Havaianas importer buys mixed-used block at Bondi Beach for $10.6m
The property currently consists of four shops and seven apartments. Photo: Supplied

Havaianas importer Maria Maribondo-Aspden buys mixed-used building at Bondi Beach for $10.6m

A company linked to Havaianas’ Australian importer Maria Maribondo-Aspden has bought a corner block in Bondi Beach’s Seven Ways village for $10.6 million.

The property at 96 Glenayr Avenue, which consists of four shops and seven two-bedroom apartments, was sold in May for the first time, and has recently settled.

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The property had been owned by the same family since the 1930s. Photo: Supplied

Title documents reveal that the purchaser was Praia Charmosa Pty Ltd; ASIC records list Maria Amelia Eneas Maribondo-Aspden as the sole director.

Ms Maribondo-Aspden is most famous for bringing the Havaianas shoe brand to Australia in the late 1990s, having founded Aqueo Import and Distribution – the licensed distributor of Havaianas in Australia.

Agent Jason Pantzer of Phillips Pantzer Donnelly confirmed that Ms Maribondo-Aspden was the buyer but did not know what her plans were for the site.

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An artist's impression of the proposed development. Photo: Supplied

Havaianas last year opened its first standalone store in Sydney on Bondi’s Campbell Parade.

TheGlenayr Avenue property – which had been held by the same family since construction in the 1930s – was sold with approved plans in place for the development of five shops and six two-bedroom apartments.

Mr Pantzer said that the property was “hotly contested” owing to its prime position within the Seven Ways village.

“It was highly sought after – it’s a fabulous location and it’s on a prime corner,” he said.

Seven Ways is the name given to the community village centre located at the intersection of Glenayr Avenue, Warners Avenue and Blair Street.

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The proposed development includes a rooftop garden. Photo: Supplied

The precinct was recently subject to a $1.8 million upgrade project delivered by Waverley Council.

Properties in the area are tightly held, but there has been a lot of development taking place over the past decade.

“There’s a lot of development going on there … It’s going to be the next Hall Street down at Bondi Beach,” Mr Pantzer said.

The approved development application for 96 Glenayr Avenue features an expansion of the site’s floor-space ratio, reconfiguration of the apartments and the establishment of a rooftop garden.

In its current configuration, the property is generating about $450,000 a year in income.

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