<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/consolidated-properties">Consolidated Properties Group</a> (CPG) is approaching the launch of its latest Brisbane riverfront development, Castile, on the dress circle Skyring Terrace in Newstead.

VIP buyers are now being engaged, with a full public sales launch coming later this year.

Positioned as the final opportunity to secure a new absolute riverfront residence on the East bank of Newstead, Teneriffe or New Farm, Castile at 47 Skyring Terrace has been designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/woods-bagot">Woods Bagot</a> as a timeless addition to the Brisbane skyline.&nbsp;

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The name Castile draws on themes of permanence, sophistication and legacy, reflecting a broader vision centred on enduring architecture and timelessness in the rarest of riverfront positions.&nbsp;

CPG Chairman and CEO Don O’Rorke said the project had been envisioned as a future Brisbane icon.&nbsp;

“With 47 metres of direct river frontage and never to be built out views, 47 Skyring Terrace is the definitive address on the Brisbane River,” O’Rorke said.&nbsp;

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“Rather than following trend-based apartment design, Castile draws inspiration from Brisbane’s great heritage buildings, reinterpreting classical architecture into a contemporary riverfront landmark designed to stand proudly for the next 100 years,” he said.&nbsp;

The approved development will comprise 227 apartments across a 25-storey tower alongside a boutique six-storey riverfront building of just 12 residences.&nbsp;

Construction is scheduled to commence in September 2026.

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CPG unveils Castile Newstead ahead of upcoming sales launch

Australia’s online shopping habits have shifted dramatically over the last decade. As eCommerce volumes surged, so too did the frustrations that came with traditional parcel delivery: missed deliveries, long Post Office queues, parcel theft and the challenge of being home during business hours.

Australia Post’s Parcel Lockers emerged as one of the more practical responses to that changing consumer behaviour.

What started as a relatively niche delivery option has evolved into a nationwide network of more than 1,400 self-service Parcel Lockers positioned at train stations, shopping centres, supermarkets and Post Offices across the country. The system allows Australians to send, collect and return parcels 24 hours a day, fundamentally changing how many people interact with deliveries.

The appeal is relatively straightforward: flexibility.

Instead of waiting at home for a delivery driver or rushing to a Post Office before closing time, users can direct eligible parcels to a Parcel Locker location of their choice. Once the parcel arrives, Australia Post sends a notification with a collection code or QR access through the AusPost app, allowing customers to retrieve their package at any time within the collection window.

For apartment residents in particular, the system has become increasingly valuable.

Higher-density living has created logistical challenges around deliveries, especially in buildings without concierge services or secure parcel rooms. Missed deliveries are common, while parcel theft has become an increasing concern as online shopping volumes continue to rise.

Australia Post itself has repeatedly highlighted the growing issue of “porch pirates” during peak shopping periods, encouraging customers to use Parcel Lockers as a safer alternative to unattended home deliveries.

That security aspect is one of the key reasons the Australia Post Parcel Locker network has grown so rapidly.

Parcel Lockers are positioned as secure, monitored collection points that reduce the risk of theft while also improving delivery efficiency for Australia Post. Instead of multiple redelivery attempts, parcels can be consolidated into a single secure destination.

The Parcel Lockers themselves are free to use through a MyPost account and support a range of parcel sizes up to 16 kilograms and dimensions of approximately 35 x 44 x 61 centimetres.

Beyond receiving parcels, the system has increasingly become integrated into the broader eCommerce ecosystem.

Customers can now use Parcel Lockers to return online purchases, while retailers have embraced the model as a way to improve delivery success rates and reduce friction in the shopping process. Australia Post has actively expanded partnerships with major retailers and promoted Parcel Lockers as part of a broader out-of-home strategy.

The timing of that expansion aligns with broader changes in Australian shopping behaviour.

The acceleration of online retail during and after the pandemic placed enormous pressure on delivery infrastructure. Parcel volumes reached record highs, particularly during Black Friday and Christmas periods, with Australia Post delivering more than 100 million parcels during peak festive seasons.

That growth forced logistics providers to rethink the “last mile” of delivery, widely regarded as the most expensive and operationally difficult stage of the process.

