{"id":13578,"date":"2016-08-09T07:03:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=13578"},"modified":"2016-08-09T13:42:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T19:42:35","slug":"downtown-penthouse-theres-no-place-like-it-in-billings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2016\/08\/downtown-penthouse-theres-no-place-like-it-in-billings\/","title":{"rendered":"High-rise penthouse: &#8216;There&#8217;s no place like it in Billings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"slides-13578\" class=\"navis-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-nav\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"prev\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"next\"><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slides_container\"><div id=\"13578-slide1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Terrace-big-room.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Terrace-big-room-771x578.jpeg\" \/><\/a><h6>Rick Goff <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>When Tana Hergenraeder decided to create a condominium on the top floor of the Terrace apartment building, she decided to go big and bold.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13578-slide2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Terrace-master2.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Terrace-master2-771x578.jpeg\" \/><\/a><h6>Rick Goff <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>The master bedroom looks out toward the Rims, and over the expansive sixth-floor patio.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"13578-slide3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Terraqce-deck.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Terraqce-deck-771x578.jpeg\" \/><\/a><h6>Rick Goff <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Here's another view of the patio, looking northwest toward the Rims.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>jQuery( document ).ready( function() { loadSlideshow( 13578, 'https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2016\/08\/downtown-penthouse-theres-no-place-like-it-in-billings\/', 3 ) } );<\/script>\n<p>Last year, a 2,000-square-foot space on the top floor of a six-story apartment building in the heart of downtown Billings went on the market.<\/p>\n<p>The penthouse property, at 300 N. 25th St., across Third Avenue North from the Yellowstone County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the downtown bus transfer station, had once been the law offices of the late Charles \u201cTimer\u201d Moses. But it had been used for storage for many years, so it was basically an empty shell.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Real estate agent Tana Hergenraeder tried to interest some friends in the property. They didn\u2019t bite, but she kept on eye on it, and she watched as the purchase price slowly dropped.<\/p>\n<p>And then she made a big decision. She had spent years as an interior designer, in Florida and Montana, and here was a chance to completely redesign and renovate a spectacular space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, really,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s just no other place like it in Billings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With financing help from her father, she plunged in. And then she made another decision. Given all the risks, she considered playing it safe, of going with a traditional, Western-style design scheme and d\u00e9cor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBit I felt like it deserved to be something completely different,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"well\"><div class=\"dfad dfad_pos_1 dfad_first\" id=\"_ad_652\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/mjhWkW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/201703_capeair_variable.jpg\" alt=\"CapreAir_Variable\" width=\"510\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18069\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>Construction began in January and the two-bedroom, two-bath condo went on the market July 1. You can check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtor.com\/realestateandhomes-detail\/300-N-25th-St-3_Billings_MT_59101_M85295-12502#photo0\">her gallery of photos<\/a> and decide for yourself whether \u201ccompletely different\u201d is an accurate description of the condominium, which has a price tag of $335,000.<\/p>\n<p>A big open space containing the living room, dining room and kitchen makes up nearly half the 2,048 square feet. A <a href=\"http:\/\/customfireplacedesign.com\/vapor-fire\/\">vapor fireplace<\/a> serves to separate the living and dining rooms, and the kitchen features quartz countertops and a kitchen island topped with Russian olive wood.<\/p>\n<p>The floors are concrete, covered with a clear epoxy, and the master bedroom has a walk-in closet and a walk-in shower with a window that looks out toward the Four Dances Natural Area, sometimes called Sacrifice Cliff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really wanted to optimize the views,\u201d Hergenraeder said. \u201cI wanted every room to have a view.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13582\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 336px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"addboard wp-image-13582 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tana-Hergenraeder-1-336x241.jpg\" alt=\"Tana Hergenraeder leans on the kitchen island, topped with Russian olive wood, inside the penthouse condo she designed.\" width=\"336\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tana Hergenraeder leans on the kitchen island, topped with Russian olive wood, inside the penthouse condo she designed.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They do, and on the north side of the building, looking toward the Rims and the airport, there is a wide deck that runs the length of the condo.<\/p>\n<p>The other half of the top floor has been occupied since 2011 by Billings attorney Jay\u00a0Lansing and his wife, Jackie. Jay Lansing went to work in the Moses Law Firm in 1983 and practiced on the top floor of the Terrace building until 2000, when he and Timer Moses\u2019 son, Michael Moses, now a District Court judge, moved into the Wells Fargo Building a block away.<\/p>\n<p>Timer Moses retired in 2003 and the Terrace space sat empty for years, until the Lansings, who used to live in Briarwood, decided \u201cwe wanted to try downtown living,\u201d according to Jay Lansing. They looked at condos all over downtown, but saw nothing they really wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Lansing remembered that Timer Moses and his wife, Betty, had considered building four apartments on the top floor of the Terrace, which has rental units on the other five floors, but those plans never came to fruition, so he asked about buying half the top story.<\/p>\n<p>Moses was game. So the Lansings bought the space in 2011 and had the condo designed by Collaborative Design Architects, which had been working with Moses on the four-unit concept. The result was a penthouse at least as stunning as what Hergenraeder designed next door, and the Lansings have never regretted the move downtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach place downtown has its own advantages and disadvantages,\u201d Lansing said. \u201cThe Terrace doesn\u2019t have dedicated, covered parking, but you can\u2019t beat the view from up there.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13585\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"addboard wp-image-13585 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lansing-entry-771x452.jpg\" alt=\"etnry\" width=\"771\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lansing-entry.jpg 771w, https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lansing-entry-336x197.jpg 336w, https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lansing-entry-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Collaborative Design Architects<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here is the entryway to Jay Lansing&#8217;s condominium, next door to the one Hergenraeder is marketing.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He also said their patio\u00a0is one of the largest outdoor residential spaces in all of the downtown, and he\u2019s has never felt unsafe living there. They use a key-operated elevator to reach their condo and there is a locked gate at the top of the staircase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe both love living downtown,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m able to walk the two blocks to work. I never get upset about traffic.\u201d He still has a parking space in the garage next to Wells Fargo from the days he worked there, and sometimes he\u2019ll go days without using his car, he said. His condo is featured on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collaborativedesignarch.com\/residential\">Collaborative Design Architects website<\/a>, under residential projects.<\/p>\n<p>Hergenraeder has been interested in interior design since she took her first design class at the Billings Career Center in high school. She went on to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree from the International Academy of Design and Technology in Orlando, Fla. She worked for a high-end design firm in Winter Park, Fla., before spending a few years designing and developing retail projects in health-care facilities\u2014gift shops in hospitals and the like.<\/p>\n<p>She moved back to Billings in 2009 and spent three years as an interior designer with CTA Architects Engineers, then a year with the Rimrock Cabinet Co. She had worked on a lot of residential design projects, which led to the jump to real estate sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt turns out that I really, really love it,\u201d she said, and she recently completed her second full year as a real estate agent.<\/p>\n<p>This latest project is the perfect mix of her former and current careers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found something like this ideal,\u201d she said, \u201cwhere I\u2019m my own client.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, a 2,000-square-foot space on the top floor of a six-story apartment building in the heart of downtown Billings went on the market. 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