{"id":26100,"date":"2020-07-05T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T23:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=26100"},"modified":"2020-07-05T11:42:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T23:42:27","slug":"sirius-buildings-150m-mystery-buyer-linked-to-vietnamese-billionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/sirius-buildings-150m-mystery-buyer-linked-to-vietnamese-billionaires\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirius Building’s $150m mystery buyer linked to Vietnamese billionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The mystery businessman who bought the Sirius Building in a deal kept cloaked in secrecy by the NSW government has family connections to billionaire Vietnamese fashion moguls.<\/p>\n

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Former Macquarie Banker Jean-Dominique Huynh\u00a0snared a slice of the city\u2019s most coveted real estate<\/a>\u00a0last June when his company agreed to pay $150 million for the public housing tower at the foot of the Harbour Bridge, overlooking Circular Quay and the Opera House.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Dominique Huynh, the reclusive 36-year-old Vaucluse businessman, who bought the Sirius last year.<\/span>CREDIT: <\/span>NADINE SAACKS PHOTOGRAPHY<\/cite><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 36-year-old from Vaucluse will sculpt the harbour skyline as he transforms the building into luxury apartments, while preserving its brutalist facade.<\/p>\n

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The sale of the Sirius was meant to end years of controversy over its future, following the government’s\u00a0ousting of hundreds of vulnerable tenants<\/a>\u00a0from their homes.<\/p>\n