<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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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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Airtasker CEO Timothy Fung has traded up in Woollahra.
He's spent $2,755,000 on a reinvented 1890s Victorian terrace, newly built from the ground up to a European design.
The three bedroom, two bathroom home last traded for $1.6 million in 2013. The third bedroom spills open to a rear roof deck.
Ballard Property agent Mark Lowe sold the home in conjunction with Mark Daley at BradfieldCleary.
Fung has owned an apartment in the suburb since 2009, when he paid $529,000 for the two bedder in an art deco block of 12.
He failed to sell the apartment and has moved to rent the unit, asking $795 a week.
Fung is the 2012 co-founder and CEO of Airtasker, a company that provides an online and mobile marketplace enabling users to outsource everyday tasks.
Users describe the task and indicate a budget, then community members then bid to complete the task.
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
 
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Airtasker CEO Timothy Fung trades up in Woollahra

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Lisa Keighery, wife of the late Marcs fashion wear founder Mark Keighery, has sold her Woollahra home for $4.2 million pre-auction.
Set opposite Lough Playing Fields, Keighery paid $2.8 million for the five bedroom family home in 2014. 
The listing with McGrath agents William Manning and Dominique Ogilvie came with plans for an Alex Roth designed family home.
Meanwhile the billionaire Greg Goodman did not find a buyer for one of his many Woollahra investment properties at mid-week Ballard Property Group auction. 
The 1890s terrace on Moncur Street had been rented to Camilla Franks, the fashion designer, and her dogs, Gypsy and Beau until recently.
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
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Lisa Keighery sells Woollahra home pre-auction

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Billionaire Greg Goodman has listed one of his many Woollahra investment properties.
Goodman, who heads up the property powerhouse Goodman Group, paid $2.6 million in 2014.
It is in his private portfolio which has seen him splash over $30 million on six properties in the suburb.
The biggest was the $15 million Orama that he bought off-market from Hutchison Telecommunications deputy chairman Barry Roberts-Thomson and wife Victoria.
Ballard Property Group agents Clint Ballard and Mark Lowe have set a March 21 auction for the 1890s Victorian terrace, positioned behind an elegant wrought-iron gateway.
Blending classic with contemporary, there are three bedrooms, a custom-fitted study, a landscaped garden and a Parisian style <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-woollahra-124855362" target="_blank">rooftop terrace</a>.
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
 
 
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Billionaire Greg Goodman lists in Woollahra

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Celebrity television renovation show stylist and former Vogue Living editor Robyn Holt and her husband, the actor Jim Holt sold their Woollahra home last March for $3.75 million to the Wang family.
The property was pulled unsold from the weekend's damp auction, just 12 months on from its bullish sale.
The top pre-auction offer was advised as $4.025 million.
This week it was suggested Sydney house prices had rocketed 18 percent over the past 12 months, though clearly not if you overpaid then.  
Designed by renowned 1930s architect F. Glynn Gilling, the three bedroom home has a private courtyard garden on its 250 sqm Wallaroy Road holding.
The Holt's had bought from DSC Personnel boss Tom Smith for $1.71 million for 2002, shortly before the family moved to Russia following Robyn's appointment as chief executive of Conde Nast to launch Vogue Russia. 
They have recently relocated to a $1.175 million Exeter, Southern Highlands retreat, along with an $880,000 bolthole in the Rex at Kings Cross.
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Woollahra home back for sale after one year 

The former high profile TV executive, David Leckie and his charity cheerleader wife, Skye, have bought a Woollahra home, while yet to sell their Centennial Park home, Lactura.

The acquisition marks a return to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3kxoX2t3Yk" target="_blank">Holdsworth Street</a>, this time slightly closer to the Jersey Road intersection rather than the vibrant Queens Street village. &nbsp;

No price reveal yet on the freestanding home that last sold at $3.1 million in 2003. The contemporary freestanding home was known as the Yellow House when owned in the late 1980s by radio broadcaster Doug Mulray.

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It still has the louvre windows which the Leckie&#39;s intend ripping out following their off-market purchase through Ben Collier at The Agency. &nbsp;

The giants of the Sydney social scene wanted more than $12 million on Lactura&#39;s (pictured above) initial listing last July when they signalled a desire to head to a chic inner east harbourside apartment.

They now seek $10.5 million Pillinger Real Estate for their redundant&nbsp;1910 residence in&nbsp;Will Dangar-designed gardens, which faces fresh competition from Chic Management&#39;s Kathy Ward&#39;s $6.5 million plus nearby Lang Road offering.&nbsp;

Skye, who&nbsp;rose to prominence in the late 80s as the group public relations officer for retailer David Jones, has been a devoted charity fundraiser helping raise millions over the years especially as the Gold Dinner ambassador for Sydney&#39;s Children Hospital Foundation. She received an award in the recent Australia Day honours.

The couple have owned on Lang Road since 1998 when David was chief executive of the Nine Network under Kerry Packer.

