Best retirement housing design for Global Awards shortlisted
LOS ANGELES: The shortlist for the best retirement housing design has been declared.
Over 250 designs have been considered by the awards secretariat. One of the finalists in this category is shown below.
The entrepreneurs who put Waiheke Island on the world tourism map have sold their award-winning luxury lodge for $8.45 million.
Andrew Glenn and Jonathan Rutherfurd Best, who founded the popular Oyster Inn restaurant on the island, struck an off market deal for the property back in March but the sale has only just settled.
The Asian influenced three-bedroom retreat on Sea View Road, in Onetangi, Waiheke, is popularly known as the Lantern House, and was bought by a young Kiwi artist, sources have told OneRoof.
The sources said that the buyer and companies associated with her, had also bought a number of other properties on the island, including Te Whau Lodge in March last year for $6.47m and Waiheke Villas in October 2020 for $4.7m.
The $8.45m sale price is almost double the property’s 2021 CV but falls short of the $11.75m paid in March for a 1990s house on a 1.97ha site on Dolphin Lane, about five minutes’ drive from the famous Mud Brick vineyards.
Lantern House had been listed with Ollie and Graham Wall, of Wall Real Estate. Graham told OneRoof late last year that the property had attracted significant interest from Singapore, London and New York.
“We trace the international sexiness of Waiheke Island to Andrew and Jonathan – they’re so connected,” he said in November.
“Lantern House is like something out of Architectural Digest. It’s truly international in style. Many people have drawn parallels with the Aman resorts – the attention to the tiniest detail is exquisite.”
The Global Award winner will be announced in December in London. (Globals)