Anyone looking for a penthouse in Chicago with 3 500g tanks?

Wow, not sure if they ever lurked on CR or not. an amazing set of triple 500gal displays.

Copied from the article;

If you're uber rich, love reef aquariums, and looking for new digs in Chicago, we think this upcoming listing might interest you. The penthouse features (amongst many other things) THREE 500 gallon built-in reef tanks.

According to Chicago Magazine, a $12.9 million, 9,300 square feet duplex penthouse located at 415 E. North Water Street will soon go up for sale. For that many clams, you get a killer view, an indoor poor, indoor basketball court, indoor squash court, steam room, five balconies, a massive modern kitchen, lots of marble and exotic woods throughout, and a $1 million glass-and-granite spiral staircase.

But it's what's flanking the $1 spiral staircase that really matters for fish freaks like us: two massive 500 gallon reef aquariums on each side. Then, for good measure (in case the opulence isn't quite over-the-top for you), there's an additional 500 gallon aquarium outside the master bedroom.

We think that if you purchase this property, you should be contractually obligated to hold all Chicago's reef club meetings at your place.

More photos can be viewed at Chicago Magazine's article.
http://www.chicagomag.com/real-esta...le-in-Chicago/index.php?cp=2&si=10#galleryanc

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If I could actually afford that price, I think I'd rather build a place! lol The tank I would have would be one I could dive in and hand feed all the fish. haha
 
At 4.2% on a $12M loan, you're looking at about $59K per month for your mortgage and I'm sure taxes and HOA are ridiculous. No biggie! If you can afford this, you probably aren't working too much and can spend all of your time taking care of those tanks and eating caviar. I'm just surprised that this building allows that mass of water in a high rise.
 
Sawdonkey said:
At 4.2% on a $12M loan, you're looking at about $59K per month for your mortgage and I'm sure taxes and HOA are ridiculous. No biggie! If you can afford this, you probably aren't working too much and can spend all of your time taking care of those tanks and eating caviar.
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I think the people looking at this place just go to their wall safes for the money. haha
 
I'm sure the first thing any buyer will do is remove those tanks. Nobody wants that headache unless you're really into the hobby, which 99% of the population aren't. Just us weirdos.
 
Sawdonkey said:
I'm sure the first thing any buyer will do is remove those tanks. Nobody wants that headache unless you're really into the hobby, which 99% of the population aren't. Just us weirdos.
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The new owner will probably keep them but fill the tanks with fake livestock. No maintenance! lol
 
The new owners would probably just contract out the maintenance - the aquariums are a nice conversation piece when you have friends over.
 
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