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Suite Deal
Luxury condos are overpriced, pretentious, and critical to the District's financial future.

Cover Story

Back when Carol Erting and Joseph Kinner moved to Rockville, more than a decade ago, living in the District of Columbia wasn't an option: There was too much crime, too few services, and no sense that the city had anything better on the horizon.

Over the years, however, the couple grew weary of their hourlong commute into the city, as well as the lack of cultural opportunities near their home. As the District learned to collect the trash and clean the streets, the pair, both professors at Gallaudet University, became less and less enchanted with Rockville's quiet cul-de-sacs. Erting started putting on a noise machine to sleep. And Kinner searched the District housing market for something he considered livable.

According to the brochures, the Lofts at Adams Morgan would have everything the couple wanted, including top-of-the-line amenities, excellent security, interesting neighbors, and a good location, near the bars and restaurants of the area's commercial strip. Erting and Kinner put their money down on a penthouse condominium in 2001, before the place was even built. Then they waited as the site was transformed from a trash-strewn parking lot into a sprawling faux-industrial building with underground parking and a glass-encased walkway separating its two wings. ... Continued

Issue of Jan. 10 - 16, 2003

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