Developers and apartment buyers have a narrowing window of opportunity before Brisbane's Olympic infrastructure pipeline begins competing directly with residential construction, pushing up costs, tightening labour supply and making new projects increasingly difficult to deliver.

While Brisbane's apartment market continues to benefit from strong population growth and limited housing supply, industry research suggests the years leading up to 2027 could prove to be the most important period for developers looking to secure builders and buyers hoping to purchase before the next wave of price increases.

A new Colliers report, Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Creating Solutions, highlights the scale of the challenge. While thousands of new homes are planned across South East Queensland, the Brisbane Olympic Athletes Village alone will deliver more than 10,500 beds during the Games before being converted into around 1,750 to 2,000 apartments. Equivalent to almost two years of typical inner-city apartment supply, the project will also absorb a significant share of the construction workforce and building materials.

The broader construction pipeline paints an even clearer picture.

Construction Skills Queensland's Horizon 2032 report forecasts Queensland's annual construction pipeline will average $69 billion over the coming years before peaking at $75 billion in 2027-28. Demand for construction workers is expected to increase by 17 per cent to almost 150,000 people, with the industry facing an annual shortfall of around 19,000 workers that could blow out to as many as 35,000 during the peak construction period.

The Olympic venues, athletes village and supporting infrastructure will account for billions of dollars worth of work across South East Queensland through to 2032, creating intense competition for labour at a time when Australia's residential construction sector is already under pressure.

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Colliers Queensland Residential Director Andrew Scriven said the convergence of these projects is creating a clear window of opportunity for both developers and buyers.

"From 2027 onwards, the market will shift dramatically," Scriven said.

"Labour will increasingly be locked into government-led infrastructure and Olympic projects, which means private residential developments will face higher costs and tighter margins. The developers who move now are the ones most likely to get projects off the ground."

Scriven said the same dynamic would also affect buyers, with fewer apartment projects expected to launch once construction capacity tightens.

"If you're looking to change your lifestyle over the next five years, now is your window of opportunity to buy."

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Developers are already positioning themselves ahead of that window.

Following the success of Monarch at Toowong, Consolidated Properties is preparing to launch two new Brisbane apartment projects in the second half of 2026. They include <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/gloriette-30-bedivere-street-yeerongpilly-qld-4105">Gloriette</a> at Yeerongpilly Green, a 25-storey tower within one of Brisbane's key Olympic precincts, and <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/castile-47-skyring-terrace-newstead-qld-4006">Castile</a>, a recently approved 25-storey riverfront development at 47 Skyring Terrace in Newstead.

Hutchinson Builders will deliver both projects, with early works already underway at Yeerongpilly and Newstead expected to commence later this year.

The timing comes as Brisbane's fundamentals continue to strengthen, with strong interstate migration, population growth and vacancy rates remaining below 1.5 per cent.

Colliers Queensland researcher Pragya Sharma said Greater Brisbane is forecast to require around 40,000 new apartments between 2021 and 2031.

"There's a real mismatch emerging between when housing is needed and when it will be feasible to build," Sharma said.

"As a result, the period leading up to 2027 presents a key window of opportunity for developers to secure approvals, funding and construction capacity, while buyers will have greater choice before supply constraints intensify."

Colliers research outlines a critical pre-2027 window to start residential projects before labour squeeze: now is the time to buy

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Developers, buyers on watch in South East Queensland ahead of construction crunch: Colliers

It's taken less than nine months for developer Sherpa Property Group to sell out all 51 apartments in its <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/flourish-oasis-palm-beach-7-9-sixth-avenue-palm-beach-qld-4221">Flourish Oasis</a> development in <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/palm-beach-qld-4221">Palm Beach</a>, over a year before its anticipated completion.

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Located at 7-9 Sixth Avenue, the $67 million development has resonated strongly with both local owner-occupiers and downsizers seeking high-quality apartments within walking distance of the beach, dining precincts and everyday amenities.

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Christie Leet, Founder of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sherpa-property-group">Sherpa Group</a>, said the sell-out reflected both the strength of the Palm Beach market and the success of Sherpa's community-first approach to development.

"The sell-out of Oasis is a fantastic outcome and reinforces the strong demand we're seeing for thoughtfully designed apartments in lifestyle locations," Leet said.

"From the outset, our vision was to create a development that genuinely enhanced the Palm Beach community while providing residents with exceptional homes and wellness-focused amenities.

