2 months of Challenge Detroit left, wow time truly flies!  This should be the perfect time for a pure reflection blog entry (Nellie’s dead-on suggestion). However, I am taking the “if I don’t acknowledge it, it isn’t happening” approach, and choosing to put off true reflection (hold me to this? or maybe not). Instead, I want to touch on a topic that interested me this month: the sale of the Fisher Building.

It’s too bad I missed on that lottery ticket, as the ornate Art Deco Fisher Building, once dubbed “Detroit’s Largest Art Object”, recently sold in auction for 12.2 million dollars. Yes, the same small town boy who easily gets overwhelmed by NYC & Chicago’s skyscrapers has developed an affinity for the largest Detroit structure north of Ford Field.

Take a look at some of the immaculate Fisher Building photos (below) and tell me 12.2 isn’t a steal:

In fact, this is what 12.2 million has bought in other real estate deals:

Ashton Kutcher’s mansion in Hollywood:

This Louisiana mansion:

Justin Beiber’s mansion also in Hollywood

Heart shaped Island bought by Angelina Jolie (okay this actually pretty awesome):

As pretty as these obnoxious mansions are, they really have nothing on the Fisher Building: