251-room five-star hotel and residential tower which opened in 2021.

Palumbo said Royal's launch had come at an interesting time for the broader Adelaide apartment market.

Buyer confidence had initially been impacted by uncertainty surrounding the Federal Budget and broader economic conditions, but Palumbo believes sentiment is beginning to improve against a backdrop of significant investment flowing into South Australia.

He pointed to increased activity across defence and resources, including Olympic Dam, as potential long-term drivers of the state's economy and housing market.

"Money is starting to flow into Adeliade, significant amounts as Adelaide bucks the trend of the rest of the country.," Palumbo said.

"There's a lot of activity in the economy over the next decade. I think more investment will come into this market."

Early works on Royal Apartments are expected to commence this year, with major construction activity and cranes anticipated on site from early next year.

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Palumbo's return to Kent Town strikes early chord with buyers

Go-to builder-developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/graya">GRAYA</a> is continuing to bulk out its already impressive and diverse apartment portfolio across South East Queensland. Their latest milestone is securing development approval for Silk, its boutique riverfront apartment development in St Lucia.

The approval clears&nbsp;the way for the team to begin construction planning for the 22-residence project.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/silk-st-lucia-16-18-sandford-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">Silk</a> will rise 15 levels from an 810 sqm site at 16-18 Sandford Street, occupying a prominent bend of the Brisbane River with a prized northern aspect across Orleigh Park toward the Brisbane CBD.

The approved scheme will comprise 16 split-floor and six full-floor residences, continuing GRAYA's move into larger-format apartment developments targeting Brisbane's prestige owner-occupier market.

The project has been designed around the site's broad river frontage and dual-direction views, with GRAYA prioritising larger residences, privacy and outlook over apartment yield.

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GRAYA Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Rob Gray said the project had been shaped around local homeowners wanting to remain in St Lucia without maintaining a traditional family home.

"St Lucia is one of those suburbs people do not want to leave," Gray said.

"They know the river, the trees, UQ, the golf course, Toowong and Indooroopilly, and that familiarity is hard to replace.

"True riverfront opportunities here are exceptionally scarce. What we have designed at Silk is a way to stay in the suburb people love, with the scale and privacy of a private home and far less to maintain.

"This is not typical apartment product. It is a proper home on the river, and that is exactly what this market has been missing."

The approval comes as new apartment development continues to increase across the St Lucia and neighbouring Toowong corridor, although direct riverfront sites remain considerably more tightly held.

GRAYA Co-founder and Managing Director Andrew Gray said securing the approval had removed a significant element of development risk from Silk.

"Genuine riverfront sites of this quality in St Lucia are not something that comes up regularly," Gray said.

"The approval removes a substantial layer of execution risk, and the location underwrites demand in a way very few inner-city sites can.

"The fundamentals here are as strong as anything we have assessed in Brisbane."

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Silk will see GRAYA return to a stretch of the Brisbane River where it already has recent construction experience. The vertically integrated group recently completed ARC in neighbouring Toowong as builder for developer Spyre, delivering the riverfront project on a constrained site.

GRAYA will take a different role at Silk, controlling the project from design and development through construction and aftercare under its vertically integrated model.

The development will include a gym and resident leisure areas at ground level, integrated with the river's edge.

Silk joins a growing pipeline for GRAYA across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, which includes Enclave, The Gallery, Coral and Ripple.

The developer-builder has also recently lodged plans for its largest project to date, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-silo-19-chester-street-newstead-qld-4006">The Silo</a>, a proposed <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/qld/graya-buys-frasers-newstead-site-plans-the-silo-between-james-street-and-gasworks-precincts">$700 million mixed-use development</a> in Brisbane's James Street precinct.

Silk is expected to predominantly target local owner-occupiers and prestige buyers seeking a permanent riverfront home in Brisbane's inner west.

Registrations of interest are now open, with further details on the project and construction program to be released as it progresses.

