The $2.5 million condo has arrived in Washington — and it has a fabulous view of a Chick-fil-A

The apartment at the old Pierce School began to enter the market in the spring, but it was a $2 unveiling ceremony.
The 5 million penthouse heralds something strange that Washington is already thinking about.
The real estate scene is incredible.
There are 9,500 square feet of living space here.
The foyer is illuminated by no less than 15 chandeliers.
The home cinema is designed like the interior of a passenger plane.
Many windows offer unparalleled city viewsof the Chick-fil-
Shell gas station across the street.
There was a time when investing a little money and sweat into a fixed person --upper in an up-and-
For young buyers like 31-year-old Samantha Dole and 39-year-old boyfriend Raj Das, the upcoming block is the smart choice, the most recent Saturday, he visited the penthouse and considered some of the school\'s more humble units (
Including the one with five vintage urinals in the bathroom).
But the penthouse is evidence of an unfathomable wealth penetrating into the town.
Communities that have only recently been described as \"transition\" have unexpectedly gathered together.
\"It\'s like we\'re just tourists,\" mussed mused Dols, a PhD student at the American University, who watches a shower roughly the size of a new student\'s dormitory, for some reason, it is decorated with its own aquarium.
Washington has long boasted that if it weren\'t for the super rich, these houses would be enough to satisfy the \"lifestyle of the rich and famous\"
Be cautious about the rich in the city.
But the multi-storey, ultra-luxury apartments sold in the new middle-class community are quite another matter.
They welcomed the Mike tower.
Style beyond the block that is still shared with carry-over and checkcashing places.
Das added after investigating the shag of the penthouse: \"The crazy thing is, what it takes to fill it up, what it takes to maintain itLevel of carpet.
But there\'s already a contract.
The question is, who bought these places?
Less than a mile from the school building, in a block on the edge of Capitol Hill, which fought crime 20 years ago, an ancient Gothic building
The style of the church is divided into six luxury apartments with stained glass windows, private elevators, all-white Italy-
Kitchen and Stone designed
This is a European wine cave.
Every unit in the Tower of Stanton Park
Named after 130-foot steeple —
It has been listed for about $2. 8million.
Emily Ehrens Hainline, agent for TTR Sotheby\'s, said: \"Real estate has been rising until we want to know when it will stop,\" during a trip, her snake skin heels climbed a wooden staircase.
\"When did it become ridiculous?
Last year, a brick
Fence apartment in helicopter factory-
Yes, that\'s what it used to be-fetched $2.
3 million, breaking the record of its neighboring University of Howard.
A deal is currently 3,700-square-foot two-
The bedroom of another old school building near Eckington, Washington, sandwiched between some of the city\'s busiest thoroughfares, right around the corner of the gas station and pizzza pizza shop;
The price is just over $1 million.
Washington, who can afford so many houses for decades, is more likely to be attracted to the stands
A separate mansion is located next to the Kalorama or tony enclave such as Georgetown or McLean, Va embassy.
Members of the Trump administration arrived to serve these communities, and last year they bought four of the dozen most expensive houses in the market.
But the arrival of Tanabata
Mixed apartments in Washington-
Some old income communitiestimers.
Former ANC retired commissioner David Holmes bought his own house not far from the new church apartment as a song for the 1990 s.
He was all in favor of filling those empty churches where African-American rallies had moved slowly to the suburbs.
In an era of rapid middle class, the clock tower seems to be good news: no quaint house or favorite bodega is hurt.
No permanent residents were displaced.
While some properties, such as the helicopter factory, the Chapman Stables in Truxton Circle, and countless school buildings, have become apartments, they have been crumbling and neglected for several years before they have undergone extreme renovations, the abandoned church can avoid this fate.
But Holmes is also a homeowner. million-
Label US dollar pricewhat, exactly?
\"I don\'t understand why people pay this kind of money for the apartment,\" he said . \".
The answer, of course, is that they can-
Who might they be?
Price of city apartments-
All the families, really-
A chicken in recent yearsand-
Daryl Fairweather, chief economist at Redfin, an online real estate brokerage, said the egg dilemma was caused by a lack of affordable property in the market.
That\'s why the frugal millennials look back at the suburbs.
This makes the real estate market in the city very rich.
Changes in tax laws and recent stock market gains have also helped explain the slight excess of millions of dollars.
$ Apartment with heated floors and claws-
Foot basin, designed for special types of buyers, flush with it. . . \"Cash, do you know?
Jayne Ehrens says she and her daughter represent all six units in the clock tower.
\"Most people have cash in this price range.
As a result, the number of houses in this price range has increased: \"builders are looking for buyers with cash.
That\'s the international buyer. that\'s the Super buyer.
Who did they build the house for, \"confirmed Fairweather.
Still, wait for the exact right buyer to put money into these pimped
The agent said that going out to the apartment can take a long time to play, especially when the \"personal feeling\" includes the urinal wall of the dressing room and the new apartment
Curved Gothic arch on memory foam mattress.
\"When you deal with something with personality, the only thing you can do is try to sell it the same way,\" John Coplen said . \", Long-term foster care agents who sell penthouse and other units of Pierce School.
You only want a buyer who likes disco somewhere. Theme bathroom.
Coplen admits, \"You have very few viewers.
Developer Mike Mafi says typical customers of these luxury apartments \"have houses all over the world \".
\"This is their third, fourth or fifth house.
\"Mafi specializes in offering decadent houses for such buyers;
The huge palace of Versailles-
The inspired house he tried to build in the Great Falls sparked controversy. (
After the first place\'s neighbor sued, he finally built it in a different lot. )
Ellen suspects that foreign funds may flood into their luxurious churches.
Chinese, for example.
\"They think we can afford it,\" she said . \".
\"We do have Russia.
But, you know, I haven\'t seen much of Russia recently.
\"Perhaps, she later added, there was a buyer looking for\" pied-à-terre.
Her daughter explained that an apartment like this was \"a statement worth showing off\", which made most of us say, \"Maybe I\'ll have it one day\"
Others claim, \"I have to do that. ”Ehrens smiled.
\"It\'s like a piece of jewelry.