Only a handful of apartments remain in The Rocks' prestige Stamford Residences

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Prestige buyers have snapped up apartments in The Rocks’ latest luxury development, with only four of 122 apartments – plus the two penthouses – remaining in The Stamford Residences, which is now complete.

The development, by Stamford Property Services, includes high-end extras like a 24-hour concierge, 18-metre indoor pool and gymnasium.

The larger of the two three-storey penthouses  has four bedrooms (the master bedroom alone is 90 square metres), two terraces and 468 square metres of internal space, including a kitchenette, butler’s pantry and bar in the master suite. It is accessed by its own private lift and has its own internal lift in addition to the sweeping nine-metre-high staircase.  It comes with a $16.1 million price tag.

The smaller penthouse has 412 square metres of internal space and also includes two terraces. It has $13.4 million price expectations.

“The two penthouses offer an abundance of space rarely found in the CBD,” said Ron Keir of architects Kann Finch. “With an exclusive entry on level 28, they provide a sense of privacy and separation from the surrounding environment, while full-size windows allow occupants to reconnect with the surroundings.”

“The quality of the finishes is, of course, exemplary, and the ambience is assured through its classic understated style. Every appointment has been carefully considered to help make the penthouses bespoke homes,” Keir says.

Colliers is marketing the penthouses, along with the four remaining apartments.

The Stamford Residences and its attached townhouse complex, The Reynell Terraces, represent the last developments to be built in Sydney’s northern precinct (stretching south from the Harbour foreshore to Market Street and east to Macquarie Street) until 2015.

“People appreciate that this is the last high-rise building in Sydney’s most sought-after precinct,” says Colin Griffin, director of residential project marketing for Colliers International. “It is a finite resource that will appreciate in value at the highest rate.”