Mr Macca’s to sell Sydney harbourside unit for about $20 million

Hani Sidaros and his wife Gehan, who once owned and operated 12 McDonald’s stores in Canberra, have put their unit at Sydney’s Crown Residences in Barangaroo on the market.

Local sources who are not authorised to comment publicly say the price guide is $18.8 million to $20 million. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom pad was purchased off the plan for $17,125,000 in 2021 under Mrs Sidaros’ name, records show.

Mr Sidaros owned 12 McDonald’s stores in Canberra in 2016, as reported by The Canberra Times, and he told the publication at the time that his goal was to one day own all 21 stores in the ACT. It’s a big accomplishment considering he began working at the fast food chain’s Blacktown store in Western Sydney as a 15-year-old.

It’s unclear how many he currently owns as Mr Sidaros did not respond for comment when contacted by this masthead. He remains a director of several companies, as per ASIC records, including McDonald’s Belconnen.

Records show the Sidaros family also own a property in Sydney’s Rouse Hill, and two homes in Canberra: one in O’Malley that is leased out and another in Forrest.

The apartment for sale has expansive glass to capture stunning views of the Harbour Bridge and Opera House, and interiors feature geometric oak floors, statement lighting, a Calacatta kitchen with Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and a butler’s kitchen.

Considered Sydney’s tower of power, Crown Residences is home to a smorgasbord of corporate heavyweights, rich-listers and Millennial tech entrepreneurs.

Billionaire Alex Birkenstock, heir of German cult sandal brand Birkenstock, and his wife Vanessa, paid $51.5 million for a whole-floor apartment in cash. Lawrence Myers, chief executive officer of James Packer’s family office, Consolidated Press Holdings, and his wife Sylvia also paid $70 million for the penthouse.

Bill Gravanis, co-owner of Sydney’s Luna Park, won’t have far to travel to work, having paid about $36 million for an apartment in the complex.

Alex Lyons and Charlie Davies of Raine & Horne Double Bay are selling the Sidaros family’s harbourside residence, and both declined to comment on any aspect of the listing when contacted by this masthead.

Late pop artist’s home for sale

The Bellevue Hill home of the late pop artist extraordinaire Martin Sharp has been listed with a price guide of $30 million. Sharp was a contributor to the Pop Art movement during the 1960s and 1970s.

Sharp left the 10-bedroom, four-bathroom mansion to a charitable trust to become a type of residency for artists, as previously reported by this masthead, but his dying wish for his alma mater, Cranbrook School next door, to never get their hands on it, may not come true.

Last year, a NSW Supreme Court judgment was handed down allowing the heritage-listed house to be sold “for the best price reasonably attainable at the earliest practicable opportunity”. Cranbrook included.

Cranbrook School did not respond to questions about whether it wants to buy the property when contacted by this masthead.

During Sharp’s time at the manor there were numerous approaches from Cranbrook to buy the approximately 1840-square-metre property, long-time former trustee Luke Sciberras previously told this masthead.

The grand residence has been in the Sharp family since 1937 when purchased by Sharp’s grandfather Stuart Douglas Ritchie for £20,000 from Enid Anne Friend, wife of grazier Owen Friend. Sharp and his mother Joan inherited it in 1977. Sharp moved back into the family home in 1973, and it remained his studio for the remaining years of his life.

Designed by architecture firm Halligan and Wilton, there are classic columns, timber joinery, coffered ceilings and bold walls with Sharp’s art. A central loggia connects to the garden.

Pauline Goodyer and Michael Pallier of Sydney Sotheby’s International Realty are accepting expressions of interest.

Star jeweller’s home for sale

The Bellevue Hill residence of jeweller and sculptor Robert Clerc and his wife Samara has hit the market with a price guide of $16 million, local sources say.

Born in Switzerland, Mr Clerc opened his first boutique at Sydney’s The Strand Arcade in 1975, Robert Clerc Jewellery. The boutique’s location changed over the years and returned to The Strand Arcade in 2023.

Clerc’s clients over the years have included Harrison Ford and Tina Turner.

The Clerc family bought the property for $3.75 million in 2015, records show, and embarked on a renovation, as evident in listing photos. The house with a saltwater pool now oozes Hollywood glamour.

Ashley Bierman and Hayden Smith of Ray White Double Bay are handling the property campaign.