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<h2>SILK PROJECT FACTS</h2>

Developer-builder: GRAYA

Project: Silk

Location: 16-18 Sandford Street, St Lucia

Apartments: 22

Built form: 15 levels

Site: 810 sqm riverfront holding

Mix: 16 split-floor and six full-floor residences

Status: Development approved

Next step: Construction planning underway

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GRAYA greenlit for riverfront St Lucia apartment development, Silk

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A five-bedroom architecturally designed Jollys Lookout property has sold.
Located at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-jollys+lookout-129268938" target="_blank">948 Mt Nebo Road</a>, the property sits on 21 hectares and offers views to Moreton Bay and the Glass House Mountains.
The $4.1 million cliffside mansion sale came on Saturday pre-auction through Joseph Lordi, of Sotheby’s International.
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<div class="__domain_group_fe_co_listing_recommendation_experiments___3_2_1" data-renderizr-id="fe-co-listing-recommendation-experiments_1">It last sold in 2011 at $3.3 million.</div>
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<div class="__domain_group_fe_co_listing_recommendation_experiments___3_2_1" data-renderizr-id="fe-co-listing-recommendation-experiments_1">Designed by Dion Seminar Architects, the Asian-influenced home features imported large timber doors, 140-year-old imported polished teak timber floors and a landscaped courtyard with stone monuments and water features.</div>
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The residence comes with a home theatre with an automated blackout ceiling and retractable walls as well as a commercial grade kitchen.
Property Observer featured the home in its <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/design/cool-off-with-queensland-s-hottest-infinity-pools" target="_blank">hottest infinity pools</a> story in 2013.
Jollys Lookout is located 35 minutes from the Brisbane CBD.
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Luxury Jollys Lookout trophy home sold

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Former world champion rower turned builder Cy Pearson has quickly sold his Gold Coast home.
Pearson scored $5 million for the Amalfi Drive, Isle of Capri home, when it was snapped up by a Melbourne buyer for a street record in just five days.
He paid $1,325,000 in 2014 and commissioned Doug McDonald of HA Builders to create the home.
It is said to be inspired by the glamour and grace of globally recognised boutique hotels.
Designed by Jared Poole, the waterfront has four ensuite bedrooms, a media room and a home office. 
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The home is controlled by smarthouse automation and selling agent Michael Kollosche said it's one of the most unique and advanced Main River homes on Isle of Capri.
The hotel inspired living spaces comes with commercial grade glass panels and doors that open to the outside where there's an alfresco area with wet bar, BBQ cooktop and rangehood.
The entertaining area overlooks the resort style swimming pool with custom lighting in the 675 square metre landscaped grounds.
Taking advantage of the 17 metre water frontage is a pontoon and jetty.
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Champion rower Cy Pearson's Isle of Capri home quickly fetches $5 million

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The Leaf House, the Damian Rogers-designed Williamstown home that blends the 1890s Victorian with a bold extension, has sold for $2.55 million.
The striking home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-williamstown-129161194" target="_blank">17 Courtis Street</a> had a guide of $2 million to $2.2 million through RT Edgar Williamstown agents Joanne Royston and Sam Wilson.
The Leaf House, named for its butterfly like extension, was listed by creative couple, photographer Andrew O’Toole and his celebrity hair and make-up artist wife Kylie.
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The home with interior design by local designer Jessica Bettenay, has featured in the Victorian Architecture Awards, Inside Out Magazine and magazines in the UK.
Each of the three bedroom offer different features.
The first has its own study and a walk in wardrobe conceleaed behind a feature wall.
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The second bedroom has its own reading loft while the master bedroom comes complete with skylights, a concealed walk in robe, a bespoke bathroom with hand-made stone egg bath and an upstairs private studio.
The kitchen and living area with Falcon cast iron oven and cooktop sees another concealed room, a home office, as well as an open fireplace and exposed aggregate concrete floor.
The dining room opens to an alfresco courtyard, which is linked to another courtyard by a pond. Stairs lead to a rooftop garden with four wicking garden beds and a private deck.
 
