<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sunland-group">Sunland Group</a> has officially lodged plans for its first Gold Coast apartment project since the departure of the Abedian family from the company three years ago, unveiling a new high-rise proposal for a prominent Broadbeach corner site on Old Burleigh Road.

The application was submitted by an entity directed by Tom Jamieson, stepson of longtime Sunland leader Soheil Abedian, and Riaz Rezvanipour, brother-in-law of Sahba Abedian, Soheil’s son.

Sunland acquired the 1,283 sqm site on the corner of Old Burleigh Road and Armrick Avenue for $9.5 million late last year and is now seeking approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/99-101-old-burleigh-road-broadbeach-qld-4218">42-storey tower with 81 apartments</a>.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/contreras-earl-architecture">Contreras Earl Architecture</a>, the proposed tower at 99-101 Old Burleigh Road would deliver a predominantly larger-format apartment mix aimed at the owner-occupier market. Plans include 17 two-bedroom apartments, 55 three-bedroom apartments, and nine four-bedroom residences across 35 residential levels.

The development also incorporates three basement levels, four podium parking levels, two levels of communal recreation facilities, and rooftop plant and equipment. A total of 189 car spaces are proposed, significantly exceeding the 90 spaces required under the planning scheme.

The architecture adopts a sculpted, curvilinear form, with deep wraparound balconies and integrated landscaping intended to soften the tower’s vertical expression. The planning report states the building’s “slender footprint/form provides a complimentary yet varied built form within the local streetscape” and contributes to “a varied, yet ordered skyline.”

Contreras Earl noted in its Architectural Statement that from the early stages, the project addressed a fundamental challenge: how to accommodate the required residential yield while avoiding the conventional model of a tower sitting on a rigid, fully resolved parking podium.

“The most direct response would have been to consolidate parking into a singular, flat podium and extrude a repetitive tower above,” the statement said. “While efficient, this approach would result in a consolidated built form with limited engagement with the surrounding landscape and public realm.”

Instead, the conventional podium model was “deliberately rejected”. The architects described the base of the building as “a landscaped architectural condition where structure, planting and circulation are integrated”.

“Rather than presenting a continuous built mass, the base of the building is articulated through a series of concrete planter elements that organise the podium into a fragmented system,” the statement said. “This approach reduces the perceived bulk of the lower levels while establishing a more permeable interface with the streetscape and adjacent open space.”

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The site sits within the High Density Residential Zone and inside the City of Gold Coast’s unrestricted “HX” building height area, where the planning framework anticipates intensified residential development tied to the expanding light rail corridor. The planning report notes the area is undergoing “transition toward more intense development forms” given its proximity to Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, and high-frequency public transport infrastructure.

Positioned directly opposite Broadbeach Park and within walking distance of Florida Gardens light rail station, the development would sit among a rapidly evolving stretch of Old Burleigh Road that has become one of the Gold Coast’s most active apartment development corridors.

The application joins a growing pipeline of luxury residential projects reshaping Broadbeach, including nearby developments by 5Point Projects, Polycell, and Graya.

The planning report argues the project contributes toward the Gold Coast’s long-term housing targets under the South East Queensland Regional Plan, which forecasts the need for more than 100,000 additional high-rise dwellings across the city by 2046.

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The Abedian family departed Sunland Group in late 2023, ending a four-decade association with the company, and subsequently established the private development firm Abedian &amp; Co. The group is currently delivering <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/greenmount-residences-cnr-hill-street-and-marine-parade-coolangatta-qld-4225">Greenmount Residences</a> at Rainbow Bay and recently launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/18-mary-avenue-14-18-mary-avenue-broadbeach-qld-4218">18 Mary Avenue</a> in Broadbeach.
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Joel Robinson

First look: Sunland Group returns to Broadbeach new apartment market with new Old Burleigh Road tower plans

The Minns Labor Government has established the new Bays West Delivery Authority to lead the development&nbsp;of the Bays West Precinct and Blackwattle Bay Precinct.&nbsp;

The Authority is charged with creating Sydney’s newest precinct, a thriving, connected, sustainable hub with White Bay Power Station as its cultural heart. Its vision is to build on the area’s natural, cultural and industrial history to shape a vibrant new neighbourhood.

