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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Any day now! Madeline Holtznagel flaunts her huge baby bump as she arrives at Justin Hemmes' mansion before being affectionately piggybacked by the billionaire
Madeline Holtznagel is counting down the days until she gives birth to her first child. The model, 27, looked radiant on Friday as she arrived in style at her partner and dad-to-be Justin Hemmes' Sydney harbourside pad. The loved-up couple touched down at the billionaire pub baron's $100million Vaucluse mansion in a sea plane, and Justin was quick to show off his chivalrous side. Not wanting his heavily pregnant girlfriend to endanger herself and her precious cargo, Justin affectionately piggybacked his ladylove off the aircraft. The couple beamed broadly as Justin dutifully escorted Madeline to the shore, with Madeline wrapping her arms tightly around her beau's shoulders. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. The loved-up couple touched down at the billionaire pub baron's $100million Vaucluse mansion in a sea plane, and Justin was quick to show off his chivalrous side Sporting an undeniable mum-to-be glow, Madeline flaunted her burgeoning baby bump in a grey tracksuit. She was not afraid to show off her growing belly, pulling the hooded tracksuit top up to flaunt her baby bump. It appeared that Madeline's had or was attending a hens' night-style affair for a pal, with her tracksuit top sporting a phrase that seemed to be an in-joke between friends. 'Before she's a wife, she's the Don' was emblazoned across the back of her top while the phrase 'underboss' was emblazoned on the front. It appeared to be a reference to the Italian mafia, with the term 'underboss' (also known as sotto capo or capo bastone) being the second most important position behind the Don in an organised crime family. Madeline finished her relaxed look with a pair of white slides and she wore her flaxen locks back in a pony tail. Justin also cut a casual figure in a pair of crisp white chinos that he rolled to the knee to keep dry as walked through the water to the shore. He also wore a plain white T-shirt, as well as a pair of white Crocs that he carried in his hand. The couple beamed broadly as Justin dutifully escorted Madeline to the shore, with the model wrapping her arms tightly around Justin's shoulders Justin looked excited and very much besotted with Madeline as he happily ferried her to shore. As he placed her on the sand, they walked side-by-side. Madeline recently admitted to Stellar that she is set to welcome a son and is thrilled because she wanted a 'new journey' with Justin, who already shares two daughters with ex-partner Kate Fowler. 'I always thought I was going to have a boy. I knew I was going to be a boy mum,' she said. 'Justin has two beautiful little girls, so having a boy, it's like a whole new journey together. '[The baby] is going to be his little best mate.' She said up until now she kept details of her pregnancy private, but was ready to share her journey. 'I keep a lot of my life private and I don't share a lot online anyway, so [being pregnant] wasn't really something that I was going to share online,' she said. 'I haven't posted about it and it's been nice to have some quiet time off Instagram. 'But obviously because I am in the public eye and we do get photographed quite a lot, I think now I'm at this point in my pregnancy where it's nice for me to be able to share some nice photos'. Madeline also revealed she has sought advice from her older sisters Anna and fellow model Simone, who both have had children. In November, an insider confirmed the exciting news of Madeline's pregnancy to Daily Mail Australia and revealed a friend of Justin's recently moved out of his Vaucluse mansion to make room for their growing family. Justin, who has a net worth of $1.39billion, already has daughters Alexa and Saachi with his model ex-girlfriend Kate, from whom he separated in 2018. The business mogul then began dating Madeline the following year, when the model was 22 and he was 47.
