<p><a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.</p>

<p>A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.</p>

<p>Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.</p>

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<p>“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.</p>

<p>From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.</p>

<p>The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.</p>

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<p>Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.</p>

<p>A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.</p>

<p>Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.</p>

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<p>Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.</p>

<p>“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.</p>

<p>Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.</p>

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<p>Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.</p>

<p data-end="8307" data-start="8063">The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.</p>

<p data-end="8543" data-start="8312">“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”</p>

<p data-end="8915" data-start="8548">The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.</p>

<p>The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.</p>

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The Eveleigh brings house-like apartments to Broadbeach

<p>A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.</p>

<p>The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.</p>

<p>Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.</p>

<p>The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.</p>

<p>The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.</p>

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<p>Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.</p>

<p>Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.</p>

<p>The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."</p>

<p>The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.</p>

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<p>Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.</p>

<p>The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.</p>


First look: New 139-apartment plans revive long-stalled Campbelltown city centre site

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<p>A 60-apartment building nine storeys tall would be a rarity almost anywhere along this stretch of Moreton Bay, but that's exactly what's been lodged for a modest Deception Bay street better known for its single-storey weatherboard homes.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sherlock-construction-homes">Sherlock Construction Homes</a> is seeking to push Deception Bay’s emerging medium-density housing profile higher, lodging plans for a nine-storey apartment building near the suburb’s shopping centre and foreshore.</p>

<p>Dubbed Grosvenor Apartments, the proposal at 14-20 Grosvenor Terrace would replace two detached homes with a new building designed by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/mode">Mode Design</a>&nbsp;which would&nbsp;reach nearly 30 metres, well above the site’s mapped 21-metre building height.</p>

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<p>The apartment mix is weighted toward larger homes, with 14 three-bedroom apartments, 31 two-bedroom apartments and 15 one-bedroom apartments. Six apartment types are spread across the floors, ranging from 66 sqm one-bedroom units through to three-bedroom apartments of 116 sqm, most with private balconies or terraces.</p>

<p>Levels one through seven follow a consistent layout of six to eight apartments per floor arranged around a central lift and stair core, with the top floor, level eight, trading one apartment for a landscaped community breakout space rather than repeating the standard layout below.</p>

<p>Ground floor is dedicated to arrival and services, with a lobby, mailroom and manager's office, alongside 91 car spaces.</p>

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<p>Mode Design's brief describes a "serene coastal-inspired design blending soft curves, natural textures and light-filled spaces to reflect the relaxed Deception Bay lifestyle."&nbsp;</p>

<p>The material palette leans on white and grey render, timber-look aluminium screening and stacked-brick-look finishes, with hanging greenery and vine planting proposed across balcony edges and ground-level walls.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Balconies feature asymmetrical geometries intended to vary the building's rhythm rather than repeat a single module up the tower, while lush planting is concentrated over the entry and level one balconies to soften the building's base.</p>

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<p>The design evolved following an April 2025 prelodgement meeting with council. At that stage, the project was conceived as a seven-storey building containing 45 apartments. The subsequently lodged scheme increases the development to nine storeys and 60 apartments while introducing one-bedroom residences to the mix.</p>

<p>Zone Planning argues the additional scale reflects the site's position within an area earmarked for increased residential intensity. The planning report points to the North Lakes-Redcliffe-Moreton Bay Rail corridor strategy, which identifies Deception Bay as a district-level activity centre and supports greater housing choice within urban neighbourhoods.</p>

<p>Market Square Deception Bay, Deception Bay Sports Centre, Deception Bay State School, public transport, community facilities and the Moreton Bay foreshore are all identified within approximately one kilometre of the site, while the property falls within a 400-metre walking catchment of Market Square.</p>

First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

<p data-end="587" data-start="368">Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.</p>

<p data-end="778" data-start="589">The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.</p>

<p data-end="907" data-start="780"><a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.</p>

<p data-end="1052" data-start="909">The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.</p>

