Sark mansion in Toorak attracts strong offer

There’s a very strong offer on the table for Sark, the Toorak mansion owned by retailing guru Mark McInnes.

12 Aminga Street, Fig Tree Pocket.

There’s a very strong offer on the table for Sark, the Toorak mansion owned by retailing guru Mark McInnes and wife Lisa Kelly. The Premier Investments chief executive only listed the 1930 English-style home late last month. And it was bought for $9.25 million only last May. Offers above $10m were being sought by Marshall White agents Marcus Chiminello and Nicole French. Set on the exclusive Hopetoun Road, the six-bedroom, three-bathroom home is framed by a deep established garden with pool and spa on its 2023sq m. McInnes still maintains his three-apartment North Bondi amalgamation that cost him a combined $7.1m in 2007. McInnes was made head of Premier Investments by Melbourne billionaire Solomon Lew in 2011, having previously run David Jones in Sydney for seven years. The last high-profile Hopetoun Road offering struggled when former ANZ boss Mike Smith sought twice to secure $15m last year.

Slattery secures $6m sale

Brisbane technology entrepreneur rich-lister Bevan Slattery has sold his redundant Fig Tree Pocket home for $6m through Jason Adcock of Adcock Prestige. The Aminga Street property came with a 67-metre frontage to the Brisbane River. The classic Hamptons-style riverfront home was bought by Bevanand Jodie Slattery in 2010 but has sat empty while the Slatterys drew up plans to build their dream home. It was bought from Dean and Amanda Wanless six years ago. Sold five times in the past two decades, the house was previously owned by medico turned politician Bruce Flegg. With interiors sourced from Noble House on the Gold Coast, the house has had a four-month makeover. Slattery, who sits on the board of Swimming Australia, retains a home a few streets away. Adcock advised that the listing was hotly contested with two buyers, both already on the river but keen to upgrade.

Another Noosa landing

Susan Harris, the former wife of BRW Rich Lister Geoff Harris, co-founder of Flight Centre, has expanded her Noosa holdings. The philanthropic Susan spent $7.5 million on a three-bedroom, three-bathroom garden apartment in the triplex. It is in the same complex, Breakers on Hastings Street, as the $6.3m purchase of another three-bedroom apartment upstairs in 2012. Richardson & Wrench agents Shane McCaulay and Jennifer Carr sold the home.

Titans saviour lists home

Gold Coast Titans director Darryl Kelly, dubbed the club’s “saviour”, has listed his Paradise Waters home. Darryl and wife Joanne bought the riverfront home in the prestigious residential enclave of Admiralty Drive in 2013 for $3.35m. It now comes with $5.25m hopes through Michael Kollosche and Jordan Williams at Kollosche Prestige Agents. The four-bedroom home on a 733sq m parcel features a solar-heated pool. A bridge over the living room links the king-sized master and guest suites, each complete with their own private waterfront balconies. The Wagga Wagga-born rugby league fan hopes the NRL franchise may return to the glory days.

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