Not that the Seven commercial director isn’t known for his side hustle as a high-end home investor. It is just that his real estate of choice has long been predominantly based in established prestige suburbs like Bellevue Hill and Point Piper.
McWilliam’s latest “passion project” (as it was described by a source) is the clifftop duplex built in 1971 by the late Holocaust survivor Naftali Kirsch that sold recently for about $15 million,although confirmation of the price will be revealed on settlement in September.
Not one to wait,McWilliam has already lodged a DA for a “substantial demolition” of the block to make way for a three-level,four-bedroom residence with garaging for four cars and a clifftop swimming pool designed by architect Michael Robilliard at a cost of $2.5 million.
AfterPay’s Molnar has led the North Bondi boom,paying about $45.5 million for a block of six apartments and the triplex next door to consolidate a 1080-square-metre parcel,on which he has lodged SJB Architects-designed plans for a single residence at a cost of $5.5 million.
The Kirsch family also sold a block of six apartments next door to McWilliam’s planned digs,for which they pocketed $25 million last year from Michelle Kalinko,wife of Australian Institute of Personal Trainers owner Kevin Kalinko.