“As long as we can and at whatever cost, we’re going to revitalise this place. “The Premier, the Ministers, the local members … Can someone please give a damn? “We’re looking at some major developments in Newcastle because it’s too hard to get anything through the amalgamated council here. “Leadership and vision is the biggest thing holding Gosford back,” Mr Singleton said. The cashed-up property, radio and horse racing kingpin has taken aim at all levels of government, blaming lack of “decent leadership” as the single biggest thing holding Gosford back from no longer being “Lithgow in the 1950s”. Meanwhile in Mount White, an “up-market cafe” adjoining a rainforest walk is another project the John Singleton Group development company have in the pipeline for the Princeton Nurseries site. Mr Singleton also recently snapped up the Montys fish and chip shop site opposite Gosford waterfront and is planning a seven-storey luxury apartment development worth $18 million.Ī first-class seafood and steak restaurant is also on the cards. Two penthouse suites have already been snapped up by an unnamed wealthy businessman for $1.3 million each.

“You look at Liverpool, Kogarah, Parramatta and Penrith - you’re starting to see vibrant life all around the railway station, except Gosford and Wyong.” “At the moment, there’s nowhere to live in the main street of Gosford opposite the railway station and we want to change that. “It’s not going to be a poker machine palace, it’s going to be a restaurant and bar where if you pay $1.5 million for a penthouse you’re happy to take your friends there for dinner. “As long as we can and at whatever cost, we’re going to revitalise this place,” he said of Gosford. Mr Singleton said the development would also have a restaurant and bar on the ground level, rivalling fine dining establishments in Sydney and Melbourne.

The 13-storey tower will also offer 1300sq m of new commercial office space in the heart of the city. Off-the-plan sales have already taken off for the “world-class” venture which includes two penthouse apartments with water views being snapped up at $1.3 million each.ĭutton’s Tavern is expected to be demolished as soon as April and replaced with 56 high-end apartments. “Bells proves a point that Killcare, and the Central Coast for that matter, can sustain a world-class facility.”īonython Tower will make a stunning and sophisticated statement in the heart of Gosford once completed. “Bonython will be as big a shock to Gosford as Bells was to Killcare - it’s going to be that good.” “I want Gosford to be a part of the future rather than a part of the past,” Mr Singleton said. 155 on the BRW Rich List with a $416 million fortune - said he was “sick and tired of waiting” for the Coast’s capital to take off.

In an exclusive interview with the Express Advocate, Mr Singleton - who is No. The Mount White-based tycoon is calling it “the beginning of the Central Coast boom”. Mr Singleton’s first high-rise project, Bonython Tower, is set to transform the main street of the neglected city centre with an impressive $35 million development on the existing Dutton’s Tavern site in Mann St. MILLIONAIRE ad mogul John Singleton is the latest big-name investor looking to make his mark on Gosford, one luxury development at a time.

Mount White millionaire John Singleton is gearing up to start the Gosford boom with his hot new $35 million development set for Mann St, Gosford.

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