Parcel Locker systems have increasingly been viewed as part of the long-term solution.

The concept itself is not unique to Australia. Parcel Locker networks have become common globally, particularly across Europe and Asia, where dense urban environments and apartment living create similar logistical challenges. But Australia’s geography and suburban sprawl made adoption slower initially.

Now, however, the convenience factor is driving mainstream usage.

For commuters, Parcel Lockers near train stations allow parcels to be collected on the way home from work. For apartment dwellers, they remove the uncertainty around access and missed deliveries.

The rise of the AusPost app has also streamlined the experience, centralising notifications, tracking and Parcel Locker access into a single platform. Australia Post has increasingly pushed customers toward app-based delivery management, partly as a way to combat phishing scams and fake delivery notifications, which have become more sophisticated in recent years.

The Parcel Locker model is also beginning to influence property development itself.

Parcel management has become a growing consideration in apartment building design, particularly as online shopping becomes embedded in everyday life. Many new residential developments are now incorporating dedicated parcel rooms or Parcel Locker systems into foyers and communal spaces.

For developers, parcel management is increasingly viewed as part of the broader resident amenity offering, alongside gyms, wellness spaces and communal work areas.

That reflects a wider evolution in how residential buildings are designed.

Apartment buyers are placing greater emphasis on convenience, security and operational functionality, particularly in higher-density urban environments. Parcel delivery, once considered a minor operational detail, has become an increasingly important part of that equation.

Australia Post’s Parcel Locker network sits at the centre of that behavioural shift.

What began as a simple alternative delivery option has evolved into a key piece of infrastructure supporting Australia’s growing eCommerce economy and changing urban lifestyles.

And as online shopping continues to expand, the role of Parcel Lockers is likely to become even more embedded in how Australians live, shop and receive goods.

How Australia Post Parcel Lockers changed parcel delivery convenience in Australia

Perth’s new apartment market recorded its strongest quarter of sales since Q4 2021, with 412 apartments sold in Q1 2026 and a record quarterly sold value of $537 million, according to Urbis’ latest Apartment Essentials results.

Urbis said the March quarter result reflects strong, highly product‑specific demand across both ends of the market, from more attainable projects delivering at scale, through to premium stock being absorbed by equity‑rich downsizers.&nbsp;

David Cresp, Partner at Urbis, said the key story in Perth is not demand, it is the market’s ability to convert demand into delivered housing.&nbsp;

“This is the strongest sales quarter since Q4 2021, and it reinforces that demand in Perth is real and it’s local,” David Cresp said. “But the task now is delivery, turning that demand into projects that can actually be built and completed.”&nbsp;

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<h2>Affordable product leads, premium demand remains resilient</h2>

Sales in Q1 were led by more affordable projects, with The Boulevard (SKS Group) recording 115 sales in the quarter, the presentation noting this is only the second time a single project has surpassed 100 quarterly sales. The project was able to offer more affordable housing product right next to a train station.&nbsp;

Palmyra West (Finbar) also delivered strong results with 28 sales in Q1, following 84 sales in Q4, with an average price of under $800,000, underscoring depth of demand for well‑located, attainable new stock.&nbsp;

At the premium end, Urbis said downsizer demand is continuing, with the results highlighting Romeo (Applecross, Finbar) recording 75 sales and reaching almost 50% sold in one quarter.

Jual (Shenton Park, Celsius Property) also posted a strong quarter with 28 sales, reaching 39% sold in one quarter.

Urbis noted that Perth apartment demand is not speculative, not investor‑led, and not uniform, describing it as localised, often equity‑driven and highly product‑specific, a pattern reflected in the polarisation between strong “attainable” performers and premium downsizer product.&nbsp;

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<h2>Prices underpinned by costs, and the delivery risk is growing</h2>

Urbis said pricing pressure is cost not demand‑driven: construction costs and delivery risk are now a central constraint, with the results noting build costs remain elevated and volatile, and that energy, fuel and labour uncertainty weigh on feasibility.

David Cresp said a growing challenge for private Build‑to‑Sell developers is simply securing a builder in the current environment.