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Byron Bay's Beach Hotel ‘sold for $140m'
The famous Beach Hotel at Byron Bay has traded hands for $140m, according to reports, which would make it the second most expensive Aussie pub ever sold. The massive sale went through late Wednesday, according to Green Street News. If the $140m price tag is confirmed, it would it make the second highest price paid for a pub in Australia, behind The Crossroads Hotel in Casula in Sydney's southwest which changed hands for $160m in 2022. MORE: Bizarre feature of Hemsworth's $50m Byron Bay home The Beach Hotel sits in the heart of Byron Bay. Former Sydney Lord Mayor Nelson Meers and his family were revealed as the buyers who paid top dollar for The Crossroads The new buyer of the Beach Hotel, which sits right in the heart of the township of Byron Bay on Main Beach, is yet to be confirmed. However pub barons Arthur Laundy and Justin Hemmes are sure to mentioned as possibilities given their impressive and ever expanding empires, amid increased new competition for drinking holes across NSW. Originally a family pub run by Sale of the Century hostess Delvene Delaney and her producer husband – and best mate to Paul Hogan, John 'Strop' Cornell – The Beach Hotel in Byron was the first Aussie pub to sell for $100m, when it last traded in 2019. RELATED: How family business became billion dollar pub empire The huge pub last traded for $100m in 2019. John 'Strop' Cornell, Paul Hogan and Delvene Delaney. Records then revealed that global investment group Moelis had entered into an exclusivity agreement to purchase the 4585sq m property that Delaney and Cornell, who produced and co-wrote the international blockbuster Crocodile Dundee, spent about $9 million building up in the 1990s. The pub has since been managed by ASX-listed company, Moelis Australia Hotel Management. At the time of the sale, Dan Brady, CEO of Moelis Australia Hotel Management described the almost waterfront hotel as an 'iconic Australian establishment located on irreplaceable real estate.' MORE: Kmart set to change everything in Temu war Casula's The Crossroads Hotel holds the record Aussie pub sale of $160m. 'The acquisition of both freehold and operating interests will enable the required capital investment to further enhance what has made the hotel iconic – that is, a great community gathering place with a fun, sociable, friendly and safe hospitality offering delivered by an engage and passionate team of local hospitality professionals,' Mr Brady. The Oaks Hotel in Neutral Bay on Sydney's North Shore was believed to have been sold for $175m in 2022, before the sale fell through and long-time owners The Thomas family decided to keep running it. The $175m sale of The Oaks Hotel on Sydney's North Shore fell through. Picture: Supplied MORE: Price of car spot proves Australia has lost it : Originally published as Byron Bay's Beach Hotel 'sold for $140m'
News.com.au
24-05-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Warning as Melbourne's CBD car parks face financial pressure
Melbourne's CBD car parks are under siege as government levies, work from home and close to 1 million square metres of empty office space put them under growing financial pressure. There are now warnings growing numbers of carparking complexes will be sold off, or even converted into data centres to support the city's growing computing needs as operators search for ways to keep them profitable. New research from Ray White's commercial arm shows the average $64.43 daily rate for a car park in the CBD is now cheaper than it was more than a decade ago, with the figure at $65 in 2013. It is the only major capital to have recorded a reduction in parking costs in the 12 years covered by the research, which also shows operators are also now offering nation-leading early bird discounts of 62.9 per cent in a bid to lure commuters back into the city. It comes as Property Council data shows office vacancy rates sit at a national high of 18 per cent, while hospitality magnate Justin Hemmes has revealed plans to turn a recently sold city council carpark into an entertainment hotspot. Ray White head of research Vanessa Rader said carparking was a key indicator for the health of a city's office market and 'Melbourne is looking pretty bad'. 'I wouldn't be surprised if the city's vacancy rate was more than 18 per cent,' Ms Rader said. 'And for a market that is a bit over 5 million square metres of space, that's about 1 million square metres of empty space.' The analyst said while more car park operators would probably consider selling, they might struggle. 'I don't think they will necessarily transact,' she said. 'The levies are high, the occupancy is low and so are the parking rates, and you have to pay land tax. Who will buy that?' However, alternative uses, such as transforming them into data centres to boost digital security and computing power in the CBD, could become more feasible. JLL head of capital markets in Victoria Josh Rutman handled the recent sale of the City of Melbourne's 34-60 Little Collins St complex to Justin Hemmes Merivale Group and said carpark ownership had become far more challenging as a result of congestion levies. This year the state government has applied a levy on all individual carparking spaces of $1750 across Melbourne's CBD and its immediate surrounds. A secondary catchment faces fees of $1240, with this region to be expanded next year. 'The appeal of them has been that it's low-maintenance and easy to do investment, but costs have changed dramatically and the demand has shifted,' Mr Rutman said. 'So the demand for carpark investments has changed, as it's not viewed in the same light it used to be, particularly with the levies on inner city and CBD carparks.' However, the commercial property agent added that they were also typically in strategic locations that could suit other developments. 'That's what we saw with Little Collins St, a great range of interest from hospitality groups and developers who saw value in that location,' Mr Rutman said. 'But not so much in it as a carpark.' While he didn't believe carparks would immediately disappear, he did note operators looking at buying them today would be pricing their budget for them based on the new, lower, demand levels — and heightened costs. With city planners prioritising bike lanes, a nearly completed metro tunnel about to boost rail access to parts of the city and its fringes, Mr Rutman said it was possible Melbourne could head down more of a New York path — where most residents did not use a car day to day. Colliers director Matt Stagg has specialised in CBD and city fringe car park sales for more than two decades and said the market had been polarised since the Covid pandemic. 'Collins Street, Flinders Street and Spring Street have performed well,' Mr Stagg said. 'But car parks in secondary locations have not.' The agent added that weekday demand now peaked on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays — but Monday and Friday volumes remained soft. He said institutional landlords and councils were increasingly viewing city car parks as non-core assets, and many were likely to be sold off in the months ahead. 'Yes, I think you'll see more councils and landlords divest car parks over the next 12 to 24 months,' Mr Stagg said. 'Increased land tax and increased car park levies are eroding the net income.' He said many of Melbourne's car parks sat on highly valuable land parcels and were being eyed for development. However, the agent added that tradespeople, essential workers, and commuters from outer suburbs who couldn't rely on public transport continued to drive demand in key locations, but the days of car parks as cash cows were fading. 'I think if new car parks are going to be built, it'll be in the outer suburbs near train stations,' he said. 'Closer to the city, we're going to see many of them redeveloped.' Mr Stagg said individual car spaces in the CBD, especially in premium apartment buildings or strata offices, were still changing hands for anywhere between $50,000 and $100,000, with off-market sales in top-tier locations occasionally pushing as high as $150,000 per bay.
