Grizzlies owner buys Taipei unitStaff writer, with CNARobert Pera, owner of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies, has bought a luxury apartment in Taipei, the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper) said on Monday. The exterior of Continental Development Corp’s upscale 55Timeless Tower, white building on left, is pictured in Taipei’s Xinyi District on Jan. 7. The Liberty Times report said that Pera’s 950m2 luxury unit is on Xinyi Road Sec 5, adjacent to many tall buildings, including landmark skyscraper Taipei 101. Excluding three parking spaces that cost him NT$13.80 million, Pera spent about NT$2.15 million per ping (1 ping equals 3.3m2) for the property, the report said. On its Web site, Continental Development said that the 55Timeless Tower, designed by New York-based architect Richard Meier, has 31 floors above ground and four below ground.

Source: Taipei Times May 04, 2021 15:56 UTC