<p data-end="1311" data-start="1054">The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.</p>

<p data-end="1451" data-start="1313">The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.</p>

<p data-end="1676" data-start="1453">MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.</p>

<p data-end="1908" data-start="1678">Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.</p>

<p data-end="2142" data-start="1910">The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.</p>

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<p data-end="2308" data-start="2144">MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.</p>

<p data-end="2648" data-start="2310">"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.</p>

<p data-end="2797" data-start="2650">"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."</p>

<p data-end="2938" data-start="2799">The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.</p>

<p data-end="3216" data-start="2940">Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.</p>

<p data-end="3325" data-start="3218">Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.</p>

<p data-end="3442" data-start="3327">"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.</p>

<p data-end="3662" data-start="3444">"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."</p>

<p data-end="3818" data-start="3664">MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.</p>

<p data-end="4076" data-start="3820">"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.</p>

<p data-end="4375" data-start="4078">"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."</p>

<p data-end="4503" data-start="4377">Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.</p>

<p data-end="4741" data-start="4505">"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."</p>

<p data-end="4910" data-start="4743">The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.</p>

<p data-end="4951" data-start="4912">MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.</p>


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<p data-end="600" data-start="394">Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.</p>

<p data-end="733" data-start="602">But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.</p>

<p data-end="970" data-start="735">Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.</p>

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<p data-end="1159" data-start="972">The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.</p>

<p data-end="1357" data-start="1161">It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.</p>

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<p data-end="3400" data-start="3216">Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.</p>

<p data-end="1664" data-start="1517">Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.</p>

<p data-end="1826" data-start="1666">Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.</p>

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<p data-end="2045" data-start="1828">Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.</p>

<p data-end="2269" data-start="2047">"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.</p>

<p data-end="2430" data-start="2271">A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.</p>

<p data-end="2606" data-start="2432">It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.</p>

<p data-end="2724" data-start="2608">At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.</p>

<p data-end="2892" data-start="2726">Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.</p>

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<p data-end="3004" data-start="2894">Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.</p>

<p data-end="3214" data-start="3006">"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.</p>

<p data-end="3400" data-start="3216">The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.</p>

<p data-end="3400" data-start="3216">More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.</p>

