Young Luxury Buyers Want ‘Hippie’ Amenities
More developers are finding 1970s “hippie-inspired” amenities—with high-end twists—to be more appealing for younger generations buying into upscale apartments or condos, The New York Times reports. For example, a luxury rental complex on Staten Island in New York, called Urby Staten Island , features a communal kitchen, a 5,000-square- foot urban farm , a 20-hive apiary (tended by farmers and beekeepers), and kombucha workshops. Developers in other complexes are adding yoga and meditation studios, bike shares, infrared saunas, and even adult treehouses. At Pierhouse, a Toll Brothers City Living condo in Brooklyn, N.Y., every kitchen has an in-unit composter. “We had large kitchens and a lot of the units have outdoor space, so we thought people could compost in their kitchen and go right out to their garden,” David von Spreckelsen , the president of Toll Brothers City Living division , told The New York Times . The roof garden can also be a lure to many renters and condo buyers toda...