This discussion is probably better suited for the real estate thread, but I still wanted to share my 2 cents. I'm not sure if things took a drastic turn in the last 2 months, but HBS area has been red-hot as of the end of August - beginning of September. I know a person who was looking to buy an apartment in the area. They had their realtor flag Eau du Soeil, Westlake and Key West. They were frustrated that almost every apartment that came onto the market was immediately sold, before they even had a chance to see the apartment. In one case, a unit was sold within 2 hours of coming onto the market. The point being, either this area is not as affected by the latest real estate trends as downtown, or the trends haven't yet hit this area 2 month ago.
I'm still surprised by Conservatory charging $1300+ /sqft for this tower. HBS prices have been hovering around $1K/sqft for a while now. Westlake listings are just under that, Eau du Soleil just above that mark. My acquaintance finally ended up buying a unit at the Voyager for just under $900/sqft. I doubt Conservatory has anything to offer that would be a head above the rest of the buildings here. So I have no clue how they get away with charging that much.