“Developers are really feeling the pressure from a building market that was operating at capacity and securing a builder is challenging,” David Cresp said, adding that even where a builder can be secured, “trying to get to the price that makes the development financially viable is incredibly challenging in the current market.”&nbsp;

Urbis’ broader WA commentary also notes that industry remains at or above capacity with lot and housing creation, and that many builders are limiting new sales to manage stretched workforces and fixed‑price contract pressures, conditions that flow directly into apartment feasibility and delivery timing.

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<h2>Supply: improving later, but still constrained, and Perth lags eastern benchmarks</h2>

While near‑term supply remains constrained, Urbis’ forecast shows completions lifting “Supply is forecast to be back above 1,500 apartments per annum for the first time since 2019”, with 1,775 completions forecast for 2026, and volumes remaining above that level over the following years.&nbsp;

Looking further ahead, completions are forecast to reach 2,500 in 2028, with the report noting 32% of that total is social/affordable, reflecting the role of government‑supported delivery in rebuilding the pipeline.&nbsp;

However, Urbis said Perth remains behind comparable markets on pipeline scale. In a national comparison of projects under construction, the report shows under construction Perth Build‑to‑Sell (BTS) at 3,446 apartments versus the Gold Coast at 7,922. Mr Cresp said “The challenge for Perth is how to we grow the delivery pipeline”.

Urbis’ conclusion is that Perth’s market is increasingly defined by product discipline and delivery certainty, with the research identifying “delivery certainty is key” and calling out builder risk and procurement models as core success factors, alongside “timing and staging”.&nbsp;

Perth apartment sales hit strongest pace since late 2021 as builder capacity tightens

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sammut-developments">Sammut Group</a> has secured development approval for its latest Brisbane apartment project, marking the Sydney developer’s next step in expanding its Queensland pipeline following the success of its debut Gold Coast development, Coast.

The approved project at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/44-glen-road-toowong-qld-4066">44 Glen Road, </a><a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/toowong-qld-4066">Toowong</a> will deliver a 15-storey riverfront apartment building with 42 residences, significantly increasing the scale of the site’s previous approval for a smaller luxury scheme. Designed by Bureau^proberts, the development will comprise a mix of predominantly four-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments positioned to maximise Brisbane River and city views.

Sammut Director Julian Sammut said the group had been actively searching Brisbane for several years before identifying Toowong as the right fit.

“Brisbane was the right step for Sammut,” Sammut said.

“With the success of Coast we thought we should definitely look to do more in Queensland alone. We then pushed up to look at Brisbane. We've been looking for I'd say two to three years actually and it was hard to find the right location.”

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Sammut said suburbs including New Farm and Teneriffe were considered before the group ultimately focused on Toowong due to its strong downsizer demographic and limited supply of developable riverfront land.

The site was acquired off-market after what Sammut described as a lengthy negotiation and planning process, with the developer pursuing an uplift to the original approval.

“We are DA approved now which is very exciting,” Sammut said.

“We've had our change approval come through and we've obviously doubled the height, 15 storeys plus rooftop. We've got 42 amazing apartments that are going to be coming to market soon.”

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Bureau^proberts said the design responds to Toowong’s evolving urban character, balancing contemporary apartment living with the area’s established residential identity.

“A place where traditional Queensland living has taken place for centuries; Toowong is seeing a shift of contemporary influence, commercial and retail hubs mixed with well-considered residential offerings – all the while maintaining its character and charm,” the architect noted in planning documents submitted to Brisbane City Council.

The architecture practice said the project’s form was shaped by its riverfront setting, flood considerations, neighbouring building scales, and view corridors.

“They said the mix of four and two-bedroom apartments capture the ‘fundamental qualities of Queenslander living,’ translated into the context of a contemporary subtropical building.”

The development sits just off Coronation Drive within walking distance of Toowong’s retail precinct and the upgraded Regatta ferry terminal, while also benefiting from proximity to the incoming green bridge connection to West End. Sammut said the accessibility and amenity offering were central to the site’s appeal.

The approval adds to growing residential activity along the Toowong riverfront, joining nearby projects including Consolidated Properties’ Monarch Residences and Spyre Group’s ARC Residences.

