Being the superstitious Chinese owner/buyer (oooh, is that redundant?) that I am, that proposed 88 Broadway address mentioned in this article is pretty darn ideal… Guranteed to sell out faster than those Warriors Game 7 tixs (sorry, didn’t mean to reopen the wounds)…
I think only Chinese people love the number “8”.
I only learned about it when I moved to this area although I myself are from Asia.
Back in my home country, 8 is not at all considered as lucky number.
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Jane,
Well, we are talking about real estate HERE (mostly) and frankly there are A LOT of asian buyers HERE. Tell you what, next time you are selling, please price your property with a bunch of 4s then…
I get what you are saying, but perception is reality to a lot of folks. Why chance it???
Take those new million dollar homes by brotherhood way in SF, for example. Do you think they called it Summit 800 by chance??? Please, every time you see a sale price more often than not it has a final closing price containing some weird number with some 8s. Coincidence??? Hardly.
Sorry for being picky here.
I simply tried to point out that “8 is considered as lucky number by Chinese culture but not by other Asian countries”.
According to Wiki,
“The word for “eight” (八 Pinyin: bā) sounds similar to the word which means “prosper” or “wealth” (發 – often paired with “發財” during Chinese New Years, but is used alone or paired with numerous other “compound words” that have a meaning of luck or success, Pinyin: fā). In regional dialects the words for “eight” and “fortune” are also similar, e.g., Cantonese “baat3” and “faat3”. The word is also phonetically similar to the word for a hundred (百), alluding to greater wealth. Note as well, this particular symbol matches the mathematical symbol of infinity. While Chinese does have other words for luck, this full understanding of luck that includes the infinity concept marries into a Chinese understanding of this particular word.”
Although I grew up learning Chinese characters at school, I never heard about this.
Many East Asian countries which use Chinese characters (along with their own) don’t share the same pronunciation.
Thus, I couldn’t even figure out why Chinese people prefer number 8 when I first learned.
Of course, majority of Asian buyers are Chinese in Bay Area. Thus, I am with you.
I just wanted to point out the fact for other reader’s information. Again, sorry if I was too picky. 
I think the number “8” is only meaningful for Cantonese speaking Chinese, and that’s a small subset of Chinese. Vast majority of Chinese speak Mandarin, and 8 doesn’t mean much. Like the article says, it only means “hundred”, hardly great wealth…
I think the number 9 is actually better. It means longevity in Mandarin, and we all agree health is more important than wealth… 
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Hmm, not according to these listing and sold prices… I see many more 8s than 9s…
Cupertino Real Estate Just Sold - COE by May 31, 2016
Cupertino Single Family Home Sales
ADDRESS ORGLD ORIG LSPRC LIST PRICE SALE PRICE SQFT LOTSZ COE DOM ZIP
10424 Sterling BLVD Apr-02 1,278,000 1,278,000 1,300,000 1048 8712 May-27 14 95014
10464 Wunderlich DR Apr-25 1,398,888 1,249,988 1,350,000 1219 5100 May-19 18 95014
10104 Congress PL Apr-07 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,381,000 1884 2625 May-13 7 95014
18800 Loree AVE Apr-07 1,438,000 1,438,000 1,450,000 1326 5301 May-24 16 95014
18848 Loree AVE Apr-06 1,488,000 1,488,000 1,580,000 1638 5401 May-19 13 95014
7571 Lockford CT Mar-15 1,458,000 1,458,000 1,600,000 1190 6359 May-20 22 95014
10289 Menhart LN Mar-17 1,499,000 1,499,000 1,622,000 1560 5150 May-02 8 95014
894 Brookgrove LN May-11 1,588,000 1,588,000 1,700,000 1432 6136 May-27 7 95014
10395 Wunderlich DR Apr-20 1,588,000 1,588,000 1,720,000 1733 4947 May-27 8 95014
10647 S Blaney AVE Apr-12 1,590,000 1,590,000 1,735,000 1564 7490 May-25 8 95014
10440 Scenic BLVD Apr-07 1,998,000 1,798,000 1,750,000 2626 10001 May-27 24 95014
10314 Mann DR Mar-16 1,688,888 1,688,888 1,750,888 1383 10000 May-18 9 95014
10211 Colby AVE Mar-30 1,688,888 1,688,888 1,805,000 1348 7374 May-17 9 95014
21861 Alcazar AVE Apr-05 1,498,000 1,498,000 1,825,000 1376 9650 May-13 9 95014
