Swanky $10M Reston Penthouse Sets Record

 

ZOMG, someone roust Bob Guccione from his penicillin-lined tomb, as a swanky Reston penthouse has set a new record. 

The 27th floor penthouse at the JW Marriott Residences at Reston Station, presumably bathed in the perpetual sunlight of the motel's blinding signage, sold for an eye-popping $10.25 million last month. That's nearly double the cost of the second most-expensive Virginia condo sale ever, which was in (shudder) Rosslyn, which goes to show you what some people will do to be able to walk to a Matchbox Davio's Founding Farmers.

But what else do you get, besides a 5,700-square-foot aerie overlooking a vast swath of midscale chain retail? Give us some good real estate blockquote, BFFs at the Washington Business Journal:

The condos, which have their own private entrance, feature dedicated spaces and amenities, all on the 25th floor, including an owner's lounge, board room, rooftop grilling areas, rooftop dog park, and private fitness center.

Cool cool. Life without a rooftop dog park and "grilling areas" is a hollow existence, indeed. But what else could a mere $10.25 million buy you in our plastic fantastic planned community? 

COMPUTER, CALCULATE:

• 11,516 years of Reston Association dues. That's a lot of pool/pickleball time!
• An entire cluster—or two. We'd do it, just to rename Forest Edge Cluster to Forest Gump Cluster, a small price to pay for the laughs
• Approximately 640,625 cocktails at one of Reston Town Center's finer drinkeries
• 40,196 votes for Hunter Mill Supervisor
• 301,648 cans of Behr Russet Brown paint -- more than enough to paint the entire Pentagon a DRB-friendly color.
• 931,818 in tolls for round trips to the Tysons Corner Galleria, where you'd obviously shop if you lived in a motel penthouse
• 43 percent of Reston National Golf Course, which is more than what will remain open space if developers have their way, the end.