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High-end property developer Fortis, who are creating striking projects across Sydney and Melbourne's bluechip suburbs, have launched their latest project.

Following the largest site amalgamations in the affluent suburb of Woollahra, Fortis has launched The Woollahra Collection, just 25 residences, a mix of apartments and terraces.

MHN Design Union have been appointed as the lead architects on the project, with landscaping by Wyer &amp; Co. The 1900s terrace interiors are being redesigned by local Phoebe Nicol. On offer will be a collection of two and three bedroom homes with north-facing gardens and secure car parking.

The buildings on the site date back to the late 1800s and early 1900s and will be architecturally restored as part of the $170 million project. Alongside the refurbished buildings, Woollahra Collection will also feature newly built luxury residences, comprising two, three and four-bedroom apartments.

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The interiors of the luxury new residences are being undertaken by Alexander &amp; Co. The new build will comprise north facing, two, three and four-bedroom residences with large entertaining areas and ample outdoor space.

Part of the project is the restoration of the&nbsp;1880s theatre, which will be restored by Mim Design and converted into a single trophy residence, with an expected end value of around $15 million. The interiors will be an ode to the historic grandeur of the original property, complete with its own basement, tunnel cellar, internal landscaped courtyards and pool.

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Fortis Director Charles Mellick said the team are&nbsp;grateful to the wider community for supporting us in our vision for this site.

"Our work at the nearby Pallas House Sydney and Gaden House demonstrates our commitment towards retaining Sydney’s architectural heritage, and we feel privileged to have the opportunity to lovingly restore and reinvigorate this site, bringing it back to life," Mellick says.

"We will be preserving the best architectural elements of the site for it to be enjoyed by future generations.

“This is the first time off the plan apartments of this scale are being offered in Woollahra, also marking the biggest sqm regeneration in this suburb."

Mellick says the&nbsp;aim is to be sympathetic to its heritage and context, ensuring that the existing buildings are restored.

"A new build on the site will feature a collection of premium apartments, bringing together unparalleled quality and premium amenities in a location where new residences are few and far between.”

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Fortis secured the 14 lots, now 2A James Street, for around $50 million, an amalgamation making a 3,500 sqm mega block.

Ben Stewart from Stewart Residential and CBRE is handling the sales.

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“There is a clear demand from buyers to secure well-designed homes in exclusive, tightly held Eastern suburbs - and Woollahra is no exception," Stewart says.

"Just two weeks ago CBRE launched a development 200 metres away (Robby Ingham's The Cambrian in Paddington) which sold out in five hours, which was due to the rarity of the offering and an overall lack of approvals for new developments in the area.

"We have already received an unprecedented level of early enquiries for Woollahra Collection, as the development offers an unrivalled combination of new build residences and terrace homes, fitted out with high-end finishes by an acclaimed design team, all on the doorstep of the Queen Street shopping village."

Construction of The Woollahra Collection is expected to be completed by Q4 of 2024.

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MHN Design Union have been appointed as the lead architects on the project, with landscaping by Wyer & Co


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Fortis launch The Woollahra Collection

A $7.55 million three bedroom Woollahra penthouse sale topped weekend auction apartment sales.

CoreLogic calculated there was a 71 percent success rate from the nation's 688 weekend apartment offerings, as compared to 81 percent for the 2206 houses that went under the hammer.

The 3/19 Rosemont Ave, Woollahra offering sold auction eve last Friday after a $5.8 million offer lobbed with the listing agent Ben Collier at The Agency.

The auction was brought forward with Collier taking the phone bids for the Hong Kong based vendors.

The Young family had paid $3.3 million in 2014 for the top floor apartment sitting under a mansard style roof. 

The triplex was developer by the Michael Hannan, the former executive chairman of the family led IPMG publishing group.

Melbourne's top apartment sale was a five bedroom, two storey townhouse at Black Rock.

The 1B Third Street duplex was sold by 11 North Property for $2.61 million.

The property had previously been three single storey, three bedroom villas.

Close to Black Rock village, the near new townhouse had high ceilings, large windows and timber floors. 

It's pre-auction price guide had been $2 million to $2.2 million based on recent comparable sales advised as $2 million at 13a Florida Ave, Beaumaris and 4b Bolton St, Beaumaris.

The offering sold auction eve last Friday after a $5.8 million offer lobbed with the listing agent Ben Collier at The Agency.



