9 Towers Road, Toorak sold by Besen family
Rich listers Daniel and Danielle Besen have set a record Melbourne property market price with the sale of their Towers Road mansion in Toorak for around $26.2 million.
The trophy home, designed by architects Wood Marsh, bettered the previous $24.1 million record set in July this year when Tony and Jennifer Smorgon sold on Robertson Street, Toorak.
Daniel and Danielle Besen - members of the family that founded women’s clothing giant Sussan - put 9 Towers Road property up for sale in October through Marshall White agent Marcus Chiminello.
No price reveal, but the $26 million was tipped by The Australian. Offers were due by December 12.
Set on a 2300 square metre block, it has four bedrooms, each with ensuites, a library, a media room, a wine lounge which was a six year project.
The Wood Marsh home was marketed as representing the pinnacle of modern residential design and sports a sculpturally striking facade of raw textured concrete, scalloped in sweeping arcs.
Mrs Besen is off to a 1930s Arnauld Wright-designed Power Avenue home.
The previous state record of $26 million was held by Ilyuka, on the Portsea clofftop in 2010.
The year’s biggest single house sale was Point Piper's Altona, which sold for more than $60 million to locally-based Hunters Hill businessman Huang Jiaer, son of Chinese printing magnate Huang Bingwen, founder of Shantou Dongfeng Printing.
