Philanthropist asks north of $18m for stunning Bondi Beach spread

Philanthropist Tanya Nelson Carnegie has listed her luxury Bondi Beach penthouse with expectations north of $18 million.

The stunning four-bedroom, three-bathroom home with uninterrupted views from Bondi Beach to Sydney’s city skyline is on the market for the first time since it was built and bought off the plan in 2017 from developer TOGA.

The Bondi Beach penthouse of Tanya Nelson Carnegie.Credit:

At the time, Carnegie – who is the director of the Vasudhara Foundation, which supports innovative and creative social impact projects – paid $10.8 million for the glamorous pad in the Boheme complex. The penthouse has its own heated pool on the expansive terrace balcony in addition to the building’s shared amenities, which include a 25-metre lap pool and gym.

It’s being sold through Ric Serrao and Paul Langsam of Raine & Horne Double Bay, who both declined to comment.

The Bates Smart-designed home will no doubt test the strength of Bondi’s penthouse market, given the suburb’s strong run in the high-end apartment space. Goodman Australia chief and former Wallaby Jason Little and his wife Bridget purchased a $23 million penthouse atop the Hall & Campbell development.

That’s not including the money they will have to spend on the gutted shell that is a consolidation of apartments spread across the top two levels of the Allen Linz and Eduard Litver development, overlooking the beach with parking for two cars and a downstairs apartment thrown in.

Tanya Nelson Carnegie of The Vasudhara Fund.Credit:

In nearby Campbell Parade, the yet-to-be built sub-penthouse and penthouse of the Mayfair development have sold for more than $20 million each late last year, local sources report.

However, none of these top the $32 million record set by billionaire Will Vicars for his consolidation of three penthouses in the Bondi Pacific next door, which has set a local high for a per-square-metre rate.

Carnegie, who has two decades of investment experience in private equity, investment banking and portfolio management, started her career at the multinational strategy and management firm McKinsey and Company.

But she is perhaps better known as the co-founder of the Carnegie Foundation with her ex-husband, venture capitalist Mark Carnegie, who famously sued Tanya for a tax break.

Mark made his name by selling his investment bank Carnegie Wiley for more than $200 million in 2007. He is the son of Roderick Carnegie, who led the Australian arm of McKinsey before helming CRA Limited, now Rio Tinto.

The beautiful unit is on the market with expectations north of $18 million.Credit:

Tanya is selling up in Bondi Beach to spend more time in Byron Bay, where she purchased Hillstone Farm, circa 24 hectares of hinterland, for $11 million in 2020.

Jarden boss trades up

Jarden head of equities John Spencer and his wife Kate have listed their beautiful Woollahra terrace with a price guide of $15 million through Maclay Longhurst of Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty.

While they only purchased the home for $4.55 million in 2015, the Spencers undertook a major renovation soon after.

The Spencers’ Woollahra home is on the market with a price guide of $15 million.Credit:

The five-bedroom home was redesigned by Madeleine Blanchfield Architects and spans three levels, with a two-car garage and a temperature-controlled 2000-bottle wine cellar.

John, who has worked in various markets for more than two decades, joined Jarden after running UBS Australia as managing director.

The couple are selling their 272-square-metre house, which is walking distance to Queen Street village and Centennial Park, because it turns out they have already upgraded within the blue-chip suburb.

They have emerged as the buyers of Glenice Maclellan and her husband James’ landmark sandstone house, complete with a DA to extend the property after lodging a caveat. It had a price guide of $13 million and sold through Maclay Longhurst as well, but he declined to comment.

Glenice, who used to lead advisory and executive recruitment firm Egon Zehnder in Australia and New Zealand and remains as a director, and James purchased the five-bedroom house in 2019 for $6.5 million.

Sporting exec downsizes

In Lane Cove, long-running sports administrator Brian Thorburn and his wife Ally are downsizing from their Hamptons-style family home.

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom house sits on 639 square metres and has a price guide of $5 million.

The Thorburns’ Lane Cove property is on the market with a $5 million price guide.Credit:

Brian has had an illustrious career in sports, serving in a range of highly ranked jobs. He served as chief executive of PGA of Australia for a number of years, secretary of Rugby Australia, and Fijian Drua’s chief executive.

Perhaps most notably he was a former board member of Prince Harry’s Invictus Games in Australia from 2016 to 2018.

The home, which the Thorburns purchased for $1.84 million in 2018, is set to go under the hammer on April 2 and is being sold through Sam Lloyd of McGrath Lane Cove.