The precinct will deliver up to 8,500 well-located homes, including a minimum of 10 per cent affordable and essential worker homes. Combine new housing with public open space, opening public access to the waterfront for the first time in more than 100 years, while retaining important deep-water facilities to support Sydney’s working harbour.

Located just minutes from the Sydney CBD and connected to a world-class metro, ferry, walking and cycling links, the Bays West precinct will rebalance housing growth towards well-serviced inner-city locations and help tackle the state’s housing crisis.

The Bays West Delivery Authority,&nbsp;an agency of the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, will report to the NSW Minister for Lands and Property who already has oversight of major precinct renewal projects including at Blackwattle Bay and Barangaroo.

As part of the broader Bays West transformation, the Minns Government recently announced that a proposal from Lendlease to redevelop part of the Bays West Precinct has progressed to Stage 2 of the NSW Government’s unsolicited proposals process.

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The Minns Labor Government has also confirmed the Bays West precinct will have a new suburb name. This will be the first major suburb built in close proximity to Sydney’s CBD in decades and will encompass the area currently being referred to as Bays West, including Glebe Island and the White Bay Power Station. Served by a new Metro station just five minutes from the CBD, it will become one of the most populous suburbs in the Inner West and one of Sydney’s premier cultural destinations.

An early works program is taking shape, which&nbsp;includes the first stages of an international design competition.&nbsp;

The aim of the Bays West&nbsp;International&nbsp;Design Competition is to&nbsp;ensure design excellence is embedded in the project from the start. The competition will deliver an&nbsp;urban framework that defines the character, ambition and long-term identity of&nbsp;this&nbsp;former industrial precinct as it transitions to a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable residential&nbsp;neighbourhood.

The competition will be led by the Bays West Delivery Authority in partnership with Government Architect NSW.&nbsp;

It will launch with an invitation for a global Expressions of Interest, before moving to an invitation-only stage that will be assessed by a panel that&nbsp;will provide advice to Cabinet who will select a winner.

Premier of NSW, Chris Minns said the establishment of the new Authority is the first step in transforming the Bays West precinct into a vibrant, livable suburb minutes from the Sydney CBD and two stops from Hunter St Station on the Metro West line.

“The Authority will deliver well-located homes close to the heart of the city and integrate the new precinct with Blackwattle Bay and the new Sydney Fish Market.

“This is a generational opportunity to build a new suburb on the city’s edge and open the harbour foreshore to the public for the first time in a century.”&nbsp;

Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper said the new Bays West Delivery Authority established by the Minns Government will turbocharge the development of Sydney’s newest suburb.

“The Authority is working at a record pace to deliver an international design competition, planning pathways and a financial model so that this development benefits Sydney with well-designed homes in a central location, close to public transport, jobs, entertainment and essential services.

“If we want Sydney to stay liveable and affordable, we need to be bold about using underutilised government-owned land to deliver homes for the future while making sure essential working harbour functions can be accommodated.”

Bays West Delivery Authority established to "turbocharge" Sydney’s newest suburb

Around 400 additional homes could be built at Southwark Grounds on Port Road, lifting total site capacity from 1300 to around 1700 dwellings.

A recently approved code amendment would allow apartment towers of up to 14 storeys in some areas of Renewal SA’s redevelopment of the former West End Brewery.

Renewal SA Acting Chief Executive Shane Wingard said he welcomed the code amendment, with the increase in heights and homes making a positive impact on the supply of high-quality, well-connected housing close to the city.

“By going higher across some parts of Southwark Grounds, we are adding a substantial number of very well-located homes with little impact on project delivery time or planned open space,” Mr Wingard said.

Since the project officially launched in 2025, Mr Wingard said more than 12,000 enquiries had been received about living at Southwark Grounds.

“The very strong early interest we’ve seen since homes were first released in the precinct reinforces our plans to create more housing opportunities,” he said.

The Southwark Grounds code amendment was launched in December last year, with community engagement undertaken over five weeks from January.

It proposed increasing maximum building heights from eight to 14 storeys on the eastern section of Southwark Grounds, and to 12 storeys across the remainder of the site, with minimum building heights ranging from two to four storeys.

