Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Four out of the world’s ten most expensive office locations are in China, according to a newly released survey, with Beijing and Hong Kong leading the list.
Leasing an office in Beijing’s Financial Street (Jinrong Jie) will cost you US$2120 per square metre per year, and in the Central Business District area you could save a few bucks and get by with paying only
China again declared its love for overseas real estate yesterday with developer Greenland Group agreeing to acquire a historic London site for a £600 million (US$984 million) development project. And in the same day, the developer announced that it would spend an additional £600 million to purchase a site along the city’s famed Canary Wharf.
China’s state-run real estate developers might be getting more market-oriented, or it could be that someone in the Shanghai city government realises that leasing out 220,000 square metres of office space is not a matter to be lef to chance.
In any case, the state-owned developers of the Shanghai Tower, have announced that they are seeking leasing agents to help fill the building.
