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31 October 2007Where the parking is easyAutoblogGreen is going on about this development:
The science fiction movie Minority Report imagines cars driving up vertical highways and parking on the side of high rise apartment buildings. Driveways just in front of your doorway are not uncommon in the suburbs but on a city high rise such a thing has never been done ... until now.
According to this Reuters video, a high rise condo currently under construction, will allow you to park steps from your condo. The cars will be whisked up to just outside your condo's door by a large elevator. The condos are expected to be complete next year and will cost $6M. If you (1) don't live in New York and/or (2) don't feel compelled to spend six million dollars on your residence, I commend to you Oklahoma City's Garage Loft Apartments, where you can park near your front door even on the third floor. (Of course, if you want to be higher up than that, the guys in Manhattan will happily take your deposit now.) Posted at 12:50 PM to Driver's Seat , Entirely Too CoolHey, Chaz - what would one of those dealies set you back? Posted by: Bill Quick at 7:13 PM on 31 October 2007Right now, they've got the entire place (24 units) leased and don't have any plans to sell them separately; the rents are stiff by local standards, but not outrageously so. I suspect that were they offered for sale, the smaller units would bring $200k or so. (Median housing price around here is $152,000, down 3.5 percent from last year.) Posted by: CGHill at 7:44 PM on 31 October 2007 |