Price Point: Comparing Real Estate Sales In and Around D.C.

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CAPITOL HILL
Condo: Bryan School Lofts
1315 Independence Ave. SE, #3
» $519,000: A few blocks northeast of Eastern Market, this airy 1,250-square-foot loft condo — housed in a 1906 elementary school converted by Jim Abdo into 20 luxury units — will make creative reuse buffs geek out. Enter through stone columns with the original "Girls Entrance" carved above the door, then head downstairs to the corner unit, a warm space with 13-foot ceilings, some exposed brick walls, cherry floors and Italian granite counter tops. An added perk: The reseller is a handyman builder who made custom upgrades such as a walled-off bedroom nook, tiny wood-burning fireplace and pendant lighting. An open floor plan leaves endless possibilities for arranging (and, er, minimal privacy). Storage unit and uncovered parking spot included. (Listed through Urban Pace Fine Homes.)

U STREET CORRIDOR
Condo: The Flats at Union Row
2125 14th St. NW, #224
» $509,900: This ship-like fortress of a contemporary mixed-use condo building — complete with Yes! Organic Market — is docked a block north of the nexus of busy 14th and U streets. The new 1,135-square-foot condo offers "loft-style" nine-foot unfinished ceilings and exposed ductwork but also a snug pentagon-shaped bedroom and den behind closed doors. If the cove-like den had windows and a bigger closet, the place could be called a two-bedroom. Nearly floor-to-ceiling windows face east and open onto handsome landscaping and an inviting terrace. Residents can grab free coffee from the lobby lounge on the dash out each morning and unwind after work on the eighth-floor terrace, cozied up to the gas fireplace while peering down on the courtyard below. (Listed through PN Hoffman Realty, LLC.)

Written by Express contributor Katie Knorovsky
Photos courtesy Bryan School Lofts, the Flats at Union Row