Daily Mail
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Sydney's elite caught out in the rain as socialite celebrates her 40th birthday with a wild dinner party- and everyone is saying the same thing about the soiree
Sydney socialites' calendars have been heaving with events in recent weeks. There was Justin Hemmes' exclusive Silver Party just last weekend, swiftly followed by all the glamour of Sydney Fashion Week.
Daily Mail
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Not long to go now! Makeup free Madeline Holtznagel shows off her baby bump as she catches a private jet with billionaire beau Justin Hemmes just weeks before her due date
She is due to give birth in a matter of weeks. And Justin Hemmes' partner Madeline Holtznagel appears to be enjoying her last days of air travel. The heavily pregnant model jetted back to Sydney with the billionaire Merivale boss after they appeared to enjoy a weekend getaway. The 28-year-old covered up her baby bump in a cream wool jumper teamed with black leggings. Upon her arrival, she shielded her eyes with some designer sunglasses and carried a stylish Miu Miu straw beach bag and a floppy hat. The mum-to-be showed off her pregnancy glow by going makeup free and wore her blonde locks out in a wavy style. Following behind her was her doting partner Justin, 52, who carried several of the couple's belongings. He dressed in a pair of white linen pants paired with a navy shirt and tied his signature long locks back into a ponytail. The pair appeared to be returning from somewhere warm, with Madeline wearing white sandals and Justin in a pair of Crocs on the chilly Sydney evening. Despite Madeline being heavily pregnant, she has hardly slowed down. Justin and Madeline recently hosted the glitzy Silver Party charity gala at the Merivale owner's stunning Vaucluse mansion L'Hermitage. They were joined by Tyra Banks, several socialites, local celebrities and philanthropists at the exclusive event, which supports the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation. Madeline looked radiant on the night in a strapless blue velvet gown featuring a sheer midriff that put her blossoming belly on display. With her brunette locks styled in an elegant updo and subtle, glowing makeup, Madeline was the picture of maternal glamour. Justin matched her sophistication in a perfectly tailored black suit, looking every bit the dashing dad-to-be. Madeline recently admitted she is set to welcome a son and is thrilled because she wanted a 'new journey' with her partner, who already shares two daughters with ex-partner Kate Fowler. 'I always thought I was going to have a boy. I knew I was going to be a boy mum,' she said. 'Justin has two beautiful little girls, so having a boy, it's like a whole new journey together. '[The baby] is going to be his little best mate.' She said up until now she kept details of her pregnancy private, but was ready to share her journey. 'I keep a lot of my life private and I don't share a lot online anyway, so [being pregnant] wasn't really something that I was going to share online,' she said. 'I haven't posted about it and it's been nice to have some quiet time off Instagram. 'But obviously because I am in the public eye and we do get photographed quite a lot, I think now I'm at this point in my pregnancy where it's nice for me to be able to share some nice photos'. Madeline also revealed she has sought advice from her older sisters Anna and fellow model Simone, who both have had children. In November, an insider confirmed the exciting news of Madeline's pregnancy to Daily Mail Australia and revealed a friend of Justin's recently moved out of his Vaucluse mansion to make room for their growing family. Justin, who has a net worth of $1.39billion, already has daughters Alexa and Saachi with his model ex-girlfriend Kate, from whom he separated in 2018. The business mogul then began dating Madeline the following year, when the model was 22 and he was 47.
