Where $1 million will buy you a parking space

A woman walks past the construction site at 42 Crosby Street, which is being developed into a luxury apartment building with 10 subterranean parking spaces priced at $1 million per parking space, on September 10, 2014 in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images / September 10, 2014)

5:50 p.m. EDT, September 10, 2014

NEW YORK

The 10 parking spaces are for sale at 42 Crosby Street, the luxury apartment building under construction in the SoHo neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.

Based on the $1 million price tag, the spots are probably the most expensive residential car spaces in the country, said the broker marketing the seven-story building.

"Anyone who lives in Manhattan and has a car knows that parking is a premium in the city," said Shaun Osher, chief executive of the brokerage CORE. "There's definitely a large demand and a short supply."

Prices for the spots compare with the U.S. median single-family home value of $174,800, according to real estate website Zillow. For that price, however, there are few if any residences for sale in trendy SoHo, known for its high-end fashion shops and art galleries

Osher said he expected residents of the 10-unit building to snap up the parking spots when the underground spaces, which were approved for construction this week, hit the market.

The building, designed by German-born architect Annabelle Selldorf, will include 10 luxury condominiums priced at a minimum of about $8 million, each with private elevator access.

The 150-to-200-square-foot parking spaces will be offered under a 99-year license to tenants, who will have the right to transfer or sell their spaces to other building residents.

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