Garages In The Sky
Forget parking in the basement - a new high-rise apartment complex in Singapore is offering car parking inside your apartment, no matter which level you are on. The new 30-storey Hamilton Scotts building in the ritzy Orchard Road area has an elevator for cars, which will deliver the vehicles to the "en suite sky garages", glass cases for cars next to the living room. The owner must drive the car into a garage and on to a turnstile, and then hop out and scan a fingerprint on a biometric scanner, which will use a computer system to send the car to the correct apartment.
The downside is the price. The cheapest apartments in the complex cost about US$ 7.5 million and come with two parking spots. The US$ 24 million penthouse residences have four parking spaces.
KOP Properties in Singapore is behind the development, and chief executive Leny Suparman said the homes would appeal to a very well-off and particular type of buyer. "These buyers are very discerning. They've seen a lot, so they're very exposed in the world, so they are looking for something that's unique and different. He also said the parking space wasn't just a garage. "It's done in such a way that it's a museum showcase; it's not just a car park."
Last year Germany's Porsche design Group and a local developer Dezer Properties announced about their plan to build Porsche Tower in Miami. According to developers it will be the world's first condominium complex with elevators that will take residents directly to their units while they are sitting in their cars. But they were late, as groundbreaking is planned for the 2nd quarter of 2013 and the completion is expected in mid-2016.
In 2010 movie star Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban purchased luxurious apartment on the 12th floor in one of Manhattan's skyscrapers. This apartment also has the 32.5 square meter garage in the sky. A special car elevator lift the car to the owner's floor and then you can enter garage with entrance to the kitchen.
The downside is the price. The cheapest apartments in the complex cost about US$ 7.5 million and come with two parking spots. The US$ 24 million penthouse residences have four parking spaces.
KOP Properties in Singapore is behind the development, and chief executive Leny Suparman said the homes would appeal to a very well-off and particular type of buyer. "These buyers are very discerning. They've seen a lot, so they're very exposed in the world, so they are looking for something that's unique and different. He also said the parking space wasn't just a garage. "It's done in such a way that it's a museum showcase; it's not just a car park."
Last year Germany's Porsche design Group and a local developer Dezer Properties announced about their plan to build Porsche Tower in Miami. According to developers it will be the world's first condominium complex with elevators that will take residents directly to their units while they are sitting in their cars. But they were late, as groundbreaking is planned for the 2nd quarter of 2013 and the completion is expected in mid-2016.
In 2010 movie star Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban purchased luxurious apartment on the 12th floor in one of Manhattan's skyscrapers. This apartment also has the 32.5 square meter garage in the sky. A special car elevator lift the car to the owner's floor and then you can enter garage with entrance to the kitchen.
