No sale for Empire, Bondi Beach unit of Rick Harasty and Alice Liew

Hospitality industry recruiters Rick Harasty and Alice Liew had $7 million price hopes for the auction of their Bondi Beach apartment on Saturday.

The four-bedroom, two-bathroom sub-penthouse has 209 sqm space in The Empire complex on Campbell Pde, Bondi Beach.

The only bid was $6.1m, with Simon Exleton of McGrath then placing a $7m vendor bid. 

It comes with 18m of window overlooking the beach, and a double garage. The now-consolidated apartments cost $305,000 in 1995.

A two-bedroom apartment on the lower floor in the block, which cost $65,000 in 1995, recently sold for $2.45m.

It is the same block where former Neighbours star Jason Donovan sold an apartment for $2.2m last November to the Rothwell family.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.