"We've been incredibly encouraged by the level of local support throughout the campaign, 72.5 per cent of buyers are locals, with a significant proportion of purchasers choosing Oasis as their future home rather than an investment."

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Construction is now progressing following development approval, with trusted builder LPS Group delivering the project and completion anticipated in Q3 2027.

Oasis forms part of Sherpa Group's successful Flourish collection, which has become recognised for its focus on wellness, community and elevated coastal living.

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Residents will have private access to a rooftop amenity space featuring a pool, gym, sauna, steam room, hot and cold plunge pools, spa and barbecue facilities.

"The success of Oasis demonstrates that buyers continue to prioritise quality, location and lifestyle," Leet said.

"We are proud to have delivered a project that has resonated so strongly with the market and look forward to bringing Oasis to life for our future residents."

Sherpa recently launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/flourish-soleira-palm-beach-1150-1160-gold-coast-highway-palm-beach-qld-4221">Flourish Soleira</a>, its third instalment of the Flourish brand in Palm Beach following Flourish Oasis and <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/amargo-6-12-sixth-avenue-palm-beach-qld-4221">Flourish Amargo</a>.

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Sherpa sells out Flourish Oasis in booming Palm Beach

Urban Property Group's <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/la-vera-macquarie-park-94-talavera-road-macquarie-park-nsw-2113">La Vera</a> is leading the next phase of Macquarie Park's residential evolution, with the new apartment development set to become the first of several new apartment projects in the precinct to complete.

The 169-apartment building has now topped out ahead of its scheduled completion in the third quarter of 2026, as new residential investment continues to reshape one of Sydney's largest employment hubs into a true mixed-use precinct.

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Cox Architecture has designed La Vera to capture the best of its unique positioning on Talavera Road, orienting the building towards Lane Cove National Park.&nbsp;The building features a sculpted northern façade with flowing curves inspired by the surrounding landscape, while its city-facing elevation adopts a more structured architectural expression to maximise skyline views.

"The vision for the project was to conceive a building that adopted an organic and curvilinear form to the northern portion that faces the Lane Cove National Park," <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">Cox Architecture</a> Director Felipe Miranda said.

"The residents that reside in the northern portion of the building benefit by having beautifully crafted curved balconies that speak to the natural context and heighten the relationship of their internal living spaces to the external balconies."

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La Vera offers a diverse mix of one, two, three, and four-bedroom configurations, with prices currently starting from $740,000. Buyers so far have been a mix of Sydney-based investors,&nbsp;metro commuters, owner-occupiers and downsizers from surrounding North Shore suburbs.

Both investors and owner-occupiers have been drawn to La Vera's proximity to Macquarie University, Macquarie University Hospital, Macquarie Centre and the Sydney Metro, infrastructure that supports both strong rental demand and a convenient lifestyle for residents.

The apartments feature full-height glazing, timber flooring throughout living areas, stone kitchen benchtops, SMEG appliances, floor-to-ceiling bathroom tiling and ducted air conditioning.

Residents will have access to a rooftop recreation level featuring a swimming pool, sauna, barbecue facilities and landscaped relaxation areas, complemented by additional communal space at ground level. Many apartments enjoy uninterrupted views across Lane Cove National Park, reinforcing the project's connection to its natural setting.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a>, a family-owned developer and builder with nearly four decades of experience, holds a 4.5-star iCIRT rating and was Australia's first developer to introduce 10-Year Latent Defects Insurance (LDI). La Vera is the first apartment development in <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/macquarie-park-nsw-2113">Macquarie Park</a> approved to offer the additional insurance protection, alongside a five-year warranty on SMEG appliances.

Urban Property Group CEO Patrick Elias said the additional protection reflects changing buyer expectations in the off the plan market.

"Consumers are a lot more weary and a lot more concerned in buying off the plan than they ever have been. Having LDI is a tool to portray the confidence that we have in our product, and a confidence we want buyers to share," Elias said.

Following completion of the building later this year, buyers will move into their apartments well before Christmas.

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La Vera closes in on completion as Macquarie Park continues residential transformation

Brisbane developer Red &amp; Co's decision to include dual key apartments in its debut Gold Coast apartment development, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/como-varsity-lakes-22-lake-street-varsity-lakes-qld-4227">COMO Varsity Lakes</a>, is proving to be one of the project's biggest drawcards, with buyers quickly snapping up the flexible residences.