The code amendment was implemented through an Early Commencement policy in late January, allowing developers to quickly explore the viability of increased height and housing yield while other planning processes continue.

One of the first developers delivering apartment sites have already finalised redesigns to increase the number of apartments following the code amendment.

Samaras’ development adjacent to the future Colonel Light Park is now planning to deliver 125 apartments across 11 storeys, significantly greater than original plans of around 50 apartments across four storeys.

The developer is also exploring the potential for additional affordable housing outcomes.

Most of the apartments at Southwark Grounds will be delivered within a master-planned precinct on a large parcel of land on the eastern portion of the site, covering around two-thirds of its 8.4 hectares.

Wingard said detailed precinct planning over the coming months may identify further opportunities to increase yield further that could see total apartment numbers at Southwark Grounds, exceed this number.

Affordable homes at Southwark Grounds will also see a net increase, with Renewal SA maintaining its commitment to a minimum of 20 per cent affordable housing across the development.

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Civil works have begun across the site, with construction under way on the first new roads surrounding a townhouse precinct in the south‑west corner of Southwark Grounds. This includes Renewal SA’s 17 Founder’s Row homes, which are on track for completion by Christmas.

“We expect to have people living at Southwark Grounds by the end of the year, so delivering roads and public spaces for those residents is among our highest priorities.”

Construction of 40 townhouses off Anderson Street, known as West Village and being delivered by Contour, is forecast to begin in mid‑2026. Kolabb’s Anderson Lane development will follow shortly after, delivering a further 26 townhouses.

Southwark Grounds is a state government‑led urban renewal project now set to deliver around 1,700 homes over the next decade.

Homes will be supported by a supermarket, a range of retail and hospitality offerings anchored by a revitalised Walkerville Brew Tower, a childcare centre, car parking and well‑connected public spaces.

400 new homes planned for Adelaide's former West End Brewery site

Brisbane developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/cavcorp">Cavcorp</a> has lodged plans for a new mixed-use residential development at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/55-wyandra-street-teneriffe-qld-4005">55 Wyandra Street</a>, Teneriffe, anchored by an 85-metre public laneway designed to reconnect the suburb’s riverfront with the Gasworks precinct.

The buildings, known as Teneriffe House and Teneriffe Lane, would replace the existing Queensland Cotton head office site with a 15-storey residential tower transitioning to eight storeys toward Helen Street. The project has been designed by Plazibat Architects and lodged as a code assessable development application for 93 apartments across a 3,401 sqm mixed-use site within the Newstead and Teneriffe Waterfront neighbourhood plan.

Central to the scheme is the transformation of an existing service easement into a publicly accessible cross-block connection linking Wyandra and Helen Streets. Cavcorp says the new laneway will act as both a pedestrian shortcut and a landscaped civic space between the Teneriffe Riverwalk, ferry terminal, and Gasworks precinct.

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“The revised proposal delivers a legacy public-realm cross-block link, permanently secured for community use, transforming an existing private easement into a safe, high-quality pedestrian connection between the Teneriffe heritage riverwalk and the Gasworks–Long Island precinct,” the planning report states.

The laneway will sit beneath a large subtropical loggia integrated into the podium levels of the development. The design incorporates deep landscaping, water gardens, lobby spaces, business lounges, and ground-floor apartments to create what Cavcorp describes as a climate-responsive “urban verandah.”

The tower itself has been designed as a slender form with recessed floorplates and curved translucent corners inspired by contemporary Japanese architecture. The building height aligns with the Commercial Road precinct controls, which permit towers up to 15 storeys within proximity to Longland Street.

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The project will comprise a mix of larger-format apartments aimed at owner-occupiers, downsizers, and families. The proposed apartment mix includes 11 loggia apartments across the lower levels, 50 four-bedroom Sky-Terrace apartments from levels three to seven, and 32 Sky-Pool Homes occupying the upper tower levels. The Sky-Pool Homes will feature private thermal plunge pools integrated into oversized balconies.

According to the application, the apartments are intended to reinterpret the scale and character of Teneriffe’s woolstore conversions and Queensland homes within a vertical residential format.

