Tokyo Bay's New Twin Towers

[AssKissinger]

Jack

That was a good trollarolladingdong.

[FG Lurker]

Odd that a guy who complains about the low level of intellect on this board adds nothing that would raise the level of intellect.

Agreed! For some reason the word "incapable" springs to mind.

[Jack]

Odd that a guy who complains about the low level of intellect on this board adds nothing that would raise the level of intellect.

Oh, but I tried. See my reply to Guyjin. Except your too blind to see it. Like they say, if intellect hit you in the face you wouldn't know it.

[FG Lurker]

Oh, but I tried. See my reply to Guyjin. Except your too blind to see it. Like they say, if intellect hit you in the face you wouldn't know it.

Don't worry Jack, your level of intellect shines right through.

[Greji]

Don't worry Jack, your level of intellect shines right through.

[kamome]

trollarolladingdong

[ttjereth]

Don't worry Jack, your level of intellect shines right through.

Just add him to your ignore list. It's not worthwhile even bothering to troll someone who is such a loser that he can't even find acceptance on an internet forum.

It's not like you'd be missing anything anyway. He has a total of maybe 3 intelligent posts, all the rest are either screaming about "japan bashing", him drooling over asian women and lying about his experiences with them (while at the same time categorically labelling entire races of women as being attractive or unattractive, racist irony or plain stupidity?), or spouting some other nonsensical, incorrect bullshit that proves just how much he doesn't know.

[Jack]

Just add him to your ignore list. It's not worthwhile even bothering to troll someone who is such a loser that he can't even find acceptance on an internet forum.

It's not like you'd be missing anything anyway. He has a total of maybe 3 intelligent posts, all the rest are either screaming about "japan bashing", him drooling over asian women and lying about his experiences with them (while at the same time categorically labelling entire races of women as being attractive or unattractive, racist irony or plain stupidity?), or spouting some other nonsensical, incorrect bullshit that proves just how much he doesn't know.

Can you please repeat that?

[FG Lurker]

Can you please repeat that?

I think he has you on ignore Jack.

For me your entertainment/wind-up value still exceeds your annoyance factor.

[Jack]

[quote="FG Lurker"]I think he has you on ignore Jack. ]

That's his loss. Hey Lurker, what do you do always on this forum? I make a post at 8 a.m. Japan time and you post a reply within a minute. Now again in the evening. I'm always happy to entertain, though.

[FG Lurker]

That's his loss. Hey Lurker, what do you do always on this forum? I make a post at 8 a.m. Japan time and you post a reply within a minute. Now again in the evening. I'm always happy to entertain, though.

I work long hours these days... Generally I am up at about 7 and hit the sack around 2. I "lurk" on and off the board during the day for brief (brief in theory anyway) mental breaks. During really busy periods I'm not here too much.

[Iraira]

So, Jack, what is this mystery business that you are going to open in Japan, in the coming years? Just gonna leave Canada, come here and open a business in Japan?

Scouting locations sure sounds fun. Sounding like a regular Hollywood type there, Jackie boy. Got a script being considered for something over at MGM, also, huh?

[Jack]

So, Jack, what is this mystery business that you are going to open in Japan, in the coming years? Just gonna leave Canada, come here and open a business in Japan?

Scouting locations sure sounds fun. Sounding like a regular Hollywood type there, Jackie boy. Got a script being considered for something over at MGM, also, huh?

Yes, that's the plan. That's the reason I'm in Tokyo five times a year. My business plan requires a specific type of location and in Tokyo there are no such things as empty stores with a "for rent" sign on the window. I need a street level location that is at least 1,500 square feet, bigger if possible. I am an unknown quantity in Japan so landlords are naturally weary. We will probably end up buying a business for the location and tear it down to take over the space. It's complicated which is why it will take some time before we find the right location.

I couldn't fiuind a better word so I used "scouting". I didn't make the Hollywood connection, I was thinking more about the scouts in black suits at kabukicho.

[AssKissinger]

We will probably end up buying a business for the location and tear it down to take over the space. It's complicated which is why it will take some time before we find the right location.

Try Fantasyland.

[Jack]

Try Fantasyland.

AK, I tried. Everything's taken there as well.

[Mike Oxlong]

Try Fantasyland.

That's the name of a hotel attached to West Edmonton Mall, the largest shopping centre in the world. It's a kind of knock-off of a love hotel, with themes for adults who want a little fun & adventure. Doubtless Jack really HAS been there.

http://www.westedmall.com/stay/fantasylandhotel.asp

[Jack]

That's the name of a hotel attached to West Edmonton Mall, the largest shopping centre in the world. It's a kind of knock-off of a love hotel, with themes for adults who want a little fun & adventure. Doubtless Jack really HAS been there.

http://www.westedmall.com/stay/fantasylandhotel.asp

Are you from Alberta?

