James Packer’s best mate’s unit for rent for $5.5k a week

Ben Tilley, the right-hand man of expatriate billionaire James Packer, has put his apartment at Crown ­Barangaroo up for lease at $5500 a week.

Ben Tilley, the right-hand man of expatriate billionaire James Packer, has put his apartment at Crown ­Barangaroo up for lease at $5500 a week.

Ben Tilley, the right-hand man of expatriate billionaire James Packer, has put his apartment at Crown ­Barangaroo up for lease at $5500 a week.

Tilley purchased the 170sq m apartment, on the 51st floor, for $8.9m in 2021.

The marketing by Tim Breckell at Vanguarde noted its interiors were by Meyer Davis, the New York City-based designers.

Ben Tilley has listed his Crown Barangaroo apartment for lease at $5500 a week.

Tilley has been gone from Sydney for many years now, spending much of his time on IJE, Packer’s yacht, which was last spotted in the Balearic Sea near Barcelona.

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Ben Tilley.

Decades ago Tilley took over from his ­father Barry as tycoon Kerry Packer’s good-luck charm, accompanying the mogul in casinos across the world.

With James Packer’s trips back to Sydney a rarity nowadays, there are whispers Packer could offload his two-floor Crown apartment, but presumably not until the complex secures a sellout.

Meanwhile Tilley’s ex, decorator Tiffany Tilley, has yet to sell her Woollahra terrace, which has been listed just 18 months after it was bought for $3.32m.

She wants $4.9m for the Alton St offering, now with a Marco Meneguzzi redesign.

Coming with a Parisian-style courtyard, the two-bedroom home has three sunrooms, but no parking.

Ben Tilley has owned the home since 2021.

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Originally published as James Packer’s best mate’s unit for rent for $5.5k a week