“The sky-pool homes build on Cavcorp’s previous projects and introduce a distinct apartment typology to Teneriffe, informed by both local and international precedent and responding to an identified market demand for enhanced safety, space and amenity,” the planning submission notes.

A major focus of the proposal is its five-level wellness and lifestyle offering, extending from the basement through to the rooftop.

Amenities proposed include a rooftop Swim &amp; Racquet Club with a 25-metre Olympic lap pool and tennis court, coworking spaces and libraries, golf simulators, wine storage, concierge facilities, business lounges, pet wash areas, and rooftop longevity-focused wellness spaces with spas, outdoor fitness zones, and landscaped terraces.

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All parking will be concealed within basement levels accessed from Wyandra and Helen Streets. Cavcorp says the deep-basement engineering approach allows the entire ground plane to prioritise landscaping, pedestrian movement, and active frontage rather than vehicle infrastructure.

The development continues Cavcorp’s concentration in Newstead and Teneriffe, where the Brisbane developer has delivered a number of apartment projects including Lucent, Le Bain, and Luminare, as well as the Long Island Wellness Precinct nearby. Several of those projects have received national design and architecture awards, including recognition under Brisbane’s “Buildings that Breathe” program.

Cavcorp unveils wellness-focused Teneriffe House and Teneriffe Lane apartment buildings

Focus Group Investments has lodged plans for a new apartment development at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/64-70-hanover-street-fitzroy-vic-3065">64–70 Hanover Street</a> in Fitzroy, seeking to utilise the Victorian Government’s recently introduced Great Design Fast Track pathway to accelerate approvals for the project.

The proposal is among the latest developments to emerge through the state-led initiative, which was established to fast-track well-designed residential projects in activity centres and transport-connected inner-city locations. The pathway allows qualifying developments that meet elevated design and housing benchmarks to bypass traditional council planning timeframes and instead be assessed directly by the Department of Transport and Planning.

Designed by SJB, the development will comprise a mix of apartments above activated lower levels, with a strong focus on architectural articulation, landscaping, and communal amenity. The design response seeks to balance the industrial character of Richmond’s former warehouse precincts with a more contemporary residential form.

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Proposed are 63 new dwellings, a wide ranging mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, and townhouses and duplexes. They will be spread across a part-three, part-eight storey building.

The Planning and Urban Context Report by Tract says the development is of an "exemplary architectural standard" and has been carefully crafted by SJB Architects.

"Dwellings&nbsp;will benefit from excellent access to natural light, cross-ventilation opportunities and extensive communal space," the report noted.

The architectural material highlights the project’s integration of landscaped elements and communal spaces throughout the building. The proposal also incorporates sustainability initiatives aligned with the Victorian Government’s push for higher-performing apartment developments under the fast-track program.

The Great Design Fast Track was unveiled by the Victorian Government in 2024 as part of a broader housing supply strategy aimed at accelerating the delivery of new homes. Projects assessed through the pathway must demonstrate high-quality architecture, sustainability outcomes, and housing diversity while being located close to public transport and existing infrastructure.

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Focus Group, founder and led by Paul De Lutiis, is increasingly active across Melbourne’s inner suburbs, targeting well-connected urban renewal locations suited to medium and higher-density residential development. The Fitzroy proposal continues that strategy, leveraging the area’s strong transport links, established retail amenity, and proximity to the CBD.

Fitzroy has been one of the most popular spots for developers and buyers in recent years. The likes of PACE Development Group, SMA Projects, Crema Group and Chapter Group, currently selling projects in the suburb.

