$100m-plus jewel topping Crown’s Barangaroo tower

Crown has reignited its marketing campaign to sell the two-level, $100m-plus penthouse atop its Barangaroo Sydney tower.

ith more than 800sq m of space, The Penthouse at Barangaroo has 360-degree views of Sydney Harbour, the Blue Mountains and Pacific Ocean. Picture: Getty Images

Crown has reignited its marketing campaign to sell the two-level, $100m-plus penthouse atop its Barangaroo Sydney tower. With more than 800sq m of space, The Penthouse has 360-degree views of Sydney Harbour, the Blue Mountains and Pacific Ocean and is the most expensive apartment in the 82-unit tower. It has several entertaining areas with 6m floor-to-ceiling windows, five bedrooms, all with ensuite bathrooms, a master suite with large walk-in robes, twin rain shower and steam room, separate office, private plunge pool, cinema room, gym and more than 50sq m of open air space across three protected balconies. A staircase connects the two floors, as does a private internal lift. Other Barangaroo residents include James Packer, whose $60m penthouse is yet to settle. And proving there is money around for penthouses, “king of the dumpsters” Ian Malouf apparently had a good look at Crown’s tower but opted to purchase John Boyd’s penthouse atop the ANZ tower, paying about $60m through his cousin Bill Malouf of LJ Hooker Double Bay. Knight Frank’s Erin van Tuil is marketing the Crown penthouse.

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Love in the air for retreat

Prominent Tasmanian tourism identity Brett Torossi has listed her Rocky Hills Retreat on the Tasman Highway northwest of Hobart with hopes of more than $2m for the 124ha property. Designed by award-winning architect Craig Rosevear, the apartment is ideal as a honeymoon retreat, fetching as much as $600 a night. Torossi is hoping to cash in to make more tourism investments in the Apple Isle. Knight Frank agent John Blacklow is handling the expressions-of-interest campaign closing on September 2. The property, 117km from Hobart, also features a separate art studio and has views over Great Oyster Bay and Freycinet Peninsula.

Gurner lists his penthouse

Celebrity Melbourne developer Tim Gurner has listed his Albert Park penthouse with a $4.5m guide, saying he has never seen such demand for luxury apartments. The 300sq m penthouse at the developer’s sold-out and completed Albert Place Residences project has 180-degree views over the CBD and Albert Park Lake. It was leased for $260,000 a year, or $5000 a week, to a private business professional last year. Gurner has put the property on the market after witnessing the increasing demand for luxury penthouses at his off-the-plan projects across Melbourne such as Victoria & Vine and St Moritz. The Agency’s Michael Paproth is running the marketing campaign.

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Covid delays auction of old inn

Journalist Pip Orr has delayed the auction of her house, a former Cobb & Co Inn in historic Millthorpe just outside Orange in the NSW Central Tablelands, until August 6 in the hope that Sydneysiders interested in the four-bedroom stone cottage can get the opportunity to view it. Fronting Forest Reefs Rd, the historic 1850-built property covers nearly 4ha. Selling agent Stewart Murphy, of Ray White Bathurst, says there’s already interest, even though Millthorpe and Orange are in lockdown.