Why Did This Battery Wharf Beaut Sell for Nearly $400K Off?

Two of the truisms of Boston real estate circa 2015 are that condos generally go for over their asking prices and when they do they tend to sell for a lot over. Generally. Tend to. Unit 4503 at 4 Battery Wharf is an exception to both. The 1,628-square-foot 2-BR, 1.5-BA with water vus hit the sales market back in mid-January for $2,395,000. Come springtime its price was plunging and rapidly: In a single day, in fact, it dropped first to $2,275,000 and then to $2,199,000. The condo finally closed on Tuesday for $2,000,000 even. Why might it have gone for $395K off in Boston's go-go condo market? Our pet theory is that the association fee of $2,220 was a turnoff. Though when you're paying $1M per bedroom, does $2,220 a month really pencil out to that much cabbage? Thoughts?
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