Journalists Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes purchase a $2.85million penthouse apartment in Coogee Beach

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes are making a sea change after recently purchasing a penthouse apartment in Sydney’s Coogee Beach.

According to a report by Domain on Sunday, the couple – who married back in 2000 – are trading their home in Auburn for the eastern suburbs.

They recently purchased the split-level penthouse apartment for $2.85million.

Moving: Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes are making a sea change after recently purchasing a penthouse apartment in Sydney’s Coogee Beach. Pictured together at a screening in Sydney in August 2019

It sits atop a block of nine apartments, and was last put on the market in 2014, where it sold for $2million.

The move comes after Tracey, 54, offloaded her apartment in Sydney’s Avalon Beach for $1.3million.

She acquired the northern beaches apartment back in 2009, paying just $567,000 for it at the time.

Sea change: According to a report by Domain on Sunday, the couple – who married back in 2000 – are trading their home in Auburn for the eastern suburbs

Rising real estate: They recently purchased the split-level penthouse apartment for $2.85million

Stan, 57, and Tracey met in 2000, while both working at Channel Seven.

Their relationship was controversial at the time, generating plenty of headlines, with Stan divorcing his first wife, Karla Grant, that same year.

‘Channel Seven sent us to cover the lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece. We’d have breakfast, lunch and dinner together and with our production teams,’ Tracey told The Sydney Morning Herald in July 2015. 

Chemistry: Stan and Tracey met in 2000, while both working at Channel Seven. ‘Channel Seven sent us to cover the lighting of the Olympic flame in Greece. We’d have breakfast, lunch and dinner together,’ Tracey told The Sydney Morning Herald in July 2015

Rise in value: It sits atop a block of nine apartments, and was last put on the market in 2014, where it sold for $2million

‘Stan and I got into some really interesting conversations about the world and people and politics, and I guess I fell in love with his mind. But he was married to Karla at the time.

‘We stayed in touch, then in a few months it became obvious that we were attracted to each other. I didn’t want to interfere in his personal life, I let him deal with that, it wasn’t my place.’

She said they moved in together at Sydney’s Palm Beach shortly afterwards, describing it as going from ‘first base [to] home run’. 

Sold: The move comes after Tracey offloaded her apartment in Sydney’s Avalon Beach for $1.3million