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<p>There have previously been attempts to restrict Airbnb in Sydney, but owners corporations have failed.</p>
<p>Owners corporations in the past have attempted to block Airbnb letting, the most notable case was in Woollahra.</p>
<p>Alisa Taylor, a partner at Meyer Vandeberg Lawyers, noted the issue.</p>
<p>The landlord was Ms Peta Estens, who paid $580,000 for her one bedroom courtyard apartment in 2015.</p>
<p>Estens regularly let her apartment, due to her frequent travelling interstate and overseas.</p>
<p>"She was selective with the guests she permitted to lease the property and always found the apartment in impeccable condition when she returned," Taylor noted.</p>
<p>There were only two complaints over a 12 month period, with guests misusing the washing machine in the commercial laundry.</p>
<p>Taylor said Ms Estens changed the rules on her listing, limiting the use of the washing machines and also prohibiting pets.</p>
<p>The owners corporation in the small block of five had passed a 'special by-law', having the effect that Airbnb was an illegal use for all units in the complex.</p>
<p>Estens then sought an order from the NCAT to invalidate the rule, on the basis the owners corporation didn't have the power to make it.</p>
<p>She relied on a 2016 NSW Legislative Committee Environmental Planning Report which said that (among other things) the committee regarded short term letting of a residential property as ‘residential use of the same character as longer term letting or traditional tenancy’.</p>
<p>The owners corporation argued that no section Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (NSW) permitted the use of Airbnb.</p>
<p>The owners corporation said that the common areas of the building were being subjected to a high rate of wear and tear as a result of luggage being continuously moved in and out of Ms Esten’s unit, and also pointed to issues of security and control of short term occupiers including abatement of noise.</p>
<p>Ultimately the NCAT agreed with Ms Estens, declaring an owners corporation cannot pass by-laws banning short-term letting.  </p>
<p>"The NCAT said that it was satisfied that the manner in which the Airbnb arrangement operates ‘is sufficient to constitute a tenancy or lease’," Taylor advised.</p>
<p>"The NCAT based this on the fact that the tenant has exclusive possession of the property, and concluded that the arrangement is properly described as a lease rather than a licence."</p>
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<p>The Cole family have listed their Woollahra home following the recent death of Ann Cole, the widow of Graham Cole, the 1983 founder of the Cole Classic.</p>
<p>There's an image of the big race competitors in the kitchen at the Moncur Street home that goes to June 23 auction.</p>
<p>Aged 71, Graham Cole died soon after his morning dip at Bondi in December 1999, promoting <em>Sunday Telegraph</em> columnist Piers Akerman to note the Classic was "not so much a race but a personal challenge, an opportunity for individuals to quietly enjoy a sense of personal achievement at being part of a great event".</p>
<p>When Cole was working to establish the first Cole Classic in 1983, he explained it was be a trigger for "persons to involve themselves in the self-discipline required to get fit; obtain confidence in their ability through swimming, to achieve pride in having performed something that is, perhaps, slightly above average".</p>
<p>The Woollahra home was bought in 1996 for $780,000 after the couple sold their Vaucluse home that was designed by the noted architect Professor Leslie Wilkinson. </p>
<p>Jeanette Ann passed away peacefully at home in January this year aged 84 years. They had three boys, Walter, Christopher and Nicholas.</p>
<p>There's just the two bedroom at the home which has a Georgian-style facade. There's a romantic walled garden and self-contained studio.</p>
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Graham Cole's Woollahra home on the market

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<p>Gene Sherman, who runs the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas, which presents public programs exploring fashion and architecture, and her husband Brian have listed in Woollahra with $16 million hopes.</p>
<p>Their home is Corinth, an 1880s home that set an $11 million record in 2007.</p>
<p>The grand Victorian has six bedrooms, four bathrooms and an internal courtyard on its 575 square metre Queen Street parcel.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-woollahra-128450414" target="_blank">The Agency's Ben Collier</a> has a June 23 auction.</p>
<p>Gene was an academic in French literature and languages, first in South Africa where she grew up, then in Sydney after emigrating here with Brian in 1972.</p>
<p>They are whispered to be the $16.5 million buyers of Braelin, the redundant Centennial Park home of tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, the Atlassian co-founder, and his wife, Annie. </p>
<p><em>This article first appeared in </em>The Daily Telegraph. </p>
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Gene Sherman lists 1880s Woollahra home with $16 million hopes

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<p>The Great Keppel Island owner Terrry Agnew has spent $10.35 million on Eleuthera, the Woollahra trophy home of Phoebe Kyriakou, the ex-wife of the Monaco-based Australian mining magnate Chris Kyriakou.</p>
<p>The four bedroom Eleuthera on Rosemont Avenue, Woollahra's most prestigious street, sold through BradfieldCleary agent Georgia Cleary on delayed settlement terms.</p>
<p>It last traded for $7.9 million in 2011, when the 1910-era residence was purchased from the Point Piper-bound<a href="https://www.domain.com.au/sale/point-piper-nsw-2027/?ssubs=1" title=""></a> hotelier Peter Ryan and his wife Toni.</p>
<p>Agnew and wife, Kyril are still awaiting a buyer for Rona, the Bellevue Hill trophy home which is listed through Bart Doff at Laing &amp; Simmons in conjunction with Ben Collier at The Agency. </p>
<p>This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.</p>
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<p>Lisa Keighery, widow of the late Marcs fashion wear founder Mark Keighery, has bought back into Woollahra.</p>
<p>Having sold her former Woollahra home early last year, Keighery recently settled on a $2.21 million house (pictured above), just a few streets away.</p>
<p>It had been listed with $2.2 million to $2.3 million price guidance.</p>
<p>1st City Woollahra agent John Anderson sold the three bedroom wide-fronted Victorian terrace with designer renovation having previously been a small art gallery.</p>
<p>Keighery, who is renovating at Palm Beach, had a nearby five bedroom family home (pictured below) which sold for $4.2 million.</p>
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Lisa Keighery settles on new home in Woollahra