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$7.55 million Woollahra apartment sale topped weekend results

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A trophy home in Woollahra, designed by architect Nick Tobias, has come onto the market.
Located on Victoria Avenue, the property features four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a rooftop garden, and a lockup garage.
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The block comprises 163 square metres, while the three storey house has 180 square metres of internal floorspace.
Built in 2006, the home last sold in 2014 for $2.74 million.
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Woollahra's median house price is $3.2 million.
Alexander Phillips and Vince Licata, from PPD Real Estate, have the listing.
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Woollahra trophy home designed by Nick Tobias listed

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Sydney in the 60s, Melbourne in the 40s, the weekend winter auctions remain in a holding pattern.
Sydney’s preliminary auction clearance rate sat at 63.5 per cent from 339 reported results.
There were 546 auctions for Saturday, 83 of which were withdrawn, including the Coogee bolthole (above) of champion horse trainer David Hayes.
Domain noted Sydney's top sale was a five-bedroom house at 356 Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, at $8.1 million.
There were four registered bidders.
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Domain calculated a preliminary clearance rate of 45.4 per cent from 229 reported results.
Some 203 auction properties were withdrawn, due to the COVID-19 public auction ban. 
Of the online auctions that did go ahead, the preliminary clearance rate was 83 per cent.
The top sale in Melbourne was $3,675,000 when 16 Rushall Crescent, Fitzroy North was sold pre-auction.
It last sold at $2.91 million in 2016.
The REIV reported Glen Waverley led the auction market in the first six months of 2020 with 109 sales, followed by Craigieburn (104) and Reservoir (101). Croydon North is the top clearance rate suburb, selling all 12 auction listings.
The weekend's cheapest sale was in Sydney when 9/20-22 Speed St, Liverpool was sold for $286,000.
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CoreLogic saw similar results albeit with higher preliminary clearance rates as seen above.
They found clearance rates were down on this time last year where they reached above 70% for both Sydney and Melbourne.
Notably Canberra has seen both an increase in auction volume and clearance rate compared to last year.
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Sydney in the 60s, Melbourne in the 40s, the weekend winter auctions remain in a holding pattern.

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Lisa Keighery has listed her Snapperman Beach, Palm Beach retreat with $17 million hopes.
The beachfront, set on the prized Iluka Rd, is being marketed by McGrath agent William Manning as a classic contemporary home.
“It is the epitome of beachside luxury and style,” Manning said. Keighery, who used architect Alexander Roth along with Marco ­Meneguzzi for the interiors, is now seeking a Southern Highlands cottage project, and to buy back into the Sydney market.
Her home was bought for $7,555,000 in 2007, a year before her fashion-designer husband Mark Keighery died, having fought cancer for 10 years.
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Her listing follows the ­recent $9 million nearby purchase by Anthony Scali, the retail family’s third buy. The Mitchell family had paid $72,500 in 1977. Goldman Sachs’ Zac Fletcher bought the adjoining building block for $10.35 million.
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The top sale on Iluka Rd remains Uncle Toby’s founder Doug Shears, who bought Anakela for $15 million in 2007 from the late grocery ­tycoon Jim Fleming.
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Lisa Keighery lists Palm Beach trophy with $17 million price tag

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Radio star Jackie O Henderson has spent $11 million on the Woollahra residence Cooper Park House.
The designer Belle magazine featured residence was only on the market for three days before the KIIS FM breakfast host bought it from high-profile stockbroker Angus Aitken and his wife Sarah.
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<div id="google_ads_iframe_/31694718/domain.com.au/news/prestige_3__container__">It had a $10 million guide when its marketing was launched on Friday publicly but buyers have been shown through <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-nsw-woollahra-133796210" target="_blank">the Edward Street home</a> over the past few weeks.</div>
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<div>Cooper Park House is a split-level house featuring soaring six-metre ceilings in the central living area.</div>
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<div>The house has interiors by designer Sarah Davison with a garden designed by Myles Baldwin.
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Henderson is moving from Vaucluse, where she and her estranged husband Lee Henderson sold their Cambridge Avenue home for $6.675 million in March following their split in 2018.
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The subdued price hopes of the Leckie family for their redundant Woollahra apartment have been realised with a small loss being taken.
The two-bedroom top-floor Queen St apartment was bought in 2016 for a bullish $1.2 million as a bolthole for Harry Leckie, the son of former high-profile TV executive David Leckie and wife Skye.
It sold midweek for $1.1 million.
On the bright side, buyers had been given a $990,000 guide and it was snapped up ahead of its June 6 auction through Alexander Phillips and Vince Licata at Phillips Pantzer Donnelley.
The 59sq m apartment is set on the second floor northeast corner with leafy views in The Alpha, a classic block of 12 which has its columned ­entrance on Alton St.
It was offered as a $775-a-week rental in 2018 when, after a stint at the Potts Point lifestyle concept store Becker Minty, Harry relocated to London to study interior design.
The block’s highest recent sale was the 59sq m unit directly below at $1.13 million last September.
Overall, Woollahra has a $1.04 ­median price for two-bedroom units, according to realestate.com.au.
 Its two-bedroom units have a $695-a-week median rent reflecting a 3.4 per cent rental yield. Based on five years of sales, Woollahra has experienced a compound growth rate of 5.7 per cent for units, which suggests the family overpaid on purchase.
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Leckie's Woollahra bolthole sells for $100,000 less than bought for