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Williamstown's The Leaf House soars at auction 

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Billionaire James Packer has spent about $80 million on a Los Angeles home once owned by actor Danny DeVito.
The home includes seven bedrooms, an eight car garage, all marble kitchen, pool, beauty salon, cigar room, cellar and private cinema on the 2700 sqm property.
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James Packer reportedly made the acquisition moved to be closer to family. 
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Packer purchased the Holmby Heights property for nearly $25 million below the asking price of $115 million, reported London’s The Sun.
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Devito and his then wife actor Rhea Perlman had lived in the home 21 years before selling it in 2015 for about $27 million.
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<div>In 2015 he sold his Vaucluse, Sydney mansion La Mer for $70 million.</div>
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He set a record in 2016 by spending $60 million on an off the plan One Barangaroo, Sydney apartment — breaking the Australian apartment price record.
Forbes calculates Packer had a likely net worth of about $3.9 billion.
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Damon Kitney, who is set to launch The Price of Fortune: The untold story of being James Packer, published by HarperCollins, wrote Packer decided at the end of June to buy a property in Los Angeles, which for the past five years has been home to his second wife, Erica Packer, and their children Indigo, Jackson and Emmanuelle.
“I just want to say what an incredible job Erica is doing bringing them up,” Mr Packer said in an interview with The Weekend Australian last October.
“I always thought she’d be a good mother and she is proving that every day … LA is a really terrific place for them to be. There is a lot of positive energy, a lot of positive affirmation there. And there is not the Packer ­fishbowl that there would have been in Sydney. They have anonymity there that they don’t have in Sydney. That is really healthy for them.”
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He previously has rented the guesthouse of movie legend Warren Beatty on the storied Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills.
He divides his time between the home he shares with Ms Packer in Aspen, his polo ranch in Argentina and a resort villa in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Packer’s purchase of the new Beverly Hills home will be funded by the sale of EJI — the first initials of his three children — for which he reportedly has been asking $65.7 million, and by the sale of his Bondi Beach apartment.
Kitney wrote in The Australian that Packer has no immediate plans to resume doing business in Hollywood.
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A waterfront Gold Coast home in Carrara has sold prior to auction to a Chinese investor. 
The property at 44 Fitzwilliam Street property fetched $1.47 million.
Sam Guo of Ray White said the property was targeted at both the Australian and Chinese market.
It was advertised through Chinese social media and newspapers.
“The home was listed with another agent previously but didn’t sell as it was overpriced,” Guo said.
"Both parties were very happy with the outcome.”
He suggested the Gold Coast market is very stable, and any good, well priced property in a great area will sell.
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Chinese investor snaps up Carrara trophy home pre-auction 

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A long held Yamba trophy home sold for $700,000 at auction last weekend.
Located at 62 Yamba Road, Yamba, is a historical cottage with waterway frontage.
It came with views of the Yamba Marina.
Set on a 1423 sqm block, the four bedroom two bathroom home features living spaces with access to deck space on three sides of the home.
It has a gazebo overlooking the waterway.
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The home has timber flooring throughout.
It is just a 15 minute walk from the CBD.
The listing was sold by Daniel Kelly of Ray White.
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Yamba trophy home sold for the first time in decades

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A newly completed Washington Street, Toorak penthouse which came with initial $20 million hopes has been sold, reputedly at a still impressive $16 million plus.
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The 1000 sqm space atop Orchard Piper’s luxury development boasts pool, yoga room, sauna, and 1300-bottle wine cellar.
The three bedroom penthouse is accessed via private lift from its four car garaging.
One of six residences in the development, its occupies the entire third floor.
<div id="unruly-publisher-marker__inArticle">It was marketed by selling agent Marcus Chiminello of Marshall White as “without peer in Toorak.” It sold to a local downsizer at what was nearly double the previous $8.2 million Toorak record.</div>
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<div>The lower level sales ranged from $4.1 million to $6.8 million with buyers including members of the Smorgon, Nitschke and Iglicki families.</div>
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<div>The $25 million Melbourne apartment price record remains with the Australia 108 penthouse in Southbank, sold offshore and off the plan in 2015.</div>
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Washington Street, Toorak penthouse sold for $16 million plus

