Grill’d founder Simon Crowe buys South Yarra warehouse apartment

Simon Crowe is the founder of Grill’d, pictured with a ‘Mighty Melbourne’ burger. Popular Aussie burger chain Grill’d co-founder Simon Crowe has bought himself a striking apartment with the lot. It’s the latest in the increasingly long menu of homes snapped up by the fast food industry boss, who has developed a taste for some of Melbourne’s best neighbourhoods since establishing the business in 2004. His latest acquisition is a striking three-bedroom apartment that spans 500sq m in a building that started life as a warehouse before being overhauled by architects Reed, Gunn and Hayball in the late 1970s. RELATED: Ex-AFL power couple link to $20m Toorak market kick South Yarra mansion with rooftop back yard fetches more than $30m Shock $100k win as sheep beats Melb auction pain Industry sources suggest it was marketed for, and sold with, an eight-figure price tag. Title documents show the striking residence in The Maples building in South Yarra now has a caveat on it from Sophie Crowe — the wife of Mr Crowe. The couple have bought a $22.5m Toorak mansion once owned by Gold Logie winner Steve Vizard in 2022, sold a South Yarra dream home for about $15m that same year — after buying it...