Billionaire heiress Sophia Forrest's penthouse for sale
Actor Sophia Forrest, the daughter of mining billionaires Andrew and Nicole Forrest, has listed in Waterloo.
Forrest made the move from Perth in 2018, buying the penthouse for $1.8m in 2020, then taking up residency with now wife, fellow actor Zara Zoe.
The split-level three bedroom, two bathroom penthouse sits atop Warehouse 5 on Phillip Street with 183 sqm of space.
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Belle Property agents Blair Cardile and James Perlowski have the off-market penthouse listing.
There are hefty $5000 quarterly strata levies for the apartment first sold for $755,000 in 2003.
The development, constructed around a pool and parklands, has 127 apartments over five buildings.
With 33 sales over the past year, Proptrack calculates Waterloo's three bedroom median apartment price as $1.4m, up 3.9 per cent annually. The median was $1.43m when the penthouse last sold in late 2020.
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It was 1998 when developer St Hilliers bought the former the 1.4ha Chubb site for $5.8m.
Warehouse 5's highest price sits at $2,185,000 from a 2017 sale.
Forrest's separated parents own abode's in the Sydney CBD's Quay Grande and at Point Piper.
Her next role is in July at Carriageworks in Black Swan State Theatre Company's production of Prima Facie.
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