Luxury Living: Reaching New Heights

Struggling to find parking for your private jet? Not to worry! Private jetting appears to be the latest must-have in luxury living. Roof top yoga studios, indoor and outdoor pools, game rooms are now passé.

The Aurora condo complex gives new home buyers a one year free membership to JetSmarter, a company that allows members to charter private planes. With the membership, users can fly free to Boston, LA, NYC and various other cities. Read More

A JetSmarter private plane. Photo Credit: JetSmarter

Other condo complexes are joining the game offering jet parking, jet partnerships like this one and personal flight directors for residents. Bloomberg Weekly attributes this extreme competition to the financial crisis and the fight for the residents.

“Once upon a time, rooftop pools, climbing walls, pet-washing stations, and golf simulation rooms were amenities that would genuinely help sell a high-end condo.  But as the luxury market expanded after the financial crisis, developers bent over backwards to up the ante, hawking screening rooms, wine cellars, bocce courts, and concierges until so many buildings had them that they seemed like one big blur of luxury add-ons.”

Today the competition wages on and I can’t wait to see what happens next.