More than half of the project's 36 dual key apartments have already sold, helping drive COMO beyond the 50 per cent sold mark within the first month of launch.

The strong response highlights growing demand for apartment designs that can adapt to changing lifestyles, with buyers increasingly looking for homes that accommodate multi-generational living, provide rental income opportunities or simply offer greater flexibility over time.

Located on the shores of Lake Orr, COMO will deliver 156 apartments across 16 levels, with the dual-key residences forming a limited release within the broader development.

Each combines a primary two-bedroom apartment with a fully self-contained studio on a single title, connected by a shared foyer and lockable internal door. The design allows owners to house ageing parents, adult children or guests while maintaining privacy, or lease the secondary residence to generate additional income.

Just 17 of the original 36 dual key apartments remain available.

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The innovative configuration combines two fully self-contained residences on a single title, typically comprising a primary two-bedroom apartment alongside a separate studio residence, connected via a shared foyer and lockable internal door.&nbsp;

The model is proving particularly attractive to owner occupiers navigating changing family dynamics and the realities of the current housing crisis.&nbsp;

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/project-marketer/npa">NPA</a>&nbsp;CEO Andrew Erwin said dual key living was resonating strongly with modern buyers because it delivered both financial flexibility and practical lifestyle benefits.&nbsp;

“The housing crisis and rising cost of living are fundamentally changing how Australians think about home ownership,” Erwin said.&nbsp;

“Dual key apartments provide a genuine solution for families who want to stay connected while maintaining independence. Parents can help adult children save for a future home, ageing parents can remain nearby without moving into aged care, and owners still retain privacy and flexibility.

“Importantly, buyers are also recognising the financial advantages. It creates the opportunity to generate additional income from part of the home without the holding costs associated with owning a separate investment property.”&nbsp;

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Unlike traditional dual occupancy arrangements, the residences operate under a single title, meaning owners only incur one set of body corporate fees, council rates and holding costs.&nbsp;

The secondary residence can also evolve over time - functioning as guest accommodation, a home office, creative studio or private retreat before later becoming an income-producing asset.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/red-co">Red &amp; Co</a>&nbsp;Director and Co-Founder David Laverty said the strong early sales reflected growing buyer urgency and changing priorities within the market.&nbsp;

“Securing more than half of COMO’s residences within such a short timeframe is an outstanding result and a clear endorsement of both the design and location,” Laverty said.&nbsp;

“Buyers are responding to the combination of location, connectivity and amenity, but ultimately it’s value relative to other East Coast markets that is driving enquiry.”&nbsp;

“We’re also seeing strong interest from owner occupiers looking for homes that can adapt with them over time. Flexibility has become one of the most important considerations for buyers in today’s market.”&nbsp;

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/bda-architecture">BDA Architecture</a>, COMO features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom residences with 2.7-metre ceilings and larger-format floorplans aimed at owner occupiers, downsizers and lifestyle-focused buyers.&nbsp;

The development will feature an extensive rooftop recreation and wellness offering including a 25-metre lap pool, sundeck, barbecue and dining areas, gym, sauna, plunge baths, landscaped gardens, wellness spaces and rooftop pickleball and paddleball courts.

The remaining dual key apartments range from 137 sqm to 167 sqm and include generous three-bedroom layouts with separate self-contained studio accommodation and dual parking.&nbsp;

Erwin said the dual key concept represented a broader shift in how Australians would live in the future.

“People want homes that can evolve with their lives,” he said.&nbsp;

“A dual key apartment can suit a family today, support an ageing parent tomorrow, and potentially generate income later on. That adaptability is becoming incredibly valuable in the current environment.”

Prices currently range from $2,115,750 to $2,583,000.&nbsp;

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Inter-generational living drives demand for COMO’s dual key apartments as housing pressures reshape buyer priorities 

Builder-developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/ceerose">Ceerose</a> has doubled down on its Leichhardt ambitions, lodging its second State Significant Development Application (SSDA) in the suburb in the last six months.

Their newest proposal seeks to transform a former industrial precinct into a new residential community centred around the adaptive reuse of one of the site's heritage warehouse buildings.