Sammut secures approval for debut Brisbane apartment development in Toowong

Developer Lanevick is heading back into Sydney’s apartment market after focusing more heavily on the luxury townhouse and terrace sector in recent years.

Lanevick, founded and directed by Steve Maroun, is expecting to receive approval in the coming months for a new apartment development in Gladesville, with the aim to launch it to the market later this year.

The 51-apartment project, designed by Studio Johnston, will comprise a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments positioned toward the Hunters Hill downsizer market.

“Traditionally it’s been difficult for people in that market to downsize because there just hasn’t been the right product available,” Maroun said.

“We’re targeting buyers who might have 30 to 40 per cent of their house value sitting in the bank after downsizing.

“They still want good spacious entertaining areas, they still want quality design, but they also want flexibility and the ability to enjoy life a bit more after working hard for a long time.”

The project sits near Boronia Park and within close proximity to the Parramatta River foreshore, an area Maroun says offers more of a Hunters Hill lifestyle than a traditional apartment precinct.

“From a lifestyle perspective, it’s really more Hunters Hill than Gladesville,” Maroun said. “You’re close to the foreshore, close to parklands, and still connected back into the village precinct.”

From level four and above, apartments will capture water views&nbsp;toward Sydney Harbour. Communal amenity will include rooftop entertaining areas, wellness spaces, and a gym tailored toward owner-occupier buyers.

“We’ve really designed these apartments around that buyer coming from the Hunters Hill LGA and what they’re actually looking for in their next chapter.”

The proposed development has also been designed to respond to the changing character of the broader Gladesville town centre, where a growing number of mixed-use and residential proposals are expected to emerge over the coming years.

“Gladesville presented a rare opportunity to deliver a genuinely design-led residential project within an evolving lifestyle precinct, just moments from the growing Gladesville town centre, and we’ve approached the project with a strong focus on architecture, liveability and long-term community value,” Maroun said.

Maroun said Lanevick saw a first-mover advantage within the precinct as planning controls continue to evolve to accommodate greater housing density.

“We think there’s a real opportunity there that hasn’t really been serviced properly yet,” he said.

“There’s going to be a broader evolution of the whole Gladesville village precinct over time, particularly with more activation and mixed-use outcomes.”

The Venus Street proposal will include a commercial and retail component at ground level designed to contribute to that evolving streetscape activation.

“A big part of the thinking was how do you activate that area properly and create more vibrancy and amenity, which is what Hunters Hill has been looking for,” Maroun said.

Lanevick’s focus since 2020 has largely been on smaller-scale luxury townhouse and terrace developments. The developer recently completed Royale Randwick, also designed by Studio Johnston, where prices reached $3.65 million. The project was featured in the UDIA NSW 2026 Professional Development Prospectus and was also named a finalist for Development of the Year.

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Lanevick to cater for Hunters Hill downsizers with new Gladesville apartment development

Woollahra

High-end property developer Fortis, who are creating striking projects across Sydney and Melbourne's bluechip suburbs, have launched their latest project.

Following the largest site amalgamations in the affluent suburb of Woollahra, Fortis has launched The Woollahra Collection, just 25 residences, a mix of apartments and terraces.

MHN Design Union have been appointed as the lead architects on the project, with landscaping by Wyer &amp; Co. The 1900s terrace interiors are being redesigned by local Phoebe Nicol. On offer will be a collection of two and three bedroom homes with north-facing gardens and secure car parking.

The buildings on the site date back to the late 1800s and early 1900s and will be architecturally restored as part of the $170 million project. Alongside the refurbished buildings, Woollahra Collection will also feature newly built luxury residences, comprising two, three and four-bedroom apartments.

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The interiors of the luxury new residences are being undertaken by Alexander &amp; Co. The new build will comprise north facing, two, three and four-bedroom residences with large entertaining areas and ample outdoor space.

Part of the project is the restoration of the&nbsp;1880s theatre, which will be restored by Mim Design and converted into a single trophy residence, with an expected end value of around $15 million. The interiors will be an ode to the historic grandeur of the original property, complete with its own basement, tunnel cellar, internal landscaped courtyards and pool.

