Dive Brief:
- Swimming pools, roof decks, gyms, saunas – all are good options to include in high-end apartment and condominium developments, but a new recreational wrinkle is appearing: bocce courts.
- Courts for rolling balls and knocking away opponents's orbs are being included, for example, in projects in New York City, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and San Francisco as an extra lure for the upscale customer.
- Courts should be flat and level, and they can range from 8 to 14 feet wide and stretch from 60 to as much as 91 feet, so the maximum-sized court would take more than 5,400 square feet of space in the project's common space.
Diver Insight:
Apartment buildings cited in the article have rents that range from $2,052 a month to $4,535. The Brooklyn condo project mentioned can likely afford a quality bocce area, with a two-bedroom apartment going for $1.2 million.
