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Prime parcel set to top sales
Prestige Mosman sales have been thin on the ground this year with only three north of $12m. According to the REA Group, the top sales of the year were $23m in March for a house in Morella St; and in February $14.5m for a house in Esther St and $12.7m...
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Practice does make perfect
Six-year-old Chatswood cello player Angelo Saros has won an opportunity to perform at New York’s prestigious concert venue, Carnegie Hall, at the Special Venue Music Awards’ Winners Recital in July. Angelo was chosen for the event after his mother,...
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Thinking of Downsizing
Youʼre invited to a free High Tea with Noel Whittaker & Rachel Lane to help you consider your options and learn about RSL LifeCareʼs planned Retirement Living Community in Wollstonecraft. We want to hear your valuable thoughts and what community feels...
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Idyllic waterfront on offer
Angus and Angela Kennard of Kennards Hire have now issued a $29.5m to $32m guide for their private waterfront home in Cremorne, having rested the listing over April. The six-bedroom, sixbathroom home on 1384sq m of land with renovated boatshed and its...
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Biggest block in half a century
Mosman’s first major development approved under the NSW government’s low and mid-rise housing policy is an eight-storey building in Heydon St – the largest apartment block green-lit in more than 50 years. Developer Abadeen has secured approval for the...
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Billionaire lists in Manly
Billionaire Sam Arnaout, who bought a shopping centre for $450m last May and owns a string of pubs, has listed his Manly harbourfront for sale. The CEO of Iris Capital, who is worth about $2.5bn, had bought 1&2 28A Addison Rd, Manly as two separate...
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Royal coachman’s $2.6m gem
Jim Frecklington, wellknown Australian monarchist and maker of royal carriages, is selling his longheld apartment on Manly harbour for $2.6m. The royal coach maker completed the ornate Australian State Coach in 1988 – a bicentennial gift from the...
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Priciest house so far this year
A family home in Mosman has notched up the highest sale on the lower north shore this year so far – selling for more than $22m. The six-bedroom, fivebathroom home at 20 The Grove sold immediately after its March auction with three buyers chasing the...
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Unit blocks sell for $65m+
Two Mosman apartment blocks have sold for more than $65m in what the agents are likening to a “gold rush” and “jackpot” for the sellers. The sale included 13 Moruben Rd – a 1940s red-brick block of six flats on 581sq m – and 15 Moruben Rd – a...
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$140m changing of the guard
The Oaks Hotel, in Neutral Bay, has sold for $140m – the second highest price paid for a hotel in the country. Patrick and Angela Gallagher, who own Jacksons on George and a string of other Sydney pubs, are the new owners of the Military Rd hotel,...
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Costs sink charity skinny dip
It’s official. The Sydney Skinny, the internationally renowned annual harbour swim involving up to 1500 naked participants, will not go ahead this year. Organisers said the lack of a major sponsor meant they would have struggled to cover spiralling...
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Stirred to shake up night-life
Chatswood is a step closer to later opening for bars and restaurants, which the Night-Time Economy Minister says will take its nightlife “to another level”. Willoughby Council has greenlit a plan to pursue a NSW government grant to transform the...
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Jacinda eyes Sydney sands
Dame Jacinda Ardern’s possible move to settle in Australia has sparked some shock theories on why she would really want to head Down Under. The former New Zealand PM of six years was seen looking at property on Sydney’s Northern Beaches last week,...
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School’s $25m office buy-up
Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney has paid more than $25m for two neighbouring office blocks so it can expand long term and provide more parking. The independent Roman Catholic girls’ school in Miller St has emerged as the buyer of 194...
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Exec’s French villa up for sale
Fresh to the Mosman market this week is this highend and very private Mediterranean villa owned by the chief executive of one of the state’s largest family businesses. Andrew Cochineas is chief executive and his two brothers are on the board of...
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Huttons list in Wollstonecraft
The buyers of Lisa Wilkinson and Peter FitzSimons’ Cremorne estate have just listed their historic Wollstonecraft home. Nell and Hamish Hutton have long been rumoured to have been the buyers of the celebrity couple’s grand property Ingleneuk and the...
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Path to a heritage treasure
A rare state heritage listed cottage, with many original features and a pretty facade, on the famed Cremorne Reserve path is for sale for $5.9m-$6.3m. Roslyn at 4 Bromley Ave has Art Nouveau stained glass windows, original pressed metal ceilings and...
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Homes sold with Porsches
Brand new customised Porsches, each worth $500,000, are included in the sale of luxury penthouses just launched in North Sydney, and there are four secure car spaces for each owner to park them in. Buyers can choose the colours inside and out of their...
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These kids are one of a kind
Artarmon Public School has revealed a new mural, capping off a year-long, student-led project. School captain Audrey Grace explained that data indicated that it needed to become a kinder place. “We chose the kindness project because our schoolwide...
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