Monday, April 1, 2013

Hong Kong Businesses Vanish as Rents Soar: Real Estate - Bloomberg

Hong Kong Businesses Vanish as Rents Soar: Real Estate - Bloomberg: "Over the past decade, car-repair shop owner Benny Chan has seen more than 70 percent of his small-business peers disappear as his Hong Kong neighborhood fills up with high-end Western bars and Japanese restaurants.
“Rents here are going up multiple times,” said Chan, who’s been in business since 1985 in the Tai Hang area, just east of the ritzy Causeway Bay shopping district. “We’ll all be out of here in the next four to five years.”"

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