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Cultural Imperial posted:I didn't know the government paid to demolish half built condos. That's awesome. I've been telling my friends that the coming crash is going to be glorious because the best place on earth is going to be full of half built husks of buildings blighting its skyline. Just twenty years from now, when the towers downtown all start having structural failures, will be mighty impressive regardless of when "the crash" finally happens. It'll be like a sharper, crunchier version of Detroit.
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Cultural Imperial posted:I didn't know the government paid to demolish half built condos. That's awesome. I've been telling my friends that the coming crash is going to be glorious because the best place on earth is going to be full of half built husks of buildings blighting its skyline. Yeah Vancouver got badly burned by the last condo boom due to the bailout costs for whining owners and having to do expensive demo projects on condos that never got finished due to the market crash. Let's repeat history, it was so good last time.
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Cultural Imperial posted:I didn't know the government paid to demolish half built condos. That's awesome. I've been telling my friends that the coming crash is going to be glorious because the best place on earth is going to be full of half built husks of buildings blighting its skyline. the best place on earth for urbex
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05CBTPBxwEA Skyscraper squatting, the future of vancouver housing?
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JawKnee posted:the best place on earth for urbex only downside is you have a high chance to be crushed by falling windows.
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JawKnee posted:the best place on earth for urbex Oh man, it used to be so soooo good here. Everything awesome was gone by 2009. 
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I really realy really hope the trump tower in vancouver doesn't complete before the crash. That'll be what...30 years of concrete husk?
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Cultural Imperial posted:I really realy really hope the trump tower in vancouver doesn't complete before the crash. That'll be what...30 years of concrete husk? I hope at least the 1 percenter commercial will be remembered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRIB1lk0N-c
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etalian posted:I hope at least the 1 percenter commercial will be remembered: TIL that Erickson designed that piece of garbage, why am I not surprised. making GBS threads on the cities architectural heritage from beyond the grave! 
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There are worse war crimes than Erickson. Take James Cheng for instance. Baronjutter keeps defending that piece of poo poo for reasons I don't understand.
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Cultural Imperial posted:There are worse war crimes than Erickson. Take James Cheng for instance. Baronjutter keeps defending that piece of poo poo for reasons I don't understand. He bought me a bunch of drinks once, that is all. I also like the vancouver skyline for the same reason I like mirrors edge. It so perfectly captures this clean shiny but utterly distopian future.
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Baronjutter posted:He bought me a bunch of drinks once, that is all. I also like the vancouver skyline for the same reason I like mirrors edge. It so perfectly captures this clean shiny but utterly distopian future. the Dubai of Canada
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http://globalnews.ca/news/1679849/d...117d0d1d2a87fcaquote:Developer says City Hall holding up his affordable micro suites proposal I really really hope these shitboxes get built.
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China can bring the ant people concept to Canada. What a wonderful cultural exchange! Hipsters will rush to embrace the gritty authenticity of cramped, run-down, HK-style slums. So many exciting opportunities abound.
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Vancouver needs long term capsule hotels.
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Is "Microsuite" a new word for 1 1/2?
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$850/month for 250 sqft 
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JawKnee posted:$850/month for 250 sqft Haha yeah, I pay slightly less than three times that much for about eight times as much space, and I'm in a special fancy building and poo poo.
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im paying a little over $1100 for three times the space in a purpose built rental building. Granted I moved in 5 years ago when rent was 980 but im having trouble believing that prices have gone that wacky
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More condos needed to keep up with immigrant demand, CIBC saysquote:Fears that Canada is building far more condominiums than it needs are overblown because of the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who are moving here in increasing numbers, one of Canada's biggest banks says. Wooooow. 
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more immigrants required to keep up with condo supply
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The condo supply is expanding to accomodate the expanding needs of the condo supply.
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The presence of immigrants doesn't magically create demand if they don't have money. What a superficial analysis.
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tagesschau posted:The presence of immigrants doesn't magically create demand if they don't have money. What a superficial analysis. Thats why we should only let in the rich ones...
