Mission: Impossible Sydney mansion sells for eye-watering price
One of Sydney's most iconic properties, known as the Boomerang in Elizabeth Bay, has sold for $80 million.
The mansion is featured in the second instalment in the Mission: Impossible franchise, with the 2000 movie starring Tom Cruise being set and filmed in Sydney.
It was the first house to officially sell for above $1 million in 1978, before setting another record in 2002 when it fetched $20.7 million.
Now, multiple sources have confirmed it has been snapped up by a purchaser, originally from Asia, for four times what it last sold for.
The property has long been rated as one of Sydney’s Top 50 homes, and has been in the name of Katrina Fox, the daughter of Melbourne-based billionaire trucking magnate Lindsay Fox, since 2005.
The impressive home was put up for sale by Ray White in 2017 with hopes of selling for $60 million and then again with Brad Pillinger of Pillinger for $80 million in 2021 — the last agent to have it listed.
Pillinger couldn’t be contacted ahead of publication, but other sources have confirmed the property has sold for the $80m asking price, while speculation from other sources that the result was $105 million have been dismissed.
Boomerang sits on 4233 square metres of waterfront land, and features 25 rooms including a private cinema modelled on the State Theatre.
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