In the U.S., the McMansion craze may be fading, but down in Costa Rica luxury has taken a super-sized turn. New to the market: the penthouse unit of the 14-story Genesis Puntarenas, a 68,459-square-foot oceanfront spread that's a good 10 times the size of your standard American mansion.
美国的豪宅热或许正在消退，而哥斯达黎加却刮起了奢侈住宅的龙卷风。哥斯达黎加一个名为"创世纪蓬塔雷纳斯"(Genesis Puntarenas)的14层海景公寓楼的顶层豪宅最近上市销售，公寓面积68,459平方英尺，是标准美国大宅的十倍。
The developers are calling it the world's largest penthouse. Asking price for the yet-to-be completed unit: $50 million.
开发商称之为世界上最大的顶层公寓。这套尚未竣工的公寓开价5千万美元。
If you're looking at cost per square foot, the Costa Rican pad is a deal compared to the Candy Brothers $312 million Monte Carlo penthouse, measuring 17,500 square feet and considered the most expensive penthouse sale.
若按每平方英尺的价格衡量，哥斯达黎加豪宅显然比坎迪兄弟(Candy Brothers)在世界堵城蒙特卡洛开发的3.12亿美元的豪宅要划算得多，后者面积1.75万平方英尺，被认为是最昂贵的顶层公寓。
We imagine the buyer of the Costa Rican apartment would take the opportunity to rent out the the 10 bedroom, 13 bathroom palace. With its 42 seat dining room, the party potential seems pretty good. Most buyers would likely hire year-round caretakers, says Bob Hurwitz, the listing agent with Hurwitz James Co. in Beverly Hills. There's also, of course, a rooftop pool, tennis court, private helipad and floor-to-ceiling retractable glass walls.
我们猜想，买下这套哥斯达黎加公寓的人会借机将这个佣有10个卧室、13个卫生间的宫殿式豪宅出租。该公寓的餐厅共设42个餐位，看来十分适合在家举办聚会。洛杉矶房地产经纪顾问公司Hurwitz James Co.的房屋经纪人赫尔维茨(Bob Hurwitz)说，绝大多数买家很可能都要聘请一个全年管家。此外，这所豪宅公寓还配有一个屋顶游泳池、网球场、私人直升机停机坪及可伸缩的落地玻璃幕 。
The project could take as long as two years to finish, but so far has drawn diverse interest, says Mr. Hurwitz, including queries from a Russian bachelor and a family from China. We used Mr. Hurwitz's mortgage online calculator: With 20% down at a 5.5% interest rate for 30 years, the mortgage comes in at $227,115 a month.
赫尔维茨说，这个豪宅项目可能还要两年时间才能建成，不过截至目前它已经吸引了广泛关注，俄罗斯的单身汉和中国家庭都曾对这套公寓进行过咨询。利用赫尔维茨先生的网上抵押贷款计算器，我们了解到，假设首付20%，抵押贷款期限30年，利率5.5%，则每月还款额为227,115美元。
The building's 47 other units also include the retractable glass walls, as well as glass terraces, marble floors, quartz countertops; prices range from $473,000 to $3.3 million. The building itself will include a fitness center, pool with swim-up bar, on-site restaurant and business center.
大楼中另外47所公寓也装有伸缩式玻璃幕 、玻璃阳台、大理石地板和石英台面等，售价从47.3万美元到330万美元不等。大楼本身配有一个健身房、游泳酒吧、附设餐厅和商务中心。
'People are still looking for the uniquetrophy properties,' Mr. Hurwitz says. 'People with big money, they recognize that it's a one-of-a-kind property and, in today's market, it's probably the cheapest it's ever going to be.'
赫尔维茨说，人们仍在寻找获过奖的房产。那些可以一掷千金的人知道这所公寓是独一无二的，而且就如今的市场行情来看，这个价钱可能是它的历史最低点了。
Dawn Wotapka
- luxury [´lʌkʃəri]
n.奢侈(品)；享受 (初中英语单词) - expensive [ik´spensiv] a.费钱的，昂贵的 (初中英语单词)
- apartment [ə´pɑ:tmənt] n.一套房间 (初中英语单词)
- project [prə´dʒekt, ´prɔdʒekt] v.设计；投掷 n.计划 (初中英语单词)
- marble [´mɑ:bəl] n.大理石 a.大理石的 (初中英语单词)
- restaurant [´restərɔnt] n.饭店，菜馆 (初中英语单词)
- potential [pə´tenʃəl] n.&a.潜在的；可能的 (高中英语单词)
- tennis [´tenis] n.网球(运动) (高中英语单词)
- bachelor [´bætʃələ] n.未婚男子；学士 (高中英语单词)
- mortgage [´mɔ:gidʒ] a.&vt.抵押 (高中英语单词)
- quartz [kwɔ:ts] n.石英 (高中英语单词)
- unique [ju:´ni:k] a.唯一的 n.独一无二 (高中英语单词)
- bathroom [´bɑ:θrum, -ru:m] n.浴室；盥洗室 (英语四级单词)
- trophy [´trəufi] n.战利品；奖品 (英语四级单词)
- calling [´kɔ:liŋ] n.点名；职业；欲望 (英语六级单词)
- diverse [dai´və:s] a.完全不同的 (英语六级单词)
- fitness [fitnis] n.适合；健康 (英语六级单词)
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