A billionaire businessman has been revealed as the client of Melbourne restaurateurs Andrew McConnell and Joanna McGann’s $20m-plus Toorak mansion.
The pair are the driving power behind eatery empire Dealer and Co, with venues from Supernormal, the Builders Arms Resort, Cumulus Inc and Gimlet all a part of their secure.
They listed their Struan St, Toorak, residence with a $20m-$22m asking value shortly after shopping for the close by Toorak mansion of Melbourne richlist member of the family Karen Liberman, initially designed by celebrated architect Robin Boyd.
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Australian Inventory Change listed funds group Netwealth’s co-founder Matthew Heine has been linked to the hanging artwork deco house offered in October after his spouse Alexandra positioned a caveat over the property this month.
Mr Heine is the son of Michael Heine, who co-founded the agency with him.
The Toorak sale brokered by Marshall White’s Marcus Chiminello and Nicole French is known to have been one of many quickest offers locked in for the high-end suburb this yr.
On the time of the alternate prime finish purchaser’s advocate David Morrell likened it to being “sooner than a minute in a microwave”.
The property’s prior proprietor was former Australia Submit boss Ahmed Fahour, with McGann and McConnell paying him $14.2m for it in 2018.
With a pool, spectacular backyard surrounds and a curving entrance that exemplifies Artwork Deco fashion, the house had been renovated previous to sale.
Its three-storey floorplan contains a number of dwelling zones on the bottom degree, 4 bedrooms upstairs, and a basement with a visitor suite, four-car storage, house cinema and a billiards room.
It offered for an undisclosed sum on October 18.
Mr Chiminello and Ms French haven’t commented on the sale.
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