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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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