First look: Focus Group Investments taps Victoria’s Great Design Fast Track for Fitzroy apartments

Woollahra

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The sale price of the Woollahra investment apartment of Today Show host Georgie Gardner and her investment banker husband Tim Baker has emerged as $862,500.
It failed to find a March auction buyer and sold later at an undisclosed price.
The couple had initially hoped agent Bethwyn Richards would ­secure $900,000.
The top floor two-bedroom 1930s Edgecliff Road apartment cost $346,000 in 1998, four years before Gardner joined Nine.
They have also sold their Culburra Beach ­retreat for $800,000 through Ray White to Crookwell buyers.
The three-bedroom getaway cost $560,000 in 2007.
The listings came just weeks after the couple upgraded after eight years in Artarmon to a $6 million Mosman home.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
 
 
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Today Show's Georgie Gardner scores subdued Woollahra sale

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Deputy chairman of Hutchison Telecommunications Barry Roberts-Thomson and his wife Victoria are selling their Woollahra project.
The Queen Street Victorian was quietly snapped up for $3 million in 2016 following the sale of their Woollahra home to billionaire Greg Goodman for $15 million.
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They’ve renovated the home on 160 square metres.
Set behind a classic but updated white facade with a black wrought-iron front balcony, the home has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
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Ray White Woollahra agent Randall Kemp and Lisa Chaddare marketing the home for April 13 auction.
This article first appeared in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 
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Hutchison Telecommunication's Barry Roberts-Thomson lists Woollahra investment

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Today Show co-host Georgie Gardner and her investment ­banker husband Tim Baker have had a busy time selling down their real estate portfolio.
They’ve now managed to find buyers for both their Woollahra ­investment and their South Coast holiday retreat.
Gardner’s days lazing on a hammock at her longtime Culburra Beach retreat (pictured above) just 100 metres from the sand will end after the Easter break following an $800,000 sale at midweek auction.
Ray White agents Julie Gauci and Craig Hadfield handled the marketing of the beach cottage on 835 square metres.
Their three bedroom getaway cost $560,000 in 2007, ­shortly after the birth of the ­couple’s second child.
The listings come just weeks after the couple upgraded homes in Sydney.
They moved after eight years from a modernised 1920s ­Artarmon home to a more modern Mosman home which cost $6 million after they pocketed $4.2 million in Artarmon.
Their Woollahra investment (pictured below), despite a price guide reduction, failed to find a buyer at its auction last weekend, but sold midweek at an undisclosed price, with the couple seeking upwards of $850,000.
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Today Show's Georgie Gardner sells Woollahra and South Coast properties 

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Public House Management Group (PHMG), CEO and founder Mitchell Waugh has sold the Woollahra Hotel and Bistro Moncur.
It has been bought by other members of the Waugh hotelier family headed by his brother Ashton.
An Australian Financial Review report that the Ryan family had paid $50 million was not the case 
Mitchell Waugh and wife Harriet will be stepping away from the Woollahra venues next month to focus on the rest of their portfolio.
Mitchell Waugh has been at the helm of Bistro Moncur and the Woollahra Hotel since the Waugh family purchased the venues in 2015.
Waugh will retain his position at the head of PHMG, owning in entirety the Royal Hotel Paddington, the Marrickville Ritz and The Toxteth.
The reopening of the Toxteth Hotel in Glebe last August followed an extensive six-month refurbishment of the interiors, exterior and an overhaul of the food and beverage offering.
Affectionately known as ‘The Tocky,’ the venue was purchased by PHMG for $22 million-dollars in February 2017 from Geoff Dixon and John Singleton’s Riversdale Group.
“Saying goodbye to Bistro Moncur is bitter-sweet for us, this was our first venture in the restaurant business, and we have thoroughly enjoyed growing in this space," Mitchell said.
"We took some great learnings from restaurant ambassadors Guillaume Brahimi and Damien Pignolet and there is a vision to increase the food offering of the group in the near future."
The Woollahra Hotel, one of the eastern suburbs' iconic celebratory watering holes, has been regarded as one the jewels of the Sydney pub market, having been associated over past decades with the likes of Alan Bond and even Abe Saffron.
It was a depressed market back in 2011 when the White family sold the hotel with rival interest reportedly came from Leon Fink and John Singleton.
On its purchase from the White family, its co-owner Damien Pignolet's services were briefly retained as executive chef at Bistro Moncur.
The rumoured $30 million acquisition in 2015 of The Woollahra by Public House Management Group - fronted by brothers Mitchell &amp; Ashton Waugh - followed other recent acquisitions.
PHMG is now focused on a complete renovation of The Royal Paddington, which Micthell says will involve a “complete overhaul.
Waugh sat down with the Wentworth Courier to reveal he had offloaded his share to two other investors who were part of the original purchase. 
“It feels like a new chapter for me.
"All family companies have problems when they go generational, they come to a point where different personalities, kids, might be the second or third generation, they have to go their own way so I’m very proud that we’ve been able to find a way to do it amicably and move on.
"But now I have my two daughters, who are very stubborn, very strong willed and I need to start thinking about them and establishing.”
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Waugh family reshuffle with Woollahra Hotel ownership

