$300,000- price sets record - for parking

An unidentified buyer yesterday [June 12, 2009] paid $300,000 for a private parking space in the Back Bay Area of Boston, making it the most expensive parking space, according to Listing Information Network, which tracks the city's Real Estate market.
The Agent who brokered the deal, said several residents at 48 Commonwealth Ave. engaged in a bidding war over the space, driving the asking price of $250,000 up to the record-breaking $300,000. The winning bidder did not want to be identified.
The price is more than what many people pay for a house in the US, but prime parking spaces near the Public Garden in Boston seem to be in short supply.

"There are only so many parking spaces in the city. And in this part, there's very few." - said the Agent.
In the last year, parking spaces in the Back Bay and Beacon Hill Areas of Boston have fetched an average selling price of $134,000, Listing Information Network said. A year earlier, the average cost of a parking spot in those areas was $127,000. The number of parking space sales has also increased in the last two years, from 18 in 2007 to 26 last year.
The owners who sold yesterday's record-breaking parking space live in the historic brownstone at 48 Commonwealth, a multi-unit building prominently located on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Berkeley Street.
They are also attempting to sell their posh two-bedroom unit with direct elevator access. The $2.5 million price includes a parking space in the building's underground garage.
The $300,000 space came with few amenities other than the prime location; it is outdoors and uncovered.
The previous record for an open-air parking space was set in 2006, when a buyer paid $250,000 for a space. © Courtesy of Boston[dot]com

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