Inside Drake’s $40k-a-night Aussie suite
Touring Canadian rapper Drake is blowing massive cash to make sure he’s living the high life while in Australia.
Canadian rapper Drake has opened a window into the superstar lifestyle celebrities enjoy when they are touring Australia and some of the country’s most expensive properties via his controversial drone video.
Drake, currently touring Australia on his Anita Max Win Tour, was shown on social media footage apparently furiously reacting to a drone filming him in the top floor penthouse suite at Sydney’s Crown Towers Barangaroo.
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However some have questioned whether the footage is a ‘set up’, ‘staged’, ‘fake’ or a ‘scam’ - claiming what appears to be an invasion of privacy is instead a silly attempt at a viral marketing stunt.
Drake is staying in the same penthouse that the world’s richest female musician Taylor Swift stayed on her Eras tour when she visited Sydney last year.
According to reports, it is Australia’s most expensive hotel suite and costs almost $40,000 a night ro rent.
It sits on the 88th and 89th floors, around 250m above the harbour below.
Crown Towers Barangaroo which sits harbourside on the western fringe of Sydney’s CBD consists of both Crown Towers and Crown Residences - comprising of both hotel and residential apartments.
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Crown casino and hospitality venues take up the remaining floors.
Crown Residences made a name for itself in 2019 before construction was even finished, when the penthouse at One Sydney Harbour project in Barangaroo South was sold for a record home sale of more than $140m.
It’s a record that might have only just been beaten, after unconfirmed reports of a $150m+ sale in Melbourne earlier this month.
Sales across Barangaroo have netted more than $1bn.
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The titans of industry have bought into Barangaroo including one of Australia’s richest men James Packer.
Packer bought the two storey luxury Sky Home inside Crown Residences off the plan in 2017 for $60m before his departure from the Crown empire.
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He has renovated the home which spans across the 48th and 49th floors, including installing an elevator and removing stairs, with other features expected to include Scandinavian bleached birch wood, ripple textured bronze glass and silver-veined stone slabs from Greece.
Crown Towers.
A marketing blurb from Crown reads: “Set above the majestic Sydney Harbour sits the Crown Residences at One Barangaroo Duplex Penthouse, the most exclusive dwelling at Sydney’s most prestigious residential address, ‘One Barangaroo Avenue’.
“With 82 residences in total, Crown Residences at One Barangaroo is Australia’s first fully-integrated hotel branded residences. The Duplex Penthouse and all other Residences have access to luxury services and amenities from the Crown hotel below.
“On the foreshore of Sydney’s new thriving precinct, Barangaroo, the Residences sit on the uppermost floors of Crown Sydney. Designed by award-winning architect, WilkinsonEyre, Crown Sydney’s unique sculptural form twists as it rises in a petal-like formation.
“The concentric nature of the structure means each of the Residences are unique in size and layout, all complete with dual or triple aspect views of Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House.
“The Duplex Penthouse, at over 800 sqm and at 245m above sea level, will be the largest and highest Residence in the building, boasting 360 degree views across Sydney Harbour including the city’s two icons; the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Stunt or no stunt, Drake is in good company up there.
Originally published as Inside Drake’s $40k-a-night Aussie suite
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