The new project, on a 6,930 sqm block at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/40-76-william-street-leichhardt-nsw-2040">40–76 William Street</a>, will bring more than 200 apartments to a suburb that has seen little to no new supply in recent years. It follows Ceerose's late 2025 SSDA for a mixed-use apartment project on nearby Parramatta Road, signalling the developer's growing investment in Sydney's Inner West.

Ceerose Founder Edward Doueihi told Apartments.com.au the developer’s long-standing presence in Leichhardt and the Inner West had given it a strong understanding of how the area has evolved and where its future opportunities lie.

“Ceerose has had a long-standing presence in Leichhardt and the Inner West, giving us a unique understanding of the area’s evolution and future potential,” Doueihi said.

“Having delivered projects throughout the region, we have witnessed the suburb’s transformation first-hand and understand the opportunities for its continued growth.”

Doueihi said that understanding also informed the planning process, with a comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Outcomes Report prepared before the application was lodged.

The report identified the key issues and concerns raised by neighbouring residents and other stakeholders, allowing those matters to be considered and incorporated into the design where appropriate.

He said the delivery of additional housing would also play an important role in supporting the revitalisation of Norton Street and the Italian Forum.

“By increasing the local residential population, the development is expected to strengthen demand for local businesses, encourage further investment, and help restore the vibrancy that made the precinct a thriving destination in the early 2000s.”

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/woods-bagot">Woods Bagot</a>, the redevelopment would involve the demolition of four existing industrial buildings while retaining and adaptively reusing the site's most significant warehouse. The retained structure would anchor a new residential precinct comprising five interconnected buildings arranged around a large central landscaped courtyard, with heights stepping from five storeys along the surrounding residential streets to 11 storeys at the William Street corner.

According to the Architecture Design Report by Woods Bagot, the proposal "seeks to create a residential village centred around a generous green heart while celebrating the site's industrial heritage through the adaptive reuse of the existing warehouse building."

The development would comprise 203 apartments, with 188 proposed as build-to-sell residences, alongside 15 affordable housing apartments.

Rather than treating the retained warehouse as a standalone heritage object, Woods Bagot has sought to weave the site's industrial history throughout the masterplan. The proposal retains the north and west facades of the landmark corner warehouse, while new buildings reinterpret the site's brick-and-steel industrial language through their material palette and architectural expression.

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The design is organised around what Woods Bagot describes as a "green heart", a landscaped communal open space that reinstates the leafy character removed when the site became an industrial storage facility. A new pedestrian laneway running through the site would improve permeability between William, North and Francis streets, linking residents through landscaped public spaces while activating the ground plane.

Residents would have access to communal gardens and shared recreation areas distributed throughout the development. Sustainability has also been prioritised, with the project targeting an average 7.9-star NatHERS rating. Proposed initiatives include rooftop solar generation, rainwater harvesting, passive solar design, naturally ventilated lobbies, extensive cross-ventilation and the reuse of existing building fabric to reduce embodied carbon.

The adaptive reuse strategy became a defining feature of the application after heritage investigations found only one of the site's industrial buildings could feasibly be retained. The Heritage Impact Statement concludes that preserving the key warehouse façades while referencing the site's industrial character throughout the new development provides an appropriate balance between renewal and conservation.

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"Retention and adaptation of the site buildings has been explored but found not to be feasible except for the tallest building, whose street facades will be retained," the heritage report states.

"The proposed building will interpret the brick and steel character of the subject site, including reuse of some components and construction of a large 'sawtooth' structure in the proposed open space."

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The William Street site is located around 300 metres from Leichhardt North Light Rail station and a short walk to Norton Street's retail, dining and hospitality precinct. The surrounding area has increasingly become a focus for urban renewal given its proximity to public transport and the Parramatta Road corridor.

Doueihi founded Ceerose in 1998 and has grown the business to become one of Sydney's more active apartment developers in recent years, with completed projects including The Alex Collective in Alexandria, Abbie's Lane in Annandale, and the award-winning Munro House in Elizabeth Bay. They are currently delivering Belgravia, 17 luxury apartments in Potts Point.