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The Woollahra investment apartment of Today Show host Georgie Gardner and her investment banker husband Tim Baker remains for sale on listing websites after its scheduled auction at the weekend.
The Agency’s Bethwyn Richards and Anji Lake had marketed the top-floor apartment with a guide of $850,000 to $900,000 having initially suggested $900,000.
Gardner bought the two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in the 1930s Araluen block of 12 in 1998, some three years after she started working as a journalist having grown up in Perth. Gardner, who joined Nine in 2002 to present the weather, paid $346,000.
The Edgecliff Rd unit, with district views from its leafy balcony, includes original period features such as high ceilings, elegant period cornices and sash windows. 
It was last advertised for rent at $570 a week in 2013.
Gardner and Baker are thinning their property portfolio, having also recently listed their South Coast weekender.
They’ve owned the family getaway at Culburra Beach since paying $560,000 in 2007.
The listings come just weeks after the couple upgraded from Artarmon to Mosman, where they’ve spent $6 million.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Today's Georgie Gardner fails to sell Woollahra investment

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Emery Severin, the recently retired chief of resins company Nuplex Industries and his wife, Sharman, have listed their Woollahra terrace for rent.
The Woollahra home was bought 18 months ago for $3.85 million.
It is for $2500 a week rental.
The Severins are the buyers of the Paddington terrace of sleep medicine specialist Malcolm Ogborne and Macquarie Global Infrastucture Fund chief executive Grant Smith.
The Paddington Street terrace was sold off-market.
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Businessman Emery Severin's Woollahra terrace for rent

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The Today Show host Georgie Gardner and her investment banker husband Tim Baker have listed their Woollahra investment property.
The move comes after the couple, who recently spent $6 million in Mosman, listed their <a href="/news/todays-georgie-gardner-lists-south-coast-holiday-home">South Coast holiday home at Culburra Beach</a>.
The Woollahra apartment has been a long term investment for the pair. Gardner bought the home in 1998, three years after she started working as a journalist.
It cost $346,000.
Set on the top floor of Araluen, a boutique block of 12, the two bedroom, one bathroom Edgecliff Road apartment has city views from its leafy balcony.
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The unit includes original period features such as high ceilings, elegant period cornices and sash windows.
It was last advertised for rent at $570 a week in 2013.
The Agency's Bethwyn Richards and Anji Lake are marketing the apartment for a March 16 auction with a guide of $900,000.
The tightly held, 1930s block hasn't seen a sale since 2011. 
Another two bedroom apartment in the block, which is rented for $690 a week, is for sale with a guide of $760,000.
 
 
 
