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Old Posted Aug 17, 2017, 9:09 PM
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By the time construction reaches the tallest, eastern-most third, this thing will be flying even faster due to the smaller floorplate.
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What!? I can't believe the progress here
Well, remember that the north face has the atrium space, so visually, it doesn't look like progress has gotten as far as it has.
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Has there been any activity on the Gems2 site? Soil testers or anything like that?
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Via Crain's:

Vista Tower developer not worried about shakeup at Chinese partner

"The deal affecting the Chicago project essentially shifts ownership from one Wang [Jianlin] business to another. Under the agreement, Wanda Hotel Development, a public company with shares listed in Hong Kong, would sell its 60 percent equity stake in Wanda Americas Real Estate Investment, the venture that has invested in the Vista project, according to an Aug. 9 statement from Wanda Hotel. Wanda Hotel would sell its interest to Dalian Wanda Commercial, a company majority-owned by Wang and his family."

Just saw this come across the wire:

China Codifies Crackdown on ‘Irrational’ Outbound Investment
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...to-reduce-risk

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China formally laid down new rules on overseas investments, making explicit its de facto campaign against "irrational” acquisitions of assets in industries ranging from real estate to hotels and entertainment.

Restricted: Property, hotels, film, entertainment, sports, obsolete equipment, investments that contravene environmental standards

Some of the country’s most aggressive dealmakers -- Anbang Insurance Group Co., Fosun International Ltd., Dalian Wanda Group Co. and HNA Group Co. -- have already been the target of government pressure to scale back their foreign activities.
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Old Posted Aug 18, 2017, 1:32 PM
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In other words the Chinese are getting scarred by capital flight to the tune of over a trillion dollars a year...
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In other words the Chinese are getting scarred by capital flight to the tune of over a trillion dollars a year...
Nothing new - they have been limiting the amount of money regular people can convert for USD. Had a small fight about this with my girlfriend actually haha - Her parents wanted to convert a bunch of money to USD but the Chinese government capped it at some thousands of dollars per year per account. They are afraid of the capital flight.
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Old Posted Aug 18, 2017, 5:25 PM
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Nothing new - they have been limiting the amount of money regular people can convert for USD. Had a small fight about this with my girlfriend actually haha - Her parents wanted to convert a bunch of money to USD but the Chinese government capped it at some thousands of dollars per year per account. They are afraid of the capital flight.
Rumor is this is what is driving extreme volatility in Bitcoin and other cryptos. One of the few outlets to sneak money out of China that you can't really clamp down on.
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Old Posted Aug 18, 2017, 5:50 PM
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Rumor is this is what is driving extreme volatility in Bitcoin and other cryptos. One of the few outlets to sneak money out of China that you can't really clamp down on.
They've been trying ...though there is some spoofing going on in BTC land But anyway, yeah I was semi trying to convince my girlfriend to convince her parents to put money in BTC. They could have over tripled their money by now.
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Old Posted Aug 18, 2017, 5:53 PM
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Webcam?

The last update on the Vista webcam was August 15 at 3pm. Does anyone know if the webcam is being shutdown or will it be replaced with another webcam? Thank you.
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^ Sweet panoramic!
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They've been trying ...though there is some spoofing going on in BTC land But anyway, yeah I was semi trying to convince my girlfriend to convince her parents to put money in BTC. They could have over tripled their money by now.
ya these cryptocurrencies seem to be a bigger thing than i thought


they just dont stop climbing in value
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Old Posted Aug 23, 2017, 3:27 AM
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ya these cryptocurrencies seem to be a bigger thing than i thought


they just dont stop climbing in value
I work with a guy who invested $15K in one cryptocurrency and now has about $1.3M in it, not to mention having probably close to $2M now in bitcoin from less than $200K investment. Lucky bastard. Of course I think that thinking it will continue to climb and not fall again is weird. I'm guessing it'll probably have a big drop soon followed by another big gain past what it's at now afterwards.
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Looks like we'll have a third crane sooner than later.

https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/8/23...demy-phase-two
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We should be seeing our first crane jump soon.
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We should be seeing our first crane jump soon.
How tall do you think the'll go for the jump?
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Old Posted Aug 25, 2017, 1:43 PM
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Awesome photos as usual! This thing should really start to move now , can't wait!
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