First look: Ceerose doubles down in Leichhardt with adaptive reuse of former warehouse site

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The five-bedroom Woollahra house Icilus has been listed by the former coal baron, Brendan McPherson, and his wife, Rowena.
They want $13 million for the Ocean Street home.
They had bought it in 2010 for $8 million from the late media chief, Ian Law, and his wife, Roslyn who 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.
The 1880s home was featured in Vogue Living after its Thomas Hamel makeover.
Prior to working at the Donaldson and Gloucester coal companies, McPherson worked with the Gas &amp; Fuel Corporation of Victoria.
These days McPherson runs the Rose Bay Regatta restaurant.
Nearby a <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-woollahra-126097058" target="_blank">1930s home on Edgecliff Road</a> fetched $10.1 million at auction earlier this week when sold to a Moncur Street-based neuroradiologist who outbid others including Quadrant Private Equity operative Charles Gibbon.
After an opening bid of $8 million it was neuroradiologist Jason Wenderoth who secured the home of Margaret Allsopp, of the Angus and Coote jewellery family
Allsopp, who bought it in 1972 for $126,000, has downsized to a $6 million Double Bay apartment.
The freestanding five bedroom home with harbour aspect came with a approval to develop the adjacent 157 sqm property with a two bedroom home.
Ray White Double Bay selling agent Gavin Rubinstein had expected a sale between $8 million and $8.8 million, but bidding strengthened when four parties competed from $9 million onwards when auctioned mid-week through Ray White's James Keenan.
Recently the Rosemont Avenue home of Monaco-based mining magnate Chris Kyraikou and his estranged wife Phoebe fetched $10 million plus. 
 
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Five-bedroom Woollahra house Icilus listed amid trophy home sales spree

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Former swimwear model Jodhi Meares has helped her mother Denise Macpherson downsize just weeks after finding her own $2.75 million Sydney bolthole in Watsons Bay.
The mother-daughter duo have bought a two-bedroom Woollahra apartment that cost $1.37 million.
It is in an art deco complex amid the popular village.
It was secured in a recent off-market transaction in the block made famous in the 1970s when its facade featured in the television ­series Number 96.
The apartment sits above the streetfront retail space that long traded as the Eva Breuer Gallery.
It is not the first time the mother-daughter duo have co-owned.
There was a two-storey Paddington terrace that was ­recently sold to an expatriate.
They had paid $900,000 for the Victorian-style Underwood St terrace in 2004 that fetched about $2.6 million.
Soon after her 1999 marriage to tycoon James Packer, the Tigerlily label founder made sure her mother was looked after, securing a $2.4 million St Thomas St, Bronte, home for her.
The house was offloaded for $3.41 million in 2003, a year after the divorce.
Meares has been busy in her own property dealings of late.
After selling a Point Piper apartment, the fashion entrepreneur bought back into the market with a timber Victorian Georgian-style fisherman’s cottage at Watsons Bay.
Painted in baby blue, the $2.75 million home will be her Sydney bolthole since she divides her time between Sydney and the US, especially Hawaii.
Goodyer Real Estate agents Pauline Goodyer and Rosalia Marasco sold the home that came with design approvals to extend the two-bedroom dwelling by architects Cracknell and Lonergan.
The heritage-listed 1880s cottage — one of the fisherman’s cottage group of the Camp Cove village — had been passed in on a $2.7 million vendor bid before Meares swooped.
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
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Fashion entrepreneur Jodhi Meares helps her mother purchase Woollahra apartment

