After Record Hong Kong Property Sale, What Else Will $59m Get You? A Hong Kong apartment has set the record for price per square foot in Asia. Spanning 3,378 square feet, the five-bedroom penthouse sold this week for HK$459.4 million ($59.3 million). That means each square foot of the apartment in the affluent Mid-Levels neighbourhood went for $17,500. Densely packed Hong Kong routinely breaks records for both the world's most expensive -- and cramped -- apartments. So what would around $59 million get you elsewhere in the world? Last May, Tesla boss Elon Musk announced he planned to sell almost all physical possessions, including his LA homes Photo: AFP / Odd ANDERSEN