Sydney Grammar’s $39m expansion located next to brothel

Sydney Grammar School has purchased a property right next to a brothel.

A prestigious Sydney private school has been thrust into the spotlight after its landmark $39 million property expansion has been revealed to border one of the city’s longest standing legal brothels.

Sydney Grammar School is known as one of the city’s oldest and most coveted private boys schools and was reported to have purchased a property on Hargrave St in Darlinghurst in October.

The property is a large warehouse in Darlinghurst and the Sydney Morning Herald reported at the time that the expansion was made as part of plans to build a cutting-edge indoor sports facility and recreational space.

The multimillion-dollar site on Hargrave St had previously been used by Sony as their Australian headquarters.

However, since then it has been revealed the $39m property purchase has stirred controversy as the location of the site will make the boys’ school neighbours to a functioning brothel.

The property that had the ‘Sydney Baby Massage’ parlour out the front.

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The brothel – or nude massage parlour – on Hargrave St has operated under various names over the years and according to its website, runs under the current business name ‘Darlinghurt Massage’ or ‘Sydney Baby Massage’.

The website advertises “nude massage” and a “roster” of “Asian girls dressed in sexy uniforms”, among other things.

Google Street View imagery taken in 2020 showed a sign and direction of how to enter ‘Sydney Baby Massage’.

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According to reporting in the Sydney Morning Herald, there had been “a few concerned members of the school community,” about the location of the brothel within reach of the new sports facility. The schools fees are reportedly around $45,000 per year.

Previous reporting show the brothel sold for about $1.5m in 2006 and features 10 rooms.

The Daily Telegraph has reached out to Sydney Grammar School for comment.

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