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<div>Olympic swim legend Ian Thorpe is whispered to have spent $2.75 million on a Woollahra townhouse.</div>
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<div>The purchase is apparently just in Thorpe’s name and not with his partner Ryan Channing. The couple recently Instagrammed a picture of their new abode along with the new pooch, Kaia.</div>
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<div>The townhouse that Thorpe took a liking to sits at the rear of a converted 1860s mansion amid tropical gardens with a shared pool and spa.</div>
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<div>With 215sqm of indoor and outdoor living, the three-level home has three bedrooms, while the entire top floor is a study opening to a balcony.</div>
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<div>The off-market sale was by MuscleFitness bodybuilders Paul Graham and wife Carole, who had it listed through Ray White agent Clay Brodie.</div>
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<div>The Grahams bought the property last March, paying $2.5 million through Georgia Cleary at BradfieldCleary.</div>
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<div>The Woollahra buy will mark a return to Sydney property for Thorpe.</div>
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<div>He has previously owned in the ­Sutherland Shire and at Thirroul. His Port Hacking property sold in 2012 at $2.65 million and the South Coast investment fetched $655,000 in 2010.</div>
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<div>His last property holding was a home in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, which was sold early last year.</div>
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<div>It was known among agents that Thorpe was looking to buy after he was spotted at an open for inspection of an 1860s Paddington terrace in December.</div>
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<div>Listed with a $2.5 million price guide, the Gipps St terrace fetched about $2.85 million midweek through Ray White agent Dean Jarman. </div>
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<div>Meanwhile, Thorpe’s grandmother, Gwen, sold her <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-padstow-125274926" target="_blank">Padstow home</a> last year. She had lived in the three-bedroom cottage for many decades.</div>
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<div>Darren Musgrave at One Agency Darren Musgrave secured the Padstow sale at well over its reserve price.</div>
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<div>Thorpe was the youngest individual world champion when he won the 400m freestyle at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships in Perth.</div>
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<div>Thorpe pointed to the milestone in January, when he posted on Instagram: “20 years ago today in Perth, I became World Champion — not bad for a 15 year old kid from Milperra!!</div>
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<div>This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.</div>
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<div>The former solicitor-general of Australia, David Bennett QC, and his wife Angela, a former judge of the Federal Court, have bought a weekender on the NSW south coast.</div>
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<div>The Woollahra-based couple have spent $4.75 million on an <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-berry-124868898" target="_blank">architect-designed manor in Berry</a>. Set on an elevated 20ha near Seven Mile Beach, the hobby farm property has previously run 20 Black Angus cows, horses and sheep.</div>
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<div>The two-storey home has four bedrooms. There’s an entertainer’s terrace overlooking a heated pool, which comes with a self-contained pool house.</div>
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<div>The home was sold by the London-based Macquarie infrastructure boss David Roseman and his wife, interior designer Sue, who had it initially listed for March auction last year when they were seeking $4.75 million through Gary Dale at Belle Property.</div>
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<div>Their manor-style mansion was built after they had bought the Coomonderry Ridge holding in 2011 for  $1.18 million.</div>
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<div>Roseman was appointed to the merchant bank’s top infrastructure post in 2015.</div>