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Lisa Keighery, widow of Marcs founder Mark Keighery, has listed her Woollahra terrace.
It has $2.5 million to $2.6 million.
Keighery will move permanently to Palm Beach, where her $7.55 million Snapperman Beach has been recently renovated.
Keighery bought the Junction Street terrace for $2.21 million in 2017.
It was when she was trading down from her former home opposite the Lough Playing Fields which sold for $4.2 million.
The last sale on Junction Street was $2.5 million last December. It has barely gone up on its $2.39 million sale in 2017.
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Having been recently commuting back and forth from Melbourne, hospitality industry leader Brett Sergeant and his German wife, Iris Grosse-Kleimann are selling Maroomba, their former Woollahra home.
They’re seeking $8.25 million for the four bedroom heritage-listed home that dates back to the 1890s.
The couple paid $3.4 million in 2014 and have since renovated the home to have 320 sqm of internal living space.
There’s a landscaped garden with outdoor kitchen, and a whole entertaining level with cocktail bar and a custom designed wine cellar and tasting room.
Pillinger Double Bay agent Brad Pillinger has the Nelson Street listing.
Now the chief executive of Chris Morris’s Colonial Leisure Group, whose flagship venue is the Portsea Hotel, Sergeant left Merivale in 2016 after nine years when he was the chief operating officer.
His first job was as a glassie at AHL’s Mitcham Hotel.
Nelson Street’s most recent sale was when recruitment boss Phil Kerry and his wife, Anne-Maree, secured the 1880s Victorian Regency trophy mansion, Larissa for $8.5 million, having sold in Darling Point for $18 million to insurer Richard Enthoven.
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Former Merivale exec Brett Sergeant lists Woollahra mansion Maroomba

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The philanthropic fashion doyen Peter Weiss and wife Doris have 
listed their two bedroom Woollahra cottage.
They are spending more and more time entertaining up at their Palm Beach weekender, which has prompted the listing of their city bolthole.
Weiss, who helped define the Australian fashion scene in the 1980s and 1990s, bought the Woollahra cottage for $3.75 million in 2015 from the late composer Peter Sculthorpe.
It was a three bedroom home at the time.
It was set to become a music fellowship residence centre, in Sculthorpe's honour, however the plans didn't eventuate. Instead Weiss installed a lift to help him around what became their new abode.
He would however regularly host music events in the home's studio.
Sculthorpe had owned the charming three bedroom Holdsworth Street cottage sine 1976.
1st City agent Simon Doak has a pre-Easter auction scheduled for early April.
The Weiss' have long entertained at their many Palm Beach homes they've owned over the years.
Their Whale Beach Road property saw the bigger parties, but they sold that for $4.1 million in 2006.
They later owned the Peter Muller-designed pavilion-style home on Bynya Road, which they sold for $3.6 million four years ago to upgrade to a waterfront.
They spent $10 million on the home of rag trader turned farmer Gordon Smith, who had the home renovated by Walter Barda in 2010.
Weiss is a longtime lover of the arts.
Born in 1935 in Vienna, Peter came to Australia in 1939, brought up in a musical family where from childhood he had a passion for playing the cello.
He was among the first members of the Art Gallery on New South Wales Foundation when it was established in 1983 and was made a life governor of the gallery in 2009.
Through the 1990s he sponsored concerts at St James's Church in Sydney. He was one of the early sponsors of a 'chair' in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
His $1 million donation established the Instrument Fund of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, then in 2016 he bought the ACO a 1729 Guarneri cello.
He donated the Corbousier tapestry to the SSO and Opera House.
Weiss used to spend time in the Southern Highlands back in the day, but sold Wollumbi, their French countryside farmhouse, for just shy of $15 million in 2015.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph.
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