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Sunnyside, a 46-hectare property at Main Ridge, on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula has been sold at private auction for $10,175,000. 
It was sold by Wilson &amp; Hemphill Pty Ltd through Rob Curtain at Peninsula Sotheby's International Realty. 
It was the home of Hemphill's Apple Juices for 100 years with views of rolling hills, Western Port Bay and out to Philip Island.
Around $8 million had been tipped for the 46 hectares with two 1920s houses.
It was a telephone auction that went for over five hours with three bidders.
Two wanted it for lifestyle purposes and the other to expand their current winery business. 
The Australian Financial Review reported records show the buyer was Vodafone Australia founder Philip Cornish. 
The telecommunications investor Philip Cornish recently <a href="/news/record-38-8-million-toorak-sale-to-ruslan-kogan">sold his Toorak home</a> to Kogan.com founder and chief executive Ruslan Kogan.
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Philip Cornish spends $10.1 million on Sunnyside at Main Ridge

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A single level resort style residence in Noosa's hinterland, has been sold.
The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-qld-doonan-127671894" target="_blank">262A Sunrise Road</a>, Doonan offering, just minutes from Noosa Beaches and Eumundi, was sold for $3,250,000 last month. 
The last sale price for the holding was $920,000 was some five years ago.
The home was marketed as an "elegant yet contemporary living space."
The master bedroom, in the five bedroom two bathroom home, opens to a private terrace and landscaped water garden with goldfish swimming under mini waterfalls near a 20 metre infinity edge swimming pool.
A historic cottage is also located on the property set in its own private paddock.
Features on the 30 acre holding include a 55 sqm cabana and a large lagoon with a jetty. 
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Sanaa in the Noosa Hinterland has sold

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It's been a busy time at the top end of Palmie.
VGI Partners' Robert Luciano has been pinpointed as the mystery buyer of a newly built holiday home in Sydney's Palm Beach.
It was the Ocean Road townhouse style project of Hardie Grant chairman John Gerahty and wife Patricia.
It was listed with high hopes despite not having the land size of its near record setters.
The Manly Daily initially speculated the sale price was "around $20 million". The Australian Financial Review suggests $18 million although there is yet to be any available official documentation. Domain advised it was $19 million, having previously advised while an official guide was not released, buyers were expect to pay close to $22 million.
Luciano already has a weekender on Florida Road which he purchased for $3.3 million.
It has reportedly now been listed for sale with LJ Hooker and Christie's. Luciano, formerly of Caledonia Investments, started VGI Partners in 2008.
With a handy six car spaces, the Gerahty's home sits on 965 square metres which was part of the Deaton family's Tropique property before it was subdivided and sold off.
Christie's International agent Ken Jacobs calls it the pinnacle of Palm Beach.
Meanwhile hedge fund manager Paul Henry and his wife Belinda have sold the couple’s weekender through LJ Hooker Palm Beach where they were asking $15.5 million to $16 million.
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<div class="in-content-ad">It is the hillside 1600-square-metre property, overlooking both the Ocean and Pittwater, that was designed by Marchese Partners for the late property developer Ian Hayson.</div>
<div class="in-content-ad">Its been for sale for the past two-years. Henry, the co-founder and partner at Bennelong Asset Management, bought it in 2010 for $14 million.
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The suburb's top price officially was when Gretel Packer secured the family bungalow, on its well-shaded 4000 square metre beachfront reserve holding, in a transfer with a notional $24 million value.
It was 1981 when her father, the late media tycoon Kerry Packer broke through the beachside suburb's million-dollar threshold with his $1 million purchase of the Ocean Road holding from the MacCormick family, who had paid 12,000 pounds in 1952.
The $24 million figure ranks as Palm Beach's priciest as the prior high was the $22 million paid nearby by car dealer Laurie Sutton in 2012 for the trophy home, Kalua.
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