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An empty spacious Victorian Woollahra house has been listed for sale.
Located at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-woollahra-126022726" target="_blank">56 Oxford Street</a>, the 213 sqm property has a corner position with a north east to rear aspect.
It was designed with a frontage of over seven metres with lane entry to parking.
It features a formal lounge along with kitchen and casual living area that overlooks the courtgarden.
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There are three level layouts that offers five bedrooms on the upper levels with the master bedroom having its own balcony with views.
It also features original characteristics including four fireplaces.
The property is footsteps from public transport with access to Woollahra and Paddington lifestyle areas.
The property is offered through McGrath agents Eitan Rubinstein and Greg Carr.
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The Woollahra abode of Phoebe Kyriakou, the ex-wife of the Monaco-based Australian mining magnate Chris Kyriakou, has been snappily sold.
The matrimonial mansion, on Rosemont Avenue, the suburb's most prestigious boulevard, was listed with $10 million plus hopes.
The one time film producer Phoebe remained in residence while Chris stayed in Monaco, heading up the Cayman Islands based Natasa Mining.
The longtime mining magnate known as “The Golden Greek”, first made headlines in the financial gossip columns in the highflying late 1980s and their separation made for more recent headlines. 
This was their 2011 purchase, bought for $7.9 million from the Point Piper-bound publican Peter Ryan and his wife Toni.
The couple have also secured $4.25 million their glamorous Southern Highlands farm, also known as Eleuthera, which was where they married in 2000. 
They made a huge splash when six years ago they celebrated their birthdays - his 60th and her 40th - with a six-day, $1 million party on Christina Onassis’s yacht off Monaco.
The suburb's strong sales run has seen orthopaedic surgeon Professor Craig Waller and his wife Dr Fiona Waller sell their 1860s home for about $9 million, up solidly on the $7.45 million paid in 2015.
Woollahra's big auction yesterday saw just the two ultra-cautious bidders completing for the Wallis Street home of Lisa O'Brien, the non-executive director at Bupa and Smith Family chief.
The five bedroom, four bathroom home had been tipped by Ben Collier at The Agency to fetch $6.3 million plus, but the bidding petered out at $6.35 million.
It was however sold within an hour at an considerably higher, though undisclosed price.
There's been very keen interest in offerings around Woollahra's $3.4 million median house price.
Barbara and Graham Sylvester, co-owners of Paddington's hairdressing icon Sloanes, sold their classic Victorian three bedroom Ocean Street home for $3,505,000 through Di Jones agents Gary Sands and Jane Schumann. 
The Sylvester's, who paid $865,000 in 2001, are planning to return to England.
The Woollahra record house price stands at $16.5 million when Listowel, the 2779 sqm Edgecliff Road battle-axe property was sold last spring by the Vrisakis family.
The buyers, Brett and Tina Levy rank as only the fourth owner of the 1930s home built for the Cobcroft family.
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Woollahra abode of Phoebe Kyriakou sold

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The Double Bay dentist and medical appliance innovator David Penn, who is best known for his 2010 purchase of Villa Veneto in Point Piper, has secured an Woollahra investment.
It is a $1,855,000 three bedroom apartment on Trelawney Street in Manningham, a grand converted Victorian manor with just five apartments.
Ray White Double Bay agent Richard Carwin sold the home.
Penn and wife Linda, the Lowes Manhattan heiress, like to dabble usually with fixers uppers.
They set a then record Sydney when bought the five-storey Italianate harbour front villa Villa Veneto from recruitment entrepreneur Andrew Banks and his wife Andrea.
Late last year they opened up the harbourfront home for the inaugural Masquerade Ball for Children's Medical Research Institute, raising $700,000.
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
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Double Bay dentist David Penn buys Woollahra investment

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The Woollahra home of Phoebe Kyriakou, ex-wife of the Monaco-based Australian mining magnate Chris Kyriakou, has been listed with $10 million plus hopes.
Eleuthera last traded at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-woollahra-126020770" target="_blank">$7.9 million in 2011</a> when the Rosemont Avenue home was bought from publican Peter Ryan and wife Toni.
The one time film producer Phoebe remained in residence of the home while Chris stayed in Monaco, heading up the Cayman Islands based Natasa Mining.
Set on 570 sqm, the home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms. 
Chris Kyriakou, the longtime mining magnate known as “The Golden Greek”, first made headlines in the financial page gossip columns back in the highflying late 1980s. 
His last big splash was when the couple celebrated their birthdays together with a six-day, $1 million party on Christina Onassis’s yacht off Monaco - his 60th and her 40th some six years ago.
He recently sold Bowral's iconic 1888 Grand Arcade for $10 million, doubling his money having paid $4.75 million in 1999.
Their glamorous Southern Highlands farm, also known as Eleuthera, sold in 2015 for $4.25 million. They married at the Ellesmere Road property in 2000. 
They'd previously been renting Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull's Point Piper investment mansion.
His address in Monaco has been the prestigious Seaside Plaza on the Avenue des Ligures.  
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
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Woollahra home of Phoebe Kyriakou listed