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It is hardly Hollywood by the Harbour.
But the international actor Isla Fisher retains the Sydney apartment she bought when she was just 20 playing troubled teen Shannon Reed in Home &amp; Away.
She's long gone from Summer Bay, and Sydney, preferring to reside these days in California.
"Juggling a family in LA isn’t easy,' the Australian actress told Marie Claire Australia.
Her Woollahra apartment appeared on the rental market this month, likely to yield some $650 a week for the wife of actor Sacha Baron Cohen.
They married in 2010 and have three children.
The couple calls the Hollywood Hills, as far away from the paparazzi and tourists as possible, their home sanctuary.
It was 2010 when they moved into their English country-style manor in Laurel Canyon, an affluent suburb where George Clooney and Paris Hilton also have a home.
They bought the seven bedroom, seven bathroom home with gym, theatre and pool having grown tired of seeing tourists parked outside their former home closer to town.
The Woollahra property attracts no attention.
Bought by Fisher for $171,500 in 1995, the star of Arrested Development stands as one of the longest owners in the 1930s Wiltshire Towers block.
The two bedroom apartment has been recently renovated, with a new kitchen and bathroom with tub.
Laing + Simmons Woollahra agent Jasmin Markham is marketing the Wallis Street rental property.  
The last two bedroom, one bathroom apartment without a car space in the block fetched $875,000.
Fisher told Marie Claire Australia earlier this year she has "a secret fantasy" of moving to Byron Bay, which would see her follow in the celebrity footsteps of Thor star Chris Hemsworth.
"I have this secret fantasy of slowing down, moving to Byron Bay, getting off the grid and sitting on the sand with a Vegemite sandwich," she said.
Fisher had representatives set to inspect the Broken Head property recently rented by Bourne Identity star Matt Damon.
Fisher and Baron Cohen are expected to holiday in Australia over the Christmas period.
She recently appeared in the recent Tourism Australia promotion, Dundee - The Son of a Legend Returns Home. 
Fisher joined the Summer Bay cast after her role on the short-lived Nine soap Paradise Beach.
In 1997, Fisher left to enrol at L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, a theatre and arts training school in Paris, before moving to Hollywood in 2002 having secured the part of Mary Jane, the love interest of Shaggy in the live-action film Scooby-Doo. 
Fisher has appeared in leading roles in Wedding Crashers, The Great Gatsby and Confessions of a Shopaholic.
In 2016 she began publishing a series of children's books, Marge in Charge, an eccentric and mischievous babysitter.
"There’s not really a culture of bringing your kids to dinner parties or to restaurants past 6pm," she said.
"I tend to entertain at home because I want to be with my family - it’s easier to put your kids to bed and have a wine with friends.” 
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph. 
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Actor Isla Fisher's long-held Woollahra unit available for rent

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The Queen Street, Woollahra premises best remembered as the former Zigolinis cafe have been sold for $3,125,000.
It was bought by an investor who plans to open the interiors up by moving the kitchen under an exisiting development application.
It will then be leased to a new food operator.
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<a href="https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/107-queen-st-woollahra-nsw-2025-2014688792" target="_blank">The 119 sqm premises</a> last sold at $2.62 million in 2013.
It has on-premises license to trader 5am to midnight, six days a week. It was offered at a $165,000 annual rental 2015.
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Queen Street coffee shop premises sold for $3,125,000

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The billionaire James Packer cashed out his personal property holdings in Sydney at auction last night when his last property was sold for $8,375,000.
<div>The auction of the six-bedroom home with swimming pool on 1000 sqm saw keen bidding through Ray White agent Elliott Placks who had a price guide of $7.5 million.</div>
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<div>It was announced on the market at $7.65 million with a two way bidding tussle then won by buyers agent Janne Sutcliffe whose client was on the phone.</div>
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<div>"A clever client," the Change of Address buyers agent advised when asked by The Daily Telegraph who she was buying for.</div>
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<div>There were five interested parties, including Rob Bowen and Skye Holden.
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The plush Woollahra residence was once part of a family compound amalgamated in the 1960s by the late media tycoon Kerry Packer.
His late father offered them to family and friends in need.
The two-storey house has been home to Gretel Packer’s friend Georgia Moxham and her husband Paul Stenmark.
The dress circle Rosemont Avenue property was bought in 1965 for £36,000.
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It was briefly considered as a potential matrimonial home by James and his former wife Erica more than a decade ago, but the then-newlyweds instead built the Vaucluse mega-mansion La Mer.
The sale ends Packer's real estate ties with his hometown, barring the forthcoming $60 million off the plan purchase in his Barangaroo casino high-rise block.
In August, he sold his Bondi Beach bachelor pad for $29 million.
La Mer was sold in 2015 for $70 million.
Packer now calls the west coast of United States his home after he paid $82 million for the Beverly Hills mansion once owned by Danny DeVito and his wife, actor Rhea Perlman. 
His mother Ros remains at Cairnton, the family compound on Bellevue Hill, which was initially secured by the late Sir Frank Packer in 1935 for £7,500.
Then Sir Frank, in five separate purchases, spent more than £28,000 pounds expanding Cairnton.
His sister Gretel lives nearby, and retains the Palm Beach weekender which Kerry Packer bought for $1 million in 1981. 
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph. 
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