Ahmed Fahour sells Hawthorn mansion Invergowrie off-site

Former Australia Post and NAB boss Ahmed Fahour sold his Hawthorn mansion for a speculated price of more than $40 million.

Property documents confirmed that the transaction was concluded this week, and Angela Tomisich, co-founder of the scientific research company Trajan Group, was named the buyer.

According to industry sources, the price of this landmark called Invergowrie is more than US$40 million, and many high-end agents have reported that the residence appears to be empty in recent months.

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If this number is reached, it will become one of the most expensive sales in Melbourne’s history-below the record of $52.5 million Set by Malvern’s Stonington Mansion 2018, but beyond tech entrepreneurs Ruslan Kogan acquires Toorak for US$38.8 million And possible 2020 deals Mount Eliza Morningstar for approximately US$40 million.

Angela and Stephen Tomisich co-founded Trajan, a scientific and medical research supplies company, in 2011, and their client list now includes Pfizer and Moderna.

The company’s CEO, Mr. Tomisic, stated that he and Angela will make this property a home for generations-but also hope to reconnect Melbourne with its “extraordinary” history, which can be traced back to Victoria. Even before the colony.

“We think this is an opportunity to connect it with the people of Melbourne again,” he said.

“We want to ensure that this part of Melbourne’s history is preserved and connected in some way with the great works of the McPherson family.

“Although we don’t know what it looks like yet.”

The McPherson family owned the property until the 1990s, used it to help educate young women, and then provided part of the funds for the Invergowrie Foundation to continue the legacy through the sale.

Trajan’s HemaPEN is a device that can accurately measure blood samples and is touted for precise micro-sampling for Covid-19 research and to confirm the life of vaccines.

The company conducted an initial public offering (IPO) last month. The initial stock price was US$1.98, rose to US$2.46, and went public on July 8 at a price of US$2.27.

The Herald Sun has contacted Mr. Tomisic, the current CEO of the company, for comments.

Mr. Fahour – Current Managing Director of Latitude Financial Services – A 1.023 hectare property was listed for the first time in May 2018 The guide price is between US$40 million and US$44 million.

he Take it off the market A few months later.

At the time, Marshall White’s real estate agent Marcus Chiminello called the property “the most expensive house ever publicly sold” in Melbourne at the time.

Since purchasing the property off-site for US$22 million in 2013, Mr. Fahour has spent millions of US dollars to update the interiors of four buildings on the site, including a bluestone building built in 1851 and a building with a gym. Six-car garage.

Mr. Fahour also improved the venue, adding a tennis court to complement an “extraordinary swimming pool” and a spa that can accommodate up to 30 people.

The main mansion offers 15 main rooms, including up to five bedrooms and six living areas-including a former chapel with a ceiling of 6 meters, which has been converted into a billiard room.

High-end brokers working in the Hawthorn area stated that they did not understand the transaction. According to the Herald Sun, it was carried out without a real estate agent.

Kay & Burton Hawthorn director Scott Patterson said that Invergowrie is in “its own league.​​”.

Mr. Patterson said: “A few years ago, Grace Park House had changed hands, otherwise the only one would have been discussed at that level in the back fence-Avon Court.” “But there are others in the $20 million range.”

John Bongiorno, the owner of Marshall White, said that although rare, it is “not surprising” that it is sold for $40 million in Melbourne.

Mr. Bongiorno said: “It is precisely this type of transaction that is rare, because buyers with this kind of money will not grow on the tree.”

“And this type of property is like a buyer, it’s hard to find. They’re passed on from generation to generation.”

Invergowrie is considered to have historical and architectural significance to the state. It was built for Sir James Palmer, the first Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Council and the Mayor of Melbourne from 1845 to 1986, and later became the theatre entrepreneur George Copperpin and the first pastor of the Australian Church Charles Strong s home.

Mr. Fahour sold a Hawthorn penthouse for US$5 million last year and owns a Kinkora Rd mansion worth more than US$16 million in the same suburb.

Although settled this week, the Invergowrie transaction was reached before the state government’s increase in stamp duty on luxury homes took effect on July 1. The state tax bureau’s calculator shows that a sales price of $40 will attract a austerity of $2.2 million in stamp duty.

If the agreement is signed after the introduction of a 6.5% interest rate, the Ministry of Finance will charge at least another $380,000.

-With Samantha Randy

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