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Fortis Director Charles Mellick said the team are&nbsp;grateful to the wider community for supporting us in our vision for this site.

"Our work at the nearby Pallas House Sydney and Gaden House demonstrates our commitment towards retaining Sydney’s architectural heritage, and we feel privileged to have the opportunity to lovingly restore and reinvigorate this site, bringing it back to life," Mellick says.

"We will be preserving the best architectural elements of the site for it to be enjoyed by future generations.

“This is the first time off the plan apartments of this scale are being offered in Woollahra, also marking the biggest sqm regeneration in this suburb."

Mellick says the&nbsp;aim is to be sympathetic to its heritage and context, ensuring that the existing buildings are restored.

"A new build on the site will feature a collection of premium apartments, bringing together unparalleled quality and premium amenities in a location where new residences are few and far between.”

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Fortis secured the 14 lots, now 2A James Street, for around $50 million, an amalgamation making a 3,500 sqm mega block.

Ben Stewart from Stewart Residential and CBRE is handling the sales.

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“There is a clear demand from buyers to secure well-designed homes in exclusive, tightly held Eastern suburbs - and Woollahra is no exception," Stewart says.

"Just two weeks ago CBRE launched a development 200 metres away (Robby Ingham's The Cambrian in Paddington) which sold out in five hours, which was due to the rarity of the offering and an overall lack of approvals for new developments in the area.

"We have already received an unprecedented level of early enquiries for Woollahra Collection, as the development offers an unrivalled combination of new build residences and terrace homes, fitted out with high-end finishes by an acclaimed design team, all on the doorstep of the Queen Street shopping village."

Construction of The Woollahra Collection is expected to be completed by Q4 of 2024.

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Fortis launch The Woollahra Collection

A $7.55 million three bedroom Woollahra penthouse sale topped weekend auction apartment sales.

CoreLogic calculated there was a 71 percent success rate from the nation's 688 weekend apartment offerings, as compared to 81 percent for the 2206 houses that went under the hammer.

The 3/19 Rosemont Ave, Woollahra offering sold auction eve last Friday after a $5.8 million offer lobbed with the listing agent Ben Collier at The Agency.

The auction was brought forward with Collier taking the phone bids for the Hong Kong based vendors.

The Young family had paid $3.3 million in 2014 for the top floor apartment sitting under a mansard style roof. 

The triplex was developer by the Michael Hannan, the former executive chairman of the family led IPMG publishing group.

Melbourne's top apartment sale was a five bedroom, two storey townhouse at Black Rock.

The 1B Third Street duplex was sold by 11 North Property for $2.61 million.

The property had previously been three single storey, three bedroom villas.

Close to Black Rock village, the near new townhouse had high ceilings, large windows and timber floors. 

It's pre-auction price guide had been $2 million to $2.2 million based on recent comparable sales advised as $2 million at 13a Florida Ave, Beaumaris and 4b Bolton St, Beaumaris.

The offering sold auction eve last Friday after a $5.8 million offer lobbed with the listing agent Ben Collier at The Agency.



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$7.55 million Woollahra apartment sale topped weekend results

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A trophy home in Woollahra, designed by architect Nick Tobias, has come onto the market.
Located on Victoria Avenue, the property features four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a rooftop garden, and a lockup garage.
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The block comprises 163 square metres, while the three storey house has 180 square metres of internal floorspace.
Built in 2006, the home last sold in 2014 for $2.74 million.
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Woollahra's median house price is $3.2 million.
Alexander Phillips and Vince Licata, from PPD Real Estate, have the listing.
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Woollahra trophy home designed by Nick Tobias listed