[Mike Oxlong]

Naw, my town name rhymes with vagina...yeah, we really do say it that way in Canada.

[Jack]

Naw, my town name rhymes with vagina...yeah, we really do say it that way in Canada.

Regina?

[Iraira]

Naw, my town name rhymes with vagina...yeah, we really do say it that way in Canada.

"Bagina"?

[omae mona]

Naw, my town name rhymes with vagina...yeah, we really do say it that way in Canada.

I had no idea you were from Mussy Lake, Ontario!

[Mike Oxlong]

I had no idea you were from Mussy Lake, Ontario!

Then you haven't seen me out in my Kenora dinner jacket selling genuine Saskatchewan sealskin.

[Mulboyne]

This is Osaka's largest mansion project: St. Place City. There will be 1,160 units altogether on the site of an old paper mill and the development is expected to cost around 50 billion yen, It will also be the first residential facility in the country to have its own gas production capability. 34 million yen will buy you a 70 square metre apartment and if you want 100 square metres then it will be more like 65 million yen. Sales for the first 15 storey complex of 248 units start in May and that part of the project will be completed by March next year. A 38 storey tower block is also on the drawing board however raw material prices continue to rise and the demand for new apartments has been on the decline in recent months. This project is seen as something of a test case to see whether the developer can sell units at its asking price or else will be forced to cut prices.

[ttjereth]

It will also be the first residential facility in the country to have its own gas production capability.

:shakeh::shake:

[Typhoon]

The Tokyo Bay Twin Towers look quite boring architecturally.

The

Namba Parks Project

in Osaka is a much more interesting design, especially with regards to landscaping around the main building.

That new building in Nishi Shinjuku that looks like a dildo on steroids in another interesting project.

[Mulboyne]

Forbes: Japan's Daikyo, Dia Kensetsu to slash unsold condominium prices

Japanese condominium developers Daikyo Inc. and Dia Kensetsu Co. have decided to reduce the prices of unsold condos by as much as 10 percent to eliminate swelling inventories caused by sluggish demand, the Nikkei newspaper reported at the weekend without citing sources. In the year to March 2008 Daikyo released a total of 6,000 new condos, and about 800 units, or more than 10 percent of them, remain unsold in the Tokyo metropolitan area and elsewhere. The company has seen the number of unsold units double from a year earlier and it aims to sell them all by the end of September, the report said. As part of the effort, it plans to set up a special team of 30 to 50 sales people. As of the end of March 2008, Dia Kensetsu had about 540 unsold units, mainly in regional cities, and it hopes to sell them by the end of September. Mitsubishi Estate saw the number of unsold units jump 70 percent year-on-year to 214 at the end of March 2008 and it is considering cutting their prices, the Nikkei said.

[Mulboyne]

Forbes: Japan's Daikyo, Dia Kensetsu to slash unsold condominium prices

Some developers can't handle it:

Bloomberg: Suruga Files for Bankruptcy Protection in Japan

Suruga Corp., a Japanese developer of condominiums, filed for bankruptcy protection at the Tokyo District Court after accumulating debt of about 62 billion yen ($576 million). "We are unable to properly repay our debt or to conduct fund-raising," the Yokohama-based company said in a statement released today on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. "We will restore public trust and restructure our business by considering the advice of our attorney and the court." The Tokyo Stock Exchange will delist Suruga's stock tomorrow. The shares fell 2.9 percent to 201 yen. Suruga has tumbled 93 percent in the last 12 months. Suruga's 21 billion yen of unsecured senior public offered- corporate bonds are in default. It is first time since September 2001, when Mycal Corp. defaulted, that public offered-debt has been in default. Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. downgraded the property company. Suruga's senior debt rating was cut to D from CCC. The D level indicates the debt is in default, according to JCR ratings definitions.

[Mulboyne]

This is the 54 storey Kitahama Tower and Plaza in Osaka which has just been completed and, at 209 metres, claims to be the tallest apartment block in Japan. The Tokyo Towers at the beginning of this thread are 194 metres tall while OSaka's Cross Tower reaches 200m. You would imagine the developers, a unit of Sanyo Electric, must be nervous about the prospects of selling units in these difficult times but they claim to have nearly sold out of the luxury apartments at the top of the tower. The highest price tag is 580 million yen for the "penthouse".

[Mulboyne]

This new development in Kawasaki has just been opened to the public. The main tower has 59 storeys, more than Tokyo Towers and the Osaka block above, but it comes in at 197m which is a few metres short of Kitahama Tower.

[Mulboyne]

The weeklies, who depend heavily on advertising from real estate companies, are declaring the first signs of market recovery. ZakZak saysthat Kitahama Tower apartments have now sold out while there are only a few left in the new Kawasaki development (both shown in earlier posts). The market will stop falling at some point but it would probably pay to be sceptical of these claims.