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A Woollahra house has been sold for the first time.
Located at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-woollahra-125623350" target="_blank">5 Weldon Lane</a>, off Holdsworth Street, it came to the market for the first time since it was purchased new in 1987 for $380,000.
The double garage has side-by-side parking while the upper level bedrooms has a master with ensuite and north facing balcony.
The home was marketed by Daniel Baran &amp; Reece Coleman from Stone Double Bay.
The property was marketed with a $3.8 million price guide.
The home was offered by the Merlini family following the passing last month of Estela Merlini, wife of the late Michael Merlini, former Pan Am &amp; United Airlines general manager for Australia.
The home is one of five near identical “terraces” built in Weldon Lane in the mid-1980s on the site of old Eyles Woollahra Swimming Pool, where the former Olympic Coach and Bondi legend, Sep Prosser, was notorious for pushing his students into the water to learn to swim. 
The pool had been built in the 1960s on the site of the Morrison’s “Famous” Cake Factory.
This is the first sale in the street since 1998. 
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Only 100m to Queen Street cafes, the 251sqm offering provided a canvas for a contemporary makeover with oversized living areas, three large bedrooms on the first floor and a prized Woollahra double garage.
It has its own laneway with an extra-wide 9 metre street frontage with generous open living spaces and front and rear court gardens.
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1980s Woollahra home sold for first time

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Fashion stylist Jane Jasper has upgraded homes in Woollahra.
Having sold her renovated, freestanding home for $2.25 million (pictured above), the former Lands End Boutique owner has settled on a $3,532,000 home at the tip of the suburb.
Jasper paid $1.3 million for her old two bedroom, two bathroom home in 2012 which sold after having a buyers' guide of $2.1 million with BresicWhitney agents Catherine Dixon and Shannan Whitney.
Her new purchase is a Burley Katon Halliday designed contemporary home with three bedrooms, a separate study and a swimming pool.
She bought it from restaurateur Basil Daniell and Cherie Bolitho who owned the one-time hatted Darlinghurst restaurant Oh! Calcutta!
Bradfieldcleary Double Bay agent Georgia Cleary sold the home.
Jasper studied at the prestigious London College of Fashion before returning to work at Australian Vogue.
She owned and operated culy boutique Lands End for six years, representing international top-end brands such as Céline, Proenza Schouler and Balmain.
Jasper has been regularly featured in Harper's Bazaar and Vogue and was named one of the best dressed women in Australia by the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Fashion stylist Jane Jasper upgrades in Woollahra

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Actor Liana Cornell sold her Georgian-inspired, architect-designed Woollahra home ahead of the weekend's scheduled auction through LJ Hooker agents Glen Irwin and Peter Yopp. 
Cornell, who will star in the first series of Sky's new historical series Britannia, is the daughter of TV legends John "Strop" Cornell and Delvene Delaney.
Set for release this year, Britannia has been compared to the popular Game of Thrones.
The former model, who was cast in ABC's TV series East of Everything back in 2008 after graduating from NIDA, has spent most of her time split between Byron Bay and Los Angeles, with Europe increasingly on her travel plans.
The three level Russell Street home, rented for $2,000 a week fully furnished mid last year, cost Cornell $2.8 million in 2013.
Surrounded by established tropical foliage with a secret garden, the home sits on a 266 square metre block.
Nearby Barbara and Graham Sylvester, the founders of Paddington's hairdressing icon Sloanes, have sold their classic Victorian home in Woollahra.
The couple, who are planning to return to England, secured $3,505,000 through Di Jones Real Estate. It had a guide of $3.25 million.
The Sylvester's paid $865,000 for the home back in 2001.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph.
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Actor Liana Cornell finds pre-auction buyer for Woollahra home

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A shop in the fashionable and arty shopping strip of Sydney’s Woollahra is up for lease.
Located at <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://raywhitewoollahra.com.au/properties/commercial-for-lease/nsw/woollahra-2025/retail/1649858" target="_blank">104 Queen Street</a>, the shop has strong street presence and is next to leading brands such as Sotheby’s, MJ Bale, Jo Malone etc.
The 200 sqm property boasts high ceilings and a light-filled external courtyard. 
The property lends itself to an array of uses, or even flagship retail, according to its description on Ray White’s website.
The listing agents are Ben Vaughan and Michael Aubusson of Ray White.
“We have had strong interest from Paul Smith, Aesop, Mother of Pear and Sons Trading,” said Ben Vaughan. 
The property last traded for $5,060,000 in 2010 when it was acquired by Wyelba Pty Ltd, a company run by Alisdair MacLeod and Prudence Murdoch, who bought it from art collector David Roche through Vaughan.
“At that time it housed the much-famed Martyn Cook Antiques and renowned interior designer Thomas Hamel,” said Vaughan.
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