Hong Kong is one of most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world and, thus, car drivers have a hard time finding a parking spot. Recently, though, a parking space in The Mount Nicholson development, where some of Asia’s most valuable homes are located, sold for a record HK$10 million ($1.3 million USD).
The spot was sold at a residential development called The Peak, which overlooks Hong Kong‘s Victoria Harbor. The spot in question was just one of 29 sold as part of a tender offered to homeowners last month, reports the South China Morning Post.
This is a new record for Hong Kong, whose most expensive spot prior this sale was reportedly HK$7.6 million ($980,000 USD), set in 2019 at a 73-story office tower.
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According to the developers, the person who bought this spot was not speculating, as sometimes is the case in Hong Kong; they were simply rich. The residences at The Peak are worth between HK$400 million and HK$ 600 million ($51-$77 million USD), so an extra million for a better parking spot isn’t a big a deal.
The sale that this parking spot was purchased at was full of ridiculous prices, as parking bays were offered starting at HK$ 8.8 million ($1.13 million USD) and one buyer bought four spots, while another bought six.
Hong Kong isn’t the only place on earth with ridiculous parking prices. UPI reported in 2012 that a million-dollar spot was for sale in New York City. Britons, meanwhile, reportedly made $28 million last year renting out their driveways to motorists, according to the YourParkingSpace app.