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Sydney in the 60s, Melbourne in the 40s, the weekend winter auctions remain in a holding pattern.
Sydney’s preliminary auction clearance rate sat at 63.5 per cent from 339 reported results.
There were 546 auctions for Saturday, 83 of which were withdrawn, including the Coogee bolthole (above) of champion horse trainer David Hayes.
Domain noted Sydney's top sale was a five-bedroom house at 356 Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, at $8.1 million.
There were four registered bidders.
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Domain calculated a preliminary clearance rate of 45.4 per cent from 229 reported results.
Some 203 auction properties were withdrawn, due to the COVID-19 public auction ban. 
Of the online auctions that did go ahead, the preliminary clearance rate was 83 per cent.
The top sale in Melbourne was $3,675,000 when 16 Rushall Crescent, Fitzroy North was sold pre-auction.
It last sold at $2.91 million in 2016.
The REIV reported Glen Waverley led the auction market in the first six months of 2020 with 109 sales, followed by Craigieburn (104) and Reservoir (101). Croydon North is the top clearance rate suburb, selling all 12 auction listings.
The weekend's cheapest sale was in Sydney when 9/20-22 Speed St, Liverpool was sold for $286,000.
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CoreLogic saw similar results albeit with higher preliminary clearance rates as seen above.
They found clearance rates were down on this time last year where they reached above 70% for both Sydney and Melbourne.
Notably Canberra has seen both an increase in auction volume and clearance rate compared to last year.
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Sydney in the 60s, Melbourne in the 40s, the weekend winter auctions remain in a holding pattern.

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Lisa Keighery has listed her Snapperman Beach, Palm Beach retreat with $17 million hopes.
The beachfront, set on the prized Iluka Rd, is being marketed by McGrath agent William Manning as a classic contemporary home.
“It is the epitome of beachside luxury and style,” Manning said. Keighery, who used architect Alexander Roth along with Marco ­Meneguzzi for the interiors, is now seeking a Southern Highlands cottage project, and to buy back into the Sydney market.
Her home was bought for $7,555,000 in 2007, a year before her fashion-designer husband Mark Keighery died, having fought cancer for 10 years.
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Her listing follows the ­recent $9 million nearby purchase by Anthony Scali, the retail family’s third buy. The Mitchell family had paid $72,500 in 1977. Goldman Sachs’ Zac Fletcher bought the adjoining building block for $10.35 million.
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The top sale on Iluka Rd remains Uncle Toby’s founder Doug Shears, who bought Anakela for $15 million in 2007 from the late grocery ­tycoon Jim Fleming.
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Lisa Keighery lists Palm Beach trophy with $17 million price tag

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Radio star Jackie O Henderson has spent $11 million on the Woollahra residence Cooper Park House.
The designer Belle magazine featured residence was only on the market for three days before the KIIS FM breakfast host bought it from high-profile stockbroker Angus Aitken and his wife Sarah.
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<div id="google_ads_iframe_/31694718/domain.com.au/news/prestige_3__container__">It had a $10 million guide when its marketing was launched on Friday publicly but buyers have been shown through <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-woollahra-133796210" target="_blank">the Edward Street home</a> over the past few weeks.</div>
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<div>Cooper Park House is a split-level house featuring soaring six-metre ceilings in the central living area.</div>
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<div>It overlooks the leafy park.</div>
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<div>The house has interiors by designer Sarah Davison with a garden designed by Myles Baldwin.
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Henderson is moving from Vaucluse, where she and her estranged husband Lee Henderson sold their Cambridge Avenue home for $6.675 million in March following their split in 2018.
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Jackie O Henderson spends $11 million on Woollahra trophy home

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The subdued price hopes of the Leckie family for their redundant Woollahra apartment have been realised with a small loss being taken.
The two-bedroom top-floor Queen St apartment was bought in 2016 for a bullish $1.2 million as a bolthole for Harry Leckie, the son of former high-profile TV executive David Leckie and wife Skye.
It sold midweek for $1.1 million.
On the bright side, buyers had been given a $990,000 guide and it was snapped up ahead of its June 6 auction through Alexander Phillips and Vince Licata at Phillips Pantzer Donnelley.
The 59sq m apartment is set on the second floor northeast corner with leafy views in The Alpha, a classic block of 12 which has its columned ­entrance on Alton St.
It was offered as a $775-a-week rental in 2018 when, after a stint at the Potts Point lifestyle concept store Becker Minty, Harry relocated to London to study interior design.
The block’s highest recent sale was the 59sq m unit directly below at $1.13 million last September.
Overall, Woollahra has a $1.04 ­median price for two-bedroom units, according to realestate.com.au.
 Its two-bedroom units have a $695-a-week median rent reflecting a 3.4 per cent rental yield. Based on five years of sales, Woollahra has experienced a compound growth rate of 5.7 per cent for units, which suggests the family overpaid on purchase.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
 
