Property News · February 4, 2020

Can coronavirus outbreak knock Hong Kong retail and office markets, the world’s priciest, off the perch?


Hong Kong’s office and retail space rents, the world’s priciest, have slipped under the weight of US-China trade war and anti-government protests for most of the past year. Can the fallout from a prolonged coronavirus outbreak knock them off the perch?The viral outbreak has taken its toll even before the local economy can recover from the onslaught last year as shoppers avoided crowded areas like shopping malls and major businesses asked employees to work from home, while hotel operators could…

Source : South China Morning Post
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