George Jelbart to Sell Hawthorn East Apartment

OLYMPIC rower George Jelbart is selling a renovated two bedroom apartment he bought while at the 2004 Athens Games.

Jelbart, who was a member of the youngest ever rowing crew in the history of the Olympic Games, can expect about $500,000 from the sale of the ground-floor Hawthorn flat at 4 Hill Street.

The apartment includes a private entrance, and video security access. It includes a north facing deck and a pebble courtyard, and is a short stroll to the suburb’s popular St James Park.

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Hawthorn East School Converted Into Prestige Street

HAWTHORN East’s former Preshil School site has re-opened as a small, new housing estate.

A spokeswoman for the Boroondara Council said a Plan of Subdivision was certified on July 9, in which Daniel Court replaces a site previously known as 462 – 466 Barker Road.

The planning application to replace the school with a new street was lodged in early 2006.

Daniel Court has eight blocks, ranging in area from about 550 square metres to just over 720 square metres.

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