 
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Leckie's Woollahra bolthole sells for $100,000 less than bought for

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Lisa Keighery, widow of Marcs founder Mark Keighery, has listed her Woollahra terrace.
It has $2.5 million to $2.6 million.
Keighery will move permanently to Palm Beach, where her $7.55 million Snapperman Beach has been recently renovated.
Keighery bought the Junction Street terrace for $2.21 million in 2017.
It was when she was trading down from her former home opposite the Lough Playing Fields which sold for $4.2 million.
The last sale on Junction Street was $2.5 million last December. It has barely gone up on its $2.39 million sale in 2017.
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Lisa Keighery lists Woollahra terrace

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Having been recently commuting back and forth from Melbourne, hospitality industry leader Brett Sergeant and his German wife, Iris Grosse-Kleimann are selling Maroomba, their former Woollahra home.
They’re seeking $8.25 million for the four bedroom heritage-listed home that dates back to the 1890s.
The couple paid $3.4 million in 2014 and have since renovated the home to have 320 sqm of internal living space.
There’s a landscaped garden with outdoor kitchen, and a whole entertaining level with cocktail bar and a custom designed wine cellar and tasting room.
Pillinger Double Bay agent Brad Pillinger has the Nelson Street listing.
Now the chief executive of Chris Morris’s Colonial Leisure Group, whose flagship venue is the Portsea Hotel, Sergeant left Merivale in 2016 after nine years when he was the chief operating officer.
His first job was as a glassie at AHL’s Mitcham Hotel.
Nelson Street’s most recent sale was when recruitment boss Phil Kerry and his wife, Anne-Maree, secured the 1880s Victorian Regency trophy mansion, Larissa for $8.5 million, having sold in Darling Point for $18 million to insurer Richard Enthoven.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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Former Merivale exec Brett Sergeant lists Woollahra mansion Maroomba

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The philanthropic fashion doyen Peter Weiss and wife Doris have 
listed their two bedroom Woollahra cottage.
They are spending more and more time entertaining up at their Palm Beach weekender, which has prompted the listing of their city bolthole.
Weiss, who helped define the Australian fashion scene in the 1980s and 1990s, bought the Woollahra cottage for $3.75 million in 2015 from the late composer Peter Sculthorpe.
It was a three bedroom home at the time.
It was set to become a music fellowship residence centre, in Sculthorpe's honour, however the plans didn't eventuate. Instead Weiss installed a lift to help him around what became their new abode.
He would however regularly host music events in the home's studio.
Sculthorpe had owned the charming three bedroom Holdsworth Street cottage sine 1976.
1st City agent Simon Doak has a pre-Easter auction scheduled for early April.
The Weiss' have long entertained at their many Palm Beach homes they've owned over the years.
Their Whale Beach Road property saw the bigger parties, but they sold that for $4.1 million in 2006.
They later owned the Peter Muller-designed pavilion-style home on Bynya Road, which they sold for $3.6 million four years ago to upgrade to a waterfront.
They spent $10 million on the home of rag trader turned farmer Gordon Smith, who had the home renovated by Walter Barda in 2010.
Weiss is a longtime lover of the arts.
Born in 1935 in Vienna, Peter came to Australia in 1939, brought up in a musical family where from childhood he had a passion for playing the cello.
He was among the first members of the Art Gallery on New South Wales Foundation when it was established in 1983 and was made a life governor of the gallery in 2009.
Through the 1990s he sponsored concerts at St James's Church in Sydney. He was one of the early sponsors of a 'chair' in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
His $1 million donation established the Instrument Fund of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, then in 2016 he bought the ACO a 1729 Guarneri cello.
He donated the Corbousier tapestry to the SSO and Opera House.
Weiss used to spend time in the Southern Highlands back in the day, but sold Wollumbi, their French countryside farmhouse, for just shy of $15 million in 2015.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph.
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