21912 Gardenview LN Apr-04 1,599,888 1,599,888 1,830,000 1100 12750 May-27 12 95014
10290 Sterling BLVD Feb-01 1,980,000 1,850,000 1,850,000 2127 9479 May-20 73 95014
21921 Hermosa AVE Apr-04 1,799,999 1,799,000 1,850,000 2416 9400 May-18 14 95014
906 Liberty CT Mar-23 1,699,000 1,699,000 1,860,000 1602 7004 May-03 7 95014
21810 Almaden AVE Mar-23 1,699,000 1,699,000 1,890,000 1493 4295 May-18 8 95014
10541 N Portal AVE Apr-27 1,688,000 1,688,000 1,925,000 1852 7209 May-27 9 95014
10321 Parlett PL Mar-30 1,989,000 1,989,000 1,970,000 2411 10755 May-24 25 95014
10543 Cedar Tree CT Apr-13 1,799,000 1,799,000 2,000,000 2371 10955 May-19 9 95014
18891 Loree AVE Apr-21 2,050,000 2,050,000 2,050,000 2610 5305 May-27 8 95014
1697 Galway DR Apr-19 1,890,000 1,890,000 2,060,000 2194 6300 May-27 9 95014
10290 Wunderlich DR Apr-20 1,999,888 1,999,888 2,060,000 2785 5529 May-31 8 95014
10293 Noel AVE Mar-25 1,888,000 1,888,000 2,065,000 1962 8398 May-05 13 95014
1157 Scotland DR Apr-11 1,848,888 1,848,888 2,075,000 2176 6108 May-26 10 95014
21662 Columbus AVE Apr-19 1,949,000 1,949,000 2,158,000 2197 8021 May-23 8 95014
10168 Randy LN Mar-16 2,180,000 2,180,000 2,200,000 2666 8165 May-03 22 95014
10312 Parlett PL Apr-19 2,050,000 2,050,000 2,220,000 2778 6599 May-06 8 95014
10075 Crescent RD Feb-24 2,988,000 2,698,000 2,732,000 4262 15695 May-12 54 95014
22090 Lindy LN Sep-09 4,480,000 3,975,000 3,300,000 6084 87881 May-06 212 95014
Cupertino Townhouse Sales
ADDRESS ORGLD ORIG LSPRC LIST PRICE SALE PRICE SQFT LOTSZ COE DOM ZIP
10934 Northview SQ Apr-18 989,000 989,000 1,030,000 1142 1441 May-27 10 95014
8083 Park Villa CIR Apr-21 898,888 898,888 1,100,000 942 1800 May-13 2 95014
22677 Royal Oak WAY Apr-12 1,098,000 1,098,000 1,170,000 1341 1663 May-12 8 95014
22633 Queens Oak CT Mar-31 1,199,000 1,199,000 1,193,000 1341 1663 May-20 23 95014
19507 Stevens Creek BLVD Mar-30 1,050,000 1,050,000 1,340,000 1589 1296 May-03 8 95014
Cupertino Single Family Home Sales
ADDRESS ORGLD ORIG LSPRC LIST PRICE SALE PRICE SQFT LOTSZ COE DOM ZIP
10424 Sterling BLVD Apr-02 1,278,000 1,278,000 1,300,000 1048 8712 May-27 14 95014
10464 Wunderlich DR Apr-25 1,398,888 1,249,988 1,350,000 1219 5100 May-19 18 95014
10104 Congress PL Apr-07 1,250,000 1,250,000 1,381,000 1884 2625 May-13 7 95014
894 Brookgrove LN May-11 1,588,000 1,588,000 1,700,000 1432 6136 May-27 7
All the above addresses end in 4!!!
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95014 is bad luck man. Need to move to 95018.
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Not just the zip code in some cases even the street addess
10424 Sterling BLVD
10464 Wunderlich DR 95014
10104 Congress PL
894 Brookgrove LN
In 798, the numbers have different meanings 
. 88798. We 178. Wish you 168.
Jane is a Korean.
I don’t care for “lucky” numbers. If I can get a place cheaper just because of its street number? Jackpot!
I am a “create my own destiny” kinda guy.
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谋事在人，成事在天
Mostly in jest, but some people do take these things seriously and for one to not recognize it and not be aware of it would be foolhardy. Always account for everything, however trivial…
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See, even big bad Apple is a superstitious Asian…
Coincidence that it happens to be 2.8? Hardly. I am sure some feng shui expert had a big seat at the planning sessions…
But in this most recent swooping survey, the 2.8 million square foot project seems to be nearing the home stretch, with exteriors of ancillary buildings mostly complete, solar panels largely installed, underground areas largely buried, and the building’s grand ring shape finally unified.
Next time I will insist paying 7 instead of 8, just to mess with people like you.
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Wait, why not overspend and pay 9 since you said it was such a better number???
Ah, when it becomes overspending not so good is it
7 means together.
178 means let’s prosper together, he is kind vs those who like 168, prosper all the way or 198, only one person prosper.
I was just using our founder’s words against him…
In fact most other numbers are cooler than 8. 9 is especially cool but 7 will do just fine.