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Ask any real estate developer whether they think they should stop developing real estate and they will say no, notes CIBC analyst Benjamin Tal
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I always find it weird how articles on housing will quote realtors as experts on the subject, as if they were quoting a doctor on the topic of flu shots or something. When a doctor says to get your flu shot and gives out stats and figures he doesn't have a vested interest, he's not selling the shots. News would never go to a used ford dealer asking which makes and models of cars are the best for re-sale as the answer is going to be "used fords!" yet we're perfectly happy to quote realtors on subjects like "is buying a house a good investment" or "is now a good time to buy" or "are we over-building" as if they're some objective professional experts. Do some people not look at realtors with the same mistrust as a lovely used car salesman? Have some people actually bought into the whole REALTOR(r) image manipulation that they are trustworthy objective professionals dedicated to informing and helping their clients?
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JawKnee posted:$850/month for 250 sqft I pay exactly as much for four times the space in Montreal  E: and my in-laws still whine that I'm not buying a condo Culinary Bears fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Culinary Bears posted:I pay exactly as much for four times the space in Montreal Murder your in-laws
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I do nothing but criticize local condos, specially the lovely semi-suburban ones that are all 4-story wood frame garbage with surface parking. I just got sort of hired to design one and now I'm terrified of making a bad design. I should tell them to do apartments instead as it's for a church, wouldn't that be better in the long run for them rather than just selling off half their land to a condo?
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Buskas posted:Murder your in-laws and buy a condo with their inheritance Edited to realistically reflect the mentality of the average vancouverite.
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Baronjutter posted:I do nothing but criticize local condos, specially the lovely semi-suburban ones that are all 4-story wood frame garbage with surface parking. I just got sort of hired to design one and now I'm terrified of making a bad design. I should tell them to do apartments instead as it's for a church, wouldn't that be better in the long run for them rather than just selling off half their land to a condo? Somehow I never picked up that you were an architect. I'm sorry for constantly saying that all modern architects should march off a cliff.
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://globalnews.ca/news/1679849/d...117d0d1d2a87fca the only way to solve the high rent problem is to build pile of cramped lovely apartments.
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Rime posted:Somehow I never picked up that you were an architect. I'm sorry for constantly saying that all modern architects should march off a cliff. Nah it's ok I've been out of that game since 2008. This is just a side project I'm doing for a really nice local church. I've got a passion for architecture and urban planing but both of those are horrible soul-crushing careers. Now I just tell developers if their building meets fire code or not and draw signs and poo poo. I get to see a lot of developers flipping their poo poo because they aren't getting occupancy in time for their marketing team's big opening ceremony because of stupid nanny state technicalities like "has fire extinguishers" or "fire alarm system has been verified" or soft on crime stuff like "panic hardware on all exit doors and not have them padlocked at night no sorry burglars or people working late don't deserve to burn to death" The moment there's any relaxation in fire codes we will absolutely see capital locking their workers in again.
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Baronjutter posted:Nah it's ok I've been out of that game since 2008. This is just a side project I'm doing for a really nice local church. I've got a passion for architecture and urban planing but both of those are horrible soul-crushing careers. Now I just tell developers if their building meets fire code or not and draw signs and poo poo. I get to see a lot of developers flipping their poo poo because they aren't getting occupancy in time for their marketing team's big opening ceremony because of stupid nanny state technicalities like "has fire extinguishers" or "fire alarm system has been verified" or soft on crime stuff like "panic hardware on all exit doors and not have them padlocked at night no sorry burglars or people working late don't deserve to burn to death" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX0EX3Xkmvw
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Baronjutter posted:I always find it weird how articles on housing will quote realtors as experts on the subject, as if they were quoting a doctor on the topic of flu shots or something. When a doctor says to get your flu shot and gives out stats and figures he doesn't have a vested interest, he's not selling the shots. You do a few dozen of those and you're talking microsuite cash 
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The Globe and Mail, via Ben Rabidoux: "Loans of six years or longer make up about 69 per cent of the Canadian auto loan market, said Jeff Schuster, senior vice-president of forecasting for consulting firm of LMC Automotive. That compares with 57 per cent in the spring of 2012." 
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Also from Ben Rabidoux: https://twitter.com/BenRabidoux/status/535506794630897664 Thrilled to be backstopping the mortgage insurance for this horseshit.
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Lexicon posted:Also from Ben Rabidoux: https://twitter.com/BenRabidoux/status/535506794630897664 Should I be concerned that that's my credit union? Didn't expect to see them pop up in here.
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poo poo, I almost worked for them
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Azerban posted:Should I be concerned that that's my credit union? Didn't expect to see them pop up in here. You should be concerned as a Canadian citizen and taxpayer, but not necessarily as a customer. It's not like they're taking on any risk – the CMHC is happily covering that.
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