He recently finished up his consultancy at Kerry Stokes&#39; Channel 7.

They retain their Robertson, Southern Highlands retreat, Mulberry Farm which comes with a&nbsp;Richard Rowe-designed home, with David keen on&nbsp;expanding his rural NSW farm holdings.&nbsp;

This article first appeared in&nbsp;The Sunday Telegraph.

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The romantic Woollahra residence, Listowel listed with $16 million plus hopes by retired printing businessman Costa Vrisakis and his wife Despina last September disappeared from websites this week.
It is thought to have been sold for $16 million plus.
It was built in the early 1930s for the well known Sydney family, the Cobcrofts on its 2776 square metre holding to a design by Spain &amp; Cosh architects.
Back then just lawn, later coming with a tennis court.
As glamourous venue for fashion shoots and celebrity weddings over more recent times, including Rachael Finch and Michael Miziner, it has much much admired. Title Tattle remembers many late 1980 parties when I am sure I met a Minogue there.
Listowel, on Edgecliff Road, fetched $1 million in 1980, probably the first off-harbour Sydney trophy home to do so. The Vrisakis family have been there 35 years having paid $1.5 million.
Woollahra's record was a Rush Street compound sold for $16 million in 2008 which was bought by Rosanne Williams, partner of John Grill, from the oil and gas engineering firm Worley Parsons.
During the prior Pagent family ownership, the Rush Street terraces had been extensively renovated by architect Alexander Tzannes.
McGrath agent Ben Collier took it to September auction last year, with it then also going to open listing with several eastern suburbs agents.
Meanwhile Singaporean billioniare Ronald Ooi has also finally sold the historic Clyde Cottage in Woollahra for just shy of $13 million after transforming it into a contemporary home.
Ronald paid $4 million for the Queen Street heritage residence that was the childhood home of opera star Dame Joan Sutherland.
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Listowel, Woollahra finds buyer

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Singaporean billioniare Ronald Ooi has finally sold the historic Clyde Cottage in Woollahra for just shy of $13 million after transforming it into a contemporary home.
Ronald paid $4 million for the Queen Street heritage residence that was the childhood home of opera star Dame Joan Sutherland.
The Victorian front section has been extensively restored and the rear section features a contemporary rear pavilion.
Designed by Studiointernationale and May+Swan Architects, the HIA 2015 award winning home has four bedrooms, six bathrooms and an upstairs studio.
It was on the market since February.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Dame Joan Sutherland's Clyde Cottage, Woollahra sold

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The enthusiastic arts patron Sophie Landa has sold the longtime family home in for a 2016 Woollahra price record.
It was an off-market sale mid-way through its renovation, with the 1400 sqm holding fetching $9.75 million.
Landa, the daughter of the late NSW attorney-general Paul Landa and his arts patron wife Anne, prefers Bondi Beach these days.
Last year the former publicist and mother of two paid $4.82 million for the Bondi Beach home of the music mogul Stephen Pavlovic.
Paul Landa, who was a minister in Neville Wran's government, died in 1984, aged 43, a year after buying the Wallaroy Road house.
 
 
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Sophie Landa sells in Woollahra

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Trevor Sykes, the veteran finance columnist, knocked back $2.72 million when his Woollahra period home was auctioned early yesterday, but it sold for $80,000 more in time for lunch.
It was offered through Debbie Donnelley of Phillips Pantzer Donnelley who secured bidding from two parties.
The three bedroom, two bathroom was listed as he has found a spacious apartment in nearby Double Bay.
Skyes, once editor of the now defunct The Bulletin magazine, has owned the Bathurst Street home on a 322 sqm corner block since 2001.
Built in the early 1900s by Edward Harkness in a Victorian Gothic style, Sykes paid $1.33 million for the home in 2001 with Deece Giles makeover behind the gabled facade.
There is a basement wine cellar.
The Pierpont columnist also wrote a number of books on prominent Australian corporate collapses had walls devoted to his passion - even decorative old share scrip.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Finance columnist Trevor Sykes grabs extra $80k in Woollahra home sale

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A Woollahra home designed by architect, F. Glynn Gilling home sold recently, having been listed last September with overly ambitious $4 million plus hopes.
The residence at 49 Wallaroy Road was characterised by classic architecture aimed at downsizers seeking space, style and security.
It was sold by the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-woollahra-120832749" target="_blank">former Vogue Living editor Robyn Holt</a> and her little known actor husband Jim Holt whom she met on the set of the 1984 Kennedy Miller miniseries Bodyline, where he apparently played cricketer Harold Larwood.
It fetched about $3.75 million when sold to a doctor having been bought by the couple in 2002 for $1.71 million, shortly before she moved to Russia to launch Vogue Russia.  
Robyn previously co-hosted the reality TV show The Renovators.
It had been long listed with Ballard Property Group, and more recently with Raine &amp; Horne’s Patrick Cosgrove as the months rolled on without any sale. McGrath’s Will Manning confirmed the property had sold, but understandably declined to reveal the result. 
 
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