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#41 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 04 January 2016 - 07:12 PM

Prices have relaxed to between $625,000 for a studio (there are only a handful in the building) to over $28 million. The penthouse on the top two floors of the structure which totaled 20,000 square feet (1,858 m²) was priced at $58 million; however, after failing to sell for years, it was split into four different units. Rentals are currently between $2800 and $3700 for studio units and over $4600 for one-bedroom units (590–890 square feet).

 

 

 
Pity the poor uneducated suckers that fell for his stichk and paid $10M for a floor or four too low.
 

<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>

#42 todd

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Posted 04 January 2016 - 11:37 PM

This sort of thing I like. Good move.

 

They're living on the 72nd floor-proper but paying for the 90th in terms of feet off the ground, so why not label the floors accordingly? I think it's a great marketing tool.

Don't these two post contradict each other?



#43 todd

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Posted 04 January 2016 - 11:40 PM

I imagine emergency crews don't appreciate the misleading numbering in various buildings.



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Posted 05 January 2016 - 12:09 AM

 

 
Pity the poor uneducated suckers that fell for his stichk and paid $10M for a floor or four too low.
 

 

 

They may not be dumb, just cheap why pay for the 90th floor when you can just label the 72nd floor the 90th ;)

 

My residence as per the signage trumps the Trump Tower as of today my penthouse is at the 91st floor(there pretty tall ceilings I figure) :P  :D



#45 Mike K.

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 10:40 AM

Let's look at it this way:

 

- 72-storey building with over-height ceilings equals 850 feet tall

- 90-storey building with regular height ceilings equals 850 feet tall

 

Let's say a unit on the 55th floor of the 72-storey building is going for $20 million, while a unit on the 55th floor of the 90-storey building is going for $16 million. Which do you think will be considered the better deal, all other things being equal? A developer may need to compensate for the difference in height by adjusting floor height numbers to make a level playing field.

 

First responders don't care whether the floors are numbered or lettered. All floors are numbered on doorways, etc. If anything I'm sure firefighters will be relieved the 90th floor is really the 72nd.


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#46 todd

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 10:56 AM

It makes total sense from a marketing perspective, the potential clientele must not be very educated however if they need to change the numbers to demonstrate this  :).
 
If the fire department is trying to relay what floor there on from the inside to the outside so they can intervene from outside it might get confusing. Maybe the floors need to say "72nd but feel like the 90th"... I don't know.

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#47 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 11:01 AM

What type of device will intervene from the outside of the 72 or 90 floor? A drone?
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#48 todd

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 11:40 AM

What type of device will intervene from the outside of the 72 or 90 floor? A drone?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m5yZu-2qWo



#49 nagel

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 11:47 AM

^ That's not going to go well when 2,000 people line up at the window to get onto it.

 

Better off keeping a parachute under your desk and giving base jumping a novice go.



#50 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 11:50 AM

^ That's not going to go well when 2,000 people line up at the window to get onto it.

 

Better off keeping a parachute under your desk and giving base jumping a novice go.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHrd3VJgDIU


<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>

#51 todd

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 11:54 AM

^ That's not going to go well when 2,000 people line up at the window to get onto it.

 
Well we can at least get Donald Trump out.

 

Better off keeping a parachute under your desk and giving base jumping a novice go.

 

If I lived on the 90th or 72nd floor I think I would have a parachute on hand.


#52 todd

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 12:08 PM

Personally I like the vertical evacuation shoot, they are used on the older BC Ferries, and popular in Japanese buildings mostly because of earthquake and tsunami evacuation.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eohpyx8NzMg



#53 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 12:18 PM

How about a bungy cord that leaves you low enough to be picked up by a hook and ladder firetruck?


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Posted 05 January 2016 - 12:19 PM

How about a bungy cord that leaves you low enough to be picked up by a hook and ladder firetruck?

Wouldn't you rather be on the ground?

 

Except for the SOS chute, these options are all too slow for the 13 second warning you'll get. :banana:



#55 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 12:20 PM

What 13-second warning?  I thought these were escape options when your door knob is removed by city officials.


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<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><em><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">"I don’t need a middle person in my pizza slice transaction" <strong>- zoomer, April 17, 2018</strong></span></em></span>

#56 todd

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 12:26 PM

How about a bungy cord that leaves you low enough to be picked up by a hook and ladder firetruck?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYp4wcgJbFA



#57 nagel

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 12:38 PM

It takes a lot more time than 13 seconds for the government to trigger the explosives after the staged terrorist attack.



#58 Mike K.

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 01:10 PM

But surely there's an app for that.


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#59 nagel

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Posted 05 January 2016 - 02:00 PM

But surely there's an app for that.

no if a plane just hit your building an app wont save you.  you need to do the base jump on your own accord before they detonate.



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Posted 05 January 2016 - 02:52 PM

no if a plane just hit your building an app wont save you.  you need to do the base jump on your own accord before they detonate.

Obviously you don't have a LifeProof case.

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