SINGO RETURNS WITH LUXURY WATERFRONT APARTMENTS IN GOSFORD
Advertising legend John Singleton unveils an exclusive 16-residence Caroline Bay development, marking his latest high-end property play on the Central Coast.
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Legendary adman John ‘Singo’ Singleton has unveiled the newest project under his John Singleton Group development company.
The new project, 49Caroline, named after its location at 49 Caroline Street, will deliver just 16 luxury apartments to the Caroline Bay foreshore.
It is being developed in partnership with privately owned financier Alceon, which has a strong track record in the area, having recently completed Rumbalara Residences, a gated community comprising four buildings and 188 apartments. The project recently set a Gosford record with the sale of a penthouse for $7 million.
The 16 apartments at 49Caroline will comprise a mix of three- and four-bedroom residences, priced from $2,295,000.
The absolute waterfront development on Caroline Bay has been designed by Mosman-based architect Enrique Blanco de Cordova of deBlanco Studio.
Gittoes agents Stephen Gittoes and Richard Faulkner are marketing the project as a “once-in-a-lifetime offering on the Central Coast”.
They say each residence is “shaped by an architectural philosophy that balances timeless elegance with contemporary coastal living.
“Expansive interiors, generous outdoor terraces and floor-to-ceiling glazing invite the water into every moment. From the private jetty to the pool glistening over the bay, life here unfolds with effortless beauty and ease,” Gittoes says.
Resident amenities include a waterfront spa, pool and cabana, landscaped gardens, indoor-outdoor entertaining spaces, and a firepit alcove designed for golden-hour gatherings.
Construction firm JDC Property has been appointed to build the project.
The John Singleton Group website also references a previous project in Gosford, Bonython Tower, completed in 2019. The 56-apartment building is located on Mann Street in central Gosford.
The group has another project in the pipeline. The Lodge will be a luxury “10-star” lodge and restaurant complex at Mount White on the NSW Central Coast, adjacent to his successful Saddles restaurant and his former Strawberry Hills stud, which he sold in 2023 to John Magnier’s Coolmore Stud for more than $30 million.
The Lodge will feature a 17- to 20-room boutique hotel, designed as a series of pavilions offering premium accommodation.
Singleton is one of Australia’s most well-known advertising entrepreneurs.
e co-founded SPASM in the late 1960s. In the mid-1980s, after selling SPASM, he started John Singleton Advertising, which went on to create the campaign for Bob Hawke’s successful 1987 federal election.
He has long had an affinity with property, both commercial and residential
He owned his Paddington office compound, The Bonython (unrelated to his Gosford tower project), for five decades before selling the former art gallery space in 2024 for $33 million to Annie Cannon-Brookes, the former wife of Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes.
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A vibrant 1954 Palm Springs home featuring eight colorful murals by late artist Shawn Savage is on the market for $2.295 million. The 2,237-square-foot property features bold hot-pink doors, three bedrooms, a pool, mountain views and playful interiors blending modern glamour with classic Palm Springs style.
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A bold 1950s home in Palm Springs, California, adorned with eight colorful murals by the late artist Shawn Savage, is coming to market ahead of the city’s annual Modernism Week.
The white stucco home on El Camino Way, built in 1954 and recently renovated, has an asking price of $2.295 million. Its staggered facade features three playfully abstract murals on either side of double-height hot pink doors.
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The sellers are Los Angeles-based partners John Freeman and Mathieu Faure, who knew it was “the one” when they saw it after several months of searching in the winter of 2023. “It’s a happy house,” Freeman said. “We really liked the feel of the house: the uniqueness, the openness, the brightness—and the art.”
Located in the Mesa neighborhood of Palm Springs, which backs up to the San Jacinto Mountains, the 2,237-square-foot house features three bedrooms, an angled bonus room and a yard with a pool, desert mountain views and another colorful mural running alongside the pool.
“I never thought in my life I would have a house with pink doors,” said Faure, a producer at Apple TV who is originally from Paris. “It’s so colorful, it’s so different. And so Palm Springs.”
The layout of the home creates a smooth flow from the front doors through the open-plan common area—a foyer, bar, and living and dining room—into the kitchen around a fireplace wall and out to the yard. A corridor leads to a private bedroom wing, where the primary suite has floor-to-ceiling windows and the primary bath is only a tad smaller than the bedroom.
Faure has filled the home with Jonathan Adler furniture, rugs and accessories, riffing on the energetic California vibes of the house to create an aesthetic of “modern American glamour,” he said.
“It was enjoyable for me to play with different types of furniture and make this house ‘happy chic,’ as I describe it,” he said.
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“He did a fantastic job,” said Freeman, who is an attorney and consultant. “It does kind of bring a smile to my face whenever I walk into the house.”
Since the furniture and decor were chosen for the particularities of the space, the couple is open to selling them with the home. Their West Hollywood house is already furnished; the collection doesn’t match the vibes of a Houston loft they bought near family; and Faure can’t imagine these pieces in New York—where he’s lived in the past—he said.
The duo bought the Palm Springs house for $1.925 million in 2024, according to property records, and will list the home Monday. They are represented by Stewart Smith, Patrick Jordan and Kevin Stanley of Bennion Deville Homes/Luxury Portfolio International.
The previous owners had purchased the home in 2021 for $975,000 and then spent more than two years and $700,000 on the renovation, according to Realtor.com. They commissioned Savage, a local Palm Springs artist and painter known for his joyful abstract work, to decorate the home.
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Savage, who died in 2024, lived in the Coachella Valley from 2003, and his work can be found in various local institutions and is on exhibit at the Illumine Gallery in Palm Springs. “Some artists pass through a place. Shawn Savage became a part of it,” the gallery’s description states.
Unsurprisingly, the murals invite lots of friendly conversations, as well as guided tours and interested lookers, but never to a degree that it disturbed the peacefulness of their home or the neighborhood, the sellers said. “It felt like living in an art gallery, and you have the exterior that you would share with the world,” Faure explained.
The neighborhood also played a role in their decision to buy, because of its access to the hiking trails of the San Jacinto Mountains, the lack of through-roads and the neighborly environment.
“It’s a very friendly place,” Faure said.
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