Vancouver's Turn / 1153 West Georgia | 188m | 67 fl | U/C - Page 78

trofirhen · #**1541** Posted: **Aug 5, 2012, 12:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

It sure would be nice to have that twisting glass tower, whatever it's purpose.

Totally ....just so long as it isn't in generic Vancouver condo green glass. Argghhhhhhh.....

calmwater · #**1542** Posted: **Aug 5, 2012, 2:18 AM**

There have been quite a few comments about bad karma. Some agree, some don't. That's normal, considering the many years of uncertainty.
But just stop for a while and imagine what would have happened if the construction had begun and stopped midway. That would have been a much worse case. We should consider the developer as lucky, that they could extricate themselves neatly (returned all deposits to buyers of apartment/condo units) without having to face lawsuits.

Bad karma? I personally don't think so. Instead the developer gets a GOLDEN second chance to redesign for a better sell than during the first round (about 50% were sold). I would think they are actually on the path to some good karma.

Very important factor to take into consideration is that while Ritz walked out in 2008 due to the onset of a severe financial crisis, this time around the hotel portion is most likely to be taken up by their very own hospitality unit.

Mininari · #**1543** Posted: **Aug 5, 2012, 6:31 PM**

Can I point out that every time the US Federal Reserve updates us on interest rates (Which Canada's are strongly tied to), they extend the rock-bottom rates for ANOTHER 6 months? They're saying 2015 now for low rates... if the worry is a market crash, then it won't be caused by rising rates for at least another 2 years. Plenty of time to get this built. Its a beautiful tower. We all want it, and I'm willing to blindly guess (IMHO) it WILL be built this time around.

Jebby · #**1544** Posted: **Aug 5, 2012, 10:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mininari

Can I point out that every time the US Federal Reserve updates us on interest rates (Which Canada's are strongly tied to), they extend the rock-bottom rates for ANOTHER 6 months? They're saying 2015 now for low rates... if the worry is a market crash, then it won't be caused by rising rates for at least another 2 years. Plenty of time to get this built. Its a beautiful tower. We all want it, and I'm willing to blindly guess (IMHO) it WILL be built this time around.

Plenty of time to inflate the market with artificially low interest rates. I feel like that's happened sometime before and it led to big crash...

Prometheus · #**1545** Posted: **Aug 9, 2012, 10:07 AM**

Here is a funny little video. I can't tell if it is old or new:

Video Link

officedweller · #**1546** Posted: **Aug 9, 2012, 6:59 PM**

http://vimeo.com/switchunited

This page says it was uploaded 1 day ago -
EDIT - now it says the video is Private and doesn't show up

Don't know who "Switch United" is.

Joseph K. · #**1547** Posted: **Aug 9, 2012, 7:11 PM**

Seems like Switched United is a design/marketing company who works, among others, with real estate companies to design their sales centres and campaigns (switchunited.com/realestate). I wrote them an email regarding this video and I'll post back as soon as I hear from them, but in the meantime, I found out they also registered "vancouverevolved.com" last Thursday so it seems reasonable to assume the video is part of a new campaign.

You still can watch the video at vancouverevolved.com

EDIT: Darn it, the video isn't working there anymore!

Joseph K. · #**1548** Posted: **Aug 9, 2012, 8:11 PM**

I got a reply from Switched United about this video posted yesterday, apparently it's old:

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xxxxxxxxx @switchunited.com
13:07 PM

thanks, not engaged by anyone, just thought we'd post an example of some of our older motion work…

take care

It's nevertheless intriguing that they registered a domain name for Vancouver Evolved (that was the name of the video) just last week. It could be that they are trying to sign Holborn and that video wasn't meant to be seen just yet...

thefly · #**1549** Posted: **Aug 13, 2012, 4:40 PM**

Saw this morning that there is a team from Urban One Builders on site. So fare they have set up an emergency tent.

Jimbo604 · #**1550** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 7:30 AM**

Photo credits: me

Good amount and framing and rebar install has happened. Sorry about the shadowing.

hollywoodnorth · #**1551** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 8:26 AM**

so according to forum rules we have construction no?

thx for the pics

LeftCoaster · #**1552** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 2:17 PM**

This one is U/C!

I never do this but I think after years of waiting its warranted...

phesto · #**1553** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 3:15 PM**

Awesome. They can still stop construction but at least this makes it very difficult for them to change the project in any way!

red-paladin · #**1554** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 3:27 PM**

Title is now u/c!

LeftCoaster · #**1555** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 4:09 PM**

Can we maybe remove "attempt 2.5" as well?

Seems like kind of a weird thing to have in the title since its now underway.

osirisboy · #**1556** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 4:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Can we maybe remove "attempt 2.5" as well?

Seems like kind of a weird thing to have in the title since its now underway.

YES... completely agree! also, the .5 part bugs me... how do you half attempt something? its either attempted or not.

Hed Kandi · #**1557** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 5:50 PM**

Maybe we should follow in Apple's footsteps and call it ' Vancouver's Turn 2S'.

sacrifice333 · #**1558** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 6:07 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hed Kandi

Maybe we should follow in Apple's footsteps and call it ' Vancouver's Turn 2S'.

Had me

trofirhen · #**1559** Posted: **Aug 15, 2012, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by phesto

Awesome. They can still stop construction but at least this makes it very difficult for them to change the project in any way!

.... except maybe lowering costs by using Vancouver-special greeeeeen glass ...

.... pray not.

Jimbo604 · #**1560** Posted: **Aug 21, 2012, 11:52 PM**

Photo credit: me

Bunch of new re-bar work and excavation continues (on the top of the 2nd picture).