Yesterday
‘A dream come true’: Renzo Piano architects farewell Barangaroo tower
The team behind London’s The Shard, Paris’ The Centre Pompidou, and now the skyline-defining One Sydney Harbour project explains its inspiration and legacy.
This Month
Low-profile Millennial sets north shore record with $42.75m home
A little-known 33-year-old has taken the keys to the most expensive home ever sold just north of the Harbour Bridge in Sydney.
Sydney arm of Smorgon dynasty offers $60m-plus Vaucluse waterfront
Barry and Sandra Smorgon, of Melbourne’s billionaire Smorgon family, have listed their three-level home on Sydney Harbour.
April
Millennial fashionista buys $48.5m Bellevue Hill pad
She began by investing $200 in a fashion start-up with a university friend. Now, Meshki co-founder Natalie Khoei has just bought a $48.5m Bellevue Hill home.
Clearance rate at four-month low: ‘Everyone is crossing their fingers’
Sales are tracking down as buyers await Saturday’s election result and the next interest rate decision. But prices are still at record highs.
Real estate young gun pays $27m for Jodee Rich’s harbourside home
One of Sotheby’s rising stars has spent $27 million on the harbourside home of One.Tel founder Jodee Rich and his wife Maxine Brenner.
Antony Catalano lists $36m penthouse in Tim Gurner’s tower
The hotelier and media entrepreneur has put his St Kilda apartment in Melbourne up for sale after relocating to Byron Bay.
The secret Sydney hideaway where billionaires and stars escape by boat
Less than an hour north of the city, a network of secret waterfronts reached only by water is where many heavyweights escape city life.
Byron meets Italy at Arnott family’s $22m hinterland escape
A slice of Italy in the Byron hinterland has hit the market, with regenerative farming couple Charlie and Angelica Arnott deciding to sell their Coopers Shoot estate.
Chemist Warehouse pharmacist buys Melbourne mansion listed for $26m
A Chemist Warehouse managing partner has splashed on a Hawthorn mansion, while the historic Toorak estate of late biotech pioneers sells for more than $20m.
The man behind the ‘Coogee Castle’ eyes $85m for Rose Bay waterfront
Sicilian-born Orazio Camuglia, who created Coogee’s landmark clifftop castle, is now offering his sleek Rose Bay compound with blockbuster harbour views.
Darling Point penthouse with royal connection offered for $160m
A yet-to-be-built Darling Point boutique apartment block could soon be home to Australia’s most expensive penthouse.
This top agent says luxury property will weather the market storm
Property veteran Ken Jacobs, who has been selling premium homes for 50 years, says the sector is one of the safest investments amid sharemarket chaos.
How ‘least likely to succeed’ Simon Cohen cracked the eastern suburbs
The real estate guru introduced a buyer’s advocacy model to Australia with a desk above a pub. Now he has 100 staff and offices across the country.
Cosmetic king takes parting shot at Mosman as he sells pad for $14.6m
Laser Clinics co-founder Babak Moini sold his home in Sydney’s lower-north shore after almost a year-long campaign, opting to return to his Barangaroo apartment.
PE heavyweight buys fashionista’s $45m Bellevue Hill home
Private equity operative Nick Speer and his wife, Camilla, have purchased a Sydney mansion owned by fashion stylist and influencer Natalie Jacobson.
Historic Melbourne ‘castle’ meets the market to sell for $6m
The Holm Park estate in the outer Melbourne suburb of Beaconsfield has sold after a lengthy campaign and a hefty discount.
Billionaire furniture mogul’s $12m hinterland retreat smashes record
Rich Lister and founder of Super Amart John Van Lieshout has sold his luxury Sunshine Coast escape, almost doubling the local record.
Former Dexus executive sells $23m Sydney mansion
One of Darling Point’s most beautiful homes, landmark mansion Kardinia, has sold in an off-market deal.
‘Abandoned mansion’ sells for $26m, breaking suburb record
Retiring Sydney developer Oscar Gonzalez and his wife Maria have paid a suburb record of $26.1 million for an empty Hunters Hill mansion.