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CHELSEA, NY — The highly anticipated new building from the late architect Zaha Hadid has begun listing apartments , and the building's massive penthouse is asking for $50 million. The futuristic building, which can be viewed from the High Line, took years to build. The crowning jewel of the condo building, the penthouse, comes with five rooms and massive amounts of space. For more photos and information, view the complete realtor.com listing here. Address: 520 W 28th St Ph 37, New York City, New York Price: $50,000,000 Square Feet: 6853 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 6 Baths Features: PENTHOUSE 37 is a truly rare five bedroom home of 6,853 square feet with a 2, 218 square foot terrace and two private balconies. The lower living level features an oversized, corner master suite complete with two large, windowed dressing rooms and two master baths. The lower level also features three additional bedroom suites , a utility room and a wet bar. The entertaining level of this grand home off...

The long retail spine of Sydney Road, Brunswick, just north of Melbourne's CBD, was once a prosperous trading outpost on the way to the goldfields. These days it's a bohemian mix of variety stores, op shops, halal butchers and Lebanese bakeries. Take a side street to the west, however, and a different picture emerges. Sandwiched between Sydney Road and the Upfield train line is an area undergoing rapid and widespread transformation. Light industry is fast being replaced by mid- rise apartment buildings , their inhabitants attracted by the short commute into town and cheaper prices than in the city's south-east. The quality of these units is, on the whole, depressingly bad; think poor ventilation and bedrooms that "borrow" natural light (a weasel word for being dark and windowless). The occasional jazzy façade tries feebly to make up for otherwise cheap construction amid a chorus of greys. At ground level, carpark roller doors alternate with mean pocket garden...