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2 Highgate Hill, Toorak was sold for $17.5m, industry sources revealed.
Melbourne mansions have quietly sold for prices as high as $25m amid an unexpectedly busy holiday period that’s gifted richlisters major paydays.
The Toorak home of the late business mogul Baillieu Myer and his wife, Sarah, was among those to change hands after being listed for sale at $20m-$22m in spring last year.
The four-bedroom mansion at 4 Grant Ave was held by the Myer family for nearly 70 years, and is just moments away from the family’s Cranlana estate at 62 Clendon Rd, which is also for sale with a $96m-$105m price range.
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Myer was the son of Sidney and Merlyn Myer and joined the family’s company, Myer Emporium in 1949, later becoming chairman in 1983.
Forbes Global Properties Australia director Michael Gibson confirmed the sale but declined to comment further, including on the price.
4 Grant Ave, South Yarra sold and had a $20m-$22m price tag when it was listed for sale.
One of many colourful living areas.
Meanwhile, the super wealthy Di Pilla family connected to Chemist Warehouse has snapped up a South Yarra property for circa $25m brokered by Melbourne Sotheby’s International Realty, industry sources revealed.
Property records show Danielle Di Pilla, an executive director of the pharmaceutical retail conglomerate, has placed a caveat on the mansion in what is one of Melbourne’s most-prestigious suburbs.
Her brother, HMC Capital managing director David Di Pilla brokered the merger of ASX-listed Sigma Healthcare and Chemist Warehouse for a whopping $8.8bn in 2023.
Melbourne Sotheby’s International Realty also managed the sale of the six-bedroom house at 2 Highgate Hill, Toorak.
Industry sources said the mansion on the sought-after street sold for about $17.5m.
6 Flete Ave, Armadale sold for just under $19m, sources revealed.
Porter Davis co-founder David Shergold and his wife Nathalie also sold their five-bedroom house on the second day of 2025 for just under $19m, industry sources revealed.
The house at 6 Flete Ave was listed in October with a $20m-$22m price guide, with property records showing it was in Nathalie’s name.
Mr Shergold helped create the home building business in 1999, but sold his stake in 2007 — well before Porter Davis went into liquidation, with about 1700 people awaiting homes to be built last year.
While Abercromby’s director Jock Langley declined to comment on who the sellers were, or the sale price, he said both the vendors and the purchasers were very happy.
“The significance of this property sale in the early new year is a good confidence boost for those who are looking to transact,” Mr Langley said.
52 Kensington Rd, South Yarra sold on Christmas Eve in the vicinity of its $8m-$8.8m price guide.
One of Australia’s first ever infinity pools.
Marketing mogul Sally Joubert and her architect husband Richard also sold their South Yarra private oasis in the vicinity of its $8m-$8.8m price range on Christmas Eve.
The four-bedroom mansion at 52 Kensington Rd features one of the first infinity-edge pools ever built in Australia.
Luma Research chief executive Ms Joubert told the Herald Sun earlier that her home offered a 180-degree view of the Yarra River, Como Park and Toorak Hill which was amazing.
“You even get a view from the garage,” she said at the time.
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