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Interesting. My only experience with the association expenses of a large condo building is a friend of mine who used to live at 700 W Van Buren. Similar to your building, no doorman but has several elevators. HOA included internet & cable TV, water (including hot water), garbage, and all other related maintenance and fund replenishment needs. It was $275 for a 950 sqft 2 bed 2 bath unit, or about $0.29/sqft.

I now feel spoiled with my condo building's self managed HOA, which works out to just under $0.08/sqft. Granted, we don't have elevators and it does not include internet. Its also a much smaller building (3 flat) and its self managed, which greatly decreases the cost. The building being fairly new (2006 construction) helps as well, I'm sure.