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Bellevue Hill

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PALM BEACH 112 ILUKA ROAD $5.8 million+

Crater full but shops are empty

THE crater that swallowed part of Bellevue Hill is nearly fixed but businesses say their customers are still missing.

Pub With No Work

WORK is yet to resume on the $7 million-plus Bellevue Hotel redevelopment, as the receivers and administrators of Momentum Mortgages work out what to do with the company.

$540,000 Owed To Project's Workers

THE already delayed Bellevue Hotel apartment block site has been shut down for a second time, with subcontractors owed an estimated $540,000 from six weeks' work.

Budget Shortfall As Rich Stay At Home

SYDNEY'S merchant bankers have stopped upgrading their prestige homes - sales volume is down by almost half in Mosman, Bellevue Hill, Palm Beach and Vaucluse.

House Of The Week

BELLEVUE HILL 8 DRUMALBYN ROAD About $10million

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BELLEVUE HILL 1 GINAHGULLA ROAD $5 million+ PYMBLE 60-62 PENTECOST AVENUE About $2 million

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Change of face

Contractors Wait In The Half-built Wings

THE already delayed Bellevue Hotel apartment block has been shut down while the developers seek new funding for the half-built project.

Prestige Special: East

BELLEVUE HILL 110 BALFOUR ROAD $5.25 million+

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BELLEVUE HILL 116 BELLEVUE ROAD $3.5 million+ ANNANDALE 93 JOHNSTON STREET $1.25 million+

Old, No Frontage, That'll Be $22m

CAERLEON, an 1885 Queen Anne Revival-style Bellevue Hill residence, has withstood the test of time, fetching about $22 million, a record price for a Sydney non-waterfront house.

Brightly

The Illawarra is lighting up for Christmas, including this home in Bellevue Rd, Figtree.

Poll Fight: Editor Steps In

THE vanquished Wentworth candidate George Newhouse and the award-winning journalist Caroline Overington have not exactly shaken hands on it yet, but a resolution to their public run-in at a Bellevue Hill polling booth may be in sight.

Top Shelf Apartments

QUEENSCLIFF 5/42 QUEENSCLIFF ROAD About $1.5 million BELLEVUE HILL 1/34 BENELONG CRESCENT About $3.5 million

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How The Region's Leaders Reacted David Campbell Minister For Illawarra

There are a lot of little road projects included in this budget that I think are pretty important ... half a million dollars for drainage works on Bulli Pass; $500,000 for safety improvements on the slip lane from the F6 to old Mt Ousley Rd; and $500,000 for utility adjustments at the intersections of The Avenue and Bellevue Rd with the Princes Hwy at Figtree.