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<div>Bennett served as solicitor-general for a decade until 2008.</div>
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<p>The film maker Ian Darling has bought the Woollahra commercial office premises he'd been renting in the heart of Woollahra's Queen Street shopping precinct.</p>
<p>The off market $10.9 million trade was the highest commercial sale on the pricey retail Queen Street strip.</p>
<p>The only prices higher have been leisure assets including the Woollahra Hotel, which fetched $23,681,000 when sold in 2015, plus the business value which took the reported acquisition costs to around $30 million. </p>
<p>Real estate agency Goodyer had previous occupied the second level at <a href="http://www.commercialview.com.au/109-queen-street-woollahra-nsw/commercial-for-lease-details-11185296" target="_blank">109 Queen Street</a> which Darling secured recently.</p>
<p>Wholefoods had been a retail tenant. It has been the headquarters of the Pongrass Property Group.</p>
<p>It was sold by the Yared family.</p>
<p>Darling is the founder and executive chair of Shark Island Institute and executive director of its production arm, Shark Island Productions, a documentary company.</p>
<p>His documentary credits as a producer, director and executive producer include Suzy &amp; The Simple Man, The Genesis and The White Blindfold among a number of others.</p>
<p>Last year he was named Australia's Leading Philanthropist by Philanthropy Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-7"></sup></p>
<p>The highest price paid for a house on Queen Street is $13 million, set in 2016 when style-setter and former Vogue staffer Rebecca Caratti bought the renocated Clyde Cottage in Woollahra.</p>
<p>Caratti, daughter of Perth earth moving tycoon John Caratti, emerged as the buyer of the home that belonged to one Singapore's richest people, Ronald Anthony Ooi and his wife Erica Han.</p>
<p>They bought it as a run down cottage for $4 million in 2011.</p>
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<p>The buyer of the Woollahra trophy residence Icilus that sold last week for $13 million has been pinpointed as young Rich Lister Alistair Champion and his wife Kate MacIvor.</p>
<p>The Bellevue Hill couple secured the Victorian Italianate residence from the coal miner, Brendan McPherson.</p>
<p>McPhersons, who owns the Rose Bay restaurant Regatta, bought the Ocean Street property in 2010 for $8 million from the late media executive Ian Law and his widow Roslyn.</p>
<p>They had interior designer Thomas Hamel undertake its refurbishment ahead of its August 2015 Vogue Living issue.</p>
<p>Champion and MacIvor own in Bellevue Hill where they bought in 2013 for $5.4 million.</p>
<p>They have a beachfront weekender in Palm Beach that cost $7 million two years ago.</p>
<p>Earlier this month Iclius was sold with its initial $13 million hopes being secured.</p>
<p>Champion was ranked 22nd on last year’s BRW Young Rich List, then aged 39, with a worth of $103 million given his Laser Clinics Australia.</p>
<p>Ben Collier, of The Agency, secured the sale.</p>
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Woollahra's Icilus sold to Laser Clinics Richlister

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<p>Former coal baron Brendan McPherson and wife Rowena have sold Icilus, their luxury Woollahra trophy.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-woollahra-126256990" target="_blank">Ocean Street home</a>, that featured in Vogue Living after its Thomas Hamel makeover, had $13 million to $13.5 million price hopes through Ben Collier at The Agency.</p>
<p>The property was the hottest on realestate.com.au in the eastern suburbs during one week of the campaign.</p>
<p>It sold on the eve of the campaign conclusion.</p>
<p>Built in the 1880s, Icilus has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a studio, home offices and eight fireplaces.</p>
<p>Brendan and Rowena paid $8 million for the home in 2010 when they bought from the late media chief Ian Law and his wife Roslyn.</p>
<p>They had bought it for $6.8 million in 2006 from Dion Werbeloff, the chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs JB Were, and his wife, Caroline Ralph-Smith.</p>
<p>Prior to working at the Donaldson and Gloucester coal companies, McPherson worked with the Gas &amp; Fuel Corporation of Victoria.</p>
<p>These days McPherson runs the Rose Bay Regatta restaurant. They're upgrading to Bellevue Hill.</p>
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