[Burnaby] Gold House | 40fl, 28fl | Completed - Page 2

officedweller · #21 Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 9:46 PM**

Vancouver House will have copper trim.

JamesOwnz · #22 Posted **Oct 29, 2015, 5:39 AM**

Will be interested in seeing the sales center for Gold House.. it must be coming soon as I just saw a Skytrain ad for it on the outside of the train.

Coldrsx · #23 Posted **Oct 29, 2015, 6:09 PM**

Geez, I wonder what demo they are going after with this thing...

Spr0ckets · #24 Posted **Oct 29, 2015, 7:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Geez, I wonder what demo they are going after with this thing...

I was just going to say.

The marketing people for this thing are geniuses (or maybe not so much).

No big wonder why the whole thing is essentially sold out (or completely "reserved") before they've even completed final readings with the City of Burnaby.

Who woulda thunk that a building with such an emphasis on the "Gold" metaphor would be a big seller in the target demographic they're not doubt aiming for.

WarrenC12 · #25 Posted **Oct 29, 2015, 7:08 PM**

I saw some Skytrain cars I thought were extra dirty but were in fact wrapped in an advertisement for this development... pretty classy.

burnaby-user · #26 Posted **Oct 30, 2015, 11:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by VanK

Gold House has been taking non-binding "reservations" to hold the units. They are not able to sell yet as they don't have fourth and final reading from the City of Burnaby, thus does not have disclosure statements. These "reservations" are apparently all spoken for, but again are not real sales.

Does anyone know when this final reading will take place? Wondering when the sales centre will be open to public.

trofirhen · #27 Posted **Oct 31, 2015, 12:18 AM**

Looking at the renders, I feel that this is a well designed building, pleasing aesthetically on a structural level, yet somehos is "gaudy," playing overtly to a given market sector.
Am I incorrect, either factually or Politically, in saying this? And does anyone have a remark to counter or agree with this statement. I'd like to know SSPers' take on this. Thanks

Pinion · #28 Posted **Oct 31, 2015, 12:29 AM**

Every tower in Burnaby/Richmond is marketed for Chinese and bought mostly by Chinese. If you walk into a sales room as a non-Chinese person they look at you like you must be lost. This is the reality of the city now.

trofirhen · #29 Posted **Oct 31, 2015, 12:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pinion

Every tower in Burnaby/Richmond is marketed for Chinese and bought mostly by Chinese. If you walk into a sales room as a non-Chinese person they look at you like you must be lost. This is the reality of the city now.

Thank you for explicit response. Yes in fact I figured it would be that way. Do Canadians and other froups also buy condominiums? (Well of course, but where, what%, and $$ range)

Pinion · #30 Posted **Oct 31, 2015, 12:55 AM**

It shouldn't be offensive to talk about this stuff. Might be off topic here though if we take it much farther.

Everyone buys condos now because very few can afford houses. Europeans on the north shore/downtown/Kits, Persians in central Lonsdale/West Van, Koreans in Coquitlam, Indians in Surrey, etc. Generalities of course. Some cultures see tall towers as worse than houses, others see it as better/equal.

JamesOwnz · #31 Posted **Nov 1, 2015, 5:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pinion

Every tower in Burnaby/Richmond is marketed for Chinese and bought mostly by Chinese. If you walk into a sales room as a non-Chinese person they look at you like you must be lost. This is the reality of the city now.

This I find is very true.. for me as a mid-late 20s white male (but am often mistaken for much younger) even when I am with my Asian friend.

Unless it is a building by Bosa...

red-paladin · #32 Posted **Nov 1, 2015, 6:02 AM**

Conflating everyone that 'looks Chinese' together is not okay.
Every condo in a building could be bought by Chinese-Canadians or permanent residents, and that's not the same at all as 'rich Chinese from overseas'. Too much anti-Chinese sentiment.

Pinion · #33 Posted **Nov 1, 2015, 6:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

Conflating everyone that 'looks Chinese' together is not okay.
Every condo in a building could be bought by Chinese-Canadians or permanent residents, and that's not the same at all as 'rich Chinese from overseas'. Too much anti-Chinese sentiment.

...are you posting in the right thread?

red-paladin · #34 Posted **Nov 1, 2015, 6:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pinion

...are you posting in the right thread?

Ideally most of this should be in the other thread, but I am concerned enough to speak about the topic, whether we are talking about Gold House or not.

burnaby-user · #35 Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 5:17 AM**

Has anyone heard how sales are doing for phase 2 (south tower) .
The north tower was sold out pretty quick.

vanciti · #36 Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 4:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by burnaby-user

Has anyone heard how sales are doing for phase 2 (south tower) .
The north tower was sold out pretty quick.

Its pretty much sold out at 700 psf.

VanK · #37 Posted **Nov 27, 2015, 9:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by vanciti

Its pretty much sold out at 700 psf.

While I don't have any concrete numbers to back it up, I don't believe the $700 is an accurate average. Industry insiders say around $670 but the true number is likely much lower than that with all of these buyer and realtor incentives they threw in.

JamesOwnz · #38 Posted **Nov 28, 2015, 7:00 AM**

Wait, Gold House is going to be more than one building? Did the Sales center ever go up? I read sales last week were in some complex building on Kingsway

officedweller · #39 Posted **Nov 28, 2015, 11:07 AM**

There's a render of the 2 towers here (Burnaby thread):

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=271

osirisboy · #40 Posted **Nov 28, 2015, 4:32 PM**

Thanks that's a better rendering to help visualize it! I thought it was two towers but then it sounded like it became one tower.